Spiritual Letter 01 - Outline & Summary Version        About Spiritual Letter 01
Title: "Who Are We, Who Is God, And What Is The Relationship Between Us."
Wisdom Point: His Holiness, "In Truth There Is Only One God, One Prayer, One Family, And There Is Really Only One Life, Only One Soul, Which Is The Life of God Within Each of Us, Within All of Creation."
Date Written: April, 1989, Date Last Updated: July, 2004
Date Published: July, 2004
Written by: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler)
Written to: Rev. George. A. Johnson, Nigeria, Africa

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Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Al-salam 'alaykum wa-rahmat Allah wa barakatuhu kulluhu. Wa 'alaykum al-salam wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu.  May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all.  May God help us all.

My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler).

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42.  The True Virgin Mary (A.S.) - is the purified earth within us
43.  The True Father of The Son of God - is the Son of God who has become the
          Father, as it is only God who can reveal God.
44.  The True Woman - is the qualities of God, and the True Man is the power of God
45.  The True Path of God - for this age, is the path of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may
          God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each
          of Us) within us, the path of Iman-Islam within us
46.  What Separates Us From God - is our arrogance, karma, and illusion, and what
          separates us from each other are the qualities of the Creation of God, of the lives
          of incompleteness within us
47.  We Must Realize - that "we", that the "we" of "separation and differences", that
          the "we" of our mind and desire, is the "enemy of our soul", and that our desires
          to live here in the world of illusory form on the "outside" of us, are the 5 nails that
          keep Jesus (peace be upon Him) crucified within us on the cross of our
          elemental body
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48.  We Must Realize - that the wisdom within us, the wisdom surrounding our soul,
          is the only friend of the soul, the only one who can liberate the soul within us
          from the cross of our elemental body, but that wisdom within us is sleeping, and
          needs to awaken by hearing the "Word of God" for our age on the "outside" of us,
          and then do battle with the "enemy of the soul", and we must decide who to join,
          either our wisdom within us or the "enemy of our soul" on the "outside" of us, and
          we must and always do decide, even if we don't know it, since we cannot have
          two masters
          Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, is the truth and
          wisdom of God within us

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42.  The True Virgin Mary (A.S.) Is The Purified Earth Within Us

Now, the mother who gives birth to a child is not the child. It is her duty to conduct herself in a proper way so that the child has a proper father and is raised in the proper way. Like that, it is our duty to conduct ourselves in the proper way so that the proper Father will come and Father the Sun of God and raise him in the proper way.

It is our duty to transform ourselves into the Virgin Mary (A.S.) and give birth to Jesus
(A.S.) within us, to return the earth within us to the state of purity that the earth was in when God used it to create Adam (A.S.), return the earth to the state of the Kalimah, the living affirmation of faith in God.

But this transformation can only be done by God within us. And this can only be done by God within us, when we realize and accept that this is His work, not our work, and hand this work to Him with Iman, with absolute faith, certitude, and determination that this is His work, and that He can do this work.

In this way, we must join in partnership with God to return the impure earth within us to the state of the Kalimah, to the true vessel of the Child of God's Grace within us, to the True Virgin Mary (A.S.) within us, to return Adam (A.S.) within us to the state of Adam (A.S.) before the fall of Adam (A.S.), to transform our closed impure heart into the open pure heart of True Man.
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43.  The True Father of The Sun of God - is the Son of God who has become the
Father, as it is only God who can reveal God

My loving brother, we may ask the question, "Who is this Father of the Sun of God, the Light of God to the world?" Bawa teaches us that it is only the One who is Himself the Sun of God, the Light of God to the world, that can Father the Sun of God. As it is only God who can reveal God.

And we may ask the question, "What is my role in this birth of True Man, and in the revealing of God?" Bawa teaches us that it is the same as the role of the apple seeds in the birth of the apple tree and in the revealing of the sweet taste within the mature apple. Both are within it - the apple tree is within the apple seed, and the apple and its sweet taste are within the apple tree within the apple seed.

Similarly, both are within us - True Man is within the Seed of God's Grace, the seed of Allahu, that can be planted with Iman, with absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God, in the earth within us by a True Man, once we have realized, understood, accepted, and joined in partnership with a True Man, allowing Him to purify the earth within us, allowing Him to plow the soil of the Qalb or innermost heart within us with the enlightening words of the Qutbiyyat. And the Fruit of God's Grace, the qualities, actions, and duties of God, and the sweet taste of that Fruit, which is God, are within True Man within us.

Such is the exalted heritage of True Man within us, and of God within True Man within us, my dearest loving brother, and our role in it, which is to accept it as our birthright and to join it with Iman. Please think about this a little.

Also, please click HERE (not yet available) to read more about how True Man gives birth to True Man within us, and how God reveals God within True Man within us. This short discourse by His Holiness has been given the title, "The Taproot for Man's Life", in the book, "Golden Words of a Sufi Shaikh", and can be found as number 872, on page 394.
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44.  The True Woman - is the qualities of God, and the True Man is the power of
God

From another perspective, Bawa teaches us that the True Woman is the qualities of
God and that the True Man is the power of God.

Therefore, to move forward in our life we must become the qualities of God, and when
we do, then the power of God will come to us, like a honey bee visits the flower, and
out of this union will emerge the Sun of God, the light of God for the world.
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45.  The True Path of God - for this age, is the path of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may
God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us)
both within and "outside" of us, is the path of Iman-Islam within us

The path of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His
Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), is the path of Jesus (A.S.) within us,
and it is the path of Muhammad (Sal.) within us, of the first and final prophet of God
within us. It is the path of all of the 124,000 prophets of God within us, may God be
pleased with all of them, which represent the branches on the Tree of God's Grace
within us.

The path of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), is the path of all of the prophets,
wise men and heavenly beings, and light of God within us. It is the path of every life
that consciously moves from darkness to light within us, from ignorance to wisdom
within us, from selfishness to selflessness within us, from separation and differences
to true unity, love, and the oneness of life within us. This is the path that the slave of
God walks within us. This is the path that God walks within us. Amen.
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46.  What Separates Us From God - is our arrogance, karma, and illusion, and what
separates us from each other are the qualities of the Creation of God, of the lives of incompleteness within us

Now my loving brother, what separates us from God? Bawa teaches us that what has grown within us is a mountain of arrogance, karma, and illusion. Bawa calls this the mountain of mind and desire and this is what is separating us and God. It is the belief that we exist separate from God that separates us from God.

This is our arrogance. It is the belief that we are the one who is conducting our own life that separates us from God. This is our karma. It is our faith and trust in what we see and hear and understand that separates us from God. This is our illusion, the illusion that we are living within, the illusion that separates us from God.

Bawa teaches us that what separates us from God is what separates us from each other. Bawa tells us that if we separate ourselves, within our heart, from any brother or sister we have by that very act separated ourselves from God, because God is not separate from anyone, from any of His creations.

He is One with everyone and everything. He created everyone and everything, And He rules it, protects it, nourishes it, and tries continuously to pull it deeper and deeper back into Himself, from which it came, and must ultimately return.
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47.  We Must Realize - that "we", that the "we" of "separation and differences", that
the "we" of our mind and desire, is the "enemy of our soul", and that our desires to live here in the world of illusory form on the "outside" of us, are the 5 nails that keep Jesus (peace be upon Him) crucified within us on the cross of our elemental body

My dearest loving brother, there is only one God, one family, one truth, and one prayer. And in truth there is really only one life. This is the teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with Him). Amen.

This is the teaching of God that has come at the time of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with Him), to awaken the wisdom that surrounds our souls.

Bawa said that he came into the world for the benefit of our souls, to provide the soul with the wisdom that can protect it, and liberate it from the cross of this elemental body, that can pull out the five nails that keep the soul crucified on the cross of this elemental body, the five nails of desire for the world.

When this child heard Bawa say this, he asked Bawa, in his heart,

          "Who is the wisdom protecting the soul from?"

And the answer was immediately given by Bawa,

          "From you".

We must realize my loving brother that this mountain of arrogance, karma, and illusion that has grown within us is the enemy of the soul within us and is separating the soul within us from God.
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48.  We Must Realize - that the wisdom within us, the wisdom surrounding our soul,
is the only friend of the soul, the only one who can liberate the soul within us from the cross of our elemental body, but that wisdom within us is sleeping, and needs to awaken by hearing the "Word of God" for our age on the "outside" of us, and then do battle with the "enemy of the soul", and we must decide who to join, either our wisdom within us or the "enemy of our soul" on the "outside" of us, and we must and always do decide, even if we don't know it, since we cannot have two masters

Bawa teaches us that it is only the wisdom within us, that can protect this soul within us, from what has grown within us.

And for us, in this age, at this time, it is only the wisdom of God that has come at this time, at the time of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), that can awaken this wisdom within us.
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49.  The Father And Mother of The True Life Within Us - is God and Bawa
Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, is the truth and wisdom of God within us

My loving brother, we who have been born at this time, in this age, have been born out of the union of God and Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), out of the union of Truth and that which has emerged from that Truth, understood that Truth, and merged back within it.

God in union with Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) are both the Father and the Mother of our true life, of our soul and the wisdom that surrounds it. And it is only this union of God and Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) that can properly raise us.

This union of God and Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) is the house of wisdom for our soul and only this house of wisdom is appropriate for our souls.

Like this, as the mother who gives birth to a child, nourishes the child with her own milk, so it is only the wisdom of God that has came at the time of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) that is appropriate for the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him). This is the truth my dearest loving brother.


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