Spiritual Chat 24 - Expanded Version About Spiritual Chat 24 Title: "Try Giving Birth To Bawa Within You", Date: September 4, 2002, Chat Between: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) and Rumi Smith Library Navigation Tree Go To Spiritual Chat 23 Chat 24: Outline & Summary Page 3 of 3 Go To Table of Contents - Spiritual Chat 24 Go To 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 all of us. May God help us all. My love you (anbu), my dearest brothers and sisters, Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Text of Spiritual Chat 24 - continued 14. The "Where" of Our Life - is within "us", is within our Shaikh or wisdom within us, and is within God within our Shaikh within us, the "where" of our life, is within our truth, is within our wisdom, and is within "us" within us, and in this way, the "where" of our life, is within the sifat or form of the Creation of God within us, which is a reflection of the 7 hells of God within us, which currently is "us" within us, is 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, and if we like, the "where" of our life, is within the sirr or Secret of the Creation of God within us, which is a reflection of the 7 heavens of God within us, which is the house of wisdom within us, the palace of our soul within us, the house of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) within us, which currently is "our Shaikh" within us, if we will but realize, understand, accept, and join with it, as the gift of God for our age, and if we do, then the "where" of our life will become akhirah within our Shaikh or wisdom within us, which is the Creation of True Man within us, the Kingdom of God within us, the hereafter or firdaus within us, the 8th heaven of Muhammad (Sal.) within our Shaikh or wisdom within us, which currently is "God" within "our Shaikh" within us. The choice is ours, not God's, because God has already make His choice, and He chose "oneness" with us, now the choice is ours, either "oneness with" God or "separation from" God. There is no other choice MuhaiyaddeenLB: And "this quotation" explains "where it is happening" in our life, it is happening within us, and within our Shaikh within us, and it is happening within God within Him, within God within our Shaikh within us. [Note: "This quotation" that is referred to above and below is the main point of this Spiritual Chat and is duplicated below for your reference: "Allah is sufficient". "May God protect you. May He protect His house, His Fellowship. The house called the Fellowship belongs to Him. You are His servants in His house." "Carefully sew the seed of His wisdom (within you) to receive His grace. Make His Rahmat grow (within you) and tend it carefully with your good qualities, your wisdom, prayers, and devotion." "When the crop ripens (within you) you will harvest God's grace, His divinely-awakened wisdom, His treasures, His qualities, and His full blessings." "If you forsake this duty, and lose your wisdom, you will lose this precious harvest."] And in this way, it is happening within us, within "us" as the true Disciple of God within us, within "us" as our Shaikh within us, and within "us" as God within our Shaikh within us, and in this way, it is happening within the Three of "us" within the Three of God within us, it is happening within the Triple Flame of "us" within the Triple Flame of God within us, it is happening within the Triple Flame of "us" - the Disciple, the Shaikh, and God - within the Triple Flame of God within us - Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen - within us, within our Shaikh or wisdom within us. (Note: for a beautiful explanation of this reality of "us" and of God within our wisdom within us, as the Triple Flame of "us" occurring within the Triple Flame of God within us, as the - Disciple, Shaikh, and God - of us, all occurring within - Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen - of God within us, within our wisdom within us, in order to bring the Triple Flame of God within us back into the Oneness of God and True Man within us, from which it came, see the following beautiful discourses and songs by our beloved Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him). Spiritual Discourse 01 - "How To Merge With The Guru [April 26, 1972]", Spiritual Discourse 02 - "How To Reach And Merge With God [April 26, 1972]", Spiritual Song 01 - "The Kalimah Song [April 26, 1972]", Spiritual Song 02 - "The Allah Muhammad Song [February 13, 1974]"," Spiritual Song 03 - "The Song of The Qutb [February 1, 1974]") 15. The "Who" And "Why" of Our Life - is God loving God within us "This quotation" by His Holiness explains "who" it is happening to in our life. It is happening to "us", our Shaikh within us, and God within Him, it is happening to all of us, to everything within us, to the One within us. And "this quotation" explains "why" it is happening in our life, because God loves us, because in truth we are all One. In this way, it is not happening to "us", to "us" as "separate from", rather it is happening to "us" as "One with", it is happening to the One within all of us, to the One Creation of God within us and to the One Creation of True Man within us, to the One God and the One True Man within us, to the One within the One within all of us. And this naturally occurs within all of us, by us putting down the idea of "us" as "separate from" God, of "us" as "separate from" each other, and of "us" as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, and by us picking up the truth of God within us, which is "us" as "One with" God within us, is "us" as "One with" each other, and is "us" as "One with" the Creation of God within us. All of which God has personally and so very lovingly placed within each of us, before we came to this school of contrasts so we can come to understand who we already are. That God placed within each of us before we came to this earth world, to this dunya, to first experience the sifat or form of the dunya, to experience the darkness or lack of understanding of God within us, within this temporary school of God, which is a reflection of the 7 hells of God within us, then to harvest and experience the sirr or secret of the dunya out of the sifat or form of the dunya, revealing the light and understanding of God within us, again within this temporary school of God, which is a reflection of the 7 heavens of God within the 7 hells of God within us, as the Nur Muhammad within the Nur Muhammad within us, as our Shaikh within our Shaikh within us, which is the understanding of the Nur Muhammad, of our Shaikh within us, which is the seed of Iman, the seed of True Man within us. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. MuhaiyaddeenLB: And then to harvest and experience akhirah, the kingdom of God within us, which is firdaus, the hereafter within us, out of the sirr or Secret world of Allah within us, out of the sirr of the dunya within us, as Allah Muhammad within Allah Muhammad within us, as True Man within True Man within us, which is the understanding of Allah Muhammad, of True Man within us, which is the seed of Islam, the seed of God within us. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. 16. "If You Forsake This Duty - and lose your wisdom, you will lose this precious harvest." RumiSmith786: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen, we are sitting here, nearly fainting, because we can't contain the beauty of what you are saying. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Me too! That is how this child has been all day, fainting with his love for Bawa, for God within Him, and for all of our brothers and sisters in the heart of our Shaikh, within the heart of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen within us (may God be pleased with Him), the gift of God for this age, the life and teaching of God for this age, for this age of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him). But always remember the last part of this quote, how delicate it all is, my dearest loving sister Rumi, and how the choice is always ours, not God's, because God has already made His choice, and He chose "oneness with" us. Now we must decide, either "oneness with" God, which is the life of our Shaikh or wisdom within us, or "separation from" God, which is the way we are currently living, the life of arrogance, karma, and illusion within us, and "no choice" is a choice, a choice of "separation from" God. And because God has already given us everything, both the life of "separation from" God and the life of "oneness with" God, and the wisdom or consciousness to differentiate between the two, and to understand everything that He has given us, and to use it correctly to reveal True Man within the Creation of God within us, and to reveal God within the Creation of True Man within us, revealing in this way, the Oneness of God and True Man within us, which in truth is God within us. "If you forsake this duty, and lose your wisdom, you will lose this precious harvest." We must understand clearly what this means, how we lose our wisdom, and lose this precious harvest. This is almost more important that the first part of the quote, because if we are not clear about what we can do "wrong" on the path of wisdom "outside" of us, then in our ignorance we will stop our Shaikh and God from doing what is "right" on the path of wisdom and truth "within" us. 17. How We, "Forsake this duty - and lose our wisdom, and lose this precious harvest." RumiSmith786: Please tell me more about getting clear, about what we can do "wrong" on the path of wisdom, that seems to be my "downfall". MuhaiyaddeenLB: Yes. This is where the clarity within our wisdom is so very important, because most will fail to benefit from this gift of God for our age, from the "living presence of God" within us, which is our wisdom, which is our Shaikh within us, because of their ignorance, and especially because of their "arrogance about their ignorance", which makes they reject all of God's efforts to change them, even when it comes personally and ever so lovingly to them from God within them, from God as the truth within their wisdom, from God as the grace of their Shaikh within them. We must realize that most will fail, most will "lose their wisdom and this precious harvest", because of their arrogance, because of their becoming arrogance about their ignorance, an arrogance that keeps us going astray, that keeps us thinking, without any doubt, that what we are doing is right, is the correct way to live, and for some, is the correct way to get to God, to obtain wisdom, to develop the qualities and actions of God, and to obtain heaven, like, "working for wages to get into heaven", while in truth it isn't. Most will fail because they are trying to use what God has discarded to get to God, which is themselves as "separate from" God , as "separate from" their true brothers and sisters within them, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within them, rather than using God within them to get to God, rather than using the wisdom of God within them to get to the truth of God within them, rather than using their Shaikh within them to get to God within them, rather than using the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen within them (may God be pleased with Him) which is the gift of God for their age, for everyone living in this age, rather then using "themselves" as "One with" God within them, as the wisdom of God within them, to get to God within them. Most will fail because they failed to empty their cup, because they failed to discard completely everything that they are currently carrying, because they failed to discard completely everything that they have accumulated in their ignorance and arrogance since the time of their physical birth, since they became one with the sifat or form of the dunya or earth world within them, because they failed to take fully from what God is personally ready to put in their cup, and because they are trying to keep what they have personally collected and put into their cup, at least some of it, rather than using only what God has given them in their life time, in their age, as sufficient, as appropriate for their life, for their life time, for their age, for the salvation of their soul. Most will fail because of the things of the world that they have collected, which includes their parents and lineage, because of their stuff, because of their homes and husbands and wives and children, because of their religions and religious leaders, because of their places of work, their employers and fellow workers, because of their careers or methods of employment, because of their wealth and property and possessions, because of their friends and family, because of their relationships with their stuff, because of their relationships with their parents, with their husbands and wives and children, with their religious leaders and fellow worshippers in prayers, with their employers and fellow workers, and with their friends and family. In this way, failing to realize, understand, accept, and join with the wisdom and truth of our lives, failing to realize, understand, accept, and join with what Bawa teaches us, with the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen within us (may God be pleased with Him), that all of these things that we have collected in our ignorance, and that we have become arrogant about, and refuse to let go of, are but the things of the world within us, that keep us "separate from" God within us, that keep us "separate from" True Man within us, and keep us "separate from" from what God and True Man are doing within us, which is revealing True Man within the Creation of God within us, and revealing God within the Creation of True Man within us. And that all of these things of the world that we refuse to give up, will prevent God and True Man from completing within us what they have so beautifully started within us, because they truly love us, because they are truly One with us, in every way within us. And in this way, we force Them to give up what they are doing within us, we force Them to stop revealing True Man and God within us, and instead in the end, we force Them to give us what God has discarded within us rather than God Himself within us, rather than the Oneness of God and True Man within us, which in truth is God within us, as an apple fruit in truth is the Oneness of the apple fruit, the apple seed, the apple tree, and the apple flower, not just an apple "separate from" these other things. For as Bawa teaches us, "If you do not have the things of the world, the world will not have you." And as Bawa teaches us, on page 6, in the opening paragraph of the "Forward" to the book, "The Pearl of Wisdom", "Man appearing on this earth, forgets God and falls into many a trap. He does not know to seek himself, although God exists within man. This "Guru Mani (The Pearl of Wisdom) is to explain this concept in detail." 18. How To Avoid, "Forsaking this duty - and losing our wisdom, and losing this precious harvest." This is the main problem facing all of us living in the world today, that we have collected the things of the world within us, which is mainly "ourselves" and our "brothers and sisters", with all of us living in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing "outside" of us, and we are holding onto these things of the world "outside" of us, rather than to our Shaikh within us, and God within Him, for our salvation, we are failing to hold onto the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen within us (may God be pleased with Him), of our Father, of Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, for our salvation. This is our main problem, my dearest loving sister Rumi, the problem of us living in the world with our brothers and sisters "outside" of us, and even worse, of us all gathering together "outside" of us to talk about the wisdom and truth of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) in the house called the Fellowship, rather than joining with our wisdom, with our Shaikh within us, with "our Bawa" within us, to act upon the truth, upon the wisdom of truth that He has given us "outside" of us, and in this way, bringing it "inside" of us, where it will be of value to us and to others. And in this way to transform the wisdom or consciousness of truth that we have been given on the "outside" of us by Bawa into the action of truth within our very own hearts, transforming our heart as the darkness of the world within us, as the sifat or form of the dunya within us, of the Creation of God within us, as the reflection of the 7 hells within us, and of the worlds of the jinns and fairies within us, into the sirr or secret of the Creation of God within us, into the reflection of the 7 heavens within us, and into the 8th heaven or firdaus of Muhammad within us (may the peace and blessing of God be upon Him), which has been hidden by God within the 7 heavens within us, which is akhirah or the hereafter or the Creation of True Man within us, within our wisdom and truth within us, within our Shaikh within us, and within God within Him. This is our biggest problem, because we believe these "things of the world" will save us from the suffering of the grave and Qiyamah, the Standing Forth; the Day of Reckoning, and they won't. And even worse, we believe that if we add the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) that He gave to us "outside" of us, to what we already know, and to what else we have received "outside" of us, to our other "things of the world", we will get to heaven, and God within that heaven, even faster. And even worse still, we have become arrogant about this belief. But like peoples that have come into the world before us, over the last 4000 years, we have failed, like the followers of Moses (peace be upon Him) in His age, the followers of Jesus (peace be upon Him) in His age, the followers of Muhammad (may the peace and blessing of God be upon Him) in His age, and the followers of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) in His age, we as the followers of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) in His age, which is this age, have failed to do what we have been told by God for this age. We have failed to love and trust in God alone, we have failed to move from the 71st group originally formed by us as the Jews at them time of the death of Moses (peace be upon Him), as those who don't trust in God alone, and the 72nd group originally formed by us as the Christians and the Muslims at the time of the death of Muhammad (Sal.), as those who don't love in God alone, and move into the 73rd group originally formed by us as the followers of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) at the time of the death of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), as those who trust and love in God alone. We have failed to put down all that we have been carrying, as but the things of the world, and to pick up only what God has personally and ever so lovingly placed within each of us living in this age, before we even came to this age, as the life and teaching of God for this age, as the gift of God for this age, as the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen within us (may God be pleased with Him). And instead, we have tried to keep what we had, what was given to us by our parents, by our family, by our husband, wife, and children, by our lineage, by our religion, by our employers and careers, by our friends and family, and put what we have now been given, which is the gift of God for our age, into our glass of dirty water, giving us but a glass of dirty water, which will do us no good, which will only lead us to hell, to the suffering of the grave and Qiyamah, the Standing Forth; the Day of Reckoning, to an eternal life of "separation from" God, of "separation from" each other, and of "separation from" the Creation of God within us, that God has personally and ever so lovingly placed within each of us living in this age. 19. Getting Rid of The Elephant In The Room - by leaving the world and the drama of our brothers and sisters "outside" of us and moving into our heart with our wisdom and truth, with our Shaikh within us, and with God within Him Such is our main problem, my dearest loving sister Rumi, a problem that is so large that we can hardly see it, like an "elephant standing in a room full of people", it is there, and something is wrong with it being there, but it is so big and so intrusive that we fail to even see it, because it is too big to handle and remove, and removing it would interfere and disrupt our life in the room, the drama of our life that we carry out in that room with our brothers and sister. So instead we choose to ignore it, we choose to ignore its presence in our life, in our life in the room with our brothers and sister, we choose to go about our business in the room with our brothers and sisters, as if it wasn't even there, as if there were no "elephant in the room". But there is an "elephant in our room with our brothers and sister", and we will never be peaceful until we remove it, because in truth we are living with our brothers and sisters in the world of darkness "inside" of us, that we see in our ignorance as existing "outside" of us, that we arrogantly insist is truly "outside" of us, and not within us as explain to us by our Shaikh, no matter what God may lovingly show us or tell us through our Shaikh both "outside" of us and within us. And the only solution to this problem is for us to join with our Shaikh and God within us, is for us to join with our wisdom and truth within us, is for us to join with our Shaikh within us, and with God within our Shaikh within us, and in this way, to allow the Triple Flame of God within us to reveal the Triple Flame of God within us, which is the understanding of the Triple Flame of God within us, allowing the Triple Flame of God within us, through this understanding, to again become the Oneness of God and True Man within us. The only solution to this problem is the joining together within us of the Triple Flame of God within the Triple Flame of God within us, the joining together of the Triple Flame of the - Disciple, Shaikh, and God - within the Triple Flame of - Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen - within us, allowing it to become again One with God and True Man within us, allowing the Triple Flame of God within us, though the understanding of the Triple Flame of God within us, to become the Oneness of God and True Man within us. For as Bawa teaches us in the beautiful "Kalimah Song" (4/26/72), "In a state of expansion, alif, lam, meem, and the Triple Flame that has become clear, become the Ruh, the 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 sister Rumi, this is the only way we can ensure that, "We don't forsake this duty, lose our wisdom, and lose this precious harvest." Not by anything that we continue to do in our ignorance and arrogance "outside" of us, in our illusory room "outside" with our brothers and sisters, in our room with an elephant. This is the only possible solution to this problem, which is God. This is the only solution, our joining with our wisdom and truth, as the Triple Flame of God within the Triple Flame of God, as the - Disciple, Shaikh, and God - or Alif, Lam, and Meem, within - Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen - within us, and in this way, transform the wisdom of truth within us, the path of truth within us, into the action of truth within us, completing in this way, the story of God within the story of True Man within us, and the story of True Man within the story of God within us. And the completion of the story of God within us is God, and the completion of the story of True Man within us is True Man. Such is the true nature of our relationship with our Shaikh within us, and with God within Him, the state of God-Man/Man-God within us, the Oneness of God and True Man within us, which in truth is God within us. This is the only solution to the problem facing us in this age, this age of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), the solution known as God, as the life and teaching of God for this age, which is the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen within us (may God be pleased with Him), that God has personally and ever so lovingly placed both "outside" of us and "within" us. That God has placed "outside" of us as the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and that God has also placed "within" us, as the gift of God within all of the Children of God for this age, which is all of us living in this age, which is also the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen within us (may God be pleased with Him). We must all realize this without the slightest doubt. There is no other way. 20. Learning How To Climb Out of Hell - by placing our faith and trust in God and in God alone, and in that state of Iman, by stepping out in the direction of God, then God will take care of everything else This wisdom point is beautifully portrayed by Bawa in His unpublished book, "The 10 Mystical Experiences", when His Holiness describes the problem that He personally saw, on one of His 10 Mystical Journeys, when He personally observed the people who have been placed in hell who were continuously trying to climb out of hell, but through all of their effort only succeeded in continuously slipping back into hell. We must know what they were doing wrong, how their effort was misdirected, and did not bring about the desired result, which it to join with God within us, which to use our wisdom, to use our Shaikh within us, to separate the darkness within us into the 7 heavens and the 7 hells within us, rejecting the 7 hells and embracing the 7 heaven within us, and in this way reaching the 7 heavens within us. And then as Muhammad (Sal.) within us, as the ahmad or purity of the heart within us reflected in the muham or beauty of the face within us, to open the 8th heaven within the 7 heavens within us, which is to become a "mu'min", a true believer, one of true iman, or absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God, and through it, to join with God within us to reveal True Man within the Creation of God within us, and to join with True Man within us to reveal God within the Creation of True Man within us. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Bawa teaches us that the only way to climb out of the hell within us is through iman, is through our absolute, complete, and unshakable faith, certitude, and determination that God alone exists; the complete acceptance of the heart that God is One. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Not through any effort of our own, but through the grace of God, which can only flow into our life through our direct and continuous connection to God within us, through our wisdom, through our direct and continuous connection to our Shaikh within us, and through Him, to God within our Shaikh, not through anything that we may do, separate from our wisdom, separate from our Shaikh within us. In this way, Bawa tells us that the only people who climbed out of hell, in His Mystical Journey, was those with this iman, who put their foot out to the wall of hell, where no foot hold currently existed, with the faith and trust that God, when their foot reached the wall of hell, would make a foot hold for them. That is the path of God, to step out trusting in God, not in you, not in what "you" see, hear, smell, taste, touch, know, or understand as "separate from" God. That is why Bawa tells us, "I am going back to heaven. Get behind Me, and when I go, I will take you with Me." 21. Our Work - is to join and become a member of the 73rd group before we die, and to remain in the 73rd group until we die, and to do this, to join this 73rd group before we are too old, before we are too old and weak to do anything about it, about our state of "separation from" God MuhaiyaddeenLB: So this is our work, and our work alone, to place our faith and trust in God and in God alone, to trust and love in God alone, as members of the 73rd group of mankind, the only group acceptable to God for this age. And what God has given us for this age, to walk out of hell using our iman, our wisdom, and our ilm, or divine knowledge, using what God has placed within us, within everyone living in this age, in this age of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), is the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen within us (may God be pleased with Him), which has come to us in this age in a way that God has never before given it to any people, whether it be to the Jews at the time of Moses (peace be upon Him), or to the Christians, or the Muslims, at the time of Muhammad (Sal.). My dearest loving sister Rumi, this is how we fail in our life, how we, "Lose our wisdom and this precious harvest". By not correctly using what God has already given each of us in this age, by not correctly using the life and teaching of God for this age, which is the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen within us (may God be pleased with Him), that God has personally and ever so lovingly placed both "outside" us, as what we call Bawa and His teachings, as what physically left the "outside" of us on December 8th, 1986. And what God has personally and ever so lovingly placed within us, as the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), which will never leave us, but which we must believe in, trust, and nourish if we are to progress in our spiritual life, which we must realize, understand, accept, and join with, before we die, or before we are too old to do any thing about, if we are to use it to liberate our soul from the cross of our elemental body and to join us again as One with God within us. This is how we fail, by not using correctly the life and teaching of God for our age, by not allowing God as our Shaikh within us to empty our cup, and fill us with the gift of God for this age, by not making "Allah alone sufficient", but instead mistakenly requiring something that "separated from" God, by not pleading with God within us to "separate from us all that separates us from God", and to "make all of the lives within us complete". If we do this, my dearest loving sister Rumi, then we will not have to worry about the last part of this quote, about the possibility that we will, "Forsake this duty, and lose your wisdom, and lose this precious harvest." Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. RumiSmith786: May God help us to not drop this precious gift. Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen, Al-hamdu lillah for this beautiful sharing. Allahu Akbar. 10 o'clock is cut off time for our AOL use, it is Rodger's turn. We certainly got satiated with grace and wisdom. Al hamdu lillah. 22. Learn Not To Drop The Precious Gift of Oneness With God - by realizing that the choice is ours, not God, because God has already made His choice, He chose "oneness with" us, and God has already given us both forms of life, and the wisdom to differentiate between them, understand them, and use them properly, to complete His intention within us, a life of "separation from" God, and a life of "oneness with" God. Now the choice is ours. May we all chose "oneness with" God. Amen MuhaiyaddeenLB: The dropping of this precious gift is all our doing, not God's. He has given us both ways to live, as "separate from" Him, and as "One with" Him. The choice is ours. Just like the last time we talked about the "rabbit staying in its rabbit hole" in order to survive, to avoid being eaten by the eagle's in the sky, so we must learn to live in our heart with our Shaikh and stop living in the world with our brothers and sisters, in order for our soul, our wisdom, and our ilm to survive, to avoid being eaten up by the drama of our life, by the mind and desire of us and of our brothers and sisters. (Note: this reference to the "rabbit staying in its rabbit hole" refers to the Spiritual Chat between Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) and Rumi Smith, that occurred on August 28, 2002, and was given the title, "Learning To Disengage From Our Brothers & Sisters", and can be accessed as "Spiritual Chat 22", by clicking HERE.) It is the rabbit who makes that choice, not God. In this way, the choice is always ours, to stay within the heart of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen within us (may God be pleased with Him) waiting for Him to feed us, or to join with our brothers and sisters in the world to talk about wisdom, thinking that we have been nourished. The choice is ours. Do you understand my dearest loving sister Rumi? RumiSmith786: Yes, we do understand. What a grace. What a wonder. Al-hamdu lillah, Allahu Akbar 23. It Is Not Enough To Talk About Wisdom And Truth - we must join with our Shaikh within us, with our wisdom, to bring it into action within us, in order to walk the path of truth within us until we reach God within us, until we reach the Oneness of God and True Man within us, which in truth is God within us MuhaiyaddeenLB: Remember what Bawa teaches us about the value of joining with our brothers and sister to talk about wisdom, rather than joining with our Shaikh within us to, "Act upon the truth within us", to join with our wisdom within us, our Shaikh within us, to bring the "wisdom of truth within us into the actions of truth within 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 another. You have to act upon the truth. 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 quotation is from the book, "Come To The Secret Garden", and is the quote of the month in the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Calendar for August, 1991) MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us. May God help us all. 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