A Baha'i Perspective

Ravi wasn't looking for religion when God gave him a wakeup call. This is an incredible story. Please remember that miracles are perceptions for the person who experiences it. True for them but not a source of proof.Part 1 - Hints from God foreshadow Ravi's future. Part 2 - A truly incredible experience at the Shrine of the Bab convinced Ravi toinvestigate the Baha'i Faith. Part 3 - Ravi is very hard headed. God's hints are now coming through Ravi's 33 month old son. God wins.

Steve is an artist who has an art gallery in Sante Fe. You can find his art work at stevenboonegallery.com. He also does photographic art and you can see this work at graphixshoot.com. Steve suffered a tragedy when his daughter died at a young age. He wrote a book about it called A Heart Traced in Sand. The book won a number of awards.

Ed is a Baha'i and has been a pioneer in the field of holistic nutrition for over 35 years. His vision and leadership have inspired thousands of people to transform their lives in the form of wellness, community, and peace. He received his M.Ed. from the University of Massachusetts, and a Ph.D. in Health Promotion from the University of New Mexico. Ed created the Eating for Health model to teach individuals to make nutritionally comprehensive food choices and foundedBauman College in 1989, with a mission to change the world through better nutrition and healthful living.

John is Professor Emeritus in English literature at the University of South Florida. He has published a number of works too many to list. His works include original poetry and novels, the translation of poetry from Persian and Arabic, and a sequence of works about the Baha'i view of physical reality. In the interview we focus primarily on the last area. The works related to the subject of physical reality include The Purpose of Physical Reality, The Arc of Ascent, The Ascent of Society, and Close Connections. We also had time to discuss his work on life after death.

Gustaff hails from Cameroon. He is an accomplished hand drummer from a tradition of drummers from his family. He travels around the country sharing his music. In fact he is on the road more than he is at home. He calls himself a 21st century nomad. Gustaff collaborated with other Baha'i musicians to create the CD The Flight.  In addition to hearing Gustaff's story, he explains the background for the songs on the CD.  Gustaff's next project is to create a CD devoted to the equality of Men and Women.  It will be called Shadows.

Author of three works: Rejoice in My Gladness: The Life of Tahirih,   A Love Which Does Not Wait, and  The Nightingale, Baha'u'llah. 

Author of Baha'i Basics: A Guide to the Beliefs, Practices and History of the Baha'i Faith, and the bookAbraham: One God, Three Wives, Five Religions.

Grace is a mediator and author of the book Negotiating Shadows. Grace grew up in foster homes and eventually became an alcoholic. She describes her bottoming out and her road to recover and spiritual awakening. Grace shares excerpts from her book and insights for helping others with addictions.

Vasu grew up in Sri Lanka until he was 10 and then moved to India due to the civil war. He came to the US for a Environmental Sciences master program and ran into the Baha'is there. He found he can use his traditional Indian dance form, Bharata Natyam, to promote the teachings of the Baha'i Faith.

A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Nwandi received a degree in broadcast journalism from Howard University. Upon graduating from Howard University, Nwandi began teaching eighth-grade social studies, literature and language arts in the San Francisco Bay Area before accepting a position at CNN in Atlanta in 1992. At CNN, she became Associate Producer for three prime-time news broadcasts. In 1994, she was hired as Associate Producer for the TBS children's series “Feed Your Mind.” For more than a decade, Nwandi has enjoyed working on all sides of many productions: anchoring Georgia Public Broadcasting's political series, “Lawmakers,” reporting for “Georgia Business Report” and “Success Track”. In 1999 Nwandi started her own production company called Reve Productions. One of her most successful productions was Atlanta Public Schools Today or just APS Today which aired on Georgia Public Broadcasting stations. We share her vision on a very interesting project she aspires to produce.

Lisa's first published novel, Abby Wize: AWA, is available from national and local bookstores. We talk about her novel during the interview and share excerpts from the novel as well. You can find the novel at abbywizebooks.com/

Gissou is the Executive Director of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center. Before becoming the Executive Director, she was on a trial team at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Prior to that, she was a Legal Analyst at the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center and led field investigations in Turkey and Europe to collect documentation and interview over 150 survivors of human rights abuses perpetrated by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Peter is an investigator of geometric patterns that can be found throughout the planet and the universe. It all started when he was a mason and noticed patterns in the rock that he was fracturing. He realized that using these patterns to his advantage assisted him as a mason. He calls this science Gaiagraphic Life Studies and he says that it adds a dimension and connective tone to any community, individual, event, think tank, or conference. He tailors presentations to the people place and purpose of an event focus whether local or international in scope.He includes education on land survey techniques and land pattern discoveries as a context. He wrote a book called Gaia Matrix where he focused his attention to the small town of Shelburne Falls, MA when applying this science. Peter is not a Baha'i, but I requested he apply this science to aspects of the Baha'i Faith. In so doing, Peter developed a set of visuals to assist in his explanation of the convergence of this science with the Baha'i Faith. You can find this visual at geometryofplace.com/bahai. We will be refering to these visuals during the interview.

Bruce is a musician who has recently released a collection of songs called Be/Still. Earlier in Bruce's musical career he was in a rock band called little a. During the interview we discuss and sample some of the songs from Be/Still.

George is a chiropractor who employs other alternative methods of healing including a method called Body Talk. George describes the mystical art of body talk in which the soul communicates the state of one's being.