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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. Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Bawa. Here is "Page 2 of 3" of the "E-mail Version" of "Spiritual Chat 247", a beautiful sharing from the other night (2/21/06) with our dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman (Curis Wahlgren), a sharing that our wisdom within us, and the Truth within our wisdom, which for our age, is our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, that His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) have instructed this child to share with each of us, if we like, for in truth, "We are All One". Amen. Bawa. That is, to share with each of the Children of God for our age, which in truth is each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for the life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, befpre we die to the flesh in our current state, but this time with an understanding of our "Oneness" so it will never leave us again. Bawa. That is, to decide to do this with our life within us, rather than continuing to do what we are currently doing in our life on the "outside' of us, which is our current state, that is, to join with the "Word of God" for our age to awaken the wisdom surrounding our soul, so the wisdom surrounding our soul can then do battle with the "Enemy of our soul", which in truth is our current life of "separation and differences", of sin, of "selfishness" on the "outside". Bawa. So our awakened wisdom can liberate our soul life within us, from the cross of our elemental body, by pulling out the 5 nails of "our desire" to live on the "outside" of us and sin, that is, "our desire" to continue living on the "outside" of us, seeing everything as "separate from" us, which in truth is the only sin, which is our "separation from" everyone and everything on the "outside" of us, when in truth "We are all One" within us. Amen. Bawa. And in this way, with "us" joining in partnership with God within us, to allow this to occur within us, to allow our awakened wisdom to liberate our soul, and then to find and become "One with" the Light of our wisdom, which in the Islamic tradition is referred to as the Nur Muhammad, or the "Body of the soul", which is the form of Grace within the "Secret World of Allah" within us, which is True Prayer within us, the "Prayer of the One to the One who Is" within us, and doing all of this, or at least truly starting to do all of this, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state. Bawa. At least this is certainly something to think about a little, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, Yes? Bawa. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler. ============================================================== Note To Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman - after the Spiritual Chat, and as part of the E-mail to him Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman (Curtis Wahlgren) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Bawa. Here is a copy of our Spiritual Chat from the other night, from 2/21/06, which was wonderful. You had signed off by the time "We" were ready to send our last sharing, so Bawa within us, and God within Him, instructed this child to mail this copy to you. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Bawa. Also, we saw your attempt to chat again tonight but only saw it after you had signed off. So this must be how the end of our previous chat is to be sent, that is, this is how it is to reach our dearest loving brother, Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman, at least on the "outside" of us, that is, as an E-mail. Bawa. What a wonder is this God of ours, the way that He perfectly orchestrates each of our lives within Him, and how He puts our lives together within Him, for "Maximum Benefit", if we like, for the Choice to accept our life in this way, that is, as "Perfect In Every Way", that is, as being within Him, not as being "outside" of us, and to accept what comes to us, as coming from Him within us, to Him within the Creation of God within us, in order to liberate our soul, and return it to God within us. Bawa. But this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again, and to do all of this, or at least to truly start to do it, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and "we" get an eternal hell, an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, as our lot. Bawa. That is, the Choice to let our soul return it to God within us, again becoming "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", but this time with an understanding of "Who we are", of "Who God is", and of our Relationship of 'Oneness", with us as the Witness, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Bawa. Which is like the way that the Angel Gabriel (peace be upon Him) Witnessed the 6,666 Verses of the Holy Qur'an over 1400 years ago, on the "outside" of us, and must now Witness it again within each of us, that is, as coming from Muhammad (Sal.) to Muhammad (Sal.), that is, from Muhammad (Sal.) within God within us, to Muhammad (Sal.) within the Creation of God within us, that is, from the "First Muhammad (Sal.)" within us, to the "Last Muhammad (Sal.)" within us, in order to liberate our soul from our impure birth, from the "Enemy of our soul", or a least to truly start to do this within us, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state and get an eternal hell of "separation from" as our lot, as our reward, all of which in truth is our current life, both within us, and on the "outside" of us. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen. Bawa. Here is a copy of our last Spiritual Chat, Spiritual Chat 246, on 2/21/06, which "We" have given the "Short Title" of:, "Learning How to Become Alone, Hungry, and Awake, Before We Set Out To Pray" Expanded Title - of Spiritual Chat 246 Bawa. And that "We" have given the "Expanded Title" of: "Learning How To Become Alone, Hungry, and Awake, Before We Set Out To Pray, Realizing That In Truth Only God Can Pray To God, That Only God Can Feed Our Hungry Soul, Allowing It To Return To Him". "That is, If We Will Only Let Him, If We Will Only Let Him Be Alone Again Within Us, If We Will Only Let Him Awaken From His Dream Within Us, Of Us Living On The "Outside" of Us In Our Current State, If We Will Only Be Truly Done With Our Current State, And Tell Him So, With Every Breath." "Allowing Us To Become Silent On The "Outside" of Us, So God Can Speak From Within Us, As The "Word of God" For Our Age, For The "Children of God" For Our Age, If We Like." "Which In Truth Is Each of Us Living In This Age, If We Like, If The "True Intention" For The Life Within Us, For Our Soul Life, Is To Again Become "One With" God Within Us, Before We Die To The Flesh In Our Current State, And Get An Eternal Hell of "Separation From" As Our Reward, For The Choice To Do This With Our Life, Or Not, To Again Become "One With" God Within Us, Is Most Certainly Our Choice, Not God's." "If We Will Only Be Truly Done With Our Current State Of Trying To Live On The "Outside" of Us, So We Can Sin, So We Can Continue Living As "Separate From" God Within Us, Which In Truth Is Our Only Sin, Which In Truth Is What Prevents True Prayer To God, From Naturally Happening Within Us, Our Current State of Trying To Live On The "Outside" of Us, As If We Are "Separate From" God Within Us, All of Which Is Not True." "Our Current State On The "Outside" of Us, In Ignorance of What Is Truly Within Us, And of Why In The First Place, We Have Come To This Earth World Within Us, Which Is To Learn About Who We "Already Are", And Having So Learned, In Partnership With God Within us, To Leave, Before We "Die To The Flesh In Our Current State", And Get An Eternal Hell of "Separation From" As Our Reward." "To Join In Partnership With God Within Us, To Do This With Our Life Within Us, To Let It Return To God Within Us, Before It Is Too Late, Not To Continue Trying To Live Here, As "Separate From" God Within Us, As "Separate From" Each Other, And As "Separate From" The Creation of God Within Us, All of Which Is Not True". "As Some of Us Are Now Trying To Do, In Our Ignorance, And In Our Arrogance About Our Ignorance," But All of Which Is Not True." Bawa. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen. ============================================================== Outline & Summary - of "E-mail Version" of Spiritual Chat 247 "Brief Outline" - of Spiritual Chat 247 (Pages 02 only) Introduction - to Spiritual Chat 247 Note To Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman - after the Spiritual Chat, and as part of the E-mail to him A. How Is My Soul? - continued from Page 01 A-3. We Are Not Awake - because our mind is always sleeping, always dreaming of us living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of whch is not true B. The Suggestion - Is to let God harvest His Crop within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and we are harvested by the darkness within us C. "Play It Again Sam" - Lets take a deeper look at what was shared earlier C-1. So What Is Our Duty? - our duty to God, to the Shaikh, & to the Fellowship Quotation From His Holiness - from book "Golden Words of a Sufi Shaikh" ============================================================== "Longer Outline" - of Spiritual Chat 247 (Pages 02 only) Introduction - to Spiritual Chat 247 Note To Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman - after the Spiritual Chat, and as part of the E-mail to him Page 02 - is the page you are currently reading, with both "Outline & Text" available A. How Is My Soul? - continued from Page 01 A-3. We Are Not Awake - because our mind is always sleeping, always dreaming within us, of us living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, because the "Nur and the Qutb" have yet to emerge out of "The Shadow" within us, out of "The Shadow"which is still covering our soul buried within our heart within us, covering our soul which is the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, that is, we have yet to emerge out of the "25 Letters" of the "28 Letters" within us, which make up the "Mystical Parts" of the human body within us, because "we" have not yet gotten up early enough to see the "Morning Star" in our "Heaven", in our very own heart, that is, to see the "25th Letter" or the Nur Muhammad within us, which is the Light of our wisdom on the forehead of Adam (peace be upon Him) within us, and to then go on "The Journey" of our soul within us B. The Suggestion - Is to let God harvest His Crop within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and we are harvested by the world of darkness within us, so we can again become "God's Property" within us, for eternity, before the world does, before we become "The World's Property" within us, for eternity C. "Play It Again Sam" - Lets take a deeper look at what was shared earlier, my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman (may God be pleased with Him), by saying the word "Bawa", establishing the "Presence of God' within us, and then handing back to God what He handed to us, briefly reflecting upon it with our wisdom, and then being "Done with it", then saying to God within us, "Thank You, O God, but No Thank ,You O God. What's Next?" C-1. So What Is Our Duty? - that is, our duty to God, our duty to the Shaikh, our duty to the Fellowship, and our duty to our Family Quotation From His Holiness - from the book of wisdom, "The Golden Words of C-5. Should We Use Bawa, As Our Co-pilot, To Help Us Fly? - that is, should we try to use Bawa within us, and God within Him, like a co-pilot in an airplane, to help "us" go where "we believe we are going", like to heaven, or to "nearness to God", after we die, or should we realize, without the slightest doubt, that in truth, "we are not going" anywhere, but that only He, and God within Him, have a true destination within us C-6. How Do We Get God "To Speak" From Within Us? -That is, how do we get the ignorant and arrogant one on the "outside" of us, to become "silent" on the "outside" of us, and get the "Motionless All-Pervading Omniscient One" within us to speak from within us, to all of the Creation of God for our age, before we die to the flesh in our current state of "separation and differences", and "we" get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our lot ============================================================== Text of E-mail Version - of Spiritual Chat 247 (for Page 02 only) A. How Is My Soul? - continued from Page 01 A-3. We Are Not Awake - because our mind is always sleeping, always dreaming within us, of us living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, because the "Nur and the Qutb" have yet to emerge out of "The Shadow" within us, which is still covering our soul buried within our heart within us, which is the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, that is, we have yet to emerge out of the "25 Letters" of the "28 Letters" within us, which make up the "Mystical Parts" of the human body within us, because "we" have not yet gotten up early enough to see the "Morning Star" in our "Heaven", in our very own heart, that is, to see the "25th Letter" or the Nur Muhammad within us, which is the Light of our wisdom on the forehead of Adam (peace be upon Him) within us, and to then go on "The Journey" of our soul within us Expanded Overview of Topic A-3: Bawa. My dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman, let us look a little deeper at the problem of not becoming "Awake", since in truth this is the first step in establishing "True Prayer" within us, that is, the first step in becoming "Alone, Hungry, and Awake". Bawa. In this way, we must come to realize, in partnership with God within us, what in means to be truly "Awake" within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, in our current state of experiencing the dream of God within us, the dream of "us" living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, a dream which we now see in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, on the "outside" of us, and as defining for us "who we are", and "where we are", and "what is happening" in our life, all of which is false. Bawa. We Are Not Awake because our mind is always sleeping within us, always dreaming within us, because the "Nur and the Qutb" have yet to emerge out of "The Shadow" within us, which is still covering our soul buried within our heart, which is the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, that is, we have yet to emerge out of the "25 Letters" of the "28 Letters" within us, which make up the "Mystical Parts" of the human body within us, because "we" have not yet gotten up early enough to see the "Morning Star" in our "Heaven", in our very own heart, that is, to see the "25th Letter" or the Nur Muhammad within us, which is the Light of our wisdom on the forehead of Adam (peace be upon Him) within us, and to then go on "The Journey" of our soul within us. Bawa. For more on this wisdom point, that is, on "us" not being Awake within us, so God can be Alone within us, and nourish the Hungry Soul within us, and in this way, and only in this way, make our life truly successful in our lifetime, please access the on-line version of the following material: 1) Spiritual Letter 63 - Review of the Holy Qur'an: Sura or Chapter 86, "At Tarique", of the "First 3 Lines" (www.SpiritualLetter063.homestead.com) 2) Spiritual Review 01 - a "Spiritual Review" of the 86th Chapter or Sura in the Holy Qur'an, of "At Tarique", or "The Night Visitant or the Morning Star", which gives a beautiful summary of the "Path of God" within us, and of the "One who walks It", that God has given to each of us, both within us and on the "outside" of us, for our age, if we like (www.SpiritualReview001.homestead.com) 3) Review of "At Tarique" - of "The Night Visitant or Morning Star", which is Chapter 86 or Sura in the Holy Qur'an (www.holyquranchapter086.homestead.com) 4) Chapter 30 - "The Mystical Meaning of Man's Body", from the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", by our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and by God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, by His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), which in truth is each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation and differences" as our lot (www.SpiritualBook002Chap30.homestead.com) Bawa. That is, to go on the "First True Journey" of our soul within us, the journey of the "26th Letter" within us, which is the "Shepherd and The Tree" within us, which liberates our soul from its "Impure Birth" within us. Bawa. And then to go on the "Second or 20 Year Journey" of our soul within us, through our very own mind, the journey of the "27th Letter" within us, which is Muhammad (Sal.) on Mi'raj within us, allowing God to reveal God to God within us, within the Creation of God within us, which is the "Tree of God" within the Creation of God within us, and to reveal True Man within God within us, which is the "Fruit of God" on that Tree, which allows us to "See and Speak To God" within us. Bawa. And then to go on the "Third or Final Journey" within us, again revealing God within us, but this time within True Man within God within us, which is the "Sweet Taste" of that Fruit, and in this way completing God's Intention within us, that is, that "No Child Be Left Behind" within us, in this way, making "God's Story" within us into "Our Story" within us, which in truth is the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, if we like, for the Choice to do this with our life within us, with our soul within us, that is, to allow us to again become "One with" God within us, or at least to truly start to do this within us, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Amen Text of Topic A-3: MuhaiyaddeenLB: Bawa. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Bawa. And the third thing that comes into the heart of this child, when we say the word "Bawa", and try to "feel" what They are saying about our soul within us, is that to be "Alone" we must first be "Awake". MMSulaiman11: Bawa. Allahu Akbar. Al-hamdu lillah. Yes, all three are most certainly true. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Bawa. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Bawa. Realizing that to be "Alone", means that "Only God" is there, and that to be "Awake" means that God has awoken from His dream, from the dream of "us" living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is not true, and in this way, that God has awoken from His dream because we have let Him. Bawa. Realizing that it is "we", not God, who determines if God awakens from His dream, because in truth it is only "us" within Him who can become done with the dream, not God who is dreaming. Bawa. In this way, we are His dream, we are not the dreamer, God is the dreamer, we are Him in His dream, we are Him in the state of "separation and differences", living on the "outside" of us, as if we is "separate from" Him within us, all of which is not true, because in truth God is closer to us than our own breath. And this is the inner meaning of God in Anathi, before the "Beginningless Beginning", in the time of darkness or "lack of understanding" asking the question of each thing he sees in Anathi, "Am I this?". Bawa. And it is "us" realizing this truth, within the dream, in partnership with God within us, without the slightest doubt, that causes Him to awaken from His dream, that allows "Us" as "One with" to be "Awake" within us, and allows Him to be "Again Alone" as "One" within us, that allows Him to be "Again God" within us, that then allows the soul to be "Fed" by God within us, appeasing its "Hunger" within us, "Fed" with the grace, wisdom, and 'ilm of God within us, if we like, for the Choice to do this or not with God within us, with God as the wisdom surrounding our soul within us, and with our soul within us, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Bawa. In this way, and only in this way, allowing the soul to return to God within us, allowing the awakened wisdom joined as "One with" the liberated soul to find and again become "One with" the Nur Muhammad within us, which is the "Light" of our wisdom, the "Body of the soul", and in this way, establishing "True Prayer" within us, the "Prayer of the One to the One who Is" within us, allowing the soul to again become "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of its "Oneness" so it will never loose it again. Bawa. And all of this naturally happens within us, that is, God again start to dream that He is "us" living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, that is, God again enters Anathi, the time of darkness or "lack of understanding" within us, and starts asking "Am I this?", of each impure soul within Anathi within us, that is, all of this starts up again within God within us, when at the Completion of the last telling of the Story of God within us, there is still something "separate from" God within us, there is still "A Child Left Behind", so to speak. Bawa. For then, if anything is still "separate from" God within us, after the telling of the Story of God within us, them God must do it again, God must tell His Story again, with the intention that "No Child Be Left Behind", for what God is doing, which is revealing God to God, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, cannot be Truly Completed until there Is "No Child Left Behind", until there is "Nothing Still Separate From God", because in truth "There is nothing other than God" within us, because in truth "Only God exists" within us, and because in truth "God is One" within us. So if anything is still denying this Truth of God, and this Truth of everything Created by God, then God must "Do it again", and resolve this falsehood, this "Hold Out", so to speak, no matter how many times He must tell His Story. Ok? Amen. Bawa. And this is our age, which is like no age before it, when God can truly "Finish It", when God can truly "Complete It", if we will only let Him, that is, if at least one of us says, "No", if at least one of us says, "It is not over until there is "No Child Left Behind"", if at least one of us takes on this intention as "Our Intention", if at least one of us truly "Intends as God Intends" for our age, allowing God to then, "Make it so". Ok? Amen. Bawa. That is, this is how God "Cures Himself of us", of "us" living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, when "we" as the reality of "all of it" within us, not as "us" as the dream of the "separation of us" on the "outside" of us, comes together within us as "One with" within us, allowing God within us, to "Make it so" within us, because only God can do this within us, and God can only do this within us, when we do this within us, when we expand our consciousness to include "Everything within us", as "who we are", as "where we are", and as "what is happening" in our life, because this is the "Truth of us", and this is the "Truth of God" within us. Bawa. That is, the "Truth of us" within us, like the truth of the apple seed buried within the earth on the "outside" of us, is that we are the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God, which is the "Earth of God", within us, and again like the apple seed buried within the earth, which is the "apple tree happening" within the earth, we are "God happening" within the Creation of God within us. Bawa. And the "Truth of God" within us, like the truth of the apple tree growing within the earth on the "outside" of us, is that God within us is the "Seed of True Man" hidden within the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, and again like the apple tree growing within the earth, which is the "apple fruit happening" within the "apple tree happening" within the earth, and as such are all One, God is "True Man happening" within "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, and as such, "We are all One". Bawa. That is, "us", the Creation of God within us, the "Seed of God" or the soul life within us, buried within the Creation of God within us, and the "Seed of True Man" hidden within the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, or the wisdom surrounding our soul within us, and the wisdom within that wisdom, and the "Sweet Taste of God" within that wisdom, are all One within us, and are "All One", if we like, for the Choice to let this happen within us, or not, that is, to let each reveal the Other within it, until only God is there, until only the "Sweet Taste of God" is there, but this time with "no seed", so the Story is truly over, and does not need to be told again, so "No Child Has Been Left Behind", is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Bawa. For this is what happens within God within us when, "Man appearing on this earth world, forgets God, and falls into many a trap. He does not know to seek himself (within himself), although God exists within man." [Note: This is a quotation from the "Forward" from the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", by our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, by His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), as part of this Spiritual Chat, a "Forward" which we can access on-line by clicking above or HERE (www.ThePearlOfWisdomForward.homestead.com), and the "Table of Contents" of that book, which you can access by clicking above or HERE (www.ThePearlOfWisdom.homestead.com), . Thank you. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen] Bawa. That is, when "we" start to forget God, God within us starts to dream about "us" living on the "outside" of us, and the dream and the dreamer become One, God starts to dream about us living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" Him within us. Bawa. And in this way, "We and God are Always One", both now in the dream, living as if we are "separate from", and in all subsequent transformations of "One with", that is, with "Us" living with gradually reduced or gradually increased degrees of "separation from", but still, we are now and always will be One, until Only God is there, until there is "No Child Left Behind", until what God is doing is truly Complete, is truly over, which is God revealing God to God, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen. Bawa. And in the interim, we are still always "Really One", whether it be "Us" going to God within us, to an eternal life of "Oneness with" within us, that is, of "Us" going on the "Path of God" within us back to God within us, that is, back into the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us, or whether it be "us" going to hell within us, to an eternal life of "separate from" within us, for in truth we are never really alone. Bawa. And in truth what is going on, at any particular part of the journey, is always going on within us, not "outside" of us, because in truth there is no "outside" of us, that is, we are always there together, as One within us, for God's Purpose within us, with us within God within us, and with God within us within God within us, as One, whether we know it or not, and even whether we like or want it or not, we are always One, for in truth this is our true birthright, our true heritage, the true destiny of our soul, no matter what, not matter what may appear to be happening, in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance. Amen. Bawa. And it is this realization, without the slightest doubt, that "Ends the Dream" within "Us", and "Nourishes the Soul" within "Us", that allow "True Prayer" to occur within "Us", the "Prayer of the One to the One who Is" within "Us", and allows the "Prerequisite" for that True Prayer to first occur within "Us", which is, "That "We" be "Alone, Hungry, and Awake". Amen. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Bawa. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Bawa. And this "We" who is "Alone, Hungry, and Awake", is "Us" having become "One with" God within us, which we can do every moment of the day, for every day of the rest of our life, by saying the word "Bawa" before we "Say or do" anything on the "outside" of us, which immediately transforms what we think we are doing on the "outside" of us, into True Prayer within us, allowing the soul to be nourished with the grace, wisdom, and ilm of God. Bawa. Truly it is just this simple. Ok? Bawa. Now we have a suggestion, if you like. Would you like to hear it? B. The Suggestion - Is to let God harvest His Crop within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and we are harvested by the world of darkness within us, so we can again become "God's Property" within us, for eternity, before the world does, before we become "The World's Property" within us, for eternity Expanded Overview of Topic B: Bawa. My dearest loving brothers Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman, we must realize who we "Truly Belong To", before we die to the flesh in our current state, that in truth we are "God's Property" not the "World's Property", even though we are currently experiencing the opposite, so we can learn, so we can gradually come to clarity about "Who we are", and "Where we are", and "What is happening to us", that is, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and miss the opportunity to join in partnership with God within us to finish what God has started within us, a very, very long time ago, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, if we like, for the Choice to use our life in this way, or not, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Bawa. For in truth we will be harvested, when we die to the flesh, the only question still open, is by Whom, that is, either by God within us, in this way becoming "His Property" for eternity, or by the World within us, in this way, becoming "Their Property" for eternity, and the Choice is our Choice, not God's. Bawa. For in truth if we don't join in partnership with God within us, to awaken the wisdom surrounding our soul, so "We" can do battle with the "Enemy of our soul", which is our current life and state on the "outside" of us, living as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is not truth, then when we die to the flesh in our current state, then we will most certainly be harvested by what is "separate from" God within us, which is everything other than God within us, and we become "Their Property" within you, for eternity, for the Choice to do this or that with our life, that is, to become either "God's Property" within us, which is the Property of "Oneness with" within us, for eternity, or the "Property of Hell" within us, which is the Property of "Separation From" within us, for eternity, is our Choice, not God's. Bawa. And in truth their is no other Choice, for everything else in our life, other than this truth, is just drama, is just part of the illusory world that we currently see in our ignorance, and in our arrogance, as existing on the "outside" of us, all of which is not true. Bawa. That is, to either become the Property of God within us, for eternity, or to become the Property of what God has discard from within Himself, for eternity, that God has discarded within Himself, earlier within us, in order to "Become God" within us, a Choice that is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Bawa. May we all know this now, my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman (may God be pleased with Him) without the slightest doubt, and start to act accordingly, that is, may we all start to act as if we are "One with" God within us, as if we are "One with" each other, and as if we are "One with" the Creation of God within us, and since this is all true, since this is the "truth of us", and the "truth of God" within us, then God will "Make it so" within us, in our lifetime. Bawa. And in this way, the wisdom of God within us will reason over our fate, the Qualities of God within us, which are the qualities of our higher selves, will become victorious over the qualities of what has currently grown within us, in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, which are the qualities of our lower selves, and in this way, our life will truly become successful in our lifetime. Bawa. In this way, with "us" becoming like the apple seeds that do germinate to the truth within themselves, who properly complete their duty within themselves, before they rot and die in the earth, in the earth that they are buried in, the apple seeds who, like each of us, in truth are the Story of "Something Else", are the Story of the "Oneness of the apple tree and its fruit" within each of them, like each of us are the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within each of us, "A Story" that each of the apple seeds, like each of us, came to the earth, to join as "One with" the earth, to tell, if they like, for like each of us, the Choice is ours, not God's Amen Text of Topic B: MMSulaiman11: Bawa. Allahu Akbar. Al-hamdu lillah. Yes, absolutely. We would like to hear a suggestion. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Bawa. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Bawa. Now read over again what you shared at the beginning of this sharing, with this new clarity, if you like, and if you agree with it, and see where what you said earlier is not supporting this new clarity, this new understanding, and share with us, if you like a brief summary of the lessons that you have learned through this process, this process of learning through "contrast", if you like, or we can do something else if you like. The Choice is yours. Ok? MMSulaiman11: Bawa. Allahu Akbar. Al-hamdu lillah. (From the top ...) Work is a grace and a blessing. We have learned to hand everything that comes in the course of the day over to Bawa for in truth there is no "I" to deal with anything that the day brings. When "I" go to try and deal with something then God enters His dream where He is dreaming of me as being separate from Him. However when I understand that I have nothing to do but that it is He who must come and do what must be done, then He awakens from His dream of me and He can exist in that state of being alone, awake and hungry. So whatever comes, this child says, "Bawa" and then waits to see how Bawa comes and does what must be done. With the absolute assurance that Bawa will do what needs to be done and that one day this child will be able to say with complete clarity and conviction that, "There is nothing in this creation of God that I need. All that is needed is God. He and He alone is sufficient. There is nothing for me to do." MuhaiyaddeenLB: Bawa. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Bawa. Yes, Yes, Yes. Bawa. Thank you my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Bawa. May we make a few minor adjustments to what you shared? Bawa. That is, may we place what you have shared at the feet of our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and see what They may have to add to what you have shared, in the form of clarification? X MMSulaiman11: Bawa. Allahu Akbar. Al-hamdu lillah. Yes. C. "Play It Again Sam" - Lets take a deeper look at what was shared earlier, my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman (may God be pleased with Him), by saying the word "Bawa", establishing the "Presence of God' within us, and then handing back to God what He handed to us, briefly reflecting upon it with our wisdom, and then being "Done with it", then saying to God within us, "Thank You O God, but No Thank You O God. What's Next?" Bawa. Lets take a deeper look at what was shared earlier, my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman (may God be pleased with Him), by saying the word "Bawa", establishing the "Presence of God' within us, and then handing back to God what He handed to us, briefly reflecting upon it with our wisdom, and then being "Done with it", then saying to God within us, "Thank You O God, but No Thank You O God. What's Next?". Bawa. For in truth, this is the only way to "Walk back into God" within us, in partnership with God within us, allowing each thing that is "separating us" from God within us, to give up its "Gift of Understanding", and to then disappear, for "Nothing will ever leave us until it is understood, for that is why it is there, in front of us, in the first place, which is understanding". Amen. Bawa. For if we do, if we start to live our life in this way, that is, by trusting in God within us, and only in God within us, and by loving God within us, and only loving God within us, then God will do "Everything Else", in order to make our life truly successful in our lifetime. For this is "God's Promise" for our age. For this is "God's Guarantee" for our age. Bawa. May we all know this now without the slightest doubt, my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman, for if we have doubt, then "We are out", and may we all start to act accordingly, that is, may we all start to act as the Children of God for our age, for in truth, now in our age, now that the "Mother Bird" has kicked all of the "Baby Birds" out of the Nest, "We can all fly", if we like, for the Choice to live our life in this way or not, as again "One with" God within us, and in this way, get an eternal life as "One with" God within us, both now, and after we die to the flesh, and to do all of this, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" as our reward, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Amen C-1. So What Is Our Duty? - that is, our duty to God, our duty to the Shaikh, our duty to the Fellowship, and our duty to our Family Bawa. You say, "Have you been doing your duty to God, to the Shaikh, to the Fellowship and to your family?" Bawa. But lets be clear on "what this truly means", my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman, and what it "does not mean", before we make it all about what 'We have to do", remembering that, we are taught by God in this age, that, "You should never have the thought that there is something that you have to do". Bawa. For example, our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us in our age, including the above quote, and now on the "outside" of us, His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, in the E-mail of a Spiritual Chat, the above quote, as well as the following: 1) Our Duty to God Bawa. Our duty to God within us is to Grow God within us, to grow the Katpaha Virudcham, the "Wish Fulfilling Tree" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is referred to as the tree of Iman-Islam within us, which has its tap roots in the 6th heaven within us, which can be viewed as the life and teaching of the Prophets Abraham, Moses, and David (peace be upon Him), and of Qutb Alexander (peace be upon Him), within us. Bawa. And which has its trunk and branches in the 7th heaven within us, which can be viewed as the life and teaching of the Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and which has its fruits in the 8th heaven within us, which can be viewed as the life and teaching of the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) within us, of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him). Bawa. And now in our age, of the life and teaching of our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within us, and now on the "outside" of us, of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), which in truth is everyone living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Amen. 2) Our Duty to the Guru or Shaikh Bawa. Our duty to the Guru or Shaikh within us is to "Preserve the Nourishing Sweetness" of the "Fruit of God" for our age, growing on the "Tree of God" for our age, which in truth is now the tree of "Islam" within each of us living in this age, which is directly connected to God for our age, not to the World or the Creation of God for our age, for like the apple tree is connected to the earth, the apples are connected only to the tree, and such is the truth of the connection between us and God for our age, if we like, for the Choice to do this, or not, with our life, is our Choice, not God's. Bawa. That is, the Choice to use our life in this way, for our age, before we die to the flesh in our current state, so God within us can Speak from within us directly to His Creation within us, both within us and on the apparent "outside" of us, like through the heart of this child, and in this E-mail of our last Spiritual Chat, that is, to accept this or not, as the "Word of God" for our age, for the "Children of God" for our age, is our Choice, not God's. Bawa. So God within us can speak directly to His Creation for our age, and in this way, "Pass Judgment" upon all of the Creation of God within us, for our age, before we die to the flesh in our current state, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Amen. 3) Our Duty to the Fellowship Bawa. Our duty to the Fellowship is to establish the "Presence of God" within our very own heart, our duty to the Fellowship is to "come together in My Name" so God can be there", and teach us "what we do not know", and teach us about "what separates us" from God within us, and teach us about who we "Already are". Bawa. Our duty to the Fellowship is to allow God within us to "Pass Judgment" on all of the Creation of God within us, which in truth is "Everything" that we current see in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, as existing on the "outside" of us, but which in truth is within us, as the lives of darkness and evil that we have allow to grow within us, again in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, like weeds growing within "God's Beautiful Flower Garden". Amen. 4) Our Duty to the Family Bawa. Our duty to the Family is our duty to the Family of God for our age, to the Children of God for our age, which in truth is everyone living in our age, not just those who we know, or like, or are part of our blood family, like "our wife" and "our children" or "our ancestors", which in truth are all our "Personal Wealth", and as such are only leading us to hell, to an eternal hell as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of god within us. Bawa. But rather our duty to the Family of God for our age is to become the "Common Wealth of God" for our age, to become the "Word of God" for our age, to become the "Intention of God" for our age, to become the Qualities and Actions of God for our age, and as such, taking on "Their Struggle" as "Our Struggle", taking on "Their life and suffering" as "Our life and suffering", as each of the 124,000 Heavenly Beings, Prophets, and Lights of God did before us, but this time, with no connection to the Creation of God within us, and to the World on the "outside" of us, that is to the World that we see in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, as still existing on the "outside" of us, all of which is not true. Amen. [Note: This clarity about our duty to God, our duty to the Guru or Shaikh, our duty to the Fellowship, and our duty to the Family, is from "Golden Words 907", on page 416, "The Five Duties", which is reproduced below, and is part of the beautiful book of wisdom, "Golden Words of a Sufi Shaikh", by our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and by God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, by His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us). To access an on-line version of Golden Words Number 907, please click above or HERE (www.GoldenWords907.homestead.com), and to access an on-line version of the "Table of Contents", as well as, other Golden Word Sayings, please click above or HERE (www.GoldenWords.homestead.com). Thank you. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen] Quotation From His Holiness - from the book of wisdom, "The Golden Words of a Sufi Shaikh" Bawa. Here is a beautiful quotation from the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Golden Words of a Sufi Shaikh" which provides us with a beautiful summary of the 5 duties that we all are striving to correctly perform, but which in truth are not something that we can do in our current state, in our current state of living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is not true. Bawa. And it is realizing, understanding, and accepting this truth of us, and this truth of God within us, without the slightest doubt, and then joining in partnership with God within us, to let these 5 duties happen within us, as the natural qualities and actions of One who has again become "One with" God within us, that is the true "Gift of God" of our age, which are the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of Us). Amen. Bawa. Which in truth is each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, but this time with an understanding or "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again, and in this way, the Choice to use our life in this way, or not, is our Choice, not God's, that is, the Choice to become the "5 Duties" of God within us, to God within us, and to everything that is "within God" within us, including His Shaikh, His Fellowship, and His Family, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Amen Bawa. Also we have included with the following quotation, an "Outline" and a "Brief Summary" of each of the wisdom points in the quotation, if we like, or we can read the quotation without this "Outline and Summary", by clicking HERE (www.Golden Words907.homestead.com), which provides an on-line version of "Golden Words 907", both with and without this "Outline and Summary". - Beginning of Quotation from His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) - Golden Words 907 - "The Five Duties" "Child: Will His Holiness speak about the five duties? He often talks about duty to God, duty to the Shaikh, duty to the Fellowship, duty to the family, and duty to the world. His Holiness: There are hundreds of millions of duties, not just these five. The 3,000 gracious attributes of Allah are His Duties, the 99 actions are His duties. You spoke of only five. What are our duties? There are hundreds of thousands of kinds of duties". 1. Duty to God - which is duty to the Shaikh "outside" of us, treating Him as our "Second God", after our mother and father, and before we actually meet God within us, causing our Shaikh "outside" of us to become our soul, to become the Nur Muhammad within us, while we become His form, we become the "Windows" in the house of wisdom within us, which are the 99 attributes or wilayats of God within us, which is the completion of the Creation of God within us, which are the 1000 generosities of God within us. Amen "First of all, do service to God. God is the Katpaha Virudcham, the tree of plenitude of faith (within us, of Iman within us) which gives you everything you ask. Nourish that tree within you with the water of wisdom (grace). That is duty to God." 2. Duty to The Shaikh - which is duty to the Shaikh "within us", to His word "within us", in this way moving the "word' of the Shaikh from "outside" of us to within us. Amen. "Then do service to the Shaikh. The true Shaikh is the ripe fruit on that tree. Taste that fruit and preserve its nourishing sweetness within you. That is duty to your Shaikh". 3. Duty To The Fellowship - which is the duty of wisdom, to the wisdom of our Shaikh, which is the house of wisdom within us, the palace of the soul within us, which is our 6th life within us, our light form within us "Do service to the Fellowship. The Fellowship is a place of light (within you) that exists (within you) to dispel the darkness (within you) in the heart. Those who have attained wisdom in that place (within you) must do duty with a loving heart. The duty of wisdom is to know your own self, and when you realize yourself, you will realize your own state. As soon as you understand your own state, you will see the plenitude of God dwelling within you, and you being within God (within you). (And in this way, you will see God within you and you within God, as God within True Man and as True Man within God, and as such you and God are One, One within the other as One, One revealing the other within it as One hides oneself within the One being revealed, only to be revealed again, later, by the One now being revealed) Then there will be no duality (either between you and God within you, or between you and the Creation of God within you). With the 3,000 gracious qualities of God, you will show compassion to all lives (within you). That is duty to the Fellowship, and to the Children of the Fellowship (which in truth are the Creation of God within us who are Shepherded by the Qutb of God within us). It will become a precious gem for your life". 4. Duty to The World Family - which includes our "personal" family that we are currently treating as "separate from" all other "personal" families, which in truth is what is keeping us "separate from" God within us. Amen. "What does it mean to do duty to the family? Is there something called a family? The family and the world are really one. The whole world is your family. Do duty for the world. Be one who loves all lives, one who exists as the form of compassion (for all lives within you), and be of service and help them. That is duty to the world family". 5. Duty to Ourselves - which is our true duty or Allah's miracle within us, which is allowing "God to happen" within us, by first allowing "True Man to happen" within us "Therefore, with your good qualities, actions, and conduct, acquire God's qualities. To acquire His qualities and serve others, bringing love and peace to their hearts, is your duty and Allah's miracle. When you attain that state, all lives will bow to you." - End of Quotation from His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) - C-2. Is "Work" Really A Grace And A Blessing? Bawa. You say, "Work is a grace and a blessing. We have learned to hand everything that comes in the course of the day over to Bawa for in truth there is no "I" to deal with anything that the day brings". Bawa. Lets us say the word "Bawa", establishing the "Presence of God" within us, and like the way that we "feel" our hunger, try to "feel" what our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, are discussing within us about what "you have said". Ok? Bawa. First, we have never done anything, that is, we have never, never done anything in our whole life, none of us, for God has done everything for us, and has shown it to us, in order to get us to Choose, that is, "Do we want what God has shown us, or not", and God does this over, and over again, throughout our entire life, in each moment of our life, until we die to the flesh, when "His Showing" is over, and "Our Getting" begins. Bawa. And in truth their are only two Choices, although many of us think in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, that there are more, like heaven or hell, which in truth the Choice is only between God and hell, because anything other than "Oneness with" God, no matter what name we may give it, in the end, becomes our eternal hell, becomes our eternal "separation from" God. Bawa. And these two Choices are to Choose either an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or to Choose an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, and in this way, the Choice is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Bawa. For example, you have never done anything in the classroom as a teacher, or in marriage, or as a father, or as a member of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, or at school as a student when you were younger, or at work as a Chemist, or as a "Computer Support Person", or as a son of a mother and father, or as a brother of a sister or a brother, or as a friend of a friend, because in truth, God did all of these things for you, and then "showed them to you", to help you Choose, to help you make up you mind, about what you want for eternity, either eternal "Oneness with" God, or eternal "separation from" God. Our life is just this simple, and wonderful. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen. Bawa. This is the truth of you, of this child, and of all of us, my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman. In truth we have never, ever, done anything, because in truth "I do not exist" Bawa. Remember the story of the disciple who wanted something from the Guru or Shaikh, and complained to the Guru or Shaikh that everyone came and got something from the teacher, and left, except him, and he had been there for 20 or 30 years serving the Guru or Shaikh, and so far had received nothing from the Guru or Shaikh, at least from his perspective of "separation from" the Guru or Shaikh. Bawa. And then he hit his head on the doorway, and the Guru or Shaikh cried out in pain, and when he ran to help, it was the Guru or Shaikh who was bleeding, not the disciple. And then the Guru or Shaikh told the disciple this truth, that all of this work, all of this doing, that he thought he was doing, was just a dream, that in truth, the Guru or Shaikh had done it all, and showed it to him, and in truth that he was the "One True Disciple" of the Guru or Shaikh, not the ones who had gotten something from the Guru or Shaikh and then left, that what He was gradually giving him was Himself, was the Guru or Shaikh. Bawa. In truth, my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman, "we do not exist", it is God who exists, and we are the "One True Disciple" of God, and God is trying to give us Himself, not anything that we can take away as "separate from" God within us, and then leave with. Bawa. So stop all of this. All of this "busy work". This is the only work, joining with Bawa within us, and with God within Him, to end us, not to get better, not to do things on the "outside" of us better, but rather to bring us to an end, that is, to end our life of illusion on the "outside" of us, and begin Them within us, to begin Their life of grace, wisdom, and 'ilm again within us. This is our only work. Not what is implied in your first statement, which is that "you exist" and that you are "trying to get better", that you are trying to do what you have been told to do, in order to reach some objective. Bawa. For in truth, this kind of thought, this kind of belief, this way of living, this way of writing, is just keeping us alive, as "separate from" God within us, keeping us alive to continue trying to live on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is not true, to continue trying to live on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" the students, as if we are "separate from" our wife, as if we are "separate from" our children, as if we are "separate from" our brothers and sisters, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, all of which is not true. Bawa. All of this is the "Enemy of our soul", of the true life within us, all of this is just "keeping us alive" on the "outside" of us, when the goal should be that "we end" on the "outside" of us, and that "He begin" again within us, when the goal should be that "the dream that He is having of within us end", and in this way, and only in this way, that God awaken from His dream within us. Bawa. And in this way, and only in this way, that God "Cure Himself of us", of "us" living on the "outside' of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, so He can then nourish His life within Himself, which is His soul, with His grace, His wisdom, and His 'ilm or divine knowledge, so He can return to Himself, so He can again becoming as "One with" Himself, but this time with an understanding of Himself, of His "Oneness with" Himself, so it will never leave "Us" again, and if we let Him do this within us, then "We will be within it", as the Witness. Ok? Bawa. So may "We" get with the program, by saying, (Bawa) "I am not, (Bawa) God is". Bawa. Or on a deeper level within us, by saying, (Bawa) "I am not, (Bawa) You are". Bawa. Saying this, in partnership with God within us, that is, by first establishing the "Presence of God" within us, by first invoking or calling our wisdom within us, causing our wisdom to stand up within us, and causing our mind to sit down within us, by first saying the "Name of our God" for our age, with for our age is "Bawa" or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him) within us, which in truth is the "Name of Us", of the Children of God for our age. Bawa. Saying this, with each breath, with each look, with each thought, with each smell, with each sound, with each taste, with each touch and movement". Ok? Bawa. Saying this, before we "Say or do" anything on the "outside" of us, and in this way, "stepping back" on the "outside" of us, so God can "step forward" within us, and "Cure Himself of us", of us trying to live on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is not true. Ok? C-3. Is God Really Dreaming Of Me? Bawa. You say, "When "I" go to try and deal with something then God enters His dream where He is dreaming of me as being separate from Him". Bawa. Lets us again say the word "Bawa", establishing the "Presence of God" within us, and like the way that we "feel" our hunger, try to "feel" what our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, are discussing within us about what "you have said". Ok? Bawa. No, my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman (may God be pleased with Him), God is not dreaming of us as being separate from Him, just like we do not dream at night of us as being separate from us, for in our dream at night, if we are dreaming of us going to the store, then in the dream "we are going to the story", then in our dream that is our reality, then in our dream we are living another reality, which seems just as real to us in the dream as the reality that we are experiencing when we are not dreaming at night. Isn't that so? Bawa. Please think about this for a little while, my dearest loving brother, it is very, very important, for in truth there is only "One of Us", for in truth "Us" and "God within us" are Always One", no matter what, no matter what God is doing within us, whether He is dreaming that He is us living on the "outside" of us, as if He is "separate from" Himself, or whether He has awaken from His dream and sets about "Curing Himself of us", of "us" living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us. Bawa. "God is Always One", and in truth, "So are We", the only difference, ever, is "do we realize it", or not. Bawa. And "if we don't realize it", then God is dreaming within us, God is dreaming of Himself living on the "outside" of Himself, as if He is "separate from" Himself within us, and then that is what we are experiencing, as His Witness, because that is what God is doing within us, that is, God is dreaming within us, and we are "God's Dream" within us. Bawa. And "if we do realize it", then God has awaken from His dream, and God is "Curing Himself of Himself ", that is, of Himself living on the "outside" of Himself, as if He is "separate from" Himself within Himself, all of which is not true, and then that is what we are experiencing, "God Curing Himself" of His dream that is, of the results of His dream, which are all of the lives of "separation and differences", of darkness and evil, that have grown within Him while God was dreaming within Himself, because God is the one who exists, not us, and God is the one who dreams, not us, and we are the one within God, as the Witness of God, that experiences whatever God is doing within us. Ok? Bawa. So in God's dream, He is "us", and we in truth are His Witness, we are the Witness of God within us, of God living on the "outside" of Himself, as if He is "separate from" Himself within Himself, and in this way, He is "us", and we are Him, and "We are One", we are "Always One", no matter what, all that changes is what God is doing within us, either Dreaming, or Curing Himself of His Dream, and then, having Cured Himself of His Dream, God is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, and we are the Witness, the Witness of God, the Witness of each of the things that God is doing within us. Ok? C-4. What Is Really Happening In Our Life? Bawa. You say, "However when I understand that I have nothing to do but that it is He who must come and do what must be done, then He awakens from His dream of me and He can exist in that state of being alone, awake and hungry." Bawa. Lets us again say the word "Bawa", establishing the "Presence of God" within us, and like the way that we "feel" our hunger, try to "feel" what our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, are discussing within us about what "you have said". Ok? Bawa. Almost Yes. But what we must understand is "what is happening" in our life, in all life, and "how does it happens", if we like, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" as our lot, as our reward. Bawa. And "what is happening" within us, for in truth "Nothing is really happening" on the "outside" of us, "what is happening" within us, and within all life, and the only thing that can really happen within any of us , is "God is happening" within the Creation of God within us, that is, within the "Earth of God", within us, and within that, "True Man is happening" within "God is happening" within the Creation of God within us, and everything else in our life, and in all life, but this, is just drama, the drama of "I and you", the drama of "mine and yours", just like either the apple seed germinates or not, and if it does then the apple tree is revealed, and within that the apples are revealed, and within that the "Sweet taste of the apples" is revealed, and within that, again the "apple seed is revealed, and its life has truly become successful in its lifetime. Ok? Bawa. But if the apple seed does not germinate, after realizing the truth of itself, and the truth hidden within it, that it is an apple seed buried within the earth, and that the earth contains everything necessary to reveal the apple tree hidden within it, and to make the apple tree hidden within it to grow and come to maturity in the earth, if the apple seed does not realize, understand, and accept this truth within itself, letting the "truth surrender to the truth" within itself, and then, joined as "one with" the earth that it is buried within, germinate to the truth within itself, if this does not happen in its lifetime, then in truth "nothing has happened" in its lifetime. Bawa. Then its life had no value, no matter how long it may live, and no matter what it may do while living in the earth, until it rots in the earth, dies in the earth, and is absorbed into the earth, taking on 105 million rebirths, but never again as the apple seed, never again as the Story of the "Oneness of the apple tree and its apples", a Story on the "outside" of us, like the Story within each of us, that it came to the earth, to join as "one with" the earth, to tell. Bawa. But if the apple seed does germinate to the truth of itself, letting itself as an apple seed end, so the apple tree hidden within it can begin, then it becomes Complete, then it is the Story of the "Oneness of the apple tree and its apples", that it came to the earth, to join as "One with" the earth, to tell, then its life is the value of God, within the Creation of God within it, and of True Man within God within the Creation of God within it, and its life has most certainly become successful in its lifetime, as the "Finger of God" on the "outside" of us pointing to what we can do within us, if we like, for like the apple seed buried within the earth, each of us, as the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, the Choice is ours, not God's. Bawa. And "How does this happen" within the apple seed buried within the earth, and within us, as the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, for in truth it is the same, and that is to accept the "truth of us", and the "truth of what is hidden within us", when we hear it, when it naturally emerges from within us, when we are ready to hear it, and when we are ready to either accept it, or reject it. Bawa. And we are now ready, and here it is, here it is, as the life and teaching of God for our age, as the "Gift of God" for our age, as the "Word of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age, which for our age, is the life and teaching of our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, is the life and teaching of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), which in truth is each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us, as our reward. Amen. Bawa. For example, this Spiritual Chat in truth is from within the heart of this child, that is, is from God within us, for the Children of God for our age, if we like, this Spiritual Chat is our own life speaking to us, if we like, this Spiritual Chat is the "truth of us" and the "truth of God" within us, emerging from within us, because now we are ready to hear it, and ready to either accept it or reject it, if we like, that is, the Choice to accept it as such, or not, is our Choice, not God's. Amen. C-5. Should We Use Bawa, As Our Co-pilot, To Help Us Fly? - that is, should we try to use Bawa wwithin us, and God within Him, like a co-pilot in an airplane, to help "us" go where "we believe we are going", like to heaven, or to "nearness to God", after we die, or should we realize, without the slightest doubt, that in truth, "we are not going" anywhere, but that only He, and God within Him, have a true destination within us, which is for our soul to again become "One with" God within us, and having realized this, should we then not change seats with Him, and make Him, and God within Him, the pilot, with "us" as Their co-pilot, and start to help Them get where They are going within us, giving up our current life and state to Them, for what They are doing within us, is bring "Us" back to "Oneness with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us as our lot, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness" so it will never leave "Us" again Bawa. You say, "So whatever comes, this child says, "Bawa" and then waits to see how Bawa comes and does what must be done". Bawa. Most definitely almost Yes, but with a little, but very important adjustment, that is, we say the word "Bawa" before we "Say or do" anything on the "outside" of us, to awaken God from His dream within us, to establish the "Presence of God" within us, so God can then "Cure Himself of His Dream", so God can "Cure Himself of us", of "us" living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, not to "see how Bawa comes and does what must be done", but rather to escape, but rather, to complete our duty in the world, which is to hand back to God what God has placed before God within us, and then "To be done with it". Bawa. Saying to God, "Thank you God, but not thank You. What's Next", not to use Bawa within us to create a better outcome to the illusory "outside" of us, to the drama of life that we are currently experiencing as "Curtis and his students", or as "Curtis and his family", or as "Curtis and Louie" chatting over the Internet, all of which must stop, all of which must end, if our life is to become truly successful in our lifetime. Bawa. For the only way to win the drama of our life, is not to play, and the only way for us not to play, is to get God to play, is to say the word "Bawa" before we play, establishing the "Presence of God" within us, and handing the drama to God within us, making it His drama, not ours, making it His classroom, not our, making it His family, not ours, making it His chat, not ours, and when we do this, day in and day out, for the rest of our life, then God will end all of the dramas within us, and reveal the truth within all drama, which is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. And this is the truth. Amen. C-6. How Do We Get God "To Speak" From Within Us? -That is, how do we get the ignorant and arrogant one on the "outside" of us, to become "silent" on the "outside" of us, and get the "Motionless All-Pervading Omniscient One" within us "to speak" from within us, to all of the Creation of God for our age, before we die to the flesh in our current state of "separation and differences" and "we" get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our lot Bawa. You say, "With the absolute assurance that Bawa will do what needs to be done and that one day this child will be able to say with complete clarity and conviction that, "There is nothing in this creation of God that I need. All that is needed is God. He and He alone is sufficient. There is nothing for me to do." Bawa. Yes, Yes, Yes, my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman (may God be pleased with Him), this certainly will be said, at some point in "God's Journey" back into God within us, from which we have all come, if we like, but not by "this child", that is, not by Curtis or Louie, because for what we have shared earlier to happen, that is for "True Man to happen" within "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, to truly occur within us, then "this child", that is, Curtis and Louie, must become "silent", so in truth God can speak from within us, for this is the true value of our wisdom, that is, "It lets God speak". Bawa. May we both learn to do this, that is, to "let God speak" from within us, while there is still time, that is, before we die to the flesh in our current state and an eternal hell as "separate from" God becomes our lot. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). 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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. Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Bawa. Here is "Page 2 of 3" of the "E-mail Version" of "Spiritual Chat 247", a beautiful sharing from the other night (2/21/06) with our dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman (Curis Wahlgren), a sharing that our wisdom within us, and the Truth within our wisdom, which for our age, is our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, that His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) have instructed this child to share with each of us, if we like, for in truth, "We are All One". Amen. Bawa. That is, to share with each of the Children of God for our age, which in truth is each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for the life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, befpre we die to the flesh in our current state, but this time with an understanding of our "Oneness" so it will never leave us again. Bawa. That is, to decide to do this with our life within us, rather than continuing to do what we are currently doing in our life on the "outside' of us, which is our current state, that is, to join with the "Word of God" for our age to awaken the wisdom surrounding our soul, so the wisdom surrounding our soul can then do battle with the "Enemy of our soul", which in truth is our current life of "separation and differences", of sin, of "selfishness" on the "outside". Bawa. So our awakened wisdom can liberate our soul life within us, from the cross of our elemental body, by pulling out the 5 nails of "our desire" to live on the "outside" of us and sin, that is, "our desire" to continue living on the "outside" of us, seeing everything as "separate from" us, which in truth is the only sin, which is our "separation from" everyone and everything on the "outside" of us, when in truth "We are all One" within us. Amen. Bawa. And in this way, with "us" joining in partnership with God within us, to allow this to occur within us, to allow our awakened wisdom to liberate our soul, and then to find and become "One with" the Light of our wisdom, which in the Islamic tradition is referred to as the Nur Muhammad, or the "Body of the soul", which is the form of Grace within the "Secret World of Allah" within us, which is True Prayer within us, the "Prayer of the One to the One who Is" within us, and doing all of this, or at least truly starting to do all of this, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state. Bawa. At least this is certainly something to think about a little, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, Yes? Bawa. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler. ============================================================== Note To Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman - after the Spiritual Chat, and as part of the E-mail to him Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman (Curtis Wahlgren) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Bawa. Here is a copy of our Spiritual Chat from the other night, from 2/21/06, which was wonderful. You had signed off by the time "We" were ready to send our last sharing, so Bawa within us, and God within Him, instructed this child to mail this copy to you. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Bawa. Also, we saw your attempt to chat again tonight but only saw it after you had signed off. So this must be how the end of our previous chat is to be sent, that is, this is how it is to reach our dearest loving brother, Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman, at least on the "outside" of us, that is, as an E-mail. Bawa. What a wonder is this God of ours, the way that He perfectly orchestrates each of our lives within Him, and how He puts our lives together within Him, for "Maximum Benefit", if we like, for the Choice to accept our life in this way, that is, as "Perfect In Every Way", that is, as being within Him, not as being "outside" of us, and to accept what comes to us, as coming from Him within us, to Him within the Creation of God within us, in order to liberate our soul, and return it to God within us. Bawa. But this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again, and to do all of this, or at least to truly start to do it, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and "we" get an eternal hell, an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, as our lot. Bawa. That is, the Choice to let our soul return it to God within us, again becoming "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", but this time with an understanding of "Who we are", of "Who God is", and of our Relationship of 'Oneness", with us as the Witness, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Bawa. Which is like the way that the Angel Gabriel (peace be upon Him) Witnessed the 6,666 Verses of the Holy Qur'an over 1400 years ago, on the "outside" of us, and must now Witness it again within each of us, that is, as coming from Muhammad (Sal.) to Muhammad (Sal.), that is, from Muhammad (Sal.) within God within us, to Muhammad (Sal.) within the Creation of God within us, that is, from the "First Muhammad (Sal.)" within us, to the "Last Muhammad (Sal.)" within us, in order to liberate our soul from our impure birth, from the "Enemy of our soul", or a least to truly start to do this within us, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state and get an eternal hell of "separation from" as our lot, as our reward, all of which in truth is our current life, both within us, and on the "outside" of us. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen. Bawa. Here is a copy of our last Spiritual Chat, Spiritual Chat 246, on 2/21/06, which "We" have given the "Short Title" of:, "Learning How to Become Alone, Hungry, and Awake, Before We Set Out To Pray" Expanded Title - of Spiritual Chat 246 Bawa. And that "We" have given the "Expanded Title" of: "Learning How To Become Alone, Hungry, and Awake, Before We Set Out To Pray, Realizing That In Truth Only God Can Pray To God, That Only God Can Feed Our Hungry Soul, Allowing It To Return To Him". "That is, If We Will Only Let Him, If We Will Only Let Him Be Alone Again Within Us, If We Will Only Let Him Awaken From His Dream Within Us, Of Us Living On The "Outside" of Us In Our Current State, If We Will Only Be Truly Done With Our Current State, And Tell Him So, With Every Breath." "Allowing Us To Become Silent On The "Outside" of Us, So God Can Speak From Within Us, As The "Word of God" For Our Age, For The "Children of God" For Our Age, If We Like." "Which In Truth Is Each of Us Living In This Age, If We Like, If The "True Intention" For The Life Within Us, For Our Soul Life, Is To Again Become "One With" God Within Us, Before We Die To The Flesh In Our Current State, And Get An Eternal Hell of "Separation From" As Our Reward, For The Choice To Do This With Our Life, Or Not, To Again Become "One With" God Within Us, Is Most Certainly Our Choice, Not God's." "If We Will Only Be Truly Done With Our Current State Of Trying To Live On The "Outside" of Us, So We Can Sin, So We Can Continue Living As "Separate From" God Within Us, Which In Truth Is Our Only Sin, Which In Truth Is What Prevents True Prayer To God, From Naturally Happening Within Us, Our Current State of Trying To Live On The "Outside" of Us, As If We Are "Separate From" God Within Us, All of Which Is Not True." "Our Current State On The "Outside" of Us, In Ignorance of What Is Truly Within Us, And of Why In The First Place, We Have Come To This Earth World Within Us, Which Is To Learn About Who We "Already Are", And Having So Learned, In Partnership With God Within us, To Leave, Before We "Die To The Flesh In Our Current State", And Get An Eternal Hell of "Separation From" As Our Reward." "To Join In Partnership With God Within Us, To Do This With Our Life Within Us, To Let It Return To God Within Us, Before It Is Too Late, Not To Continue Trying To Live Here, As "Separate From" God Within Us, As "Separate From" Each Other, And As "Separate From" The Creation of God Within Us, All of Which Is Not True". "As Some of Us Are Now Trying To Do, In Our Ignorance, And In Our Arrogance About Our Ignorance," But All of Which Is Not True." Bawa. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen. ============================================================== Outline & Summary - of "E-mail Version" of Spiritual Chat 247 "Brief Outline" - of Spiritual Chat 247 (Pages 02 only) Introduction - to Spiritual Chat 247 Note To Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman - after the Spiritual Chat, and as part of the E-mail to him A. How Is My Soul? - continued from Page 01 A-3. We Are Not Awake - because our mind is always sleeping, always dreaming of us living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of whch is not true B. The Suggestion - Is to let God harvest His Crop within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and we are harvested by the darkness within us C. "Play It Again Sam" - Lets take a deeper look at what was shared earlier C-1. So What Is Our Duty? - our duty to God, to the Shaikh, & to the Fellowship Quotation From His Holiness - from book "Golden Words of a Sufi Shaikh" ============================================================== "Longer Outline" - of Spiritual Chat 247 (Pages 02 only) Introduction - to Spiritual Chat 247 Note To Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman - after the Spiritual Chat, and as part of the E-mail to him Page 02 - is the page you are currently reading, with both "Outline & Text" available A. How Is My Soul? - continued from Page 01 A-3. We Are Not Awake - because our mind is always sleeping, always dreaming within us, of us living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, because the "Nur and the Qutb" have yet to emerge out of "The Shadow" within us, out of "The Shadow"which is still covering our soul buried within our heart within us, covering our soul which is the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, that is, we have yet to emerge out of the "25 Letters" of the "28 Letters" within us, which make up the "Mystical Parts" of the human body within us, because "we" have not yet gotten up early enough to see the "Morning Star" in our "Heaven", in our very own heart, that is, to see the "25th Letter" or the Nur Muhammad within us, which is the Light of our wisdom on the forehead of Adam (peace be upon Him) within us, and to then go on "The Journey" of our soul within us B. The Suggestion - Is to let God harvest His Crop within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and we are harvested by the world of darkness within us, so we can again become "God's Property" within us, for eternity, before the world does, before we become "The World's Property" within us, for eternity C. "Play It Again Sam" - Lets take a deeper look at what was shared earlier, my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman (may God be pleased with Him), by saying the word "Bawa", establishing the "Presence of God' within us, and then handing back to God what He handed to us, briefly reflecting upon it with our wisdom, and then being "Done with it", then saying to God within us, "Thank You, O God, but No Thank ,You O God. What's Next?" C-1. So What Is Our Duty? - that is, our duty to God, our duty to the Shaikh, our duty to the Fellowship, and our duty to our Family Quotation From His Holiness - from the book of wisdom, "The Golden Words of C-5. Should We Use Bawa, As Our Co-pilot, To Help Us Fly? - that is, should we try to use Bawa within us, and God within Him, like a co-pilot in an airplane, to help "us" go where "we believe we are going", like to heaven, or to "nearness to God", after we die, or should we realize, without the slightest doubt, that in truth, "we are not going" anywhere, but that only He, and God within Him, have a true destination within us C-6. How Do We Get God "To Speak" From Within Us? -That is, how do we get the ignorant and arrogant one on the "outside" of us, to become "silent" on the "outside" of us, and get the "Motionless All-Pervading Omniscient One" within us to speak from within us, to all of the Creation of God for our age, before we die to the flesh in our current state of "separation and differences", and "we" get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our lot ============================================================== Text of E-mail Version - of Spiritual Chat 247 (for Page 02 only) A. How Is My Soul? - continued from Page 01 A-3. We Are Not Awake - because our mind is always sleeping, always dreaming within us, of us living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, because the "Nur and the Qutb" have yet to emerge out of "The Shadow" within us, which is still covering our soul buried within our heart within us, which is the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, that is, we have yet to emerge out of the "25 Letters" of the "28 Letters" within us, which make up the "Mystical Parts" of the human body within us, because "we" have not yet gotten up early enough to see the "Morning Star" in our "Heaven", in our very own heart, that is, to see the "25th Letter" or the Nur Muhammad within us, which is the Light of our wisdom on the forehead of Adam (peace be upon Him) within us, and to then go on "The Journey" of our soul within us Expanded Overview of Topic A-3: Bawa. My dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman, let us look a little deeper at the problem of not becoming "Awake", since in truth this is the first step in establishing "True Prayer" within us, that is, the first step in becoming "Alone, Hungry, and Awake". Bawa. In this way, we must come to realize, in partnership with God within us, what in means to be truly "Awake" within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, in our current state of experiencing the dream of God within us, the dream of "us" living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, a dream which we now see in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, on the "outside" of us, and as defining for us "who we are", and "where we are", and "what is happening" in our life, all of which is false. Bawa. We Are Not Awake because our mind is always sleeping within us, always dreaming within us, because the "Nur and the Qutb" have yet to emerge out of "The Shadow" within us, which is still covering our soul buried within our heart, which is the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, that is, we have yet to emerge out of the "25 Letters" of the "28 Letters" within us, which make up the "Mystical Parts" of the human body within us, because "we" have not yet gotten up early enough to see the "Morning Star" in our "Heaven", in our very own heart, that is, to see the "25th Letter" or the Nur Muhammad within us, which is the Light of our wisdom on the forehead of Adam (peace be upon Him) within us, and to then go on "The Journey" of our soul within us. Bawa. For more on this wisdom point, that is, on "us" not being Awake within us, so God can be Alone within us, and nourish the Hungry Soul within us, and in this way, and only in this way, make our life truly successful in our lifetime, please access the on-line version of the following material: 1) Spiritual Letter 63 - Review of the Holy Qur'an: Sura or Chapter 86, "At Tarique", of the "First 3 Lines" (www.SpiritualLetter063.homestead.com) 2) Spiritual Review 01 - a "Spiritual Review" of the 86th Chapter or Sura in the Holy Qur'an, of "At Tarique", or "The Night Visitant or the Morning Star", which gives a beautiful summary of the "Path of God" within us, and of the "One who walks It", that God has given to each of us, both within us and on the "outside" of us, for our age, if we like (www.SpiritualReview001.homestead.com) 3) Review of "At Tarique" - of "The Night Visitant or Morning Star", which is Chapter 86 or Sura in the Holy Qur'an (www.holyquranchapter086.homestead.com) 4) Chapter 30 - "The Mystical Meaning of Man's Body", from the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", by our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and by God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, by His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), which in truth is each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation and differences" as our lot (www.SpiritualBook002Chap30.homestead.com) Bawa. That is, to go on the "First True Journey" of our soul within us, the journey of the "26th Letter" within us, which is the "Shepherd and The Tree" within us, which liberates our soul from its "Impure Birth" within us. Bawa. And then to go on the "Second or 20 Year Journey" of our soul within us, through our very own mind, the journey of the "27th Letter" within us, which is Muhammad (Sal.) on Mi'raj within us, allowing God to reveal God to God within us, within the Creation of God within us, which is the "Tree of God" within the Creation of God within us, and to reveal True Man within God within us, which is the "Fruit of God" on that Tree, which allows us to "See and Speak To God" within us. Bawa. And then to go on the "Third or Final Journey" within us, again revealing God within us, but this time within True Man within God within us, which is the "Sweet Taste" of that Fruit, and in this way completing God's Intention within us, that is, that "No Child Be Left Behind" within us, in this way, making "God's Story" within us into "Our Story" within us, which in truth is the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, if we like, for the Choice to do this with our life within us, with our soul within us, that is, to allow us to again become "One with" God within us, or at least to truly start to do this within us, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Amen Text of Topic A-3: MuhaiyaddeenLB: Bawa. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Bawa. And the third thing that comes into the heart of this child, when we say the word "Bawa", and try to "feel" what They are saying about our soul within us, is that to be "Alone" we must first be "Awake". MMSulaiman11: Bawa. Allahu Akbar. Al-hamdu lillah. Yes, all three are most certainly true. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Bawa. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Bawa. Realizing that to be "Alone", means that "Only God" is there, and that to be "Awake" means that God has awoken from His dream, from the dream of "us" living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is not true, and in this way, that God has awoken from His dream because we have let Him. Bawa. Realizing that it is "we", not God, who determines if God awakens from His dream, because in truth it is only "us" within Him who can become done with the dream, not God who is dreaming. Bawa. In this way, we are His dream, we are not the dreamer, God is the dreamer, we are Him in His dream, we are Him in the state of "separation and differences", living on the "outside" of us, as if we is "separate from" Him within us, all of which is not true, because in truth God is closer to us than our own breath. And this is the inner meaning of God in Anathi, before the "Beginningless Beginning", in the time of darkness or "lack of understanding" asking the question of each thing he sees in Anathi, "Am I this?". Bawa. And it is "us" realizing this truth, within the dream, in partnership with God within us, without the slightest doubt, that causes Him to awaken from His dream, that allows "Us" as "One with" to be "Awake" within us, and allows Him to be "Again Alone" as "One" within us, that allows Him to be "Again God" within us, that then allows the soul to be "Fed" by God within us, appeasing its "Hunger" within us, "Fed" with the grace, wisdom, and 'ilm of God within us, if we like, for the Choice to do this or not with God within us, with God as the wisdom surrounding our soul within us, and with our soul within us, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Bawa. In this way, and only in this way, allowing the soul to return to God within us, allowing the awakened wisdom joined as "One with" the liberated soul to find and again become "One with" the Nur Muhammad within us, which is the "Light" of our wisdom, the "Body of the soul", and in this way, establishing "True Prayer" within us, the "Prayer of the One to the One who Is" within us, allowing the soul to again become "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of its "Oneness" so it will never loose it again. Bawa. And all of this naturally happens within us, that is, God again start to dream that He is "us" living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, that is, God again enters Anathi, the time of darkness or "lack of understanding" within us, and starts asking "Am I this?", of each impure soul within Anathi within us, that is, all of this starts up again within God within us, when at the Completion of the last telling of the Story of God within us, there is still something "separate from" God within us, there is still "A Child Left Behind", so to speak. Bawa. For then, if anything is still "separate from" God within us, after the telling of the Story of God within us, them God must do it again, God must tell His Story again, with the intention that "No Child Be Left Behind", for what God is doing, which is revealing God to God, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, cannot be Truly Completed until there Is "No Child Left Behind", until there is "Nothing Still Separate From God", because in truth "There is nothing other than God" within us, because in truth "Only God exists" within us, and because in truth "God is One" within us. So if anything is still denying this Truth of God, and this Truth of everything Created by God, then God must "Do it again", and resolve this falsehood, this "Hold Out", so to speak, no matter how many times He must tell His Story. Ok? Amen. Bawa. And this is our age, which is like no age before it, when God can truly "Finish It", when God can truly "Complete It", if we will only let Him, that is, if at least one of us says, "No", if at least one of us says, "It is not over until there is "No Child Left Behind"", if at least one of us takes on this intention as "Our Intention", if at least one of us truly "Intends as God Intends" for our age, allowing God to then, "Make it so". Ok? Amen. Bawa. That is, this is how God "Cures Himself of us", of "us" living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, when "we" as the reality of "all of it" within us, not as "us" as the dream of the "separation of us" on the "outside" of us, comes together within us as "One with" within us, allowing God within us, to "Make it so" within us, because only God can do this within us, and God can only do this within us, when we do this within us, when we expand our consciousness to include "Everything within us", as "who we are", as "where we are", and as "what is happening" in our life, because this is the "Truth of us", and this is the "Truth of God" within us. Bawa. That is, the "Truth of us" within us, like the truth of the apple seed buried within the earth on the "outside" of us, is that we are the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God, which is the "Earth of God", within us, and again like the apple seed buried within the earth, which is the "apple tree happening" within the earth, we are "God happening" within the Creation of God within us. Bawa. And the "Truth of God" within us, like the truth of the apple tree growing within the earth on the "outside" of us, is that God within us is the "Seed of True Man" hidden within the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, and again like the apple tree growing within the earth, which is the "apple fruit happening" within the "apple tree happening" within the earth, and as such are all One, God is "True Man happening" within "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, and as such, "We are all One". Bawa. That is, "us", the Creation of God within us, the "Seed of God" or the soul life within us, buried within the Creation of God within us, and the "Seed of True Man" hidden within the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, or the wisdom surrounding our soul within us, and the wisdom within that wisdom, and the "Sweet Taste of God" within that wisdom, are all One within us, and are "All One", if we like, for the Choice to let this happen within us, or not, that is, to let each reveal the Other within it, until only God is there, until only the "Sweet Taste of God" is there, but this time with "no seed", so the Story is truly over, and does not need to be told again, so "No Child Has Been Left Behind", is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Bawa. For this is what happens within God within us when, "Man appearing on this earth world, forgets God, and falls into many a trap. He does not know to seek himself (within himself), although God exists within man." [Note: This is a quotation from the "Forward" from the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", by our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, by His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), as part of this Spiritual Chat, a "Forward" which we can access on-line by clicking above or HERE (www.ThePearlOfWisdomForward.homestead.com), and the "Table of Contents" of that book, which you can access by clicking above or HERE (www.ThePearlOfWisdom.homestead.com), . Thank you. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen] Bawa. That is, when "we" start to forget God, God within us starts to dream about "us" living on the "outside" of us, and the dream and the dreamer become One, God starts to dream about us living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" Him within us. Bawa. And in this way, "We and God are Always One", both now in the dream, living as if we are "separate from", and in all subsequent transformations of "One with", that is, with "Us" living with gradually reduced or gradually increased degrees of "separation from", but still, we are now and always will be One, until Only God is there, until there is "No Child Left Behind", until what God is doing is truly Complete, is truly over, which is God revealing God to God, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen. Bawa. And in the interim, we are still always "Really One", whether it be "Us" going to God within us, to an eternal life of "Oneness with" within us, that is, of "Us" going on the "Path of God" within us back to God within us, that is, back into the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us, or whether it be "us" going to hell within us, to an eternal life of "separate from" within us, for in truth we are never really alone. Bawa. And in truth what is going on, at any particular part of the journey, is always going on within us, not "outside" of us, because in truth there is no "outside" of us, that is, we are always there together, as One within us, for God's Purpose within us, with us within God within us, and with God within us within God within us, as One, whether we know it or not, and even whether we like or want it or not, we are always One, for in truth this is our true birthright, our true heritage, the true destiny of our soul, no matter what, not matter what may appear to be happening, in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance. Amen. Bawa. And it is this realization, without the slightest doubt, that "Ends the Dream" within "Us", and "Nourishes the Soul" within "Us", that allow "True Prayer" to occur within "Us", the "Prayer of the One to the One who Is" within "Us", and allows the "Prerequisite" for that True Prayer to first occur within "Us", which is, "That "We" be "Alone, Hungry, and Awake". Amen. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Bawa. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Bawa. And this "We" who is "Alone, Hungry, and Awake", is "Us" having become "One with" God within us, which we can do every moment of the day, for every day of the rest of our life, by saying the word "Bawa" before we "Say or do" anything on the "outside" of us, which immediately transforms what we think we are doing on the "outside" of us, into True Prayer within us, allowing the soul to be nourished with the grace, wisdom, and ilm of God. Bawa. Truly it is just this simple. Ok? Bawa. Now we have a suggestion, if you like. Would you like to hear it? B. The Suggestion - Is to let God harvest His Crop within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and we are harvested by the world of darkness within us, so we can again become "God's Property" within us, for eternity, before the world does, before we become "The World's Property" within us, for eternity Expanded Overview of Topic B: Bawa. My dearest loving brothers Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman, we must realize who we "Truly Belong To", before we die to the flesh in our current state, that in truth we are "God's Property" not the "World's Property", even though we are currently experiencing the opposite, so we can learn, so we can gradually come to clarity about "Who we are", and "Where we are", and "What is happening to us", that is, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and miss the opportunity to join in partnership with God within us to finish what God has started within us, a very, very long time ago, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, if we like, for the Choice to use our life in this way, or not, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Bawa. For in truth we will be harvested, when we die to the flesh, the only question still open, is by Whom, that is, either by God within us, in this way becoming "His Property" for eternity, or by the World within us, in this way, becoming "Their Property" for eternity, and the Choice is our Choice, not God's. Bawa. For in truth if we don't join in partnership with God within us, to awaken the wisdom surrounding our soul, so "We" can do battle with the "Enemy of our soul", which is our current life and state on the "outside" of us, living as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is not truth, then when we die to the flesh in our current state, then we will most certainly be harvested by what is "separate from" God within us, which is everything other than God within us, and we become "Their Property" within you, for eternity, for the Choice to do this or that with our life, that is, to become either "God's Property" within us, which is the Property of "Oneness with" within us, for eternity, or the "Property of Hell" within us, which is the Property of "Separation From" within us, for eternity, is our Choice, not God's. Bawa. And in truth their is no other Choice, for everything else in our life, other than this truth, is just drama, is just part of the illusory world that we currently see in our ignorance, and in our arrogance, as existing on the "outside" of us, all of which is not true. Bawa. That is, to either become the Property of God within us, for eternity, or to become the Property of what God has discard from within Himself, for eternity, that God has discarded within Himself, earlier within us, in order to "Become God" within us, a Choice that is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Bawa. May we all know this now, my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman (may God be pleased with Him) without the slightest doubt, and start to act accordingly, that is, may we all start to act as if we are "One with" God within us, as if we are "One with" each other, and as if we are "One with" the Creation of God within us, and since this is all true, since this is the "truth of us", and the "truth of God" within us, then God will "Make it so" within us, in our lifetime. Bawa. And in this way, the wisdom of God within us will reason over our fate, the Qualities of God within us, which are the qualities of our higher selves, will become victorious over the qualities of what has currently grown within us, in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, which are the qualities of our lower selves, and in this way, our life will truly become successful in our lifetime. Bawa. In this way, with "us" becoming like the apple seeds that do germinate to the truth within themselves, who properly complete their duty within themselves, before they rot and die in the earth, in the earth that they are buried in, the apple seeds who, like each of us, in truth are the Story of "Something Else", are the Story of the "Oneness of the apple tree and its fruit" within each of them, like each of us are the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within each of us, "A Story" that each of the apple seeds, like each of us, came to the earth, to join as "One with" the earth, to tell, if they like, for like each of us, the Choice is ours, not God's Amen Text of Topic B: MMSulaiman11: Bawa. Allahu Akbar. Al-hamdu lillah. Yes, absolutely. We would like to hear a suggestion. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Bawa. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Bawa. Now read over again what you shared at the beginning of this sharing, with this new clarity, if you like, and if you agree with it, and see where what you said earlier is not supporting this new clarity, this new understanding, and share with us, if you like a brief summary of the lessons that you have learned through this process, this process of learning through "contrast", if you like, or we can do something else if you like. The Choice is yours. Ok? MMSulaiman11: Bawa. Allahu Akbar. Al-hamdu lillah. (From the top ...) Work is a grace and a blessing. We have learned to hand everything that comes in the course of the day over to Bawa for in truth there is no "I" to deal with anything that the day brings. When "I" go to try and deal with something then God enters His dream where He is dreaming of me as being separate from Him. However when I understand that I have nothing to do but that it is He who must come and do what must be done, then He awakens from His dream of me and He can exist in that state of being alone, awake and hungry. So whatever comes, this child says, "Bawa" and then waits to see how Bawa comes and does what must be done. With the absolute assurance that Bawa will do what needs to be done and that one day this child will be able to say with complete clarity and conviction that, "There is nothing in this creation of God that I need. All that is needed is God. He and He alone is sufficient. There is nothing for me to do." MuhaiyaddeenLB: Bawa. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Bawa. Yes, Yes, Yes. Bawa. Thank you my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Bawa. May we make a few minor adjustments to what you shared? Bawa. That is, may we place what you have shared at the feet of our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and see what They may have to add to what you have shared, in the form of clarification? X MMSulaiman11: Bawa. Allahu Akbar. Al-hamdu lillah. Yes. C. "Play It Again Sam" - Lets take a deeper look at what was shared earlier, my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman (may God be pleased with Him), by saying the word "Bawa", establishing the "Presence of God' within us, and then handing back to God what He handed to us, briefly reflecting upon it with our wisdom, and then being "Done with it", then saying to God within us, "Thank You O God, but No Thank You O God. What's Next?" Bawa. Lets take a deeper look at what was shared earlier, my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman (may God be pleased with Him), by saying the word "Bawa", establishing the "Presence of God' within us, and then handing back to God what He handed to us, briefly reflecting upon it with our wisdom, and then being "Done with it", then saying to God within us, "Thank You O God, but No Thank You O God. What's Next?". Bawa. For in truth, this is the only way to "Walk back into God" within us, in partnership with God within us, allowing each thing that is "separating us" from God within us, to give up its "Gift of Understanding", and to then disappear, for "Nothing will ever leave us until it is understood, for that is why it is there, in front of us, in the first place, which is understanding". Amen. Bawa. For if we do, if we start to live our life in this way, that is, by trusting in God within us, and only in God within us, and by loving God within us, and only loving God within us, then God will do "Everything Else", in order to make our life truly successful in our lifetime. For this is "God's Promise" for our age. For this is "God's Guarantee" for our age. Bawa. May we all know this now without the slightest doubt, my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman, for if we have doubt, then "We are out", and may we all start to act accordingly, that is, may we all start to act as the Children of God for our age, for in truth, now in our age, now that the "Mother Bird" has kicked all of the "Baby Birds" out of the Nest, "We can all fly", if we like, for the Choice to live our life in this way or not, as again "One with" God within us, and in this way, get an eternal life as "One with" God within us, both now, and after we die to the flesh, and to do all of this, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" as our reward, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Amen C-1. So What Is Our Duty? - that is, our duty to God, our duty to the Shaikh, our duty to the Fellowship, and our duty to our Family Bawa. You say, "Have you been doing your duty to God, to the Shaikh, to the Fellowship and to your family?" Bawa. But lets be clear on "what this truly means", my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman, and what it "does not mean", before we make it all about what 'We have to do", remembering that, we are taught by God in this age, that, "You should never have the thought that there is something that you have to do". Bawa. For example, our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us in our age, including the above quote, and now on the "outside" of us, His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, in the E-mail of a Spiritual Chat, the above quote, as well as the following: 1) Our Duty to God Bawa. Our duty to God within us is to Grow God within us, to grow the Katpaha Virudcham, the "Wish Fulfilling Tree" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is referred to as the tree of Iman-Islam within us, which has its tap roots in the 6th heaven within us, which can be viewed as the life and teaching of the Prophets Abraham, Moses, and David (peace be upon Him), and of Qutb Alexander (peace be upon Him), within us. Bawa. And which has its trunk and branches in the 7th heaven within us, which can be viewed as the life and teaching of the Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and which has its fruits in the 8th heaven within us, which can be viewed as the life and teaching of the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) within us, of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him). Bawa. And now in our age, of the life and teaching of our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within us, and now on the "outside" of us, of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), which in truth is everyone living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Amen. 2) Our Duty to the Guru or Shaikh Bawa. Our duty to the Guru or Shaikh within us is to "Preserve the Nourishing Sweetness" of the "Fruit of God" for our age, growing on the "Tree of God" for our age, which in truth is now the tree of "Islam" within each of us living in this age, which is directly connected to God for our age, not to the World or the Creation of God for our age, for like the apple tree is connected to the earth, the apples are connected only to the tree, and such is the truth of the connection between us and God for our age, if we like, for the Choice to do this, or not, with our life, is our Choice, not God's. Bawa. That is, the Choice to use our life in this way, for our age, before we die to the flesh in our current state, so God within us can Speak from within us directly to His Creation within us, both within us and on the apparent "outside" of us, like through the heart of this child, and in this E-mail of our last Spiritual Chat, that is, to accept this or not, as the "Word of God" for our age, for the "Children of God" for our age, is our Choice, not God's. Bawa. So God within us can speak directly to His Creation for our age, and in this way, "Pass Judgment" upon all of the Creation of God within us, for our age, before we die to the flesh in our current state, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Amen. 3) Our Duty to the Fellowship Bawa. Our duty to the Fellowship is to establish the "Presence of God" within our very own heart, our duty to the Fellowship is to "come together in My Name" so God can be there", and teach us "what we do not know", and teach us about "what separates us" from God within us, and teach us about who we "Already are". Bawa. Our duty to the Fellowship is to allow God within us to "Pass Judgment" on all of the Creation of God within us, which in truth is "Everything" that we current see in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, as existing on the "outside" of us, but which in truth is within us, as the lives of darkness and evil that we have allow to grow within us, again in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, like weeds growing within "God's Beautiful Flower Garden". Amen. 4) Our Duty to the Family Bawa. Our duty to the Family is our duty to the Family of God for our age, to the Children of God for our age, which in truth is everyone living in our age, not just those who we know, or like, or are part of our blood family, like "our wife" and "our children" or "our ancestors", which in truth are all our "Personal Wealth", and as such are only leading us to hell, to an eternal hell as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of god within us. Bawa. But rather our duty to the Family of God for our age is to become the "Common Wealth of God" for our age, to become the "Word of God" for our age, to become the "Intention of God" for our age, to become the Qualities and Actions of God for our age, and as such, taking on "Their Struggle" as "Our Struggle", taking on "Their life and suffering" as "Our life and suffering", as each of the 124,000 Heavenly Beings, Prophets, and Lights of God did before us, but this time, with no connection to the Creation of God within us, and to the World on the "outside" of us, that is to the World that we see in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, as still existing on the "outside" of us, all of which is not true. Amen. [Note: This clarity about our duty to God, our duty to the Guru or Shaikh, our duty to the Fellowship, and our duty to the Family, is from "Golden Words 907", on page 416, "The Five Duties", which is reproduced below, and is part of the beautiful book of wisdom, "Golden Words of a Sufi Shaikh", by our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and by God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, by His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us). To access an on-line version of Golden Words Number 907, please click above or HERE (www.GoldenWords907.homestead.com), and to access an on-line version of the "Table of Contents", as well as, other Golden Word Sayings, please click above or HERE (www.GoldenWords.homestead.com). Thank you. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen] Quotation From His Holiness - from the book of wisdom, "The Golden Words of a Sufi Shaikh" Bawa. Here is a beautiful quotation from the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Golden Words of a Sufi Shaikh" which provides us with a beautiful summary of the 5 duties that we all are striving to correctly perform, but which in truth are not something that we can do in our current state, in our current state of living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is not true. Bawa. And it is realizing, understanding, and accepting this truth of us, and this truth of God within us, without the slightest doubt, and then joining in partnership with God within us, to let these 5 duties happen within us, as the natural qualities and actions of One who has again become "One with" God within us, that is the true "Gift of God" of our age, which are the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of Us). Amen. Bawa. Which in truth is each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, but this time with an understanding or "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again, and in this way, the Choice to use our life in this way, or not, is our Choice, not God's, that is, the Choice to become the "5 Duties" of God within us, to God within us, and to everything that is "within God" within us, including His Shaikh, His Fellowship, and His Family, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Amen Bawa. Also we have included with the following quotation, an "Outline" and a "Brief Summary" of each of the wisdom points in the quotation, if we like, or we can read the quotation without this "Outline and Summary", by clicking HERE (www.Golden Words907.homestead.com), which provides an on-line version of "Golden Words 907", both with and without this "Outline and Summary". - Beginning of Quotation from His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) - Golden Words 907 - "The Five Duties" "Child: Will His Holiness speak about the five duties? He often talks about duty to God, duty to the Shaikh, duty to the Fellowship, duty to the family, and duty to the world. His Holiness: There are hundreds of millions of duties, not just these five. The 3,000 gracious attributes of Allah are His Duties, the 99 actions are His duties. You spoke of only five. What are our duties? There are hundreds of thousands of kinds of duties". 1. Duty to God - which is duty to the Shaikh "outside" of us, treating Him as our "Second God", after our mother and father, and before we actually meet God within us, causing our Shaikh "outside" of us to become our soul, to become the Nur Muhammad within us, while we become His form, we become the "Windows" in the house of wisdom within us, which are the 99 attributes or wilayats of God within us, which is the completion of the Creation of God within us, which are the 1000 generosities of God within us. Amen "First of all, do service to God. God is the Katpaha Virudcham, the tree of plenitude of faith (within us, of Iman within us) which gives you everything you ask. Nourish that tree within you with the water of wisdom (grace). That is duty to God." 2. Duty to The Shaikh - which is duty to the Shaikh "within us", to His word "within us", in this way moving the "word' of the Shaikh from "outside" of us to within us. Amen. "Then do service to the Shaikh. The true Shaikh is the ripe fruit on that tree. Taste that fruit and preserve its nourishing sweetness within you. That is duty to your Shaikh". 3. Duty To The Fellowship - which is the duty of wisdom, to the wisdom of our Shaikh, which is the house of wisdom within us, the palace of the soul within us, which is our 6th life within us, our light form within us "Do service to the Fellowship. The Fellowship is a place of light (within you) that exists (within you) to dispel the darkness (within you) in the heart. Those who have attained wisdom in that place (within you) must do duty with a loving heart. The duty of wisdom is to know your own self, and when you realize yourself, you will realize your own state. As soon as you understand your own state, you will see the plenitude of God dwelling within you, and you being within God (within you). (And in this way, you will see God within you and you within God, as God within True Man and as True Man within God, and as such you and God are One, One within the other as One, One revealing the other within it as One hides oneself within the One being revealed, only to be revealed again, later, by the One now being revealed) Then there will be no duality (either between you and God within you, or between you and the Creation of God within you). With the 3,000 gracious qualities of God, you will show compassion to all lives (within you). That is duty to the Fellowship, and to the Children of the Fellowship (which in truth are the Creation of God within us who are Shepherded by the Qutb of God within us). It will become a precious gem for your life". 4. Duty to The World Family - which includes our "personal" family that we are currently treating as "separate from" all other "personal" families, which in truth is what is keeping us "separate from" God within us. Amen. "What does it mean to do duty to the family? Is there something called a family? The family and the world are really one. The whole world is your family. Do duty for the world. Be one who loves all lives, one who exists as the form of compassion (for all lives within you), and be of service and help them. That is duty to the world family". 5. Duty to Ourselves - which is our true duty or Allah's miracle within us, which is allowing "God to happen" within us, by first allowing "True Man to happen" within us "Therefore, with your good qualities, actions, and conduct, acquire God's qualities. To acquire His qualities and serve others, bringing love and peace to their hearts, is your duty and Allah's miracle. When you attain that state, all lives will bow to you." - End of Quotation from His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) - C-2. Is "Work" Really A Grace And A Blessing? Bawa. You say, "Work is a grace and a blessing. We have learned to hand everything that comes in the course of the day over to Bawa for in truth there is no "I" to deal with anything that the day brings". Bawa. Lets us say the word "Bawa", establishing the "Presence of God" within us, and like the way that we "feel" our hunger, try to "feel" what our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, are discussing within us about what "you have said". Ok? Bawa. First, we have never done anything, that is, we have never, never done anything in our whole life, none of us, for God has done everything for us, and has shown it to us, in order to get us to Choose, that is, "Do we want what God has shown us, or not", and God does this over, and over again, throughout our entire life, in each moment of our life, until we die to the flesh, when "His Showing" is over, and "Our Getting" begins. Bawa. And in truth their are only two Choices, although many of us think in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, that there are more, like heaven or hell, which in truth the Choice is only between God and hell, because anything other than "Oneness with" God, no matter what name we may give it, in the end, becomes our eternal hell, becomes our eternal "separation from" God. Bawa. And these two Choices are to Choose either an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or to Choose an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, and in this way, the Choice is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Bawa. For example, you have never done anything in the classroom as a teacher, or in marriage, or as a father, or as a member of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, or at school as a student when you were younger, or at work as a Chemist, or as a "Computer Support Person", or as a son of a mother and father, or as a brother of a sister or a brother, or as a friend of a friend, because in truth, God did all of these things for you, and then "showed them to you", to help you Choose, to help you make up you mind, about what you want for eternity, either eternal "Oneness with" God, or eternal "separation from" God. Our life is just this simple, and wonderful. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen. Bawa. This is the truth of you, of this child, and of all of us, my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman. In truth we have never, ever, done anything, because in truth "I do not exist" Bawa. Remember the story of the disciple who wanted something from the Guru or Shaikh, and complained to the Guru or Shaikh that everyone came and got something from the teacher, and left, except him, and he had been there for 20 or 30 years serving the Guru or Shaikh, and so far had received nothing from the Guru or Shaikh, at least from his perspective of "separation from" the Guru or Shaikh. Bawa. And then he hit his head on the doorway, and the Guru or Shaikh cried out in pain, and when he ran to help, it was the Guru or Shaikh who was bleeding, not the disciple. And then the Guru or Shaikh told the disciple this truth, that all of this work, all of this doing, that he thought he was doing, was just a dream, that in truth, the Guru or Shaikh had done it all, and showed it to him, and in truth that he was the "One True Disciple" of the Guru or Shaikh, not the ones who had gotten something from the Guru or Shaikh and then left, that what He was gradually giving him was Himself, was the Guru or Shaikh. Bawa. In truth, my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman, "we do not exist", it is God who exists, and we are the "One True Disciple" of God, and God is trying to give us Himself, not anything that we can take away as "separate from" God within us, and then leave with. Bawa. So stop all of this. All of this "busy work". This is the only work, joining with Bawa within us, and with God within Him, to end us, not to get better, not to do things on the "outside" of us better, but rather to bring us to an end, that is, to end our life of illusion on the "outside" of us, and begin Them within us, to begin Their life of grace, wisdom, and 'ilm again within us. This is our only work. Not what is implied in your first statement, which is that "you exist" and that you are "trying to get better", that you are trying to do what you have been told to do, in order to reach some objective. Bawa. For in truth, this kind of thought, this kind of belief, this way of living, this way of writing, is just keeping us alive, as "separate from" God within us, keeping us alive to continue trying to live on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is not true, to continue trying to live on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" the students, as if we are "separate from" our wife, as if we are "separate from" our children, as if we are "separate from" our brothers and sisters, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, all of which is not true. Bawa. All of this is the "Enemy of our soul", of the true life within us, all of this is just "keeping us alive" on the "outside" of us, when the goal should be that "we end" on the "outside" of us, and that "He begin" again within us, when the goal should be that "the dream that He is having of within us end", and in this way, and only in this way, that God awaken from His dream within us. Bawa. And in this way, and only in this way, that God "Cure Himself of us", of "us" living on the "outside' of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, so He can then nourish His life within Himself, which is His soul, with His grace, His wisdom, and His 'ilm or divine knowledge, so He can return to Himself, so He can again becoming as "One with" Himself, but this time with an understanding of Himself, of His "Oneness with" Himself, so it will never leave "Us" again, and if we let Him do this within us, then "We will be within it", as the Witness. Ok? Bawa. So may "We" get with the program, by saying, (Bawa) "I am not, (Bawa) God is". Bawa. Or on a deeper level within us, by saying, (Bawa) "I am not, (Bawa) You are". Bawa. Saying this, in partnership with God within us, that is, by first establishing the "Presence of God" within us, by first invoking or calling our wisdom within us, causing our wisdom to stand up within us, and causing our mind to sit down within us, by first saying the "Name of our God" for our age, with for our age is "Bawa" or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him) within us, which in truth is the "Name of Us", of the Children of God for our age. Bawa. Saying this, with each breath, with each look, with each thought, with each smell, with each sound, with each taste, with each touch and movement". Ok? Bawa. Saying this, before we "Say or do" anything on the "outside" of us, and in this way, "stepping back" on the "outside" of us, so God can "step forward" within us, and "Cure Himself of us", of us trying to live on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is not true. Ok? C-3. Is God Really Dreaming Of Me? Bawa. You say, "When "I" go to try and deal with something then God enters His dream where He is dreaming of me as being separate from Him". Bawa. Lets us again say the word "Bawa", establishing the "Presence of God" within us, and like the way that we "feel" our hunger, try to "feel" what our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, are discussing within us about what "you have said". Ok? Bawa. No, my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman (may God be pleased with Him), God is not dreaming of us as being separate from Him, just like we do not dream at night of us as being separate from us, for in our dream at night, if we are dreaming of us going to the store, then in the dream "we are going to the story", then in our dream that is our reality, then in our dream we are living another reality, which seems just as real to us in the dream as the reality that we are experiencing when we are not dreaming at night. Isn't that so? Bawa. Please think about this for a little while, my dearest loving brother, it is very, very important, for in truth there is only "One of Us", for in truth "Us" and "God within us" are Always One", no matter what, no matter what God is doing within us, whether He is dreaming that He is us living on the "outside" of us, as if He is "separate from" Himself, or whether He has awaken from His dream and sets about "Curing Himself of us", of "us" living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us. Bawa. "God is Always One", and in truth, "So are We", the only difference, ever, is "do we realize it", or not. Bawa. And "if we don't realize it", then God is dreaming within us, God is dreaming of Himself living on the "outside" of Himself, as if He is "separate from" Himself within us, and then that is what we are experiencing, as His Witness, because that is what God is doing within us, that is, God is dreaming within us, and we are "God's Dream" within us. Bawa. And "if we do realize it", then God has awaken from His dream, and God is "Curing Himself of Himself ", that is, of Himself living on the "outside" of Himself, as if He is "separate from" Himself within Himself, all of which is not true, and then that is what we are experiencing, "God Curing Himself" of His dream that is, of the results of His dream, which are all of the lives of "separation and differences", of darkness and evil, that have grown within Him while God was dreaming within Himself, because God is the one who exists, not us, and God is the one who dreams, not us, and we are the one within God, as the Witness of God, that experiences whatever God is doing within us. Ok? Bawa. So in God's dream, He is "us", and we in truth are His Witness, we are the Witness of God within us, of God living on the "outside" of Himself, as if He is "separate from" Himself within Himself, and in this way, He is "us", and we are Him, and "We are One", we are "Always One", no matter what, all that changes is what God is doing within us, either Dreaming, or Curing Himself of His Dream, and then, having Cured Himself of His Dream, God is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, and we are the Witness, the Witness of God, the Witness of each of the things that God is doing within us. Ok? C-4. What Is Really Happening In Our Life? Bawa. You say, "However when I understand that I have nothing to do but that it is He who must come and do what must be done, then He awakens from His dream of me and He can exist in that state of being alone, awake and hungry." Bawa. Lets us again say the word "Bawa", establishing the "Presence of God" within us, and like the way that we "feel" our hunger, try to "feel" what our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, are discussing within us about what "you have said". Ok? Bawa. Almost Yes. But what we must understand is "what is happening" in our life, in all life, and "how does it happens", if we like, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" as our lot, as our reward. Bawa. And "what is happening" within us, for in truth "Nothing is really happening" on the "outside" of us, "what is happening" within us, and within all life, and the only thing that can really happen within any of us , is "God is happening" within the Creation of God within us, that is, within the "Earth of God", within us, and within that, "True Man is happening" within "God is happening" within the Creation of God within us, and everything else in our life, and in all life, but this, is just drama, the drama of "I and you", the drama of "mine and yours", just like either the apple seed germinates or not, and if it does then the apple tree is revealed, and within that the apples are revealed, and within that the "Sweet taste of the apples" is revealed, and within that, again the "apple seed is revealed, and its life has truly become successful in its lifetime. Ok? Bawa. But if the apple seed does not germinate, after realizing the truth of itself, and the truth hidden within it, that it is an apple seed buried within the earth, and that the earth contains everything necessary to reveal the apple tree hidden within it, and to make the apple tree hidden within it to grow and come to maturity in the earth, if the apple seed does not realize, understand, and accept this truth within itself, letting the "truth surrender to the truth" within itself, and then, joined as "one with" the earth that it is buried within, germinate to the truth within itself, if this does not happen in its lifetime, then in truth "nothing has happened" in its lifetime. Bawa. Then its life had no value, no matter how long it may live, and no matter what it may do while living in the earth, until it rots in the earth, dies in the earth, and is absorbed into the earth, taking on 105 million rebirths, but never again as the apple seed, never again as the Story of the "Oneness of the apple tree and its apples", a Story on the "outside" of us, like the Story within each of us, that it came to the earth, to join as "one with" the earth, to tell. Bawa. But if the apple seed does germinate to the truth of itself, letting itself as an apple seed end, so the apple tree hidden within it can begin, then it becomes Complete, then it is the Story of the "Oneness of the apple tree and its apples", that it came to the earth, to join as "One with" the earth, to tell, then its life is the value of God, within the Creation of God within it, and of True Man within God within the Creation of God within it, and its life has most certainly become successful in its lifetime, as the "Finger of God" on the "outside" of us pointing to what we can do within us, if we like, for like the apple seed buried within the earth, each of us, as the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, the Choice is ours, not God's. Bawa. And "How does this happen" within the apple seed buried within the earth, and within us, as the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, for in truth it is the same, and that is to accept the "truth of us", and the "truth of what is hidden within us", when we hear it, when it naturally emerges from within us, when we are ready to hear it, and when we are ready to either accept it, or reject it. Bawa. And we are now ready, and here it is, here it is, as the life and teaching of God for our age, as the "Gift of God" for our age, as the "Word of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age, which for our age, is the life and teaching of our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, is the life and teaching of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), which in truth is each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us, as our reward. Amen. Bawa. For example, this Spiritual Chat in truth is from within the heart of this child, that is, is from God within us, for the Children of God for our age, if we like, this Spiritual Chat is our own life speaking to us, if we like, this Spiritual Chat is the "truth of us" and the "truth of God" within us, emerging from within us, because now we are ready to hear it, and ready to either accept it or reject it, if we like, that is, the Choice to accept it as such, or not, is our Choice, not God's. Amen. C-5. Should We Use Bawa, As Our Co-pilot, To Help Us Fly? - that is, should we try to use Bawa wwithin us, and God within Him, like a co-pilot in an airplane, to help "us" go where "we believe we are going", like to heaven, or to "nearness to God", after we die, or should we realize, without the slightest doubt, that in truth, "we are not going" anywhere, but that only He, and God within Him, have a true destination within us, which is for our soul to again become "One with" God within us, and having realized this, should we then not change seats with Him, and make Him, and God within Him, the pilot, with "us" as Their co-pilot, and start to help Them get where They are going within us, giving up our current life and state to Them, for what They are doing within us, is bring "Us" back to "Oneness with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us as our lot, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness" so it will never leave "Us" again Bawa. You say, "So whatever comes, this child says, "Bawa" and then waits to see how Bawa comes and does what must be done". Bawa. Most definitely almost Yes, but with a little, but very important adjustment, that is, we say the word "Bawa" before we "Say or do" anything on the "outside" of us, to awaken God from His dream within us, to establish the "Presence of God" within us, so God can then "Cure Himself of His Dream", so God can "Cure Himself of us", of "us" living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, not to "see how Bawa comes and does what must be done", but rather to escape, but rather, to complete our duty in the world, which is to hand back to God what God has placed before God within us, and then "To be done with it". Bawa. Saying to God, "Thank you God, but not thank You. What's Next", not to use Bawa within us to create a better outcome to the illusory "outside" of us, to the drama of life that we are currently experiencing as "Curtis and his students", or as "Curtis and his family", or as "Curtis and Louie" chatting over the Internet, all of which must stop, all of which must end, if our life is to become truly successful in our lifetime. Bawa. For the only way to win the drama of our life, is not to play, and the only way for us not to play, is to get God to play, is to say the word "Bawa" before we play, establishing the "Presence of God" within us, and handing the drama to God within us, making it His drama, not ours, making it His classroom, not our, making it His family, not ours, making it His chat, not ours, and when we do this, day in and day out, for the rest of our life, then God will end all of the dramas within us, and reveal the truth within all drama, which is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. And this is the truth. Amen. C-6. How Do We Get God "To Speak" From Within Us? -That is, how do we get the ignorant and arrogant one on the "outside" of us, to become "silent" on the "outside" of us, and get the "Motionless All-Pervading Omniscient One" within us "to speak" from within us, to all of the Creation of God for our age, before we die to the flesh in our current state of "separation and differences" and "we" get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our lot Bawa. You say, "With the absolute assurance that Bawa will do what needs to be done and that one day this child will be able to say with complete clarity and conviction that, "There is nothing in this creation of God that I need. All that is needed is God. He and He alone is sufficient. There is nothing for me to do." Bawa. Yes, Yes, Yes, my dearest loving brother Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman (may God be pleased with Him), this certainly will be said, at some point in "God's Journey" back into God within us, from which we have all come, if we like, but not by "this child", that is, not by Curtis or Louie, because for what we have shared earlier to happen, that is for "True Man to happen" within "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, to truly occur within us, then "this child", that is, Curtis and Louie, must become "silent", so in truth God can speak from within us, for this is the true value of our wisdom, that is, "It lets God speak". Bawa. May we both learn to do this, that is, to "let God speak" from within us, while there is still time, that is, before we die to the flesh in our current state and an eternal hell as "separate from" God becomes our lot. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). 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