It’s gonna rain champagne and the hills are gonna dance.

There will be power in the blood when that helicopter comes.
The sky will swim in lightning fire and the trees will shake and scream.

Rocks gonna roll up hill and the sun will dive in the sea.

The dead gonna wake and sing and roll their bones in the grass.

There are certain songs on my iPod that are caricatures, postmodern tunes that make me smile, but also have relevance to my Baha’i world view. “When the Helicopter Comes” is one of those tunes. It answers the question, what will happen when Christ comes again? And He has. -gw

 

 

“A helicopter,” uploaded on May 7, 2005 by rahen z on flickr, licensed under Creative Commons

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Artist: The Handsome Family

Album: In The Air

Song Notes: There should be more songs about Cargo Cults. For reals. This one is sort of an application of the cargo cult to the American South – sort of a Cargo Gospel song. It’s really pretty cool, and it also takes a bit of an old baptist hymn and folds it in, too. Perhaps it’s a bit of a future sound, after religions have all evolved and everything. Either way, though, I dig this one. – Rev. Syung Myung Me

http://music.wikia.com/wiki/When_That_Helicopter_Comes:The_Handsome_Family

I love Naw Ruz. I'm not sure why, though. It is not the party that seems to come around every year, nor the unusual fact that it is the only Baha'i Holy Day with no direct relation to the life of a Messenger of God. No, I think it is just the idea that this is a day when we celebrate the fact that the whole thing has come around full circle. …

 

I just love the mud. In fact, as I'm typing, I'm waiting to hear the first stirrings of my son this fine sunny morning, eager to dress him and feed him so that we can go to the park and play in the mud. I am a firm believer that every healthy childhood needs a good helping of mud-wallowing, and who am I to deprive my little guy of this?

In fact, it is this very mud that has given me one of my favorite stories for Naw Ruz.

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Naw-Rúz

[Newroz Norooz Nowrooz Nawroz Norouz Nawroz Eid Nowruz Nauryz Novruz Navruz NoRuz Naurooz Navroze Norouz]

is about a new beginning, as nature on earth renews in spring.

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Baha’u'llah … claimed that what people typically think of as miracles are not a proof of divine authority. Such things, He wrote, are only a proof to those who witness them. And even those who witness them do not all believe in them. We do not ask a physician to prove his ability to heal by asking him to fly around the room. Neither should we ask God’s representatives to do parlor tricks. In Islam and the Baha’i Faith, the only true miracle is the revelation of the Word of God and its penetrating power to transform. There are accounts of miracles performed by Baha’u'llah and one follower even wrote a book cataloguing Baha’u'llah’s “miracles.” Baha’u'llah commanded the believer to destroy it. Once a group of clergy in Baghdad asked Baha’u'llah to perform a “miracle” to test Him. But for the body of Baha’i believers, this is of no importance. It is the Word of God that has true power. He responded that He would perform such a miracle on two conditions. First, the clerics must agree on the miracle to be performed. Second, upon performance of the miracle, they must publicly accept Him as a divine Manifestation. Of course, the clerics could not agree.

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They steeped their lyrics in their Baha'i religious faith, yet were skillful enough to keep their religion from tipping into preachiness on their biggest hits. Their strongest songs, like "Summer Breeze" and "We May Never Pass This Way Again," are instant memory bells for mid-seventies musical listeners.

They also had a secret weapon in producer guitarist Louie Shelton, who made all these songs come across as gentle and gentile. How could one not get the feeling of bliss from the easily accessible "Summer Breeze?" Or the joi de vivre of "When I Meet Them?" When one considers that "Hummingbird" is a song cycle in three parts, it is amazing to think that it was one of the duo's biggest hits and a marvel of production.

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As the whole of humanity is one organism, however, the welfare of each individual depends not only on his own behavior, but on that of his neighbors. If one does wrong, all suffer in greater or less degree; while if one does well, all benefit. Each has to bear his neighbor’s burdens, to some extent, and the best of mankind are those who bear the biggest burdens.

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