"Whoso hath been re-born in this Day, shall never die; whoso remaineth dead, shall never live."

I was meaning, could this be included over in r/bahaiquotes? I wasn't sure of its intent being posted here without any other context to locate it other than itself, which raises the question of interpretation.

As to interpretation I wonder is it the recognition of the Manifestation of God in this time that which 'awakens' one? (and then how that isn't separable from recognising and aligning oneself with the laws). What does that mean then in relation to those who recognise older traditional Messengers and practice according to those traditions? Is that also of a 're-birth', have they also be 're-born'? What is it to be dead in this sense? Spiritually dead? But what does that mean? How is it defined qualitatively, phenomenologically, psychologically, emotionally?

Or does it pertain to a psychological rebirth, wherein aspects of ones former self 'die' and a new kind of person is 'born', gradually, or immediately, as the case may be? That may or may not be construed then as belonging to religion, as an event or process, it may become accessible to a person via other routes. Or does it pertain to an egoic death of some kind, a subtle psychic and psychospiritual process, with attendant unusual phenomena, until the point of Fana/Nirvana/Moksha, the "The Valley of True Poverty and Absolute Nothingness"? And if it does, does that mean all these other variations on 'rebirth' are not actually the rebirth being enjoined on us here? There are numerous ways to interpret this saying, which was why I was curious about how you were interpreting it (I already know what I presently think and feel about this subject and this saying).

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