Copy of Original E-mail (Page 16 & 17) For Spiritual Letter 134 For Questions 46 to 55 Go To "Other Pages" of Original E-mail Click On A Question Below To Read the "Suggested Answer" and The "Initial Review" for that "Question & Answer" 46. What Is The True Value of Your Own Life Experiences? - why are they So important, who are they truly valuable to, and how must they be properly used in your lifetime to truly reach their full potential, that is, before you die to the flesh Question asked by "The Life" of Ahmad Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) at the Sunday Meeting on 5-11-08 47. What Is "The Secret" Within The Life and Teaching of Bawa? - and what are the consequences of you not knowing, understanding, and applying "This Secret" to your effort to reach and merge with God, or of you at least truly Starting to do this, before you die to the flesh, that is, before the illusory "outside" of you is over? Question asked by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) for all of My Children 48. What Is Your Duty? - and How Do You Balance The Right And Left when doing your duty? Question asked by "The Life" of Suhiba Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) at the Sunday Meeting on 5-18-08 49. How Do You Make The Transition? - From Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), To Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.)? Question asked by "The Life" of Ali Khan (Ral.) at the Sunday Meeting on 5-18-08 Question asked by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) for all of My Children 51. What Is Silent Zikr? - that is, what is the true value of your life, what is the true gift of your life to all of the Creation of God, within God within you, and for a little while on the "outside" of you, for the benefit of your brothers and sisters, as this child has Now learned to do? Question asked by "The Life" of Malik (Ral.) at the Saturday Meeting on 5-24-08 52. What Is The "Jewel Weed" Now For My Children? - that is, what is Now the antidote for the illness that is Now My Children, an antidote that is Now growing right with My Children and can cure them of their illness, that is, that can cure My Children who have Now become the "1001 Wells of Hell" as "We" told them they might when "We" were living in the world, that is, if they are not wise, that they might in their ignorance, and Now in their arrogance about their ignorance, like the "Jewel Weed" grows right with the "poison ivy" plant and is an antidote for the poisonous effects of that plant. Question asked by "The Life" of Rob (Ral.) at the Sunday Meeging on 6-08-08 Question asked by "The Life" of Dana (Ral.) at the Saturday Morning Childrens Meeting on 6-14-08 Question asked by "The Life" of Muhammad Abul Razzaq (Ral.) at the Saturday Night Meeting on 6-14-08 Question asked by "The Life" of Muhammad Abdul Lateef (Ral.) at the Sunday Morning Meeging on 6-15-08 ============================================================= Top of Spiriitual Letter: [Note: You can access an On-line Version of this E-mail by clicking on the following, "Spiritual Letter 134" (www.SpiritualLetter134.homestead.com), an E-mail which "We" have given the Short Title of, "Correcting the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.): Document No. 1" And which "We" have also given the following "Longer Title" of, "Recent experiences of this child, That is, of Bawa "Correcting the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), That is, of Bawa "Curing Himself of you", That is, of "you" living as if "you" are "separate from" God/Bawa, As if "you" are "separate from" each other, And as if "you" are "separate from" the Creation of God, Within God within you, all of which is "Just Not True". That is, "Of Bawa putting all of His Children within Himself, within "His Bag", within the "Bag or Purse of the Qutb", like so many stones of little value, with rough edges and dirt and all, and then with Bawa twirling "His Bag", twirling His Children with their faults and all, letting one stone bang off the rough edges of another, letting one stone polish the others, until "You" come out as the perfect, polished gems of God, which Bawa then hands to God, to God within you, if you like, for the Choice is yours, not God's, that is, the Choice to stay in the "Bag of the Qutb", until "He Is Done", or not." [Quote from the life and teaching of His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.). Amen] Introduction - to "Spiritual Letter 134" 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 GrandChildren, Sons and Daughters, Brothers and Sisters, and all of My Children - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.). Amen. Bawa. Here is Page 16 & 17 of a beautiful sharing, of "Spiritual Letter 134", which is a Spiritual Letter sharing the recent experiences of this child, that is, of Bawa "Correcting the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), that is, of Bawa "Curing Himself of you", that is, of "you" living as if "you" are "separate from" God/Bawa, as if "you" are "separate from" each other, and as if "you" are "separate from" the Creation of God, within God within you, all of which is "Just Not True". Bawa. For Example, here are 10 New Questions asked by the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) at Four Sunday Meetings, at Two Saturday Night Meetings, and at One Saturday Morning Meeting, that is, on 5-11-08, on 5-18-08, on 5-24-08, on 6-08-08, on 6-14-08, and on 6-15-08, at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, that is, a question asked by Ahamd Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and by this child , that is, by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), at the Sunday Meeting on 5-11-08, and by Suhiba Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), by Ali Khan, and again by this child, at the Sunday Meeting on 5-18-08, by Malik (Ral.) at the Saturday Meeting on 5-24-08, by Rob (Ral.) at the Sunday Meeting on 6-08-08, by Dana at the Saturday Morning Meeting on 6-14-08 and by Muhammad Abdul Razzaq (Ral.) at the Saturday Night Meeting on 6-14-08, and by Muhammad Abdul Lateef (Ral.) at the Sunday Morning Meeting on 6-15-08. Bawa. That is, of 10 New Questions which when added to the other 45 Questions & Answers Listed on Pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, & 15 of "Spiritual Letter 134" Now brings the Total Number of Questions in this First Version of this Document to 55 Questions & Answers. Bawa. That is, with these 10 New Questions, which follow, Now becoming Question 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, and 55 of the "Never Ending Document" which "We" have called, "Correcting the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.): Document Number 1" 46. What Is The True Value of Your Own Life Experiences? - why are they So important, who are they truly valuable to, and how must they be properly used in your lifetime to truly reach their full potential, that is, before you die to the flesh Question asked by "The Life" of Ahmad Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) at the Sunday Meeting on 5-11-08 47. What Is "The Secret" Within The Life and Teaching of Bawa? - and what are the consequences of you not knowing, understanding, and applying "This Secret" to your effort to reach and merge with God, or of you at least truly Starting to do this, before you die to the flesh, that is, before the illusory "outside" of you is over? Question asked by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) for all of My Children 48. What Is Your Duty? - and How Do You Balance The Right And Left when doing your duty? Question asked by "The Life" of Suhiba Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) at the Sunday Meeting on 5-18-08 49. How Do You Make The Transition? - From Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), To Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.)? Question asked by "The Life" of Ali Khan (Ral.) at the Sunday Meeting on 5-18-08 50. What Is The True Value of The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship? Question asked by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) for all of My Children 51. What Is Silent Zikr? - that is, what is the true value of your life, what is the true gift of your life to all of the Creation of God, within God within you, and for a little while on the "outside" of you, for the benefit of your brothers and sisters, as this child has Now learned to do? Question asked by "The Life" of Malik (Ral.) at the Saturday Meeting on 5-24-08 52. What Is Now The "Jewel Weed" For My Children? - that is, what is Now the antidote for the illness that is Now My Children, an antidote that is Now growing right with My Children and can cure them of their illness, that is, that can cure My Children who have Now become the "1001 Wells of Hell" as "We" told them they might when "We" were living in the world, that is, if they are not wise, that they might in their ignorance, and Now in their arrogance about their ignorance, like the "Jewel Weed" grows right with the "poison ivy" plant and is an antidote for the poisonous effects of that plant. Question asked by "The Life" of Rob (Ral.) at the Sunday Meeging on 6-08-08 53. What Destroys The Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen? Question asked by "The Life" of Dana (Ral.) at the Saturday Morning Childrens Meeting on 6-14-08 54. What Is The Current State of My Children? Question asked by "The Life" of Muhammad Abul Razzaq (Ral.) at the Saturday Night Meeting on 6-14-08 55. What Causes The Questioning In The Grave? Question asked by "The Life" of Muhammad Abdul Lateef (Ral.) at the Sunday Morning Meeging on 6-15-08 Bawa. That is, with "This Version" of these 10 New Questions, that is, with "This Version" of Questions 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, and 55, and the following Answers to these Questions, coming into the heart of this child, that is, into the heart of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), when "We" handed them to Bawa, that is, when he handed to Bawa what Ahmad Muhaiyaddeen, what Suhiba Muhaiyaddeen Ral.), what Ali Khan (Ral.), what Malik (Ral.), what Rob (Ral.), what Dana (Ral.), what Muhammad Abdul Razzaq (Ral.), and what Muhammad Abdul Lateef (Ral.) said at the Saturday and Sunday meetings. Bawa. That is, handing what was said to Bawa within "Us", Thanking Him, and Praising God, saying "Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar". Bawa. And then, after briefly reflecting upon what was said by each of My Dearest Loving Children at the Sunday meetings, saying the following to God, as Bawa has taught this child to do, Thank You, O God. No Thank You, O God. What's Next? Bawa. And then what Next came into the heart of this child is this "Version" of these 10 New Questions along with the Correct Answer for each Question, with Bawa explaining to this child at that time, that in truth this is the Question that Ahmad Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) and Suhiba Muhaiyaddeen Ral.), and Ali Khan (Ral.), and Malik (Ral.), and Rob (Ral.), and Dana (Ral.), and Muhammad Abdul Razzaq (Ral.), and Muhammad Abdul Lateef (Ral.), were trying to address, when they spoke at the Saturday and Sunday Meetings. Bawa. That in truth this is the Question that "The Life" of Ahmad Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), of Suhiba Muhaiyaddeen Ral.), of Ali Khan (Ral.), of Malik (Ral.), of Rob (Ral.), of Dana (Ral.), of Muhammad Abdul Razzaq (Ral.), and of Muhammad Abdul Lateef (Ral.), joined as "One with" the "Life" of this child, truly wanted to ask of God directly, all of which in truth is Now "The One Life" for all of My Children, the "One Life" Now known for your age and for all life as Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), First on the "outside" of you and then within you. Bawa. And all of which in truth is "The One Question", the One Question that God asked of God in Anathi, in the time before the beginningless beginning, in the time of darkness or lack of understanding, the Question of "Who am I?", and to Now let God answer this "One Question" directly, Now within the heart of each of My Children, all of which in truth is "The One Answer", the One Answer for God, for the Creation of God, and Now for all of My Children, the One Answer of "We Are One". Bawa. All of which God would have Most Certainly Done, within the heart of My Children, if My Children had only learned How, Not To Be There, So God Can Be There. Bawa. As this child has Now learned to do. Bawa. Next is the "Suggested Answer" and the "Initial Review" of these 10 New Questions and Answers, from the Sunday Meetings on 5-11-08, on 5-18-08, on 6-08-08, and on 6-15-08, and at the Saturday Meeting on 5-24-08, and on 6-14-08, at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, that is, for Questions 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, and 55 of the "Never Ending Document" which "We" have called, "Correcting the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.): Document Number 1" Bawa. And like with the "Review" of the 45 Earlier Questions and Answers presented on Pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 of Spiritual Letter 134, "We" have also presented the "Suggested Answer" for each of these 10 New Questions in a Contrast Format, that is, in an Either/Or Format, followed by an "Initial Review" of each Question and Answer, So My Children can Start to reflect on both "your current life", which in truth is the "life and state and form" of the satan", and if you like, on "Your Next Life", Here and Now, for in truth if "Your Next Life" doesn't happen here, before you die to the flesh, before the illusory "outside" of you is over, It Will Never Happen. Bawa. For as "We" taught My Children the following, when "We" were living in the world, "You will never experience after you die to the flesh anything that you have not already opened and experience before you die to the flesh, and that is for sure. Amen". Bawa. So, My Dearest Loving Children, Please reflect on "Your Next Life", Here and Now, if you like, which in truth is Now the "Life and State and Form" of God", within God within you, just waiting for you to claim as your true birthright, as your true heritage, as the true destiny of your soul, all of which in truth is Now Everything "Within God" within you. Bawa. All of which in truth is Now "God's Bank" within God within you, all of which in truth is Now How God Has Already Saved You, if you like, all of which in truth is Now the Life and Teaching of His Holiness, of your Dearest Loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), within each of My Children, Not because of anything that you have done or not done, but because God has Now "Made It So" within each of My Children for this age. Amen. Ok? Bawa. That is, the "Life and State and Form" of God for your age and for all life, all of which is Now "Most Certainly Available" to all of My Children, if you like, if you will only truly "Trust In God", and in God Alone, and then truly "Step Out In That Direction", that is, Step Out in the direction of the "Life and State and Form" of God for your age and for your life, a "Life and State and Form" Now Known As Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), First on the "outside" of you and then within you, if you like, for in truth the Choice is yours, not God's. ============================================================== "Review of Q & A" Of The 10 New Questions and Answers In This New Document, "Correcting the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.): Document No. 1" 46. What Is The True Value? - of Your Own Life Experiences, why are they So important, who are they truly valuable to, and how must they be properly used in your lifetime to truly reach their full potential, that is, before you die to the flesh Question asked by "The Life" of Ahmad Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) at the Sunday Meeting on 5-11-08 Suggested Answer: Bawa. Your own life experience are truly valuable Either because they represent what you have learned by living in the world, that is, because they represent your accomplishments, your stuggle, your successes and failures in the world, and in this way they truly define for you "Who you are", and "Were you are", and "What is happening" in your life. Bawa. Or because they are how you get rid of the world within you, that is, they are how you reach God within you, because they are how God "Cures Himself of you", within God within you, by you learning how to join in partnership with God, how to become "One with" God, First on the "outside" of you, and then within you, in order to let God "Use God to Get To God" within you, and to let God "Get Rid of the world" within Himself within you, by "Using the world" within you, all of which is Sort of like using the "hair of the dog" to cure you of the dog. Initial Review: Bawa. For as "We" taught My Children the following when "We" were living in the world, Title of Bawa Quote "Your Faith In God Is The Power of God Within You", and "You Must Use God To Get To God", and "You Must Use The World to Get Rid of The World", if you like, For The Choice Is Yours, Not God's Bawa Quote: "May God grant you the wisdom to travel on the Path of Truth. Now that satan's rule is almost complete, since his rule predominates today, you have to be very careful, you have to think each thought deliberately, using wisdom." "Always have faith, certitude, and determination (or Iman, in God) because this is the Power of God." "Everything that you see on the outside is illusion, merely small powers, but God is the Real Power within you. To understand this Real Power of God within you, you need Wisdom and the Qualities of God; with these two you can understand God's Power within you." "My Children, jeweled lights of My Eyes, please think hard, try to walk the right path. It is My Duty to reveal My Experience with you, and it is your duty to use your own experiences to search for your Father. This is a good thing to do." Source of Bawa Quote: 1. The book of wisdom, "The Tree That Fell to the West: Autobiography of a Sufi", by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). Amen 2. The Quotation for the Month, in the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Calendar, for January, 2008. Amen. Anbu. 47. What Is "The Secret" ? - Within The Life & Teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and what are the consequences of you not knowing, understanding, and applying "This Secret" to your effort to reach and merge with God, or of you at least truly Starting to do this, before you die to the flesh, that is, before the illusory "outside" of you is over? Question asked by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) for all of My Children Suggested Answer: Bawa. "The Secret" within the Life and Teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) is Either that you have to do what Bawa told you to do, that is, to know and learn and successful apply the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) to your life. Bawa. Or "The Secret" of the Life and Teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) is that there is nothing that Bawa ever told His Children to do, that His Children can do, for in truth Everything That Bawa told His Children to do, only God/Bawa can do, that is, when His Children have truly learned How, "Not to be there, So God can be there." Initial Review: Bawa. And the consequences of you not knowing, understanding, and applying "This Secret" to your effort to reach and merge with God, or of you at least truly Start to do this, to apply "This Secret" to your effort to reach and merge with God, that is, before you die to the flesh, that is, before the illusory "outside" of you is over, is that "You Will Have Missed The Boat", or even worse, you will have gotten on the boat, but then you will have gotten off of the boat, before the boat reached its destination. Bawa. That is, you will have gotten off of the "Boat of God" that in truth is sailing directly back to God, before the "Boat of God" reached and merged with God, because alone the way, at each Stop of the "Boat of God", you will have gotten caught by the "signs of hell", the "billboards of hell", that are posted at each Stop of the "Boat of God" on the way "Back to God", all of which always say the same thing, that is, "Get Off Here, To Find and Merge With God". Bawa. But each Stop of the "Boat of God", and each of the "Billboard of Hell" at each Stop, in truth is just asking you a question, that is, the Question, "Is This What You Want, Instead of God?" Bawa. And if you get caught by any of these "Signs of hell", by any of these Stops Along The Way, then "All is Lost", for in truth they are only offering you "Something Other Than God", but telling you instead in falsehood that what they are offering will take you to God, and save you from hell, all of which is "Just Not True", then that Stop becomes the End of your journey, for in truth behind each "Billboard of hell", is a demon, a jinn, a fairy, and a ghost, looking for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and once you leave the protection of the "Boat of God", they will grab onto you and never let go. Bawa. For as "We" taught My Children the following, when "We" were living in the world, "All that you see is a dream, All that you do is just a thought within that dream, All that you appear as is hidden." "Life is a feast of the world Its medicine is a time after a time, Its medicine is The remembrance of God In everything that you do, With you Invoking the Name of God For you age and Now for your life, Before you "Say, or Do, or Write" anything, As this child has Now learned to do. Amen." Bawa. And Everything that you Now see on the illusory "outside" of you is what God has discarded, to become God within you, and in this way, are the Stops that the "Boat of God" has taken, and the "Billboards of Hell" that are trying to catch the Children of God, and drag them to hell, with God gradually showing you in this way Everything that He has discarded to become God within you, Now asking you if "This Is What You Want, Instead of Him". Bawa. For in truth if you want anything that God has discarded then you can not Have God, for in truth you can only Have God by become God, and in this way, the "Cure of you" is God, not you better, or you enlightened, or you good, or you holy or pure, for in truth You are of the Soul, not of the body, and this is the truth of you. Bawa. For as "We" taught My Children the following when "We" were living in the world, "The Only thing that can return to God is what came from God, and what came from God is your soul, everything else that you are Now experiencing grew here, and did not come here, and in truth has no interest in returning to God, no matter what it might say to the contrary, and this too is the truth of your life. Amen". 48. What Is Your Duty? - and How Do You Balance The Right And Left when doing your duty? Question asked by "The Life" of Suhiba Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) at the Sunday Meeting on 5-18-08 Suggested Answer: Bawa. Duty is Either you doing, that is, is you doing what you think is appropriate for you to do on the "Path of God", that is, in order to reach and merge with God. Bawa. Or Duty is God doing, but this time within you, that is, is God doing what is appropriate for God to do in order to Finish what God Started to do within you, a very, very long time ago, which is to tell and bring to Completion the Story of God, but this time within you, all of which is the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man", but this time within you, that is, for God to tell and bring to Completion the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man", but this time within God within you, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, within God within you, and for a little while on the "outside" of you, for the benefit of all of your brothers and sisters, as this child has Now learned to do. Amen. Initial Review: Bawa. For as "We" taught My Children the following, when "We" were living in the world, "O God, may You Bless My Children with Your Beauty, so that They may worship You. May You Give Them Your Qualities, so They may do (Your) duty, May you Give Them (Your) modesty, so They might overcome the fascination of torpor, May You Give Them (Your) peace of mind, so They might overcome maya (illusion), and May You Give Them (Your) remembrance to always pray, so that They may lose both happiness and sadness, that is, so They may escape the perpetual swing between happiness and sadness which is Now the drama of their life instead of You O God". [Note: To read an on-line version of the complete text of this short discourse, which was a letter from Bawa to His Children in 1978, please click HERE (www.SpiritualDiscourse004.homestead.com), which is a short discourse give by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) on May 21, 1978, which we have given the title, "Understanding the Requirements for Prayer, Duty, and Victory In Your Life", a discourse that was published on the back of the Cover of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Calendar for 2001. Thank you. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen] Bawa. In this way, as explained Now in the following way, and explained earlier in this beautiful quotation and discourse by His Holiness, by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), that is, as explained Now to My Children (Ral.) in the following way, as the life and teaching of His Children, as the life and teaching of Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) "It is God's Beauty within you that worships God within you, not you, and it is God's Qualities within you that perform God's duty from within you, not you, and it is God's Modesty within you that overcomes the fascination of torpor within you, not you, and it is God's Peace of Mind within you that overcomes the illusion or maya within you, not you, and it is God's Remembrance of God within you, God's Remembrance to Pray to God within you, not you, that allows you to lose both happiness and sadness within you." Bawa. This is Duty, My Dearest Loving Children, Certainly not anything that you do in your current state, in your current state of trying to live a life of selfishness, of sin, of arrogance, karma, and illusion, of mind and desire, on the "outside" of you, living as if you are "separate from" God within you, as if you are "separate from" each other on the "outside" of you, and as if you are "separate from" the Creation of God within you, all of which is "Just not True". Bawa. Because in truth God is closer to you than your own breath, and in truth your brothers and sisters in truth are rays of light that have been born with you, in the world of soul, in this world, and in the hereafter, and the Creation of God is the Earth of God within you within which your soul, the "Seed of God" within you has been planted. And this is the truth of you, of each of My Children, and of God within you. Amen. Bawa. But if you continue to ignore all of God efforts to teach you the "truth of you", and the "truth of God" within you, that in truth "We are all One", then what is God to do, but in the End, to send you to hell, that is, to an eternal life within you of "separation from" God within you. Bawa. For in truth, God within you, and what is "Within God" within you, and "What God is doing" within you with what is "Within God" within you, is "You", and are "All One", and the Creation of God within you, and the "Seed of God" which is your soul, buried within the Creation of God, and the wisdom of God surrounding your soul, as the "Guardian of the Soul", are also You, and are "All One". Bawa. All of which God has planted within the Creation of God, within God within you, if you like, like an apple seed buried within the earth, with "You", if you like, as the Witness, as the Witness of the Story of God within the Creation of God within you, and within that, as the "Story of True Man" within the "Story of God" within the Creation of God within you, all of which in truth are You, and "Are One", whether you know it or not, and even whether you like or want it or not, because Now for your age, this is your birthright, this is your true heritage, the true destiny of your soul, the "given of your life", and the only question left for our age and for your life is, "Do we want it". Bawa. That is, do we want an eternal life within you as "One with" God within you, Or do you want an eternal life within you as "separate from" God within you? That's it. That is all of it, Now for your age and for your life. Amen. Bawa. And your own life answers this question for you, that is, the Question "What do we want?", because what you End up with is "exactly what you want", and in this way, Everything is Perfect, with you answering this "Question of your life" by the way that you have lived your life in the world, either as "One with" God within you, or as "separate from" God within you, that is, once this truth emerges from within you, when you are ready to hear it and when you are ready to either accept or reject it, which in truth is what is Now happening in your life by you reading this, by you reading Spiritual Letter 134. Bawa. That is, with you Now Either Starting to live as "One with" God, First on the "outside" of you and then within you, by you Now Starting to live as "One with" the life and teaching of Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), First on the "outside" of you and then within you, Or by you Continuing to try and live on the "outside" of you, as if you are "separate from" God within you, as if you are "separate from" your brothers and sisters, and as if you are "separate from" the Creation of God, within God within you, no matter what, that is, no matter what God may say and show you to the contrary. Bawa. Like God First showing you your dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) as the "Gift of God" for your age and for your life, and Now on the "outside" of you, with God Again showing you this same "Gift of God" for your age and for your life, but Now as Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), in whom "We are well pleased", as Now how My Children can receive this beautiful explanation of God, for your age and for your life, that is, as Now "Your own life speaking to You", if you like, as Now the "Presence of God", if you like, as Now the "Word of God", the "Word of God made flesh" for your age and for your life. What more can God do? Bawa. And if you continue to ignore all of God's efforts, and continue to live in your current state on the "outside" of you, as if we are "separate from" God within you, then what is God to do, but in the End to give you exactly what you want, which is an eternal life within you as "separate from" God within you, all of which if you die to the flesh in your current state, if you do not become My Wise Child, in your lifetime, becomes an eternal life within you as "separate from" God within you, that is, becomes the "suffering of the grave" within you, and then becomes Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within you. Bawa. That is, if you do not become My Wise Child, in your lifetime, for then hell become your lot for eternity, with "you" meeting and becoming the 5 ruhanies or elemental spirits in the grave, with "you" then roaming the earth world within you as a demon, a jinn, a fairy, or a ghost until Qiyamah, and then with "you" taking on as part of your judgment 105 million rebirths, ending as a worm in hell with only one level of consciousness, or feeling, and in this way, with "you" taking on as part of your judgment an eternal life within you as "separate from" God within you, for in truth, "Hell is simply the realization that you have separated yourself from God". Bawa. And in this way, with "you" receiving all of this within you in accordance with the "Justice of God" within you, for in truth, "The "Justice of God" is that whatever you intend is what you will receive." Bawa. And as "We" taught My Children the following, when "We" were living in the world, "Do your duty without attachments just as God does His duty. Give like a tree gives of its fruits. Dedicate your life to helping others." "God has given you so much fruit, so many gifts; use them to benefit others. Comfort those who suffer." "That will be the exaltedness of your life." Bawa. At least this is something to think about, a little, My Dearest Loving Children, Yes? Bawa. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon all of My Children. May God help all of My Children. May God be pleased with all of My Children. Amen. Bawa. May you think about these beautiful wisdom points a little, at least a little bit, My Dearest Loving Children, for the Choice to do this or not with your life, is your Choice, not God's Choice, that is, the Choice to let God finish telling and bringing to Completion "His Story" within the Creation of God, but this time within you, or not, is most certainly your Choice, not God's. That would be very good. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu), My Dearest Loving Children - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.). 49. How Do You Make The Transition - From living as a Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), To living as "One with" Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), that is, to Now living as the Life and Teaching of His Children, of His Children who have Now learned How "Not to be there, So God can be there", that is, to Now living as the Life and Teaching of Our Dearest Loving Son or Daughter Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), First on the "outside" of you and then within you Amen? Question asked by "The Life" of Ali Khan (Ral.) at the Sunday Meeting on 5-18-08 Suggested Answer: Bawa. The Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) Make The Transition From living as a Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), To living as "One with" Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), that is, To Start to live Now "One with" as the Life and Teaching of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), Either by you continuing to live your current life in the world, with you continuing to come together with your brothers and sisters at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship for the "passing events" of the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), that is, for "passing events" like "morning prayers", the Formal Islamic 5 times prayer, silent Zikr, wisdom meetings, celebration of the milestones of Bawa's life in the world, and "duty" at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Bawa. Or by you Starting to live your current life in the world in Partnership with God, First on the "outside" of you and then within you, that is, as "One with" God, rather than continuing to live your life of sefishness, of sin, on the illusory "outside" of you, as if you are "separate from" God within you, as if you are "separate from" your brothers and sisters, and as if you are "separate from" the Creation of God, within God within you, all of which in truth is "Just Not True". Bawa. All of which is Now just the "current way" of all of My Children, but Not the "Only Way" of My Children, but "a way" that is only leading you to hell, that is, but "a way" that is only leading you to an eternal life within you as "separate from" God within you, that is, if you are not wise, that is, if you don't become My Wise Child before you die to the flesh, and in this way, and only in this way, for My Children to join as "One with" God, First on the "outside" of you and then within you, to close down "this way to hell" within you, while you still can. Bawa. Or by you Starting to come together with your brothers and sisters at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship in Partnership with God Now for your age and for your life, First on the "outside" of you and then within you, that is, as "One with" Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), First on the "outside" of you and then within you, before you "Say or Do or Write" anything, as this child has Now learned to do. Bawa. For example, for each of the "passing events" of the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), that is, for the "passing events" within the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), like "morning prayers", the Formal Islamic 5 times prayer, silent Zikr, wisdom meetings, and celebration of the milestones of Bawa's life in the world, and "duty" at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Initial Review: Bawa. In this way, and only in this way, by you First becoming "The Child" of "Your Father", and then by you, as "Your Father's Child", as "One with" Your Father, getting "Your Father" to be the One who does Everything, not you, because Now you have become the "Son or Daughter" of "Your Father", because Now you as "His Child", as the "True Disciple", and Now You as "His Son or Daughter", as the "True Guru", and "Your Father" Now as God, are One, are the Triple Flame of God, and you as "separate from" is no longer there, like the dark rain cloud after it has give up its energized rain to give life to the plants is no longer there. Bawa. For as "We" taught My Children the following when "We" were still living in the world, and which is Now quoted in the Announcement for the "Boston Retreat" for 2008, "Have the Constant Thought of God in your heart, whether you are working or resting. Surrendering all of your Thoughts to God say, "My Father, no matter what comes, all this belongs to you. It is Your Responsibility". "You must become "Your Father's Child", and He must be the One Who Does Everything." Bawa. And as "We" taught My Children the following, when "We" were still living in the world, and which was published on you can Now read on-line, if you like, as Spiritual Discourse 07 (www.SpiritualDiscourse007.homestead.com), Title of Bawa Quote "If Two Of You Come Together In My Name, I Will Be There" ."If you wish to reach God you need a teacher, a true Gnana Guru, a Qutb with the qualities of God; you will find all the attributes of God in this teacher. When you take refuge in such a Guru you will see God". "You become the Guru, disappearing in Him while the Guru (becomes God), disappearing in God, (while God becomes the True Disciple disappearing in you). Three flames become One God. God is a flame, the Guru is a flame, the Disciple is a flame. As the two disappear in One, this is the Triple Flame. Children, please understand this Extraordinary Process". Source of Quotation: 1) From "The Wisdom Book" - "The Tree That Fell to the West: Autobiography of a Sufi", by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us).. 2) From "Quote of the Month" - that is, from The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Calendar, for November 2006 3) On-line Version - Spiritual Discourse 07 (www.SpiritualDiscourse007.homestead.com) Bawa. Such is the "Great Subtlety" of your life, of the life of "Your Father", and of God, all of which are within you, if you like, all of which are Now just waiting to become You, if you like, that is, all of which are Now just waiting to become "One" within you, if you like, that is, if you will only Now become "One with" God for your age and for your life, which is Now Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), in whom "We are well Pleased", First on the "outside" of you and then within you. Bawa. Amen, Amen, Amen Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen. 50. What Is The True Value? - of The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Question asked by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) for all of My Children Suggested Answer: Bawa. The True Value of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship is Either where "Like Minded People" come together to study and learn about the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us) Bawa. Or the True Value of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship is to become it, that is, to fall into the "Fire of God" Now for your age and for your life, while it is still burning, and Now for your age and for your life the "Fire of God" known as the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship is the heart, is the life and teaching, of Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us), if you like, First on the "outside" of you and then within you, all of which is just waiting to become the center of your life, if you like, all of which is just waiting for you to build your life around it, if you like, all of which is just waiting to pull you back into Himself, as the One True Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), as the One True Child of God, for your age and for all life, if you like. Amen. Ok? Initial Review: Bawa. For as "We" taught My Children the following, when "We" were living in the world, "If you drop a bee into the fire, what will happen? It will burn up. The flames will consume it. Where is the bee then? The bee has merged with the fire and the fire has merged with the bee. The bee and the fire are one. There is no difference between them any more." "In the same way, if you become a true disciple or devotee, and if you serve the Shaikh in the correct way, if you truly surrender and immerse yourself within the Shaikh, then the "you" will be dead and gone. Only the fire will remain, and if someone tries to touch you at that time, his hand will burn." "But as long as you stay outside the fire there will be two. As long as you have qualities that the Shaikh does not have, you and the Shaikh will be two separate beings." "Only on the day that the "you" dies will you become the Shaikh. Then right and wrong, good and bad, truth and falsehood will be understood directly. And when you see something that is right, you will always recognize it as right." "When you are in that state, at that level of wisdom, all things will be explained. That will be the correct food to appease your hunger." "That level of wisdom will know. There will be no room for wrong; you will be filled with right." "But as long as you do not attain such a state, you will not have this inner awareness. Sources of Quotation: 1) From the "Book of wisdom, "Questions of Life - Answers of Wisdom, Volume 01", by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) 2) From the "Quote of the Month" - that is, on the back of the "Opening Cover" of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Calendar, for the year 2005. 3) On-line Version: Spiritual Discourse 05 (www.SpiritualDiscourse005.homestead.com) 51. What Is Silent Zikr? - that is, what is the true value of your life, what is the true gift of your life to all of the Creation of God, within God within you, and for a little while on the "outside" of you, for the benefit of your brothers and sisters, as this child has Now learned to do? Question asked by "The Life" of Malik (Ral.) at the Saturday Meeting on 5-24-08 Suggested Answer: Bawa. The Silent Zikr is Either you learning to properly stay in Constant Remembrance of God by breathing in and out in accordance with the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.). Bawa. Or The Silent Zikr is God Speaking, with you having learned How Not To Be There, So God can be There, that is, with you having learned How To Let God "Make the One who is speaking Silent, and the One who is Silent Speak". Initial Review: Bawa. For as "We" taught My Children the following, when "We" were living in the world, "If you are there then God is not There, and if God is there then you are not there" And: "God is the One who makes the "one who is speaking" Silent, and the "One who is Silent" Speak" 52. What Is Now The "Jewel Weed"? - For My Children, that is, what is Now the antidote for the illness that is Now My Children, an antidote that is Now growing right with My Children and can cure them of their illness, that is, that can cure My Children who have Now become the "1001 Wells of Hell" as "We" told them they might when "We" were living in the world, that is, if they are not wise, that they might become in their ignorance, and Now in their arrogance about their ignorance, but growing right with My Children is Now their cure, is the antidote for their poisonous ways, just like the "Jewel Weed" grows right with the "poison ivy" plant and is an antidote for the poisonous effects of that plant. Question asked by "The Life" of Rob (Ral.) at the Sunday Meeting on 6-08-08 Suggested Answer: Bawa. The "Jewel Weed" or antidote for the illness Now of My Children, which in truth is Now their "current life" as "separate from", is Either you correctly learning more and more about the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and you correctly attending and/or conducting more and more meetings about the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and you correctly performing more and more duties at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship. Bawa. Or Is you Now realizing, understanding, accepting, and joining as "One" with the antidote Now being provided by God for all of My Children, for your age and for your life, which is Now the life and teaching of Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), in whom "We are well pleased", First on the "outside" of you, and then within you. Amen. Ok? Initial Review: Bawa. For as "We" taught My Children the following, when "We" were living in the world, which is part of a beautiful discourse given to My Children on April 26, 1972, which was given the "Title" at that time, "How To Merge With The Guru", a discourse that was given to My Children on the day which "We" told My Children at that time was the "One Good Day In a 100 Years", and a discourse which is Now available On-line as "Spiritual Discourse 01" (www.SpiritualDiscourse001.homestead.com), if you like: "It is only when you hold onto a Guru, and rest on the Guru, that you can develop your own wisdom and grace. You must take your heart and merge that heart with the heart of the Guru, and you must take all of your responsibilities and hand it over to the Guru as His responsibilities". "And then you must hand over your soul, your body, and everything that you have to the Guru, and you must take on (the form of the Guru) - your body must become the form of the Guru, the body of the Guru, and your soul must be the Guru Himself". "Only when you have surrendered your entire responsibility to the Guru, will it be possible for you to merge with the Guru, and become One with the Guru". Bawa. And only if you merge with the Guru, if become "One with" the Guru can your then "Reach and Merge With God", because God is within the Guru, not within you as "separate from" the Guru, as explained the Second Discourse that "We gave to My Children on April 26, 1972, when "We" were living in the world, along with the "Kalimah Song" which you can also read On-line as "Spiritual Discourse 02" (www.SpiritualDiscourse002.homestead.com), and "Spiritual Song 01" (www.SpiritualSong001.homestead.com), if you like: Bawa. And Now for My Children, for your age and for your life, that Guru, that "Fire of God" now burning in the world, that "Presence of God", that "Word of God", that "Intention of God", and that "Story of God". is Now Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), in whom "We are well pleased", First on the "outside" of you, and then within you, if you like. Amen. Ok? 53. What Destroys? - The Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) Question asked by "The Life" of Dana (Ral.) at the Saturday Morning Childrens Meeting on 6-14-08 Suggested Answer: Bawa. What Destroys The Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) is Either the world, Or the "hypocrisy of the parent", that is, by being raised by "One whose words and actions are not One", that is, by one who "talks about God", and about faith and trust in God, and about loving God, but whose actions say somethng else, that is, whose action say that in truth they love and trust in the world, not in God, and that they put their faith in the world, not in God, that is, that they put their faith in themselves, in their brothers and sisters, in their wealth, in their relationships, in their family, in their intellect, in their learning, in their prayers, in their duty, and even in their "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship", and even in "Their Bawa", but not in God. Initial Review: Bawa. This in truth is what Destroys the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), within the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), the "hypocrite", which is "your presence" as "separate from" God's Presence, and "your words" as "separate from" God's Words, and "your intention" as "separate from" God's Intention and "your story" as "separate from" God's Story. Bawa. That is, what Destroys the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), is the "hypocrisy" of My Children, including the "hypocrosy of the parents", and the "hypocrisy"of your brothers and sisters, all of which in truth is My Children living a life of "separation and differences", a life of sin, a life of selfishness, on the illusory "outside" of yourself, that is, is you living on the "outside" of you as if you are "separate from" God within you, as if you are "separate from" your brothers and sisters, and as if you are "separate from" the Creation of God, within God within you, all of which is "Just Not True". Bawa. And in truth what Saves the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and Nourishes the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) within the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) is the "Presence of God", the "Word of God", the "Intention of God", and the "Story of God", Now for your age and for for you like. Bawa. And Now the "Presence of God", the "Word of God", the "Intention of God", and the "Story of God", Now for your age and for you like is Now the life and teaching of Our Dearest Loivng Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), as the "One whose words and actions are Now One". Bawa. This is what "We" have Now given to all of My Childen, to save you from yourself, to save "your children", and to save all of My Children, from your hypocrisy, from the "hypocrisy of your parents", from the hypocrisy of My Children, if you like, the "Gift of God" Now for your age and for your life, the Gift Now of the Life and Teaching of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), in whom "We are well pleased", the Gift First on the "outside" of you, and then within you, if you like. Amen. Ok? Bawa. For the Choice is always yours, not God, that is, the Choice to be saved or not, that is, the Choice to stay a "hyprocrite", or not 54. What Is The Current State? - of My Children Question asked by "The Life" of Muhammad Abul Razzaq (Ral.) at the Saturday Night Meeting on 6-14-08. Suggested Answer: Bawa. The Current State of Each of My Children is Either what God has given you, Or is exactly the state that you want to be in. Initial Review: Bawa. For as "We" taught My Children the following when "We" were living in the world, "The Justice of God is that whatever you intend is what you will receive", and God has give you Everything of Himself, and all that He has discarded, in order to become God within you, and the wisdom to know the difference, all you have to do is use it. And: "Your own life answers the Question, "What do you want for eternity", for in truth what you End Up with at the End of your life is exactly what you want, no matter what you may be saying that you want." "Such is the Justice of God, and the subtlety of your life, for in truth you are known by your actions, not by your words" 55. What Causes The Questioning? - In The Grave, and if "You Are Wise", what will End all Question Here and Now, before the Grave, So the soul in the "House of Llight" is free to go off to the Next of God's Schools within God withiin you, to the "School of Light" within God within you, where God will teach God about God within you, with you having gradutated from the Current School of God within you, that is, from the "School of Contrast" within you, where your soul has Now come to learn about everything that is Now "separating the soul" from God within you, which in truth is Now you, is Now "you", is Now you as the "Enemy of the soul", which in truth is Now you living your current life of "separation and differences", of sin, of selfishness, of "I and you", of "mine and yours", on the illusory "outside" of yourself , as if you are "separate from" God within you, as if you are "separate from" your brothers and sisters, and as if you are "separate from" the Creation of God, within God within you, all of which is "Just Not True". Question asked by "The Life" of Muhammad Abdul Lateef (Ral.) at the Sunday Morning Meeting on 6-15-08 Suggested Answer: Bawa. What Causes The Questioning In The Grave is Either you failing to conduct yourself properly in the world, in every situation, in accordance with the Commandments of God, and Now in accordance with the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), Or is you taking on any responsibility, rather than handing all responsibility to God, in every situation. Initial Review: Bawa. For as "We" taught My Children the following when "We" were living in the world, "Anything that you make God's responsibility, God will never ask you about, but everything that you make "your reponsibility" God will most certainly ask you about" And: "Do your duty without Attachments, like God does His Duty. Give like the tree gives of its fruits. Dedicate your life to helping others. "God has given you So many fruits, So may gifts; use them to benefit others. Comfort those who suffer." "That will be the Exaltedness of your life." And: "Have the Constant thought of God in your heart, whether you are working or resting. Surrendering all of your thoughts to God, say, "My Father, no matter what comes, all of this belongs to You. It is Your Responsibility". "You must become "Your Father's Child", and He must be the One who does Everything." End of Copy of "Introduction" & The "Review of Q & A" (Page 16 & 17) (of the Original E-mail Version) - For Spiritual Letter 134 - ------------------------------------ Or Go To: Or Go To: |
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