How much of the book will be based on research about the Bahtawi compared to your interpretation of them?
For example, when the I said,
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in terms of the younger bahetawi, i would say they are 'becoming bahetawi' for the journey is long and takes decades, once you have completed years and years of training then you can become a bahetawi in the fullness, it is gradually earned by age and experience, hence the reason for the focus on the elders
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I Iverstand where the I is coming from when the I said that, because the Irits of a Bahtawi that has been trodding for years will likely be Higher than a person who just started their trod. But in terms of the Ethiopian view of the Bahtawi, do they see the younger ones as "becoming Bahtawi", or do they just sight that at the point a person takes that trod, they are Bahtawi, as long as they continue in that way.
And also when the I said this,
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when you spend years inside a cave without sunlight, your body activites its own 'inner sun' also known as the third eye or the pineal gland. when all the senses are shut down from being in darkness, sight, smell, touch etc and there is no light, the pineal gland goes into overdrive and releases lots and lots of melanin, i am sure most of you know that melanin is powerful stuff, when this happens, the hair starts to grow in abundance,
the activation of the pineal gland does many other things to the mind and body
after years in the cave, the 'diamond body' takes over from the physical body which has been temporarily shut down and the bahetawi regain the pre-fallen state of man
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Did the I come to those things by reading sources of information about the Bahtawi, or is that your interpretation of why they go into the cave?
If the I goes forward with this book, the I should not include your interpretations of the Bahtawi unless it is made known in each instance that it is your interpretation. Your opinion might not always be right, so it is best to make it known so that people will know that it may or may not be true from the perspective of a Bahtawi.
Also, in the sources you read, does the I know if the authors mixed their interpretation of the Bahtawi with the facts about them without distinguishing what was or was not their interpretation?
Like I said, I don't know if the Bahtawi want anybody to write a book about them at all, but if a person does write a book, they should make sure they do it with proper respect and make sure what is written as fact is actually fact.
If the I have views of spirituality and how people can attain it, then it is better to write a book of what the I thinks about that, and not include those things in a book about the Bahtawi.
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