Another session of the 68th Congress60 virtual workshops for Academy branch of Congress60 was administered on March 10th, 2020 at 5 p.m. by Mr. Amin Dezhakam as the guest speaker, Mrs. Fateme as the master of ceremony and Mrs. Leila, as the secretary. The agenda was “The seventh valley [The mystery and secret in discovering the truth lies in two factors: finding the right path and what we derive from it.] and its effect on me”.
Mr. Amin’s speech: hello friends, I am Amin, a traveler. I hope you are all fine and everything will come back to its normal situation. I have figured out that if a person wants to come out of the dark, they must know the rules [14 valleys in Congress60]; otherwise, they are not able to come of the dark. One of the rules for changing the Self and coming out of the dark is the seventh valley reading: The mystery and secret in discovering the truth lies in two factors: finding the right path and what we derive from it. This valley speaks about the Truth. Truth is something which has existed in the past, and now it exists and in future, it will continue existing. Knowledge is the truth which is the rules governing alternation, transformation and release (clearance). If a person wants to change their characteristics, they should start acquiring knowledge. Knowledge or science implies integrity and honesty; therefore, to tolerate the most possible pressure, a building is structured on the right angle and the walls are built perpendicularly. If a wall is a little out of the perpendicular, it will lose its strength and collapse. If we compare humans to a wall, the most powerful humans are those who are the most righteous and loyal ones. The power in humans is defined in terms of their right behaviours, not their literacy or information.
In holy Quran, it is mentioned that you were given knowledge and after receiving knowledge, you were entangled in jealousy and competitions.
We could get out of addiction darkness, merely because we acquired the righteous knowledge and the rules of life. In Congress60, we found out how to live in peace and this was the result of our righteous knowledge; however, if we are involved with jealousy, everything will be ruined. If a person can acquire the true knowledge and is exempt from jealousy, they can find out lots of truth.
In Congress60, we are either a teacher or pupil, and we believe that the teacher (guide) themselves are constantly learning new things; therefore, the teacher is not the omniscient. Then, according to the seventh valley, if the truth is to be revealed to us, we have to figure out its secrets and these secrets can be viewed from both teacher’ and learner’s vantage points, and in each viewpoint, the important point is to do their responsibilities well. The responsibility of the teacher is not to interfere with the pupil’s affairs and they (teachers) must not consider themselves as the omniscient. A good teacher is the one who can convey what they know in the best and easiest way and if they do not know the answer to a question, they must easily say: “I don’t know”.
On the flip side, the pupil must be thankful to their teacher, even if the teacher criticizes them (if the teacher does not judge the pupil, they cannot help their pupil). The pupil must not ignore all the teacher’s affections, love and goodness, otherwise, the student will lose the blessings (the trainings) because of this unfaithfulness and infidelity.
Based on the above discussion, we can conclude that if a person is seeking transcendence, they must know their own position and responsibilities and do the righteous actions. As Master Dezhakam asserts: some people only think that the truth is what benefits them, otherwise, it is not the truth and this belief originates from their condescension, arrogance and pride. To reach the truth, one must know their own position and try to fight the pests (disturbing factors in their mind) and overcome them. In the seventh valley, Master Dezhakam points out: The mystery and secret in discovering the truth lies in two factors: finding the right path and what we derive from it. He asserts that mystery is something hidden and a secret is a hidden mystery, which implies that a secret is something more hidden than the mystery. Alphabets in all the languages are the mystery [through which the secrets of written manuscripts are revealed]. Languages are God’s sign meaning that they are created by God. If we do not know the alphabets of languages, we cannot figure out those languages. For instance, if I do not know Chinese alphabets, I cannot read Chinese. The structure and grammar of each language is also a part of their secrets, we should know word order (where to put nouns, verbs or other parts of speech). Therefore, to know Persian poems, one must first be familiar with Persian alphabets and grammar. The same holds true for Congress60’s DST (Dezhakam Step Time method of addiction treatment). The mystery of treating addiction in Congress60 was discovering the DST method, and its secret is that many diseases like Intestinal colitis, epilepsy and migraine are treated as the person’s addiction is cured.
Therefore, if a person wants to discover something, they must be on the right path, otherwise, they cannot figure out the meaning. Do you know why some people are intelligent and they can understand things very easily and quickly? [Because they are on the right path of life]. The less a person tells lies, the closer they are to the right path, and as a result, the ability and power of understanding (the matters) are bestowed upon this person. A liar will lose their ability to know and figure out the matters. The first person who is hurt by lies and unrighteousness is the liar or unrighteous person, because this person cannot understand the things as they are and consequently they cannot receive the meanings accurately, therefore, this person loses their learning potential. Human being’s intelligence and aptitude can change (due to the actions they do). I hope we can view everything from a true vantage point and do not consider much right and position for ourselves so that we can benefit from gifts and understandings.
Thank you for listening to me.
Translated by Elahe