THE UNIQUE ART OF BAHA'I CONSULTATION
Channel: Keyvan Geula
Date: 2021-08-14

In her Best Seller book, High Conflict, Amanda Ripley @amandaripley, talks about the unique nature of Baha’i consultation and it's powerful and out of the box inspiring features. In a Tweet she says: I had never heard of the Bahai Faith until I went in search of communities that intentionally create “good conflict." It was inspiring. 
The presentation; by Keyvan Geula and Cynthia (Thomas) Hall, was made in 1989 at SCMA annual Conference. The presenters reference many unique  and transformative aspects of Baha’i consultation, Author of High Conflict Amanda Ripley, refers to in her Best Seller book; High Conflict, published in 2021

Cynthia and I would like to express our thanks and appreciation to the mentorship and support we have received from Honorable, Judge Dorothy W. Nelson of 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and late Honorable Judge James F. Nelson of Los Angeles Municipal Courts in preparation for this talk.

The Great Being saith: The heaven of divine wisdom is illumined with the two luminaries of consultation and compassion. Take ye counsel together in all matters, inasmuch as consultation is the lamp of guidance which leadeth the way, and is the bestower of understanding.               (Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, Lawh-i-Maqsúd)

Say: no man can attain his true station except through his justice. No power can exist except through unity. No welfare and no well-being can be attained except through consultation.                  (From a Tablet, translated from the Arabic)

Consultation bestoweth greater awareness and transmuteth conjecture into certitude. It is a shining light which, in a dark world, leadeth the way and guideth. For everything there is and will continue to be a station of perfection and maturity. The maturity of the gift of understanding is made manifest through consultation.                                                                (From a Tablet, translated from the Persian)