Mission Statement
Center for Global Integrated Education, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose mission is: to develop, support, and promote integrated educational programs and materials; to foster the development of full human potential; encourage the preservation of global natural resources; and inspire the creation of unity among diverse peoples of the world.
Motivating Principles
We are inspired by many of the world’s spiritual luminaries and educators who taught us that human nature is fundamentally spiritual and that spiritual principles, which resonate with the human soul, provide an enormous motivational power for change and progress.
Who Are We?
We are a group of educators, environmental scientists, physical and mental health professionals, lawyers, and parents who are inspired by the conspicuous need to restructure educational systems around the world. We are dedicated to addressing these fundamental needs through establishment of a global non-profit organization.
LATEST POSTS
A Baha’i Inspired Composition for Expectant Parents.
Recently I have had the marvelous fortune of family and friends having babies. I find myself thinking of these new parents and the blessings of raising a new life and discover new meanings in the Baha’i prayers for new borns. O Thou peerless Lord! Let this suckling babe be nursed from the breast of Thy ...
Read MoreDost Thou Reckon Thyself Only a Puny Form?
“Dost thou reckon thyself only a puny form When within thee the universe is folded?” The Seven Valleys and The Four Valleys, “The Valley of Wonderment”, quoting ‘Alí , p. 34 In his 1968 paper called, becoming Your True Self; Daniel Jordan writes: “It is interesting to note that, if our ...
Read MoreHealing Prayer from Baha’u’llah for Children in Arabic and English Translation
He is the protector, the healer هوالحاظ الشافی Thou art He, O my God, أَنْتَ الَّذِيْ يا إِلهِي through Whose names بِأَسْمائِكَ، the sick are healed يَبْرَأُ كُلُّ عَلِيلٍ and the ailing are restored, وَيُشْفى كُلُّ مَرِيضٍ and the thirsty are given drink, وَيُسْقَى كُلُّ ظَمْآنٍ، and the sore-vexed are tranquillized, وَيَسْتَرِيحُ كُلُّ ...
Read MoreDid Harvard University Give a Standing Ovation for The Teachings of Baha’u’llah?
My brother sent me this illuminating and exhilarating commencement speech by Angela Merkel as I was finishing the end of semester of my BIHE on line psychology students in Iran quietly moving on!!. As I listened to the hindsight and wise words of this powerful and celebrated woman saying; “nothing has to stay the ...
Read MoreSpiritual Education Success in Public School Paper Published by UNM Revisited
Once again the topic is to teach or not to teach spiritual education in public schools is at the center of educators attention. Dr. Ding Jo Currie is hosting the discussion Sat. June, 1, 2019 Bellow are some of the questions explored; What is spiritual education? What do we mean by spiritual? What role religion ...
Read MoreCleanliness is next to Godliness!
The short and sweet article by TEHRENE FIRMAN, MAY 17, 2019 titled; THIS IS *EXACTLY* HOW LONG TO WASH YOUR HANDS TO SCRUB AWAY GERMS grabbed my full attention right away. As a Baha’i child in my Baha’i children classes I had memorized the Baha’i verse in Persian that said; نضافت ...
Read MoreGETTING INVOLVED
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Hamid Rastegar
Hamid Rastegar has a doctorate in environmental science and engineering from UCLA and is the President and CEO of Aspen Engineering Group ...
Heshmat Shariary
Was born in 1934. He is married and has three children. He received his MD Degree (1960) from Shiraz Medical School and specialization in Orthopedic...
Farideh Shariary
Received her nursing diploma (1969) in Romford, England. She did her operating room post training at the Middlesex Hospital London, Hospital for...
Mondana Najafabadi-Chong
Has been an attorney since 1991 and is licensed to practice law in the State of California and United States Federal courts. Her law firm’s primary...
Keyvan Geula, MS., LMFT
Mrs. Geula is a licensed, Marriage, Family and Child Counselor, and Family Mediator in private practice in California. She specializes in the integration of...
