Times Higher Education - 'I sit in a UK library and feel so sorry for my friends in Iran'

'I sit in a UK library and feel so sorry for my friends in Iran'
Credit: Reuters
Not welcome: Baha'i students say that their preparation for university entrance exams is done in the knowledge that their applications to Iranian state universities will likely be turned down because of their faith


Once, during Ramadan in the mid-1990s, Erfan Sabeti was on his way to an all-day genetics class at the Baha'i Institute for Higher Education in Tehran.

He had taken to wearing a tie to show he was not a hard-liner, though the Ayatollah Khomeini had just issued a fatwa saying that ties were a symbol of westernisation. As he was about to get into a taxi, he was stopped by revolutionary guards.

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'Smile, breathe and go slowly!' (Thich Nhat Hahn) whilst SunWALKing toward OneSummit!

Walking toward 'the summit' we tread our path, sometimes alone, and from time to time with others. As we converse with fellow-travellers, as we enter dia-logos, we learn from each other.
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One summit - many paths!
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Each of us has those who help illumine the path we tread.
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SunWALKing = walking with your 'sun' - whatever, & whoever, lights your path!
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So within and around my model, SunWALK, I'm celebrating the human spirit - listening to those who feed my soul. Join in or eavesdrop!
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Those who illumine my path most are Abdu'l-Baha, Karen Armstrong, Terry Eagleton, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Eckhart Tolle, Ken Wilber - and many other of the poets and philosophers in our intellectual & spiritual 'starry firmament'. Oh - and those great healers called comedians.
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But SunWALKing - is a life-streaming blog - so it includes the deliciously silly as well as the shatteringly profound!
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THE THEMES in this life-stream then are the arts, photography, New Politics & Social Justice, philosophy (especially educational), pan-religious spirituality, personal development, coaching, media - and exposing the curse of fundamentalism.
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MY GUIDING FOCUS is developing further my human-centred studies model called SunWALK - for use in professional and development. A summary is here - http://sunwalked.wordpress.com/courses/the-heart-of-all-of-the-courses-deepen... />.
So within and around SunWALK I'm celebrating the human spirit. Join me, walk a while, and sit at the wayside table as I listen to those who whisper their wisdom and insights over my shoulder - Heschel, Wilber, Armstrong, Tolle and the others - and join me in asking questions about how these great teachers approach the issues of being, of being in the world with others!
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