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...recalls. "I had to run like hell to catch up with what I thought of myself-if someone went six, I'd go twelve, you know? I had to move, not to get frustrated; and I was frustrated enough. In 1920 I went into everything you could imagine-Bahai, Ouspensky, Krishnamurti, vegetarianism ... well, that didn't last long. I have to eat meat." She studied art, acting and dance; she also took singing lessons ($50 a shot, at a time when a quarter bought a meal) from Metropolitan Opera Coach Estelle Liebling. The remnants of the drama...
...previously announced that "the plotters are facing the death penalty." There seemed little doubt that his grim threat would be carried out with the same judicial severity that sent 42 other Iranians to their death last week on charges that ranged from sex offenses to organizing centers for the Bahai faith, a 19th century offshoot of Islam that is anathema to Iran's Shi'ite majority...
...Registration. Traditionally one of the most harrowing experiences of freshman week. Everybody must brave the long lines, only to get inside Memorial Hall and be accosted by what seems like thousands of student groups, eachgrabbing anybody who comes by. Avoid the Bahai's, Trotskyite factions, Harvard Student Agencies (buy and wash your own sheets--it's cheaper and more reliable), the rifle club and those obsequious class ring salesmen...
...very eager to spread their message all over the world," Porter said. But when the audience is uninterested--as many roommates of Baha'is are--"you have to keep your mouth shut" to avoid alienating them. Ludwig Tuman, a bearded junior who is a former Christian, said Bahai's expect to spread "at least as much by deeds as words." While no figures of worldwide Baha'i membership exist, and the Harvard following is still small, Baha'i's claim some impressive present and past believers--including Seals and Croft, Dizzie Gillespie, Mrs. Randolph Hearst, and the last Queen...
Several tentative explanations for the intensity of belief suggest themselves. The phenomenon of "blissing out" is plenty real to worshippers of the 15 year-old Guru Maharaj Ji--but then, dazzling light can be hallucinated in a realistic fashion if one tries hard enough. The doctrines of the Bahai's and the Christians also seem plausible--if one really wants to believe them. So with the chanting of TM and Nichiren Shoshu; by sitting still and poising the mind on a single subject, determination can be channelled toward achieving previously hard-to-reach goals...