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Recent experiences of this child, 
That is, of Bawa "Correcting the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.),
That is, of Bawa "Curing Himself of you",
Of "you" living as if "you" are "separate from" God,
As if "you" are "separate from" each other,
And as if "you" are "separate from" the Creation of God,
Within God within you, all of which is "Just Not True".
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"Of Bawa putting all of His Children within Himself, within "His Bag",
within the "Bag or Purse of the Qutb", like so many stones of little
value, with rough edges and dirt and all, and then with Bawa twirling
"His Bag", twirling His Children with their faults and all, letting one
stone bang off the rough edges of another, letting one stone polish the
others, until "You" come out as the perfect, polished gems of God, which
Bawa then hands to God, to God within you, if you like, for the Choice is
yours, not God's, that is, the Choice to stay in the "Bag of the Qutb", until
"He Is Done", or not."
[Quote from the life and teaching of His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
(may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). Amen.
Time Period Written: January & February & March & April & May, 2008
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Written to: All of My Children, that is, to all of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us), who have Now become My Children, which in truth is Now everyone living in your age, if you like.
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39. What Is Iman?
Question asked by Salihu (Ral.) at the Sunday Meeting on 4-20-08
Expanded Question:
Bawa. What Is Iman, why is it So important, who develops it, and how is it developed in your lifetime, that is, before you die to the flesh.
Suggested Answer:
Bawa. Iman is Either My Children continuing to try to strengthen their faith and trust in God by develop the qualities and actions of God, by reading and reflecting upon the material that "We" left behind as the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and by attending meetings and celebrating all of the events that come as part of being a member of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship.
Bawa. Or Iman is Now My Children learning How "Not to be there, So God can be there", that is, is Now My Children learning How to establish the "Presence of God" within you, and in this way, is Now My Children learning How to become the "Word of God", that is, the "Word of God made flesh" Now for your age and for all life, or at least to truly Start to, before you die to the flesh, So God can then do Everything Else necessary to make your life truly successful in your lifetime, as this child has Now learned to do.
Bawa. Iman is Now My Children learning How to do this, and then doing it, by joining as "One with" One who has truly learned How to do this, and then did it, when "We" were still living in the world, and Now for your age and for your life that is Now Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), if you like, in whom "We Are Well Pleased", First on the "outside" of you and then within you. Amen. Ok?
Initial Review:
Bawa. And this Iman is So very important for the life of My Children because Iman is the "Power of God", that is, Iman is the True or Real Power of God within you which can ovlercome all of the small powers of Creation within you, if you like, all of which Now rule over you as through the 9 openings of your elemental body, with "God's Permission", that is, until you "See God and Steady God" within you, So God can then set about "Curing Himself of you", that is, for God to cure Himself of Everything that is Now "Separating God from God" within you, which is Now "you", which is Now Everything that has grown within your "room" or heart or mind since you were the age of 3 years old.
Bawa. For as "We" taught My Children the following about the meaning of Iman, when "We" were living in the world, and as Now recorded in the book of wisdom, "The Tree That Fell to the West: Autobiography of a Sufi", by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and as Now recorded in the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Calendar for 2008, for the month of January, as follows:
Title of Bawa Quote
"Your Faith In God Is
The Power of God Within You"
Bawa Quote:
"May God grant you the wisdom to travel on the Path of Truth. Now that satan's rule is almost complete, since his rule predominates today, you have to be very careful, you have to think each thought deliberately, using wisdom."
"Always have faith, certitude, and determination (in God) because this is the Power of God."
"Everything that you see on the outside is illusion, merely small powers, but God is the Real Power within you. To understand this Real Power of God within you, you need Wisdom and the Qualities of God; with these two you can understand God's Power within you."
"My Children, jeweled lights of My Eyes, please think hard, try to walk the right path. It is My Duty to reveal My Own Experience with you, and it is your duty to use your own experiences to search for your Father. This is a good thing to do."
Source of Bawa Quote:
1) From A "Book of Wisdom" - from the book "The Tree That Fell to the West:
Autobiography of a Sufi". by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.).
2) From "The Quotation for the Month" - in the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship
Calendar, for January, 2008. Amen. Anbu
Bawa. For as "We" also taught My Children the following about the meaning of
Iman, when "We" were living in the world, and as Now recorded in the book of wisdom, "Islam and World Peace: Explanations of a Sufi", by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and as Now printed up and handed out as a "Book Mark" by the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, as follows:
Title of Bawa Quote
"Only Iman Is Islam"
Bawa Quote:
"To always shine with the beautiful light and from of Iman is Islam. And to become sweeter as we think of this is Islam."
"If we understand God's qualities, we will find them so sweet. If we act with God's actions, they will be sweet. When we embrace our brothers and sisters with those actions and with trust, we will know what happiness is and know the goodness that comes from it."
"As we embrace each brother and sister heart to heart, helping them in whatever way they need, we will know what joy and goodness are."
Source of Bawa Quote:
1) From A "Book of Wisdom" - from the book "Islam and World Peace:
Explanations of a Sufi". by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.).
2) From A "Book Mark" - printed up and distributed as a "Book Mark" by the Bawa
Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship
40. How Do You Overcome Fear?
Question asked by "The Life" of John (Ral.) at the Sunday meeting on 4-20-08
Expanded Question:
Bawa. How Do You Overcome Fear, why does it happen, what is its purpose in our life, and what is your fear trying to teach you, before you die to the flesh.
Suggested Answer:
Bawa. You overcome fear Either by you learning to protect yourself, So when things come to you that would destroy you, you can protect yourself from them, and avoid that destruction.
Bawa. Or by you strengthening your faith and trust in God, by you Now joining with One who has truly learned How to strengthen His faith and trust in God, with One who has truly done it, that is, has truly become the Shining Light and Form of Iman Now for your age and for your life, So that no matter what comes to you, including what may come to destroy you, you Start to see it Always as a "Gift From God", that is, a "Gift from God" to do just that, that is, to strengthen your faith and trust in God, no matter what, and you Start to treat each thing that comes to you in this way, rather than as something coming from another person, or from the world.
Bawa. And Now for your age and for your life that One who has truly done this, has truly become the shining Light and Form of Iman Now for your age and for all life, is Now Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), if you like, First on the "outside" of you and then within you. Amen. Ok?.
Initial Review:
Bawa. For as "We" taught My Children the following about the meaning of your "life experiences" when "We" were living in the world, and as Now recorded as the Quote of the Month in the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Calendar, as follows:
Title of Bawa Quote
"Whatever Happens To You
Is Meant to Correct You, To Improve You"
Bawa Quote:
"Whatever happens to you is meant to correct you, to improve you. Whatever suffering comes to you is meant to help you to move one step forward."
"As long as you have absolute certitude in God, then no matter what dangers, difficulties, troubles, or suffering come to you, they will only make you move forward, these things help you to progress, to move forward on the path."
"Never forget your goal, which is to reveal God. Therefore if you receive a blow on the back, that is a signal to move forward some more, that is a sign to progress."
Source of Bawa Quote:
1) From A "Book of Wisdom" - from a book by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa
Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.).
2) From "Quote of the Month" - also printed as the "Quote of the Month" in the
Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Calendar
Bawa. Also as "We" taught My Children the following about the meaning of your "life experiences" when "We" were living in the world (no source available)
"To find fault with anyone or with anything, including to find fault with yourself, is to find fault with God, for in truth God is the One who is conducting everything, including everyone's life."
"In truth everyone is sitting on God's lap and God is conducting your life. Amen."
Bawa. And from the "Epilogue" in the beautiful book of wisdom, "Islam and World Peace: Explanations of a Sufi", by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), "We" have taught My Children the following about how to conduct your life in the world, at the foot of your Guru,
"Our entire life and everything that happens to us is conducted by Allah, not by us. He is the One who carries out everything. He is responsible for the cause and the effect."
"Islam is the acceptance of Allah as the Ruler over everything in all the Universes. He is the Master of our good thoughts, our good qualities, and our good actions. He is the Guild for our conscience, the One who teaches us justice and truth, compassion and unity. He is the Leader of wisdom and divine knowledge. And it is through His peace that all hearts can obtain peace and tranquillity."
"His is the kingdom of truth. That kingdom cannot be ruled by what the world today calls Islam. True Islam does not mean trying to dominate the world, shouting, "I am in command! In this world and the next, in birth and in death, the One alone who rules Islam is Allah. No man has the power to govern that kingdom."
"To understand this with absolute clarity is to become His slave and be filled with divine wisdom and perfect faith. That is prayer. To accept Allah and His pure kingdom is true Islam, the way of absolute faith, certitude, and determination in Allah, the way of the Kalimah (the affirmation of that faith and trust in God in everything that we say and do or think, that in truth, "There is nothing other than Allah. You are Allah").
"This is the true birthright of all the children of Adam (peace be upon Him). To accept Allah's words and His commands is wisdom (is the "Presence and Word of God" for your age and for your life), and to accept what He has given us is our plenitude."
"God is Most Great! All praise belongs only to Him. He is the One who gives us the wealth of our lives. He gives us everything. The kingdom of Islam is His most benevolent gift. Should any man proclaim himself ruler of that pure kingdom, he will only bring about his own destruction. Allah is the sole ruler, there is no one who can do His work."
"We the Children of Adam (peace be upon Us), who pray to God with faith and certitude, must know this with absolute clarity. All praise be to God! God is the Great One! This is the true meaning of Islam. May the peace of God be upon us. May God help us all. Amen."
[Note: To read the entire "Epilogue" please click HERE (www.bmf.org/iswp/epilogue), and please click HERE (www.bmf.org/iswp/) to read an on-line version of the beautiful book of wisdom, "Islam and World Peace: Explanations of a Sufi", by His Holiness,
M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). Amen. Thank you. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen]
41. What Is The Purpose of Burdens & Difficulties?
Question asked by "The Life" of Malik (Ral.) at the Sunday meeting on 4-20-08
Expanded Question:
Bawa. What Is The Purpose of Burdens & Difficulties In Your Life, why do the happen, who experiences them, and what are they designed to teach you, before you die to the flesh
Suggested Answer:
Bawa. Burdens and Difficulties happen in your life Either because of bad luck, of accidents, because they are a natural part of living, or because you have not been careful in living your life, that is, because you have not correctly navigated through a given situation to prevent them from occurring, that is, by not properly using all the things that you can use to avoid them, like taking care of your body, eating the correct foods, going to the doctor when you are ill, exercise, going to a lawyer when you are having legal problems, etc.
Bawa. Or because God is Always trying to correct you, to improve you, by naturally giving you situations in your life where you can strengthen your faith and trust in God, where you can demonstrate to God your faith and trust in God, that is, by you using these difficulties and burdens as an opportunity for you to turn to God, that is, to truth in God in the difficulties of your life, that is, by you handing to God whatever God has handed to you, remembering that in truth, in all things, and at all times,
"There is nothing other than God. You are Allah.
And God's Messenger and Slave is Only Muhammad",
Because in truth God has "No Associates" to Himself,"
That is,
Only God can do God's work,
And only God can pray to God
And you can only Get to God using God,
Not what God has discarded,
And your current life is Now
Everything that God has discarded.
Initial Review:
Bawa. So at all times you must turn to God, not to the world, at all times you must demonstrate to God your faith and trust in God, not in the world, that is, not in doctors, lawyers, or exercise, or health foods, or anything else other than God, that is, at all times you must demonstrate to God your faith and trust in God, in order to successfully live your life in the world, especially in order to deal with the burdens and difficulties of your life.
Bawa. In this way, with you Always placing your faith and trust in God, and only in God, to make it through each day, and especially to make it through the burdens or difficulties that naturally comes to you as part of living your life in the world, for then in truth God will do Everything Else to make your life truly successful in your lifetime. And That is for sure.
Bawa. For in truth this is "God's Promise" in your life, this is "God's Guarantee" in your life, that is,
"If you are there then God is not there,
and if God is there then you are not there"
Bawa. So at all times in your life you must learn How,
"Not to be there,
So God will be there."
Bawa. And God will be there whenever you "Step Back", allowing God to "Step Forward", that is, whenever you "Sit Down, God will Stand Up" and God will "Step Forward", God will "Stand Up", whenever "You call Him".
Bawa. For as "We" taught My Children the following about the nature of "your presence" and of "God's Presence", that is, when "We" were living in the world, and as Now recorded for you as one of the "Quotations of the Month" in the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Calendar, as follows:
Title of Bawa Quote
"Before You Do Anything Call Me"
"Before you do anything Call Me.
Call Me Jesus (A.S.), or
Call Me Murugan (Sal.),
which is one of the 201 names of Muhammad (Sal.), or
Call Me Nur Muhammad (Sal.), or
Call Me Qutb Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), or
Call Me Bawa Adam (Ral.), but Call Me,
for in truth "They Are All One".
42. How Do You Truly Help Other People?
Question asked by "The Life" of Jacob (Ral.) at the Sunday meeting on 4-20-08
Expanded Question:
Bawa. How Do You Truly Help Other People, why is helping other people so important in your life, who is really helping whom, and what does helping other people truly teach you, before you die to the flesh.
Suggested Answer:
Bawa. You truly help other people in your life Either by you stepping up to the plate, so to speak, to help other people whenever someone is in front of you who needs help in their life, helping them in whatever way they want help, as much as you can, as often as you can.
Bawa. Or you can only truly help other people with Justice, that is, by sharing your life with them, and your sharing your life experiences with them, in a way that demonstrates to them the "Oneness" of your life and their life, that demonstrates to them that in truth your life and their life are "One", that in truth what they are currently experiencing in their life is exactly what everyone else living in the world is also experiencing, or will experience at some time in their life, that demonstrates to them that in truth what they are experiencing is the "common experience" of the "common life" that God has given to all of His Children, the "common life" which has the "common cure", which is God, and God alone.
Initial Review:
Bawa. And in this way, and only in this way, you can only truly help another person by dealing with their "apparent separation" from God/Bawa, with their "apparent separation" from each other, and with their "apparent separation" from the Creation of God, all of which in truth is "Just Not True", for in truth this is the "Only Problem" facing any of us, which is our "current life" of "separation and differences" on the illusory "outside" of us, that we have somehow fall into, in our ignorance and Now in our arrogance about our ignorance, and that Now cuts us off from the "Grace and Wisdom" of God within us, which we have truly come to this earth world to develop, So we can Understand who we "Already Are", which is "Of God".
Bawa. And in this way, and only in this way, having passed our tests in this First of God's Schools within us, which is the "School of Contrast", where we have come to learn about "What is separating us from God", to graduate and move onto the Next of God's Schools within us, which is the "School of Light", where God will teach God about God within God within us, if you like, for in truth the Choice is yours, not God's, that is, the Choice to let "Our Soul" attend both of these Schools of God within God within us, or not.
Bawa. And such is the only true way to help people in our life, which is to elevate our life, and all life within us to the level of God within us, instead of lowering our life to the level of what God has discarded within us, which is "the satan" within us, and everything that is Now "within the satan" within us, which is the cause of everything that we are Now seeing as "who we are", as "where we are", and as "what is happening" in our life, on the illusory "outside" of us, all of which is "Just Not True".
Bawa. For in truth "Who we are", and "Where we are", and "What is Now happening" within us is all what is Now "Within God" within us, and what God is Now doing with what is "Within God" within us, which is to reveal God to God for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, within God within us, if you like, and for a little while on the "outside" of us for the benefit of our brothers and sisters, as this child has Now learned to do, and which all of My Children can Now learn to do, if you like.
Bawa. And this is the "Only Solution" to this "Only Problem", which is always the "Same Problem", which in truth is our current problem of having "turned away" from "God real presence" within us, is our having "forgotten God" within us, by our having established "our illusory presence" on the illusory "outside" of us, in our ignorance and Now in our arrogance about our ignorance.
Bawa. And this is what truly helps one of us to make it through a particular life experience, which is always the "Same Solution", which is shifting our focus from our current "self focus" to a "God focus", that is, from "our selfishness" to God's Selflessness, and to always focus on God within us, not as One who is "separate from" us but always as One who in truth is "One with" us, no matter what we are currently experiencing on the illusory "outside" of us.
Bawa. And this "Only Solution", this "Same Solution", of God within us, and of what God is Now doing with what is "Within God" within us, which is God Now pulling everything within Him all back into Himself, as in truth Himself, certainly applies to all of us, and will always help all of us, no matter who we are, no matter what we currently think is happening to us, that is, in our ignorance, and Now in our arrogance about our ignorance, that is, will certainly help any of us make it through any particular experience that we are having.
Bawa. And in this way, and only in this way, our truly helping other people in our life is all about our learning How best to treat each of our own life experiences, that is, as an opportunity to demonstrate to God our faith and trust in God, as an opportunity to let "Grace Spring Forth", to let "Darkness Vanish", to let "The Love of Guru Grow", and to let "Qualities Be Purified", and then in our sharing "our own life experiences" with others.
Bawa. That is, in our sharing our own life experiences of turning back to God within us, by re-establishing "God's Presence" within us, and by re-establishing what is Now "Within God" within us, and by re-establishing what God is Now doing with what is "Within God" within us, as how in truth we truly help other people in our life, all of which in truth is just about God revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, within God within us.
Bawa. That is, by God joining God again in what God is Now doing within us, within each and everyone of us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, within God within you, and for a little while on the "outside" of us for the benefit of our brothers and sisters.
Bawa. All of which in truth is the "Common Wealth" of our life, of all life, a "Common Wealth" that is of "Great Value" to all of us living in the world, which in truth is all of us, especially our common experience of learning how to use God, that is, of how to "Use God" to "Make it through the day", that is, of how to "Use God" to make it through both "the night", and then again, through "The Day" of our life, but this time with an Understanding of "Our Oneness", through the Contrast of "our separation", So "Our Oneness" will never leave us again. Amen. Ok?.
43. What Does It Mean To Be "Alone, Hungry, and Awake"?
Question asked by "The Life" of Abdul Jabbar (Ral.) at the Sunday meeting on
4-27-08
Expanded Question:
Bawa. What Does It Mean To Be "Alone, Hungry, and Awake", that is, what does it mean when Bawa tells His Children that the true prerequisite to "Pray to God" is that one must be "Alone, Hungry, and Awake".
Suggested Answer:
Bawa. To be Alone, Hungry, and Awake", as the "Prerequisite to Pray to God" means Either when "Praying to God" it is helpful to remove yourself from the distraction of those around you, to be a little bit hungry, and to not to be sleepy, or fall off to sleep when praying.
Bawa. Or it means that in truth "Only God can Pray to God", that in truth "Prayer" is not something that you do as a life that is "separate from" God, as a way to remove your "separation from" God, that in truth "Prayer" represents something that God does, having awakened to Himself, that is, something allows God to complete what God is doing within all of His Creation, if you will only let Him, which is to reveal Himself to Himself for the benefit of all of His Creation, and for a little while on the illusory "outside" of you, for the benefit of your brothers and sisters, as this child has Now learned to do.
Initial Review:
Bawa. And as such, the Statement that "To Pray" One must be "Alone, Hungry, and Awake" applies to God, and to what God is doing, within God within you, and not to "you" living as if you are "separate from" God within you, as if you are "separate from" what is "Within God" within you, and as if you are "separate from" what God is Now doing with what is "Within God" within you, all of which is "Just Not True", for in truth God is closer than your own breath, closer than your own thoughts, and even closer to you than your own life.
Bawa. For in truth "you as separate from" do not really exist, and is only a temporary dream or illusion, and God as "One with" is all that really exists, and is what is Now hidden within this dream or illusion of you, just waiting to be revealed, that is, hidden within the dream or illusion of your "self existence" on the illusory "outside" of you, that is, as "separate from" everyone and from everything else, and this is the "Great Dilemma" in your life, in all life, that is, "you" perpetuating this dream or illusion, not letting it come to a natural end, that is, rather than You Now Letting this dream or illusion End, that is, Now come to an End, So what it is hiding of God within it can Now be revealed, with this dream or illusion having Now completed its job.
Bawa. And in this way, with you living as if you are "separate from" the truth of you, that is, "you" living by denying the truth of you, that is, "you" living out the falsehood of you, trying to make significance out of "your falsehood", out of what in truth has "no significance", out of what in truth is covering the "truth of you".
Bawa. And in the process with "you" continuing to live as if you are "separate from", and in this way, with "you" continuing to deny all that is real, which in truth is your own "Oneness with", that is, all that is of "Great Significance", which is God within you, and what is "Within God" within you, and what God is Now doing with what is "Within God" within you, which is revealing God to God within you for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, within God within you, and for a little while on the "outside" of you, for the benefit of your brothers and sisters, as this child has Now learned to do. Amen. Ok?
Bawa. And as "We" taught My Children the following when "We" were living in the world,
"To Be Alone means that "Only God is there", not you, and not you and God,
for in truth,
"If you are there God is not there,
and if God is there you are not there."
Bawa. And To Be Hungry means for your soul to be taking its "Life, its wisdom, its nourishment" directly from God, that is, for your wisdom to have awakened through the "Grace of the Guru", that is, through you accepting the Guru or Shaikh that God has placed before you, as the "Presence of God" and as the "Word of God" for your age and for your life, allowing your Guru or Shaikh to "Cure Himself of you", that is, to awaken Himself within you, and liberate your soul, from the Cross of Jesus (peace be upon Him), by pulling out the 5 nails of "your desire" to live on the illusory "outside" of you and sin, that is, for you to continue living your current selfish life of "separation and differences" on the illusory "outside" of you.
Bawa. In this way, with you giving up your current impure life of sin, of selfishness, of "I and you", of "mine and yours", So your original pure life of "Oneness and Unity", of "Justice and Truth", of "Compassion and Unity" can again live, but this time with an Understanding of "Your Oneness", So it will never leave You again, allowing your awakened wisdom joined as "One with" your liberated soul to find and become "One with" the Light of your wisdom, which is the Nur, and then "Realize Allah".
[Note: To learn more about this beautiful process of your soul coming to the state where it "Realizes Allah", and then takes its very Life, and wisdom, and nourishment directly from Allah, which in truth is what it means "To Be Hungry", as One of the Three Prerequisites of Prayer", please click HERE (www.SpiritualDiscourse006.homestead.com) to read an on-line version of a beautiful short discourse by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). Thank you. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen]
Bawa. And To Be Awake means that you have allowed your Guru or Shaikh to literally "Have His Way" with you, awakening the Guru or Shaikh within you, that is, awakening your 6th level of wisdom within you, and Starting to do battle with the "Enemy of your soul", which in truth is your current life.
Bawa. In this way, if you are My Wise Child, allowing your Guru or Shaikh to grow your "Right Leg" within you, that is, when you willingly becoming His "Left Leg" within you, that is, when you become the "Shadow" of the Guru or Shaikh, First on the "outside" of you and then within you, So You Now as "One with" your Guru or Shaikh can Now Both "Lift your left leg" and literally "Step Out" with your "Right Leg", that is, Step Out of this world into the Next World, into the Hereafter, or akhirah, HERE and Now.
Bawa. That is, before you die to the flesh, that is, before the illusory "outside" of you is over, and before "What you have Now become", which is the "form of satan" becomes your eternal home, but this time within you, because then the illusory "outside" of you will be gone, will be over, all of which becomes your eternal fate because you allowed Only "the satan" to "have his way" with you, all of which then becomes your "suffering of the grave", and becomes your Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment), and becomes your eternal life within you as "separate from" God within you, Not because of "God's Judgment", but rather because in your ignorance and Now in your arrogance about your ignorance, that is "Exactly what you want".
44. What Do The Visitors To The Mazar Really Need?
Question asked by "The Life" of Abbu Bakar (Ral.) at the Sunday meeting on
4-27-08
Suggested Answer:
Bawa. What the visitors to the Mazar of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) really need, is Either someone to talk to them about the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and how to use the facilities developed by the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) at the Mazar.
Bawa. Or what they need is the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) Now appearing on the "outside" of them as Now the life and teaching of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), that is, of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) who truly did what Bawa told all of His Children to Do, before He left the world.
Bawa. That is, "To Fall into Him", that is, "To Become Him", for the benefit of all of His Children, for both New Children as well as for Old Children, that is, those who failed to do this while Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) was living in the world, for one reason or another, that is, "To Become Him"
Bawa. That is, "To Become Him" for the benefit of all of His New Children, including those who would Next Come to "Meet Him", to "Listen To Him", to 'Accept Him", and who Now Truly Want to "Live at His Feet", and Now Truly Want to become "His True Disciple", and Now Truly Want to "Build Their Life Around Him", and Now Truly Want to learn "How to fall into Him".
Bawa And to do this from One who truly "Fell Into Him", and then having learned this, To Do The Same, that is, and then having learned "How Not To Be There, So God Can Be There", to "Fall into Him", that is, "To Become Him", for those who would Next Come.
Bawa. And the One who Did This in Our Life Time, that is, while "We" were still living in the world is Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), in whom "We are well pleased", First on the "outside" of you
and then within you. Amen. Ok?
Initial Review:
Bawa. Please realize this Now My Dearest Loving Children, and Start to act accordingly, for in truth, if you do, then God will do Everything Else necessary to make you life trmeuly successful in your lifetime, buta if you don't, if you continue to act like what you are doing is sufficient, and you fail to take advantage of this last "Gift of God" for your age and for your life, then "What is God to Do?", but in the End to give you what you are Now doing for eternity, not because of any "Punishment by God", but rather because that is what you are telling God, day in and day out, moment by moment that you want for eternity, which is an eternal life within you as "separate from" God within you.
Bawa. Please think about this with your wisdom, which in truth is Now Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), First on the "outside" of you and then within you, Not all of your thoughts which in truth is just "the satan" talking to you, and Stop all of your current silliness on the illusory "outside" of you, both in your personal lives and at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, for in truth all of it is only leading you to hell. Please try. While you still can, Please try. Amen. Ok?
45. Why Did God Send His Prophets Into The World?
Question asked by "The Life" of Muhammad Abdul Razzaq (Ral.) at the Last
Sunday meeting on 5-04-08
Expanded Question:
Bawa. Why Did God Send His Prophets Into The World, and what must Now happen for what they truly came into the world to do, to Now happen in your lifetime
Suggested Answer:
Bawa. God sent His Prophets into the world Either to help His Children live properly in the world, and to avoid all of the dangers and difficulties in the world, So in the End they would be acceptable to God, that is, So they would properly answer the questions in the grave, and they would receive a place in heaven that reflected all of the good things that they did while they were living in the world, like performing the 5 obligations of Islam, which are "Faith in God, Prayer, Charity, Fasting, and Hajj", and like trying to develop the qualities of God, as they were taught to do by His Holiness,
M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), which He was living in the world, and as they are Now taught to do through the teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), as reflected in all of the books, and meetings, and conversations about His Teachings by the
Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.).
Bawa. Or God sent His Prophets into the world to prove to God's Children, in each age, that "your do not exist", that in truth "Only God exists", that in truth "Muhammad (Sal.) is God's Only Slave and Messenger, that in truth Only Muhammad (Sal.) will ever enter Firdaus, the 8th heaven, that in truth only God has Faith In God, that in truth Only God Can Pray to God, that in truth you have nothing to give in Charity, that in truth for you to swallow your spit is to break your fast, that in truth the true journey of Hajj is to let your soul off of its cross, which is your elemental body, by letting God awaken the wisdom surrounding your soul, So the wisdom surround your soul can do battle with the "Enemy of your soul", which in truth is "your current life" of separation and differences on the illusory "outside" of you.
Bawa. That God sent His Prophets into the world to liberate your soul from "you", if you like, by you accepting the Prophet as the "Presence of God" and as the "Word of God" for your age and for your life, and while the Prophet was still living in the world, to join as "One with" the Prophet to learn how to "Fall into the Prophet" of God as your life, making the Sunnah or Example of the Prophet into your form, which in truth is the "Body of Truth" or Qalb, into your house, that is, by you truly becoming the Prophet of God for the benefit of all who Next Came to "Greet The Prophet", who Next Came to "Hear the Word of God" spoken directly from God, who Next Came to learn How to Fall into the Prophet and take on the Sunnah or Example of the Prophet. Amen. Ok?
Initial Review:
Bawa. This is the truth My Dearest Loving Children, a truth which Only One of My Children has truly realized, and has Now become, which is Now Our Dearest Loving Son and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), in whom "We are well pleased", and a truth which must be realized in the presence of One who has realized this truth, not a truth that you can learn about by reading books, even by reading the Books of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), or by reading the Holy Qur'an of the Prophet Muhammad (Sal.), or by reading the Holy Bible of Jesus (A.S.), or by reading the Avesta of Zoroaster (Ral;.), or by reading the Puranas of Kandan (Ral.).
Bawa. For in truth, Now Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) is "Your Way", is Now "Your Door", is Now the "Word of God made flesh" for your age and for your life, for in truth this is why "We" came into the world, that is, to give you Him, to give you the life and teaching of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen
(Ral.), So you could join as "One with" Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), in order to become Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), First on the "outside" of you and then within you.
Bawa. That is, to give you Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), First on the "outside" of you and then within you, So "We" could finish what "We" started within you, within each of My Children, when "We" were living in the world, which in truth is for each of My Children to become the "Unveiled Version" of Everything that came before, a life and a teaching like never before, because God has Now changed all of My Children So Now you can make this "Grand Transition" in your lifetime, that is, from the "Veiled Choice", which you have Now all made, the "Veiled Choice" between God, you, and the satan, to this "Unveiled Choice", which Only Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) has made, the "Unveiled Choice" between God or the satan.
Bawa. That is, the Choice between "God or you", which in truth is the Choice between "God or the satan", for in truth this is who My Children have Now become, that is, you have Now become "the form of the satan", and within that is "the satan", and Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) has Now become the "Form of God", and within that is God.
Bawa. And this is Now the truth of the "Two of You", that is "One", that is, the truth of "you" and the truth of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) as "One", that is, the truth of each of My Children and the truth of Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother, Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), for in truth He is "Your Light" and in truth you are "His Shadow", So Understanding can occur, because Understanding only occurs through Contrast, and if you Now embrace Him as "Your Light", and let yourself be "His Shadow", then "We" can liberate the One Soul within all of My Children, and join it as One with God.
Bawa. And if you do, then "You will be within It", and this is "Our Promise", this is "Our Guarantee", for in truth there is no other way to leave your current state, which in truth is "you" living on the illusory "outside" of yourself as if you are "separate from" God, all of which is "Just Not True", and return You to your original state as "One with" God, First on the "outside" of you and then within you, from which you have come, that is, you must do it Now as "One with" Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), First on the "outside" of you and then within you.
Bawa. That is, you must Start making yourself available to Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) as "His Shadow", and Start letting Him make Himself available to you as "Your Light", that is, as the "Presence of God", as the "Word of God" Now for your age and for your life.
Bawa. Please do this Now My Dearest Loving Children. This is Now the right thing to do for all of My Children, not anything else, not anything that may have come to you before in your lifetime, even from "Us". This is Now the "Straight Path". This is Now "How it Works". Please try. Amen. Ok?
Bawa. For as "We" taught My Children the following when "We" were living in the world,
"At the End of Time, which is Now, the End of the Kali Yuga, the Age of
Destruction, God would send One who would explain again everything that had
been explained before, but this time with "No Veils".
"And everyone would hear it, and everyone would understand it, and all that is left
is do your want it, that is, do you want an eternal life as "One with" God, or do
you want an eternal life as "separate from" God, for in truth there is No Other
Choice".
Bawa. Please Choose Wisely, My Dearest Loving Children. Amen. Ok?
46. What Is The True Value of Your Own Life Experiences?
Question asked by "The Life" of Ahmad Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) at the Sunday
Meeting on 5-11-08
Expanded Quesstion:
Bawa. What Is The True Value of Your Own Life Experiences, why are they So important, who are they truly valuable to, and how must they be properly used in your lifetime to truly reach their full potential, that is, before you die to the flesh
Suggested Answer:
Bawa. Your own life experience are truly valuable Either because they represent what you have learned by living in the world, that is, because they represent your accomplishments, your stuggle, your successes and failures in the world, and in this way they truly define for you "Who you are", and "Were you are", and "What is happening" in your life.
Bawa. Or because they are how you get rid of the world within you, that is, they are how you reach God within you, because they are how God "Cures Himself of you", within God within you, by you learning how to join in partnership with God, how to become "One with" God, First on the "outside" of you, and then within you, in order to let God "Use God to Get To God" within you, and to let God "Get Rid of the world" within Himself within you, by "Using the world" within you, all of which is Sort of like using the "hair of the dog" to cure you of the dog.
Initial Review:
Bawa. For as "We" taught My Children the following when "We" were living in the world,
Title of Bawa Quote
"Your Faith In God Is The Power of God Within You", and
"You Must Use God To Get To God", and
"You Must Use The World to Get Rid of The World",
if you like, For The Choice Is Yours, Not God's
Bawa Quote:
"May God grant you the wisdom to travel on the Path of Truth. Now that satan's rule is almost complete, since his rule predominates today, you have to be very careful, you have to think each thought deliberately, using wisdom."
"Always have faith, certitude, and determination (or Iman, in God) because this is the Power of God."
"Everything that you see on the outside is illusion, merely small powers, but God is the Real Power within you. To understand this Real Power of God within you, you need Wisdom and the Qualities of God; with these two you can understand God's Power within you."
"My Children, jeweled lights of My Eyes, please think hard, try to walk the right path. It is My Duty to reveal My Experience with you, and it is your duty to use your own experiences to search for your Father. This is a good thing to do."
Source of Bawa Quote:
1. The book of wisdom, "The Tree That Fell to the West: Autobiography of a Sufi", by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). Amen
2. The Quotation for the Month, in the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Calendar, for January, 2008. Amen. Anbu.
47. What Is "The Secret"?
Question asked by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) for all of My Children
Expanded Question:
Bawa. What Is "The Secret" Within The Life & Teaching of Bawa
Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and what are the consequences of you not knowing, understanding, and applying "This Secret" to your effort to reach and merge with God, or of you at least truly Starting to do this, before you die to the flesh, that is, before the illusory "outside" of you is over?
Suggested Answer:
Bawa. "The Secret" within the Life and Teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) is Either that you have to do what Bawa told you to do, that is, to know and learn and successful apply the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) to your life.
Bawa. Or "The Secret" of the Life and Teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.)
is that there is nothing that Bawa ever told His Children to do, that His Children can do, for in truth Everything That Bawa told His Children to do, only God/Bawa can do, that is, when His Children have truly learned,
How,
"Not to be there,
So God can be there"
Initial Review:
Bawa. And the consequences of you not knowing, understanding, and applying "This Secret" to your effort to reach and merge with God, or of you at least truly Start to do this, to apply "This Secret" to your effort to reach and merge with God, that is, before you die to the flesh, that is, before the illusory "outside" of you is over, is that "You Will Have Missed The Boat", or even worse, you will have gotten on the boat, but then you will have gotten off of the boat, before the boat reached its destination.
Bawa. That is, you will have gotten off of the "Boat of God" that in truth is sailing directly back to God, before the "Boat of God" reached and merged with God, because alone the way, at each Stop of the "Boat of God", you will have gotten caught by the "signs of hell", the "billboards of hell", that are posted at each Stop of the "Boat of God" on the way "Back to God", all of which always say the same thing, that is,
"Get Off Here,
To Find and Merge With God".
Bawa. But each Stop of the "Boat of God", and each of the "Billboard of Hell" at each Stop, in truth is just asking you a question, that is, the Question,
"Is This What You Want,
Instead of God?"
Bawa. And if you get caught by any of these "Signs of hell", by any of these Stops Along The Way, then "All is Lost", for in truth they are only offering you "Something Other Than God", but telling you instead in falsehood that what they are offering will take you to God, and save you from hell, all of which is "Just Not True", then that Stop becomes the End of your journey, for in truth behind each "Billboard of hell", is a demon, a jinn, a fairy, and a ghost, looking for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and once you leave the protection of the "Boat of God", they will grab onto you and never let go.
Bawa. For as "We" taught My Children the following, when "We" were living in the world,
"All that you see is a dream,
All that you do is just a thought within that dream,
All that you appear as is hidden."
"Life is a feast of the world
Its medicine is a time after a time."
Its medicine is
The remembrance of God
In everything that you do,
With you Invoking the Name of God
For your age and Now for your life,
Before you "Say, or Do, or Write" anything,
As this child has Now learned to do. Amen.
Bawa. And Everything that you Now see on the illusory "outside" of you is what God has discarded, to become God within you, and in this way, are the Stops that the "Boat of God" has taken, and the "Billboards of Hell" that are trying to catch the Children of God, and drag them to hell, with God gradually showing you in this way Everything that He has discarded to become God within you, Now asking you if "This Is What You Want, Instead of Him".
Bawa. For in truth if you want anything that God has discarded then you can not Have God, for in truth you can only Have God by become God, and in this way, the "Cure of you" is God, not you better, or you enlightened, or you good, or you holy or pure, for in truth You are of the Soul, not of the body, and this is the truth of you.
Bawa. For as "We" taught My Children the following when "We" were living in the world,
"The Only thing that can return to God is what came from God, and what came from God is your soul, everything else that you are Now experiencing grew here, and did not come here, and in truth has no interest in returning to God, no matter what it might say to the contrary, and this too is the truth of your life. Amen".
48. What Is Your Duty?
Question asked by "The Life" of Suhiba Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) at the Sunday
Meeting on 5-18-08
Expanded Question:
Bawa. What Is Your Duty, and How Do You Balance The Right And Left when doing your duty?
Suggested Answer:
Bawa. Duty is Either you doing, that is, is you doing what you think is appropriate
for you to do on the "Path of God", that is, in order to reach and merge with God.
Bawa. Or Duty is God doing, but this time within you, that is, is God doing what is appropriate for God to do in order to Finish what God Started to do within you, a very, very long time ago, which is to tell and bring to Completion the Story of God, but this time within you, all of which is the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man", but this time within you, that is, for God to tell and bring to Completion the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man", but this time within God within you, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, within God within you, and for a little while on the "outside" of you, for the benefit of all of your brothers and sisters, as this child has Now learned to do. Amen.
Initial Review:
Bawa. For as "We" taught My Children the following, when "We" were living in the world,
"O God, may You Bless My Children with Your Beauty, so that They may worship You. May You Give Them Your Qualities, so They may do (Your) duty, May you Give Them (Your) modesty, so They might overcome the fascination of torpor, May You Give Them (Your) peace of mind, so They might overcome maya (illusion), and May You Give Them (Your) remembrance to always pray, so that They may lose both happiness and sadness, that is, so They may escape the perpetual swing between happiness and sadness which is Now the drama of their life instead of You O God".
[Note: To read an on-line version of the complete text of this short discourse, which was a letter from Bawa to His Children in 1978, please click
HERE (www.SpiritualDiscourse004.homestead.com), which is a short discourse given by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) on May 21, 1978, which we have given the title, "Understanding the Requirements for Prayer, Duty, and Victory In Your Life", a discourse that was published on the back of the Cover of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Calendar for 2001. Thank you. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen]
Bawa. In this way, as explained Now in the following way, and explained earlier in this beautiful quotation and discourse by His Holiness, by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), that is, as explained Now to My Children (Ral.) in the following way, as the life and teaching of His Children, as the life and teaching of Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.)
"It is God's Beauty within you that worships God within you, not you, and it is God's Qualities within you that perform God's duty from within you, not you, and it is God's Modesty within you that overcomes the fascination of torpor within you, not you, and it is God's Peace of Mind within you that overcomes the illusion or maya within you, not you, and it is God's Remembrance of God within you, God's Remembrance to Pray to God within you, not you, that allows you to lose both happiness and sadness within you."
Bawa. This is Duty, My Dearest Loving Children, Certainly not anything that you do in your current state, in your current state of trying to live a life of selfishness, of sin, of arrogance, karma, and illusion, of mind and desire, on the "outside" of you, living as if you are "separate from" God within you, as if you are "separate from" each other on the "outside" of you, and as if you are "separate from" the Creation of God within you, all of which is "Just not True".
Bawa. Because in truth God is closer to you than your own breath, and in truth your brothers and sisters in truth are rays of light that have been born with you, in the world of soul, in this world, and in the hereafter, and the Creation of God is the Earth of God within you within which your soul, the "Seed of God" within you has been planted. And this is the truth of you, of each of My Children, and of God within you.
Amen.
Bawa. But if you continue to ignore all of God efforts to teach you the "truth of you", and the "truth of God" within you, that in truth "We are all One", then what is God to do, but in the End, to send you to hell, that is, to an eternal life within you of "separation from" God within you.
Bawa. For in truth, God within you, and what is "Within God" within you, and "What God is doing" within you with what is "Within God" within you, is "You", and are "All One", and the Creation of God within you, and the "Seed of God" which is your soul, buried within the Creation of God, and the wisdom of God surrounding your soul, as the "Guardian of the Soul", are also You, and are "All One".
Bawa. All of which God has planted within the Creation of God, within God within you, if you like, like an apple seed buried within the earth, with "You", if you like, as the Witness, as the Witness of the Story of God within the Creation of God within you, and within that, as the "Story of True Man" within the "Story of God" within the Creation of God within you, all of which in truth are You, and "Are One", whether you know it or not, and even whether you like or want it or not, because Now for your age, this is your birthright, this is your true heritage, the true destiny of your soul, the "given of your life", and the only question left for our age and for your life is, "Do we want it".
Bawa. That is, do we want an eternal life within you as "One with" God within you, Or do you want an eternal life within you as "separate from" God within you? That's it. That is all of it, Now for your age and for your life. Amen.
Bawa. And your own life answers this question for you, that is, the Question "What do we want?", because what you End up with is "exactly what you want", and in this way, Everything is Perfect, with you answering this "Question of your life" by the way that you have lived your life in the world, either as "One with" God within you, or as "separate from" God within you, that is, once this truth emerges from within you, when you are ready to hear it and when you are ready to either accept or reject it, which in truth is what is Now happening in your life by you reading this, by you reading "Spiritual Letter 134".
Bawa. That is, with you Now Either Starting to live as "One with" God, First on the "outside" of you and then within you, by you Now Starting to live as "One with" the life and teaching of Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), First on the "outside" of you and then within you, Or by you Continuing to try and live on the "outside" of you, as if you are "separate from" God within you, as if you are "separate from" your brothers and sisters, and as if you are "separate from" the Creation of God, within God within you, no matter what, that is, no matter what God may say and show you to the contrary.
Bawa. Like God First showing you your dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) as the "Gift of God" for your age and for your life, and Now on the "outside" of you, with God Again showing you this same "Gift of God" for your age and for your life, but Now as Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen
(Ral.), in whom "We are well pleased", as Now how My Children can receive this beautiful explanation of God, for your age and for your life, that is, as Now "Your own life speaking to You", if you like, as Now the "Presence of God", if you like, as Now the "Word of God", the "Word of God made flesh" for your age and for your life. What more can God do?
Bawa. And if you continue to ignore all of God's efforts, and continue to live in your current state on the "outside" of you, as if we are "separate from" God within you, then what is God to do, but in the End to give you exactly what you want, which is an eternal life within you as "separate from" God within you, all of which if you die to the flesh in your current state, if you do not become My Wise Child, in your lifetime, becomes an eternal life within you as "separate from" God within you, that is, becomes the "suffering of the grave" within you, and then becomes Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within you.
Bawa. That is, if you do not become My Wise Child, in your lifetime, for then hell become your lot for eternity, with "you" meeting and becoming the 5 ruhanies or elemental spirits in the grave, with "you" then roaming the earth world within you as a demon, a jinn, a fairy, or a ghost until Qiyamah, and then with "you" taking on as part of your judgment 105 million rebirths, ending as a worm in hell with only one level of consciousness, or feeling, and in this way, with "you" taking on as part of your judgment an eternal life within you as "separate from" God within you, for in truth,
"Hell is simply the realization
that you have separated yourself from God"
Bawa. And in this way, with "you" receiving all of this within you in accordance with the "Justice of God" within you, for in truth,
"The Justice of God is that
whatever you intend
is what you will receive"
Bawa. And as "We" taught My Children the following, when "We" were living in the world,
"Do your duty without attachments just as God does His duty. Give like a tree gives of its fruits. Dedicate your life to helping others."
"God has given you so much fruit, so many gifts; use them to benefit others. Comfort those who suffer."
"That will be the exaltedness of your life."
Bawa. At least this is something to think about, a little, My Dearest Loving Children, Yes?
49. How Do You Make The Transition?
Question asked by "The Life" of Ali Khan (Ral.) at the Sunday Meeting on
5-18-08
Expanded Question:
Bawa. How Do You Make The Transition From living as a Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), To living as "One with" Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), that is, to Now living as the Life and Teaching of His Children, of His Children who have Now learned How "Not to be there, So God can be there", that is, to Now living as the Life and Teaching of Our Dearest Loving Son or Daughter Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), First on the "outside" of you and then within you Amen?
Suggested Answer:
Bawa. The Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) Make The Transition From
living as a Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), To living as "One with" Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), that is, To Start to live Now "One with" with the Life and Teaching of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), Either by you continuing to live your current life in the world, with you continuing to come together with your brothers and sisters at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship for the "passing events" of the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), that is, for "passing events" like "morning prayers", the Formal Islamic 5 times prayer, silent Zikr, wisdom meetings, celebration of the milestones of Bawa's life in the world, and "duty" at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship
Bawa. Or by you Starting to live your current life in the world in Partnership with God, First on the "outside" of you and then within you, that is, as "One with" God, rather than continuing to live your life of sefishness, of sin, on the illusory "outside" of you, as if you are "separate from" God within you, as if you are "separate from" your brothers and sisters, and as if you are "separate from" the Creation of God, within God within you, all of which in truth is "Just Not True".
Bawa. All of which is Now just the "current way" of all of My Children, but Not the "Only Way" of My Children, but "a way" that is only leading you to hell, that is, but "a way" that is only leading you to an eternal life within you as "separate from" God within you, that is, if you are not wise, that is, if you don't become My Wise Child before you die to the flesh, and in this way, and only in this way, for My Children to join as "One with" God, First on the "outside" of you and then within you, to close down "this way to hell" within you, while you still can.
Bawa. Or by you Starting to come together with your brothers and sisters at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship in Partnership with God Now for your age and for your life, First on the "outside" of you and then within you, that is, as "One with"
Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), First on the "outside" of you and then within you, before you "Say or Do or Write" anything, as this child has Now learned to do.
Bawa. For example, for each of the "passing events" of the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), that is, for the "passing events" within the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), like "morning prayers", the Formal Islamic 5 times prayer, silent Zikr, wisdom meetings, and celebration of the milestones of Bawa's life in the world, and "duty" at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship
Initial Review:
Bawa. In this way, and only in this way, by you First becoming "The Child" of "Your Father", and then by you, as "Your Father's Child", as "One with" Your Father, getting "Your Father" to be the One who does Everything, not you, because Now you have become the "Son or Daughter" of "Your Father", because Now you as "His Child", as the "True Disciple", and Now You as "His Son or Daughter", as the "True Guru", and "Your Father" Now as God, are One, are the Triple Flame of God, and you as "separate from" is no longer there, like the dark rain cloud after it has give up its energized rain to give life to the plants is no longer there.
Bawa. For as "We" taught My Children the following when "We" were still living in the world, and which is Now quoted in the Announcement for the "Boston Retreat" for 2008,
"Have the Constant Thought of God in your heart, whether you are working or resting. Surrendering all of your Thoughts to God say,
"My Father, no matter what comes, all this belongs to you.
It is Your Responsibility".
"You must become "Your Father's Child", and He must be the One Who Does Everything."
Bawa. And as "We" taught My Children the following, when "We" were still living in the world, and which was published on you can Now read on-line, if you like, as
Title of Bawa Quote
"If Two Of You
Come Together In My Name,
I Will Be There"
"If you wish to reach God you need a teacher, a true Gnana Guru, a Qutb with the qualities of God; you will find all the attributes of God in this teacher. When you take refuge in such a Guru you will see God".
"You become the Guru, disappearing in Him while the Guru (becomes God), disappearing in God, (while God becomes the True Disciple disappearing in you). Three flames become One God. God is a flame, the Guru is a flame, the Disciple is a flame. As the two disappear in One, this is the Triple Flame".
"Children, please understand this Extraordinary Process".
Source of Quotation:
1) From "The Wisdom Book" - "The Tree That Fell to the West: Autobiography of a Sufi", by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us)..
2) From "Quote of the Month" - that is, from The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Calendar, for November 2006
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Bawa. Such is the "Great Subtlety" of your life, of the life of "Your Father", and of God, all of which are within you, if you like, all of which are Now just waiting to become You, if you like, that is, all of which are Now just waiting to become "One" within you, if you like, that is, if you will only Now become "One with" God for your age and for your life, which is Now Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), in whom "We are well Pleased", First on the "outside" of you and then within you.
Bawa. Amen, Amen, Amen Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen.
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"The Introduction" - to Spiritual Letter 134, to this Document, that is, to "Correcting the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.): "Spiritual Document No. 1". Also, please Click HERE to read an "Expanded Introduction" to Spiritual Letter 134, to this Document
Opening Greetings - from Heart to Heart
Bawa. Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.
Bawa. 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 all of My Children. May God help all of My Children. May God be pleased with all of My Children. Amen.
Bawa. My love you (anbu), My dearest loving GrandChildren, Sons and Daughters, and Brothers and Sisters, and all of My Children - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Us, and with Him). Amen.
About Spiritual Letter 134 - that is, About the Document "Correcting the
Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.): "Spiritual Document No. 1"
Bawa. Here is "Page 5 of 8" of a beautiful sharing, of "Spiritual Letter 134",
which is a Spiritual Letter sharing the recent experiences of this child, that is, of Bawa
"Correcting the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.)", that is, of Bawa "Curing
Himself of you", that is, of Bawa "Curing Himself of "you" living as if "you" are
"separate from" God, as if "you" are "separate from" each other, and as if "you" are
"separate from" the Creation of God, within God within you, all of which is "Just Not
True".
Longer Title - for Spiritual Letter 134, "Recent experiences of this child, That is, of Bawa "Correcting the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), That is, of Bawa "Curing Himself of you"
Bawa. "We" have given "Spiritual Letter 134" the "Short Title" of "Correcting the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.): No. 1", and "We" have also given this beautiful Spiritual Letter the following "Longer Title", to highlight Just How Bawa does this, Just How Bawa corrects the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), that is, by literally "Curing Himself of you", if "You" will only truly join Him in this "Grand Endeavor", of God telling and bringing to Completion His Story, His Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" of God revealing Himself to Himself for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, within God within you, and for a little while on the "outside" of you, for the benefit of your brothers and sisters, as this child has Now learned to do. Amen. Ok?
"Longer Title"
of Spiritual Letter 134
Recent experiences of this child,
That is, of Bawa
"Correcting the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.),
That is, of Bawa
"Curing Himself of you", of Bawa Curing Himself
Of "you" living as if "you" are "separate from" Bawa,
As if "you" are "separate from" each other,
And as if "you" are "separate from" the Creation of God,
Within God within you, all of which is "Just Not True".
That is,
"Of Bawa putting all of His Children within Himself, within "His Bag",
within the "Bag or Purse of the Qutb", like so many stones of little
value, with rough edges and dirt and all, and then with Bawa twirling
"His Bag", twirling His Children with their faults and all, letting one
stone bang off the rough edges of another, letting one stone polish the
others, until "You" come out as the perfect, polished gems of God, which
Bawa then hands to God, to God within you, if you like, for the Choice is
yours, not God's, that is, the Choice to stay in the "Bag of the Qutb",
until "He Is Done", or not."
[Quote from the life and teaching of
His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
(may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). Amen].
Expanded Title - for Spiritual Letter 134, "To Find Fault With Anything
Is To Find Fault With God", And "To Find Fault With Yourself Is Also To Find Fault With God, because in truth "Everything is Always Perfect"
Bawa. And a beautiful Spiritual Letter which "We" have also given the following
"Expanded Title" (at least in concept, if not just in words), if you like,
Expanded Title
of Spiritual Letter 134
"Join As "One With" Us On The "Outside" of You
To Become "One With" Us Within You,
In Order To Truly Become "One With" God Within You,
In Order To
Truly Understand
"Who You Already Are",
And "Where You Already Are",
And "What Is Already Happening" In Your Life,
While You Still Can,
Before This Kind of Understanding
Is No Longer Available To You,
Because You Have Become
What God Has Discarded From Himself,
In Order To Become God Within You.
That Is,
To Truly Understand
"What Can Truly Return To God Within You",
Because It Is What Truly Came Here From God Within You,
And To Truly Understand
"What Cannot Return To God Within You",
Because It Is What Truly Grew Here,
As The Lives of Darkness and Evil Within You,
And Really Has No Interest In Returning To God Within You,
No Matter What It Might Tell You To The Contrary.
And To Truly Understand This Choice,
And What Will Help You Make The Correct Choice,
Which In Truth Is Only God Within You,
And For A Little While God On The "Outside" of You,
And What Won't Help You Make The Correct Choice,
Which Is Everything Else,
No Matter How It Is Currently Decorated
On the Illusory "Outside" of You,
And No Matter How it Currently Speaks To You
As Your Thoughts Disguised As Wisdom.
And Start To Understand Everything
From God's Perspective
As "One with" Everyone and Everything,
As God Witnessing God Tell And Bring To Completion
His Story Within Him
For the Benefit of all of the Creation of God Within Him,
And For a Little While On the "Outside" of You
For The Benefit of Your Brothers and Sisters,
As This Child Has Now Learned To Do.
And Stop All of Your Current Activity
Of Trying To Understand Everything
From Your Prospective
As "Separate From" Everyone and Everything,
As "Your Story" On the "Outside" of You,
For Your Benefit,
Not For The Benefit of Anyone Or Anything Else
Amen. Ok?"
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Bawa. A Spiritual Letter from God within us all, to the Children of God for this age, which continues to "outline" for you what most of My Children are currently doing wrong, and how to correct their mistake using My Children, that is, using Those of My Children who have truly learned from "Us" how to do it right, so in the end, there will be "No Child Left Behind" within you, that is, there will be nothing still "separating God" from God within you.
Bawa. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon all
of My Children. May God help all of My Children. May God be pleased with all of My Children. Amen.
Bawa. My love you - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). Amen.
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List of Questions - that is, a "List of Questions", that is, for Questions 39 to 49, that also were asked by the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) over the last few months, at the Sunday meeting at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship. Just Click on a "Question" below to read the "Suggested Answer" to the "Question" and Both an "Initial Review", and an "Expanded Review", if one is available, of that Question and Answer by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.).
Spiritual Email 134 (Pages 14 & 15) - Click HERE to read an On-line Version of the Original Email (Pages 14 & 15) which includes an "Initial Review" of Q & A 39 to 45
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39. What Is Iman? - why is it So important, who develops it, and how is it
developed in your lifetime, that is, before you die to the flesh
Question asked by Salihu (Ral.) at the Sunday Meeting on 4-20-08
life, and what is your fear trying to teach you, before you die to the flesh
Question asked by "The Life" of John (Ral.) at the same Sunday meeting
happen, who experiences them, and what are they designed to teach you,
before you die to the flesh
Question asked by "The Life" of Malik (Ral.) at the same Sunday meeting
people so important in your life, who is really helping whom, and what does
helping other people truly teach you, before you die to the flesh
Question asked by "The Life" of Jacob (Ral.) at the same Sunday meeting
His Children that the true prerequisite to "Pray to God" is that one must be
"Alone, Hungry, and Awake"
Question asked by "The Life" of Abdul Jabbar (Ral.) at the Sunday meeting on
4-27-08
happen for them to Now truly get what they really need?
Question asked by "The Life" of Abbu Bakar (Ral.) at the Sunday meeting on
4-27-08
happen for what they truly came into the world to do, to Now happen in your
lifetime
Question asked by "The Life" of Muhammad Abdul Razzaq (Ral.) at the Sunday
meeting on 5-04-08
Spiritual Email 134 (Pages 16 & 17) - Click HERE to read an On-line Version of the Original Email (Pages 16 & 17) which includes an "Initial Review" of Q & A 46 to 55
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important, who are they truly valuable to, and how must they be properly used in
your lifetime to truly reach their full potential, that is, before you die to the flesh
Question asked by "The Life" of Ahmad Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) at the Sunday
Meeting on 5-11-08
are the consequences of you not knowing, understanding, and applying "This
Secret" to your effort to reach and merge with God, or of you at least truly
Starting to do this, before you die to the flesh, that is, before the illusory
"outside" of you is over?
Question asked by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) for all of My Children
your duty?
Question asked by "The Life" of Suhiba Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) at the Sunday
Meeting on 5-18-08
Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), To living as "One with" Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), that is,
to Now living as the Life and Teaching of His Children, of His Children who have
Now learned How "Not to be there, So God can be there"?
Question asked by "The Life" of Ali Khan (Ral.) at the Sunday Meeting on
5-18-08
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List of Questions & Answers - that is, a "List of Questions & Answers", that is, for Questions 39 to 49, that also make up this "First Version" of this "Never Endiing Document" which "We" have given the Title, "Correcting the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.): "Spiritual Document No. 1". Just Click on a "Question" below to read the "Suggested Answer" for that "Question", and both an "Initial Review" and an "Expanded Review", if one is available, of that Question and Answer by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.).
Spiritual Email 134 (Pages 14 & 15) - Click HERE to read an On-line Version of the Original Email (Pages 14 & 15) which includes an "Initial Review" of Q & A 39 to 45
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Question asked by Salihu (Ral.) at the Sunday Meeting on 4-20-08
Expanded Question:
Bawa. What Is Iman, and why is it So important, who develops it, and how is it developed in your lifetime, that is, before you die to the flesh
Suggested Answer:
Bawa. Iman is Either My Children continuing to try to strengthen their faith and trust in God by develop the qualities and actions of God, by reading and reflecting upon the material that "We" left behind as the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and by attending meetings and celebrating all of the events that come as part of being a member of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship.
Bawa. Or Iman is Now My Children learning How "Not to be there, So God can be there", that is, Iman is Now My Children learning How to establish the "Presence of God" within you, and in this way, Iman is Now My Children learning How to become the "Word of God", that is, the "Word of God made flesh" Now for your age and for all life, or at least to truly Start to, before you die to the flesh, So God can then do Everything Else necessary to make your life truly successful in your lifetime, as this child has Now learned to do, that is, Iman is Now My Children learning How to do this, and then doing it, by joining as "One with" One who has truly learned How to do this, and then did it, when "We" were still living in the world, and Now for your age and for your life that is Now Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), if you like, in whom "We Are Well Pleased", First on the "outside" of you and then within you. Amen. Ok?.
Question asked by "The Life" of John (Ral.) at the same Sunday meeting on
4-20-08
Expanded Question:
Bawa. How Do You Overcome Fear, why does it happen, what is its purpose in our
life, and what is your fear trying to teach you, before you die to the flesh.
Suggested Answer:
Bawa. You overcome fear Either by you learning to protect yourself, So when things come to you that would destroy you, you can protect yourself from them, and avoid that destruction.
Bawa. Or by you strengthening your faith and trust in God, by you Now joining with One who has truly learned How to strengthen His faith and trust in God, with One who has truly done it, that is, has truly become the Shining Light and Form of Iman Now for your age and for your life, So that no matter what comes to you, including what may come to destroy you, you Start to see it Always as a "Gift From God", that is, a "Gift from God" to do just that, that is, to strengthen your faith and trust in God, no matter what, and you Start to treat each thing that comes to you in this way, rather than as something coming from another person, or from the world.
Bawa. And Now for your age and for your life that One who has truly done this, has truly become the shining Light and Form of Iman Now for your age and for all life, is Now Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), if you like, First on the "outside" of you and then within you. Amen. Ok?.
Question asked by "The Life" of Malik (Ral.) at the Sunday Meeting on 4-20-08
Expanded Question:
Bawa. What Is The Purpose of Burdens & Difficulties In Your Life, why do they happen, who experiences them, and what are they designed to teach you, before you die to the flesh
Suggested Answer:
Bawa. Burdens and Difficulties happen in your life Either because of bad luck,
of accidents, because they are a natural part of living, or because you have not been careful in living your life, that is, because you have not correctly navigated through a given situation to prevent them from occurring, that is, by not properly using all the things that you can use to avoid them, like taking care of your body, eating the correct foods, going to the doctor when you are ill, exercise, going to a lawyer when you are having legal problems, etc.
Bawa. Or because God is Always trying to correct you, to improve you, by naturally giving you situations in your life where you can strengthen your faith and trust in God, where you can demonstrate to God your faith and trust in God, that is, by you using these difficulties and burdens as an opportunity for you to turn to God, that is, to truth in God in the difficulties of your life, that is, by you handing to God whatever God has handed to you, remembering that in truth, in all things, and at all times,
"There is nothing other than God. You are Allah.
And God's Messenger and Slave is Only Muhammad,
Because in truth God has "No Associates" to Himself",
That is,
Only God can do God's work,
And only God can pray to God
And you can only Get to God using God,
Not what God has discarded,
And your current life is Now
Everything that God has discarded.
Question asked by "The Life" of Jacob (Ral.) at the Sunday Meeting on 4-20-08
Expanded Question:
Bawa. How Do You Truly Help Other People In Your Life, why is helping other
people so important in your life, who is really helping whom, and what does helping other people truly teach you, before you die to the flesh
Suggested Answer:
Bawa. You truly help other people in your life Either by you stepping up to the plate, so to speak, to help other people whenever someone is in front of you who needs help in their life, helping them in whatever way they want help, as much as you can, as often as you can.
Bawa. Or you can only truly help other people with Justice, that is, by sharing your life with them, and your sharing your life experiences with them, in a way that demonstrates to them the "Oneness" of your life and their life, that demonstrates to them that in truth your life and their life are "One", that in truth what they are currently experiencing in their life is exactly what everyone else living in the world is also experiencing, or will experience at some time in their life, that demonstrates to them that in truth what they are experiencing is the "common experience" of the "common life" that God has given to all of His Children, the "common life" which has the "common cure", which is God, and God alone.
Question asked by "The Life" of Abdul Jabbar (Ral.) at the Sunday meeting on
4-27-08
Expanded Question:
Bawa. What Does It Mean To Be "Alone, Hungry, and Awake", that is, what does it mean when Bawa tells His Children that the true prerequisite to "Pray to God" is that one must be "Alone, Hungry, and Awake".
Suggested Answer:
Bawa. To be Alone, Hungry, and Awake", as the "Prerequisite to Pray to God" means Either when "Praying to God" it is helpful to remove yourself from the distraction of those around you, to be a little bit hungry, and to not to be sleepy, or fall off to sleep when praying.
Bawa. Or it means that in truth "Only God can Pray to God", that in truth "Prayer" is not something that you do as a life that is "separate from" God, as a way to remove your "separation from" God, that in truth "Prayer" represents something that God does, having awakened to Himself, that is, something allows God to complete what God is doing within all of His Creation, if you will only let Him, which is to reveal Himself to Himself for the benefit of all of His Creation, and for a little while on the illusory "outside" of you, for the benefit of your brothers and sisters, as this child has Now learned to do.
Question asked by "The Life" of Abbu Bakar (Ral.) at the Sunday meeting on
4-27-08
Suggested Answer:
Bawa. What the visitors to the Mazar of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) really need, is Either someone to talk to them about the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and how to use the facilities developed by the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) at the Mazar.
Bawa. Or what they need is the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) Now appearing on the "outside" of them as Now the life and teaching of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), that is, of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) who truly did what Bawa told all of His Children to Do, before He left the world.
Question asked by "The Life" of Muhammad Abdul Razzaq (Ral.) at the Sunday
meeting on 5-04-08
Expanded Question:
Bawa. Why Did God Send His Prophets Into The World, and what must Now happen for what they truly came into the world to do, to Now happen in your lifetime
Suggested Answer:
Bawa. God sent His Prophets into the world Either to help His Children live properly in the world, and to avoid all of the dangers and difficulties in the world, So in the End they would be acceptable to God, that is, So they would properly answer the questions in the grave, and they would receive a place in heaven that reflected all of the good things that they did while they were living in the world, like performing the 5 obligations of Islam, which are "Faith in God, Prayer, Charity, Fasting, and Hajj", and like trying to develop the qualities of God, as they were taught to do by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), which He was living in the world, and as they are Now taught to do through the teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), as reflected in all of the books, and meetings, and conversations about His Teachings by the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.).
Bawa. Or God sent His Prophets into the world to prove to God's Children, in each age, that "your do not exist", that in truth "Only God exists", that in truth "Muhammad (Sal.) is God's Only Slave and Messenger, that in truth Only Muhammad (Sal.) will ever enter Firdaus, the 8th heaven, that in truth only God has Faith In God, that in truth Only God Can Pray to God, that in truth you have nothing to give in Charity, that in truth for you to swallow your spit is to break your fast, that in truth the true journey of Hajj is to let your soul off of its cross, which is your elemental body, by letting God awaken the wisdom surrounding your soul, So the wisdom surround your soul can do battle with the "Enemy of your soul", which in truth is "your current life" of separation and differences on the illusory "outside" of you.
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Question asked by "The Life" of Ahmad Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) at the Sunday
Meeting on 5-11-08
Expanded Quesstion:
Bawa. What Is The True Value of Your Own Life Experiences, why are they So important, who are they truly valuable to, and how must they be properly used in your lifetime to truly reach their full potential, that is, before you die to the flesh
Suggested Answer:
Bawa. Your own life experience are truly valuable Either because they represent what you have learned by living in the world, that is, because they represent your accomplishments, your stuggle, your successes and failures in the world, and in this way they truly define for you "Who you are", and "Were you are", and "What is happening" in your life.
Bawa. Or because they are how you get rid of the world within you, that is, they are how you reach God within you, because they are how God "Cures Himself of you", within God within you, by you learning how to join in partnership with God, how to become "One with" God, First on the "outside" of you, and then within you, in order to let God "Use God to Get To God" within you, and to let God "Get Rid of the world" within Himself within you, by "Using the world" within you, all of which is Sort of like using the "hair of the dog" to cure you of the dog.
Question asked by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) for all of My Children
Expanded Question:
Bawa. What Is "The Secret" Within The Life & Teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
(Ral.), and what are the consequences of you not knowing, understanding, and applying "This Secret" to your effort to reach and merge with God, or of you at least truly Starting to do this, before you die to the flesh, that is, before the illusory "outside" of you is over?
Suggested Answer:
Bawa. "The Secret" within the Life and Teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) is Either that you have to do what Bawa told you to do, that is, to know and learn and successful apply the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) to your life.
Bawa. Or "The Secret" of the Life and Teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.)
is that there is nothing that Bawa ever told His Children to do, that His Children can do, for in truth Everything That Bawa told His Children to do, only God/Bawa can do, that is, when His Children have truly learned,
How,
"Not to be there,
So God can be there"
Question asked by "The Life" of Suhiba Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) at the Sunday
Meeting on 5-18-08
Expanded Question:
Bawa. What Is Your Duty, and How Do You Balance The Right And Left when doing your duty?
Suggested Answer:
Bawa. Duty is Either you doing, that is, is you doing what you think is appropriate
for you to do on the "Path of God", that is, in order to reach and merge with God.
Bawa. Or Duty is God doing, but this time within you, that is, is God doing what is appropriate for God to do in order to Finish what God Started to do within you, a very, very long time ago, which is to tell and bring to Completion the Story of God, but this time within you, all of which is the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man", but this time within you, that is, for God to tell and bring to Completion the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man", but this time within God within you, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, within God within you, and for a little while on the "outside" of you, for the benefit of all of your brothers and sisters, as this child has Now learned to do. Amen.
Question asked by "The Life" of Ali Khan (Ral.) at the Sunday Meeting on
5-18-08
Expanded Question:
Bawa. How Do You Make The Transition From living as a Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
(Ral.), To living as "One with" Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), that is, to Now living as the Life and Teaching of His Children, of His Children who have Now learned How "Not to be there, So God can be there", that is, to Now living as the Life and Teaching of Our Dearest Loving Son or Daughter Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), First on the "outside" of you and then within you Amen?
Suggested Answer:
Bawa. The Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) Make The Transition From living as a
Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), To living as "One with" Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), that is, To Start to live Now "One with" with the Life and Teaching of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.),
Bawa. That is, Either by you continuing to live your current life in the world, with you continuing to come together with your brothers and sisters at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship for the "passing events" of the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), that is, for "passing events" like "morning prayers", the Formal Islamic 5 times prayer, silent Zikr, wisdom meetings, celebration of the milestones of Bawa's life in the world, and "duty" at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship
Bawa. Or by you Starting to live your current life in the world in Partnership with God, First on the "outside" of you and then within you, that is, as "One with" God, rather than continuing to live your life of sefishness, of sin, on the illusory "outside" of you, as if you are "separate from" God within you, as if you are "separate from" your brothers and sisters, and as if you are "separate from" the Creation of God, within God within you, all of which in truth is "Just Not True".
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Bawa. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon all of My Children. May God be pleased with all of My Children. May God help all of My Children. Amen.
Bawa. My love you My Dearest Loving Children - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Us, and with Him). Amen.
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