September 28, 2025
Dear Bill,
I hope you are well. I am doing completely fine and engaged in my daily activities. Of course, in the early autumn months, agricultural work and preparing apples and grapes for the D.sap adds to my tasks.
Yesterday, about 200 men and women — travelers (mosafers) and their companions (hamsafers) — received their orange DST scarves.
I was invited to three conferences: one related to addiction in Orlando called INBC, held October 20-25; another on epilepsy, to be held in the United States; and another on pharmaceuticals in Madrid, Spain. For these, I recorded and submitted my speech.
Of course, we have been invited to many other conferences as well, but for now we have selected 10 of the most important ones and are making plans for the rest.
I am very happy that we can now participate in numerous conferences virtually, without the need for long and time-consuming travel. I am also glad that gradually, in today’s world, the new message of Congress 60 is being received. Interestingly, more than 50 conferences across various fields of medicine — from Asia, Europe, America, and beyond — have invited us to participate, and we try to attend those with the highest scientific value.
The article on amphetamines, related to DST and the OT medicine, which was tested on 72 rats and has been accepted, I hope will be published tomorrow. This will clarify many unknowns, and as you have said, we must reach the parallel process in addiction treatment that you favor: recovery and wellness, or medication treatment and recovery.
I too believe that physiological treatment must proceed in parallel with recovery — they are two sides of the same coin, called addiction.
Now, regarding the opinion you had asked of me: how desire and methods of recovery are transferred from one person in recovery to another who is in need of it. You pointed to a very important and interesting subject. In my view, transmission, contagion, or transfer is one of the most fundamental phenomena of existence, evident not only in humans and animals but also in plants and even inanimate objects.
We have an interesting Persian poem about this. In old times, when modern soaps and detergents did not exist, people used a special type of clay (gil-e sussi) for washing clothes, as well as their body and hair.
It is told that one day, someone picked up a lump of this clay and noticed it had a fragrant smell like flowers. Surprised, he asked the clay: “You are just clay, why do you smell so sweet?” The clay replied: “I was nothing of value, but after sitting alongside flowers for some time, I absorbed their fragrance — the perfection of companionship influenced me.”
This is exactly how human beings adopt behavioral characteristics: from childhood we imitate speech, walking, eating, manners, and much more. Inevitably, we model ourselves on others. Children learn their language from their family, which is why different languages exist.
Therefore, modeling is the most important factor in Congress 60. The model must be as flawless as possible. When a newcomer enters Congress 60, he does not believe at first that addiction is curable. He only looks at others. But very quickly, the thoughts, mindset, recovery, and wellness of others transfer to him, just like the story of the clay and the flower.
Now, it depends — is the model a fragrant flower or something foul-smelling? In any case, contagion and transfer of recovery is 100% real, and it is directly tied to the model, which must be complete in both aspects: recovery and wellness, and physiological treatment. A model in poor condition cannot transfer well-being.
In Congress 60, this process of modeling and transfer begins with the Guide of the Newcomers.
No one else is permitted to speak with newcomers except this guide. The Guide of the Newcomers serves as a relatively suitable model to transfer hope of recovery and wellness effectively within three sessions.
In conclusion, I am very happy about your collaboration with Dr. Best and John Kelly from the Harvard Recovery Research Institute. God willing, the second article will also soon achieve its necessary result.
Please convey my greetings to Rita, other friends, and your family.
Your eternal friend and brother on earth and in heaven,
Hossein