Golden

[poliphilo]

 I remember a blind man telling us that what he saw- in his mind's eye- was not darkness- as we'd presumed- but a "wonderful golden light".

A "wonderful golden light " is what I "see" when I close my eyes in the Meeting House.

"Golden" is not quite right. There are other colours there.  You know when you look at a sunset and you can't tell where one colour ends and and the next begins and you call it golden because words fail? Well, its a bit like that- only the colours don't shade into one another but are all present at once. Also it's soft and deep, as gold, the metal, isn't. 

And I don't just see, I also  hear and feel. And all these verbs are approximate. The light is bound up with the silence and has dimensions beyond the senses. It has consciousness, an internal movement as of motes in a sun beam- and is somehow involved with Peace and Love....

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Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

That sounds exactly like a Meeting House should be. :D We had one at college that those of us who knew the local Friends would use as a refuge. If you need a place of peace and quiet to find your calm, there's nothing better.

If you ever get to visit a Baha'i House of Worship, look for the center seat under the seal in the center of the ceiling. It's the same thing. The one Wilmette, Illinois also has a foundation stone with the same energy.

Re: Yes ...

[poliphilo]

I looked to see where the nearest Bahai temple is- and found, to my surprise, that there aren't any in the UK.

Re: Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Alas! There aren't a lot, though. There are the continental ones, some national, and beyond that it's just local ones that may not have any more oomph than a regular church.