Presentations

How I Think Thee with my Heart

A lecture on Divine Perceptions Wafted Through Rhyme and Reason in the Sufi Lore addressing humanity’s wholeness through a deeper understanding of the heart, consciousness, and active imagination presented at the Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni Association of Orange County – at the Golden West College - January 16, 2016.

The God Within – A Sufi Perspective. Dr. Zaman Stanizai explores Sufism, Islam, and the Qur’an through a dialogue between the Divine and the God Within. Soul Transformation With Dr. Selina Matthews PhD.

Myth Is All Around Us: Episode Four - Exploring the Other

Zaman Stanizai with Margaret Mendenhall. A PADNET Production

The Problems of Monotheism: The price we pay for being right? The intrusions of personal belief from the private sphere to the public square monopolizing religious discourse, ideologizing society, and structuring polity in the name of god. Presented at the Islamic Center of Southern California on March 11, 2018.
Consciousness: Sacred or Profane. Presented at the IMAN Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA on September 22, 2019.
Consciousness as the ultimate reality can unite reason and revelation. Presented on June 25th, 2023, at the IMAN Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA 90034
Towards an Alchemical Transformation, Presented at the Indialogue, India, April 26, 2023

Perceptions of the Divine in modern spiritual thought are presented from Jewish and Islamic perspectives in light of the perceived physical and meta-physical realities in the 21st century. (This forum was presented in collaboration with Rabbi Jim Kaufman of Temple Beth Hillel).

The Evolution of Gods. Presented at the IMAN Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA on November 24, 2019.
The Eye Without I. The self and how different aspects of our personality blend and form the kind of persons we become. Presented at the IMAN Cultural Center on December 22, 2019

Soul-Searching In the Fractals of Being

This lecture presents fractals as an alternative to multiplicity, linking the physical with the metaphysical to explain the phenomena of spirit and soul by analyzing the commonalities among science and religion, philosophy and intuition, reason and revelation, and Math and Myth.

A Public presentation on pre-lingual and non-lingual thought processes in human nature, and the search for patterns of logical consistency in a comfort zone between commonality and uniqueness that oscillates between blending and distinction. Presented at the Unity and Diversity Council on March 15, 2015, at the IMAN Peace Center Library in Los Angeles

Poetic sampling of literary treasures in Islamic Mysticism. Unearthing the Literary Treasures of Islamic Mysticism is a poetic sampling of literary treasures in Islamic Mysticism that explains certain principles in Sufism, covering concepts such as Spiritual Poetry, Islamic Mysticism, Rumi, Ibn Arabi, Hallaj, Hafiz, Baydil, Rahman Baba, and Islamic thought. The ideas and ideals of great Sufi thinkers are presented through their colorful poetry beyond rhyme and reason.