The guided meditation on the Sacred Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah has been especially created to commemorate the Bicentennial Birth of The Báb. The meditation focus point is to draw the listener on the Hidden Words text itself, by reading aloud the short verses in various techniques to provide spaces for contemplation, illumination and enlightenment.
“O COMPANION OF MY THRONE!
Hear no evil, and see no evil, abase not thyself, neither sigh and weep. Speak no evil, that thou mayest not hear it spoken unto thee, and magnify not the faults of others that thine own faults may not appear great; and wish not the abasement of anyone, that thine own abasement be not exposed. Live then the days of thy life, that are less than a fleeting moment, with thy mind stainless, thy heart unsullied, thy thoughts pure, and thy nature sanctified, so that, free and content, thou mayest put away this mortal frame, and repair unto the mystic paradise and abide in the eternal kingdom forevermore.”
- Baha’u’llah -
Photo credit: Farzam Sabetian (instagram: @farzam09) click on photo to link to his personal website
“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).
Audio Recordings of the BMP Meditations
Each voice recorder (and all other contributions) of the Bicentenary Meditation Project have contributed their individual time and energy free of charge, without whom this entire community-led project would not have been possible or come to life. It is truly the result of the colossal global effort of individuals who have contributed to the commemoration of the Bicentenary Birth of the Bab with a joyful, willing and radiant heart - which also happened to be the only prerequisite of submitting to the Bicentenary Meditation Project!
As soon as we received the meditations, which included contributions from all around the world, from individuals with different skillsets, spoken language, age groups, professions, technological capacities, accessibility to internet etc, we would send all the received audio meditations of varied qualities to our Sound Engineers Jarome Mathew and Fei Hou (侯非) to create a cohesive experience for the listener, which was truly a labour of love worth mentioning in itself!
Click on the live link for the full Project Contributors List, which includes the full contributions & categories of each unique contributor - for those who granted us permission to include their names.
Meditation Script
The Bicentenary Meditation Project is a community karma-yoga (service/free oriented) celebratory project and resource bank, which provides free meditations and their corresponding meditation-scripts based off of the Sacred Writings and Teachings of The Bab & Baha’u’llah for world-wide dissemination and use.
The purpose of the meditations are used primarily to draw a closer spiritual connection through the Manifestations of God to God.
One of the primary principles that The Bab & Baha’u’llah proclaimed is the Oneness of Humanity and how interrelated we are.
As host and coordinator of the project, Yoga Avec Moi would like to kindly request for those who will be downloading the meditations scripts, to used them in circumstances with the utmost dignity, reverence and respect for the Sacred Teachings and Personage of The Bab & Baha’u’llah.
You have permission to use them in devotionals, prayer gatherings, children’s virtues classes, junior youth animator gatherings, meditation classes & retreats, Hatha, Yin, Vinyasa yoga classes and retreats.
If you would like to use them in contexts that have not been mentioned above, please drop us a line at yogiavecmoi@gmail.com to say hi and to double check if in doubt that it would be appropriate.
This is primarily run on an honorary role basis, we have deep love in serving and providing for humanities spiritual needs, we ask that in return you respect our wishes to hold the Personages and Sacred Teachings of The Bab & Baha’u’llah with reverence and utmost dignity .
DOWNLOAD Hidden Word Part II Persian #44 Meditation Script
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Podcast (list below)
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Where to watch videos about the Bicentenary Meditation Project?
Facebook - Videos About the Project (bite size)
Youtube - Bicentenary Meditation Project Video Playlist videos of behind the scenes, meaning of the meditations, content creation process, statistics etc (videos range from 3-30 mins)
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How to help with the Bicentenary Meditation Project?
If you wish to participate in the content creation of it as either voluntarily providing the following,
1. Guided Meditation
2. Artistic image (painting drawing for meditation cover art)
3. Photography (nature or Holy sites for meditation cover art)
Please CLICK HERE further submission details, or look at the bullet options below for.
Bulletin of Needs - Yoga Nidra Meditations Translations Needs
Hidden Words Meditation Series - Google document sign up sheet
Contact us at meditationsofbbobb@gmail.com for any questions or more information.
Follow the day to day progress, updates, notifications on our hosts instagram account @yogaavecmoi (check out the instagram highlights icon in the instagram bio ‘birthday’, ‘bicentenary’, “BMP”, “BMPYoutube” tabs for previous updates on the project)