Category: Resistance to Change

Do you have you one way of knowing, thinking, and believing that you are absolute sure, being the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Do you consider yourself being “the knower” or ‘the seeker”? Do you believe that you know everything and you do not need to learn more? Then maybe dogma is your…

The story of how our Iranian life changed forever back in 1979 is an old story. For many of us time has halted. Huge number of older Iranian had to leave a life behind back in 1980 and they have continued this almost one-way trip since then. Now passing the third decades of our sad…

We Iranians are pushed into a seriously depressing and anxiety provoking situation.  Past couple of weeks of May 2009, millions of our people cheered for a seemingly peaceful and secular election. We managed to argue for change in order to ask for an active participation in this election of presidency in Iran. On June 12,…

Our basic human rights are defined as the right to live, to grow, and to develop. Besides food and shelter we have the right to feel safe and secure. Our psychological health is the main part of our basic rights as a human beings. However this definition does not match our reality, our Iranian reality.…

For a long time our Iranian culture has respected certain customs when it comes to mourning.  Day 3 and day 7, and day 40 are those important days when family and friends get together to pay respect to the deceased one.  These days are a manifestation for dignity, care, love, greeting, value, and healing.   The…