Baha'i Blogcast with Rainn Wilson - Episode 38: Tom Lysaght
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2019
- Hello and welcome to the Baha’i Blogcast with me your host, Rainn Wilson.
In this series of podcasts I interview members of the Baha’i Faith and friends from all over the world about their hearts, and minds, and souls, their spiritual journeys, what they’re interested in, and what makes them tick.
In this episode I'm in LA with playwright and author, Tom Lysaght. Tom and I talk about being a hippie and what it really meant. He tells me about the three books he took with him on his mystical journey around the world and how he became a Baha'i. We talk about the history of the Baha'i Faith, music, career-ism, the importance of storytelling, the book he's been working on for over 30 years, and the crucial role love plays in religion. Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoy our conversation!
* To find out more about Tom Lysaght and some of the things we covered in this episode, check out the following links:
* Learn more about Tom Lysaght and what he's been up to here on his website: www.yourcreativestage.com/
* Tom's latest book is called 'Persian Passion: Of Gods and Gargoyles: amzn.to/2ZnraUp
* Tom's interview about 'Persian Passion': bit.ly/2KOBEYP
* Tom's interview about 'Twin Witnesses': bit.ly/2P7H05m
* Find out more about the Bab: www.bahai.org/the-bab/ ; and the bicentenary of the Birth of the Bab: news.bahai.org/story/1316/
* Tom talks about the following books:
- The Seven Valleys by Baha'u'llah: bit.ly/2ZjlAGA
- Thief in the Night by William Sears: amzn.to/2ZhXZSo
- The Book of Certitude (Kitab-i-Iqan) by Baha'u'llah: bit.ly/2Clie9q
- Baha'u'llah, the King of Glory by HM Balyuzi: amzn.to/2Zgzrcn
- Abdu'l-Baha by HM Balyuzi: amzn.to/2Hmt958
- The Dawn-Breakers by Nabil-i-Azam: bit.ly/2BqbFRr
- Baha'i Administration by Shoghi Effendi: amzn.to/2KO7lS7
- Dawn over Mount Hira by Marzieh Gail: amzn.to/2Z9ulnd
- Resurrection and Renewal by Abbas Amanat: amzn.to/2ZlxKP5
- The Bassoon King by Rainn Wilson: amzn.to/2ZjuorR
- The Portable Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman: amzn.to/2zpQNcF
- The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead: amzn.to/2KOKhT6
- Sri Aurobindo or the Adventure of Consciousness by Satprem: amzn.to/2ZlVkY5
* We talk about Hands of the Cause: bit.ly/2Zm0XVY and Baha'i pilgrimage: bit.ly/2ZaUylp
* Tom mentions Nader Saiedi who was also a guest on this podcast: bit.ly/2KZ1xnz
* We mention Steven Phelps, who's been on the Baha'i Blogcast Episode 7: bit.ly/32OmMAF and Episode 37: Physics and Mysticism with Steven Phelps [VIDEO]: bit.ly/2Y3hOkK
* Tom talks about Tahirih (bit.ly/2NpEV2i) and the Letters of the Living (bit.ly/2P7idP5).
* Tom shares this quote from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha: "...make ye a mighty effort, and choose for yourselves a noble goal...".
* Tom shares a quote from the Seven Valleys by Baha'u'llah: "If the wayfarer’s goal be the dwelling of the Praiseworthy One (Maḥmud), this is the station of primal reason which is known as the Prophet and the Most Great Pillar. Here reason signifieth the divine, universal mind, whose sovereignty enlighteneth all created things-nor doth it refer to every feeble brain; for it is as the wise Sana’i hath written:
How can feeble reason encompass the Qur’an,
Or the spider snare a phoenix in his web?
Wouldst thou that the mind should not entrap thee?
Teach it the science of the love of God!"
* Rainn shares a quote from Baha'u'llah: "Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and center your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements."
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Really enjoy Tom's talks. Thank your
Refreshing. Answers some questions re: history
Una buena conversación significativa, Gracias amigos y la historia que comenta Tom la puedes encontrar en la historia en Rompedores del Alba, en Dios Pasa etc Rainn. es increíble, y me encantaría tener esa trilogía de Tom. Algún momento🌻
So many gems in this conversation. Thank you.
I just happened to watch the movie _The Gate_ last night and noticed some elements of Bábí history that were new to me. Does anyone know if Tom Lysaght's uncovered information about this history was used to write the script for the movie? This was another fascinating interview, btw! I also just finished _Soul Boom_ a few days ago and found these interviews while I was reading it so I went back to #1, and now I'm here. *_Amazing,_*_ Rainn Wilson!_
Edit: Now, I'm reading Tom's _Persian Passion,_ and it's just astounding! What a contribution to the study of Bahá'í history!
Absolutely fantastic interview. Keep up the good work 👍
Thank you so much for your support and encouraging words! :)
What an awesome interview!!!
We're so glad you like it! Thanks for your support! :)
Fascinating!! Great interview. Thank you.
You're most welcome! Thanks for your support!
I love these interviews but are there episodes that dive in to the meat and potatoes of the bahai teachings?
I'm a contemporary with Mr. Lysaght who went to college in 72-73 (didn't finish) and I just want to comment on Rainn's connecting the hippie movement with the civil rights movement. The hippies were as important to the civil rights movement as beatniks were to bebop jazz: in other words not at all except maybe parasitically.
Let me guess... while other kids back then had posters of rock bands on their bedroom walls, you had pictures of Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew.
@@c.a.t.732 Not Nixon, Leon Trotsky. Hippies were, for the most part, privileged, middle class white kids who were much more interested in drugs than politics. Their interest in politics had to do with avoiding being drafted into the Vietnam war. That was the role of working class kids, white and black. The Civil Rights movement was fought mainly by African Americans.
@@edlabonte7773 My mistake... but then referring to "hippies" as parasites is such an Agnewism after all.
@@c.a.t.732 My experience with people who called themselves hippies is that they were primarily concerned with the image they were projecting. People who were the core of the civil rights movement were more concerned about not getting lynched. Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman were good examples of the former (though officially yippies not hippies). James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Henry Schwerner were examples of the latter.
@@edlabonte7773 I can't argue with your experience, but mine from back in the day was very different. Of course the term hippie did become somewhat more of a fashion statement for some, but that was hardly a generalized reality. Those of us who marched against the war and for civil rights in places like here in California admittedly didn't have to worry about getting lynched, but that didn't make us parasites.