The On-line Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library Spiritual Letter 71 "Outline & Summary Version" Page 4 of 4 Main Menu: Go To: Introduction - to "Outline & Summary Version" of Spiritual Letter 71 Go To: Outline & Summary Version - of Spiritual Letter 71 (Page 4 only) "Silent Outline" - with no summary of each Topic "Brief Outline" - with a brief summary of each Topic Text of Page 04 - with an expanded summary of some Topics (Page 4 only) Go To: E-mail Version - of Spiritual Letter 71 Go To: Expanded Overviews - of Spiritual Letter 71 Go To: Related Material - to Spiritual Letter 71 ============================================================== Introduction - to E-mail Version of Spiritual Letter 71 Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Al-salam 'alaykum wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. Wa 'alaykum al-salam wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Here is "Page 4 of 4" of the "Outline & Summary Version" of the beautiful letter, of "Spiritual Letter 71" that was sent to some High School Classmates of this child, to a Mr. Paul and Joan Sturgis, and to a Mr. Pierce and Dolores Pelouze, and to each of you, the Children of God for this age, hopefully for theirs and your reading enjoyment and sharing. ============================================================== Outline & Summary Version - of Spiritual Letter 71 "Silent Outline" - with no summary of each Topic in letter Page 4 of 4: 14. Some Practical Ways - To Control Our Urges And Thoughts, especially our urges and thoughts to be "be good", like to "help other people": 1) Hand The Urge or Thought To God - And Be Done With It, that is, hand the thought to be "good", to "help other people", to God and praise God for it 2) Seek A Wise Man - Who Is Still Alive On The "Outside", that is, if the urges or thoughts keeps coming back then find a wise man who is still living in the world 3) Again Hand Them To God - And Be Done With Them, that is, if we can't find a wise man still living in the world, and we still lack clarity on it 4) Do Nothing - Until Clarity Comes, that is, if we still lack clarity on it, and we still cannot find a wise man to ask, then do nothing until clarity comes 15. A Lion Doesn't Eat Grass - so before you set out to feed a lamb, who eats grass, make sure it isn't a hungry lion in hiding, or you could become his next meal 16. Some Practical Suggestions - For Applying The Money, that was collected at the last HMHS Guy's Luncheon 1) Always Help - The Way God's Helps, that is, as "One with", not as we try to help in our ignorance, that is, as "separate from", as "separate from" everything 2) Make A Life Time Commitment - To God Within Us, to become like God within us, to help only as God helps, as "One with, and not to try and help until then 3) Make Our Helping As God Helps - A Secret Project, of the HMHS56 Guy's Luncheon Group, then we will increase our chance of success 4) Create A Final "Initial" Proposal - on our helping as God helps, to start the ball rolling 5) Create A Final Proposal - on our helping as God helps, and give it as a presentation to the whole HMHS56 Guy's Luncheon Group 17. Closing Comments - on helping as God helps, as "One with", not as "separate from". Amen ============================================================== "Brief Outline" - of Spiritual Letter 71 Page 4 of 4: 14. Some Practical Ways - To Control Our Urges And Thoughts, especially our urges and thoughts to "help other people": 1) Hand The Urge or Thought To God - And Be Done With It, that is, hand the urge or thought to "help other people" to God within us, and praise God for it, realizing that all help is God's duty not ours, and then "be done with it", and look for what is next in our life 2) Seek A Wise Man - Who Is Still Alive On The "Outside", that is, if the urge or thought to "help other people" keeps coming back, and we still have no clarity about it, then find a wise man who is still living in the world and ask Him 3) Again Hand Them To God - And Be Done With Them, that is, if we can't find a wise man still living in the world, and we still lack clarity on it, then again hand it to God within us, and then again "be done with it", and again look for what is next in our life 4) Do Nothing - Until Clarity Comes, that is, if this urge or thought to "help other people" still keeps coming back, and we still lack clarity on it, and we still cannot find a wise man to ask, then do nothing, until some clarity comes, and again "be done with it" and look for what is next in our life 15) A Lion Doesn't Eat Grass - so before you set out to feed a lamb, who eats grass, make sure it isn't a hungry lion in hiding, hiding as a lamb, or you could become his next meal 16. Some Practical Suggestions - For Applying The Money - that was collected at the last HMHS Guy's Luncheon 1) Always Help - The Way God's Helps, that is, as "One with", not as we try to help in our ignorance, that is, as "separate from", as "separate from" everything 2) Make A Life Time Commitment - To God Within Us, that is, to become like God within us before we set out to help, to help only as God helps, as "One with", and then join in partnership with God within us to make it so within us, before we step out to help others on the "outside" of us the HMHS56 Guy's Luncheon Group, then we will increase our chance of success 4) Create A Final "Initial" Proposal - on our helping as God helps, to start the ball rolling 5) Create A Final Proposal - on our helping as God helps, and give it as a presentation to the whole HMHS56 Guy's Luncheon Group 17. Closing Comments - on helping as God helps, as "One with", not as "separate from", as "One with" God within us, as "One with" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "One with" the Creation of God within us. May God help us to obtain this state in our own lifetime, if that be our true intention for our life, that is, if the true intention for our life is "Oneness with" God within us rather then our current state of "separation from" God within us. May God grant us the grace of His wisdom to do this in our lifetime. Amen. May God help us all. Amen ============================================================== Text of Page 04: 14. Some Practical Ways - To Control Our Urges And Thoughts Expanded Summary of Topic 14: Here are some practical ways to control our urges and our thoughts, especially our urges and thoughts to "help other people", if you like. Which can only truly be controlled by bringing God within us into it, by making "us", and all that comes to us, including our urges and thoughts to "help other people" into God's problem within us, and not keeping them as our problem on the "outside" of us. That is, by making "us" as "separate from" God within us, and "us" as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and "us" as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, into God's problem within us, for only God within us can solve these problem of the ego, these problems. For as Jesus (peace be upon Him) tried to teach us over 2000 years ago, and as our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us in our age, and now on the "outside" of us, as His Children (may God be please with each of Us), are teaching us right now, we are on the express train to hell within us. And now on the "outside" of us, as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are trying to teach us about our current state of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, a state that is truly only leading us to hell within us, and not to some illusory heaven on the "outside" of us. Teaching "us", if we will only let Them, about our current state of "separation from", and our natural state of "One with", about our current state of "separation from" God within us, of "separation from" each other on the "outside" of us, and of "separation from" the Creation of God within us, and teaching "us", if we will only join Them at the feet of God for our age, about the enormous problems now facing us in our lives because of our "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us. About the problems which in truth are unsolvable problems without "God's direct intervention" in our life, problems which in truth are unsolvable without our again becoming "One with" God within us, which is the state we were in before, in the world of souls, in the womb of our mother, and for the first 2 years of our life, a state we were in before but without an understanding of our state, of our "Oneness", of our purity, which in truth is why we have now lost it, so that through the "contrast" of our previous and our current life, of our previous purity which our wisdom, and the truth within our wisdom, reveals to us, if we will only let them, and our current impurity, we can again become pure, if we like, through the understanding of our purity, through the understanding of who we "Already are", so our purity, our "Oneness" with God, will never leave us again. In this way, problems that are unsolvable without our "Re-Connecting our life to God" within us, to the Power of God within us, problems which if not transformed into "God's Problems", not "our problems", can never be overcome in our lifetime, because in truth only God can solve "us", can solve "us" in our current state, can solve Himself of "us" as "separate from" Him, and in this way, if this transference of center or focus of our life does not occur in our own lifetime, from "us" as "separate from" God within us, to "God within us" as "One with" everything within us, allowing God to then "Cure Himself of us", of "us" as "separate from" Him. And if we don't join with God within "us" to do this, before we die to the flesh, then "we" as "separate from" God within us are subjecting "us", and everything within us, which includes all of the Creation of God within us, after our physical death, to an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" the truth of who we "Already are", subjecting "us" and everything within us to the "suffering of the grave", to Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment), and to 105 million re-births, with "us" ending as a worm in hell within us with only one level of consciousness, or feeling, within us, that is, to an eternal life as "separate from" God within us. And this journey into an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, begins when we first appear on this earth world, literally falling into this earth world from our mother's womb, from our mother who in truth is our real country, not where we fell, and then around the age of 2, when each of "us" begin to "forget God" within us, and begin to "forget" what God is doing within us, and then in our ignorance begin to "fall into many a trap" on the "outside" of us, and then very, very gradually each of "us" becomes entrenched in the dream of a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, being swallowed by the "black snake" around the age of 12 or puberty, marrying the 4 destructive women around the age of 24, and becoming the 4 false gurus around the age of 36. In this way, becoming our mother and father on the "outside" of us, as they became their mother and father on the "outside" of them, and then doing what they did, with the man entering the woman as a man and them coming out again as a baby, with "us" not even knowing when we come to maturity to "seek ourselves" within ourselves even though God exists within us, with "us" not even knowing to seek who in truth we "Already are" within us, and in truth "Where we really are", and in truth "What is truly happening" in our life, before we die to the flesh. And with "us" not even realizing through our connection to God within us, that is, through the wisdom surrounding our soul, and through the truth of God within our wisdom, that we must seek ourselves, not on the "outside" of ourselves, as our mother and father did, but rather within us, as our Shaikh does, because in truth "outer acts are not real", but rather to turn away from what our mother and father did, and their mother and father die, and join with our Shaikh to again do what He did, that is, to do it within ourselves, to seek ourselves within ourselves, and to do this by joining with God within us, that is, by joining as "One with" our wisdom within us and with the Truth of God within our wisdom, in order to seek and find ourselves within ourselves, before we die to the flesh. And with "us" not even realizing, again through our wisdom, and through the truth of God within our wisdom, as we begin to age, that we have failed to do this, that is, that we have failed to do what God sent us here to do, that we have failed to use God within us to get to God within us, before we die to the flesh. That we have failed to join with God within us to do this "Heart's Work" within us, because in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, we falsely believe that we already know who we "Already are", which is "our mother and father", and "our family", and our "friends and relationships" on the "outside" of us, and we already know "where we are" which is living in the world that we see in our ignorance on the "outside" of us, and we already know "what is happening" in our life, is our birth, life, and our death. All of which in truth is completely false, all of which is just a dream, a dream of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, a dream which will end when we finally physically die to the "outside" of us, finally realizing the mistake we have made, but now it is too late to do anything about it, finally revealing all of the things within us, all of the lives of darkness and evil that we have grown within us, in our ignorance, that ruled over us in the dream, as our 9 openings, with God's permission, the lives within us that have given us the dream, the illusion, the dream of a life of "separation and differences" in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us. But then, after we die to the flesh, it will be too late to do anything about our current state, and we will have to suffer the consequences for our ignorance, and our arrogance about our ignorance, for eternity, we will have to go the way of the ruhanies or elemental spirits within us, of the jinns, the fairies, the ghosts, the demons, that we have let grow and rule over us, and the way of the Creation of God within us, that we have failed to join with God within us to bring to judgment and to completion within us, if they like. For as Jesus (peace be upon Him) tried to teach us over 2000 years ago, and now in our age, as our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us, and now on the "outside" of us for our age, as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, in this Spiritual Letter, that is, "Such is the fate of each of "us" in our current state, who hear the "Word of God" for our age, but who choose to ignore it, who choose instead to continue to live a life of "separation and differences", a life of sin or "selfishness" on the "outside" of us, until we die to the flesh, who choose to continue to live a life on the "outside" of us having forgotten God within us, and having fallen into many a trap, and who choose not to seek ourselves within ourselves, although God exists within man." "Such is the fate of "us" in our age, which is an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, if we die in the state of "separation from" God within us, the fate of "us" living in this age who forget the "Oneness" of God within us, and replace it in our ignorance with the "separation of god" on the "outside" of us, calling it by many names, like Christianity, Islam, or Judaism". "Such is the fate of "us" in this age, who fall into these many problems or traps of our mind and desire, of our ego, because we incorrectly believe we already know "who we truly are", and "where we truly are", and "what is truly happening" in our life, when in truth we don't really have a clue." For example, the problem of "us" living on the "outside" of us as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and having the urges and thoughts to "help other people", when in truth only God can truly help anyone, from within. In this way, we can only truly control our urges and thoughts, including the ones that drives us to try and "help other people", by destroying our ego, and doing this, by first revealing our wisdom within us, that is, by getting our wisdom to stand up within us, and doing this by awakening our wisdom within us through the "Word of God" for our age, through the "Gift of God" for our age, and then join as "One with" our wisdom within us, and with the truth of God within our wisdom, to set about doing battle with the ego, with the "enemy of our soul", by destroying our current life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, and replacing it with a new life of "Oneness and Unity", of "Justice and Truth", of "Compassion and Unity" within us. And doing all of this, in our life time, before we die to the flesh, by awakening and then allowing our wisdom, and the truth of God within our wisdom, to bring "us" over to Their side, by getting us to "jump ship", that is, by getting us to join with our wisdom, and with the truth of God within our wisdom, against "us", against our ego, against our life of "separation and differences", our life of sin or of "selfishness" on the "outside" of us. By getting our wisdom within us, and the truth within our wisdom, to "Re-Connect" our life to God within us, to "Re-Establish" our direct connection to God within us, and in this way, to use "God within us", to use the "Power of God" within us, against the "enemy of our soul", against our own ego, which in truth is just "us" living as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within , all of which is not true. For example, the Creation of God within us is the "Earth of God" within us where God must plant the "Seed of God" within us, and bring to maturity the "Tree of God" and the "Fruits of God" within us. So how can we stay separate from the Creation of God within us if God is to complete His work within us. And in this way, "we" must willingly and freely join with our wisdom to liberate our soul, that is, to remove Jesus (peace be upon Him) from the cross of our elemental body by pulling our the 5 nails of "our desire to live here", to live on the "outside" of us and sin, and in the process, revealing our life of "Oneness and Unity", of "Justice and Truth", and of "Compassion and Unity" within us. This is our real work, our only work, not trying to "help other people" on the "outside" of us in our current state of "separation from" all other people. Ok? Amen. Text of Topic 14: So now, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, with this said, and clearly understood and embraced, that is, in truth "There are no good people, only God is good", then what is one to do with the urges and the thoughts to "help" other people on the "outside" of us. Well our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us in our age, and now on the "outside" of us, His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, that the following four steps provide a good first way of handing this problem: 14-1. Hand The Urges or Thoughts To God - And Be Done With Them Expanded Summary of Topic 14-1: - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - Text of Topic 14-1: 1. Hand The Urges or Thoughts To God - And Be Done With Them Hand the urge or thought to "help other people" to God within us, and praise God for the urge and thought to help, and then "be done with it", and look for what is next in your life, as this child does. 14-2. Seek A Wise Man - Who Is Still Alive On The "Outside" Expanded Summary of Topic 14-2: - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - Text of Topic 14-2: 2. Seek A Wise Man - Who Is Still Alive On The "Outside" If the urge or thought to "help other people", that is, to be a "do gooder", keeps coming back, and you still have no clarity about what to do, then find a wise man who is still living in the world and ask Him, and follow His advice concerning this matter, as this child has done in the past. 14-3. Again Hand Them To God - And Again Be Done With Them Expanded Summary of Topic 14-3: - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - Text of Topic 14-3: 3. Again Hand Them To God - And Again Be Done With Them If you can't find a wise man still living in the world, and you still lack clarity about what to do, then again hand it to God within you, and then again "be done with it", and then again look for what is next in your life, as this child does. 14-4. Do Nothing - Until Some Clarity Comes Expanded Summary of Topic 14-4: - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - Text of Topic 14-4: 4. Do Nothing - Until Some Clarity Comes If this urge or thought to "help other people", that is, to be a "go gooder", still keeps coming back, and if you still lack about what to do, and if you still cannot find a wise man to consult who is still living in the world, then do nothing until some clarity comes, and then again "be done with it", and look for what is next in your life, as this child does. For then at least you and the other people will be safe, safe from both you and from other people, and safe from the things both within you and within them that neither of you are currently unaware of, that could be very dangerous to all concerned, like a lion disguised as a lamb who is looking for a good meal. 15. A Lion Doesn't Eat Grass - they eat meat Expanded Summary of Topic 15: A lion doesn't eat grass, so before you set out to feed a lamb, who eats grass, make sure it isn't a hungry lion in hiding, or you could become his next meal, and in truth we are all both a hungry lamb who eats grass, and a hungry lion in hiding, who eats meat, and the jproblem is that we can change back and forth, in a second, without either us or the one we are feeding, even noticing the transition. So we can start out as a lamb looking for another lamb to feed, but by the time we come close to lamb either we turn into a lion and eat it, or it turns into a lion and eats us, and there is always the possible that we both stay as lambs, and enjoy eating the grass together, or that we both turn into lions and start to fight over the lamb that we both thought was there, right in front of us, a moment earlier. And in every situation of this sort we ever know for sure what the outcome will be, because we have both the lamb and the lion within us, and in our ignorance we have no understanding or control over either one. And this is why in our current state, we are so dangerous, dangerous to both other people and to our selves, ending up when we start out as a lamb to "help another person" to most like become food for a hungry lion, or end up killing and eating of the lamb, that is, eating the heart, of the very person that we started out to help. So we need "protection", not "people to help", and God is our protection, from both other people and from ourselves, until wisdom dawns within us, for then we can see the state of the person we are planning to help, and the current state of his heart, and understand how to know what is truly needed in the life of another person, and that is by first establishing the "Presence of God" within us, by correctly stepping back in our life so God can step forward in our life. For as Jesus (peace be upon Him) tried to teach us over 2000 years ago, and as now in our age as our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us, and now on the "outside" of us, as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, "If you are there, God is not there, and if God is there, you are not there." Text of Topic 15: My dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, may we all do it in this way, when confronted with the urge or thought to help other people, to be a "do gooder", always remembering that when we go through this process, of dealing with our urges and thoughts to "help people", that is, to be a "do gooder", that it can be very dangerous feeding a lion grass, because lions don't eat grass, they eat meat, and we are meat. So if we try to help a lion, by perhaps thinking it is a lamb and that it needs some grass, thinking that in some way this is our duty, without first protecting ourselves, like first putting the lamb/lion in a cage before we try and feed it, so it can't harm us if it turns out that it is really a lion, and not a lamb, or even worse, that it is really a lion that can appear as a lamb, especially when it is hungry, then we could be killed, or at least seriously hurt, when all we think that we are doing is trying to help out. So we must always be very careful when setting out to "help people", setting out to "do good". Something to think about. Yes? For until the light of wisdom dawns within us, so we can look at things with clarity, all that we ever see when we look at something, including other people, when we look at something or someone with our mind and desire, is a reflection of our own ego, not anything about what we are looking at, or about the other person or situation in front of us. Only when wisdom dawns within us, and our mind and desire sit down, can we then see the heart of another person and see for ourselves the state of that other person, that is, whether they are a human being or a lion, or even worse, whether they are a lion who can appear as a human being as a part of feeding itself. And only then, when wisdom has dawned within us, and our mind and desire have truly sat down within us, can we truly know what is needed in a particular situation, only then can we truly see the need in the life of another, and know what is appropriate for their life, for their current level of consciousness, and finally, and perhaps most importantly, only then can we know how to help them safely, not causing harm to either them or to ourselves. For like in the oath that doctors take before they start to practice, "First cause no harm", so must we do no harm when we are moved to help others, no harm either to ourselves or to others. And this is especially true before our wisdom has awakened within us, and the clarity of our soul has been liberated from our ego, and in the state of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us we begin to think in our ignorance that what we are feeling, that is, the urge or thought to help other people, is our duty to God on the "outside" of us, as a good Christian, or Muslim, or Jew, or is a message of compassion arising from our heart. When in truth the real source of our urge or thought to help other people might just be the "rumbling of the stomach" of the lion within us, who is hungry, and is looking for some meat. Again, something to think about. Yes? 16. Some Practical Suggestions - For Applying The Money Expanded Summary of Topic 16: - None at this time. Thank you - Text of Topic 16: So my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, your dearest loving brother Louie has taken this advice, that is, the advice outlined above, and repeated handed Paul's call for help to God within us, and repeatedly was "done with it", and repeatedly looked for "what to do next" in my life, and we repeatedly heard back the same message, from God within us all, as follows: "Yes, you should join with Paul in coming up with a proper way to apply the money that he collected at the last HMHS guy's luncheon. That would be very good." "First, tell him what Bawa has taught you about "helping people", and about trying to be a "do gooder", and then give him some very practical suggestions. Do that. Ok?" Ok! So that is what Louie is doing, and in the first part of this letter we have shared a little of the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, concerning this matter. And now here are some very practical suggestions about what to do with the money that was collected at the last HMHS Guy's Luncheon. Ok?a 16-1. Always Help The Way God's Helps - that is, as "One with" Expanded Summary of Topic 16-1: Always Help The Way God's Helps, that is, as "One with" the people we are helping, for helping in any other way, like as "separate from" the people we are helping, can be very dangerous, as explained earlier, dangerous both for the people we are trying to help, and for us. Text of Topic 16-1: In this way, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, if we are to help some people with the money that was collected, lets do it as much as possible, like God does it, like God helps people, that is, "selflessly", and like Jesus (peace be upon Him) and all of the 124,000 Prophets of God showed us how to help people, when they lived with us in the world, that is, by treating them as our own life within us. Which is one of the great truths of our life, that in truth, within us we are all "One", while in our current state of ignorance, we are "separate from" everything on the "outside" of us. In this way, helping people by treating them as our own life within us, not as someone who is "separate from" us on the "outside" of us, which is just not true, and just nourishes our ego, our life of "separation and differences", our life of sin on the illusory "outside" of us, and in truth is just leading us to hell within us, to an eternal life as "separate from" God within us. And we can do this, we can do this helping as God helps by joining in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh, by learning how to live as "One with" God within us, by learning how to establish the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, including setting out to "help other people". Lets do it this way, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, that is, doing it in partnership with God within us, doing it as "One with" God wthin us, do it in the "Presence of God" within us, and if we do it this way, then in truth it is God within us who is there, who is helping, is helping as "One with" the one being helped, not "us" as "separate from" God, not us as "separate from" the one being helped. This is the difference. Does my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores see the difference between these two ways of helping, with one way, with us first establishing the "Presence of God" within us, so in truth "God is there, not us, not "us" as "separate from" God within us, the one way of helping, of living our life, that leads us to an eternal life as "One with" God within us, and the other way, with us not first establishing the "Presence of God" within us, so in truth "God is not there, but we are there, "we" as "separate from" God within us are there, the other way of helping, of living our life, that leads us to an eternal life as "separate from" God within us. It is just this simple, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, and at every moment of our life we have this choice, to "do or say" something either as "One with" God within us, or as "separate from" God within us. The choice is ours. May we all make the correct choice, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, and all choosing is over, and choose "Oneness with" God within us, before we "say or do" anything, as this child has done in the writing of this beautiful Spiritual Letter to each of you. Amen. In this way, lets "help other" people by joining in partnership with God within us to really get involved in the lives of some other people, in the process making them our own life within us, no longer a life "separate from" us on the "outside" of us. And we can do this by joining in partnership with God within us, to "make God's intention" our search, and then after becoming clear on God's intention within us, to "intend as God intends" on the "outside" of us, whatever that may be, whatever form that may take on the "outside" of us. For example, that may take form on the "outside" of us as "us" taking some people out to dinner (a dinner which is on us and on God within us), and getting to know them, and their kids, and their family, getting to know a little bit about their life and problems, while sharing with them a little bit about our life and problems. But lets not do it alone, as "separate from" God within us, and as "separate from" our dearest loving brothers and sisters, both within us and on the "outside" of us, like the world currently does it, like the ego within us does everything, by keeping our distance from them and treating them as "separate from" our own life, treating them as less fortunate than us, in this way, feeling sorry for them, and then deal with these feelings by giving them some money, like throwing some crumbs to the pigeons, or even worse by giving the money to some civic or social organization who is "advertised" as helping the needy or poor or homeless, etc. Instead of all this mind and ego work, which is really disgusting when we think about it a little, with our wisdom, and which can be very dangerous to both our hearts and the hearts of others, lets do it by trying to help them, as much as possible, in the same way that God helps them, that is, by striving in the name of God within us, to open up our life and our heart to them, striving in partnership with God within us to become "One with" them, that is, to become "One with" their life, to become "One with" their happiness, as in truth as "our happiness", and to become also "One with" with their sorrow, as in truth as "our sorrow", and to do this in partnership with God within us, as "One with" God within us, in the "Presence of God" within us, to whatever degree we can, and to whatever degree they will let us. And in the same way, striving in partnership with God within us to opening up our life and our heart for them to become "One with" us, that is, to become "One with" our lives, "One with" our happiness, and "One with" our sorrows, to whatever degree they like. Lets try to do it this way, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, let this be "our" way of helping other people, and at the same time, let this be "our" way of being helped by other people ourselves, doing it this way, as God does it, as "One with" all other lives. Doing it as Jesus (peace be upon Him) showed us how to do it, over 2000 years ago, and as in truth all of the 124,000 Prophets of God did it, when They (peace be upon Them) were living in the world with us, doing it living as "One with" each other, rather than the way that our ego would do it, rather than the way we see it being done in the world today, that is, doing it through our mind and desire, doing it as "separate from" each other, do it by just throwing crumbs to the pigeons. For example, in partnership with God within us, we could come to the clarity within us to work with one or more of our Classmates on the "outside" us, to use the money in the following way: To come together with Don Burton, as was suggested at the last luncheon, or with any or all of our Classmates, to select a family that we can adopt, that is, that the HMHS56 Guy's Luncheon Group can adopt so to speak, a family that is also willing to adopted us, a family that is also willing to adopt the HMHS56 Guy's Luncheon Group so to speak, for the betterment of both, in the name of God within us all. Amen. A family that we can join as "One with" to help them deal with the many things that every family in America has to deal with, like hunger, illness, old age, and death, and doing it in order to help us truly learn to become a slave of God within us, to truly become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh. And not become, or continue to act like, one of those living in the world today, which includes many Christians, Muslim, and Jews, who just talk about helping people, or who just collect and give a few dollars to some civic or social organization and be done with it, who just throw some crumbs to the pigeons. But rather, in partnership with God within us, let us become one of the few of our age, who truly become a "Child of God" for our age, who in the name of God, and in the name of the 124,000 Prophets of God, truly step out to become "One with" God within us, and "One with" each other on the "outside" of us, and "One with" the Creation of God within us. Who truly become the "Children of God" for our age who in truth are all "One", who in truth are the "One", the "Oneness of God and True Man" for our age, and through their faith and trust in God, and in God alone, not just in their religion, or in their particular Prophet, truly step out in the direction of God within us all, in the direction of the work that God does all of the time within us, for all of the Creation of God within us. Amen. And in this way, truly step out in the direction of the life and teachings and example of Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, and now in our age, in the direction of the life and teachings of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and right now on the "outside" of us, as proposed in this letter, in the direction of the life and teaching of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us). Amen. Lets do it this way, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, and adopt and become adopted by a family, and together walk back into the light of God for our age, back into the heart of each of the 124,000 Prophets of God, which for our age is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us all. Amen. 16-2. Make A Life Time Commitment - to become like God within us Expanded Summary of Topic 16-2: Make A Life Time Commitment to God Withn Us, that is, lets make the commitment to God within us to become like God within us, to become like God within us, before we set out to "help other people", not just to try and help someone else in our current state of "separation and differences, in our current state of "separation from" God within us, of "separation from" each other on the "outside", of us, and of "separation from" the Creation of God within us, and lets make this commitment not to some person on the "outside" of us, or even to "ourselves", but rather directly to God within us all. Lets do it this way. Then God will step forward within us and bring this commitment to completion within us, for this is God's guarantee for our age, that is, if we take "1 step towards God within us then He will take 100 steps towards us", toward "Our" overcoming everything within us that is currently separating us from God within us, and from what God is doing within us, which is revealing God to God within us for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Toward "Our" overcoming everything within us that is currently separating us from each other on the "outside" of us, which are the qualities of incompleteness of the Creation of God within us, that is currently separating us from God within us, which are the evils of satan within us, the spit of satan within us that fell upon Adam (peace be upon Him) within us, and that is currently separating us from the Creation of God within us, which is our ego. Text of Topic 16-2: In this way, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Perce, and my dearest loving sisters, Joan and Dolores, lets try to make this "offer of help" a life time commitment to God within us, and to each other on the "outside" of us, and do it through our faith and trust in God within us all, and in the "Stuff of God" that God has placed with each of us, even before we came to tis earth world or dunya, or "School of Contrast" to learn about what is "separating us" from God within us, from each other on the "outside" of us, and from the Creation of God, the "Earth of God", within us. In this way, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, lets not make our "offer of help" a one time commitment, but like Jesus (peace be upon Him) teaches us over 2000 years ago, and as our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be please with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us in our age, and as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us are teaching us right now, in this letter and in this proposal, lets try to make this "offer of help" a life time commitment to God within us, and to each other, through our faith and trust in God within us all. A commitment to God within us all, and to each other, that we will only help as God helps, as "One with", or not try to help at all, until some clarity comes into our heart, that is, we will only help in partnership with God within us, as "One with" God within us, in the "Presence of God" within us, and whatever form of "helping other people" that this partnership with God, this "Oneness" with God, that this "Presence of Go" brings into our life, is then Ok with us. For example, that clarity of heart could be to abopt a family as suggested earlier, and to continue to support our adopted family for life, or until they kick us out, or until they have had enough of "our helping", because of our forgetting our place at the feet of God within us, bectuse of our forgetting that in truth only God can help anyone, and having forgotten this then of our trying to become a "do gooder" at their expense.\ And if we can truly help in this way, as Jesus (peace be upon Him) tried to teach us over 2000 years ago, and now in our age as our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us, and now on the "outside" of us, as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, to only set out to"help other people" from the feet of God within us for our age, as a slave of God within us for our age, that is, to only set out to"help other people" after we ourselves have been successfully helped by God within us, and through this help of God within us have become "true human beings" within us, have truly come to the state of "surrender to the will of God" within us, with us then helping with everything that we have within us, which is now only the "Stuff of God" within us, like our wisdom, love, faith, compassion, and unity. And the form of this help on the "outside" of us could take many forms, which in truth does not really matter, once we have been truly been helped by God within us, once we have truly become a "slave of the will of God" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is the true definition of the term Muslim. For example, it could take the form of, but certainly not be limited to, financial help, like us taking our "adopted family" to dinner each month, which could be a McDonalds, and physical help, like us coming together to paint or clean up their house, or our house, or both houses, and educational help, like us teaching each other how to do something that we have learned. In this way, sharing our knowledge and skills, like how to use a computer, and how to get on and use the Internet, and how to build and use a Web Page, which is something Louie knows a little bit about, and spiritual help, like us coming together to study and compare the Holy Bible, both the old and the new testament of the Holy Bible, and the Holy Qur'an, and the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us). Amen. In this way, lets try to help each other with our focus being on us become more like a "True Human Being" within us, that is, more like God within us, more like Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, more like all of the 124,000 Prophets of God within us, more like all of the "Stuff of God" within us, once we have joined in partnership with God within us to get rid of all of our "Current Stuff" within us, which in our ignorance we only see as "outside" of us and in our age, and to grow and reveal all of the "Stuff of God" within us, In this way, to become more like the "Gift of God" for our age, more like the life and teaching of God for our age, more like the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, more like the life and teaching of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), more like what is contained in this beautiful letter from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, which in truth is all of us living in this age, whether we know it or not, and even whether we want it or not, because in truth it is our true heritage, our true birthright for our age, that is, if we truly want it, if we truly want to become "One with" God within us before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us. Amen. In this way, helping each other with our love, our patience, our tolerance, and with our wisdom, with our re-established direct connection to God within us, with our "Oneness with" God within us, by coming to understand our "Oneness" so it will never leave us again, and by doing all of this in this way for the rest of our lives, like in a good marriage, for "as long as we both shall live", that is, with us doing as much as we can, for each other, in the name of God within us, for as long as each of us will let us. Amen. 16-3. Make Our Helping - A Secret Project Expanded Summary of Topic 16-3: - None at this time. Thank you - Text of Topic 16-3: And my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, lets make this the "Secret Project" of the HMHS56 Guy's Luncheon that we share with no one outside of our little group, except for our immediate families, and with the family that we choose to adopt, and who chooses to adopt us. That is, the family who chooses to adopt the HMHS56 Guy's Luncheon Group, and to let us share in their life, in their happiness, and in their sadness, in the ups and the downs of their little family, and are also willing, to some degree, to share in ours, that is, in our life, in our happiness, and in our sadness too. Amen. 16-4. Create A Final "Initial" Proposal - On Our Helping Expanded Summary of Topic 16-4: - None at this time. Thank you - Text of Topic 16-4: Next, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolor, if this plan is "Ok" with Paul and Joan, then Paul and this child, over the Internet, will put together a little presentation to the HMHS56 Guy's Luncheon Group about this proposal, and present it first to Pierce and Dolores and to Paul's wife Joan, in order to start the ball rolling, and to gather support for it, as well as to include new ideas and clarity about it, and to conduct a real "sanity check" on it. And if it passes their approval, and is still alive after our presentation, then for Paul and this child to make the necessary adjustment to it as required, and as requested by them, through our faith and trust in God within us all, and present it again to them as the final initial proposal, both in writing over the Internet and finally as a second presentation to them by the two of us. 16-5. Create A Final Proposal - On Our Helping Expanded Summary of Topic 16-5: - None at this time. Thank you - Text of Topic 16-5: Then if we get this far, that is, if the ball is still rolling, that you and Pierce and this child present the final proposal to the whole HMHS56 Guy's Luncheon Group. Doing all of this at a time and a length of time that both you and Pierce thinks is appropriate. 17. Closing Comments - On Our Helping Expanded Summary of Topic 17: Here are "Our" Closing Comments on helping as God helps, that is, as "One with", not as "separate from", as "One with" God within us, as "One with" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "One with" the Creation of God within us. May God help us to obtain this state in our lifetime, if that be our true intention for our life, that is, if the true intention for our life is again becoming "One with" God within us before we die to the flesh, if this be our true intention, rather then continuing our current state of "separation from" God within us, on the "outside" of us, as long as we can, that is, until we physically die to the "outside" of us, and then, if we die in this state of "separation and differences", then getting this state within us, this state of "separation from" God for eternity. May God grant us the grace of His wisdom to do this in our lifetime, to avoid this "Big Mistake" in our life, and become "One with" God within us, both now, before we die to the flesh, and later for eternity, after we die to the "outside" of us. Amen. May God help us all. Amen And mMay we all try to join as "One with" God within us to share this Spiritual Letter with all of our friends and family. A Spiritual Letter that for this child is from God within us all. May we all try to do this "Heart's Work" both within us and on the "outside" of us, before it is to late to do this kind of duty in our life, for none of us really know if we will have another tomorrow. For as Jesus (peace be upon Him) tried to teach us over 2000 years ago, and now in our age, as our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us, and now on the "outside" of us, as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, "We must ask God for forgiveness for the faults we committed and strive for repentance." "For what is happening now, during this breath, we must glorify His name. And we must surrender to God the next breath, the next time of prayer to come (which in truth is the next breath)." "Whether or not we are alive in the next moment is Allah's will, (not ours). May His will be fulfilled." "If we have this faith with perfect certutude, (that is, if we have Iman, if we have absolute faith, certitude, and determination that in truth "God alone exists" within us, that in truth "There is nothing other than God" within us, and that in truth "God is One" within us"). "If we have this intention with every breath, (that is, the intention that "God's will be done", not "our will be done"). "If we can acquire His qualities and His actions, then that is the state of Islam lived by the "True Believers". [Note: the above quotation from the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and from God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, from His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), is from a beautiful book of wisdom by His Holiness, which can be read on-line in its entirety by clicking on the following: "Islam and World Peace: Explanations of a Sufi" (www.bmf.org/iswp)] Text of Topic 17: Well, that is about it for now, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores. Please reflect on what has been shared, and we will do the same. Amen. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. Amen. Please give my love and salam (the greetings from my heart) to each member of your family, and to your friends and neighbors. Please tell them that Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) loves them very, very much, and that they are always in our prayer. And as always, please try to join with God within us all to share this sharing with them, because in truth this is the only way to help anyone, that is, with Justice, to help other people by giving them, by sharing with them, the experience of God within our very own heart, not by trying to tell them about anything, or about what "we" think they should do, especially about things that in truth we ourselves have not yet personally experienced or accomplished in our own life. And then if we do this, if we learn how to "step back" in our life on the "outside" of us, so God can step forward within us, then ever so gradually, in God's time, everyone in the world will get truly better, and "we" will be pulled back into the "Oneness" of us all, the "Oneness" that in truth is God within us, is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. That is, if they like, if this is our true intention for ou life, if the true intention of our life is to become again "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, but this time with an understanding of our "Oneness", so it will never leave us again. And if we honestly do this with everyone who we meet, that is, helping them with Justice, that is, helping them by stepping back in "our" life on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God within us, so God can step forward in "Our" life within us, as "One with" everyone and everything in the Creation of God within us, then our life will truly become successful in our life time. In this way, only sharing with them the experiences and accomplishments of our own life, and doing this, in partnership with God within us, as "One with" God within us, as "One with" everyone that in truth God puts before us, like the coming together of you and this child, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores. Then gradually everyone in the world will change back into a true Children of God for our age, as we all were when we first came to this world, but this time with an understanding of being a true "Child of God" for our age, and what it means to be "One with" God within us, "One with" each other on the "outside" of us, and "One with" the Creation of God within us, which is the "Earth of God" within us. And doing all of this, at least truly starting it in partnership with God within us, in partnership with "The Gift of God" for our age, before we die to the flesh, so God joined as "One with" us within us can plant and bring to maturity the "Seed of God" within the Creation of God within us, within in the "Earth of God" within us, and in this way, revealing the "Tree of God" and the "Fruits of God" within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen. For as Jesus (peace be upon Him) taught us over 2000 years ago, and now in our age as our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us, and now again as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us are also teaching us right now, that truly it is just this simple, as it is explained in this beautiful Spiritual Letter to the Children of God for our age from the God within us all, it is truly this simple to again become "One with" God within us, it is truly that simple to become truly successful in our own lifetime. For everything else but this truth of our lives is just the drama of our mind and desire, the drama of our trying to live on the "outside" of us as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us. And the only way to win this drama of our life is not to play. So may we all stop that work, that drama of our life, that "outside" work, stop it right now, and start doing this "Heart's Work" within us, as Bawa calls it, before it is too late to do, before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, for none of us know if we will really have another tomorrow. Amen. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). End of "Page 4 of 4" of Spiritual Letter 71 - Outline & Summary Version - ........................................ |
The On-line Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library Spiritual Letter 71 "Outline & Summary Version" Page 4 of 4 Main Menu: Go To: Introduction - to "Outline & Summary Version" of Spiritual Letter 71 Go To: Outline & Summary Version - of Spiritual Letter 71 (Page 4 only) "Silent Outline" - with no summary of each Topic "Brief Outline" - with a brief summary of each Topic Text of Page 04 - with an expanded summary of some Topics (Page 4 only) Go To: E-mail Version - of Spiritual Letter 71 Go To: Expanded Overviews - of Spiritual Letter 71 Go To: Related Material - to Spiritual Letter 71 ============================================================== Introduction - to E-mail Version of Spiritual Letter 71 Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Al-salam 'alaykum wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. Wa 'alaykum al-salam wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Here is "Page 4 of 4" of the "Outline & Summary Version" of the beautiful letter, of "Spiritual Letter 71" that was sent to some High School Classmates of this child, to a Mr. Paul and Joan Sturgis, and to a Mr. Pierce and Dolores Pelouze, and to each of you, the Children of God for this age, hopefully for theirs and your reading enjoyment and sharing. ============================================================== Outline & Summary Version - of Spiritual Letter 71 "Silent Outline" - with no summary of each Topic in letter Page 4 of 4: 14. Some Practical Ways - To Control Our Urges And Thoughts, especially our urges and thoughts to be "be good", like to "help other people": 1) Hand The Urge or Thought To God - And Be Done With It, that is, hand the thought to be "good", to "help other people", to God and praise God for it 2) Seek A Wise Man - Who Is Still Alive On The "Outside", that is, if the urges or thoughts keeps coming back then find a wise man who is still living in the world 3) Again Hand Them To God - And Be Done With Them, that is, if we can't find a wise man still living in the world, and we still lack clarity on it 4) Do Nothing - Until Clarity Comes, that is, if we still lack clarity on it, and we still cannot find a wise man to ask, then do nothing until clarity comes 15. A Lion Doesn't Eat Grass - so before you set out to feed a lamb, who eats grass, make sure it isn't a hungry lion in hiding, or you could become his next meal 16. Some Practical Suggestions - For Applying The Money, that was collected at the last HMHS Guy's Luncheon 1) Always Help - The Way God's Helps, that is, as "One with", not as we try to help in our ignorance, that is, as "separate from", as "separate from" everything 2) Make A Life Time Commitment - To God Within Us, to become like God within us, to help only as God helps, as "One with, and not to try and help until then 3) Make Our Helping As God Helps - A Secret Project, of the HMHS56 Guy's Luncheon Group, then we will increase our chance of success 4) Create A Final "Initial" Proposal - on our helping as God helps, to start the ball rolling 5) Create A Final Proposal - on our helping as God helps, and give it as a presentation to the whole HMHS56 Guy's Luncheon Group 17. Closing Comments - on helping as God helps, as "One with", not as "separate from". Amen ============================================================== "Brief Outline" - of Spiritual Letter 71 Page 4 of 4: 14. Some Practical Ways - To Control Our Urges And Thoughts, especially our urges and thoughts to "help other people": 1) Hand The Urge or Thought To God - And Be Done With It, that is, hand the urge or thought to "help other people" to God within us, and praise God for it, realizing that all help is God's duty not ours, and then "be done with it", and look for what is next in our life 2) Seek A Wise Man - Who Is Still Alive On The "Outside", that is, if the urge or thought to "help other people" keeps coming back, and we still have no clarity about it, then find a wise man who is still living in the world and ask Him 3) Again Hand Them To God - And Be Done With Them, that is, if we can't find a wise man still living in the world, and we still lack clarity on it, then again hand it to God within us, and then again "be done with it", and again look for what is next in our life 4) Do Nothing - Until Clarity Comes, that is, if this urge or thought to "help other people" still keeps coming back, and we still lack clarity on it, and we still cannot find a wise man to ask, then do nothing, until some clarity comes, and again "be done with it" and look for what is next in our life 15) A Lion Doesn't Eat Grass - so before you set out to feed a lamb, who eats grass, make sure it isn't a hungry lion in hiding, hiding as a lamb, or you could become his next meal 16. Some Practical Suggestions - For Applying The Money - that was collected at the last HMHS Guy's Luncheon 1) Always Help - The Way God's Helps, that is, as "One with", not as we try to help in our ignorance, that is, as "separate from", as "separate from" everything 2) Make A Life Time Commitment - To God Within Us, that is, to become like God within us before we set out to help, to help only as God helps, as "One with", and then join in partnership with God within us to make it so within us, before we step out to help others on the "outside" of us the HMHS56 Guy's Luncheon Group, then we will increase our chance of success 4) Create A Final "Initial" Proposal - on our helping as God helps, to start the ball rolling 5) Create A Final Proposal - on our helping as God helps, and give it as a presentation to the whole HMHS56 Guy's Luncheon Group 17. Closing Comments - on helping as God helps, as "One with", not as "separate from", as "One with" God within us, as "One with" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "One with" the Creation of God within us. May God help us to obtain this state in our own lifetime, if that be our true intention for our life, that is, if the true intention for our life is "Oneness with" God within us rather then our current state of "separation from" God within us. May God grant us the grace of His wisdom to do this in our lifetime. Amen. May God help us all. Amen ============================================================== Text of Page 04: 14. Some Practical Ways - To Control Our Urges And Thoughts Expanded Summary of Topic 14: Here are some practical ways to control our urges and our thoughts, especially our urges and thoughts to "help other people", if you like. Which can only truly be controlled by bringing God within us into it, by making "us", and all that comes to us, including our urges and thoughts to "help other people" into God's problem within us, and not keeping them as our problem on the "outside" of us. That is, by making "us" as "separate from" God within us, and "us" as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and "us" as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, into God's problem within us, for only God within us can solve these problem of the ego, these problems. For as Jesus (peace be upon Him) tried to teach us over 2000 years ago, and as our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us in our age, and now on the "outside" of us, as His Children (may God be please with each of Us), are teaching us right now, we are on the express train to hell within us. And now on the "outside" of us, as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are trying to teach us about our current state of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, a state that is truly only leading us to hell within us, and not to some illusory heaven on the "outside" of us. Teaching "us", if we will only let Them, about our current state of "separation from", and our natural state of "One with", about our current state of "separation from" God within us, of "separation from" each other on the "outside" of us, and of "separation from" the Creation of God within us, and teaching "us", if we will only join Them at the feet of God for our age, about the enormous problems now facing us in our lives because of our "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us. About the problems which in truth are unsolvable problems without "God's direct intervention" in our life, problems which in truth are unsolvable without our again becoming "One with" God within us, which is the state we were in before, in the world of souls, in the womb of our mother, and for the first 2 years of our life, a state we were in before but without an understanding of our state, of our "Oneness", of our purity, which in truth is why we have now lost it, so that through the "contrast" of our previous and our current life, of our previous purity which our wisdom, and the truth within our wisdom, reveals to us, if we will only let them, and our current impurity, we can again become pure, if we like, through the understanding of our purity, through the understanding of who we "Already are", so our purity, our "Oneness" with God, will never leave us again. In this way, problems that are unsolvable without our "Re-Connecting our life to God" within us, to the Power of God within us, problems which if not transformed into "God's Problems", not "our problems", can never be overcome in our lifetime, because in truth only God can solve "us", can solve "us" in our current state, can solve Himself of "us" as "separate from" Him, and in this way, if this transference of center or focus of our life does not occur in our own lifetime, from "us" as "separate from" God within us, to "God within us" as "One with" everything within us, allowing God to then "Cure Himself of us", of "us" as "separate from" Him. And if we don't join with God within "us" to do this, before we die to the flesh, then "we" as "separate from" God within us are subjecting "us", and everything within us, which includes all of the Creation of God within us, after our physical death, to an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" the truth of who we "Already are", subjecting "us" and everything within us to the "suffering of the grave", to Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment), and to 105 million re-births, with "us" ending as a worm in hell within us with only one level of consciousness, or feeling, within us, that is, to an eternal life as "separate from" God within us. And this journey into an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, begins when we first appear on this earth world, literally falling into this earth world from our mother's womb, from our mother who in truth is our real country, not where we fell, and then around the age of 2, when each of "us" begin to "forget God" within us, and begin to "forget" what God is doing within us, and then in our ignorance begin to "fall into many a trap" on the "outside" of us, and then very, very gradually each of "us" becomes entrenched in the dream of a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, being swallowed by the "black snake" around the age of 12 or puberty, marrying the 4 destructive women around the age of 24, and becoming the 4 false gurus around the age of 36. In this way, becoming our mother and father on the "outside" of us, as they became their mother and father on the "outside" of them, and then doing what they did, with the man entering the woman as a man and them coming out again as a baby, with "us" not even knowing when we come to maturity to "seek ourselves" within ourselves even though God exists within us, with "us" not even knowing to seek who in truth we "Already are" within us, and in truth "Where we really are", and in truth "What is truly happening" in our life, before we die to the flesh. And with "us" not even realizing through our connection to God within us, that is, through the wisdom surrounding our soul, and through the truth of God within our wisdom, that we must seek ourselves, not on the "outside" of ourselves, as our mother and father did, but rather within us, as our Shaikh does, because in truth "outer acts are not real", but rather to turn away from what our mother and father did, and their mother and father die, and join with our Shaikh to again do what He did, that is, to do it within ourselves, to seek ourselves within ourselves, and to do this by joining with God within us, that is, by joining as "One with" our wisdom within us and with the Truth of God within our wisdom, in order to seek and find ourselves within ourselves, before we die to the flesh. And with "us" not even realizing, again through our wisdom, and through the truth of God within our wisdom, as we begin to age, that we have failed to do this, that is, that we have failed to do what God sent us here to do, that we have failed to use God within us to get to God within us, before we die to the flesh. That we have failed to join with God within us to do this "Heart's Work" within us, because in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, we falsely believe that we already know who we "Already are", which is "our mother and father", and "our family", and our "friends and relationships" on the "outside" of us, and we already know "where we are" which is living in the world that we see in our ignorance on the "outside" of us, and we already know "what is happening" in our life, is our birth, life, and our death. All of which in truth is completely false, all of which is just a dream, a dream of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, a dream which will end when we finally physically die to the "outside" of us, finally realizing the mistake we have made, but now it is too late to do anything about it, finally revealing all of the things within us, all of the lives of darkness and evil that we have grown within us, in our ignorance, that ruled over us in the dream, as our 9 openings, with God's permission, the lives within us that have given us the dream, the illusion, the dream of a life of "separation and differences" in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us. But then, after we die to the flesh, it will be too late to do anything about our current state, and we will have to suffer the consequences for our ignorance, and our arrogance about our ignorance, for eternity, we will have to go the way of the ruhanies or elemental spirits within us, of the jinns, the fairies, the ghosts, the demons, that we have let grow and rule over us, and the way of the Creation of God within us, that we have failed to join with God within us to bring to judgment and to completion within us, if they like. For as Jesus (peace be upon Him) tried to teach us over 2000 years ago, and now in our age, as our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us, and now on the "outside" of us for our age, as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, in this Spiritual Letter, that is, "Such is the fate of each of "us" in our current state, who hear the "Word of God" for our age, but who choose to ignore it, who choose instead to continue to live a life of "separation and differences", a life of sin or "selfishness" on the "outside" of us, until we die to the flesh, who choose to continue to live a life on the "outside" of us having forgotten God within us, and having fallen into many a trap, and who choose not to seek ourselves within ourselves, although God exists within man." "Such is the fate of "us" in our age, which is an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, if we die in the state of "separation from" God within us, the fate of "us" living in this age who forget the "Oneness" of God within us, and replace it in our ignorance with the "separation of god" on the "outside" of us, calling it by many names, like Christianity, Islam, or Judaism". "Such is the fate of "us" in this age, who fall into these many problems or traps of our mind and desire, of our ego, because we incorrectly believe we already know "who we truly are", and "where we truly are", and "what is truly happening" in our life, when in truth we don't really have a clue." For example, the problem of "us" living on the "outside" of us as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and having the urges and thoughts to "help other people", when in truth only God can truly help anyone, from within. In this way, we can only truly control our urges and thoughts, including the ones that drives us to try and "help other people", by destroying our ego, and doing this, by first revealing our wisdom within us, that is, by getting our wisdom to stand up within us, and doing this by awakening our wisdom within us through the "Word of God" for our age, through the "Gift of God" for our age, and then join as "One with" our wisdom within us, and with the truth of God within our wisdom, to set about doing battle with the ego, with the "enemy of our soul", by destroying our current life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, and replacing it with a new life of "Oneness and Unity", of "Justice and Truth", of "Compassion and Unity" within us. And doing all of this, in our life time, before we die to the flesh, by awakening and then allowing our wisdom, and the truth of God within our wisdom, to bring "us" over to Their side, by getting us to "jump ship", that is, by getting us to join with our wisdom, and with the truth of God within our wisdom, against "us", against our ego, against our life of "separation and differences", our life of sin or of "selfishness" on the "outside" of us. By getting our wisdom within us, and the truth within our wisdom, to "Re-Connect" our life to God within us, to "Re-Establish" our direct connection to God within us, and in this way, to use "God within us", to use the "Power of God" within us, against the "enemy of our soul", against our own ego, which in truth is just "us" living as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within , all of which is not true. For example, the Creation of God within us is the "Earth of God" within us where God must plant the "Seed of God" within us, and bring to maturity the "Tree of God" and the "Fruits of God" within us. So how can we stay separate from the Creation of God within us if God is to complete His work within us. And in this way, "we" must willingly and freely join with our wisdom to liberate our soul, that is, to remove Jesus (peace be upon Him) from the cross of our elemental body by pulling our the 5 nails of "our desire to live here", to live on the "outside" of us and sin, and in the process, revealing our life of "Oneness and Unity", of "Justice and Truth", and of "Compassion and Unity" within us. This is our real work, our only work, not trying to "help other people" on the "outside" of us in our current state of "separation from" all other people. Ok? Amen. Text of Topic 14: So now, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, with this said, and clearly understood and embraced, that is, in truth "There are no good people, only God is good", then what is one to do with the urges and the thoughts to "help" other people on the "outside" of us. Well our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us in our age, and now on the "outside" of us, His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, that the following four steps provide a good first way of handing this problem: 14-1. Hand The Urges or Thoughts To God - And Be Done With Them Expanded Summary of Topic 14-1: - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - Text of Topic 14-1: 1. Hand The Urges or Thoughts To God - And Be Done With Them Hand the urge or thought to "help other people" to God within us, and praise God for the urge and thought to help, and then "be done with it", and look for what is next in your life, as this child does. 14-2. Seek A Wise Man - Who Is Still Alive On The "Outside" Expanded Summary of Topic 14-2: - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - Text of Topic 14-2: 2. Seek A Wise Man - Who Is Still Alive On The "Outside" If the urge or thought to "help other people", that is, to be a "do gooder", keeps coming back, and you still have no clarity about what to do, then find a wise man who is still living in the world and ask Him, and follow His advice concerning this matter, as this child has done in the past. 14-3. Again Hand Them To God - And Again Be Done With Them Expanded Summary of Topic 14-3: - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - Text of Topic 14-3: 3. Again Hand Them To God - And Again Be Done With Them If you can't find a wise man still living in the world, and you still lack clarity about what to do, then again hand it to God within you, and then again "be done with it", and then again look for what is next in your life, as this child does. 14-4. Do Nothing - Until Some Clarity Comes Expanded Summary of Topic 14-4: - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - Text of Topic 14-4: 4. Do Nothing - Until Some Clarity Comes If this urge or thought to "help other people", that is, to be a "go gooder", still keeps coming back, and if you still lack about what to do, and if you still cannot find a wise man to consult who is still living in the world, then do nothing until some clarity comes, and then again "be done with it", and look for what is next in your life, as this child does. For then at least you and the other people will be safe, safe from both you and from other people, and safe from the things both within you and within them that neither of you are currently unaware of, that could be very dangerous to all concerned, like a lion disguised as a lamb who is looking for a good meal. 15. A Lion Doesn't Eat Grass - they eat meat Expanded Summary of Topic 15: A lion doesn't eat grass, so before you set out to feed a lamb, who eats grass, make sure it isn't a hungry lion in hiding, or you could become his next meal, and in truth we are all both a hungry lamb who eats grass, and a hungry lion in hiding, who eats meat, and the jproblem is that we can change back and forth, in a second, without either us or the one we are feeding, even noticing the transition. So we can start out as a lamb looking for another lamb to feed, but by the time we come close to lamb either we turn into a lion and eat it, or it turns into a lion and eats us, and there is always the possible that we both stay as lambs, and enjoy eating the grass together, or that we both turn into lions and start to fight over the lamb that we both thought was there, right in front of us, a moment earlier. And in every situation of this sort we ever know for sure what the outcome will be, because we have both the lamb and the lion within us, and in our ignorance we have no understanding or control over either one. And this is why in our current state, we are so dangerous, dangerous to both other people and to our selves, ending up when we start out as a lamb to "help another person" to most like become food for a hungry lion, or end up killing and eating of the lamb, that is, eating the heart, of the very person that we started out to help. So we need "protection", not "people to help", and God is our protection, from both other people and from ourselves, until wisdom dawns within us, for then we can see the state of the person we are planning to help, and the current state of his heart, and understand how to know what is truly needed in the life of another person, and that is by first establishing the "Presence of God" within us, by correctly stepping back in our life so God can step forward in our life. For as Jesus (peace be upon Him) tried to teach us over 2000 years ago, and as now in our age as our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us, and now on the "outside" of us, as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, "If you are there, God is not there, and if God is there, you are not there." Text of Topic 15: My dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, may we all do it in this way, when confronted with the urge or thought to help other people, to be a "do gooder", always remembering that when we go through this process, of dealing with our urges and thoughts to "help people", that is, to be a "do gooder", that it can be very dangerous feeding a lion grass, because lions don't eat grass, they eat meat, and we are meat. So if we try to help a lion, by perhaps thinking it is a lamb and that it needs some grass, thinking that in some way this is our duty, without first protecting ourselves, like first putting the lamb/lion in a cage before we try and feed it, so it can't harm us if it turns out that it is really a lion, and not a lamb, or even worse, that it is really a lion that can appear as a lamb, especially when it is hungry, then we could be killed, or at least seriously hurt, when all we think that we are doing is trying to help out. So we must always be very careful when setting out to "help people", setting out to "do good". Something to think about. Yes? For until the light of wisdom dawns within us, so we can look at things with clarity, all that we ever see when we look at something, including other people, when we look at something or someone with our mind and desire, is a reflection of our own ego, not anything about what we are looking at, or about the other person or situation in front of us. Only when wisdom dawns within us, and our mind and desire sit down, can we then see the heart of another person and see for ourselves the state of that other person, that is, whether they are a human being or a lion, or even worse, whether they are a lion who can appear as a human being as a part of feeding itself. And only then, when wisdom has dawned within us, and our mind and desire have truly sat down within us, can we truly know what is needed in a particular situation, only then can we truly see the need in the life of another, and know what is appropriate for their life, for their current level of consciousness, and finally, and perhaps most importantly, only then can we know how to help them safely, not causing harm to either them or to ourselves. For like in the oath that doctors take before they start to practice, "First cause no harm", so must we do no harm when we are moved to help others, no harm either to ourselves or to others. And this is especially true before our wisdom has awakened within us, and the clarity of our soul has been liberated from our ego, and in the state of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us we begin to think in our ignorance that what we are feeling, that is, the urge or thought to help other people, is our duty to God on the "outside" of us, as a good Christian, or Muslim, or Jew, or is a message of compassion arising from our heart. When in truth the real source of our urge or thought to help other people might just be the "rumbling of the stomach" of the lion within us, who is hungry, and is looking for some meat. Again, something to think about. Yes? 16. Some Practical Suggestions - For Applying The Money Expanded Summary of Topic 16: - None at this time. Thank you - Text of Topic 16: So my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, your dearest loving brother Louie has taken this advice, that is, the advice outlined above, and repeated handed Paul's call for help to God within us, and repeatedly was "done with it", and repeatedly looked for "what to do next" in my life, and we repeatedly heard back the same message, from God within us all, as follows: "Yes, you should join with Paul in coming up with a proper way to apply the money that he collected at the last HMHS guy's luncheon. That would be very good." "First, tell him what Bawa has taught you about "helping people", and about trying to be a "do gooder", and then give him some very practical suggestions. Do that. Ok?" Ok! So that is what Louie is doing, and in the first part of this letter we have shared a little of the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, concerning this matter. And now here are some very practical suggestions about what to do with the money that was collected at the last HMHS Guy's Luncheon. Ok?a 16-1. Always Help The Way God's Helps - that is, as "One with" Expanded Summary of Topic 16-1: Always Help The Way God's Helps, that is, as "One with" the people we are helping, for helping in any other way, like as "separate from" the people we are helping, can be very dangerous, as explained earlier, dangerous both for the people we are trying to help, and for us. Text of Topic 16-1: In this way, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, if we are to help some people with the money that was collected, lets do it as much as possible, like God does it, like God helps people, that is, "selflessly", and like Jesus (peace be upon Him) and all of the 124,000 Prophets of God showed us how to help people, when they lived with us in the world, that is, by treating them as our own life within us. Which is one of the great truths of our life, that in truth, within us we are all "One", while in our current state of ignorance, we are "separate from" everything on the "outside" of us. In this way, helping people by treating them as our own life within us, not as someone who is "separate from" us on the "outside" of us, which is just not true, and just nourishes our ego, our life of "separation and differences", our life of sin on the illusory "outside" of us, and in truth is just leading us to hell within us, to an eternal life as "separate from" God within us. And we can do this, we can do this helping as God helps by joining in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh, by learning how to live as "One with" God within us, by learning how to establish the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, including setting out to "help other people". Lets do it this way, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, that is, doing it in partnership with God within us, doing it as "One with" God wthin us, do it in the "Presence of God" within us, and if we do it this way, then in truth it is God within us who is there, who is helping, is helping as "One with" the one being helped, not "us" as "separate from" God, not us as "separate from" the one being helped. This is the difference. Does my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores see the difference between these two ways of helping, with one way, with us first establishing the "Presence of God" within us, so in truth "God is there, not us, not "us" as "separate from" God within us, the one way of helping, of living our life, that leads us to an eternal life as "One with" God within us, and the other way, with us not first establishing the "Presence of God" within us, so in truth "God is not there, but we are there, "we" as "separate from" God within us are there, the other way of helping, of living our life, that leads us to an eternal life as "separate from" God within us. It is just this simple, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, and at every moment of our life we have this choice, to "do or say" something either as "One with" God within us, or as "separate from" God within us. The choice is ours. May we all make the correct choice, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, and all choosing is over, and choose "Oneness with" God within us, before we "say or do" anything, as this child has done in the writing of this beautiful Spiritual Letter to each of you. Amen. In this way, lets "help other" people by joining in partnership with God within us to really get involved in the lives of some other people, in the process making them our own life within us, no longer a life "separate from" us on the "outside" of us. And we can do this by joining in partnership with God within us, to "make God's intention" our search, and then after becoming clear on God's intention within us, to "intend as God intends" on the "outside" of us, whatever that may be, whatever form that may take on the "outside" of us. For example, that may take form on the "outside" of us as "us" taking some people out to dinner (a dinner which is on us and on God within us), and getting to know them, and their kids, and their family, getting to know a little bit about their life and problems, while sharing with them a little bit about our life and problems. But lets not do it alone, as "separate from" God within us, and as "separate from" our dearest loving brothers and sisters, both within us and on the "outside" of us, like the world currently does it, like the ego within us does everything, by keeping our distance from them and treating them as "separate from" our own life, treating them as less fortunate than us, in this way, feeling sorry for them, and then deal with these feelings by giving them some money, like throwing some crumbs to the pigeons, or even worse by giving the money to some civic or social organization who is "advertised" as helping the needy or poor or homeless, etc. Instead of all this mind and ego work, which is really disgusting when we think about it a little, with our wisdom, and which can be very dangerous to both our hearts and the hearts of others, lets do it by trying to help them, as much as possible, in the same way that God helps them, that is, by striving in the name of God within us, to open up our life and our heart to them, striving in partnership with God within us to become "One with" them, that is, to become "One with" their life, to become "One with" their happiness, as in truth as "our happiness", and to become also "One with" with their sorrow, as in truth as "our sorrow", and to do this in partnership with God within us, as "One with" God within us, in the "Presence of God" within us, to whatever degree we can, and to whatever degree they will let us. And in the same way, striving in partnership with God within us to opening up our life and our heart for them to become "One with" us, that is, to become "One with" our lives, "One with" our happiness, and "One with" our sorrows, to whatever degree they like. Lets try to do it this way, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, let this be "our" way of helping other people, and at the same time, let this be "our" way of being helped by other people ourselves, doing it this way, as God does it, as "One with" all other lives. Doing it as Jesus (peace be upon Him) showed us how to do it, over 2000 years ago, and as in truth all of the 124,000 Prophets of God did it, when They (peace be upon Them) were living in the world with us, doing it living as "One with" each other, rather than the way that our ego would do it, rather than the way we see it being done in the world today, that is, doing it through our mind and desire, doing it as "separate from" each other, do it by just throwing crumbs to the pigeons. For example, in partnership with God within us, we could come to the clarity within us to work with one or more of our Classmates on the "outside" us, to use the money in the following way: To come together with Don Burton, as was suggested at the last luncheon, or with any or all of our Classmates, to select a family that we can adopt, that is, that the HMHS56 Guy's Luncheon Group can adopt so to speak, a family that is also willing to adopted us, a family that is also willing to adopt the HMHS56 Guy's Luncheon Group so to speak, for the betterment of both, in the name of God within us all. Amen. A family that we can join as "One with" to help them deal with the many things that every family in America has to deal with, like hunger, illness, old age, and death, and doing it in order to help us truly learn to become a slave of God within us, to truly become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh. And not become, or continue to act like, one of those living in the world today, which includes many Christians, Muslim, and Jews, who just talk about helping people, or who just collect and give a few dollars to some civic or social organization and be done with it, who just throw some crumbs to the pigeons. But rather, in partnership with God within us, let us become one of the few of our age, who truly become a "Child of God" for our age, who in the name of God, and in the name of the 124,000 Prophets of God, truly step out to become "One with" God within us, and "One with" each other on the "outside" of us, and "One with" the Creation of God within us. Who truly become the "Children of God" for our age who in truth are all "One", who in truth are the "One", the "Oneness of God and True Man" for our age, and through their faith and trust in God, and in God alone, not just in their religion, or in their particular Prophet, truly step out in the direction of God within us all, in the direction of the work that God does all of the time within us, for all of the Creation of God within us. Amen. And in this way, truly step out in the direction of the life and teachings and example of Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, and now in our age, in the direction of the life and teachings of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and right now on the "outside" of us, as proposed in this letter, in the direction of the life and teaching of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us). Amen. Lets do it this way, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, and adopt and become adopted by a family, and together walk back into the light of God for our age, back into the heart of each of the 124,000 Prophets of God, which for our age is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us all. Amen. 16-2. Make A Life Time Commitment - to become like God within us Expanded Summary of Topic 16-2: Make A Life Time Commitment to God Withn Us, that is, lets make the commitment to God within us to become like God within us, to become like God within us, before we set out to "help other people", not just to try and help someone else in our current state of "separation and differences, in our current state of "separation from" God within us, of "separation from" each other on the "outside", of us, and of "separation from" the Creation of God within us, and lets make this commitment not to some person on the "outside" of us, or even to "ourselves", but rather directly to God within us all. Lets do it this way. Then God will step forward within us and bring this commitment to completion within us, for this is God's guarantee for our age, that is, if we take "1 step towards God within us then He will take 100 steps towards us", toward "Our" overcoming everything within us that is currently separating us from God within us, and from what God is doing within us, which is revealing God to God within us for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Toward "Our" overcoming everything within us that is currently separating us from each other on the "outside" of us, which are the qualities of incompleteness of the Creation of God within us, that is currently separating us from God within us, which are the evils of satan within us, the spit of satan within us that fell upon Adam (peace be upon Him) within us, and that is currently separating us from the Creation of God within us, which is our ego. Text of Topic 16-2: In this way, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Perce, and my dearest loving sisters, Joan and Dolores, lets try to make this "offer of help" a life time commitment to God within us, and to each other on the "outside" of us, and do it through our faith and trust in God within us all, and in the "Stuff of God" that God has placed with each of us, even before we came to tis earth world or dunya, or "School of Contrast" to learn about what is "separating us" from God within us, from each other on the "outside" of us, and from the Creation of God, the "Earth of God", within us. In this way, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, lets not make our "offer of help" a one time commitment, but like Jesus (peace be upon Him) teaches us over 2000 years ago, and as our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be please with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us in our age, and as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us are teaching us right now, in this letter and in this proposal, lets try to make this "offer of help" a life time commitment to God within us, and to each other, through our faith and trust in God within us all. A commitment to God within us all, and to each other, that we will only help as God helps, as "One with", or not try to help at all, until some clarity comes into our heart, that is, we will only help in partnership with God within us, as "One with" God within us, in the "Presence of God" within us, and whatever form of "helping other people" that this partnership with God, this "Oneness" with God, that this "Presence of Go" brings into our life, is then Ok with us. For example, that clarity of heart could be to abopt a family as suggested earlier, and to continue to support our adopted family for life, or until they kick us out, or until they have had enough of "our helping", because of our forgetting our place at the feet of God within us, bectuse of our forgetting that in truth only God can help anyone, and having forgotten this then of our trying to become a "do gooder" at their expense.\ And if we can truly help in this way, as Jesus (peace be upon Him) tried to teach us over 2000 years ago, and now in our age as our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us, and now on the "outside" of us, as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, to only set out to"help other people" from the feet of God within us for our age, as a slave of God within us for our age, that is, to only set out to"help other people" after we ourselves have been successfully helped by God within us, and through this help of God within us have become "true human beings" within us, have truly come to the state of "surrender to the will of God" within us, with us then helping with everything that we have within us, which is now only the "Stuff of God" within us, like our wisdom, love, faith, compassion, and unity. And the form of this help on the "outside" of us could take many forms, which in truth does not really matter, once we have been truly been helped by God within us, once we have truly become a "slave of the will of God" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is the true definition of the term Muslim. For example, it could take the form of, but certainly not be limited to, financial help, like us taking our "adopted family" to dinner each month, which could be a McDonalds, and physical help, like us coming together to paint or clean up their house, or our house, or both houses, and educational help, like us teaching each other how to do something that we have learned. In this way, sharing our knowledge and skills, like how to use a computer, and how to get on and use the Internet, and how to build and use a Web Page, which is something Louie knows a little bit about, and spiritual help, like us coming together to study and compare the Holy Bible, both the old and the new testament of the Holy Bible, and the Holy Qur'an, and the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us). Amen. In this way, lets try to help each other with our focus being on us become more like a "True Human Being" within us, that is, more like God within us, more like Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, more like all of the 124,000 Prophets of God within us, more like all of the "Stuff of God" within us, once we have joined in partnership with God within us to get rid of all of our "Current Stuff" within us, which in our ignorance we only see as "outside" of us and in our age, and to grow and reveal all of the "Stuff of God" within us, In this way, to become more like the "Gift of God" for our age, more like the life and teaching of God for our age, more like the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, more like the life and teaching of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), more like what is contained in this beautiful letter from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, which in truth is all of us living in this age, whether we know it or not, and even whether we want it or not, because in truth it is our true heritage, our true birthright for our age, that is, if we truly want it, if we truly want to become "One with" God within us before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us. Amen. In this way, helping each other with our love, our patience, our tolerance, and with our wisdom, with our re-established direct connection to God within us, with our "Oneness with" God within us, by coming to understand our "Oneness" so it will never leave us again, and by doing all of this in this way for the rest of our lives, like in a good marriage, for "as long as we both shall live", that is, with us doing as much as we can, for each other, in the name of God within us, for as long as each of us will let us. Amen. 16-3. Make Our Helping - A Secret Project Expanded Summary of Topic 16-3: - None at this time. Thank you - Text of Topic 16-3: And my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, lets make this the "Secret Project" of the HMHS56 Guy's Luncheon that we share with no one outside of our little group, except for our immediate families, and with the family that we choose to adopt, and who chooses to adopt us. That is, the family who chooses to adopt the HMHS56 Guy's Luncheon Group, and to let us share in their life, in their happiness, and in their sadness, in the ups and the downs of their little family, and are also willing, to some degree, to share in ours, that is, in our life, in our happiness, and in our sadness too. Amen. 16-4. Create A Final "Initial" Proposal - On Our Helping Expanded Summary of Topic 16-4: - None at this time. Thank you - Text of Topic 16-4: Next, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolor, if this plan is "Ok" with Paul and Joan, then Paul and this child, over the Internet, will put together a little presentation to the HMHS56 Guy's Luncheon Group about this proposal, and present it first to Pierce and Dolores and to Paul's wife Joan, in order to start the ball rolling, and to gather support for it, as well as to include new ideas and clarity about it, and to conduct a real "sanity check" on it. And if it passes their approval, and is still alive after our presentation, then for Paul and this child to make the necessary adjustment to it as required, and as requested by them, through our faith and trust in God within us all, and present it again to them as the final initial proposal, both in writing over the Internet and finally as a second presentation to them by the two of us. 16-5. Create A Final Proposal - On Our Helping Expanded Summary of Topic 16-5: - None at this time. Thank you - Text of Topic 16-5: Then if we get this far, that is, if the ball is still rolling, that you and Pierce and this child present the final proposal to the whole HMHS56 Guy's Luncheon Group. Doing all of this at a time and a length of time that both you and Pierce thinks is appropriate. 17. Closing Comments - On Our Helping Expanded Summary of Topic 17: Here are "Our" Closing Comments on helping as God helps, that is, as "One with", not as "separate from", as "One with" God within us, as "One with" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "One with" the Creation of God within us. May God help us to obtain this state in our lifetime, if that be our true intention for our life, that is, if the true intention for our life is again becoming "One with" God within us before we die to the flesh, if this be our true intention, rather then continuing our current state of "separation from" God within us, on the "outside" of us, as long as we can, that is, until we physically die to the "outside" of us, and then, if we die in this state of "separation and differences", then getting this state within us, this state of "separation from" God for eternity. May God grant us the grace of His wisdom to do this in our lifetime, to avoid this "Big Mistake" in our life, and become "One with" God within us, both now, before we die to the flesh, and later for eternity, after we die to the "outside" of us. Amen. May God help us all. Amen And mMay we all try to join as "One with" God within us to share this Spiritual Letter with all of our friends and family. A Spiritual Letter that for this child is from God within us all. May we all try to do this "Heart's Work" both within us and on the "outside" of us, before it is to late to do this kind of duty in our life, for none of us really know if we will have another tomorrow. For as Jesus (peace be upon Him) tried to teach us over 2000 years ago, and now in our age, as our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us, and now on the "outside" of us, as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, "We must ask God for forgiveness for the faults we committed and strive for repentance." "For what is happening now, during this breath, we must glorify His name. And we must surrender to God the next breath, the next time of prayer to come (which in truth is the next breath)." "Whether or not we are alive in the next moment is Allah's will, (not ours). May His will be fulfilled." "If we have this faith with perfect certutude, (that is, if we have Iman, if we have absolute faith, certitude, and determination that in truth "God alone exists" within us, that in truth "There is nothing other than God" within us, and that in truth "God is One" within us"). "If we have this intention with every breath, (that is, the intention that "God's will be done", not "our will be done"). "If we can acquire His qualities and His actions, then that is the state of Islam lived by the "True Believers". [Note: the above quotation from the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and from God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, from His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), is from a beautiful book of wisdom by His Holiness, which can be read on-line in its entirety by clicking on the following: "Islam and World Peace: Explanations of a Sufi" (www.bmf.org/iswp)] Text of Topic 17: Well, that is about it for now, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores. Please reflect on what has been shared, and we will do the same. Amen. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. Amen. Please give my love and salam (the greetings from my heart) to each member of your family, and to your friends and neighbors. Please tell them that Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) loves them very, very much, and that they are always in our prayer. And as always, please try to join with God within us all to share this sharing with them, because in truth this is the only way to help anyone, that is, with Justice, to help other people by giving them, by sharing with them, the experience of God within our very own heart, not by trying to tell them about anything, or about what "we" think they should do, especially about things that in truth we ourselves have not yet personally experienced or accomplished in our own life. And then if we do this, if we learn how to "step back" in our life on the "outside" of us, so God can step forward within us, then ever so gradually, in God's time, everyone in the world will get truly better, and "we" will be pulled back into the "Oneness" of us all, the "Oneness" that in truth is God within us, is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. That is, if they like, if this is our true intention for ou life, if the true intention of our life is to become again "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, but this time with an understanding of our "Oneness", so it will never leave us again. And if we honestly do this with everyone who we meet, that is, helping them with Justice, that is, helping them by stepping back in "our" life on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God within us, so God can step forward in "Our" life within us, as "One with" everyone and everything in the Creation of God within us, then our life will truly become successful in our life time. In this way, only sharing with them the experiences and accomplishments of our own life, and doing this, in partnership with God within us, as "One with" God within us, as "One with" everyone that in truth God puts before us, like the coming together of you and this child, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores. Then gradually everyone in the world will change back into a true Children of God for our age, as we all were when we first came to this world, but this time with an understanding of being a true "Child of God" for our age, and what it means to be "One with" God within us, "One with" each other on the "outside" of us, and "One with" the Creation of God within us, which is the "Earth of God" within us. And doing all of this, at least truly starting it in partnership with God within us, in partnership with "The Gift of God" for our age, before we die to the flesh, so God joined as "One with" us within us can plant and bring to maturity the "Seed of God" within the Creation of God within us, within in the "Earth of God" within us, and in this way, revealing the "Tree of God" and the "Fruits of God" within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen. For as Jesus (peace be upon Him) taught us over 2000 years ago, and now in our age as our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us, and now again as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us are also teaching us right now, that truly it is just this simple, as it is explained in this beautiful Spiritual Letter to the Children of God for our age from the God within us all, it is truly this simple to again become "One with" God within us, it is truly that simple to become truly successful in our own lifetime. For everything else but this truth of our lives is just the drama of our mind and desire, the drama of our trying to live on the "outside" of us as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us. And the only way to win this drama of our life is not to play. So may we all stop that work, that drama of our life, that "outside" work, stop it right now, and start doing this "Heart's Work" within us, as Bawa calls it, before it is too late to do, before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, for none of us know if we will really have another tomorrow. Amen. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). End of "Page 4 of 4" of Spiritual Letter 71 - Outline & Summary Version - ........................................ |
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