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Welcome to "As I Sea It" — a space in which word and thought engage in sustained dialogue. Here, the writings of Zaman Stanizai address the political developments in Afghanistan and the wider world, encompassing reflections on collective memory and enduring concerns, political research, philosophical inquiry, and analysis of current affairs. Via this interweaving of commentary and reflection, the work seeks to meet the reader's pursuit of understanding.
This website presents perspectives on the world as the Inner Eye sees it through the Divine Sea of Beingness. It reflects on meaning as the very essence of being. We hope you will attain a higher state of consciousness through awareness in being and aspiration in becoming, as we all strive and stride toward perfection through the mind and the heart.
We hope your visit to this website is intellectually stimulating and spiritually rewarding, and that the pacifist perspective presented here uplifts those who consider all humanity one family. We also hope that the power of the word, expressed through prose and poetry, heals the scars that the unpleasant realities of the world leave on our souls. In that respect, we are not driven by ideologies, but by ideas to raise consciousness so that global disenchantment may be diminished.
As I Sea It (published under Stanizai.org), along with its sister sites The Indigo Firmament (Published under the same name and Qalam u Kaghaz (published under Stanizai.com, as well as Sheenkai-Asmaan (published under The Indigo Firmament.net offers hundreds of essays, articles, and blogs and countless hours of public presentations, lectures, and interviews, in audio and video formats, in an effort to make but a smidgen of difference in the reorientation of our collective human consciousness.
To that end, this website has been redesigned so the depth and breadth of the analysis are presented through a wide range of topics, from mystical poetry to historical analysis and from political perspectives to archival material that speaks to the relevance of current issues.
The Abrahamic Covenant:
Biblical Revisionism or Settler-Colonial Opportunism (Originally published on the Georgetown University website, History News Network, under the title:The Middle East, Land Disputes, and Religious History
The entire Middle East region that bridges three continents has historically been defined by change: changing people, politics, religious ideas and ideologies. People with power have come and gone, but the land remains and still presents the international community with one of its most challenging conflicts.
For centuries Jerusalem has been an interfaith, intercultural, and international city where different faith communities have converged, comingled, and coexisted in relative peace. This diversity and inclusivity are characterized by such landmarks as the site of King Solomon’s First Temple, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, and the golden Dome of the Rock in the centuries-old mosaic of Jewish, Christian, Armenian, and Muslim quarters that constitute the city of Jerusalem to this day. (Read more)
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