Spiritual Letter 33 - Original Version                           About Spiritual Letter 33 Title: "To Truly See All People As Our Brothers Is Islam", Date: November 22, 2002 Written by: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Written to: The Brothers & Sisters of The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Home Page-Spiriutal Letters  Go To Spiritual Letter 34  Letter 33: Outline & Summary Library Navigation Tree          Go To Spiritual Letter 32  Letter 33: Expanded Version Page 3 of 4 Go To Page 4 of 4 Go To Page 2 of 4 Go To Table of Contents - Spiritual Letter 33 Related Material Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim.  In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.  Al-salam 'alaykum 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. 5. The Big Problem of Our Life Overview of Topic: The big problem of our life is the following choice that we must make, before we die, and before the world "outside" of us is prematurely destroyed by one of us, and before our Shaikh permanently leaves the world "outside" of us, and God within Him brings it to an end. In this way, either we join as one with our wisdom, and with the truth of God within it, to liberate the soul, to liberate Jesus (peace be upon Him) from the cross of our elemental body, and build a House of Light for our soul, so the soul can travel to the next school, to the School of Light within us, or we stay joined as one with our mind and desire to keep our soul a captive of the House of Darkness within us that we in our ignorance have built for the soul, preventing the soul from leaving the School of Contrasts within us, and from going to the School of Light within us, forcing the soul, along with "us" as "separate from" God, to experience the suffering of the grave, Qiyamah (the judgment of the lives of darkness within us), and an eternal life of "separation from" God. This is why Bawa teaches us, that,           "When you die your soul will come out of your grave and hover above your grave           for a moment, to determine its next place of residence.  If a House of Light has           been built for the soul by the wisdom and truth of God within you, then the soul           will leave the grave and go off to the next school that God has prepared for the           soul."           "But if the soul does not have a House of Light to live in, then it must return to the           grave and join again with the House of Darkness within you, it must join again           with the lives of darkness that you have grown and have been nourished within           you, and go with them to their judgment by God ." Text of Topic: In this way, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, Bawa teaches us that if a House of Light has been built for our soul by our wisdom, and by the truth of God within us, while we are living in the world of illusion, with our brothers and sisters, in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing "outside" of us, then our life here has been successful, then our wisdom has reasoned over our fate, then the qualities of our inner selves have been victorious over the qualities of our outer selves, and we have been victorious in our life. If this House of Light has been built for our soul by the wisdom and truth of God within us, which is the House of Wisdom, the Palace of the Soul, the House of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) within us, then our soul will go off to the next school, for this earth world or sifat or form of the dunya, this world of illusion that we currently live in, is just one of many schools created for the soul by God, as the School of Contrasts where the soul came to learn about what "separates it" from God. And having learned that lesson, then the soul, having been removed from the cross of this elemental body by wisdom, and having joined with the wisdom surrounding the soul, and with the truth of God within that wisdom, having moved into the House of Light, the Palace of the soul, that was built by the "Three of Us" within the Three of God within us, that was built by the - Disciple, Shaikh, and God - within the Triple Flame of God - Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen - within us, then the soul within us, living now in this House of Light within us, will go off to the next school within us, leaving the grave and the lives of darkness within us behind, then the soul will go off to Graduate School within us, so to speak, to the School of Light within us, to learn about what makes it 'One with' God within us. But if this House of Light has not been built for the soul within us, while we lived in the world of illusion with our brothers and sisters, as the sifat or form of the dunya, as the form of the earth world within us, if we have not allowed the wisdom surrounding the soul and the truth of God within our wisdom, to awaken to the graceful worlds of the Shaikh "outside" of us for this age, which for this age is the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and in this way, to successfully do battle with the enemy of the soul, which is "us" as "separate from" God within us, which is our life of "separation and differences" that we live with your brothers and sisters in the world that you see in your ignorance as existing "outside" of us, then we will fail, our life here will not be victorious. Then the soul must go back into the grave and re-join the darkness within us, re-enter the House of Darkness within us, that we in our ignorance have built for our soul within us, in this way, crucifying the soul as Jesus (peace be upon Him) on the cross of our elemental body with the 5 nails of desire for earth, fire, water, air, and ether. In this case, then the soul must join again with the lives of darkness within us, with the lives of Creation within us who have become the darkness of the world within us, who have become the House of Darkness within us, who have become and who have stayed during our life time in the world "outside" of us, the lives of darkness within us, who have stayed the sifat or form of the dunya within us, never becoming the sirr or secret of the dunya within us, while we were alive in the world, which is God's intention for them within us. And in this way, after we die or the world "outside" of us is prematurely destroyed, if this House of Light has not been built within us by the wisdom and truth of God within us, by the Three of Us, by us joined in partnership with our Shaikh within us, and by God within Him, by the - Disciple, Shaikh, and God - within us, within the Triple Flame of God within us, within - Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen - within us, then the soul must go with these lives of darkness within us to their judgment by God within us, and so must "we" as "separate from" God, since they were not judged by God while we were alive in the world of illusion. In this way, if this House of Light has not been built for the soul, then the soul must go to the suffering of the grave, with the lives of darkness within us, and to their final judgment by God within us, to Qiyamah (the Standing Forth, the Day of Reckoning) within us, and to an eternal life of "separation from" God within us, and so must "we" as "separate from" God.  Please think about this a little. Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen.  Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen.  Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen.  Al-hamdu lillah.  Allahu Akbar. 6.  Our Only Work Now Overview of Topic: Our only work now is the judgment by God of the Creation of God within us, by the wisdom and truth of God within us, in order to complete God's intention within us, before we die, and before the world "outside" all of us is prematurely destroyed, and before our Shaikh permanently leaves the world "outside" of us, and God within Him brings it to an end..    Text of Topic:  My dearest loving brothers and sisters, this is our work now, the judgment by God of the Creation of God within us, in order to complete God's intention within us, in order to reveal True Man within the Creation of God within us, and in order to reveal God within the Creation of True Man within us, and in this way, to reveal the Oneness of God and True Man within us, which in truth is God within us, and which in truth is Man within us, because in truth they are One, as an apple tree in truth is the Oneness of the apple seed, the apple tree, the apple flower, and the apple fruit. And all of this must happen within us before we die, before we die in ignorance of "who we truly are", of "where we truly are", and of "what's really happening" in our life, and before this "outside" world of all of us is prematurely destroyed, due to the extremely sinful life of most of "us" living in this age, in this kali yuga, in this fourth and last age, this age of destruction, at the end of time which is now, and all of this must happen within us before the premature destruction of the world "outside" of all of us, due to the extremely sinful life of "us" and all of our  brothers and sisters in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing "outside" of us. Because if we die in ignorance of ourselves, or if the world "outside" of all of us is  prematurely destroyed, while we are still living in ignorance of ourselves in this world "outside" of us with our brothers and sisters, and before we have learned to join with our wisdom, and with the truth of God within us, to transcend death within us, then we will have to face the same suffering, judgement, and fate or destiny as the lives of darkness within us. Because in this case, the lives of darkness within us, that we in our ignorance have grown and continue to nourish "inside" of us, with our life of "separation and differences" with our brothers and sisters in the world "outside" of us, because these lives of darkness within us, have not yet been judged within us by God within us. Because in this case, we have failed to join with our Shaikh within us, and with God within Him, to end our life of "separation and differences" in the world "outside" of us, we have failed to end our life of sin "outside" of us, we have failed to end the life "outside" of us that feeds and nourishes the lives of darkness "inside" of us, and in this way, we have failed to allow our wisdom and the truth of God within us, we have failed to allow our Shaikh within us and God within Him, to bring the lives of darkness within us to judgment, and in this way, to reveal True Man within the Creation of God within us, and God within the Creation of True Man within us. In this way, in our ignrance we have joined with our mind and desire to transform the Creation of God within us, that God has personally and ever so lovingly placed within each of us, before we came to this earth world, to this world of illusion, in our ignorance we have joined with our mind and desire to transform this Creation of God within us into the lives of darkness within us, by nourishing the Creation of God within us with the sins of our life of "separation and differences" that we live with our brothers and sisters in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing "outside" of us. Rather than joining with our wisdom, and with the Truth of God within us, to end our life of ignorance "outside" of us, to pass judgment on the lives of darkness "inside" of us, to pass judgement on the Creation of God within us, in order to reveal True Man from within the Creation of God within us, and to reveal God within the Creation of True Man within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, and for the benefit of all of the Creation of True Man within us. And this same fate or destiny or life of ignorance applies to all of us living in the world today, the fate or destiny or life of ignorance that our soul must return to our grave after we die, after we leave the world "outside" of us, or after the world "outside" of us leaves us, after it comes to a premature end within us, and in this way, in our ignorance our soul must go to the judgment of the lives of darkness within us, after we die "ignorance" of ourselves, or after our "outside" world is prematurely destroyed while we are still "ignorance" of ourselves, all the time thinking in our ignorance that it is our judgment. Except for those of us who, before we die, or before our "outside" world leaves us, is prematurely destroyed within us, except for those of us who have joined with our wisdom and truth, have joined with the gift of God for this age, have joined with the life and teaching of  Bawa Muhaiyaddeen within us (may God be pleased with Him), having correctly realized, understood, accepted, and joined with the truth within us, with the truth that emerges from within us, with the truth that "there is no other way" to be saved from "ourselves" for this age, than to join with our wisdom to destroy "ourselves" as "separate from" God within us, in order to reveal "ourselves" as "One with" God within us. Except for those of us who have already made this transition from the "outside" of us to the "inside" of us, from "ourselves" as "separate from" God to "ourselves" as "One with" God, before we died, or before the "outside" world of us all is prematurely destroyed by those among us who have no faith in God, except for those of us who have made this transition of doing duty "here" from "here" to doing duty "here" from "there". Except for those of us who have made this transition of doing duty in the "dunya" or earth world within us as the sifat or form of the "dunya" or earth world within us, to doing duty in the "dunya" or earth world within us as the sirr or secret or essence of the "dunya" or earth world within us, and as the dhat or essence or Light of God of "akhirah" or the hereafter within us, before we died, and before the world "outside" of all of us is prematurely ended. Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen.  Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen.  Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen.  Al-hamdu lillah.  Allahu Akbar. 7.  Signs of The Premature Destruction of The World "Outside" of Us Overview of Topic: The premature destruction of the world "outside" of us is very, very near for all of us, and what can prevent it from occurring "outside" of us is also very, very near for all of us, which is the grace, the light, and the help of God within us, and one sign of it starting to occur "inside" of us, that we can all see in our ignorance as starting to occur on the "outside" of us, is the planned "Invasion of Iraq by America". Text of Topic: My dearest loving brothers and sisters, we must realize this, without the slightest doubt, that the premature destruction of the world "outside" of us, is very, very near to us all, and will most certainly happen in our life time, if we don't start to correctly use the grace, the wisdom, and truth of God within us all, which is also very, very near to us all, which in this age is the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) that God personally and ever so lovingly placed within each of us, before we came to this earth world, to the sifat or form of the dunya, "forgot God, and fell into many a trap" And as Bawa teaches us on page 6 in the "Forward" of the book, "The Pearl of Wisdom", where  Bawa teaches us about our current condition,           "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." In this way, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, if we don't join our iman, our absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God, with our wisdom, and with the truth of God within us, becoming in this way, the "Three of Us" within the "Three of God" within us, becoming the - Disciple, Shaikh, and God - within the Triple Flame of God, within - Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen - within us, we will most certainly release the "beast" from within one of us, which will destroy all of us living "separate from" God on the "outside" of us. If we don't join together as One within the One within us, as the Oneness of the True Disciple of God within us, of our Shaikh within us, and of God within Him, within the One within us, as the Oneness of Us as True Man within the Oneness of God within us, as the Oneness of - alif, lam, meem - in a state of expansion within us, which is the Oneness of God and the sifat or form of the dunya within us, of the Creation of God within us, which is True Man within us, within the Oneness of God within us, then we will become One with the lives of darkness that we have grown in our ignorance within us. If we don't join togther as One or True Man within the Oneness of God within us, which is the Triple Flame of God within us that has become clear within us, which is the Oneness of - Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen - within us, which is the Oneness of God and the sirr or secret of the dunya within us, the Oneness of God and the world of souls within us, which is Muhammad (Sal.) within us, then we will have to suffer in the grave with the lives of darkness within us. If we don't become One with Muhammad (Sal.) within us, which is the 28th letter of the 28 letters that make up the form of man, the 28th letter known as Insan Muhammad, to prevent this premature destruction of the "outside" of us all from occurring in our life time, then we will have to join with the lives of darkness within us in their judgment by God. For as Bawa teaches us in the "Kalimah Song" (April 26, 1972),           "In a state of expansion alif, lam, meem, and the Triple Flame that has become           clear, become the Ruh, Wisdom, and the Nur, in a most mysterious form of           grace."           "That form of grace becoming Wisdom, Wisdom becoming the Nur, and the Nur           will become God." My dearest loving brothers and sisters, in this way, if we don't come together within the heart of our Shaikh within us, which is the Inner Qur'an, the Umm al-Qur'an within each of us, which is the "Mother of our Wisdom", and learn how to join together as One, the True Disciple within us, with our Shaikh within us, with our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within, and with God within Him, with the Primal One within us, to apply our wisdom, and to establish the truth of God within us, in order to defuse the dangerous situations that we are starting to see manifest in the world today, then we must go to Qiyamah, the Standing Forth; the Day of Reckoning with the lives of darkness within us. In order to defuse the dangerous situations in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing "outside" of us, but that in truth are actually occurring within each of us, that in truth are actually occurring "inside" of all of us, not "outside" of any of us, that in truth are not actually occurring as those who still live in their ignorance "outside" of themselves currently believe. But are really occurring "inside" of each of us, as our Shaikh both "outside" and "inside" of us has repeatedly told us from 1886 to 1986, as the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) both "outside" and "inside" of us, as the life and teaching of His Holiness both "outside" and "inside" of us until His Holiness left the world "outside" of us, and went into each of our hearts. And now, from 1986 to 2086, as those who are living "inside" of us, as the wisdom and truth of God within us, that has been awakened and brought to maturity within us by Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) both "outside" and "inside" of us, helping us now, since 1986, as our Shaikh within us and God within Him, as those within us who are repeatedly trying right now to teach us wisdom and truth and move us forward, to move us from the "outside" of us to the "inside" of us. And will continue to do so until it is properly over "outside" of us, in 2086, or until the premature destruction of the "outside" of all of us accidently occurs before 2086, and in this way, to teach us the wisdom and truth of God, again both "outside" and "inside" of us right now, as the life and teaching of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us) both "outside" and "inside" of each of us. Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen.  Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen.  Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen.  Al-hamdu lillah.  Allahu Akbar. In this way, my dearest loving  brothers and sisters, we must learn how to join our iman, with our wisdom, and with the truth of God within us, to defuse the dangerous situations that we currently see as happening in the world, the dangerous situations that in truth are happening "inside" of all of us, not "outside" of any of us, but that we still see in our ignorance as manifesting "outside" of us. For example, one sign of the premature destruction, of the world "outside" of all of us,  is the dangerous situation that is occurring on the "inside" of each of us, the dangerous situation that is rising up within each of us like a hurricane storm surge, that is rising up in truth "inside" of each of us, not "outside" of any of us, but that we in our ignorance all see as rising up "outside" of all of us, the dangerous situation called on the "outside" of us,           "The Invasion of Iraq by America". The dangerous situation which in our ignorance could easily drown all of us on the "outside" of us, which in our ignorance could easily become on the "outside" of us, the "First Great Harbinger of the Destruction of Man" in the 21st century, could easily lead us to the premature destruction of the world on the "outside" of us. If it is not quickly confronted and stopped on the "inside" of us, through our joining together as One "inside" of us, to overcome and avert this dangerous situation occurring within each of us, by our joining together with our iman, our wisdom, and the truth of God within us, and in this way, bringing the lives of darkness to judgment within us, and in this way, revealing True Man within the Creation of God within us, and in this way, revealing God within the Creation of True Man within us. If it is not quickly confronted and stopped on the "inside" of us, by "us" joining together as One, by us joining together within us, the True Disciple within us, our Shaikh within us, and God within Him,and in this way, destroying "us" as "separate from" our Shaikh and from God within Him, becoming in this way, "us" as "One with" our Shaikh and with God within Him, becoming in this way, "us" as the "Three of Us" within us, within the "Three of God" within us, becoming in this way "us" as the - Disciple, Shaikh, and God - within us, within the Triple Flame of God - Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen - within us. Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen.  Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen.  Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen.  Al-hamdu lillah.  Allahu Akbar. 8. The Premature Destruction Was Stopped Before And It Can Be Stopped           Again Overview of Topic: The premature destruction of the world was stopped before in the 20th Century by the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) and it can be stopped again in the 21st Century by the life and teaching of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us).  This is why we were born, this is the purpose of our life.  We have come to this earth world or dunya, to do this duty, and through it to come to an understanding of "who we already are", and through this understanding to return to the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, from which we have come, which in truth is God and True Man within us, no longer man as "separate from" God, as the rain having completed its duty, returns to the "Oneness of the ocean and the rain", from which it came, which in truth is the ocean and the rain, no longer the rain as "separate from" the ocean. Text of Topic: This is what happened before, from 1886 to 1946, during the first 60 years of the coming of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) into the world, into both the world "inside" of all of us and into the world "outside" of all of us.  But for the grace and wisdom and power of God on the "inside" of all of us at that time, we would have all been destroyed on the "outside" of all of us at that time, by what was happening at that time on the "inside" of all of us at that time.  We would have all been destroyed by the lives of darkness that came to maturity within all of us at that time, but for the grace, wisdom, and power of the gift of God for our age, but for the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen within all of us, (may God be pleased with Him), that God provided at that time on both the "inside" and the "outside" of all of us, of all of us living in this age. This is the work we must all now do again, my dearest loving brothers and sisters of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, as the Children of God for this age, for the age of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen within all of us (may God be pleased with Him), as the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), by joining "us" with the wisdom and the truth of God within us, by joining "us" with our Shaikh within us and with God within Him, and in this way, by becoming the "Three of Us" within us within the "Three of God" within us, before we die, or before the world "outside" of us is destroyed for all of us, in order to pass judgment on all of the lives of darkness within all of us. And in this way, in order to reveal True Man within the Creation of God within all of us, in order to prevent the destruction of all of us on the "outside" of all of us, in order to allow True Man within us to then reveal God within the Creation of True Man within us, and in this way, in order to complete what God and True Man have started within all of us, which is to complete the story of True Man within the story of God within us, and to complete of the story of God within the story of True Man within us. And the completion of the story of True Man within us is True Man within us.  And the completion of the story of God within us is God within us, revealing in this way, the Oneness of God and True Man within us, for in truth the Oneness of God and True man within us is in truth God within us and True Man within us, as One within us.  Know this now, my dearest loving brothers and sisters.  May we all know this now, without the slightest doubt, and begin to act accordinly, to know that in truth "we are all One", that "To truly see all people as our brothers is Islam", as in truth "God is One", as in truth "God and True Man within us are One". Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen.  Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen.  Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen.  Al-hamdu lillah.  Allahu Akbar. In this way, we must join "us" with our Shaikh within us, and with God within Him, to destroy what has again grown "inside" of all of us, has again come to maturity "inside" of all of us, over the last 60 years, from 1946 to 2006, again transforming the Creation of God within each of us into lives of darkness within each of us, again threatening to destroy both the "outside" and the "inside" of all of us. To destroy us all on the "outside" of us all, all within the justice of God within us all, as a result of what we have all done, and of how we have all lived for the last 60 years, both "inside" and "outside" of us, because in our ignorance since 1946 we have all turned away even further from God, from the faith, and love, and compassion of God, we have all continued to live in a state of even deeper sin, in the state of incrased "separation and differences", which if not controlled and brought to jugdment by "us" joined as One with our wisdom and with the truth of God within us, by "us" joined as One with our Shaikh within us and with God within Him, before we die, will prematurely destroy the "outside" of us all, then destroy the "inside" of each of us, and send us all to an eternal life of "separation from" God, all within the justice of God. For as Bawa teaches us, and as we have referenced earlier in this letter,           1)  "The justice of God is that whatever we entend is what we will receive."           2)  "Every human being must strengthen his faith to understand the final                     destruction, to know how injustice will ultimately destroy injustice, and to                     know how truth and justice will save those with faith in God. My dearest loving brothers and sisters, may we all think about this a little.  It is very, very important.  My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler).  Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen.  Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen.  Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen.  Al-hamdu lillah.  Allahu Akbar. 9.  Why We Must Act Now, Before It Is Too Late Overview of Topic: We must act now because we all need a little more time, to get it right, to join with the gift of God for our age, to join with the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen within us (may God be pleased with Him). Text of Topic: We must do this now, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, because we all need more time to get it right, before the final destruction by God of our world of illusion, of our life with our brothers and sisters on the "outside" of us, we all need more time to understand in truth of, "who we are", of "where we are", and of "what is happening" in our life, before the final Judgment by God of the Creation of God comes to completion, we all need a little more time to take advantage of the gift of God for our age, before our age comes to an end. We all need more time to realize, understand, accept, and join with the gift of God for our age, which is the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen within  us (may God be pleased with Him), which God has personally and ever so lovingly placed within the hearts of all of His Children for this age, which is all of us living in this age. We all need more time to join with the wisdom and truth of God within us, to join with our Shaikh within us, and with God within Him, to properly live here and then properly leave here, to properly leave this world that God has so very lovingly sent us to, for a short time, in order to learn "what we do not know", in order to understand "who we already are", and having learned what we came here to learn, to then disappear from this world of "separation and differences", a world that we currently see in our ignorance as existing "outside" of us, but in truth we have actually grown within us, and return to God, from which we have come, again becoming One with God, no longer "separate from" God, like the rain water returning to the ocean from which it came, again becoming the ocean, no longer the rain separate from the ocean. We all need more time to successfully return to the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, within our wisdom within us, within our Shaikh within us, successfully returning to God as the truth of God within the wisdom of God within us, as God within our Shaikh within us, as the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God within us. 10. We Must All Make A Choice, At This Point In The Story of God Overview of Topic: We must all make a choice in our life, in the time remaining to us, to become either One with God or One with what God has discarded, a choice between either a life of "Oneness with" God for eternity or a life of "separation from" God for eternity.  This choice is all that is left for any of us living in this age, the choice to either live here until we die or leave here before we die.  And to be successful in our life we must choose to leave here before we die, to not live here any longer, to decide how we will leave here, to either leave here as "One with" God before we die, or as "separate from" God after we die.  Other than this choice, everything else in our life is karma, is the drama of our life of "separation and differences", the drama of living with our brothers and sisters in the world of illusion, in the world of darkness within us that we see in our ignorance as existing "outside" of us, everything else is the karma or drama of our temporary life here, that allows us to make this choice for our eternal life there, for either an eternal life of "Oneness with" God within us, or an eternal life of "separation from" God within God. Text of Topic: In this way, we must come together within the heart of our Shaikh, to understand the dangers facing the world today, and the source of these dangers, and start to do "wise and truthful things" on the "inside" of us, and in this way guide the world both "inside" of us and "outside" of us through these dangerous things, to the other side of them, to the clear choice being presented by God to the Creation of God in this age, as the Final Judgment by God of the Creation of God, as the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen within us (may God be pleased with Him), the clear choice of an eternal life of "Oneness with" God, or an eternal life of "separation from" God.  This is our only choice in this age, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, either an eternal life of "Oneness with" God, which is the path of wisdom and truth within us, the path of our Shaikh within us, and of God within Him, or an eternal life of "separation from" God, which is the path of our current live, a life with our brothers and sisters, all living together in a state of "separation and differences" in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing "outside" of us.  This is our only choice for this age, eternal "Oneness with" God, or eternal "separation from" God.  There are really no other choice for this age, for this age of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him).  Other choices don't really apply any more, choices like, a religious or secular life, married or single, male or female, heterosexual or homosexual, educated or not-educated, housewife or career woman, children or no-children, boss or employee, none of these really don't apply any more. And no choice is a choice, no choice is a choice of eternal "separation from" God.  And it is our choice, not God's choice, because God has already made His choice, and He chose "Oneness with" us. 11.  We Are All Growing Two Things Within Us Overview of Topic: We are all growing  two things within us, the "beast" of the 7 hell of God within us and the Prophet Muhammad (Sal.) of the 8th heaven within the 7 heavens of God within us.  If the "beast" comes to maturity within any one of us, and then comes out of any one of us, from within the world of darkness within us into the world of illusion "outside" of us, before Muhammad (Sal.) comes to maturity within any one of us, and passes judgment with God on all of the lives of darkness that we in our ignorance have grown within us, destroying in this way the beast within all of us, and then becomes the Light of God to both worlds, becomes the 99 wilayats or Powers of God, the 99 Qualities and Actions of God in all worlds, in the 18,000 universes within us, and within the dream world "outside" of us. And in this way, ending the dream "outside" of us, and taking us to the Secret World of Allah within the 18,000 universes, transforming the sifat or form of the dunya within us into the sirr or secret of the dunya within us. But instead of this, if "beast" comes to maturity within any one of us, and then comes out of any one of us, from within the world of darkness within us into the world of illusion "outside" of us, then the world "outside" of all of us will be prematurely destroyed, and we will all face an eternal live of "separation from" God, except for those who have already died before death, who have already become One with God within them. But if Muhammad (Sal.) comes to maturity within any one of us, and then comes out before the "beast" comes to maturity within in any one of us and then comes out, then when the beast does eventually try to come out, he will be allowed to destroy all among us who love and trust in the world alone, or as Bawa says it on page xiv of the book, "Maya Veeram",           "Injustice will ultimately destroy injustice". And as Bawa teaches us on page 35 to 37, in the book, "A Mystical Journey", the "beast" will eventually be destroyed by the purity of the heart of Muhammad (Sal.), which in truth is the life of Jesus within us (peace be upon Him) liberated from the cross of our elemental body by wisdom. And then the "outside" world for all among us who love and trust in God alone will become the 8th heaven of Muhammad (Sal.), will become firdaus or the Kingdom of God for all of us. Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen.  Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen.  Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen.  Al-hamdu lillah.  Allahu Akbar. Text of Topic: This is why Bawa teaches us on page XIV in the "Preface" to the book, "Maya Veeram or The Forces of Illusion",           "The present, the future, and the possibility of imminent destruction, all of these           are examined (in the book, 'Maya Veeram').  If we can understand this, strengthen           our faith, and have absolute certitude that God does exist, we can try to escape           from the devastation which those who have no faith in God are heaping upon us."           "Every human being must strengthen his faith to understand that final destruction,           to know how injustice will ultimately destroy injustice, to know how truth and           justice will save those with faith in God." And to give all of us more time, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, we as the Children of God for this age, we as the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), must now shift our focus from talking about wisdom, from living in the world with our brothers and sisters talking about wisdom, to acting with our wisdom and truth, to living with our Shaikh within us, and with God within Him, in order to leave this world of illusion with our Shaikh, and with God within Him, before we die, and before it is too late, before we are too old to do anything about our life of "separation and differences" that we in our ignorance have grown within us, the life within us that currently separates us from God, from each other, and from the Creation of God within us. Or before this world of illusion and of drama, before this world of "separation and differences" that we now share with our brothers and sisters, before this "outside" world of all of us, is prematurely destroyed by the beast that we are all growing within us, and will eventually come out of one of us, is prematurely destroyed by the beast before the next world, the hereafter, the Kingdom of God, before firdaus or the 8th heaven of Muhammad (Sal.), which each of us is also growing within us, comes out of one of us to destroy the beast with the purity of the heart, and transform here into the hereafter, transform dunya into akhirah, and to do it as Bawa teaches us,  "here" and now. Please read this letter over and over again, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, reflect on its message, take what you can from it, set your intention accordingly, and then use your wisdom and truth to act accordingly. And you can do this, in this age, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, by inviting Bawa Muhaiyaddeen within you (may God be pleased with Him), and God within Him, to come into your life to complete God's intention within you, which is to reveal your wisdom, which is to reveal True Man within the Creation of God within you, and to reveal the truth of your wisdom, which is to reveal God within your wisdom, to reveal God within your Shaikh within you. We lovingly and respectfully ask all of the brothers and sisters at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship to do this work of the heart, this "heart's work".  It is very, very important, both for each of you, and for all of us living in this age  Thank you. Al-salam 'alaykum wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu.  May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon all of us.  May God help us all. Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen.  Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen.  Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen.  Al-hamdu lillah.  Allahu Akbar. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) 12.  Expanding Our Consciousness To Include Bawa and God Within Us Overview of Topic: We must expand our  consciousness to include Bawa, and God within Him, as "who we are", as "where we are", and as "what is happening" in our life, by making "God's Intention Our Intention" and by inviting Bawa, and God within Him, to come out of our innermost heart, which is where They live as "One with" within us, and to come into our mind and desire, which is where we live our lives of "separation from" with our brothers and sisters in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing "outside" of us, to complete God's intention within us, which is to reveal True Man within the Creation of God within us, and to reveal God within the Creation of True Man within us, and in this way, revealing the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us. Only then can our life of "separation and differences", our temporary life of "separation from" God, come to an end, before we die, can our life of living with our brothers and sisters in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing "outside of us, come to an end, before the world "outside" of us is prematurely destroyed by one of us, and can our temporary life of "Oneness with" our Shaikh within us, and with God within Him, begin and come to maturity within us as an eternal life of "Oneness with" God and True Man within, an eternal life of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, before our Shaikh permanently leaves the world "outside" of us, and then God naturally  brings the world "outside" to its final end. Text of Topic: And let us start this continued sharing of the heart by making "God's Intention Our Intention", and by inviting Bawa Muhaiyaddeen within us (may God be pleased with Him), the gift of God for this age, and God within Him, the gift of the gift of God for this age. for all of the Children of God for this age, which is all of us living in this age, to come into our life and complete God's intention within us. And we can do this, by inviting Bawa to come into our current life of "separation and differences" within us, which we have grown in our ignorance within us, as our mind and desire, which is where we, and all of our  brothers and sisters of the world, and all of our stuff of the world, currently reside within us. By inviting Bawa to come into us and complete God's intention within us, which is to destroy "us" as "separate from" God within us, revealing "us" as "One with" God within us, and then to reveal God within "us", within our wisdom, within "us" as "One with" God within us, and in this way, allowing God within us to reveal True Man within the Creation of God within us, and allowing True Man within us to reveal God within the Creation of True Man within us. In this way, inviting Bawa to come into our mind and desire from within our innermost heart, which is where Bawa and God within us, where the wisdom and truth of "us" within us, and where all of the stuff of our Shaikh and of God within Him within us, reside within us.  Then the words that we share in this letter will come from the wisdom and truth of God within us, from our innermost heart within us, and will have the grace of the Primal One within us, and be words of reason, justice, and virtue, and will move our lives forward on the path of God within us, moving it toward an eternal life of "Oneness with" God within us, moving us back into our innermost heart within us, into the Umm al-Qur'an, the Ocean of 'Ilm or Divine Knowledge within us, from which we have all came, like the rain returning to the ocean from which it came, in this way, allowing us to again become One with God within us, to become One with the "Oneness of God and True Man" within our innermost heart within us, which in truth is God within us. Rather than words of "separation and differences", that only turn our life into an endless drama of self destruction, an endless drama of a "self centered existence", an endless drama of a "selfish existence", which can only lead us in the end to the suffering of the grave, to Qiyamah, The Standing Forth; The Day of Reckoning, and to an eternal life of "separation from" God. 13.  The "Father's Prayer" of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen Overview of Topic: "Oh our Father, our Shaikh, our Guru, we need Your love, please, please, please destroy us and reveal You". Text of Topic: For this child, all of this "Making God's Intention Our Intention", and all of our "Inviting Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) To Come Into Our Life To Complete God's Intention Within Us", is contained within the following "Father's Prayer" that has been growing ever so gradually within the heart of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen, over the last 27 years, only coming to maturity very recently, within the heart of this child. For a "Brief History of the Father's Prayer of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen", please click on the following: Spiritual Prayer 01, which has the following URL or Web Address: SpritualPrayers001.homestead.com. The Father's Prayer of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen:           Oh our Father, our Shaikh, our Guru,           we need Your love,           please, please, please destroy us and reveal You.           Destroy us as "separate from" You and You as "separate from" us,           and reveal us as "One with" You and You as "One with" Us.           Destroy the life of "separation and differences" that You have given us,           and reveal the life of "Oneness and Unity, of "Justice and Truth,           and of "Compassion and Unity" that You have also given us.           Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen.           Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen.           Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen.           Al-hamdu lillah.  Allahu Akbar. 14. "Every Human Being Must Strengthen His Faith" Overview of Topic: "Every human being must strengthen his faith to understand the final destruction, to know how injustice will ultimately destroy injustice, and how truth and justice will save those with faith in God". Text of Topic: My brothers and sisters of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, who are all striving to become true Muslims within the state of Islam, we need to think a little about the current state of our life, and of the world that we currently see in our ignorance as existing "outside" of us.  It is very, very important that we do this work at this time. However, this is not something to fear, but rather it is a time to strengthen our faith in God, and develop our Iman, our absolute, complete, and unshakable faith, certitude, and determination that "God alone exists"; our complete acceptance of the "heart that God is One", and it is a time to learn and understand the "Inner Secrets" of successfully living in the world, and of successfully leaving the world as well, all of which must happen before we die, and before we are too old to anything about it, to do anything about the life of "separation and differences" that keeps us "separate from" God, and "separate from" each other, and "separate from" all of the Creation of God within us. For as Bawa teaches us on page xiv in the "Preface" of the book, "Maya Veeram or The Forces of Illusion",           "The present, the future, and the possibility of imminent destruction, all of these           are examined (in the book "Maya Veeram")."           "If we can understand this (imminent destruction and all of the inner secrets of           this book), strengthen our faith, and have absolute certitude that God does exist,           we can try to escape from the devastation which those who have no faith in God           are heaping upon us."           "Every human being must strengthen his faith to understand the final destruction,           to know how injustice will ultimately destroy injustice, and how truth and justice           will save those with faith in God." Similarly, my dearest loving  brothers and sisters, we must join with our wisdom, with our Shaikh within us, and with the truth of our wisdom, with God within Him, to read the book of our innermost heart, the Inner Qur'an, the Umm al-Qur'an within us, to understand the inner secrets of living here, of surviving the final destruction, and of leaving here, of surviving the final judgment of God, to speak to God directly within us, within our wisdom within us, and to see that all men are our brothers, just as the Qur'an teaches us. 15.  The Wisdom of Truth Must Become The Action of Truth Within Us Overview of Topic: The wisdom of truth "outside" of us must become the action of truth within us, before we die, and before the "beast" emerges out of one of us, prematurely destroy the world "outside" of us, and before our Shaikh permanently leaves the world "outside" of us, allowing God to being the world "outside" of us to its rightful end, or everything that we have learned from Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) on the "outside" of us will be forgotten when we die. Because unless we have successfully moved it, moved our wisdom or consciousness of truth, from the world "outside" of us, into the true world "inside" of us, into the world of light within us, into our clear and purified heart, transforming the wisdom of truth "outside" of  us into the action of truth within us, unless this transformation happens in our life time in the world "outside" of us, before we leave the world "outside" of us, then all that we have learned "outside" us, including all that we have learned from Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) on the "outside" of us, including all of our wisdom or consciousness of truth, will be destroyed, will become like writing on water, and disappear when we die, and will be of no value to us or to anybody else after we die.  We must not let that happen to us, by joining as One with our wisdom and truth, by joining as One with our Shaikh within us, and with God within Him, before we leave the world "outside" of us, to make what we have received and learned from Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) on the "outside" of us is firmly established within us and printed within us in a way that will stick.  Then, and only then, will our wisdom reason over our fate, will our life be successful. And as Bawa teaches us in the last line in the quote below,           "Only if you stay with the Shaikh will you be able to do this."            In this way, only by joining with Bawa within us, and with God within Him, can we make this movement, can we transform our wisdom of truth on the "outside" of us into the action of truth on the "inside" of us, becoming in this way, the qualities and actions of God in both worlds, in this world and the next.  Know this now, and act accordingly, start building a direct relationship with your wisdom and the truth of God within you, a direct relationship with the Shaikh within you, and with God within Him, a direct relationship with the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen within you (may God be pleased with Him), and with the Primal One within Him. Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen.  Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen.  Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen.  Al-hamdu lillah.  Allahu Akbar. Text of Topic: For as Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) teaches us,           "My grandchildren, the right path is truth, the wisdom of truth.            This is not something that we can just talk about,           we must bring it into action."           "Talking about something is one thing, but doing it is  tanother.            You have to act upon the trutreh.            Nothing will happen just from talking,           whether the words come from you or from a man of wisdom."           "In the same way that the ink from your pen sticks to a piece of paper,           your actions must stick to your words.           It is easy to talk about wisdom,           But you have to hold on and stick to it."           "Learn only that which can never be erased.            Do not bother to learn anything that can be erased.            That kind of learning is like writing on water.            You write, but a second later, it disappears,           and there is no way of knowing what was written.            You will never be able to benefit from that kind of learning,           and neither will anyone else."           "Think about this.           What you learn must be firmly established and printed in a way that will stick.           Only if you stay with the Shaikh will you be able to do this." (Note: this quote is from the book, "Come To The Secret Garden", and is the quote of the month, in the 1991 Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Calendar, for August. For a discussion of this quote from Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) by our brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler), please click on the following: Spiritual Letter 28 - "The Wisdom of Truth Must Become The Action of Truth", which is part of a series of Spiritual Letters written by the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), and is part of the On-line Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library). Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen.  Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen.  Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen.  Al-hamdu lillah.  Allahu Akbar. This completes page 3 of 4 of Spiritual Letter 33.  Please go to page 4 of 4 by clicking HERE or below to read more of this letter.  Thank you. End of Page 3 of 4 of Spiritual Letter 33 - original version - ...................... 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