Prefer your brother

These prayers were recorded during the ISGP (Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity) seminar in August 2013. Record and Mastering done by Nicolas Tesch

O Fils De L'esprit

In this recording, we hear an extract from Ruhiyyih Khanum’s book "Prescription for Living" about dealing with hardship and struggle. You can find a copy of "Prescription for Living" at Baha'i Books in Australia: https://bahaibooks.com.au/products/prescription-living 

You can also watch a video of this reading on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6G6pw6zo8g

Visit Baha’i Blog for a tribute to Ruhiyyih Khanum: https://www.bahaiblog.net/2015/01/amatul-baha-ruhiyyih-khanum-mary-sutherland-maxwell

EXTRACT (lightly adapted for readability and shared courtesy of the Baha'i World Centre):

"No matter how easy or luxurious [life] may be made, it still brings in its wake inevitable hardship and struggle. 

We must recognise that under duress great things are born. Diamonds form in molten rock. The sweetest flowers of man's spirit have often been watered by tears. To struggle gives strength, to endure breeds a greater capacity for endurance. 

We must not run away from our heartbreaks in life; we must go through them, however fiery they may be, and bring with us out of the fire a stronger character, a deeper reliance on ourselves and on the Creator… 

Love, hate, passion, fear, sorrow, pain—they act on us and spur us on, they develop our qualities and give us colour and individuality. Why should we want to shun and abolish [that which brings] out the best in us, that tempers our steel, that teaches us to value happiness at its true worth? Can a man who has never been hungry in all his life know what a piece of bread means, savour all its sweetness, as can a man who has starved?

We are not expected to like suffering […] but we should, when the cup is at our lips and we have no choice but to drink it, drink it down strongly and courageously, knowing it will hurt but strengthen, wound but eventually heal...

We must also accept the fact that there are some things in this life we are not going to be able to understand here and now. They are mysteries either too profound, or denied us to comprehend in this world. 

But it is given to us to understand certain things […] God, with all that term implies, cannot be unjust any more than He can be unloving. Nothing could be more unjust or unkind than to set a man an impossible task, to require of him something beyond his strength to do. 

The trials that come to us in life come to test our strength and to exercise and perfect it. We are not set tasks that we cannot accomplish, we are not tyrannized over by God. … He sets the hurdle a little higher because He knows we are now ready to make that jump if we try, and what is more, He will help us. 

The Friend of the soul of man is there and He wants us to win, to grow strong, to be worthy of the heritage He has prepared for us; He is therefore ready to lend a helping hand if we call Him; if we fling out ours towards His, He will grasp it firmly."



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Sorrow & Trial - Words from Ruhiyyih Khanum

My God, my Adored One, my King, my Desire! 
What tongue can voice my thanks to Thee? 
I was heedless, Thou didst awaken me. 
I had turned back from Thee, 
Thou didst graciously aid me to turn towards Thee. 

I was as one dead, Thou didst quicken me with the water of life. 
I was withered, Thou didst revive me 
with the heavenly stream of Thine utterance 
which hath flowed forth from the Pen of the All-Merciful.

O Divine Providence! All existence is begotten by Thy bounty; 
deprive it not of the waters of Thy generosity, 
neither do Thou withhold it from the ocean of Thy mercy. 
I beseech Thee to aid and assist me 
at all times and under all conditions, 
and seek from the heaven of Thy grace 
Thine ancient favor. 
Thou art, in truth, the Lord of bounty, 
and the Sovereign of the kingdom of eternity.

From Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh, CLXXIII

The Light of Unity

My God My Adored One

Directed To The Kingdom Of God

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 London, in the United Kingdom with Sara Forouhi who sings “This Is the Rainy Season” based on a talk by Abdu’l-Baha.
 
You can also watch the recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMqDvrhToEE
 
This song was filmed and recorded in London, in the United Kingdom, September 2018.

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Here is the quotation used for the lyrics below followed by the quotation and chords:
 
"This is the rainy season. If the rain does not pour down, if the wind does not blow, if the storm and tempest do not rage, the soul-refreshing springtime will not appear. If the clouds do not weep the meadows will not laugh."
- Abdu’l-Baha
 
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Verse


        G         Cm         G
If the rain does not pour down

           G         Cm      G
If the wind does not blow       Bm

          Em.           Eflat dim          Csharp/Em
If the storm and tempest do not rage

              C/G                D/Gadd2              G
The soul-refreshing springtime will not appear     Bm


Chorus


           Em    C  Cm  G
If the clouds do not weep

           Am       B         Em          
The meadows will not laugh         x2

C

Repeat from start then:

Bridge

Eflat/Em

   D/G      Eflat/G       C         B7
This is the rainy, the rainy season   

Chorus x2 

 G         Cm         G
If the rain does not pour down

           G         Cm      G
If the wind does not blow

"This Is the Rainy Season" by Sara Forouhi

A simple compilation of Baha'i prayers and Writings put to music shared at the Unity Gathering. 

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Praise and Gratitude

Divine Tapestry

Baha’i Blog 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 Tilburg, the Netherlands with Naim Pilon, Miad Badiee and Justus Bos, singing "This Is The Day" based on the Writings of Baha'u'llah.

This song was filmed and recorded in Tilburg, the Netherlands, November 2017.

You can watch the video recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp6hetm0cyw

Here is the quote used for the lyrics, followed by the lyrics and chords:

QUOTE/LYRICS:

"This is the Day in which God’s most excellent favors have been poured out upon men, the Day in which His most mighty grace hath been infused into all created things. It is incumbent upon all the peoples of the world to reconcile their differences, and, with perfect unity and peace, abide beneath the shadow of the Tree of His care and loving-kindness."
-Baha'u'llah


CHORDS:

Capo on 2nd fret (flipped)

Verse
E5   -   E5add9   -   E5maj7  -   Asus4
B7sus4    -   Asus4   -   E5

Chorus
E    -   D   -   A   -  E

Coda
E5    -    A     -   E


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This Is The Day

"This Is The Day" Naim, Miad & Justus

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