Spiritual Chat 169 - Outline & Summary Version About Spiritual Chat 169 Title: "Learning To Do Heart's Work, Before We Die" Date Written: November, 2004 Date Posted: November, 2004 Chat Between: Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen (Rumi Smith) & Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Chat Date: November 12, 2004, during the Holy Month of Ramadan, 2004 Go To: Introduction - to Spiritual Chat 169 Go To: Outline & Summary Version "Brief Outline" - without a short summary of each Topic "Expanded Outline" - with a short summary of each Topic Home Page - Spiritual Chats Spiritual Chat 170 Chat 169: Original Version Library Home Page Spiritual Chat 168 Chat 169: Related Material Introduction - to Spiritual Chat 169 Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Al-salam 'alaykum wa-rahmat Allah wa barakatuhu kulluhu. Wa 'alaykum al-salam wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Here is copy of a very beautiful chat between our dear sister Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen (Rumi Smith) and our dear brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler), at the feet of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of God within Him. Amen. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Outline & Summary Version "Brief Outline" - of Spiritual Chat 1. Note To Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen - about sending her an E-mail copy of the chat 2. Love And Salams To Each Other & Glorifying The Name of God - with each breath, with each look, with each thought, with each intention. Amen 3. Realizing That "We Are Not" What We Are Experiencing - this is the first step on the path of God, the path of God breathing back into Himself, extracting the "understanding of everything" from everything, the first step in answering His own question of Himself, the question, "Who am I?" 4. Understanding The "Two Paths" Within Us - the "Straight Path" within us, which is the path that naturally opens within us when we join with God within us, and with the "Stuff of God" within us, and the "other path" within us, that has already opened within us, and stays open within us until we die, when we don't use God to get to God within us, but rather try to use what God has discarded to get to God within us, like using ourselves and our religious understanding and practices to get to God within us 5. Learning To Do "Heart's Work", Before We Die - provides us with the best way to become "One with" God within us, before we die to the "outside" of us, by first becoming "One with" our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and with God within Him 6. When Allah "Loves Us" The World Will "Drive Us Away" - but when the world accepts us we will not be acceptable to God. This is a sign you can see 7. Closing Prayer - May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us. May God help us all. "Expanded Outline" - of Spiritual Chat 1. Note To Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen - about sending her an E-mail copy of the chat 2. Love And Salams To Each Other & Glorifying The Name of God - with each breath, with each look, with each thought, with each intention. Amen 3. Realizing That "We Are Not" What We Are Experiencing - this is the first step on the path of God, the path of God breathing back into Himself, extracting the "understanding of everything" from everything, the first step in answering His own question of Himself, the question, "Who am I?", allowing us to hand everything that we experience to God, in this way, learning how to make "us" into "God's Problem", a problem which only God can truly solve, before we die to the "outside" of us, if we will only let Him, that only God can solve, by again becoming God, but this time within us. Amen. 4. Understanding The "Two Paths" Within Us - the "Straight Path" within us, which is the path that naturally opens within us when we join with God within us, and with the "Stuff of God" within us, to let "grace spring forth" within us, to let "darkness vanish" within us, to let the "Love of Guru grow" within us, and to let the "Qualities be purified' within us, and the "other path" within us, that has already opened within us, stays open within us until we die, when we don't use God to get to God within us, but rather try to use what God has discarded to get to God within us, like using ourselves and our religious understanding and practices to get to God within us, which won't work, that is, when we keep our focus on "ourselves" and on our dear brothers and sisters on the "outside" of us, living as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from: the Creation of God within us, all the while striving to live in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, and in this way, in our ignorance, and with each breath, look, through, and action in the world on the "outside" of us, we are blocking the natural opening of the "Straight Path" within us. Such is the enormity of the problem that each of us currently face, which we must overcome before we die to the "outside" of us, by turning to God within us, or suffer an eternal life "separate from" God within us 5. Learning To Do "Heart's Work", Before We Die - provides us with the best way to become "One with" God within us, before we die to the "outside" of us, by first becoming "One with" our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and with God within Him, by saying the word Bawa, establishing the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, and in this way, becoming "One with" our wisdom within us, with the wisdom surrounding our soul, and with the truth of God within our wisdom, in this way, establishing the True Shaikh-Disciple Relationship within us, where our Shaikh becomes our soul, and we become His form, in this way, allowing us to bring our Shaikh to life within us, as the light of our wisdom, as the Nur Muhammad, by dying to the world on the "outside" of us, dying to our desires and to the world of darkness within us, in this way, becoming the from of Kalimah, the form of the 24 letters of the Kalimah, which is Iman, or absolute faith, certitude, and determination that "God alone exists", allowing us to follow the Causal Muhammad (blessing and peace of God be upon Him) within us back into the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen 6. When Allah "Loves Us" The World Will "Drive Us Away" - but when the world accepts us we will not be acceptable to God. This is a sign you can see 7. Closing Prayer - May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us. May God help us all Text of Spiritual Chat: 1. Note To Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen - about sending her an E-mail copy of the chat Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Al-salam 'alaykum wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. Wa 'alaykum al-salam wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving sister Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen (may Gpd be pleased with Her) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Here is a copy of our last chat as you requested. We have given it the title "Learning to Do Heart's Work Before We Die", that is, die to the "outside" of us, as this is what we all must learn to do, becoming as "One with" Bawa within us, and with God within Him, if we are to truly become successful in our life, before we die to the "outside" of us, that is, if our wisdom is to reason over our fate, if the qualities of our higher selves is to become victorious over the qualities of our lower selves, if we are to move from the 71st and 72nd groups within all human lives, into the 73rd group within all human lives. Amen. Please try to join with Bawa within us, and with God within Him, to do this Divine Work within us before we die to the "outside" of us. Please try. Only then will our life become victorious. May we both know this now without the slightest doubt, and start to act accordingly. Amen. 2. Love And Salams & Glorifying The Name of God - with each breath, with each look, with each thought, with each intention. Amen MuhaiyaddeenLB: Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Al-salam 'alaykum, my dearest loving, and living sister, Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Rumismith: Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. Wa alaikum as-salamu our dear Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen. My love to you from Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen. 3. Realizing That "We Are Not" What We Are Experiencing - this is the first step on the path of God, the path of God breathing back into Himself, extracting the "understanding of everything" from everything, the first step in answering His own question of Himself, the question, "Who am I?", allowing us to hand everything that we experience to God, in this way, learning how to make "us" into "God's Problem", a problem which only God can truly solve, before we die to the "outside" of us, if we will only let Him, that only God can solve, by again becoming God, but this time within us. Amen. Rumismith: We are grateful that you sent us your salams and your anbu. We are a little 'under the weather' today. May God forgive us to say this, but we are a little tired of fasting and being spaced out etc. Rumismith: It seems that it is a Third Kalimah day. Saying Bawa and the third kalimah usually helps to get 'back on track'. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. You are "a little tired of fasting and being spaced out etc." because "you" are still doing it. If you would just start separating "you" from what you are experiencing, then you could easily hand this experience to Bawa within us, and to God within Him, and be done with it, rather than letting it "bum" you out, and looking for some reason for it being there. What you are experiencing is just the state of the elemental lives within you still in the state of "incompleteness", which only God can remove. So just realize this and hand that experience and them to God within us, with this intention, that God within us bring them within us to completeness, and be done with it, saying to God, "What is Next?". Ok? Rumismith: Ok. Al hamdu lillah, Allahu Akbar. We will do that. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. In this way, shift the focus of your intention from "selfishness", as being all about you as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, and instead place it upon "selflessness", on what God is doing within us, within each of us, for all of the Creation of God within us. within each of us, which is revealing True Man within the Creation of God within us, by first bringing the Creation of God within us to completeness, first finding completeness within His grace, then wisdom within His completeness, then truth within His wisdom, then the "Oneness of God and True Man" within His truth, within His wisdom, within His Completeness, and within His grace. Ok? Amen, Amen, Ye Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Then you will begin to become peaceful within everything that you are experiencing, including being "a little tired of fasting and being spaced out etc". Amen. 4. Understanding The Two Paths Within Us - the "Straight Path" within us, which is the path that naturally opens within us when we join with God within us, and with the "Stuff of God" within us, to let "grace spring forth" within us, to let "darkness vanish" within us, to let the "Love of Guru grow" within us, and to let the "Qualities be purified' within us, and the "other path" within us, that has already opened within us, stays open within us until we die, when we don't use God to get to God within us, but rather try to use what God has discarded to get to God within us, like using ourselves and our religious understanding and practices to get to God within us, which won't work, that is, when we keep our focus on "ourselves" and on our dear brothers and sisters on the "outside" of us, living as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from: the Creation of God within us, all the while striving to live in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, and in this way, in our ignorance, and with each breath, look, through, and action in the world on the "outside" of us, we are blocking the natural opening of the "Straight Path" within us. Such is the enormity of the problem that each of us currently face, which we must overcome before we die to the "outside" of us, by turning to God within us, or suffer an eternal life "separate from" God within us MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Does my dearest loving sister see the difference, between these two ways of living within us, in the state of "selflessness", as God and "His Stuff" are currently living within us, in the tiny piece of flesh within us no bigger than an atom, and in the state of "selfishness", as we are currently living it in our ignorance on the "outside" of us, and in our mind and desire within us. We have both, both the tiny piece of flesh within us where God and "His Stuff: currently live within us, and the mind and desire within us, were we currently live within us, seeing everything in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, so join with God within us to put down one way of existing within us, within our mind and desire, the way that will only lead us to hell, and join with God within us to pick up the other way of existing within us, within our innermost heart within us, the way that will lead us to completeness, to wisdom, to truth, and into the "Oneness of God and True Man" before we die to the "outside" of us. The choice is ours, at each moment of our day, with each breath, the choice is ours, to "Glorify His" name with each breath, saying Al-hamdu lillah, through the realization, the acceptance of the truth of our life, that "God alone exists", and for the next breath, for the next moment of prayer, to hand over all responsibility to Allah and die, die to our desires, and to the world of hell within us, and intend that "His will be done", not ours. Ok? Rumismith: Amen. Al-hamdu lillah for the advice and the reminder. Last time we IM ed , next morning we woke up being so very irritated by some house members capturing storage space and we read our dialogue from the previous night where you pointed out that everything belongs to God and with that understanding it was so easy to let go of our irritation. Rumismith: Yes, yes, yes, it is time to let go of the selfishness, even the selfishness (hiding within) our spiritual practices. Occasionally we now can get a glimpse of selflessness, may Allah help us to live this life in selflessness. Al hamdu lillah, Allahu Akbar. 5. Learning To Do Heart's Work, Before We Die - provides us with the best way to become "One with" God within us, before we die to the "outside" of us, by first becoming "One with" our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and with God within Him, by saying the word Bawa, establishing the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, and in this way, becoming "One with" our wisdom within us, with the wisdom surrounding our soul, and with the truth of God within our wisdom, in this way, establishing the True Shaikh-Disciple Relationship within us, where our Shaikh becomes our soul, and we become His form, in this way, allowing us to bring our Shaikh to life within us, as the light of our wisdom, as the Nur Muhammad, by dying to the world on the "outside" of us, dying to our desires and to the world of darkness within us, in this way, becoming the from of Kalimah, the form of the 24 letters of the Kalimah, which is Iman, or absolute faith, certitude, and determination that "God alone exists", allowing us to follow the Causal Muhammad (blessing and peace of God be upon Him) within us back into the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Wonderful. That is the way, using God to get to God, as our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and now His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), teach us to do. You should write a letter to all of our brothers and sisters at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship and share "that story" with them, that is the "Heart's Work" that my dearest loving sister and this child must learn to do, before we meet the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him), that is, letting God use our life for His purpose, and His purpose alone, and His purpose is to awaken the Children of God for this age to the reality of their own life, as the "Gift of God" for our age. So please try to join with Bawa within us, and with God within Him, to share this beautiful little story, this beautiful example of our faith and trust in God, and in the gift of God for our age, as you have experienced it through the life and teaching of our Father (Ral.) and of His Children. Rumismith: Which story? MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. But we will never become that selflessness until we become "One with" God within us, until we become "One with" Bawa within us, and with God within Him, until we give up the idea that what we are experiencing belongs to us, for nothing belongs to us, everything belongs to God. For as Bawa teaches us, in the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Calendar for this month, the purpose of Charity, of the Fast, and of the Hajj, is to help us see how we have, "Wrongly claimed as our own the wealth that belongs to Allahu 'ta'ala Nayan, the Lone One who rules and sustains". And this wealth of God includes our body, our life, our family, our personal wealth, our world on the "outside" of us, and all of what is done with our body, and our life, and our family, and our personal wealth, in the world on the "outside" of us, each moment of the day. In this way, "we" don't belong to us, we belong to God, and we must be constantly looking for how He wants to use "us". For as Bawa teaches us, we must keep making ourselves "available to God" for His purpose, making "His intention" our search, saying the word "Bawa", in this way, establishing the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Which story? Why the story of the child Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen and Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) of course, the story of Them coming together in His Name, in the name of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), letting Him teach us "what we do not know". And as a result how Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen was able to deal with her experience of "separation and differences" in a new way, in a way that relied on the "Word of God" for our age, to open a new state of consciousness within her, one of grace, wisdom, and 'ilm. That is the story, the story of how we are all gradually disappearing into the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, each year, each month, each day, each hour, and each moment of each day of our life, at least to the level that we will let it happen within us, and in this way, we are all disappearing back into our Source, from which we have all come, and doing all of this before we die to the "outside" of us, but this time with an understanding of that "Oneness" that in truth is God and True Man within us, so it will never leave us again. That is the story we must all tell! Rumismith: Al hamdu lillah, Allahu Akbar. We will share that story, but we don't feel right to write a letter to the sisters and brothers. 6. When Allah Loves Us The World Will Drive Us Away - but when the world accepts us we will not be acceptable to God. This is a sign you can see MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. We understand. But ask Bawa if that is appropriate. Just don't decide for Him. Then you are only driving a wedge between the two of you. What are you afraid of? That they will "drive you away". We understand. But if they don't drive you away then you will never be acceptable to Allah. For as Bawa teaches us, "When Allah loves us the world will drive us away, but when the world accepts us we will not be acceptable to God. This is a sign you can see." "If you desire and accept the praise of the world, truth will not accept you. If you desire truth, the world will not accept you. All who have wisdom must realize and understand this". MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. We are back. Rumismith: Al hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. We are so glad you are back. We were just about to write you an e-mail to apologize for not answering in a timely way. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Write us a letter anyway, but instead of apologizing tell us about what we have learned over the last two years, coming together in the name of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), allowing Him to teach us "what we do not know". That would be wonderful to read. Ok? Rumismith: Ok, God willing we will ask Bawa to come and write a letter to Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen. That last sharing about ..."What are you afraid of? That they will 'drive you away'. We understand"..... Really hit home. We will have to sit on that one and present it to Bawa. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Good. Remember, He will take away from us everything that is "separating" us from God, piece by piece, as long as we will only let Him, because in the end what will separate us from God for eternity will be the parts that we failed to let Bawa within us, and God within Him, take away from us, before we die to the "outside" of us. So everything has to go, all of what now defines us on the "outside" of us, but is really within us, has to go, so "Only God" is there within us, everything that we have accumulated since the age of two has to go, and as it leaves the understanding of it will come, allowing the soul to join with the wisdom within us, and go in search of, find, and become "One with" the light of wisdom within us, which is the Nur Muhammad within us. Rumismith: How beautiful, Al hamdu lillah, Allahu Akbar. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. In this way, Bawa within us, and God within Him, will do it all, if we will only let Them, if we will only join with Them in what They are already doing within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God (the earth world or dunya) within us, by first revealing True Man to True Man within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of True Man (the hereafter or akhirah) within us, and in this way, revealing the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us. Amen. Ok? Rumismith: Amen. Thank you, Al hamdu lillah, Allahu Akbar. This is very helpful. We are on our way to pick up Elias from school, take him home and play with him. XX 7. Closing Prayer - May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us. May God help us all. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us. May God help us all. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Please give my love and salams to all of our dear brothers and sisters at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, including your dear brother/husband Ragavan (may God be pleased with Him). Please tell them that Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) loves them very, very much and that they are always in our prayers. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. And as always, please try to join with Bawa within us, and with God within Him, to share this sharing with them, as this "Heart's Work" is the only way to remove from us all that is "separating us" from God. May we both realize this without the slightest doubt and start to do this Divine Work within us, by joining as "One with" Bawa within us, and with God within Him, by saying the word "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him) before we "say or do" anything, in this way establishing the "Presence of God" within us before we "say or do" anything, and doing all of this before it is too late, before we die to the "outside" of us. Amen. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Rumismith: We lost our whole exchange since our last interruption, would you please send it to our e-mail address. Sorry about that. My love to our dear Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen and thank you for your patience. Al hamdu lillah. Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Ok. Rumismith: Thank you. Off we go. 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Spiritual Chat 169 - Outline & Summary Version About Spiritual Chat 169 Title: "Learning To Do Heart's Work, Before We Die" Date Written: November, 2004 Date Posted: November, 2004 Chat Between: Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen (Rumi Smith) & Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Chat Date: November 12, 2004, during the Holy Month of Ramadan, 2004 Go To: Introduction - to Spiritual Chat 169 Go To: Outline & Summary Version "Brief Outline" - without a short summary of each Topic "Expanded Outline" - with a short summary of each Topic Home Page - Spiritual Chats Spiritual Chat 170 Chat 169: Original Version Library Home Page Spiritual Chat 168 Chat 169: Related Material Introduction - to Spiritual Chat 169 Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Al-salam 'alaykum wa-rahmat Allah wa barakatuhu kulluhu. Wa 'alaykum al-salam wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Here is copy of a very beautiful chat between our dear sister Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen (Rumi Smith) and our dear brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler), at the feet of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of God within Him. Amen. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Outline & Summary Version "Brief Outline" - of Spiritual Chat 1. Note To Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen - about sending her an E-mail copy of the chat 2. Love And Salams To Each Other & Glorifying The Name of God - with each breath, with each look, with each thought, with each intention. Amen 3. Realizing That "We Are Not" What We Are Experiencing - this is the first step on the path of God, the path of God breathing back into Himself, extracting the "understanding of everything" from everything, the first step in answering His own question of Himself, the question, "Who am I?" 4. Understanding The "Two Paths" Within Us - the "Straight Path" within us, which is the path that naturally opens within us when we join with God within us, and with the "Stuff of God" within us, and the "other path" within us, that has already opened within us, and stays open within us until we die, when we don't use God to get to God within us, but rather try to use what God has discarded to get to God within us, like using ourselves and our religious understanding and practices to get to God within us 5. Learning To Do "Heart's Work", Before We Die - provides us with the best way to become "One with" God within us, before we die to the "outside" of us, by first becoming "One with" our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and with God within Him 6. When Allah "Loves Us" The World Will "Drive Us Away" - but when the world accepts us we will not be acceptable to God. This is a sign you can see 7. Closing Prayer - May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us. May God help us all. "Expanded Outline" - of Spiritual Chat 1. Note To Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen - about sending her an E-mail copy of the chat 2. Love And Salams To Each Other & Glorifying The Name of God - with each breath, with each look, with each thought, with each intention. Amen 3. Realizing That "We Are Not" What We Are Experiencing - this is the first step on the path of God, the path of God breathing back into Himself, extracting the "understanding of everything" from everything, the first step in answering His own question of Himself, the question, "Who am I?", allowing us to hand everything that we experience to God, in this way, learning how to make "us" into "God's Problem", a problem which only God can truly solve, before we die to the "outside" of us, if we will only let Him, that only God can solve, by again becoming God, but this time within us. Amen. 4. Understanding The "Two Paths" Within Us - the "Straight Path" within us, which is the path that naturally opens within us when we join with God within us, and with the "Stuff of God" within us, to let "grace spring forth" within us, to let "darkness vanish" within us, to let the "Love of Guru grow" within us, and to let the "Qualities be purified' within us, and the "other path" within us, that has already opened within us, stays open within us until we die, when we don't use God to get to God within us, but rather try to use what God has discarded to get to God within us, like using ourselves and our religious understanding and practices to get to God within us, which won't work, that is, when we keep our focus on "ourselves" and on our dear brothers and sisters on the "outside" of us, living as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from: the Creation of God within us, all the while striving to live in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, and in this way, in our ignorance, and with each breath, look, through, and action in the world on the "outside" of us, we are blocking the natural opening of the "Straight Path" within us. Such is the enormity of the problem that each of us currently face, which we must overcome before we die to the "outside" of us, by turning to God within us, or suffer an eternal life "separate from" God within us 5. Learning To Do "Heart's Work", Before We Die - provides us with the best way to become "One with" God within us, before we die to the "outside" of us, by first becoming "One with" our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and with God within Him, by saying the word Bawa, establishing the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, and in this way, becoming "One with" our wisdom within us, with the wisdom surrounding our soul, and with the truth of God within our wisdom, in this way, establishing the True Shaikh-Disciple Relationship within us, where our Shaikh becomes our soul, and we become His form, in this way, allowing us to bring our Shaikh to life within us, as the light of our wisdom, as the Nur Muhammad, by dying to the world on the "outside" of us, dying to our desires and to the world of darkness within us, in this way, becoming the from of Kalimah, the form of the 24 letters of the Kalimah, which is Iman, or absolute faith, certitude, and determination that "God alone exists", allowing us to follow the Causal Muhammad (blessing and peace of God be upon Him) within us back into the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen 6. When Allah "Loves Us" The World Will "Drive Us Away" - but when the world accepts us we will not be acceptable to God. This is a sign you can see 7. Closing Prayer - May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us. May God help us all Text of Spiritual Chat: 1. Note To Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen - about sending her an E-mail copy of the chat Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Al-salam 'alaykum wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. Wa 'alaykum al-salam wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving sister Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen (may Gpd be pleased with Her) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Here is a copy of our last chat as you requested. We have given it the title "Learning to Do Heart's Work Before We Die", that is, die to the "outside" of us, as this is what we all must learn to do, becoming as "One with" Bawa within us, and with God within Him, if we are to truly become successful in our life, before we die to the "outside" of us, that is, if our wisdom is to reason over our fate, if the qualities of our higher selves is to become victorious over the qualities of our lower selves, if we are to move from the 71st and 72nd groups within all human lives, into the 73rd group within all human lives. Amen. Please try to join with Bawa within us, and with God within Him, to do this Divine Work within us before we die to the "outside" of us. Please try. Only then will our life become victorious. May we both know this now without the slightest doubt, and start to act accordingly. Amen. 2. Love And Salams & Glorifying The Name of God - with each breath, with each look, with each thought, with each intention. Amen MuhaiyaddeenLB: Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Al-salam 'alaykum, my dearest loving, and living sister, Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Rumismith: Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. Wa alaikum as-salamu our dear Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen. My love to you from Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen. 3. Realizing That "We Are Not" What We Are Experiencing - this is the first step on the path of God, the path of God breathing back into Himself, extracting the "understanding of everything" from everything, the first step in answering His own question of Himself, the question, "Who am I?", allowing us to hand everything that we experience to God, in this way, learning how to make "us" into "God's Problem", a problem which only God can truly solve, before we die to the "outside" of us, if we will only let Him, that only God can solve, by again becoming God, but this time within us. Amen. Rumismith: We are grateful that you sent us your salams and your anbu. We are a little 'under the weather' today. May God forgive us to say this, but we are a little tired of fasting and being spaced out etc. Rumismith: It seems that it is a Third Kalimah day. Saying Bawa and the third kalimah usually helps to get 'back on track'. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. You are "a little tired of fasting and being spaced out etc." because "you" are still doing it. If you would just start separating "you" from what you are experiencing, then you could easily hand this experience to Bawa within us, and to God within Him, and be done with it, rather than letting it "bum" you out, and looking for some reason for it being there. What you are experiencing is just the state of the elemental lives within you still in the state of "incompleteness", which only God can remove. So just realize this and hand that experience and them to God within us, with this intention, that God within us bring them within us to completeness, and be done with it, saying to God, "What is Next?". Ok? Rumismith: Ok. Al hamdu lillah, Allahu Akbar. We will do that. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. In this way, shift the focus of your intention from "selfishness", as being all about you as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, and instead place it upon "selflessness", on what God is doing within us, within each of us, for all of the Creation of God within us. within each of us, which is revealing True Man within the Creation of God within us, by first bringing the Creation of God within us to completeness, first finding completeness within His grace, then wisdom within His completeness, then truth within His wisdom, then the "Oneness of God and True Man" within His truth, within His wisdom, within His Completeness, and within His grace. Ok? Amen, Amen, Ye Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Then you will begin to become peaceful within everything that you are experiencing, including being "a little tired of fasting and being spaced out etc". Amen. 4. Understanding The Two Paths Within Us - the "Straight Path" within us, which is the path that naturally opens within us when we join with God within us, and with the "Stuff of God" within us, to let "grace spring forth" within us, to let "darkness vanish" within us, to let the "Love of Guru grow" within us, and to let the "Qualities be purified' within us, and the "other path" within us, that has already opened within us, stays open within us until we die, when we don't use God to get to God within us, but rather try to use what God has discarded to get to God within us, like using ourselves and our religious understanding and practices to get to God within us, which won't work, that is, when we keep our focus on "ourselves" and on our dear brothers and sisters on the "outside" of us, living as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from: the Creation of God within us, all the while striving to live in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, and in this way, in our ignorance, and with each breath, look, through, and action in the world on the "outside" of us, we are blocking the natural opening of the "Straight Path" within us. Such is the enormity of the problem that each of us currently face, which we must overcome before we die to the "outside" of us, by turning to God within us, or suffer an eternal life "separate from" God within us MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Does my dearest loving sister see the difference, between these two ways of living within us, in the state of "selflessness", as God and "His Stuff" are currently living within us, in the tiny piece of flesh within us no bigger than an atom, and in the state of "selfishness", as we are currently living it in our ignorance on the "outside" of us, and in our mind and desire within us. We have both, both the tiny piece of flesh within us where God and "His Stuff: currently live within us, and the mind and desire within us, were we currently live within us, seeing everything in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, so join with God within us to put down one way of existing within us, within our mind and desire, the way that will only lead us to hell, and join with God within us to pick up the other way of existing within us, within our innermost heart within us, the way that will lead us to completeness, to wisdom, to truth, and into the "Oneness of God and True Man" before we die to the "outside" of us. The choice is ours, at each moment of our day, with each breath, the choice is ours, to "Glorify His" name with each breath, saying Al-hamdu lillah, through the realization, the acceptance of the truth of our life, that "God alone exists", and for the next breath, for the next moment of prayer, to hand over all responsibility to Allah and die, die to our desires, and to the world of hell within us, and intend that "His will be done", not ours. Ok? Rumismith: Amen. Al-hamdu lillah for the advice and the reminder. Last time we IM ed , next morning we woke up being so very irritated by some house members capturing storage space and we read our dialogue from the previous night where you pointed out that everything belongs to God and with that understanding it was so easy to let go of our irritation. Rumismith: Yes, yes, yes, it is time to let go of the selfishness, even the selfishness (hiding within) our spiritual practices. Occasionally we now can get a glimpse of selflessness, may Allah help us to live this life in selflessness. Al hamdu lillah, Allahu Akbar. 5. Learning To Do Heart's Work, Before We Die - provides us with the best way to become "One with" God within us, before we die to the "outside" of us, by first becoming "One with" our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and with God within Him, by saying the word Bawa, establishing the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, and in this way, becoming "One with" our wisdom within us, with the wisdom surrounding our soul, and with the truth of God within our wisdom, in this way, establishing the True Shaikh-Disciple Relationship within us, where our Shaikh becomes our soul, and we become His form, in this way, allowing us to bring our Shaikh to life within us, as the light of our wisdom, as the Nur Muhammad, by dying to the world on the "outside" of us, dying to our desires and to the world of darkness within us, in this way, becoming the from of Kalimah, the form of the 24 letters of the Kalimah, which is Iman, or absolute faith, certitude, and determination that "God alone exists", allowing us to follow the Causal Muhammad (blessing and peace of God be upon Him) within us back into the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Wonderful. That is the way, using God to get to God, as our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and now His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), teach us to do. You should write a letter to all of our brothers and sisters at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship and share "that story" with them, that is the "Heart's Work" that my dearest loving sister and this child must learn to do, before we meet the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him), that is, letting God use our life for His purpose, and His purpose alone, and His purpose is to awaken the Children of God for this age to the reality of their own life, as the "Gift of God" for our age. So please try to join with Bawa within us, and with God within Him, to share this beautiful little story, this beautiful example of our faith and trust in God, and in the gift of God for our age, as you have experienced it through the life and teaching of our Father (Ral.) and of His Children. Rumismith: Which story? MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. But we will never become that selflessness until we become "One with" God within us, until we become "One with" Bawa within us, and with God within Him, until we give up the idea that what we are experiencing belongs to us, for nothing belongs to us, everything belongs to God. For as Bawa teaches us, in the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Calendar for this month, the purpose of Charity, of the Fast, and of the Hajj, is to help us see how we have, "Wrongly claimed as our own the wealth that belongs to Allahu 'ta'ala Nayan, the Lone One who rules and sustains". And this wealth of God includes our body, our life, our family, our personal wealth, our world on the "outside" of us, and all of what is done with our body, and our life, and our family, and our personal wealth, in the world on the "outside" of us, each moment of the day. In this way, "we" don't belong to us, we belong to God, and we must be constantly looking for how He wants to use "us". For as Bawa teaches us, we must keep making ourselves "available to God" for His purpose, making "His intention" our search, saying the word "Bawa", in this way, establishing the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Which story? Why the story of the child Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen and Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) of course, the story of Them coming together in His Name, in the name of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), letting Him teach us "what we do not know". And as a result how Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen was able to deal with her experience of "separation and differences" in a new way, in a way that relied on the "Word of God" for our age, to open a new state of consciousness within her, one of grace, wisdom, and 'ilm. That is the story, the story of how we are all gradually disappearing into the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, each year, each month, each day, each hour, and each moment of each day of our life, at least to the level that we will let it happen within us, and in this way, we are all disappearing back into our Source, from which we have all come, and doing all of this before we die to the "outside" of us, but this time with an understanding of that "Oneness" that in truth is God and True Man within us, so it will never leave us again. That is the story we must all tell! Rumismith: Al hamdu lillah, Allahu Akbar. We will share that story, but we don't feel right to write a letter to the sisters and brothers. 6. When Allah Loves Us The World Will Drive Us Away - but when the world accepts us we will not be acceptable to God. This is a sign you can see MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. We understand. But ask Bawa if that is appropriate. Just don't decide for Him. Then you are only driving a wedge between the two of you. What are you afraid of? That they will "drive you away". We understand. But if they don't drive you away then you will never be acceptable to Allah. For as Bawa teaches us, "When Allah loves us the world will drive us away, but when the world accepts us we will not be acceptable to God. This is a sign you can see." "If you desire and accept the praise of the world, truth will not accept you. If you desire truth, the world will not accept you. All who have wisdom must realize and understand this". MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. We are back. Rumismith: Al hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. We are so glad you are back. We were just about to write you an e-mail to apologize for not answering in a timely way. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Write us a letter anyway, but instead of apologizing tell us about what we have learned over the last two years, coming together in the name of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), allowing Him to teach us "what we do not know". That would be wonderful to read. Ok? Rumismith: Ok, God willing we will ask Bawa to come and write a letter to Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen. That last sharing about ..."What are you afraid of? That they will 'drive you away'. We understand"..... Really hit home. We will have to sit on that one and present it to Bawa. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Good. Remember, He will take away from us everything that is "separating" us from God, piece by piece, as long as we will only let Him, because in the end what will separate us from God for eternity will be the parts that we failed to let Bawa within us, and God within Him, take away from us, before we die to the "outside" of us. So everything has to go, all of what now defines us on the "outside" of us, but is really within us, has to go, so "Only God" is there within us, everything that we have accumulated since the age of two has to go, and as it leaves the understanding of it will come, allowing the soul to join with the wisdom within us, and go in search of, find, and become "One with" the light of wisdom within us, which is the Nur Muhammad within us. Rumismith: How beautiful, Al hamdu lillah, Allahu Akbar. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. In this way, Bawa within us, and God within Him, will do it all, if we will only let Them, if we will only join with Them in what They are already doing within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God (the earth world or dunya) within us, by first revealing True Man to True Man within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of True Man (the hereafter or akhirah) within us, and in this way, revealing the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us. Amen. Ok? Rumismith: Amen. Thank you, Al hamdu lillah, Allahu Akbar. This is very helpful. We are on our way to pick up Elias from school, take him home and play with him. XX 7. Closing Prayer - May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us. May God help us all. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us. May God help us all. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Please give my love and salams to all of our dear brothers and sisters at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, including your dear brother/husband Ragavan (may God be pleased with Him). Please tell them that Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) loves them very, very much and that they are always in our prayers. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. And as always, please try to join with Bawa within us, and with God within Him, to share this sharing with them, as this "Heart's Work" is the only way to remove from us all that is "separating us" from God. May we both realize this without the slightest doubt and start to do this Divine Work within us, by joining as "One with" Bawa within us, and with God within Him, by saying the word "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him) before we "say or do" anything, in this way establishing the "Presence of God" within us before we "say or do" anything, and doing all of this before it is too late, before we die to the "outside" of us. Amen. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Rumismith: We lost our whole exchange since our last interruption, would you please send it to our e-mail address. Sorry about that. My love to our dear Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen and thank you for your patience. Al hamdu lillah. Ummul Khair Muhaiyaddeen. MuhaiyaddeenLB: Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Ok. Rumismith: Thank you. Off we go. 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