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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. Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Bawa. Here is "Page 1 of 2" of the "E-mail Version" of a beautiful Spiritual Letter, "Spiritual Letter 83", which "we" have called, "Change The Name of Your TV Station to One Tent TV", a Spiritual Letter to our dearest loving brothers of CrossTV, that is, to the CEO and Staff of CrossTV, that is, to a Mr. Mark Kielar, CrossTV CEO, a Mr. Peter Mastrorio, Senior Producer and Creative Director, a Mr. Tim Rygh, Producer, Cameraman and Avid editor, a Mr. Daryl Smith, Final Cut Producer, and to a Mr. Cary Sebastian, Production Assistant Bawa. And to each of you, my dearest loving brothers and sisters of "The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship", who in truth are the Children of God for our age, if we like, which in truth is each of us living in this age, if we like. Bawa. That is, to all of "us", if we like, living at the feet of God for our age, which in truth for our age, is our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, is His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), also if we like. Amen. Bawa. That is, to all of "us" living at the feet of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), if we like, which in truth is each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, for the 6th life with our 6 lives, is to again become "One with" God within us before "we" die to the flesh, that is, before "we" physically die to the "outside" of us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Amen . 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 Spiritual Letter, When asked the following Question by a child, "Bawa, what is the relationship between us, the Prophet of God, and God?" His Holiness, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) said, "Think of yourself as an orange, the Prophet of God is the juice of that orange, and God is the taste." May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. Amen. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). ============================================================== Outline & Summary - of "E-mail Version" "Brief Outline" - of "Spiritual Letter 83" Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 83 Greetings - heart to heart, if we like Page 1 - the page you are currently reading 01. We Need To Think A Little Bit - about what we are doing, and the trap that each of us starts to build, within our very own heart, when we set out to do this kind of work, of telling others about God, and how to avoid such traps, by establishing the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do", or write, anything 02. So Who Is Louie Beutler? - in truth he is you, and you are him, and in truth "We are One", if we like, in truth this is our own life speaking to us, if we like 03. So Who Is Our Dear Father For Our Age? - who is Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be please with Him) within us, & God within Him? He is the Guru of God for our age. He is "Who we are" within us 04. So Who Are The Children of God For Our Age? - it is each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if our intention is praiseworthy 05. So Who Are We? - we are the Children of God for this age, if we like, we are the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, if we like, ,just waiting to germinate, if we like, and as such, we are "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, if we like 06. So Who Is God Within Us? - God is what happens within us, if we like, that is, if the "Seed of God" within us germinates, revealing the "Tree of God" growing within the Creation of God within us, and as such, God is the "Seed of the Fruit of God" within us, and as such, God is "True Man happening" within "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, if we like 07. So Who Is True Man Within God Within Us? - True Man is what happens within God within us, if we let God happen within us. True Man completes the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, by "separating from" God within us everything that is "separating God" from Himself, by revealing the "Sweet Taste In The Fruit of God" within us, but this time with "no seed", that is, this time with "no seed of us", of "us" living on the "outside of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is not true 08. So What Is This Age - it is the "Kali Yuga", the "Age of Destruction", where either we are destroyed, and take on 105 million rebirths, or we join in partnership with God within us, to destroy everything that is "separating us" from God within us 09. So How Do We Become Truly Successful In Our Lifetime - by joining in partnership with God within us, in what God has started within us, allowing God to finish what God has started within us, a very, very long time ago, even before we were born, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us 10. What's Next? - a proposal for the CEO & Staff of "OneTentTV", which is to join in partnership with God within us, and with your brother Louie, to tell and bring to Completion, both within us and on the "outside" of us, the Story of the life and teaching of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of Us), as much as we can, wherever we can, as often as we can, always doing it in the "Sufi way", that is, "doing it, by not doing it", stepping back on the "outside" of us, so God can step forward within us, in this way, learning how to do "Nothing Correctly". Amen Page 2 - click HERE to go to Page 2 11. Study Material - to help us "Get with the Program", to compare the "old" with the "new", the "wrong" with the "right", the "crocked path" with the "straight path" 11-a. What Exactly IS "WORD PICTURES"? 11-b. "Awaken, You Who Are Sleeping - and arise from the dead, and God will give you the Light", which is an eternal life as "One with" Him ============================================================== "Expanded Outline" - of "Spiritual Letter 83" Page 1 - the page you are currently reading Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 83 Greetings - heart to heart, if we like 01. We Need To Think A Little Bit - about what we are doing, and the trap that each of us starts to build, within our very own heart, when we set out to do this kind of work, of telling others about God, and how to avoid such trap, by establishing the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do", or write, anything 02. So Who Is Louie Beutler? - in truth he is you, and you are him, and in truth "We are One", if we like, in truth this is our own life speaking to us, if we like 03. So Who Is Our Dear Father For Our Age? - who is Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be please with Him) within us, and God within Him? He is the Guru of God for all "Light of God" for our age, He is "Who we are" within us, if we will only let Him, He is the "Master of the Day of Judgment" within us, He is the "Gift of God" for our age, He is the "Word of God" for our age, He is the life and teaching of God for our age, both within us, and now through His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), again, perhaps for the last time, on the "outside" of us 04. So Who Are The Children of God For Our Age? - they are each of us living in this age, if we like, if our intention is praiseworthy, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, before we die to the flesh, but this time with an understanding of our "Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Amen 05. So Who Are We? - we are, if we like, "What Our Dear Father Is Doing" for our age, which is telling and bringing to Completions "God's Story" within us for our age, we are the Children of God for this age, if we like, we are the"Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, if we like, ,just waiting to germinate, if we like, and as such, we are "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, if we like, for the Choice to use our life in this way, or not, is our Choice, not God's, and in this way, we are "How God Completes" what He has start within each of us, if we will only let Him, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us 06. So Who Is God Within Us? - God is what happens within us, if we like, that is, if the "Seed of God" within us germinates, revealing the "Tree of God" growing within the Creation of God within us, and as such, God is the "Seed of the Fruit of God" within us, and as such, God is "True Man happening" within "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, if we like 07. So Who Is True Man Within God Within Us? - True Man is what happens within God within us, if we let God happen within us. True Man completes the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, by "separating from" God within us everything that is "separating God" from Himself, by revealing the "Sweet Taste In The Fruit of God" within us, but this time with "no seed", that is, this time with "no seed of us", of "us" living on the "outside of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is not true 08. So What Is This Age - it is the "Kali Yuga", the "Age of Destruction", where either we are destroyed, and go to the "suffering of the grave" within us, where we become a demon, a jinn, a fairy, or a ghost, and roam the earth world within us until Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within us, with us and taking on 105 million rebirths within us, ending as a worm in hell with only one level of consciousness or feeling, or we join in partnership with God within us, to destroy everything that is "separating us" from God within us 09. So How Do We Become Truly Successful In Our Lifetime - by joining in partnership with God within us, in what God has started within us, allowing God to finish what God has started within us, which is to tell and bring to Completion within us, "His Story" within us, which is the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which if we truly let God tell and Complete "Their Story" within us, or at least start to tell and Complete It, before we die to the flesh, becomes "Our Story" within us, and when it is all done, "We will be within it", and if we like, this time in the telling and bringing to Completion of "His Story", there will be "No Child Left Behind", in the end, there will be nothing "separate from" God within us. For if we do this small part on the "outside" of us, truly joining in partnership with God within us, then God will do "Everything Else" within us. This is God's Promise, this is God's Guarantee for our age. Amen 10. What's Next? - a proposal for the CEO & Staff of "OneTentTV", which is to join in partnership with God within us, and with your brother Louie, to tell and bring to Completion, both within us and on the "outside" of us, the Story of the life and teaching of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of Us), as much as we can, wherever we can, as often as we can, always doing it in the "Sufi way", that is, "doing it, by not doing it", stepping back on the "outside" of us, so God can step forward within us, in this way, learning how to do "Nothing Correctly". Amen Page 2 - click HERE to go to Page 2 11. Study Material - to help us "Get with the Program", to compare the "old" with the "new", the "wrong" with the "right", the "crocked path" with the "straight path" 11-a. What Exactly IS "WORD PICTURES"? 11-b. "Awaken, You Who Are Sleeping" - and arise from the dead, and God will give you the Light", which is an eternal life as "One with" Him ============================================================== Text of E-mail Version - for "Spiritual Letter 83" Greetings - from heart to heart, if we like Bawa. 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. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers Mark, Peter, Tim, Daryl, and Cary - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). 01. We Need To Think A Little Bit - about what we are doing, that is, about the apparently very, very good work that you are all presently doing, in writing, producing, and presenting a TV series about the "Journey of Christians" over the last 2000 years, but also about the trap that each of us starts to build, within our very own heart, when we set out to do this kind of work, and how to avoid such traps. For example, in the case of this child, through invoking the "Name of God" for our age, before we "say or do", or write, anything, as we will explain as we proceed on this "Journey of the heart", that is, if you like, for the decision to read this Spiritual Letter, or not, and to accept it, or not, as coming from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, is as in all things in our life, truly Our Decision, not God's. Amen Bawa. My dearest loving brothers of my heart, of the "One Open Heart of God" for our age, which for our age is the Heart of our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, is the Heart of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), which in truth is all of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, which in truth is Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, but this time with an understanding of our "Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Bawa. We need to think a little bit about the very, very good work that you are all presently doing, in writing, producing, and presenting a TV series about the "Journey of Christians" over the last 2000 years, and the trials and tribulations that they have endured, and the traps that they have at times fallen into, in their search for truth. Bawa. However, at the same time we also need to be very clear on the trap that each of us starts to build, within our very own heart, when we set out to do this kind of work, the kind of traps that many who came before us fell into, like our dear brothers John Wesley (peace be upon Him), and Jonathan Edwards (peace be upon Him), and Charles Haddon Spurgeon (peace be upon Him), all of who certain touched the stars, only to fall back to the earth again, having failed to reach God, having failed to let their life within them, their soul life, again become "One with" God within them, before they died to the flesh. Bawa. All of which naturally happens, even to "the best" of us, when we start to listen to and believe in our own words, no matter how exalted they may appear to be, and in the words of those around us, eventually returning to the "place of birth" within us all, becoming subject to 105 million re-births within us, to the "suffering of the grave" within us, and to Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within us, all in accordance with the "Justice of God" within us, which tell us that, "Whatever we intend is what we will receive". Bawa. So here is the key, my dearest loving brothers of my heart, of the "One Open Heart of God" for our age, the key to both our destruction and to our true salvation, if we like, for the Choice is ours, not God's, which is "Our Intention", for in truth the path of God is very simple, that is, to "Make God's Intention our Search", and then to "Intend as God Intends", in this way, getting God to do it again, that is, "To Become God again", but this time within us, and if He does, "We will be within it", as the Witness, as "John the Baptist" (peace be upon Him) was the Witness of the Light at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) living in the world, so, "That all men through Him (through the faith of "John the Baptist"), might believe (in the Light). Bawa. So without the "Faith of John the Baptist" there is no seeing of the "Light of Jesus" (peace be upon Him) within us, which in truth is the "Oneness of God" within us, and hell becomes our fate. Bawa. For without this "Kind of Faith" in God, which in the Islamic tradition is called Iman, or absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God, there is no seeing Jesus (peace be upon Him), either now within us, or later after we die to the flesh, which in the Islamic tradition is said in the following way, "Within Iman there is no Islam". Bawa. Without this "Kind of Faith" in God, without this Iman, there is only seeing "separation and differences" when we read the "Word of God", whether it is the Old or new Testaments of the Holy Bible, or in the Holy Qur'an, there is only seeing "I'm a Christian" and "You are a Jew", or "I'm a Jew" and "You are a Muslim". Bawa. Which in truth is really "Red Flag" signaling our true "separation from" God within us, for in truth, "What separates us from God, is what separates us from each other, and what separates us from each other, is what separates us from God." Bawa. A "separation from" God within us, which if we don't change within us, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh, is then through the "Justice of God" within us, what we will get for eternity within us, a heaven filled only with Christians who believe as we believe, or a heaven fill only with Jews who believe as we believe, or a heaven fill only with Muslims who believe as we believe, but a heaven that will gradually become our hell for eternity, when we realize what we have done. Bawa. That is, what we have done with the "Gift of God" within us, which is our soul, and the wisdom surrounding our soul, for "No human soul but hath a guardian over it", and God within us, and everything "within God" within us, and "what God is doing" with what is "within God" within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, if we like, for whether God does this, or not, within us, is our Choice, not God's. Bawa. That we have failed to let our life within us, which is soul life within us, again become "One with" God within us, before we died to the flesh, and in this way, we have "separated ourselves" for eternity from God within us, we have "separated ourselves" for eternity from in truth, "Who we really are" within us, which is "Of God" within us, not "Of the world" on the "outside" of us, and as a result, an eternal life as "separation from" God within us, becomes our fate, no matter what name we wish to initially give to it, it is still our eternal hell, and it is exactly in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, what we wanted. Bawa. For as the Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him) recorded for us in the "Gospel of John" (www.GospelOfJohn.homestead.com), in "Chapter 1" www.GospelOfJohnChapter01.homestead.com), in Verses 1 to 18, over 2000 years ago, .... Beginning of Quote From "Gospel of John", Chapter 01, Verses 1-18 .... In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life; and the life was the Light of men. And the Light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a Witness, to bear Witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not the Light, but was sent to bear Witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lightened every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the Suns (the Lights) of God (to the world), even to them that believe in His name. Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwell among us, full of grace and truth. John bare Witness of Him (through his faith), and cried, saying, This was He whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me; for He was before me. And from His fullness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Sun (or Light of God, or Life within God, which is our soul), which is in the bosom of the Father, he (the faith of John the Baptist) hath declared Him. .... End of Quote From "Gospel of John", Chapter 01, Verses 1-18 .... Bawa. And in this way, transforming "our life" on the "outside" of us, into "His Life" within us, transforming "our path" on the "outside" of us, into "His Path" within us, transforming "our story" on the "outside" of us, into "His Story" within us, but there is rub to all of this, and that is, "How do we do this?". Bawa. Which brings us to the title of this Spiritual Letter, that is, "Change The Name of Your TV Station to One Tent TV", because once you truly know "How to do this", once this clarity has dawned within you, this is the very first thing that you will immediately do, because at least this is something that you can do to now move in the correct direction. Bawa. And this is the purpose of this Spiritual Letter to my dearest loving brothers of my heart, to share with you "How to do this", for in truth "How to do it" is very easy, it is simply "Getting God" within us to do it, but it is getting past all of our "built in resistence" to this, that is the great difficulty, it is getting past our mind and desire, our arrogance, karma, and illusion, is the great dificulty, a task that in truth "Only God" within us can do, if we can learn "How to" properly ask Him "To Do It", which is also in truth very easy, which is as "One with" Him within us, that is, by "starting to act" as if we are already "One with" Him within us, which in truth we are, and in this way, allowing God within us to then "Make it so" within us. Ok? Bawa. For example, "What truly parted the water", when Moses (peace be upon Him) parted the "Red Sea", for in truth it was not Moses (peace be upon Him), He was just a part of the prop, a part of the stage of drama that allowed it to happen, for in truth what parted the "Red Sea", was the "True Disciple" of Moses (peace be upon Them), who upon seeing Moses (peace be upon Him) and hearing the words, stepped into the "Red Sea" believing that it would part, and when his foot hit the water, the "Red Sea" parted. Bawa. This is the true faith, no bigger than the "Mustad Seed", that Jesus (peace be upon Him) told us to have, that can move mountains, this is the faith of Abraham (peace be upon Him) that saw him through his "Pit of Fire", this is the faith of Job (peace be upon Him) that saw him through all of his trials and tributions, this is the faith of "John the Baptist" (peace be upon Him) that God sent into the world to Witness the Light, and this is the Iman of Islam that allows one to experience True Prayer, the "Prayer of the One to the One who Is". Bawa. And this is the "Kind of Faith" that each of us must now have in our age, in order to hear the "Word of God" for our age, and to hear it as telling us in this age to stop all of our current "separation and differences" and come together as the Children of God for our age, all praying to the "One God" under "One Tent". Bawa. For in truth God has not stopped speaking to us, speaking to us "through our faith", as the "Word of God" for each age, and it is our hearing this "Word of God" for our age and believing in the "One who sent It", that is our work, not focusing on the "One who He sent it through", in a particular age, as some of us are prone to do, whether it be Moses (peace be upon Him), or Jesus (peace be upon Him), or Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and now in our age, through His Holiness, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and now on the "outside" of us, through His Children, that is, through the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), which in truth is each of us living in the world today, if we truly want it, for the Choice is ours, not God's Bawa. And this is why Jesus (peace be upon Him) told us the following over 2000 years ago, as recorded by the Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him), in the "Gospel of John", in "Chapter 5", Verse 24, which equally applies to all of us now living in this age, "Verily, verily, I say unto to you, He that heareth My Word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. Bawa. This is the "Kind of Faith" that we must have to truly hear the "Word of God", both for our age, and for all previous ages, and to hear it not as advacating "separation and differences", not as advocating our dividing ourselves into separate groups, races, or religions, but rather advocating us to come together as "One People", with "One Prayer", to "One God", under "One Tent", whether it be the "Word of God" given to us at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) living in the world over 2000 years ago, or given to us at the time of the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) living in the world over 1400 years ago, or given to us at the time of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) living in the world over 1000 years ago Bawa. Or given to us in our age, at the time of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and His Children (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of us), and the Choice to do this, or not, with the "Gift of God" for our age, with the life and teaching of God for our age, with the "Word of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age, or not, is most certainly Our Choice, not God's. Bawa. Just like the Choice to read this letter and to accept it as from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, is an absolute pre-requisite to your making this suggested transition in our life, my dearest loving brothers, that is, from "separation and differences" to "Oneness and Unity, and Justice and Truth, and Compassion and Unity", from "separation from" God to "Oneness with" God, before we die to the flesh, or at least join in partnership with God within us, to start to make this transition, so God within us can do "Everything Else", that is, everything else to make our life truly successful in our lifetime, for this is "God's Promise" for our age, this is "God's Guarantee" for our age. Amen. Bawa. And if you truly do this, my dearest loving brothers, if you truly treat this Spiritual Letter in this way, as the "Word of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age, that is, if you truly "Heareth My Word, and believeth on Him that sent Me", certainly not in this fool, then you "Shall have everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation", and be "passed from passed from death unto life". Bawa. For in truth this Spiritual Letter is "your judgment", as hearing the same words from the mouth of His Holiness was "our judgment", and then joining with God withn us to "Make it So" within us, after we have accepted them as the "Word of God" for our age, allowing God within us to then make these words into our reality within us, which becomes our salvation. It is just this simpl, "Our Judgement and Our Salvation". It is just this simple now, as it was 2000 years ago, and 1400 years ago, and 1000 years ago, and 30 years ago in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Bawa. For it is always just this simple, my dearest loving brothers, because it is always just "An Act of Faith", that is, do we believe in the "Presence of God" within us, the "Presence of God" that has penetrated the dream on the "outside" of us, or not. Bawa. That has penetrated the dream for just a moment, as "His Word", to see if there is anyone there, anyone there who truly "Believes in God", not in their intellect, or in their knowledge, or position or status, or race or religion, or family or heritage, for in truth, just like the "Disciple" of Moses (peace be upon Him), standing on the bank of the "Red Sea", who felt the "Presence of God" and "Stepped into the Red Sea" to affirm that presence, to affirm his "Faith and Trust" in "That Presence", and was instantly accepted into the ranks of the "True Believer", for eternity, now each of you need to do the same, if you like, for in truth everything else in our life is just drama, is just the stage upon which our "Act of Faith" will, or will not occur, in our lifetime. Bawa. And in truth, my dearest loving brothers, this is your age, and this is that point in time for your life, this is your "Red Sea", this is your chance to "Part the Waters" in your dream, and stand in the "Presence of God", for eternity, whether you like it or not, and even whether you want it or not, it doesn't matter, as it did not matter for the Pharisees at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) coming into their world, at that time, as their "Word of God", as their judgment, and some did, and some didn't, and like them, the Choice is yours, not God's. Bawa. And if you do so Choose to accept it as such, like this child did, it will result in an immediate shift in the focus of your worldly endeavors, as it did for all of us hearing these very same words stating in 1971, when His Holiness first came to America from Ceylon, now called Sri Lanka, a small island off the southern tip of India, and if you like including a shift in your TV program, from "CrossTV" to "OneTentTV", a decision which in truth is your Choice, not God's. Bawa. Getting back to our earlier point, a "How To" which in truth is "so easy", and yet "so very, very difficult", because "How We Do It", is to "Get God to Do It", get God within us to do it again, but this time "within us", for only God can do it, for in truth we can only use "God to get to God' within us, we cannot use what God has discarded within Himself, to become God within us, to get to God within us, and what God has discarded includes everything that we current see in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, as existing on the "outside" of us. Bawa. And this is why it is so easy, and at the same time this is why it is so hard, so very, very difficult to do it, because to do it we need to learn how to do "Nothing Correctly", that is how to step back on the "outside" of us, so God can step forward within us, how to invoke the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything on the "outside" of us, which gets us back to what this child mentioned at the beginning of our sharing, how to avoid the trap that everyone seems to fall into, when they set out to do the kind of work that you and your staff have set out to do, my dearest loving brothers, and the solution is very, very simple, use the "Name of God" before "saying or doing" anything on the "outside" of us, causing our wisdom to stand up and our mind and desire to sit down, allowing God to be Present, for in truth, "If we are there God is not there, and if God is there we are not there". Bawa. But if we don't, then the fate of those who have preceded us, becomes also our fate, this is certain, for to correctly walk the "Path of God" within us is like waking on the edge of finely honed sword blade, and falling off of this blade is very, very easy to do, without even knowing it, especially in work such as this, as the 5 of you have now undertaken. Bawa. Especially when we try to combine the two, that is, combine the "world" that we see in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, as existing on the "outside" of us, with God within us, that is, when we try to combine this illusory life on the "outside" and the very real but false "inside" of us, with "God" within us, and with what is "within God' within us, and with "what God is doing" with what is "within God" within us, which in truth is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen. Bawa. At least this certainly gives us something to think about, my dearest loving brothers Mark, Peter, Tim, Daryl, and Cary. Yes? Bawa. Now lets give you some background information on the following, in the next 8 sections of this Spiritual Letter, and then give you our standard pitch, that is, about what you can now do next, if you like, within this clarity, like change the name of your station to "One Tent TV", since after reading these next 8 sections you can never say to God, "I didn't know". Bawa. For after reading these next 8 sections, you will know the "truth of you", and the "truth of God" within you, and the only question really left, like the choice that the apple seed buried within the earth has to make, after hearing the truth that naturally emerges from within it, that is, will it germinate, or not, the truth that naturally emerges from within it, when it is ready to both hear it, and ready to either accept it or reject it, the truth, "That it is an apple seed buried within the earth, and that the earth contains everything necessary for the apple tree hidden within it to grow and come to maturity". Bawa. In this way, the only question really left to each of us, when the truth emerges from within us, which is the true source of this Spiritual Letter, that is, when we are ready to hear it, and ready to either accept it or reject it, that is, "Do we want it". Bawa. That is, do we want to germinate to the "truth of us" and let the "Tree of God" happen within us, allowing God to germinate to the "truth of God' hidden within us, and let the "Fruit of True Man" happen, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, and in this way, let God and True Man within us, tell and bring to Completion within us, "Their Story", that is, the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us, for in truth, "We are all One" within us, as the Story of the "Oneness of the Apple Tree and Its Fruits" in truth is the apple tree and the fruits on the "outside" of us, for in truth "They are all One" on the "outside" of us. Amen. Bawa. That is, do we want an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, for in truth these are the only two choices, everything else that we do in our life is just drama, the drama of "I and you", of "mine and yours", and the only way to win the drama of our life is, "Not To Play". Ok? Bawa. Now lets provided you with the following "background information", in the next 8 Sections, and then we will offer a proposal to the CEO and Staff of "One Tent TV", about "What to do next", 02. So Who Is Louie Beutler? - in truth he is you, and you are him, and in truth "We are One", if we like, in truth this is our own life speaking to us, if we like 03. So Who Is Our Dear Father For Our Age? - who is Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be please with Him) within us, & God within Him? He is the Guru of God for our age. He is "Who we are" within us 04. So Who Are The Children of God For Our Age? - it is each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if our intention is praiseworthy 05. So Who Are We? - we are the Children of God for this age, if we like, we are the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, if we like, ,just waiting to germinate, if we like, and as such, we are "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, if we like 06. So Who Is God Within Us? - God is what happens within us, if we like, that is, if the "Seed of God" within us germinates, revealing the "Tree of God" growing within the Creation of God within us, and as such, God is the "Seed of the Fruit of God" within us, and as such, God is "True Man happening" within "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, if we like 07. So Who Is True Man Within God Within Us? - True Man is what happens within God within us, if we let God happen within us. True Man completes the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, by "separating from" God within us everything that is "separating God" from Himself, by revealing the "Sweet Taste In The Fruit of God" within us, but this time with "no seed", that is, this time with "no seed of us", of "us" living on the "outside of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is not true 08. So What Is This Age? - it is the "Kali Yuga", the "Age of Destruction", where either we are destroyed, and take on 105 million rebirths, or we join in partnership with God within us, to destroy everything that is "separating us" from God within us 09. So How Do We Become Truly Successful In Our Lifetime? - by joining in partnership with God within us, in what God has started within us, allowing God to finish what God has started within us, a very, very long time ago, even before we were born, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us (more to come) End of "Page 1 of 2" of "E-mail Version" for Spiritual Letter 83 ......................... |
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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. Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Bawa. Here is "Page 1 of 2" of the "E-mail Version" of a beautiful Spiritual Letter, "Spiritual Letter 83", which "we" have called, "Change The Name of Your TV Station to One Tent TV", a Spiritual Letter to our dearest loving brothers of CrossTV, that is, to the CEO and Staff of CrossTV, that is, to a Mr. Mark Kielar, CrossTV CEO, a Mr. Peter Mastrorio, Senior Producer and Creative Director, a Mr. Tim Rygh, Producer, Cameraman and Avid editor, a Mr. Daryl Smith, Final Cut Producer, and to a Mr. Cary Sebastian, Production Assistant Bawa. And to each of you, my dearest loving brothers and sisters of "The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship", who in truth are the Children of God for our age, if we like, which in truth is each of us living in this age, if we like. Bawa. That is, to all of "us", if we like, living at the feet of God for our age, which in truth for our age, is our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, is His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), also if we like. Amen. Bawa. That is, to all of "us" living at the feet of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), if we like, which in truth is each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, for the 6th life with our 6 lives, is to again become "One with" God within us before "we" die to the flesh, that is, before "we" physically die to the "outside" of us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Amen . 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 Spiritual Letter, When asked the following Question by a child, "Bawa, what is the relationship between us, the Prophet of God, and God?" His Holiness, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) said, "Think of yourself as an orange, the Prophet of God is the juice of that orange, and God is the taste." May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. Amen. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). ============================================================== Outline & Summary - of "E-mail Version" "Brief Outline" - of "Spiritual Letter 83" Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 83 Greetings - heart to heart, if we like Page 1 - the page you are currently reading 01. We Need To Think A Little Bit - about what we are doing, and the trap that each of us starts to build, within our very own heart, when we set out to do this kind of work, of telling others about God, and how to avoid such traps, by establishing the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do", or write, anything 02. So Who Is Louie Beutler? - in truth he is you, and you are him, and in truth "We are One", if we like, in truth this is our own life speaking to us, if we like 03. So Who Is Our Dear Father For Our Age? - who is Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be please with Him) within us, & God within Him? He is the Guru of God for our age. He is "Who we are" within us 04. So Who Are The Children of God For Our Age? - it is each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if our intention is praiseworthy 05. So Who Are We? - we are the Children of God for this age, if we like, we are the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, if we like, ,just waiting to germinate, if we like, and as such, we are "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, if we like 06. So Who Is God Within Us? - God is what happens within us, if we like, that is, if the "Seed of God" within us germinates, revealing the "Tree of God" growing within the Creation of God within us, and as such, God is the "Seed of the Fruit of God" within us, and as such, God is "True Man happening" within "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, if we like 07. So Who Is True Man Within God Within Us? - True Man is what happens within God within us, if we let God happen within us. True Man completes the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, by "separating from" God within us everything that is "separating God" from Himself, by revealing the "Sweet Taste In The Fruit of God" within us, but this time with "no seed", that is, this time with "no seed of us", of "us" living on the "outside of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is not true 08. So What Is This Age - it is the "Kali Yuga", the "Age of Destruction", where either we are destroyed, and take on 105 million rebirths, or we join in partnership with God within us, to destroy everything that is "separating us" from God within us 09. So How Do We Become Truly Successful In Our Lifetime - by joining in partnership with God within us, in what God has started within us, allowing God to finish what God has started within us, a very, very long time ago, even before we were born, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us 10. What's Next? - a proposal for the CEO & Staff of "OneTentTV", which is to join in partnership with God within us, and with your brother Louie, to tell and bring to Completion, both within us and on the "outside" of us, the Story of the life and teaching of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of Us), as much as we can, wherever we can, as often as we can, always doing it in the "Sufi way", that is, "doing it, by not doing it", stepping back on the "outside" of us, so God can step forward within us, in this way, learning how to do "Nothing Correctly". Amen Page 2 - click HERE to go to Page 2 11. Study Material - to help us "Get with the Program", to compare the "old" with the "new", the "wrong" with the "right", the "crocked path" with the "straight path" 11-a. What Exactly IS "WORD PICTURES"? 11-b. "Awaken, You Who Are Sleeping - and arise from the dead, and God will give you the Light", which is an eternal life as "One with" Him ============================================================== "Expanded Outline" - of "Spiritual Letter 83" Page 1 - the page you are currently reading Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 83 Greetings - heart to heart, if we like 01. We Need To Think A Little Bit - about what we are doing, and the trap that each of us starts to build, within our very own heart, when we set out to do this kind of work, of telling others about God, and how to avoid such trap, by establishing the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do", or write, anything 02. So Who Is Louie Beutler? - in truth he is you, and you are him, and in truth "We are One", if we like, in truth this is our own life speaking to us, if we like 03. So Who Is Our Dear Father For Our Age? - who is Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be please with Him) within us, and God within Him? He is the Guru of God for all "Light of God" for our age, He is "Who we are" within us, if we will only let Him, He is the "Master of the Day of Judgment" within us, He is the "Gift of God" for our age, He is the "Word of God" for our age, He is the life and teaching of God for our age, both within us, and now through His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), again, perhaps for the last time, on the "outside" of us 04. So Who Are The Children of God For Our Age? - they are each of us living in this age, if we like, if our intention is praiseworthy, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, before we die to the flesh, but this time with an understanding of our "Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Amen 05. So Who Are We? - we are, if we like, "What Our Dear Father Is Doing" for our age, which is telling and bringing to Completions "God's Story" within us for our age, we are the Children of God for this age, if we like, we are the"Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, if we like, ,just waiting to germinate, if we like, and as such, we are "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, if we like, for the Choice to use our life in this way, or not, is our Choice, not God's, and in this way, we are "How God Completes" what He has start within each of us, if we will only let Him, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us 06. So Who Is God Within Us? - God is what happens within us, if we like, that is, if the "Seed of God" within us germinates, revealing the "Tree of God" growing within the Creation of God within us, and as such, God is the "Seed of the Fruit of God" within us, and as such, God is "True Man happening" within "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, if we like 07. So Who Is True Man Within God Within Us? - True Man is what happens within God within us, if we let God happen within us. True Man completes the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, by "separating from" God within us everything that is "separating God" from Himself, by revealing the "Sweet Taste In The Fruit of God" within us, but this time with "no seed", that is, this time with "no seed of us", of "us" living on the "outside of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is not true 08. So What Is This Age - it is the "Kali Yuga", the "Age of Destruction", where either we are destroyed, and go to the "suffering of the grave" within us, where we become a demon, a jinn, a fairy, or a ghost, and roam the earth world within us until Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within us, with us and taking on 105 million rebirths within us, ending as a worm in hell with only one level of consciousness or feeling, or we join in partnership with God within us, to destroy everything that is "separating us" from God within us 09. So How Do We Become Truly Successful In Our Lifetime - by joining in partnership with God within us, in what God has started within us, allowing God to finish what God has started within us, which is to tell and bring to Completion within us, "His Story" within us, which is the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which if we truly let God tell and Complete "Their Story" within us, or at least start to tell and Complete It, before we die to the flesh, becomes "Our Story" within us, and when it is all done, "We will be within it", and if we like, this time in the telling and bringing to Completion of "His Story", there will be "No Child Left Behind", in the end, there will be nothing "separate from" God within us. For if we do this small part on the "outside" of us, truly joining in partnership with God within us, then God will do "Everything Else" within us. This is God's Promise, this is God's Guarantee for our age. Amen 10. What's Next? - a proposal for the CEO & Staff of "OneTentTV", which is to join in partnership with God within us, and with your brother Louie, to tell and bring to Completion, both within us and on the "outside" of us, the Story of the life and teaching of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of Us), as much as we can, wherever we can, as often as we can, always doing it in the "Sufi way", that is, "doing it, by not doing it", stepping back on the "outside" of us, so God can step forward within us, in this way, learning how to do "Nothing Correctly". Amen Page 2 - click HERE to go to Page 2 11. Study Material - to help us "Get with the Program", to compare the "old" with the "new", the "wrong" with the "right", the "crocked path" with the "straight path" 11-a. What Exactly IS "WORD PICTURES"? 11-b. "Awaken, You Who Are Sleeping" - and arise from the dead, and God will give you the Light", which is an eternal life as "One with" Him ============================================================== Text of E-mail Version - for "Spiritual Letter 83" Greetings - from heart to heart, if we like Bawa. 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. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers Mark, Peter, Tim, Daryl, and Cary - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). 01. We Need To Think A Little Bit - about what we are doing, that is, about the apparently very, very good work that you are all presently doing, in writing, producing, and presenting a TV series about the "Journey of Christians" over the last 2000 years, but also about the trap that each of us starts to build, within our very own heart, when we set out to do this kind of work, and how to avoid such traps. For example, in the case of this child, through invoking the "Name of God" for our age, before we "say or do", or write, anything, as we will explain as we proceed on this "Journey of the heart", that is, if you like, for the decision to read this Spiritual Letter, or not, and to accept it, or not, as coming from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, is as in all things in our life, truly Our Decision, not God's. Amen Bawa. My dearest loving brothers of my heart, of the "One Open Heart of God" for our age, which for our age is the Heart of our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, is the Heart of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), which in truth is all of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, which in truth is Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, but this time with an understanding of our "Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Bawa. We need to think a little bit about the very, very good work that you are all presently doing, in writing, producing, and presenting a TV series about the "Journey of Christians" over the last 2000 years, and the trials and tribulations that they have endured, and the traps that they have at times fallen into, in their search for truth. Bawa. However, at the same time we also need to be very clear on the trap that each of us starts to build, within our very own heart, when we set out to do this kind of work, the kind of traps that many who came before us fell into, like our dear brothers John Wesley (peace be upon Him), and Jonathan Edwards (peace be upon Him), and Charles Haddon Spurgeon (peace be upon Him), all of who certain touched the stars, only to fall back to the earth again, having failed to reach God, having failed to let their life within them, their soul life, again become "One with" God within them, before they died to the flesh. Bawa. All of which naturally happens, even to "the best" of us, when we start to listen to and believe in our own words, no matter how exalted they may appear to be, and in the words of those around us, eventually returning to the "place of birth" within us all, becoming subject to 105 million re-births within us, to the "suffering of the grave" within us, and to Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within us, all in accordance with the "Justice of God" within us, which tell us that, "Whatever we intend is what we will receive". Bawa. So here is the key, my dearest loving brothers of my heart, of the "One Open Heart of God" for our age, the key to both our destruction and to our true salvation, if we like, for the Choice is ours, not God's, which is "Our Intention", for in truth the path of God is very simple, that is, to "Make God's Intention our Search", and then to "Intend as God Intends", in this way, getting God to do it again, that is, "To Become God again", but this time within us, and if He does, "We will be within it", as the Witness, as "John the Baptist" (peace be upon Him) was the Witness of the Light at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) living in the world, so, "That all men through Him (through the faith of "John the Baptist"), might believe (in the Light). Bawa. So without the "Faith of John the Baptist" there is no seeing of the "Light of Jesus" (peace be upon Him) within us, which in truth is the "Oneness of God" within us, and hell becomes our fate. Bawa. For without this "Kind of Faith" in God, which in the Islamic tradition is called Iman, or absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God, there is no seeing Jesus (peace be upon Him), either now within us, or later after we die to the flesh, which in the Islamic tradition is said in the following way, "Within Iman there is no Islam". Bawa. Without this "Kind of Faith" in God, without this Iman, there is only seeing "separation and differences" when we read the "Word of God", whether it is the Old or new Testaments of the Holy Bible, or in the Holy Qur'an, there is only seeing "I'm a Christian" and "You are a Jew", or "I'm a Jew" and "You are a Muslim". Bawa. Which in truth is really "Red Flag" signaling our true "separation from" God within us, for in truth, "What separates us from God, is what separates us from each other, and what separates us from each other, is what separates us from God." Bawa. A "separation from" God within us, which if we don't change within us, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh, is then through the "Justice of God" within us, what we will get for eternity within us, a heaven filled only with Christians who believe as we believe, or a heaven fill only with Jews who believe as we believe, or a heaven fill only with Muslims who believe as we believe, but a heaven that will gradually become our hell for eternity, when we realize what we have done. Bawa. That is, what we have done with the "Gift of God" within us, which is our soul, and the wisdom surrounding our soul, for "No human soul but hath a guardian over it", and God within us, and everything "within God" within us, and "what God is doing" with what is "within God" within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, if we like, for whether God does this, or not, within us, is our Choice, not God's. Bawa. That we have failed to let our life within us, which is soul life within us, again become "One with" God within us, before we died to the flesh, and in this way, we have "separated ourselves" for eternity from God within us, we have "separated ourselves" for eternity from in truth, "Who we really are" within us, which is "Of God" within us, not "Of the world" on the "outside" of us, and as a result, an eternal life as "separation from" God within us, becomes our fate, no matter what name we wish to initially give to it, it is still our eternal hell, and it is exactly in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, what we wanted. Bawa. For as the Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him) recorded for us in the "Gospel of John" (www.GospelOfJohn.homestead.com), in "Chapter 1" www.GospelOfJohnChapter01.homestead.com), in Verses 1 to 18, over 2000 years ago, .... Beginning of Quote From "Gospel of John", Chapter 01, Verses 1-18 .... In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life; and the life was the Light of men. And the Light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a Witness, to bear Witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not the Light, but was sent to bear Witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lightened every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the Suns (the Lights) of God (to the world), even to them that believe in His name. Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwell among us, full of grace and truth. John bare Witness of Him (through his faith), and cried, saying, This was He whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me; for He was before me. And from His fullness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Sun (or Light of God, or Life within God, which is our soul), which is in the bosom of the Father, he (the faith of John the Baptist) hath declared Him. .... End of Quote From "Gospel of John", Chapter 01, Verses 1-18 .... Bawa. And in this way, transforming "our life" on the "outside" of us, into "His Life" within us, transforming "our path" on the "outside" of us, into "His Path" within us, transforming "our story" on the "outside" of us, into "His Story" within us, but there is rub to all of this, and that is, "How do we do this?". Bawa. Which brings us to the title of this Spiritual Letter, that is, "Change The Name of Your TV Station to One Tent TV", because once you truly know "How to do this", once this clarity has dawned within you, this is the very first thing that you will immediately do, because at least this is something that you can do to now move in the correct direction. Bawa. And this is the purpose of this Spiritual Letter to my dearest loving brothers of my heart, to share with you "How to do this", for in truth "How to do it" is very easy, it is simply "Getting God" within us to do it, but it is getting past all of our "built in resistence" to this, that is the great difficulty, it is getting past our mind and desire, our arrogance, karma, and illusion, is the great dificulty, a task that in truth "Only God" within us can do, if we can learn "How to" properly ask Him "To Do It", which is also in truth very easy, which is as "One with" Him within us, that is, by "starting to act" as if we are already "One with" Him within us, which in truth we are, and in this way, allowing God within us to then "Make it so" within us. Ok? Bawa. For example, "What truly parted the water", when Moses (peace be upon Him) parted the "Red Sea", for in truth it was not Moses (peace be upon Him), He was just a part of the prop, a part of the stage of drama that allowed it to happen, for in truth what parted the "Red Sea", was the "True Disciple" of Moses (peace be upon Them), who upon seeing Moses (peace be upon Him) and hearing the words, stepped into the "Red Sea" believing that it would part, and when his foot hit the water, the "Red Sea" parted. Bawa. This is the true faith, no bigger than the "Mustad Seed", that Jesus (peace be upon Him) told us to have, that can move mountains, this is the faith of Abraham (peace be upon Him) that saw him through his "Pit of Fire", this is the faith of Job (peace be upon Him) that saw him through all of his trials and tributions, this is the faith of "John the Baptist" (peace be upon Him) that God sent into the world to Witness the Light, and this is the Iman of Islam that allows one to experience True Prayer, the "Prayer of the One to the One who Is". Bawa. And this is the "Kind of Faith" that each of us must now have in our age, in order to hear the "Word of God" for our age, and to hear it as telling us in this age to stop all of our current "separation and differences" and come together as the Children of God for our age, all praying to the "One God" under "One Tent". Bawa. For in truth God has not stopped speaking to us, speaking to us "through our faith", as the "Word of God" for each age, and it is our hearing this "Word of God" for our age and believing in the "One who sent It", that is our work, not focusing on the "One who He sent it through", in a particular age, as some of us are prone to do, whether it be Moses (peace be upon Him), or Jesus (peace be upon Him), or Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and now in our age, through His Holiness, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and now on the "outside" of us, through His Children, that is, through the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), which in truth is each of us living in the world today, if we truly want it, for the Choice is ours, not God's Bawa. And this is why Jesus (peace be upon Him) told us the following over 2000 years ago, as recorded by the Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him), in the "Gospel of John", in "Chapter 5", Verse 24, which equally applies to all of us now living in this age, "Verily, verily, I say unto to you, He that heareth My Word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. Bawa. This is the "Kind of Faith" that we must have to truly hear the "Word of God", both for our age, and for all previous ages, and to hear it not as advacating "separation and differences", not as advocating our dividing ourselves into separate groups, races, or religions, but rather advocating us to come together as "One People", with "One Prayer", to "One God", under "One Tent", whether it be the "Word of God" given to us at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) living in the world over 2000 years ago, or given to us at the time of the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) living in the world over 1400 years ago, or given to us at the time of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) living in the world over 1000 years ago Bawa. Or given to us in our age, at the time of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and His Children (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of us), and the Choice to do this, or not, with the "Gift of God" for our age, with the life and teaching of God for our age, with the "Word of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age, or not, is most certainly Our Choice, not God's. Bawa. Just like the Choice to read this letter and to accept it as from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, is an absolute pre-requisite to your making this suggested transition in our life, my dearest loving brothers, that is, from "separation and differences" to "Oneness and Unity, and Justice and Truth, and Compassion and Unity", from "separation from" God to "Oneness with" God, before we die to the flesh, or at least join in partnership with God within us, to start to make this transition, so God within us can do "Everything Else", that is, everything else to make our life truly successful in our lifetime, for this is "God's Promise" for our age, this is "God's Guarantee" for our age. Amen. Bawa. And if you truly do this, my dearest loving brothers, if you truly treat this Spiritual Letter in this way, as the "Word of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age, that is, if you truly "Heareth My Word, and believeth on Him that sent Me", certainly not in this fool, then you "Shall have everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation", and be "passed from passed from death unto life". Bawa. For in truth this Spiritual Letter is "your judgment", as hearing the same words from the mouth of His Holiness was "our judgment", and then joining with God withn us to "Make it So" within us, after we have accepted them as the "Word of God" for our age, allowing God within us to then make these words into our reality within us, which becomes our salvation. It is just this simpl, "Our Judgement and Our Salvation". It is just this simple now, as it was 2000 years ago, and 1400 years ago, and 1000 years ago, and 30 years ago in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Bawa. For it is always just this simple, my dearest loving brothers, because it is always just "An Act of Faith", that is, do we believe in the "Presence of God" within us, the "Presence of God" that has penetrated the dream on the "outside" of us, or not. Bawa. That has penetrated the dream for just a moment, as "His Word", to see if there is anyone there, anyone there who truly "Believes in God", not in their intellect, or in their knowledge, or position or status, or race or religion, or family or heritage, for in truth, just like the "Disciple" of Moses (peace be upon Him), standing on the bank of the "Red Sea", who felt the "Presence of God" and "Stepped into the Red Sea" to affirm that presence, to affirm his "Faith and Trust" in "That Presence", and was instantly accepted into the ranks of the "True Believer", for eternity, now each of you need to do the same, if you like, for in truth everything else in our life is just drama, is just the stage upon which our "Act of Faith" will, or will not occur, in our lifetime. Bawa. And in truth, my dearest loving brothers, this is your age, and this is that point in time for your life, this is your "Red Sea", this is your chance to "Part the Waters" in your dream, and stand in the "Presence of God", for eternity, whether you like it or not, and even whether you want it or not, it doesn't matter, as it did not matter for the Pharisees at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) coming into their world, at that time, as their "Word of God", as their judgment, and some did, and some didn't, and like them, the Choice is yours, not God's. Bawa. And if you do so Choose to accept it as such, like this child did, it will result in an immediate shift in the focus of your worldly endeavors, as it did for all of us hearing these very same words stating in 1971, when His Holiness first came to America from Ceylon, now called Sri Lanka, a small island off the southern tip of India, and if you like including a shift in your TV program, from "CrossTV" to "OneTentTV", a decision which in truth is your Choice, not God's. Bawa. Getting back to our earlier point, a "How To" which in truth is "so easy", and yet "so very, very difficult", because "How We Do It", is to "Get God to Do It", get God within us to do it again, but this time "within us", for only God can do it, for in truth we can only use "God to get to God' within us, we cannot use what God has discarded within Himself, to become God within us, to get to God within us, and what God has discarded includes everything that we current see in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, as existing on the "outside" of us. Bawa. And this is why it is so easy, and at the same time this is why it is so hard, so very, very difficult to do it, because to do it we need to learn how to do "Nothing Correctly", that is how to step back on the "outside" of us, so God can step forward within us, how to invoke the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything on the "outside" of us, which gets us back to what this child mentioned at the beginning of our sharing, how to avoid the trap that everyone seems to fall into, when they set out to do the kind of work that you and your staff have set out to do, my dearest loving brothers, and the solution is very, very simple, use the "Name of God" before "saying or doing" anything on the "outside" of us, causing our wisdom to stand up and our mind and desire to sit down, allowing God to be Present, for in truth, "If we are there God is not there, and if God is there we are not there". Bawa. But if we don't, then the fate of those who have preceded us, becomes also our fate, this is certain, for to correctly walk the "Path of God" within us is like waking on the edge of finely honed sword blade, and falling off of this blade is very, very easy to do, without even knowing it, especially in work such as this, as the 5 of you have now undertaken. Bawa. Especially when we try to combine the two, that is, combine the "world" that we see in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, as existing on the "outside" of us, with God within us, that is, when we try to combine this illusory life on the "outside" and the very real but false "inside" of us, with "God" within us, and with what is "within God' within us, and with "what God is doing" with what is "within God" within us, which in truth is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen. Bawa. At least this certainly gives us something to think about, my dearest loving brothers Mark, Peter, Tim, Daryl, and Cary. Yes? Bawa. Now lets give you some background information on the following, in the next 8 sections of this Spiritual Letter, and then give you our standard pitch, that is, about what you can now do next, if you like, within this clarity, like change the name of your station to "One Tent TV", since after reading these next 8 sections you can never say to God, "I didn't know". Bawa. For after reading these next 8 sections, you will know the "truth of you", and the "truth of God" within you, and the only question really left, like the choice that the apple seed buried within the earth has to make, after hearing the truth that naturally emerges from within it, that is, will it germinate, or not, the truth that naturally emerges from within it, when it is ready to both hear it, and ready to either accept it or reject it, the truth, "That it is an apple seed buried within the earth, and that the earth contains everything necessary for the apple tree hidden within it to grow and come to maturity". Bawa. In this way, the only question really left to each of us, when the truth emerges from within us, which is the true source of this Spiritual Letter, that is, when we are ready to hear it, and ready to either accept it or reject it, that is, "Do we want it". Bawa. That is, do we want to germinate to the "truth of us" and let the "Tree of God" happen within us, allowing God to germinate to the "truth of God' hidden within us, and let the "Fruit of True Man" happen, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, and in this way, let God and True Man within us, tell and bring to Completion within us, "Their Story", that is, the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us, for in truth, "We are all One" within us, as the Story of the "Oneness of the Apple Tree and Its Fruits" in truth is the apple tree and the fruits on the "outside" of us, for in truth "They are all One" on the "outside" of us. Amen. Bawa. That is, do we want an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, for in truth these are the only two choices, everything else that we do in our life is just drama, the drama of "I and you", of "mine and yours", and the only way to win the drama of our life is, "Not To Play". Ok? Bawa. Now lets provided you with the following "background information", in the next 8 Sections, and then we will offer a proposal to the CEO and Staff of "One Tent TV", about "What to do next", 02. So Who Is Louie Beutler? - in truth he is you, and you are him, and in truth "We are One", if we like, in truth this is our own life speaking to us, if we like 03. So Who Is Our Dear Father For Our Age? - who is Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be please with Him) within us, & God within Him? He is the Guru of God for our age. He is "Who we are" within us 04. So Who Are The Children of God For Our Age? - it is each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if our intention is praiseworthy 05. So Who Are We? - we are the Children of God for this age, if we like, we are the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, if we like, ,just waiting to germinate, if we like, and as such, we are "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, if we like 06. So Who Is God Within Us? - God is what happens within us, if we like, that is, if the "Seed of God" within us germinates, revealing the "Tree of God" growing within the Creation of God within us, and as such, God is the "Seed of the Fruit of God" within us, and as such, God is "True Man happening" within "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, if we like 07. So Who Is True Man Within God Within Us? - True Man is what happens within God within us, if we let God happen within us. True Man completes the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, by "separating from" God within us everything that is "separating God" from Himself, by revealing the "Sweet Taste In The Fruit of God" within us, but this time with "no seed", that is, this time with "no seed of us", of "us" living on the "outside of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is not true 08. So What Is This Age? - it is the "Kali Yuga", the "Age of Destruction", where either we are destroyed, and take on 105 million rebirths, or we join in partnership with God within us, to destroy everything that is "separating us" from God within us 09. So How Do We Become Truly Successful In Our Lifetime? - by joining in partnership with God within us, in what God has started within us, allowing God to finish what God has started within us, a very, very long time ago, even before we were born, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us (more to come) End of "Page 1 of 2" of "E-mail Version" for Spiritual Letter 83 ......................... |
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