Saturday, September 22, 2007
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- ZYNA - Zoroastrian Youth of North America
- Laguna Niguel, California, United States
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I can tell you that throughout all my experiences, whether they be my active involvement in religion, medicine, healthcare research, or politics, the key to assimilating successfully is in fact acceptance and education.
Be educated enough to enable yourself to properly share with others the practices of Zoroastrianism and the respect that our religion has for righteousness, justice, and harmony.
And at the same time, be open minded and willing to accept the surrounding culture where you live in order for you to better assimilate and build trust with those around you.
Each and every one of you represents this religion – the Zarathushti Religion.
The success of our assimilation in the past and in the future will be determined by how well each and every one of you, will be able to go back to your homes and represent us the way Zarathushtra himself was able to represent Ahura Mazda.
Could you explain what you mean by giving us some examples or anecdotes from your experiences/ active involvement in those 4 areas?
By Susan Kaboly-Zadeh
Experiences, education and Religion can help to shape a person and create a success on the outside.
However, Compassion, Love and Understanding are key.
The greatest harm one can do is divide and conquer. We have seen this in our history with Iranians and Parsis, class differences in India, and also within Kermani and Yazdi peoples of Iran for example. One can claim to have justice, harmony and righteousness, be involved in mulititude of things whilst building trust and have an amazing Religion --but the methods of practice of it are most important....I recall a young man telling me over 6 yrs ago at the Houston Congress that Kermani's are "down here" (pointing downward) beneath his feet (like dirt beneath it) in front of another new friend of mine. I will never forget the shock I had hearing it and knowing it was passed on from generation to generation. Ignorance is truly bliss but a deadly weapon. Let us educate ourselves in the basic human tenants...I certainly have to improve and remind myself of being and doing good on a daily basis and are far from it.
This is in reply to Arman's question.... I take great pride in being Zoroastrian as do you and many others reading this forum. However, when I go out and represent myself in different community organizations or just get involved in an event, I feel very comfortable (personally) to continue to represent myself as Zarathushti Doctor, or Zarathushti Politician - for me its an opportunity to share something unique about myself and allow others to gain an insight into my beliefs and culture. By doing so, I am able to better assimilate with my community knowing very clearly that the people around also have a better insight into who I am.
The bottom line is you cannot learn something until you are taught it or it is brought to your attention. That is why, being part of community that is very limited in size, I think its a great conversation point to discuss if you feel comfortable and if it is the appropriate setting - after all, who wouldn't want to learn something interesting each day?
Where's the new content/ visitors? Is this site still active or has it fizzled out?
You want to build an all inclusive community? Tell Dolly Dastoor to STOP being so rude......
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