“Raise Your Words, not your voice. It's the rain that grows the flowers, not the thunder...” - Rumi
Be a part of INSPIRING CHANGE FROM THE INSIDE OUT by helping us create our Global Peace Video for our track, Raise Your Words! Since we are all stuck in quarantine and can't film in public with all our community, let's make this video "apart, but together", contributing from different backgrounds all around the planet. Let's celebrate our differences and show the world that our race is HUMAN, that our religion is LOVE & KINDNESS, that our politics are PEACE & FREEDOM-- we choose to live from the heart and communicate from a place of loving-kindness. Any or ALL of the following will be gladly accepted:
1. Video yourself singing the CHORUS:
Video yourself (and/or your family/friends) singing the CHORUS (lyrics below)... Do it karaoke-style along with the above track Raise Your Words (Shanti Peace Prayer) [Let It Be Peace Day Mix]. Nothing Fancy--just having fun singing/dancing/whatever makes you feel good! Could just be one chorus. Feel free to get as creative as you want--singing in the rain--in the sun--in your car--in your house... with your pets, at any angle, etc etc etc.
Your videos will be spliced and video matched up with our track recording. Don't worry about whether your voice sounds "good"--we will be using just the video portion and not your sound.
2. Video yourself holding a lit candle.
Video yourself (and/or your family/friends) holding a lit candle for 10 -20 seconds in a dark room for the final candlelight prayer vigil.
3. Video your child saying the peace prayer translation.
If you have a child in your family, we would LOVE for them to recite the ENGLISH TRANSLATION (or your language) of the Universal Shanti Prayer for Peace (found below). You can video the entire video in one take with you coaching, line by line or word by word (if necessary), in a call and response fashion. We will chop each line up and place it, so the whole thing doesn't need to be perfect--feel free to redo a line, if needed. Please have them speak as clearly as possible and with limited background noise and without any background music. We are going to place these videos at the end of the song.
4. Email your videos HERE.
~Please include YOUR CITY, STATE/PROVINCE, & COUNTRY so we know how far this initiative is reaching.
~Optional: IF you want your name included in the video's CREDITS at the end, please state your name(s) as you wish them to appear. You can always put your family name (ie: "Brooks Family"). Your name will NOT be included on your portion of the video or with your picture--but only in credits and ONLY if you explicitly give permission.
Thank you for standing with us in TRUTH & LIGHT!
Love,
Randall & Kristin
May we take the time to Raise Our Words....
Let's raise the quality and compassion in our conversations with
our friends and neighbors...
our families...
our co-workers...
our environment...
our "so-called" enemies...
With ALL Life...
BUT all beginning within our own hearts...
“If we can just be kind, all the rest will fall behind, and we'll find who we're meant to be. I know fear and angers' voices all too well-- BUT if we can step back and let the wave of Love swell, then we will find the peace we seek....” - Randall Brooks
Raise Your Words
& Universal Shanti Prayer of Peace
Lyrics & Music by Randall & Kristin Brooks of Bhakti House Band Inspired by Rumi
“Raise your words, not your voice.
It’s the rain that grows the flowers, not the thunder.” ~Rumi
We all have the choice.
I think it’s time we do our best for each other.
If not now, then when?
We can only pretend for so long.
Chorus:
If we can just be kind,
all the rest will fall behind,
and we will find who we're meant to be.
I know fear and anger’s voices all to well.
But if we can step back
and let the wave of love swell,
we will find the peace we seek.
Shanti Peace Prayer:
Oṁ
dyauḥ śāntir
antarikṣaṁ śāntiḥ
pṛthivī śāntir
āpaḥ śāntir
oṣadhayaḥ śāntiḥ
vanaspatayaḥ śāntir
viśve devāḥ śāntir
brahma śāntiḥ
sarvaṁ śāntiḥ
śāntir eva śāntiḥ
sā mā śāntir edhiḥ
Oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ
reprise:
“Raise your words, not your voice.
It’s the rain that grows the flowers, not the thunder.” ~Rumi
We all have a choice—
You know it’s time we do our best for each other
It’s you and me.
Let’s set our own hearts free
and Let it Be...
Universal Shanti Prayer for Peace Translation
by Randall & Kristin Brooks
Oṁ dyauḥ śantir
Let there be peace in the heavens.
antarikṣaṁ śantiḥ
Let there be peace in the space between heaven and earth.
pṛthivī śantir
Let there be peace in the earth.
āpaḥ śantir
Let there be peace in the water.
oṣadhayaḥ śantiḥ
Let there be peace in the medicinal plants and herbs.
vanaspatayaḥ śantir
Let there be peace in the forests and fruit-bearing trees.
viśve devāḥ śantir
Let there be peace in all who carry Divine light
brahma śantiḥ
Let there be peace in continued expansion
sarvaṁ śantiḥ
Let there peace in all life, everywhere.
śantir eva śantiḥ sā mā śantir edhiḥ
And may we all be established in peace and only peace.
oṁ
Om... Let it be.
śantiḥ
Let there be peace in my being.
śantiḥ
Let there be peace in my environment and those around me.
śantiḥ
Let there be peace in the forces that act upon me.
SCHOOL CURRICULUM COMING SOON...
PLEASE VOTE FOR PEACE & LOVE!
VOTING ENDS TUESDAY Sept 1, 2020!
Thanks to ALL OF YOU, Raise Your Words and the rest of our new #1 Billboard Charting album Roots to Revolutions won two prestigious BRONZE COVR Visionary Awards in May! Now 4 songs from the album are nominated finalist in the Global Peace Song Awards! We would LOVE your support and your vote on ALL FOUR SONGS.
Here is how you can support us:
1. Click on each of the links below for ALL FOUR songs.
2. "Like" the original Facebook post.
3. Comment on the original Facebook post.
4. Tag your friends in the comments of the original Facebook post.
5. Share the original Facebook post to your pages and groups, inviting them to like, share, and comment. Feel free to do this every day, as many times as you like to as many pages and groups as you'd like. The higher the reach, the better.
6, Repeat for each of the FOUR song's links.
Pop/Rock Nomination: Raise Your Words
Folk/Country Nomination: Stories
Spoken Word/Rap Nomination #1: Shine
Spoken Word/Rap Nomination #2: Roots to Revolutions
VOTING ENDS TUESDAY Sept 1, 2020!