Bawa The On-line Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library (Recommended way to Navigate around Library) Spiritual Letter 104 ------------"E-mail Version" ------ About Spiritual Letter 104 Title of Spiritual Letter: - Go To "Expanded Title" "Thank You For The Advice", and "Something To Reflect Upon" Time Period Written: November, 2006 Written by: Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), who now on the "outside" of you is His Children, if you like Written to: The Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us) Page 1 of 1 ============================================================== Main Go To: Status Go To: Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 104 ------------------------------------ Available Go To: Brief Outline - of Spiritual Letter 104 ------------------------------------ In Process Go To: E-mail Version - for Spiritual Letter 104 ------------------------------- Available (The Web Page you are currently reading) Go To: Outline & Summary Version - for Spiritual Letter 104 ------ In Process Go To: Related Material - for Spiritual Letter 104 ---------------------------- Available ============================================================== Home Page - Spiritual Letters Go To Spiritual Letter 105 Letter 104: E-mail Alert Library Home Page Go To Spiritual Letter 103 Letter 104: Other Stuff ============================================================== Brief Outline - of Spiritual Letter 104 - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - ============================================================== Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 104 Bawa. Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Bawa. Al-salam 'alaykum wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. Wa 'alaykum al-salam wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon all of My Children. May God help all of My Children. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu), My dearest Loving Children - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). Amen. Bawa. Here is Page 1 of 1 of the E-mail Version of a beautiful Spiritual Letter, "Spiritual Letter 104", to all of My Children, for your reading, and hopefully, your sharing enjoyment. For a longer "Outline & Summary Version" of "Spiritual Letter 104", please click HERE or on "Outline & Summary Version" at the "Main Go To" above. Bawa. A Spiritual Letter which "We" have called, "Thank You For The Advice", and "Something To Reflect Upon" Bawa. A Spiritual Letter from God within us all, to the Children of God for this age, which continues to "outline" for you what most of My Children are currently doing wrong, and how to correct their mistake using My Children, that is, using Those of My Children who have truly learned from "Us" how to do it right, so in the end, there will be "No Child Left Behind" within you, that is, there will be nothing still "separate from" God within you. ============================================================== Related Material - to Spiritual Letter 104 Bawa. For more on these wisdom points, and the significance of this Spiritual Letter to all of My Children, please click on the Title of the Following Material that is also provided as part of the On-line Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library (www.Bawa.homestead. com), all of which is from God within "Us" all, to the Children of God for your age, if you like: 1) Spiritual Chat 349 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualChat349.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Chat 347 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualChat347.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 103 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter103VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 102 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter102VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 101 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter101VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 100 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter100VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 99 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter099VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 98 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter098VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 97 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter097VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 96 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter096VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 95 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter095VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 94 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter094VerEM.homestead.com) 2) Spiritual Letter 93 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter093VerEM.homestead.com) 2-a) Expanded Introduction - for Spiritual Letter 93 (www.SpiritualLetter093Intro.homestead.com) 3) Spiritual Letter 92 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter092VerEM.homestead.com) 4) Spiritual Letter 91 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter091VerEM.homestead.com) 5) Spiritual Letter 90 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter090VerEM.homestead.com) 5-a) Opening Comments - for Spiritual Letter 90 (With a New Expanded Version of Opening Comments, and with an "Outline & Summary") (www.SpiritualLetter090Com01.homestead.com) 5-b) Related Material - for Spiritual Letter 90 (With a New Introduction, that is, with a New Summary of Spiritual Letter 90) (www.SpiritualLetter090RelMat.homestead.com) 5-c) More About Controlling Your Thoughts - for Spiritual Letter 90 (Plus some Background Information about the New Book "A Book of Our Love" by "The Children", (www.ABookofOurLove.homestead.com) that Bawa Instructed Asma'el Muhaiyaddeen (Rick Hacket) and Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) to start to write together) (www.SpiritualLetter090More01.homestead.com) Bawa. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon all of My Children. May God help all of My Children. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). ============================================================== E-mail Version - of Spiritual Letter 104 Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 104 Bawa. Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the Name of God, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate. Bawa. Al-salam 'alaykum wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. Wa 'alaykum al-salam wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon all of My Children. May God be pleased with all of My Children. May God help all of My Children. Amen. Bawa. My love you My dearest loving Sons and brothers, John Neill and Ragavan, and My dearest loving Daughter and sister, Debbie - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). Bawa. Thank you John from the very bottom of My heart for the wonderful ride that you gave "Us" from the Boston Retreat, and all of the wonderful care and support that both you and Ragavan gave to "Us" during the ride home, as well as all of the wonderful snacks that you bought that "We" thoroughly enjoyed. It was wonderful. Bawa. And thank you also John for the invitation to end the ride with a wonderful meal at your home prepared by your wife Debbie, which was truly an unexpected gift that "We" will always remember. And finally, thank you Debbie for the wonderful meal, it really warmed the "Cockles of My Heart", as My dearest loving Irish Mother would always say at such times. You are truly a sweetheart. Amen. . Thank You For The Advice - For in truth it was a "Gift From God" for all of "Us", if you like, for like everything in "Our" life, the Choice to see and accept everything as "Coming From God" within "Us", or not, is always our Choice, not God's Bawa. And thank you for the very good advice that you and Ragavan gave to this child at the dinner table, is was very helpful, and "We" want to apologize, again from the very bottom of My heart, for our apparent resistance to what you and Ragavan were saying, but in truth it was not resistance it was more frustration, frustration at not being able to deal with the situation that in truth "God placed this child in", as well as that "God placed you and Ragavan in", a situation that in truth "God placed all of Us in", at that time, for His purpose, not for "our purpose", and a situation that "Only God within "Us" could "Successfully resolve", for any of us, and for all of "Us". Bawa. For if there is any one lesson that this child has learned, over and over again, in the last 31 years of living at the feet of God for our age, that is, at the feet of our dearest loving 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", at the feet of His Children, at the feet of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us), it is this fundamental truth, that, "We must always join in partnership with God within "Us" to establish the "Presence of God" within "Us", before "We" attempt to "Say or Do or Write" anything, as this child has learned to do, and in this way, and only in this way, allow "God to Speak or Do or Write" in every situation that God places before "Us", not "us", that is, not "us" in the state of apparent "separation from" God within us", all of which is always "Just Not True", for in truth God is closer to "Us" than our breath, closer to "Us" than our thoughts, and closer to "Us" than our life". Bawa. So when "We" got home, after you very graciously dropped off your brother Louie, and "We" gave salams, and when "We" tried to recover from "Our frustration" by saying to you and Ragavan, as best "We" could from the heart, that "We" were sorry for anything that "We" said, or failed to say, and asked you to forgive us, "We" went into the house and started to pray, and pray, and pray, and pray. Bawa. And in this way, and only in this way, handing "Our" frustration, and everything else, to God within "Us" all, that is, handing to God the frustration of this child with the situation, as well as handing to God the life of My dearest loving brothers John and Ragavan, and your advice to this child, and handing to God the life of our dearest loving sister Debbie, and her beautiful example of selfless devotion and duty, and handing to God the life of all of our dearest loving brothers and sisters at the Boston Retreat, including the life of Steve the caretaker, and of Patty the cook, as well as the life of the other cooks, and their examples of love and support for this child, and for each other, and for all of "Us", and finally handing to God the life of all of our dearest loving brothers and sisters of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, which in truth is everyone living in this world in this age, if you like. Bawa. All of whom are in truth the true "Gift of God" for "Our" life, if you like, handing all of this to God within "Us" all , thanking God, and praising God, and asking God to "Help Us All", to "Help Us All" fall back into "His Oneness", which in truth is "Our Oneness", or at least truly start to fall back, so "God Can Do Everything Else" to make our life truly successful in our lifetime, and doing all of this, before "We" die to the flesh, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave "Us" again. Amen. Bawa. And ever so gradually, after two days of praying and reflection, and after writing a "Thank You Note" to all of "Our" dearest loving brothers and sisters, for the wonderful love and support they showed to all of "Us", as part of "Our" going to, attending, and returning from the Boston Retreat, the following clarity came into the heart of this child, about the advice that you and Ragavan gave to this child, which in truth, is about the "Gift of God" that God placed before all of "Us", at this time, both at your dinner table, and within the heart of each of His Children for this age, if you like, for in truth "We are All One", a clarity which it is now in the heart of this child to share with you, and with Ragavan, and Debbie, if you like, a clarity which follows in the next section of this E-mail. [Note: To read the "Thank You Note" sent to My Children, please see "Spiritual Letter 103", "Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, My Dearest Loving Children, For Taking Such Good Care of My Son, And Your Brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen", please click above or HERE (www.SpiritualLetter103VerEM. homestead.com). Thank you. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen] Something To Reflect Upon - if you like, that in truth "There is Nothing Other Than God", and everything other than God, is just "our drama", a drama of "I and you", of "mine and yours", that only keeps us living on the "outside" of us, that only keeps us living as if we are "separate from" God within us, but in truth all of which is "Just Not True", a drama that "We" can only win if "We" don't play Bawa. One day Crisi Beutler asked Louie Beutler the following Question, "What are you doing?" A question that was attempting to address the "Big Picture of Louie", like "Louie, what are trying to accomplish in your life", not the multitude of "Little pictures of Louie", like "Louie, when are you going to finish fixing up the bedroom?". Ok? Bawa. And after briefly reflecting on the "Big Question", from his dearest loving wife and sister Crisi, and after handing what had been asked of him to Bawa within "Us", and to God within Him, and than "Being Done with it", Louie said to God within "Us" all, as Louie has been trained by Bawa within him to say, in all matters, "Thank You O God, No Thank You O God, What's Next?" Bawa. And the following clarity immediately came into the heart of Louie, which Louie immediately handed to Bawa within him, and to God within Bawa, and again was "Done with it", saying again to God within "Us" all, "Thank You O God, No Thank You O God, What's Next?" Bawa. And in this way, in this situation, and in all situations to follow, including the recent dinner at "John's house", and now this Spiritual Letter, with Louie stepping back, so Bawa within him, and God within Bawa, could step forward. Bawa. And in this way, and only in this way, establishing the "Presence of God" within Louie, and the "Presence of God" within Crisi, and in a very, very subtle way, establishing the "Presence of God" within all of "Us", and all of Everything, for in truth each of "Us" is "All of it", that is, establishing the "Presence of God" before anything is "Said or Done or Written", as this child has learned to do. Bawa. And then the following was shared with both Crisi and Louie from within the "Presence of God" within them both, if you like, for the Choice to accept this as possible, as how one can truly live, that is, within the "Presence of God" within you, and as how one can so easily establish this "Presence of God" within "Us", or not, that is, by saying the word "Bawa" before "We" Say or Do or Write anything, is your Choice, not "Our" Choice within you, and not God's Choice within "Us". Ok? Bawa. And the following was shared with Crisi and Louie from within the "Presence of God" within them both, and is now being shared again with all of My Children, if you like, within the "Presence of God" within all of My Children, again if you like, And Louie said to Crisi (and now "We" say to all of My Children): Bawa. Bawa teaches us that, "If you are there then God is not there, and if God is there then you are not there". Bawa. And this is the "Guarantee of God" for your life, the "Promise of God" for your age, that is, "If you are not there, then God will be there". Bawa. So what Louie is doing is learning "How not to be there". For if Louie is not there then the "Guarantee of God" promises "Us" that "God will be there", allowing everything within Louie to then benefit from the "Presence of God" within Louie. Bawa. And since everything and everyone in truth is within Louie, as in truth everything and everyone in truth is within each of "Us", since in truth "We are All One", then Louie "Not being there", or any of "Us" learning how to "Not be there", allows everything and everyone to stand directly in the "Presence of God" within "Us", allowing God to "Pass Judgment" upon everyone and everything within "Us", before "we" die to the flesh in our current state. Bawa. But if instead of learning how to live like this, that is, as "One with" God within "Us", that is, in the "Presence of God" within "Us", if "we" continue to live in our current state, as if we are "separate from" on the "outside" of us, and eventually die to the flesh in our current state of "separation and differences", in this way, trying to live exclusively on the "outside" of us, rather than learning how to join with "Our" wisdom to live as "One with" within "Us", then "we" can expect a very different outcome for our life. Ok? Bawa. And in this way, producing an outcome that does Not allowed God to be there, that is, as "Present" within "You", instead with you trying to continuing to live as you are currently living, that is, exclusively on the "outside" of you, that is, as if you are "separate from" God within you, and in this way, not allowing God to stand directly before all of the Creation of God within "Us", not allowing God to "Pass Judgment" upon everyone and everything within you. Bawa. And then when you do eventually die to the flesh in your current state, in your current state of living as if you are "separation from" God within you, and as if you are "separate from" everything and everyone, both within you and on the "outside" of you, all of which is "Just Not True", you will have to go to the "suffering of the grave" within you, and then to Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within you, because you have not allowed God to finish His work within. Bawa. And in this way, after you die to the flesh, you will have to go to Qiyamah or Judgment within you because, before you died to the flesh, you did not join with God within you to allow God to "Pass Judgment" upon all of the Creation of God within you, and in this way, and only in this way, allowing "You" to merge back into the "Oneness" that is God within you, but this time with an understanding of "Your Oneness". Bawa. All of which you will have to face after you die to the flesh, that is, have to face the "suffering of the grave" within you, and Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within you, if you are not wise, that is, if you don't wise up before it is too late, because you have failed to join in partnereship with God within you to do all of this "Heart's Work" within you in your lifetime, that is, with your wisdom within you, and with God within our wisdom. Bawa. And then as part of the "suffering of the grave" within you, you will begin roaming the earth world within you as a demon, a jinn, a fairy, or a ghost, until Qiyamah (the Standing Forth, the Day of Judgment) in akhirah within you, and then as part of Qiyamah within you, you will take on 105 million rebirths within you ending as a worm in hell with only one level of consciousness, or feeling" within you, and in this way, with you taking on an eternal life within you as "separate from" God within you. Bawa. All of which Bawa teaches you is the true definition of hell within you, that is, "Hell is simply the realization that you have separated yourselves from God", and even more profoundly, "Hell is simply the realization that you have separated yourselves from "Yourselves", that is, from the Reality, the Truth of yourselves". Bawa. So your focus must be on "you leaving", not on "God coming", for if "you" leave then "God will be present" within you, for the benefit of all of Everything within you, which in truth is "All of Everything" within all of "Us", for this is "God's Guarantee", this is "God's Promise" for your life, and for your age, and this is in truth of "Who you are?", for in truth "You are what is within you", and what is within you is Everyone and Everything. Ok?. Bawa. And your focus must not be on "you staying", not on "you" getting better, or on "you" becoming wiser, or more enlightened, or on "you" being better able to answer the questions that people may ask, for example, about the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), as John and Ragavan suggested to Louie, My dearest loving Sons and brothers, for all of this just keeps "you here", and as long as "you are here", God cannot be here, for that is also "God's Guarantee", that is also "God's Promise" for your life, and for your age. Ok? Closing Comments - May God Help All of My Children Bawa. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon all of My Children. May God be pleased with all of My Children. May God help all of My Children. Bawa. John, please give "Our" love and salams to your dearest loving wife, and "Our" dearest loving Daughter and sister Debbie, and to all of your family. And Ragavan, please give "Our" love and salams to your dearest loving wife, and "Our" dearest loving Daughter and sister Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen, and to all of your family. Bawa. Please tell them that Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us) loves them very, very much, and that they are always in "Our" prayers. Bawa. And please join with "Us" within you, and with God within "Us" to share this sharing with them, by learning how to step back on the "outside" of you, so God can truly step forward within you, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within you. That would be very, very good for you, and for all of "Us", who in truth are the lives now living within you, if you like. Amen. Bawa. Such is the true enormity of the life, the true "Greatness" of the life of each of My Children, if you like, with your life becoming God to all of the Creation of God within you, if you like, that is, if you will only let God prove it to you, before you die to the flesh in your current state of "smallness". Amen. Bawa. My love you - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). Amen. End of "Page 1 of 1" of Spiritual Letter 104 - E-mail Version - ----------------------- |
Bawa The On-line Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library (Recommended way to Navigate around Library) Spiritual Letter 104 ------------"E-mail Version" ------ About Spiritual Letter 104 Title of Spiritual Letter: - Go To "Expanded Title" "Thank You For The Advice", and "Something To Reflect Upon" Time Period Written: November, 2006 Written by: Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), who now on the "outside" of you is His Children, if you like Written to: The Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us) Page 1 of 1 ============================================================== Main Go To: Status Go To: Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 104 ------------------------------------ Available Go To: Brief Outline - of Spiritual Letter 104 ------------------------------------ In Process Go To: E-mail Version - for Spiritual Letter 104 ------------------------------- Available (The Web Page you are currently reading) Go To: Outline & Summary Version - for Spiritual Letter 104 ------ In Process Go To: Related Material - for Spiritual Letter 104 ---------------------------- Available ============================================================== Home Page - Spiritual Letters Go To Spiritual Letter 105 Letter 104: E-mail Alert Library Home Page Go To Spiritual Letter 103 Letter 104: Other Stuff ============================================================== Brief Outline - of Spiritual Letter 104 - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - ============================================================== Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 104 Bawa. Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Bawa. Al-salam 'alaykum wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. Wa 'alaykum al-salam wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon all of My Children. May God help all of My Children. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu), My dearest Loving Children - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). Amen. Bawa. Here is Page 1 of 1 of the E-mail Version of a beautiful Spiritual Letter, "Spiritual Letter 104", to all of My Children, for your reading, and hopefully, your sharing enjoyment. For a longer "Outline & Summary Version" of "Spiritual Letter 104", please click HERE or on "Outline & Summary Version" at the "Main Go To" above. Bawa. A Spiritual Letter which "We" have called, "Thank You For The Advice", and "Something To Reflect Upon" Bawa. A Spiritual Letter from God within us all, to the Children of God for this age, which continues to "outline" for you what most of My Children are currently doing wrong, and how to correct their mistake using My Children, that is, using Those of My Children who have truly learned from "Us" how to do it right, so in the end, there will be "No Child Left Behind" within you, that is, there will be nothing still "separate from" God within you. ============================================================== Related Material - to Spiritual Letter 104 Bawa. For more on these wisdom points, and the significance of this Spiritual Letter to all of My Children, please click on the Title of the Following Material that is also provided as part of the On-line Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library (www.Bawa.homestead. com), all of which is from God within "Us" all, to the Children of God for your age, if you like: 1) Spiritual Chat 349 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualChat349.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Chat 347 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualChat347.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 103 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter103VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 102 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter102VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 101 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter101VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 100 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter100VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 99 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter099VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 98 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter098VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 97 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter097VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 96 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter096VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 95 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter095VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 94 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter094VerEM.homestead.com) 2) Spiritual Letter 93 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter093VerEM.homestead.com) 2-a) Expanded Introduction - for Spiritual Letter 93 (www.SpiritualLetter093Intro.homestead.com) 3) Spiritual Letter 92 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter092VerEM.homestead.com) 4) Spiritual Letter 91 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter091VerEM.homestead.com) 5) Spiritual Letter 90 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter090VerEM.homestead.com) 5-a) Opening Comments - for Spiritual Letter 90 (With a New Expanded Version of Opening Comments, and with an "Outline & Summary") (www.SpiritualLetter090Com01.homestead.com) 5-b) Related Material - for Spiritual Letter 90 (With a New Introduction, that is, with a New Summary of Spiritual Letter 90) (www.SpiritualLetter090RelMat.homestead.com) 5-c) More About Controlling Your Thoughts - for Spiritual Letter 90 (Plus some Background Information about the New Book "A Book of Our Love" by "The Children", (www.ABookofOurLove.homestead.com) that Bawa Instructed Asma'el Muhaiyaddeen (Rick Hacket) and Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) to start to write together) (www.SpiritualLetter090More01.homestead.com) Bawa. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon all of My Children. May God help all of My Children. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). ============================================================== E-mail Version - of Spiritual Letter 104 Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 104 Bawa. Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the Name of God, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate. Bawa. Al-salam 'alaykum wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. Wa 'alaykum al-salam wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon all of My Children. May God be pleased with all of My Children. May God help all of My Children. Amen. Bawa. My love you My dearest loving Sons and brothers, John Neill and Ragavan, and My dearest loving Daughter and sister, Debbie - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). Bawa. Thank you John from the very bottom of My heart for the wonderful ride that you gave "Us" from the Boston Retreat, and all of the wonderful care and support that both you and Ragavan gave to "Us" during the ride home, as well as all of the wonderful snacks that you bought that "We" thoroughly enjoyed. It was wonderful. Bawa. And thank you also John for the invitation to end the ride with a wonderful meal at your home prepared by your wife Debbie, which was truly an unexpected gift that "We" will always remember. And finally, thank you Debbie for the wonderful meal, it really warmed the "Cockles of My Heart", as My dearest loving Irish Mother would always say at such times. You are truly a sweetheart. Amen. . Thank You For The Advice - For in truth it was a "Gift From God" for all of "Us", if you like, for like everything in "Our" life, the Choice to see and accept everything as "Coming From God" within "Us", or not, is always our Choice, not God's Bawa. And thank you for the very good advice that you and Ragavan gave to this child at the dinner table, is was very helpful, and "We" want to apologize, again from the very bottom of My heart, for our apparent resistance to what you and Ragavan were saying, but in truth it was not resistance it was more frustration, frustration at not being able to deal with the situation that in truth "God placed this child in", as well as that "God placed you and Ragavan in", a situation that in truth "God placed all of Us in", at that time, for His purpose, not for "our purpose", and a situation that "Only God within "Us" could "Successfully resolve", for any of us, and for all of "Us". Bawa. For if there is any one lesson that this child has learned, over and over again, in the last 31 years of living at the feet of God for our age, that is, at the feet of our dearest loving 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", at the feet of His Children, at the feet of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us), it is this fundamental truth, that, "We must always join in partnership with God within "Us" to establish the "Presence of God" within "Us", before "We" attempt to "Say or Do or Write" anything, as this child has learned to do, and in this way, and only in this way, allow "God to Speak or Do or Write" in every situation that God places before "Us", not "us", that is, not "us" in the state of apparent "separation from" God within us", all of which is always "Just Not True", for in truth God is closer to "Us" than our breath, closer to "Us" than our thoughts, and closer to "Us" than our life". Bawa. So when "We" got home, after you very graciously dropped off your brother Louie, and "We" gave salams, and when "We" tried to recover from "Our frustration" by saying to you and Ragavan, as best "We" could from the heart, that "We" were sorry for anything that "We" said, or failed to say, and asked you to forgive us, "We" went into the house and started to pray, and pray, and pray, and pray. Bawa. And in this way, and only in this way, handing "Our" frustration, and everything else, to God within "Us" all, that is, handing to God the frustration of this child with the situation, as well as handing to God the life of My dearest loving brothers John and Ragavan, and your advice to this child, and handing to God the life of our dearest loving sister Debbie, and her beautiful example of selfless devotion and duty, and handing to God the life of all of our dearest loving brothers and sisters at the Boston Retreat, including the life of Steve the caretaker, and of Patty the cook, as well as the life of the other cooks, and their examples of love and support for this child, and for each other, and for all of "Us", and finally handing to God the life of all of our dearest loving brothers and sisters of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, which in truth is everyone living in this world in this age, if you like. Bawa. All of whom are in truth the true "Gift of God" for "Our" life, if you like, handing all of this to God within "Us" all , thanking God, and praising God, and asking God to "Help Us All", to "Help Us All" fall back into "His Oneness", which in truth is "Our Oneness", or at least truly start to fall back, so "God Can Do Everything Else" to make our life truly successful in our lifetime, and doing all of this, before "We" die to the flesh, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave "Us" again. Amen. Bawa. And ever so gradually, after two days of praying and reflection, and after writing a "Thank You Note" to all of "Our" dearest loving brothers and sisters, for the wonderful love and support they showed to all of "Us", as part of "Our" going to, attending, and returning from the Boston Retreat, the following clarity came into the heart of this child, about the advice that you and Ragavan gave to this child, which in truth, is about the "Gift of God" that God placed before all of "Us", at this time, both at your dinner table, and within the heart of each of His Children for this age, if you like, for in truth "We are All One", a clarity which it is now in the heart of this child to share with you, and with Ragavan, and Debbie, if you like, a clarity which follows in the next section of this E-mail. [Note: To read the "Thank You Note" sent to My Children, please see "Spiritual Letter 103", "Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, My Dearest Loving Children, For Taking Such Good Care of My Son, And Your Brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen", please click above or HERE (www.SpiritualLetter103VerEM. homestead.com). Thank you. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen] Something To Reflect Upon - if you like, that in truth "There is Nothing Other Than God", and everything other than God, is just "our drama", a drama of "I and you", of "mine and yours", that only keeps us living on the "outside" of us, that only keeps us living as if we are "separate from" God within us, but in truth all of which is "Just Not True", a drama that "We" can only win if "We" don't play Bawa. One day Crisi Beutler asked Louie Beutler the following Question, "What are you doing?" A question that was attempting to address the "Big Picture of Louie", like "Louie, what are trying to accomplish in your life", not the multitude of "Little pictures of Louie", like "Louie, when are you going to finish fixing up the bedroom?". Ok? Bawa. And after briefly reflecting on the "Big Question", from his dearest loving wife and sister Crisi, and after handing what had been asked of him to Bawa within "Us", and to God within Him, and than "Being Done with it", Louie said to God within "Us" all, as Louie has been trained by Bawa within him to say, in all matters, "Thank You O God, No Thank You O God, What's Next?" Bawa. And the following clarity immediately came into the heart of Louie, which Louie immediately handed to Bawa within him, and to God within Bawa, and again was "Done with it", saying again to God within "Us" all, "Thank You O God, No Thank You O God, What's Next?" Bawa. And in this way, in this situation, and in all situations to follow, including the recent dinner at "John's house", and now this Spiritual Letter, with Louie stepping back, so Bawa within him, and God within Bawa, could step forward. Bawa. And in this way, and only in this way, establishing the "Presence of God" within Louie, and the "Presence of God" within Crisi, and in a very, very subtle way, establishing the "Presence of God" within all of "Us", and all of Everything, for in truth each of "Us" is "All of it", that is, establishing the "Presence of God" before anything is "Said or Done or Written", as this child has learned to do. Bawa. And then the following was shared with both Crisi and Louie from within the "Presence of God" within them both, if you like, for the Choice to accept this as possible, as how one can truly live, that is, within the "Presence of God" within you, and as how one can so easily establish this "Presence of God" within "Us", or not, that is, by saying the word "Bawa" before "We" Say or Do or Write anything, is your Choice, not "Our" Choice within you, and not God's Choice within "Us". Ok? Bawa. And the following was shared with Crisi and Louie from within the "Presence of God" within them both, and is now being shared again with all of My Children, if you like, within the "Presence of God" within all of My Children, again if you like, And Louie said to Crisi (and now "We" say to all of My Children): Bawa. Bawa teaches us that, "If you are there then God is not there, and if God is there then you are not there". Bawa. And this is the "Guarantee of God" for your life, the "Promise of God" for your age, that is, "If you are not there, then God will be there". Bawa. So what Louie is doing is learning "How not to be there". For if Louie is not there then the "Guarantee of God" promises "Us" that "God will be there", allowing everything within Louie to then benefit from the "Presence of God" within Louie. Bawa. And since everything and everyone in truth is within Louie, as in truth everything and everyone in truth is within each of "Us", since in truth "We are All One", then Louie "Not being there", or any of "Us" learning how to "Not be there", allows everything and everyone to stand directly in the "Presence of God" within "Us", allowing God to "Pass Judgment" upon everyone and everything within "Us", before "we" die to the flesh in our current state. Bawa. But if instead of learning how to live like this, that is, as "One with" God within "Us", that is, in the "Presence of God" within "Us", if "we" continue to live in our current state, as if we are "separate from" on the "outside" of us, and eventually die to the flesh in our current state of "separation and differences", in this way, trying to live exclusively on the "outside" of us, rather than learning how to join with "Our" wisdom to live as "One with" within "Us", then "we" can expect a very different outcome for our life. Ok? Bawa. And in this way, producing an outcome that does Not allowed God to be there, that is, as "Present" within "You", instead with you trying to continuing to live as you are currently living, that is, exclusively on the "outside" of you, that is, as if you are "separate from" God within you, and in this way, not allowing God to stand directly before all of the Creation of God within "Us", not allowing God to "Pass Judgment" upon everyone and everything within you. Bawa. And then when you do eventually die to the flesh in your current state, in your current state of living as if you are "separation from" God within you, and as if you are "separate from" everything and everyone, both within you and on the "outside" of you, all of which is "Just Not True", you will have to go to the "suffering of the grave" within you, and then to Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within you, because you have not allowed God to finish His work within. Bawa. And in this way, after you die to the flesh, you will have to go to Qiyamah or Judgment within you because, before you died to the flesh, you did not join with God within you to allow God to "Pass Judgment" upon all of the Creation of God within you, and in this way, and only in this way, allowing "You" to merge back into the "Oneness" that is God within you, but this time with an understanding of "Your Oneness". Bawa. All of which you will have to face after you die to the flesh, that is, have to face the "suffering of the grave" within you, and Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within you, if you are not wise, that is, if you don't wise up before it is too late, because you have failed to join in partnereship with God within you to do all of this "Heart's Work" within you in your lifetime, that is, with your wisdom within you, and with God within our wisdom. Bawa. And then as part of the "suffering of the grave" within you, you will begin roaming the earth world within you as a demon, a jinn, a fairy, or a ghost, until Qiyamah (the Standing Forth, the Day of Judgment) in akhirah within you, and then as part of Qiyamah within you, you will take on 105 million rebirths within you ending as a worm in hell with only one level of consciousness, or feeling" within you, and in this way, with you taking on an eternal life within you as "separate from" God within you. Bawa. All of which Bawa teaches you is the true definition of hell within you, that is, "Hell is simply the realization that you have separated yourselves from God", and even more profoundly, "Hell is simply the realization that you have separated yourselves from "Yourselves", that is, from the Reality, the Truth of yourselves". Bawa. So your focus must be on "you leaving", not on "God coming", for if "you" leave then "God will be present" within you, for the benefit of all of Everything within you, which in truth is "All of Everything" within all of "Us", for this is "God's Guarantee", this is "God's Promise" for your life, and for your age, and this is in truth of "Who you are?", for in truth "You are what is within you", and what is within you is Everyone and Everything. Ok?. Bawa. And your focus must not be on "you staying", not on "you" getting better, or on "you" becoming wiser, or more enlightened, or on "you" being better able to answer the questions that people may ask, for example, about the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), as John and Ragavan suggested to Louie, My dearest loving Sons and brothers, for all of this just keeps "you here", and as long as "you are here", God cannot be here, for that is also "God's Guarantee", that is also "God's Promise" for your life, and for your age. Ok? Closing Comments - May God Help All of My Children Bawa. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon all of My Children. May God be pleased with all of My Children. May God help all of My Children. Bawa. John, please give "Our" love and salams to your dearest loving wife, and "Our" dearest loving Daughter and sister Debbie, and to all of your family. And Ragavan, please give "Our" love and salams to your dearest loving wife, and "Our" dearest loving Daughter and sister Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen, and to all of your family. Bawa. Please tell them that Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us) loves them very, very much, and that they are always in "Our" prayers. Bawa. And please join with "Us" within you, and with God within "Us" to share this sharing with them, by learning how to step back on the "outside" of you, so God can truly step forward within you, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within you. That would be very, very good for you, and for all of "Us", who in truth are the lives now living within you, if you like. Amen. Bawa. Such is the true enormity of the life, the true "Greatness" of the life of each of My Children, if you like, with your life becoming God to all of the Creation of God within you, if you like, that is, if you will only let God prove it to you, before you die to the flesh in your current state of "smallness". Amen. Bawa. My love you - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). Amen. End of "Page 1 of 1" of Spiritual Letter 104 - E-mail Version - ----------------------- |
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