son of Abdul Hossein Rezaei-Kamalabad. I live in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States of America. During the past thirty years, my work has been in exhibiting the connections between the major religions, so that in unity they will bring peace, humanity and security to the world as one body, one spirit. The mission of The Flag of Mercy is to educate people about peace, humanity and security, in order to open the seventh gate, the Gate of Mercy in Jerusalem. In bringing the act of compassionate forgiveness into one’s life, it creates the ability to build peace, humanity and security through family, community and around the world, nation to nation. The world as one body, one spirit.
The Flag of Mercy is black representative of the absorbance of all the colors. Within black, all colors are equal in visibility. The gold ring on the flag represents the union between heaven and earth. The gold ring is a symbol of the agreement between mankind and God, for the continuation of life. The pole that holds the flag has seven pieces, made of wood, connected together to form one piece. On these seven pieces are written the one hundred and two names of God, including the greatest name. On the top of the flag pole is a metal hand with seven fingers which represent the seventh day of creation. Seven fingers representing the right and the left together in the divine vision with the third eye in the center of the palm and within the center of the eye the letter “Au.” The letter “Au” is the letter that comes before Alef. It is the sound frequency uttered at the creation of the Universe as it moved into a balanced form.
The Flag of Mercy journeyed across the United States in the Summer of 2009 to seven cities in seven different states. In each of these cities, the flag was raised at historical American sites. These sites included: Central Park in New York City, Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., NASA Launch Site on Cape Canaveral, on the beach of Lake Michigan in Chicago, in front of the Great Salt Lake in Utah, and in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. In ceremony, a pray was made, the Sufi horn was blown three times and the flag was raised three times. The repetition of three represents the three dimensional depth of life. In 2010, Mahmood will travel to twelve countries and raise his flag in ceremony. The final destination of this journey is to Jerusalem where out in front of the seventh gate, the Golden Gate (The Gate of Mercy), he will hold the flag and perform the ceremony for the Golden Gate to open, allowing the sense of security, humanity and peace to pass through. Right now the Golden Gate is closed.
When the seventh gate, the Golden Gate opens, he will enter through into the city and erect three stone columns to represent the presence of Zoroastrianism, Hinduism and Buddhism within the Holy City. The Holy City will be established as the new zero time zone, the line between the east and the west and through this declaration, the creation of a new space and time of one body, one spirit. It will create a place where Judaism, Christianity and Islam can exist in peace with the place for the first time in the history of mankind.
The Key of the Holy City, which Mahmood designed and made to symbolize the peace, humanity and security that will echo throughout the world will be brought to the Holy City. It will remind the Jews, Christians, Muslims, Zoroastrians, Hindus and Buddhists of their shared responsibility to uphold the peace, with respect for each other.
