“O SON OF SPIRIT!
My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.”
- Baha’u’llah -
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“HE IS THE GLORY OF GLORIES
THIS is that which hath descended from the realm of glory, uttered by the tongue of power and might, and revealed unto the Prophets of old. We have taken the inner essence thereof and clothed it in the garment of brevity, as a token of grace unto the righteous, that they may stand faithful unto the Covenant of God, may fulfill in their lives His trust, and in the realm of spirit obtain the gem of divine virtue.”
- Baha’u’llah -
(Prelude to the Hidden Words)
The Hidden Words is a collection of meditational verses exploring the eternal relationship between God and man. Composed by the founder of the Baha’i Faith, Baha’u’llah (November 12th, 1817 - May 29th, 1892) about the year 1858 as He walked, wrapt in contemplation beside the River Tigris in Baghdad, Iraq where He was exiled (1853-1863).
CONTRIBUTE TO THE BICENTENARY MEDITATION PROJECT
*If you would like to participate in the content-creation of the first-ever free guided meditation resource bank (365 meditations) on the Baha’i Sacred Writings, please put your first and last name in the “volunteer name” column (Arabic Part I AND/OR Persian Part II) beside the Hidden Word or Words that most speak to your soul.
You do not need to be a professional ‘anything’ to contribute to this project (e.g meditation/yoga teacher etc). You are welcome to record as many as you feel moved to, 3 to 5 meditations per voice is preferred, although any number (above or below that number) is MOST welcome.
Since the Baha’i Faith has no prescribed method of meditation, we will borrow one from yoga philosophy to guide our project with some direction.
In yogic philosophy, there is an idea that each personality type requires a particular type, voice or tone of meditation or guided meditation. Therefore, we hope to provide a variety of voices, young (children) & old, different cultures & languages, by showing the breath of different accents in english and in other languages, as many varieties as are willing to contribute with a joyful, radiant and willing heart, and to cast that net out to the widest audience possible - this, we hope will additionally reflect a principle of Baha’u’llah, the oneness of mankind.
Your task will be simple, write or edit a meditation script with a Hidden Word of your choosing (sample meditation scripts provided below) that does not already have a name by the volunteer signup sheet (Arabic Part I AND/OR Persian Part II) and then record it.
STEP ONE: You are welcome to use and work off of (copy and paste it in a separate word document), in its identical form or make any edits of your personal flavor, touch, taste or style with the new Hidden Word or Words of your choosing.
*Note - some of the meditations script above are quite different (notably #1 & #59), others with just minor differences in the concluding statements. You may choose any of them, or none of them, so long as the meditation is primarily focused on ONE of Baha’u’llah’s Hidden Words, and its purpose is to draw the listener to meditating on the Sacred Words.
Different meditation techniques from any traditions are ABSOLUTELY welcomed and encouraged to be used, the only requirement is that
“Baha’u’llah’s” name is mentioned
only ONE complete Hidden Word is read at least once.
The rest is up to your own free will. We very much encourage using a style that you, the content creator, resonates with the most personally in connecting with the Sacred Words.
STEP TWO: Record it in either wav (prefered - higher quality), or mp3 file and send the
1. meditation script
2. (wav or mp3) audio recording
3. and your instagram handlebar (if you have one)
to meditationsofbbobb@gmail.com.
These meditations will be added to Bicentenary Meditation Project Blogs, Instagram Account, Spotify & Itunes podcast accounts. We require your full name for the “Projects Contributors List” of the project and your instagram handlebar to be tagged in our posts related to each meditation.
You are most welcome to also include photos of the content creation process, behind the scenes shots as well to meditationsofbbobb@gmail.com e-mail, as more people are likely to listen to a meditation if they know who is behind the voice! We would be uploading these behind the scenes photos across our social media accounts.
The Bicentenary Meditation Project is fortunate to have a sound engineer volunteer to help us with the project, we ask that you strive your best to make a recording with the highest quality you have access to, semi-professional microphone is prefered although using your phones are also ok - just try to have as little background noise as is humanly possible. We are well aware that silence is a luxury these days ;)
Translations
Each Hidden word that has already been chosen in English may be translated to up to TWO additional languages if desired, additionally include your name below the ENGLISH meditations volunteer name in the space below it.
*We are translating only TWO additional Hidden Words because we are prioritizing the completion of recording the complete set of ENGLISH Hidden Words first, before we translate them into different languages by the deadline 2020.09.05.
Deadlines
Once you have put your name down on the Hidden Word, please submit the meditation scripts, audio recordings and your instagram handlebar within a weeks time to the meditationsofbbobb@gmail.com.
If you are not able to complete it within a week (7 days), please send us an e-mail at meditationsofbboobb@gmail.com letting us know and we will reserve the making of that particular Hidden Words for you, as we know that each person will resonate with certain Hidden Words more so than others :)
* All the following translations of the Hidden Words provided below are from Shoghi Effendi found on the Baha’i Reference Library, the Authoritative Baha’i Writing Library to find out more information regarding the Baha’i Sacred Writings.
*** Please do not edit any other contents in the following files below other than adding your name to the list, thank you in advance!
THE BICENTENARY MEDITATION PROJECT
WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU IN CONSIDERING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROJECT!
BICENTENARY MEDITATION PROJECT
HIDDEN WORDS SERIES SIGN UP SHEETS
Hidden Word Part I ARABIC SIGN UP SHEET (71)
Hidden Word Part II PERSIAN SIGN UP SHEET (82)
(SUBMISSIONS CLOSE 2020.09.05)
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