Bahai music, Baha'i music, inspired by the Bahai Writings and all spiritual paths. Bahai music as food for the ears of the soul. Bahai music as a ladder for the soul. Bahai music created by bahai artists. Bahai music carrying the sounds of the heavenly realms.
This CD is the fruit of six years of struggling against the part of ourselves that was born and raised dependent upon material things. After six years of distraction, in only one months time, we quit our jobs, mortgaged our house, bought a small digital recording studio setup, recorded, and produced this CD!
Through much sacrifice and heartache we have recorded five of our original songs, sustained only by the grace and mercy of God. We offer this as a gift from our hearts and souls to yours. We pray that through expressing our struggles in our music we can give strength and inspiration to others who are struggling in the path of faith.
Because this is our first CD we do not know what kind of response to expect so we offer our web site as a channel of dialogue for those interested. We invite you to contact us with your thoughts on this project.
Jeffrey & Jill Dalton
Lotus in the Mudd
This meaning and motivation behind this CD including the names, lyrics, images, and titles are all very symbolic to us. We would like to offer some insight into these symbols below.
"Just as the pure fragrant lotus flower grows out of the mud of a swamp rather than out of the clean loam of an upland field, so from the muck of worldly passions springs the pure Enlightenment. If a diver is to secure pearls he must descend to the bottom of the sea, braving all dangers of jagged coral & vicious sharks. So man must face the perils of worldly passions if he is to secure the precious pearl of Enlightenment.
He must first be lost among the mountainous crags of egoism & selfishness, before there will awaken in him the desire to find a path that will lead him to Enlightenment."
Buddhist Teachings
Visceral - Of, relating to, or arising from one’s mental or spiritual being.
Melee - Confused, hand-to-hand fighting in a pitched battle. A violent free-for-all.
We searched extensively to find an image that would convey the feelings and struggles we were facing at the time we recorded this CD. We usually like to say that the face on the cover is an image of our souls. The grief and aged nature of this image seemed to show the state we found ourselves in.
We created Undying Fire Productions as a 'Record Label' to market our music and ideas. The inspiration for the name comes from the writings of Baha'u'llah in the following passage:
"Let thy soul glow with the flame of this undying Fire that burneth in the midmost heart of the world, in such wise that the waters of the universe shall be powerless to cool down its ardor."
Bahá'u'lláh