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Brett
Smith

Brett Smith is Director of Leadership and Management Consulting at BTS, a global strategic consulting company with a focus on leadership and business transformation. He is also a founding member of the band Smith & Dragoman which has been producing music since 2003 with a focus on the early history of the Baha'i Faith - covering themes and stories that touch on concepts of courage, love, search, sacrifice, crisis and victory and the indomitable power of the human spirit. Smith & Dragoman have released 4 CD's and a Live in Concert DVD. All of their music can be found on Youtube, Spotify, iTunes and the like. Brett is passionate about music and the arts, and the role of the artist in helping to shape reality and build community. He is the proud father of three amazing boys and husband of 27 years to his dear wife, Maureen.

BY Brett Smith

Into the Fire – What Inspires the Music of Smith & Dragoman

Into the Fire – What Inspires the Music of Smith & Dragoman

Brett Smith | Sep 22, 2022

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Just like our body, our soul requires daily mainte

Just like our body, our soul requires daily maintenance to stay spiritually healthy and strong. Discover eight tips for a healthy spiritual life. Read the full article -- link in bio🔗 #Bahai #Spirituality #HealthySpirit #SpiritualHealth #SpiritualLife

There are imperfections in every human being, and

There are imperfections in every human being, and you will always become unhappy if you look toward the people themselves. But if you look toward God, you will love them and be kind to them, for the world of God is the world of perfection and complete mercy. Therefore, do not look at the shortcomings of anybody; see with the sight of forgiveness. The imperfect eye beholds imperfections. The eye that covers faults looks toward the Creator of souls. You must love and be kind to everybody, care for the poor, protect the weak, heal the sick, teach and educate the ignorant. - #AbdulBaha⠀
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#Bahai #Forgiveness #Kindness
(The Promulgation of Universal Peace)

There is a foundational unity in the main spiritua

There is a foundational unity in the main spiritual tenets of all Faiths, with little in their social systems that could be termed “opposite,” challenging the notion of syncretism. Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Bahai #Spirituality #Unity #UnityofReligion

Progress is of two kinds, material and spiritual.

Progress is of two kinds, material and spiritual. The former is attained through observation of the surrounding existence and constitutes the foundation of civilization. Spiritual progress is through the breaths of the Holy Spirit and is the awakening of the conscious soul of man to perceive the reality of divinity. Material progress insures the happiness of the human world. Spiritual progress insures the happiness and eternal continuance of the soul. - #AbdulBaha #Bahai #Spirituality #Soul
(Foundations of World Unity)

Discover the symbolic significance of trees and th

Discover the symbolic significance of trees and the virtues they represent. Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Bahai #Spirituality #Trees #SpiritualMeaning #SpiritualMeaningofTrees

When all mankind shall receive the same opportunit

When all mankind shall receive the same opportunity of education and the equality of men and women be realized, the foundations of war will be utterly destroyed. Without equality this will be impossible because all differences and distinction are conducive to discord and strife. Equality between men and women is conducive to the abolition of warfare for the reason that women will never be willing to sanction it. Mothers will not give their sons as sacrifices upon the battlefield after twenty years of anxiety and loving devotion in rearing them from infancy, no matter what cause they are called upon to defend. There is no doubt that when women obtain equality of rights, war will entirely cease among mankind. - #AbdulBaha #Bahai #Spirituality #Women #Peace
(The Promulgation of Universal Peace)

Baha’u’llah revealed a thorough, comprehensive

Baha’u’llah revealed a thorough, comprehensive set of spiritual and moral teachings needed to transform the inner and outer character of humankind. Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Bahai #Spirituality #Transformation #InnerLife

For what pleasure can compare the pleasure of brin

For what pleasure can compare the pleasure of bringing joy and hope to other hearts. The more we make others happy the greater will be our own happiness and the deeper our sense of having served humanity. - Shoghi Effendi #Bahai #Spirituality #Friendship #Service #Humanity #Joy

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