Bawa The On-line Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library (Recommended way to Navigate around Library) Spiritual Discourse 04 ------ Original Version ------ About Spiritual Discourse 04 Title: "Understanding the Requirements for Prayer, Duty, and for Victory In Our life" Date Given: May 21, 1978 Given by: His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) Plus, If we like: An Introduction, an Outline, Outline Topics, Topic Summaries, and Comments - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Page 1 of 2 ============================================================== Main Go To: Go To: Introduction - to Spiritual Discourse 04 Go To: Original Version - of Spiritual Discourse 04, without Outline & Summary Go To: Outline & Summary Version - of Spiritual Discourse 04, by His Holiness, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) 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May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Bawa. Here is a beautiful short discourse by our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and by God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, by His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), which in truth is each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us. Bawa. That is, before we die to the flesh in our current state, in our current state of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, living as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True", and we get an eternal life of "separation from" God as our lot, rather then an eternal life as "One with" God within us, which in truth is our true heritage, our true birthright, the true destiny of our soul, which is what God has prepared for us, if we really want it, that is, if we are wise. Amen. Bawa. Also we have provided along with the "Original Version" of this discourse some additional material about this beautiful short discourse, that is, an outline, some outline topics, a short summary of each outline topic, and some comments, by this child, by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen, if you like, for like everything in our life, the Choice is ours, not God's. Amen. Bawa. This short discourse is a Letter sent to His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) living in America, by our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), on May 21, 1978, while His Holiness was living in Ceylon, during one of the many trips that His Holiness took to Ceylon during His stay in America, from 1971 until His death on December 8th, 1986. His Holiness is buried in a little farming community about an hours ride out of the City of Philadelphia, in America, which was His Holiness's main residence while living in America, and all are welcome to visit the Shrine or Mazar that was erected by His Children over His grave site. Bawa. Also, a copy of this short discourse by His Holiness was published by the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship as part of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Calendar. It can be found on the back of the Cover for the 2001 version of this Calendar, for your references. Bawa. After reading this beautiful discourse by His Holiness, at the feet of our Shaikh, and of God within Him, "We" have given this beautiful short discourse the title, "Understanding the Requirements for Prayer, Duty, and for Victory In Our life", that is, the requirements for Overcoming the torpor, illusion, and both the happiness and sadness of our current life on the "outside" of us, all of which is preventing us from again becoming "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and we get an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, as our eternal reward, or at least truly starting to do this, in partnership with God within us, so God within us can then do "Everything Else", that is, everything else required to make our life truly successful in our lifetime, if we like. Bawa. For in truth the Choice is ours, not God's, that is, the Choice of how and where we spend eternity within us, because everything is within us, and how and where we next go when this part of "God's Story" within us is over, that is, when the part where God is Dreaming within us, that is, where God is dreaming of "us" living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, is over, is most certainly our Choice, not God's, for God has given us both paths to follow, and provided us with everything we need to successful complete either journey, with "us" in the end, that is, with "us", when this part of "God's Story" within us is over, either ending as "One with" God within us, or as "separate from" God within us, in the next part of "God's Story" within us. And the Choice is ours, not God's. Bawa. So, now we must decide, before we die to the flesh, what our role will be in the next Chapter of God's Story, that is, what we truly want for eternity, and then we must tell God within us, loud and clear, exactly what we want for eternity, and not just with our words, but by our actions, by the way that we live our life in the world until this part of "His Story" is over, by either starting to live our life in the world as "One with" Him within us, in every way we can, in this way telling God that this is what we want next, which is "Oneness with" Him within us, or continuing to act on the "outside" of us as if we are "separate from" Him within us, all of which is "Just not True", but even worse, all of which is signaling to God within us, loud and clear, that this is what we want next in "His Story", that we want to play the role of "separation from" God in the next Chapter in "God's Story. Ok? Bawa. And in truth there is no other Choice, for everything other than these two Choices, is just drama, the drama of "I and you", of "mine and yours", and is just telling God that we want "separation from" Him in the next Chapter of "His Story", and the only way for "us" to win over the drama of our life, and not send "This Message" to God within us is "not to play", that is, is "not to play" the drama that is our current life on the "outside" of us, and the only way for "us" to "not play", is to get God within us "to play", that is, by "us" stepping back on the "outside" of us, so God can then "step forward" within us, and God can start to tell "His Story" within us, the next Chapter in "His Story" within the Creation of God within us, with us now playing the role of "Oneness with" God within us, rather than our current role of "separation from" God within us. Ok? Bawa. Because only God within us can win over "our drama" on the "outside" of us, if we will only let Him, if we will only join Him in this effort within us, by allowing God to "Cure Himself of us", of "us" living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, and we can do this if we like, because God has given us the ability to do this. Bawa. And we can do this, this getting God within us to awaken from His Dream within us, His Dream of "us" living on the "outside" of us, of us living as if we are "separate from" Him within us, when "we" truly begin to realize the consequences of us dying in our current state, in our current state of God still in His Dream within us, and when we stop participating in His Dream within us, by completely rejecting our current life on the "outside" of us. Bawa. And how do we do this? Surprisingly it is really easy. Simply by starting to act this way, that is, as "One with" God within us, in everything that we do on the "outside" of us, that is, simply by learning how to establish the "Presence of God" within us before we "Say or do or write" anything on the "outside" of us, and in this way, deleting "our presence" on the "outside" of us, as this small child has learned to do, because both cannot be present at the same time, either "we are there" acting as if we are "separate from" God within us, or God is there truly as "One with" everything and everything within us, that is, "If we are there God is not there, and if God is there we are not there." Bawa. For example, by "our" saying the word "Bawa" before we "Say or do or write" anything on the "outside" of us, like this child has learned to do, because the name of His Holiness is the name of our wisdom, and of God within our wisdom, for our age, as Jesus (peace be upon Him) was the name of our wisdom, in His age, over 2000 years ago, and Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) was the name of our wisdom, over 1400 years ago, and Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) was the name of our wisdom, over 1000 years ago, and now in our age, the name of our wisdom, is "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him), and now on the "outside" of us, is the name of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us). Bawa. Which in truth is each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our eternal reward, to again become "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Amen. Bawa. So in our age, this is how we establish the "Presence of God" within us, and remove "our presence" on the "outside" of us, before we "Say or do or write" anything on the "outside" of us, if we like, for in truth, "The mind will only sit down within us, when wisdom stands up within us". Bawa. And in this way, and only in this way, we can get God within us to give up His Dream within us, because we are truly done with it, because we truly convince God within us, by our actions, not just by our words, that we are truly done with His dream within us, and no longer want any part of it, and in this way, we get God within us to give up His Dream within us, that is, we get God within us to set about "Curing Himself" of "us", of His Dream within us. Bawa. That is, by encouraging Him, and supporting Him, in His closing down the world of hell within us, the world of jinns within us, and the world of fairies within us, all of which in truth are the current three sections within us, below our waist, our stomach, and our chest, the sections of earth, water, fire, and air within us, within which we have allowed weeds to grown in "God's Beautiful Flower Garden" within us, by then re-opening the world of souls within us, which is our 6th level of wisdom within us, and by opening the kingdom of God within us, which is our 7th level of wisdom within us, all of which He will most naturally do within us, if we like, that is, if we will only let Him, that is, if we will only properly convince Him to do this within us, that is, as "One with" Him within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, in the state of His Dream within us, and "we" get an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us as our lot, as our eternal reward. For the Choice is ours, not God's. Amen. Bawa. May we all learn to live our life in this way, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, that is, in the time we have remaining on this earth world within us, for in truth everything is really within us, not on the "outside" of us, as many of us still currently believe, that is, to truly live in partnership with God within us, rather than in our current way of acting on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, all of which is "Just not True", and all of which does nothing to encourage God to end His Dream within us. Bawa. And in this way, stop all of our "working for wages to get into heaven", that is, to get into some new "outside" of us, when the current "outside" of us ends, all of which in the end will only bring us disappointment, and instead start doing all of this living in the "Presence of God" within us, rather than in "our presence" on the "outside" of us, "before it is too late to do this kind of "Heart's Work" within us, before it is to late to get God to awaken from His Dream within us, and "Cure Himself of us", and "we" get an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us as our eternal lot. Bawa. So to "Understanding the Requirements for Prayer, Duty, and for Victory In Our life", we must first deal with the problem of our ego, which is the problem of "our presence" on the "outside of us, rather than "God's Presence" within us, and learn and put to practice what we have shared in this beautiful Introduction, which truly is a "Gift of God" for our age, which is truly the "Word of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age, which is truly the life and teaching of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, if we like, for the Choice to accept this clarity as coming from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, and not just the words of this, or any other fool, is our Choice, not God's. Bawa. And if we do realize, understand, and accept them as such, as in truth "God speaking" to us, from within our own life, then we can begin to "Understanding the Requirements for Prayer, Duty, and for Victory In Our life", which in truth is God praying to God from within us, and is God performing God's duty from within us, and is God "Curing Himself" of everything that is "separating God from God" within us, so in the end, there is "No Child Left Behind", so in the end, there is nothing still "separate from" God within us. Amen. Bawa. For as our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us in our age, for example, in the last paragraph of this beautiful discourse, and as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, in this Introduction, "It is God's Beauty within us that worships God within us, and it is God's Qualities within us that perform God's duty from within us, and it is God's Modesty within us that overcomes the fascination of torpor within us, and it is God's Peace of Mind within us that overcomes the illusion or maya within us, and it is God's Remembrance of God within us, God's Remembrance to Pray to God within us, that allows us to lose both happiness and sadness within us." Bawa. And certainly not anything that we do in our current state, in our current state of trying to live a life of selfishness, of sin, of arrogance, karma, and illusion, of mind and desire, on the "outside" of us, living as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, all of which is "Just not True", because God is closer to us than our own breath, and our brothers and sisters in truth are rays of light that have been born with us, in the world of soul, in this world, and in the hereafter, and the Creation of God is the Earth of God within us within which our soul, the "Seed of God" within us has been planted. And this is the truth of us, and of God within us. Amen. Bawa. But if we continue to ignore all of God efforts to teach us the "truth of us", and the "truth of God" within us, that in truth "We are all One", that is, that God within us, and what is "Within God" within us, and "What God is doing" within us with what is "Within God" within us, and the Creation of God within us, and the "Seed of God" which is our soul, and the wisdom of God surrounding our soul, as the "Guardian of the Soul", both of which have been planted within the Creation of God within us, like an apple seed buried within the earth, and "us" if we like, as the Witness, as the Witness of the Story of God within the Creation of God within us, and within that, of the "Story of True Man" within the "Story of God" within the Creation of God within us, are in truth "All One", whether we know it or not, and even whether we like or want it or not, because for our age, this is our birthright, this is our true heritage, the true destiny of our soul, the "given of our life", and the only question left for our age, is "Do we want it". Bawa. That is, do we want an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or do we want an eternal life as "separate from" God within us? That's it. That is all of it, for our age. Amen. Bawa. And our own life answers this question for us, that is, "what do we want", by the way that we have lived our life in the world, either as "One with" God within us, or continuing to try and live on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, no matter what, no matter what God may say and show us to the contrary. Bawa. Like showing us our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, in our age, and now on the "outside" of us, showing us His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), and giving us this beautiful explanation, as "our own life speaking to us", if we like. What more can God do? Bawa. And if we continue to ignore all of God's efforts, and continue to live in our current state on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, then what is God to do but in the end give us exactly what we want, which if we die to the flesh in our current state is an eternal life as "separate from" God, and the "suffering of the grave", and Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) become our lot for eternity, with "us" meeting the 5 ruhanies or elemental spirits in the grave, roaming the earth world within us as a demon, a jinn, a fairy, or a ghost until Qiyamah, and then with "us" taking on as part of our judgment 105 million rebirths, ending as a worm in hell with only one level of consciousness, or feeling, and in this way, with "us" taking on as part of our judgment an eternal life as "separate from" God within us. Bawa. And with "us" receiving all of this within us in accordance with the "Justice of God" within us, "For the "Justice of God" within us is that, whatever we intend is what we will receive." Bawa. At least this is something to think about, a little, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, Yes? Bawa. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. May we all think about these beautiful wisdom points a little, at least a little bit, if we like, for the Choice to do this or not, with our life, that is, to let God finish telling "His Story" within the Creation of God within us, or not, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. That would be very good. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). ============================================================== Original Version - of Spiritual Discourse 04 His Holiness Teaches Us: May the unfathomable Ruler of grace, the One who is incomparable love, protect My Babies, My Children who are yet to be born, My loving Children, My Grandchildren, My little Children, My older Children, all My Children. May Allah protect you, your parents, your grandparents, and their parents. May He grant all of you long lives free of illness and bless you with His undiminishing wealth in the three worlds. Jeweled lights of My eyes, My Children, you are the happiness within My happiness, the heart within My heart, the wisdom within My wisdom, and the love within My love. You are Children God has given Me, My very own Children, My beautiful and wise Children. I am constantly praying to God on your behalf. I am praying to God that all of you live in a state of goodness, day and night, within and without, in darkness and light, in happiness and sadness. I am praying to God that He grant you the state of His peace, in the world of souls, in this world, and in the next world. I am praying that all of you reach the state of peace in which you separate from yourselves all that separates you from one another. I am praying that with His grace God grant your that state of unity. Jeweled lights of My eyes, my very own Babies, God, the mighty Emperor of the eighteen thousand universes created everything; there is nothing that He has not created. He created all the heavens, all the hells, the lands, and the oceans, the sun, the moon, and the stars, the trees and the bushes, the fish, and insects, the jinns and fairies, all the angels and prophets, and the human being. God created the human being as His best creation and placed all of His Creation within man, all the good and all the evil. Man's duty is to discard what is bad, and keep what is good. Jeweled lights of My eyes, My Children, My loving Children, when you have God's qualities, I am happy. God's qualities are like drops of a soft spring rain falling into your hearts, causing everything in your hearts to become green and fragrant. However, when you do not act with God's qualities, the heart becomes like a desert, dry and parched, and all the green turns to brown. I am constantly praying to God that all My Children act with God's qualities. O God, You must come to give My Children Your grace. Please come to fulfill all the needs of My Babies. O God, You must come here now to give My Babies Your grace so that they may reach the shore (of the hereafter or next world or akhirah within us). Please give My Children the faith to search for You forever. Please protect My Babies. Please let Them merge with You. Please destroy all of Their torpor, all of Their illusion, and all of the veils that conceal Your grace from Them. O God, may You bless My Children with Your Beauty, so that They may worship You. Give Them Your Qualities, so They may do (Your) duty, give Them (Your) modesty, so They might overcome the fascination of torpor, give Them (Your) peace of mind, so They might overcome maya (illusion), and give Them (Your) remembrance to always pray, so that They may lose both happiness and sadness. Give all My Children Your grace and Your protection forever. Amen. ============================================================== Outline & Summary Version - of Spiritual Discourse 04 Outline of Discourse - with a Short Summary of Each Outline Topic 1. Opening Prayer By Bawa - May God protect My Babies, My Children, and protect Their Parents, Their Grandparents, and Their Grandparents Parents, and grant all of Them long lives free of illness, and bless Them with His undiminishing wealth in the three worlds 2. Our True Lineage - Is "Of God", Is "Of Wisdom", and Is "Of This World" within us, that is, we are "Of All Three" within us, we are of the lineage of "All Three Worlds" within us, of the "World within the World" within us, of "Wisdom within Wisdom" within us, and of "God within God" within us, not just of the lineage "Of This Illusory World" on the "outside" of us, as many of us still mistakenly believe in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance 3. It Is God's "Peace of Mind" - That Overcomes Maya or Illusion within us, which in truth is the "Mighty Mind" which comes and rules over everything within us, if we like, not anything that "we" may do, or that "we" may fail to do on the "outside" of us, that is, in our current state of living a life of "separation and difference on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True" 4. The True Nature - of God, of Man, And of God's Creation Within Us, is that "God Created Everything, And Placed It All With Man, So Man Could Analyze and Separate It Into Good And Evil Within Him, Using His Wisdom, And In This Way Become Good, For the Benefit of all of God's Creation Within Man" 5. The Importance of God's Qualities In Our Life - for in truth it is only if God gives us His Qualities, through the intercession of our Shaikh in our life, on "Our Behalf", that is, once we have awakened Him within us, awakened our wisdom surrounding our soul, and God within our wisdom, that our life can become truly successful in our lifetime, not through anything that we may do, as "separate from" our Shaikh within us, and from God within Him 6. Our Work Is To Know His Work Within Us - not to try and do His work on the "outside" of us, while we are still living on the "outside" of us in our current state, that is, while we are still living on the "outside" of us as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True". 7. We Must Use God To Get To God Within Us - not keep trying to use what God has discarded within us, to get to God within us, including "us" and the world on the "outside" of us, all of which is "Just not True", all of which is what God has discarded from Himself to become God within us, all of which is what we have currently grown within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, like weeds growing within "God's Beautiful Flower Garden", and all of which now rules over us, as the 9 openings of our elemental body, with "God's Permission", until we "See God and Steady God" within us, if we like ============================================================== Text of Discourse - with Outline Topics & Short Summaries, plus Links to Text of Comments 1. Opening Prayer By Bawa - May God protect My Babies, My Children, and protect Their Parents, Their Grandparents, and Their Grandparents Parents, and grant all of Them long lives free of illness, and bless Them with His undiminishing wealth in the three worlds "May the unfathomable Ruler of grace, the One who is incomparable love, protect My Babies, My Children who are yet to be born, My loving Children, My Grandchildren, My little Children, My older Children, all My Children". "May Allah protect you, your parents, your grandparents, and their parents. May He grant all of you long lives free of illness and bless you with His undiminishing wealth in the three worlds". 2. Our True Lineage - Is "Of God", Is "Of Wisdom", and Is "Of This World" within us, that is, we are "Of All Three" within us, we are of the lineage of "All Three Worlds" within us, of the "World within the World" within us, of "Wisdom within Wisdom" within us, and of "God within God" within us, not just of the lineage "Of This Illusory World" on the "outside" of us, as many of us still mistakenly believe in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance Expanded Summary of Topic 2: Bawa. My dearest loving brothers and sisters, we must begin to realize and understand our true lineage, before it is too late to take advantage of who in truth "We are", and where in truth "We are", and what in truth is "Happening to us", for only then will our life become truly successful in our lifetime, and we must do this, or at least start to do this, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our eternal reward, because in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, that is what we have told God, over and over again, by the way that we have lived our life, not just by our words, that we have told God that we want for eternity, for the "Justice of God" is that, "Whatever we intend is what we will receive." Bawa. For Our True Lineage Is "Of God", of "Wisdom", and Is "Of This World" within us, that is, we are "Of All Three" within us, we are of the lineage of "All Three Worlds" within us, of the "World within the World" within us, of "Wisdom within Wisdom" within us, and of "God within God" within us, not just of the lineage "Of This Illusory World" on the "outside" of us, as many of us still mistakenly believe in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance (see Discourse by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) on March 3, 1982, and as the "Introduction" to unpublished book, "God's Psychology"). Bawa. For in truth our true lineage is more than just our physical mother and father on the "outside" of us, and their physical mother and father, etc., all of whom rolled around like snakes on the "outside" of us to help create this body of the 5 elements within us, a body of the 5 elements within us that we needed in order to live in this earth world within us, and learn what we came here to learn, which is about "What separates us from each other, and from God within us", but a body which in truth is only a "Shirt", a "Shirt" or elemental house within us, into which God has placed within us, Himself and all of His Creation, as well as how to reveal Himself to Himself within His Creation, for the benefit of all of His Creation within us. Bawa. A world and a body which is really within us, not "outside" of us, as some of us also still mistakenly believe, and which now falsely defines for us, on the illusory "outside" of us, if we like, "Who we are?", and "Where we are?", and "What is happening?" to us, all of which is "Just not True". For in truth, we are "Of All Three" worlds within us. That is, in addition to "This earth World" within us, that we still only see in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, as existing on the "outside" of us, we are also of the lineage "Of Wisdom" within us, and we are of the lineage "Of God" within our wisdom within us, and in this way, we "Are of All Three" within us, "we" are of the lineage of "All Three" within us, whether we know it or not, and even whether we like or want it or not, because in truth this is our true heritage, our true birth right, the true destiny of our soul. Bawa. And as such, we are also of what is "Within God" within us, and we are of "What God is doing" with what is "Within God" within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, and in this way, we are "Of Wisdom" within us, and "Of God" within our wisdom, which is the "Presence of God" within us, a "Presence of God" within us which if we like can negate "our presence" on the "outside" of us, and as such, can take us on the "Journey of our soul" within us, that God has repeatedly given to us as an Example on the "outside" of us, as the 124,000 Heavenly Beings, Prophets, and Lights of God within us, which God sent over and over again into "This World" within us, and into the illusory "outside" of us, where we currently live, to teach us about the truth of "Who we are", and of "Where we are", and of "What is happening" to us. Bawa. For Example, that God sent into the "outside" of us over 2000 years ago, as Jesus (peace be upon Him), as an example of our awakened wisdom liberating our soul from its elemental cross, and over 1400 years ago, as the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), as an example of the Completion of the Straight Path within us, which is True Prayer within us, but all of which in truth is within us, as our awakened wisdom liberating our soul from its cross of the 5 elements, if we like, and then establishing True Prayer within us, the "Prayer of the One to the One who Is" within us, if we like. Bawa. For the Choice is ours, not God's, that is, the Choice to truly let God within us awaken our wisdom surrounding our soul, and to truly join as "One with" our awakened wisdom within us, and with God within our wisdom, which is our soul, to find and become "One with" the "Light of our wisdom", and in this way, and only in this way, Complete this Journey of the soul within us, with "us" as the Witness of "God's Story" within the Creation of God within us, all of which is our Choice, not God's, realizing that if we do, if we do let God tell and Complete "His Story" within us, then in the end, "We will be within it". Amen Text of Topic 2: "Jeweled lights of My eyes, My Children, you are the happiness within My happiness, the heart within My heart, the wisdom within My wisdom, and the love within My love." "You are Children God has given Me, My very own Children, My beautiful and wise Children. I am constantly praying to God on your behalf. I am praying to God that all of you live in a state of goodness, day and night, within and without, in darkness and light, in happiness and sadness." 3. It Is God's "Peace of Mind" - That Overcomes Maya or Illusion within us, which in truth is the "Mighty Mind" which comes and rules over everything within us, if we like, not anything that "we" may do, or that "we" may fail to do on the "outside" of us, that is, in our current state of living a life of "separation and difference on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True" Expanded Summary of Topic 3: Bawa. My dearest loving brothers and sisters, we must begin to realize and understand the "Peace of Mind" that God can place within us, if we like, if we truly join in partnership with God within us to give up the current state of our mind, which is agitation, disorganization, and bewilderment [see Chapter 2, "Search for God", in the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom" (www.ThePearlOfWisdom. homestead.com)]. Bawa. For It Is God's "Peace of Mind" That Overcomes Maya or Illusion within us, which in truth is the "Mighty Mind" which comes and rules over everything within us, if we like, not anything that "we" may do, or that "we" may fail to do on the "outside" of us, that is, in our current state of living a life of "separation and difference on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True" Bawa. That is, it is the "Mighty Mind" which comes and rules over everything within us, as the "One with" within us, that makes our life truly successful in our lifetime, that is, when "we" are truly done ruling over the illusory "outside" of us, as "separate from", both within us and on the "outside" of us. Bawa. All of which in truth becomes the Resplendent "Rahman of Allah" within us, as the "Merciful One" within us, as the "Ruler over here and there" within us, as the Ruler over this world and the next world within us, as the "One with" everything within us, if we like, that is, as the One who "Casts aside Three Kinds of fore running conduct" within us, as the One who "Destroys The 6 Armies" within us, and as the One who "Eliminates The Enemy" within us, if we like, for the Choice is ours, not God's. Bawa. That is, the Choice to let Him Rule over everything within us, as "One with" within us, or not, or for "us" to continue trying and rule over everything on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" on the "outside" of us, no matter what, no matter what God tries to show and tell us, that in truth "We are all One", is our Choice, not God's [see "Invocation to Allah", in the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom" (www.ThePearlOfWisdomInvAllah.homestead.com] Text of Topic 3: "I am praying to God that He grant you the state of His peace, in the world of souls, in this world, and in the next world. I am praying that all of you reach the state of peace in which you separate from yourselves all that separates you from one another. I am praying that with His grace God grant your that state of unity." 4. The True Nature - of God, of Man, And of God's Creation Within Us is that "God Created Everything, And Placed It Within Man, So Man Could Become Good, For the Benefit of all of God's Creation Within Man". For in truth, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life; and the life was the Light of men. And the Light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not [see the "Gospel of John", "Chapter 01", Verses 1 to 5 (www.GospelOfJohnChapter01.homestread.com)] "Jeweled lights of My eyes, my very own Babies, God, the mighty Emperor of the eighteen thousand universes created everything; there is nothing that He has not created. He created all the heavens, all the hells, the lands, and the oceans, the sun, the moon, and the stars, the trees and the bushes, the fish, and insects, the jinns and fairies, all the angels and prophets, and the human being." "God created the human being as His best creation and placed all of His Creation within man, all the good and all the evil. Man's duty is to discard what is bad, and keep what is good." 5. The Importance of God's Qualities - In Our Life, for in truth it is only if God gives us His Qualities, through the intercession of our Shaikh in our life, on "Our Behalf", that is, once we have awakened Him within us, awakened our wisdom surrounding our soul, and God within our wisdom, that our life will become truly successful in our lifetime, not through anything that we may do on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" our Shaikh within us, and as "separate from" God within Him Expanded Summary of Topic 5: Bawa. My dearest loving brothers and sisters, we must begin to realize how we truly become successful in our lifetime, which is through the intercession of our Shaikh in our life, on "Our Behalf", and then through our Shaikh within us, through the intercession of God in our life. Bawa. For in truth it is only after the Shaikh accepts us, that God within our Shaikh will accept us. May we all know this now without the slightest doubt, and begin to act this way, both within us and on the "outside" of us, begin to act as "One with" our Shaikh within us, and as "One with" God within Him, and in this way, begin to act as the "Three of Us" within us, that is, as the "Father, the Sun, and the Holy Spirit", or as the Holy Trinity of God in the Christian tradition, and as "Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen", or as the Triple Flame of God in the Islamic tradition, if we like, for the Choice to use our life in this way, or not, that is, to let God finish what God has started within us, a very, very long time ago, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, is our Choice, not our Shaikh's Choice, and not God's Choice within our Shaikh's Choice. Bawa. For in truth it is only if God gives us His Qualities, through the intercession of our Shaikh in our life, on "Our Behalf", that is, once we have awakened Him within us, awakened our wisdom surrounding our soul, and God within our wisdom, that our life will become truly successful in our lifetime, not through anything that we may do, on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" our Shaikh within us, and as "separate from" God within Him. Bawa. That is, it is only if God give us His Qualities through the constant prayers of our wisdom, to God within our wisdom, on "Our Behalf" that we will again become "One with" God within us. That is, through "The Prayer" that "We" may join in partnership with God within us, to do His Duty within us. That is, through the constant prayers of our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, to God within Him within us, that we will again merge with God within us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", that we will be saved from an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us Bawa. And now on the "outside" of us, it is only through the constant prayers of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), to God within Them, on "Our Behalf", that we will become truly successful in our lifetime, that is, of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of Us), which in truth is each of us living in this age, if we like. Bawa. That is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, in our current state of living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True", and we get an eternal life as "separate from" God within us as our eternal reward. Text of Topic 5: "Jeweled lights of My eyes, My Children, My loving Children, when you have God's qualities, I am happy. God's qualities are like drops of a soft spring rain falling into your hearts, causing everything in your hearts to become green and fragrant. However, when you do not act with God's qualities, the heart becomes like a desert, dry and parched, and all the green turns to brown. I am constantly praying to God that all My Children act with God's qualities." 6. Our Work Is To Know His Work - Within Us, not to try and do His work on the "outside" of us, while we are still living on the "outside" of us in our current state, that is, while we are still living on the "outside" of us as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True". And in this way, His Work is all work within us, for in truth, "You are Allah. There is nothing other than You. Without You there is no other help, because I do not exist. You are with me. Be inside my heart. Do not be separated from me. Amen" [see, "Chapter 25", "Dhikr" (The Remembrance of God, through the subtle art of raising and lowering of the pranic currents associated with the in-going and out-going breaths), in the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom" (www.ThePearlOfWisdomChapter25.homestead.com)] "O God, You must come to give My Children Your grace. Please come to fulfill all the needs of My Babies. O God, You must come here now to give My Babies Your grace so that they may reach the shore (of the hereafter or next world or akhirah within us)." "Please give My Children the faith to search for You forever. Please protect My Babies. Please let Them merge with You. Please destroy all of Their torpor, all of Their illusion, and all of the veils that conceal Your grace from Them." 7. We Must Use God To Get To God - not keep trying to use what God has discarded within us, to get to God within us, including "us" and the world on the "outside" of us, all of which is "Just not True", all of which is what God has discarded from Himself to become God within us, all of which is what we have currently grown within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, like weeds growing within "God's Beautiful Flower Garden", and all of which now rules over us, as the 9 openings of our elemental body, with "God's Permission", until we "See God and Steady God" within us Expanded Summary of Topic 7: Bawa. My dearest loving brothers and sisters, we must come to realize, understand, accept, and join as "One with" the "truth of us", and the "truth of God" within us, that in truth "We are all One", that is, God within us, and the Creation of God within us, and True Man within God within us, and "Us", are "All One", and start to use "All of Us", not just the part of "us" that God has discarded, in order to become again "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again, that is, if we ever hope to truly become successful in our life time. Bawa. And in this way, We Must Use God To Get To God, not keep trying to use what God has discarded within us, to get to God within us, including "us" and the world on the "outside" of us, all of which is "Just not True", all of which is what God has discarded from Himself to become God within us, all of which is what we have currently grown within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, like weeds growing within "God's Beautiful Flower Garden", and all of which now rules over us, as the 9 openings of our elemental body, with "God's Permission", until we "See God and Steady God" within us. Bawa. So God can then "Cure Himself of us", so God can then cure Himself of "us" living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, living as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True", so God can cure Himself of "us". First by God closing down the world of hell within us, the world of jinns within us, and the world of fairies within us, which in truth are the three sections of darkness within us, one below our waist or false creation, another as our stomach or false destruction, and third as our chest or false life. Bawa. And then by God reopening the world of souls within us, which is our true birth and life within us, and then by God opening the kingdom of God within us, which is our true destruction within us, which is True Prayer within us, in this way, and only in this way, separating from God within us all that is separating God from God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen Bawa. And all of which "Only God" within us can remove from us, as He removed it from Himself before, if we will only let Him, if we will join in partnership with God within us to "Properly Convince" God within us, to do this again, to "separate from" Himself all that is separating Him from Him within us, but this time "within us", that is, with "Us" joining as "One with" Him within us, realizing without the slightest doubt that in truth "We do not exist", either within us or on the "outside" of us, and that in truth "Only He exists" within us, that in truth "He is One" within us, and in this way, and only in this way, allowing God within us to then finish what He has started within us a very, very long time ago, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen Text of Topic 7: "O God, may You bless My Children with Your Beauty, so that They may worship You. Give Them Your Qualities, so They may do (Your) duty, give Them (Your) modesty, so They might overcome the fascination of torpor, give Them (Your) peace of mind, so They might overcome maya (illusion), and give Them (Your) remembrance to always pray, so that They may lose both happiness and sadness." "Give all My Children Your grace and Your protection forever. Amen." ============================================================== Comments On Discourse Topics - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Outline of Comments - (for Page 1, 2. & 3) with a Summary of Outline Topics Page 01: - the Page you are currently reading 1. Opening Prayer By Bawa - May God protect us, and grant us long lives free of illness, and bless us with His undiminishing wealth in the three worlds 1-1. If Two of You Come Together In My Name - I Will Be There, so said Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, and now in our age, so also says Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and His Children (may God be pleased with Them), if we like, for the Choice to accept Them as such for our age, as our "Direct Connection to God" within us, for our age, is most certainly our Choice, not God's 1-2. So Before We "Say or Do or Write" Anything - say the word "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him), as this child has learned to do, and in this way, establish the "Presence of God" within us, if we like, and remove "our presence" on the "outside" of us, so in truth "God is there within us, not us on the outside of us" 1-3. So What Is God's Protection? - God's protection is God within us, and what is "within God" within us, and what "God is doing" with what is "within God" within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, not what God can do for "us", for us living on the "outside" of us, living as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, all of which is "Just not True" 1-4. Establishing the "Presence of God" Within Us - before we "Say or do or write" anything on the "outside" us, as this child has learned to do, and in this way, removing our "fault" in each situation or experience that we encounter on the "outside" of us, which in truth is "our presence" on the "outside" of us. And "Yes", it is just this simple 1-5. What Is Our Illness? - what does it mean, "May Allah protect you, your parents, your grandparents, and their parents. May He grant all of you long lives free of illness and bless you with His undiminishing wealth in the three worlds" 1-6. So What Is Our True Illness? - "Our True Illness" is our apparent "separation from" God within us, is our trying to live a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God, but all of which is "Just not True", but all of which, that is, "God, Each other, and the Creation of God", is truly "One with" us within us, that is, if we will only start to "Act that way", that is, start to "Act as if" we are "One with" God within us, and as if we are "One with" each other within us, and as if we are "One with" the Creation of God within us, so God can then "Make it So" within us, "Because it is True" within us 1-7. What Is The Blessing of God? - it is everyone and everything, both within us and on the "outside" of us, for in truth "It is all perfect" Page 2: - Click HERE to go to Page 2, Outline of Page 2 Continues Below 1-8. What Is The Wealth of the Three Worlds? - it is how we resolve "Catch 22", that is, how we resolve the problem that "we can't get there from here", and it is how we solve the problem of the apple seed looking for an apple tree, or trying to bear fruit, without the apple tree, or of a fish looking for water, all of which is the dilemma of our current state, that is, if we will only join in partnership with God within us to look at "us" through the "Eyes of our Shaikh" within us, that is, to look at all of the lives of darkness and evil that have grown within us, since the age of 2 or 3 within us, and that now rule over us as the 9 openings of our elemental body 1-8-A. How We Resolve The Dilemma of "Catch 22" In Our Life - that is, "That we can't get there from here", or more to the point, "That we can't get to God within us from our Current State" on the "outside" of us, that is, with "us" trying to live a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from " God within us, all of which is "Just not True" - go to Previous Page of "Outline of Comments" 1-8-B. Establishing the "Presence of God" Wthin Us - by saying the Name of God for our age, before we "Say or do or write" anything on the "outside" of us, as this child has learned to do, that is, by saying the Name of God for our age, that is, the Name of our wisdom, the Name of the "Word of God made flesh" for our age, in this way, causing our wisdom, and God within our wisdom, to "stand up" within us, and causing our mind and desire, or "our presence" on the "outside" of us, to "sit down", both within us and on the "outside" of us 1-8-C. The "Wealth of the Three Worlds" Within Us - is heaven and hell within us, good and evil within us, and the qualities of God within us, in that order, all of which is the vehicle of God within us, to tell His Story within us, that is, all of which is how God within us tells and Completes "His Story" within the Creation of God within us, and how True Man within God within us, tells and Completes "His Story" within the Creation of True Man within the Creation of God within us, all of which in truth makes up the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, all of which is how They reveal "Our Oneness" within us, for the benefit of all of "Us" within us - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - ============================================================== Text of Comments - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen, with Outline Topics & Summaries, plus Links to Text of Discourse for some Topics (for Page 1 Only) 1. Opening Prayer By Bawa - May God protect us, and grant us long lives free of illness, and bless us with His undiminishing wealth in the three worlds Bawa. My love you my dearest loving brothers and sister, this Opening Prayer of our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, to God within Him within us, gives us a beautiful glimpse into a deeper understanding of "Who we are", of "Where we are", and of "What is happening" in our life, if we like, for the Choice of taking advantage of this beautiful glimpse, or not, as the Choice of how our life turns out, either victorious or in defeat, is our Choice, not God's. Bawa. For example, "We are His Children, His Babies" within Him, and within God within Him, if we like, that is, we are the Children of God for our age, if we like, that in truth we are "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, and within that we are "True Man happening" within God happening" within the Creation of God within us, if we like, or we are the lives of darkness and evil that have grown within us in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, like weeds growing in "God's Beautiful Flower Garden", and that now rule over us as the 9 openings of our elemental body, with God's Permission, until we "See God and Steady God" within us, allowing God to then "Cure Himself of us", if we like. Bawa. And in this way, if we like, a beautiful letter from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, if we like, giving us a deeper understanding of what just what is "Happening in our life", that is, "Bawa is raising us" within Him to the point where He can "Hand us over to God" within Him, and in this way, disappear within God within the Creation of God within us, so God can then raise "Us" within Him, and in this way, disappear within True Man within God within the Creation of God within us. Bawa. And a deeper glimpse into an understanding of just what is needed in our life, for our life to become truly successful in our lifetime, that is, "We" have to "Submit totally" to this truth of "Who we are" within God within the Creation of God within us, and of "Who God is" within True Man within God within us, and to "What is happening" in our life. Bawa. That is, "We" have to "Submit totally" to being "Raised by Bawa" within us, by our wisdom within us, to the point where we are truly acceptable to God within us, realizing that as Bawa will only accept and raise the wisdom within us, that is, the wisdom surrounding our soul, which is the 6th level of wisdom within us, the wisdom of the Qutbiyyat of God within us, which is the grace of the dhat within us, or the Power of The Essence or Light of God within us, God will only accept God within us, God will only raise God within us. Bawa. For only God is acceptable to God within us, as only wisdom is acceptable to wisdom within us, and only the world is acceptable to the world within us, and in truth "We have all Three", which is the Three Worlds within us, the world of the soul within us or awwal, the world of the earth within us or dunya, and the world of God, or the Kingdom of God within us or akhirah, and only then when God within Him, within Bawa within us, within our wisdom within the Creation of God within us, accepts "Us", as "True Man within God within the Creation of God" within us, will our life become truly successful in our lifetime. Bawa. Such is the true nature of our life, buried within the Creation of God within us, which is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, hidden within us, that is, the Story of "Our Oneness", the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, just as the true nature of the apple seed, that is, of the life of an apple seed buried within the earth, which is the "Oneness of the apple tree and the apple fruits" within it, that is, hidden within the apple seed. Bawa. And as such "We are all One", that is, God within us, what is "within God" within us, the Creation of God within us, and the soul buried within the Creation of God within us, and "us" as the Witness, are "All One", that is, and "us" as the Witness of the telling and coming to Completion of "God's Story" within the Creation of God within us, and within that, of the telling and coming to Completion of "True Man's Story" within "God's Story" within the Creation of God within us, if we like. Bawa. That is, if we like, for the Choice to use our life in this way, or not, is our Choice, not God's, that is, the Choice to use our life for this "selfless" purpose within us, that is, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, so in the end, that "No Child Is Left Behind", that is, at the end the telling of "God's Story" within us, there is nothing still "separate from" God within us, in this way, completing God's Intention for telling "His Story" within us, living our life in this way, within us, in partnership with God within us, rather than living our current life, on the "outside" of us, for our current "selfish" purposes on the "outside" of us, so "we", living as if we are "separate from" God within us, and as if we are "separate from" everyone and everything else, can benefit is some way or another, all of which is "Just not True". Bawa. That is, a life on the illusory "outside" of us which is just leading us to an eternal life of "separation from" God within us, just leading us to the "suffering of the grave" and to Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment). Bawa. That is, a Choice that will determine how and were we spend eternity within us, either an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, and a Choice that is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Amen. Bawa. In this way, God has given us in this "Little Letter" a window into the understanding of everything, that is, of "every-thing", and within that, into the understanding of the "Nothing", the "No-thing" hidden within it, if we like, that "we" must join in partnership with God within us to deepen and deepen within us, spreading to everything within us, and within God within us, as we gain more and more clarity about what Bawa is doing within us, and about what God is doing within Him, and about God's protection, about our illness, about the blessing of God, and about the wealth of the three worlds within us. Bawa. For example, lets take a deeper look at the following concepts introduced by Bawa in this beautiful discourse. Ok?. 1-1. If Two of You Come Together In My Name - I Will Be There, so said Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, and now in our age, so says Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and His Children (may God be pleased with Them), if we like, for the Choice to accept Them as such for our age, is most certainly our Choice, not God's Bawa. And lets do this, this understanding at a deeper level each of these things, by doing what Jesus (peace be upon Him) told us to do, over 2000 years ago, and that now in our age what our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us to do again in our age, and now on the "outside" of us, what His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), are teaching us to do right now, in these Comments to a beautiful Discourse from His Holiness, and that is, "If two of you come together in My Name, I will be there?" Bawa. That is, to use God within us to get to God within us, instead of trying to use what God within us has "discarded" to get to God within us, that is, instead of trying to use what God within us has "discarded" to become God within us, to get to God within us, and what God within us has "discarded", to become God within us, is everything that has currently grown within us, like weeds in "God's Beautiful Flower Garden", that now defines and supports the illusion of "us" on the "outside" of us, that is, of "us" living a life of selfishness, of sin, of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True". 1-2. So Before We "Say or Do or Write" Anything - say the word "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him), as this child has learned to do, and in this way, establish the "Presence of God" within us, if we like, and remove "our presence" on the "outside" of us, so in truth "God is there within us, not us on the outside of us", for the Choice to accept His Holiness, and now His Children in this way, as the "Gift of God" for doing this in our age, or not, is our Choice, not God's, that is, as "how we do this" within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, in the state of "our presence" on the "outside" of us, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us as our eternal reward, for in truth "Man is God in the forgetting of himself". Ok? Bawa. So lets do this, lets come together in the Name of God for our age, which like in the age of Jesus (peace be upon Him), the Name of God for that age was "Jesus" (peace be upon Him), and now in our age, the Name of God for our age is "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and now on the "outside" of us, the Name of God is the name of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), that is, if the true intention for the life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, to again become "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again, if we like, for the Choice to accept His Holiness and now His Children in this way, that is, as the life and teach of God for our age, for the Children of God for our age, as the Name of God for our age, or not, is our Choice, not God's. Ok? Bawa. That is, is the name of our dearest loving Father and His Children (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of Us) for our age, which in truth, is the name of the "Gift of God" for our age, is the Name of the "Word of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age, is the name of the life and teaching of God for our age, which for our age, if we like, is the name of His Holiness, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, the name of His Children (may God be pleased with Us). Amen. 1-3. So What Is God's Protection? - God's protection is God within us, and what is "within God" within us, and what "God is doing" with what is "within God" within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, not what God can do for "us", for us living on the "outside" of us, living as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, all of which is "Just not True". Expanded Summary of Topic 1-3: Bawa. My dearest loving brothers and sisters, we must begin to realize, understand, accept, and join with the "Truth of us" and with the "Truth of God" within us, that is, to become truly successful in our lifetime, in the same way that the apple seed buried within the earth on the "outside" of us, as an Example from God within us, of what we can and must do within us, realizes, understands, accepts, and joins with the truth of itself, and the truth of what God has hidden within it, which is the apple tree and its fruits, letting the "Truth surrender to the Truth" within it, and in this way, joining as "One with" the earth that it is buried within, in order to germinate to the truth within itself, and in this way, destroying the apple seed buried within the earth, and revealing the apple tree, and its fruits, and again the apple seed, but this time a 1000 fold. Bawa. In this way, God's protection is God within us, not anything that happens to us on the "outside" of us, and God's protection is what is "within God" within us, and what "God is doing" with what is "within God" within us, all of which is about revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, not what God can do for "us" on the "outside" of us, either now or after we die to the flesh, that is, not for us living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, all of which is "Just not True". Bawa. All of which is "Just not True" because God is closer to us than our own breath, and our own thoughts, and our brother and sisters in truth are within us, not on the "outside" of us, but rather within us as intersecting rays from the light of God within us, and the Creation of God within us is the "Earth of God" within us, within which God has planted the "Seed of God" within us, which is our soul, just waiting for us to "let it germinate", and reveal God within us, and True Man within God within us, and tell and bring to Completion the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, with "Us" becoming the Witness of this "Story of God" within us. Bawa. That is, when God within us tells and Completes "His Story" within the Creation of God within us, and within that tell and completes the "Story of True Man" within the "Story of God" within the Creation of True Man within the Creation of God within us, and in this way, allowing God within us to reveals the "Tree of God" and the "Fruits of God" within us, and again the "Seed of God" within us, but this time a 1000 fold, as the "1000 Generosities of God" that transform the 4 religions, the 4 angels on the "outside" of us, into the One True Religion or Path of God within us, into the awakened wisdom and liberated soul within us join as "One with" the Nur Muhammad within us, establishing True Prayer within us, the "Prayer of the One to the One who Is" within us, and when we do, "We will be within it". Amen Text of Topic 1-3: Bawa. In this way, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, God's protection is God within us, not what God can do for "us", for us living on the "outside" of us, living as if we are "separate from" God within us, for all of that way of thinking gives rise to what we see in the Religions where we are encouraged to selfishly "work for wages to get into heaven", in order to hold onto, after we die to the flesh, what we have accumulated and become attached to in this world, while living in the flesh, that is, through our current life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, rather than selflessly "joining in partnership with God within us" to allow God to finish what God has started within us, a very, very long time ago, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen. Bawa. So God's protection is God within us, not what God can do for us, do for "us" living as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True", for God is closer to us than our own breath, and God's Protection is what is "Within God" within us, which are all of the 124,000 Heavenly Beings, Prophets, and Lights of God within us, including the 8 Main Prophets of God, who are Adam, Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Moses, David, and Jesus (peace be rupon Them) within us, as well as the First and the Last Prophet of God, Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him). Bawa. And God's Protection is "What God is doing" with what is "Within God" within us, which is revealing God to God within us, which is telling and bringing to Completion "God's Story" within the Creation of God within us, and within that, telling and bringing to Completion "True Man's Story" within "God's Story" within the Creation of True Man within the Creation of God within us. Amen. Bawa. In this way, God's Protection is the "Presence of God" within us, rather than "our presence" on the "outside" of us, it is the "Presence of God" within us, allowing God to "Cure Himself of us", that is, of "us" living on the "outside" of us, living a selfish life of "separation and differences" 1-4. Establishing the "Presence of God" Within Us - before we "Say or do or write" anything on the "outside" us, as this child has learned to do, and in this way, removing our "fault" in each situation or experience that we encounter on the "outside" of us, which in truth is "our presence" on the "outside" of us. And "Yes", it is just this simple Bawa. So my dearest loving brothers and sisters, this is how we can establish the "Presence of God" within us, by stepping back on the "outside" of us, so God can step forward within us, by calling the name of our wisdom, for our age, and God within our wisdom, before we "Say or do or write" anything on the "outside" of us, as this child has learned to do. Bawa. That is, by saying the name, "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him) which in truth is the name of our wisdom for our age, and of God within our wisdom, before we "Say or do or write" anything on the "outside" of us, as this child has learned to do. Bawa. So before we go any further in these Comments, lets all do this, right now, lets say the word "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him), and in this way, join together within our hearts, in the "Presence of God" within us, and listen to what our dearest loving Shaikh, that is, Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and God within Him, are saying about "Our Illness", saying about "Our Illness" from within the "Heart of God" within us, which is the tiny piece of flesh with our heart, no bigger than an atom, where God, and everything within God resides within us. 1-5. What Is Our Illness? - what does it mean, "May Allah protect you, your parents, your grandparents, and their parents. May He grant all of you long lives free of illness and bless you with His undiminishing wealth in the three worlds" Bawa. So what is our illness? Is it the sicknesses that we get now and then like a cold, or is it something more serious like and infection that could lead to the loss of a limb, like a leg or an arm, or is it something even more serious like a cancer that could become deadly, and even lead to our death? Bawa. Are these what our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, that His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are referring to when they ask God to, "May Allah protect you, your parents, your grandparents, and their parents. May He grant all of you long lives free of illness and bless you with His undiminishing wealth in the three worlds." Bawa. So what is our illness? Is it the sicknesses that we get now and then like a cold, or is it something more serious like and infection that could lead to the loss of a limb, like a leg or an arm, or is it something even more serious like a cancer that could become deadly, and even lead to our death? Bawa. Are these what our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, that His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are referring to when they ask God to, "May Allah protect you, your parents, your grandparents, and their parents. May He grant all of you long lives free of illness and bless you with His undiminishing wealth in the three worlds." Bawa. Well yes, and no. Yes in the sense that these are certainly the illness of our body, but no, because these illnesses of the flesh are not what is preventing our soul from again becoming "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and "we" get an eternal life as "separate from" God as our reward. Bawa. That is, Yes these are our illnesses within the context of the dream of the "outside" of us, a dream that we are currently experiencing on the "outside" of us, that is, a dream of the illnesses of the body of the 9 openings that we are currently experiencing, in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, on the "outside" of us, and that we are experiencing as "who we are", and as "where we are", and as "what is happening" in our life, and in this way, illnesses that we must certainly treat as such, that is, treating them in the way that Jesus (peace be upon Him) told us to treat them, when the Pharisees or Priests from Jerusalem asked Him about our responsibility to the world, and our responsibility to God, and Jesus (peace be upon Him) told them, holding up a coin which had a picture of Caesar or on it, "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's". Bawa. So the illnesses that we are currently experiencing on the "outside" of us, hat is, through our 9 opening body must be handed to the world, and dealt with through this illusory aspect of "who we are", of "where we are", and of "what is happening" to us, that is, as long as we are exclusively experiencing ourselves in this way, that is, as letting the "outside" of us "defines us". Bawa. But in truth there is more to us than this, than this "outside" of us, this letting the experiences of the "outside" of us exclusively "define us", that is, exclusively define for us "who we are", and "where we are", and "what is happening" to us, that is, an exclusive definition of "us" that we are currently experiencing through the 9 opening body, the body that we currently define as "our body" on the "outside" of us, but once we start to expand our consciousness to include move than this, that is, to also include what is within us, as what "defines us", and as what can also begin to answer the "Three Main Questions" of our life, that is, the three questions that literally "define us" for us, that is, "who am I?", and "where am I?, and "what is happening" in my life, once we make this shift in our life, in our consciousness, in our belief, then the whole issue of "our illnesses" starts to also change. Bawa. That is, once we start to include God within us, and what is "within God" within us, and what "God is doing" within us, with what is "within God" within us, as part of "who we are", then everything in "our life" changes, including "our illnesses". For what God is doing within us is revealing God to God within us for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Bawa. And once we let this into our consciousness, into our belief, once we let this also "defines us", that is, also answer the "Three Main Questions" of our life, that is, "who am I?", as "where am I?", and as "What is happening" to me, then the "Concept of Our Illness", or the concept of "what is wrong with me", or the concept of "what is preventing" me from being more successful or victorious in my life, also changes. Bawa. For if what "God is doing" within us, with what is "within God" within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, starts to also become the criteria for "defining us", and for determining the true success or victory of our life, and not just what we are currently experiencing on the "outside" of us, as 'separate from" God within us, then everything in our life starts to change, including its boundaries, including the concept of our birth, our life, and our death, because God has no death, only birth and life. Bawa. And in a similar way, what "we are currently doing" on the "outside" through this 9 opening body, and through the things on the "outside" of us, then also begin to change, and our focus starts to shift from "us" on the "outside" of us, to God within us, and also to what is preventing God within us from both "Doing", and "Completing" what "God is doing" within us, with this now and expanded perspective of "Who we are" including with it a new and expanded definition of "Our illness", that is, becoming "Our illnesses" within us, or even more to the point, to become the "Illnesses of God" within us. Bawa. So what prevents God within us, from "Doing" and "Completing" what "God is doing" within us?. That is, what prevents God within us from doing within us what God is trying to do within us, and trying to complete within us?. That is, what prevents God within us from Completing within us what God has started doing within us, within each one of us, a very, very long time ago, even before we were born into this earth world within us? Bawa. My dearest loving brothers and sisters, this is the question that we need to ask, that is, what are "God's Illnesses" within us, which is really a question about "us", about "us' within us, about the current state of the "us" within us, and in this way, not limiting ourselves just to the traditional questions about "us" on the "outside" of us, and the illnesses of the "outside" of us, questions that in truth will not lead us to become truly successful in our life, for only if we join in partnership with God within us, can we begin to understand the 'True Illnesses" within us, and start to do something about them, before it is too late, to late to ask these inner questions, and too late to understand the answers, and too late to do anything about "These inner illnesses" of the heart and soul. Bawa. In this way, we need to get and understand the answers to these "Inner Questions", before it is too late, that is, the type of questions that we need to ask, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, if we are wise, and we get an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us, as our eternal reward. Ok? Bawa. For in truth everything is within us, not on the "outside" of us, and what is currently within us, which is what is really currently defining for us "who we are", and "where we are", and "what is happening" in our life, are all of the lives of darkness and evil that have grown within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, like weeds in "God's Beautiful Flower Garden", and that now rule over us as the 9 openings of our elemental body, with "God's Permission", until we "See God and Steady God" within us, if we like. Bawa. That is, if we like, for the Choice is ours, not God's, allowing God within us to then "Cure Himself of us", so He can then finish and Complete what God has already started within us, a very, very long time ago, that is, allowing God to "Cure Himself" of "us", of "us" living a life of selfishness, of sin on the illusory "outside" of us, all of which in truth is our current life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us. Bawa. And in this way, with "us" continuing to try and live on the "outside" of us, no matter what, that is, no matter what God tries to show and tell us to the contrary, that in truth "We are all One", that is, with "us" continuing to try and live on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, all of which is "Just not True". Bawa. And this in truth is "Our True Illness", not of the flesh but of the Spirit, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, an illness within us, that we have let grow within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, and illness within us that in truth manifests as "our presence" on the "outside" of us, a presence on the "outside" and an illness within us that is prevent "God's Presence" within us, because in truth, "If God is there we are not there, and if we are there God is not there." Bawa. In this way, "Our True Illness" is an illness within us that represents our having "Forgotten God" within us, by us establishing "our presence" on the "outside" of us, by us letting the lives of darkness and evil grow and come to maturity within us, this is what is destroying us, this is what will kill us, and lead us to an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us, not an illness on the "outside" of us, as we currently like to think of it, that is, as "our illness", not anything like this that we currently like to believe that we are experiencing on the "outside" of us. Bawa. And it this "True Illness" within us that we have, not any illusory illness on the "outside" of us, that in the end will cause us to go to hell, it is this "True Illness" within us that is leading us to hell, that is leading us to an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, that in truth is leading us to hell, each day, each hour, each moment, and each second, and each breath of our life, not anything that we think in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, that we are experiencing on the "outside" of us as an illness, and not anything that "we" are doing, or not doing, on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God within us. Bawa. And in this way, nothing that "we" do, or stop doing, on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God within us, will stop this "Express Train to Hell" within us, that is, stop it from reaching its final destination, when we finally do die to the flesh in our current state, which is an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, with "us" then having to face the "suffering of the grave" within us, which in truth involve us meeting for the first time the 5 ruhanies or elemental spirits that are our current life within us, and that have joined together "for profit" within us, like a co-operative store, and that now rule over us as the 9 openings, with us dying to the flesh whenever anyone of the 5 quit the partnership, that we meet in the grave, as "us". Bawa. In this way, after we die to the flesh in our current state, with us becoming a demon, a jinn, a fairy, or a ghost, roaming the earth world within us until Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within us, where as part of "our" judgment, like the apple seeds buried within the earth that fail to germinate, we take on 105 million rebirths, ending as a worm in hell with only one level of consciousness, or feeling, that is, with "us" as part of our judgment taking on an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, if we like, for the Choice is ours, not God's. Bawa. May we all know this now, without the slightest doubt, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, and as the Children of God for our age, "Switch Trains", as quickly as possible, before it is too late, like this child has done, because we most certainly can, if we like, for the Choice is ours, not God's, that is, the Choice about which train we ride into eternity, that is, either to an eternal "Oneness with God" within us, or to an eternal "separation from" God within us, and in truth, there are no other trains. Bawa. For our life is only a "Two Train Service", like an elevator, either "up" or "down", and the only choice we have is "which button" we push, either "up" or "down", and everything else is taken care of for us, Guaranteed, and God is what and who stands behind this Guarantee, not any of us, or anything that we say or do in the world, in our current state of living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, no matter what, no matter what God shows or tells us, like this beautiful discourse, and these beautiful Comments about it, all of which in truth are coming to us as "our own life speaking to us", coming to us from God within us all, because now we are ready, we are ready to both hear and either accept or reject these "Words of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age. Bawa. For as Jesus (peace be upon Him) told us over 2000 years ago, and now in our age, as our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and as God within Him, teach us for our age, and now on the "outside" of us, as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, in these Spiritual Comments, if we like, The Plea of Jesus (A.S.) - see Gospel of John, Chapter 5, Verse 24 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." Bawa. All of which was recorded for us by the Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, as the "One True Disciple" of all Three "Words of God" for that age, for the Children of God for that age, that is, of "John the Baptist" and of Jesus (peace be upon Him), and then 600 years later, of the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him). Bawa. That is, was recorded for us by the Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him) who recorded the above plea by Jesus (peace be upon Him) in the "Gospel of John", which is the 4th book in the Holy Bible, that is, in "Chapter 5" of that book, as Verse 24, and the plea below by "John the Baptist" (peace be upon Him), in "Chapter 1", Verse 23, concerning the truth of His Ministry, of the Ministry of "John the Baptist" and of Jesus (peace be upon Them) in the world, over 2000 years ago, as the, The Plea of "John the Baptist" (A.S.) - see Gospel of John, Chapter 1, Verse 23 "Voice of the One Crying in the Wilderness, Make Straight The Way of The Lord." Bawa. And as the Plea of the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), concerning the truth of His Ministry as recorded in the Holy Qur'an, as the Opening Chapter in the "Holy Qur'an", within the Suratal Fatihah, which is the very heart of the Holy Qur'an, and is recited many times at each time of prayer (salat) in the Islamic tradition, as follows: The Plea of the "Prophet Muhammad" (Sal.) - see Holy Qur'an, Suratal Fatihah, and see "Spiritual Letter 78", to Mr. Irvin J. Borowsky, "God Has No Wrath or Anger, But We Do", for the following suggested interpretation of the last few lines of the Suratal Fatihah, if we like, "O Master of the Day of Judgment, Thee do we worship and Thine aid we seek. Provide us with the "Straight Path", The Path of those on whom Thou has bestowed Thy Grace, And go not astray. And not the Path of those on whom Thou has not bestowed Thy Grace, And who go astray. Not the Path of those who have wrath, whose portion is wrath, And who go astray." Bawa. And if we like, in this way, of the Ministry in the world of all Three, of "John the Baptist" and of Jesus (peace be upon Them), over 2000 years ago, and of the first and the last Prophet of God, of the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) over 1400 years ago, as the "Word of God made flesh" for that age, and if we like, of the Ministry of all of the 124,000 Heavenly Beings, Prophets, and Lights of God, that God sent into the world, over and over again, with the same message, that in truth "God is One", and in truth "So are We". Bawa. And now in our age, in truth, if we like, as the Ministry of each of us, for our age, that is, if the true intention for the life within us, for our soul life, is that we again become "One with" God within us, or at least truly begin to become "One with" God within us, so God within us can then do "Everything Else" to make our life truly successful in our lifetime, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, and of True Man within God within the Creation of God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and "we" get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our eternal reward, that is, to again become "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Amen. Bawa. And this is the Choice we have, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, the only "True Choice" in our life, the Choice that we have with each breath, with each look, with each taste, with each word, until our last breath, either to live our life as "One with" God within us, or as "separate from" God within us, for in truth there is no other Choice. Bawa. And everything other than these two Choices, that we think is also a Choice, like are we a Muslim, a Christian, a Jew, a Zoroastrian, or a Hindu, or a "whatever", and are we a businessman or women, or family man or woman, or "whoever", and are we an American or a Arab or a Mexican or a Russian, or "wherever, and are we married or single or "however", that is, how we deal with the section below our waist, for all of this is just drama, the drama of "I and you", of "mine and yours", and is only leading us directly to hell within us, to an eternal hell as "separate from" God within us, whether we know it or not, and even whether we like or want it or not, because that is the way it works, because God is "Oneness", not "separation and differences", and in truth, "So are We", and it is only the lives of darkness and evil that have grown within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, that are "separation and differences", not God within us, and certainly not "us" within God within us. Ok? Amen. Bawa. So this is what constitutes "Victory or Success" for God within us, and for "us" within God within us, not anything else that we may be experiencing, or would like to experience on the "outside" of us, all of which in truth is God's Dream of "us", of "us" living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, which in truth is just one of "Chapters" the "Story of God" within the Creation of God us, and within the "Story of True Man" within the "Story of God" within the Creation of God within us, that both God and True Man have started to tell within each of us, and which they will gladly Complete within us, if we like. Bawa. That is, if we will only let Them, that is, if we will only join with Them in what They are doing within us, if "we" will only "step back" on the "outside" of us, so They can "step forward" within us, and tell and Complete "Their Story" within us, which in truth is the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, a Story, like the apple seed buried in the earth, that we came to the earth, to join as "One with" Them within us, to tell, if we like, for the Choice to let Them tell and Complete Their Story within us, or not, with "Us" as the Witness, is most certain our Choice, not Their. Amen. Bawa. And in this way, these are some of the "Milestones" in God's Success and Victory within us, the removal by God within us of all that is "separating God" from God within us, starting with what is separating us from each other, which is what is currently living within us, which are all of the qualities and actions of the Creation of God within us, in their current state, which is the state of "Incompleteness" within us, which is what has grown within us, within the earth within us, like weeds in "God's Beautiful Flower Garden" within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance. Bawa. All of which is transformed into Completeness within us, when God replaces what is currently within us, which is everything God has discarded to become God within us, with everything that is "within God" within us, which is "Our Goodness" within God within us, because we have correctly "asked God" to do this within us, that is, as "One with" Him within us, asked Him over and over again to do this within us, with each breath, at each time of prayer, which in truth is with each breath, asked Him to do this within us, in everything that we "Say or do or write", as this child has learned to do, that is, as we move through our day or light of our life, and our night or darkness of our life, in sickness and in health, in happiness and in sadness, in richness or in poorness, for it doesn't matter, because "We are not Alone", because "we" on the "outside" of us have become "We" within us, and as such "We are All One", no matter what, no matter what is happening on the "outside" of us. Amen. Bawa. That is, because we have stopped "working for wages to get into heaven", that is, we have "stopped working for wages" on the current "outside" of us, to get into a new "outside" of us, when the current "outside" of us dies, in order to protect and keep all of our attachments to the world we have experience on the "outside" of us, like wife, and children, and friends, and family, and instead, we have joined in partnership with God within us, to allow God within us to finish and Complete what God is doing within us, which is telling and bringing to Completion within us "His Story" within us. Bawa. In this way, allowing God within us to tell and Complete "His Story" within the Creation of God within us, and within that, allowing True Man within God within us to tell and bring to Completion the "Story of True Man" within the "Story of God" within the Creation of God within us, all of which in truth is the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth, like the apple seed buried within the earth, we have come to the earth, to join as "One with" God within the earth, to tell, if we like, for the Choice to use our life in this way, that is, as how God tells and Completes "His Story" within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, by allowing True Man to tell and Complete "His Story" within "God's Story" within the Creation of God within us, and for the benefit of all of the Creation of True Man within the Creation of God within us, or not, is our Choice, not God's. Amen. 1-6. So What Is Our True Illness? - "Our True Illness" is our apparent "separation from" God within us, is our trying to live a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God, but all of which is "Just not True", but all of which, that is, "God, Each other, and the Creation of God", is truly "One with" us within us, that is, if we will only start to "act that way", that is, start to "Act as if" we are "One with" God within us, and as if we are "One with" each other within us, and as if we are "One with" the Creation of God within us, so God can then "Make it So" within us, "because it is True" within us. Bawa. My dearest loving brothers and sisters we must become clear about the "True Illness" that we current have, and start to seek a cure for it, before we die to the flesh in our current state and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our eternal reward. Bawa. With us getting an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us, not becomes of anything that God has done to "punish us", as some of us still believe, but rather because in our current state, in our current ignorance and arrogance about our ignorance, that is what we think and believe that we want for eternity, and because that is what we keep telling God that we want for eternity, not so much by our words, but rather by the way that we are currently living our life in the world, telling God with each breath, with each look, with each word, with each taste, and with each thought, that we want a life of "separation and differences", a life of "separate from" for eternity. Bawa. That is, with "us" telling God over and over again, by the way that we are currently living our life in the world, that after we die to the flesh, after we die to the current "outside" of us, that we want an eternal life of "separation and differences" in another "outside" of us, where again we will be living as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, but this time with all of the things removed from the new "outside" of us that we don't like about the current "outside" of us, like all of the people and situations that we see in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, as either different from us, or that cause us difficulties, removed, like people of different races, religions, color, or "sexual preference", or "whatever", no matter what, that is, no matter what God tries to show and tell us to the contrary, that is, that in truth "We are All One". Bawa. That is, God within us, and True Man within God within us, the Creation of God within us, and "us" within the Creation of God within us, are in truth "All One", if we like, if we will only place all of our faith and trust in God within us, to "Make it So" within us, when we are truly done with the current "outside" of us, and hand it back to God within us, to reveal and tell "His Story" within us, that is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, so in the end, there is "No Child Left Behind", so in the end, that is nothing still "separate from" God within us. Amen. Bawa. And in this way, "Our True Illness" is our apparent "separation from" God within us, is our trying to live a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God, but all of which is "Just not True", but all of which, that is, "God, Each other, and the Creation of God", is truly "One with" us within us, that is, if we will only start to "act that way", that is, start to "Act as if" we are "One with" God within us, and as if we are "One with" each other within us, and as if we are "One with" the Creation of God within us, so God can then "Make it So" within us, "because it is True" within us. Bawa. That is, with each of us, in partnership with God within us, starting to "Act the Truth" of us, and the "Truth of God" within us", which is "Our Oneness", not our 'Apparent Separation. Bawa. All of which is how we got into our present fix in the first place, in this fix of living the "falsehood of us", rather than the 'Truth of Us", the fix of living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, in "our presence" on the "outside" of us, having become "one with' what the darkness and evil that has grown within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, like weeds in "God's Beautiful Flower Garden" within us. Bawa. That is, when "we" in the "Presence of God" within us because fascinated with the baby weeds that started to grow within us, and instead of using our wisdom to pull them out, we started to play with them, and like a cute baby lion that will play with us, when it grows up can devoured us, so too these weeds in maturity can overcome us, if we are not wise, causing us to gradually "Forget God" within us, over a period of 12 years, that is, to fall out of the "Presence of God" within us, as we gradually establish "our presence" on the "outside" of us, and in this way, we start down the road within us of fulfilling the karma, fate, and destiny given to us by our parents, that befalls each of us coming to this earth world within us, of, "Man appearing on this earth Forgets God, and falls into many a trap. He does not know to seek himself (within himself) although God exists within man." [Note: This Quotation is the opening paragraph in the "Forward" of the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", by our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and by God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, by His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), if we like, who are all of the Children of God for our age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our eternal reward, that is, again become "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Amen. To access an on-line copy of this "Forward", please click above or HERE (www.ThePearlOfWisdomForward.homestead.com), and to access an on-line copy of the Table of Contents for this book, please click above or HERE (www.ThePearlOfWisdom.homestead.com). Thank you. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen] 1-7. What Is The Blessing of God? - it is everyone and everything, both within us and on the "outside" of us, for in truth "It is all perfect" Bawa. My dearest loving brothers and sisters, so this brings us to an understanding of the "Blessing of God", or more specifically what it means that God "Bless you with His undiminishing wealth in the three worlds". Just what is His Holiness telling us when He tells us when He says this. Bawa. So lets take a little deeper look at this together, Ok? That is, after saying the "Name of God" for our age, in this way, establishing the "Presence of God" within us, causing "our presence" to sit down within us, in this way, affirming the "Truth of our Age", which is the "Gift of God" for our age, which is the "Word of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age, which is the Life and Teaching of God for our age, which is the "Word of God made flesh" for our age, and having done this, having "stepped back" on the "outside" of us, so God can then "step forward" within us, lets hand this effort, this question, this inquiry, to our wisdom, and to God within our wisdom, that is, to the Holy Trinity of God within us, as it is referred to in the Christian tradition, as the Father, the Sun, and the Holy Spirit, as God, the Light of men within God, and the wisdom or witness of God within us, which is God, our soul, and the wisdom surrounding our soul, which in the Islamic tradition is referred to as the Triple Flame of God, as Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen, as God, the Nur or Light of our wisdom, and our wisdom. Ok? Bawa. And the Name of God, that is, as the Name of the "Word of God made flesh" for the age of Jesus (peace be upon Them), over 2000 years ago, is Jesus (peace be upon Him), that is, for the age of "John the Baptist" of Jesus and of the Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Them), and the Name of God for the age of the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) over 1400 years ago, is Nur Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), that is, for the age of Muhammad, of the Nur Muhammad, and of Allah Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Them), and the Name of God for the age of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) over 1000 years ago, was Qutb Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), that is, for the age of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen and the Wise Men of Baghdad. Bawa. And the Name of God in our age, in this age of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and His Children (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of Us), is just that, that is, is the word "Bawa" or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and now on the "outside" of us, is the Name of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), which is the name of each of us, if we like, of each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us as our eternal reward. Something to think a little bit about, Yes? Bawa. So having established the "Presence of God" within us, as this child has learned to do, and having handed what we are now sharing, and asking, to Them within us, that is to our awakened wisdom within us, and to God within our wisdom, and then to be "Done with it", listening with our Iman, that is, with the "Perfected Faith in God" of God within us, that is, with our absolute faith, certitude, and determination that in truth, 1) That in truth "There is nothing on the "outside" of us, for in truth everything is within us. 2) That in truth "There is nothing within us other than God". 3) That in truth "Only God exists" within us. 4) That in truth "God is One" within us. Bawa. As this child has learned to so. Then the following is overheard from within the "Heart of God" within us, if we like, from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, if we like, for the Choice to accept the following as this, or not, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Amen. Bawa. So what is the blessing of God? It is everyone and everything, both within us and on the "outside" of us, for in truth "It is all perfect". And this is why it is said, that a Sufi, which is a truly enlightened one in the Islamic tradition, at least for some in the Islamic tradition, that, "A Sufi is one who settles into stillness through the realization that everything is perfect." Bawa. For as our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within us, teach us for our age, as recorded in the "Epilogue" in the beautiful book of wisdom, which is available for free on-line, "Islam and World Peace: Explanations of a Sufi", and now on the "outside" of us, as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, in these Spiritual Comments to this beautiful discourse, the following: "Our entire life, and everything that happens to us, is conducted by Allah, not by us. He is the One who carries out everything. He is responsible for the cause and the effect." Amen. [Note: This Quotation is from the "Epilogue" of the beautiful book of wisdom, "Islam and World Peace: Explanations of a Sufi", by our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and by God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, by His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), if we like, who are all of the Children of God for our age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our eternal reward, that is, again become "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Amen. To access an on-line copy of this "Epilogue", please click above or HERE (http://www.bmf.org/iswp/epilogue.html), and to access an on-line copy of the Table of Contents for this book, please click above or HERE (http://www.bmf.org/iswp/index.html). Thank you. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen] End of "Page 1 of 2" of Original Version" of - Spiritual Discourse 04 - Plus Some Additional Stuff by: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). If we like. Ok? =============== |
Bawa The On-line Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library (Recommended way to Navigate around Library) Spiritual Discourse 04 ------ Original Version ------ About Spiritual Discourse 04 Title: "Understanding the Requirements for Prayer, Duty, and for Victory In Our life" Date Given: May 21, 1978 Given by: His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) Plus, If we like: An Introduction, an Outline, Outline Topics, Topic Summaries, and Comments - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Page 1 of 2 ============================================================== Main Go To: Go To: Introduction - to Spiritual Discourse 04 Go To: Original Version - of Spiritual Discourse 04, without Outline & Summary Go To: Outline & Summary Version - of Spiritual Discourse 04, by His Holiness, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) Outline of Discourse - with a Short Summary of Each Outline Topic Text of Discourse - with Outline Topics & Short Summaries, plus Links to Comments about Discourse Go To: Comments - On Discourse Topics, by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) Outline of Comments - (for Page 1 & 2) with Summary of Outline Topics Text of Comments - with Outline Topics & Short Summaries, plus Links to Text of Discourse (for Page 1 Only) ============================================================== Home Page - Spiritual Discourses Spiritual Discourse 05 Discourse 04: Other 01 Library Home Page Spiritual Discourse 03 Discourse 04: Other 02 ============================================================== Introduction - to Spiritual Discourse 04 Bawa. Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate. Al-salam 'alaykum wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. Wa 'alaykum al-salam wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Bawa. Here is a beautiful short discourse by our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and by God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, by His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), which in truth is each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us. Bawa. That is, before we die to the flesh in our current state, in our current state of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, living as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True", and we get an eternal life of "separation from" God as our lot, rather then an eternal life as "One with" God within us, which in truth is our true heritage, our true birthright, the true destiny of our soul, which is what God has prepared for us, if we really want it, that is, if we are wise. Amen. Bawa. Also we have provided along with the "Original Version" of this discourse some additional material about this beautiful short discourse, that is, an outline, some outline topics, a short summary of each outline topic, and some comments, by this child, by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen, if you like, for like everything in our life, the Choice is ours, not God's. Amen. Bawa. This short discourse is a Letter sent to His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) living in America, by our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), on May 21, 1978, while His Holiness was living in Ceylon, during one of the many trips that His Holiness took to Ceylon during His stay in America, from 1971 until His death on December 8th, 1986. His Holiness is buried in a little farming community about an hours ride out of the City of Philadelphia, in America, which was His Holiness's main residence while living in America, and all are welcome to visit the Shrine or Mazar that was erected by His Children over His grave site. Bawa. Also, a copy of this short discourse by His Holiness was published by the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship as part of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Calendar. It can be found on the back of the Cover for the 2001 version of this Calendar, for your references. Bawa. After reading this beautiful discourse by His Holiness, at the feet of our Shaikh, and of God within Him, "We" have given this beautiful short discourse the title, "Understanding the Requirements for Prayer, Duty, and for Victory In Our life", that is, the requirements for Overcoming the torpor, illusion, and both the happiness and sadness of our current life on the "outside" of us, all of which is preventing us from again becoming "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and we get an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, as our eternal reward, or at least truly starting to do this, in partnership with God within us, so God within us can then do "Everything Else", that is, everything else required to make our life truly successful in our lifetime, if we like. Bawa. For in truth the Choice is ours, not God's, that is, the Choice of how and where we spend eternity within us, because everything is within us, and how and where we next go when this part of "God's Story" within us is over, that is, when the part where God is Dreaming within us, that is, where God is dreaming of "us" living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, is over, is most certainly our Choice, not God's, for God has given us both paths to follow, and provided us with everything we need to successful complete either journey, with "us" in the end, that is, with "us", when this part of "God's Story" within us is over, either ending as "One with" God within us, or as "separate from" God within us, in the next part of "God's Story" within us. And the Choice is ours, not God's. Bawa. So, now we must decide, before we die to the flesh, what our role will be in the next Chapter of God's Story, that is, what we truly want for eternity, and then we must tell God within us, loud and clear, exactly what we want for eternity, and not just with our words, but by our actions, by the way that we live our life in the world until this part of "His Story" is over, by either starting to live our life in the world as "One with" Him within us, in every way we can, in this way telling God that this is what we want next, which is "Oneness with" Him within us, or continuing to act on the "outside" of us as if we are "separate from" Him within us, all of which is "Just not True", but even worse, all of which is signaling to God within us, loud and clear, that this is what we want next in "His Story", that we want to play the role of "separation from" God in the next Chapter in "God's Story. Ok? Bawa. And in truth there is no other Choice, for everything other than these two Choices, is just drama, the drama of "I and you", of "mine and yours", and is just telling God that we want "separation from" Him in the next Chapter of "His Story", and the only way for "us" to win over the drama of our life, and not send "This Message" to God within us is "not to play", that is, is "not to play" the drama that is our current life on the "outside" of us, and the only way for "us" to "not play", is to get God within us "to play", that is, by "us" stepping back on the "outside" of us, so God can then "step forward" within us, and God can start to tell "His Story" within us, the next Chapter in "His Story" within the Creation of God within us, with us now playing the role of "Oneness with" God within us, rather than our current role of "separation from" God within us. Ok? Bawa. Because only God within us can win over "our drama" on the "outside" of us, if we will only let Him, if we will only join Him in this effort within us, by allowing God to "Cure Himself of us", of "us" living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, and we can do this if we like, because God has given us the ability to do this. Bawa. And we can do this, this getting God within us to awaken from His Dream within us, His Dream of "us" living on the "outside" of us, of us living as if we are "separate from" Him within us, when "we" truly begin to realize the consequences of us dying in our current state, in our current state of God still in His Dream within us, and when we stop participating in His Dream within us, by completely rejecting our current life on the "outside" of us. Bawa. And how do we do this? Surprisingly it is really easy. Simply by starting to act this way, that is, as "One with" God within us, in everything that we do on the "outside" of us, that is, simply by learning how to establish the "Presence of God" within us before we "Say or do or write" anything on the "outside" of us, and in this way, deleting "our presence" on the "outside" of us, as this small child has learned to do, because both cannot be present at the same time, either "we are there" acting as if we are "separate from" God within us, or God is there truly as "One with" everything and everything within us, that is, "If we are there God is not there, and if God is there we are not there." Bawa. For example, by "our" saying the word "Bawa" before we "Say or do or write" anything on the "outside" of us, like this child has learned to do, because the name of His Holiness is the name of our wisdom, and of God within our wisdom, for our age, as Jesus (peace be upon Him) was the name of our wisdom, in His age, over 2000 years ago, and Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) was the name of our wisdom, over 1400 years ago, and Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) was the name of our wisdom, over 1000 years ago, and now in our age, the name of our wisdom, is "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him), and now on the "outside" of us, is the name of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us). Bawa. Which in truth is each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our eternal reward, to again become "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Amen. Bawa. So in our age, this is how we establish the "Presence of God" within us, and remove "our presence" on the "outside" of us, before we "Say or do or write" anything on the "outside" of us, if we like, for in truth, "The mind will only sit down within us, when wisdom stands up within us". Bawa. And in this way, and only in this way, we can get God within us to give up His Dream within us, because we are truly done with it, because we truly convince God within us, by our actions, not just by our words, that we are truly done with His dream within us, and no longer want any part of it, and in this way, we get God within us to give up His Dream within us, that is, we get God within us to set about "Curing Himself" of "us", of His Dream within us. Bawa. That is, by encouraging Him, and supporting Him, in His closing down the world of hell within us, the world of jinns within us, and the world of fairies within us, all of which in truth are the current three sections within us, below our waist, our stomach, and our chest, the sections of earth, water, fire, and air within us, within which we have allowed weeds to grown in "God's Beautiful Flower Garden" within us, by then re-opening the world of souls within us, which is our 6th level of wisdom within us, and by opening the kingdom of God within us, which is our 7th level of wisdom within us, all of which He will most naturally do within us, if we like, that is, if we will only let Him, that is, if we will only properly convince Him to do this within us, that is, as "One with" Him within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, in the state of His Dream within us, and "we" get an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us as our lot, as our eternal reward. For the Choice is ours, not God's. Amen. Bawa. May we all learn to live our life in this way, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, that is, in the time we have remaining on this earth world within us, for in truth everything is really within us, not on the "outside" of us, as many of us still currently believe, that is, to truly live in partnership with God within us, rather than in our current way of acting on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, all of which is "Just not True", and all of which does nothing to encourage God to end His Dream within us. Bawa. And in this way, stop all of our "working for wages to get into heaven", that is, to get into some new "outside" of us, when the current "outside" of us ends, all of which in the end will only bring us disappointment, and instead start doing all of this living in the "Presence of God" within us, rather than in "our presence" on the "outside" of us, "before it is too late to do this kind of "Heart's Work" within us, before it is to late to get God to awaken from His Dream within us, and "Cure Himself of us", and "we" get an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us as our eternal lot. Bawa. So to "Understanding the Requirements for Prayer, Duty, and for Victory In Our life", we must first deal with the problem of our ego, which is the problem of "our presence" on the "outside of us, rather than "God's Presence" within us, and learn and put to practice what we have shared in this beautiful Introduction, which truly is a "Gift of God" for our age, which is truly the "Word of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age, which is truly the life and teaching of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, if we like, for the Choice to accept this clarity as coming from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, and not just the words of this, or any other fool, is our Choice, not God's. Bawa. And if we do realize, understand, and accept them as such, as in truth "God speaking" to us, from within our own life, then we can begin to "Understanding the Requirements for Prayer, Duty, and for Victory In Our life", which in truth is God praying to God from within us, and is God performing God's duty from within us, and is God "Curing Himself" of everything that is "separating God from God" within us, so in the end, there is "No Child Left Behind", so in the end, there is nothing still "separate from" God within us. Amen. Bawa. For as our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us in our age, for example, in the last paragraph of this beautiful discourse, and as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, in this Introduction, "It is God's Beauty within us that worships God within us, and it is God's Qualities within us that perform God's duty from within us, and it is God's Modesty within us that overcomes the fascination of torpor within us, and it is God's Peace of Mind within us that overcomes the illusion or maya within us, and it is God's Remembrance of God within us, God's Remembrance to Pray to God within us, that allows us to lose both happiness and sadness within us." Bawa. And certainly not anything that we do in our current state, in our current state of trying to live a life of selfishness, of sin, of arrogance, karma, and illusion, of mind and desire, on the "outside" of us, living as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, all of which is "Just not True", because God is closer to us than our own breath, and our brothers and sisters in truth are rays of light that have been born with us, in the world of soul, in this world, and in the hereafter, and the Creation of God is the Earth of God within us within which our soul, the "Seed of God" within us has been planted. And this is the truth of us, and of God within us. Amen. Bawa. But if we continue to ignore all of God efforts to teach us the "truth of us", and the "truth of God" within us, that in truth "We are all One", that is, that God within us, and what is "Within God" within us, and "What God is doing" within us with what is "Within God" within us, and the Creation of God within us, and the "Seed of God" which is our soul, and the wisdom of God surrounding our soul, as the "Guardian of the Soul", both of which have been planted within the Creation of God within us, like an apple seed buried within the earth, and "us" if we like, as the Witness, as the Witness of the Story of God within the Creation of God within us, and within that, of the "Story of True Man" within the "Story of God" within the Creation of God within us, are in truth "All One", whether we know it or not, and even whether we like or want it or not, because for our age, this is our birthright, this is our true heritage, the true destiny of our soul, the "given of our life", and the only question left for our age, is "Do we want it". Bawa. That is, do we want an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or do we want an eternal life as "separate from" God within us? That's it. That is all of it, for our age. Amen. Bawa. And our own life answers this question for us, that is, "what do we want", by the way that we have lived our life in the world, either as "One with" God within us, or continuing to try and live on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, no matter what, no matter what God may say and show us to the contrary. Bawa. Like showing us our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, in our age, and now on the "outside" of us, showing us His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), and giving us this beautiful explanation, as "our own life speaking to us", if we like. What more can God do? Bawa. And if we continue to ignore all of God's efforts, and continue to live in our current state on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, then what is God to do but in the end give us exactly what we want, which if we die to the flesh in our current state is an eternal life as "separate from" God, and the "suffering of the grave", and Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) become our lot for eternity, with "us" meeting the 5 ruhanies or elemental spirits in the grave, roaming the earth world within us as a demon, a jinn, a fairy, or a ghost until Qiyamah, and then with "us" taking on as part of our judgment 105 million rebirths, ending as a worm in hell with only one level of consciousness, or feeling, and in this way, with "us" taking on as part of our judgment an eternal life as "separate from" God within us. Bawa. And with "us" receiving all of this within us in accordance with the "Justice of God" within us, "For the "Justice of God" within us is that, whatever we intend is what we will receive." Bawa. At least this is something to think about, a little, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, Yes? Bawa. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. May we all think about these beautiful wisdom points a little, at least a little bit, if we like, for the Choice to do this or not, with our life, that is, to let God finish telling "His Story" within the Creation of God within us, or not, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. That would be very good. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). ============================================================== Original Version - of Spiritual Discourse 04 His Holiness Teaches Us: May the unfathomable Ruler of grace, the One who is incomparable love, protect My Babies, My Children who are yet to be born, My loving Children, My Grandchildren, My little Children, My older Children, all My Children. May Allah protect you, your parents, your grandparents, and their parents. May He grant all of you long lives free of illness and bless you with His undiminishing wealth in the three worlds. Jeweled lights of My eyes, My Children, you are the happiness within My happiness, the heart within My heart, the wisdom within My wisdom, and the love within My love. You are Children God has given Me, My very own Children, My beautiful and wise Children. I am constantly praying to God on your behalf. I am praying to God that all of you live in a state of goodness, day and night, within and without, in darkness and light, in happiness and sadness. I am praying to God that He grant you the state of His peace, in the world of souls, in this world, and in the next world. I am praying that all of you reach the state of peace in which you separate from yourselves all that separates you from one another. I am praying that with His grace God grant your that state of unity. Jeweled lights of My eyes, my very own Babies, God, the mighty Emperor of the eighteen thousand universes created everything; there is nothing that He has not created. He created all the heavens, all the hells, the lands, and the oceans, the sun, the moon, and the stars, the trees and the bushes, the fish, and insects, the jinns and fairies, all the angels and prophets, and the human being. God created the human being as His best creation and placed all of His Creation within man, all the good and all the evil. Man's duty is to discard what is bad, and keep what is good. Jeweled lights of My eyes, My Children, My loving Children, when you have God's qualities, I am happy. God's qualities are like drops of a soft spring rain falling into your hearts, causing everything in your hearts to become green and fragrant. However, when you do not act with God's qualities, the heart becomes like a desert, dry and parched, and all the green turns to brown. I am constantly praying to God that all My Children act with God's qualities. O God, You must come to give My Children Your grace. Please come to fulfill all the needs of My Babies. O God, You must come here now to give My Babies Your grace so that they may reach the shore (of the hereafter or next world or akhirah within us). Please give My Children the faith to search for You forever. Please protect My Babies. Please let Them merge with You. Please destroy all of Their torpor, all of Their illusion, and all of the veils that conceal Your grace from Them. O God, may You bless My Children with Your Beauty, so that They may worship You. Give Them Your Qualities, so They may do (Your) duty, give Them (Your) modesty, so They might overcome the fascination of torpor, give Them (Your) peace of mind, so They might overcome maya (illusion), and give Them (Your) remembrance to always pray, so that They may lose both happiness and sadness. Give all My Children Your grace and Your protection forever. Amen. ============================================================== Outline & Summary Version - of Spiritual Discourse 04 Outline of Discourse - with a Short Summary of Each Outline Topic 1. Opening Prayer By Bawa - May God protect My Babies, My Children, and protect Their Parents, Their Grandparents, and Their Grandparents Parents, and grant all of Them long lives free of illness, and bless Them with His undiminishing wealth in the three worlds 2. Our True Lineage - Is "Of God", Is "Of Wisdom", and Is "Of This World" within us, that is, we are "Of All Three" within us, we are of the lineage of "All Three Worlds" within us, of the "World within the World" within us, of "Wisdom within Wisdom" within us, and of "God within God" within us, not just of the lineage "Of This Illusory World" on the "outside" of us, as many of us still mistakenly believe in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance 3. It Is God's "Peace of Mind" - That Overcomes Maya or Illusion within us, which in truth is the "Mighty Mind" which comes and rules over everything within us, if we like, not anything that "we" may do, or that "we" may fail to do on the "outside" of us, that is, in our current state of living a life of "separation and difference on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True" 4. The True Nature - of God, of Man, And of God's Creation Within Us, is that "God Created Everything, And Placed It All With Man, So Man Could Analyze and Separate It Into Good And Evil Within Him, Using His Wisdom, And In This Way Become Good, For the Benefit of all of God's Creation Within Man" 5. The Importance of God's Qualities In Our Life - for in truth it is only if God gives us His Qualities, through the intercession of our Shaikh in our life, on "Our Behalf", that is, once we have awakened Him within us, awakened our wisdom surrounding our soul, and God within our wisdom, that our life can become truly successful in our lifetime, not through anything that we may do, as "separate from" our Shaikh within us, and from God within Him 6. Our Work Is To Know His Work Within Us - not to try and do His work on the "outside" of us, while we are still living on the "outside" of us in our current state, that is, while we are still living on the "outside" of us as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True". 7. We Must Use God To Get To God Within Us - not keep trying to use what God has discarded within us, to get to God within us, including "us" and the world on the "outside" of us, all of which is "Just not True", all of which is what God has discarded from Himself to become God within us, all of which is what we have currently grown within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, like weeds growing within "God's Beautiful Flower Garden", and all of which now rules over us, as the 9 openings of our elemental body, with "God's Permission", until we "See God and Steady God" within us, if we like ============================================================== Text of Discourse - with Outline Topics & Short Summaries, plus Links to Text of Comments 1. Opening Prayer By Bawa - May God protect My Babies, My Children, and protect Their Parents, Their Grandparents, and Their Grandparents Parents, and grant all of Them long lives free of illness, and bless Them with His undiminishing wealth in the three worlds "May the unfathomable Ruler of grace, the One who is incomparable love, protect My Babies, My Children who are yet to be born, My loving Children, My Grandchildren, My little Children, My older Children, all My Children". "May Allah protect you, your parents, your grandparents, and their parents. May He grant all of you long lives free of illness and bless you with His undiminishing wealth in the three worlds". 2. Our True Lineage - Is "Of God", Is "Of Wisdom", and Is "Of This World" within us, that is, we are "Of All Three" within us, we are of the lineage of "All Three Worlds" within us, of the "World within the World" within us, of "Wisdom within Wisdom" within us, and of "God within God" within us, not just of the lineage "Of This Illusory World" on the "outside" of us, as many of us still mistakenly believe in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance Expanded Summary of Topic 2: Bawa. My dearest loving brothers and sisters, we must begin to realize and understand our true lineage, before it is too late to take advantage of who in truth "We are", and where in truth "We are", and what in truth is "Happening to us", for only then will our life become truly successful in our lifetime, and we must do this, or at least start to do this, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our eternal reward, because in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, that is what we have told God, over and over again, by the way that we have lived our life, not just by our words, that we have told God that we want for eternity, for the "Justice of God" is that, "Whatever we intend is what we will receive." Bawa. For Our True Lineage Is "Of God", of "Wisdom", and Is "Of This World" within us, that is, we are "Of All Three" within us, we are of the lineage of "All Three Worlds" within us, of the "World within the World" within us, of "Wisdom within Wisdom" within us, and of "God within God" within us, not just of the lineage "Of This Illusory World" on the "outside" of us, as many of us still mistakenly believe in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance (see Discourse by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) on March 3, 1982, and as the "Introduction" to unpublished book, "God's Psychology"). Bawa. For in truth our true lineage is more than just our physical mother and father on the "outside" of us, and their physical mother and father, etc., all of whom rolled around like snakes on the "outside" of us to help create this body of the 5 elements within us, a body of the 5 elements within us that we needed in order to live in this earth world within us, and learn what we came here to learn, which is about "What separates us from each other, and from God within us", but a body which in truth is only a "Shirt", a "Shirt" or elemental house within us, into which God has placed within us, Himself and all of His Creation, as well as how to reveal Himself to Himself within His Creation, for the benefit of all of His Creation within us. Bawa. A world and a body which is really within us, not "outside" of us, as some of us also still mistakenly believe, and which now falsely defines for us, on the illusory "outside" of us, if we like, "Who we are?", and "Where we are?", and "What is happening?" to us, all of which is "Just not True". For in truth, we are "Of All Three" worlds within us. That is, in addition to "This earth World" within us, that we still only see in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, as existing on the "outside" of us, we are also of the lineage "Of Wisdom" within us, and we are of the lineage "Of God" within our wisdom within us, and in this way, we "Are of All Three" within us, "we" are of the lineage of "All Three" within us, whether we know it or not, and even whether we like or want it or not, because in truth this is our true heritage, our true birth right, the true destiny of our soul. Bawa. And as such, we are also of what is "Within God" within us, and we are of "What God is doing" with what is "Within God" within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, and in this way, we are "Of Wisdom" within us, and "Of God" within our wisdom, which is the "Presence of God" within us, a "Presence of God" within us which if we like can negate "our presence" on the "outside" of us, and as such, can take us on the "Journey of our soul" within us, that God has repeatedly given to us as an Example on the "outside" of us, as the 124,000 Heavenly Beings, Prophets, and Lights of God within us, which God sent over and over again into "This World" within us, and into the illusory "outside" of us, where we currently live, to teach us about the truth of "Who we are", and of "Where we are", and of "What is happening" to us. Bawa. For Example, that God sent into the "outside" of us over 2000 years ago, as Jesus (peace be upon Him), as an example of our awakened wisdom liberating our soul from its elemental cross, and over 1400 years ago, as the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), as an example of the Completion of the Straight Path within us, which is True Prayer within us, but all of which in truth is within us, as our awakened wisdom liberating our soul from its cross of the 5 elements, if we like, and then establishing True Prayer within us, the "Prayer of the One to the One who Is" within us, if we like. Bawa. For the Choice is ours, not God's, that is, the Choice to truly let God within us awaken our wisdom surrounding our soul, and to truly join as "One with" our awakened wisdom within us, and with God within our wisdom, which is our soul, to find and become "One with" the "Light of our wisdom", and in this way, and only in this way, Complete this Journey of the soul within us, with "us" as the Witness of "God's Story" within the Creation of God within us, all of which is our Choice, not God's, realizing that if we do, if we do let God tell and Complete "His Story" within us, then in the end, "We will be within it". Amen Text of Topic 2: "Jeweled lights of My eyes, My Children, you are the happiness within My happiness, the heart within My heart, the wisdom within My wisdom, and the love within My love." "You are Children God has given Me, My very own Children, My beautiful and wise Children. I am constantly praying to God on your behalf. I am praying to God that all of you live in a state of goodness, day and night, within and without, in darkness and light, in happiness and sadness." 3. It Is God's "Peace of Mind" - That Overcomes Maya or Illusion within us, which in truth is the "Mighty Mind" which comes and rules over everything within us, if we like, not anything that "we" may do, or that "we" may fail to do on the "outside" of us, that is, in our current state of living a life of "separation and difference on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True" Expanded Summary of Topic 3: Bawa. My dearest loving brothers and sisters, we must begin to realize and understand the "Peace of Mind" that God can place within us, if we like, if we truly join in partnership with God within us to give up the current state of our mind, which is agitation, disorganization, and bewilderment [see Chapter 2, "Search for God", in the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom" (www.ThePearlOfWisdom. homestead.com)]. Bawa. For It Is God's "Peace of Mind" That Overcomes Maya or Illusion within us, which in truth is the "Mighty Mind" which comes and rules over everything within us, if we like, not anything that "we" may do, or that "we" may fail to do on the "outside" of us, that is, in our current state of living a life of "separation and difference on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True" Bawa. That is, it is the "Mighty Mind" which comes and rules over everything within us, as the "One with" within us, that makes our life truly successful in our lifetime, that is, when "we" are truly done ruling over the illusory "outside" of us, as "separate from", both within us and on the "outside" of us. Bawa. All of which in truth becomes the Resplendent "Rahman of Allah" within us, as the "Merciful One" within us, as the "Ruler over here and there" within us, as the Ruler over this world and the next world within us, as the "One with" everything within us, if we like, that is, as the One who "Casts aside Three Kinds of fore running conduct" within us, as the One who "Destroys The 6 Armies" within us, and as the One who "Eliminates The Enemy" within us, if we like, for the Choice is ours, not God's. Bawa. That is, the Choice to let Him Rule over everything within us, as "One with" within us, or not, or for "us" to continue trying and rule over everything on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" on the "outside" of us, no matter what, no matter what God tries to show and tell us, that in truth "We are all One", is our Choice, not God's [see "Invocation to Allah", in the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom" (www.ThePearlOfWisdomInvAllah.homestead.com] Text of Topic 3: "I am praying to God that He grant you the state of His peace, in the world of souls, in this world, and in the next world. I am praying that all of you reach the state of peace in which you separate from yourselves all that separates you from one another. I am praying that with His grace God grant your that state of unity." 4. The True Nature - of God, of Man, And of God's Creation Within Us is that "God Created Everything, And Placed It Within Man, So Man Could Become Good, For the Benefit of all of God's Creation Within Man". For in truth, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life; and the life was the Light of men. And the Light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not [see the "Gospel of John", "Chapter 01", Verses 1 to 5 (www.GospelOfJohnChapter01.homestread.com)] "Jeweled lights of My eyes, my very own Babies, God, the mighty Emperor of the eighteen thousand universes created everything; there is nothing that He has not created. He created all the heavens, all the hells, the lands, and the oceans, the sun, the moon, and the stars, the trees and the bushes, the fish, and insects, the jinns and fairies, all the angels and prophets, and the human being." "God created the human being as His best creation and placed all of His Creation within man, all the good and all the evil. Man's duty is to discard what is bad, and keep what is good." 5. The Importance of God's Qualities - In Our Life, for in truth it is only if God gives us His Qualities, through the intercession of our Shaikh in our life, on "Our Behalf", that is, once we have awakened Him within us, awakened our wisdom surrounding our soul, and God within our wisdom, that our life will become truly successful in our lifetime, not through anything that we may do on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" our Shaikh within us, and as "separate from" God within Him Expanded Summary of Topic 5: Bawa. My dearest loving brothers and sisters, we must begin to realize how we truly become successful in our lifetime, which is through the intercession of our Shaikh in our life, on "Our Behalf", and then through our Shaikh within us, through the intercession of God in our life. Bawa. For in truth it is only after the Shaikh accepts us, that God within our Shaikh will accept us. May we all know this now without the slightest doubt, and begin to act this way, both within us and on the "outside" of us, begin to act as "One with" our Shaikh within us, and as "One with" God within Him, and in this way, begin to act as the "Three of Us" within us, that is, as the "Father, the Sun, and the Holy Spirit", or as the Holy Trinity of God in the Christian tradition, and as "Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen", or as the Triple Flame of God in the Islamic tradition, if we like, for the Choice to use our life in this way, or not, that is, to let God finish what God has started within us, a very, very long time ago, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, is our Choice, not our Shaikh's Choice, and not God's Choice within our Shaikh's Choice. Bawa. For in truth it is only if God gives us His Qualities, through the intercession of our Shaikh in our life, on "Our Behalf", that is, once we have awakened Him within us, awakened our wisdom surrounding our soul, and God within our wisdom, that our life will become truly successful in our lifetime, not through anything that we may do, on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" our Shaikh within us, and as "separate from" God within Him. Bawa. That is, it is only if God give us His Qualities through the constant prayers of our wisdom, to God within our wisdom, on "Our Behalf" that we will again become "One with" God within us. That is, through "The Prayer" that "We" may join in partnership with God within us, to do His Duty within us. That is, through the constant prayers of our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, to God within Him within us, that we will again merge with God within us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", that we will be saved from an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us Bawa. And now on the "outside" of us, it is only through the constant prayers of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), to God within Them, on "Our Behalf", that we will become truly successful in our lifetime, that is, of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of Us), which in truth is each of us living in this age, if we like. Bawa. That is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, in our current state of living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True", and we get an eternal life as "separate from" God within us as our eternal reward. Text of Topic 5: "Jeweled lights of My eyes, My Children, My loving Children, when you have God's qualities, I am happy. God's qualities are like drops of a soft spring rain falling into your hearts, causing everything in your hearts to become green and fragrant. However, when you do not act with God's qualities, the heart becomes like a desert, dry and parched, and all the green turns to brown. I am constantly praying to God that all My Children act with God's qualities." 6. Our Work Is To Know His Work - Within Us, not to try and do His work on the "outside" of us, while we are still living on the "outside" of us in our current state, that is, while we are still living on the "outside" of us as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True". And in this way, His Work is all work within us, for in truth, "You are Allah. There is nothing other than You. Without You there is no other help, because I do not exist. You are with me. Be inside my heart. Do not be separated from me. Amen" [see, "Chapter 25", "Dhikr" (The Remembrance of God, through the subtle art of raising and lowering of the pranic currents associated with the in-going and out-going breaths), in the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom" (www.ThePearlOfWisdomChapter25.homestead.com)] "O God, You must come to give My Children Your grace. Please come to fulfill all the needs of My Babies. O God, You must come here now to give My Babies Your grace so that they may reach the shore (of the hereafter or next world or akhirah within us)." "Please give My Children the faith to search for You forever. Please protect My Babies. Please let Them merge with You. Please destroy all of Their torpor, all of Their illusion, and all of the veils that conceal Your grace from Them." 7. We Must Use God To Get To God - not keep trying to use what God has discarded within us, to get to God within us, including "us" and the world on the "outside" of us, all of which is "Just not True", all of which is what God has discarded from Himself to become God within us, all of which is what we have currently grown within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, like weeds growing within "God's Beautiful Flower Garden", and all of which now rules over us, as the 9 openings of our elemental body, with "God's Permission", until we "See God and Steady God" within us Expanded Summary of Topic 7: Bawa. My dearest loving brothers and sisters, we must come to realize, understand, accept, and join as "One with" the "truth of us", and the "truth of God" within us, that in truth "We are all One", that is, God within us, and the Creation of God within us, and True Man within God within us, and "Us", are "All One", and start to use "All of Us", not just the part of "us" that God has discarded, in order to become again "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again, that is, if we ever hope to truly become successful in our life time. Bawa. And in this way, We Must Use God To Get To God, not keep trying to use what God has discarded within us, to get to God within us, including "us" and the world on the "outside" of us, all of which is "Just not True", all of which is what God has discarded from Himself to become God within us, all of which is what we have currently grown within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, like weeds growing within "God's Beautiful Flower Garden", and all of which now rules over us, as the 9 openings of our elemental body, with "God's Permission", until we "See God and Steady God" within us. Bawa. So God can then "Cure Himself of us", so God can then cure Himself of "us" living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, living as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True", so God can cure Himself of "us". First by God closing down the world of hell within us, the world of jinns within us, and the world of fairies within us, which in truth are the three sections of darkness within us, one below our waist or false creation, another as our stomach or false destruction, and third as our chest or false life. Bawa. And then by God reopening the world of souls within us, which is our true birth and life within us, and then by God opening the kingdom of God within us, which is our true destruction within us, which is True Prayer within us, in this way, and only in this way, separating from God within us all that is separating God from God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen Bawa. And all of which "Only God" within us can remove from us, as He removed it from Himself before, if we will only let Him, if we will join in partnership with God within us to "Properly Convince" God within us, to do this again, to "separate from" Himself all that is separating Him from Him within us, but this time "within us", that is, with "Us" joining as "One with" Him within us, realizing without the slightest doubt that in truth "We do not exist", either within us or on the "outside" of us, and that in truth "Only He exists" within us, that in truth "He is One" within us, and in this way, and only in this way, allowing God within us to then finish what He has started within us a very, very long time ago, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen Text of Topic 7: "O God, may You bless My Children with Your Beauty, so that They may worship You. Give Them Your Qualities, so They may do (Your) duty, give Them (Your) modesty, so They might overcome the fascination of torpor, give Them (Your) peace of mind, so They might overcome maya (illusion), and give Them (Your) remembrance to always pray, so that They may lose both happiness and sadness." "Give all My Children Your grace and Your protection forever. Amen." ============================================================== Comments On Discourse Topics - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Outline of Comments - (for Page 1, 2. & 3) with a Summary of Outline Topics Page 01: - the Page you are currently reading 1. Opening Prayer By Bawa - May God protect us, and grant us long lives free of illness, and bless us with His undiminishing wealth in the three worlds 1-1. If Two of You Come Together In My Name - I Will Be There, so said Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, and now in our age, so also says Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and His Children (may God be pleased with Them), if we like, for the Choice to accept Them as such for our age, as our "Direct Connection to God" within us, for our age, is most certainly our Choice, not God's 1-2. So Before We "Say or Do or Write" Anything - say the word "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him), as this child has learned to do, and in this way, establish the "Presence of God" within us, if we like, and remove "our presence" on the "outside" of us, so in truth "God is there within us, not us on the outside of us" 1-3. So What Is God's Protection? - God's protection is God within us, and what is "within God" within us, and what "God is doing" with what is "within God" within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, not what God can do for "us", for us living on the "outside" of us, living as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, all of which is "Just not True" 1-4. Establishing the "Presence of God" Within Us - before we "Say or do or write" anything on the "outside" us, as this child has learned to do, and in this way, removing our "fault" in each situation or experience that we encounter on the "outside" of us, which in truth is "our presence" on the "outside" of us. And "Yes", it is just this simple 1-5. What Is Our Illness? - what does it mean, "May Allah protect you, your parents, your grandparents, and their parents. May He grant all of you long lives free of illness and bless you with His undiminishing wealth in the three worlds" 1-6. So What Is Our True Illness? - "Our True Illness" is our apparent "separation from" God within us, is our trying to live a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God, but all of which is "Just not True", but all of which, that is, "God, Each other, and the Creation of God", is truly "One with" us within us, that is, if we will only start to "Act that way", that is, start to "Act as if" we are "One with" God within us, and as if we are "One with" each other within us, and as if we are "One with" the Creation of God within us, so God can then "Make it So" within us, "Because it is True" within us 1-7. What Is The Blessing of God? - it is everyone and everything, both within us and on the "outside" of us, for in truth "It is all perfect" Page 2: - Click HERE to go to Page 2, Outline of Page 2 Continues Below 1-8. What Is The Wealth of the Three Worlds? - it is how we resolve "Catch 22", that is, how we resolve the problem that "we can't get there from here", and it is how we solve the problem of the apple seed looking for an apple tree, or trying to bear fruit, without the apple tree, or of a fish looking for water, all of which is the dilemma of our current state, that is, if we will only join in partnership with God within us to look at "us" through the "Eyes of our Shaikh" within us, that is, to look at all of the lives of darkness and evil that have grown within us, since the age of 2 or 3 within us, and that now rule over us as the 9 openings of our elemental body 1-8-A. How We Resolve The Dilemma of "Catch 22" In Our Life - that is, "That we can't get there from here", or more to the point, "That we can't get to God within us from our Current State" on the "outside" of us, that is, with "us" trying to live a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from " God within us, all of which is "Just not True" - go to Previous Page of "Outline of Comments" 1-8-B. Establishing the "Presence of God" Wthin Us - by saying the Name of God for our age, before we "Say or do or write" anything on the "outside" of us, as this child has learned to do, that is, by saying the Name of God for our age, that is, the Name of our wisdom, the Name of the "Word of God made flesh" for our age, in this way, causing our wisdom, and God within our wisdom, to "stand up" within us, and causing our mind and desire, or "our presence" on the "outside" of us, to "sit down", both within us and on the "outside" of us 1-8-C. The "Wealth of the Three Worlds" Within Us - is heaven and hell within us, good and evil within us, and the qualities of God within us, in that order, all of which is the vehicle of God within us, to tell His Story within us, that is, all of which is how God within us tells and Completes "His Story" within the Creation of God within us, and how True Man within God within us, tells and Completes "His Story" within the Creation of True Man within the Creation of God within us, all of which in truth makes up the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, all of which is how They reveal "Our Oneness" within us, for the benefit of all of "Us" within us - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - ============================================================== Text of Comments - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen, with Outline Topics & Summaries, plus Links to Text of Discourse for some Topics (for Page 1 Only) 1. Opening Prayer By Bawa - May God protect us, and grant us long lives free of illness, and bless us with His undiminishing wealth in the three worlds Bawa. My love you my dearest loving brothers and sister, this Opening Prayer of our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, to God within Him within us, gives us a beautiful glimpse into a deeper understanding of "Who we are", of "Where we are", and of "What is happening" in our life, if we like, for the Choice of taking advantage of this beautiful glimpse, or not, as the Choice of how our life turns out, either victorious or in defeat, is our Choice, not God's. Bawa. For example, "We are His Children, His Babies" within Him, and within God within Him, if we like, that is, we are the Children of God for our age, if we like, that in truth we are "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, and within that we are "True Man happening" within God happening" within the Creation of God within us, if we like, or we are the lives of darkness and evil that have grown within us in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, like weeds growing in "God's Beautiful Flower Garden", and that now rule over us as the 9 openings of our elemental body, with God's Permission, until we "See God and Steady God" within us, allowing God to then "Cure Himself of us", if we like. Bawa. And in this way, if we like, a beautiful letter from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, if we like, giving us a deeper understanding of what just what is "Happening in our life", that is, "Bawa is raising us" within Him to the point where He can "Hand us over to God" within Him, and in this way, disappear within God within the Creation of God within us, so God can then raise "Us" within Him, and in this way, disappear within True Man within God within the Creation of God within us. Bawa. And a deeper glimpse into an understanding of just what is needed in our life, for our life to become truly successful in our lifetime, that is, "We" have to "Submit totally" to this truth of "Who we are" within God within the Creation of God within us, and of "Who God is" within True Man within God within us, and to "What is happening" in our life. Bawa. That is, "We" have to "Submit totally" to being "Raised by Bawa" within us, by our wisdom within us, to the point where we are truly acceptable to God within us, realizing that as Bawa will only accept and raise the wisdom within us, that is, the wisdom surrounding our soul, which is the 6th level of wisdom within us, the wisdom of the Qutbiyyat of God within us, which is the grace of the dhat within us, or the Power of The Essence or Light of God within us, God will only accept God within us, God will only raise God within us. Bawa. For only God is acceptable to God within us, as only wisdom is acceptable to wisdom within us, and only the world is acceptable to the world within us, and in truth "We have all Three", which is the Three Worlds within us, the world of the soul within us or awwal, the world of the earth within us or dunya, and the world of God, or the Kingdom of God within us or akhirah, and only then when God within Him, within Bawa within us, within our wisdom within the Creation of God within us, accepts "Us", as "True Man within God within the Creation of God" within us, will our life become truly successful in our lifetime. Bawa. Such is the true nature of our life, buried within the Creation of God within us, which is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, hidden within us, that is, the Story of "Our Oneness", the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, just as the true nature of the apple seed, that is, of the life of an apple seed buried within the earth, which is the "Oneness of the apple tree and the apple fruits" within it, that is, hidden within the apple seed. Bawa. And as such "We are all One", that is, God within us, what is "within God" within us, the Creation of God within us, and the soul buried within the Creation of God within us, and "us" as the Witness, are "All One", that is, and "us" as the Witness of the telling and coming to Completion of "God's Story" within the Creation of God within us, and within that, of the telling and coming to Completion of "True Man's Story" within "God's Story" within the Creation of God within us, if we like. Bawa. That is, if we like, for the Choice to use our life in this way, or not, is our Choice, not God's, that is, the Choice to use our life for this "selfless" purpose within us, that is, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, so in the end, that "No Child Is Left Behind", that is, at the end the telling of "God's Story" within us, there is nothing still "separate from" God within us, in this way, completing God's Intention for telling "His Story" within us, living our life in this way, within us, in partnership with God within us, rather than living our current life, on the "outside" of us, for our current "selfish" purposes on the "outside" of us, so "we", living as if we are "separate from" God within us, and as if we are "separate from" everyone and everything else, can benefit is some way or another, all of which is "Just not True". Bawa. That is, a life on the illusory "outside" of us which is just leading us to an eternal life of "separation from" God within us, just leading us to the "suffering of the grave" and to Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment). Bawa. That is, a Choice that will determine how and were we spend eternity within us, either an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, and a Choice that is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Amen. Bawa. In this way, God has given us in this "Little Letter" a window into the understanding of everything, that is, of "every-thing", and within that, into the understanding of the "Nothing", the "No-thing" hidden within it, if we like, that "we" must join in partnership with God within us to deepen and deepen within us, spreading to everything within us, and within God within us, as we gain more and more clarity about what Bawa is doing within us, and about what God is doing within Him, and about God's protection, about our illness, about the blessing of God, and about the wealth of the three worlds within us. Bawa. For example, lets take a deeper look at the following concepts introduced by Bawa in this beautiful discourse. Ok?. 1-1. If Two of You Come Together In My Name - I Will Be There, so said Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, and now in our age, so says Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and His Children (may God be pleased with Them), if we like, for the Choice to accept Them as such for our age, is most certainly our Choice, not God's Bawa. And lets do this, this understanding at a deeper level each of these things, by doing what Jesus (peace be upon Him) told us to do, over 2000 years ago, and that now in our age what our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us to do again in our age, and now on the "outside" of us, what His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), are teaching us to do right now, in these Comments to a beautiful Discourse from His Holiness, and that is, "If two of you come together in My Name, I will be there?" Bawa. That is, to use God within us to get to God within us, instead of trying to use what God within us has "discarded" to get to God within us, that is, instead of trying to use what God within us has "discarded" to become God within us, to get to God within us, and what God within us has "discarded", to become God within us, is everything that has currently grown within us, like weeds in "God's Beautiful Flower Garden", that now defines and supports the illusion of "us" on the "outside" of us, that is, of "us" living a life of selfishness, of sin, of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True". 1-2. So Before We "Say or Do or Write" Anything - say the word "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him), as this child has learned to do, and in this way, establish the "Presence of God" within us, if we like, and remove "our presence" on the "outside" of us, so in truth "God is there within us, not us on the outside of us", for the Choice to accept His Holiness, and now His Children in this way, as the "Gift of God" for doing this in our age, or not, is our Choice, not God's, that is, as "how we do this" within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, in the state of "our presence" on the "outside" of us, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us as our eternal reward, for in truth "Man is God in the forgetting of himself". Ok? Bawa. So lets do this, lets come together in the Name of God for our age, which like in the age of Jesus (peace be upon Him), the Name of God for that age was "Jesus" (peace be upon Him), and now in our age, the Name of God for our age is "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and now on the "outside" of us, the Name of God is the name of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), that is, if the true intention for the life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, to again become "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again, if we like, for the Choice to accept His Holiness and now His Children in this way, that is, as the life and teach of God for our age, for the Children of God for our age, as the Name of God for our age, or not, is our Choice, not God's. Ok? Bawa. That is, is the name of our dearest loving Father and His Children (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of Us) for our age, which in truth, is the name of the "Gift of God" for our age, is the Name of the "Word of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age, is the name of the life and teaching of God for our age, which for our age, if we like, is the name of His Holiness, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, the name of His Children (may God be pleased with Us). Amen. 1-3. So What Is God's Protection? - God's protection is God within us, and what is "within God" within us, and what "God is doing" with what is "within God" within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, not what God can do for "us", for us living on the "outside" of us, living as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, all of which is "Just not True". Expanded Summary of Topic 1-3: Bawa. My dearest loving brothers and sisters, we must begin to realize, understand, accept, and join with the "Truth of us" and with the "Truth of God" within us, that is, to become truly successful in our lifetime, in the same way that the apple seed buried within the earth on the "outside" of us, as an Example from God within us, of what we can and must do within us, realizes, understands, accepts, and joins with the truth of itself, and the truth of what God has hidden within it, which is the apple tree and its fruits, letting the "Truth surrender to the Truth" within it, and in this way, joining as "One with" the earth that it is buried within, in order to germinate to the truth within itself, and in this way, destroying the apple seed buried within the earth, and revealing the apple tree, and its fruits, and again the apple seed, but this time a 1000 fold. Bawa. In this way, God's protection is God within us, not anything that happens to us on the "outside" of us, and God's protection is what is "within God" within us, and what "God is doing" with what is "within God" within us, all of which is about revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, not what God can do for "us" on the "outside" of us, either now or after we die to the flesh, that is, not for us living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, all of which is "Just not True". Bawa. All of which is "Just not True" because God is closer to us than our own breath, and our own thoughts, and our brother and sisters in truth are within us, not on the "outside" of us, but rather within us as intersecting rays from the light of God within us, and the Creation of God within us is the "Earth of God" within us, within which God has planted the "Seed of God" within us, which is our soul, just waiting for us to "let it germinate", and reveal God within us, and True Man within God within us, and tell and bring to Completion the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, with "Us" becoming the Witness of this "Story of God" within us. Bawa. That is, when God within us tells and Completes "His Story" within the Creation of God within us, and within that tell and completes the "Story of True Man" within the "Story of God" within the Creation of True Man within the Creation of God within us, and in this way, allowing God within us to reveals the "Tree of God" and the "Fruits of God" within us, and again the "Seed of God" within us, but this time a 1000 fold, as the "1000 Generosities of God" that transform the 4 religions, the 4 angels on the "outside" of us, into the One True Religion or Path of God within us, into the awakened wisdom and liberated soul within us join as "One with" the Nur Muhammad within us, establishing True Prayer within us, the "Prayer of the One to the One who Is" within us, and when we do, "We will be within it". Amen Text of Topic 1-3: Bawa. In this way, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, God's protection is God within us, not what God can do for "us", for us living on the "outside" of us, living as if we are "separate from" God within us, for all of that way of thinking gives rise to what we see in the Religions where we are encouraged to selfishly "work for wages to get into heaven", in order to hold onto, after we die to the flesh, what we have accumulated and become attached to in this world, while living in the flesh, that is, through our current life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, rather than selflessly "joining in partnership with God within us" to allow God to finish what God has started within us, a very, very long time ago, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen. Bawa. So God's protection is God within us, not what God can do for us, do for "us" living as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True", for God is closer to us than our own breath, and God's Protection is what is "Within God" within us, which are all of the 124,000 Heavenly Beings, Prophets, and Lights of God within us, including the 8 Main Prophets of God, who are Adam, Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Moses, David, and Jesus (peace be rupon Them) within us, as well as the First and the Last Prophet of God, Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him). Bawa. And God's Protection is "What God is doing" with what is "Within God" within us, which is revealing God to God within us, which is telling and bringing to Completion "God's Story" within the Creation of God within us, and within that, telling and bringing to Completion "True Man's Story" within "God's Story" within the Creation of True Man within the Creation of God within us. Amen. Bawa. In this way, God's Protection is the "Presence of God" within us, rather than "our presence" on the "outside" of us, it is the "Presence of God" within us, allowing God to "Cure Himself of us", that is, of "us" living on the "outside" of us, living a selfish life of "separation and differences" 1-4. Establishing the "Presence of God" Within Us - before we "Say or do or write" anything on the "outside" us, as this child has learned to do, and in this way, removing our "fault" in each situation or experience that we encounter on the "outside" of us, which in truth is "our presence" on the "outside" of us. And "Yes", it is just this simple Bawa. So my dearest loving brothers and sisters, this is how we can establish the "Presence of God" within us, by stepping back on the "outside" of us, so God can step forward within us, by calling the name of our wisdom, for our age, and God within our wisdom, before we "Say or do or write" anything on the "outside" of us, as this child has learned to do. Bawa. That is, by saying the name, "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him) which in truth is the name of our wisdom for our age, and of God within our wisdom, before we "Say or do or write" anything on the "outside" of us, as this child has learned to do. Bawa. So before we go any further in these Comments, lets all do this, right now, lets say the word "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him), and in this way, join together within our hearts, in the "Presence of God" within us, and listen to what our dearest loving Shaikh, that is, Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and God within Him, are saying about "Our Illness", saying about "Our Illness" from within the "Heart of God" within us, which is the tiny piece of flesh with our heart, no bigger than an atom, where God, and everything within God resides within us. 1-5. What Is Our Illness? - what does it mean, "May Allah protect you, your parents, your grandparents, and their parents. May He grant all of you long lives free of illness and bless you with His undiminishing wealth in the three worlds" Bawa. So what is our illness? Is it the sicknesses that we get now and then like a cold, or is it something more serious like and infection that could lead to the loss of a limb, like a leg or an arm, or is it something even more serious like a cancer that could become deadly, and even lead to our death? Bawa. Are these what our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, that His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are referring to when they ask God to, "May Allah protect you, your parents, your grandparents, and their parents. May He grant all of you long lives free of illness and bless you with His undiminishing wealth in the three worlds." Bawa. So what is our illness? Is it the sicknesses that we get now and then like a cold, or is it something more serious like and infection that could lead to the loss of a limb, like a leg or an arm, or is it something even more serious like a cancer that could become deadly, and even lead to our death? Bawa. Are these what our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, that His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are referring to when they ask God to, "May Allah protect you, your parents, your grandparents, and their parents. May He grant all of you long lives free of illness and bless you with His undiminishing wealth in the three worlds." Bawa. Well yes, and no. Yes in the sense that these are certainly the illness of our body, but no, because these illnesses of the flesh are not what is preventing our soul from again becoming "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and "we" get an eternal life as "separate from" God as our reward. Bawa. That is, Yes these are our illnesses within the context of the dream of the "outside" of us, a dream that we are currently experiencing on the "outside" of us, that is, a dream of the illnesses of the body of the 9 openings that we are currently experiencing, in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, on the "outside" of us, and that we are experiencing as "who we are", and as "where we are", and as "what is happening" in our life, and in this way, illnesses that we must certainly treat as such, that is, treating them in the way that Jesus (peace be upon Him) told us to treat them, when the Pharisees or Priests from Jerusalem asked Him about our responsibility to the world, and our responsibility to God, and Jesus (peace be upon Him) told them, holding up a coin which had a picture of Caesar or on it, "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's". Bawa. So the illnesses that we are currently experiencing on the "outside" of us, hat is, through our 9 opening body must be handed to the world, and dealt with through this illusory aspect of "who we are", of "where we are", and of "what is happening" to us, that is, as long as we are exclusively experiencing ourselves in this way, that is, as letting the "outside" of us "defines us". Bawa. But in truth there is more to us than this, than this "outside" of us, this letting the experiences of the "outside" of us exclusively "define us", that is, exclusively define for us "who we are", and "where we are", and "what is happening" to us, that is, an exclusive definition of "us" that we are currently experiencing through the 9 opening body, the body that we currently define as "our body" on the "outside" of us, but once we start to expand our consciousness to include move than this, that is, to also include what is within us, as what "defines us", and as what can also begin to answer the "Three Main Questions" of our life, that is, the three questions that literally "define us" for us, that is, "who am I?", and "where am I?, and "what is happening" in my life, once we make this shift in our life, in our consciousness, in our belief, then the whole issue of "our illnesses" starts to also change. Bawa. That is, once we start to include God within us, and what is "within God" within us, and what "God is doing" within us, with what is "within God" within us, as part of "who we are", then everything in "our life" changes, including "our illnesses". For what God is doing within us is revealing God to God within us for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Bawa. And once we let this into our consciousness, into our belief, once we let this also "defines us", that is, also answer the "Three Main Questions" of our life, that is, "who am I?", as "where am I?", and as "What is happening" to me, then the "Concept of Our Illness", or the concept of "what is wrong with me", or the concept of "what is preventing" me from being more successful or victorious in my life, also changes. Bawa. For if what "God is doing" within us, with what is "within God" within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, starts to also become the criteria for "defining us", and for determining the true success or victory of our life, and not just what we are currently experiencing on the "outside" of us, as 'separate from" God within us, then everything in our life starts to change, including its boundaries, including the concept of our birth, our life, and our death, because God has no death, only birth and life. Bawa. And in a similar way, what "we are currently doing" on the "outside" through this 9 opening body, and through the things on the "outside" of us, then also begin to change, and our focus starts to shift from "us" on the "outside" of us, to God within us, and also to what is preventing God within us from both "Doing", and "Completing" what "God is doing" within us, with this now and expanded perspective of "Who we are" including with it a new and expanded definition of "Our illness", that is, becoming "Our illnesses" within us, or even more to the point, to become the "Illnesses of God" within us. Bawa. So what prevents God within us, from "Doing" and "Completing" what "God is doing" within us?. That is, what prevents God within us from doing within us what God is trying to do within us, and trying to complete within us?. That is, what prevents God within us from Completing within us what God has started doing within us, within each one of us, a very, very long time ago, even before we were born into this earth world within us? Bawa. My dearest loving brothers and sisters, this is the question that we need to ask, that is, what are "God's Illnesses" within us, which is really a question about "us", about "us' within us, about the current state of the "us" within us, and in this way, not limiting ourselves just to the traditional questions about "us" on the "outside" of us, and the illnesses of the "outside" of us, questions that in truth will not lead us to become truly successful in our life, for only if we join in partnership with God within us, can we begin to understand the 'True Illnesses" within us, and start to do something about them, before it is too late, to late to ask these inner questions, and too late to understand the answers, and too late to do anything about "These inner illnesses" of the heart and soul. Bawa. In this way, we need to get and understand the answers to these "Inner Questions", before it is too late, that is, the type of questions that we need to ask, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, if we are wise, and we get an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us, as our eternal reward. Ok? Bawa. For in truth everything is within us, not on the "outside" of us, and what is currently within us, which is what is really currently defining for us "who we are", and "where we are", and "what is happening" in our life, are all of the lives of darkness and evil that have grown within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, like weeds in "God's Beautiful Flower Garden", and that now rule over us as the 9 openings of our elemental body, with "God's Permission", until we "See God and Steady God" within us, if we like. Bawa. That is, if we like, for the Choice is ours, not God's, allowing God within us to then "Cure Himself of us", so He can then finish and Complete what God has already started within us, a very, very long time ago, that is, allowing God to "Cure Himself" of "us", of "us" living a life of selfishness, of sin on the illusory "outside" of us, all of which in truth is our current life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us. Bawa. And in this way, with "us" continuing to try and live on the "outside" of us, no matter what, that is, no matter what God tries to show and tell us to the contrary, that in truth "We are all One", that is, with "us" continuing to try and live on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, all of which is "Just not True". Bawa. And this in truth is "Our True Illness", not of the flesh but of the Spirit, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, an illness within us, that we have let grow within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, and illness within us that in truth manifests as "our presence" on the "outside" of us, a presence on the "outside" and an illness within us that is prevent "God's Presence" within us, because in truth, "If God is there we are not there, and if we are there God is not there." Bawa. In this way, "Our True Illness" is an illness within us that represents our having "Forgotten God" within us, by us establishing "our presence" on the "outside" of us, by us letting the lives of darkness and evil grow and come to maturity within us, this is what is destroying us, this is what will kill us, and lead us to an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us, not an illness on the "outside" of us, as we currently like to think of it, that is, as "our illness", not anything like this that we currently like to believe that we are experiencing on the "outside" of us. Bawa. And it this "True Illness" within us that we have, not any illusory illness on the "outside" of us, that in the end will cause us to go to hell, it is this "True Illness" within us that is leading us to hell, that is leading us to an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, that in truth is leading us to hell, each day, each hour, each moment, and each second, and each breath of our life, not anything that we think in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, that we are experiencing on the "outside" of us as an illness, and not anything that "we" are doing, or not doing, on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God within us. Bawa. And in this way, nothing that "we" do, or stop doing, on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God within us, will stop this "Express Train to Hell" within us, that is, stop it from reaching its final destination, when we finally do die to the flesh in our current state, which is an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, with "us" then having to face the "suffering of the grave" within us, which in truth involve us meeting for the first time the 5 ruhanies or elemental spirits that are our current life within us, and that have joined together "for profit" within us, like a co-operative store, and that now rule over us as the 9 openings, with us dying to the flesh whenever anyone of the 5 quit the partnership, that we meet in the grave, as "us". Bawa. In this way, after we die to the flesh in our current state, with us becoming a demon, a jinn, a fairy, or a ghost, roaming the earth world within us until Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within us, where as part of "our" judgment, like the apple seeds buried within the earth that fail to germinate, we take on 105 million rebirths, ending as a worm in hell with only one level of consciousness, or feeling, that is, with "us" as part of our judgment taking on an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, if we like, for the Choice is ours, not God's. Bawa. May we all know this now, without the slightest doubt, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, and as the Children of God for our age, "Switch Trains", as quickly as possible, before it is too late, like this child has done, because we most certainly can, if we like, for the Choice is ours, not God's, that is, the Choice about which train we ride into eternity, that is, either to an eternal "Oneness with God" within us, or to an eternal "separation from" God within us, and in truth, there are no other trains. Bawa. For our life is only a "Two Train Service", like an elevator, either "up" or "down", and the only choice we have is "which button" we push, either "up" or "down", and everything else is taken care of for us, Guaranteed, and God is what and who stands behind this Guarantee, not any of us, or anything that we say or do in the world, in our current state of living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, no matter what, no matter what God shows or tells us, like this beautiful discourse, and these beautiful Comments about it, all of which in truth are coming to us as "our own life speaking to us", coming to us from God within us all, because now we are ready, we are ready to both hear and either accept or reject these "Words of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age. Bawa. For as Jesus (peace be upon Him) told us over 2000 years ago, and now in our age, as our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and as God within Him, teach us for our age, and now on the "outside" of us, as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, in these Spiritual Comments, if we like, The Plea of Jesus (A.S.) - see Gospel of John, Chapter 5, Verse 24 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." Bawa. All of which was recorded for us by the Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, as the "One True Disciple" of all Three "Words of God" for that age, for the Children of God for that age, that is, of "John the Baptist" and of Jesus (peace be upon Him), and then 600 years later, of the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him). Bawa. That is, was recorded for us by the Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him) who recorded the above plea by Jesus (peace be upon Him) in the "Gospel of John", which is the 4th book in the Holy Bible, that is, in "Chapter 5" of that book, as Verse 24, and the plea below by "John the Baptist" (peace be upon Him), in "Chapter 1", Verse 23, concerning the truth of His Ministry, of the Ministry of "John the Baptist" and of Jesus (peace be upon Them) in the world, over 2000 years ago, as the, The Plea of "John the Baptist" (A.S.) - see Gospel of John, Chapter 1, Verse 23 "Voice of the One Crying in the Wilderness, Make Straight The Way of The Lord." Bawa. And as the Plea of the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), concerning the truth of His Ministry as recorded in the Holy Qur'an, as the Opening Chapter in the "Holy Qur'an", within the Suratal Fatihah, which is the very heart of the Holy Qur'an, and is recited many times at each time of prayer (salat) in the Islamic tradition, as follows: The Plea of the "Prophet Muhammad" (Sal.) - see Holy Qur'an, Suratal Fatihah, and see "Spiritual Letter 78", to Mr. Irvin J. Borowsky, "God Has No Wrath or Anger, But We Do", for the following suggested interpretation of the last few lines of the Suratal Fatihah, if we like, "O Master of the Day of Judgment, Thee do we worship and Thine aid we seek. Provide us with the "Straight Path", The Path of those on whom Thou has bestowed Thy Grace, And go not astray. And not the Path of those on whom Thou has not bestowed Thy Grace, And who go astray. Not the Path of those who have wrath, whose portion is wrath, And who go astray." Bawa. And if we like, in this way, of the Ministry in the world of all Three, of "John the Baptist" and of Jesus (peace be upon Them), over 2000 years ago, and of the first and the last Prophet of God, of the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) over 1400 years ago, as the "Word of God made flesh" for that age, and if we like, of the Ministry of all of the 124,000 Heavenly Beings, Prophets, and Lights of God, that God sent into the world, over and over again, with the same message, that in truth "God is One", and in truth "So are We". Bawa. And now in our age, in truth, if we like, as the Ministry of each of us, for our age, that is, if the true intention for the life within us, for our soul life, is that we again become "One with" God within us, or at least truly begin to become "One with" God within us, so God within us can then do "Everything Else" to make our life truly successful in our lifetime, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, and of True Man within God within the Creation of God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and "we" get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our eternal reward, that is, to again become "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Amen. Bawa. And this is the Choice we have, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, the only "True Choice" in our life, the Choice that we have with each breath, with each look, with each taste, with each word, until our last breath, either to live our life as "One with" God within us, or as "separate from" God within us, for in truth there is no other Choice. Bawa. And everything other than these two Choices, that we think is also a Choice, like are we a Muslim, a Christian, a Jew, a Zoroastrian, or a Hindu, or a "whatever", and are we a businessman or women, or family man or woman, or "whoever", and are we an American or a Arab or a Mexican or a Russian, or "wherever, and are we married or single or "however", that is, how we deal with the section below our waist, for all of this is just drama, the drama of "I and you", of "mine and yours", and is only leading us directly to hell within us, to an eternal hell as "separate from" God within us, whether we know it or not, and even whether we like or want it or not, because that is the way it works, because God is "Oneness", not "separation and differences", and in truth, "So are We", and it is only the lives of darkness and evil that have grown within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, that are "separation and differences", not God within us, and certainly not "us" within God within us. Ok? Amen. Bawa. So this is what constitutes "Victory or Success" for God within us, and for "us" within God within us, not anything else that we may be experiencing, or would like to experience on the "outside" of us, all of which in truth is God's Dream of "us", of "us" living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, which in truth is just one of "Chapters" the "Story of God" within the Creation of God us, and within the "Story of True Man" within the "Story of God" within the Creation of God within us, that both God and True Man have started to tell within each of us, and which they will gladly Complete within us, if we like. Bawa. That is, if we will only let Them, that is, if we will only join with Them in what They are doing within us, if "we" will only "step back" on the "outside" of us, so They can "step forward" within us, and tell and Complete "Their Story" within us, which in truth is the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, a Story, like the apple seed buried in the earth, that we came to the earth, to join as "One with" Them within us, to tell, if we like, for the Choice to let Them tell and Complete Their Story within us, or not, with "Us" as the Witness, is most certain our Choice, not Their. Amen. Bawa. And in this way, these are some of the "Milestones" in God's Success and Victory within us, the removal by God within us of all that is "separating God" from God within us, starting with what is separating us from each other, which is what is currently living within us, which are all of the qualities and actions of the Creation of God within us, in their current state, which is the state of "Incompleteness" within us, which is what has grown within us, within the earth within us, like weeds in "God's Beautiful Flower Garden" within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance. Bawa. All of which is transformed into Completeness within us, when God replaces what is currently within us, which is everything God has discarded to become God within us, with everything that is "within God" within us, which is "Our Goodness" within God within us, because we have correctly "asked God" to do this within us, that is, as "One with" Him within us, asked Him over and over again to do this within us, with each breath, at each time of prayer, which in truth is with each breath, asked Him to do this within us, in everything that we "Say or do or write", as this child has learned to do, that is, as we move through our day or light of our life, and our night or darkness of our life, in sickness and in health, in happiness and in sadness, in richness or in poorness, for it doesn't matter, because "We are not Alone", because "we" on the "outside" of us have become "We" within us, and as such "We are All One", no matter what, no matter what is happening on the "outside" of us. Amen. Bawa. That is, because we have stopped "working for wages to get into heaven", that is, we have "stopped working for wages" on the current "outside" of us, to get into a new "outside" of us, when the current "outside" of us dies, in order to protect and keep all of our attachments to the world we have experience on the "outside" of us, like wife, and children, and friends, and family, and instead, we have joined in partnership with God within us, to allow God within us to finish and Complete what God is doing within us, which is telling and bringing to Completion within us "His Story" within us. Bawa. In this way, allowing God within us to tell and Complete "His Story" within the Creation of God within us, and within that, allowing True Man within God within us to tell and bring to Completion the "Story of True Man" within the "Story of God" within the Creation of God within us, all of which in truth is the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth, like the apple seed buried within the earth, we have come to the earth, to join as "One with" God within the earth, to tell, if we like, for the Choice to use our life in this way, that is, as how God tells and Completes "His Story" within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, by allowing True Man to tell and Complete "His Story" within "God's Story" within the Creation of God within us, and for the benefit of all of the Creation of True Man within the Creation of God within us, or not, is our Choice, not God's. Amen. 1-6. So What Is Our True Illness? - "Our True Illness" is our apparent "separation from" God within us, is our trying to live a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God, but all of which is "Just not True", but all of which, that is, "God, Each other, and the Creation of God", is truly "One with" us within us, that is, if we will only start to "act that way", that is, start to "Act as if" we are "One with" God within us, and as if we are "One with" each other within us, and as if we are "One with" the Creation of God within us, so God can then "Make it So" within us, "because it is True" within us. Bawa. My dearest loving brothers and sisters we must become clear about the "True Illness" that we current have, and start to seek a cure for it, before we die to the flesh in our current state and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our eternal reward. Bawa. With us getting an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us, not becomes of anything that God has done to "punish us", as some of us still believe, but rather because in our current state, in our current ignorance and arrogance about our ignorance, that is what we think and believe that we want for eternity, and because that is what we keep telling God that we want for eternity, not so much by our words, but rather by the way that we are currently living our life in the world, telling God with each breath, with each look, with each word, with each taste, and with each thought, that we want a life of "separation and differences", a life of "separate from" for eternity. Bawa. That is, with "us" telling God over and over again, by the way that we are currently living our life in the world, that after we die to the flesh, after we die to the current "outside" of us, that we want an eternal life of "separation and differences" in another "outside" of us, where again we will be living as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, but this time with all of the things removed from the new "outside" of us that we don't like about the current "outside" of us, like all of the people and situations that we see in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, as either different from us, or that cause us difficulties, removed, like people of different races, religions, color, or "sexual preference", or "whatever", no matter what, that is, no matter what God tries to show and tell us to the contrary, that is, that in truth "We are All One". Bawa. That is, God within us, and True Man within God within us, the Creation of God within us, and "us" within the Creation of God within us, are in truth "All One", if we like, if we will only place all of our faith and trust in God within us, to "Make it So" within us, when we are truly done with the current "outside" of us, and hand it back to God within us, to reveal and tell "His Story" within us, that is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, so in the end, there is "No Child Left Behind", so in the end, that is nothing still "separate from" God within us. Amen. Bawa. And in this way, "Our True Illness" is our apparent "separation from" God within us, is our trying to live a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God, but all of which is "Just not True", but all of which, that is, "God, Each other, and the Creation of God", is truly "One with" us within us, that is, if we will only start to "act that way", that is, start to "Act as if" we are "One with" God within us, and as if we are "One with" each other within us, and as if we are "One with" the Creation of God within us, so God can then "Make it So" within us, "because it is True" within us. Bawa. That is, with each of us, in partnership with God within us, starting to "Act the Truth" of us, and the "Truth of God" within us", which is "Our Oneness", not our 'Apparent Separation. Bawa. All of which is how we got into our present fix in the first place, in this fix of living the "falsehood of us", rather than the 'Truth of Us", the fix of living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, in "our presence" on the "outside" of us, having become "one with' what the darkness and evil that has grown within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, like weeds in "God's Beautiful Flower Garden" within us. Bawa. That is, when "we" in the "Presence of God" within us because fascinated with the baby weeds that started to grow within us, and instead of using our wisdom to pull them out, we started to play with them, and like a cute baby lion that will play with us, when it grows up can devoured us, so too these weeds in maturity can overcome us, if we are not wise, causing us to gradually "Forget God" within us, over a period of 12 years, that is, to fall out of the "Presence of God" within us, as we gradually establish "our presence" on the "outside" of us, and in this way, we start down the road within us of fulfilling the karma, fate, and destiny given to us by our parents, that befalls each of us coming to this earth world within us, of, "Man appearing on this earth Forgets God, and falls into many a trap. He does not know to seek himself (within himself) although God exists within man." [Note: This Quotation is the opening paragraph in the "Forward" of the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", by our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and by God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, by His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), if we like, who are all of the Children of God for our age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our eternal reward, that is, again become "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Amen. To access an on-line copy of this "Forward", please click above or HERE (www.ThePearlOfWisdomForward.homestead.com), and to access an on-line copy of the Table of Contents for this book, please click above or HERE (www.ThePearlOfWisdom.homestead.com). Thank you. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen] 1-7. What Is The Blessing of God? - it is everyone and everything, both within us and on the "outside" of us, for in truth "It is all perfect" Bawa. My dearest loving brothers and sisters, so this brings us to an understanding of the "Blessing of God", or more specifically what it means that God "Bless you with His undiminishing wealth in the three worlds". Just what is His Holiness telling us when He tells us when He says this. Bawa. So lets take a little deeper look at this together, Ok? That is, after saying the "Name of God" for our age, in this way, establishing the "Presence of God" within us, causing "our presence" to sit down within us, in this way, affirming the "Truth of our Age", which is the "Gift of God" for our age, which is the "Word of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age, which is the Life and Teaching of God for our age, which is the "Word of God made flesh" for our age, and having done this, having "stepped back" on the "outside" of us, so God can then "step forward" within us, lets hand this effort, this question, this inquiry, to our wisdom, and to God within our wisdom, that is, to the Holy Trinity of God within us, as it is referred to in the Christian tradition, as the Father, the Sun, and the Holy Spirit, as God, the Light of men within God, and the wisdom or witness of God within us, which is God, our soul, and the wisdom surrounding our soul, which in the Islamic tradition is referred to as the Triple Flame of God, as Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen, as God, the Nur or Light of our wisdom, and our wisdom. Ok? Bawa. And the Name of God, that is, as the Name of the "Word of God made flesh" for the age of Jesus (peace be upon Them), over 2000 years ago, is Jesus (peace be upon Him), that is, for the age of "John the Baptist" of Jesus and of the Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Them), and the Name of God for the age of the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) over 1400 years ago, is Nur Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), that is, for the age of Muhammad, of the Nur Muhammad, and of Allah Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Them), and the Name of God for the age of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) over 1000 years ago, was Qutb Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), that is, for the age of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen and the Wise Men of Baghdad. Bawa. And the Name of God in our age, in this age of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and His Children (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of Us), is just that, that is, is the word "Bawa" or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and now on the "outside" of us, is the Name of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), which is the name of each of us, if we like, of each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us as our eternal reward. Something to think a little bit about, Yes? Bawa. So having established the "Presence of God" within us, as this child has learned to do, and having handed what we are now sharing, and asking, to Them within us, that is to our awakened wisdom within us, and to God within our wisdom, and then to be "Done with it", listening with our Iman, that is, with the "Perfected Faith in God" of God within us, that is, with our absolute faith, certitude, and determination that in truth, 1) That in truth "There is nothing on the "outside" of us, for in truth everything is within us. 2) That in truth "There is nothing within us other than God". 3) That in truth "Only God exists" within us. 4) That in truth "God is One" within us. Bawa. As this child has learned to so. Then the following is overheard from within the "Heart of God" within us, if we like, from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, if we like, for the Choice to accept the following as this, or not, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Amen. Bawa. So what is the blessing of God? It is everyone and everything, both within us and on the "outside" of us, for in truth "It is all perfect". And this is why it is said, that a Sufi, which is a truly enlightened one in the Islamic tradition, at least for some in the Islamic tradition, that, "A Sufi is one who settles into stillness through the realization that everything is perfect." Bawa. For as our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within us, teach us for our age, as recorded in the "Epilogue" in the beautiful book of wisdom, which is available for free on-line, "Islam and World Peace: Explanations of a Sufi", and now on the "outside" of us, as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, in these Spiritual Comments to this beautiful discourse, the following: "Our entire life, and everything that happens to us, is conducted by Allah, not by us. He is the One who carries out everything. He is responsible for the cause and the effect." Amen. [Note: This Quotation is from the "Epilogue" of the beautiful book of wisdom, "Islam and World Peace: Explanations of a Sufi", by our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and by God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, by His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), if we like, who are all of the Children of God for our age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our eternal reward, that is, again become "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Amen. To access an on-line copy of this "Epilogue", please click above or HERE (http://www.bmf.org/iswp/epilogue.html), and to access an on-line copy of the Table of Contents for this book, please click above or HERE (http://www.bmf.org/iswp/index.html). Thank you. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen] End of "Page 1 of 2" of Original Version" of - Spiritual Discourse 04 - Plus Some Additional Stuff by: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). If we like. Ok? =============== |
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