Payam Ayazi and Odet Nazarian
Recorded
January 19, 2021
37:57 minutes
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mby020338
Description
Friends Payam Ayazi (36) and Odet Nazarian (52) discuss their mutual connection to the M.T.O. Shahmaghsoudi, School of Islamic Sufism and the role it has played in their lives.Subject Log / Time Code
P.A. and O.N. give an introduction to themselves.
“When did you start coming to the school and what was your experience?” P.A. asks O.N.
“Sufism was always practiced behind closed doors.” O.N. describes going to the lectures as a child with her parents in Iran and the way she experiences MTO now as an adult.
“What I’ve learned is that the teachings have always been about love and kindness,” O.N. says.
P.A. describes the way he finds examples in nature that connect to MTO lectures.
P.A. shifts the conversation to the pandemic and the way MTO has supplied PPO and food donations and asks O.N. about the process of this global effort.
“We all fall, we all lose our way in life, but we all have hope,” O.N. says.
“It’s our nature to want to help,” P.A. says as he reflects on one of his favorite lines in the Holy Quran.
“Odet you are a student of Islamic sufism, but you are also Jewish. How has that been for you?” P.A. asks O.N.
“We all have a self, our true essence, which is our direct connection with God. Being on this path we learn these things,” P.A. shares.
O.N. shares the story of how her mom came to the MTO school of Islamic Sufism.
Participants
- Payam Ayazi
- Odet Nazarian