Book Of Love
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BOOK OF LOVE
A COLLECTION OF WRITINGS
BY
RÉZA GANJAVI
© Réza Ganjavi – 2018 – All Rights Reserved
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Trap Of The Known............................................................................................................. 4
Virtue Of Simplicity............................................................................................................... 5
Dumbo The Dog.................................................................................................................. 6
True Love & Cell Phones..................................................................................................... 7
Uninvited Meditation............................................................................................................. 8
Religions…........................................................................................................................... 8
Immensity & Dignity............................................................................................................. 9
Importance Of Introspection In A Fast Moving World....................................................... 10
Conscious Mountains........................................................................................................ 11
Love & Peace.................................................................................................................... 11
Non-Yoga Class With 11 Women...................................................................................... 12
Visit to JK Retreat.............................................................................................................. 13
Human Rights, Turkey Rights, Cyber Rights, etc............................................................. 23
Traditional Pressure To Get Married................................................................................. 25
Virtue Of Clear Thinking.................................................................................................... 26
Love Could Save Suicidal Teenagers............................................................................... 26
Boxing Up A Free Spirit..................................................................................................... 27
My First Guitar Teacher Armik.......................................................................................... 30
On Meeting Life's Challenges............................................................................................ 31
Those Who Have Gone – Universe: Conscious Mind, Love............................................ 36
Psychological Crisis Pandemic – Letter To A Loved Relative.......................................... 37
Not Married -- Sorry ?....................................................................................................... 38
Banana Cures Crying!....................................................................................................... 39
Decadence........................................................................................................................ 39
Annual Charity Saffron Rice Pudding................................................................................ 41
Condemnation Of Age Gap By Older People.................................................................... 41
A Flight From Los Angeles To Norway............................................................................. 42
Insight & Love Cured What Doctors Couldn’t.................................................................... 43
Sacredness In Tehran Mountains..................................................................................... 44
444..................................................................................................................................... 45
Italian Heart-melt................................................................................................................ 45
Spaghetti Code.................................................................................................................. 46
In Search Of The Lost Green Smoothie............................................................................ 46
Back To Mountains............................................................................................................ 47
Alone But Not Lonely......................................................................................................... 48
On Eating Meat.................................................................................................................. 50
Weight-loss........................................................................................................................ 50
About Marriage.................................................................................................................. 52
A Day In The Life............................................................................................................... 52
Byron Katie Nonsense....................................................................................................... 54
Two Short Funny Stories................................................................................................... 55
Moving With The Movement Of Love................................................................................ 56
Senseless War.................................................................................................................. 57
Some Questions & Comments – on Meditation, Communications, Happiness, etc......... 58
A Funeral in Switzerland.................................................................................................... 60
Love & Thought................................................................................................................. 61
Notes on love, sexuality, etc............................................................................................. 62
Is Memory Stored In The Brain?....................................................................................... 63
You're Thinking Too Much................................................................................................. 66
The Thirteenth Day Of Spring........................................................................................... 67
Blue Angel of the Main Station........................................................................................... 68
London in New York - A Male-Chauvinist Pig.................................................................... 69
Thus Spake A Single Mother............................................................................................. 70
A Letters on Relationship................................................................................................... 71
Tribalism............................................................................................................................ 73
The Art of Seeing - A Dialogue on Relationship................................................................. 73
On Friendship.................................................................................................................... 75
Everything is vibrating!...................................................................................................... 75
Reflections on Happiness.................................................................................................. 76
Few insights for uprooting Sorrow..................................................................................... 77
Thought Disorder Medication, etc..................................................................................... 78
Letter to a troubled teenager (19)...................................................................................... 80
Talk with an ex-alcoholic whom I helped break free......................................................... 83
Few Notes On Authority.................................................................................................... 83
Barrios: La Catedral........................................................................................................... 84
Stolen Cell Phone............................................................................................................... 85
Why Usenet is a Useless Dangerous Outdated Technology........................................... 85
Talk with a confused friend................................................................................................ 86
Grampa’s Prayer Mat........................................................................................................ 88
Insights On Time............................................................................................................... 90
Being Anchored in the "Other"........................................................................................... 91
“Don’t Let Me Down”.......................................................................................................... 91
Discussions with a former drug addict - a lesson for every teenager.............................. 92
Discussions with the young daughter of a drug addict..................................................... 93
Talks with 6 teenagers about drugs, etc........................................................................... 94
Thinking In Soundbites...................................................................................................... 98
Greek Debt & Future Of Euro........................................................................................... 99
Alcohol Shrinks The Brain................................................................................................. 99
Some Reflections on Relationship................................................................................... 100
Boring Blues..................................................................................................................... 103
Lost Treasure: Destroyed Notebooks............................................................................ 105
Curse Of Caffeine............................................................................................................ 109
Beauty.............................................................................................................................. 111
On Image Making............................................................................................................ 111
On Comparison............................................................................................................... 112
On Wisdom & Values....................................................................................................... 113
Her Muddy Guitar Sound................................................................................................. 114
California.......................................................................................................................... 115
Question From A Woman................................................................................................ 115
Letter to a young girl who has unprotected intercourse.................................................. 116
Kindergarten In The Sky.................................................................................................. 118
E-mail on growth & love & psychological change, etc..................................................... 120
On Gossip & Communication.......................................................................................... 123
John Lennon’s Memorial.................................................................................................. 126
Happy Thoughts... No Thoughts..................................................................................... 127
Mothers & Managing Stress............................................................................................ 128
Masala-dosa - a day in life in New York.......................................................................... 128
Spring Equinox & Persian New Year............................................................................... 130
Almost Getting Killed in South Africa................................................................................ 131
I do not like Halloween..................................................................................................... 133
Another Trip To Iran........................................................................................................ 134
A Trip To Iran................................................................................................................... 135
Dreams............................................................................................................................ 136
Some Psychological Insights........................................................................................... 136
A Big Swiss Party............................................................................................................ 141
On Jealousy, Etc............................................................................................................. 143
Ginface: Shrinking the Brain............................................................................................ 145
Psychological Change, Etc.............................................................................................. 145
Lack Of Interest In Mind Games & Why I Won’t Suffer Over A Woman......................... 147
Tips for young person getting their first job..................................................................... 149
A Day In The Life............................................................................................................. 151
Response To Dalai Lama About Sexuality...................................................................... 151
Love Is Not Exclusive...................................................................................................... 152
Talk on Satellite TV.......................................................................................................... 154
The Who Concert Review............................................................................................... 154
Impersonal Love.............................................................................................................. 156
Duality.............................................................................................................................. 157
About Immune System.................................................................................................... 157
A spontaneous email in reply to a friend.......................................................................... 157
Crazy World, Ailing Mother Nature, Love Persists.......................................................... 158
Another Summer Mountain Gathering............................................................................. 159
Effective Project Management......................................................................................... 161
Ginger Skinner................................................................................................................. 162
Fear................................................................................................................................. 163
New Year’s Message...................................................................................................... 164
Problem of "Energy Drinks"............................................................................................. 166
What’s Wrong?................................................................................................................ 167
Tehran’s Traffic............................................................................................................... 168
World Of Open Source Software..................................................................................... 172
My 21 Favorite Christmas Carols ... / Season's Greetings............................................ 172
New Year Resolution To Lose Weight?........................................................................... 173
Stock Market................................................................................................................... 174
The Who in 2010.............................................................................................................. 175
Last Day of Life / Talk With 18 Year Old Smoker............................................................ 176
Shinan Farhad Varasteh 9th Dan Soke, Kanzen-ryu Karatedo...................................... 177
Swiss Supermarket......................................................................................................... 179
That Inner State of Peace................................................................................................ 179
France (Africa) Football................................................................................................... 180
Concert Tour Of India...................................................................................................... 180
Anti-Nuclear March.......................................................................................................... 195
Universal Love is not Exclusive...................................................................................... 196
Grand Resort Hurgata: Toxic Oasis For Fat Germans.................................................. 198
A Hot Paragraph About Cars........................................................................................... 200
Being Single..................................................................................................................... 204
Meat Is Murder................................................................................................................ 205
Guru Fraud...................................................................................................................... 205
Guru-doms...................................................................................................................... 209
Miscellaneous Brief Notes…........................................................................................... 209
Why Are Anti-Depressants & Anxiety Medication Widely Used?.................................... 210
Drinking African Moslem.................................................................................................. 212