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Bawa Muhaiyadddeen (may God be pleased with Him) ============================================================== Main Go To: Go To: Introduction - to the "Text In The Preface" of "Maya Veeram" Go To: Text In The Preface - of "Maya Veeram", plus Links to Comments Go To: Comments - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler), about "Text" Comment 1 - about "But the Truth never changes" Comment 2 - about the "Truth has to be seen within" Comment 3 - about "Looking beneath the surface of the book" Comment 4 - about the "Three types of people who have set out to conquer the world" Comment 5 - about "But if we examine it wisely, we will uncover its inner secrets" Comment 6 - about the "Every human being must strengthen his faith (in God) to understand that final destruction" Comment 7 - about "For everyone with the wisdom to read this book correctly, Maya Veeram will resemble a prophecy" Comment 8 - about "Those who can read it this way, will discover how to escape from the destruction that threatens us Go To: Table of Contents - for "Maya Veeram" ============================================================== Introduction - to the "Text In The Preface" of "Maya Veeram" - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - ============================================================== Text In The Preface - to the English Edition of "Maya Veeram" or "The Forces of Illusion", by His Holiness, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and by God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, by His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), if we like, that is, if we want to use our life in this way, or not, is our Choice, not God's, that is, as the "Word of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age. Amen His Holiness Teaches us: May God help us. This book was written for all the people in the world whose personal sorrow and suffering made them lose their faith in God, and for all the people who have been wondering whether a God would permit the terrifying murders, the treachery and evil they see in the world today. (And as a result) they have run away from faith in God, from faith in the religions, and from faith in worship and prayer. This book is written for them. My brothers and sisters, we must have absolute faith that God exists always, forever. Seasons may change, time may change, the hours and minutes may change, desire, creation, and forms may change, but "the truth never changes" [see Comment 1, at end of document, by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler)]. Lies and falsehood are easily seen on the surface (that is, on the "outside" of us), but "truth has to be seen within" (see Comment 2), truth has to be understood from within us. We must open our hearts and try to see the truth, as the truth within ourselves. It was for this reason that we assembled Maya Veeram. What happened in the past has come and gone, but by reading this book we can make sense out of what happens today, and we can understand what will happen in the future. Religions, races, and the strife among them, the wars and battles that have been fought because of them, all this can be understood if we "look beneath the surface of the book" (see Comments 3). This story describes the present and the future, the destruction that is suppose to take place, and the peace which will follow. "Three types of people who have set out to conquer the world" are distinguishable (see Comment 4). One group denies there is a God. Others say there is no God because of the poverty and suffering they have endured. And there are others who still have some faith (in God) buried within their hearts, but they deny Him outwardly for worldly advantage or because of their doubt. Together, they have determined to rule the world (within us) with their lies, their treachery, their atomic bombs and weaponry. They attempt to influence the thinking of the world through the press and the media, trying to transform the good intentions of people, converting cities into forests and forests into cities, changing men into animals and making animals their food and prey, making virtuous women prostitutes and prostitutes virtuous women, making decent people thieves and thieves decent people, good people bad and bad people good, making kings beggars and beggars kinds, rich people poor and poor people rich, changing good into bad and bad into good. In this way, they transform the world, turning everything upside down. Their leaders take over different countries, establish dictatorships, and enslave the body, mind, and soul of all the people. They ration food and clothing, and make the people labor by day and night. Those who try to escape are food for their guns and their cannon. In addition to this misery is the suffering caused by religious, racial, and caste or class discrimination. Everything that used to be valued - virtue, justice, honesty - is vanishing. A woman with then children gives up her husband and children for a new, young husband. A man with ten children abandons his wife and children for a new, young wife. A mother consorts with her son, the son with his mother, a brother consorts with his sister and the sister with her brother, a father consorts with his daughter and the daughter with the father. Maya Veeram describes many such irregularities which will occur in the future. On the surface it might appear to be a storybook, "but if we examine it wisely, we will uncover its inner secrets" (see Comment 5). The present, the future, and the possibility of imminent destruction, all these are examined. If we can understand this, strengthen our faith (in God), and have absolute certitude that God does exist, we can try to escape from the devastation which those who have no faith (in God) are heaping upon us. "Every human being must strengthen his faith (in God) to understand that final destruction" (see Comment 6), to know how injustice will ultimately destroy injustice, and how truth and justice will save those with faith in God. As each person reads t his book, he must comprehend its inner meaning. Even though it may appear to be just a story, it is filled with truth and meaning. "For everyone with the wisdom to read this book correctly, Maya Veeram will resemble a prophecy" (see Comment 7); it will account for the plight of the world today, it will indicate what will happen tomorrow, and if you want to know what will happen next year, it can tell you that too. "Those who can read it this way, those who consider it deeply and penetrate the surface, plunging into the many different inner meanings, will discover how to escape from the destruction that threatens us" (see Comment 8). My we reflect on this. May we read this book and learn how to escape from the disaster threatening this world. God alone can protect us all. M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) ============================================================== Comments - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) - about the Songs in the Preface to the English Version of Maya Veeram Comment 1 - about "The truth never changes" The Truth never changes, for example, Bawa. Like the truth about "What is on the outside" of us, which is always the same, that is, we must realize this truth within us, that in truth, "There is nothing on the "outside" of us", that in truth everything is always within us" . Bawa. And the truth about "Who we are", which is always the same, that is, we must realize this truth within us, that in truth "Who we are is always "what is within us", and we only change when what is within us changes, and what is within us only changes when God tells His Story within us, His Story within the Creation of God within us. Bawa. And the truth about "What is currently within us", that is, we must realize this truth within us, that in truth, "What is currently within us is everything that God has discarded , that God within us has discarded from within him to become God within us, all of which we have now allowed to grow again within us, as they grew within God within us, before he became God within us, that is, when God within us was in the same state that we now are in, within God within us, that is, living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of himself, as if he was "separate from" God within him, all of which is "Just not true", either for us now, or for Him then. Bawa. And the truth about "How God becomes God" within us, which is always the same, that is, we must realize this truth within us, that in truth everything within us is "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, and then join in partnership with God within us, to allow "God to happen" within the Creation of god within us, and in this way, to allow God within us to finish what God has started within us, a very, very long time ago, which is to reveal God to God within us, which is to allow God to tell and bring to Completion "His Story" within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, a Story that God started to tell within us even before we came to this "earth world" or dunya within us, that is, an "earth world" within us that in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, we now see as existing on the "outside". Bawa. But which in truth is within us, an "earth world" within us which is now in the state of the lives of darkness and evil that we have allow to grow within us, like weeds in "God's Beautiful Flower Garden", but which we must get God to accept within us, as His within us, allowing God within us to "Cure Himself of us", if we like, for the Choice to do this or not, with our life, is our Choice, not God, for God will always do this with our life, once we are truly done with it, once we truly hand it back to Him within us, and let Him within us, "Cure Himself of us". Amen. Comment 2: about the "Truth has to be seen within" Bawa. Lies and falsehood are easily seen on the surface (on the "outside" of us), but truth has to be seen within, that is, within us, through the eyes of the Shaikh within us, which is the awakened wisdom surrounding our soul within us, which are the 99 windows in the "House of wisdom" within us, in the "Palace of the soul" within us, which is the Flower and Fragrance of the 7 heavens within us, of the 7 Letters within us, of the 5 Angels within us having come to maturity within us, as the 5 levels of wisdom within us, in this way, revealing the 6th level of wisdom within us. Bawa. In this way, revealing the 6th level of wisdom within us as the 99 wilayats or powers of God within us, within the 6th level of wisdom within us, as the beautiful 99 Qualities of God within us which is the sifat of the dhat within us, the "Form of the Essence" of God within us, which is the Asma'ul Husna" within us, the 99 Miraculous Names and Actions of God within us, within the house of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) within us). Comment 3: about "looking beneath the surface of the book" Bawa. If we "look beneath the surface of the book" means if we look within ourselves, as the "Book of God" within us, as the "Story of God" within the Creation of God within us, for only then will we understand the present and the future, that is, our present state of "separation from" God within us, and our future state, if we like, if we join in partnership with God within us, the future state of "our" again becoming "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our reward, an eternal state of "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Amen. Bawa. In this way, this "Book of God" within us, this "Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, this "Story of God" within the Creation of God within us, and this "Story of True Man" within the "Story of God" within the Creation of God within us, most certainly describes the present and the future, the destruction that is suppose to take place, and the peace which will follow, if we like, for the Choice to join in partnership with God within us, to let God tell and being to Completion "His Story" within the Creation of God within us, allowing True Man to tell and being to Completion "His Story" within "God's Story" within the Creation of God within us, and in this way, Completi God's Intention within us, the Intention that in the end, that "No Child Be Left Behind", that is, in the end, that there be nothing within us that is still "separate from" God within us. Amen. Comment 4: about the "Three types of people who have set out to conquer the world" Bawa. These three types of people on the apparent "outside" of us are in truth the three aspects of "our presence" within us, which in maturity have now become the "world of hell" within us, the "world of jinns" within us, and the "world of fairies" within us, that now rule over us as the 9 openings within us, that we have allowed to grow and open within us, in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance. Bawa. That is, with the "world of hell" opening within us as the section below our waist, which is false creation within us, which is the water joined with the earth within us, coming together as the sperm and the ovum joining together within us, and with the "world of jinns" opening within us as the section known as our stomach within us, which is false destruction within us, which is the fire joined with the earth within us, coming together as desire and the consuming what is desired, as the "straw of the nafs" within us. (Note: Nafs or nafs ammarah (Arabic) - are the seven kinds of base desires. That is, desires meant to satisfy one's own pleasure and comforts. All thoughts are contained within the ammarah. Ammarah is like the mother while the nafs are like the Children. Literally: Person) Bawa. And with the "world of fairies" opening within us as the section known as our chest, which is false life within us, which is air joined with the earth within us, coming together as the breath out and the breath in within us, without the remembrance of God within us, becoming in this way the very mechanism that transforms the soul force within us into the darkness of the life force within us, that is, into the male sperm, and the female discharge that come together at the moment of sexual organism, as the three sons of maya or illusion within us, that is, of tarahan, singhan, and suran within us. Bawa. For Tarahan is the trench or the pathway for the sexual act, the birth canal or vagina. Singhan is the arrogance present at the moment when the semen (sperm) is ejaculated (karma). It is the quality of the lion. And Suran is the illusory images of the mind enjoyed at the moment of ejaculation. It is all the qualities and energies of the mind. Bawa. These are in truth the three people within us, the "water person", the "fire person", and the "air person" within us, who make up three of the 6 faces us, who make of the first 3 of the 6 kinds of consciousness that have grown within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, like weeds in "God's Beautiful Flower Garden". Bawa. With each one separate from the other, giving us 6 kinds of consciousness or wisdom within us, with the other 3 being Adam (peace be upon him), ether, and the soul within us, that is, with the 4th person being the "earth person" within us, being the original Adam (peace be upon Him) within us, before the fall of Adam (peace be upon Him) within us, from the grace of God within us, and with the 5th person being the "ether person" within us, being our mind and desire within us, which are all of the 400 trillion, 10 thousand spiritual energies within us, which give rise to all of our thoughts of "separation and differences" within us, and with the 6th person being the original pure soul within us. Bawa. That is, with us existing as only "One Person" within us, before Adam (peace be upon Him) is weakened by the spit of satan within us, which in truth has become the sperm of man within us, which originally "separated Adam" from God within us, allowing Adam (peace be upon Him) to later lose the "Presence of God" when he joined together with Eve (peace be upon Her) to form the illusory body of the 5 elements that we are now experiencing, which in truth has become the ovum of man within us, which we call in our ignorance, woman. Bawa. That is, causing each of us to then "Forget God" within us, when we are born into this earth world within us, that is, causing each of us to fall out of the "Presence of God" within him, when around the age of 2, with urging of "our parents", we established our "own presence" on the "outside" of us, and such is our current state, with us truly living as 6 different persons within us, living as if we have "1 face", all the while keeping the true "1 faced One" within us, crucified on the cross of our elemental body of the 5 elements, of earth, water, fire, air, and ether, with the 5 nails of "our desire" to live on the "outside" of us, and sin, that is, to continue living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, all of which is "Just not true". Bawa. With us living in this way as one handful of clay, having become the "6 faced one", which is "our presence" on the "outside" of us, which is our current state, having lost the "1 faced One" within us, which is "God's Presence" within us, a state which we will truly stay in until we die to the flesh, no matter what we "do or say or write", unless God intervenes in our life, unless God makes "our life" on the "outside" of us, into "His life" within us, unless we join in partnership with God within us to "See and Steady God" within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us, as our eternal reward. Bawa. In this way, allowing God to then "Cure Himself of us", of the 6 faced one within us, which in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, gives us the illusion of living as the"1 faced one" on the "outside" of us, all of which is "Just not true", allowing God to transform Himself back into the "1 faced One" within us, but this time with an understanding of our "One Face", so it will never leave us again, having awakened the wisdom surrounding our soul, through the "Gift of God" for our age, through the "Word of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age. Bawa. All of which for our age is the life and teaching of our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), which in truth is each of us living in the world today, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to gain become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our reward, with "us" again becoming "One with" God within us, if we like, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Amen. Comment 5: about "Maya Veeram describes many irregularities which will occur in the future. On the surface it might appear to be a storybook, but if we examine it wisely, we will uncover its inner secrets" Bawa. The inner secrets of Maya Veeram are the inner secrets of each of us, for in truth we are the book "Maya Veeram", we are all of the characters and all of the circumstances that occur in "Maya Veeram", and it is to join in partnership with God within us, to Witness all of these characters and circumstances within us, that is the true value of the book "Maya Veeram" on the "outside" of us. Bawa. In this way, we are the book, the wise Guru on the top of the mountain is the Guru of God within us, Sandakumaran is our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, the wise Minister is the Nur Muhammad, the Ruler is Allah, the king is our current presence on the "outside" of us, that is truly blind to the truth within u s, the king's wife is our mind and desire, and the Puluhan's are the lives of darkness and evil that have "Forgotten God" within us, and have become the lives of darkness and evil that we have allowed to grow within us, like weeds in "God's Beautiful Flower Garden". Bawa. And our life will turn our like it does in the "outside" book Maya Veeram, with the bad guys being destroyed, and the good guy marrying the beautiful lady, if we like, that is, if we join in partnership with God within us, as Sandakumaran does in the story, never letting go our hold, and let God bring us back, and in the process, deepening the clarity within us about "Who we are", about "Where we are", and about "What is happening" in our life. Bawa. That is, until we disappear into "His Story" within the Creation of God within us, and within that, to disappear into "Our Story" within "His Story" within the Creation of God within us, which is the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which like the apple seed buried within the earth, a Story that we have come to the earth, to the "Earth of God" within us, which is the Creation of God within us, to join as "One with" God within that earth, to tell, if we like, for the Choice to let God use our life, or not, in this way, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our lot, is our Choice, not God's, that is, to let God tell and bring to Completion His Story within us, so in the end, that "No Child Be Left Behind", so in the end, that there is nothing within us still "separate from" God within us, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Amen. Bawa. May we all join in partnership with God within us, in everything that we do, to use our life in this way, to use it wisely, that is to "step back" on the "outside" of us, so God can "step forward" within us, before we "say or do or write" anything, and in this way, allowing God to tell and Complete His Story within us, or at least start to tell and Complete it within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state and get an eternal life as "separate from" God as our reward. Ok? Comment 6: - about "Every human being must strengthen his faith (in God) to understand that final destruction, to know how injustice will ultimately destroy injustice, and how truth and justice will save those with faith in God" Bawa. We must strengthen our faith in God to understand the final destruction because the final destruction is just that, the "separation from" God of all that is "separating God" from God within us, and either we become in the end, again "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Bawa. Or we become what in the end is "separated from" God within us, because it won't give up its apparent "separation from" God within us, no matter what, no matter what God shows or tells us, like this beautiful book "Maya Veeram", and these beautiful Comments about it, from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, if we like, that is, if we accept both Maya Veeram and these Comments as coming from God within us, and not just from this fool. Amen. Comment 7: - about "For everyone with the wisdom to read this book correctly, Maya Veeram will resemble a prophecy; it will account for the plight of the world today, it will indicate what will happen tomorrow." Bawa. To read "Maya Veeram" correctly is to not "read it alone", that is, to join in partnership with God within us to move these "Words of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age, from our mind and desire to the tablet of our heart, where "Our Father, Our Shaikh, Our Guru" will come and read the tablet of our heart and then explain it to us further, showing us that the "plight of the world today is "us" having fallen out of the "Presence of God" within us, and in this way, of "us"having "Forgotten God" by falling into "our presence" on the "outside" of us. Bawa. And that "What will happen tomorrow" is either we decide to spend eternity as "One with" God within us, and step out in that direction, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, so God can then do "Everythilng Else" within us necessary to "Make it So" within us, both before and after we die to the flesh, or we try to "go it alone", without the direct help of God within us, that is, we try to continue with "business as usual" on the "outside" of us, that is, we try to continue to live our life on the "outside" of us, in our current state of "separation and differences", living as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, all of which is "Just not true". Bawa. And when we die to the flesh in this state, with "us" then getting just that for eternity, that is, with "us" getting the "house we have built" within us, which is a house of "separation from" within us, and with "us" getting the harvest of the crop we have grown within us, which is the crop of "separation and differences" within us, that is, with "us" getting an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us as our reward, that is, with God giving to us for eternity exactly what we want for eternity, that is, exactly what we have told God within us, over and over again, that we want for eternity, not so much by our words, but rather by the way that we have lived our life in the world, that is, a life of "separate from", which is the way of hell within us, rather than a life as "One with", which is the way of God within us. Bawa. For the "Justice of God" within us is that, "Whatever we intend is what we will receive." Comment 8: - about "Those who can read it this way, those who consider it deeply and penetrate the surface, plunging into the many different inner meanings, will discover how to escape from the destruction that threatens us" Bawa. So the question is "how to escape" from the "destruction that threatens us?" Which is a very, very important question. And to answer this question, that is, to understand what threatens us and how to escape from it, we need to join in partnership with God within us to understand death, and how to die before death. Bawa. For as our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us for our age, and now on the "outside" of us, as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, in this beautiful wisdom Book "Maya Veeram", and in these beautiful Wisdom Comments that can deepen our understanding of this book, if we like, that is, if we accept them as coming from God within us, and not just from this fool, that is, teaching us the following right now. Bawa. Upon completing our prayers, our devotion, our study, or whatever we set out to do, including the traditional 5 times prayer of Islam, or salat, and including any duty that we do at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, and at the completion of any Spiritual Activities, like Ramadan, the traditional month of fasting in Islam, or the "Unity Weekend at the Farm", or the Maulood for the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) or for that prophet's divine grandson, that is, for Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), or for our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), who passed away on December 8th, 1986, we should always say the following at the completion of this, and in truth, of everything that we set out to do in our life, "O Katpaha Virudcham, you have given us our food, and now we ask your permission to leave." Bawa. And then we should listen for the following answer, which is an indication that we have truly moved away from the "Path of hell" within us, and are now walking the "Straight Path" of God within us. "You have transformed your qualities and passed the ninth test, and now you must study for the tenth examination. In this next experience you must learn about death, and how to die before death. This is something you must understand." [Note: These two Quotation are from page 18, in "Chapter 1", "The Shepherd and the Tree", in the beautiful book of wisdom, "A Mystical Journey", by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him). To access an on-line version of this Chaper please click above or HERE (www.AMysticalJourney.homestead.com). Once there go to the "Table of Contents" and click on Chapter 1. Thank you. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen] Bawa. That is, an answer which indicates that we are walking away from our current path on the "outside of us, and now in partnership with God within us, we are starting to walk the path of our Shaikh within us, which is the path of Iman within us, and within that the path of Iman-Islam within us, and with that the path of Islam within us, allowing God within us to finish what God has started within us, a very, very long time ago, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our lot. Bawa. That is, that we are walking away from our life of "separation and differences" within us, which in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, we only see as existing on the "outside" of us, but which in truth is within us, as the lives of darkness and evil that we have allowed to grow within us, like weeds in "God's Beautiful Flower Garden", and which now rule over us, as the 9 openings of our elemental body, with "God's Permission" within us, until we "See God and Steady God" within us, allowing God within us to then "Cure Himself of us" within us, to cure Himself of "us" living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, all of which is "Just not True". Bawa. All of which God will gladly do within us, if we will only let Him, if we will only come to realize, understand, accept, and join with the "truth of us" within us, and the "truth of God" within us, that in truth "We are all One", that is, in truth God within us, True Man within God within us, the Creation of God within us, and "us" as the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, which in truth is the "Earth of God" within us, are all One. Bawa. All of which is just waiting for "us" to germinate, like the apple seed buried within the earth, allowing God to reveal the "Tree of God" within us, growing within the Creation of God within us, and within that reveal the "Fruit of God" within the "Tree of God" growing within the Creation of God within us, and with that, again reveal he "Seed of God" within the "Fruit of God", but this time a 1000 fold, as the 1000 Generosities of God, allowing the 5 elemental lives within us, which are the 5 ruhanies or elemental spirits within us, who we will meet in the grave, if we are not wise, to come back to the state of the 5 Angels (peace be upon Them) within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, through the remembrance of God or the Kalimah within us, and in maturity reveal the Flower and Fragrance of the 7 heavens within us, as the 6th level of wisdom within us, as the state of Qutbiyyat or grace of the dhat or Essence of God within us, which teaches, analyzes, and controls everything within us. Bawa. All of which in the Christian tradition is referred to as the "Way of the Lord" within us, and in the Islamic tradition is referred to as the "Straight Path" or "Siratal Mustaqueem" within us, that is, the way of Iman, of Iman-Islam, and of Islam within us, and in the Christian tradition is referred to as doing what "John the Baptist" (peace be upon Him) told us to do over 2000 years ago, in answer to a question about "who he was" and "his mission on earth", which in truth, now in our age, is "who we are" and is "our mission", if we like, that is, the mission of each of us now living on the earth, that is, in our age, if we like, as it was his mission in his age, over 2000 years ago, at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) living on the earth. Bawa. That is, when "John the Baptist" (peace be upon Him) told them in that age, and now, through the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), for example, in these Spiritual Comments, each of us are now being told in our age, that "who we are", and "what our mission" is , if we like, "He said, I am the voice of the One crying in the Wilderness, Make Straight the Way of the Lord, as said (also earlier by) the prophet Esaias". Bawa. All of which was recorded for us at that time by the Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him) in the "Gospel of John", in Chapter 01, Verse 23, by the 13th Disciple of Jesus (peace be upon Him), who in truth was the "First and Last Disciple" of Jesus, as well as a Disciple of "John the Baptist" (peace be upon Him) before Jesus (peace be upon Him) began his ministry in the world, and a Disciple of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), who began his ministry in the world over 600 years after Jesus (peace be upon Him) left the world, a ministry which in truth is a continuation of the ministry of Jesus (peace be upon Him). Bawa. Which in truth is always the same ministry, that is, the ministry of God (peace be upon Him) coming again into the world, as each of the 124,000 Heavenly Beings, Prophets, and Lights of God, over and over again, to "teach us what we do not know". Bawa. And in this case, in the last age, in the age of the "Justice of man", that is, in the last cycle of Man-God/God-Man, in this last telling of God's Story within the Creation of God within us, with God coming into the world first as Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, and then as Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), over 1400 years ago, and then as Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) over 1000 years ago, and then, at the end of the last age, as Guru Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), in order to harvest the crop that had been grown, distribute it to all of the Creation of God, and to prepare the soil and plant the seeds of the next age, of the next crop, which is our age, the age of the "Justice of Conscience". Bawa. And now in our age, with God coming into the world as Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and His Children (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of Us), if we like. Bawa. In this way, we must understand the significance of the last age, and of our age, and how the two reflect in clear detail what God is doing within all of us, within all of Creation, which has absolutely nothing to do with us, with "us" living a life of "selfishness", of sin, of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, but rather has to do with the Story of God within the Creation of God within us, and the Story of True Man within the Story of God within the Creation of God within us, and finally, with the Story of God within the Story of True Man within the Story of God within the Creation of God within us, all of which in truth is "who we are", and is "our mission", whether we know it or not, and even whether we like or want it or not, because in truth it is our true heritage, our true birthright, the true destiny of our soul, that is, to allow God to tell and bring to Completion "His Story" within us, but this time, in the end, with "No Child Left Behind" within us. Amen. Bawa. For Example, as the very last thing that Jesus (peace be upon Him) told the disciple Peter (peace be upon Him), before Jesus (peace be upon Him) left the world, as recorded for us by the Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him), by the One "Loved by Jesus" (peace be upon Them), recorded in the "Gospel of John", in "Chapter 21", Verses 20 to 25, when Peter inquired of Jesus (peace be upon Them) about the future of the Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Them), with Peter saying to Jesus (peace be upon Them) "What shall this man do?, with Jesus (peace be upon Him) then telling Peter (peace be upon Him) the following, giving us a beautiful glimpse into the truth behind everything that we have ever been told about God, and about Jesus (peace be upon Him), and about Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and now in our age, about each of us. Bawa. For in truth "We are of God" within us, and "We are of what" is within God within us, and "We are about" what "God is doing" with what is "within God" within us, and "We are not", of the world that apparently surrounds us on the "outside" of us, and that now seems to define us, all of which is "Just not True". Bawa. And what Jesus told Peter (peace be upon Them) at that time, was, "If I will that he tarry till I come, what is it to thee? Bawa. All of which changes everything, if we like, about "who we are, who God is, and the relationship between us", as we will explain more as we move through these Spiritual Comment, Comments which in truth are from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, and certainly not just from this fool, but again, the Choice is ours, not God's. Bawa. All of which gets us back to our clarification of the "Way of the Lord", in the Christian tradition, and now let us look at the same thing, from the perspective of the Islamic tradition. Ok? Bawa. Now in the Islamic tradition each of us were told to do two main things, each of us were told by God within us, over 1400 years ago, to do two main things, through the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) and through His Companions (peace be upon Him), all of which can be boiled down to the follow two things: 1) Ask God for what you need. 2) Ask God to Guide us on the "Straight Path". Bawa. And that is really Islam, as in truth that is really Christianity, that is, that is the main message of Jesus (peace be upon Him) and of the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) to their followers, that is, "Ask God to Guild us on the Straight Path", or "To Make Straight the Way of the Lord". Ok? Bawa. And in the Islamic tradition this is what we are also reminded to do, both now and then, which is to ask God within us, for what we need, and what we need in truth is just one thing, and that is guidance on establishing, and walking, and completing the "Straight Path", the "Way of the Lord" within us, and this is what we are reminded to do in Islam, and in Christianity, and in all of the other religions of the world, that is, once we realize that everything else that is said about Islam, or Christianity, or Judaism, or Hinduism, or Zoroastrianism is just two things, that is, is just two other things, which in truth have absolutely nothing to do with God within us, or with us as "Made in the Image of God" within us, all of which can also be boiled down to the following two points. 1) Drama -or a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, that is, a life of "I and you", of "mine and yours on the "outside" of us, which in truth is a life in "our presence" on the "outside" of us, not a life of "God's Presence" within us. 2) Attachments - or the attachments of the Creation of God within us, that we have become prey to, have fallen into, in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, but all of which grew here, and did not come here, all of which grew over the soul life within us, which is the only thing within us that came here, from God within us, and which can, if we like, return to God within us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again, that is, if we like, if we will only let it, if we will only "stop fighting with our Shaikh within us, with the wisdom surrounding our soul, for our soul", and let Them return to God within us, with "us" becoming the Witness. Bawa. For everything else within us, other than the soul life within us, and the wisdom surrounding our soul, and God within our wisdom, must stay here, in the earth world within us, and become the "suffering of our grave" within us, and Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within us, after we die to the flesh in our current state. We must realize this truth of us, without the slightest doubt. Bawa. But all of this, this life of darkness and evil that has grown within us, this experience of the "outside" of us, living on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True", all of this, both within us and on the "outside" of us can leave us, before we die to the flesh in our current state and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God within us as our reward, all of it can leave us, if we like, if we hand this "Problem" within us to God within us, for only God can solve this problem of "Our Presence" and "Our Attachments" on the "outside" of us, that is really within us. Bawa. And God will gladly solve this "Problem" within us, when we convince God, in everything that we "Say or do or write", that we are truly done with them, that is, truly done with the within us, that appears to us in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, as the "outside" of us, that is, when we convince God to take "us" on, in our current state, as "His Problem", not as "our problem", because in truth "we do not exit". Bawa. That is, when we truly include the following as our prayer each day, until our last breath, in this way, truly asking God within us to "Guide us on the Straight Path" within us, that is, when we start and finish the following prayer, and each line in the prayer by invoking the "Name of God" for our age, the "Name of our wisdom", the "Name of the Word of God made flesh" for our age, which for our age, is the name "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be please with Him), and in this way, say, (Bawa) "You are God". (Bawa) "There is nothing other than You". (Bawa) "Without You there is no other help, because I do not exist". (Bawa) "You are with me. Be inside my heart. Do not be separated from me". [Note: This Prayer is from "Chapter 25", "Dhikr", in the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him). To access an on-line version of this Chapter please click above or HERE (www.SpiritualBook002Chap25.homestead.com), and to access an on-line Table of Contents for this book, "The Pearl of Wisdom", please click above or HERE (www.ThePearlOfWisdom.homestead.com). Thank you. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen] Bawa. And another example of doing this, that is, of asking God for what we need, and of asking God to "Guide us on the Straight Path", is in the Suratal Fatihah, a verse in the Holy Qur'an, which must be recited several times at each time of prayer in Islam, or Salat, an example in the Suratal Fatihah which is the "Opening Chapter" of the Holy Qur'an, and which is said to be the very heart of the Holy Qur'an, as follows, Suratal Fatihah (Opening Chapter to Holy Qur'an) Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim (In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate). Praise be to God, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds, Most Gracious, Most Merciful, Master of the Day of Judgment. "Thee do we worship and Thine aid we seek. Guide us on the Straight Path, The Path of those on whom Thou has bestowed Thy Grace, Those whose portion is not wrath, and who go not astray. Amen. --- End of Suratal Fatihah --- Bawa. And as our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us in our age, and now on the "outside" of us, as His Children are teaching us right now, in these Spiritual Comments about the beautiful book of wisdom, "Maya Veeram", Bawa. A clearer understanding of God's Intention behind the Suratal Fatihah in the Holy Qur'an can be achieved if we interpret the last few lines of the Suratal Fatihah in the following way, because in truth "God has no wrath", and the English translation above of the Suratal Fatihah, which is from A. Yusuf Ali, implies that God has wrath, and that depending on our actions in the world God gives us either His grace, or His wrath, all of which is "Just not true. Bawa. For in truth "God has no wrath", for in truth it is only "we" who have wrath, that is, when we choose to stand in "our presence" on the "outside" of us, rather than in "God's Presence" within us, then it is "we" who have wrath, not God, a wrath which if we hold onto it, after we know about it, like right now after hearing these Spiritual Comments, will prevent God from bestowing His grace upon us. Bawa. That is, after we are told this truth of God within us, "that God has no wrath", and we reject it, or reject the source of this truth, like this child, and after we are told this truth of "us" on the "outside" of us, and we reject it, or reject the source of this truth, again like this child. Bawa. That is, the truth that "we" do in fact have wrath", and it is "our wrath" on the "outside", which in truth is "our presence" on the "outside" of us, that prevents God within us from bestowing His grace upon us, which in truth is God bestowing "His Presence" upon us. Bawa. So in this way, it is "our presence" on the "outside" of us, that prevents "God's Presence" within us, and without "God's Presence" within us, nothing of God, or of what God is doing within us, can move forward within us, which is God telling His Story within us, and bring it to Completion within us, if we like. Bawa. Therefore a much clearer interpretation and understanding of the last few lines of the Suratal Fatihah can be achieved if we hold them as God telling us, in our age, the following: Suratal Fatihah Suggested Interpretation of Last Few Lines Thee do we worship and Thine aid we seek. Guide us on the Straight Path. The Path of those on whom Thou has bestowed Thy Grace, And go not astray. And not the path of those on whom Thou has not bestowed Thy Grace, And who go astray. Not the Path of those who have wrath, whose portion is wrath, And who go astray. Amen. --- End of Suratal Fatihah --- Bawa. In this way, the "Grace of God" is the "Presence of God" within us, and "our wrath" is "our presence" on the "outside" of us, so the "Straight Path" is the path that we walk in the "Presence of God" within us, and not in "our presence" on the "outside" of us, and this is what prevents God from bestowing His grace upon us, which is "our presence" on the "outside" of us, not anything that we may do, or not do on the "outside" of us in "our presence" on the "outside" of us. Bawa. And this is what it means to "Use God" to get to God within us, that is, we must first establish the "Presence of God" within us, before we do anything on the "outside" of us, for it to be of any value in our life, that is, we must step back on the "outside" of us, so God can step forward within us, saying to God with each breath, with each look, with each word, with each taste, with each thought, "La illaha" or "There is nothing other than God", or "I do not exist, "Ill Allahu" or "You are Allah" or "Only You Exist", allowing "Muhammadar Rasul Allah", allowing the Messenger of God to appear within us, which is our awakened wisdom surrounding our soul, which appears within us to do battle with the "Enemy of the soul", which is "our wrath", which is "our presence" on the "outside" of us. Bawa. And we can instantly establish the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do or write" anything, as this child has learned to do, by calling our wisdom, for as our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be please with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us for our age, and now on the "outside" of us, as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, in these Spiritual Comments, Bawa. The only way to make our mind and desire to sit down is to allow our wisdom to stand up. Bawa. And we make our wisdom stand up by calling our wisdom, which lives within us in a tiny piece of flesh, no bigger than an atom, as our true birthright, as our true heritage, as the true destiny of our soul, which lives within us along with God and all that is "within God" within us, allowing our wisdom to come out of "Its Place" within us, when we correctly call it, which is this tiny piece of flesh within us, and into our mind and desire, which is "Our Current Place" within us, causing our mind and desire to sit down. Bawa. And the name of our wisdom for our age is the name of the "Word of God made flesh" for our age, which for our age is the name "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be please with Him) within us, and now on the "outside" of us, is the name of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), if we like, for the Choice to use this "Gift of God" for our age, this "Word of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age, in order to establish the "Presence of God" within us, for our age, or not, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Bawa. As the "Name of God" for the age over 2000 years ago, in the age of "John the Baptist" and of the Disciple Barnabus, and of Jesus (peace be upon Him), was the name of "Jesus" (peace be upon Him). Bawa. For in truth the name of the "Word of God made Flesh" for that age, that is, the name of the Holy Trinity or Triple Flame of God for that age, that is, the name of the Father, the Sun, and the Holy Spirit of God for that age, was the name "Jesus (peace be upon Him), with Jesus (peace be upon Him) in truth acting as the Representative on earth of the Father, that is, as "the Word that was with God" for that age, and with "John the Baptist" in truth acting as the Representative on earth of the "Holy Spirit" or divine consciousness for that age, and with the Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him) in truth acting as the Representative of the Sun or the Light of God within our heart for that age, that is, as the light of God in the heart reflected in the face, that is, as "The One loved by Jesus (peace be upon Him), for that age. Bawa. In this way, with "John the Baptist" being as we are taught in the Gospel of John, in Chapter 01, in Verses 6 to 8, "There was a Man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came as a Witness, to bear Witness of the Light, so all men through him (through the faith in God of "John the Baptist") might believe." Bawa. That is, so man might believe in God correctly, in that age, might believe in God as the life within their life, as the Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him) most certainly did, allowing God to come into the world at that age as Jesus (peace be upon Him), as the "True Vehicle of the Light of God to enter the earth world" within us. Bawa. And allowing God, through the Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him), to again coming into the world, but this time as Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) within us, as the "First and Last Prophet of God" within us, in order to Complete what God (peace be upon Him) stated at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) living in the world, allowing His Light to enter the earth world within us all, from God within us all, and now with Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), allowing His Light to leave the earth world within us all, and return to Him. Bawa. And this is the Great Distinction between the two, between Jesus (peace be upon Him), and Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), with Jesus (peace upon Him) being what God uses within us to allow His Light to enter the earth world within us from Him within us, and with Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) being what God uses to allow His Light to return from the earth world within us to Him within us, and if we allow this to happen within us, if we join in partnership with God within us, allow this to happen within us, then in the end, "We will be within it", as True Man within God within the Creation of God within us. Amen. Bawa. And in this way, first allowing God within us all to "Make Straight the Way of The Lord" within us, that is, allowing the Light of man within God within us, to enter the earth world within us, from God within us, and then allowing God within us to "Guide us on the Straight Path" within us, that is, allowing the Light of God to return to God within us, from the earth world within us, bringing everything along with it, if we like, so that in the end, that "No Child Will Be Left Behind" within us. Amen. Bawa. All of which is the "Way of the Lord" within us, that God showed to us as an Example on the "outside" of us, in the age of Jesus (peace be upon Him), some 2000 years ago, allowing the Light of man to enter the earth world within us, and liberate our soul from its cross, which is our elemental body, and which then comes to Completion within us, as the "Straight Path of God" within us, as the "Siratal Mustaqueem" within us, allowing the Light of man to return to God within us, from the earth world within us, all of which God also shows to us as an Example on the "outside" of us. Bawa. All of which God also shows to us as an Example on the "outside" of us, some 600 years later, in the age of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) as the "Triple Flame of God" within us, as "Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen" within us, but this time, not as the liberation of the soul by wisdom, but rather as "True Prayer" within us, as the "Prayer of the One to the One who Is" within us. Bawa. And in this way, in our age, with God completing for all of us, if we like, the "Path of God" from God within us, to the earth world within us, and then back to God within us, from the earth world within us, and placing a seal on it, as the Path or Religion of God within us, a Path we have only to use now in our age, if we like, in partnership with God within us, if we like, as it has already been Completed within us, for all of us, such is the great significance of our age, when each of us decides about what we truly want for eternity, for now everything necessary to give us either choice for eternity, is now available for each of living in this age, because God has "Made it So" for each of us, in our age. Bawa. That is, each of us must now decide if we want either an eternal life as "One with" God within us for eternity, or an eternal life as "separate from" God withiin us for eternity, and in truth, there is no other Choice, for everything else is just drama, the drama of "I and yotu", of "mine and yours", and the dance of worldly attachments, and in truth has nothing to do with God within us, or with "Us" within God within the Creation of God within us, or with "Our Relationship" of "Oneness", and only has to do with our current illusory life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, with "us" living in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, all of which is "Just Not True". Bawa. But this time within us, with God coming into the world within us as Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) within us, with Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) within us acting as the Representative of Allah or the Father to the world within us, and with Abu Bakr (peace be upon Him) within us acting as the Representative of the Holy Spirit or Iman or Absolute Faith in God to the world within us, that is, as the first Companion of the Prophet of God within us, who becomes the first Caliph or Leader of Islam within us, after the Prophet of God leaves the world within us, and returns to God within us, leaving us here if we like, to rule over this earth world within us, or to return with Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) as His Witness, and if we do, then in the end, we will be within Him, as True Man within God within the Creation of God within us. Ok? Bawa. Do my dearest loving brothers and sisters begin to see how it work, as the Ultimate Self-fulfilling Prophesy, that is, "whatever we intend is what we will receive", so the Choice is ours, not God's. So join in partnership with God within us to make "God's Intention our Search", and then "Intend as God Intends", and then everything that you intend will happen. Ok? Bawa. For example, and this time with Euwais Karni (peace be upon Him) as the "One loved by Muhammad", in truth acting as the Representative of the Sun or the Light of God within our heart for our age, that is, as the light of God in the heart reflected in the face, for our age, that is, as "The One loved by God through the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), for our age, if we like, and as such we can then start to wear the "Robe of The Prophet" after the Prophet of God returns to God within us, leaving the earth world within us, or we can go with the Prophet of God on His Journey of Mi'raj. Bawa. On we can join with the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) on His 20 year journey through the "mim or mind, transforming all of the 70,000 veils of "separation and differences" that we created on the way into the earth world, into 70,000 Gifts of understanding on the way out of the world, allow Us, as "One with" Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), to stand on the top of the mountain of our mind and speak directly to God within us, through the final veil that separates a true man from God, which is our true body of clay, which is this "School of Contrast" that we have come to, to learn about what "separates us" from God within us, and as always, the Choice is ours, not God's. Bawa. That is, if we like, for the Choice to accept all of this as truly coming from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, and not just from this fool, and to start to use our life in this way, that is, as the "True Vehicle for the Light of God to leave the earth world" within us, or not, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Amen. Bawa. And in this way, the "Name of God" for our age, that is, the "Name of our Wisdom", that we can call from within us, to cause our mind and desire to sit down within us, was the name "Jesus" (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, and was the name "Muhammad" (blessing and peace be upon Him) over 1400 years ago, and was the name "Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani" over 1000 years ago, and now in our age, is the name "Bawa" or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him). Bawa. And now on the "outside" of us, the "Name of God" for our age, if we like, is the name of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), which in truth is the name of each of us living in the world today, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, to become "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Amen. End of "Text In The Preface" To the English Edition of - "Maya Veeram" - (The Forces of Illusion) A book by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) ........................................... (In the "Preface to the English Edition) |
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