Spiritual Letter 66 - Outline & Summary Version About Spiritual Letter 66 Title: "Thank You For Showing Us Your Faith & Trust In God" Date Written and Posted: January, 2005 Written by: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Written to: Mr. Ellis Thomas, a High School Classmate of Louie Beutler Go To: Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 66 Go To: Outline & Summary Version - of Spiritual Letter 66 Outline of Spiritual Letter - for page 5 of 5 only Text of Spiritual Letter - for page 5 of 5 only Go To: Summary of Spiritual Letter Home Page - Spiritual Letters Go To Spiritual Letter 67 Letter 66: E-mail Version Library Home Page Go To Spiritual Letter 65 Letter 66: Related Material Page 5 of 5 Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 66 Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the 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. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Here is Page of 5 of 5 a beautiful letter to a High School Classmate of this child who has recently demonstrated very strong faith and trust in God, and who is currently going through a situation in his life that allows him to be an example to all of us of his Iman, of his absolute, unshakable faith, certitude, and determination in God, in the truth that "Only God exists" within us, and in the truth that "God is One" within us. Amen. As always, this letter was written by this child sitting at the feet of God for our age, at the feet of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, and is respectfully and humbly shared with each of you at this time. Amen. Outline & Summary Version - of Spiritual Letter 66 Outline of Spiritual Letter - for page 5 of 5 only Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 66 13. A Little Bit More About God's Prophets - and about the message of "Oneness" that They all brought into the world, over and over again 14. Understanding "Only Occurs" Through Contrast - and that is why we are alive in the world right now, that is why God sent His soul, His life into the world 15. The "Truth Of Our Life", And The "Truth Of God" Within Us - is that everything is always perfect, because God is in charge, not us, God is the One who is conducting our life, not us, God is the One who carries out everything in our life, not us, He is both the cause and the effect of our life 16. A Little Bit More About God's Prophets - about "Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, who is the "Seed of Muhammad" within us, as the Prophet David (peace be upon Him) within us is the "Seed of Jesus" within us, as the Prophet Muhammad, as the Nur Muhammad, the light of wisdom, is the "Seed of True Man" within us 17. Make "You" Into God's Problem, Not Into "Your" Problem - and then God can successfully "Cure Himself of you", of "you" as "separate from" Him, and then you will be within Him & He will be within you, & you and He will be "One" for eternity 18. Correcting The Only Fault That We Really Have - which is our "separation from" God within us, and doing this before we die to the "outside" of us 19. A Little Bit More About Louie - about the life of Louie, where each day, each hour, each moment, he is "practicing what is being preached" from within him 20. Thank You Again, My Dearest Loving Brother Ellis - for sharing your faith and trust in God with us, at this time in your life 21. More On The Life & Teaching of His Holiness - of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us). Amen 22. Invoking The "Presence of God" Within Us - before we "say or do" anything, by calling out the "Name of God" for our age 23. Understanding - "Who We Truly Are?", "Where We Currently Are", and "What is Really Happening to Us" 24. What A Wonderful Life God Has Given To Each Of Us - Thanks be to God. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar 25. Make Straight The "Way of The Lord" - which is the "Straight Path" spoken about in all of the religions, including in the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions 26. Closing Prayer and Greetings - "Forgive us the wrong and accept the good. So I request" Text of Spiritual Letter - for page 5 of 5 only 13. A Little Bit More About God's Prophets - and about the message of "Oneness" that They all brought into the world, over and over again, to all people and to all races, in all ages, and the message was always the same, "God is One", "Man is One", and "God and Man are One", the very same message that They will now bring to all of the Creation of God within us, if we will only let Them, if we will only let Them be "alive within us" at this time, for in truth Theirs is a message that can really only be applied within each of us, not really applied to the "outside" of any of us, which unfortunately is the major focus of the religions of the world on the "outside" of us, but which when applied to the "outside" of us only succeed in "separating us" further from God within us, and "separation us" further from each other on the "outside" of us In this way, all of God's Prophets came with the same message, a message of "Oneness", of the "Oneness of God", of the "Oneness of Man", and of the "Oneness of God and True Man", and the only differences between Them, if there was any, was the level of understanding of the Prophet at that time, and of the people who heard the "Word of God" through Him at that time. Such is the work, the only work, of all of the 124,000 Prophets of God, because They are all still very much alive within each of us, if we will only let Them be "alive within us", bringing the "Word of God" to the people of God in each age, the message of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, a message brought by all of the Prophets of God, including by the 8 major Prophets of God: Adam, Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Moses, David, Jesus (peace be upon Them all), and finally Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him). A message that each of the 8 main Representatives of God gave to the people in each age, over and over again, on the "outside" of us, a message about the "Straight Path" of God within us, that can establish the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, if that be our true intention, but in truth a message that can really only be applied within each of us, not really applied to the "outside" of any of us, which unfortunately is the major focus of the religions on the "outside" of us, but which when applied to the "outside" of us only succeed in "separating us" further from God within us, and from each other on the "outside" of us. For in truth each of the 8 Main Messengers of God represent within us a major station or state of consciousness on our "Path to God" within us, not as just someone who came from God into the world on the "outside" of us, even though that too happened. With Moses (peace be upon Him) within us being our wisdom that must awaken within us, the wisdom surrounding our soul, who must awaken to the "Gift of God" for our age, to the life and teaching of God for our age, for the Children of God for our age, and in this way, develop within us our direct connection to God within us, being the one within us who lets God speak within us, "allowing us to hear the word of God from within us, allowing our heart to flourish within us, before our heart opens within us, and we hear the worship of God within us". And with Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us being our liberated soul within us, liberated from our impure birth within us by our wisdom within us, which is the inner meaning of the crucifixion of Jesus (peace be upon Him), that truly must occurs within us not just on the "outside" of us, a crucifixion of our soul, of the pure life of God within us, that is occurring within most of us right now, that occurs within each of us at our birth, and then again and again, more profoundly at each of the major milestone in our life, like at the age of 2 when we forget God, when we forget how to speak to God within us, and to all of the Creation of God within us, when we are literally pulled into the world by our "parents of the world" on the "outside" of us, in this way, no longer being a Child of God but become a child of the world, of our parents, forgetting the language of God, the language of love, compassion, and unity, instead learning to speak the ABC language of the world, a language of "separation differences", a language of "mine and yours", of "I and you". And then at around the age of 12 when we enter puberty, when we are swallowed by the black snake, that we have in our ignorance grown within us, like the sun being eclipsed by the moon, and we start to live in the belly of the snake, with everything that we do only becoming nourishment for the snake, no matter what we may think is going on, on the "outside" of us. And at around the age of 24 when we marry the "four destructive women" within us, which we have grown within us, which represent the 4 elemental lives within us which have fallen out of the state of the "remembrance of God" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called the Kalimah, which was the original state of Adam (peace be upon Him) within us before his fall from grace within us, which then completes Adam's (peace be upon Him) fall from grace within us, and since in truth Adam (peace be upon Him) within us and "us" are "One", this also completes our fall from grace within us, solidifying our life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us. With all of this going on within us, with God's permission within us, to complete what God has started within us, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. 14. Understanding "Only Occurs" Through Contrast - and that is why we are alive in the world right now, that is why God sent His soul, His life into the world, into God's "School of Contrast", so through contrast our soul can come to an understanding itself, an understanding of who "It already is", and through this understanding travel the "Straight Path" to God, allowing God to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen In this way, with all of this going on within us, and on the "outside" of us, with God's permission within us, so we can sin on the "outside" of us, so we can live a life of sin, a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, so through the contrast of our life of purity within us, which was Jesus (peace be upon Him) in the world of souls within us, and the life of impurity within us, which is our current life within us, a life of darkness and evil within us, which has grown over the pure life of our soul within us, in the world of souls within us, becoming a life of darkness within us which we only see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, so through this contrast, we can learn. So our soul can come to an understanding of who it "already is", which is "of God", and through this understanding, merge back into the "Oneness" of God within us, taking along with it that understanding to share with God for eternity, and we will be within it. And with Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) within us being our purified heart within us, which in maturity completes the work started by God within us, started by God as Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, as the "purified and liberated soul" within us, with the soul and wisdom "joined as one" within us going in search of the "body of the soul" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called the Nur Muhammad within us, which is the light of wisdom that God placed on the forehead of Adam (peace be upon Him) within us, but without an understanding of Itself, so Adam (peace be upon Him) could fall from grace within us, so we could end up as we are, living a life of sin, a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us. Amen So originally the "eye of wisdom" of Adam (peace be upon) within us remained closed within us, so when satan came to "spit on Adam" within us, he could, in this way weakening Adam (peace be upon Him) within us and leading to his fall from grace within us, leading to his "separation from" God within us, and in this way, leading to our "separation from" God within us, setting the stage for the coming of the "Gift of God" for our age, to awaken the wisdom surrounding our soul, so the wisdom surrounding our soul can do battle with the "Enemy of our soul", if we will only let him, if we will only join him in battle with the "Enemy of our soul", which is us living a life of sin, a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us. 15. The "Truth Of Our Life", And The "Truth Of God" Within Us - is that everything is always perfect, because God is in charge, not us, God is the One who is conducting our life, not us, God is the One who carries out everything in our life, not us, He is the cause and the effect of our life Such is the "truth of our life", and the "truth of God" within us, my dearest loving brother Ellis, everything is always perfect, because God is in charge, not us, God is the One who is conducting our life, not us, God is the One who carries out everything in our life, not us, He is the cause and the effect of our life. This is the way to view your current condition on the "outside" of you, and as they say, "Get right with God" within you, start to dialogue with God within you, and listen with your strong faith and trust in Him within you, and then everything will be fine, in this way, use Him as the way you meet death, and He will join with you to overcome death within you, and lead you into an eternal life within Him. For as Jesus (peace be upon Him) told us in Chapter 5, verse 24, in the "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." This is the way to live our life, no matter what the condition on the "outside" of us, for in truth our condition is always the same, no matter what is happening on the "outside" of us, we are God's Children, and He sent us here, to this earth world, to this "School of Contrasts" to learn what we need to know, and that is "Only God exists" within us, and "God is One" within us, and as such we are the "Seed of God" within us, within the Creation of God within us, and God is the "Seed of True Man" within us, within the "Seed of God" within us, just as an apple seed buried within the earth is in truth the "apple seed happening", and in truth the apple tree having grown out of the earth, when the "apple seed" germinated, is in truth the "seed of the apple fruit", is in truth the "apple fruit happening", so too are we, we as the "Seed of God" are in truth "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, and God as the "Seed of True Man" within the "Seed of God" within the Creation of God within us, is in truth "True Man happening" within "God happening" within the Creation of God within us. So our work, like the apple seed buried within the earth, is within us, not on the "outside" of us, our work is to realize, understand, accept, and join with this "truth of ourselves", and this "truth of God" within us, and let it happen within us, let begin what needs to begin within us, and let end what now needs to end, both within us and on the "outside" of us, not to try to make it happen on the "outside" of us, and then we will find peace in our life, both now and in the hereafter. May we both do it like that, my dearest loving brother Ellis. Amen. 16. A Little Bit More About God's Prophets - about "Jesus (peace be upon Him) as the "Seed of Muhammad", as the Prophet David (peace be upon Him) was the "Seed of Jesus", as the Prophet Muhammad, as the Nur Muhammad is the "Seed of True Man" And then with Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) within us completing what Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us started within us, which is His journey to God within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called Mi'raj, the 20 year journey within us, that Muhammad (Sal.) completed in one night on the "outside" of us, which in truth is the journey of our soul joined as "One with" our purified heart and our awakened consciousness or wisdom within us, as the Triple Flame of God within us, in the Islamic tradition, and as the Holy Trinity of God within us, in the Christian tradition, a journey through the darkness of our own mind, in order to reach the Primal God within us, allowing our soul to again become "one with" God within us. A journey through the darkness of our mind within us, or "mim" within us, in the Islamic tradition, which are the 70,000 veils of separation within us that we in our ignorance have grown within us, upon coming to this earth world, with Muhammad (Sal.) within us, as the maturity of Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, transforming them into 70,000 gifts of understanding within us, that allows him to commune directly with God within us, across the final veil that "separates a True Man from God" within us, which is our body, having climbed to the top of the mountain of our mind within us. And then at God's direction with Muhammad (Sal.) within us removing the final veil that separates us from God within us, which is our body, which in truth is the "School of God" within us, which is where God sent our soul within us, to the "School of Contrast" or this earth world or dunya within us, in order to learn about "who it already is", the school where we can learn about what "separates us" from God within us, and prepare us for the next "School of God" within us, which is the "School of Light" within us, which is where God teaches us about God within us, which is the hereafter or akhirah within us, where God Himself teaches us about God within us, where God finally answers His own question within us, asked by God of God within us, in the time before the beginningless beginning within us know as anathi in the Islamic tradition, or the time of darkness or lack of understanding within us, where God within s answers His own question of Himself within us, which literally started everything we are currently experiencing, and will ever experience, the question, "Who am I?. And in this way, this is our life, our true life, our true work, within us, my dearest loving brother Ellis, not what we are currently experiencing in our ignorance on the "outside" of us, this is our true life within us, with "us" joined as "One with" God within us, before we die to the "outside" of us, with God within us first coming to life within us as Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, as our liberated soul joined with our wisdom within us, having transcended our impure birth within us, which in our ignorance we only see as our current life on the "outside" of us, in this way, opening our "divine analytic wisdom" within us, the 6th level of wisdom within us, wisdom of the Qutbiyyat or Power of God within us, as it is called in the Islamic tradition, which is the "wisdom beyond intellect within us which teaches, analyzes, and controls within us". And then God coming to life within us as Muhammad (Sal.) within us, when our soul and our wisdom joined as "One" within us find and become "One with" the light of our wisdom, or the Nur Muhammad within us, in this way, opening the "eye of divine luminous wisdom" within us, the 7th level of wisdom within us, the wisdom or God consciousness within us that can see everything in the 18,000 universes within us, allowing our soul within us, that God placed with each of us, so learning could occur within us, allowing our soul within us to complete its journey back into God within us, with our soul now having disappeared back into the Nur Muhammad within us, which in the Islamic tradition is the "light of our wisdom, or the "soul of Muhammad (Sal.)" within us, in this way, allowing the "eye of wisdom" within us to become permanently open within us, allowing Adam (peace be upon Him) within us to recover from His fall from grace within us, and in the process, with our heart becoming the "Palace of the soul", within us, the House of wisdom within us, the House of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (peace be upon Him) within us. Amen. [Note: all of this is beautifully explained to us by His Holiness, by our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) in the beautiful book of wisdom, "A Mystical Journey", which you can read on-line, at least some of it, by clicking on the following: www.AMysticalJourney.homestead.com. Thank you. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar] And in maturity with our soul, and our heart, and our consciousness, as the Triple Flame of God within us, becoming the 8th heaven of Muhammad (Sal.) or firdaus within us, and finally, with "us" becoming "One with" the "Secret World of Allah" within us, and "One with" Muhammad (Sal.) within us, and "One with" all of the 124,000 Prophets of God within us, and in this way, with "us" becoming "One with" the state of Iman-Islam within us, with this state within us representing the state of "God praying to God" within us, which His Holiness calls, the "Prayer of the One to the One who Is" within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen. 17. Make "You" Into God's Problem, Not Into "Your" Problem - and then God within you an successfully "Cure Himself of you", of "you" as "separate from" Him, and then you will be within Him and He will be within you, and you and He will be "One" for eternity Then our life will have become successful in our own lifetime, then our wisdom will reason over our fate, then the qualities of our higher selves will become victorious over the qualities of our lower selves, my dearest loving brother Ellis, and all of this can be accomplished within the time still allotted to you, and to each of us, by God, because God can do anything, God has no limits. And it is our believing in God in this way, my dearest loving brother Ellis, that in truth God must "cure Himself of us", for our life to become successful, for in truth we don't exist, either within us or on the "outside" of us, for in truth it is God who exists within us, and it is only God who exists within us, and God is One within us. And when God has successfully cured Himself of us, because we have realized, understood, accepted and joined with Him in this "Divine Endeavor" within us, letting our life of falsehood, our life of "selfishness" end, both within us and on the "outside" of us, with "us" disappearing into this truth of our life, and into the truth of God within us, in this way, allowing the "truth to surrender to the truth" within us, as an apple seed does, then like the apple seed we will germinate and God will be revealed within us, as the Tree of God's grace within us, and then as the fruit of that tree which is True Man within us, and we will be within it. This is what we must do in our lifetime, my dearest loving brother Ellis, at least as much as an apple seed, who having realized, understood, accepted, and joined with the truth of itself, that it is an apple seed buried within the earth, and with the truth of the apple tree hidden within it, that the earth contains everything necessary for that apple tree hidden within it to grow, then the earth having realized the awakened state of the apple seed buried within it surrenders to the apple seed, and the apple seed in its new awakened state surrenders to the earth, and the apple seed germinates, destroying the apple seed and revealing the apple tree hidden within is, and revealing within it, within the apple tree, the apples, and revealing within the apples again the apple seed, but this time a 1000 fold. In this way, we must join with God within us to complete what God has started within us, allowing the "truth to surrender to the truth" within us, allowing the "Seed of God" within us to germinate, revealing the "Tree of God's Grace" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is the state of Iman-Islam within us, and in the process destroying the "Seed of God" within us, and destroying "us" living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as if, we are "separate from" God, as if, we are "separate from" each other, and as if, we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us. Then God will have completed what He has started within us, within each of us, a very, very long time ago, way before we were born, way before we came to this earth world, to this "School of God", and we will be within Him in the hereafter within us, and He will be within us here, and in this way, we will have become "One with" God within us, and He will have become "One with" us within Him within us, with all of this occurring before we have died to the "outside" of us. Amen. May we both do it like this, my dearest loving brother Ellis, joining in partnership with God within us, becoming "One with" God within us, before we die to the "outside" of us, and doing all of it in the time allotted to us by God, always remembering that there is always enough time to complete everything that needs to be completed, for God can do anything, and "us" joined as "One with" God allows God within us to do just that, because God has no limits, and then neither do we. Then we will find peace in our lifetime, both now and later. 18. Correcting The Only Fault That We Really Have - which is our "separation from" God within us, and doing this before we die to the "outside" of us And we can only reach this state of the purified heart within us, this state of True Prayer within us, before we die, in partnership with God within us, in partnership with our wisdom within us, and with God within our wisdom, doing it within us, not on the "outside" of us, doing it by joining with God within us, in partnership with God within us, in this way, coming back together as "One with" God within us, which as noted earlier, and here again, is the only reason Adam (peace be upon Him) was thrown out of heaven within us, and the only reason we cannot now see God within us, not because of satan within us, or because of anything that he did within us, or because of anything that we have done in our ignorance since being born into this earth world or dunya. And we can all join in partnership with God within us, we can all again become "One with" God within us, before we die, we can all do it, by just "doing it", not by just talking about it, or preaching about it, or by thinking that we are somehow helping other people to do it. It is really that simple. My dearest loving brother Ellis, this is the only thing that God has personally asked us to do, to join again as "One with" Him within us, before we die to the "outside" of us, which in truth is our school, is "God's School of Contrast", where we have come to learn our lessons and pass our exams, and then return as "One with" God within us, and that is why God throw Adam (peace be upon Him) out of heaven and into this earth world, into this "School of God", into this "School of Contrasts", so through contrast, we can learn our lesson and before we die join again as "One with" God within us, not to "work for wages to get into some illusory heaven" on the "outside" of us. This is all that God asks of us while we are here, nothing else. To join in partnership with God within us to learn our lesson, to learn about the true nature of each of us, which is our "Godliness", to learn about those who were created by God "In the Image of God", which is each of us, and to learn about the true nature of "God within us", which is "Oneness", and having understood this, to then give up our life of "selfishness" on the "outside" of us, so God can again live a life of "selflessness" within us. So God can live again within us, first as Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, joined with Moses (peace be upon Him) within us, as the liberated soul of God within us joined with the wisdom of God within us, with the wisdom of God that is currently surrounding our soul within us, which when awakened through the "Gift of God" for our age, through the "Word" of God for our age, through the life and teaching of God for our age, will then set about doing battle with the "Enemy of our soul" within us. Doing battle with the "Enemy of our soul" within us, which is each of us living a life a "separation and differences", a life of sin, on the "outside" , is each of us living a life of "selfishness" with our dearest loving brothers and sisters, in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, but which in truth is within us, which in truth has grown within us in our ignorance, and is now in maturity being nourished by our life of "separation and differences", our life of sin, on the "outside" of us. Amen. And for our age, the life and teaching of God for our age, both within us and on the "outside" of us, is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), within us, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) now on the "outside" of us, which is the whole purpose of this letter to you, my dearest loving brother Ellis. Amen. 19. A Little Bit More About Louie - about the life of Louie, where each day, each hour, each moment, he is "practicing what is being preached" from within him, that is, we are joining in partnership with God within us, before we "say or do" anything", in order to learn the lessons that God has sent us here to learn, which is the "Oneness" of us and God within us So that is everything about Louie, well most of it. That is the life of Louie, each day, each hour, each moment, joining in partnership with God within us, before we "say or do" anything", in order to learn the lessons that God has sent us here to learn, which is the "Oneness" of us and God within us, which is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, and having learned our lessons to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the "outside" of us, but this time with an understanding of that "Oneness" so it will never leave us again. And doing all of this before we die to the "outside" of us, which is really a very small thing, if we just use the time left to each of us, which is always plenty of time, which is always enough time, and which in many of our cases could be a lot shorter time than yours, my dearest loving brother Ellis, and within this time allotted to us by God, to do the "one thing", the "only thing" that we truly came here to do, and that is to correct the one fault, the one sin, that our Father, Adam (peace be upon Him) fell into before he came to this earth world, and that is "the belief" that he is "separate from" God, for in truth "God is closer to him, and to each of us, as the Children of Adam (peace be upon Him), than our own breath". And that is why Louie is fine, knowing this, without the slightest doubt, and doing this, this establishing the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, like writing this wisdom letter to you, because as His Holiness teaches us "if you have doubt you are out", and this is why Louie feels in his heart that you too, my dearest loving brother Ellis, are fine, you too know this without the slightest doubt, and you too are doing this, this "Establishing the Presence of God" within you, before you "say or do" anything. And in this way, both you and Louie have learned what they came here to learn, as we have made the correct choice, we have truly chosen "Oneness with" God within us, before we have died to the "outside" of us, rather than continuing to choose "separation from" God on the "outside" of us, and then the rest of our life, as you and this child have chosen, is just for the benefit of others. Amen. 20. Thank You Again, My Dearest Loving Brother Ellis - for sharing your faith and trust in God with us, at this time in your life, which is so very important to each of us, if we have the heart to hear it and receive it from God within you. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar So again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for the wonderful gift that you have given to this child, my dearest loving brother Ellis, the gift of absolute faith and trust in God within us, and that you have also given to all of the other children who read the beautiful letter that you sent to our dearest loving brother Pierce, that is, if they have the heart to hear it, which is always a problem with such work. In closing, if this is enough for our time together, as only God knows what we need, and when we need it, then this child is very happy and grateful and content that we had this time together and we praise God in His infinite Mercy and Compassion for letting it be so, but if it would comfort you further, as it would most certainly comfort this child further, as well as those who may read our correspondence, for us to spend more time together, sharing the infinite Mercy and Compassion of God that has come into our lives. If that is so, if we are to spend more time together, then this child of God belongs to you, my dearest loving brother, as your brother who has become "One with" the "One Open Heart" of God for our age, and we will happily and willingly, in the name of God within us, and of His Messenger for our age, our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and God within Him, submit to your every need, as you see fit. 21. More On The Life & Teaching of His Holiness - of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us). Amen. For more on the life and teachings of our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of God within Him, for more on the true "Gift of God" for our age for the Children of God for our age, you can access the following Web Pages through the Internet: 1) The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship (www.bmf.org) 2) The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen On-line Library (www.Bawa.homestead.com). Also, we are in the process of writing a letter to our dear classmates, to Paul and Joan Sturgis, and to Pierce and Dolores Pelouze, which is now a part of the on-line Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library, as is this Spiritual Letter to you, which you can access by clicking on the following: Spiritual Letter 60, "Understanding the Sin of Righteousness" (www.SpiritualLetter060.homestead.com). This Spiritual Letter to Paul and Pierce and to their wives was written, starting in May of this year and is still going on, and it all started after Paul and Joan gave this child a copy of the "Gospel of John" from the Holy Bible, during the 47.5 Class Reunion that was held in April, 2004, and suggested that we read it, which we did, spending the whole summer reading it, and then sharing the result of that reading within them, in Spiritual Letter 60, "Understanding The Sin of Righteousness", sharing with our dearest loving classmates what we have and are continuing to learn from the "Gospel of John", which thank God is a lot, with "us" sitting on the lap of God within us, while our wisdom, which for this child for our age is Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, while They teach us "what we do not know". In addition, we sent Paul and Pierce a beautiful letter as part of going to the 47.5 Class Reunion, in April of 2004, suggesting to them that it be handed out to everyone at the Class Reunion, as it dealt with the whole issue of what is appropriate for our life in the world, and what should be our correct focus while living in the world, a letter which you can read on-line, if you like, which you can access by clicking on the following: Spiritual Letter 57, "Don't Forget Me, Don't Forget Me, Don't Forget Me" (www.SpiritualLetter057.homestead.com), which is what His Holiness Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) said to us in a short talk a few days before He died. And finally, when Paul, "out of the blue" so to speak, contacted this child in June of 2002 and invited us to attend the upcoming 45th Class Reunion, we wrote Paul a beautiful letter in which we tried to explain the "True Meaning of Islam" to him, trying to bridge the apparent gap for him between Islam and Christianity, which are viewed as "separate" in the world "outside" of us, but in truth are "One" within us as presented to us in the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), a letter which you are also welcome to read, if you like, which is not yet on-line but which we can send to you. Just drop us an E-mail at Muhaiyaddeen786@aol.com requesting a copy and we will either E-mail it to you or put it on-line for you to read. [Note: As noted earlier in this letter, His Holiness Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) died on December 8th, 1986, and is buried at "The Farm", which an area set aside by His Holiness for His burial and the burial of His Children, which are all of us living in the world today who want what we have shared today, that is, whose true intention in life is to become "One with" God within us, before we die to the "outside" of us. "The Farm" includes a burial place for His Children, an area where the Children of His Holiness farm in the summer months, and a Shrine over the grave of His Holiness, which all are invited to visit. And recently we have added heat to the Shrine or Mazar as it is called in the Islamic tradition, so visiting the Shrine in the winter months is now comfortable] 22. Invoking The "Presence of God" Within Us - before we "say or do" anything, by calling out the "Name of God" for our age, using the name to call God that we feel must comfortable with, whether it be Jesus (peace be upon Him) in the Christian and Jewish tradition, Nur Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) or Qutb Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) in the Islamic tradition, or Murugan (blessing and peace be upon Him) in the Hindi tradition, and now in our age, by the grace and blessing of God to the Children of God for our age, by calling God into "Presence" within us, before we "say or do" anything, by using the name "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him), for in truth They are all the same within us, and are only "separate", like each of us, on the "outside" of us Even though we may think of Them, of the 124,000 Prophets of God, as "separate" on the "outside" of us, it is not so within us. And even though we may think of the 8 main Prophets of God; Adam, Noah, Abraham, Ishmael & Isaac, Moses, David, Jesus (peace be upon Them), and Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), who are the Prophets of each of the 4 main Religions on the "outside" of us, including Hinduism, Fire Worship or Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam & Judaism, as "separate" on the "outside" of us, it is not so. For in truth within us, as with God within us, "They are all One" within us, They in truth are all "The One of Us" within us, They are all facets of the "One Gem" that is God within us, that Gem that is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, for in truth that is what God and True Man really are within us, our "Oneness" within us, and that is what all of the 124,000 Prophets of God really are on the "outside" of us, an example "outside" of us, a finger on the "outside" of us, pointing to our true "Oneness", the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen. And within us these same 124,000 Prophets of God are the instrument of God for transforming our life of "separation and differences", our life of arrogance, karma, and illusion, our life of desire for earth, women, and gold, our life of "body, trick, and danger", on the "outside" of us, into a life of "Oneness and Unity, of Justice and Truth", of Compassion and Unity" within us. Amen. Such is the significance of the Prophets of God to our life, and to the completion of what God started within us over 200 million years ago, which is to reveal God to God within us for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. 23. Understanding - "Who We Truly Are?", "Where We Currently Are", and "What is Really Happening to Us" My dearest loving brother Ellis, we are all on a incredible journey, which started a very long time ago, not just when we appeared from our mother's womb, a journey which in one way starts within us when Adam (peace be upon Him) fell from grace within us, when he fell out of the "remembrance of God" within us, with his every look, thought, intention, and action, in this way, when Adam (peace be upon Him) broke his direct connection to God within us, because he did not understand that direct connection, and became "us", became "us" living with our dearest loving brothers and sisters in the world that we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, so we can sin. So through the contrast of our impure birth and the earlier pure birth of our soul within, in the world of souls within us, which must be re-opened within us, we can learn about "who we already are". And having learned our lessons in God's "School of Contrast", and passed our exams, Adam (peace be upon Him) within us can recover from his fall from grace within us, and complete what God created him to do, which is to become the place of purity within us, within which we can "Steady God" within us, allowing God to "Cure Himself of Us", because then we no longer exist, then "Only God exists" within us, and then "God is One" within us. Amen. And only realizing, understanding, accepting, and joining with this truth of us, that we are the "Seed of God" within the Creation of God within us, and the "Truth of God" within us, that God is the "Seed of True Man" within the "Seed of God" within the Creation of God within us. And as such, in truth we are "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, and God within us is "True Man happening" within "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, as an apple seed is the "Apple Tree happening" within the earth it is buried within, and the "Apple Tree" hidden within it is in truth the "Apple Fruit happening" within the "Apple Tree happening" within the earth it is buried within. In truth the cycle of the apple seed, apple tree, apple is but a finger of God pointing to the cycle of Man, God, Man-God/God-Man within each of us. Amen. A truth which naturally emerges from within us, when we are ready to hear it, and ready to either accept or reject it, like what happens to each apple seed buried within the earth, allowing it to germinate and reveal the apple tree hidden within it, or not, and not all do, not all apple seeds do accept the truth of themselves and germinate, some reject the truth of themselves to continue living a life of "separation and differences" within the earth, a life lived on the "outside" of them, a life as "separate from" the earth that it is buried within, and as "separate from" the apple tree hidden within it, "separate from" the story of the apple tree within the story of the apple, and the story of the apple within the story of the apple tree, that it came to the earth, to join with the earth to tell. And such is our same choice, to germinate or not, to accept or reject the "truth of us" and the "truth of God" hidden within us, to tell the story of God within the story of True Man, and the story of True Man within the story of God, that we came to the earth, to join with the earth, to join with the Creation of God within us, to tell, in this way, allowing the "truth to surrender to the truth" within us, or to reject this truth, like some apple seeds do, an not germinate, a continue to live in the earth, as "separate from" the earth, and as "separate from" the "apple tree" hidden within it, until it dies, until it rots in the earth and becomes subject to 105 million rebirth, but never again as the story of the apple tree within the story of the apple fruit, and as the story of the apple fruit within the story of the apple tree. And such is our fate, my dearest loving brother Ellis, if we fail to germinate and reveal God within us, if we fail to accept the "truth of us" as the "Seed of God" within us, and the "truth of God" within us which is the "Seed of True Man" within us, if we fail to join in partnership with God within us to reveal God to God within us, allowing God to reveal True Man within us, and in this way, revealing the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, in this way, completing what God started within us a very, very long time ago, to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, and we will be within it. Amen. 24. What A Wonderful Life God Has Given To Each Of Us - Thank God. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. In closing, what a wonderful life God has given to each of us. Thank God. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. May we all come to realize this, and make the right choice before we die, and choose to become "One with" God within us, in our own lifetime, by joining in partnership with God within us, calling Him into "Presence" within us, before we "say or do" anything, and using whatever name to call Him that we feel most comfortable with. Whether it be Jesus (peace be upon Him) in the Christian and Jewish tradition, Nur Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) or Qutb Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) in the Islamic tradition, or Murugan (blessing and peace be upon Him) in the Hindi tradition, which in truth is one of the 201 names of Muhammad (Sal.), who has come repeatedly into the world with the same message of "Oneness", with the same example of "Unity" for all of us, not just coming into the world once 1400 years ago in Mecca and Medina, as is currently believed by most practicing the Islamic tradition of the "Path of God" on the "outside" of us. Or now in our age, through the grace of God for our age, to the Children of God for our age, we can also call God into "Presence" within us, before we "say or do" anything, by using the name "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him), for in truth They are all "One" within us, They are all the same within us, for They are only "separate" on the "outside" of us, for even though we may think of Them as "separate" on the "outside" of us, in truth within us, as with God within us, "They are all One" within us, They in truth are all "The One of Us" within us, They are all facets of the "One Gem" that is God within us, that is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, for in truth that is what God and True Man really are within us, our "Oneness" within us, and that is what all of the 124,000 Prophets of God really are on the "outside" of us, an example "outside" of us, a finger on the "outside" of us, pointing to our true "Oneness" within us. Amen. 25. Make Straight The "Way of The Lord" - which is the "Straight Path" spoken about in the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition, where in the Islamic tradition it is held as the major goal of our spiritual life, with all Muslims pleading with God in the major prayer in Islam, in the Suratul Fatihah, to "Guide us on the Straight Path", and it is the answer given to us by the "Seed of Jesus", which in the Jewish and Christian tradition is the Prophet David (A.S.), coming first as the King of the Jews at the time of King David (A.S.), and then coming to flower at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) as the Flower and Fragrance of the Triple Flame of God within us, becoming the "Oneness of "John the Baptist" and of the Prophet Jesus (peace be upon Them) within us When asked "who he is?", by the Pharisees, "John the Baptist" told them, in Chapter 01, Verse 23, in the "Gospel of John", "I am the voice of the One crying in the wilderness, ' Make straight the way of the Lord'". Such in truth is the "Oneness" of the Jewish, and Christian, and Islamic traditions, at least on the inside of us, even though they are currently killing each other, in the name of God, on the "outside" of us, forgetting that they are all of the lineage of the Prophet Abraham (peace be upon Him), of the lineage of Iman-Islam, of the absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God, that reflects the Light of God in the face, in the face of anyone who truly walks the "Straight Path of God" within us, either then or now in our age. A path which was originally walked on the "outside" of us by Abraham and by His two sons, Ishmael and Isaac (peace be upon Them), as an example of what each of us must now do within us, before we die to the "outside" of us. Amen For this is the "Straight Path" that we must walk within us, each day, each hour, and each moment of the time allotted for us by God within us, however long or short that time may appear to us to be, knowing with our faith and trust in God that it is enough, that it has been perfectly measured out by God for each one of us, a path that God told us about in the "Gospel of John". Such is the "Gift of God" for our age, a beautiful explanation of the "Straight Path" of God for our age, a path that only those living in our age could walk, a path that has been waiting for 200 million years to be walked by the Children of God for our age, such is true nature and exaltedness of the Children of God for our age, which is like none before it, and of the "Gift of God" for our age, which is also like none before it, both within us and on the "outside" of us. The gift of the Children of God for this age, and the gift of the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), also in our age, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), which in truth is the breast milk for the Children of God for this age. A gift and a path that we must learn to use and to climb onto before we "say or do" anything in our life, by first invoking the "Presence of God" within us, by first calling out His name within us for our age, before we "say or do" anything, in each day, each hour, and each moment allotted to us by God within us. Then peace will be our lot both now and in the hereafter. Then we will be truly walking the "Straight Path" of God for our age, a path that will lead us direction back into the "Oneness" that is God within us, with an understanding of the "Oneness" of God within us that we can then share with God within us for eternity. Amen. 26. Closing Prayer and Greetings - "Forgive us the wrong and accept the good. So I request". May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. Please give my love and salams (greetings from the heart) to your dear wife and family, and to all of your friends, both at home and within the hospital, especially to those who are facing a similar situation in their life. Please tell them that everything is fine in your life, that you are in a very good state, that God has brought you to the point where you have become an example to others, an example of absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God, an example that in truth, "Only God exists" within us, that in truth "God is One" within us. Please tell them that Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) loves them very, very much, and that both you and all of them will be in my prayers everyday, until the last breath of this child. Please tell them this with an open clear heart, my dearest loving brother Ellis, realizing that God is Great, that in truth God can do anything, that everything is within His tawwakul, within His responsibility. Amen. And please join with God within you, to share this sharing with them, with all of them, as this "Heart's Work" is the only true way to become "One with" God within us, before we die to the "outside" of us, please do this "Heart's Work" within you, my dearest loving brother Ellis, and both you and God, and each of us will be pleased. That is certain. Such is the experience of this child. Amen. And finally, please forgive this child if anything in this letter is wrong or offends you, or your family, or your friends in any way. This child is a fool, trying to live at the feet of God for our age, that is all. And as our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), taught us to say, at the bottom of page 7, in the "Forward" of the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", "Let those who are knowledgeable correct any faults. Forgive me the wrong and accept the good. So I request". My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). End of Page 5 of 5 of Spiritual Letter 66 - outline & summary version - ...................................... or Go To Spiritual Letter 66: E-mail Version Summary of Spiritual Letter Related Material or ( a top-down version of the Library Home Page) (a bottom-up version of the Library Home Page) |
Spiritual Letter 66 - Outline & Summary Version About Spiritual Letter 66 Title: "Thank You For Showing Us Your Faith & Trust In God" Date Written and Posted: January, 2005 Written by: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Written to: Mr. Ellis Thomas, a High School Classmate of Louie Beutler Go To: Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 66 Go To: Outline & Summary Version - of Spiritual Letter 66 Outline of Spiritual Letter - for page 5 of 5 only Text of Spiritual Letter - for page 5 of 5 only Go To: Summary of Spiritual Letter Home Page - Spiritual Letters Go To Spiritual Letter 67 Letter 66: E-mail Version Library Home Page Go To Spiritual Letter 65 Letter 66: Related Material Page 5 of 5 Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 66 Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the 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. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Here is Page of 5 of 5 a beautiful letter to a High School Classmate of this child who has recently demonstrated very strong faith and trust in God, and who is currently going through a situation in his life that allows him to be an example to all of us of his Iman, of his absolute, unshakable faith, certitude, and determination in God, in the truth that "Only God exists" within us, and in the truth that "God is One" within us. Amen. As always, this letter was written by this child sitting at the feet of God for our age, at the feet of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, and is respectfully and humbly shared with each of you at this time. Amen. Outline & Summary Version - of Spiritual Letter 66 Outline of Spiritual Letter - for page 5 of 5 only Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 66 13. A Little Bit More About God's Prophets - and about the message of "Oneness" that They all brought into the world, over and over again 14. Understanding "Only Occurs" Through Contrast - and that is why we are alive in the world right now, that is why God sent His soul, His life into the world 15. The "Truth Of Our Life", And The "Truth Of God" Within Us - is that everything is always perfect, because God is in charge, not us, God is the One who is conducting our life, not us, God is the One who carries out everything in our life, not us, He is both the cause and the effect of our life 16. A Little Bit More About God's Prophets - about "Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, who is the "Seed of Muhammad" within us, as the Prophet David (peace be upon Him) within us is the "Seed of Jesus" within us, as the Prophet Muhammad, as the Nur Muhammad, the light of wisdom, is the "Seed of True Man" within us 17. Make "You" Into God's Problem, Not Into "Your" Problem - and then God can successfully "Cure Himself of you", of "you" as "separate from" Him, and then you will be within Him & He will be within you, & you and He will be "One" for eternity 18. Correcting The Only Fault That We Really Have - which is our "separation from" God within us, and doing this before we die to the "outside" of us 19. A Little Bit More About Louie - about the life of Louie, where each day, each hour, each moment, he is "practicing what is being preached" from within him 20. Thank You Again, My Dearest Loving Brother Ellis - for sharing your faith and trust in God with us, at this time in your life 21. More On The Life & Teaching of His Holiness - of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us). Amen 22. Invoking The "Presence of God" Within Us - before we "say or do" anything, by calling out the "Name of God" for our age 23. Understanding - "Who We Truly Are?", "Where We Currently Are", and "What is Really Happening to Us" 24. What A Wonderful Life God Has Given To Each Of Us - Thanks be to God. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar 25. Make Straight The "Way of The Lord" - which is the "Straight Path" spoken about in all of the religions, including in the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions 26. Closing Prayer and Greetings - "Forgive us the wrong and accept the good. So I request" Text of Spiritual Letter - for page 5 of 5 only 13. A Little Bit More About God's Prophets - and about the message of "Oneness" that They all brought into the world, over and over again, to all people and to all races, in all ages, and the message was always the same, "God is One", "Man is One", and "God and Man are One", the very same message that They will now bring to all of the Creation of God within us, if we will only let Them, if we will only let Them be "alive within us" at this time, for in truth Theirs is a message that can really only be applied within each of us, not really applied to the "outside" of any of us, which unfortunately is the major focus of the religions of the world on the "outside" of us, but which when applied to the "outside" of us only succeed in "separating us" further from God within us, and "separation us" further from each other on the "outside" of us In this way, all of God's Prophets came with the same message, a message of "Oneness", of the "Oneness of God", of the "Oneness of Man", and of the "Oneness of God and True Man", and the only differences between Them, if there was any, was the level of understanding of the Prophet at that time, and of the people who heard the "Word of God" through Him at that time. Such is the work, the only work, of all of the 124,000 Prophets of God, because They are all still very much alive within each of us, if we will only let Them be "alive within us", bringing the "Word of God" to the people of God in each age, the message of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, a message brought by all of the Prophets of God, including by the 8 major Prophets of God: Adam, Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Moses, David, Jesus (peace be upon Them all), and finally Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him). A message that each of the 8 main Representatives of God gave to the people in each age, over and over again, on the "outside" of us, a message about the "Straight Path" of God within us, that can establish the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, if that be our true intention, but in truth a message that can really only be applied within each of us, not really applied to the "outside" of any of us, which unfortunately is the major focus of the religions on the "outside" of us, but which when applied to the "outside" of us only succeed in "separating us" further from God within us, and from each other on the "outside" of us. For in truth each of the 8 Main Messengers of God represent within us a major station or state of consciousness on our "Path to God" within us, not as just someone who came from God into the world on the "outside" of us, even though that too happened. With Moses (peace be upon Him) within us being our wisdom that must awaken within us, the wisdom surrounding our soul, who must awaken to the "Gift of God" for our age, to the life and teaching of God for our age, for the Children of God for our age, and in this way, develop within us our direct connection to God within us, being the one within us who lets God speak within us, "allowing us to hear the word of God from within us, allowing our heart to flourish within us, before our heart opens within us, and we hear the worship of God within us". And with Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us being our liberated soul within us, liberated from our impure birth within us by our wisdom within us, which is the inner meaning of the crucifixion of Jesus (peace be upon Him), that truly must occurs within us not just on the "outside" of us, a crucifixion of our soul, of the pure life of God within us, that is occurring within most of us right now, that occurs within each of us at our birth, and then again and again, more profoundly at each of the major milestone in our life, like at the age of 2 when we forget God, when we forget how to speak to God within us, and to all of the Creation of God within us, when we are literally pulled into the world by our "parents of the world" on the "outside" of us, in this way, no longer being a Child of God but become a child of the world, of our parents, forgetting the language of God, the language of love, compassion, and unity, instead learning to speak the ABC language of the world, a language of "separation differences", a language of "mine and yours", of "I and you". And then at around the age of 12 when we enter puberty, when we are swallowed by the black snake, that we have in our ignorance grown within us, like the sun being eclipsed by the moon, and we start to live in the belly of the snake, with everything that we do only becoming nourishment for the snake, no matter what we may think is going on, on the "outside" of us. And at around the age of 24 when we marry the "four destructive women" within us, which we have grown within us, which represent the 4 elemental lives within us which have fallen out of the state of the "remembrance of God" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called the Kalimah, which was the original state of Adam (peace be upon Him) within us before his fall from grace within us, which then completes Adam's (peace be upon Him) fall from grace within us, and since in truth Adam (peace be upon Him) within us and "us" are "One", this also completes our fall from grace within us, solidifying our life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us. With all of this going on within us, with God's permission within us, to complete what God has started within us, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. 14. Understanding "Only Occurs" Through Contrast - and that is why we are alive in the world right now, that is why God sent His soul, His life into the world, into God's "School of Contrast", so through contrast our soul can come to an understanding itself, an understanding of who "It already is", and through this understanding travel the "Straight Path" to God, allowing God to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen In this way, with all of this going on within us, and on the "outside" of us, with God's permission within us, so we can sin on the "outside" of us, so we can live a life of sin, a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, so through the contrast of our life of purity within us, which was Jesus (peace be upon Him) in the world of souls within us, and the life of impurity within us, which is our current life within us, a life of darkness and evil within us, which has grown over the pure life of our soul within us, in the world of souls within us, becoming a life of darkness within us which we only see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, so through this contrast, we can learn. So our soul can come to an understanding of who it "already is", which is "of God", and through this understanding, merge back into the "Oneness" of God within us, taking along with it that understanding to share with God for eternity, and we will be within it. And with Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) within us being our purified heart within us, which in maturity completes the work started by God within us, started by God as Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, as the "purified and liberated soul" within us, with the soul and wisdom "joined as one" within us going in search of the "body of the soul" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called the Nur Muhammad within us, which is the light of wisdom that God placed on the forehead of Adam (peace be upon Him) within us, but without an understanding of Itself, so Adam (peace be upon Him) could fall from grace within us, so we could end up as we are, living a life of sin, a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us. Amen So originally the "eye of wisdom" of Adam (peace be upon) within us remained closed within us, so when satan came to "spit on Adam" within us, he could, in this way weakening Adam (peace be upon Him) within us and leading to his fall from grace within us, leading to his "separation from" God within us, and in this way, leading to our "separation from" God within us, setting the stage for the coming of the "Gift of God" for our age, to awaken the wisdom surrounding our soul, so the wisdom surrounding our soul can do battle with the "Enemy of our soul", if we will only let him, if we will only join him in battle with the "Enemy of our soul", which is us living a life of sin, a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us. 15. The "Truth Of Our Life", And The "Truth Of God" Within Us - is that everything is always perfect, because God is in charge, not us, God is the One who is conducting our life, not us, God is the One who carries out everything in our life, not us, He is the cause and the effect of our life Such is the "truth of our life", and the "truth of God" within us, my dearest loving brother Ellis, everything is always perfect, because God is in charge, not us, God is the One who is conducting our life, not us, God is the One who carries out everything in our life, not us, He is the cause and the effect of our life. This is the way to view your current condition on the "outside" of you, and as they say, "Get right with God" within you, start to dialogue with God within you, and listen with your strong faith and trust in Him within you, and then everything will be fine, in this way, use Him as the way you meet death, and He will join with you to overcome death within you, and lead you into an eternal life within Him. For as Jesus (peace be upon Him) told us in Chapter 5, verse 24, in the "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." This is the way to live our life, no matter what the condition on the "outside" of us, for in truth our condition is always the same, no matter what is happening on the "outside" of us, we are God's Children, and He sent us here, to this earth world, to this "School of Contrasts" to learn what we need to know, and that is "Only God exists" within us, and "God is One" within us, and as such we are the "Seed of God" within us, within the Creation of God within us, and God is the "Seed of True Man" within us, within the "Seed of God" within us, just as an apple seed buried within the earth is in truth the "apple seed happening", and in truth the apple tree having grown out of the earth, when the "apple seed" germinated, is in truth the "seed of the apple fruit", is in truth the "apple fruit happening", so too are we, we as the "Seed of God" are in truth "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, and God as the "Seed of True Man" within the "Seed of God" within the Creation of God within us, is in truth "True Man happening" within "God happening" within the Creation of God within us. So our work, like the apple seed buried within the earth, is within us, not on the "outside" of us, our work is to realize, understand, accept, and join with this "truth of ourselves", and this "truth of God" within us, and let it happen within us, let begin what needs to begin within us, and let end what now needs to end, both within us and on the "outside" of us, not to try to make it happen on the "outside" of us, and then we will find peace in our life, both now and in the hereafter. May we both do it like that, my dearest loving brother Ellis. Amen. 16. A Little Bit More About God's Prophets - about "Jesus (peace be upon Him) as the "Seed of Muhammad", as the Prophet David (peace be upon Him) was the "Seed of Jesus", as the Prophet Muhammad, as the Nur Muhammad is the "Seed of True Man" And then with Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) within us completing what Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us started within us, which is His journey to God within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called Mi'raj, the 20 year journey within us, that Muhammad (Sal.) completed in one night on the "outside" of us, which in truth is the journey of our soul joined as "One with" our purified heart and our awakened consciousness or wisdom within us, as the Triple Flame of God within us, in the Islamic tradition, and as the Holy Trinity of God within us, in the Christian tradition, a journey through the darkness of our own mind, in order to reach the Primal God within us, allowing our soul to again become "one with" God within us. A journey through the darkness of our mind within us, or "mim" within us, in the Islamic tradition, which are the 70,000 veils of separation within us that we in our ignorance have grown within us, upon coming to this earth world, with Muhammad (Sal.) within us, as the maturity of Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, transforming them into 70,000 gifts of understanding within us, that allows him to commune directly with God within us, across the final veil that "separates a True Man from God" within us, which is our body, having climbed to the top of the mountain of our mind within us. And then at God's direction with Muhammad (Sal.) within us removing the final veil that separates us from God within us, which is our body, which in truth is the "School of God" within us, which is where God sent our soul within us, to the "School of Contrast" or this earth world or dunya within us, in order to learn about "who it already is", the school where we can learn about what "separates us" from God within us, and prepare us for the next "School of God" within us, which is the "School of Light" within us, which is where God teaches us about God within us, which is the hereafter or akhirah within us, where God Himself teaches us about God within us, where God finally answers His own question within us, asked by God of God within us, in the time before the beginningless beginning within us know as anathi in the Islamic tradition, or the time of darkness or lack of understanding within us, where God within s answers His own question of Himself within us, which literally started everything we are currently experiencing, and will ever experience, the question, "Who am I?. And in this way, this is our life, our true life, our true work, within us, my dearest loving brother Ellis, not what we are currently experiencing in our ignorance on the "outside" of us, this is our true life within us, with "us" joined as "One with" God within us, before we die to the "outside" of us, with God within us first coming to life within us as Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, as our liberated soul joined with our wisdom within us, having transcended our impure birth within us, which in our ignorance we only see as our current life on the "outside" of us, in this way, opening our "divine analytic wisdom" within us, the 6th level of wisdom within us, wisdom of the Qutbiyyat or Power of God within us, as it is called in the Islamic tradition, which is the "wisdom beyond intellect within us which teaches, analyzes, and controls within us". And then God coming to life within us as Muhammad (Sal.) within us, when our soul and our wisdom joined as "One" within us find and become "One with" the light of our wisdom, or the Nur Muhammad within us, in this way, opening the "eye of divine luminous wisdom" within us, the 7th level of wisdom within us, the wisdom or God consciousness within us that can see everything in the 18,000 universes within us, allowing our soul within us, that God placed with each of us, so learning could occur within us, allowing our soul within us to complete its journey back into God within us, with our soul now having disappeared back into the Nur Muhammad within us, which in the Islamic tradition is the "light of our wisdom, or the "soul of Muhammad (Sal.)" within us, in this way, allowing the "eye of wisdom" within us to become permanently open within us, allowing Adam (peace be upon Him) within us to recover from His fall from grace within us, and in the process, with our heart becoming the "Palace of the soul", within us, the House of wisdom within us, the House of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (peace be upon Him) within us. Amen. [Note: all of this is beautifully explained to us by His Holiness, by our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) in the beautiful book of wisdom, "A Mystical Journey", which you can read on-line, at least some of it, by clicking on the following: www.AMysticalJourney.homestead.com. Thank you. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar] And in maturity with our soul, and our heart, and our consciousness, as the Triple Flame of God within us, becoming the 8th heaven of Muhammad (Sal.) or firdaus within us, and finally, with "us" becoming "One with" the "Secret World of Allah" within us, and "One with" Muhammad (Sal.) within us, and "One with" all of the 124,000 Prophets of God within us, and in this way, with "us" becoming "One with" the state of Iman-Islam within us, with this state within us representing the state of "God praying to God" within us, which His Holiness calls, the "Prayer of the One to the One who Is" within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen. 17. Make "You" Into God's Problem, Not Into "Your" Problem - and then God within you an successfully "Cure Himself of you", of "you" as "separate from" Him, and then you will be within Him and He will be within you, and you and He will be "One" for eternity Then our life will have become successful in our own lifetime, then our wisdom will reason over our fate, then the qualities of our higher selves will become victorious over the qualities of our lower selves, my dearest loving brother Ellis, and all of this can be accomplished within the time still allotted to you, and to each of us, by God, because God can do anything, God has no limits. And it is our believing in God in this way, my dearest loving brother Ellis, that in truth God must "cure Himself of us", for our life to become successful, for in truth we don't exist, either within us or on the "outside" of us, for in truth it is God who exists within us, and it is only God who exists within us, and God is One within us. And when God has successfully cured Himself of us, because we have realized, understood, accepted and joined with Him in this "Divine Endeavor" within us, letting our life of falsehood, our life of "selfishness" end, both within us and on the "outside" of us, with "us" disappearing into this truth of our life, and into the truth of God within us, in this way, allowing the "truth to surrender to the truth" within us, as an apple seed does, then like the apple seed we will germinate and God will be revealed within us, as the Tree of God's grace within us, and then as the fruit of that tree which is True Man within us, and we will be within it. This is what we must do in our lifetime, my dearest loving brother Ellis, at least as much as an apple seed, who having realized, understood, accepted, and joined with the truth of itself, that it is an apple seed buried within the earth, and with the truth of the apple tree hidden within it, that the earth contains everything necessary for that apple tree hidden within it to grow, then the earth having realized the awakened state of the apple seed buried within it surrenders to the apple seed, and the apple seed in its new awakened state surrenders to the earth, and the apple seed germinates, destroying the apple seed and revealing the apple tree hidden within is, and revealing within it, within the apple tree, the apples, and revealing within the apples again the apple seed, but this time a 1000 fold. In this way, we must join with God within us to complete what God has started within us, allowing the "truth to surrender to the truth" within us, allowing the "Seed of God" within us to germinate, revealing the "Tree of God's Grace" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is the state of Iman-Islam within us, and in the process destroying the "Seed of God" within us, and destroying "us" living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as if, we are "separate from" God, as if, we are "separate from" each other, and as if, we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us. Then God will have completed what He has started within us, within each of us, a very, very long time ago, way before we were born, way before we came to this earth world, to this "School of God", and we will be within Him in the hereafter within us, and He will be within us here, and in this way, we will have become "One with" God within us, and He will have become "One with" us within Him within us, with all of this occurring before we have died to the "outside" of us. Amen. May we both do it like this, my dearest loving brother Ellis, joining in partnership with God within us, becoming "One with" God within us, before we die to the "outside" of us, and doing all of it in the time allotted to us by God, always remembering that there is always enough time to complete everything that needs to be completed, for God can do anything, and "us" joined as "One with" God allows God within us to do just that, because God has no limits, and then neither do we. Then we will find peace in our lifetime, both now and later. 18. Correcting The Only Fault That We Really Have - which is our "separation from" God within us, and doing this before we die to the "outside" of us And we can only reach this state of the purified heart within us, this state of True Prayer within us, before we die, in partnership with God within us, in partnership with our wisdom within us, and with God within our wisdom, doing it within us, not on the "outside" of us, doing it by joining with God within us, in partnership with God within us, in this way, coming back together as "One with" God within us, which as noted earlier, and here again, is the only reason Adam (peace be upon Him) was thrown out of heaven within us, and the only reason we cannot now see God within us, not because of satan within us, or because of anything that he did within us, or because of anything that we have done in our ignorance since being born into this earth world or dunya. And we can all join in partnership with God within us, we can all again become "One with" God within us, before we die, we can all do it, by just "doing it", not by just talking about it, or preaching about it, or by thinking that we are somehow helping other people to do it. It is really that simple. My dearest loving brother Ellis, this is the only thing that God has personally asked us to do, to join again as "One with" Him within us, before we die to the "outside" of us, which in truth is our school, is "God's School of Contrast", where we have come to learn our lessons and pass our exams, and then return as "One with" God within us, and that is why God throw Adam (peace be upon Him) out of heaven and into this earth world, into this "School of God", into this "School of Contrasts", so through contrast, we can learn our lesson and before we die join again as "One with" God within us, not to "work for wages to get into some illusory heaven" on the "outside" of us. This is all that God asks of us while we are here, nothing else. To join in partnership with God within us to learn our lesson, to learn about the true nature of each of us, which is our "Godliness", to learn about those who were created by God "In the Image of God", which is each of us, and to learn about the true nature of "God within us", which is "Oneness", and having understood this, to then give up our life of "selfishness" on the "outside" of us, so God can again live a life of "selflessness" within us. So God can live again within us, first as Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, joined with Moses (peace be upon Him) within us, as the liberated soul of God within us joined with the wisdom of God within us, with the wisdom of God that is currently surrounding our soul within us, which when awakened through the "Gift of God" for our age, through the "Word" of God for our age, through the life and teaching of God for our age, will then set about doing battle with the "Enemy of our soul" within us. Doing battle with the "Enemy of our soul" within us, which is each of us living a life a "separation and differences", a life of sin, on the "outside" , is each of us living a life of "selfishness" with our dearest loving brothers and sisters, in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, but which in truth is within us, which in truth has grown within us in our ignorance, and is now in maturity being nourished by our life of "separation and differences", our life of sin, on the "outside" of us. Amen. And for our age, the life and teaching of God for our age, both within us and on the "outside" of us, is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), within us, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) now on the "outside" of us, which is the whole purpose of this letter to you, my dearest loving brother Ellis. Amen. 19. A Little Bit More About Louie - about the life of Louie, where each day, each hour, each moment, he is "practicing what is being preached" from within him, that is, we are joining in partnership with God within us, before we "say or do" anything", in order to learn the lessons that God has sent us here to learn, which is the "Oneness" of us and God within us So that is everything about Louie, well most of it. That is the life of Louie, each day, each hour, each moment, joining in partnership with God within us, before we "say or do" anything", in order to learn the lessons that God has sent us here to learn, which is the "Oneness" of us and God within us, which is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, and having learned our lessons to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the "outside" of us, but this time with an understanding of that "Oneness" so it will never leave us again. And doing all of this before we die to the "outside" of us, which is really a very small thing, if we just use the time left to each of us, which is always plenty of time, which is always enough time, and which in many of our cases could be a lot shorter time than yours, my dearest loving brother Ellis, and within this time allotted to us by God, to do the "one thing", the "only thing" that we truly came here to do, and that is to correct the one fault, the one sin, that our Father, Adam (peace be upon Him) fell into before he came to this earth world, and that is "the belief" that he is "separate from" God, for in truth "God is closer to him, and to each of us, as the Children of Adam (peace be upon Him), than our own breath". And that is why Louie is fine, knowing this, without the slightest doubt, and doing this, this establishing the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, like writing this wisdom letter to you, because as His Holiness teaches us "if you have doubt you are out", and this is why Louie feels in his heart that you too, my dearest loving brother Ellis, are fine, you too know this without the slightest doubt, and you too are doing this, this "Establishing the Presence of God" within you, before you "say or do" anything. And in this way, both you and Louie have learned what they came here to learn, as we have made the correct choice, we have truly chosen "Oneness with" God within us, before we have died to the "outside" of us, rather than continuing to choose "separation from" God on the "outside" of us, and then the rest of our life, as you and this child have chosen, is just for the benefit of others. Amen. 20. Thank You Again, My Dearest Loving Brother Ellis - for sharing your faith and trust in God with us, at this time in your life, which is so very important to each of us, if we have the heart to hear it and receive it from God within you. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar So again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for the wonderful gift that you have given to this child, my dearest loving brother Ellis, the gift of absolute faith and trust in God within us, and that you have also given to all of the other children who read the beautiful letter that you sent to our dearest loving brother Pierce, that is, if they have the heart to hear it, which is always a problem with such work. In closing, if this is enough for our time together, as only God knows what we need, and when we need it, then this child is very happy and grateful and content that we had this time together and we praise God in His infinite Mercy and Compassion for letting it be so, but if it would comfort you further, as it would most certainly comfort this child further, as well as those who may read our correspondence, for us to spend more time together, sharing the infinite Mercy and Compassion of God that has come into our lives. If that is so, if we are to spend more time together, then this child of God belongs to you, my dearest loving brother, as your brother who has become "One with" the "One Open Heart" of God for our age, and we will happily and willingly, in the name of God within us, and of His Messenger for our age, our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and God within Him, submit to your every need, as you see fit. 21. More On The Life & Teaching of His Holiness - of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us). Amen. For more on the life and teachings of our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of God within Him, for more on the true "Gift of God" for our age for the Children of God for our age, you can access the following Web Pages through the Internet: 1) The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship (www.bmf.org) 2) The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen On-line Library (www.Bawa.homestead.com). Also, we are in the process of writing a letter to our dear classmates, to Paul and Joan Sturgis, and to Pierce and Dolores Pelouze, which is now a part of the on-line Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library, as is this Spiritual Letter to you, which you can access by clicking on the following: Spiritual Letter 60, "Understanding the Sin of Righteousness" (www.SpiritualLetter060.homestead.com). This Spiritual Letter to Paul and Pierce and to their wives was written, starting in May of this year and is still going on, and it all started after Paul and Joan gave this child a copy of the "Gospel of John" from the Holy Bible, during the 47.5 Class Reunion that was held in April, 2004, and suggested that we read it, which we did, spending the whole summer reading it, and then sharing the result of that reading within them, in Spiritual Letter 60, "Understanding The Sin of Righteousness", sharing with our dearest loving classmates what we have and are continuing to learn from the "Gospel of John", which thank God is a lot, with "us" sitting on the lap of God within us, while our wisdom, which for this child for our age is Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, while They teach us "what we do not know". In addition, we sent Paul and Pierce a beautiful letter as part of going to the 47.5 Class Reunion, in April of 2004, suggesting to them that it be handed out to everyone at the Class Reunion, as it dealt with the whole issue of what is appropriate for our life in the world, and what should be our correct focus while living in the world, a letter which you can read on-line, if you like, which you can access by clicking on the following: Spiritual Letter 57, "Don't Forget Me, Don't Forget Me, Don't Forget Me" (www.SpiritualLetter057.homestead.com), which is what His Holiness Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) said to us in a short talk a few days before He died. And finally, when Paul, "out of the blue" so to speak, contacted this child in June of 2002 and invited us to attend the upcoming 45th Class Reunion, we wrote Paul a beautiful letter in which we tried to explain the "True Meaning of Islam" to him, trying to bridge the apparent gap for him between Islam and Christianity, which are viewed as "separate" in the world "outside" of us, but in truth are "One" within us as presented to us in the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), a letter which you are also welcome to read, if you like, which is not yet on-line but which we can send to you. Just drop us an E-mail at Muhaiyaddeen786@aol.com requesting a copy and we will either E-mail it to you or put it on-line for you to read. [Note: As noted earlier in this letter, His Holiness Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) died on December 8th, 1986, and is buried at "The Farm", which an area set aside by His Holiness for His burial and the burial of His Children, which are all of us living in the world today who want what we have shared today, that is, whose true intention in life is to become "One with" God within us, before we die to the "outside" of us. "The Farm" includes a burial place for His Children, an area where the Children of His Holiness farm in the summer months, and a Shrine over the grave of His Holiness, which all are invited to visit. And recently we have added heat to the Shrine or Mazar as it is called in the Islamic tradition, so visiting the Shrine in the winter months is now comfortable] 22. Invoking The "Presence of God" Within Us - before we "say or do" anything, by calling out the "Name of God" for our age, using the name to call God that we feel must comfortable with, whether it be Jesus (peace be upon Him) in the Christian and Jewish tradition, Nur Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) or Qutb Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) in the Islamic tradition, or Murugan (blessing and peace be upon Him) in the Hindi tradition, and now in our age, by the grace and blessing of God to the Children of God for our age, by calling God into "Presence" within us, before we "say or do" anything, by using the name "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him), for in truth They are all the same within us, and are only "separate", like each of us, on the "outside" of us Even though we may think of Them, of the 124,000 Prophets of God, as "separate" on the "outside" of us, it is not so within us. And even though we may think of the 8 main Prophets of God; Adam, Noah, Abraham, Ishmael & Isaac, Moses, David, Jesus (peace be upon Them), and Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), who are the Prophets of each of the 4 main Religions on the "outside" of us, including Hinduism, Fire Worship or Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam & Judaism, as "separate" on the "outside" of us, it is not so. For in truth within us, as with God within us, "They are all One" within us, They in truth are all "The One of Us" within us, They are all facets of the "One Gem" that is God within us, that Gem that is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, for in truth that is what God and True Man really are within us, our "Oneness" within us, and that is what all of the 124,000 Prophets of God really are on the "outside" of us, an example "outside" of us, a finger on the "outside" of us, pointing to our true "Oneness", the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen. And within us these same 124,000 Prophets of God are the instrument of God for transforming our life of "separation and differences", our life of arrogance, karma, and illusion, our life of desire for earth, women, and gold, our life of "body, trick, and danger", on the "outside" of us, into a life of "Oneness and Unity, of Justice and Truth", of Compassion and Unity" within us. Amen. Such is the significance of the Prophets of God to our life, and to the completion of what God started within us over 200 million years ago, which is to reveal God to God within us for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. 23. Understanding - "Who We Truly Are?", "Where We Currently Are", and "What is Really Happening to Us" My dearest loving brother Ellis, we are all on a incredible journey, which started a very long time ago, not just when we appeared from our mother's womb, a journey which in one way starts within us when Adam (peace be upon Him) fell from grace within us, when he fell out of the "remembrance of God" within us, with his every look, thought, intention, and action, in this way, when Adam (peace be upon Him) broke his direct connection to God within us, because he did not understand that direct connection, and became "us", became "us" living with our dearest loving brothers and sisters in the world that we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, so we can sin. So through the contrast of our impure birth and the earlier pure birth of our soul within, in the world of souls within us, which must be re-opened within us, we can learn about "who we already are". And having learned our lessons in God's "School of Contrast", and passed our exams, Adam (peace be upon Him) within us can recover from his fall from grace within us, and complete what God created him to do, which is to become the place of purity within us, within which we can "Steady God" within us, allowing God to "Cure Himself of Us", because then we no longer exist, then "Only God exists" within us, and then "God is One" within us. Amen. And only realizing, understanding, accepting, and joining with this truth of us, that we are the "Seed of God" within the Creation of God within us, and the "Truth of God" within us, that God is the "Seed of True Man" within the "Seed of God" within the Creation of God within us. And as such, in truth we are "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, and God within us is "True Man happening" within "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, as an apple seed is the "Apple Tree happening" within the earth it is buried within, and the "Apple Tree" hidden within it is in truth the "Apple Fruit happening" within the "Apple Tree happening" within the earth it is buried within. In truth the cycle of the apple seed, apple tree, apple is but a finger of God pointing to the cycle of Man, God, Man-God/God-Man within each of us. Amen. A truth which naturally emerges from within us, when we are ready to hear it, and ready to either accept or reject it, like what happens to each apple seed buried within the earth, allowing it to germinate and reveal the apple tree hidden within it, or not, and not all do, not all apple seeds do accept the truth of themselves and germinate, some reject the truth of themselves to continue living a life of "separation and differences" within the earth, a life lived on the "outside" of them, a life as "separate from" the earth that it is buried within, and as "separate from" the apple tree hidden within it, "separate from" the story of the apple tree within the story of the apple, and the story of the apple within the story of the apple tree, that it came to the earth, to join with the earth to tell. And such is our same choice, to germinate or not, to accept or reject the "truth of us" and the "truth of God" hidden within us, to tell the story of God within the story of True Man, and the story of True Man within the story of God, that we came to the earth, to join with the earth, to join with the Creation of God within us, to tell, in this way, allowing the "truth to surrender to the truth" within us, or to reject this truth, like some apple seeds do, an not germinate, a continue to live in the earth, as "separate from" the earth, and as "separate from" the "apple tree" hidden within it, until it dies, until it rots in the earth and becomes subject to 105 million rebirth, but never again as the story of the apple tree within the story of the apple fruit, and as the story of the apple fruit within the story of the apple tree. And such is our fate, my dearest loving brother Ellis, if we fail to germinate and reveal God within us, if we fail to accept the "truth of us" as the "Seed of God" within us, and the "truth of God" within us which is the "Seed of True Man" within us, if we fail to join in partnership with God within us to reveal God to God within us, allowing God to reveal True Man within us, and in this way, revealing the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, in this way, completing what God started within us a very, very long time ago, to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, and we will be within it. Amen. 24. What A Wonderful Life God Has Given To Each Of Us - Thank God. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. In closing, what a wonderful life God has given to each of us. Thank God. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. May we all come to realize this, and make the right choice before we die, and choose to become "One with" God within us, in our own lifetime, by joining in partnership with God within us, calling Him into "Presence" within us, before we "say or do" anything, and using whatever name to call Him that we feel most comfortable with. Whether it be Jesus (peace be upon Him) in the Christian and Jewish tradition, Nur Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) or Qutb Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) in the Islamic tradition, or Murugan (blessing and peace be upon Him) in the Hindi tradition, which in truth is one of the 201 names of Muhammad (Sal.), who has come repeatedly into the world with the same message of "Oneness", with the same example of "Unity" for all of us, not just coming into the world once 1400 years ago in Mecca and Medina, as is currently believed by most practicing the Islamic tradition of the "Path of God" on the "outside" of us. Or now in our age, through the grace of God for our age, to the Children of God for our age, we can also call God into "Presence" within us, before we "say or do" anything, by using the name "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him), for in truth They are all "One" within us, They are all the same within us, for They are only "separate" on the "outside" of us, for even though we may think of Them as "separate" on the "outside" of us, in truth within us, as with God within us, "They are all One" within us, They in truth are all "The One of Us" within us, They are all facets of the "One Gem" that is God within us, that is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, for in truth that is what God and True Man really are within us, our "Oneness" within us, and that is what all of the 124,000 Prophets of God really are on the "outside" of us, an example "outside" of us, a finger on the "outside" of us, pointing to our true "Oneness" within us. Amen. 25. Make Straight The "Way of The Lord" - which is the "Straight Path" spoken about in the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition, where in the Islamic tradition it is held as the major goal of our spiritual life, with all Muslims pleading with God in the major prayer in Islam, in the Suratul Fatihah, to "Guide us on the Straight Path", and it is the answer given to us by the "Seed of Jesus", which in the Jewish and Christian tradition is the Prophet David (A.S.), coming first as the King of the Jews at the time of King David (A.S.), and then coming to flower at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) as the Flower and Fragrance of the Triple Flame of God within us, becoming the "Oneness of "John the Baptist" and of the Prophet Jesus (peace be upon Them) within us When asked "who he is?", by the Pharisees, "John the Baptist" told them, in Chapter 01, Verse 23, in the "Gospel of John", "I am the voice of the One crying in the wilderness, ' Make straight the way of the Lord'". Such in truth is the "Oneness" of the Jewish, and Christian, and Islamic traditions, at least on the inside of us, even though they are currently killing each other, in the name of God, on the "outside" of us, forgetting that they are all of the lineage of the Prophet Abraham (peace be upon Him), of the lineage of Iman-Islam, of the absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God, that reflects the Light of God in the face, in the face of anyone who truly walks the "Straight Path of God" within us, either then or now in our age. A path which was originally walked on the "outside" of us by Abraham and by His two sons, Ishmael and Isaac (peace be upon Them), as an example of what each of us must now do within us, before we die to the "outside" of us. Amen For this is the "Straight Path" that we must walk within us, each day, each hour, and each moment of the time allotted for us by God within us, however long or short that time may appear to us to be, knowing with our faith and trust in God that it is enough, that it has been perfectly measured out by God for each one of us, a path that God told us about in the "Gospel of John". Such is the "Gift of God" for our age, a beautiful explanation of the "Straight Path" of God for our age, a path that only those living in our age could walk, a path that has been waiting for 200 million years to be walked by the Children of God for our age, such is true nature and exaltedness of the Children of God for our age, which is like none before it, and of the "Gift of God" for our age, which is also like none before it, both within us and on the "outside" of us. The gift of the Children of God for this age, and the gift of the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), also in our age, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), which in truth is the breast milk for the Children of God for this age. A gift and a path that we must learn to use and to climb onto before we "say or do" anything in our life, by first invoking the "Presence of God" within us, by first calling out His name within us for our age, before we "say or do" anything, in each day, each hour, and each moment allotted to us by God within us. Then peace will be our lot both now and in the hereafter. Then we will be truly walking the "Straight Path" of God for our age, a path that will lead us direction back into the "Oneness" that is God within us, with an understanding of the "Oneness" of God within us that we can then share with God within us for eternity. Amen. 26. Closing Prayer and Greetings - "Forgive us the wrong and accept the good. So I request". May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. Please give my love and salams (greetings from the heart) to your dear wife and family, and to all of your friends, both at home and within the hospital, especially to those who are facing a similar situation in their life. Please tell them that everything is fine in your life, that you are in a very good state, that God has brought you to the point where you have become an example to others, an example of absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God, an example that in truth, "Only God exists" within us, that in truth "God is One" within us. Please tell them that Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) loves them very, very much, and that both you and all of them will be in my prayers everyday, until the last breath of this child. Please tell them this with an open clear heart, my dearest loving brother Ellis, realizing that God is Great, that in truth God can do anything, that everything is within His tawwakul, within His responsibility. Amen. And please join with God within you, to share this sharing with them, with all of them, as this "Heart's Work" is the only true way to become "One with" God within us, before we die to the "outside" of us, please do this "Heart's Work" within you, my dearest loving brother Ellis, and both you and God, and each of us will be pleased. That is certain. Such is the experience of this child. Amen. And finally, please forgive this child if anything in this letter is wrong or offends you, or your family, or your friends in any way. This child is a fool, trying to live at the feet of God for our age, that is all. And as our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), taught us to say, at the bottom of page 7, in the "Forward" of the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", "Let those who are knowledgeable correct any faults. Forgive me the wrong and accept the good. So I request". My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). End of Page 5 of 5 of Spiritual Letter 66 - outline & summary version - ...................................... or Go To Spiritual Letter 66: E-mail Version Summary of Spiritual Letter 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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