Spiritual Letter 59 - Outline & Summary Version About Spiritual Letter 59 Title: Once Again "And The Truth Will Set You Free" Subject: 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. Date Written: August, 2004 Date Sent: August, 2004 Written by: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Written to: The Columnist, Writers, Workers, and Management of the NY Times Go To: Outline of Spiritual Letter - for Page 3 Go To: Text of Spiritual Letter - for Page 3 Home Page - Spiritual Letters Spiritual Letter 60 Letter 59: Original Version Library Home Page Spiritual Letter 58 Letter 59: Related Material Page 3 of 3 Go To Table of Contents - Spiritual Letter 59 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 of Spiritual Letter - for Page 3 Page 3 of 3: - the page you are on, that you are now reading 5-0. We Must Become The "Common Wealth" of God - and put down all of our "personal wealth", then we will truly become valuable to people in the world 6-0. Why Does An Apple Seed Germinate? - because it becomes aware 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, because the earth becomes aware that the apple seed is now aware 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 because out of this mutual awareness, the earth surrenders to the apple seed, and the apple seed surrenders to the earth. This is why an apple seed germinates, through awareness of the truth that naturally emerges from within it, and surrender to that truth, as "truth surrendering to truth" answer is simple, they all are, and they each brought the same message read them with wisdom, if we read them without "separation and differences", if we read them from within us, as being the "story of God within the story of True Man within us, and the story of True Man within the story of God within us", as being the "story of the Oneness of God and True Man" within us, rather than being just books on the "outside" of us that we can carry under our armpit, and that we can then either worship or burn 8-1. First Example - the Crucifixion, The Resurrection, and The Holy Trinity in the Gospel of John, when viewed through wisdom, are the Suratal Nas, the Suratal Falaq, and the Suratal Icklas In The Holy Qur'an 8-2. Second Example - the Sign of The Cross, "In The Name of The Father, The Son, And the Holy Spirit. Amen", in the Christian tradition, and the Spiritual Greeting of "Alif, Lam, Mim", of "Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen", of, "God, the Light of Wisdom, and Wisdom", in the Islamic tradition are in truth the same, when viewed through wisdom 8-3. Third Example - with the first line in the Holy Qur'an and the first line in the Gospel of John being the same, when viewed through wisdom, with Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim being the praising of God, as the Creator, the Nourisher, and the Redeemer, and in the Gospel of John, with the "Word", being the Creation of God, and the "Word" being what was with God, as the "Word made Flesh", and the "Word" being God, as God having answered His own question in Anathi, in the time of darkness, the question, "Who am I?", as God having revealed God to God, for the benefit of all of His Creation 8-4. Fourth Example (Part A) - the Gospel of John teaches us, if viewed through wisdom, that we must first become John, which is the flower of Jesus, for Jesus to become our fragrance (peace be upon Them), and the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and of His Children (may God be pleased with Them) teaches us the same thing, that is, without Iman there is no Islam, that is, "to always shine with the beautiful light and form of Iman is Islam" 1) Quotation From: "The Gospel of John" - without John there is no Jesus 2) The Only Way To Win The Drama of Our Life - is not to play 3) How Do We Meet Jesus in Our Life? - by becoming "One with" Him within us, before we die 4) The True Significance of Life - of The Holy Trinity of God within us, of the Triple Flame of God within us, is first becoming "One with" John (peace be upon Him) within us, who is our "Spirit", our wisdom, and then becoming "One with" Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, who is our our "Light", our soul, and then becoming "One with" Muhammad (blessing and please be upon Him) within us, who is the "Light" of our wisdom, the innermost heart, the kingdom of God within us, then letting this "Three" within us become "One" within us, revealing True Man within the Creation of God within us, as the "Oneness of God and His Creation" within us, and within that revealing the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us. Amen 8-4. Fourth Example (Part B) 5) The "Word" of God For Our Age - is the "Gospel of John" & the Holy Qur'an, and the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) and of His Children (Ral.), as well as other material provided by God, if we listen to it, if we hear it, with our wisdom 5-1) Quotation From: "The Gospel of John" - we must truly hear Jesus to have "everlasting life", to be "passed from death unto life", before we die 5-2) Quotations From: The life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) - "we must truly seek ourselves in order to find God within us", before we die 6) The True Meaning and Purpose of Our Life - is to let "God happen" within us, before we die, by first letting "True Man happen" within us, before we die Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) - without Iman there is no Islam 9. Our True Birthright, Our True Heritage - is "God happening" within us, by first allowing "True Man to happen" within us, which starts with "King David happening" within us (peace be upon Him), as our Iman, as the faith of Abraham in the pit of fire within us (peace be upon Him), as our absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God within us, that in truth "Only God and what God is doing within us" exists within us, that in truth "God is One" within us, then "Jesus happening" within us, as the Light of God within us, as the "Word Made Flesh" within us, as the "Fragrance of John" within us, by first allowing "John to happen" within us, as the "Flower of Jesus" within us (peace be upon Them), coming to maturity with "Muhammad happening" within us, in this way, opening up the Kingdom of God within us, the 8th Heaven or firdaus of Muhammad (Sal.) within us, allowing Muhammad (Sal.) within us to ascend to God within us, as the Mi'raj of Muhammad (Sal.) within us, in this way, completing the "path of God" or the "Religion of God" within us, which True Man within us must then walk within us, in order to return as "One with God" within us, in order to reveal the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us, which in truth is the "Truth of Us happening" within the "Truth of God happening" within us, which in truth is "The Truth surrendering to the Truth" within us, which in truth is exactly what an apple seed does when it germinates. Can we not do at least as much as an apple seed? Amen Text of Spiritual Letter - for Page 2 5. We Must Become The "Common Wealth" of God - and put down all of our "personal wealth", then we will truly become valuable to people in the world This is very important, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, the sharing of this experience, which in truth is an experience that belongs to all of us, even if it has not yet been experience, because it is the "Common Wealth" of God for our age which cuts right through the "Personal Wealth" of our age, liberating us from everything that is currently holding us down, liberating our soul from the true cross within us which is our very own life of selfishness, of "separation and differences" lived in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing "outside" of us.. 6. Why Does An Apple Seed Germinate? - because it becomes aware 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, because the earth becomes aware that the apple seed is now aware 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 because out of this mutual awareness, the earth surrenders to the apple seed, and the apple seed surrenders to the earth. This is why an apple seed germinates, through awareness of the truth that naturally emerges from within it, and surrender to that truth, as "truth surrendering to truth" In this way, my dearest loving brothers and sisters of the New York Times, the truth of us literally lives hidden within each one of us, as we live out our lives on the "outside" of us, just waiting for each of us to decide, as the true life of the apple seed lies hidden within it, as it lies buried within the earth, just waiting for it to decide. To decide to either germinate or not, to decide to willingly and freely give up its life outside of itself buried in the earth, and reveal its life of selflessness hidden within it, and reveal the apple tree hidden within it for the benefit of everyone, to do this or to continue to live as "separate from" everything else, hidden within the earth, until it dies, until it rots in the earth, and is absorbed into the earth, forever breaking it connection to the story of the apple tree hidden within it, that it came to the earth, to join with the earth, to tell. 7. Who Is The True Messenger of God, And What Is The True Message? - the answer is simple, they all are, and they each brought the same message Within my heart, my dearest loving brothers and sisters of the New York Times, we know that if you will only spend a little time with 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), which is truly the gift of God for our age to the Children of God for our age, you will find success in your own life, as this small child has, and truly become of great value to everyone else living in this world, both for now and in the difficult times to come. As the life and teaching of Moses (peace be upon Him) was the gift of God in that age, over 3400 years ago, for the Children of God in that age, as the life and teaching of Jesus (peace be upon Him) was the gift of God in that age, over 2000 years ago, for the Children of God in that age, as the life and teaching of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) was the gift of God in that age, over 1400 years ago, for the Children of God in that age, as the life and teaching of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), was the gift of God in that age, over 1000 years ago, for the Children of God in that age. And now in our age, the life and teaching of God has come again, from God for the Children of God, as the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), which like in all previous ages is the gift of God for our age, for the Children of God for our age, and finally, now it has come as the life and teaching of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), which is any of us living in this age, if we truly want it, if we truly want to again become "One with" God within us, before we die. This too is also the gift of God for the Children of God for our age. Amen. 8-0. The "Gospel of John" and The "Holy Qur'an" Are In Truth The Same - if we read them with wisdom, if we read them without "separation and differences", if we read them from within us, as being the "story of God within the story of True Man within us, and the story of True Man within the story of God within us", as the "story of the Oneness of God and True Man within us", rather than being books on the "outside" of us that we can carry under our armpits, and that we can either worship or burn 8-1. First Example - the Crucifixion, The Resurrection, and The Holy Trinity in the Gospel of John, when viewed through wisdom, are the Suratal Nas, the Suratal Falaq, and the Suratal Icklas In The Holy Qur'an For example, if we read the "Gospel of John", in the Kings James Version of the Holy Bible, and the Holy Qur'an, with wisdom, they are exactly the same book, especially if we ready them from back to front, starting with the Crucifixion, which is the last Surat in the Holy Qur'an, Suratal Nas, which explains the current condition of man, which is living on the "outside" himself by crucifying his soul on the cross of his elemental body so he can sin, so he can live a life of "separation and differences" in the world that he sees in his ignorance as existing "outside" of him. Then comes the resurrection, with the liberation of the soul from the cross of the body by wisdom, pulling out the 5 nails that have crucified the soul, which are the 5 desires to live here, to live on the "outside" of us and sin, which in the Holy Qur'an is the Suratal Falaq, the dawning, when Nur Muhammad emerges out of the affulgence of God in Anathi, in the time of darkness or lack of understanding, after God turns away from the darkness surrounding Him, asks the question, "Who am I?", and meditates upon the power of God within Him. 8-2. Second Example - the Sign of The Cross, "In The Name of The Father, The Son, And the Holy Spirit. Amen", in the Christian tradition, and the Spiritual Greeting of "Alif, Lam, Mim", of "Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen", of, "God, the Light of Wisdom, and Wisdom", in the Islamic tradition are in truth the same, when viewed through wisdom Then comes the Holy Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, which is celebrated in the Christian tradition by the "Sign of the Cross", saying, "In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen". While in the Islamic tradition the Triple Flame is revealed within the Suratal Icklas or Purity, celebrating the nature of the Triple Flame of God, as Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen, which tradition teaches us, if we recite the Suratal Icklas three times we have said the entire Holy Qur'an, and which is also celebrated in the Islamic tradition in the Spiritual Greeting, saying, "Alif, Lam, Mim", with "Alif" being God, and existing within man as the "bridge of His nose, and the "Lam" being the Light of man's Wisdom or Aathi Muhammad, and existing within man as running from his mouth down his throat, and "Mim", being Muhammad (blessing of God be upon Him), existing within man as his brain. So the basic greeting in the Christian tradition and in the Islamic tradition are in truth the same, celebrating the Holy Trinity or Triple Flame of god that is at the very heart of both traditions, one moving the hand in the sign of a cross, and the other moving the hand from the nose, to the throat, and to the top of the head. 8-3. Third Example - with the first line in the Holy Qur'an and the first line in the Gospel of John being in truth the same, when viewed through wisdom, with Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim being the praising of God as the Creator, the Nourisher, and the Redeemer, and in the Gospel of John, with the "Word" being the Creation of God, and the "Word" being what was with God, as the "Word made Flesh", and the "Word" as being God, as God having answered His own question in Anathi, in the time of darkness, the question, "Who am I?", as God having revealed God to God, for the benefit of all of His Creation And the very first line, or the last line if we read them from back to front, in the Gospel of John, and in the Holy Qur'an, are in truth the same, again, if we read them with wisdom, as follows: From The Gospel of John: In the beginning was the word, And the word was with God, And the word was God. From The Holy Qur'an: Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. 8-4. Fourth Example - the Gospel of John teaches us, when viewed through wisdom, that we must become John, the flower of Jesus, for Jesus to become our fragrance (peace be upon Them), and the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and of His Children (may God be pleased with Them) teach us in truth the same thing, that without Iman there is no Islam, that "to always shine with the beautiful light and form of Iman is Islam" And if we look at the key teachings in the "Gospel of John", and the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), through wisdom, they are in truth the same. For example: 1) Quotation From: "The "Gospel of John" - without John there is no Jesus "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 (through John) might believe (in the Light, believe in Jesus (John: 1-6 & 7)." In this way, Jesus (peace be upon Him) is telling us that without John (peace be upon Him), without the Spirit of God, we cannot truly believe in Jesus (peace be upon Him), in the Light of God, that only if we become the flower of Jesus (peace be upon Him) which is John (peace be upon Him) will Jesus (peace be upon Him) exist within us, will Jesus (peace be upon Him) then becomes our fragrance. That without John occurring within us, as the Holy Spirit of the Holy Trinity, then we cannot experience Jesus (peace be upon Him), as the Light of God within us, as the Son of the Holy Trinity, and then through Him, through the Son of God, come to know and understand God within us, as the Father of the Holy Trinity within us. If not, then all we are doing is using our mind and desire, using our "separations and differences" in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, using our "flesh" or form on the "outside" of us, to hear, accept, and worship Jesus (peace be upon Him) on the "outside' of us, believing that we are some how, as Bawa teaches us, "Working for wages to get into heaven." But in truth when we approach Jesus (peace be upon Him) from this direction, from "outside" of us, from our mind and desire, and from "trying to get into heaven by working for wages", then we will always be doing so, doing our hearing, accepting, and worshipping, as "separate from" Jesus (peace be upon Him), always keeping Jesus (peace be upon Him) "separate from" us, as we always keep our brothers and sisters "separate from" us, not as "One with" us, in this way, always keeping Jesus (peace be upon Him) as "separate from" us, and never as "One with" us, never approaching Jesus as John did (peace be upon Them), never in the way that John worshipped Jesus (peace be upon Them), as the "Spirit of God" worshipping the "Light of God" in the "Presence of God", in the presence of the "Power of God" within all of us. Amen. And later in the Gospel of John, this is what Jesus (peace be upon Him) tells us, that we must stop worshipping God as flesh, as flesh worshipping God, and now start worshipping God as "Spirit", as "Spirit" worshipping "Spirit". That now, at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him), that this was now the only way of worshipping God that was permitted, as the "Spirit of Man worshipping the Spirit of God". In this way, first we must join with Jesus (peace be upon Him) "outside" of us to awaken John (peace be upon Him) within us, to awaken the "Spirit of Man" within us, that is in partnership with our soul within us, that can join with Jesus (peace be upon Him) on the outside of us to liberate Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, liberate our soul within us from the cross of our elemental body, upon which our soul, upon which Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, is crucified, by the 5 nails of "desire to live here", to live on the "outside" of us and sin, which is to live as if God is "separate from" us, and our brothers and sisters on the "outside" of us are "separate from" us, and that the Creation of God within us, that we also see on the "outside" of us, are in truth "separate from" us, when in truth all of everything, both within and "outside" of us, is "who we are". This is the only sin that any of us have, our "separation from" God, our "separation from" each other, and our "separation from" the Creation of God within us, that John (peace be upon Him) tells us about, when He first sees Jesus (peace be upon Him) on the "outside" of us, when He tell us, "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world (John:1-29)." 2) The Only Way To Win The Drama of Our Life - is not to play Everything else "outside" of us, other than this one sin, of "separation from", is just drama, is just a distraction from our one sin, is just nourishment of the lives of darkness within us, is just a drama that we must join with God within us to end, by simply turning away from it, from our "outside", with our faith and trust in God within us, in what God is doing within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Is simply turning away from it as our true reality, by simply saying "no" to it, saying "no" to "us" on the "outside" of us, to the "us" of "separation and difference" on the "outside" of us, to the "us" of selfishness, of arrogance, karma, and illusion on the "outside" of us, and by turning to God within us, and to what God is doing within us, as our true reality, by turning to God within us as in truth "who we are", as in truth "where we are", and as in truth "what is happening" in our life. By simply saying "yes" to it, saying "yes" to "us" within us, saying "yes" to "us" within us as the "Three of Us" within the "Three of God" within us, as the understanding of the Holy Trinity, of the Triple Flame of God, within the Holy Trinity within us, within the Triple Flame of God within us, saying "yes" to "us" as flower of Jesus within us which is John within us, and the fragrance of that flower within us which is Jesus within us, and to the power within that flower and its fragrance which is God. Amen. And then once John (peace be upon Him) has been awakened within us, which is the "Spirit of Man" within us, which in truth is the understanding of the "Spirit of God" within the "Spirit of God" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called our Iman, the absolute, complete, unshakable faith, certitude, and determination in God within us, and in what God is doing within us. Once we join with God within us in this way, to awaken John (peace be upon Him) within us, to awaken our wisdom within us, to allow the flower of Jesus to come to bloom within us, as John within us, then our life begins to again move forward within us, as it did when we were in the world of souls, in the womb of our mother for 9 months, 9 days, and 9 hours, and for the first 2 years of our life in this earth world, until we awoke to "ourselves" as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God, both within and "outside" of us, which in our current age of enlightenment is called our "ego", until we started to forget about God within us, and about what God is doing within us. In this way, to awaken the wisdom surrounding our soul within us, to again start to move our life forward within us , to move forward our true life within us, which is the story of True Man within the story of God within us, and the story of God within the story of True man within us, which is what God is doing within us, in this way, forward within us what God started within us a very long time ago, even before we were born into this earth world, in this way, allowing the temporary illusory life of "separation and differences" that we have grown in our ignorance on the "outside" of us, to come to an end on the "outside" of us, awaking "us" again to what is really happening to us, within us, which is "God happening" within us, by first allowing "True Man to happen" within us. In this way, allowing our wisdom within us to liberate our soul within us from the "enemy of our soul", from "us" on the "outside" of us, from our life of sin, from our life of "separation and differences", on the "outside" of us, for to see someone on the "outside" of us as "separate from" us, even though we believe that we love them, is a sin, because in truth "we are all One", because in truth "God is One", because in truth "Only God exists", in this way, through the realization, the understanding, the acceptance, and the joining with this "truth of us", within the "truth of God" within us, that naturally emerges from within us, as our own life speaking to us, when we are ready to hear it, and to either accept or reject it. And if we choose to wholeheartedly accept it, without the slightest doubt, allowing "us" our wisdom and our soul to become "One" within us, to become the flower and the fragrance of the Holy Trinity of God within us, of the Triple Flame of God within us, then "we" will meet Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, as the true reality of us, as the soul within us liberated from the cross of our elemental body, by the wisdom within us, by the wisdom surrounding our soul, which was awakened by the "Word" of God for our age, that God has sent into our age, as the gift of God for our age for the Children of God for our age. Which for our age is the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), which in truth is everyone living in this age, if that be our true intention, if we choose to live as "One with" God within us for eternity, and choose no longer to live as "separate from" God and from each other and from the Creation of God on the "outside" of us, and then hand our "outside" to our "inside", hand "us" to God, after invoking "His name", after establishing "His presence" within us, before we say or do anything. In this way, handing to God within us what God has discarded "outside" of Himself, in order to become God, asking God to do it again, but this time within us, in this way, transforming everything within us into God and what God is doing within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, by first revealing True Man within us within the Creation of God within us, as the "Oneness of God and His Creation" within us. Amen. 3) How Do We Meet Jesus in Our Life? - by becoming "One with" Him within us, before we die In this way, we meet Jesus within us, not "outside" of us, by becoming Jesus within us, by becoming "One with" John and Jesus within us (peace be upon Them), by become "One with" the flower of God and its fragrance within us, by becoming "One with" the flower and fragrance of the Holy Trinity within us, of the Triple Flame of God within us, by becoming the understanding of the Holy Trinity within us, of the Triple Flame of God within us. And in this way, we meet God within us, when after having become "One with" the flower and the fragrance of the Holy Trinity within us, we go in search of God within us, first becoming "One with" the Holy Trinity of God within us, with the Triple Flame of God within us, becoming "One with" Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) within us, and His True Prayer within us, allowing the Three within us to again become One within us, in this way becoming "One with" the One within us, which first is True Man within us, and is finally experienced as the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen 4) The True Significance of Life - of The Holy Trinity of God within us, of the Triple Flame of God within us, is first becoming "One with" John (peace be upon Him) within us, who is our "Spirit", our wisdom, and then becoming "One with" Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, who is our "Light", our soul, and then becoming "One with" Muhammad (blessing and please be upon Him) within us, who is the "Light of our wisdom, the innermost heart, the kingdom of God within us, then letting this Three become "One" within us, revealing True Man within the Creation of God within us, as the "Oneness of God and His Creation" within us, and within that revealing the "Oneness of God and True Man", which in truth is God and True Man within us. Amen This is the true significance of the Holy Trinity of Jesus (peace be upon Him), of the coming of John and of Jesus and of God into the world at the time of Jesus, over 2000 years ago, as the "Spirit and the Light and the Power of God", as the Holy Trinity of God, at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him), to more forward within all of us at that time the story of True Man within the story of God within us, and to move forward within us at that time the story of God within the story of True Man within us, not for us to turn what They were doing at that time within all of us into an "outside" drama that just keeps our soul, that just keeps Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us crucified to the cross of our elemental body, by the five nails of our "desire to live here", so we can continue to sin, so we can continue to live a life of "separation and differences" with our brothers and sisters in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, so we can continue to see God, and everyone else, and all of the Creation of God as "separate from" us, until we die. No, the true understanding of the Holy Trinity at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) was to again move forward the story that God is telling within all of us, within all of everything, that is, to provide the next level of understanding of the Holy Trinity that will allow it to again become One, revealing True Man within the Creation of God within us, as the "Oneness of God and His Creation" within us, transforming this world into the next world, into the "hereafter", not for us to stay living on the "outside" of us as "separate from" John on the "outside" of us, but rather to see that John, on the "outside" of us is trying to get us to look within us, to start to worship God as "Spirit" worshipping "Spirit", not continue worshipping God as flesh, not as was done before the age of Jesus (peace be upon Him). For example, John in the "Gospel of John" on the "outside" of us, is in truth pointing "us" to the wisdom within us surrounding our own soul, to the wisdom within us that needs to awaken to the "Word" of God for our age, so it can do battle with the enemy of our soul, which is "us", which is "us" continuing to live a life of "separation and differences", a life of sin, on the "outside" of us. One day Bawa looked at us and said, "I have not come for you, I have come to awaken the wisdom surrounding your soul, so the wisdom surrounding your soul can do battle with the enemy of your soul." And this child immediately asked Bawa, "Bawa, who is the enemy of my soul?" And Bawa lovingly look at this child and said, "You are!" In this way, the true understanding of the Holy Trinity at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) was for us living at that time to let our wisdom be awakened by the "Word" of God for that age, which was Jesus (peace be upon Him), so the wisdom surrounding our soul could successfully do battle with the "enemy of our soul", which was "us" living on the "outside" of us in that age, as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us at that age, not to worship the "Word" of Jesus in a book that we have created on the "outside" of us, and to create a "Big Drama" about Jesus on the "outside" of us. A "Big Drama" that only continues to distracts us, for the last 2000 years, from God within us, from the Holy Trinity within us, from Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and from the work that only God can do within us, which is to liberate our soul from the cross of our elemental body, join it with our wisdom within us, and find and join with the light of our wisdom within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called the Nur Muhammad. And in this way, bring the understanding of the Holy Trinity to the Holy Trinity within us, so it can again become One within us, revealing True Man within the Creation of God within us as the "Oneness of God and His Creation" within us, allowing True Man within us to reveal the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, in this way, allowing God to complete what He has started in each of us, a very, very long time ago, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. In this way, John in the "Gospel of John" is not about a person living on the "outside" of us, but rather is about the "Spirit of Man" within us surrendering to the "Spirit of God" within us, both at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him), and now in our age, at the time of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), not for us to continue to live a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us as "separate from" Jesus, who in truth is within us, not "outside" of us, who in truth must become before we die, the "Light of Man" surrendered to the "Light of God" within us, who must become the understanding of Jesus within Jesus, that allows our soul to merge again with God before we die, allowing True Prayer to occur within us, which as Bawa teaches us is, "The Prayer of the One to the One who Is". And not for us to continue to live on the "outside" of us treating God as "separate from us, in this way, keeping God within us hidden within us, until we die, until we die and finally meet God as the "Maliki yawmid-deen", as the Master of the Day of Judgment, when our life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, our life of "selfishness" will be judged by God within us, by the One who Created our beautiful life of grace, wisdom, and 'ilm, that we failed to realize and reveal before our death, and by the drama we have created within us, and finally by the Creation of God within us, with us ending up with an eternal life of "separation from" God, and 105 million rebirths, ending as a worm in hell with only one level of consciousness, which is feeling. 5) The "Word" of God For Our Age - is the "Gospel of John" & the Holy Qur'an, and the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and His Children (Ral.), as well as other material provided by God, if we listen to it, if we hear it, with our wisdom 5-1) Quotation From: "The Gospel of John" - we must truly hear Jesus speaking to us through John, through our "Spirit", to have "everlasting life", to be "passed from death unto life", before we die Such is our fate, an eternal life of "separation from" God within us, if we fail to truly hear Jesus (peace be upon Him) speaking to us through John, through our "Spirit" within us, through the wisdom surrounding our soul, either in the age of Jesus as Jesus speaking to us on the "outside" of us, or now through the "Gospel of John" or through the "Holy Qur'an" or through other material provided by God on the "outside" of us. Or now, in our age, as Jesus (peace be upon Him) speaking to us directly from within our very own heart, through our awakened wisdom within us, through our awakened "Spirit" within us, and through God within our wisdom, through our wisdom awakened within us by the "Word" of God for our age, the "Gift" of God for our age, which is the life and teaching of our Father for this age, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), which is each of us living in this age, if we truly want it. Amen. For example, as follows, from the "Gospel of John": "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 (John: 5-24)." 5-2) Quotations From: The life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) - "we must truly seek ourselves in order to find God within us", before we die And such is our fate, an eternal life of "separation from" God within us, if we fail to truly hear Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) speaking to us, in our age, either as Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) teaching us on the "outside" of us through all of His books, discourses, and songs, or as Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) speaking to us right now from within our very own heart, as our wisdom within us, and as God within our wisdom. For example, as follows, from the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom". "Man appearing on this earth, forgets God and falls into many a trap. He does not know to seek himself although God exists within man. (Source: page 6, in the "Forward", of the beautiful book of Wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom". And for example, from a beautiful discourse given to us by His Holiness, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), on April 26, 1972, and given the title "How To Reach and Merge With God": ---- beginning of Quotation by His Holiness ---- "If you want to meditate on God, and if you want to reach God, then please listen to the instruction that I am going to give you now. Like what I explained earlier (in the morning), about how you should surrender yourself totally to the Guru, you must take every word of the Guru and then stamp it in your heart. Do not think that these are merely words. Do not think it is just a speech or a song or a poetry or just words. These are words that come straight from God Himself, and these are not the things that you might have learned in the past. It is His resonance, and it is His sound, and it is His vibration that comes. Each sound is His resonance, it is His vibration, and it comes from the divine grace of God. This is the vibration, this is the sounds that Gabriel (peace be upon Him) brought to each one of His prophets as commandments and as laws. These divine sounds descend to the perfect Guru. These sounds are the sounds that come from God directly to the Qutb or to the Qutbiyyat (the Actions of God), and from the Qutbiyyat these sounds are given to the disciples. These sounds come as a result of those who have attained the grace of God, and the truth of God, and have attained to the station of Qutbiyyat. Such a Guru, a Guru who gets His direct communication (from God), the direct vibrations from God, and is able to transmit these direct vibrations to others, is extremely rare in this world. This state is extremely rare, and these words that come from the divine vibrations are also extremely rare. This perfect Guru, this Gnostic Guru or the Qutb, gets this from the primary source of God as sounds and vibrations, and He transmits these to His disciples in that same form, with that same Power." ---- end of Quotation by His Holiness ---- [Source of Quotation: is a discourse by His Holiness, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), given on April 26, 1972, and given the title "How To Reach and Merge With God". Please click on the following to read an on-line copy of the entire discourse given by His Holiness: Spiritual Discourse 01 (www.SpiritualDiscourse001.homestead.com)] Such is the "Word" of God for our age, my dearest loving brother and sisters at the New York Times, which God has sent to each of us in our age, to awaken the wisdom surrounding our souls, to let the flower of Jesus within us, which is John, bloom within us, and come to maturity within us, liberating our soul from the cross of our elemental body, which is the true crucifixion of Jesus, and in maturity becoming the fragrance of that flower within us, which is Jesus within us, which is the Light of God within us, which in truth is "us" as "One with" the Holy Trinity of God within us, is "us" as "One with the Triple Flame of God within us, is "us as "One with" His Spirit, His light, and His Power within us, if we will only let it "happen" within us. In this way, preparing the way for us to next become "One with" Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) within us, as the "light of our wisdom", so "True Prayer" can occur within us, the prayer of the "One" to the "One who is" within us, in this way revealing True Man within us, as the "Oneness of God and His Creation" within us. Amen. And all of this will naturally happen within us, as an apple tree and its branches and leaves and flowers and mature sweet fruits naturally come out of the apple seed buried within the earth, when it gives up its solitary life "outside" of itself, "separate from" the earth, having realized, understood, and accepted the truth of itself, and having joined with the earth to germinate, and in the same way, all of this will naturally happen within each of us, as our true birth right, our true heritage, if we will only realize, understand, and accept the truth of us, contained within the "Word" of God for our age, if we will only turn toward God within us, if we will only join in partnership with God within us, to let it "happen" within us, before we die, to let what God has already started within us move forward within us, and naturally come to completion within us, as the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen. If we will only turn away from "us" on the "outside" of us, turn away from the flower of hell that we have grown and have become "One with" on the "outside" of us, that now defines us in our ignorance on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us. Which defines us "One with" the flower of the 5 elemental spirits or ruhanis within us, of the five "desires to live on the outside" of us, so we can sin, so we can nourish all of the lives of darkness that we have grown within us, that are truly within us, but that we are currently experiencing and nourishing in our ignorance as "us" on the "outside" of us, that we are currently experiencing and nourishing as our life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as our life of sin, as a flower with the fragrance of hell. And if we don't, then that is our fault, not God's fault, then that is our decision, not God's decision, and then we must suffer the consequence of our fault, of our decision, and spend eternity as "separate from" God, for God has given each of us everything that we need to become again "One with" Him, but this time with an understanding of that "Oneness", so we will never lose it again, and in this way, allowing God within us to complete what He has already started within us, a very, very long time age, even before we were born into this earth world, and what He is doing right now within us, which is revealing Himself to Himself for the benefit of all of His Creation within us, just as God has given each apple seed everything necessary to become the sweet taste of the apple, but still it must decide on its own, buried within the earth, to germinate or not, it must decide to tell the story hidden with it or not. Such is its choice, and similarly, such is our choice. My dearest loving brothers and sisters of the New York Times, who can influence in a very good way all of the thinking in the world, we must realize this truth of ourselves, and of God within us, without the slightest, before it is too late. And we must realize the true significance of our world, of your profession, and even of things like electricity and TV and the computer and the Internet that we now all take for granted, which just a few years ago did not even exist, and the significance of the "Word" of God for our age, of the life and teaching of our Father for this age, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), for if we fall into it, into the "Word" for our age, this "Gift" of God for our age, it will bring us to that realization, to the realization of just "who we really are", of just "where we really are", and of just "what is really happening" in our life. Because everything is already within us, just waiting for the flower of the Triple Flame within us to bloom, which is John (peace be upon Him), which is the faith of Abraham (peace be upon Him) in the pit of fire within, and the love of God of His two sons, of Ishmael and Isaac (peace be upon Them), that came to maturity in the desert of our life as Moses, and finally as King David (peace be upon Them), in this way, in giving "us" the flower of John and the fragrance of Jesus (peace be upon Them) within us, just waiting for the "Oneness" of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) within us to bring us into True Prayer, just waiting for this prayer of the "One" to the "One who is" to reveal True Man within the Creation of God within us, and just waiting for True Man within us to reveal God as the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen. Such is the truth of our life within the truth of God within us, that we have but to pick up, and join within us, as our true birth right, our true heritage, before we die, to truly become successful in our life. May we all realize this now, without the slightest doubt, before it is too late, and start to act accordingly. Amen. For all we are really doing if we reject this "Word" of God for our age, and decide to continue to live on the "outside" of us, doing "business as usual", is just keeping the "Fruit of God" within us, hidden within the "Tree of God" within us, hidden within the "Seed of True Man", within us, which is the Creation of God within us, which is the "Earth of God" within us, from "happening' within us, is just keeping all of this "Stuff of God" within us, that God has so lovingly and patiently placed within each of us, even before we came to this earth world, from naturally "happening" within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. So instead of letting our wisdom reason over our fate, we forsake our wisdom, we forsake what John on the "outside" of us, in the "Gospel of John" is pointing toward on the inside" of us, which is our wisdom, which is the wisdom surrounding our soul, which is the guardian of our soul, the guardian of Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, guardian of the "Life of God" within us, of the "Light of man" within us, placed there by God within us, in order to engage the "enemy of our soul", when we are ready to join with our wisdom in this true "Holy War" or "Jihad", if that be our true intention, in order to liberate our soul, to remove Jesus (peace be upon Him) from the cross of our elemental body, and in this way, join our soul with our wisdom, and find and merge with the light of our wisdom, which is the Nur Muhammad within us, revealing the Triple Flame of God within us, and in the process, through contrast, come to an understanding of the Holy Trinity within us, of the Triple Flame of God, within us, so again the "Three of God" within us can become the "One of God" within us, opening up True Prayer within us, revealing True Man within us, revealing the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, completing in this way what God has started within us. Amen. Realizing that this is the only true "Holy War", that must occur within each of us, when the qualities of our inner selves, which are the qualities of God within us, do battle and become victorious over the qualities of our outer selves, which are the qualities of hell, on the "outside" of us, become victorious over the qualities of "separation and differences", the qualities of "my group" is right and different from "your group", realizing that only this battle within each of us is the true "Holy War", the true "Jihad", not anything that we may do in our ignorance on the "outside" of us, which is only just another act of selfishness, just another act of "separation and differences", just another form of sin, keeping us distracted until we die, until we meet the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him), and see for the first time what we have done with the "Gift" of God for our life within us, turning it into a life of sin, a life of hell, on the "outside" of us, but then, it is too late to do anything about it, to late to correct what we have done in our ignorance. May we all think about this a little. It is very important, and can save you from this fate. In this way, before we die, we must join in partnership with God within us, with our wisdom within us, and with God within Him, to engage the true "disbeliever", which is "us" living a life of sin, a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, a life as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, until we die, only then, when we meet the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him), will we harvest what we have sown, which are our "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, which are the qualities of hell within us, not the crop of God within us which are the qualities of God within us, which are the qualities of "Oneness and Unity", of "Justice and Truth", and of "Compassion and Unity" within us. And only then do we move into the house that we have built within us in our ignorance, which is a house of "separate from" from God for eternity, not the house that we could have built within us for eternity, if we had joined with God within us, if we had joined with our wisdom within us, and with the truth of God within our wisdom, before we died, the house of "Oneness with" God, and all this is given to us when we die, either an eternal house of "Oneness with" God, or an eternal house of "separation from" God, within the "Justice of God", For as Bawa teaches us, "The Justice of God is that whatever you intend is what you will receive." So, my dearest loving brothers and sisters of the New York Times, we must realize what we have done with the "Gift" of God for our life, we have turned it into a house of hell on the "outside" of us, which is but the veil of our "outside" covering our soul, covering our true "inside", is but the "contrast" to the "Life of God" within us, to the "Light of men" within us, so understanding can occur, a "contrast" to who in truth "we really are", we are of God, and of what He is doing, which is revealing Himself to Himself, for the benefit of all of His Creation. A "contrast" in truth to "where we really are", we are within God, we have been planted within the "Earth" of God as the "Seed of True Man", ready to bear the "Fruit of God", in this way, revealing the "Taste of God", for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, and in this way, in this process becoming the understanding that naturally flows back into God, as the grace of God returning to God, from which it came, having completed our duty to God, to all of the "Stuff of God", and to the Creation of God, as the rain water falls back into the ocean, from which it came, having completed its duty, bringing fresh water to all creations, again becoming the ocean, no longer existing as the rain, separate from the ocean. Amen. A "contrast" in truth to "what is really happening" in our life, which is, "God is happening" within us, by first allowing "True Man to happen" within us, within the Creation of God within us, as the "Oneness of God and the Creation of God" within us, a realization which, if we will truly understand and accept it, by letting the "Word" of God for our age, letting the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), wash across us for a while, as the "truth of us" within the "truth of God" within, then we will truly find peace in our life, we will finally become peaceful with our own ending on the "outside" of us, and with God's beginning within us, and willingly and freely allow both of these to happen within us, allowing "us" as our "outside" of us to end, that is "us" as we currently know us and are currently defined, to end, and allow God within us, which in truth is us, to begin and come to maturity within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen. In this way, each of us must make this choice, between the truth and the falsehood of us, before it is too late to make that choice, and still do anything about it, between the "truth of us" within the "truth of God" within us which is our true birth right, our true heritage, which starts with the flower of the Triple Flame of God within us, and its fragrance, which is John and Jesus (peace be upon Them) joined as "One" within us, is our soul liberated from the cross of our elemental body, joined with our wisdom, as the palace of our soul, as the house of wisdom, as the house of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), and ends as the "Oneness of God and True Man", ends with an eternal life of "Oneness with" God, ends with us having fallen back into God, from which we have come, having completed our duty, becoming again God, no longer existing as "separate from" God. Or instead of this, we spend our life fooling ourselves, by thinking that God doesn't exist, or that man in his ignorance is God, or that God in truth does exist, and that we can earn our way to God, that we can "work for wages to get into heaven", that if we have the proper practices, if we do the right things, before we die, we can earn the necessary wages to get into a proper heaven on the "outside" of us, after we die, a heaven that lets us be near Moses (peace be upon Him), or near Jesus (peace be upon), or near Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), or near God, after we die, after we are done living, or sinning, in the world "outside" of us. But things don't work that way, my dearest loving brothers and sisters of the New York Times, and when we die we will be very disappointed. Please, please, please, may we all think about this a little, may we all know and accept this truth now, while we still have some time left to do something with it. It is very important. 6) The True Meaning and Purpose of Our Life - is to let "God happen" within us, before we die, by first letting "True Man happen" within us, before we die In this way, my dearest loving brothers and sisters of the New York Times, this is the meaning of our life, of our life within us, which will naturally open within us, when we are truly done with our life "outside" of us, when we truly see our life of selfishness on the "outside" of us as standing between God and what God is doing within us, which is revealing True Man within the Creation of God within us, which happens when the Holy Trinity within us, which is why we are alive, again becomes One within us, from which it has come, by understanding what it is currently experiencing, which is the Creation of God within us. This is the purpose of our life, of all life, to bring the Holy Trinity within us to an understanding of the Holy Trinity within us, so it can again become One, and reveal what is within it, within the Creation of God within us, which is True Man, which in true is the "Oneness of God and His Creation", and in this way, revealing what is within True Man, within the "Oneness of True Man and His Creation", which is God, which is the "Oneness of God and True Man". Amen. This is why we were born, this is what we came here, to this earth world to support, what we came here to realize, understand, accept, and join, so what is hidden within us can be revealed, which is True Man, which is the "Tree of Us", that has been hidden by God within us, as the "Seed of Us", so the "Fruits of Us" can be revealed, which is God within us. May we all begin to realize this truth of us, and this truth of God within us, and let God finish what He has started within us, by letting the grace of God within us flow, by letting ourselves on the "outside" of us, which is the darkness of us, end, by letting our love for Adam, for Noah, for Abraham and His Sons, for Moses, for King David, for John, and for Jesus (peace be upon Them) grow within us, and let our love for Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), for Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), and now for our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), grow within us, and in this way, let our qualities be purified, let the qualities of our inner selves become victorious over the qualities of our outer selves. Amen. May God give us the grace of His wisdom to allow this to happen within each of us, before it is too late, before we die, in our current state, in the state of selfishness, in the state of "separation and differences on the "outside" of us. Amen. In this way, first we must awaken the Holy Trinity within us, we must awaken the Father, the Son, and Holy Trinity within us, if we are to worship the Holy Trinity within us, if we are to worship the Father, the Son, and Holy Trinity within us, because only the "Holy Trinity of man" within us can worship the "Holy Trinity of God" within us, in this way allowing the Holy Trinity of God within us to again become One within us, to become True Man within the Creation of God within us, allowing True Man within us to reveal God within the Creation of True Man within us, in this way, revealing the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us. Amen. And we can only do this in partnership with Them within us, as "One with", the "Holy Trinity of God" within us, because only They within us, can plant the "Seed of Themselves" within "us", within "us" within Them, allowing the "Holy Trinity of man" to grow within the "Holy Trinity of God" within us, to grow within Them as the Father (as the Power of man within the Power of God within us), as the Son (as the Light of man within the Life of God within us), and the Holy Spirit (the Wisdom of man within the wisdom of God within us), Only in this way will our life move forward, in what God is doing within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of His Creation within us, as "One with" God within us, as "One with" the Holy Trinity of God within us, as "One with" the Triple Flame of God, within us, not as "separate from" Them within us, or as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, or as "separate from" Creation of God within us. Amen. In this way, in the context of the "Gospel of John", in the Christian tradition, only by becoming "One with" John (peace be upon Him) within us, with the wisdom of God within us, with the wisdom surrounding our soul, allowing John to come to maturity within us as the flower of the Holy Trinity of God within us, can we truly hear Jesus (peace be upon Them) within us, can we experience the fragrance of that flower which is Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us. And as in the Islamic tradition, in the context of the Holy Qur'an, and in 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), only by becoming "One with" our Iman, with our absolute, complete, unshakable faith, certitude and determination that "God alone exists", which is a complete acceptance of the heart that "God is One", can we truly hear the words spoken to us by Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), or follow Him to God. Which is the same wisdom point that Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) teaches us, in the next two quotations from His Holiness, with the first quotation coming from the beautiful song by His Holiness, "Allah Muhammad", and the second quotation coming from the book by His Holiness, "Islam and World Peace: Explanations of a Sufi", "If you don't have the form of the Iman of the Kalimah you will not be able to follow the Causal Muhammad, you will have to stand alone and cry". 7) Quotation From: The life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) - without Iman there is no Islam "To always shine with the beautiful light and form of Iman is Islam. And to become sweeter as we think of this is Islam. If we understand God's qualities we will find them so sweet. If we act with God's actions, they will be sweet. When we embrace our brothers and sisters with those actions, and with trust, we will realize what happiness is, and know the goodness that comes from it. As we embrace each brother and sister heart to heart, helping them in whatever way they need, we will know what joy and goodness are." (Source: from the book, "Islam and World Peace: Explanations of a Sufi). (Note: to read this beautiful book of wisdom in its entirety, as an on-line book, please click on the following: Islam and World Peace: Explanations of a Sufi (www.bmf.org/iswp). Also to access the Web Page for the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, which was established by His Holiness in America, with branches in many countries in the world, with its main branch in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, please click on the following: Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship (www.bmf.org). Finally, to access the On-line Library on the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), please click on the following: Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library (www.Bawa.homestead.com) This is the heart of 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), which is what His Holiness calls "Iman-Islam". That without "Iman" there is no "Islam", that without absolute, complete, unshakable faith, certitude, and determination that "God alone exists", without the complete acceptance of the heart that "God is One", there is no "Islam". Which is saying the same thing that was quoted from the Gospel of John, that is without John within us there can be no Jesus within us (peace be upon Them), without the "Spirit of God" within us there can be no "Light of God" within us, without the flower called John blooming within us there can be no fragrance within us called Jesus (peace be upon Them). It is exactly the same, my dearest loving brothers and sisters. Amen. 9. Our True Birthright, Our True Heritage - is "God happening" within us, by first allowing "True Man to happen" within us, which starts with "King David happening" within us (peace be upon Him), as our Iman, as the faith of Abraham in the pit of fire within us (peace be upon Him), as our absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God within us, that in truth "Only God and what God is doing within us" exists within us, that in truth "God is One" within us, then "Jesus happening" within us, as the Light of God within us, as the "Word Made Flesh" within us, as the "Fragrance of John" within us, by first allowing "John to happen" within us, as the "Flower of Jesus" within us (peace be upon Them), coming to maturity with "Muhammad happening" within us, in this way, opening up the Kingdom of God within us, the 8th Heaven or firdaus of Muhammad (Sal.) within us, allowing Muhammad (Sal.) within us to ascend to God within us, as the Mi'raj of Muhammad (Sal.) within us, in this way, completing the "path of God" or the "Religion of God" within us, which True Man within us must then walk within us, in order to return as "One with God" within us, in order to reveal the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us, which in truth is the "Truth of Us happening" within the "Truth of God happening" within us, which in truth is "The Truth surrendering to the Truth" within us, which in truth is exactly what an apple seed does when it germinates. Can we not do at least as much as an apple seed? Amen May we all reflect on these few simple but powerful words of wisdom for our age, before it is too late, before we die, not having realized, understood, accepted, and joined with the "truth of us", which naturally emerges from within us in each age, when we are ready to hear it, when we are ready to either accept it, or reject it. When we are ready to either accept or reject the truth of us before we die, and to truly hear it as "our own life speaking to us", as this child did, not as words coming from someone or some group "outside' of us, and then germinate, revealing what was hidden within each us by God even before we were born, rather than continuing to live out our life of selfishness on the "outside" of us until we die, in this way, revealing the "Truth of Us" within us, that is, the "Tree of Us" within the "Seed of Us", which in truth is "True Man happening" within us, and within that the "Fruit of Us" within us, which in truth is "God happening" within us. This is our true birthright, our true heritage, my dearest loving brother and sisters of the New York Times, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, by first revealing True Man within the Creation of God within us. Amen. Then our wisdom will reason over our fate, then the qualities of our inner selves will become victorious over the qualities of our outer selves, then our life will truly become victorious before we die, as explained to us by Moses (peace be upon Him), by Jesus (peace be upon Him), by Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), by Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), and now in our age, by our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and now finally, by the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), as this small child is now sharing with each our you. Amen. 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Spiritual Letter 59 - Outline & Summary Version About Spiritual Letter 59 Title: Once Again "And The Truth Will Set You Free" Subject: 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. Date Written: August, 2004 Date Sent: August, 2004 Written by: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Written to: The Columnist, Writers, Workers, and Management of the NY Times Go To: Outline of Spiritual Letter - for Page 3 Go To: Text of Spiritual Letter - for Page 3 Home Page - Spiritual Letters Spiritual Letter 60 Letter 59: Original Version Library Home Page Spiritual Letter 58 Letter 59: Related Material Page 3 of 3 Go To Table of Contents - Spiritual Letter 59 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 of Spiritual Letter - for Page 3 Page 3 of 3: - the page you are on, that you are now reading 5-0. We Must Become The "Common Wealth" of God - and put down all of our "personal wealth", then we will truly become valuable to people in the world 6-0. Why Does An Apple Seed Germinate? - because it becomes aware 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, because the earth becomes aware that the apple seed is now aware 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 because out of this mutual awareness, the earth surrenders to the apple seed, and the apple seed surrenders to the earth. This is why an apple seed germinates, through awareness of the truth that naturally emerges from within it, and surrender to that truth, as "truth surrendering to truth" answer is simple, they all are, and they each brought the same message read them with wisdom, if we read them without "separation and differences", if we read them from within us, as being the "story of God within the story of True Man within us, and the story of True Man within the story of God within us", as being the "story of the Oneness of God and True Man" within us, rather than being just books on the "outside" of us that we can carry under our armpit, and that we can then either worship or burn 8-1. First Example - the Crucifixion, The Resurrection, and The Holy Trinity in the Gospel of John, when viewed through wisdom, are the Suratal Nas, the Suratal Falaq, and the Suratal Icklas In The Holy Qur'an 8-2. Second Example - the Sign of The Cross, "In The Name of The Father, The Son, And the Holy Spirit. Amen", in the Christian tradition, and the Spiritual Greeting of "Alif, Lam, Mim", of "Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen", of, "God, the Light of Wisdom, and Wisdom", in the Islamic tradition are in truth the same, when viewed through wisdom 8-3. Third Example - with the first line in the Holy Qur'an and the first line in the Gospel of John being the same, when viewed through wisdom, with Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim being the praising of God, as the Creator, the Nourisher, and the Redeemer, and in the Gospel of John, with the "Word", being the Creation of God, and the "Word" being what was with God, as the "Word made Flesh", and the "Word" being God, as God having answered His own question in Anathi, in the time of darkness, the question, "Who am I?", as God having revealed God to God, for the benefit of all of His Creation 8-4. Fourth Example (Part A) - the Gospel of John teaches us, if viewed through wisdom, that we must first become John, which is the flower of Jesus, for Jesus to become our fragrance (peace be upon Them), and the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and of His Children (may God be pleased with Them) teaches us the same thing, that is, without Iman there is no Islam, that is, "to always shine with the beautiful light and form of Iman is Islam" 1) Quotation From: "The Gospel of John" - without John there is no Jesus 2) The Only Way To Win The Drama of Our Life - is not to play 3) How Do We Meet Jesus in Our Life? - by becoming "One with" Him within us, before we die 4) The True Significance of Life - of The Holy Trinity of God within us, of the Triple Flame of God within us, is first becoming "One with" John (peace be upon Him) within us, who is our "Spirit", our wisdom, and then becoming "One with" Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, who is our our "Light", our soul, and then becoming "One with" Muhammad (blessing and please be upon Him) within us, who is the "Light" of our wisdom, the innermost heart, the kingdom of God within us, then letting this "Three" within us become "One" within us, revealing True Man within the Creation of God within us, as the "Oneness of God and His Creation" within us, and within that revealing the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us. Amen 8-4. Fourth Example (Part B) 5) The "Word" of God For Our Age - is the "Gospel of John" & the Holy Qur'an, and the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) and of His Children (Ral.), as well as other material provided by God, if we listen to it, if we hear it, with our wisdom 5-1) Quotation From: "The Gospel of John" - we must truly hear Jesus to have "everlasting life", to be "passed from death unto life", before we die 5-2) Quotations From: The life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) - "we must truly seek ourselves in order to find God within us", before we die 6) The True Meaning and Purpose of Our Life - is to let "God happen" within us, before we die, by first letting "True Man happen" within us, before we die Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) - without Iman there is no Islam 9. Our True Birthright, Our True Heritage - is "God happening" within us, by first allowing "True Man to happen" within us, which starts with "King David happening" within us (peace be upon Him), as our Iman, as the faith of Abraham in the pit of fire within us (peace be upon Him), as our absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God within us, that in truth "Only God and what God is doing within us" exists within us, that in truth "God is One" within us, then "Jesus happening" within us, as the Light of God within us, as the "Word Made Flesh" within us, as the "Fragrance of John" within us, by first allowing "John to happen" within us, as the "Flower of Jesus" within us (peace be upon Them), coming to maturity with "Muhammad happening" within us, in this way, opening up the Kingdom of God within us, the 8th Heaven or firdaus of Muhammad (Sal.) within us, allowing Muhammad (Sal.) within us to ascend to God within us, as the Mi'raj of Muhammad (Sal.) within us, in this way, completing the "path of God" or the "Religion of God" within us, which True Man within us must then walk within us, in order to return as "One with God" within us, in order to reveal the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us, which in truth is the "Truth of Us happening" within the "Truth of God happening" within us, which in truth is "The Truth surrendering to the Truth" within us, which in truth is exactly what an apple seed does when it germinates. Can we not do at least as much as an apple seed? Amen Text of Spiritual Letter - for Page 2 5. We Must Become The "Common Wealth" of God - and put down all of our "personal wealth", then we will truly become valuable to people in the world This is very important, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, the sharing of this experience, which in truth is an experience that belongs to all of us, even if it has not yet been experience, because it is the "Common Wealth" of God for our age which cuts right through the "Personal Wealth" of our age, liberating us from everything that is currently holding us down, liberating our soul from the true cross within us which is our very own life of selfishness, of "separation and differences" lived in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing "outside" of us.. 6. Why Does An Apple Seed Germinate? - because it becomes aware 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, because the earth becomes aware that the apple seed is now aware 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 because out of this mutual awareness, the earth surrenders to the apple seed, and the apple seed surrenders to the earth. This is why an apple seed germinates, through awareness of the truth that naturally emerges from within it, and surrender to that truth, as "truth surrendering to truth" In this way, my dearest loving brothers and sisters of the New York Times, the truth of us literally lives hidden within each one of us, as we live out our lives on the "outside" of us, just waiting for each of us to decide, as the true life of the apple seed lies hidden within it, as it lies buried within the earth, just waiting for it to decide. To decide to either germinate or not, to decide to willingly and freely give up its life outside of itself buried in the earth, and reveal its life of selflessness hidden within it, and reveal the apple tree hidden within it for the benefit of everyone, to do this or to continue to live as "separate from" everything else, hidden within the earth, until it dies, until it rots in the earth, and is absorbed into the earth, forever breaking it connection to the story of the apple tree hidden within it, that it came to the earth, to join with the earth, to tell. 7. Who Is The True Messenger of God, And What Is The True Message? - the answer is simple, they all are, and they each brought the same message Within my heart, my dearest loving brothers and sisters of the New York Times, we know that if you will only spend a little time with 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), which is truly the gift of God for our age to the Children of God for our age, you will find success in your own life, as this small child has, and truly become of great value to everyone else living in this world, both for now and in the difficult times to come. As the life and teaching of Moses (peace be upon Him) was the gift of God in that age, over 3400 years ago, for the Children of God in that age, as the life and teaching of Jesus (peace be upon Him) was the gift of God in that age, over 2000 years ago, for the Children of God in that age, as the life and teaching of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) was the gift of God in that age, over 1400 years ago, for the Children of God in that age, as the life and teaching of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), was the gift of God in that age, over 1000 years ago, for the Children of God in that age. And now in our age, the life and teaching of God has come again, from God for the Children of God, as the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), which like in all previous ages is the gift of God for our age, for the Children of God for our age, and finally, now it has come as the life and teaching of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), which is any of us living in this age, if we truly want it, if we truly want to again become "One with" God within us, before we die. This too is also the gift of God for the Children of God for our age. Amen. 8-0. The "Gospel of John" and The "Holy Qur'an" Are In Truth The Same - if we read them with wisdom, if we read them without "separation and differences", if we read them from within us, as being the "story of God within the story of True Man within us, and the story of True Man within the story of God within us", as the "story of the Oneness of God and True Man within us", rather than being books on the "outside" of us that we can carry under our armpits, and that we can either worship or burn 8-1. First Example - the Crucifixion, The Resurrection, and The Holy Trinity in the Gospel of John, when viewed through wisdom, are the Suratal Nas, the Suratal Falaq, and the Suratal Icklas In The Holy Qur'an For example, if we read the "Gospel of John", in the Kings James Version of the Holy Bible, and the Holy Qur'an, with wisdom, they are exactly the same book, especially if we ready them from back to front, starting with the Crucifixion, which is the last Surat in the Holy Qur'an, Suratal Nas, which explains the current condition of man, which is living on the "outside" himself by crucifying his soul on the cross of his elemental body so he can sin, so he can live a life of "separation and differences" in the world that he sees in his ignorance as existing "outside" of him. Then comes the resurrection, with the liberation of the soul from the cross of the body by wisdom, pulling out the 5 nails that have crucified the soul, which are the 5 desires to live here, to live on the "outside" of us and sin, which in the Holy Qur'an is the Suratal Falaq, the dawning, when Nur Muhammad emerges out of the affulgence of God in Anathi, in the time of darkness or lack of understanding, after God turns away from the darkness surrounding Him, asks the question, "Who am I?", and meditates upon the power of God within Him. 8-2. Second Example - the Sign of The Cross, "In The Name of The Father, The Son, And the Holy Spirit. Amen", in the Christian tradition, and the Spiritual Greeting of "Alif, Lam, Mim", of "Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen", of, "God, the Light of Wisdom, and Wisdom", in the Islamic tradition are in truth the same, when viewed through wisdom Then comes the Holy Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, which is celebrated in the Christian tradition by the "Sign of the Cross", saying, "In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen". While in the Islamic tradition the Triple Flame is revealed within the Suratal Icklas or Purity, celebrating the nature of the Triple Flame of God, as Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen, which tradition teaches us, if we recite the Suratal Icklas three times we have said the entire Holy Qur'an, and which is also celebrated in the Islamic tradition in the Spiritual Greeting, saying, "Alif, Lam, Mim", with "Alif" being God, and existing within man as the "bridge of His nose, and the "Lam" being the Light of man's Wisdom or Aathi Muhammad, and existing within man as running from his mouth down his throat, and "Mim", being Muhammad (blessing of God be upon Him), existing within man as his brain. So the basic greeting in the Christian tradition and in the Islamic tradition are in truth the same, celebrating the Holy Trinity or Triple Flame of god that is at the very heart of both traditions, one moving the hand in the sign of a cross, and the other moving the hand from the nose, to the throat, and to the top of the head. 8-3. Third Example - with the first line in the Holy Qur'an and the first line in the Gospel of John being in truth the same, when viewed through wisdom, with Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim being the praising of God as the Creator, the Nourisher, and the Redeemer, and in the Gospel of John, with the "Word" being the Creation of God, and the "Word" being what was with God, as the "Word made Flesh", and the "Word" as being God, as God having answered His own question in Anathi, in the time of darkness, the question, "Who am I?", as God having revealed God to God, for the benefit of all of His Creation And the very first line, or the last line if we read them from back to front, in the Gospel of John, and in the Holy Qur'an, are in truth the same, again, if we read them with wisdom, as follows: From The Gospel of John: In the beginning was the word, And the word was with God, And the word was God. From The Holy Qur'an: Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. 8-4. Fourth Example - the Gospel of John teaches us, when viewed through wisdom, that we must become John, the flower of Jesus, for Jesus to become our fragrance (peace be upon Them), and the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and of His Children (may God be pleased with Them) teach us in truth the same thing, that without Iman there is no Islam, that "to always shine with the beautiful light and form of Iman is Islam" And if we look at the key teachings in the "Gospel of John", and the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), through wisdom, they are in truth the same. For example: 1) Quotation From: "The "Gospel of John" - without John there is no Jesus "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 (through John) might believe (in the Light, believe in Jesus (John: 1-6 & 7)." In this way, Jesus (peace be upon Him) is telling us that without John (peace be upon Him), without the Spirit of God, we cannot truly believe in Jesus (peace be upon Him), in the Light of God, that only if we become the flower of Jesus (peace be upon Him) which is John (peace be upon Him) will Jesus (peace be upon Him) exist within us, will Jesus (peace be upon Him) then becomes our fragrance. That without John occurring within us, as the Holy Spirit of the Holy Trinity, then we cannot experience Jesus (peace be upon Him), as the Light of God within us, as the Son of the Holy Trinity, and then through Him, through the Son of God, come to know and understand God within us, as the Father of the Holy Trinity within us. If not, then all we are doing is using our mind and desire, using our "separations and differences" in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, using our "flesh" or form on the "outside" of us, to hear, accept, and worship Jesus (peace be upon Him) on the "outside' of us, believing that we are some how, as Bawa teaches us, "Working for wages to get into heaven." But in truth when we approach Jesus (peace be upon Him) from this direction, from "outside" of us, from our mind and desire, and from "trying to get into heaven by working for wages", then we will always be doing so, doing our hearing, accepting, and worshipping, as "separate from" Jesus (peace be upon Him), always keeping Jesus (peace be upon Him) "separate from" us, as we always keep our brothers and sisters "separate from" us, not as "One with" us, in this way, always keeping Jesus (peace be upon Him) as "separate from" us, and never as "One with" us, never approaching Jesus as John did (peace be upon Them), never in the way that John worshipped Jesus (peace be upon Them), as the "Spirit of God" worshipping the "Light of God" in the "Presence of God", in the presence of the "Power of God" within all of us. Amen. And later in the Gospel of John, this is what Jesus (peace be upon Him) tells us, that we must stop worshipping God as flesh, as flesh worshipping God, and now start worshipping God as "Spirit", as "Spirit" worshipping "Spirit". That now, at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him), that this was now the only way of worshipping God that was permitted, as the "Spirit of Man worshipping the Spirit of God". In this way, first we must join with Jesus (peace be upon Him) "outside" of us to awaken John (peace be upon Him) within us, to awaken the "Spirit of Man" within us, that is in partnership with our soul within us, that can join with Jesus (peace be upon Him) on the outside of us to liberate Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, liberate our soul within us from the cross of our elemental body, upon which our soul, upon which Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, is crucified, by the 5 nails of "desire to live here", to live on the "outside" of us and sin, which is to live as if God is "separate from" us, and our brothers and sisters on the "outside" of us are "separate from" us, and that the Creation of God within us, that we also see on the "outside" of us, are in truth "separate from" us, when in truth all of everything, both within and "outside" of us, is "who we are". This is the only sin that any of us have, our "separation from" God, our "separation from" each other, and our "separation from" the Creation of God within us, that John (peace be upon Him) tells us about, when He first sees Jesus (peace be upon Him) on the "outside" of us, when He tell us, "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world (John:1-29)." 2) The Only Way To Win The Drama of Our Life - is not to play Everything else "outside" of us, other than this one sin, of "separation from", is just drama, is just a distraction from our one sin, is just nourishment of the lives of darkness within us, is just a drama that we must join with God within us to end, by simply turning away from it, from our "outside", with our faith and trust in God within us, in what God is doing within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Is simply turning away from it as our true reality, by simply saying "no" to it, saying "no" to "us" on the "outside" of us, to the "us" of "separation and difference" on the "outside" of us, to the "us" of selfishness, of arrogance, karma, and illusion on the "outside" of us, and by turning to God within us, and to what God is doing within us, as our true reality, by turning to God within us as in truth "who we are", as in truth "where we are", and as in truth "what is happening" in our life. By simply saying "yes" to it, saying "yes" to "us" within us, saying "yes" to "us" within us as the "Three of Us" within the "Three of God" within us, as the understanding of the Holy Trinity, of the Triple Flame of God, within the Holy Trinity within us, within the Triple Flame of God within us, saying "yes" to "us" as flower of Jesus within us which is John within us, and the fragrance of that flower within us which is Jesus within us, and to the power within that flower and its fragrance which is God. Amen. And then once John (peace be upon Him) has been awakened within us, which is the "Spirit of Man" within us, which in truth is the understanding of the "Spirit of God" within the "Spirit of God" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called our Iman, the absolute, complete, unshakable faith, certitude, and determination in God within us, and in what God is doing within us. Once we join with God within us in this way, to awaken John (peace be upon Him) within us, to awaken our wisdom within us, to allow the flower of Jesus to come to bloom within us, as John within us, then our life begins to again move forward within us, as it did when we were in the world of souls, in the womb of our mother for 9 months, 9 days, and 9 hours, and for the first 2 years of our life in this earth world, until we awoke to "ourselves" as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God, both within and "outside" of us, which in our current age of enlightenment is called our "ego", until we started to forget about God within us, and about what God is doing within us. In this way, to awaken the wisdom surrounding our soul within us, to again start to move our life forward within us , to move forward our true life within us, which is the story of True Man within the story of God within us, and the story of God within the story of True man within us, which is what God is doing within us, in this way, forward within us what God started within us a very long time ago, even before we were born into this earth world, in this way, allowing the temporary illusory life of "separation and differences" that we have grown in our ignorance on the "outside" of us, to come to an end on the "outside" of us, awaking "us" again to what is really happening to us, within us, which is "God happening" within us, by first allowing "True Man to happen" within us. In this way, allowing our wisdom within us to liberate our soul within us from the "enemy of our soul", from "us" on the "outside" of us, from our life of sin, from our life of "separation and differences", on the "outside" of us, for to see someone on the "outside" of us as "separate from" us, even though we believe that we love them, is a sin, because in truth "we are all One", because in truth "God is One", because in truth "Only God exists", in this way, through the realization, the understanding, the acceptance, and the joining with this "truth of us", within the "truth of God" within us, that naturally emerges from within us, as our own life speaking to us, when we are ready to hear it, and to either accept or reject it. And if we choose to wholeheartedly accept it, without the slightest doubt, allowing "us" our wisdom and our soul to become "One" within us, to become the flower and the fragrance of the Holy Trinity of God within us, of the Triple Flame of God within us, then "we" will meet Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, as the true reality of us, as the soul within us liberated from the cross of our elemental body, by the wisdom within us, by the wisdom surrounding our soul, which was awakened by the "Word" of God for our age, that God has sent into our age, as the gift of God for our age for the Children of God for our age. Which for our age is the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), which in truth is everyone living in this age, if that be our true intention, if we choose to live as "One with" God within us for eternity, and choose no longer to live as "separate from" God and from each other and from the Creation of God on the "outside" of us, and then hand our "outside" to our "inside", hand "us" to God, after invoking "His name", after establishing "His presence" within us, before we say or do anything. In this way, handing to God within us what God has discarded "outside" of Himself, in order to become God, asking God to do it again, but this time within us, in this way, transforming everything within us into God and what God is doing within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, by first revealing True Man within us within the Creation of God within us, as the "Oneness of God and His Creation" within us. Amen. 3) How Do We Meet Jesus in Our Life? - by becoming "One with" Him within us, before we die In this way, we meet Jesus within us, not "outside" of us, by becoming Jesus within us, by becoming "One with" John and Jesus within us (peace be upon Them), by become "One with" the flower of God and its fragrance within us, by becoming "One with" the flower and fragrance of the Holy Trinity within us, of the Triple Flame of God within us, by becoming the understanding of the Holy Trinity within us, of the Triple Flame of God within us. And in this way, we meet God within us, when after having become "One with" the flower and the fragrance of the Holy Trinity within us, we go in search of God within us, first becoming "One with" the Holy Trinity of God within us, with the Triple Flame of God within us, becoming "One with" Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) within us, and His True Prayer within us, allowing the Three within us to again become One within us, in this way becoming "One with" the One within us, which first is True Man within us, and is finally experienced as the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen 4) The True Significance of Life - of The Holy Trinity of God within us, of the Triple Flame of God within us, is first becoming "One with" John (peace be upon Him) within us, who is our "Spirit", our wisdom, and then becoming "One with" Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, who is our "Light", our soul, and then becoming "One with" Muhammad (blessing and please be upon Him) within us, who is the "Light of our wisdom, the innermost heart, the kingdom of God within us, then letting this Three become "One" within us, revealing True Man within the Creation of God within us, as the "Oneness of God and His Creation" within us, and within that revealing the "Oneness of God and True Man", which in truth is God and True Man within us. Amen This is the true significance of the Holy Trinity of Jesus (peace be upon Him), of the coming of John and of Jesus and of God into the world at the time of Jesus, over 2000 years ago, as the "Spirit and the Light and the Power of God", as the Holy Trinity of God, at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him), to more forward within all of us at that time the story of True Man within the story of God within us, and to move forward within us at that time the story of God within the story of True Man within us, not for us to turn what They were doing at that time within all of us into an "outside" drama that just keeps our soul, that just keeps Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us crucified to the cross of our elemental body, by the five nails of our "desire to live here", so we can continue to sin, so we can continue to live a life of "separation and differences" with our brothers and sisters in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, so we can continue to see God, and everyone else, and all of the Creation of God as "separate from" us, until we die. No, the true understanding of the Holy Trinity at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) was to again move forward the story that God is telling within all of us, within all of everything, that is, to provide the next level of understanding of the Holy Trinity that will allow it to again become One, revealing True Man within the Creation of God within us, as the "Oneness of God and His Creation" within us, transforming this world into the next world, into the "hereafter", not for us to stay living on the "outside" of us as "separate from" John on the "outside" of us, but rather to see that John, on the "outside" of us is trying to get us to look within us, to start to worship God as "Spirit" worshipping "Spirit", not continue worshipping God as flesh, not as was done before the age of Jesus (peace be upon Him). For example, John in the "Gospel of John" on the "outside" of us, is in truth pointing "us" to the wisdom within us surrounding our own soul, to the wisdom within us that needs to awaken to the "Word" of God for our age, so it can do battle with the enemy of our soul, which is "us", which is "us" continuing to live a life of "separation and differences", a life of sin, on the "outside" of us. One day Bawa looked at us and said, "I have not come for you, I have come to awaken the wisdom surrounding your soul, so the wisdom surrounding your soul can do battle with the enemy of your soul." And this child immediately asked Bawa, "Bawa, who is the enemy of my soul?" And Bawa lovingly look at this child and said, "You are!" In this way, the true understanding of the Holy Trinity at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) was for us living at that time to let our wisdom be awakened by the "Word" of God for that age, which was Jesus (peace be upon Him), so the wisdom surrounding our soul could successfully do battle with the "enemy of our soul", which was "us" living on the "outside" of us in that age, as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us at that age, not to worship the "Word" of Jesus in a book that we have created on the "outside" of us, and to create a "Big Drama" about Jesus on the "outside" of us. A "Big Drama" that only continues to distracts us, for the last 2000 years, from God within us, from the Holy Trinity within us, from Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and from the work that only God can do within us, which is to liberate our soul from the cross of our elemental body, join it with our wisdom within us, and find and join with the light of our wisdom within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called the Nur Muhammad. And in this way, bring the understanding of the Holy Trinity to the Holy Trinity within us, so it can again become One within us, revealing True Man within the Creation of God within us as the "Oneness of God and His Creation" within us, allowing True Man within us to reveal the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, in this way, allowing God to complete what He has started in each of us, a very, very long time ago, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. In this way, John in the "Gospel of John" is not about a person living on the "outside" of us, but rather is about the "Spirit of Man" within us surrendering to the "Spirit of God" within us, both at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him), and now in our age, at the time of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), not for us to continue to live a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us as "separate from" Jesus, who in truth is within us, not "outside" of us, who in truth must become before we die, the "Light of Man" surrendered to the "Light of God" within us, who must become the understanding of Jesus within Jesus, that allows our soul to merge again with God before we die, allowing True Prayer to occur within us, which as Bawa teaches us is, "The Prayer of the One to the One who Is". And not for us to continue to live on the "outside" of us treating God as "separate from us, in this way, keeping God within us hidden within us, until we die, until we die and finally meet God as the "Maliki yawmid-deen", as the Master of the Day of Judgment, when our life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, our life of "selfishness" will be judged by God within us, by the One who Created our beautiful life of grace, wisdom, and 'ilm, that we failed to realize and reveal before our death, and by the drama we have created within us, and finally by the Creation of God within us, with us ending up with an eternal life of "separation from" God, and 105 million rebirths, ending as a worm in hell with only one level of consciousness, which is feeling. 5) The "Word" of God For Our Age - is the "Gospel of John" & the Holy Qur'an, and the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and His Children (Ral.), as well as other material provided by God, if we listen to it, if we hear it, with our wisdom 5-1) Quotation From: "The Gospel of John" - we must truly hear Jesus speaking to us through John, through our "Spirit", to have "everlasting life", to be "passed from death unto life", before we die Such is our fate, an eternal life of "separation from" God within us, if we fail to truly hear Jesus (peace be upon Him) speaking to us through John, through our "Spirit" within us, through the wisdom surrounding our soul, either in the age of Jesus as Jesus speaking to us on the "outside" of us, or now through the "Gospel of John" or through the "Holy Qur'an" or through other material provided by God on the "outside" of us. Or now, in our age, as Jesus (peace be upon Him) speaking to us directly from within our very own heart, through our awakened wisdom within us, through our awakened "Spirit" within us, and through God within our wisdom, through our wisdom awakened within us by the "Word" of God for our age, the "Gift" of God for our age, which is the life and teaching of our Father for this age, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), which is each of us living in this age, if we truly want it. Amen. For example, as follows, from the "Gospel of John": "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 (John: 5-24)." 5-2) Quotations From: The life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) - "we must truly seek ourselves in order to find God within us", before we die And such is our fate, an eternal life of "separation from" God within us, if we fail to truly hear Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) speaking to us, in our age, either as Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) teaching us on the "outside" of us through all of His books, discourses, and songs, or as Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) speaking to us right now from within our very own heart, as our wisdom within us, and as God within our wisdom. For example, as follows, from the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom". "Man appearing on this earth, forgets God and falls into many a trap. He does not know to seek himself although God exists within man. (Source: page 6, in the "Forward", of the beautiful book of Wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom". And for example, from a beautiful discourse given to us by His Holiness, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), on April 26, 1972, and given the title "How To Reach and Merge With God": ---- beginning of Quotation by His Holiness ---- "If you want to meditate on God, and if you want to reach God, then please listen to the instruction that I am going to give you now. Like what I explained earlier (in the morning), about how you should surrender yourself totally to the Guru, you must take every word of the Guru and then stamp it in your heart. Do not think that these are merely words. Do not think it is just a speech or a song or a poetry or just words. These are words that come straight from God Himself, and these are not the things that you might have learned in the past. It is His resonance, and it is His sound, and it is His vibration that comes. Each sound is His resonance, it is His vibration, and it comes from the divine grace of God. This is the vibration, this is the sounds that Gabriel (peace be upon Him) brought to each one of His prophets as commandments and as laws. These divine sounds descend to the perfect Guru. These sounds are the sounds that come from God directly to the Qutb or to the Qutbiyyat (the Actions of God), and from the Qutbiyyat these sounds are given to the disciples. These sounds come as a result of those who have attained the grace of God, and the truth of God, and have attained to the station of Qutbiyyat. Such a Guru, a Guru who gets His direct communication (from God), the direct vibrations from God, and is able to transmit these direct vibrations to others, is extremely rare in this world. This state is extremely rare, and these words that come from the divine vibrations are also extremely rare. This perfect Guru, this Gnostic Guru or the Qutb, gets this from the primary source of God as sounds and vibrations, and He transmits these to His disciples in that same form, with that same Power." ---- end of Quotation by His Holiness ---- [Source of Quotation: is a discourse by His Holiness, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), given on April 26, 1972, and given the title "How To Reach and Merge With God". Please click on the following to read an on-line copy of the entire discourse given by His Holiness: Spiritual Discourse 01 (www.SpiritualDiscourse001.homestead.com)] Such is the "Word" of God for our age, my dearest loving brother and sisters at the New York Times, which God has sent to each of us in our age, to awaken the wisdom surrounding our souls, to let the flower of Jesus within us, which is John, bloom within us, and come to maturity within us, liberating our soul from the cross of our elemental body, which is the true crucifixion of Jesus, and in maturity becoming the fragrance of that flower within us, which is Jesus within us, which is the Light of God within us, which in truth is "us" as "One with" the Holy Trinity of God within us, is "us" as "One with the Triple Flame of God within us, is "us as "One with" His Spirit, His light, and His Power within us, if we will only let it "happen" within us. In this way, preparing the way for us to next become "One with" Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) within us, as the "light of our wisdom", so "True Prayer" can occur within us, the prayer of the "One" to the "One who is" within us, in this way revealing True Man within us, as the "Oneness of God and His Creation" within us. Amen. And all of this will naturally happen within us, as an apple tree and its branches and leaves and flowers and mature sweet fruits naturally come out of the apple seed buried within the earth, when it gives up its solitary life "outside" of itself, "separate from" the earth, having realized, understood, and accepted the truth of itself, and having joined with the earth to germinate, and in the same way, all of this will naturally happen within each of us, as our true birth right, our true heritage, if we will only realize, understand, and accept the truth of us, contained within the "Word" of God for our age, if we will only turn toward God within us, if we will only join in partnership with God within us, to let it "happen" within us, before we die, to let what God has already started within us move forward within us, and naturally come to completion within us, as the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen. If we will only turn away from "us" on the "outside" of us, turn away from the flower of hell that we have grown and have become "One with" on the "outside" of us, that now defines us in our ignorance on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us. Which defines us "One with" the flower of the 5 elemental spirits or ruhanis within us, of the five "desires to live on the outside" of us, so we can sin, so we can nourish all of the lives of darkness that we have grown within us, that are truly within us, but that we are currently experiencing and nourishing in our ignorance as "us" on the "outside" of us, that we are currently experiencing and nourishing as our life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as our life of sin, as a flower with the fragrance of hell. And if we don't, then that is our fault, not God's fault, then that is our decision, not God's decision, and then we must suffer the consequence of our fault, of our decision, and spend eternity as "separate from" God, for God has given each of us everything that we need to become again "One with" Him, but this time with an understanding of that "Oneness", so we will never lose it again, and in this way, allowing God within us to complete what He has already started within us, a very, very long time age, even before we were born into this earth world, and what He is doing right now within us, which is revealing Himself to Himself for the benefit of all of His Creation within us, just as God has given each apple seed everything necessary to become the sweet taste of the apple, but still it must decide on its own, buried within the earth, to germinate or not, it must decide to tell the story hidden with it or not. Such is its choice, and similarly, such is our choice. My dearest loving brothers and sisters of the New York Times, who can influence in a very good way all of the thinking in the world, we must realize this truth of ourselves, and of God within us, without the slightest, before it is too late. And we must realize the true significance of our world, of your profession, and even of things like electricity and TV and the computer and the Internet that we now all take for granted, which just a few years ago did not even exist, and the significance of the "Word" of God for our age, of the life and teaching of our Father for this age, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), for if we fall into it, into the "Word" for our age, this "Gift" of God for our age, it will bring us to that realization, to the realization of just "who we really are", of just "where we really are", and of just "what is really happening" in our life. Because everything is already within us, just waiting for the flower of the Triple Flame within us to bloom, which is John (peace be upon Him), which is the faith of Abraham (peace be upon Him) in the pit of fire within, and the love of God of His two sons, of Ishmael and Isaac (peace be upon Them), that came to maturity in the desert of our life as Moses, and finally as King David (peace be upon Them), in this way, in giving "us" the flower of John and the fragrance of Jesus (peace be upon Them) within us, just waiting for the "Oneness" of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) within us to bring us into True Prayer, just waiting for this prayer of the "One" to the "One who is" to reveal True Man within the Creation of God within us, and just waiting for True Man within us to reveal God as the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen. Such is the truth of our life within the truth of God within us, that we have but to pick up, and join within us, as our true birth right, our true heritage, before we die, to truly become successful in our life. May we all realize this now, without the slightest doubt, before it is too late, and start to act accordingly. Amen. For all we are really doing if we reject this "Word" of God for our age, and decide to continue to live on the "outside" of us, doing "business as usual", is just keeping the "Fruit of God" within us, hidden within the "Tree of God" within us, hidden within the "Seed of True Man", within us, which is the Creation of God within us, which is the "Earth of God" within us, from "happening' within us, is just keeping all of this "Stuff of God" within us, that God has so lovingly and patiently placed within each of us, even before we came to this earth world, from naturally "happening" within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. So instead of letting our wisdom reason over our fate, we forsake our wisdom, we forsake what John on the "outside" of us, in the "Gospel of John" is pointing toward on the inside" of us, which is our wisdom, which is the wisdom surrounding our soul, which is the guardian of our soul, the guardian of Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, guardian of the "Life of God" within us, of the "Light of man" within us, placed there by God within us, in order to engage the "enemy of our soul", when we are ready to join with our wisdom in this true "Holy War" or "Jihad", if that be our true intention, in order to liberate our soul, to remove Jesus (peace be upon Him) from the cross of our elemental body, and in this way, join our soul with our wisdom, and find and merge with the light of our wisdom, which is the Nur Muhammad within us, revealing the Triple Flame of God within us, and in the process, through contrast, come to an understanding of the Holy Trinity within us, of the Triple Flame of God, within us, so again the "Three of God" within us can become the "One of God" within us, opening up True Prayer within us, revealing True Man within us, revealing the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, completing in this way what God has started within us. Amen. Realizing that this is the only true "Holy War", that must occur within each of us, when the qualities of our inner selves, which are the qualities of God within us, do battle and become victorious over the qualities of our outer selves, which are the qualities of hell, on the "outside" of us, become victorious over the qualities of "separation and differences", the qualities of "my group" is right and different from "your group", realizing that only this battle within each of us is the true "Holy War", the true "Jihad", not anything that we may do in our ignorance on the "outside" of us, which is only just another act of selfishness, just another act of "separation and differences", just another form of sin, keeping us distracted until we die, until we meet the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him), and see for the first time what we have done with the "Gift" of God for our life within us, turning it into a life of sin, a life of hell, on the "outside" of us, but then, it is too late to do anything about it, to late to correct what we have done in our ignorance. May we all think about this a little. It is very important, and can save you from this fate. In this way, before we die, we must join in partnership with God within us, with our wisdom within us, and with God within Him, to engage the true "disbeliever", which is "us" living a life of sin, a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, a life as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, until we die, only then, when we meet the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him), will we harvest what we have sown, which are our "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, which are the qualities of hell within us, not the crop of God within us which are the qualities of God within us, which are the qualities of "Oneness and Unity", of "Justice and Truth", and of "Compassion and Unity" within us. And only then do we move into the house that we have built within us in our ignorance, which is a house of "separate from" from God for eternity, not the house that we could have built within us for eternity, if we had joined with God within us, if we had joined with our wisdom within us, and with the truth of God within our wisdom, before we died, the house of "Oneness with" God, and all this is given to us when we die, either an eternal house of "Oneness with" God, or an eternal house of "separation from" God, within the "Justice of God", For as Bawa teaches us, "The Justice of God is that whatever you intend is what you will receive." So, my dearest loving brothers and sisters of the New York Times, we must realize what we have done with the "Gift" of God for our life, we have turned it into a house of hell on the "outside" of us, which is but the veil of our "outside" covering our soul, covering our true "inside", is but the "contrast" to the "Life of God" within us, to the "Light of men" within us, so understanding can occur, a "contrast" to who in truth "we really are", we are of God, and of what He is doing, which is revealing Himself to Himself, for the benefit of all of His Creation. A "contrast" in truth to "where we really are", we are within God, we have been planted within the "Earth" of God as the "Seed of True Man", ready to bear the "Fruit of God", in this way, revealing the "Taste of God", for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, and in this way, in this process becoming the understanding that naturally flows back into God, as the grace of God returning to God, from which it came, having completed our duty to God, to all of the "Stuff of God", and to the Creation of God, as the rain water falls back into the ocean, from which it came, having completed its duty, bringing fresh water to all creations, again becoming the ocean, no longer existing as the rain, separate from the ocean. Amen. A "contrast" in truth to "what is really happening" in our life, which is, "God is happening" within us, by first allowing "True Man to happen" within us, within the Creation of God within us, as the "Oneness of God and the Creation of God" within us, a realization which, if we will truly understand and accept it, by letting the "Word" of God for our age, letting the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), wash across us for a while, as the "truth of us" within the "truth of God" within, then we will truly find peace in our life, we will finally become peaceful with our own ending on the "outside" of us, and with God's beginning within us, and willingly and freely allow both of these to happen within us, allowing "us" as our "outside" of us to end, that is "us" as we currently know us and are currently defined, to end, and allow God within us, which in truth is us, to begin and come to maturity within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen. In this way, each of us must make this choice, between the truth and the falsehood of us, before it is too late to make that choice, and still do anything about it, between the "truth of us" within the "truth of God" within us which is our true birth right, our true heritage, which starts with the flower of the Triple Flame of God within us, and its fragrance, which is John and Jesus (peace be upon Them) joined as "One" within us, is our soul liberated from the cross of our elemental body, joined with our wisdom, as the palace of our soul, as the house of wisdom, as the house of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), and ends as the "Oneness of God and True Man", ends with an eternal life of "Oneness with" God, ends with us having fallen back into God, from which we have come, having completed our duty, becoming again God, no longer existing as "separate from" God. Or instead of this, we spend our life fooling ourselves, by thinking that God doesn't exist, or that man in his ignorance is God, or that God in truth does exist, and that we can earn our way to God, that we can "work for wages to get into heaven", that if we have the proper practices, if we do the right things, before we die, we can earn the necessary wages to get into a proper heaven on the "outside" of us, after we die, a heaven that lets us be near Moses (peace be upon Him), or near Jesus (peace be upon), or near Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), or near God, after we die, after we are done living, or sinning, in the world "outside" of us. But things don't work that way, my dearest loving brothers and sisters of the New York Times, and when we die we will be very disappointed. Please, please, please, may we all think about this a little, may we all know and accept this truth now, while we still have some time left to do something with it. It is very important. 6) The True Meaning and Purpose of Our Life - is to let "God happen" within us, before we die, by first letting "True Man happen" within us, before we die In this way, my dearest loving brothers and sisters of the New York Times, this is the meaning of our life, of our life within us, which will naturally open within us, when we are truly done with our life "outside" of us, when we truly see our life of selfishness on the "outside" of us as standing between God and what God is doing within us, which is revealing True Man within the Creation of God within us, which happens when the Holy Trinity within us, which is why we are alive, again becomes One within us, from which it has come, by understanding what it is currently experiencing, which is the Creation of God within us. This is the purpose of our life, of all life, to bring the Holy Trinity within us to an understanding of the Holy Trinity within us, so it can again become One, and reveal what is within it, within the Creation of God within us, which is True Man, which in true is the "Oneness of God and His Creation", and in this way, revealing what is within True Man, within the "Oneness of True Man and His Creation", which is God, which is the "Oneness of God and True Man". Amen. This is why we were born, this is what we came here, to this earth world to support, what we came here to realize, understand, accept, and join, so what is hidden within us can be revealed, which is True Man, which is the "Tree of Us", that has been hidden by God within us, as the "Seed of Us", so the "Fruits of Us" can be revealed, which is God within us. May we all begin to realize this truth of us, and this truth of God within us, and let God finish what He has started within us, by letting the grace of God within us flow, by letting ourselves on the "outside" of us, which is the darkness of us, end, by letting our love for Adam, for Noah, for Abraham and His Sons, for Moses, for King David, for John, and for Jesus (peace be upon Them) grow within us, and let our love for Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), for Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), and now for our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), grow within us, and in this way, let our qualities be purified, let the qualities of our inner selves become victorious over the qualities of our outer selves. Amen. May God give us the grace of His wisdom to allow this to happen within each of us, before it is too late, before we die, in our current state, in the state of selfishness, in the state of "separation and differences on the "outside" of us. Amen. In this way, first we must awaken the Holy Trinity within us, we must awaken the Father, the Son, and Holy Trinity within us, if we are to worship the Holy Trinity within us, if we are to worship the Father, the Son, and Holy Trinity within us, because only the "Holy Trinity of man" within us can worship the "Holy Trinity of God" within us, in this way allowing the Holy Trinity of God within us to again become One within us, to become True Man within the Creation of God within us, allowing True Man within us to reveal God within the Creation of True Man within us, in this way, revealing the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us. Amen. And we can only do this in partnership with Them within us, as "One with", the "Holy Trinity of God" within us, because only They within us, can plant the "Seed of Themselves" within "us", within "us" within Them, allowing the "Holy Trinity of man" to grow within the "Holy Trinity of God" within us, to grow within Them as the Father (as the Power of man within the Power of God within us), as the Son (as the Light of man within the Life of God within us), and the Holy Spirit (the Wisdom of man within the wisdom of God within us), Only in this way will our life move forward, in what God is doing within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of His Creation within us, as "One with" God within us, as "One with" the Holy Trinity of God within us, as "One with" the Triple Flame of God, within us, not as "separate from" Them within us, or as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, or as "separate from" Creation of God within us. Amen. In this way, in the context of the "Gospel of John", in the Christian tradition, only by becoming "One with" John (peace be upon Him) within us, with the wisdom of God within us, with the wisdom surrounding our soul, allowing John to come to maturity within us as the flower of the Holy Trinity of God within us, can we truly hear Jesus (peace be upon Them) within us, can we experience the fragrance of that flower which is Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us. And as in the Islamic tradition, in the context of the Holy Qur'an, and in 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), only by becoming "One with" our Iman, with our absolute, complete, unshakable faith, certitude and determination that "God alone exists", which is a complete acceptance of the heart that "God is One", can we truly hear the words spoken to us by Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), or follow Him to God. Which is the same wisdom point that Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) teaches us, in the next two quotations from His Holiness, with the first quotation coming from the beautiful song by His Holiness, "Allah Muhammad", and the second quotation coming from the book by His Holiness, "Islam and World Peace: Explanations of a Sufi", "If you don't have the form of the Iman of the Kalimah you will not be able to follow the Causal Muhammad, you will have to stand alone and cry". 7) Quotation From: The life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) - without Iman there is no Islam "To always shine with the beautiful light and form of Iman is Islam. And to become sweeter as we think of this is Islam. If we understand God's qualities we will find them so sweet. If we act with God's actions, they will be sweet. When we embrace our brothers and sisters with those actions, and with trust, we will realize what happiness is, and know the goodness that comes from it. As we embrace each brother and sister heart to heart, helping them in whatever way they need, we will know what joy and goodness are." (Source: from the book, "Islam and World Peace: Explanations of a Sufi). (Note: to read this beautiful book of wisdom in its entirety, as an on-line book, please click on the following: Islam and World Peace: Explanations of a Sufi (www.bmf.org/iswp). Also to access the Web Page for the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, which was established by His Holiness in America, with branches in many countries in the world, with its main branch in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, please click on the following: Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship (www.bmf.org). Finally, to access the On-line Library on the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), please click on the following: Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library (www.Bawa.homestead.com) This is the heart of 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), which is what His Holiness calls "Iman-Islam". That without "Iman" there is no "Islam", that without absolute, complete, unshakable faith, certitude, and determination that "God alone exists", without the complete acceptance of the heart that "God is One", there is no "Islam". Which is saying the same thing that was quoted from the Gospel of John, that is without John within us there can be no Jesus within us (peace be upon Them), without the "Spirit of God" within us there can be no "Light of God" within us, without the flower called John blooming within us there can be no fragrance within us called Jesus (peace be upon Them). It is exactly the same, my dearest loving brothers and sisters. Amen. 9. Our True Birthright, Our True Heritage - is "God happening" within us, by first allowing "True Man to happen" within us, which starts with "King David happening" within us (peace be upon Him), as our Iman, as the faith of Abraham in the pit of fire within us (peace be upon Him), as our absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God within us, that in truth "Only God and what God is doing within us" exists within us, that in truth "God is One" within us, then "Jesus happening" within us, as the Light of God within us, as the "Word Made Flesh" within us, as the "Fragrance of John" within us, by first allowing "John to happen" within us, as the "Flower of Jesus" within us (peace be upon Them), coming to maturity with "Muhammad happening" within us, in this way, opening up the Kingdom of God within us, the 8th Heaven or firdaus of Muhammad (Sal.) within us, allowing Muhammad (Sal.) within us to ascend to God within us, as the Mi'raj of Muhammad (Sal.) within us, in this way, completing the "path of God" or the "Religion of God" within us, which True Man within us must then walk within us, in order to return as "One with God" within us, in order to reveal the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us, which in truth is the "Truth of Us happening" within the "Truth of God happening" within us, which in truth is "The Truth surrendering to the Truth" within us, which in truth is exactly what an apple seed does when it germinates. Can we not do at least as much as an apple seed? Amen May we all reflect on these few simple but powerful words of wisdom for our age, before it is too late, before we die, not having realized, understood, accepted, and joined with the "truth of us", which naturally emerges from within us in each age, when we are ready to hear it, when we are ready to either accept it, or reject it. When we are ready to either accept or reject the truth of us before we die, and to truly hear it as "our own life speaking to us", as this child did, not as words coming from someone or some group "outside' of us, and then germinate, revealing what was hidden within each us by God even before we were born, rather than continuing to live out our life of selfishness on the "outside" of us until we die, in this way, revealing the "Truth of Us" within us, that is, the "Tree of Us" within the "Seed of Us", which in truth is "True Man happening" within us, and within that the "Fruit of Us" within us, which in truth is "God happening" within us. This is our true birthright, our true heritage, my dearest loving brother and sisters of the New York Times, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, by first revealing True Man within the Creation of God within us. Amen. Then our wisdom will reason over our fate, then the qualities of our inner selves will become victorious over the qualities of our outer selves, then our life will truly become victorious before we die, as explained to us by Moses (peace be upon Him), by Jesus (peace be upon Him), by Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), by Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), and now in our age, by our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and now finally, by the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), as this small child is now sharing with each our you. Amen. 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