Spiritual Letter 22 - Original Version About Spiritual Letter 22 Title: "The Three Testaments of God", Date: July 21, 2002 Written by: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Written to: Asma'el Muhaiyaddeen (Rick Hacket) Home Page-Spiriutal Letters Go To Spiritual Letter 23 Letter 22: Expanded Version Library Navigation Tree Go To Spiritual Letter 21 Letter 22: Outline & Summary Page 2 of 3 Go To Table of Contents - Spiritual Letter 22 Related Material Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Al-salam 'alaykum wa-rahmat Allah wa barakatuhu kulluh. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. My love you (anbu), my dearest brothers and sisters. Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). 9. There Is Only One Child of God For This Age - and that starts within us as the Deen within the Deen within us, and comes to maturity within us as True Man within the Creation of God within us My dearest loving brother Asma'el Muhaiyaddeen, there is only one Child of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) for this age, and that is the Shaikh within the Shaikh, which is the understanding of the Shaikh, which in truth becomes the Nur Muhammad within the Nur Muhammad, which is the understanding of the Nur Muhammad, which in truth becomes Allah Muhammad Within Allah Muhammad or True Man within True Man, which is the understanding of Allah Muhammad or True Man, and finally appearing as the One within the One, which is the understanding of the One, of the Oneness of God and True Man, which in truth is God. However, thank you my dearest loving brother for your following respectful words concerning the nearness of your two brothers, Ahamd Muhaiyaddeen (Jonathan Granoff) and Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler), that you sent to us with your last letter. 1) The two of you (Ahamad and Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen), so close in heart-light and love for the One. 2) Brothers, sons of one Father immersed in One Light. Why argue about the adornment, when the pots are both gold? But we must also be very careful with this type of behavior in the world, with this type of comparison and praise of our brothers and sisters, because it can create more duality rather than leading to the unity that we know is the motivation for you behind these words. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Muhammadar Mustafa Rasulullah. All praise and praising belong to God and to God alone. Only God is great. And Muhammad is His Chosen Messenger. This is all we need to know. This only is sufficient. 10. We Are All Fools - and knowing this is the first step to wisdom, to becoming one with our Shaikh within us, with our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) We are all fools, my dearest loving brother, both Louie Beutler and Jonathan Granoff, as well as Rick Hacket, and all of our brothers and sisters. There is no true Gold but the Qualities and Actions of God, which God has hidden within each of us, within our current qualities and actions of separation and differences, which God will gladly reveal within each of us, in any of us, who use their wisdom, the wisdom which God has personally placed within each of us for this age, which is the life of our Shaikh, which is the life of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), which allows us to turn away from our false life, which is our current life in this world of illusion, which is our current life of separation and differences. And in this way, by joining with our Shaikh, with His Holiness within us, to let our true life, our eternal life, our life of oneness and unity, of justice and truth, of compassion and unity, to emerge, as the life of our soul and wisdom and the light of our wisdom, the life of the Nur Muhammad within us, joined as One, and in that state journey back into the One truth that is the Oneness of God and True Man within us, and for this age that One truth is the teaching of our Shaikh, of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), not any other teaching or religious scripture that we may have been given by our mother and father, or by our spiritual leaders, or by our religion, or by the world. 11. The Life And Teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) - is sufficient for this age, nothing else is need, and anything else destroys the purity of what we have received, like pouring clean water into dirty water still only gives us dirty water. Instead, we must first empty the cup. Only then will we have pure water This alone, my dearest loving brother, for this age, is sufficient, the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him). Nothing else, even all of the stuff that has come personally form God in earlier ages, in the context of the Hindu, or the Zoroastrian, or the Christian, or the Islamic, or the Jewish religions, none of this other stuff is required to liberate our soul, to join it with our wisdom, and to find and join it as One with the Nur, none of this other stuff can do within us what is now required to again become One with God. None of it now applies. Know this now and act accordingly. All of it is now irrelevant and down right harmful for this final journey of the soul, the wisdom, and the Nur, joined as One, back into the Oneness of God and True Man, from which it all came, like the rain falling back into the ocean, becoming again the ocean, no longer existing "separate from" the ocean as rain. My we both think about this a little, it is very important. There is no other way to become valuable in this age, this age of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), to become the One Child of God for this age, to become the One Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) for this age. Nothing else but the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) can move us from the experience of our current life of "separation and differences" back into the Oneness of God and True Man from which we have all come, from the mystical unity of God and True Man within each of us that brought us into the world of souls within us, into this world within us. And if we but let Them complete what They have both started within us, what both God and True Man have started within us, They will transform our heart into the hereafter or akhirah within each of us, which is the palace of the soul, and the innermost heart within that, which is the Arsh al-mumin, the Throne of The True Believer, which in truth is our true destiny, our true birth right, our true heritage, as Bawa so beautifully teaches us in the Song, "Allah Muhammad", the beautiful song which His Holiness sang to us on February 13, 1974. For as Bawa explains in this song, to each of his true Children for this age, our true life is the journey of the Deen appearing within the Deen, which is the understanding of the Deen, revealing Muhammad within the Dean, and then the appearance of Muhammad within Muhammad, which is the understanding of Muhammad, revealing Allahu within Muhammad, and finally the appearance of Allahu within Allahu, which is the understanding of Allahu, revealing in this way, the Oneness of God and True Man within us that God has personally hidden within each of us. This is the true Child of God for this age, the true Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) for this age, the journey of the One into the Three and of the Three into the One, three Times, in awwal or the beginning, in the dunya or this world, and in akhirah or the hereafter, not any of the children that we may now see as existing on the "outside" of us, as our brothers and sisters, in the fellowship that we now also see as existing "outside" of us. 12. Letting The Dream End Within Us - by letting the reality of God, the Shaikh, and the Disciple happen within us, not by cursing the darkness All of this coming and going in the world "outside" of us, and all of these brotherly and sisterly relationships that we have established and try so hard to maintain in the world "outside" of us, are but a dream. They are Ok, let them be, they are natural to the dream, but don't trust in them, don't believe in them, don't rely on them. They are always very dangerous. Instead, as Bawa teaches us, "Trust in God alone, believe in God alone, rely on God alone, build a relationship with God alone, and in this way, settle into stillness through the realization that everything is perfect. Then you will find peace." And we do this by building a direct relationship with the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen within us (may God be pleased with Him), in everything that we do. Before we do anything dialogue with Bawa, bring Him into our life, make Him the center of our life, make Him the wisdom of your life, make Him your direct connection with God, and everything else in our life will naturally recede, as this child has learned to do. It really works. This is the straight path. Every other path is very difficult and is filled with many traps. Remember, Bawa teaches us this point very strongly in the opening paragraph of the "Forward" of the book, "The Pearl of Wisdom", on page 6, that, "Man appearing on this earth, forgets God, and falls into many a trap. He does not know to seek himself, although God exists within man. This "Guru Man or Pearl of Wisdom" is to explain this concept in detail." 13. To Find Fault With Anything or Anyone Is To Find Fault With God - because God is the One who is conducting everything and everyone, not us Also remember, there is nothing ever wrong at the fellowship, or in any relationship at the fellowship, it is just the world. Treat the fellowship, and all of your brothers and sisters that you meet there, as you do your wife Qadir-Bee-Bee (she is so very sweet), with respect, but don't rely on the fellowship or on any of our brothers and sisters, or expect anything from them. This is what Bawa teaches us to do. Then you will be safe, and Bawa can finish what He has started within you, which is to reveal True Man within the Creation of God within you, so True Man within you can finish what He has started within you, which is to reveal God within the Creation of True Man within you. Know this know, my dearest loving brother, and act accordingly. 14. Lighten Up - and see the Light Realize that the fellowship and our brothers and sisters will always let us down, when we expect them to be something that they are not, or when we expect something from them, like when we expect they to act with the qualities and actions of God, or to provide us with the wisdom of our Father. They cannot ever do that, only our Father and God within Him can do that. So lighten up, my dearest loving brother, only God is Good, not our brothers and sisters of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship. How can any of us act with God's qualities and actions, or provide the wisdom of our Father, when we are all still "separate from God", "separate from" each other, and "separate from" the Creation of God within us. How can we do that when we are all still existing "outside" of ourselves, believing in the world and relationships that we see as existing "outside" of us. It is not possible. Please realize this and lighten up a bit. It will be easier for you and for all of those around you. 15. The World Will Always Let Us Down - but that is Ok and natural for the world, and everyone living within it, as our Father and God within Him will never let us down, as that is natural for Them within us My dearest loving brother, the world and everything in the world will always eventually let us down. Please realize this, and also realize that this is not a problem, it is just the nature of the world. And realize that this approach to the world is not ignoring a problem, or failing to correct what is wrong, rather it is understanding the nature of the world, the nature of True Man, and the nature of God, all of which are very different. Remember, Bawa teaches us that only God wants God, only wisdom wants wisdom, and only the world wants the world, and we have all three within us, and each of our brothers and sisters have all three within them. In our ignorance we never know which one is active in them or in us, at any moment. That is the problem when trying to live in the world. Instead, don't engage. Leave the world alone and spend your time hanging out with the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen within you (may God be pleased with Him). Then you will find peace. Then and only then will we be safe from all of the dangerous things that live within us, and want to play with and eat all of the dangerous things that live within each of our brothers and sisters. This is why Bawa told us, "Until wisdom dawns within you and you can see the heart of a person, don't trust anyone living in the world. It could be very dangerous for you." And, "Before you try to protect someone in the world from the things of the world, learn to protect them from you." 16. Trust In God And The Things of God, Not In His Creation - and then you will naturally become the Things of God and God within those Things, properly discarding in this way the Creation of God, and then the Things of God, ending up with only God In this way, instead of trusting and relying on the people and things of the world, trust and rely on God, trust and rely on the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within you, trust and rely on the direct connection that you have established with God within you known as the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within you. They will never let you down. Know this now, my dearest loving brother, and act accordingly. And to whatever degree you don't do this, then please be very, very careful, the state of your eternal life depends on it, for as we sow so shall we reap, and to reap an eternal life of "oneness with" God, of "oneness with" your brothers and sisters, and of "oneness with" the Creation of God within you, so you must sow, and the only time to sow is now, before you die. May we both learn to give up our life of "separation from", which is the heart of our life in the world, the heart of all of our current relationships in the world, as well as the heart of all of our current thinking, talking, acting, and writing in the world, and turn it all over to God within us, which is our Shaikh within us, by handing our life of "separation from", by handing all of our relationships in the world, and by handing all of our current thinking, talking, acting, and writing to God within us, as we experience them or are confronted by them as we move through our day, our week, our month, and our year, letting Him bring it all to an end within us, which only He can do within us. But this must be our intention for Him to end it, to end "us", in this way, and in this way, to destroy "us" within us, within our mind and desire, and reveal Him within us, within our innermost heart or Qalb. Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. This completes Page 2 of 3 of Spiritual Letter 22. Please click HERE, or below, to go to Page 3 of 3 of Spiritual Letter 22. Thank you. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) End of Page 2 of 3 - original version - ..................... (original version) Go To Table of Contents - Spiritual Letter 22 or Go To Spiritual Letter 22: Table of Contents Expanded Version Outline & Summary Version Related Material or ( a top-down version of the Library Home Page) (a bottom-up version of the Library Home Page) |
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