University Of Life by Mehdi N.Bahadori

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228mm x 152mm x 12mm

Pages: 96

Product Description Living on this planet is like going to a university: The University of Life. In this University everyone, irrespective of age, sex, color, and place of birth or residence, is both a student and a teacher, and all Earth's natural resources are the University's supporting staff. The University of Life is established for us to learn important lessons. We learn that each of us is a unique and beautiful manifestation or face of God; that each of us is playing a very important role in His drama of Creation. Life's important lesson is to teach me to recognize myself as one with everyone, with everything, and with God. I begin to consider everyone as my brother or sister, and every plant, insect, and animal is my cousin. When we learn this lesson - that we are all simply different faces of the same One, and learn to drop all ideas of separateness, we graduate from this University and need not come back to it any longer, except maybe as 'visiting professors.' These teachers come as prophets, saints, or sages to help the students study more effectively in this University. In the University of Life I accept every event as part of my learning process, and every person in my life as a teacher. I accept the way everyone is learning his own lessons, too. If I find that I can help my fellow students and myself learn our lessons more effectively, I will do so, yet always with total love for them and myself. This way, perhaps we can all graduate sooner from the University of Life. About the Author Mehdi Bahadori received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois in 1964. He has taught both graduate and undergraduate courses and done pioneering research in the fields of solar energy applications and passive cooling of buildings. Also interested in matters of the spirit, he has been to India three times to receive the blessings of Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Dr. Bahadori believes not only in a purpose for creation, but that there is also a very delicate and precise order to the Universe. Excerpt. -¬ Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. The University of Life Following is my perception of the life on Earth and the metaphor of the University of Life. This University has its similarities as well as differences with the conventional universities. The University of Life has a campus, a student body, an administration headed by its Master, the supporting staff, programs of study and lessons for all of its students, teaching and research scholarships, academic years and the resting periods, or summer vacation, in between. It also has visiting scholars and lecturers. Unlike the conventional universities, the University of Life offers only one degree. When a student has completed all the requirements and has sufficiently progressed toward his goal, he will then graduate from this University and will not need to come back to it as a student any more. However, he may come back as an alumni to help special students, in any form that the University Master decides. Let us now discuss these features briefly. In so doing, I will make an item by item comparison of the University of Life with conventional universities. THE CAMPUS This University (that is, the University of Life) has a campus: it is the whole planet Earth. THE UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION This University has a Master, and it is God. He, She, or It has maintained a delicate and highly effective administration. He has appointed some of His friends and the alumni of the University of Life to look after various details for operating this University as efficiently as possible. They do so with total love of the Master, the students, and the campus. Furthermore, they understand the students' capabilities and limitations for performing their tasks, and are g