Physicians' Legion, April 7, 2017

The ninth session of the thirteenth round of Physicians’ Legion was held by Dr. Atousa as the guest speaker, Master Dezhakam as the master of ceremony and Dr. Neda as the secretary in Taleqani Park on April 7, 2017 at 8 o’clock and the agenda was: “The Eighth Valley and Its Effect on Me”.

Dr. Atousa:

I congratulate you on the New Year and I hope a year full of happiness, health and blessing for you all and people of Iran. The agenda reads: The path is revealed with progress.

One of the supreme power’s angels opposed the divine command and refused to respect the human being. He thought that he could establish a separate sovereignty; therefore the supreme power banished him from his court. Satan asked the supreme power for a respite and He gave him a deadline until the promised day. Satan gathered a group of his supporters in order to mislead humans who have free will and the gift of choice which means he can either choose the path of virtue or the path of vice.

Adam and Eve were deceived by Satan. The supreme power gathered them and told them if they were regretful. They apologized and He accepted their apology but He told them that they had to show their remorse in action. Thereafter, he said: “Go to earth and the path is revealed with progress.” Hereafter the story of humans on the earth starts.

It has been determined that humans arrive at the initial point from which they had diverged. Along the path there is a quandary, virtue and vice. We must determine a certain goal and desire if we want to attain it. Sometimes we don’t know what we want to do.

The second stage is to heartily focus on the desire. Afterwards we must make different choices by contemplating and reasoning. So far we have the previous seven valleys with us by which we can choose the best way. Regarding paying back our debts, the first person that we have to pay back our debt is ourselves, then our family and society. We must repair the damages done to our physical and mental structures.

The next stage is carrying out the pact. Carrying out this stage voluntarily first needs the guide’s permission. Conditions of the pact include: cleansing of the body before leaving for the location of the ceremony, wearing clean clothes like a white shirt or scarf, no one else should be around us, no one should hear our voice, during the ceremony food and drinks must not be used. Equipments needed for the ceremony are: a blanket to sit on, pen and paper, matches or lighter. The ceremony is divided into two sections: writing the list and requesting from the supreme power.

The time to write the list is from noon to 1:30 in the afternoon and the time to read the list is from 1:30 in the afternoon to 2pm.

First, we pay our respect to the supreme power in whatever way we feel comfortable, and then we clarify our intention. Then, we write all of our actions that we think were inappropriate or bad (sins in the past) on a piece of paper and read it in a loud tone 3 times and then we ask God for guidance and forgiveness and we promise not to commit any more indecent, immoral and harmful deeds. We ask for opportunities to make amends and serving the humanity, especially substance abusers.

After contemplating for about one minute, we will burn all of our writings and scatter the ashes into water or wind. If there is any time left we spend it in solitude and silence and let our thoughts take us wherever they wish and we try not to resist them. At 2pm the first stage of the ceremony must end.

In the phase of request, we must write whatever we want from the supreme power for ourselves or others and any prayers we have, on a piece of paper and we promise to put all of our efforts in achieving these wishes as well. Afterwards, we read these whishes and prayers 3 times aloud and we plead with the supreme power to comply our prayers. Then, we observe one minute of silence and then we tear that piece of paper into small pieces and slowly leave them to the wind or the river as they also have been the witness of our ceremony and our pact. Thereafter, we sit in silence until 4pm and let our thoughts take flight. At 4pm, we end our ceremony.

Dr. Ardeshir:

When we say that the path is revealed through progress, we will understand that it is on the contrary to the mental illnesses. Considering addiction and depression, people have no motivation to move and have stayed at a point without moving. The movement is first mental and then physiological. To achieve any goals we need to plan and contemplate.

Addicts spend their whole life thinking about their desire for treatment. We should tell the individuals to take the first step which is needed to attain any aims. God also says: Fist move, then blessings will come.

Dr. Fereshte:

As the creation started, the supreme power sent Adam and Eve, who were followed by gene and spirit, to the earth. Afterwards Satan and gene try to mislead them. Thus we carry out the pact, write our mistakes we made, burn them and follow our positive desires. I hope we are placed in the right way, get the divine nature and arrive at the point we have diverged.

Dr. Azam:

The first valley in Congress60 reads: structures are formed with contemplation; afterwards the second valley suggests that none of us are insignificant even if we think of ourselves as that. I found that the second valley reminds humans their purpose for coming to earth. In continuation they were said to think deeply, take responsibilities, attain the wisdom’s command and move forward.

It is said in the valley that it is not necessary to know all the details of the path, but the beginning and the end. Addicts usually have fear of moving and they wonder what problems may happen to them in future.

Congress60 asserts that worldview reforms this problem. The eighth valley doesn’t highlight just the motion but it says: start the way in front of you using contemplation and reasoning and at positive forces and the guides who have passed the way will certainly assist you.

Dr. Rajabi:

What I conceived from this valley is that when you are said to move through a long way, this means you need a lot of energy. But when it is said: “the path is revealed with progress”, it means move with less energy.

An addict has no motivation to move and depression has surrounded him/her. Therefore, s/he starts to move with less energy, known in other organizations as “just for today”.

Dr. Masoud:

I took any action without thinking when I was young. For example, when someone told me to study hard, I studied so hard that I took my diploma when I was 17 and entered university as a medical student. Then, some people told me, “You cannot afford the university expenses”; so I was deterred from university and chose another job. I tried hard to do my job well.

I never suppose a plan for all the jobs I chose to do, therefore it made me disillusioned. Now I changed, i.e. I thought but I didn’t do anything. This period lasted about 20 years for me.

Sometimes I wondered: my destiny and luck lead me to failure. However, it was neither my bad luck nor my destiny; I made mistakes.

Not only would I choose the way but also I was afraid to take steps in the way I had chosen. All these make us not have the power to contemplate, make decisions and starting an action. It is important to continue the path by making right decisions, taking proper actions in proper time and with motivation.

I thank God from the bottom of my heart for getting acquainted with Congress60 and using Mr. Dezhakam’s instructions. I hope all of us can make right decisions, continue our way powerfully and are not afraid of the obstacles because God will give us a hand to the destination.

Dr. Mohammad:

All the valleys are related to each other. Our motion should be accompanied by contemplation. We should make an addict’s power of thinking revived. Contemplation is not granted by God because an addict is a sick person who has lost his power of thinking.

The founder of Congress60 has concluded that the members should learn the instructions if they want to succeed.

Ms. Mahboube:

I am because I can think. One part of our damage is unconscious. Humans should start to write in order to have a free association with themselves.

Dr. Mohsen:

We have the previous seven valleys in our backpack, which suggested advice and ways to us. We first think about the path in which we want to take steps. We need energy to achieve our goal. Thus it is not necessary to know all the details.

There is not certain time for all people, who use DST method, to achieve the goal.

Dr. Bahram:

Although we are not aware of the result, every action we do has a kind of contemplation behind it. The point is that the way itself will make me reformed if I concentrate on my goal.

Dr. Elham:

In the book “crossing the zone below 60 degrees” Mr. Dezhakam says: we speak with those who have reached the end of line. Humans won’t move if they are afraid. However those who passed the fears have taken responsibilities and performed their tasks. This valley can be a good complement to the sixth valley.

Ms. Pari:

We should move toward the desire or goal we want to get. According to the worldview of Congress60, we must have the desire for something in order for the command to be issued and we can find the way and continue to the end.

Ms. Fariba:

In order to reach to this valley, you must pass through the previous valleys having energy and thinking to attain your goal. In fact the eighth valley complements the first valley.

Dr. Samad:

Humans have come to move. There are two ways for them to choose from: virtue and vice. They may notice that they are moving along the vice way, therefore they must repent. The best way to repent is to pay back their debts and to be purified. All of these depend on their knowledge and wisdom. Their desire must be determined, so their knowledge and way of thinking must improve.

Master Dezhakam:

The eighth valley has no meaning without the seventh valley. The seventh valley reads: The mystery and secret in discovering the truth lies in two factors: finding the right path and what we derive from it. The most prominent matter is that if the path is not right it will have no meaning.

As physicians we are going to cure the illness. Do we know the way? The real way is the way which ends in treatment. If we don’t know the way our effort will prove fruitless and the right path will never revealed.

Yesterday while I was watching a film related to a rehabilitation center of addiction located in Florida. It was fully equipped with all facilities and it seemed that beneficiaries were under health insurance, too. The beneficiaries were talking about their history with drugs but unfortunately their face contained no trace of energy and happiness.

As an addict, I would use narcotics to have better feeling. Now that I am free (from addiction) I seek for good feeling.

It is of no use if I don’t use drugs and am in a bad mood. Thus finding the right way is so important and we found it in Congress60. The result is clear; a tree shows itself by its fruits.

We determine an agenda in Congress60 every year, this year it includes “the standardization of travel (treatment) length with DST method. The treatment length in Congress 60 should last the minimum of 10 months, and an average of 11 months.

There are people who have been in Congress60 for 3 years and have not succeeded yet.  One who has MS degree and is full of arrogance supposes that doesn’t need any instructions. You may know a lot about electronics but you don’t know much about addiction treatment. Because of your arrogance you cannot learn anything. Those who are proud of themselves cannot be educated and must surrender to the laws. In Congress60, the guide may not be as educated as his/her pupils and this is not important. What is important is that the guide knows the path well.

Some of the travels in Congress60 lasted 17-20 months, which was destructive. The length of treatment should be 10-11 month. It is similar to the length of pregnancy which lasts 9 months, if not the fetal will die. Or if fruits stay on trees longer than usual time, it will be ruined. The quasi-opioid system including neurotransmitters, mediators and hormones, which has got out of balance, can get their balance by tapering the amount of OT according to DST method at 21-day intervals by using the 0.8 coefficient and consequently the system will be rehabilitated. But if the process lasts more than 10-11 months, it cannot work properly.

The members who have been under treatment for 10-11 months have the necessary balance while those whose length of treatment lasted 20-22 months don’t feel well and balanced. Therefore the length of treatment in Congress60 should be 10-11 months neither less nor more.

Why may the treatment last 17-18 months? The pupil uses a dosage of 3 cc tds, and the guide wanted to taper his OT. The pupil said: “I don’t feel well”, and the guide advised him to keep the previous dosage or increased the amount of OT.

In 95 percents of the cases the guides must decrease the amount of OT and in 5 percents it must be increased. What does it mean?

If a traveler doesn’t feel well whereas s/he uses a dosage of 3 cc tds, you need to prepare her/him mentally and say to him: “The only way for you is to cut your consumption of OT for two weeks”. This is hard work. If s/he was not able, you would order a dosage of 3 cc daily for two weeks. It is necessary to decrease the dosage significantly.

After two weeks, s/he may have a lot of problems during the first week but little by little s/he attains some more balance. At this stage the guide should increases the dosage to 3 cc tds, this will work and the traveler feels well again.

Thus we should not increase the amount of OT when the pupils don’t feel well. The person who hasn’t drunk water for two weeks doesn’t need a large jar of water but a little water is enough for him/her.

 This year (solar year of 1396) the agenda is “the standardization of the treatment length”. All the guides have to help their pupils achieve liberation during 10-11 months.

For those who consume psychedelic and depression pills, the condition is a little bit different. Their treatment can last 14 months with the permission of a higher authority in Congress60.

 Thus first of all we must find the way then predict and estimate the obstacles and afterwards move forward; in this case we will access the definite result.-

Physicians' roll-calling 

Prepared by: Ali Reza Nikravesh

Translated by: Marjan

April 18, 2017