Recorded June 2021, after graduating from Townshend.

video here: https://youtu.be/fztcxgZr0Sg?si=Ip8GIPCLmmeVafpe

I did not compose this beautiful song :-)  
I believe that it was composed by one or more Bahá'í friends in Australia
This is the link to the original song, from Bahá'í Blog: https://youtu.be/L_Np-yo5wyU?si=StruExDpTii8QWVh
Thank you for this special, beautiful piece of music.
This song always reminds me of when we would sing it together in the dorms♥︎

Paradise -cover

"The Path to Unity" is a talk by Robert C. Henderson given at the Baha'i Center in Santa Monica, California on 23 August, 2015, and the talk was given just after the United States witnessed a stream of senseless mass shootings including a church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina carried out by a white gunman who killed nine African-Americans during their bible study in church.

Henderson reflects on the tragedy, and opens the talk by saying "We are in the midst of one of the greatest transformations in human history. Profound changes are occurring in the structure of nations, in the relations among people, and in our concept of what it means to be a human being, and how we relate to others. These changes are extremely complicated, and one of the difficulties we have is keeping track of where we are in that process of transformation, and understanding what its dynamics are in helping us to learn how we transform our own cultures, our habits of thought, our habits of feelings, and our habits of behavior. When we experience such tragedies, it's time to reflect as a nation and a community, and ask ourselves "How did we get here?"

Dr. Robert C. Henderson is an elected member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States, and the founder of the Henderson Consulting Group, which specializes in the development of high performance organizations. He also serves as a Developer and President of the Philanthropic Division of Baharicom Development Company, co-builder of the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE)/Uhurunet submarine cable system.

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Special thanks again to the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Santa Monica, California for taking the initiative to record this talk and for giving Baha’i Blog permission to publish it.

The Path to Unity

The Path to Unity - A Talk by Robert C. Henderson

Baha’i Blog’s “Studio Sessions” is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.
 
In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we’re in Johannesburg, South Africa with Dominique Sylvester who sings “I Repair for Refuge” from the Writings of the Bab.
 
You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkMJjzGPwTo
 
This song was filmed and recorded in Johannesburg, South Africa, September 2017.

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Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the quotation and chords:
 
“O Lord! Unto Thee I repair for refuge, and toward all Thy signs I set my heart.
O Lord! Whether traveling or at home, and in my occupation or in my work, I place my whole trust in Thee.
Grant me then Thy sufficing help so as to make me independent of all things, O Thou Who art unsurpassed in Thy mercy!
Bestow upon me my portion, O Lord, as Thou pleasest, and cause me to be satisfied with whatsoever Thou hast ordained for me.
Thine is the absolute authority to command.”
- The Bab
 
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Pluck Chords:

Verse:
G maj, G maj/B, Cmaj7, G maj
Chorus:
A min, G maj/B, A min, G maj

O Lord! Unto Thee I repair for refuge and toward all Thy signs I set my heart.
O Lord! Whether travelling or at home and in my occupation or in my work, I place my whole trust in thee. X2

"I Repair for Refuge" by Dominique Sylvester

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The Path to Unity - A Talk by Robert C. Henderson

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