Spiritual Letter 60 - Outline & Summary Version About Spiritual Letter 60 Title: "Understanding the Sin of Righteousness - which is trying to love and trust in both, in both God within us and in the world on the "outside" of us" Date Written: October to December, 2004 Date Sent: December, 2004 Written by: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Written to: Paul & Joan Sturgis, and Pierce & Dolores Pelouze, HMHS Class of 1956 Go To: Outline & Summary Version - of Spiritual Letter 60 "Brief Outline" - with a short summary of each Topic - for Page 2 only "Expanded Outline" - with a longer summary of each Topic - for Page 2 only "Text of Spiritual Letter" - for Page 2 only Go To: Summary of Spiritual Letter - with an even longer summary of some Topics Page 2 of 5 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). Outline & Summary Version - of Spiritual Letter 60 "Brief Outline" - with a short summary of each Topic - for Page 02 only Page 2 of 5 - which is the page you are now reading 8-2. Why Does An Apple Seed Germinate? - through awareness and acceptance 8-3. Which of The Four Religions Is Correct? - they are all correct 8-4. Bawa Teaches Us - "Man Is God In The Forgetting Of Himself", and "If you are there God is not there, and if God is there you are not there" 8-5. Bawa Teaches Us - "The understanding of today becomes the enemy of tomorrow" "Expanded Outline" - with a longer summary of each Topic - for Page 2 only Page 2 of 5 - which is the page you are now reading 8-2. Why Does An Apple Seed Germinate? - through self awareness, that is, that it is the seed of something else, that it is an apple seed, and through acceptance of the "truth of itself", that it is buried within the earth, and the earth is just waiting for it to germinate, and the "truth of what is hidden within it", that the earth contains everything necessary for the apple tree hidden within it to grow 8-3. Which of The Four Religions Is Correct? - they are all correct, however they are always seen as "separate and different" on the "outside" of us, because we are looking at them through our mind and desire, through our "separations and differences", which is the way that we currently see the "outside" of us. However, when we start to look at them through our wisdom, through the "Gift of God" for our age, which for this child is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), we will start to see that they are all One within us, which is the way that we must start to look at everything within us, start to look at everything within us which is really everything that we now see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us 8-4. Bawa Teaches Us - "Man is God in the forgetting of himself", and "If you are there God is not there, and if God is there you are not there", so all that is standing between us and Jesus (peace be upon Him), between us and Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon Him), between us and Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), and in our age, between us and our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and His Children (may God be pleased with us), is our ego, is our desire to live on the "outside" of us as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us 8-5. Bawa Teaches us - "The understanding of today becomes the enemy of tomorrow", so we must learn how to successfully empty the cup of all of our current religious understanding and practices, and then invite God to fill us up again, but this time with the next level of religious understanding and practices that will allow us to move forward on the path of God, on the path of becoming "One with" God within us, before we die to the "outside" of us "Text of Spiritual Letter" - for Page 2 only 8-2. Why Does An Apple Seed Germinate? - through self awareness, that is, that it is the seed of something else, that it is an apple seed, and through acceptance of the "truth of itself", that it is buried within the earth, and the earth is just waiting for it to germinate, and the "truth of what is hidden within it", that the earth contains everything necessary for the apple tree hidden within it to grow In this way, our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) teach us that an apple seed germinates because it allows the "truth to surrender to the truth" within it, it allows the "truth of itself" to surrender to the "truth of what is hidden" within it, by willingly and freely letting its "falsehood" end, letting its life on the "outside" of itself, a life of ignorance buried within the earth as "separate from" the earth, and as "separate from" what is hidden within it, come to an end, because it realizes, understand, accepts, and joins with the truth that naturally emerges from within it, when it is ready to hear it and ready to either accept or reject it, the truth of "Oneness". The truth that it is an apple seed, that it is buried within the earth, and that the earth contains everything necessary for the apple tree hidden within it to grow, and as such, the truth that itself, as an apple seed, and the earth that it has been hidden within, and what is hidden within it, the apple tree, and the apples hidden within the apple tree hidden within it, are all One, simply different reflections of the same thing, of the One thing, the truth that it is the story of the apple tree hidden within it, and the truth that it is story of the apple fruits hidden within the apple tree within it, and the truth that it is also the story of the apple seeds again hidden within each the apple fruits hidden within the apple tree hidden within the apple seed buried within the earth, the truth that all of these stories are really just One story, a story that it came to the earth, to join with the earth, to tell. But a story that it can only tell if it germinates, that is, if it realizes, understands, accepts, and joins within the truth that naturally emerges from within it, and having accepted this truth then joins with the earth to tell these stories, allowing the earth to join with the apple seed to also tell these stories, and in the process the apple seed must willingly and freely lets its current life of "separation and differences", its false life buried within the earth come to an end, the apple seed must willingly and freely lets its life as "separate from" the earth, and as "separate from" the apple tree hidden within it come to an end on the "outside' of it. And as such, so must we. [Note: to read the details of this Answer to this Question which our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) both asked of His Children (Ral.), and then answered for His Children (Ral.), please click on the following: Bawa Question & Answer 01: "Why Does An Apple Seed Germinate?" (www.BawaQuestionAndAnswer001.homestead.com). Also, to go to the Home Page for this Bawa Question & Answer Series, please click on the following: Home Page - Bawa Questions & Answers (www.BawaQuestionAndAnswer.homestead.com)] 8-3. Which of The Four Religions Is Correct? - they are all correct, however they are always seen as "separate and different" on the "outside" of us, because we are looking at them through our mind and desire, through our "separations and differences", which is the way that we currently see the "outside" of us. However, when we start to look at them through our wisdom, through the "Gift of God" for our age, which for this child is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), we will start to see that they are all One within us, which is the way that we must start to look at everything within us, start to look at everything within us which is really everything that we now see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us In this way, when we start to look at the four religions through our wisdom, we will begin to realize that they are the four parts of our own body, the four steps on the journey back into God, into the "Oneness" that is God and True Man within us, with Hinduism reflecting Creation within us, as the part of our body below our waist, with Zoroasterism or Fire Worship as our stomach, with Christianity as our chest, and with Islam and Judaism as our head or light. And it is learning how to use our wisdom to transcend each part of our body, in this way making the journey from the womb, from the part below our waist, which is Creation, where we spent 9 months, 9 days, 9 hours, and 9 minutes, into our stomach which is destruction, which is our current state, spending all of our time and energy on the "outside" of us working to fill the "one-span" stomach within us. Which is the state that most people are in when they die to the "outside" of us, when the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him) comes to harvest us, harvest from us all of the seeds of destruction that we have grown within us during our time in the world on the "outside" of us. This is our first birth within us, where we are born into the world of darkness within us, where we live by devouring the lives of everything else, so we can live, so we can continue to live a life of "separation and differences", a life of sin, a life of "arrogance, karma, and illusion", a life of "desire for earth, women and gold', a life of "body, trick, or danger", on the "outside" of us, all the while nourishing the "evil actions of kalam or time" within us that leads us to Kalan or the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him) within us, to the suffering of the grave within us, to Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within us, to 105 million re-births within us, ending as a worm in hell with only one level of consciousness within us, or feeling, and in this way, leading us to an eternal life within us of "separation from" God within us. Amen. And such is the end of most of us, when we die to the "outside" of us, but before we die to the "outside" of us we can turn all of this around, if we like, if our true intention is to become "One with" God within us before we die to the "outside" of us, for then we will start to use God within us to get to God within us, we will strive to correct the only thing truly broken within us, which is our direct connection to God within us, which is our wisdom, and we will do this by using the "Gift of God" for our age to awaken the wisdom surrounding our soul. So the wisdom surrounding our soul can do battle with the enemy of our soul, which is each of us living on the "outside" of us, which is each of us living a life of "separation and differences' with our dear brothers and sisters in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, all the while keeping our soul crucified on the cross of our elemental body so we can sin, so we can continue to live as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us on the "outside" of us, which in truth is our life of sin, the "one true sin" of our life, the "one true sin" of the world, which is "separation from" God. For as John the Baptist (peace be upon Him) told us in "Chapter 1", verse 29, of the "Gospel of John", when he saw Jesus (peace be upon Him) a second time, "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." In this way, our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) teach us that this is what must leave us, our life of "separation and differences" in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, before we die to the "outside" of us, this is what it means to "die before death". In this way, we must realize without the slightest doubt that this life that we are currently living on the "outside" of us is the "enemy of our soul" within us, is the "enemy of our soul" which will lead us to the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him) within us, if we don't do battle with it and overcome it before we die to the "outside" of us, and This is your work, before you die to the "outside" of you, to become this Iman, to become this witness of the Light of God within you, this is the duty ordained by God for each of you in this age, this is the "Heart's Work" that must be done within you, before you die to the "outside" of you, not "working for wages to get into heaven", not to get a place in some illusory heaven on the "outside" of you, after you die to the "outside" of us.that to do this we must start to use God within us, and stop trying to use what "God has discarded" within us, which is everything that we now see on the "outside" of us, which is really within us. And in this way, we must turn to the "Power of God" within us to do this "Heart's Work" within us that only God within us, and the "Stuff of God" within us, can do, like the grace, wisdom, and 'ilm or divine knowledge of God within us, and we must first start to use the "Gift of God" for our age to do this, in order to awaken the wisdom surrounding our soul within us. And in this way, having awakened the wisdom surrounding our soul using the "Gift of God" for our age, using the life and teaching of God for our age, we must join with our wisdom within us, and with the truth of God within our wisdom, to overcome this life of darkness within us, the life of darkness within us that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, and we must do it all before we die to the "outside" of us. And we must do it by realizing without the slightest doubt that this is the "Straight Path" that John the Baptist (peace be upon Him) referred to in "Chapter 1", Verse 23, of the "Gospel of John", this is the answer that John the Baptist (peace be upon Him) gave to the priests and Levites from Jerusalem who asked him, "Who art thou?, this is what he meant when he told them, "He said, I am the voice of the One crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord." This is what we must become, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, we must become "One with" John the Baptist (peace be upon Him) within us, because only through John the Baptist (peace be upon Him) within us can we believe in Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, only through our faith, through our absolute, faith, certitude, and determination in God within us, that "God alone exists" within us, and that "God is One" within us, can we believe in the Light of God within us, can we truly believe in Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us. Amen. For as God tells us, in "Chapter 1", verses 6 to 9, in the "Gospel of John", --------- beginning of Quotation from the "Gospel f John" (John: 1- 6 to 9) -------- "There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not the Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lightened every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the Sons of God, even to them that believe in His name. Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwell among us, full of grace and truth." --------- end of Quotation from the "Gospel f John" (John: 1- 6 to 9) -------- And in this way, to truly believe in and hear the words of Jesus (peace be upon Him) either in the age of Jesus (peace be upon Him) or now again in our age, as the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), we must become "One with" John the Baptist (peace be upon Him) within us, and in this way, we must become the "Voice of the One crying in our wilderness, Make Straight the way of the Lord" within us. And in this way, and in this way only, we must become the Flower of the Holy Trinity of God within us, as "One with" John the Baptist (peace be upon Him) within us, if we are to follow Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, who is the Fragrance of that Flower, within us next becoming "One with" Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and in this way, becoming "One with" the Fragrance of God within us. This is what we must do, before we die to the "outside" of us, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, in order to remove the "Sin of Righteousness" that has overtaken all of us living in this age, that has deceived us into thinking that we are good as long as we talk about being good, that we believe in God as long as we talk about God, that we are a follower of Jesus (peace be upon Him), or of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), or of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), or of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), if we just talk about Their life and teaching. But it is not so, and we must awaken to this "flaw in our logic" before it is too late. May we all try to do this "Heart's Work" before it is too late, by joining in partnership with God within us, and by stopping all of our "working for wages in order to get into some illusory heaven" on the "outside" of us, if not we will be very disappointed. So instead of all this mind and desire work on the "outside" of us, lets all join as "One with" our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased within Him) within us, and with God within Him, and with His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, before we die to the "outside" of us, and before we become too old to do anything about it, even if we do finally realize this flaw. Amen. And in this way, lets all come together as the "Children of God" for our age, and start to do what Jesus (peace be upon Him) told us 2000 years ago, and what our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), told us in our age, and what now His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are telling us right now, "If two of you come together in My Name, I will be there." 8-4. Bawa Teaches Us - "Man is God in the forgetting of himself", and "If you are there God is not there, and if God is there you are not there", so all that is standing between us and Jesus (peace be upon Him), between us and Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon Him), between us and Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), and in our age, between us and our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and His Children (may God be pleased with us), is our ego, is our desire to live on the "outside" of us, and sin, that is, to continue to live as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us If we reflect a little on the answer to these two questions, as given to us by of His Holiness, that is to the two questions listed in the previous two sections, and repeated below, as well as on the quote from His Holiness presented as the title to this section, that is, "Man Is God In The Forgetting Of Himself", we are ready for a little analogy. 1) Question 1 - "Why Does An Apple Seed Germinate?" 2) Question 2 - "Which of The Four Religions is Correct?" A Little Analogy - that may help If we reflect a little on this material we will realize that the apple tree with all of its branches, and its leaves, and its tap root, and its trunk, and all of its flowers and fruits, and the sweet taste in the mature fruit, and the honey in the apple flower, that all of these things are all hidden within the apple seed buried within the earth, and is in truth "who the apple seed already is", which will all be naturally revealed if the apple seed buried within the earth will but germinate, if the apple seed but joins as "One with" the earth to tell these stories, that it came to the earth, to join with the earth, to tell, to tell these stories, to tell the story of the apple tree within the story of the apple, and the story of the apple within the story of the apple tree. As God within us, and all of the "Stuff of God" within us, like His grace, wisdom, and 'ilm or divine knowledge within us, and all of His 124,000 Prophets and Heavenly Beings and Lights of God within us, and all of the wealth of the three worlds of God within us, of awwul, of the dunya, and of akhirah within us, which are the world of souls, this earth world, and the hereafter, the next world within us, are all hidden within each of us, and is in truth "who we already are", which will all be naturally revealed within us if we buried within Adam (peace be upon) within us, which is "God's earth" within us, which is the Creation of God within us, will but germinate, if we will but join as "One with" the "earth of God" within us, with the Creation of God within us, to tell these stories, that we came to the earth, to join with the earth, to tell, to tell these stories, to tell the story of True Man within the story of God within us, and the story of the God within the story of the True Man within us. Amen. For all of what God is within us, and all of what the "Stuff of God" is within us, is "who we already are" if we will only "let it happen" within us, and if we will only let "us" as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, come to an end on the "outside" of us, if we will only let what we are currently seeing on the "outside" of us come to an end on both the inside and on the "outside" of us, because in truth our "outside" is all within us. If we will only let what we have currently grown within us in our ignorance, that we now see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, if we will only let "us" and all of "this stuff" of ours, which now defines us on the "outside" of us, come to an end both on the "outside" of us and within us, that is, if we will only let what is falsely defining for us "who we are", and "where we are", and "what is happening" in our life on the "outside" of us, come to an end both within us and on the "outside" of us, if we will only let all of this dream of a life of "separation and differences", of "arrogance, karma, and illusion", of "desire for earth, women, and gold", come to an end both within us and on the "outside" of us, and instead let God replace it with Himself and "His Stuff" within us, before we die to the "outside" of us. Such is the one true choice in our life, which we must all make before we die to the "outside" of us, and this choice is ours, not God's, because God has already made His choice, and He choose "One with" us, and that is why we are now living on the "outside" of us, so we can now also make our choice, which will determine our state for eternity, that is, to live for eternity either as "One with" God or as "separate from" God. May we all choose "Oneness with" God within us before we die to the "outside" of us. Amen. (Note: for more on this wisdom point please click on the following: Chapter 3, "The World Within And Without", for an On-line copy of a beautiful discourse by our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) starting on page 51 in the book of wisdom, "The Wisdom of Man". Thank you) In this way, the choice is ours to make, not God's to make, that is, the choice to have either an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or an eternal life as "separate from" God within us. And most certainly the choice is ours to make, not God's to make, because God has already made His choice within us, and He chose "Oneness with" us, and that is why we are alive and living in the world that we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, in the state of ignorance, that is, of ignorance of "who we truly are", of "where we truly are", and of "what is truly happening" in our life. So having awakened to the "truth of us", and the "truth of God" within us, through the "Gift of God" for our age, through the life and teaching of God for our age, which for this child is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), we can now decide between the truth and the falsehood of our life, something we could not have done before, until God sent the "Gift of God" for our age. So now we are ready to choose, now we have everything we need to choose, and now all of us must choose, before we die to the "outside" of us, we must choose between an eternal life as "one with" God and an eternal life as "separate from" God, and "no choice" is a choice, is a choice to continue with "business as usual", and in the end that is what we will get, "business as usual", we will get the house we have built, we will get the crop that we have grown, but this time for eternity, all within the justice of God. For as Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) teaches us, "The justice of God is that whatever we intent is what we will receive." In this way, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters, Joan and Dolores, instead of doing what Jesus (peace be upon Him) told His Disciples to do over 2000 years ago, and become "One with" Him before He left the world, most of His disciples failed to do this with perhaps only the Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him) correctly doing this before Jesus (peace be upon Him) left the world on the "outside" of us. And also, instead of doing what our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) told us to do in our age, and become "One with" Him before He left the world on the "outside" of us, most of us have probably failed to do this, with perhaps only a few exceptions which only time will reveal to us, that is, will reveal to those of us who have the eyes to truly see this transformation of state truly happening in our dearest loving brothers and sisters, like in the four of you, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, even though you may think that you have not even met either His Holiness or His Children, while in truth They are the life within your life, within all life in our age, which is the "Gift of God" for our age within us, which is already there in all of us as our birthright, and that we only need to realize, understand, accept, and join with, for it to become our judgment and salvation for our age. Such is the grace of our life, and of God within our life for this age, an age like none before it, when God reveals the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen. And now that His Holiness has left the world on the "outside" of us, instead of doing what the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us) are now telling us to do, and become "One with" Them before They too leave the world on the "outside" of us, most of us have failed to do this too, which may be truly our last chance to get it right before we too leave the world, before we die to the "outside" of us. And instead of doing this, instead of getting it right before we die to the "outside" of us, instead of taking advantage of this last chance from God, to treat the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) as we should have treated our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), as the "Gift of God" for our age, both within us and on the "outside" of us, as the life and teaching of God for our age, learning to join in partnership with God within Him, by first joining in partnership with Bawa within us, in this way, learning to be "accepted by God" within Him, by first becoming "accepted by Bawa" within us. Instead of this, instead of becoming "One with" God within us, before we die to the "outside" of us, most of us in this age continue to ignore all attempts by God within us to take way the "Sin of the World" from within us, by sending into the world Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, and then Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) over 1400 years ago, and then Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) over 1000 years ago, and then in our age sending our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and now finally, sending the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), which is each of us living in this age, if that be our true intention, if our true intentions is to become "One with" God within us before we die to the "outside" of us. Most of us continue to live a life of "separation and differences" in the world on the "outside" of us and sin, and in this way, we continue to live as "one with" the world on the "outside" of us, which is really within us, and sin, we continue to live a life of "separation from" God, of "separation from" each other, and of "separation from" the Creation of God within us, and sin. For as John the Baptist (peace be upon Him) teaches us in the "Gospel of John", in "Chapter 2", verse, 29, upon seeing Jesus (peace be upon Him) for the second time, "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world". And in this way, as part of our trying to have it both ways, of having both God and the world on the "outside" of us, we stay stuck in the "Sin of Righteousness", as we continue to live in this world on the "outside" of us, and sin, all the while professing our faith and trust in God, by talking about God and His qualities and actions, and about His Prophets, His Heavenly Beings, and His Lights, about His Messengers for each age. And in this way, we have become a hypocrite, like our parents before us, saying one thing on the "outside" but believing in another on the inside, saying we love and trust in God on the "outside" but all the while loving and trusting in the world on the inside of us, that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us. Such is our current state of Righteousness, our "Sin of Righteousness", my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and our dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, which in truth is only leading us to hell, which in truth is only leading us to an eternal life of "separation from" God within us, the "Sin of Righteousness" within us that is only leading us to the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him) within us, to the "suffering of the grave" within us, to Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within us, and to an eternal life of "separation from" God within us, resulting in 105 million rebirths within us, with us ending as a worm in hell with only 1 level of consciousness within us, or feeling. And in order to cover our bet, to cover our bet that "continuing to live a life of sin" in the world "outside" of us is somehow OK with God, to cover our bet that continuing to live a life of "separation and differences" with our dear brothers and sisters, in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, is somehow OK with God, to cover our bet that continuing to live a life as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, is somehow OK with God, we have learned from our mother and father, from our teachers, from our family and friends, to become "Righteous" on the "outside" of us, we have learned to become a hypocrite, saying one thing but doing another, in order to continue living in the world on the "outside" of us and sin. In addition, in order to reserve a place for us in some illusory heaven on the "outside" of us, after we die to this world on the "outside" of us, we continue to "work for wages to get into some illusory heaven" on the "outside" of us, we continue to perform a wide range of religious practices, day in and day out, at times with great devotion, religious practices that we have learned from our mother and father, and from our race and religions, to somehow make ourselves acceptable to God. In this way, we have become one of the "Righteous", performing these religious practices and talking about Jesus (peace be upon Him), or performing these religious practices and talking about Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), or performing these religious practices and talking about Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased about Him), and now performing these religious practices and talking about the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and now even talking about some of His Children (may God be pleased with Him), always doing it on the "outside" of us, and in this way, always maintaining a safe distance from God and from Them within us, from God and from the 124,000 Prophets, Heavenly Being, and Lights of God within us, so we can continue to live in the world on the "outside" of us, and sin. Until we die to the "outside" of us in this state, in this state of "separation and differences", and then we will get as our reward an eternal life of "separation from" God, an eternal life of "separation from" the truth of us, and the truth of God within us, with is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. My dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, may we all now, finally, after 200 million years of God trying to awaken us to the "truth of us", and to the "truth of God' within us, may we all now finally get it. May we all finally get it, that in truth we are the "seed of something else", and to the truth that that 'something else" that we are the seed of is also the "seed of something else", and that the "Oneness" of these Three within us, of us, God, and True Man within us, is the "Oneness" of the Holy Trinity of God within us, of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit within us, that Jesus (peace be upon Him) told us about 2000 years ago, some of which is described within the Christian tradition, and is also the "Oneness" of the Triple Flame of God within us, of "Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen" within us, that both Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) and Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) told us about over 1400 and again over 1000 years ago, some of which is described in the Islamic tradition. And is also the "Oneness" of God and True Man that in our age our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), are now telling us about again in our age, and as such They are all the same within us, that is, Jesus (peace be upon Him), and Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), and now our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are all the same, They are all One within us, simply different reflections of the same thing, of the One Thing, of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, if we will only accept the true birthright, the true heritage of our own life in this age. Amen. My dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, this is the true nature of us, and of God within us, and of True Man within God within us, and of what God and True Man within us are doing within us, which is revealing the Other, for the benefit of the Creation of the Other, and as such "We are One", one within the other as One, one revealing the other within it, as it is absorbed into the one being revealed, only to appear again in the next cycle, the next cycle of God-Man/Man-God within us. This is what God is doing within us, this is what True Man is doing within us, trying to awaken us to this truth of us, before it is too late, before we die to the "outside" of us, this is success in our life, in all life, not anything that we may think that we or anyone else are doing on the "outside" of us, this is true success in our life, nothing more and nothing less, finally awaking us to the "truth of God" within us, that in truth we are "God happening" within us, and in truth God is "True Man happening" within "God happening" within us, and as such We are One, "Us", God, and True Man, are One, simply different reflections of the "Same Thing", of the "One Thing", which is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen. As in truth an apple seed is the "apple tree happening" within it, and in truth the "apple tree" is the "apple fruit happening" within it, and in truth the "apple fruit" is the "apple seed happening" within it, or even more accurately, the apple seed is the "apple fruit happening" within the "apple tree happening" within the the apple seed buried within the earth, with the apple seed having came to the earth from the apple fruit, to join with the earth, to tell this story, to tell the story of the apple tree within the story of the apple, and the story of the apple within the story of the apple tree, and the story of again the apple seed. And so it is with each of us. Amen. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores. May we all reflect a little upon these beautiful words of wisdom from our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and from His Dear Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), and may we all view and start to treat them as the "Gift of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age, that have come directly from God into our age, coming both within us and on the "outside" of us, to awaken the wisdom surrounding our soul, as the "Mother's Milk" for our wisdom, so we can join with our wisdom to become victorious over the "enemy of our soul", which is each of us trying to live on the "outside" of us so we can sin, so we can continue to live "separate from" God, and "separate from" each other, and "separate from" the Creation of God within us, which in truth is the "One Sin" that we all must overcome before we die to the "outside" of us. For in truth these words of God for our age are very, very important words, as important as those that came before to the Children of God over 2000 years ago as the life and teaching of Jesus (peace be upon Him), and now in our age they have come again, but this time with no veils, so everyone would hear them, and everyone would understand them, and all that is left is do we want them, do we want a life of "Oneness with" God for eternity, or a life of "separation from" God for eternity, the choice is now ours. And on the "outside" of us these words of God for the Children of God for our age have come as the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), as both our judgment and our salvation for this age, for if we fail to accept them after hearing them, we are judged as members of the "World of Sin" within us, or members of the first 70 of the 73 groups within all human lives, who only trust and love in the world on the "outside" of us, and truly have no love or trust in God within us. And if we accept these words of God for the Children of God for our age but fail to become "One with" them, and fail to become "One with" the One who gave them to us, fail to become "One with" the One whom God personally and lovingly sent into the world in our age, in order to give His words to us, on the "outside" of us, then we are judged as members of the "World of Righteousness" within us, or members of the 71st and 72nd of the 73 groups within all human lives, we are judged as those who want both, both God and the world on the "outside" of us, as those who trust and love in God, but also trust and love in the world on the "outside" of us, and thus have become the hypocrites for our age, saying one thing but doing another. And if we both accept the words of God for the Children of God for our age, and become "One with" them, and become "One with" the One who gave them to us on the "outside" of us, doing all of this before we die to the "outside" of us, then we are judged as members of the "World of Truth" within us, or members of the 73rd group of the 73 groups within all human lives, as those who trust and love only in God within us, as those how have no trust or love for the world on the "outside" of us, as those who have become victorious in their life in the world, as those whose wisdom has reasoned over their fate, as those in whom the qualities of their higher selves have become victorious over the qualities of their lower selves. Amen. (Note: for more on the 73 groups within all human lives, please click on the following: Topic 9-1: The 73 Groups Within All Human Lives, which is a topic later in this letter, as part of Page 3 of this 3-Page Version of Spiritual Letter 60, or just continue reading until you come to it. Thank you.) Such is the importance of these words, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, because how we treat them is how we will be treated for eternity. For as Jesus (peace be upon Him) teaches us in "Chapter 5", verse 24, in the "Gospel of John", about the words of God in that age, so too our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) teach us the same about these words of God for our age, "Verily, verily, I say unto you. He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). 8-5. Bawa Teaches Us - "The understanding of today becomes the enemy of tomorrow", which means we must learn to empty the cup of all of our current religious understanding and practices, and invite God to fill us up again, but this time with the next level of understanding and practices that will allow us to move forward on the path of God, on the path of becoming "One with" God within us, before we die to the "outside" of us And one of the major ways that we keep a safe distance from God within us, and from the "Stuff of God" within us, so we can continue to live on the "outside" of us and sin, is to rely on our current understanding of God, and our current religious practices, as a substitute for directly relying on God within us, and on "His Stuff" within us. But our current religious understanding and our current religious practices are not a valid substitute for our love and trust in God within us, instead they are a deadly trap, just like the "hypocrisy of the parents" as a way to protect ourselves in the world, is also a deadly trap that ends up destroying the children in each age. For as Bawa teaches us, relying on our religious understanding and our religious practices rather than directly on God within us, and on the "Stuff of God" within us, leaves us unable to make the necessary adjustments on the path of God when God personally and lovingly sends us new instruction, new levels of understanding, that were not previously available. For to receive the new we must be able to put down the old. That is, to let God fill our cup again we must let God first empty our cup, or there will be no room for the new, and if we don't let Him completely empty the old then the new will be mixed with the old, producing something new but not of the same value as the pure new. For Bawa teaches us that, "The understanding of today becomes the enemy of tomorrow." In this way, as we progress on the path of God certain understanding will come to us, like what is shared within us by our parents as we grow up, by our family and friends, and by the established religious leaders and organizations in each community, like the Catholic Church and the clergy, and the Jewish and Islamic leaders and organizations through the world in each age. And all of this is fine, as a start, but just like a baby must put down taking his nourishment directly from the breast of his mother, even though it makes him feel happy and secure, and at the appropriate time start to eat solid food, if he is to progress in his life and reach his full potential, so too each person on the path of God must at some point start to take his nourishment on the path of God directly from God within us, if he is to progress in his spiritual life and reach his full spiritual potential, which as our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) teach us, is to become "One with" God within us before we die to the world on the "outside" of us. So on the path of God our work is not to accumulate religious understanding and establish religious practices, and it is not to "work for wages to get into heaven", instead, it is to strengthen our direct relationship with God within us, by awakening the wisdom surrounding our soul within us, with the enlightening words of the Qutbiyyat of God for our age, which for our age is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us). Amen. And then join with our wisdom to do battle with the "enemy of our soul" within us, which is each of "us" living a life of sin on the "outside" of us, is each of "us" living a life of "separation and differences", a life of "arrogance, karma, and illusion", a life of "desire for earth, women, and gold", a life of "body, trick, and danger" on the "outside" of us, and a life within us where the evil actions of kalam (or time) within us is leading us to Kalan, to the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him) within us, to the "suffering of the grave" within us, to Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within us, to 105 million rebirths within us, ending as worm in hell with only one level of wisdom within us, or feeling, and in this way, is leading us to an eternal life of "separation from" God within us. So the path of God within us is to willingly and freely die to the "outside" of us, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, or before the "outside" of all of us prematurely ends, and do this having realized the "truth of us", which is "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, and do this having realized the "truth of God" within us which is "True Man happening" within "God happening" within us, and in this way, do this allow the "truth to surrender to the truth" within us, like the apple seed buried within the earth does when it germinates. Do this for the same reason that the apple seed buried within the earth does, because we have realized, understood, accepted, and joined with the "truth of ourselves", which is "God happening" within us, and with the "truth of God" within us, which is "True Man happening" within "God happening" within us, making this clarity a sufficient reason to do it, and through this clarity to willingly and freely come to an end on the "outside" of us, while we are still in our prime, and not do it using our current rational, that is, because we are going to get something out of it, like a nice place near God in some illusory heaven after we die to the world on the "outside" of us, when we get very old and sick, and can no longer do any of the things we like to do in the world anymore anyway. (Note: for more on what will cause "the 'outside' of all of us to prematurely end", please click on the following: Topic 10: The World of Judgment, which is a topic later in this letter, as part of Page 3 of this 3-Page Version of Spiritual Letter 60, or just continue reading until you come to it. Thank you.) In this way, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, can we not do at least as much as an apple seed, at least most of them, and germinate and reveal what is hidden within us. The choice is ours. So the first choice is to die now, in our prime, that is, to give all responsibility for our life to God within us and to die, to die to our desires and to the world on the "outside" of us, so Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us can again live a life of purity within us, so our wisdom can pull out the 5 nails of "desire to live here" that are currently keeping Jesus (peace be upon Him) crucified within us on our elemental body within us, on our impure birth, so we can continue to sin on the "outside" of us. This is why our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) told us one day, "Stop fighting with your Shaikh for your soul." Or the second choice which is to continue doing "business as usual" on the "outside" of us letting our current religious understanding of God, and our current religious practices be a substitute for our direct relationship with God within us, and with the "Stuff of God" within us, so we can continue to live on the "outside" of us and sin, until we physically die to the "outside" of us, hoping that this will be good enough to gain us a nice spot in heaven. But the "Gift of God" for our age, which for this child is the life and teaching of our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Dear Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), tells us once again in our age, that this first choice is the only right choice, that is, to become "One with" God within us before we die to the "outside" of us, is the only right choice, and that this second choice, that is, to continue conducting "business as usual" on the "outside" of us, so we can sin, will only lead us to hell within us, will only lead us to an eternal life of "separation from" God within us, as we were told over and over again for the last 200 million years within us, by the 124,000 Prophets of God, Heavenly Beings, and Lights of God within us, if we only have the wisdom to hear Them and to believe in the One who sent Them. Amen. In this way, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, may God grant us the grace of His wisdom to open our hearts in our age to this right choice, and not let our hypocrisy destroy both us and the Children of God for our age, and not let our attachments to our current religious understanding and religious practices blind us to the coming again of Jesus (peace be upon Him) in our age, and of the coming again of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) in our age, and of the coming again of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) in our age, as the "Gift of God" for our age, both within us and on the "outside" of us, as the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), as the "Word and Life of God" for our age, that is being given directly to us by God from within Them, both from within us and on the "outside" of us. For as our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) teach us, An apple seed germinates when it realized, understand, accepts, and joins with the "truth of itself", that is, that it is an apple seed buried within the earth and hidden within it is an apple tree, and with the "truth of the apple tree" hidden within it, that is, that it is an apple with a sweet taste which has hidden within it again the apple seed, and with all of this truth naturally emerges from within it, from within the apple seed, when it is ready to hear it, and when it is ready to either accept or reject this truth. And such is the true significance of this letter to the four of you, to my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and to my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, and to our dearest loving Classmates, for in truth these words of God's grace, wisdom, and 'ilm or divine knowledge are not really coming to you from Louie, or even from Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) on the "outside" of you, for in truth what we are hearing is our own life speaking to us, that is, what we are hearing is naturally emerging from God within each of us because now each of us, and each of our dearest loving Classmates, and each of us living in the world today, are ready to hear this truth, and are ready to either accept or reject this truth. Each of us is now ready to either accept or reject this "truth of us", this "truth" of each of us, which is "God happening" within us, and this "truth of God" within us, which is "True Man happening" within "God happening" within us, because in truth, now is the time, in this age, now is the time for all of us to hear this truth, and now is the time for each of us to either accept or reject this truth, which then becomes our final judgment and salvation. Now is the time for all of us to hear about "who we really are", about "where we really are", and about "what is really happening" in our life, now is the time for all of us to hear about "who we already are", and now is the time, if we like, for each of us to join in partnership with God within us, and with His Creation within us, to reveal "who we already are", for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, if like the apple seed buried within the earth, we will only let it happen within us, if like the apple seed we will let the "outside" of us die, if like the apple seed we will germinate and reveal what God has hidden within us, which is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen. And this is just as it came to your dearest loving brother Louie almost 30 years ago, as my own life speaking to me, as the truth emerging from within God within me, and we heard it, as the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and believed in it as the "Gift of God" for our age for the Children of God for our age, and believed in the One who sent it, which is God within the wisdom within us. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. All praise and praising belongs to God and to God alone. Only God is great. Amen. May God grant each of us, and each of our Classmates, and each of us living in the world today, the grace, and wisdom, and 'ilm or divine knowledge of God within us, to do the same, that is, to realize, understand, accept, and join with this truth before it is too late to do anything about it. Such is the true exaltedness of each of us living in the world today, and the special nature of this age, which is like no age before it, the special nature of the age that we are all now living within, when God finally explains again everything that has come before from Him, over the last 200 million years, but this time without any veils, and everyone will hear it, and everyone will understand it, and all that is left is do we want it, do we want an eternal life as "One with" God both before and after we die, or do we want to continue living a life of sin on the "outside" of us, continue living a life of "separation from" God, of "separation from" each other, and of "separation from" the Creation of God within us, until we die, and then get that same life of "separation and differences" for eternity, only this time with each of us experiencing what actually lies beneath our current life in the world, only this time with each of us personally experiencing what actually allows all that we do, and all that we see in the world to happen. Which includes the millions and millions of lives of darkness that we in our ignorance have grown within us, which is the "World of sin" within us, and the "World of Righteousness" within us, which is 72 of the 73 groups within all human lives, the lives of darkness within us which we feed day in and day out, hour by hour, minute by minute, with our every look, thought, intention, word, and action, of "separation and differences", of "arrogance, karma, and illusion", of "desire for earth, women, and gold", of "body, trick, and danger" in the world on the "outside" of us. And which includes the 400 trillion, 10 thousand spiritual energies within us, which are our thoughts of "separation and differences", which is everything within us beyond the control of our mind, and which includes the 5 elemental spirits or ruhanies within us, which becomes the "suffering of our grave" after we die to the "outside" of us, and which includes the Creation of God within us, which becomes our Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within us, and which includes the 7 hells within us, which becomes our 105 million re-births, ending as a worm in hell with only one level of consciousness within us, or feeling, which becomes our eternal life within us of "separation from" God within us. May God grant us His grace, His wisdom, and His 'ilm or divine knowledge, that we may awaken to this reality of our life, both on the "outside" of us and within us, before it is too late, before we die to the "outside" of us, and instead, before we die to the "outside" of us learn to place our faith and trust and our love in God within us, and only in God within us, keeping none of it for the world that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, and in this way, becoming members of the 73rd of the 73 groups within all human lives, the group for whom "Only God exists" within us, for whom "God is One" within us, the group membership within us that signals victory in our life, before we die to the "outside" of us, the group within us who only trust and love in God within us, the only group within us who have no trust and love for the world on the "outside" of us. Amen. And in this way, may each of us join in partnership with God within us, to complete what God has already started within each of us, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. 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 2 of 5 of Spiritual Letter 60 - outline & summary version - ..................................... Go To: or Go To Spiritual Letter 60: or ( a top-down version of the Library Home Page) (a bottom-up version of the Library Home Page) |
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