Bawa The On-line Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library (Recommended way to Navigate around Library) Spiritual Letter 90 ------------"More About 01" ---------- About Spiritual Letter 90 Title: "The Light, Not The Darkness, Brings Forward The Light From Within Us" Time Period Written: July, 2006 Written by: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Written to: Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen Sulaiman (Curtis Wahlgren) (to "More About Controlling Our Thoughts") By Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Page 1 of 1 ============================================================== Main Go To: Status Go To: Introduction - to "More About Controlling Our Thoughts" ------- In Process Go To: More About Controlling Our Thoughts --------------------- Available "Outline" - to "More About Controlling Our Thoughts" Text - to "More About Controlling Our Thoughts" Go To: E-mail Version - of Spiritual Letter 90 --------------------------------- Available Go To: Outline & Summary Version - of Spiritual Letter 90 -------- In Process Go To: Related Material - for Spiritual Letter 90 ------------------------------ Available Go To: Opening Comments - of Spiritual Letter 90 ----------------------- Available ============================================================== Introduction - to "More About Controlling Our Thoughts" - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - ============================================================== More About Controlling Our Thoughts Introduction - to "More About Controlling Our Thoughts" "Outline" - for "More About Controlling Our Thoughts" - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - ============================================================== Text - For "More About Controlling Our Thoughts" Bawa. My Children, you must learn how to "bring your thoughts under your foot" using your wisdom, because until you do, you cannot learn, for you will mistakenly interpret your own thoughts as learning, and even worse, as wisdom, when in truth it is but the 400 trillion, 10 thousand spiritual energies within you, ruling over you, leading you to hell within you, that is, to an eternal hell within you of "separation from" God within you. Bawa. "We" taught you about this problem and the only solution, which is the "Presence of God" within you, and God telling and bringing to Completion "God's Story" within you, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within you, when "We" were with you in the world, in the beautiful book of wisdom, "Shaikh and Disciple, starting in the "Introduction" to that book, and continuing throughout the rest of the book. Bawa. For example, when "We" told you, in the "Introduction" to the beautiful book of wisdom, "Shaikh and Disciple" (www.ShaikhandDisciple.homestead.com), the following, starting on page 3, Beginning of Quotation From: "Introduction" From The Book: "Shaikh And Disciple", By His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) "My love you, My GrandChildren, My Brothers and Sisters. There are many different kinds of learning on this path. Some learning has to be done on the earth, some in the sea, some in the air, some in the sky. Other learning must be done within the body of man. I too had to learn all this Myself. I will tell you of certain experiences in My life. "First I had to learn about ether, the sky, the section above the head. Ether can conceal the self. There are many clouds, many colors, many hues, many suns, moons, stars, thunder and lightning, rain, gales, and storms overhead." "All that is above the mind is like ether. So much exists beyond the mind; there are 400 trillion, 10 thousand different sections. Energies, cells, viruses, spirits, saktis, illusion, darkness, torpor - whatever is beyond the control of the mind is like ether or sky." "But once you control these energies with wisdom, they become like the earth. Once you can control the thoughts of the mind, you are treading on earth. If we can control what is above us and bring it under our feet, then we can learn." End of Quotation From: "Introduction" From The Book: "Shaikh And Disciple", By His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) Bawa. In this way, many of My Children are mistakenly interpreting their thoughts as an example of their learning, and even worse, as their wisdom, rather than joining in partnership with God within them, and with My Children, with My Children who have truly learned to do so, to do this "Heart's Work" within themselves, in order to learn how to do the same, that is, to learn how to "bring their thoughts under their foot" using their wisdom. Bawa. All of which is something that you can only truly accomplish within yourself if you join in partnership with God within you, and with what God has provided for you on the "outside" of you, namely My Children, My Children who truly know how to do this kind of work within themselves. For example, to stop treating "Your Own Thoughts" as both your learning, and even worse, as your wisdom. Bawa. For as long as you don't learn how to do this, you are only deceiving yourself, and as a result your life within you, your soul life, will not move forward in your lifetime, causing you in the end to go to hell within you, to an eternal hell within you of "separation from God within you. That is, when you die to the flesh in your current state, in your current state of living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of you, as if you are "separate from" God within you, all of which is "Just Not True". Bawa. And in this way, causing you then to experience the "suffering of the grave" within you, and Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within you, with you taking on as part of your judgment 105 million rebirths, ending as a worm in hell with only one level of consciousness, or feeling. And in this way, with you taking on as part of your judgment an eternal hell within you as "separate from" God within you, that is, after you die to the flesh in your current state. Bawa. For we told "you" the following, before we left the "outside" of you, in the beautiful book of wisdom, "Shaikh and Disciple", all of which now equally applies to you sitting in the world with My Children, with My Children who truly know now to do this "Heart's Work" within themselves, and who can truly teach you how to do the same. For example, by each of My Children now joining with our dearest loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen, to do this "Heart's Work" within themselves. Who is a Child of God for this age who "We" have personally trained for the last 30 + years to do this kind of work. Beginning of "Expanded Quotation" From: Chapter 01: "The Value of the True Shaikh", From The Book: "Shaikh And Disciple", By His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) Expanded Part By: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) "What is the use of sitting in front of the Shaikh in that state?" (Bawa. That is, in your current state of self absorption in "Your own thoughts", thinking it is your learning, and even worse, that it is your wisdom speaking to you, as most of My Children are currently doing, even though they know better, and all of which is "Just Not True") "You will never receive anything (from this "mind work"). Whether you are here for fifty years or five hundred, it will not matter. It will be of no use." "Does the rain fall all the time? No. Therefore, when it does rain we must make use of it." (Bawa. And My Dearest Loving GrandChildren, Sons and Daughters, and Brothers and Sisters, the rain of the grace, the wisdom, and the ilm or divine knowledge of God is now again most certainly falling into the world, with the presence of our dearest loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen living on the "outside" of you) (Bawa. And in this way, "We" are still alive in the world, if you like, that is, if you start to treat Him as many of you failed to treat "Us" when "We" were living with you in the world, that is, "As your own life speaking to you", from within you, which is now the truth of Him and of each of you. Please do this now, before it is too late, for the "Beast" is truly ready to come out of at least one of you, and destroy the "outside" of you, for all of you, and then harvest you as "his crop", before the "Child of Light" destroys him, and the "Beast" then takes you with him to an eternal hell within you of "separation form" God within you. In this way, Please do this now. Please do this now. Please do this now. Amen). (Bawa. That is, in the time left for you on the "outside" of you, please join in partnership with God within you, and with Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen on the "outside" of you to) plow the land and clear the land and sow what has to be sown (which is the "Seed of God" within you, which is your wisdom, in order to receive His grace, wisdom, and 'ilm, which in truth is the "Presence of God" within you, and "God's Story" within you, which God within you will gladly start to again tell and bring to Completion within you, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within you) (Bawa. Please know this now, My Dearest Loving Children without the slightest doubt, and start to act accordingly, start to act again as "One with" God within you, as "One with" each other within you, and as "One with" the Creation of God within you), so God within you can then "Make it So" within you, and in this way, truly make your life successful in your lifetime. Ok?) "Only then can you receive the benefit of the rain (of God's grace, wisdom, and 'ilm that is now again falling on the "outside" of you)." "It is in this state that you must sit before the Shaikh, seeking and receiving what He gives. Otherwise your are only looking at various aspects of the world. (For example), some people look at religions, some look at races or colors, some look at clothes, some look at their relations and connections. Some look for gold, property, houses, and possessions. Some proudly think, "Oh, I have learned everything." Some think, "I know how to recite the scriptures"." "There is no point in all this. You are only wasting your time." (Instead of all this silliness on the "outside" of you) you must understand the value of each and every wisdom point the Shaikh makes. You must absorb it fully, making use of every drop. You must open your heart so that the water of grace can flow into it. You must remain in that state (until your last breath). (And in this way, and only in this way) cultivate your land (with the enlightening words of the Qutbiyyat, allowing the Rahmat of God to grow, for it you do, then when it does, you will become it. For this is "God's Promise" for your age. This is "God's Guarantee" for your age. Please know this now, My Dearest Loving Children, and start to act accordingly, that is, start to act as "One with" within you, not "separate from" on the "outside" of you, as most of My Children are still currently doing, and then God will do "Everything Else", to make your life truly successful in your lifetime. Amen) (In this way, in your current state,) even if you are with a Shaikh who gives you an ocean of water or an abundance of sweet tasting honey, you can only lick at it like a dog. (Instead) you will wish to wander about (looking for feces). (For) Feces is like candy to a dog; no matter how much honey you offer it, it will always search for feces. Therefore, you have to (join in partnership with God within you, and with My Children who know how,) to train this dog (of desire within you), and tie it up with (the Gift of wisdom within you, which is the Gift of "God's Presence" and of "God's Story" within you). "Then you can absorb the Shaikh's wisdom" (within you, before it is too late to do so, and an eternal hell of "separation from" God within you becomes your eternal reward). "Use the fire while it is still burning" (and it is most certain again burning, as "We" promised you. That is, as we promised you before "We" left the world, that "We" would return in 16 years, but "We" cautioned you, that you would not recognize "Us". (Bawa. And "We" kept our promise, returning 16 years later to the day, which was on November 26th, 2002, which was the birthday of our dearest loving Son, and of your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen. Check it out if you like, and ask Him to explain what happened, what "We" had Him both "Say and Do", on the day, on the day that we left the world, on December 8, 1986. Knowing the truth of this may also help some of My Children make this transition, from "Us" on the "outside" of you, as "We" were before, to now "Us" on the "outside" of you, as My Children. That is, if you like, for if your heart was hard to "Us" when "We" were on the "outside" of you before, it will most likely stay hard to "Us" as My Children now on the "outside" of you, no matter what you may experience as coming from within Them, like this beautiful Spiritual Letter. What to do?) (Bawa. For as "We" taught you in the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom" (www.ThePearlofWisdom.homestead.com), which is the true "Gift of God" for your age, along with our dearest loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen, who can explain to you its inner mysteries, if you like. Along with the following Three Gifts of God on April 26, 1972, which "We" gave to you on the "One Good Day in A 100 Years", all of which you can access on-line, by clicking below, 1) "The Kalimah Song" (www.SpiritualSong001.homestead.com) (www.SpiritualDiscourse001.homestead.com) (www.SpiritualDiscourse002.homestead.com)] (Bawa. And all of which Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen can also help you literally become, if you like, as He has, that is, if you will only accept Him and these "Words of God" for your age, as now the "Life and Teaching of God" for your age, for the Children of God for your age, which in truth is everyone living in your age, if you like, that is, if your true intention for the life within you, for your soul life, is to again become "One with" God within you, before you die to the flesh in your current state, and get an eternal hell within you of "separation from" God within you, that is, to again become "One with" God within you, but this time with an understanding of "Your Oneness", so it will never leave you again. For in truth the Choice is yours, not "Ours", not God's, and certainly not Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen's) [Bawa. For Example, as "We" taught you in the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", in the beautiful song to Allah, "Invocation to Allah", that you should each join in partnership with God within you to sing each day, upon rising and before you go to bed each night, until your last breath, as "We" have taught Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen to do, "The Primal One will clarify the pure. Those who submit to Guru will submit. Is this not the Secret of Allah."] [Bawa. And that says it all, My Dearest Loving GrandChildren, Sons and Daughters, Brothers and Sisters. That is, Either you Do, or you Don't. That is, either you move into the house that "you built" for "you", or the one "God build" for "You", and either you are harvested in the end by God within you, by the "Child of Light" within you, or by the "Beast" within you, and the Choice is yours, not "Our", and not God's, and not even the "Beast's". [Bawa. So join in partnership with God within you, and with Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen on the "outside" of you, and learn to live in the "Presence of God" within you, letting God finish what He started within you, a very, very long time ago, which is to reveal God to God within you, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within you. Bawa. Or continue as you are currently doing, which is riding an Express Train to hell within you, to an eternal hell within you of "separation from" God within you. The Choice is yours, not "Ours", not God's, and certainly not Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen's. Ok?] "Like that, while the Shaikh is still in the world, you must learn wisdom from Him. After He is gone, you will consider whatever the mind brings and whatever your thoughts bring as wisdom, but it will be just a dream of your mind". End of "Expanded Quotation" From: Chapter 01: "The Value of the True Shaikh", From The Book: "Shaikh And Disciple", By His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) Expanded Part By: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) Bawa. This is what "We" lovingly explained to you when "We" were on the "outside" of you, and that "We" also recently lovingly explained to our dearest loving little brother Asma'el Muhaiyaddeen, that is, when he asked "Us" to explain the meaning of the question asked of Him by our dearest loving Son, Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen, at Our" direction, that is, the Question, "What is the Secret in the Fear of God", all of which "We" earlier explained to you while "We" were living with you in the world, as Chapter 8, "How The Awe-Inspiring God Subdues Pride", in the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom" (www.ThePearlofWisdom.homestead.com). Bawa. In this way, "We" explained to Asma'el Muhaiyaddeen, in Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen's Response to what he had written as his Initial Answer to this Question, that what he had written as his Initial Answer to this Question was like a "Painting of an Apple", which seemed to have value, and appeared even beautiful and desirable, but in truth was of no value when truly needed, that is, when we were hungry. While what Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen had not written, but that "We" had written and placed within His Heart for all of My Children, if they like, was a "Real Apple", which would not only comfort them in the difficulties of their life, when they read it, but on a more subtle level would soothe the hunger of their soul. Bawa. And that this was the current difference between the work of these two Children of Mine, but a difference that could be removed if Asma'el Muhaiyaddeen joined in partnership with God within him, and with Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen on the "outside" of him, to learn how to do it, that is, to learn what "We" spent the last 30 + years teaching Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen to do, and that is, how to live in the "Presence of God" within himself, allowing God to tell and bring to Completion "His Story' within himself, that is, learning how to do "Nothing Correctly", for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within himself, which in truth is "All of Us", if he likes, as in truth is "All of Us", within each of you, if you like, for in truth, "We are All One", within each of us, if we like. Bawa. A learning that we placed within Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen just for this reason, that is, to finish what "We" started within each of you when "We" were with you in the world, which is this learning. That is, the learning that "We" can only use God within us to get to God within "Us", not what God has discarded from within Himself to become God within us. All of which (that is, what God discarded) has now grown within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, becoming our life both within us and on the "outside" of us, and which now falsely defines you, as "separate from", on the "outside" of you, rather than correctly defining you, as "One with" within you. Bawa. And a learning which in truth is your birthright, your true heritage, the true destiny of your soul, if you like. For in truth, the Choice is yours, not "Ours", that is, the Choice to join in partnership with God within you, and with My Children, for example, with Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen, to become this learning, or not, is your Choice, not "Ours", not God's, and not Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen's Ok?. Bawa. All of which was part of the "Children's Book" that "We" instructed our dearest loving little brother Asma'el Muhaiyaddeen to write, along with Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen, that is, a "Children's Book" by My Children, which "We" gave the Title, "A Book of Our Love", and which you can access and read on-line, including the Initial Answer by Asma'el Muhaiyaddeen, and the Response by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen, to Question 1, "What Is The Secret In The Fear of God", if you like, all of which is now part of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library (www.Bawa.homestead.com), and which you can access by clicking above or HERE (www.ABookOfOurLove.homestead.com). Bawa. And a Question/Answer for Question 1 that "We" are currently waiting for Asma'el Muhaiyaddeen to finish, that is, to provide his Final Reply to Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen's Response to his Initial Answer to this Question, a Final Reply which "We" will gladly put into his heart for all of My Children, as "We" did for Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen, that is, if he will only properly ask "Us" to do so, that is, if he will truly ask "Us" as "One with" Us rather than as "separate from" Us, which is his current way of asking "Us", even thought he says its not. Bawa. A process of Asking and Answering Wisdom Questions that "We" encourage all of My Children to participate in, if they like, as a beautiful way of learning how "Not to be There", so "God can be there", and in this way, letting God within us finish what He started within us, so in the end, "No Child Is Left Behind" within us, that is, so in the end, there is nothing within us still "separate from" God within us. Bawa. A beautiful Question/Answer Process that each of My Children can use, along with Asma'el Muhaiyaddeen and Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen, to let "Us" finish what "We" started within each of you, when "We" were in the world, all of which is spelled out in "The Charter" that we gave to Asma'el Muhaiyaddeen to follow, a Charter which you can also read on-line by clicking above or HERE (www.ABookOfOurLoveCharter. homestead.com). Ok?. Bawa. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. Bawa. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). End of More About 01 "More About Controlling Our Thoughs" - For Spiritual Letter 90 - ----------------------------------- |
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