tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20798109.post3266162798653930578..comments2023-08-30T16:54:08.510-07:00Comments on Baha'i Views: On the Ontological Circle: Onto God Do We ReturnGWDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06838277713710725518noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20798109.post-9176664665053990762007-05-15T12:41:00.000-07:002007-05-15T12:41:00.000-07:00Saying Now, consider a circle. On the top put God...Saying <I> Now, consider a circle. On the top put God, and at the bottom put the creation. Divide the creation into 4 groups: Mineral kingdom, vegetable kingdom, animal kingdom, and human kingdom. Consider the half circle on the right, lets call this the arc of descent (coming down). And the half circle on the left is called the arc of ascent (going up)</I> can seem a bit misleading when you mix the ascent/cycle with the 4 groups. Man represents the end of descent and the begining of ascent. It is not said anywhere where the 4 groups are located in the cycle. Separately there is a general sense of progress through the 4 kingdoms up to humanity elsewhere but there is no obvious way to blend these two pictures - is the mineral kingdom the first from God? Doesn't seem so on the face of it but there is certainly no comment saying so.<BR/><BR/>It would have been better to separate those ideas. They do not mix well.SMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13268147821220493560noreply@blogger.com