An Interview with Master Amin Dezhakam, the Watcher of Worldview
Part Two – Interview with Master Amin
Source: Caspian Branch – Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Part Two of the Interview
Has your field of study—Physics—helped you in writing the Worldview Pamphlets?
Very much! If I had pursued any other field, I probably couldn’t have learned what I have in worldview in this way. For my understanding of worldview, physics was truly the best option. Of course, physics has many branches, and I am currently studying cosmology. When I was accepted into this field, I didn’t realize that I am a worldview instructor in Congress 60, and the discipline I had been admitted to is directly related to the study of the univers and this was very interesting to me.
In your opinion, how is a companion’s inner intoxication or X-System rebuilt?
Many factors are involved. First, we must see how it became damaged. The answer to your question exists in Congress 60’s educational resources. A consumer and a healthy person live together for years; through this close relationship, they influence each other. Mr. Dezhakam always uses this example: The consumer is like a driver, and the companion is like a passenger sitting beside him.
The passenger is always full of fear and panic. But the driver is either in hangover or—most of the time—intoxicated. A person who is high feels no fear because their senses are not functioning; they have no understanding of their situation. So they drive fast, pass sharp curves at high speed. But the passenger, whose senses are normal, perceives all the dangers and experiences terrible conditions—filled with stress and horror. The destruction of the companion begins exactly here. Now life has returned to normal, and one of the most important and fundamental issues is that the companion must learn to forgive the traveler for all the hardships they caused. When a companion constantly reminds the traveler of the past [hardship that the travelers imposed on the companion], it means the companion has not yet reached cure or balance.
Why should a companion forgive her traveler? Because the traveler was sick and not in a normal state. They must be able to forgive, to stop blaming, and to stop bringing up the past. Forgiving is not easy—it requires many things. The heart must grow; thinking must change; senses, worldview, perspective—many things must transform. Another part of the issue is that you feel you have lost many years of your life living beside a consumer. You feel your life was wasted and you have aged. The traveler is now cured, and you are left with your lost years. You might feel it’s too late, thinking what I should do.
You must continue to try and understand that nothing is without wisdom [here wisdom means Hikmat, which is God’s proper plan for people]. As long as we are alive, we must keep moving. If you enter the right path, many of the things you lost will come back. But all of this must be learned gradually—it does not happen overnight. We don’t expect anyone to practice all of this after one week in Congress 60. It takes at least one or two years to build the foundations. After that, cure and balance gradually appear.
You once said the first condition for becoming a guide is love, and the second is having the right view toward suffering. Can you explain this for those who love serving?
When you become a guide or teacher, there may be times when you take a wrong path. When we say the first condition is love, it means you must not fall into the trap of letting strictness in carrying out the laws extinguish your love—turning you into a rigid and oppressive dictator.
You want to enforce the laws, but you become harsh, cruel, and severe, here you yourself become prey to the negative force, and your character changes. Then you are no longer a teacher and no longer fit for educating others.
Love protects you. Do you feel this love inside yourself? If not, then somewhere you have taken a wrong turn. If you have negative feelings—like anger or hatred—toward others or your own pupils, you must go back and correct the mistake.
The next point is having the right view toward suffering. This means remembering where you once were. How did you behave when you didn’t yet know anything? It was the laws and the kindness that guided you here. So you must not forget the hardships you endured. This memory becomes your compass in guiding others.
What is your perspective on the activities of male companions in the cities?
I am very hopeful for them to find their place. The key to reach this point is that the quality of their training must be high. They must learn, serve, transcribe CDs, and work on their own knots—just like the travelers, or even more diligently.
For this reason, Mr. Dezhakam has allowed male companions in cities where their separate group is not yet formed to sit in the travelers’ legions and receive the same quality of education. If we do this, I believe the future results will be excellent.
In the introduction of the book 60 Degrees Below Zero, you mentioned the situations that occurred in your home. As a child, how did you perceive your father’s addiction?
In reality, I didn’t perceive it at all, because I didn’t know he was addicted. I thought sometimes he smoked recreationally. I had no idea that he had been addicted for years and was unable to quit.
All the burden and pain were carried by Mrs. Ani—Mr. Hossen Dezhakam’s wife— who never expressed it to anyone. This was a secret she held in her heart. Whenever there was a shortage, she made up for it through hard work, sleepless nights, and giving injections. I would accompany her too.
She worked at the clinic every day from morning to noon, and every other night she worked in the hospital until morning—to keep the family together. I wasn’t aware of the depth of the catastrophe, but I sensed the changes. I saw that Mr. Dezhakam was becoming older and more worn out day by day. I saw his hopelessness and bad temper, but I didn’t know the reason. And it was good that I didn’t know, because if I had known, I would have been seriously harmed. Mrs. Ani, with her wisdom and patience, understood that this matter should not be passed on to the children.
Some mothers immediately humiliate their child by saying: “Do you know your father is an addict?” Or they confide in the child about the father’s addiction. But this is wrong. They want to pull the child into their own “team” and act against the father—or gain advantage. A wise person never does this, because the child will be hurt and a twisted, unstable column will be made instead of a wise person.
One condition for marriage is awareness. Could you explain awareness or the feeling of love?
I cannot speak about marriage specifically because I myself have not done it! But regarding the feeling of love, I cannot give direct opinions because it wouldn’t be appropriate. However, in any connection—marriage, partnership, friendship, or any bond—you must consider the CD “Obstacles of Love.” Meaning: be careful that your love does not blend with a sense of ownership.
A small amount of ownership is natural, but if you want the other person to belong entirely to you, you have already put yourself in trouble. If you want to enslave or dominate someone, it contradicts all the teachings you have learned.
If you love someone, you care for them, you feel responsible, and duties exist mutually between you—like a father and child, siblings, etc. But if you try to possess them, you are on the wrong path. Marriage is also a connection of love, and as mentioned, the “Obstacles of Love” must always be considered.
Final Words
I have the best wishes for the male companions and hope they will also find their path. And I thank you, wishing you consistency in the right direction.
Footnote: Male companions are those supportive male family members of a traveler [an addict, who is on the path of addiction cure]. Male companions attend Congress 60 workshops to be trained on how to deal with the travelers as they are passing the path of cure. Each traveler in Congress 60 may have their own female companions [wife, mother and sister]. Companions have not the experience of consuming drugs, but they play the role of nurse accompanying a patient or traveler.
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Link Part One Interview:
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Report prepared by: Companion Mehdi
Typing: Traveler Mahmoud
Source: Caspian Branch – Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Translated by companion Mozhde, Legion 8, Bonyan Branch of Congress 60, Mashhad, Iran
Revised and edited by Elahe