Spiritual Letter 48 - Expanded Version About Spiritual Letter 48 Title: "Everything Is Always Perfect, No Harm Can Ever Really Come To Us, And In The End, We Get Exactly What We Want" Date: April 24, 2003 Written by: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Written to: The Brothers & Sisters of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Home Page - Spiritual Letters Go To Spiritual Letter 49 Letter 48: Original Version Library Navigation Tree Go To Spiritual Letter 47 Letter 48: Related Material Go To Table of Contents - Spiritual Letter 48 Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Al-salam 'alaykum 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. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Outline of Spiritual Letter: 1. Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 48 2. Text of Quotation - from the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) 3. Wisdom Points About Quotation From His Holiness - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) 3-2. Our Desires And Cravings Allow Us To Be The Witness - to God's protection within us 3-3. Our Desires And Cravings Allow Us To Be The Witness - to the start of the journey of God within us, from stillness into movement, and of True Man within us, from movement into stillness 4. Discussion of The Life And Teaching of His Holiness - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Text of Spiritual Letter: 1. Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 48 Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Al-salam 'alaykum 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. Enclose is a review by this child of the current "Quote of the Month" for April, in the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Calendar, that Bawa told this child to share with each of you. It contains some very beautiful wisdom points. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. For example, expanding a little on the title, "Everything Is Always Perfect, And No Harm Can Ever Come To You, And In The End, We Get Exactly What We Want", the following is humbly offered for your consideration. Even when we are experiencing the troubles and the suffering that has come to attack us, and the thunder and shaking that has come to destroy us, even when in truth we are sitting on God's lap experiencing all of these things through the desires and cravings that God has personally and ever so lovingly given to each of us, to His Children for this age, in order to protect the fruits growing within us, we are always Ok, because this is how wisdom teaches us "what we do not know". For as the Angel Gabriel (peace be upon Him) said to the Prophet Muhammad (Sal.) when the Prophet was meditating in the cave above Mecca, and the Angel Gabriel (A.S.) came up behind the Prophet of God, put his arms around the Prophet, and squeezed his chest, causing great distress to the Prophet, "Read! Read! In the name of God, in the name of the One who created man from a sensitive drop of blood and teaches him what he does not know, Read!" In this way, when seen from this wider perspective, from the expanded perspective of what God is trying to do within each of our lives in order to complete God's intention for our life, to complete His intention for everything that God has placed within our life, and for all of the Creations of God within us, and not just from the shrunken perspective of what we think in our ignorance that "we" are trying to do "outside" of us, in our life of "separation and differences", in the midst of all of this, Bawa teaches us to say "Al-hamdu lillah" - all praise and praising belong to God and to God alone. Bawa teaches us to say "Al-hamdu lillah" for each and everything that comes to us, for each thing that God places in front of us, to say "Al-hamdu lillah" with faith and trust in God, and in God alone, with faith and trust that God will "see us through" whatever we are currently facing, and whatever is yet to come in our life, that everything will in truth be Ok, that everything will be what in truth we want, For as Bawa teaches us, "The justice of God is that whatever we intend is what we will receive?" So the outcome, the conclusion of our life, will be in accordance with what we have intended during our life, with what we truly wanted in our life. And similarly as Bawa teaches us, "Our life answers the question, what do we want." Do we want a life of "separation from" God, or a life of "Oneness with" God. The choice is ours, not God's, and not our Shaikh's, because They have already made their choice, and They chose "Oneness with" us. That is why we are alive, we were created and born out of their choice, that is why we are now living in the earth world in a state of "separation from" Them, so we can now freely choose what we truly want for eternity. Now we must choose, either "Oneness with" or "separation from" Them, and that will be our eternal life, that will be our state for eternity, after this short time period that we are currently experiencing, in God's "School of Contrasts", is over. And if at any point we need further assurance about what is really happening in our life, at any time, rather than what we think in our ignorance is currently happening, then we should talk directly to God within us, by saying to our wisdom, and to the truth of God within our wisdom, then we should say to our Shaikh within us, and to God within Him, "O Bawa, O God, what are you trying to show me? O Bawa, O God, what do we need to learn at this point?" And then listen with our faith and trust in God, with our wisdom, and through the 'ilm or divine knowledge that God has placed within each of us, that God placed within each of us even before we were born into the earth world or dunya, listen in this way for the answer, and in this way learn how to talk to God within us, learn how to always be with God within us, in the living presence of God within us, and learn how to do this through our wisdom, through our Shaikh within us, and through God within Him. For as Bawa teaches us at the very beginning of the "Kalimah Song" (4/26/72), as beautifully translated, and both Tamil and English edited, by our loving sister Usha Balamore, and published and sold by the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship as an Audio Tape, -------------------- Beginning of Material By His Holiness -------------------- Say it, say it, within your inner heart. (Say the word of God, say "Il Allahu", You are Allah, You are God). With shining faith and determination, say it, say it, within your inner heart. Say it well in the state of connected faith. With determined faith and conviction, in the state of submission within the good Shaikh, you should say it lovingly. With determination you should say it lovingly. Say it knowing the meaning that is contained within it. You should understand it and say it well within your inner heart. Having seen the one expansive state, and with proper actions, seeing the states of understanding, seeing the state of ecstasy that exists within the miraculous body of yours, and the ray of expanded divine Wisdom that is there, seeing God within Wisdom and you within God, and the Guru within you, and you within the Guru, (say it). You within the Guru, one within the other as one, and for the Word by which they intermingle and converse, the unimaginable God. You have to see that Deity which is Wisdom within Wisdom. However, the Word and the Deed have to become one, and that has to merge with Wisdom, and you have to merge and become one with Wisdom. The Guru who is the grace within Wisdom, you have to surrender within that Guru. And the light within that light, the primal effulgence of Adi, the Guru lies in the state of our absorption within this light. This Word (Il Allahu - You are Allah) will clearly and brilliantly be explained within you. It will be clearly explained within you. -------------------- End of Material By His Holiness -------------------- (Note: please click HERE to go to the Web Site of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, if you would like to order a copy of this beautiful song by His Holiness. This Web Site has the following URL or Web Address: www.bmf.org) Then my dearest loving brothers and sisters, you will always find peace in the world, no matter what you may be experiencing on the "outside" of you. Then the "Three of Us", the - Disciple, Shaikh, and God - will become the "One of Us" within us, will become the understanding of God for this age, will become the understanding of the "Three of God" within us, of the Triple Flame of God within us, that allows the Triple Flame of God within us, to again become One with God within us, as the rain falling back into the ocean, from which it came, again becomes the ocean, no longer existing as the rain, no longer existing separate from the ocean. The understanding of God that allows the Three to again become the One, that allows the Triple Flame of God within us, that allows -Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen - within us, to again become One with God within us, to become the Ruh, the Wisdom, and the Nur within us, in a most mysterious form of Grace. That allows the "Three of Us" within the "Three of God" within us, that allows "Alif, Lam, and Meem" within us, within "Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen" within us, to again become One with the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us, allowing God to answer the question that God asked of God in anathi within us, in God's time of darkness or lack of understanding within us, which in truth is our current state, the question, "Who am I?", allowing the "Nas" within us to become the "Falaq" within us, allowing man to become the dawning of True Man within us. For as Bawa teaches us in the beautiful "Kalimah Song" (4/26/72), "In a state of expansion, Alif, Lam, Meem, and the Triple Flame that has become clear, becomes the Ruh, the Wisdom, and the Nur, in a most mysterious form of Grace. That form of Grace becoming Wisdom. Wisdom becoming the Nur. And the Nur will become God." Which for this child, is what we are looking at when we look at the "Light Box" over the stage in the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Which is the only way that we can successfully leave the earth world or dunya that we have all come to and enter akhirah or the hereafter, before we die, and before the "outside" for all of us is prematurely destroyed by one of us. For in truth, the "Kalimah Song", and the two discourses that Bawa also gave to us on the same day, on April 26, 1972, "How to Merge With The Guru", and "How To Reach & Merge With God", is the true "Star Gate" for our age, the gate that we must pass through before we die to be truly successful in our life. For this child, this song and these two discourses by His Holiness, are the major gifts of God to the Children of God for this age, the main gifts of God for our age that were given to the Children of God for this age, by our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), on April 26th, 1972, which Bawa said at the time, was the "1 good day in a 100 years." May we all learn to properly benefit from these gifts of God for our age, and learn to share them and their benefit with all of the Children of God for this age, which is all of us living in this age, both now and until the end of all time. May God help us complete this intention. May God help us all. Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). 2. Text of Quotation - from the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) (God says): "Look how fruits are surrounded by many twigs and leaves. I created them like this for a reason, to deflect the force of any strong winds that blow, so the fruit would not be harmed." "And just as I placed those twigs and leaves around the fruit to protect it, I gave you a body with many, many desires and cravings, so that whenever troubles and sufferings come forcefully to attach, the ones to feel the brunt of the attack would be the desires and cravings of your lower self, not you." "The real you lies within, protected and safe." "Whenever thunder and shaking comes at you, (it) will be felt by your desires." (Note: this quote is from: the book, "Enough for a Million Years", and also from the "Quote of the Month", for April, for the 2003 Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Calendar) 3. Wisdom Points About This Quotation From His Holiness - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) 3-1. Overview of Wisdom Points We must come to understand how God protects the inner self by providing us with an outer self, how God protects the inner wealth that God is growing within us by providing the outer wealth that "we" are growing "outside" of us, how God protects what He is doing within us by providing what "we" are doing "outside" of us. We must come to understand how in truth our "inside" and our "outside" are One, simple two reflections of the same thing, of the One thing, which is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, just as the apple seed buried within the earth without an understanding of itself is, which is the "outside" of the apple seed buried within the mature apple, are in truth One, One within the other, One revealing the Other, One hiding Itself within the One that is being revealed, so later it can again be revealed. In this way, what we are currently doing in our life is revealing the darkness within us, the darkness within us that contains the light hidden within it, what we are currently doing in our life is revealing the false man within the world "outside" of us, that contains True Man within the Creation of God within us, which is the Oneness of God and His Creation within us, which if not prevented from coming to maturity within us, by our failure to awaken to "who we are", to "where we are", and to "what is happening" in our life, like the apple seed that fails to germinate, will come to maturity within us as the fruits of God's grace within us, on the Tree of God's grace within us, as the 6,666 verses of the Holy Qur'an within us, of True Man within us. And God does all of this within each of use by giving each of us both an inner and an outer life, a life of selfishness or of selflessness, and both an inner and an outer body, a body of darkness or of light, for each form of our life, and by giving us the opportunity to chose either, but not both, before we die, and before our "outside" is prematurely destroyed by one of us for all of us, and by placing within our outer body, within our elemental body, desires and cravings, which in maturity become our outer life of "separation and differences", a life that is lived in the world with our brothers and sisters, in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing "outside" of us. And by placing within our inner body, within our divine body of light, wisdom and truth, which in maturity becomes our inner life of "Oneness and Unity, of Justice and Truth, and of Compassion and Unity, a life that is lived within our hearts with our true brothers and sisters, as the 1000 generosities of God, that bring completeness to all of the Creation of God within us, in the next world or akhirah that we see in our collective wisdom as existing within the "outside" of us. 3-2. Our Desires And Cravings Allow Us To Witness God's Protection - this is how God protects the inner self by providing us with an outer self, how God protects the wealth of God that is growing within us, that is coming to maturity as the fruits of God's grace, on the Tree of God's grace within us, as the 6,666 verses of the Holy Qur'an within us, of True Man within us, by giving us the outer self, by placing within our elemental body desires and cravings Our desires and cravings are the vehicle that God has personally and ever so lovingly placed within our bodies to allow us to witness God's protection within us, God protection of His original property within us, that God placed within Adam (peace be upon Him) within us, as the "Seed of God's Grace" within us, as the soul and the Nur Muhammad or the light body of the soul within us, that God gave to each of us even before we came to this earth world or dunya within us. And God's protection of what can grow out of this original property of God, out of the "Seed of God's Grace" within us, as the "Tree of God's Grace" and the "Fruits of God's Grace" within us, as the "Tree of God's Grace" known as Muhammadar Rasulullah, with the tap root of the Kalimah, of La ilaha Ill Allahu, with a trunk of Iman, with the branches of the 124,000 Prophets of God, and with the fruits of the 6,666 verses of the Holy Qur'an, property of God that can grow out of the original property of God, of the soul and the Nur Muhammad, that God placed within Adam (peace be upon Him) within us, and on the forehead of Adam (peace be upon Him), even before we were born into the dunya or earth world. Know this now my dearest loving brothers and sisters. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. The Fruits of God's grace, wisdom, and 'ilm, which in maturity can grow into God and "God's Stuff' within us, the "Stuff of God" that we get to keep after our journey to the dunya is over, and after the original property of God, the Nur Muhammad, is given back to God, and after the earth that was used to create Adam (peace be upon Him) is returned to the earth by the Angel of Death (A.S.), by the Angel Israel (A.S.) within us, God and the "Stuff of God" within us that in maturity becomes Allah Muhammad or True Man within us, which is the Oneness of God and the Creation of God within us, and becomes the 8th heaven of Muhammad (Sal.) within us, the Kingdom of God within us, the hereafter or akhirah within us, God and the "Stuff of God" that becomes True Man and the "Stuff of True Man" within us, the Creation of True Man within us, True Man and the "Stuff of True Man" within us, that becomes the understanding of God within us, from which True Man reveals God within us, reveals God as the Oneness of True Man and the Creation of True Man within us, in this way, revealing the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us. In this way, our desire and cravings allow us to initially witness how God is continuously protecting the inner self within us through the outer self within us, protecting the inner self within us, which is the life of "Oneness with" God within us, from the forces of darkness surrounding us, by the outer self within us, by the life of "separation from" God within us. 3-3. Our Desires And Cravings Allow Us To Witness The Start of The Journey of God Within Us - of the transition of our elemental life into our divine life, the transition of our life of darkness that we can only live "outside" of us by keeping our soul, by keeping Jesus (peace be upon Him) crucified within us, so we can sin, so we can live "separate from" God, "separate from" each other, and "separate from" the Creation of God within us, the transition into our life of light which we can only live within us by surrendering all responsibility for everything to God, by again becoming "One with" God within us, by joining in partnership with the "Stuff of God" within us, with our wisdom and with the truth of God hidden within our wisdom, with our Shaikh within us, and with God within Him Our desires and cravings allow us to witness how God is protecting the life of our soul or Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, the 6th life of clarity and purity within us, which is the divine life of God within us, that must grow and come to maturity within us, that initially lies hidden within the 5 lives of darkness within us, becoming the 6 faces of darkness within us, and must eventually separate from these 5 lives of darkness within us, from the 5 elemental lives within us, becoming the 6 faces of clarity within us, which is Muhammad (Sal.), none of which we can see in our current state. How God protects this "Seed of True Man", this "Seed of Iman" within us, this "Seed of God's Tree" within us, this "Seed of True Man and the Creation of True Man" within us, from the forces of darkness within us, that are always surrounding us and trying to destroy the divine life of God within us, that are always trying to destroy God's property within us, which is our soul, which is our light life and the "Things of God" within us, which is the House of Wisdom, the Palace of the Soul within us, that are beginning to awaken and grow within us, like the awakening of wisdom surrounding our soul by the life and teaching of our Shaikh, of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), which in truth is our Shaikh both within and without us. Which is our true Shaikh within us, and God within Him, which is God and the "Stuff of God" within us, which is the light life of the Nur Muhammad within us, if that be our intention, which comes to maturity as the "Journey of Muhammad on Mi'raj" within us, which becomes the understanding of God within us, that is beginning to grow within us through our faith and trust in God within us, through our wisdom, and through God's help within us, which is the 'ilm or divine knowledge of God within us, all of which we also cannot see in our current state. In this way, our desire and our cravings allow us to witness what is going on within us that we cannot see from "outside" of us, the battle between good and evil within us, the battle between the forces of evil or darkness within us, and the forces of good or light within us, in the same way that Gabriel was able to witness the words of God known as the Holy Qur'an, known as the "Primal Pearl of Wisdom" within us, by carrying them from Muhammad (Sal.) as the Nur Muhammad, as the Light of God, to Muhammad (Sal.) as the grace and attributes of Allah, to Muhammad (Sal.) as Qutb Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), from the 7th level of wisdom to the 6th level of wisdom, for the benefit of all levels of wisdom, from the Katpaha Virudcham or the Tree of God's Power to the Creation of God at the bequest of the one true Shepherd of the Creation of God, Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him). Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. 4. Discussion of The Life And Teaching of His Holiness - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) The life and teaching of His Holiness, of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), from the heart of this child, is all about understanding "How God Works" within us, and once we become clear on this point, it then becomes all about "Letting God Finish" what God has started within us, which is revealing True Man within the Creation of God, by passing judgment upon all of the Creation of God that has grown and come to maturity within us, which has become lives of darkness within us, that has become the world of "separation and differences" that we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of you, in this way, through God's grace, wisdom, and 'ilm or divine knowledge, transforming the lives of darkness within us, the lives of incompleteness within us, into lives of completeness within us, through the 1000 generosities of God that have come to maturity within us. And "How God Works" within us, is all about our Shaikh within us, and of God within Him, is all about our Shaikh within us "Curing Himself of us", and of God within Him "Curing Himself of our Shaikh" within Him, is all about God revealing True Man within the Creation of God within us, and of True Man revealing God within the Creation of True Man within us. It is all about our Shaikh "Curing Himself of us", of "us" as "separate from" God, of "us" as "separate from" each other, and of "us" as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, it is all about our Shaikh curing Himself of the life of "separation and differences" that we are currently experiencing within our Shaikh, within the heart of our Shaikh within us, which is "where we really are", not living "outside" of us with our brothers and sisters in the world that we collectively see as existing "outside" of us. And our Shaikh within us, and God within Him, can successfully cure Themselves of "us" within Them, They can do this divine work within us, if we will only let Them, if we will only surrender all responsibility to Them within us. They will most certainly do this Divine Work within us when we surrender all responsibility to our Shaikh within us, and to God within Him, for everything, for "us", for "us" as "separate from" God, for the "world" that we live in "outside" of us, which in truth is within us, not "outside" of us, when we surrender the responsibility for everything both "inside" and "outside of us, and when we realize, understand, accept, and join with Them within us, when we join with the Shaikh within us, and with God within Him, in the cure of Them within us. In this way, and only in this way, allowing "Us", the "Three of Us", to "endure the cure" of "Us", to "endure the cure" of "Us", which is the Oneness of the "Three of Us" within the "Three of God" or the Triple Flame of God within us, the Oneness of the - Disciple, Shaikh, and God - within the Triple Flame of God within us, within - Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen - within us, which in truth is the understanding of the Triple Flame of God within us, the understanding of God which allows the Triple Flame of God to return to the Oneness of God and True Man within us, from which They have come, allowing God to finish what He has started within us, which is to reveal God within the Creation of True Man within us, to reveal God to God within us, by answering the question asked of God by God within us, in anathi within us, in the time of darkness or lack of understanding within us, which is our current state within us, by answering the question that God asked of God within us, in anathi within us, the question, "Who am I?" In this way, allowing True Man to become hidden within the Creation of God within us, as the Oneness of God and His Creation, when God is revealed by True Man within the Creation of True Man, and allowing God to become hidden within the Creation of True Man within us, as the Oneness of True Man and His Creation, when True Man is revealed by God within the Creation of God within us, and in this way They are One, God and True Man are One within us, One within the Other as One, One revealing the Other within it, One hiding Itself within the Other as One reveals the Other within It, only to be reveal again in the next turn of the wheel, of the wheel of the "Oneness of God and True Man", which in truth is God and True Man within us. In this way, allowing "us" as True Man to become "One with" God within us, as we set out as True Man to reveal God within the Creation of True Man or akhirah or the hereafter within us, revealing in this way what was hidden by God within "us", which was Himself, which was God, when God become "One with" True Man within us, and set out as God to reveal True Man within the Creation of God within us, which is where "we" currently are in the story of True Man within the story of God within us, and in the story of God within the story of True Man within us, which is like the state of the apple seed buried in the earth, before it germinates and reveals the apple tree, and before it comes to an understanding of itself. And as such, the apple remains buried within the earth, trying to protect itself from the earth, without an understanding of itself or of the earth, without an understanding of "where it really is", and of "what is really happening to it", without realizing that it is an apple seed, that it is buried in the earth, and that the earth contains everything necessary for the apple tree within it to grow. And without realizing that everything is on hold within is, everything is just waiting for the apple seed to germinate, just waiting for the apple seed to realize the truth about itself, that it was buried in the earth, to join with the earth, to destroy the current form of itself, to destroy the apple seed, and reveal the apple tree hidden within it, just waiting for the apple seed to awaken to its true destiny and join with the earth to germinate, before it just die in the earth in ignorance of itself, before it just rot in the earth, is absorbed into the earth, and be reborn over and over again, is reborn as many other lower forms of life, but never again as an apple seed, forever breaking its connection to the apple tree, to the story of the apple tree within the apple, and to the story of the apple within the apple tree, to the stories that it was placed in the earth, to join with the earth, to tell.. Such is the state of our current life, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, we are the "Seed of True Man", the "Seed of Iman", of the absolute faith, certitude, and determination that "God alone exists", of the complete acceptance of the heart that "God is One", and we are buried and live within the heart of our Shaikh, not in the world that we see "outside" of us. And in our ignorance we have become the "Illness of the Shaikh", the "Shadow of the Shaikh", the life of "separation and differences" that we are currently experiencing with our brothers and sisters in the world that we collectively see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, and for the "Seed of True Man" within the heart of our Shaikh to germinate, for the Shaikh to be cured of His Illness, to be cured of "us" as "separate from" God, for the "Three of Us" to become One, to become the Understanding of God that allows the "Three of God" within us to again become One with the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, "we" as "separate from" God must end, our life "outside" of us must end, "we" must die and be born again, but this time as the Oneness of the "Three of Us", within the Oneness of "Three of God" within us. The choice is ours, not God's, and not our Shaikh's. They have already made Their choice, and They chose "Oneness with" us, and that is why we are alive within Them, and only by us giving up our life within Them, can They, joined as One with us, again live within Us. Allowing us to join with Them within us to complete the story of True Man within the story of God within us, and the story of God within the story of True Man within us. And the completion of the story of True Man within the story of God within us, is True Man within us, and the completion of the story of God within the story of True Man within us, is God within us, is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us. Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. And with all of this happening within us even before we came to this earth world from the world of souls, to the dunya from awwal, to "us" in the dunya as "One with" God but without an understanding of God within us, which was our state before the age of 2, to "us" in the dunya as "separate from" God, living in the dream of "self existence" within the heart of our Shaikh, living lives of "separation and differences" with our brothers and sisters in the world we collectively see in our ignorance as existing "outside" of us, which is our current state. A state that must change before we die, if we are to be truly successful in our life, which now must become "us" in the dunya as "One with" God within us, which is the state of "us" joined as one with our Shaikh within us, and with God within Him, becoming the Oneness of "The Three of Us" within the Oneness of the "Three of God" within us, which is the understanding of the Triple Flame of God within us. The understanding of God within us that allows God and True Man within us to complete what They are doing within us, which is revealing True Man within the Creation of God within us, and revealing God within the Creation of True Man, which in maturity is the taste of God, the Power of God, the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, both in this world and in the next world within us, in dunya or this earth world and in akhirah or the hereafter within us, in akhirah which has become both "here" and "now" within us, which has become the Rahman of God in this world and the next within us, which is the only way to be the ruler over here and over There. Such is the truth of our lives, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, the taste of God within us, in this world and in the next within us, hidden by God within each of us, before we were born into this world, whether we know it or not, whether we like it or not, whether we want it or not, as our true birthright, our true heritage, as the true destiny of our soul. Which is like the true birthright, the true heritage, the true destiny of the apple seed, which is the sweet taste of an apple that is hidden within the apple tree that is hidden within the apple seed that is hidden within the earth. My dearest loving brothers and sisters, may we all think about these words of wisdom a little, it is very, very important for all of us. May God help us all. May God give us the grace of His wisdom to move our life forward in this way, in the true direction of God and True Man in our life. May God fill our hearts with His grace, as He has allow us to fill our hearts with His darkness. Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhayaddeen (Louie Beutler) End of Spiritual Letter 48 - expanded version - ......................... or Go To Spiritual Letter 48: Table of Contents Original Version Related Material or ( a top-down version of the Library Home Page) (a bottom-up version of the Library Home Page) |
Spiritual Letter 48 - Expanded Version About Spiritual Letter 48 Title: "Everything Is Always Perfect, No Harm Can Ever Really Come To Us, And In The End, We Get Exactly What We Want" Date: April 24, 2003 Written by: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Written to: The Brothers & Sisters of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Home Page - Spiritual Letters Go To Spiritual Letter 49 Letter 48: Original Version Library Navigation Tree Go To Spiritual Letter 47 Letter 48: Related Material Go To Table of Contents - Spiritual Letter 48 Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Al-salam 'alaykum 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. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Outline of Spiritual Letter: 1. Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 48 2. Text of Quotation - from the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) 3. Wisdom Points About Quotation From His Holiness - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) 3-2. Our Desires And Cravings Allow Us To Be The Witness - to God's protection within us 3-3. Our Desires And Cravings Allow Us To Be The Witness - to the start of the journey of God within us, from stillness into movement, and of True Man within us, from movement into stillness 4. Discussion of The Life And Teaching of His Holiness - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Text of Spiritual Letter: 1. Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 48 Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Al-salam 'alaykum 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. Enclose is a review by this child of the current "Quote of the Month" for April, in the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Calendar, that Bawa told this child to share with each of you. It contains some very beautiful wisdom points. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. For example, expanding a little on the title, "Everything Is Always Perfect, And No Harm Can Ever Come To You, And In The End, We Get Exactly What We Want", the following is humbly offered for your consideration. Even when we are experiencing the troubles and the suffering that has come to attack us, and the thunder and shaking that has come to destroy us, even when in truth we are sitting on God's lap experiencing all of these things through the desires and cravings that God has personally and ever so lovingly given to each of us, to His Children for this age, in order to protect the fruits growing within us, we are always Ok, because this is how wisdom teaches us "what we do not know". For as the Angel Gabriel (peace be upon Him) said to the Prophet Muhammad (Sal.) when the Prophet was meditating in the cave above Mecca, and the Angel Gabriel (A.S.) came up behind the Prophet of God, put his arms around the Prophet, and squeezed his chest, causing great distress to the Prophet, "Read! Read! In the name of God, in the name of the One who created man from a sensitive drop of blood and teaches him what he does not know, Read!" In this way, when seen from this wider perspective, from the expanded perspective of what God is trying to do within each of our lives in order to complete God's intention for our life, to complete His intention for everything that God has placed within our life, and for all of the Creations of God within us, and not just from the shrunken perspective of what we think in our ignorance that "we" are trying to do "outside" of us, in our life of "separation and differences", in the midst of all of this, Bawa teaches us to say "Al-hamdu lillah" - all praise and praising belong to God and to God alone. Bawa teaches us to say "Al-hamdu lillah" for each and everything that comes to us, for each thing that God places in front of us, to say "Al-hamdu lillah" with faith and trust in God, and in God alone, with faith and trust that God will "see us through" whatever we are currently facing, and whatever is yet to come in our life, that everything will in truth be Ok, that everything will be what in truth we want, For as Bawa teaches us, "The justice of God is that whatever we intend is what we will receive?" So the outcome, the conclusion of our life, will be in accordance with what we have intended during our life, with what we truly wanted in our life. And similarly as Bawa teaches us, "Our life answers the question, what do we want." Do we want a life of "separation from" God, or a life of "Oneness with" God. The choice is ours, not God's, and not our Shaikh's, because They have already made their choice, and They chose "Oneness with" us. That is why we are alive, we were created and born out of their choice, that is why we are now living in the earth world in a state of "separation from" Them, so we can now freely choose what we truly want for eternity. Now we must choose, either "Oneness with" or "separation from" Them, and that will be our eternal life, that will be our state for eternity, after this short time period that we are currently experiencing, in God's "School of Contrasts", is over. And if at any point we need further assurance about what is really happening in our life, at any time, rather than what we think in our ignorance is currently happening, then we should talk directly to God within us, by saying to our wisdom, and to the truth of God within our wisdom, then we should say to our Shaikh within us, and to God within Him, "O Bawa, O God, what are you trying to show me? O Bawa, O God, what do we need to learn at this point?" And then listen with our faith and trust in God, with our wisdom, and through the 'ilm or divine knowledge that God has placed within each of us, that God placed within each of us even before we were born into the earth world or dunya, listen in this way for the answer, and in this way learn how to talk to God within us, learn how to always be with God within us, in the living presence of God within us, and learn how to do this through our wisdom, through our Shaikh within us, and through God within Him. For as Bawa teaches us at the very beginning of the "Kalimah Song" (4/26/72), as beautifully translated, and both Tamil and English edited, by our loving sister Usha Balamore, and published and sold by the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship as an Audio Tape, -------------------- Beginning of Material By His Holiness -------------------- Say it, say it, within your inner heart. (Say the word of God, say "Il Allahu", You are Allah, You are God). With shining faith and determination, say it, say it, within your inner heart. Say it well in the state of connected faith. With determined faith and conviction, in the state of submission within the good Shaikh, you should say it lovingly. With determination you should say it lovingly. Say it knowing the meaning that is contained within it. You should understand it and say it well within your inner heart. Having seen the one expansive state, and with proper actions, seeing the states of understanding, seeing the state of ecstasy that exists within the miraculous body of yours, and the ray of expanded divine Wisdom that is there, seeing God within Wisdom and you within God, and the Guru within you, and you within the Guru, (say it). You within the Guru, one within the other as one, and for the Word by which they intermingle and converse, the unimaginable God. You have to see that Deity which is Wisdom within Wisdom. However, the Word and the Deed have to become one, and that has to merge with Wisdom, and you have to merge and become one with Wisdom. The Guru who is the grace within Wisdom, you have to surrender within that Guru. And the light within that light, the primal effulgence of Adi, the Guru lies in the state of our absorption within this light. This Word (Il Allahu - You are Allah) will clearly and brilliantly be explained within you. It will be clearly explained within you. -------------------- End of Material By His Holiness -------------------- (Note: please click HERE to go to the Web Site of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, if you would like to order a copy of this beautiful song by His Holiness. This Web Site has the following URL or Web Address: www.bmf.org) Then my dearest loving brothers and sisters, you will always find peace in the world, no matter what you may be experiencing on the "outside" of you. Then the "Three of Us", the - Disciple, Shaikh, and God - will become the "One of Us" within us, will become the understanding of God for this age, will become the understanding of the "Three of God" within us, of the Triple Flame of God within us, that allows the Triple Flame of God within us, to again become One with God within us, as the rain falling back into the ocean, from which it came, again becomes the ocean, no longer existing as the rain, no longer existing separate from the ocean. The understanding of God that allows the Three to again become the One, that allows the Triple Flame of God within us, that allows -Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen - within us, to again become One with God within us, to become the Ruh, the Wisdom, and the Nur within us, in a most mysterious form of Grace. That allows the "Three of Us" within the "Three of God" within us, that allows "Alif, Lam, and Meem" within us, within "Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen" within us, to again become One with the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us, allowing God to answer the question that God asked of God in anathi within us, in God's time of darkness or lack of understanding within us, which in truth is our current state, the question, "Who am I?", allowing the "Nas" within us to become the "Falaq" within us, allowing man to become the dawning of True Man within us. For as Bawa teaches us in the beautiful "Kalimah Song" (4/26/72), "In a state of expansion, Alif, Lam, Meem, and the Triple Flame that has become clear, becomes the Ruh, the Wisdom, and the Nur, in a most mysterious form of Grace. That form of Grace becoming Wisdom. Wisdom becoming the Nur. And the Nur will become God." Which for this child, is what we are looking at when we look at the "Light Box" over the stage in the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Which is the only way that we can successfully leave the earth world or dunya that we have all come to and enter akhirah or the hereafter, before we die, and before the "outside" for all of us is prematurely destroyed by one of us. For in truth, the "Kalimah Song", and the two discourses that Bawa also gave to us on the same day, on April 26, 1972, "How to Merge With The Guru", and "How To Reach & Merge With God", is the true "Star Gate" for our age, the gate that we must pass through before we die to be truly successful in our life. For this child, this song and these two discourses by His Holiness, are the major gifts of God to the Children of God for this age, the main gifts of God for our age that were given to the Children of God for this age, by our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), on April 26th, 1972, which Bawa said at the time, was the "1 good day in a 100 years." May we all learn to properly benefit from these gifts of God for our age, and learn to share them and their benefit with all of the Children of God for this age, which is all of us living in this age, both now and until the end of all time. May God help us complete this intention. May God help us all. Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). 2. Text of Quotation - from the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) (God says): "Look how fruits are surrounded by many twigs and leaves. I created them like this for a reason, to deflect the force of any strong winds that blow, so the fruit would not be harmed." "And just as I placed those twigs and leaves around the fruit to protect it, I gave you a body with many, many desires and cravings, so that whenever troubles and sufferings come forcefully to attach, the ones to feel the brunt of the attack would be the desires and cravings of your lower self, not you." "The real you lies within, protected and safe." "Whenever thunder and shaking comes at you, (it) will be felt by your desires." (Note: this quote is from: the book, "Enough for a Million Years", and also from the "Quote of the Month", for April, for the 2003 Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Calendar) 3. Wisdom Points About This Quotation From His Holiness - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) 3-1. Overview of Wisdom Points We must come to understand how God protects the inner self by providing us with an outer self, how God protects the inner wealth that God is growing within us by providing the outer wealth that "we" are growing "outside" of us, how God protects what He is doing within us by providing what "we" are doing "outside" of us. We must come to understand how in truth our "inside" and our "outside" are One, simple two reflections of the same thing, of the One thing, which is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, just as the apple seed buried within the earth without an understanding of itself is, which is the "outside" of the apple seed buried within the mature apple, are in truth One, One within the other, One revealing the Other, One hiding Itself within the One that is being revealed, so later it can again be revealed. In this way, what we are currently doing in our life is revealing the darkness within us, the darkness within us that contains the light hidden within it, what we are currently doing in our life is revealing the false man within the world "outside" of us, that contains True Man within the Creation of God within us, which is the Oneness of God and His Creation within us, which if not prevented from coming to maturity within us, by our failure to awaken to "who we are", to "where we are", and to "what is happening" in our life, like the apple seed that fails to germinate, will come to maturity within us as the fruits of God's grace within us, on the Tree of God's grace within us, as the 6,666 verses of the Holy Qur'an within us, of True Man within us. And God does all of this within each of use by giving each of us both an inner and an outer life, a life of selfishness or of selflessness, and both an inner and an outer body, a body of darkness or of light, for each form of our life, and by giving us the opportunity to chose either, but not both, before we die, and before our "outside" is prematurely destroyed by one of us for all of us, and by placing within our outer body, within our elemental body, desires and cravings, which in maturity become our outer life of "separation and differences", a life that is lived in the world with our brothers and sisters, in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing "outside" of us. And by placing within our inner body, within our divine body of light, wisdom and truth, which in maturity becomes our inner life of "Oneness and Unity, of Justice and Truth, and of Compassion and Unity, a life that is lived within our hearts with our true brothers and sisters, as the 1000 generosities of God, that bring completeness to all of the Creation of God within us, in the next world or akhirah that we see in our collective wisdom as existing within the "outside" of us. 3-2. Our Desires And Cravings Allow Us To Witness God's Protection - this is how God protects the inner self by providing us with an outer self, how God protects the wealth of God that is growing within us, that is coming to maturity as the fruits of God's grace, on the Tree of God's grace within us, as the 6,666 verses of the Holy Qur'an within us, of True Man within us, by giving us the outer self, by placing within our elemental body desires and cravings Our desires and cravings are the vehicle that God has personally and ever so lovingly placed within our bodies to allow us to witness God's protection within us, God protection of His original property within us, that God placed within Adam (peace be upon Him) within us, as the "Seed of God's Grace" within us, as the soul and the Nur Muhammad or the light body of the soul within us, that God gave to each of us even before we came to this earth world or dunya within us. And God's protection of what can grow out of this original property of God, out of the "Seed of God's Grace" within us, as the "Tree of God's Grace" and the "Fruits of God's Grace" within us, as the "Tree of God's Grace" known as Muhammadar Rasulullah, with the tap root of the Kalimah, of La ilaha Ill Allahu, with a trunk of Iman, with the branches of the 124,000 Prophets of God, and with the fruits of the 6,666 verses of the Holy Qur'an, property of God that can grow out of the original property of God, of the soul and the Nur Muhammad, that God placed within Adam (peace be upon Him) within us, and on the forehead of Adam (peace be upon Him), even before we were born into the dunya or earth world. Know this now my dearest loving brothers and sisters. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. The Fruits of God's grace, wisdom, and 'ilm, which in maturity can grow into God and "God's Stuff' within us, the "Stuff of God" that we get to keep after our journey to the dunya is over, and after the original property of God, the Nur Muhammad, is given back to God, and after the earth that was used to create Adam (peace be upon Him) is returned to the earth by the Angel of Death (A.S.), by the Angel Israel (A.S.) within us, God and the "Stuff of God" within us that in maturity becomes Allah Muhammad or True Man within us, which is the Oneness of God and the Creation of God within us, and becomes the 8th heaven of Muhammad (Sal.) within us, the Kingdom of God within us, the hereafter or akhirah within us, God and the "Stuff of God" that becomes True Man and the "Stuff of True Man" within us, the Creation of True Man within us, True Man and the "Stuff of True Man" within us, that becomes the understanding of God within us, from which True Man reveals God within us, reveals God as the Oneness of True Man and the Creation of True Man within us, in this way, revealing the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us. In this way, our desire and cravings allow us to initially witness how God is continuously protecting the inner self within us through the outer self within us, protecting the inner self within us, which is the life of "Oneness with" God within us, from the forces of darkness surrounding us, by the outer self within us, by the life of "separation from" God within us. 3-3. Our Desires And Cravings Allow Us To Witness The Start of The Journey of God Within Us - of the transition of our elemental life into our divine life, the transition of our life of darkness that we can only live "outside" of us by keeping our soul, by keeping Jesus (peace be upon Him) crucified within us, so we can sin, so we can live "separate from" God, "separate from" each other, and "separate from" the Creation of God within us, the transition into our life of light which we can only live within us by surrendering all responsibility for everything to God, by again becoming "One with" God within us, by joining in partnership with the "Stuff of God" within us, with our wisdom and with the truth of God hidden within our wisdom, with our Shaikh within us, and with God within Him Our desires and cravings allow us to witness how God is protecting the life of our soul or Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, the 6th life of clarity and purity within us, which is the divine life of God within us, that must grow and come to maturity within us, that initially lies hidden within the 5 lives of darkness within us, becoming the 6 faces of darkness within us, and must eventually separate from these 5 lives of darkness within us, from the 5 elemental lives within us, becoming the 6 faces of clarity within us, which is Muhammad (Sal.), none of which we can see in our current state. How God protects this "Seed of True Man", this "Seed of Iman" within us, this "Seed of God's Tree" within us, this "Seed of True Man and the Creation of True Man" within us, from the forces of darkness within us, that are always surrounding us and trying to destroy the divine life of God within us, that are always trying to destroy God's property within us, which is our soul, which is our light life and the "Things of God" within us, which is the House of Wisdom, the Palace of the Soul within us, that are beginning to awaken and grow within us, like the awakening of wisdom surrounding our soul by the life and teaching of our Shaikh, of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), which in truth is our Shaikh both within and without us. Which is our true Shaikh within us, and God within Him, which is God and the "Stuff of God" within us, which is the light life of the Nur Muhammad within us, if that be our intention, which comes to maturity as the "Journey of Muhammad on Mi'raj" within us, which becomes the understanding of God within us, that is beginning to grow within us through our faith and trust in God within us, through our wisdom, and through God's help within us, which is the 'ilm or divine knowledge of God within us, all of which we also cannot see in our current state. In this way, our desire and our cravings allow us to witness what is going on within us that we cannot see from "outside" of us, the battle between good and evil within us, the battle between the forces of evil or darkness within us, and the forces of good or light within us, in the same way that Gabriel was able to witness the words of God known as the Holy Qur'an, known as the "Primal Pearl of Wisdom" within us, by carrying them from Muhammad (Sal.) as the Nur Muhammad, as the Light of God, to Muhammad (Sal.) as the grace and attributes of Allah, to Muhammad (Sal.) as Qutb Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), from the 7th level of wisdom to the 6th level of wisdom, for the benefit of all levels of wisdom, from the Katpaha Virudcham or the Tree of God's Power to the Creation of God at the bequest of the one true Shepherd of the Creation of God, Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him). Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. 4. Discussion of The Life And Teaching of His Holiness - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) The life and teaching of His Holiness, of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), from the heart of this child, is all about understanding "How God Works" within us, and once we become clear on this point, it then becomes all about "Letting God Finish" what God has started within us, which is revealing True Man within the Creation of God, by passing judgment upon all of the Creation of God that has grown and come to maturity within us, which has become lives of darkness within us, that has become the world of "separation and differences" that we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of you, in this way, through God's grace, wisdom, and 'ilm or divine knowledge, transforming the lives of darkness within us, the lives of incompleteness within us, into lives of completeness within us, through the 1000 generosities of God that have come to maturity within us. And "How God Works" within us, is all about our Shaikh within us, and of God within Him, is all about our Shaikh within us "Curing Himself of us", and of God within Him "Curing Himself of our Shaikh" within Him, is all about God revealing True Man within the Creation of God within us, and of True Man revealing God within the Creation of True Man within us. It is all about our Shaikh "Curing Himself of us", of "us" as "separate from" God, of "us" as "separate from" each other, and of "us" as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, it is all about our Shaikh curing Himself of the life of "separation and differences" that we are currently experiencing within our Shaikh, within the heart of our Shaikh within us, which is "where we really are", not living "outside" of us with our brothers and sisters in the world that we collectively see as existing "outside" of us. And our Shaikh within us, and God within Him, can successfully cure Themselves of "us" within Them, They can do this divine work within us, if we will only let Them, if we will only surrender all responsibility to Them within us. They will most certainly do this Divine Work within us when we surrender all responsibility to our Shaikh within us, and to God within Him, for everything, for "us", for "us" as "separate from" God, for the "world" that we live in "outside" of us, which in truth is within us, not "outside" of us, when we surrender the responsibility for everything both "inside" and "outside of us, and when we realize, understand, accept, and join with Them within us, when we join with the Shaikh within us, and with God within Him, in the cure of Them within us. In this way, and only in this way, allowing "Us", the "Three of Us", to "endure the cure" of "Us", to "endure the cure" of "Us", which is the Oneness of the "Three of Us" within the "Three of God" or the Triple Flame of God within us, the Oneness of the - Disciple, Shaikh, and God - within the Triple Flame of God within us, within - Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen - within us, which in truth is the understanding of the Triple Flame of God within us, the understanding of God which allows the Triple Flame of God to return to the Oneness of God and True Man within us, from which They have come, allowing God to finish what He has started within us, which is to reveal God within the Creation of True Man within us, to reveal God to God within us, by answering the question asked of God by God within us, in anathi within us, in the time of darkness or lack of understanding within us, which is our current state within us, by answering the question that God asked of God within us, in anathi within us, the question, "Who am I?" In this way, allowing True Man to become hidden within the Creation of God within us, as the Oneness of God and His Creation, when God is revealed by True Man within the Creation of True Man, and allowing God to become hidden within the Creation of True Man within us, as the Oneness of True Man and His Creation, when True Man is revealed by God within the Creation of God within us, and in this way They are One, God and True Man are One within us, One within the Other as One, One revealing the Other within it, One hiding Itself within the Other as One reveals the Other within It, only to be reveal again in the next turn of the wheel, of the wheel of the "Oneness of God and True Man", which in truth is God and True Man within us. In this way, allowing "us" as True Man to become "One with" God within us, as we set out as True Man to reveal God within the Creation of True Man or akhirah or the hereafter within us, revealing in this way what was hidden by God within "us", which was Himself, which was God, when God become "One with" True Man within us, and set out as God to reveal True Man within the Creation of God within us, which is where "we" currently are in the story of True Man within the story of God within us, and in the story of God within the story of True Man within us, which is like the state of the apple seed buried in the earth, before it germinates and reveals the apple tree, and before it comes to an understanding of itself. And as such, the apple remains buried within the earth, trying to protect itself from the earth, without an understanding of itself or of the earth, without an understanding of "where it really is", and of "what is really happening to it", without realizing that it is an apple seed, that it is buried in the earth, and that the earth contains everything necessary for the apple tree within it to grow. And without realizing that everything is on hold within is, everything is just waiting for the apple seed to germinate, just waiting for the apple seed to realize the truth about itself, that it was buried in the earth, to join with the earth, to destroy the current form of itself, to destroy the apple seed, and reveal the apple tree hidden within it, just waiting for the apple seed to awaken to its true destiny and join with the earth to germinate, before it just die in the earth in ignorance of itself, before it just rot in the earth, is absorbed into the earth, and be reborn over and over again, is reborn as many other lower forms of life, but never again as an apple seed, forever breaking its connection to the apple tree, to the story of the apple tree within the apple, and to the story of the apple within the apple tree, to the stories that it was placed in the earth, to join with the earth, to tell.. Such is the state of our current life, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, we are the "Seed of True Man", the "Seed of Iman", of the absolute faith, certitude, and determination that "God alone exists", of the complete acceptance of the heart that "God is One", and we are buried and live within the heart of our Shaikh, not in the world that we see "outside" of us. And in our ignorance we have become the "Illness of the Shaikh", the "Shadow of the Shaikh", the life of "separation and differences" that we are currently experiencing with our brothers and sisters in the world that we collectively see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, and for the "Seed of True Man" within the heart of our Shaikh to germinate, for the Shaikh to be cured of His Illness, to be cured of "us" as "separate from" God, for the "Three of Us" to become One, to become the Understanding of God that allows the "Three of God" within us to again become One with the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, "we" as "separate from" God must end, our life "outside" of us must end, "we" must die and be born again, but this time as the Oneness of the "Three of Us", within the Oneness of "Three of God" within us. The choice is ours, not God's, and not our Shaikh's. They have already made Their choice, and They chose "Oneness with" us, and that is why we are alive within Them, and only by us giving up our life within Them, can They, joined as One with us, again live within Us. Allowing us to join with Them within us to complete the story of True Man within the story of God within us, and the story of God within the story of True Man within us. And the completion of the story of True Man within the story of God within us, is True Man within us, and the completion of the story of God within the story of True Man within us, is God within us, is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us. Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. And with all of this happening within us even before we came to this earth world from the world of souls, to the dunya from awwal, to "us" in the dunya as "One with" God but without an understanding of God within us, which was our state before the age of 2, to "us" in the dunya as "separate from" God, living in the dream of "self existence" within the heart of our Shaikh, living lives of "separation and differences" with our brothers and sisters in the world we collectively see in our ignorance as existing "outside" of us, which is our current state. A state that must change before we die, if we are to be truly successful in our life, which now must become "us" in the dunya as "One with" God within us, which is the state of "us" joined as one with our Shaikh within us, and with God within Him, becoming the Oneness of "The Three of Us" within the Oneness of the "Three of God" within us, which is the understanding of the Triple Flame of God within us. The understanding of God within us that allows God and True Man within us to complete what They are doing within us, which is revealing True Man within the Creation of God within us, and revealing God within the Creation of True Man, which in maturity is the taste of God, the Power of God, the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, both in this world and in the next world within us, in dunya or this earth world and in akhirah or the hereafter within us, in akhirah which has become both "here" and "now" within us, which has become the Rahman of God in this world and the next within us, which is the only way to be the ruler over here and over There. Such is the truth of our lives, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, the taste of God within us, in this world and in the next within us, hidden by God within each of us, before we were born into this world, whether we know it or not, whether we like it or not, whether we want it or not, as our true birthright, our true heritage, as the true destiny of our soul. Which is like the true birthright, the true heritage, the true destiny of the apple seed, which is the sweet taste of an apple that is hidden within the apple tree that is hidden within the apple seed that is hidden within the earth. My dearest loving brothers and sisters, may we all think about these words of wisdom a little, it is very, very important for all of us. May God help us all. May God give us the grace of His wisdom to move our life forward in this way, in the true direction of God and True Man in our life. May God fill our hearts with His grace, as He has allow us to fill our hearts with His darkness. Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhayaddeen (Louie Beutler) End of Spiritual Letter 48 - expanded version - ......................... or Go To Spiritual Letter 48: Table of Contents Original Version Related Material or ( a top-down version of the Library Home Page) (a bottom-up version of the Library Home Page) |
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