Dear Pepe, I am responding to your letter of 9/19/89. At no time have I ever portrayed Mason Remey as a backbiter. I have no other information on this subject than that found in your letter of 6/19/89. It is you, not me, that portrayed him in that role. Don’t put this on my back. In your letter of 6/19/89 you made it clear to me that Mason told you that I was a schemer; and the scheme that I had was a “spiritual ‘mission’ that I had set for myself.” And he placed me in the category of some Persians that came to this country “under the pretense of Teaching the Faith while amassing large fortunes selling oriental carpets;” and in the category of “Joel Marangella when he came forth whimsically claiming the Guardianship.” But, you state that “he preferred not to openly oppose you.” Then he compared me with Rex King stating that: “His hopes were that all would be reconciled eventually thus avoiding definite cut offs unless absolutely required–as was the case of Rex King.” This is the biggest insult that I have ever had in my entire life! I resent being cast in the same category with these nefarious individuals. I don’t know if you know what is the meaning of the word backbiting. I looked it up in the dictionary: “To say mean or derogatory things about one absent.” The above is the worst thing that has ever been said about me by anyone that I held in high esteem. It was far worse than the false charges that were placed against me that sent me to prison. They both impugned my character. You don’t know how much I respected and loved that 1
man: How he stood up against the 26 Covenant-breaking hands, defending the continuation of the. guardianship and the provisions of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s Will and Testament and then against the entire Baha’i World withstanding all the mean and derogatory things said about him. To me he was the greatest man that I had ever met. You must realize the deep cut and hurt that I suffered when I read your letter of June the 19th and now more so when I read your letter of September the 19th. I had never “set a spiritual ‘mission’ for myself”. This is an invention pure and simple; manufactured by the greatest man I knew when I sent him a copy of “The Beast” which gave the Glad Tidings of the emergence and proofs of the Promised One that the whole world is waiting for, as prophesied in all Holy Writ including the prophecies of ‘Abdu’l-Baha. He treated it like a piece of dirt; whereas he should have rejoiced with glee and singing. Baha’u’llah tells us “The station which he who has truly recognized this Revelation will attain is the same as the one ordained for such prophets of the house of Israel as are not regarded as Manifestations ‘endowed with constancy.’”[1] “The interpretation of prophecy is notoriously difficult, and on no subject do the opinions of the learned differ more widely. This is not to be wondered at, for, according to the revealed writings themselves, many of the prophecies were given in such form that they could not be fully understood until the fulfillment came, and even then, only by those who were pure in heart and free of prejudice.” (BNE)[2] “On the other hand, when someone appears who claims to fulfill the prophecies, it is important that we examine his claim with open, unprejudiced minds. Should he be an impostor, the fraud will soon be discovered and no harm will be done, but woe to all who carelessly turn God’s Messenger from the door because He comes in an unexpected form or time.” (BNE)[3]. Moses, when he set up the nation of Israel, provided for the priesthood and the kingship, but he didn’t provide for the coming of prophets who were not Manifestations. When they came they were in trouble. They admonished the kings, the priests and the people when they were in error. These prophets were the ones who had truly recognized the Revelation of Moses. When Jesus came he said:
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Baha’u’llah has stated that minor prophets are to come in the Baha’i era, but like in the dispensation of Israel, He didn’t tell us their function. When one appears from behind the veil he is in trouble; he makes his proclamation and puts forth his proofs, but he is rejected by the very leaders of the religions that they were appointed to guard. This scenario is repeated time after time after time. God left it to the Promised Ones themselves to give proof of their Advent and Mission, but only the pure of heart and those that make their decisions with justice hear their voice. Read the first and second Hidden Words. The role of a Baha’i prophet, like in the nations of Judah and Israel, is to admonish the kings (guardians), the teachers and the people when they are in error. The proofs of my advent is that I fulfil prophecy. My mission is to establish Abha Father’s Kingdom–especially to establish the courts–International Baha’i Council (IBC), International Tribunal (IT) and the Universal House of Justice (UHJ) (Zech. 3:7), and to establish the BRANCH (AGHSAN) at the head of the IBC, IT and the UHJ (Zech. 3:8). Mason should have investigated my claim. If he found anything wrong with it he should have corresponded with me and pointed out any objections or defects that he might have imagined concerning it. Instead he passed it off as just another scheme. I don’t believe he did this maliciously, but because he was programmed to respond in this manner. I don’t know if you are acquainted with Pavlov’s conditioning response syndrome, which explains why many people do things or take action in response to a certain signal,[4] which causes them to make grave errors. I had a book written by Mason, which may be the same one that you mentioned. It was among many books that I had inherited from my father, and gave examples of the many schemes that Baha’is used to exploit the faith to further their own ends or to enrich themselves, including the one you mentioned of the Persians coming to this country in the guise of teaching the faith and then making a fortune selling Persian rugs. I left this book with the hundreds of Baha’is in Mauritius Island that I had brought into the faith back in the ’50s, to discourage them from abusing the faith with schemes of their own. There were many more such schemes that are not recorded in that book, such as John Carre’s scheme to try and get Mason to support him and his family. In my long experiences in the faith I have witnessed many such schemes, some by one of my brothers. So when I sent to Mason a copy of “The Beast” showing how I fulfilled prophecy, “the bell sounded” and without investigation or reflection, and he not having the 3
intestinal fortitude to confront me on this, he told you that this was just another scheme, poisoning your mind and blackening your heart, prejudicing you against me and my God-given mission. You, being ignorant of the faith, believed this labeling of my claim as just another scheme and being it came from the guardian, you felt that to even give it the least credence, or to investigate the matter for yourself would be going against the memory of Mason. Thus your mind is closed as tight as a clam. And you insult me also, as did Mason, by putting me in the same categories as “the Persians in the pretense of Teaching the Faith while amassing large fortunes selling oriental carpets,” and “Joel Marangella….whimsically claiming the guardianship,” “but, avoiding definite cut-offsunless absolutely required–as was the case with Rex King.” You put me in these same categories for you maintain, as Mason, that I have a scheme; for you state, “should I allow myself to be coerced into a spiritual scheme not in keeping with his spiritual goals, the trust Mason Remey placed in me would be seriously violated….” Because your mind is closed as tight as a drum by your acceptance of a whimsical backbiting statement made by a former guardian, you have totally rejected the “Plan of God” as found in Holy Writ, and have also rejected the Promised One that was sent by God to establish His Plan in the world. Because your minds were closed neither you nor your father investigated my claim. This is not in keeping with one of Baha’u’llah’s Twelve Basic Principles: the Independent Investigation of the Truth. Dr. Benjamin Rush, an American patriot and the only physician that signed the Declaration of Independence stated that: Condemnation without investigation is the cause of all the trouble in the world. A classical example of this is that of Dr. William Harvey (1578-1657), an English Physician that discovered the circulation of blood. He was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons and held a prestigious chair at the University. When he delivered his well-prepared paper before the members of the Royal College of Surgeons he was booed off the lecture platform. He was expelled from that prestigious body and lost his chair at the University. They didn’t believe that the blood circulated. They thought that the arteries were air tubes conveying oxygen to the parts of the body. The word artery means air tube. As long as they believed that arteries were air tubes they refused to investigate and ignored all the proofs that he had put forth. Their minds were closed and there was no way that Harvey could get through to them. After he died they found out that he was right. As long as you believe that I am a schemer your mind will remain closed; you will continue to believe that my claim is a scheme and not of God, just as those of the Royal College of Surgeons believed the arteries were air tubes. With this type of 4 prejudice none of my explanations or proofs will make any difference. One of Baha’u’llah’s famous 12 Basic Principles is the elimination of all forms of prejudice. Most Baha’is believe that because they have been able to free themselves of race, national and gender prejudices they are prejudice free. Do you know the meaning of the word prejudice? I looked it up in the dictionary:
Because you have opted to have a closed mind in approaching my claim and mission as did Mason, there is nothing that I can do to get through to you. And as I did not create you, and I am not responsible for your closed mind, I therefore turn you back to your creator. You can be sure that I will not use your name of Joseph Pepe Remey. You tell me that you are not Joseph Pepe Remey AGHSAN. The latter is the only name that I could possibly support, for only an Aghsan could possibly be the guardian. Thus Joseph Pepe Remey is not the guardian, and if Mason Remey was not an Aghsan he could not have been the guardian either. Therefore Joseph Pepe Remey only exists as a figment of your imagination. Therefore I cannot promote Joseph Pepe Remey, for with me he doesn’t exist. Only Joseph Pepe Remey AGHSAN has any reality. As I fulfill the third chapter of Zechariah, as I have already pointed out to you to no avail, my God-given missions are two in number: 1) I am to set up the Baha’i Court in Israel that is to judge all Baha’i matters for that country;[6] and 2) I will establish the AGHSAN (BRANCH) on the throne of David that Baha’u’llah placed on Mt. Carmel.[7] You write that until I can prove in an Israeli court of law “as to Mason’s adoption by ‘Abdu’l-Baha, no one has a right to publish either our names in the Aghsan lineage.” You’re dead wrong. The criteria for settling all Baha’i issues is the Sacred Will and Testament, not any court in Israel. We do not intend to take this to the Israeli court, but to the Minister of Religious Affairs, to reestablish the newly emerged International Baha’i Council. He may file criminal charges against the Covenant breaking setup in Haifa. We have no intention of filing such charges. On Page 25 in the Will and Testament (W&T) ‘Abdu’l-Baha tells us that Shoghi Effendi is a twig. On page 11 he tells us that Twigs are Afnan, and that Aghsan are Branches. On page 12 he 5 tells us that if Shoghi Effendi doesn’t have a twig (afnan) off-spring that has spiritual qualities, then he must choose a branch (aghsan) to succeed him. Shoghi Effendi didn’t have a twig (afnan) offspring with spiritual qualities, therefore he could only choose a branch (aghsan) as his successor. “Abdu’l-Baha never said that Mason Remey was his “son”, or “my son”. He didn’t speak English. He used the Persian word “aghsan”. He called him his “aghsan” and “my aghsan” translated into English as son, or branch. As ‘Abdu’l-Baha called Mason his aghsan, of which I have many proofs, I have every right to say that Mason was an Aghsan, and that on page 12 of the W&T ‘Abdu’l-Baha referred to the Aghsan as the descendants of Baha’u’llah and the Afnan as the collateral relatives of the Bab. Shoghi Effendi’s father was an Afnan, and Mason Remey’s father was an Aghsan. On page 12 of the W&T ‘Abdu’l-Baha gives the criteria for a succeeding guardian, that he must be an Aghsan and he must be appointed by the previous guardian. If you can’t believe me at least you should believe the Will and Testament. In fact! When ‘Abdu’l-Baha wrote the Will and Testament there were no longer any natural Branches (Aghsan) left on the Holy Aghsan Tree that were eligible to succeed him as an Aghsan Branch. Baha’u’llah in His “Book of the Covenant” (Kitab-i-Ahd) decreed that only the most great Branch (‘Abdu’l-Baha), and the great Branch (Muhammad ‘Ali) were eligible to succeed Him. The other sons (Branches) had no right to the succession.[8] Before ‘Abdu’l-Baha wrote the Will and Testament he had already severed Muhammad Ali from the Holy tree,[9] and his own son had passed on in infancy. Thus at the writing of the W&T there were no longer any eligible natural Aghsan left, as the other eligible branch had been severed from the Holy Tree. Because of this, what do you think ‘Abdu’l-Baha meant when he wrote in the W&T that if Shoghi Effendi didn’t have a son he must appoint a branch (AGHSAN) to succeed him? He knew that all of the eligible natural Branches were gone forever. Was ‘Abdu’l-Baha proposing that Shoghi Effendi perform a miracle, by doing the impossible? Or was ‘Abdu’l-Baha confused or an idiot? Heavens no! God forbid such suggestions. The fact of the matter was that before he wrote the W&T he had already adopted Mason Remey as his “dear son”; and thus, he was telling the Baha’i world that the continuation of the Aghsan lineage would only be by his adopted son. I don’t know if you understand all this. It means either that you are not knowledgeable in the Provisions of the Will and Testament, or that you are indifferent to them. This is the same type of failure exhibited by the mass of the Baha’is in the first test of Shoghi Effendi, and now in the second test of Mason Remey. You failed the tests along with the rest of them. All the trouble in the Baha’i faith is due to the violation of the Provisions of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s W&T. In fact ALL the real trouble in the world is due to the fact that all the peoples of the world have violated their own Covenants with God. 6 When I met Mason Remey in Washington in 1961 he explained to me that the test that was inaugurated by Shoghi Effendi was to test the believers as to whether for any reason they would go against the continuation of the guardianship.[10] He said: this test is over; it will never come again. He said: the next test would be that they would know that there was a succeeding guardian, but they wouldn’t know who he was. The test inaugurated by Mason was not a repeat of the first test, as this test was over; but was one of whether they would look to the criteria of the W&T and go by it to recognize the identity of the succeeding guardian. He then adopted you and appointed you to be his successor. When he adopted you, you then became an Aghsan. This test was one of whether they for any reason would go against the provisions of the W&T. You failed! Mason never claimed to be the adopted son of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, because when Shoghi Effendi appointed him “the President of the International Council;” and as this was the only appointment that he had ever made concerning a successor guardian, it could only be construed that he had appointed an Aghsan (Branch) to succeed him in the guardianship in accordance with the Provisions of the Sacred Will and Testament. However it wasn’t necessary at that time for the question of the Sonship of Mason to come up, as this was the only appointment that Shoghi Effendi made; and as the Guardianship is to exist forever, all should have accepted Mason on that account, for by making that appointment he was inferring that Mason was an Aghsan. We should have all known that Shoghi would not have made that appointment if Mason wasn’t an Aghsan. This is the test that both Shoghi and Mason made that everybody failed, except one, thus, it is that Promised One who establishes the BRANCH–AGHSAN in the world (Zech. 3:8 KJV). Those that passed the first test on the basis that it was the only appointment ever made by Shoghi concerning a successor, failed to recognize that when Shoghi made that appointment, he was also telling them that Mason was an Aghsan. The tripe that arose among Mason’s followers when ‘Abdu’l-Baha called Mason Remey his son, was that this was only a spiritual appellation, and that the guardianship passed from a physical son to a spiritual son. This mythology arose when Mason appointed a number of people to be his successor. As they all wanted to be the next guardian and as Mason didn’t adopt them as he did you, they figured that when Mason appointed them they were then all spiritual sons, as they figured Mason Remey was. Mason never called any of them “his son” or “my son”. They borrowed the theology of the Covenant-breaking hands in which they state that when: ‘Abdu’l-Baha called Mason Remey his son, this was only meant a spiritual son. Thus they failed the second test. I have already stated that ‘Abdu’l-Baha never called Mason his son, but his Aghsan. The W&T is clear: The succeeding guardian must be an Aghsan and he must be appointed by the previous guardian. 7 The test that is now going on (#3), is the transfer from an odespotes (supreme absolute monarch) type of Baha’i government to a functional International Baha’i Council (democratic monarchy) administration, as laid out by Shoghi Effendi.[11] This, we hope, will do away with the type of injustice that was accorded the Promised Lamb of God by two guardians of the Baha’i faith, neither of whom had the insight to recognize the One sent by God, the one that fulfilled prophecy. The test is whether one will go by hearsay or backbiting as evidence, even if it arises from a guardian, instead of by the investigation of the facts. Baha’u’llah never intended for an Aghsan Guardian to be an absolute monarch (despot) to be seated upon the throne of David. He didn’t intend for an aghsan guardian to be the sheriff, the prosecutor, the judge, the jury and the executioner. The rules for the guardianship of Shoghi Effendi and that of Mason Remey are different. The rules for an Aghsan guardian are quite different from an Afnan guardian. Shoghi being an Afnan, went by the rules of the Babi or Imam administration: an absolute monarchy. As he didn’t have an offspring to succeed him, it was compulsory for him to appoint a Branch, AGHSAN, as his successor. As all the natural AGHSAN were either dead or expelled from the Baha’i religious faith, he was compelled to appoint, as his successor, the only living AGHSAN–‘Abdu’l-Baha’s adopted Aghsan, Charles Mason Remey. An Aghsan guardian cannot go by the rules of the Babi Administration as Shoghi Effendi did, but must go by the rules for the Aghsan King seated on the throne of David. The Aghsan guardian is to not only sit upon the throne, but he is also the head or President of the IBC, the embryonic Universal House of Justice. To this body all of the important questions are to be referred. For instance, the decision as to who is a Covenant breaker will pass to this body. Shoghi Effendi said: “The Guardian like the Master before him, has not considered it advisable to as yet permit any person or Assembly to put another person out of the Cause of God.”[12] The reason being that from 1949 on, all the people failed the two great tests. Because of the fickleness of the believers at that time concerning the Covenant, the first IBC failed. Therefore it was essential, at that time, for God to have provided for an Afnan Guardian whose single-handed authority could not be contested by a body of fickle believers to guard the faith.[13] As well it would have been unwise for Shoghi to have deliberately entrusted this very important function to those that didn’t have the insight to make this kind of decision. But now it is a whole new ball game, so to-speak. In light of the errors the two Aghsan guardians have made in recognizing the Promised One, what kind of treatment would the little guy get that would be unable to defend himself? Shoghi Effendi never claimed for himself to either sit upon the throne, or to be the President of the embryonic UHJ. 8
Therefore Shoghi Effendi in appointing Mason to be his successor appointed him to be the President of the International Baha’i Council. It was intended that he function only within the framework of that council, a framework which Shoghi Effendi was not obligated to function within. Shoghi Effendi never claimed to be a king. Mason Remey did. Mason Remey claimed to be the first guardian of the Baha’i Faith, an AGHSAN, and Shoghi Effendi was the guardian of the Babi Faith, an Afnan.[14] With the passing of Shoghi Effendi the IBC was to become activated so that Mason would be functioning within its framework. When this council becomes activated it is to become the Baha’i Court for the State of Israel; thus it was not activated while Shoghi was still living. The reason was that Shoghi Effendi was an absolute monarch, and he was not to be limited in his authority or obliged to function within the framework of either a council or the UHJ. This framework was strictly intended to be used in the advent of the emergence of the Aghsan king. Because the members of this council, after the passing of Shoghi Effendi, became Covenant-breakers, it would have been unwise for Mason to activate this council to rule on the issue of the guardianship, so he put the council in abeyance until he could take care of some problems in the faith.[15] He needed to raise up some people that were firm in the Covenant so they could form the body of the IBC to replace the members that had just become Covenant-breakers: Because only a functioning IBC could decide any Baha’i matter. After he made his proclamation and many people became his supporters, he needed to test them to weed out those that were not firm and steadfast in the provisions of the W&T. Mason thus initiated the second test to find those pure souls that were firm in the Covenant so that he could place them on that council; for the aghsan guardian is not to function without a council. The test inaugurated by Mason was to show that all people must completely obey the W&T,[16] for this was the very thing that he would test them on, and they wouldn’t pass this test if they didn’t go by its provisions.[17] He then set up several IBCs and appointed a number of people to be his successor. But none of them were his son, only you. Therefore only you could be an Aghsan. However he didn’t think all the believers would fail this test; like all the believers didn’t fail the first test. He undoubtedly believed that a number of pure-hearted knowledgeable believers would survive to form the real IBC, so he could return, with this IBC to the Minister of Religious Affairs in the State of Israel and have it reestablished and then activated to function as the Baha’i court for the State of Israel. This court then would have the authority to judge all groups that claimed to be Baha’i. It would have the power to subpoena the Covenant breakers in Haifa and have them come before this court. The Israeli government upholds the decisions of the religious courts 9 even if the mass of the people of that religion are in opposition. When Mason declared the Hands of the faith and all that followed them in their violation “Covenant-breakers,”[18] it had no affect upon the mass of the believers or the Israeli government because it was the decision of just the President of the IBC, and not that of a Baha’i Religious Court (an activated IBC). In Israel, as in most Mideast countries, all religious matters are settled in their own religious courts. The Israeli courts do not decide religious matters, therefore Mason didn’t bring charges against the Covenant-breakers in the Israeli legal system. He commissioned the honorable Charles Gaines to bring this matter to the Minister of Religious Affairs after the emergence of the IBC. Howbeit, all of Mason’s followers went a whoring after other guardians, with the exception of the two knights of Baha’u’llah and the hundreds that I had raised up who accepted Mason as the true guardian. But, as I have just found out via your letter of 6/19/89, Mason ignominiously placed me in the same category as the miscreants: the Persian carpet salesmen, Joel Marangella and Rex King. Thus you wrote me that the number of believers that were left you could count on the fingers of one hand. I didn’t know that he had placed me in the category of the leader of an infidel group on the basis that I had revealed to him that I fulfilled prophecy. The hypocrisy overwhelms me. With the passing of Mason there were no believers left, including you, except the two Knights of the Lord. All else had failed the test of the necessity of going by the Provisions of the W&T to recognize the identity of the succeeding guardian. My wife and I were the only true believers left in the world; and we have raised up a whole new creation of believers that are firm in the sacred Text of the Will and Testament. You write me that Mason said, concerning these groups: “His hopes were that all would be reconciled eventually….”, thus these groups would then form a new IBC, and he would then go back to Haifa and reinstate the IBC with himself or one of his successors as its head. Either he really didn’t remember, or he disregarded the multitude of prophecies that all the Baha’is would fail but one, and that one would raise up an entire new creation of believers in the Covenant. I went over many of these prophecies with you, but it was like water rolling off a duck’s back. Your mind was all locked up. But now the real council has emerged from behind the veil, as I have announced in my previous letter. But you will not recognize this council because your mind has become closed by your believing that I am a schemer, as evidenced by your stating that you would not allow yourself to be coerced into a spiritual 10 scheme not in keeping with his spiritual goals. However the only way an Aghsan guardian can function is within the framework of the IBC that Mason put in abeyance and which has now just emerged. This is the only framework that you can function in, in order for you to be in accordance with Baha’i Law. The Mephistopheles that sucked the believers to ruin was their ignorance, or their indifference to the provisions of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s Sacred Will and Testament. In their violation they caught the spiritual disease that ‘Abdu’l-Baha termed leprosy. Their minds became closed refusing to learn the provisions of the W&T and to abide by them. The W&T is the “Charter” of “The World Order of Baha’u’llah.” It is the only basis on which the Kingdom of God can be established. In the two great tests all of the believers failed except the two Knights of Baha’u’llah. They have raised up a whole new creation of believers that are knowledgeable and firm in all the provisions of the W&T. Among these believers are twelve members of the archetypical “International Baha’i Council” that replaces the one that failed the first test. The plan of Mason was to find the twelve people that would form this council[19] so that he could go back to Israel and reestablish it there. He didn’t foresee that all the believers would fail the test, not leaving him enough believers to form the true International Baha’i Council. But then most all the believers did fail the test, making him despondent until just before he passed on. He then recognized that one of these knights was the Promised Lamb, that was firm and steadfast in all the Provisions of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s Sacred Document. Then he passed on leaving the faith in his hands, knowing that he would be able to raise up a whole new creation of believers, including the true IBC. Walking in my father’s footsteps, I have spent my adult life in fighting the devils of violation in all the religions, including the Pope sitting on the throne of Satan in Rome. When I was stationed in Mauritius Island I was elected the delegate for both Mauritius and Reunion Islands to help elect a Regional National Spiritual Assembly (RNSA). But while I was away from the island attending the Regional Baha’i Convention in South Africa, two men, Ferri and Theodore, arose to take over the faith in Mauritius, placing themselves in charge, claiming to be “the pillars” of the faith and calling the guardian a pimp. They had a number of believers as well as a Local Spiritual Assembly defect to their scheme. Naturally I went to work in battling this deviltry. I reported this to both the NSA in America and the RNSA in South Africa. They sent the Hand of the Cause, John Robarts, to investigate. He sided with the rebels causing my departure from the island. When Shoghi Effendi got wind of this he sent a strong letter of reprimand to Robarts and the erring RNSA, telling them to apologize to me. Another classical example of my ongoing battle against violation was my battle against the devil, Rex King, who took control of the Faith in America starting in 1963, with Mason designating him Satan in September 13, 1969. At 11
one time Mason portrayed the situation as a personality clash, asking us to meet privately and solve our differences. I tried but there was no compromising with Satan. Had Mason listened to me in the first place and took action he could have nipped his evil plan in the bud. But it had to run its course. There are twelve gates for the world to enter the Kingdom. These are the Pearly gates.[20] These gates are my twelve Apostles, for they are the twelve Apostles of the Lamb:
‘Abdu’l-Baha makes this quite clear:
“These twelve gates surround the entire world, that is they are a shelter for all creatures. And further, these twelve gates are the foundation of the City of God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and on each one of these foundations is written the name of one of the Apostles…..that is to say, each one maketh manifest the perfections, the joyous message, and excellency of that holy Being” (Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, p. 166). These twelve gates were raised up by the Lamb. They are my bet midrash–House of Study, or Academy. They are also my bet din–Court of Justice, or International Baha’i Council. In order for you to sit at the head of this IBC you must go through the “Pearly Gates.” In fact nobody enters the Kingdom except through these gates. These are the educators of the entire world. It is necessary for you to become firm in the Covenant, i.e. The Blessed Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, and emerge as Joseph Pepe Remey AGHSAN. 12 You are again trying to hide behind a facade of quips, quirks and quotes. You write: “Another quote of ‘Abdu’l-Baha which influenced my thinking is where he says that some of the best Baha’is living on earth may well be persons who have never heard the name of Baha’u’llah pronounced…..or words to that effect….” This again is taken out of context, for ‘Abdu’l-Baha also said: A person living the Baha’i life, although this is praiseworthy, however, if he is not firm in the Covenant it is for naught. Some other quotes from ‘Abdu’l-Baha:
‘Abdu’l-Baha delineated the provisions of Baha’u’llah’s Covenant: “the explanation which ‘Abdu’l-Baha, in one of His tablets, has given to, and the emphasis He has placed upon, the hereditary principle and the law of primogeniture as having been upheld by the Prophets of the past–….[and] which the Will of ‘Abdu’l-Baha was at a later time destined to proclaim and formally establish.” –Shoghi Effendi, cited in W.O.B. p. 147. Shoghi Effendi, knowledgeable in “the hereditary principle and the law of primogeniture” pertaining to the Aghsan guardianship, knew that he not having a son, would have to appoint a branch, AGHSAN; otherwise he would have just appointed another Afnan (twig) from among the collateral relatives of the Bab. All the natural branches (aghsan) had either passed on or had been declared Covenant-breakers. Shoghi Effendi knew the law of the land, Palestine, under the British mandate, and now is the same law of the State of Israel. Therefore he appointed ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s adopted son, Mason Remey, who was adopted according to the law of the land that dates back to the Ottoman, Turkish Empire. 13 These laws by which ‘Abdu’l-Baha adopted Mason Remey are the same as are now current in the State of Israel, and many precedents have been established; such as: “If he rears a child for the glory of God [Baha’u’llah], the child is certainly to be regarded as his child and not only in lineage, but even where the child has parents and is being brought up by a stranger as a meritorious act, if the latter has no children and is bringing the child up to be his son to succeed him and they address each other as father and son….also if he leaves him a token: even a stick or a stone he is indeed his son and successor.” Shoghi Effendi recognized this adoption way back in 1922 when he gave Mason his token of inheritance. Shoghi Effendi was a member of the Holy household on his mother’s side. ‘Abdu’l-Baha in His Will and Testament, not only appointed Shoghi as the guardian of the Cause of God, but also left him all his possessions. It was Shoghi’s prerogative for him to see that all the family members received their specific inheritance from ‘Abdu’l-Baha. “To ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s ‘dear son’ Mr. Charles Mason Remey” he left “Coagulated drops of Baha’u’llah’s All-Sacred Blood and Ringlets of His most Blessed Locks presented as my most precious possession….as a token of my Baha’i affection and brotherly love; and further: Of all the remnants of Baha’u’llah’s all-Sacred person, the most hallowed, the most precious, confidently delivered into the hands of my brother and co-worker in the Cause, Mr. Remey”.–Shoghi, March, 1922. Thus Mason received his token of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s inheritance through Shoghi Effendi. What Mason inherited from his father, ‘Abdu’l-Baha, was Aghsan blood; representing the AGHSAN blood line, and the hair, growing on the head, represents the headship or the presidency of the IBC, the embryonic UHJ. What Mason received when he inherited the token was the AGHSAN lineage. At this moment the AGHSAN LINEAGE passed from ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s reproductive organ to his adopted son, and the sceptre of the Davidic Kingship departed from the Tribe of Judah to the Gentile.[21] Shoghi Effendi was brought up in the Holy Household, thus ‘Abdu’l-Baha was able to groom him for the guardianship. Mason Remey, on the other hand, was a field man, so-to-speak, in the service of both ‘Abdu’l-Baha and Shoghi Effendi, for a good part of his adult life, until Shoghi Effendi took ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s “adopted son” into the Holy Household to groom him for his role as the guardian “of the Glorious Kingdom of the Abha Father foretold by Jesus Christ and the prophets.” He placed him in a lead position, seated next to him the seat of honor, at the dinner table. He had him follow directly behind him at all functions, etc. He was in on everything that was going on. Then in March of 1951 Shoghi appointed him to a role that only an Aghsan guardian could hold and that was the President of the IBC 14
for the state of Israel, the embryonic institution that was to go through various stages until it was to blossom into the UHJ. This was the only possible way that Shoghi could have appointed Mason. He couldn’t state that Mason was his successor, as Mason was not an Afnan and only another Afnan could succeed Shoghi. That is Shoghi did not adopt Mason to make him an Afnan (twig) to succeed him in the Afnan line; had he done so Mason would have also been an odespotes. Therefore he had to appoint an Aghsan, a Branch to be the next guardian. When Mason adopted you, you then became Joseph Pepe Remey Aghsan. Upon his passing you inherited everything he had, including that packet of the Aghsan blood and hair, giving you the tokenof your inheritance. You need to now pass through the pearly gates so these twelve apostles can open your inner eye so you may perceive the reality of the Plan of God as recorded in Holy writ. When a person leads a Baha’i life he receives the white aura. When his inner eye is opened he receives the coronal–the golden halo–that connects his intellect with the Branch of the Holy Spirit.[22] This is what Jesus meant when he said unless a man is born again he cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. This is why Abraham was required to attend the Academy of Shem. In order to establish the Kingdom of God we must not deviate from the Covenant of Baha’u’llah as delineated by ‘Abdu’l-Baha, from the appointment of Mason Remey as the President of the IBC, and the plan of Mason that has everything set up with the Ministry of Religious Affairs for the reestablishment of the IBC. Once you are coronated the head of the IBC, this IBC, with you as its President, will proceed to reestablish the IBC with the help of the Eminent Baha’i Scholar Charles H. Gaines, who has been commissioned by name by Mason Remey to lay the foundation of the case as an official liaison to the Israeli Government, now on record since 1960. The sooner that you can meet with this Council the better. We have a place for you to stay in New York upon your arrival. [23] There is also transportation provided for you from your point of arrival on. The friends join me in warmly welcoming you, and to assist you in every way possible. Dr. Opal joins me in extending our hospitality and cordially invite you to visit with us in our home. The friends join us in opening their homes throughout America, as they did for ‘Abdu’l-Baha back in 1912. There is much to do and very little time to do it in. The great calamity is at our door.[24] Enclosed find a document “The Controversy of Zion,” by Glenn Goldman, depicting what lies just ahead. 15 There is no time for animosity, bickering or hostility. We must all be united as one Baha’i body with love and affection for one another. If differences are present they must be settled by loving consultation in the framework of the Council. Most differences are due to the misunderstandings that arise from lack of knowledge of Holy writ, therefore education is essential. The members of the council (Apostles of the Lamb, or gates) are the most knowledgeable in the Plan of God in the world. Their only aim is to do the Will of God as found in Holy Writ. Their task is to unite the head and the body together and to establish this united Council in the State of Israel, and to educate the entire world. Their main function is to seat the guardian on the throne of David that Baha’u’llah placed on Mt Carmel. This will fulfill the prophecy of Zechariah:
My wife and the friends join me in sending you our love and best wishes.
Also see enclosed pages of the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Baha “Dear Doc” a letter addressed to me from Neal Chase.
16 ENDNOTES
1. Baha’u’llah, cited in W.O.B., p. 111; also see Advent, pp. 63-64. 2. Baha’u’llah and the New Era, Chapter XIII–Prophecies fulfilled–Interpretation of Prophecy. p. 257: 1950 edition. 3. Ibid, p. 258. 4. Pavlov—Ivan Petrovich, 1849-1936 Russian physiologist. He established through experimentation the conditioned response syndrome. Using a dog, he made a slit in his abdomen and inserted a tube into its stomach, with the dog standing over a jar, he place the other end of the tube into the jar. When he showed the dog a piece of meat the digestive juices of the stomach began to flow and dripped into the jar. Then he repeated a number of times of showing the dog a piece of meat and sounding a bell at the same time. Each time he did this the digestive juices flowed into the jar. Then without showing the dog a piece of meat, he just sounded the bell and the digestive juices flowed into the jar, showing that the dog was conditioned to respond to the bell in place of the meat. People in like manner are sometimes conditioned to respond to signals as in Pavlov’s response syndrome, having them perform or make decisions in a perverted manner, as the dog did to the sounding of the bell. They do this not knowing that they are conditioned to do so. 5. The Readers Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary. 6. “Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by” (Zech. 3:7 KJV). 7. “Hear now, O Joshua the high priest [great teacher], thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee [my twelve apostles, or bet midrash–the archetypical International Baha’i Council–a house of study and also the bet din (the national Baha’i Court), that judges all Baha’i matters in the State of Israel]: for they are men wondered at: for behold I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH [AGHSAN]” (Zech. 3:8 KJV). 17 8. “When the sea of My Presence is exhausted and the Book of Origin hath reached its end, turn you unto him (‘Abdu’l-Baha) who is desired by God–he who is issued from this ancient Root.” [see Is. 11:1, 10] The purpose of this sacred verse is the most great Branch….God hath, verily, decreed the station of the great Branch next to the most great Branch….All must regard the other branches with affection, but God hath not decreed unto them any right to the people’s property.” (Kitab-i-Ahd) Taken from the “Baha’i World Faith” pp. 209,210. 9. “In short, O ye beloved of the Lord! The Center of Sedition, Mirza Muhammad Ali, in accordance with the decisive words of God and by reason of his boundless transgression, hath grievously fallen and been cut off from the Holy Tree. Verily, we wronged them not, but they have wronged themselves! (W&T p. 9). 10. Shoghi knew that the “Hands” and the NSAs were apostate. Four months before he passed on he sent a very berating cablegram against the “Hands” and the NSA that was read at the Temple in Wilmette in a conference called by him. Both I and Dr. Opal were present. Copies were not available, but I remembered some of it and some I found in some of Ruhiyyih Rabbani’s writings: “triumphant consummation series historic enterprises” / “evidences increasing hostilities without” / “persistent machinations within” / “dire contests destined range Army light darkness both secular religious” / “nefarious activities internal enemies adoption wise effective measures counteract their treacherous schemes”… He came down hard on the Hands and the NSAs. 11. One of the Gates, the Honorable Apostle Neal Chase, who is writing his chapter of a multi-author book that is soon to be published, is writing on this very subject. He has done intense research and investigation on this very important matter and his findings are sensational. His insight is clear and he writes very well. I have asked him to write you a letter and share with you his pearls of great price and wisdom. It is hope that you will soon be able to meet with him and the other Apostles. 12. Baha’i News No. 220 (June, 1949), p. 2. 13. Mason’s opinion of the guardian before he made his proclamation, and thus before he came to the understanding that Shoghi was an afnan guardian: “The guardian is a ruler more absolute than any monarch present or past, which is the antithesis of American governmental ideas. Yet Shoghi Effendi called the American believers the ‘Cradle of the Administration’” (Daily observations of things and conditions in the Baha’i Faith made to the hands of the faith in the Holy Land: A SUMMARY, by _________ 146 B.E. p.2 #5). 18 14. “The Babi Faith and the Baha’i Faith are two distinct and different religions;–this was not made clear in the forming of the Administration of the Faith that was formed about the Babi religion instead of the Baha’i Faith. In other words,…….the first guardian of the Faith so construed the Master Abdu’l-Baha’s Will and Testament that he formed his Administration upon the Babi Faith and not upon the Baha’i Faith.”–Mason Remey, Florence, Italy, 12 November, 1966. 15. “But all these legal matters need not give us immediate concern now, when the spiritual problems of the present moment need to be met with and righted.”–Mason Remey, Explanation of “Notification of the appointment of Mason Remey, Guardian of the Baha’i Faith”–15 May 1960, page 5, last paragraph. 16. “The very first concern of the people of the Baha’i Faith now is that they should study the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Baha…..” (ibid). 17. A good professor or teacher informs his students what they need to study and know in order to pass his tests. 18. This declaration was made in his second and third epistles respectively. 19. … for he knew that the Lamb was to have twelve Apostles (Rev. 21:14). 20. “And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl” (Rev. 21:21). These represent “the pearl of great price.” 21. “The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet [reproductive organ], until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be” (Genesis 49:10, KJV). Shiloh gathers the people into the Kingdom of the Abha Beauty. He is the establisher of the AGHSAN king (Zech. 3:8). He is the Lamb that has twelve Apostles, that are the Gates into the Kingdom of the Abba Father. 22. ‘Abdu’l-Baha tells us that in the upper layers of the brain there are a special layer of cells, called psychrons, that are different than the other brain cells. In them are tiny cords that are taut like violin strings. When they are activated they vibrate, connecting the intellect with the Branch of the Holy Spirit. This produces a golden hue above, or around the head. They are the golden halos, which artists see around the heads of the saints and prophets. With a little training people can then be able to see auras and halos, but is natural with some people. 23. We have an apartment for you in New York for the whole month of December 1989. 19 24. Because what is happening in Eastern Europe the people are saying that we have now a better chance for peace since World War II. Paul tells us: “For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape” (I Thess 5:3). The world is pregnant with the advent of the Kingdom, and it is about to be delivered. The most vital thing in the world today is to reestablish the IBC in Israel. We can tarry no longer! 25. You are to establish the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar (Baha’i Temple), the one designed by Mason, on Mt. Carmel.
Source: Dave Cornell, http://web.archive.org/web/20030529045555/www.lelandjensen.net/html/doc/891207pepe.htm |
