Foundations of Natural Spirituality, Bahram Elahi, Element Books, 1998 A professor of pediatric surgery, Bahram Elahi, M.D., uses medicine and its terminology to examine the metaphysical dimension of human beings in unprecedented fashion. Drawing sharp and vivid analogies to cellular biology, the immune system, and ecology, Professor Elahi presents spirituality as a precise and experimental [...]

Ostad Elahi, Robert Laffont, 2000 100 Maxims of Guidance is a collection of short extracts and sayings from Ostad Elahi’s books and oral teachings. Beautifully illustrated with collages from Andre Marzuk’s Polylobes, “100 Maxims” presents ethical and spiritual reflections that serve as a brief introduction to the universal thought of Ostad Elahi. Far from a [...]

The Path of Perfection, Bahram Elahi, Paraview, 2005 In his latest work, Prof. Bahram Elahi, M.D., presents a terse summary of the innovative and universal approach to spirituality founded by his father, Ostad Elahi (1895-1974). Presented as a handbook of what he has termed “natural spirituality”, Prof Elahi sets forth in astonishingly simple and straightforward [...]

Shifting perspectives, Olivier de Brivezac & Emmanuel Comte, 2007 The present book may be likened to a Zen anecdote: the real problem lies not in your life, but in the way you perceive it. Just change your point of view. Of course, that is much easier said than done, for the majority of our troubles [...]

Knowing the Spirit, Ostad Elahi, State University of New York Press, 2007 Ostad Elahi’s Knowing the Spirit, translated into English by James W. Morris, provides a concise and remarkably illuminating philosophic account of our unique place in the universe: of the creative expressions of the divine Spirit throughout nature and the process of the soul’s [...]

Spirituality is a Science, Bahram Elahi, Cornwall Books, 1999 Faith and reason, belief and experimentation, spirituality and science: in our modern era, we have come to view these concepts as inherently dichotomous. How can spirituality be considered a science when the very foundation of modern science was established in contrast or even in opposition to [...]

Medicine of the Soul, Bahram Elahi, Associated University Presse, 2001 In the latest volume of Foundations of Natural Spirituality, Bahram Elahi, M.D., continues to build upon the analogy between the physiological processes of the human body and those of its intangible counterpart, the soul or “psychospiritual organism”. Juxtaposing the science of medicine with that of [...]

Words of Truth According to Ostad Elahi, Asar ol-Haqq (Words of Truth)[1], volume 1, Teheran, Tahuri, 1977. Words of Truth According to Ostad Elahi, Asar ol-Haqq (Words of Truth), volume 2, Teheran, Jeyhun, 1991. Beside his writings, Ostad Elahi, towards the end of his life, conveyed the essence of his thought through oral teachings imparted [...]

If we set aside the issue of amorous jealousy for a moment, jealousy signifies the negative emotion we feel when we see another person benefiting from an advantage that we do not have, or would like to be the only one to have. That jealousy is a negative feeling cannot really be disputed: jealousy makes [...]

Once we understand were we have come from, why we are here, and where we are going, we will realize what we must do; from then on, we will no longer remain in a state of confusion[1]. Life is meaningful, and existence is not without purpose. We are neither created by chance, nor will we [...]