The thirteenth session of the 76th round of Academy Branch workshops was held on December 14th, 2020 at 5 p.m. This meeting was held by traveler Mr. Mohammad Sadegh as the master of ceremony, traveler Ali as the guest speaker, and traveler Sobhan as the secretary. The agenda was “The fourth valley and its impact on me”.
Master’s words:
Hello friends. I am Mohammad Sadegh, a traveler. I thank God that I deserved to serve in this position. I remember that once we decided to go to Mashhad with our friends and ask God and Imam Reza for help to quit drugs. During Ramadan, we went to Tabarsi Street and rented a place to stay for a few days and quit drugs. We did that and came back. We were happy to go to Mashhad and God and Imam Reza helped us to quit, but when we came back, as soon as I entered, one of the local guys put a piece of opium extract on my palm. I had not consumed any drugs for three days and I had a hangover, but on the other hand, I had a guilty conscience that God helped me and I didn’t have to use it, but unfortunately, it happened. But thank God I got addicted and used heroin to get to the end of the line. Because this made me get acquainted with Congress60. The first time I thanked God for becoming addicted was on a TV show. The director quickly interrupted me and said: "What are you talking about? Why are you saying thank God I got addicted?" The program was attended by the general of anti-narcotics force headquarter of Tehran and I told them to let me continue my words. Then I said I thank God I got addicted because I was treated in a place called Congress 60. I don’t have a bias in favor of the issues around me.
I don’t believe that just the writing on this paper is correct, because, in my opinion, there may be something better than the writing on this paper. I have been taught in Congress60 not to prejudice against any ideas because it causes our knowledge to be buried. After quitting drugs, I did not put the responsibility on God and came to Congress60 and I was helped a lot. Our coming to Congress60 has been like a chain to sit on these chairs today. A series of events took place to become drug consumers and sit on these chairs today. What is important is the thinking of Congress60 which we are practicing during our first and second travel. We have to accept the issues we have in our lives. If Mr. Dezhakam put the responsibility on others, we would not be here today. Once Reza Fazeli came to Mr. Dezhakam and he called me and said, "Guide this guy." I will tell you later how was Reza. Reza accepted his responsibility and came with love and obeyed the commands. After several years, he still says yes. I congratulate dear Reza."
Traveler Reza's wish:
Since Mr.Dezhakam’s wish is to globalize congress60 my wish is to be the first one who takes Congress60 abroad.
Traveler Reza's words:
Hello. I am Reza a traveler. Thank you so much for allowing me to be in Congress60. I owe this moment to Mr. Sedaghat and I celebrate my 10th birthday. If Mr. Dezhakam and her family weren’t here, I would not exist and it was not clear I would be under which bridge now. I was the kind of person who used my car’s flat tire as an excuse for not going to work staying at home to consume drugs. I started many things in my life and I did not finish any of them. The first thing I started in life and made it done was my first travel and this taught me to do everything in my life correctly and get it done. Mr. Dezhakam has indicated that we should be multidimensional and do our best to do things simultaneously.
Neglecting my responsibilities and my unplanned living was reformed in Congress60, and with the pure teachings of Congress60, I accomplished many things. I learned from my guide-assistant that when planning my life issues, I should consider Congress60 first then I should go to other affairs. This is a principle for me because, without Congress60, I would not be able to do anything. I took three months of unpaid leave to accomplish my treatment process well because I knew if I wasn’t liberated from addiction, nothing would be right. But thank God I accomplished a lot of issues and I owe all of them to Congress. I was full of hatred and jealousy and I did many wrong deeds. My life couldn’t be named as “life” but now I'm sitting here in my suit and I owe all these to Congress60. If congress60 didn’t exist, there would be no life for me. Congress60 gave us responsibility. I hope to be in congress60 forever and I hope to be able to serve in this two or three-meter space that Congress60 has given to me to run the legion, which is as large as a galaxy.
Prepared and Arranged by: Traveler Mohammad.
Translated by: Companion Sahar
Edited by: Companion Marjan