The Pearl of Wisdom
"Wisdom Study Version"
by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyadddeen
(may God be pleased with Him, and with Us)
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Chapter 19
- "Wisdom Study Version" -
"Wisdom Study Material"
First, On "This Page":
Go To "Initial Wisdom Review" of Chapter 19
That Is,
And,
Go To "Text", For Topic 01 To 14,
For "Initial Wisdom Review" of "Original Version" of Chapter 19
And Second, On "The Next Page":
Title:
"Service To The Guru"
About Chapter 19
Author: M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
(may God be pleased with Him,and with Us)
Review Written by: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler)
Date Review Originally Written & Posted: January, 2005
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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.
My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler).
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"Initial Wisdom Review" - of "The Original Version" of Chapter 19
"Brief Outline" - with no short summary of each Topic
1. Service - To The Guru, To God, & To The Children of God For Our Age
request, most gracious Gift of the Guru, which is the "oil of the heart" what
flickers without a wick
4. Surrender - To The Guru Within You & To God Within Him
by trying to reach God by using what God has discarded
with" God within us, the Father of the "Sun of God", the Light of God to the world
Him to "Stand up" within you, before you "say or do" anything
9. The Duties - of the Disciple To The Guru, are first to greet the Guru within us with
reverence, and obtain His blessings from within us with patience and silence
10. Service To God - to love other lives as your own, starting with the life of the Guru
within you, and God within Him, and next to love the Children of the Guru
11. The Benefits - of Service To The Guru, the resplendent grace will glow. Your inner
eye will manifest itself. The word of God will be born. The great light of wisdom will
dawn within you
12. The Criterion - For The Disciple Receiving These Benefits, will depend on the
service he does with the Guru within him, as either "One with" or as "separate
from" the Guru.
13. The Secret - of The Heart of God Within Us, is the gift of the Guru in our life, and
of God within Him, for as God teaches us in the Holy Qur'an, in Surat
"At Tarique","The Morning Star", "No human soul but hath a guardian over it".
14. The Warning - of Our Guru For This Age, and of God Within Him, to the Children
of God for this age, do not test your Guru by deviating from His path, and allowing
yourself to be directed by your own mind, and your own wisdom. Do not conduct
yourself thinking what you are doing is correct, and what the Guru does is wrong.
Story 01 - of the stray dog and the restaurant patrons
Story 02 - of the white ants and the ant hill that only they could build
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"Longer Outline" - with a short summary of each Topic
1. Service - To The Guru, To God, & To The Children of God For Our Age is performed by first realizing that the Guru is always both within us, and on the outside of us, and that God is always within our Guru, and that the Children of God for our age is what all of our Service is really about, not about "us" as "separate from" Them, or about us "working for wages to get into some illusory heaven on the "outside" of us".
2. The Glorious and Gracious "Word" of the Guru - of the Guru's most gracious request, most gracious Gift of the Guru, which is the "oil of the heart" what flickers without a wick, is to become "One with" Him within us, and "One with" God within Him, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, and in this way, allow Them within us to finish what They have started within us, and allow Them to Finish Telling "The Story" of "The Oneness of God And True Man", Within God Within Us, and that is for sure.
3. Open Your Wisdom - and stand in the center, and look intently at yourself, knowing that the center is within you, then you will understand the point, the point of the "One" and of the "Three within the One" within you, the point of God, of True Man, and of you within you, which is "Oneness" within you, as the "Oneness of God and True Man" within you
4. Surrender - To The Guru Within You & To God Within Him, that is, surrender to Him the wealth that He has given to you, which is all of His wealth, surrender your body to Him (which are the three worlds of awwul, or the world of souls, the dunya, or this earth world, and akhirah, the next world or hereafter or akhirah within you), surrender your wealth to Him (which is the Mubarakat of God within you, which is the wealth of the three worlds within you, which is heaven and hell, good and evil, and all of God's qualities within you, all of which are hidden within His Creation within you, as their qualities of incompleteness within you, which in your ignorance are currently your qualities, just as heaven is hidden within hell within you, and goodness is hidden within evil within you), and surrender your soul to Him (which are your seeds, or the lives of God within you, your 7 levels of consciousness or wisdom within you,
5. The "Word" of God For Your Age - for the Children of God for your age, is what awakens the "wisdom surrounding your soul", allowing it to do battle with the "Enemy of your soul", which is you living a life of "separation and differences", a life of sin, on the "outside" of you, liberating your soul from the cross of your impure birth, allowing it to become "One with" your wisdom, with your 6th level of wisdom, and search and find and become "One with" the light of your soul, the Nur Muhammad, becoming your 7th level of wisdom, allowing True Prayer to occur.
6. Do Not Place Your Limitations - On The Guru Within You Or On God Within Him, by trying to reach God by using what God has discarded, which is everything your currently see in your ignorance as existing on the "outside" of you, including "you" and your dearest loving brothers and sisters, instead, join in partnership with God within you, in order to get to God within you, in this way, using God to get to God within you.
7. Accept the Guru as the Father of Light - as the Father of our light, of "us" as "One with" God within us, as the Father of the "Sun of God", the Light of God to the world, in this way, accept the Guru within us, and God within Him, as the One who removes our idiosyncrasies, as the Lamp that dispels our darkness, and as the Substance that fills our heart, accept Him as the "seed of wisdom", who plants that seed within us, when He decides that "we can be cured", that is, that He can "cure Himself of us", of "us" as "separate" from Him, that we will let Him cut away from us all that "separates us" from God, which is everything that currently defines us, everything that we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us. Amen.
8. Reflect On The Guru - And Remember The Guru, with a full and loving heart, calling Him to "Stand up" within you, before you "say or do" anything, in this way, establishing the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, because our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) teaches us, "that our mind and desire will only sit down within us, when our wisdom stands up within us", when we call our wisdom by the "Name of God" for our age, to come out of its place of purity within us, which is where it lives within us, as "One with" God within us, and as "One with" all of the "Stuff of God" within us, which is a tiny piece of flesh within us no bigger than an atom, and come into our place of impurity within us, come into our mind and desire within us, which is where we currently live within us, and complete what we called it to do.
9. The Duties of the Disciple To The Guru - are first to greet the Guru within us with reverence, and obtain His blessings from within us with patience and silence, as the Guru presides over the abode of the divine state within us. This is our primary duty toward the Guru, to affirm His presence within us, before we "say or do" anything on the "outside" of us, by calling out His Name, inviting Him to stand up within our mind and desire within us, causing them to sit down within us, before we "say or do" anything on the "outside" of us, in this way, establishing a direct connection between us and our wisdom, realizing that God resides within our wisdom, as "One with" our Guru, in this way, establishing the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything on the "outside" us, in this way, making "Us" all One; making God, the Guru, and "us" all One within us, with "us" within us as His form, which are the 99 qualities, or attributes, or Names of God within us, and with our Guru within us, as our soul.
10. Service To God - to love other lives as your own, starting with the life of the Guru within you, and God within Him, and next to love the Children of the Guru on the "outside" of you, and in this way, through you, as "One with" the Guru within you, and as "One with" God within Him, allow Them with you to finish raising all of the Children of God in our age, and that is why, to do such rare service to the Guru, as described above, is equivalent to service to God.
11. The Benefits of Service To The Guru - the resplendent grace will glow. Your inner eye will manifest itself. The word of God will be born. The great light of wisdom will dawn upon you. The enormous diseases of birth will be destroyed, and you can reach the House of the Everlasting Happiness of Immortality. This is the Peace of Soul strived for by the disciples.
12. The Criterion - For The Disciple Receiving These Benefits, will depend on the service he does with the Guru within him, as either "One with" or as "separate from" the Guru, will depend on the path that he follows with the Guru within him, as either "One with" or as "separate from" the Guru within him, will depend on his thoughts as either "One with" or as "separate from" the Guru within him, will depend on his clarity as either within or not within the heart of the Guru within him, and will depend on his understanding as being either his own or those of the Guru within him, and in this way, will depend on all these acts of either "Oneness with" or "separation from" the Guru, when he sets out to performs his duty to both the Guru within Him, and to God within the Guru.
13. The Secret - of The Heart of God Within Us, is the gift of the Guru in our life, and of God within Him, for as God teaches us in the Holy Qur'an, in Surat "At Tarique",
"The Night Visitant or Morning Star", "No human soul but hath a guardian over it", so
too each of us has a guardian over our soul, which is the Guru of God for our age, and
God within Him, coming both within us as the "wisdom surrounding our soul", and on
the "outside" of us, as the "Gift of God" for our age, coming as His Holiness has told
of God to all Lights on earth, O Father, becoming Good Qualities by fasting for 12
years".
14. The Warning - of Our Guru For This Age, and of God Within Him, to the Children
of God for this age, do not test your Guru by deviating from His path, and allowing
yourself to be directed by your own mind, and your own wisdom. Do not conduct
yourself thinking what you are doing is correct, and what the Guru does is wrong.
Because if you do, you will fail, and you will then have to suffer the consequences of
not following your Guru, and God within Him, which is your fault, not His fault, and
certainly not God's fault within Him, and when you die you will become subject to an
eternal life of "separation from" God, if you die in that state of "separation" from God.
Story 01 - of the stray dog and the restaurant patrons
Story 02 - of the white ants and the ant hill that only they could build
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Text of Review:
1. Service To The Guru, To God, & To The Children of God For Our Age - is performed by first realizing that the Guru is always both within us, and on the outside of us, and that God is always within our Guru, and that the Children of God for our age is what all of our Service is really about, not about "us" as "separate from" Them, or about us "working for wages to get into some illusory heaven on the "outside" of us".
For example, now with the passing of our Guru, our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) from the "outside" of us, then His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) become our Guru on the "outside" of us, and His Holiness Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (peace be upon Him), and God within Him, becomes our Guru on the "inside" of us, allowing us to pay obeisance at the feet of the virtuous Guru, Seek Him, and Perform our duty towards Him by becoming "One with" Bawa within us, and "One with" God within Him/
In this way, living at Their Divine Feet within us, and by becoming "One with" the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), on the "outside" of us, as much as they will let us, literally living at their physical feet on the "outside" of us, both to serve them and to teach them as befits their current state, realizing that all of this Service in truth is service to God within our age, for the Children of God for our age, and not in any way connected to "us" as "separate from" God and "us" as "separate from" our Guru, who in truth are always "One" within us. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen
Bawa Teaches His Children:
Disciple:
Swami, O Guru Leader, how is service to the Guru to be performed?
Guru:
Pay obeisance at the feet of your virtuous Guru. Seek Him. Perform your duty towards Him.
2. The Glorious and Gracious "Word" of the Guru - of the Guru's most gracious request, most gracious Gift of the Guru, which is the "oil of the heart" what flickers without a wick, is to become "One with" Him within us, and "One with" God within Him, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, and in this way, allow Them within us to finish what They have started within us, and allow Them to
Bawa Teaches His Children:
This is the glorious word of the Guru's most gracious bequest. This is the oil of the heart that flickers without a wick. This is the gracious word.
3. Open Your Wisdom - and stand in the center, and look intently at yourself, knowing that the center is within you, then you will understand the point, the point of the "One" and of the "Three within the One" within you, the point of God, of True Man, and of you within you, which is "Oneness" within you, as the "Oneness of God and True Man" within you, with you realizing within this understanding that it is most certainly beneficial to serve the Guru within you, by becoming "One with" Him within you, and "One with" what He is doing within you, which is serving God within Him within you, by ";you" being "One with" God within Him within you, in this way, keeping the Guru within you, and God within the Guru within you, with Them living as "One with" you within you, and with "you" living within Them within you, living as "One with" Them within you, with all this occurring within the clean open heart of God for this age, the One Heart of True Man within you. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar.
Bawa Teaches His Children:
It is beneficial to serve Him. Do not run away. Do not turn away. Do not stumble and fall. Do not look up or down. Look at the center. Keep the virtuous Guru in your heart.
4. Surrender To The Guru Within You & To God Within Him - surrender to Him the wealth that He has given to you, which is all of His wealth, surrender your body to Him (which are the three worlds of awwul, or the world of souls, the dunya, or this earth world, and akhirah, the next world or hereafter or akhirah within you), surrender your wealth to Him (which is the Mubarakat of God within you, which is the wealth of the three worlds within you, which is heaven and hell, good and evil, and all of God's qualities within you, all of which are hidden within His Creation within you, as their qualities of incompleteness within you, which in your ignorance are currently your qualities, just as heaven is hidden within hell within you, and goodness is hidden within evil within you).
And surrender your soul to Him (which are your seeds, or the lives of God within you, your 7 levels of consciousness or wisdom within you, which beyond the first 3 levels which most of Creation have, of feeling, awareness, and intellect, are the seed of iman and subtle wisdom within you, which are your 4th and 5th levels of wisdom, of Abraham and Ishmael & Issac (peace be upon Them) within you, of divine analytic wisdom within you, the 6th level of wisdom of the Qutbiyyat or Power of God within you, which teaches, controls, and analyzes everything within you, and your 7th level of wisdom, of divine luminous wisdom, of the form of the Nur Muhammad within you, the form of the light of God's wisdom within you, which Bawa teaches about in the beautiful "Kalimah Song" (www.SpiritualSong001.homestead.com), that His Holiness sung to us on 4/26/72,
Bawa Teaches His Children:
"It is the form within which the "ruh or soul and the light" stand in Unison, in truth
the grace that stands in the form of light. That grace is the resonance of Allah,
and the resonance is Allah, and you will be within it". Amen
Surrender your body, wealth, and soul - all three to Him.
5. The "Word" of God For Your Age - for the Children of God for your age, is what awakens the "wisdom surrounding your soul", allowing it to do battle with the "Enemy of your soul", which is you living a life of "separation and differences", a life of sin, on the "outside" of you, liberating your soul from the cross of your impure birth, allowing it to become "One with" your wisdom, with your 6th level of wisdom, and search and find and become "One with" the light of your soul, the Nur Muhammad, becoming your 7th level of wisdom, allowing True Prayer to occur.
Allowing God to reveal True Man within the Creation of God within you, as the "Oneness of God and His Creation (which is this world or the dunya)", as Insan Kamil, as Perfected Man, allowing True Man to reveal God within the Creation of True Man, as the "Oneness of True Man and His Creation (which is the next world or akhirah), in this way removing what "separates God" from God within us, which is does, for everything within us, beings to completion what God started within us, by answer the question God asked of God within us, the question, "Who am I?"
Bawa Teaches His Children:
Pay close attention to the words of the Guru. Observe good conduct, good character, and good behaviour. Speak good words. The words of the Guru are beyond the sciences and the religions and should be adhered to. They are glorious words.
6. Do Not Place "Your Limitations" - On The Guru Within You, Or On God Within Him, by trying to reach God by using what God has discarded, which is everything you currently see in your ignorance as existing on the "outside" of you, including "you" and your dearest loving brothers and sisters, instead, join in partnership with God within you, in order to get to God within you, in this way, using God to get to God within you, or more specifically, using the Guru to get to God within you, in order to again become "One with" God within you, as you were in the world of soul, and up to the age of 2 years old in this world, then your life has been successful in your own lifetime, no matter what happen to you, for then, once this state of direct connection to God occurs within you, then God will do everything else, God will then "Cure Himself of you", of "you" as "separate from" God within you
Bawa Teaches His Children:
Do not have a frown on your face. Do not restrict your heart. Do not be haughty. Forget esteem and pride.
7. Accept The Guru As "The Father of Light" - As "The Father" of Our Soul, of Our light, of "us" as "One with" God within us, as the Father of the "Sun of God", the Light of God to the world, in this way, accept the Guru within us, and God within Him, as the One who removes our idiosyncrasies, as the Lamp that dispels our darkness, and as the Substance that fills our heart, accept Him as the "seed of wisdom", who plants that seed within us, when He decides that we can be cured, that is, that He can cure Himself of us, that we will let Him cut away from us all that "separates us" from God, which is everything that currently defines us, everything that we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us. Amen
Bawa Teaches His Children:
Accept the Guru as the Father of Light, (as) the One who removes your idiosyncrasies, (as) the Lamp that dispels darkness, and (as) the Substance that fills your heart.
Accept Him as the one who teaches that birth is suffering, unclean, and destructive. He is the seed of wisdom, and (the One who) will lead men to the good path.
Say,
"I trust you always, O Gurunathar (Guru who guides).
Make my soul pure in this impure birth,
and make it shine.
Grant me the grace of the Holy One.
8. Reflect On The Guru, And Remember The Guru - with a full and loving heart, calling Him to "Stand up" within you, before you "say or do" anything, in this way, establishing the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, because our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) teaches us, "that our mind and desire will only sit down within us, when our wisdom stands up within us", when we call our wisdom by the "Name of God" for our age, to come out of its place of purity within us, which is where it lives within us, as "One with" God within us, and as "One with" all of the "Stuff of God" within us, which is a tiny piece of flesh within us no bigger than an atom, and come into our place of impurity within us, come into our mind and desire within us, which is where we currently live within us, and complete what we called it to do.
And In this way, getting God within us to speak to the Creation of God within us, and in this way, bring them to completeness within us, if they are so inclined, and if not then pass judgment on them, but either way, either transforming their incomplete qualities into the complete qualities of God within us, or send them to hell within us, as permnently "separated from" us, from "us" now as "One with" God within us, and in this way, no longer living within us, as they currently are, as "separate from" God within us, no longer living within us in the state of incompleteness. Amen
Bawa Teaches His Children:
Reflect (on the Guru), and remember the Guru with a full and loving heart. Be of service to Him. Seek the good Guru leader, my disciple, gems of my eyes.
9. The Duties of the Disciple To The Guru - are first to greet the Guru within us with reverence, and obtain His blessings from within us with patience and silence, as the Guru presides over the abode of the divine state within us.
This is our primary duty toward the Guru, to affirm His presence within us, before we "say or do" anything on the "outside" of us, by calling out His Name, inviting Him to stand up within our mind and desire within us, causing them to sit down within us, before we "say or do" anything on the "outside" of us.
And in this way, establishing a direct connection between us and our wisdom, realizing that God resides within our wisdom, as "One with" our Guru.
And in this way, establishing the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything on the "outside" us.
And in this way, making "Us" all One; making God, the Guru, and "us" all One within us, with "us" within us as His form, which are the 99 qualities, or attributes, or Names of God within us, and with our Guru within us, as our soul, as the Nur Muhammad within us, and with God within our Guru as the "Primal God" within us, the Father of our soul, with the wisdom surrounding our soul, which is our 6th level of wisdom, having awakened within us to the "Word of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age, both within us and on the "outside" of us. Amen.
Bawa Teaches His Children:
The Guru presides over the abode of the divine state (within us). It is the primary duty of the disciples to greet the Guru with reverence, and obtain His blessings with patience and silence.
They must be seated in one place without making any disturbance.
The second duty is to conduct yourself knowing your inner responsibilities, and not disobeying the words of the Guru.
You should complete your duties with purity of body, mind, and speech, even if there is any difficulties in the administration.
Get up early in the morning, bathe yourself, remember God with purity, and worship Him, and fulfill all your regular duties.
Pay obeisance to your Guru deva and stay in readiness to perform the duties of the Guru. Some of the duties are polishing His utensils, washing His garments, and bathing Him.
You should carry out to perfection whatever duties that are assigned to you. You should obtain the food requirements of the Guru deva and offer them to Him with kindness.
You should assimilate the discourses of the Guru deva, keep them in mind, and live accordingly.
You should dispel anger, lust, miserliness, delusion, bigotry, aggression, and replace them with kindness, benevolence, pity, charity, pleasant speech, sacrifice, generosity, and thus develop yourself.
This will make you happy, and others happy too. This is the rare service of great magnitude that you can perform to the Guru deva.
10. Service To God - to love other lives as your own, starting with the life of the Guru within you, and God within Him, and next to the Children of the Guru on the "outside" of you, and in this way, through you, as "One with" the Guru within you, and as "One with" God within Him, allow Them to finish raising all of the Children of God in our age, and that is why, to do such rare service to the Guru, as described above, is equivalent to service to God
Bawa Teaches His Children:
To love other lives as your own (starting with the life of the Guru within you, and the Children of the Guru on the "outside" of you), and to do such rare service, are equivalent to service to God.
It is the great desire of the Guru to show you how to live not only for yourself, but for others as well.
11. The Benefits of Service To The Guru - the resplendent grace will glow. Your inner eye will manifest itself. The word of God will be born. The great light of wisdom will dawn upon you. The enormous diseases of birth will be destroyed, and you can reach the House of the Everlasting Happiness of Immortality. This is the Peace of Soul strived for by the disciples
Bawa Teaches His Children:
If you follow the way of the Guru deva, the resplendent grace will glow. Your inner eye will manifest itself. The word of God will be born. The great light of wisdom will dawn upon you. The enormous diseases of birth will be destroyed.
You can reach the House of (the) Everlasting Happiness of Immortality. This is the Peace of Soul strived for by the disciples.
12. "The Criterion" For The Disciple Receiving These Benefits - will depend on the service he does with the Guru, as "One with" or as "separate from" the Guru, the path he follows with the Guru, as "One" or as "separate", his thoughts as either "One with" or as "separate from" the Guru, his clarity as either within or not within the heart of the Guru within him, and his understanding as being his own or those of the Guru with, which he joins in partnership with God within him, to performs his duty to both the Guru within Him, and to God within the Guru
Bawa Teaches His Children:
O son, the criterion which will determine the extent of the Grace of the Exalted Guru to be reached by the disciple, will depend on the service, the path he follows, his thoughts, his clarity, and his understanding with which he performs his duty.
I shall tell you a story.
(Note: at this point in Chapter 19, His Holiness tells us a story of the stray dog and the different restaurant patrons, and how only one of the patrons treated the dog in a way that earned the loyality of the dog, which is the way we must treat the Guru, in order to earn His loyality to us. The text for this story is at the end of this review along with a review of the story. After the story His Holiness had the following comments before telling the next story. To go to the Text of the first story, click HERE)
13. The Secret of The Heart of God Within Us - is the gift of the Guru in our life, and of God within Him, for as God teaches us in the Holy Qur'an, in Surat
"At Tarique", "The Night Visitant or Morning Star", "No human soul but hath a guardian over it", so too each of us has a guardian over our soul, which is the Guru of God for our age, and God within Him, coming both within us as the "wisdom surrounding our soul", and on the "outside" of us, as the "Gift of God" for our age, coming as His Holiness has told us in the book, "Truth & Light: Brief Explantions", on page 106,
That Is, "Coming as the "Guru of God to all Lights on earth, O Father, becoming Good Qualities by fasting for 12 years", coming as the life and teaching of God for our age, and for our age that is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), who have now taken up "That Role" on the "outside" of us, if we still need it, since His Holiness is no longer on the "outside" of us, now just within us, with God within Him, which in truth is all that we need, once we truly realize it, without the slightest doubt. Amen
Bawa Teaches His Children:
Like wise, O my disciples, gems of my eyes, the Guru (Shaikh) with the fullness of God's grace will grant you charity, words of wisdom and grace, depending on your own thoughts, ideas, conduct, and state of mind.
This is "The secret of the heart" of "The Incomparable Gracious God".
It is not easy to discover this. O Child, follow the Guru and continue to do so, without looking back. Follow the path He travels which is the best way.
14. The Warning of Our Guru For This Age, and of God Within Him - to the Children of God for this age, do not test your Guru by deviating from His path, and allowing yourself to be directed by your own mind, and your own wisdom.
Do not conduct yourself thinking what you are doing is correct, and what the Guru does is wrong.
Because if you do, you will fail, and you will then have to suffer the consequences of not following your Guru, and God within Him, which is your fault, not His fault, and certainly not God's fault within Him, and when you die you will become subject to an eternal life of "separation from" God, if you die in that state of "separation" from God.
Which will includes the "suffering of the grave", Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment, and 105 million rebirths, with you possibly ending as a worm in hell with only 1 level of consciousness, or feeling, which is certainly something to think about while we can still do something about it.
That Is, by turning away from our current life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, and truly make the intention to become "One with" God within us, before we die to the "outside" of us.
That Is, by starting to use Bawa within us, and God within Him, to get to God within us, before we die to our "outside", And start doing this, wisely, That Is, by establishing the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything on the "outside" of us, That is, by invoking the "Name of God" for our age, saying the word "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him), before we "say or do" anything. Amen.
Bawa Teaches His Children:
O Disciples, gems of My eyes, do not test your Guru by deviating from His path, and allowing yourself to be directed by your own mind, and your own wisdom.
Do not conduct yourself thinking what you do is correct, and what the Guru does is wrong.
(Note: at this point in Chapter 19, His Holiness tells us a story of the white ants and the ant hill. The text for this story is at the end of this review along with a review of the story. After the story His Holiness had the following comments about the story. To go to the Text of the second story, click HERE)
Nevertheless, whatever occupies the ant hill, it (still) belongs to the while ant (that built it in the first place, not to what happen to be currently living within it).
(For) it is (only) the white ant that knows the secret of the ant hill (because it built the ant hill). The rat, the mongoose, the snake, none of them knows it. They cannot build the house (built by the white ant).
(Likewise) the true wise men, the gnanis, are not deceived by the contempt of any number of persons. This fact must be embedded in your mind. Be steadfast in the true path without being deceived, O Disciples, gems of my eyes.
Reflect carefully on what I have said. These kind words come from My vibrant heart (within you, a heart that is alive with God and His grace, wisdom, and 'ilm within you, to the Children of God for your age, both within you and on the "outside" of you), to the Children born with Me, and to the infants with their baby language. They are the Miracles of the King, the Almighty.
I praise with My tongue the beauty of the One with the six faces [which are the six faces of clarity known as Muhammad (Sal.)], and say this, O Disciples, gems of My eyes. Amen.
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Review of 2 Stories: (that were told by His Holiness in Chapter 19 )
[Note: the two stories told by His Holiness as part of Chapter 19, of the dog and of the white ant, are not yet available in Original Version of Chapter 19, however the two reviews of them are available, as follows. Please come back later for the stories, as they are in process. Thank you. A brief review of these two stories is now provided from the perspective of this child sitting at the feet of His Holiness, and of God within Him. Please forgive me for any faults, and praise God for anything of value, in these reviews]
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First Story - of the stray dog and the restaurant patrons
Text of First Story:
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Review of First Story:
The first story is about a dog who takes his nourishment through the food that is discarded from a restaurant, but only the patron who consciously thinks of the dog while he is eating his food in the restaurant, and saves some of this food for the dog, and then lovingly gives some of his food to the dog when he leaves the restaurant, establishes a loving relationship with the dog, a relationship that transcends the feeding of the dog, a relationship that continues when the patron leaves the restaurant, a relationship that includes the dog protecting the patron, and looking after the patron, when he is not in the restaurant.
Like this, our life, is of great benefit to God and to the Shaikh, whether we consciously know it or not, since we were born out of the heart of the Shaikh, out of the Shaikh's relationship with God and God's relationship with the Shaikh, and in this way, our life, the part of our life that we are in ignorance of, the part of our life that we do not see, the part of our life that is of God and is of the Shaikh, is both the nourishment of God and the nourishment of the Shaikh.
For as His Holiness teaches us, what nourishes God is True Man, and what nourishes True Man is God.
In this way, the part of our life that is the nourishment of the Shaikh is God, is God as the truth of God within us, is the truth of God within us that allowed the Shaikh to establish His relationship with God within us, that allowed the Shaikh to grow the crop of the Shaikh within us, within the pure and open heart of the Shaikh which lies hidden within our impure and closed heart, the crop of the Shaikh within us that is "us" in the divine realm, in awwal, in the world of souls, and is now "us" living in the world of separation and differences that "we" are now experiencing as "our" life in the world or dunya.
And in a similar way, the part of our life that is the nourishment of God is True Man, is True Man as the grace, wisdom, and divine knowledge or ilm of God within us, which is what is harvested by God from the crop of the Shaikh, which is what is harvested by God from "us", if we but join in partnership with the Shaikh, allowing the Shaikh to complete what He started within us, allowing the Shaikh to bring the crop of the Shaikh to maturity before the growing season is over.
Therefore, if while we are in the restaurant of our life, in the world of arrogance, karma, and illusion that we are currently experiencing as "our" life, if when we are in that state, if we remember our Shaikh, and consciously intend His presence in our life, if we consciously intend that what we are experiencing in our life be of value to our Shaikh and through our Shaikh of value to God, if we but join in partnership with our Shaikh so He can complete what He started within us, through His relationship with God within us, then our life will be of real value to both the Shaikh and God.
If we consciously intent that what is hidden within us, what is hidden within what we are currently experiencing as "our" life, in the restaurant of our life, which is the grace, wisdom, and divine knowledge or ilm of God, which is True Man, be of value to our Shaikh, and be of value to God, be of value in what our Shaikh and God are doing within us, allowing our Shaikh to complete what He has started within us, and allowing God to complete what He has started within our Shaikh within us, then our life in the restaurant of our life will be of real value, and not be just a temporary experience of no real value that simply comes and goes, leaving us in the end with nothing but the darkness of life.
For what the Shaikh is doing within us, what the Shaikh has started within us, is to tell the story of God within the story of True Man within us, by first revealing and then joining in partnership with God within us, allowing God to reveal God within God within us, by first revealing True Man within God within us. This story within us, the story of God within the story of True Man within us, is of real value within us, is permanent, and does not come and go.
And what God is doing within us, what God has started within the Shaikh within us, is to tell the story of True Man within the story of God within us, by first revealing and then joining in partnership with True Man within us, allowing True Man to reveal True Man within True Man within us, by first revealing God within True Man within us. This story within the story within us, the story of True Man within the story of God within us, is also of real value within us, is permanent, and does not come and go.
And if we try to breathe, think, intend, and act in this way, while living in the restaurant of our life, then, and only then, will we have established a loving relationship with our Shaikh and through Him a loving relationship with God, a relationship that will transcend our stay in the restaurant of our life, a relationship that will transcend our stay in the arrogance, karma, and illusion of the world of separations and differenences that we are now experiencing as "our" life.
And if we do this, then when our stay in the restaurant of our life is over, we will not be left with the darkness of life. Instead, we will receive the mubarakat of God,
the supreme, imperishable treasure of all three worlds: the beginning, or awwal; this world, or dunya; and the hereafter, or akhirah.
And if we do this, then, and only then, when we leave the restaurant of our life, our Shaikh will be with us, protecting us and guiding us back to God, from which we originally came.
For in truth we originally come from God as the grace of God to complete the duty of God, coming origionally as the grace of God to nourish all of the creations of God, and along the way, to experience the wisdom and divine knowledge or ilm of God that helps awaken the creations of God to the realilty of True Man and God within their own lives.
Such is the cycle of God and True Man, the cycle of God becoming One with True Man and True Man Becoming One with God, the cycle of the truth of God becoming the grace, wisdom, and divine knowledge or ilm of True Man, and of the grace, wisdom, and divine knowledge or ilm of God becoming the truth of God. This cycle of God and True Man is our true life. This cycle is the divine dance of God and True Man, that leads one to the divine state of God-Man/Man-God.
This is like the water flowing back into the ocean from which it originally came, having originally come from the ocean as clouds to complete the duty of the ocean, which is to nourish all of the creations of God, and along the way, experiencing the rain, the rivers, and the lakes, that help water and feed the people and crops in the world, finally flowing back into the ocean from which it came.
Such is the cycle of the ocean, the cycle of the ocean becoming the clouds, rain, river and lakes, and the clouds, rain, river and lakes becoming again the ocean. That is the true life of the ocean.
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Second Story - of the white ants and the ant hill that only they could build
Text of Second Story:
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Review of Second Story:
The second story is the about the house that the white ant builds, and then leaves, a house that is big enough to hold many other creations of God, but a house that only the white ant understands and can build.
Such is "our" life as we are currently experiencing it, the house that the Shaikh has built and left, but is large enough to hold all of the creations of God, but a house that only the Shaikh understands and can built.
And only by joining with the Shaikh, by inviting Him back to the house that He built and understands, can the secrets of this house of "our" life be revealed by the Shaikh, bringing it to completion, making it of value to God and to True Man, as well as of value to all of the creations of God in the 18,000 universes, within man and within God and within God and within man.
Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah.
My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters.
Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler)
Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen.
Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen.
Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen.
Al-hamdu lillah
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