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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. Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Bawa. Here is a beautiful Spiritual Letter, "Spiritual Letter 87", which "We" have called, "Why Do We Shut God Up, Claiming He Can No Longer Speak To Us, Which Is Just Not True". Bawa. A Spiritual Letter to our dearest loving brothers Paul Sturgis and Pierce Pelouze, and our dearest loving sisters, and their wives, Joan Sturgis and Dolores Pelouze, who are High School Classmates of Louie. Bawa. And to each of you, who in truth are the Children of God for our age, if we like, which in truth is each of us living in this age, if we like. Bawa. That is, to all of "us", if we like, living at the feet of God for our age, which in truth for our age, is our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, is His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), also if we like. Amen. Bawa. That is, to all of "us" living at the feet of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), if we like, which in truth is each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, for the 6th life within our 6 lives, is to again become "One with" God within us before "we" die to the flesh, that is, before "we" physically die to the "outside" of us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Amen . Bawa. For as our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us for our age, and now on the "outside" of us, as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, in this Spiritual Letter, When asked the following Question by a child, "Bawa, what is the relationship between us, the Prophet of God, and God?" His Holiness, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) said, "Think of yourself as an orange, the Prophet of God is the juice of that orange, and God is the taste." Bawa. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). ============================================================== Outline & Summary - of "E-mail Version" "Brief Outline" - of "Spiritual Letter 87" - go to Next Page of "Brief Outline" Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 87 Greetings - heart to heart, if we like Thank You Very Much - for your kind and wise words, you are truly a "devotee of God" and walking "His path", which is really a wonderful blessing for all of us living in the world today, who both know you and can benefit from your clarity 01. When We Argue Everyone Loses - because in truth God is our only truth 02. God Can Do Anything - the question is, "Will we let Him?", even "speak to us" again, through any of us, in our age, for all of us, if He likes, even through a Louie 03. Receiving Everlasting Life In Our Lifetime - by Hearing the "Word of God" for our age, through the "Word of God made flesh" for our age, and believing in God within us, as the One who sent it, if we like, for this is the "Promise of Jesus" over 2000 years ago, if we like, when He told us, as recorded by the Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him) in the "Gospel of John" in Chapter 5, Verse 31, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My Word, and believeth in Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life" 04. The "Word of God Made Flesh" For Each Age - is how God delivers the "Word of God" for each age, to the Children of God for each age, and so to is it for "our age" 4-1. Standing In "God's Presence" Within Us - not in "Our Presence" on the "outside" of us, for in truth this is our only sin, a sin which keeps us from joining with God within us, to allow our soul to again become "One with" God within us, removing our "separation from" but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again 4-2. The Three Steps On The Path of God - is to join in partnership with God within us, to say, "I trust you always, O Gurunathar (Guru who Guides), Make our soul pure" in this "impure birth", and "make it shine". Grant us the grace of the Holy One". In this way, allowing God and True Man within us to both tell and bring to Completion the Story, the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, so in the end, "No Child Is Left Behind" within us, Completing God's Intention within us. (see "The Pearl of Wisdom", in "Chapter19", "Service to the Guru") 4-3. "What Is It To You, If He Tarry, Till l Come" - said Jesus (peace be upon Him), "What is it to you, O Peter, if your brother Barnabus (peace be upon Them) tarry for a while, after I leave the world, and stays in the world for the next 600 years, in order to greet Me again, when I come again, but this time as the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and finish what "We" have started for this age" (see "Gospel of John", in "Chapter 21", Verse 22) 4-4. Bear Not Witness of Ourselves - But only of God within us, for as Jesus (peace be upon Him) teaches us, "If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true". (see "Gospel of John", in "Chapter 5", Verse 31) 4-5. The Only Proper Way To Live Our Life - on the "outside" of us, is behind God within us, for as Jesus (peace be upon Him) teaches us, "I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just: because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me." (see "Gospel of John", in "Chapter 5", Verse 30) 05. "We Cannot Worship God With The Body - "It is the life and wisdom united with each other in a state of propriety mingled with the Nur (the light of wisdom), and in the concentration of that Light, that One must worship" (see "The Kalimah Song", sung by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) 5-1. "The Three Gifts of God" For Our Age - given on the "One Good Day in a 100 Years", on April 26, 1972, for the 100 years, from 1886 to 1986 5-2. Only God Can Pray To God - "No one else can do this" (see "The Kalimah Song", sung by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) 5-3. O God, Guide Us On The Straight Path - the path of those on whom "Thou has bestowed Thy Grace", of those who "Go not Astray", of those who "Have no Wrath" (See the "Opening Chapter" in the Holy Qur'an, the Suratal Fatihah) 06 . The Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" Within Us - is in truth, "Our Story", the Story that we have come to this "Earth world" within us, from the "World of souls" within us, to tell, if we like, in this way, opening the "Next world" within us, which is the Kingdom of God within us, revealing God within His Kingdom, True Man within God, and "Their Oneness" within us. Amen. 07. Examples From The Age of Jesus (A.S) - "He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them gave He the Power to become the Suns of God (the Lights of God to the world)" (see "Gospel of John", in "Chapter 1", Verse 30) Quotation From Jesus (A.S) - "Gospel of John", in Chapter 01, Verses 9 to 14 08. But "Why Do You Stop" There, At 2000 Years Ago - and more importantly, why do you make God stop there, at 2000 years ago. And why do you say that God would not go beyond "That Example" on the "outside" of us, of 2000 years ago, and that God would not also show us "More Examples" on the "outside" of us, like 1400, and 1000 years ago, and now today, in our age, examples that would help us to further understand what God wants us to do within us, before we die to the flesh. Why would you do that? And why would you saythat? We don't understand, why you would do and say that Quotation From Jesus (A.S) - "Gospel of John", in Chapter 16, Verses 7 to 15 09. Some "New Examples" - on the "outside" of us, that God promised to send to us, like the "Comforter", the "Spirit of Truth", who would "Guide you into all truth" (see "Gospel of John", in "Chapter 16", Verses 7 to 15) 10. We Do Not Understand - and perhaps you and your friends could answer a question for your dearest loving brother Louie, that is, why do you try and "Shut God up, claiming that He can no longer speak to us? All of which is just not true. 11. Examples From Hinduism, Christianity, & Islam - of God sending more and more "Examples" on the "outside" of us, with deeper and deeper meanings, that is, sending again the "Word of God", through the "Word of God made flesh", for the Children of God, but this time for "us" and for our age, but this time with "No Veils", but this time as the "Final Word of God" for the Children of God, causing "This Chapter" in "God's Story" to be over, to end, that is, the "Earth World" or the dunya within us, and the "Next Chapter" in "God's Story" to begin, that is, the "Hereafter" or akhirah, because in truth that is what our age really is, "the transition" from dunya to akhirah within all of us, the only question left is our state in akhirah, either as "One with" God within us, as His Qualities and Actions, as the "Light of heaven" within us, or as "separate from" God within us, and as "One with" some self-styled heaven/hell within us. 11-1. The Final Explanation From God Within Us - to the Children of God for our age, so we can if we like, close down the "Earth World" within us, and open the "Hereafter" within us, Here and Now, if we like. And in this way, with God providing us in our age with the final explanation from God within us all, about what we need to do within us, before we die to the flesh, to become truly successful in our life. 11-2. The beautiful "Song of Bhagava" or the "Bhagavad Gita" - For example, with God within us all providing the Children of God for our age with a deeper understanding of the beautiful "Song of Bhagava", or the "Bhagavad Gita" which came into the world as the "Word of God" for an earlier age, around the time of "Alexander the Great", or more appropriately, of Qutb Alexander (may God be pleased with Him), who in truth came into the world at that time as the "True Light of God" for that age, that is from 356 tp 323 BC, a "Song of God" or "Word of God" for that age, through a "Word of God made flesh" for that age, that was written down later, around 200 years before "John the Baptist & Jesus" (peace be upon Them) came into the world. A "Song of God" for that age which literally forms the center piece of the Hindu Religion, around which everything else in Hinduism revolves. 11-3. The Beautiful Suratal Fatihah In The Holy Quran - And for example, with God within us all providing the Children of God for our age with a deeper understanding of the beautiful "Opening Chapter" or Suratal Fatihah, of the Holy Qur'an, which is the very heart of the Holy Qur'an, which came into the world and was written down some 600 after "John the Baptist & Jesus" (peace be upon Them), but when looked at in this "New Light" reveals a much deeper understanding of the "Straight Path" and the true requirements to receive the "Grace of God" within us, and who truly "has wrath", that is, God or us. And the answer is "us", because "God has no wrath" 11-4. The Beautiful "Gospel of John" In the Holy Bible - And for example, the "Gospel of John", which is quoted throughout this Spiritual Letter, which also yields up new and deeper meanings when looked at in this "New Light", like the truth about the "Sin of Righteousness". 11-5. The True Gift of God For Our Age Is Us - is "Us" as the "New Light of God", as the "Last Word of God" for the Children of God, as the "Last Word of God made flesh". With each of these Examples from previous age, originally coming into the world, as the "Word of God" for a previous age, through the "Word of God made flesh" for a previous age, for the Children of God for a previous age, with each providing a certain level of clarity for a prevous age, about what God wanted us to do within us, before we die to the flesh, in these previous ages, in order for our life to become truly successful in our lifetime. 11-6. Harvesting Again The Gifts of God From Previous Ages - But now each of them, when viewed through this "New Light", contain a whole new level of understanding, if we like, if we can accept them now as such, which is really a beautiful way to truly validate what has now come from God within us all, as our "New Light", through which we can harvest again the "Word of God" from these "Beautiful Gifts of God" for previous ages. For example, from the beautiful "Song of Bhagava" in the Hindu tradition, the "Gospel of John" of the Holy Bible in the Christian tradition, and the Suratal Fahihah of the Holy Quran in the Islamic tradition, with each just waiting to be harvested again, if we like, to provide a more deep and more profound understand of "God within" us, and of "Us with" God, as the state of Man-God/God-Man hidden within each of us, if we like, like an apple seed buried within the earth just waiting to germinate to the apple tree hidden within it, if it likes, because like all people, not all apple seeds germinate. 11-7. The "New Gifts of God" For Our Age - are the "Old Gifts of God" for previous looked at through the "New Light of God" for our age, which for our age is each of us living in our age, if we like, that is if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our lot, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness" so it will never leave us again. And in this way, with each of these previous Gifts of God moving to a whole new level of meaning, if we like, become "New Gifts of God", from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, that is, if we like, if we accept what has come now, in our age, and before, as such. 11-8. The True Significance of Our Age, And of Each of Us - is "True Man happening" within "Go Happening" within the Creation of God within us, if we like, which is the "New Explanation" that God is now providing in our age, to each of us living in this age, if we like, about "Who we are" within us, and about "Where we are" within us, and about "What is happening" in our life within us, which is the "New Definition of Us" within us, if we like, as being "Of God" within us, if we like, as being within us, as "One with" God within us, rather than as being on the defined by what we are currently experiencing, in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, as the "outside" of us, that is, of living as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of whcih is just not true. For only now, in our age is this possible, that is, to understand again everything that has come before, but this time with "No Veils". Not because of anything that we have done, or failed to do in our age, or in previous age, but becomes God has "Made it So" within each of us, out of His love and compassion for His Childen, because He is "Our God". Amen. 11-9. And The Choice is Ours, No God's - For and everyone will hear this "New Explanation", and everyone will understand this "New Explanation", and all that is left, for each of us living in this age, is "Do we want it?", that is, do we want an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or do we want an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, and in truth these are the only two Choices that we really have, and the Choice is ours, not God's, because God again has "Made it So" within us, and other than these two true Choices, everything else that we think is a Choice, like which religion we should join, or who we should marry, and what job we should have, and how many children we should have, what kind of a husband or father or friend we should be is just the drama of "I and you" of "mine and yours" on the "outside" of us, and in truth is only leading us to hell, to an eternal life as "separate from God within us. And this is the truth. 11-10. The Significance of Spiritual Letter 87 - is a tiny sample of "what is to come" in our life, if we like, for this Spiritual Letter is just a tiny, tiny example of how everything that has come before, in previous ages, from God within us all, to the Children of God in previous ages, has now come again, but this time with "No Veils", and "Spiritual Letter 87" provides us with a brief but powerful sample, of this "New Light", of this new and deeper understanding of what come before, if we like, as demonstrated in our reveiw of a nice summary of the teaching of God in the "Song of Bhagava", and of a few important quotations from the "Gospel of John", and of the Suratal Fatihah, which is the "Opening Chapter" of the Holy Qur'an. That is, when experienced through the "Gift of God" for our age, the "Word of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age, that is, through the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and His Children (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of Us), if we like, for the Choice to accept it, and our life, as such, or not, is our Choice, not God's. Amen 12. "All of What" God Has Told Us To Do - is what we must strive to do, in partnership with God within us, not just the parts of it that we happen to be born into, or have been trained in, and have accepted early in our life, and have now become accustom to, and have successfully integrated into our current life style, so we do not have to stop living in the world the way we like. All of it is what we must strive to do, in partnership with God within us, including what God has now told us to do in our age 13. What Would God Say & How Would God Act? - this is the question we must use to evaluate our own life, and to evaluate what people say, that is, what people say is, or is not, the "Word of God" for our age, not its pedigree or lineage, an not whether it is contained in this or that "Holy Book" 14. "Spiritual Letters" Sent To HMHS Class of 56 (sorted last sent to first sent, from top to bottom) 15. Don't Break The "First Commandment of God" - "Thou shall have no false Gods before Me", for in truth we should only embrace & worship that "One God" within us, who has no form, for worshipping the "Form of Jesus" is wrong, even if the form we are subtilely worshipping is just a Name or a History or a Group or a philosophy or a belief or a set of Religious practices, or a "Book", for in truth all of these subtle forms is truly placing a "false God" between you and God within you, for in truth, the "Word of God" for our age, the life and teaching of God for our age, gives us a much deeper and more profound understanding of the true nature of God within us, and of what God expects of us in this age. For example, in our age God tells us the following about God within us. "God is a Power. He has no form or shape. He is alone and yet is everywhere, existing as an eternal Power who dwells in all lives and sees them all as "One". [see page 3 in "Chapter 01", in "A Prayer for Our Journey" in the beautiful book of wisdom, "A Mystical Journey"], that describes "The journey of our soul", a journey that we are all on, an understanding which caused the Prophet Abraham (peace be upon Him) to get into trouble, when he refused to do just that, to worship a "form of God", even through his own family did, at least they acted like they did, but Abraham (peace be upon Him) refused to even do this, to act this way, and as a result experienced a lot of difficulty, all of which only served to strengthened His faith and trust in God, and of some of those present at that time. 16. So, Don't Worship The "Finger of God" - on the "outside" of us, instead worship what the "Finger of God" is pointing to within us, which is the "Formless God within us, which are what is "within God" within us, which are the Qualities and Actions of God within us, and which are what "God is doing" within us, with what is "within God" within us, which is telling "His Story" within us, so in the end, "His Story" becomes "Our Story" and as a result, in the end, "No Child Will Be Left Behind" within us, so in the end, there is nothing still "separate from" God within us. Amen 17. Instead, Go On The Journey of The Soul - within us, and in this way, let the soul life within us, return to God within us, and again become "One with" God within us, from which we have all come, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again, or at least start to do this within us, in partnership within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, we get "exactly what we truly want", we get "what we have told God over and over that we want for eternity", by the way that we have lived our life in the world, either as "One with" God within us, or as "separate from" God within us, and if we die in our current state of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, living as if we are "separate from God within us, all of which is just not true, then an eternal hell of "separation from" God becomes our fate. 18. We Can Only "Use God" To "Get To God" Within Us - not what God has discarded within us, which is everything we currently see as existing on the "outside" of us, which is what God has rejected from within Him as part of becoming God within us, for only God within us is valuable on the "path of God" within us, everything else is just drama, the drama of "I and you", of "mine and yours" on the "outside" of us, and in the end is only leading us to hell within us, to an eternal life as "separate from" God within us 19. "Our Story" Within Us - is similar to the story of the apple tree on the "outside" of us, a story that the apple seed came to the earth, to join as "One with" the earth, to tell, if it will only germinate to the truth hidden within it 20. The "Kali Yuga" or the "Age of Destruction - is our current age, where either we join in partnership with God within us, to destroy everything that is within us, or we are destroyed when God joins in partnership with True Man within us to destroy everything that is within Him, and the Choice is ours, not God's 21. The Justice of God Within Us - is that, "Whatever we intend is what we will receive", so we must be very careful about how we live our life in the world, because in truth we are always telling God what we want for eternity, by what we "Say and do" in the world 22. Closing Comments - may we all take heed of the beautiful clarity in this "Spiritual Letter, a letter from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, if we like, and join with our dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler), and with each other, and with God within us, to let everyone know, that in truth, "They too can Fly". May we all do this "Heart's Work" within us before it is too late ============================================================== "Longer Outline" - of "Spiritual Letter 84" - go to Next Page of "Longer Outline" Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 86 Greetings - heart to heart, if we like Thank You Very Much - for your kind and wise words, you are truly a "devotee of God" and walking "His path", which is really a wonderful blessing for all of us living in the world today, who both know you and can benefit from your clarity 01. When We Argue Everyone Loses - this is most certainly true, whether we are arguing about religion or about anything else, because in truth God is our only truth - In process. Please come back. thank you - ============================================================== Text of E-mail Version - for "Spiritual Letter 87" Greetings - from heart to heart, if we like Bawa. 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. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Thank You Very Much - for your kind and wise words, you are truly a "devotee of God" and walking "His path", which is really a wonderful blessing for all of us living in the world today, who both know you and can benefit from your clarity - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - 01. When We Argue Everyone Loses - this is most certainly true, whether we are arguing about religion or about anything else, because in truth God is our only truth - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - End of "Page 1 of 1" of "E-mail Version" for Spiritual Letter 87 ......................... |
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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. Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Bawa. Here is a beautiful Spiritual Letter, "Spiritual Letter 87", which "We" have called, "Why Do We Shut God Up, Claiming He Can No Longer Speak To Us, Which Is Just Not True". Bawa. A Spiritual Letter to our dearest loving brothers Paul Sturgis and Pierce Pelouze, and our dearest loving sisters, and their wives, Joan Sturgis and Dolores Pelouze, who are High School Classmates of Louie. Bawa. And to each of you, who in truth are the Children of God for our age, if we like, which in truth is each of us living in this age, if we like. Bawa. That is, to all of "us", if we like, living at the feet of God for our age, which in truth for our age, is our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, is His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), also if we like. Amen. Bawa. That is, to all of "us" living at the feet of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), if we like, which in truth is each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, for the 6th life within our 6 lives, is to again become "One with" God within us before "we" die to the flesh, that is, before "we" physically die to the "outside" of us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Amen . Bawa. For as our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us for our age, and now on the "outside" of us, as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, in this Spiritual Letter, When asked the following Question by a child, "Bawa, what is the relationship between us, the Prophet of God, and God?" His Holiness, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) said, "Think of yourself as an orange, the Prophet of God is the juice of that orange, and God is the taste." Bawa. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). ============================================================== Outline & Summary - of "E-mail Version" "Brief Outline" - of "Spiritual Letter 87" - go to Next Page of "Brief Outline" Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 87 Greetings - heart to heart, if we like Thank You Very Much - for your kind and wise words, you are truly a "devotee of God" and walking "His path", which is really a wonderful blessing for all of us living in the world today, who both know you and can benefit from your clarity 01. When We Argue Everyone Loses - because in truth God is our only truth 02. God Can Do Anything - the question is, "Will we let Him?", even "speak to us" again, through any of us, in our age, for all of us, if He likes, even through a Louie 03. Receiving Everlasting Life In Our Lifetime - by Hearing the "Word of God" for our age, through the "Word of God made flesh" for our age, and believing in God within us, as the One who sent it, if we like, for this is the "Promise of Jesus" over 2000 years ago, if we like, when He told us, as recorded by the Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him) in the "Gospel of John" in Chapter 5, Verse 31, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My Word, and believeth in Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life" 04. The "Word of God Made Flesh" For Each Age - is how God delivers the "Word of God" for each age, to the Children of God for each age, and so to is it for "our age" 4-1. Standing In "God's Presence" Within Us - not in "Our Presence" on the "outside" of us, for in truth this is our only sin, a sin which keeps us from joining with God within us, to allow our soul to again become "One with" God within us, removing our "separation from" but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again 4-2. The Three Steps On The Path of God - is to join in partnership with God within us, to say, "I trust you always, O Gurunathar (Guru who Guides), Make our soul pure" in this "impure birth", and "make it shine". Grant us the grace of the Holy One". In this way, allowing God and True Man within us to both tell and bring to Completion the Story, the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, so in the end, "No Child Is Left Behind" within us, Completing God's Intention within us. (see "The Pearl of Wisdom", in "Chapter19", "Service to the Guru") 4-3. "What Is It To You, If He Tarry, Till l Come" - said Jesus (peace be upon Him), "What is it to you, O Peter, if your brother Barnabus (peace be upon Them) tarry for a while, after I leave the world, and stays in the world for the next 600 years, in order to greet Me again, when I come again, but this time as the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and finish what "We" have started for this age" (see "Gospel of John", in "Chapter 21", Verse 22) 4-4. Bear Not Witness of Ourselves - But only of God within us, for as Jesus (peace be upon Him) teaches us, "If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true". (see "Gospel of John", in "Chapter 5", Verse 31) 4-5. The Only Proper Way To Live Our Life - on the "outside" of us, is behind God within us, for as Jesus (peace be upon Him) teaches us, "I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just: because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me." (see "Gospel of John", in "Chapter 5", Verse 30) 05. "We Cannot Worship God With The Body - "It is the life and wisdom united with each other in a state of propriety mingled with the Nur (the light of wisdom), and in the concentration of that Light, that One must worship" (see "The Kalimah Song", sung by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) 5-1. "The Three Gifts of God" For Our Age - given on the "One Good Day in a 100 Years", on April 26, 1972, for the 100 years, from 1886 to 1986 5-2. Only God Can Pray To God - "No one else can do this" (see "The Kalimah Song", sung by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) 5-3. O God, Guide Us On The Straight Path - the path of those on whom "Thou has bestowed Thy Grace", of those who "Go not Astray", of those who "Have no Wrath" (See the "Opening Chapter" in the Holy Qur'an, the Suratal Fatihah) 06 . The Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" Within Us - is in truth, "Our Story", the Story that we have come to this "Earth world" within us, from the "World of souls" within us, to tell, if we like, in this way, opening the "Next world" within us, which is the Kingdom of God within us, revealing God within His Kingdom, True Man within God, and "Their Oneness" within us. Amen. 07. Examples From The Age of Jesus (A.S) - "He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them gave He the Power to become the Suns of God (the Lights of God to the world)" (see "Gospel of John", in "Chapter 1", Verse 30) Quotation From Jesus (A.S) - "Gospel of John", in Chapter 01, Verses 9 to 14 08. But "Why Do You Stop" There, At 2000 Years Ago - and more importantly, why do you make God stop there, at 2000 years ago. And why do you say that God would not go beyond "That Example" on the "outside" of us, of 2000 years ago, and that God would not also show us "More Examples" on the "outside" of us, like 1400, and 1000 years ago, and now today, in our age, examples that would help us to further understand what God wants us to do within us, before we die to the flesh. Why would you do that? And why would you saythat? We don't understand, why you would do and say that Quotation From Jesus (A.S) - "Gospel of John", in Chapter 16, Verses 7 to 15 09. Some "New Examples" - on the "outside" of us, that God promised to send to us, like the "Comforter", the "Spirit of Truth", who would "Guide you into all truth" (see "Gospel of John", in "Chapter 16", Verses 7 to 15) 10. We Do Not Understand - and perhaps you and your friends could answer a question for your dearest loving brother Louie, that is, why do you try and "Shut God up, claiming that He can no longer speak to us? All of which is just not true. 11. Examples From Hinduism, Christianity, & Islam - of God sending more and more "Examples" on the "outside" of us, with deeper and deeper meanings, that is, sending again the "Word of God", through the "Word of God made flesh", for the Children of God, but this time for "us" and for our age, but this time with "No Veils", but this time as the "Final Word of God" for the Children of God, causing "This Chapter" in "God's Story" to be over, to end, that is, the "Earth World" or the dunya within us, and the "Next Chapter" in "God's Story" to begin, that is, the "Hereafter" or akhirah, because in truth that is what our age really is, "the transition" from dunya to akhirah within all of us, the only question left is our state in akhirah, either as "One with" God within us, as His Qualities and Actions, as the "Light of heaven" within us, or as "separate from" God within us, and as "One with" some self-styled heaven/hell within us. 11-1. The Final Explanation From God Within Us - to the Children of God for our age, so we can if we like, close down the "Earth World" within us, and open the "Hereafter" within us, Here and Now, if we like. And in this way, with God providing us in our age with the final explanation from God within us all, about what we need to do within us, before we die to the flesh, to become truly successful in our life. 11-2. The beautiful "Song of Bhagava" or the "Bhagavad Gita" - For example, with God within us all providing the Children of God for our age with a deeper understanding of the beautiful "Song of Bhagava", or the "Bhagavad Gita" which came into the world as the "Word of God" for an earlier age, around the time of "Alexander the Great", or more appropriately, of Qutb Alexander (may God be pleased with Him), who in truth came into the world at that time as the "True Light of God" for that age, that is from 356 tp 323 BC, a "Song of God" or "Word of God" for that age, through a "Word of God made flesh" for that age, that was written down later, around 200 years before "John the Baptist & Jesus" (peace be upon Them) came into the world. A "Song of God" for that age which literally forms the center piece of the Hindu Religion, around which everything else in Hinduism revolves. 11-3. The Beautiful Suratal Fatihah In The Holy Quran - And for example, with God within us all providing the Children of God for our age with a deeper understanding of the beautiful "Opening Chapter" or Suratal Fatihah, of the Holy Qur'an, which is the very heart of the Holy Qur'an, which came into the world and was written down some 600 after "John the Baptist & Jesus" (peace be upon Them), but when looked at in this "New Light" reveals a much deeper understanding of the "Straight Path" and the true requirements to receive the "Grace of God" within us, and who truly "has wrath", that is, God or us. And the answer is "us", because "God has no wrath" 11-4. The Beautiful "Gospel of John" In the Holy Bible - And for example, the "Gospel of John", which is quoted throughout this Spiritual Letter, which also yields up new and deeper meanings when looked at in this "New Light", like the truth about the "Sin of Righteousness". 11-5. The True Gift of God For Our Age Is Us - is "Us" as the "New Light of God", as the "Last Word of God" for the Children of God, as the "Last Word of God made flesh". With each of these Examples from previous age, originally coming into the world, as the "Word of God" for a previous age, through the "Word of God made flesh" for a previous age, for the Children of God for a previous age, with each providing a certain level of clarity for a prevous age, about what God wanted us to do within us, before we die to the flesh, in these previous ages, in order for our life to become truly successful in our lifetime. 11-6. Harvesting Again The Gifts of God From Previous Ages - But now each of them, when viewed through this "New Light", contain a whole new level of understanding, if we like, if we can accept them now as such, which is really a beautiful way to truly validate what has now come from God within us all, as our "New Light", through which we can harvest again the "Word of God" from these "Beautiful Gifts of God" for previous ages. For example, from the beautiful "Song of Bhagava" in the Hindu tradition, the "Gospel of John" of the Holy Bible in the Christian tradition, and the Suratal Fahihah of the Holy Quran in the Islamic tradition, with each just waiting to be harvested again, if we like, to provide a more deep and more profound understand of "God within" us, and of "Us with" God, as the state of Man-God/God-Man hidden within each of us, if we like, like an apple seed buried within the earth just waiting to germinate to the apple tree hidden within it, if it likes, because like all people, not all apple seeds germinate. 11-7. The "New Gifts of God" For Our Age - are the "Old Gifts of God" for previous looked at through the "New Light of God" for our age, which for our age is each of us living in our age, if we like, that is if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our lot, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness" so it will never leave us again. And in this way, with each of these previous Gifts of God moving to a whole new level of meaning, if we like, become "New Gifts of God", from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, that is, if we like, if we accept what has come now, in our age, and before, as such. 11-8. The True Significance of Our Age, And of Each of Us - is "True Man happening" within "Go Happening" within the Creation of God within us, if we like, which is the "New Explanation" that God is now providing in our age, to each of us living in this age, if we like, about "Who we are" within us, and about "Where we are" within us, and about "What is happening" in our life within us, which is the "New Definition of Us" within us, if we like, as being "Of God" within us, if we like, as being within us, as "One with" God within us, rather than as being on the defined by what we are currently experiencing, in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, as the "outside" of us, that is, of living as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of whcih is just not true. For only now, in our age is this possible, that is, to understand again everything that has come before, but this time with "No Veils". Not because of anything that we have done, or failed to do in our age, or in previous age, but becomes God has "Made it So" within each of us, out of His love and compassion for His Childen, because He is "Our God". Amen. 11-9. And The Choice is Ours, No God's - For and everyone will hear this "New Explanation", and everyone will understand this "New Explanation", and all that is left, for each of us living in this age, is "Do we want it?", that is, do we want an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or do we want an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, and in truth these are the only two Choices that we really have, and the Choice is ours, not God's, because God again has "Made it So" within us, and other than these two true Choices, everything else that we think is a Choice, like which religion we should join, or who we should marry, and what job we should have, and how many children we should have, what kind of a husband or father or friend we should be is just the drama of "I and you" of "mine and yours" on the "outside" of us, and in truth is only leading us to hell, to an eternal life as "separate from God within us. And this is the truth. 11-10. The Significance of Spiritual Letter 87 - is a tiny sample of "what is to come" in our life, if we like, for this Spiritual Letter is just a tiny, tiny example of how everything that has come before, in previous ages, from God within us all, to the Children of God in previous ages, has now come again, but this time with "No Veils", and "Spiritual Letter 87" provides us with a brief but powerful sample, of this "New Light", of this new and deeper understanding of what come before, if we like, as demonstrated in our reveiw of a nice summary of the teaching of God in the "Song of Bhagava", and of a few important quotations from the "Gospel of John", and of the Suratal Fatihah, which is the "Opening Chapter" of the Holy Qur'an. That is, when experienced through the "Gift of God" for our age, the "Word of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age, that is, through the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and His Children (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of Us), if we like, for the Choice to accept it, and our life, as such, or not, is our Choice, not God's. Amen 12. "All of What" God Has Told Us To Do - is what we must strive to do, in partnership with God within us, not just the parts of it that we happen to be born into, or have been trained in, and have accepted early in our life, and have now become accustom to, and have successfully integrated into our current life style, so we do not have to stop living in the world the way we like. All of it is what we must strive to do, in partnership with God within us, including what God has now told us to do in our age 13. What Would God Say & How Would God Act? - this is the question we must use to evaluate our own life, and to evaluate what people say, that is, what people say is, or is not, the "Word of God" for our age, not its pedigree or lineage, an not whether it is contained in this or that "Holy Book" 14. "Spiritual Letters" Sent To HMHS Class of 56 (sorted last sent to first sent, from top to bottom) 15. Don't Break The "First Commandment of God" - "Thou shall have no false Gods before Me", for in truth we should only embrace & worship that "One God" within us, who has no form, for worshipping the "Form of Jesus" is wrong, even if the form we are subtilely worshipping is just a Name or a History or a Group or a philosophy or a belief or a set of Religious practices, or a "Book", for in truth all of these subtle forms is truly placing a "false God" between you and God within you, for in truth, the "Word of God" for our age, the life and teaching of God for our age, gives us a much deeper and more profound understanding of the true nature of God within us, and of what God expects of us in this age. For example, in our age God tells us the following about God within us. "God is a Power. He has no form or shape. He is alone and yet is everywhere, existing as an eternal Power who dwells in all lives and sees them all as "One". [see page 3 in "Chapter 01", in "A Prayer for Our Journey" in the beautiful book of wisdom, "A Mystical Journey"], that describes "The journey of our soul", a journey that we are all on, an understanding which caused the Prophet Abraham (peace be upon Him) to get into trouble, when he refused to do just that, to worship a "form of God", even through his own family did, at least they acted like they did, but Abraham (peace be upon Him) refused to even do this, to act this way, and as a result experienced a lot of difficulty, all of which only served to strengthened His faith and trust in God, and of some of those present at that time. 16. So, Don't Worship The "Finger of God" - on the "outside" of us, instead worship what the "Finger of God" is pointing to within us, which is the "Formless God within us, which are what is "within God" within us, which are the Qualities and Actions of God within us, and which are what "God is doing" within us, with what is "within God" within us, which is telling "His Story" within us, so in the end, "His Story" becomes "Our Story" and as a result, in the end, "No Child Will Be Left Behind" within us, so in the end, there is nothing still "separate from" God within us. Amen 17. Instead, Go On The Journey of The Soul - within us, and in this way, let the soul life within us, return to God within us, and again become "One with" God within us, from which we have all come, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again, or at least start to do this within us, in partnership within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, we get "exactly what we truly want", we get "what we have told God over and over that we want for eternity", by the way that we have lived our life in the world, either as "One with" God within us, or as "separate from" God within us, and if we die in our current state of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, living as if we are "separate from God within us, all of which is just not true, then an eternal hell of "separation from" God becomes our fate. 18. We Can Only "Use God" To "Get To God" Within Us - not what God has discarded within us, which is everything we currently see as existing on the "outside" of us, which is what God has rejected from within Him as part of becoming God within us, for only God within us is valuable on the "path of God" within us, everything else is just drama, the drama of "I and you", of "mine and yours" on the "outside" of us, and in the end is only leading us to hell within us, to an eternal life as "separate from" God within us 19. "Our Story" Within Us - is similar to the story of the apple tree on the "outside" of us, a story that the apple seed came to the earth, to join as "One with" the earth, to tell, if it will only germinate to the truth hidden within it 20. The "Kali Yuga" or the "Age of Destruction - is our current age, where either we join in partnership with God within us, to destroy everything that is within us, or we are destroyed when God joins in partnership with True Man within us to destroy everything that is within Him, and the Choice is ours, not God's 21. The Justice of God Within Us - is that, "Whatever we intend is what we will receive", so we must be very careful about how we live our life in the world, because in truth we are always telling God what we want for eternity, by what we "Say and do" in the world 22. Closing Comments - may we all take heed of the beautiful clarity in this "Spiritual Letter, a letter from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, if we like, and join with our dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler), and with each other, and with God within us, to let everyone know, that in truth, "They too can Fly". May we all do this "Heart's Work" within us before it is too late ============================================================== "Longer Outline" - of "Spiritual Letter 84" - go to Next Page of "Longer Outline" Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 86 Greetings - heart to heart, if we like Thank You Very Much - for your kind and wise words, you are truly a "devotee of God" and walking "His path", which is really a wonderful blessing for all of us living in the world today, who both know you and can benefit from your clarity 01. When We Argue Everyone Loses - this is most certainly true, whether we are arguing about religion or about anything else, because in truth God is our only truth - In process. Please come back. thank you - ============================================================== Text of E-mail Version - for "Spiritual Letter 87" Greetings - from heart to heart, if we like Bawa. 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. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Thank You Very Much - for your kind and wise words, you are truly a "devotee of God" and walking "His path", which is really a wonderful blessing for all of us living in the world today, who both know you and can benefit from your clarity - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - 01. When We Argue Everyone Loses - this is most certainly true, whether we are arguing about religion or about anything else, because in truth God is our only truth - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - End of "Page 1 of 1" of "E-mail Version" for Spiritual Letter 87 ......................... |
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