For his high school education, Bahram attended a catholic school in which 90% of his fellow students were Muslims. Bahram used the unusual opportunity provided by the rich human experience available to him to determine if there is a purpose to life and if so, the principles one can live by to realize it.
With the help of many religious teach-ers and eventually a Spiritual Master in the person of Dr. Dinshah K. Mehta, Bahram sifted through the seemingly conflicting values and customs of the various religions of India, which include Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, Judaism, Jainism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, the Baha’i faith, and a host of other denominations.
After obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in science from Bombay University, Bah-ram came to the United States in 1968 where he completed his M.B.A. and Ph. D. However Bahram reminds himself and others that none of the Great Masters through whom the World Religions have been founded had any college education. Nor did most of the Saints who attained sainthood by living ac-cording to the teachings of the Masters had any formal education as we know it.
That a lack of formal education does not prevent one from being great is also reflected in the life of the great American inventor Thomas Alva Edison. It is reported that Mr. Edison had only 3 months of formal schooling. Yet Mr. Edison remains the most prolific American Inventor who, with 1,190 patents, is still the record holder for the number of patents issued to any one American.
Bahram feels that much of what is called education blocks and quite often retards Spiritual growth. To grow spiritually, most of us have to first unlearn much of what we have learned. Thus, in a very real sense, on the spiritual path, individuals who have received a formal education can be at a disadvantage than their less educated brethren because the educated ones have more to unlearn than those who have had less or no formal education.
To help those who are unfamiliar about the Goal of Life, Bahram established the “Society of Servants of God” as a church in California. The Society of Servants of God is a spiritual organization which started in India through Dr. Dinshah K. Mehta has associates around the world.
Through many years of spiritual practice and teaching spiritual principles Bahram can now explain the spiritual principles that are common to all religions. Bahram clearly demonstrates how the Divine Creative Plan unfolds in nature and how it is also reflected in human activities. To explain the difficult spiritual concepts, Bahram has used natural phenomena and everyday occurrences that all can verify with their own experiences.
Bahram encourages people to not believe what he says unless they can verify it against the backdrop of their own experience.
Due to the simple examples used by Bahram, the difference between religiosity and spirituality become obvious. The book also outlines and explains in detail the spiritual principles that will enable individuals to deal with conflicting value systems, dogmas and different interpretations presented by various world religions about man and his relationship with the Universe and more specifically the Creator.
Anyone who practices the principles explained in the book will be able to reach the highest experiences of which they are capable. These principles are unique and have never been revealed before to the general public.
For more than thirty-five years, Bahram has strived to live by these principles in his daily life. This effort has given him deep insights, which are both unique and highly useful in clarifying the universal issues all of us face in sorting out the conflicts we experience in our daily lives. Bahram’s gift of expressing these insights with clarity and simplicity can help us all as we navigate our own journeys through creation.
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