All my life, I believed in MAGIC! Grown ups
were telling me that I need to GROW UP, and give this crazy thought up!
And many times I tried to do that, but the THOUGHT only got stronger &
stronger inside of me, and I started believing in it, even more so!
I stayed as a believer, as long as I can Remember,
and as long as ONE can Imagine!
Then, one day, I had this extraordinary experience!
An experience of a life time! So, my friend, give me your heart-shaped
hand, and I will take you with me, through a journey that you would never
forget.! I, myself, am not the same from the very day that I had This EXPERIENCE!
At the beginning, there was only HEART(s),
in between, there was only HEART(s), and at the end, there was only HEART(s)!
IS HEART/LOVE the center of the Universe,
and the only reason for the whole EXISTENCE of the Universe?!
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CHAPTER ONE
The Crystal Stopper & The Rainbow
One day, I was sitting all by myself, in my
very own room, by the window, looking outside. I looked at the Beautiful
Blue Sky, and the Sun, and the trees, and the land, and the mountain, and
everything in it. I could feel the warmth of the Sun all over, and inside
my body. Every ounce of my body was wrapped in this wonderful cozy feeling,
then I closed my eyes, and all kind of wonderful patterns started appearing
inside of my eyelids. Oh, Wow! How magical, that I can see, without opening
my eyes! I loved it. I could see lots of shades of colors, from cool colors
all the way to the warmest ones. Pale yellow with streaks of dark, in a
flowing manner, started changing to deep, deep red, as warm as red you
can imagine. I have never seen anything like it in real life. The closest
I can describe it, is like a soft, sheer fabric, almost silk-like, kind
of a see-through! I started to write a story, not with a pencil on a piece
of paper, but simply in my mind, and in my HEART!
Then I decided to go outside, and try
it again. I went to my yard, and went on my yellow swing that was on a
big branch of a tree, with blue ropes. I went up in the sky, NOT REALLY,
I WAS ONLY IMAGINING that I was going that high. Everything that I experienced,
and I thought that I discovered while inside my room, now doubled. I am
talking about my feelings in relation with it.
The air was filled with the feeling of
UNITY!
“FALL OF UNITY”
Unity, Unity, Everywhere,
In a Pine Needle,
In a Pine Needle.
Living together,
Falling together,
No Beginning, No Ending!
As I was going higher & higher on the swing,
I felt that I was getting closer to NATURE! Everything started touching
me more, and more. I heard IT playing its music, the most wonderful music
I have ever heard! The only way I can describe it, is by calling it a NATURAL
MUSIC! The air was fresh, and the sound of the waves of sweet
water in the creek running through my yard, was adding even more
to my love for nature! There was lots of vibrations in the air, the leaves
were dancing, and making a wonderful sound, the birds were singing, the
flowers had their own dance, with a wonderful aroma, the nature was just
FANTASTIC. I said to myself, that maybe I should call this place, FANTASIA!
At this point, I became part of nature, and I started to sing the love
songs that nature had sung forever!
'May you always believe in the Magic of Human
Spirit'
“Nature touches the soul of Humanity. It is
the source of Inspiration for all people.
Without Nature there would not be any music,
dance, or poetry.”
“There is a rhythm in ‘Building a LIFE’”
I closed my eyes, and all the shapes and all
the colors that I have already talked to you about them, started appearing
before my very eyes! OOPS! They appeared inside my very own eyelids! They
were even more vivid, and more beautiful. These shapes started warming
up my HEART, then I felt as if my heart was getting so big, that it could
no longer fit inside my body. At this point, I closed my eyes even tighter,
and I saw my heart going inside a pot, a miniature pot, small enough
to fit inside a young child’s hands. It had a ROUND SHAPE, with a design
on it. Here is the best that I can describe it: ‘UNITY’Heart(s)! Somehow
I knew that the pot was made out of clay, and it contained the Essence
of All Things, The very Essence of ‘U’! There was something very SACRED
about it. As I watched my HEARTapproaching the clay pot, the lid came off,
and my HEART entered in! I noticed that the lid had a stopper. The stopper
was also made out of clay, which was adorned with textures taken from nature.
I could not believe my eyes! How can I be sitting on my swing, going higher
& higher, up in the sky, yet watch my HEART to travel into this pot?
Does this pot possess any magical power, I questioned that?! Then The writing
below started appearing in front of my closed eyes:
“Ashes to Ashes
Dust to Dust
Rainbow to Rainbow
Life to Life”
“Sacredness is the reality in every human being.”
I kept on repeating this poem like phrase.
Next I knew, the clay pot started shaking, rattling, and the most beautiful
& melodic song came out of it, I HEARD THE ANGELS’ SINGING! At this
point, I noticed that the stopper on the other side of the clay pot came
off. I realized that this stopper was made out of CRYSTAL! As it was coming
off, the most exciting RAINBOW appeared all around it, it got bigger and
bigger, until I saw myself inside of the rainbow. While being wrapped in
the rainbow, I saw my HEART coming out of the clay pot in two pieces. It
was divided into Two Tear-Drop shapes, made out of crystal, already had
all the colors of the rainbow, even the pot of GOLD at the end of the Rainbow!
They came out as two tiniest wings of spirit(s), and flew in front of my
very own eyes, to start life anew! This Was LIFE ITSELF! I said to
myself, What is this?! Is this Life After Life?! Is this a HIGHWAY to HEAVEN?!
Although, I had many questions about this unusual experience, but I really
didn’t care anymore as what to call it, I felt that I was in heaven, and
that was good enough for me!
Yet, I did question the life I had here, and
the other lives. I questioned the significance of my heart dividing in
two, and then flying away. Their flight was like the ULTIMATE Flight, soaring
so high, and carrying the rainbow with them. Their flight was like the
LAST DANCE, or may be the FIRST DANCE, or perhaps just ‘The DANCE’! I don’t
know. All I know it was the most beautiful flight that I have ever seen,
or experienced! Their flying had a ribbon shape, and I knew that, because
I could see the line of rainbows that they were making all around!
Then I opened my eyes, and everything was gone,
except the CRYSTAL STOPPER! I picked it up, and I looked through it. Everything
started to look more colorful, and prettier! I decided that I like LOOKING
THROUGH A NEW LENS!!!
Below is the best I can draw its shape:
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Here is my drawing of a rainbow, and when I
see it in its upside down sequence of colors on the walls of my room:
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CHAPTER TWO
Looking Through a New Lens!
I carried the crystal inside my pocket, and
went inside my house. From that day on, I did not let go of that
little crystal, that had changed my life forever!
While inside the house, the Sun Set, and the
Night fell. While in my bed, I got the crystal out, and I looked at every
light around my room that I could think of! It was a beautiful site! How
come I didn’t know about this life before!
Next day, I put the Crystal Stopper by my window,
and I went about my business. The Sun was shining. In the middle of the
day, I came to my room, and I saw the most beautiful rainbows appearing
on the walls, and on the ceiling of my room. I sat at the corner of the
room, my eyes fixed on the crystal, and the rainbows on my walls, back
and forth, back and forth. I can’t describe the joyous feeling! Some of
them were dancing around! Then, one large rainbow kept on moving, until
it reflected on the large mirror in my room. It was so great, because now
this luscious rainbow was projected even once more on the opposite
wall. Often the rainbows appeared in the opposite sequence of colors that
we are used to seeing in the rainbow appearing in the sky. By that I mean
that the deep purple, instead of being at the bottom, would appear
on the top! Reversed out, as if it was the mirror image of the rainbow,
representing US, people! I decided to get up, and go in front of the mirror,
as I was moving around, the wonderful rainbow was touching different parts
of my body. I loved the feel of it on my skin, on my face, and then on
my hair. I could not tell what part of it I liked more. It was as if This
Rainbow was asking for an Invitation, so I invited it to enter inside of
me, to go deep, deep inside of me, and from there spread itself through
my inner being, and all over my outer being! I could feel its rainbow-like
colorful wings spreading. I got butterflies in my stomach! No wonder,
because by this time, It started dancing inside of me, and I started dancing
with joy all the way inside of my body. Then, the colorful love energy
started building up, and got to the point that it could no longer fit inside
of my body. Gently, and gradually it started coming out, and like a gentle
breeze, yet still full of energy, it danced me all over my room! I could
see my silhouettes on the walls of my room, it looked awesome! I had never
felt that beautiful in my entire life! In fact, I never knew that I could
feel and look that beautiful, before. I did not know what to call it, I
decided that It can be called: The Rainbow & ME! Then All came
together, and it became as ONE! And I called it ‘THE DANCE of JOY!’, I
decided that I TRULY LOVE ALL COLORS! It is the COLOR of ME, and perhaps
IT is the COLOR of ‘U’, too!
I felt connected. I called it: Rainbow Connection,
The Unity of Rainbows
Now that I was entrusted with this CRYSTAL,
I have become one of the Rainbow People!
I started dancing and dancing, and the rainbow(s)
started following me around, and once again I heard the Angels Singing!
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CHAPTER THREE
The Garden of Nine Hearts
Now, having the crystal in my life became part
of the routine, although I have to admit that I continued loving the world
that it created, and continued creating for me. I felt that, any more,
nothing is ORDINARY, and I have found SACREDNESS in the Ordinary! I looked
at everything in life through this LENS! And LIFE became more and more
exciting to me!
I said to myself that I should continue believing
in:
KEEP THE CHILD ALIVE IN ‘U’!
Enjoy the Rainbow/ Enjoy the Butterfly/ Enjoy
the Bird/
FREE the BIRD!
And I did!
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I continued looking through this new LENS of
mine, day after day, and night after night! Until one day, while looking
through the crystal lens, I felt something very exciting was going to happen,
and so IT DID! The night was approaching, and I could feel the movement
in the air! Finally it was pitch dark, kind of a deep, deep, blue-black
outside, and inside. All I could see outside was what I could possibly
imagine, and what I already knew about this planet “EARTH”, & its wondrous
Nature which I enjoyed so much. I looked up at the sky, and I admired the
beauty and immensity of it, once more. There was FULL MOON, which only
added to my fascination, and I started my routine star gazing ritual! It
was that night that it all happened!
As I was looking through the window, up in
the sky, I got my crystal lens out. I did not have a specific target, I
was just wandering around, in the vast universe of mine. Then, I realized
that there was one Persian Blue light left burning on the wreath in my
room. I aimed my crystal lens towards the light, it was magnificent. Then
I aimed it towards the only candle still burning in my room, and then I
moved around back and forth, back and forth from one target to the next!
Then, all of a sudden, as I looked up in the sky, I noticed something very
unusual! I have no idea, what this planet is called. Out there in the sky,
through my very tiny lens, in all rainbow colors, appeared this environment,
that had a familiar shape, yet I have never heard of it in schools,
nor in any books, or from any body. Below, is the best I can explain it:
There it was, a place that was made out of
HEARTS! It can be called ‘THE GARDEN OF NINE HEARTS’! Its
shape was based on the Flow of Energy, called ‘Love’, the Ultimate, the
Absolute. It was shimmery, and clear as crystal, and that is because
of the waves of sweet water (representing the positive thoughts) running
through it. The overall design was just as Sensual as it was Intellectual.
It consisted of 8 upside down hearts coming down from the largest size
to the smallest, in a graduated effect, link to the other side of the design
by an arch (gate). The gate linked this side to the other side which was
the head of the number 9, and in a sweeping manner, linked to the side
of the first upside down heart. The head of # 9 had a cavity in the shape
of a heart. The whole border of this place was ornamented with some wonderful
materials which shined like stars, in many different colors, with a jewel-like
effect! It was hard to tell the size of it, but I felt that it was a tiny
place. The gate was an arch in a shape close to a musical note, short enough
that only a short being (of course with our earthly standard) could walk
through!
Below is the best that I can draw its
shape:
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Although I could only see it from a very long
distance, and only through my very own special lens, yet I could feel the
depth of it all! It was a wonderful quiet, serene, intimate, inviting,
interesting, amusing, playful, whimsical, romantic, spiritual & sensuous
environment. All in all, it was a pleasing environment to one’s senses,
including, or especially to one’s INSIGHT!
I said to myself: Is this a meeting place?!
A Secret Garden?! Is it there just for its outer beauty?! Is it there
to encourage harmony which in return can bring joy to ALL?! Whatever it
was, it was extremely exciting!
CHAPTER FOUR
The 1st HEART Class HEARTizen!
I continued this adventure, until dawn, it
was at this time when something even more amazing happened! I saw
a BEING, in a shape close to what I am drawing below come out of the Garden
of Nine Hearts environment, and like a feather, full of graceful energy,
like a gentle breeze, flew towards me! At this point, I was in Awe! “Extraordinary!”,
I exclaimed!
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This BEING also was made out of Nine Hearts!
It had a HEART on the right side of its body, it was as if it was the MIRROR
IMAGE of us, PEOPLE! It had a head the shape of a heart, a small nose the
shape of an upside down heart, a neck in the shape of an upside down heart,
a body in the shape of a heart, two arm-like extensions and two leg-like
extensions in the shape of upside down hearts, the ninth heart was
the smallest one on the right side of the chest, as GOLD as it could be!
It glowed in the dark, and the whole sky was lit by it! A Wondrous sound
filled the air, and communicated with me: “I Am The First HEART Class HEARTizen!”
By the time the exclamation part was left, IT entered my room, and filled
my whole room with its magical beauty, with its purity, and with its mysterious
power! Somehow I knew that this creature was the product of the experience
I had, in relation with my heart traveling through the miniature clay pot.
This was the other tear-drop shape, taken from my very own heart!
The creature was shimmering in the darkness
of the night, crystal clear, and this was due to the presence of
the waves of sweet water (representing the positive thoughts) that was
running through it.
* Perhaps, one can call this creature the very
1st HEART Specialist too!
I may have other ways of referring to IT also.
Maybe I can make a list such as:
- 1st HEART Class HEARTizen!
- 1st HEART Specialist!
- 1St Believer of the UNITY HEART(s)!
- 1st HeARTizen! 1st SheARTizen! 1st ItARTizen!
- 1st HEARTheaded!
- 1st to enter the GARDEN Of Nine HEARTS!
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CHAPTER FIVE
The Gathering of the HEARTizens!
So this was the story of the 1st HEART Class
HEARTizen! Now, when you look around, see if you can find any more of these
Rare, yet Familiar creatures!
I have seen many of them in my life time. I
have seen them mainly in the groups of 19 coming together in their
Garden of Nine Hearts, joining their heart shaped hands together, and singing
love songs! Amazingly, they do not need to have MOUTHS to sing! I usually
see them, while nine of them are standing on top of each HEART in their
Garden, and another nine smaller ones, sitting down next to them. It was
hard to tell if they were standing on a different level HEART Ground!,
or if they were actually different sizes. Regardless, in the middle of
the GARDEN, there stood the 1St HEART Class HEARTizen! Standing THERE with
all its Grace, and all its Hearts! It was standing on top of a raised circle,
identical to the shape of the miniature clay pot that I experienced sometime
ago, in my yard! It even had the same design on it, the UNITY HEART(S)
design! The Entity had the appearance of a MAMA HEART! They all seemed
to have one thing in common, and this was their magical shimmery look,
clear as crystal, due to the waves of sweet water (representing the positive
thoughts) running through them, and the smallest parts of their bodies,
their phenomenal HEARTS, which were located on the right side of their
bodies. The MAMA HEART’s Heart glow in the dark, and lit the whole GARDEN.
As this phenomenon happened, all the others’ hearts started responding,
and it went back & forth, back & forth, and twinkled forever. Somehow
I was convinced that that was the way these entities communicated with
each other. They were moving around in a soft, gentle, flowing, circular
motion, so rhythmically, as if their heart-shaped bodies were musical notes!
Interestingly enough, their world responded in the same motion, and they
were ALL Harmonized, as if this GARDEN OF NINE HEARTS was floating in space,
and its inhabitants were floating along with it! Or visa versa! It looked
like many tiny bubbles floating inside a larger bubble, while the larger
one which was the Garden of Nine Hearts, floating in a rotating fashion!
I said to myself: “What an amazing site to witness!” Their hearts jingled
and caused the clear, sweet water inside of them flow & flow, until
it all turned into a BEAUTIFUL ENERGY called ‘LOVE’! The younger ones were
moving around somewhat differently, their movements were more joyous, and
child-like. They were moving around almost like Fairies, joyful and light
like tiny butterflies. Their atmosphere was filled with the sound of their
laughter, which was beautifully synchronized with the melodious sound of
the rest of the inhabitants. I NEVER KNEW THAT LAUGHTER HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL
SOUND, before! They were all in perfect harmony, and they synchronized.
The ring of their hearts was adorned with a SACRED SOUND, and the WHOLE
UNIVERSE was filled with its wondrous power, and its beauty.
At this moment, I felt something running through
my body, in the inside, and on the outside! As if this was not odd enough,
the window of my room flapped wide open, and the 1st. HEART Class HEARTizen
entered in, again like a gentle breeze, only this time IT was accompanied
by all the others I was watching from a distance in their Garden of Nine
Hearts! They all entered in, and used their musical-note-like bodies, lit
my room so bright, that I can never ever explain it to you! This light
came from the Waves of Sweet Water, their Life Force, that they all carried
inside of their bodies. It dawned on me that that was the way they nourished
their HEARTS! I believe that I have already told you about it. Now, I,
myself, was completely saturated with the Clear Substance! As their Angel-like
singing started filling up my entire room, the room itself started vibrating,
just like the miniature clay pot that I have told you about earlier, it
started shaking & rattling, then all at once it came to a halt! Everyone
was in a still motion! I looked at myself, and I saw my own HEART framed
in gold, glowing brightly in the dark! It was just as bright as the 1st.
HEART Class HEARTizen’s Heart! No wonder! Wasn’t it my very own heart that
some time ago went inside a miniature clay pot, and came out as in two
tiny tear-drops?! Now, I have found my very own TWIN! (Who knows, may be
someday, every one of ‘U’, and I mean it when I say, EVERY ONE OF YOU,
can find your very own TWIN!) Together, we can change the world! Or maybe
one can change one world for the better, and the other one can change another
world for the better! Now, getting back to the story, as my HEART started
glowing, I felt that my TWIN smiled at me, the sweetest smile you can possibly
imagine, and we communicated our HEARTS with each other, and poured
our hearts out by glowing back and forth, and then the rest joined us!
This spectacular light show was accompanied by ALL Singing the Ultimate
LOVE Song of the Universe, including me! At this point, I realized that
this is the way these creatures HEARTS’ Beat! Wow! How Awesome! And I am
included among them! I realized that this is the way they grow, from their
Heart, like a Seed! They all start from that ‘Miniature size Heart’, and
no matter what size they may grow into, it is that tiny heart that gives
their life MEANING! So, Aren’t THEY like U?!, Are We like THEM?!,
ARE WE ALL THE SAME?! At this moment, all I was concerned about, was the
fact that I have never sung before, and now I am singing so beautifully!
I was elated! I felt the ANGEL inside of me!
THERE WAS MAGIC IN THE AIR, and it all
came from the core, the center, the essence of these HEARTful beings!
Their message was: Only HEART Can Set ‘U’ FREE!
May Every Day be a Valentine’s Day!
CHAPTER SIX
The Final Thoughts!
At this point, I decided that I like to change
my name from B. Sacred to HEARTizen! Oops, I have a second thought, I am
going to add HEARTizen to my legitimate name, and in this way I can join
the club, and become like the rest of the society that I am living in.
A person with the first, middle and last name!
‘U’ can call me B. Sacred HEARTizen!
And this is the end of this story. ‘May
you find the magic in ‘U’’!
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The Epilogue
By: Bahereh Khodadoost Copyright 1999
And B.Sacred HEARTizen continued the journey
as long as the B. Sacred HEARTizen lived in the world of so many worlds!
Somehow B. Sacred HEARTizen knew that everything B. Sacred HEARTizen had
experienced in the HEART physical world will be traveling along with the
B. Sacred HEARTizen, EVEN on the other side of the CURTAIN SHIELD or THE
VEIL of RAIN, where ONE can see EVERYTHING, yet never quite sure if s/he
can see it ALL!
HEARTizen just loved the beauty of it, the
never-ending essence of it all. HEARTizen knew that the ENDING is only
when ONE wants to call it an ENDING, THERE IS NO END! And YUP, There Is
No Beginning, there is only HEARTS! Anyone who has flown with, and traveled
through and over the rainbow(s) knows what I am talking about!
The River Will Go On, and the Memories Will
Last Forever!
The End!
To Be Continued, MAYBE!
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Copyright 1999 PA
P.S.
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ups alike, those grown ups who have managed to keep the child alive in
themselves!
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EARN-IT/ ‘URN’ Homes
B. Sacred HOMES
By: Bahereh Khodadoost
Copyright 1999 PA
Rainbow to Rainbow
Life to Life
This DWELLING is made out of clay. It
contains the Essence of All Things,
The very Essence of ‘U’!
“Sacredness is the reality in every human being.”
Last night (Feb.25,1999), in our studio, I made
a very small pinch pot, I closed it all the way, then, I opened a small
opening on the side, towards the top of the pot, for a small CRYSTAL ,
to be used as a STOPPER. This morning I went to my studio, I checked on
this pot, and I put the CRYSTAL in the hole part, and MY MIND SOARED,
and it has not stopped, YET! Bahereh is in the process of making her first
house! This house will be made out of clay, with a large arch-shape door,
and a skylight. The dream is not that new! She has talked about it for
a long time. She has written about it for a long time. Here, I bring an
example of it, taken from one of my articles called: “MY COIL-POTS/
MY ABODE”, written on Sept 19,1997 PA :
“To me, CLAY has a timeless quality. Working with
CLAY spiritualizes that quality within a person, and as the result carries
a sacred and eternal message, SACRED as time immemorial. Once this process
takes place, and this wonderful quality translates itself in the work,
it gives SOUL to the finished work, yet every one of these clay pieces
seems to possess its own SOUL. This can be experienced in many different
ways; although I have experienced it more fully in the MAKING of the coil-pots.
Here I am sharing my latest day dream with the
reader(s) of this article. This dream is only two weeks old. Two Sundays
ago, I was sitting in my living room staring at a few of my coil-pots.
Suddenly, it came to my mind that I would like to make a much larger version
of my coil-pots. This way my pots can have an idea of their bigger picture!
I shared my thought with my husband who speaks my artistic language as
well. The time had come for me to make a bigger version of ORENDA, at least
large enough to invite a person to go inside my abode. I am or better to
say we are quite exited over the prospect of making this dream a reality.”
* ‘ORENDA, The Life Force’, was made in the summer
of 1997 by me, Bahereh! It is a Raku Coil-pot, it has an opening in the
belly part appropriate to its shape, and its personality, and it has an
opening on top. Its overall shape is tall and oval. It is my favorite
coil-pot, yet! And She lives with me in my bed-room! There is a light inside
of ORENDA that is lit all the time, yet it is at night time that it has
its most impact, visually & Emotionally! It reflects light through
its openings on the ceiling of our bedroom, and delights my HEART! Among
all my clay pots, ORENDA appears to possess the most soul, so far.
Once again, I am quite exited over the prospect
of making this dream a reality. What makes this house different from any
other house, is the fact that the door, the door knob, and the skylight
are CRYSTALS! The outside of the house, and the inside surfaces are
all treated smoothly, or with textures taken from nature. Perhaps the house
consists of more than one story, many compartments, and staircase to the
HIGHER GROUND(S), but there is no closed off section(s). This is due to
the fact that when the Sun Shines, and Its rays hits the CRYSTALS, a spectacular
show of rainbows will appear on its walls, its floor, and its
ceiling, and in this way nothing will be obscured from one’s eyes, and
from one’s other senses, Including that significant inner sense, called
INSIGHT! This way, the dweller, whoever may DWELL in this ABODE
will frequently be reminded of LIFE ITSELF! Bahereh calls
this home and other homes like it: ‘BEAUTY, PURITY, & FLIGHT! You can
call yours anything your heart desires! If you, or anyone you may know
is interested in living in such houses, may contact me at:
Bahereh Khodadoost
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