The Purpose of Life

Roman Orona takes you on a journey around the world of Indigenous Music. Indigenous Cafe brings you music, conversation and inspiration from the Indigenous People of North America and the Indigenous People from all over the world.

Artist's you will hear in the order they are played on this weeks show:

THE INDIGENOUS CAFE PODCAST INTRO “The purpose of God in creating man (Humans) hath been, and will ever be, to enable him to know his Creator and to attain His Presence. To this most excellent aim, this supreme objective, all the heavenly Books and the divinely-revealed and weighty Scriptures unequivocally bear witness…Whoso hath failed to recognize  Him will have condemned himself to the misery of remoteness, a remoteness which is naught but utter nothingness and the essence of the nethermost fire. Such will be his fate, though to outward seeming he may occupy the earth's loftiest seats and be established upon its most exalted throne.” -Bahá’u’lláh

“One must remember that the purpose of this life is to prepare the soul for the next.”  -Universal House of Justice (00:00:00-00:01:59) 

1. Enrique Males - “Matrimonio” (Quinchuquimanda Imbayacuna) (00:01:59-00:04:44)

2. Dennis Shorty & Jennifer Fröhling - “Gucho Hin” (Dena Zagi - Gucho Hin) (00:04:44-00:09:23)

PROGRAM BREAK (00:09:23-00:09:28)

3. Midnight Shine - “Heart of Gold” (High Road) (00:09:28-00:13:11)

4. Ryon Polequaptewa- “War Party” (Tuwanasavi) (00:13:11-00:16:18)

5. Joanne Shenandoah - “I Am Your Friend” (Peace & Power) (00:16:18-00:20:00)

Roman Orona (Host) (00:20:00-00:22:29) “ . . in this world he must prepare himself for the life beyond. That which he needs in the world of the Kingdom must be obtained here. Just as he prepared himself in the world of the matrix (in your mother’s womb) by acquiring forces necessary in this sphere of existence, so, likewise, the indispensable forces of the divine existence must be potentially attained in this world. What is he in need of in the Kingdom which transcends the life and limitation of this mortal sphere? That world beyond is a world of sanctity and radiance; therefore, it is necessary that in this world he should acquire these divine attributes. In that world there is need of spirituality, faith, assurance, the knowledge and love of God. These he must attain in this world so that after his ascension from the earthly to the heavenly Kingdom he shall find all that is needful in that eternal life ready for him…How shall he obtain these merciful gifts and powers? First, through the knowledge of God. Second, through the love of God. Third, through faith. Fourth, through philanthropic deeds. Fifth, through self-sacrifice. Sixth, through severance from this world. Seventh, through sanctity and holiness. Unless he acquires these forces and attains to these requirements, he will surely be deprived of the life that is eternal.” -Abdu’l-Bahá 

6. Black Lodge Singers - “The Land of Gathering” (Recorded Live in Arizona) (00:22:29-00:27:39) 

7. Thunder Hill - “Pawnee Song” (Miles From Yesterday) (00:27:39-00:32:29)

PROGRAM BREAK (00:32:29-00:32:33) 

8. Los Papagos Molinas - “Buttermilk-Polka” (Waila!) (00:32:33-00:34:57) 

9. Makaha Sons of Ni’hau - “Waipahu’e Falls” (Unforgettable) (00:34:57-00:37:30)

10. Insingizi - “Siyabonga” (Spirit Of Africa) (00:37:30-00:39:56)

Roman Orona (Host) (00:39:56-00:41:09) “But the life of man is not so restricted; it is divine, eternal, not mortal and sensual. For him a spiritual existence and livelihood is prepared and ordained in the divine creative plan. His life is intended to be a life of spiritual enjoyment to which the animal can never attain. This enjoyment depends upon the acquisition of heavenly virtues. The sublimity of man is his attainment of the knowledge of God. The bliss of man is the acquiring of heavenly bestowals, which descend upon him in the outflow of the bounty of God. The happiness of man is in the fragrance of the love of God. This is the highest pinnacle of attainment in the human world.” -Abdu’l-Bahá

11. Margarita Laso - “Viva Vargas Torres” (Putumayo Latin Playground) (00:41:09-00:44:20) 

12. Digging Roots - “Brave Enough” (We Are) (00:44:20-00:47:26)

PROGRAM BREAK (00:47:26-00:47:31) 

 

13. Sharon Burch - “Sacred Mountains” (Yazzie Girl) (00:47:31-00:51:16) 

14. Native Roots - “Unity” (Most High) (00:51:16-00:54:55)

Roman Orona (Host) (00:54:55-00:57:29) “Nothing has been created without a special destiny, for every creature has an innate station of attainment . . . The divine teachers desire man to be educated that he may attain to the high rank of his own reality, the deprivation of which is the rank of perdition . . . man needs the light of the Holy Spirit . . . When we come to the estate of man, we find his kingdom is vested with a divine superiority. Compared to the animal, his perfection or his imperfection is superior . . . Yet if man remain content in an undeveloped state viewed from the point of capacity he is the lowest of creatures. If he attains unto his heritage through divine wisdom, then he becomes a clear mirror in which the beauty of God is reflected; he has eternal life and becomes a participator of the sun of truth. This is to show you how considerable are the degrees of human achievement. The aim of the prophet of God is to raise man to the degree of knowledge of his potentiality and to illumine him through the light of the kingdom, to transform ignorance into wisdom, injustice into justice, error into knowledge, cruelty into affection and incapability into progress. In short, to make all the attainments of existence resplendent in him.” -Abdu’l-Bahá

15. Pura Fe - “Duhngeh” (Full Moon Rising) (00:57:29-01:00:15)

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