Thank you for interviewing Elena. She was my teacher in the graduate program she mentions early in the show. She forever remains a guide and teacher in my heart. She is the reason I am a developmentalist. I feel so fortunate to have caught this today, it was perfect timing. I just lost my dear, sweet grandmother. Hearing Elena’s gentle yet powerful way of interpreting the human condition is what my heart needed. Her voice always soothes me. This was a beautiful interview, thank you both.
What a wonderful blog! I've added "Global Unitive Healing" to my MUST READ LIST. Right after I finish Soul Boom, which has my wife looking at me with an inquiring eye as a chuckle through that wonderful book. 🙂
What a wonderful contribution to the discourse on social and personal transformation. The yearning to reconnect with absolute truth, beauty and goodness reminds me of Rumi's poem, The Reed Flute's Song: Hearken to the reed flute, how it complains, lamenting its banishment from its home: “Ever since they tore me from my osier bed, my plaintive notes have moved men and women to tears. I burst my breast, striving to give vent to sighs, and to express the pangs of my yearning for my home. He who abides far away from his home is ever longing for the day he shall return.
Many thanks to both. I have learned several wonderful things that will help me with meaningful conversations and the sharing of the spiritual concepts. "Truth, Beauty and Goodness"....the -eternal- yearning of our souls. ❤️❤️🌟🌟🌷🌷
Yes the society has own shadow sides! Nelson Mandela use to say “ don’t be afraid of your enemy, don’t be afraid of your friends, men be real afraid of those you don’t know”. The shadow part of us frightens us and others. And when you live in a society where they don’t want to know about own shadow side and avoid to get involve in conflict with others, they make a universal shadowy atmosphere/culture. The result becomes that nobody comes “near enough ”! Then everybody talks about “ loneliness “, as a cultural sickness.
To me the one who is happy with own “self”, is also happy in presence of others. Otherwise he who is not happy with own self feels always lonely where ever, and with whom ever he find himself. A happy person/ spiritual person is never “ lonely “. The whole Scandinavia talks about loneliness “.
Thank you for the amazing Interview and the reciting of the Baha'i Prayer as well as the sharing of the experience in Zimbawe. I was only in Kenya but I learned a lot from children there.
This is such an inspired talk about the connection of spirituality and social and global consciousness and reflected in the speaker's presence. Thank you! "Global Unit of Healing" is the book I'd like to read of hers and/or accessing more from her through Elena Mustakova, Global Social Health Eng, talks on You Tube.
Thanks Myra! In case you're interested, you can check out Baha'i Blog's interview post about the 'Ambassador to Humanity' podcast here: www.bahaiblog.net/2022/01/ambassador-to-humanity-podcast-series-life-abdulbaha/
The question she asked was *why do we betray ourselves?* Dr Robert Firestone has something meaningful to say about that. Say he, _To a certain extent, all people experience a split within their personality. Early in their development, they incorporate critical attitudes and self-destructive elements into their personalities and remain undifferentiated, to varying degrees, from these internalized harmful influences throughout life. We describe the dynamics of this essential division between destructive tendencies and life-affirming, goal-directed tendencies. The division of the personality fosters a self-hating voice within the child that attempts to destroy the project of being and becoming oneself that gives human existence its most significant meaning. Only by learning to understand and cope with one’s internal demons in the form of these negative thought processes can one aspire to emancipation and personal freedom_
Hi! Recently been researching the faith and am falling in love! Sorry if this isn't the right place to post this, however, I have watched several videos and they all feel very 'general' to me (not just this channel)? I have read some of the writings, but was wondering whether there are any channels/videos that talk about things in more detail - in relation to scripture. For example: How you pray, what you must and must not do, duties etc (not so much the general stuff that everyone talks about: society, unity, oneness, love, compassion etc.). I have found that Baha'u'llahs writings are complex and have huge parallels with Islamic hadiths / the quran, and thus are sometimes 'orthodox' in nature. But, whenever I hear a Bahai talking about the faith, it's mostly only discussing their journey, unity, oneness, science or general quotes. I hope someone understands what I mean by this, anything helps!
Another way to put it is: Although I do know that this 'merging' of the east and west is important, I feel as though talks/videos are usually from a western perspective, for a western audience. I'm just trying to understand the faith from a religious, spiritual perspective, in the context baha'u'llah wrote them from. I feel as though I'm getting a simpler, westernised version of the faith that is usually/mainly compared to Christianity, rather than the islamic, shia context that it stems from.
@@Nadirqm Hi Nader! Great question. I think you might enjoy listening to some of our other talks, particularly those by Mr Taherzadeh, Mr Banani, Dr Nader Saiedi and Dr Rafati You can find them in this playlist: ru-vid.com/group/PLePDtgwcyKAR-YtCDQomfurBPiEKxPPQg
@@BahaiBlog Thank you for this! I am in the process of watching these talks and they are already answering some of my questions/concerns! They also seem to have more of a focus on spirituality which is what I needed.
All the great thinker, all the messengers of God have been openly and peacefully activist. They said NO to injustice. That’s why they became treated as they did. But when we start to live the life as the messenger of God wanted us, we become also peaceful activists! And we frighten the enemy of the faith. “ the religious leaders use to say, be afraid of the goodness of Baha’is !!
Thank you! There s much talk about Male Aggression, and that exists and must be addressed and brought into balance, yet almost nothing is said about Female Passive Aggression, which also a form of violence and limits human potential, and must also be brought unto balance.
I have serious issues with the term 'consciousness'. What does it mean? It means the opposite of unconscious, asleep or knocked out. We all wake up each day, but that in no way ensures self actualization or ant degree of enlightenment. It also does not include God and the Human Spirit. There is assumption, by using this word, that God and Spirit are not central and critical to better human decisions and actions.
Allahuabha.you need to let us have a voice to the minorities...Iam empiwerred to soeak do not deny..me! you are talked on a third sense.segreation needs to be stamped out .my friernds..THE ACADEMIA...mentality and awarenes is superiority to me..i have an opinion as a minority.my friends..justice is a beautiful word that BAHAULLAHS MESSAGE EMPHAZISE AND ABFUL BAHAS EXAMPLE IF INCLUSIVENESS ON HIS ACTIONS AND EXHORTATIONS TO THEWESTERN WORLDSPECIALLY ONHIS GUIDANCE AT...PROMULGATIONOF UIVERSAL PEACE..ARE VERY CLEARLY EXPLAINED..LOTSOF TALKS ONHIS GUIDANCE ABOUT DEVELOPEMT EHORTATIONS
