Spiritual Letter 70 - Outline & Summary Version About Spiritual Letter 70 Title: "Bear Not Witness of Ourselves, But Only of God Within Us" Go To: Main Menu Go To: Expanded Overview - a continuation of the Short Overview presented below Short Overview: In this fifth and last in a series of 5 beautiful Spiritual Letters to our dearest loving brother Mr. Ellis Thomas, a High School Classmate of Louie, we provide "Spiritual Letter 70". A letter to Mr. Ellis Thomas who has been recently told by his doctors that he is currently dying of a terminal illness, and only has a short time to live. A letter to Ellis and to each of us, who in truth have also been told by our doctor, by our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and by God within Him, that we are also dying of a terminal illness, and also have but a short time to live, dying of the terminal illness of "separation from" God within us. A letter which is a summary of the previous four letters that "we" sent to Ellis, at least in our heart, that is, a summary of the "Major Goal" of our life, which is to become again "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, and the "Major Obstacle" to our reaching this goal in our own life time, which is our ego, which is our current life of "separation and differences", our current life of "mine and yours", of "I" and "you" on the "outside" of us, our current life of sin, that we are currently living with our dearest loving brothers and sisters in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, but which in truth is really within us, has really grown within us in our ignorance, and is now ruling over us as the 9 openings of our body, with God's permission Date Written and Posted: March and April, 2005 Written by: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Written to: Mr. Ellis Thomas, a High School Classmate of Louie Beutler Go To: Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 70 Go To: Outline & Summary Version - of Spiritual Letter 70 "Silent Outline" - with no summary of each Topic "Brief Outline" - with a short summary of each Topic "Expanded Outline" - with an expanded summary of each Topic Text of Spiritual Letter - without an outline (for Page 1 only) Page 1 of 2 Introduction - to Spiritual Letter70 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 another beautiful letter to a High School Classmate of this child, to a Mr. Ellis Thomas, with the earlier letters being: 1) "Spiritual Letter 66", "Thank You For Showing Us Your Faith & Trust In God" (www.SpiritualLetter066.homestead.com) 2) "Spiritual Letter 67", "And The Truth Will Make You Free" (www.SpiritualLetter067.homestead.com) 3) "Spiritual Letter 68", "What Has Happened To Us" (www.SpiritualLetter068.homestead.com). 4) "Spiritual Letter 69", "Invoking The Presence of God Within Us" (www.SpiritualLetter069.homestead.com). A dear brother who has recently demonstrated very strong faith and trust in God, and who is currently going through a situation in his life that allows him to be an example to all of us of his Iman, of his absolute, unshakable faith, certitude, and determination in God, in the truth that "Only God exists" within us, and in the truth that "God is One" within us. Amen. As always, this letter was written by this child sitting at the feet of God for our age, at the feet of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, and is respectfully and humbly shared with each of you at this time. Amen. Outline & Summary Version - of Spiritual Letter 70 "Silent Outline" - with no summary of each Topic Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 70 Page 01 - the page you are currently reading A. Bear "Not Witness" of Ourselves - But Only of God Within Us 1. Introduction - to Page 1 of Spiritual Letter, with comments to Mr. Ellis Thomas 2. Our Choice - which is the choice each of us must make before we die to the flesh 3. The Judgment & The Salvation - of each one of us, is the "Word of God" for our age Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 19 to 31 4. The "Gift of God" - For Our Age, that is, the life and teaching of God for our age Page 02 - Please click HERE to go to the "Text" of Page 2. The Outline continues 5. What Has Happened To Us? - that we are still living "separate from" God within us 6. The Nine Openings - of Our Body, that now rule over us, with God's permission 7. The "Main Goal" - of Our Life, is to again become "One with" God within us 8. The "Main Obstacle" - of Our Life, is our ego, is our current life "outside" of us 9. The Subtle "Sin of Righteousness" - In Our Life, has over taken all of us 10. The "Answer" - To Our Life, is to again become "One with" God, before we die 11. The Nature of "True Prayer" - in our life, is "us" making the correct life choice Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 30 & 31 Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 43 & 44 12. Our Current Way, Life, and Prayers - are not acceptable to God within us Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 19 to 24 Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 01, Verses 10 to 14 13. The True Nature - of Each of Us, in this age, is the "Oneness of God & True Man" "Brief Outline" - with a short summary of each Topic Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 70 Page 01 - the page you are currently reading A. Bear "Not Witness" of Ourselves - But Only of God Within Us Brief Summary of Topic: Here is a brief summary of this letter, of "Spiritual Letter 70", which includes another beautiful discourse from God within us all, to all of us living in this age, coming into the heart of this child, about the "Choice" that each of us must make before we physically die to the "outside" of us, if we are to truly become successful in our own lifetime, and about the "Major Obstacle" standing between "us", and "us" making the correct choice, and "us" sowing the good crop, and "us" building the proper house, before we die to the flesh, the "Major Obstacle" between "us" within us and God within us, which is our ego, which is "us" living on the "outside" of us 1. Introduction - to Page 1 of Spiritual Letter 70, which includes comments to Mr. Ellis Thomas about the journey that this child has taken for the last two months, at the feet of God for our age, in sharing the "Gift of God" for our age with our dearest loving brother Ellis, and the 5 beautiful Spiritual Letters that were produced as a result, which are now available on-line for all to read, if they like, for example, by clicking on the following: Home Page - Spiritual Letters (www.SpiritualLetters.homestead.com) 2. Our Choice - which is the choice each of us must make before we die to the flesh, before we die to the "outside" of us, if our life is to become truly successful in our own lifetime, which in truth is a choice between an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, and in truth there is no other choice, because everything else that we think of as a choice is just drama, the drama of "separation and differences" that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, but which in truth is really within us, as the lives of darkness, of hell, and of evil that in our ignorance we have allowed to grow within us, like weeds in a beautiful flower garden, which if not regularly pulled out, destroy the flower garden, becoming the drama on the "outside" of us that keeps our ego alive and well within us, a drama that keeps us "Bearing Witness of Ourselves" on the "outside" of us, rather than "Bearing Witness of God" within us 3. The Judgment And The Salvation - of Each Of Us In Our Age, which is the "Word of God" for our age, which is the life and teaching of God for our age, which for our age is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, as it was the life and teaching of Jesus (peace be upon Him) for our dearest loving brothers and sisters who lived at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 19 to 31 4. The "Gift of God" - For Our Age, that is, the "life and teaching of God", the "word of God" for our age, is for our age the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us. For example, this "Gift of God" for our age is now being explained on the "outside" of us by this child, by this Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), through this series of 5 beautiful Spiritual Letters to Mr. Ellis Thomas, starting with the first Spiritual Letter to Ellis, "Spiritual Letter 66", that we shared in January, 2005, and now ending with this new Spiritual Letter to Ellis, "Spiritual Letter 70", that we are currently sharing now in March/April 2005. And this current series of Spiritual Letters to Ellis are being sharing with Ellis as the "Gift of God" for our age in the context of Christianity, in the context of the life and teaching of Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, as recorded in Chapters and Verses in the "Gospel of John" of the Holy Bible Page 02 - Please click HERE to go to the "Text" of Page 2. The Outline continues 5. What Has Happened To Us? - since we came to this earth world, that we are still living "separate from" God within us, since we came to this "School of Contrasts", to this first of "God's Schools" within us, to learn about who we "Already Are", to learn about what "separates us" from God within us, and then to join in partnership with God within us to remove it, to return us to the state of "Oneness with" God within us, as Adam (peace be upon Him) was in before his fall from God's grace, but this time with an understand of our "Oneness" with God, so it will never leave us again, so we will never fall from grace again. We must know the answer to this question, and then correct this mistake in our life, before we die to the flesh, if we are to become truly successful in our own lifetime, and in our age we can most certainly do this, we can most certainly both know and correct this mistake in our life. For In our age His Holiness, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, and now His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) teach us about what happened to us when we came to this earth world, for example, teach us about this in the beautiful book of Wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", on page 6, in the "Forward" (www.ThePearlOfWisdomForward. homestead.com) to that book, for example, teach us that, "Man appearing on the earth, forgets God and falls into many a trap, he does not know to seek himself although God exists within man" 6. The Nine Openings - Of Our Body, that now rule over us, with God's permission, and the forces and energies related to them, that we in our ignorance have allowed to grow within us, are in truth what currently "separates us" from God within us, that currently "separates us" from each other on the "outside" of us, and that currently "separates us" from the Creation of God within us, all within the "Justice of God" within us, and with God's permission 7. The "Main Goal" - Of Our Life, 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, but this time with an understanding of our fall from grace, so we will never fall again, that is, but this time with an understanding of our fall from the grace of God within us, from the "Spirit" of God within us, into the flesh of us, into the "outside" of us, into our current life of "separation and differences" that we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us 8. The "Main Obstacle" - Of Our Life - is our ego, is our belief and our affirmation of "us" as the center of our life and of our world, is our belief and our affirmation with each breath, with each look, with each thought, with each word, and with each action, of "us" living as "separate from" everything else on the "outside" of us, of "us" living on the "outside" of us as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us 9. The Subtle "Sin of Righteousness" - In Our Life, has over taken all of us living in this age, which is the sin that Jesus (peace be upon Him) warned us about over 2000 years ago, indicating that only later on, in our age, would we become strong enough to hear about this subtle "Sin of Righteousness", when Jesus (peace be upon Him) would send us the Comforter of God, the "Spirit or Consciousness of Truth" to teach us about this subtle sin and lead us past it and back into "Oneness with" God within us, before we die to the flesh 10. The "Answer" - To Our Life, 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, and to do this by becoming "One with" the "Gift of God" for our age, with the life and teaching of God for our age, which for our age is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with Him) on the "outside" of us 11. The Nature of "True Prayer" - In Our Life, is "us" correctly making the one and only true choice of our life before we die to the flesh, that is, to become "One with" God within us both now, in our current life in the world on the "outside" of us, before we die to the flesh, and then for eternity after we die to the flesh, after we die to the "outside" of us, choosing this for our eternal life, rather than choosing to continue to conduct our life with "business as usual" until we die, that is, rather than choosing to continue to live our life as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, until we die to the flesh, and then, when we die to the flesh, if this be our choice, getting the same life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us for eternity 11. The Nature of "True Prayer" (continued) Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 30 & 31 Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 43 & 44 12. Our Current Way, Life, and Prayers - are Not Acceptable To God (in process) Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 19 to 24 Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 01, Verses 10 to 14 13. The True Nature - Of Each of Us, In This Age (in process) "Expanded Outline" - with an expanded summary of each Topic Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 70 Page 01 - the page you are currently reading A. Bear "Not Witness" of Ourselves - But Only of God Within Us Expanded Summary of Topic: Here is an expanded summary of this letter, of "Spiritual Letter 70", which includes another beautiful discourse from God within us all, to all of us living in this age, coming into the heart of this child, about the "Choice" that each of us must make before we physically die to the "outside" of us, if we are to truly become successful in our own lifetime, which is to choose either an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, before we die to the flesh. And a beautiful discourse about the "Major Obstacle" standing between "us" and "us", standing between "us" and "us" making the correct choice before we die to the flesh, that is to choose an eternal life as "One with" God within us before we die, standing between "us" and "us" within us living as "One with" God within us, both now and after we die, standing between "us" and "us" within us sowing the good crop within us, before we die, which is the grace, the wisdom, and the 'ilm or divine knowledge of God within us, standing between "us and "us" within us building the proper house within us, before we die to the flesh, which is the "Palace of the soul", the "House of wisdom" within us, the House of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) within us, the "Major Obstacle" between "us" within us and God within us, which is our ego. The "Major Obstacle" which is our current belief and thoughts that we exist as "separate from" God within us, the "major obstacle" which is our current life of "selfishness", of sin, of "separation and differences", of "mine and yours", of "I and you", which is our current life of living as if we are "separate from" our dearest loving brothers and sisters in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, which is our current life living as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, that God lovingly and so patiently placed within the heart of each of us, even before we were born. Even before we came here to this earth world, to this first of God's Schools, to the "School of Contrasts", in order to learn about who we "Already Are", which first is coming into the world as Jesus (peace be upon Him), as the Light of God to the world, and to learn about what "separates us" from God within us, about what "separates us" from each other on the "outside" of us, and about what "separates us" from the Creation of God within us. Amen. 1. Introduction - to Page 1 of Spiritual Letter 70, which includes comments to Mr. Ellis Thomas about the journey that this child has taken for the last two months, at the feet of God for our age, in sharing the "Gift of God" for our age with our dearest loving brother Ellis, and the 5 beautiful Spiritual Letters that were produced as a result, which are now available on-line for all to read, if they like, for example, by clicking on the following: Home Page - Spiritual Letters (www.SpiritualLetters.homestead.com) 2. Our Choice - which is the choice each of us must make before we die to the flesh, before we die to the "outside" of us, if our life is to become truly successful in our own lifetime, which in truth is a choice between an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, and in truth there is no other choice, because everything else that we think of as a choice is just drama, the drama of "separation and differences" that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, but which in truth is really within us, as the lives of darkness, of hell, and of evil that in our ignorance we have allowed to grow within us, like weeds in a beautiful flower garden, which if not regularly pulled out, destroy the flower garden, becoming the drama on the "outside" of us that keeps our ego alive and well within us, a drama that keeps us "Bearing Witness of Ourselves" on the "outside" of us, rather than "Bearing Witness of God" within us. A drama within us, that we see in our ignorance on the "outside" of us, that is leading us to the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him) within us, to Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within us, to 105 million rebirths within us, with "us" potentially ending as a worm in hell within us with only one level of consciousness, of feeling, and in this way, with "us" ending within us with an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, as our reward for having come to this first of "God's Schools" within us, which is the "School of Contrasts" we are currently attending, whether we know it or not, whether we like it or not, where we came not to die, but to live for eternity as "One with" God within us, by joining in partnership with God within us, now before we die to the flesh, in order to understand what is currently "separating us" from God within us, and then to join as "One with" God within us, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, that is, to be "born again", as Jesus (peace be upon Him) teaches us in the "Gospel of John", in Chapter 03, Verse 3, "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God" 3. The Judgment And The Salvation - Of Each Of Us In Our Age, which is the "Word of God" for our age, which is the life and teaching of God for our age, which for our age is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, as it was the life and teaching of Jesus (peace be upon Him) for our dearest loving brothers and sisters who lived at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, and as it was the life and teaching of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) at the time of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) over 1400 years ago, and of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) at His time over 1000 years ago. Amen Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 19 to 31 4. The "Gift of God" - For Our Age, that is, the "Life and Teaching of God", the "Word of God" for our age, is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us. For example, this "Gift of God" for our age is now being explained on the "outside" of us by this child, by this Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), through this series of 5 beautiful Spiritual Letters to Mr. Ellis Thomas, starting with the first Spiritual Letter to Ellis, "Spiritual Letter 66", that we shared in January, 2005, and now ending with this new Spiritual Letter to Ellis, "Spiritual Letter 70", that we are currently sharing now in March/April 2005. And this current series of Spiritual Letters to Ellis are being sharing with Ellis as the "Gift of God" for our age in the context of Christianity, in the context of the life and teaching of Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, as recorded in Chapters and Verses in the "Gospel of John" of the Holy Bible. Also, we have and will continue to share the "Gift of God" for our age in the context of the other Major Religions of the world. For example, another series of beautiful Spiritual Letter is currently happening and planned to follow, explaining the life and teaching of God for our age in the context of Islam, in the context of the life and teaching of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) over 1400 years ago, as recorded in Chapters from the "Holy Qur'an". For example, like in Chapter 86, "At Tarique", or "The Night Visitant or Morning Star", as well as in the last Chapter, in Chapter 114, "Nas", or "Mankind", in Chapter 113, "Falaq", or "The Dawning", in Chapter 112, "Ikhlas", or "Purity", and in the first Chapter, in Chapter 01, in the "Suratal Fatihah", or "The Opening Chapter". Also see "Spiritual Letter 63", for a "Review of the Holy Qur'an: Sura or Chapter 86, At Tarique, of the First 3 Lines" Page 02 - Please click HERE to go to the "Text" of Page 2. The Outline continues 5. What Has Happened To Us? - since we came to this earth world, that we are still living "separate from" God within us, since we came to this "School of Contrasts", to this first of "God's Schools" within us, to learn about who we "Already Are", to learn about what "separates us" from God within us, and then to join in partnership with God within us to remove it, to return us to the state of "Oneness with" God within us, as Adam (peace be upon Him) was in before his fall from God's grace, but this time with an understand of our "Oneness" with God, so it will never leave us again, so we will never fall from grace again. We must know the answer to this question, and then correct this mistake in our life, before we die to the flesh, if we are to become truly successful in our own lifetime, and in our age we can most certainly do this, we can most certainly both know and correct this mistake in our life. For In our age His Holiness, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us about what happened to us, teach us this in the beautiful book of Wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", on page 6, in the "Forward" to that book, for example, teach us that, "Man appearing on the earth, forgets God and falls into many a trap, he does not know to seek himself although God exists within man". And now His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) also teach us, now from the "outside' of us, also teach us about what happened to us, teach us that upon coming to this earth world, we forgot about God within us and fell into the trap of living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, in this way, seeing both "us" and our dearest loving brothers and sisters living a life as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, that is, as "separate from" the "Earth of God" within us, that we must first join as "One with" as the "Seed of God" within us, before we can germinate, before we can reveal what God has hidden within us, which is the "Tree of God" and its "Fruits of God", which in truth is the story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, just as the apple seed buried within the earth must first join as "one with" the earth that holds it, before it can germinate and reveal the apple tree and its fruits. Amen 6. The Nine Openings of Our Body - that now rule over us, with God's permission, and the forces and energies related to them, that we in our ignorance have allowed to grow within us, are in truth what currently "separates us" from God within us, that currently "separates us" from each other on the "outside" of us, and that currently "separates us" from the Creation of God within us, all within the "justice of God" within us, and with God's permission, until we "See God" and "Steady Him Within Us", and then God sets about "Curing Himself" of "us", of "us" as "separate from" God within us, as He did before, in order to become God within us, but doing it this time within us, within the "Earth of God" within us, within the Creation of God within us, within Adam (peace be upon Him) within us, within Adam (peace be upon Him) within us having recovered from the fall of Adam (peace be upon Him) within us, this time becoming again "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of both His fall from grace, and His "Oneness" with God within us, so it will never leave Him again, and if we like, will never leave "us" again, that is, if that be our true intention for our life, if our true intention for our life is to become "One with" God within us before we die to the flesh, before we die to the "outside" of us, so God can successfully complete what He started within us a very, very long time ago, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen 7. The "Main Goal" of Our Life - 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, but this time with an understanding of our fall from grace, so we will never fall again, that is, but this time with an understanding of our fall from the grace of God within us, from the "Spirit" of God within us, into the flesh of us, into the "outside" of us, into our current life of "separation and differences" that we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, into our current life of arrogance, karma, and illusion, into our current life of desire for earth, women, and gold, into our current life of "selfishness" as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, as "separate from" the Creation of God within us which is the "Earth of God" within us, within which God must plant the "Seed of God" within us, to grow the "Tree of God" within us, and harvest the "Fruits of God" within us, if we will only let Him, that is, if we are to become truly successful in our lifetime, before we die to the flesh of us, before we die to the "outside" of us, so in this way, God can complete what God has started within us, a very, very long time ago, a time way before we were born into this earth world, which is to reveal God to God within us, which is to answer God's question of God within us, the question, "Who am I?, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen 8. The "Main Obstacle" of Our Life - is our ego, is our belief and our affirmation of "us" as the center of our life and of our world, is our belief and our affirmation with each breath, with each look, with each thought, with each word, and with each action, of "us" living as "separate from" everything else on the "outside" of us, of "us" living on the "outside" of us as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us. The "Main Obstacle" of our life is our belief and our affirmation of our own existence as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, which in our ignorance we see as all occurring on the "outside" of us, starting and really ending, if we reflect on it a little with our wisdom, with our first affirmation, with the affirmation that "I exist" as "separate from" God within us, when in truth it is God, and only God who exists, who exists within us, that in truth, "There is nothing other than God" within us, "You are God" within us, and that in truth "God is One" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called the "First Kalimah" of Islam, of the "Five Kalimahs" of Islam, or the First Affirmation of the Truth of Allah, of the Five Affirmations of the Truth of Allah, the "First Kalimah" of Islam which in the Arabic Language is recited by all Muslims, that is, by all those who have truly "Submitted to the will of God", recited in Arabic as "La illaha Ill Allah, Muhammadar Rasul Allah", or recited in English as, "There is nothing other than You. You are God. And Muhammad (Sal.) is the Messenger of God." 9. The Subtle "Sin of Righteousness" In Our Life - has over taken all of us living in this age, which is the sin that Jesus (peace be upon Him) warned us about over 2000 years ago, indicating that only later on, in our age, would we become strong enough to hear about this subtle "Sin of Righteousness", when Jesus (peace be upon Him) would send us the Comforter of God, the "Spirit or Consciousness of Truth" to teach us about this subtle sin and lead us past it and back into "Oneness with" God within us, before we die to the flesh 10. The "Answer" To Our Life - 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, and to do this by becoming "One with" the "Gift of God" for our age, with the life and teaching of God for our age, which for our age is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with Him) on the "outside" of us. For example, like these Spiritual Letters from God within us all, from this child, to the Children of God for our age, which is each of us living in this age, if that be our true intention, that is, if our true intention is to become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh. Amen 11. The Nature of "True Prayer" In Our Life - is "us" correctly making the one and only true choice of our life before we die to the flesh, that is, to become "One with" God within us both now, in our current life in the world on the "outside" of us, before we die to the flesh, and then for eternity after we die to the flesh, after we die to the "outside" of us, choosing this, rather than choosing to continue to conduct our life with "business as usual", that is, rather than choosing to continue to live our life as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, until we die to the flesh, and then, when we die to the flesh, if this be our choice, getting the same life of "separation and differences" for eternity. That is, with "us" then getting the same life of "separation and differences" for eternity, if this has become our fate, if this has become what our own life tells God within us, by the way that we have lived, and by the words and actions that we have daily performed, while we were alive in the world, that is, telling God by the way we lived our life in the world that a life of "separation and differences" is truly what we want as our reward for eternity. And then, if we do that, if this becomes our fate, if our own life in the world on the "outside" of us tells this to God within us, then our reward for our current life in the world before we die to the flesh, then becomes just that after we die to the flesh, then becomes an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, because this is what we have intended, while alive in the world, so this is what we then get, when we die to the flesh, an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, that is, then this is what we get, according to the justice of God within us, an eternal life as "separate from" the "truth of us" and as "separate from" the 'truth of God" within us. In this way, if this becomes our fate, then with "us" suffering the same fate as an apple seed that fails to germinate, forever "separating itself" from the story of the "oneness of the apple tree and the apple" hidden within it, and in this way, with us then forever "separating us" from the story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" hidden within us, by God within us 11. The Nature of "True Prayer" In Our Life (continued) Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 30 & 31 Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 43 & 44 12. Our Current Way, Life, and Prayers - Are Not Acceptable To God (in process) Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 19 to 24 Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 01, Verses 10 to 14 13. The True Nature - of Each of Us In This Age (in process) Text of Spiritual Letter - if you want to read it through without an outline Page 1 Only - click HERE to go to Page 2 of "Text of Spiritual Letter" A. Bear "Not Witness" of Ourselves - But Only of God Within Us Expanded Summary of Topic A: Here is an expanded summary of this letter, of "Spiritual Letter 70", which includes another beautiful discourse from God within us all, to all of us living in this age, coming into the heart of this child, about the "Choice" that each of us must make before we physically die to the "outside" of us, if we are to truly become successful in our own lifetime, which is to choose either an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, before we die to the flesh. And a beautiful discourse about the "Major Obstacle" standing between "us" and "us", standing between "us" and "us" making the correct choice before we die to the flesh, that is to choose an eternal life as "One with" God within us before we die, standing between "us" and "us" within us living as "One with" God within us, both now and after we die, standing between "us" and "us" within us sowing the good crop within us, before we die, which is the grace, the wisdom, and the 'ilm or divine knowledge of God within us, standing between "us and "us" within us building the proper house within us, before we die to the flesh, which is the "Palace of the soul", the "House of wisdom" within us, the House of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) within us, the "Major Obstacle" between "us" within us and God within us, which is our ego. The "Major Obstacle" which is our current belief and thoughts that we exist as "separate from" God within us, the "major obstacle" which is our current life of "selfishness", of sin, of "separation and differences", of "mine and yours", of "I and you", which is our current life of living as if we are "separate from" our dearest loving brothers and sisters in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, which is our current life living as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, that God lovingly and so patiently placed within the heart of each of us, even before we were born. Even before we came here to this earth world, to this first of God's Schools, to the "School of Contrasts", in order to learn about who we "Already Are", which first is coming into the world as Jesus (peace be upon Him), as the Light of God to the world, and to learn about what "separates us" from God within us, about what "separates us" from each other on the "outside" of us, and about what "separates us" from the Creation of God within us. Amen. 01. Introduction - to Page 1 of Spiritual Letter, with comments to Mr. Ellis Thomas Expanded Summary of Topic 01: The "Introduction To Page 1" includes comments to Mr. Ellis Thomas about the journey that this child has taken for the last three months, at the feet of God for our age, in sharing the "Gift of God" for our age with our dearest loving brother Ellis, and the 5 beautiful Spiritual Letters that were produced as a result, which are now available on-line for all to read, if they like, for example, by clicking on the following: Home Page - Spiritual Letters (www.SpiritualLetters.homestead.com) Text of Topic 01: 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 brother Ellis Thomas - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). In the process of sending you Page 3 of 4 of our first Spiritual Letter, back in January, that is, "Spiritual Letter 66", two beautiful discourses, from God within us all, came into the heart of this child, for "us", that is, for you and this child, and for all of the Children of God for this age, if we only truly want it, if we only truly want to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, before we die to the "outside" of us, but this time with an understanding of our "Oneness" so it will never leave us again. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. All praise and praising belong to God, and to God alone. Only God is Great. Amen. We included these two new beautiful discourses from God within us all, as the new Page 3 of "Spiritual Letter 66", which was given the title, "Thank You For Showing Us Your Faith & Trust In God", instead of the original Page 3 of that letter, and then we made the original Page 3 of that letter into Page 4 of "Spiritual Letter 66", and Page 4 into Page 5, and in this way, we made "Spiritual Letter 66" into 5 pages. And we also made the first of these two new beautiful discourses, which is now "Discourse 01" on Page 3 of Spiritual Letter 66, which was given the title, "And The Truth Shall Make You Free", into a new Spiritual Letter, actually into the following three new Spiritual Letters, "Spiritual Letters 67, 68, and 69", all of which, along with the original "Spiritual Letter 66", you can access by clicking on the following: 1) Spiritual Letter 66, "Thank You For Showing Us Your Faith & Trust In God" 2) Spiritual Letter 67, "And The True Shall Make You Free" 3) Spiritual Letter 68, "What Has Happened To Us?" 4) Spiritual Letter 69, "Invoking the Presence of God Within Us" And we have now also made the second of these two new beautiful discourses, which is now "Discourse 02" on Page 3 of Spiritual Letter 66, which was given the title, "Bear Not Witness of Ourselves, But Only of God Within Us", into this new Spiritual Letter, into "Spiritual Letter 70", which you are now reading, giving it the same title. And please be patient my dearest loving brother Ellis with all of this adjustment, this adjustment to our sharing at this time of the "Gift of God" for our age, because in truth such is the nature of God within us, and such is the nature of our life within us when we truly join in partnership with God within us, that is, when we start to again live as "One with" God within us, rather than continuing to live as if we are "separate from" God within us, and as if we are "separate from" each other, on the "outside" of us, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, all of which is not true. Rather than continuing to live as "one with" our current life of sin, as "one with" all of the lives of darkness, of hell, and of evil that in our ignorance have grown within us, like weeds growing in a flower garden, but lives which in our ignorance we only see as "our" current life of "separation and differences", as "our" current life of "selfishness" on the "outside" of us, all of which is false. Because in truth we are all "One with" God within us, whether we believe it or not, and even whether we want it or not, such is the truth of us, and the truth of God within us, which is the "Oneness" of "us", of all of us, and of God within us, and of True Man within God within us, at least up to the point when we die to the flesh, when we die to the "outside" of us, for if we die still truly affirming our "separation from" God within us, with our every breath, our every thought, our every word, our every prayer, and our every action, for then, then what can God do, because in this case, we have sealed our own fate, a fate that is then an eternal life within us as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" the "truth of us", and the "truth of God" within us. Amen. And unless God within us all again intervenes, my dearest loving brother Ellis, and gives us another beautiful discourse to share, as part of this Spiritual Letter, as part of our sharing of "Spiritual Letter 70", as He did before, that is, by placing "Discourse 01 and 02" within the heart of this child, for all of us, as He did before in our Sharing of "Spiritual Letter 66", unless God does this, then God willing, this is the last of our current correspondence, our current sharing about the "Gift of God" for our age, about the life and teaching of God for our age, about the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us. Amen. That is of course, unless my dearest loving brother Ellis has something to share from his heartwith his dear brother Louie, or he has a question or comment about what was now been shared, shared by God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, which God has shared from the heart of this child, as these 5 beautiful Spiritual Letters, which in truth is "our own life speaking to us", if we only want it, that is, if our true intention is to become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us. Amen. That is of course, if we do what Jesus (peace be upon Him) told us to do, over 2000 years ago, and what our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, has now told us again in our age, and what His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, are now telling us to do right now, in these beautiful Spiritual Letters, are telling us about the "True Secret" on the path of God within us, which is "Oneness", which is learning to use God within us to become again "One with" God within us, and "One with" what God is doing within us, which is the "True Secret" on the path of God within us, of walking the "Path of God" with God, which is, "If two of you come together in My Name, I will be there." In this way, may we learn to come together as "One with" each other, in the Name of God for our age, and in this way, become "One with" Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and in this way, in truth become "One with" all of the 124,000 Prophets, Heavenly Beings, and Lights of God within us, which in truth are all "One" within us. And now in our age, learn to become "One with" the "Gift of God" for our age, "One with" the life and teaching of God for our age, for the Children of God for our age, which for our age is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us. 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 brother Ellis - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). 02. Our Choice Expanded Summary of Topic 02: "Our Choice" is the choice each of us must make before we die to the flesh, before we die to the "outside" of us, if our life is to become truly successful in our own lifetime, which in truth is a choice between an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, and in truth there is no other choice, everything else that we think as a choice is just drama, the drama of "separation and differences" that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us. But which in truth is really within us, as the lives of darkness, of hell, and of evil that in our ignorance we have allowed to grow within us, like weeds in a beautiful flower garden, which if not regularly pulled out, destroy the flower garden, becoming the drama on the "outside" of us that keeps our ego alive and well within us, a drama that keeps us "Bearing Witness of Ourselves" on the "outside" of us, rather than "Bearing Witness of God" within us. A drama within us, that we see in our ignorance on the "outside" of us, that is leading us to the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him) within us, to Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within us, to 105 million rebirths within us, with "us" potentially ending as a worm in hell within us with only one level of consciousness, of feeling, and in this way, with "us" ending within us with an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, as our reward for having come to this first of "God's Schools" within us, which is the "School of Contrasts" we are currently attending, whether we know it or not, whether we like it or not, where we came not to die, but to understand what is currently "separating us" from God within us, and then to join as "One with" God within us, to be "born again", as Jesus (peace be upon Him) teaches us in the "Gospel of John", Chapter 03, Verse 3, "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God" Text of Topic 02: My dearest loving brother Ellis, here is another beautiful discourse from God within us all, to all of us living in this age, coming into the heart of this child, about the "Choice" that each of us must make before we physically die to the "outside" of us, if we are to truly become successful in our own lifetime, which is to use our life to "Bear Witness" to either "Ourselves or God", that is, to decide between either becoming again "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of that "Oneness" so it will never leave us again, or of continuing to live on the "outside" of "us" as if we were "separate from" God within us, living as if we truly had our own life "separate from" God within us, until we die, and then after we die to "harvest the crop we have grown" and "move into the house that we have built". And about the "major obstacle" standing between "us", and "us" making the correct choice, and "us" sowing the good crop, and "us" building the proper house, before we die to the flesh, the "major obstacle" which is our ego, which is our "bearing witness of myself", and which is our current life of sin, of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, which is our receiving honor one of another", as Jesus (peace be upon Him) warned us about, and told us not to do, over 2000 years ago. As Jesus (peace be upon Him) told us not to do, as recorded by the 13th disciple of Jesus (peace be upon Him), by the "One loved by Jesus", by the One told by Jesus (peace be upon Him) to "Tarry till I Come". That is, Jesus (peace be upon Him) told the disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him) to "Stay alive in the world for another 600 years" until Jesus (peace be upon Him) came again, to finish what He started, that is, to "Take away the sin of the world", to "Make straight the way of the Lord", which is to "separate from" man all that "separates man" from God, coming this time as the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him). As recorded by the first and the last disciple of Jesus (peace be upon Him), by the disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him), over 2000 years ago, and as recorded now by this child in this letter. For example, as recorded by the disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him) in the "Gospel of John", in Chapter 05, verses 31 and 44, recorded as the "major obstacle" standing between "us" within us and God within us, which is our ego, standing between "us" within us and living again as "One with" God within us, standing between God within us and the Creation of God within us, preventing both from coming to completion within us, as the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. And doing all of this, at least truly starting it by truly joining in partnership with God within us, by accepting and becoming "One with" the "Gift of God" for our age, and doing this before "we" die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, and in this way, removing in our own lifetime what is currently standing between "us", and "us" becoming the "Witness of God" within us, and the "Witness of what God is doing" within us, which is God revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen In this way, my dearest loving brother Ellis, the first four Spiritual Letters, that is, Spiritual Letter 66, 67, 68, and 69 are trying to focus "us" on the "Choice" that each of us must make before we physically die to the "outside" of us, if we are to truly become successful in our own lifetime, the "Choice" to either "Worship Ourselves" on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God within us, which is the falsehood of us on the "outside" of us, or to "Worship God" within us, as "One with" God within us, which is to become "One with" God within us, which is the truth of us within us. And Spiritual Letter 70 is trying to focus us now on the "major obstacle" to making this "Correct Choice" in our lifetime, that is, to becoming "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, the "major obstacle" which is our ego, which is "us", that is, the "current us", the "us" of living a life of "selfishness" on the "outside" of us, which is our current life of "separation and differences". About the "major obstacle" to making this "Correct Choice" in our lifetime, which is ego, as well as the actions and attachments of our ego, as reflected in our current prayers to God, our current understanding of God, and our current duty to God, a life that we are currently living, and prayers, understanding, and duty to God that we are currently performing and are attached to, which in truth are not acceptable to God within us, because they are being performed by "us" as "separate from" God within us, and by "us" as "separate from" our dearest loving brothers and sisters. Are being performed by "us" in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, but which in truth is a world of darkness, a world of hell and evil within us, a world of darkness, of hell, and of evil that "we" in our ignorance have allowed to grow within us, and which in maturity now rule over us, as the 9 openings of our body, with God's permission within us. With God's permission within us until we see God and steady God within us, for then God sets about "Curing Himself of us" within us, because then "we no longer exist" as "separate from" God within us, for then we only exist as "us" within us as "One with" God within us, and as "One with" what God is doing within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen 03. The Judgment And The Salvation - Of Each Of Us In Our Age Expanded Summary of Topic 03: The "Judgment and the Salvation" of Each of Us In Our Age is the "Word of God" for our age, is the life and teaching of God for our age, which for our age is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us. As it was the life and teaching of Jesus (peace be upon Him) for our dearest loving brothers and sisters who lived at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, and as it was the life and teaching of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) at the time of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) over 1400 years ago, and of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) at His time over 1000 years ago. Amen Text of Topic 03: Also, my dearest loving brother Ellis, as explained earlier, this Spiritual Letter, that is, Spiritual Letter 70, is an expanded, and an Outline & Summary Version, of the second of the two beautiful discourses that came into the heart of this child, to "us" from God within us all, as part of sending you an E-mail version of the first Spiritual Letter that we shared with you, almost over two month ago, that is, the second of the two beautiful discourses that became "Discourse 01 and 02" of the new Page 3 of 5 of "Spiritual Letter 66", a letter which we gave the title, "Thank You For Showing Us Your Faith And Trust In God". Coming to us now as "Spiritual Letter 70", as "Bear Witness Not of Ourselves, But Only of God Within Us", coming again as the second of these two beautiful discourses, that came into the heart of this child, to "us" from God within us all, that is, from God within us all, to this child, and to you, to you my dearest loving brother Ellis, and to all of our dearest and loving family and friends, to all of the dearest and loving Children of God for our age, which is everyone of us living in this age, if we truly want it, that is, if we truly want to again become "One with" God within us, before we physically die to the "outside" of us. Amen. Such is the judgment and the salvation of each of us for our age, which is the "Word of God" for our age, as it was for our dearest loving brothers and sisters who lived at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, and at the time of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) over 1400 years ago, and of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) over 1000 years ago, and as it is now, in our age, at the time of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with Him) on the "outside" of us. Amen. Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 19 to 31 May we all know this now, without the slightest doubt, before it is too late, because if we have doubt, then we are "out". This is the truth of our life, and of God within us. We must realize this without the slightest doubt and start to act accordingly. Amen. For Jesus told us this truth over 2000 years ago, and again in our age we were told this truth by our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and by God within Him, and right now through these Spiritual Letters His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are telling us once more, once more about the truth of us and about the truth of God within us, we are all being told again on the "outside" of us so we can begin to change on the inside of us. Amen. For example, as recorded in the "Gospel of John", in Chapter 5, Verses 19 to 31, we are told: -- beginning of Quote from the "Gospel of John", Chapter 05, Verses 19 to 31 -- "Then answered Jesus and said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He seeth the Father do: for what things soever He doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth Him all things that Himself doeth: and He will shew Him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom He will. For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son. That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father which hath sent Him. 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. Verily, verily, I say unto to you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in Himself; so hath He given to the Son to have life in Himself. And hath given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and My judgment is just; because I seek not My will, but the will of the Father who hath sent Me. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true". -- end of Quote from the "Gospel of John", Chapter 05, Verses 19 to 31 -- 04. The "Gift of God" For Our Age - the "Life and Teaching of God", the "Word of God" for our age Expanded Summary of Topic 04: The "Gift of God" for our age, the "Life and Teaching of God" for our age, the "Word of God" for our age, is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us. For example, this "Gift of God" for our age is now being explained on the "outside" of us by this child, by this Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), through this series of 5 beautiful Spiritual Letters to Mr. Ellis Thomas, starting with the first Spiritual Letter to Ellis, "Spiritual Letter 66", that we shared in January, 2005, and ending with this new Spiritual Letter to Ellis, "Spiritual Letter 70", that we are currently sharing now in March/April 2005. And this current series of Spiritual Letters to Ellis are being sharing with Ellis as the "Gift of God" for our age in the context of Christianity, in the context of the life and teaching of Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, as recorded in Chapters and Verses in the "Gospel of John" of the Holy Bible. Also, we have and will continue to share the "Gift of God" for our age in the context of the other Major Religions of the world. For example, another series of beautiful Spiritual Letter is currently happening and planned to follow, explaining the life and teaching of God for our age in the context of Islam, in the context of the life and teaching of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) over 1400 years ago, as recorded in Chapters from the Holy Qur'an. For example, in Chapter 86, "At Tarique", or "The Night Visitant or Morning Star", as well as in the last Chapter, Chapter 114, "Nas", or "Mankind", and in Chapter 113, "Falaq", or "The Dawning", and in Chapter 112, "Ikhlas", or "Purity", and in the first Chapter, Chapter 01, "Suratal Fatihah", or "The Opening Chapter". Also see Spiritual Letter 63, "Review of the Holy Qur'an: Sura or Chapter 86, At Tarique, review of the "First 3 Lines" Text of Topic 04: In this way, my dearest loving brother Ellis, Spiritual Letter 70 is now coming to us as the end of this series of beautiful Spiritual Letters, at the end of Spiritual Letters 66, 67, 68, and 69, coming to "us" from God within us all, explaining the "Gift of God" for our age for the Children of God for our age, explaining the life and teaching of God for our age, which for our age is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us. And explaining it in the context of the life and teaching of Jesus (peace be upon Him) on the "outside" of us, and of God within Him, over 2000 years age, an explanation that starts with the preceding 4 Spiritual Letters, that is, with Spiritual Letters 66, 67, 68, and 69, which focuses us on the "Choice" that we all must make in this age, if we are to become truly successful in our own lifetime, a choice of either an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or an eternal life as "separate from: God within us, and ends with the "Main Obstacle" to our correctly realizing and making that choice, which is our ego. The "Main Obstacle" to true success in our own life time, which in truth is "us", which is the current "us", which is the "Enemy of the soul", which is our current life of sin, of "separation and differences", that we are all currently living, with "us" and our dearest loving brothers and sisters currently living in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, but which in truth is within us. But which in truth is within us, as a world of hell and evil, a world of darkness or ignorance, that in our ignorance we have allowed to grow within us, as a person might order a ton of top soil to grow a beautiful garden, but in his ignorance allow only weeds to grow, eventually coming to believe that the weeds are of great value, forgetting his original intent, for having ordered the rich top soil in the first place, which was perhaps to grow a beautiful flower garden for all to enjoy, or to grow a beautiful "Victory Garden", as some of us did in America during the "2nd World War", to help feed us, and to help comfort and strengthen us during that very difficult time over 50 years ago. Such is the current state of our life, a beautiful flower garden, or a "Victory Garden", that through our ignorance we have allowed to turn into a ugly garden of weeds, into a wild jungle of no real value to anyone, my dearest loving brother Ellis, that each of us must come to understand and transcend through our faith and trust in God, through our again becoming "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, before we die to the "outside" of us. Amen. Allowing our wisdom, and the truth of God within our wisdom, to cut down the wild jungle that we have allowed to grow in our ignorance, and chase away all of the wild animal that we in our ignorance have befriended, and then plow us under with the enlightening words of the Qutbiyyat, which is the wisdom of the Qutb; the sixth level of wisdom within us; divine analytic wisdom, which differentiates man from all of the other Creation of God; the wisdom which explains the truth of God. And then plant the seed of God within us, and protect, and nourish it until it becomes the "Crop of God" within us, which is then harvested by God within us. And if we do this with our life, rather than what we are currently doing, which is in truth just wasting in on our own "selfishness", if we allow God to transform us in this way, from a useless garden of weeds or from a dangerous wild jungle of no real value, into His flower garden, into "His Crop" for the benefit of all of His Creation, then we will have moved from being "His Earth" to becoming "His Crop", and as such will have become "One with" Him within us, in our own lifetime. Then our wisdom will have reasoned over our fate, then the qualities of our higher selves will have become victorious over the qualities of our lower selves. Amen. 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 brother Ellis - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). End of Spiritual Letter 70 - outline & summary version - ...................................... or Go To Spiritual Letter 70: or ( a top-down version of the Library Home Page) (a bottom-up version of the Library Home Page) Support Material (normally accessed from above) A "Second" Expanded Summary: Here is a "second" and the longest expanded summary of this letter, of "Spiritual Letter 70", a letter of another beautiful discourse from God within us all, to all of us living in this age, coming into the heart of this child, about the "Choice" that each of us must make before we physically die to the "outside" of us, if we are to truly become successful in our own lifetime, which is to choose either an eternal life as "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, and then get that, to get an eternal life as "One with" God within us as our life, as our reward, both before and after we die to the flesh, or to choose "business as usual", to choose not to choose, and instead to continue to live as we are currently living on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God within us, and then get that after we die, and then allow God to choose for us, after we die, based on how we have lived our life, how we have used what He has given us. In this way, opening ourselves up to the "Justice of God" after we die to the flesh, to the justice that "whatever we intend while living for a short time in the world on the outside of us, before we die to the flesh, is what we will then receive for eternity within us after we die to the flesh", a justice which then becomes, if we are not wise, if we have not re-established our direct connection to God within us, before we die to the flesh, then becomes after we die to the flesh, the "suffering of the grave", Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment), and 105 million rebirths, with us potentially ending as a worm in hell with only one level of consciousness, of feeling, and in this way, opening ourselves up to an eternal life of ""separation from" God within us after we die to the flesh. Here is another beautiful discourse from God within us, which also teaches us about the "Major Obstacle" standing between "us" and "us", standing between "us" and "us" making the correct choice, of "us" choosing "Oneness with" God within us before we die to the flesh, standing between "us" and "us" within us as "One with" God within us for eternity, standing between "us" and "us" within us sowing the good crop within us, before we die to the flesh, which is the grace, wisdom, and 'ilm or divine knowledge of God within us, standing between "us and "us" within us building the proper house within us, before we die to the flesh, which is the "Palace of the soul", the "House of wisdom", within us, the House of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) within us, the "major obstacle" between "us" within us and God within us, which is our ego. The "Major Obstacle" which is our current belief and thoughts that we exist as "separate from" God within us, which is our current life of "selfishness", of sin, of "separation and differences", of "mine and yours", of "I and you" within us, is our current life with us living as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" our dearest loving brothers in the world, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, a life, a body, and a world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, when in truth we are all One, when in truth, "us", all of "us", and God within us, and True Man within God within us, are One. Amen. End of Spiritual Letter 70 - Support Material - ....................... |
Spiritual Letter 70 - Outline & Summary Version About Spiritual Letter 70 Title: "Bear Not Witness of Ourselves, But Only of God Within Us" Go To: Main Menu Go To: Expanded Overview - a continuation of the Short Overview presented below Short Overview: In this fifth and last in a series of 5 beautiful Spiritual Letters to our dearest loving brother Mr. Ellis Thomas, a High School Classmate of Louie, we provide "Spiritual Letter 70". A letter to Mr. Ellis Thomas who has been recently told by his doctors that he is currently dying of a terminal illness, and only has a short time to live. A letter to Ellis and to each of us, who in truth have also been told by our doctor, by our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and by God within Him, that we are also dying of a terminal illness, and also have but a short time to live, dying of the terminal illness of "separation from" God within us. A letter which is a summary of the previous four letters that "we" sent to Ellis, at least in our heart, that is, a summary of the "Major Goal" of our life, which is to become again "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, and the "Major Obstacle" to our reaching this goal in our own life time, which is our ego, which is our current life of "separation and differences", our current life of "mine and yours", of "I" and "you" on the "outside" of us, our current life of sin, that we are currently living with our dearest loving brothers and sisters in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, but which in truth is really within us, has really grown within us in our ignorance, and is now ruling over us as the 9 openings of our body, with God's permission Date Written and Posted: March and April, 2005 Written by: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Written to: Mr. Ellis Thomas, a High School Classmate of Louie Beutler Go To: Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 70 Go To: Outline & Summary Version - of Spiritual Letter 70 "Silent Outline" - with no summary of each Topic "Brief Outline" - with a short summary of each Topic "Expanded Outline" - with an expanded summary of each Topic Text of Spiritual Letter - without an outline (for Page 1 only) Page 1 of 2 Introduction - to Spiritual Letter70 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 another beautiful letter to a High School Classmate of this child, to a Mr. Ellis Thomas, with the earlier letters being: 1) "Spiritual Letter 66", "Thank You For Showing Us Your Faith & Trust In God" (www.SpiritualLetter066.homestead.com) 2) "Spiritual Letter 67", "And The Truth Will Make You Free" (www.SpiritualLetter067.homestead.com) 3) "Spiritual Letter 68", "What Has Happened To Us" (www.SpiritualLetter068.homestead.com). 4) "Spiritual Letter 69", "Invoking The Presence of God Within Us" (www.SpiritualLetter069.homestead.com). A dear brother who has recently demonstrated very strong faith and trust in God, and who is currently going through a situation in his life that allows him to be an example to all of us of his Iman, of his absolute, unshakable faith, certitude, and determination in God, in the truth that "Only God exists" within us, and in the truth that "God is One" within us. Amen. As always, this letter was written by this child sitting at the feet of God for our age, at the feet of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, and is respectfully and humbly shared with each of you at this time. Amen. Outline & Summary Version - of Spiritual Letter 70 "Silent Outline" - with no summary of each Topic Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 70 Page 01 - the page you are currently reading A. Bear "Not Witness" of Ourselves - But Only of God Within Us 1. Introduction - to Page 1 of Spiritual Letter, with comments to Mr. Ellis Thomas 2. Our Choice - which is the choice each of us must make before we die to the flesh 3. The Judgment & The Salvation - of each one of us, is the "Word of God" for our age Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 19 to 31 4. The "Gift of God" - For Our Age, that is, the life and teaching of God for our age Page 02 - Please click HERE to go to the "Text" of Page 2. The Outline continues 5. What Has Happened To Us? - that we are still living "separate from" God within us 6. The Nine Openings - of Our Body, that now rule over us, with God's permission 7. The "Main Goal" - of Our Life, is to again become "One with" God within us 8. The "Main Obstacle" - of Our Life, is our ego, is our current life "outside" of us 9. The Subtle "Sin of Righteousness" - In Our Life, has over taken all of us 10. The "Answer" - To Our Life, is to again become "One with" God, before we die 11. The Nature of "True Prayer" - in our life, is "us" making the correct life choice Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 30 & 31 Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 43 & 44 12. Our Current Way, Life, and Prayers - are not acceptable to God within us Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 19 to 24 Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 01, Verses 10 to 14 13. The True Nature - of Each of Us, in this age, is the "Oneness of God & True Man" "Brief Outline" - with a short summary of each Topic Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 70 Page 01 - the page you are currently reading A. Bear "Not Witness" of Ourselves - But Only of God Within Us Brief Summary of Topic: Here is a brief summary of this letter, of "Spiritual Letter 70", which includes another beautiful discourse from God within us all, to all of us living in this age, coming into the heart of this child, about the "Choice" that each of us must make before we physically die to the "outside" of us, if we are to truly become successful in our own lifetime, and about the "Major Obstacle" standing between "us", and "us" making the correct choice, and "us" sowing the good crop, and "us" building the proper house, before we die to the flesh, the "Major Obstacle" between "us" within us and God within us, which is our ego, which is "us" living on the "outside" of us 1. Introduction - to Page 1 of Spiritual Letter 70, which includes comments to Mr. Ellis Thomas about the journey that this child has taken for the last two months, at the feet of God for our age, in sharing the "Gift of God" for our age with our dearest loving brother Ellis, and the 5 beautiful Spiritual Letters that were produced as a result, which are now available on-line for all to read, if they like, for example, by clicking on the following: Home Page - Spiritual Letters (www.SpiritualLetters.homestead.com) 2. Our Choice - which is the choice each of us must make before we die to the flesh, before we die to the "outside" of us, if our life is to become truly successful in our own lifetime, which in truth is a choice between an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, and in truth there is no other choice, because everything else that we think of as a choice is just drama, the drama of "separation and differences" that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, but which in truth is really within us, as the lives of darkness, of hell, and of evil that in our ignorance we have allowed to grow within us, like weeds in a beautiful flower garden, which if not regularly pulled out, destroy the flower garden, becoming the drama on the "outside" of us that keeps our ego alive and well within us, a drama that keeps us "Bearing Witness of Ourselves" on the "outside" of us, rather than "Bearing Witness of God" within us 3. The Judgment And The Salvation - of Each Of Us In Our Age, which is the "Word of God" for our age, which is the life and teaching of God for our age, which for our age is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, as it was the life and teaching of Jesus (peace be upon Him) for our dearest loving brothers and sisters who lived at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 19 to 31 4. The "Gift of God" - For Our Age, that is, the "life and teaching of God", the "word of God" for our age, is for our age the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us. For example, this "Gift of God" for our age is now being explained on the "outside" of us by this child, by this Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), through this series of 5 beautiful Spiritual Letters to Mr. Ellis Thomas, starting with the first Spiritual Letter to Ellis, "Spiritual Letter 66", that we shared in January, 2005, and now ending with this new Spiritual Letter to Ellis, "Spiritual Letter 70", that we are currently sharing now in March/April 2005. And this current series of Spiritual Letters to Ellis are being sharing with Ellis as the "Gift of God" for our age in the context of Christianity, in the context of the life and teaching of Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, as recorded in Chapters and Verses in the "Gospel of John" of the Holy Bible Page 02 - Please click HERE to go to the "Text" of Page 2. The Outline continues 5. What Has Happened To Us? - since we came to this earth world, that we are still living "separate from" God within us, since we came to this "School of Contrasts", to this first of "God's Schools" within us, to learn about who we "Already Are", to learn about what "separates us" from God within us, and then to join in partnership with God within us to remove it, to return us to the state of "Oneness with" God within us, as Adam (peace be upon Him) was in before his fall from God's grace, but this time with an understand of our "Oneness" with God, so it will never leave us again, so we will never fall from grace again. We must know the answer to this question, and then correct this mistake in our life, before we die to the flesh, if we are to become truly successful in our own lifetime, and in our age we can most certainly do this, we can most certainly both know and correct this mistake in our life. For In our age His Holiness, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, and now His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) teach us about what happened to us when we came to this earth world, for example, teach us about this in the beautiful book of Wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", on page 6, in the "Forward" (www.ThePearlOfWisdomForward. homestead.com) to that book, for example, teach us that, "Man appearing on the earth, forgets God and falls into many a trap, he does not know to seek himself although God exists within man" 6. The Nine Openings - Of Our Body, that now rule over us, with God's permission, and the forces and energies related to them, that we in our ignorance have allowed to grow within us, are in truth what currently "separates us" from God within us, that currently "separates us" from each other on the "outside" of us, and that currently "separates us" from the Creation of God within us, all within the "Justice of God" within us, and with God's permission 7. The "Main Goal" - Of Our Life, 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, but this time with an understanding of our fall from grace, so we will never fall again, that is, but this time with an understanding of our fall from the grace of God within us, from the "Spirit" of God within us, into the flesh of us, into the "outside" of us, into our current life of "separation and differences" that we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us 8. The "Main Obstacle" - Of Our Life - is our ego, is our belief and our affirmation of "us" as the center of our life and of our world, is our belief and our affirmation with each breath, with each look, with each thought, with each word, and with each action, of "us" living as "separate from" everything else on the "outside" of us, of "us" living on the "outside" of us as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us 9. The Subtle "Sin of Righteousness" - In Our Life, has over taken all of us living in this age, which is the sin that Jesus (peace be upon Him) warned us about over 2000 years ago, indicating that only later on, in our age, would we become strong enough to hear about this subtle "Sin of Righteousness", when Jesus (peace be upon Him) would send us the Comforter of God, the "Spirit or Consciousness of Truth" to teach us about this subtle sin and lead us past it and back into "Oneness with" God within us, before we die to the flesh 10. The "Answer" - To Our Life, 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, and to do this by becoming "One with" the "Gift of God" for our age, with the life and teaching of God for our age, which for our age is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with Him) on the "outside" of us 11. The Nature of "True Prayer" - In Our Life, is "us" correctly making the one and only true choice of our life before we die to the flesh, that is, to become "One with" God within us both now, in our current life in the world on the "outside" of us, before we die to the flesh, and then for eternity after we die to the flesh, after we die to the "outside" of us, choosing this for our eternal life, rather than choosing to continue to conduct our life with "business as usual" until we die, that is, rather than choosing to continue to live our life as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, until we die to the flesh, and then, when we die to the flesh, if this be our choice, getting the same life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us for eternity 11. The Nature of "True Prayer" (continued) Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 30 & 31 Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 43 & 44 12. Our Current Way, Life, and Prayers - are Not Acceptable To God (in process) Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 19 to 24 Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 01, Verses 10 to 14 13. The True Nature - Of Each of Us, In This Age (in process) "Expanded Outline" - with an expanded summary of each Topic Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 70 Page 01 - the page you are currently reading A. Bear "Not Witness" of Ourselves - But Only of God Within Us Expanded Summary of Topic: Here is an expanded summary of this letter, of "Spiritual Letter 70", which includes another beautiful discourse from God within us all, to all of us living in this age, coming into the heart of this child, about the "Choice" that each of us must make before we physically die to the "outside" of us, if we are to truly become successful in our own lifetime, which is to choose either an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, before we die to the flesh. And a beautiful discourse about the "Major Obstacle" standing between "us" and "us", standing between "us" and "us" making the correct choice before we die to the flesh, that is to choose an eternal life as "One with" God within us before we die, standing between "us" and "us" within us living as "One with" God within us, both now and after we die, standing between "us" and "us" within us sowing the good crop within us, before we die, which is the grace, the wisdom, and the 'ilm or divine knowledge of God within us, standing between "us and "us" within us building the proper house within us, before we die to the flesh, which is the "Palace of the soul", the "House of wisdom" within us, the House of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) within us, the "Major Obstacle" between "us" within us and God within us, which is our ego. The "Major Obstacle" which is our current belief and thoughts that we exist as "separate from" God within us, the "major obstacle" which is our current life of "selfishness", of sin, of "separation and differences", of "mine and yours", of "I and you", which is our current life of living as if we are "separate from" our dearest loving brothers and sisters in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, which is our current life living as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, that God lovingly and so patiently placed within the heart of each of us, even before we were born. Even before we came here to this earth world, to this first of God's Schools, to the "School of Contrasts", in order to learn about who we "Already Are", which first is coming into the world as Jesus (peace be upon Him), as the Light of God to the world, and to learn about what "separates us" from God within us, about what "separates us" from each other on the "outside" of us, and about what "separates us" from the Creation of God within us. Amen. 1. Introduction - to Page 1 of Spiritual Letter 70, which includes comments to Mr. Ellis Thomas about the journey that this child has taken for the last two months, at the feet of God for our age, in sharing the "Gift of God" for our age with our dearest loving brother Ellis, and the 5 beautiful Spiritual Letters that were produced as a result, which are now available on-line for all to read, if they like, for example, by clicking on the following: Home Page - Spiritual Letters (www.SpiritualLetters.homestead.com) 2. Our Choice - which is the choice each of us must make before we die to the flesh, before we die to the "outside" of us, if our life is to become truly successful in our own lifetime, which in truth is a choice between an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, and in truth there is no other choice, because everything else that we think of as a choice is just drama, the drama of "separation and differences" that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, but which in truth is really within us, as the lives of darkness, of hell, and of evil that in our ignorance we have allowed to grow within us, like weeds in a beautiful flower garden, which if not regularly pulled out, destroy the flower garden, becoming the drama on the "outside" of us that keeps our ego alive and well within us, a drama that keeps us "Bearing Witness of Ourselves" on the "outside" of us, rather than "Bearing Witness of God" within us. A drama within us, that we see in our ignorance on the "outside" of us, that is leading us to the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him) within us, to Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within us, to 105 million rebirths within us, with "us" potentially ending as a worm in hell within us with only one level of consciousness, of feeling, and in this way, with "us" ending within us with an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, as our reward for having come to this first of "God's Schools" within us, which is the "School of Contrasts" we are currently attending, whether we know it or not, whether we like it or not, where we came not to die, but to live for eternity as "One with" God within us, by joining in partnership with God within us, now before we die to the flesh, in order to understand what is currently "separating us" from God within us, and then to join as "One with" God within us, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, that is, to be "born again", as Jesus (peace be upon Him) teaches us in the "Gospel of John", in Chapter 03, Verse 3, "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God" 3. The Judgment And The Salvation - Of Each Of Us In Our Age, which is the "Word of God" for our age, which is the life and teaching of God for our age, which for our age is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, as it was the life and teaching of Jesus (peace be upon Him) for our dearest loving brothers and sisters who lived at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, and as it was the life and teaching of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) at the time of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) over 1400 years ago, and of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) at His time over 1000 years ago. Amen Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 19 to 31 4. The "Gift of God" - For Our Age, that is, the "Life and Teaching of God", the "Word of God" for our age, is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us. For example, this "Gift of God" for our age is now being explained on the "outside" of us by this child, by this Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), through this series of 5 beautiful Spiritual Letters to Mr. Ellis Thomas, starting with the first Spiritual Letter to Ellis, "Spiritual Letter 66", that we shared in January, 2005, and now ending with this new Spiritual Letter to Ellis, "Spiritual Letter 70", that we are currently sharing now in March/April 2005. And this current series of Spiritual Letters to Ellis are being sharing with Ellis as the "Gift of God" for our age in the context of Christianity, in the context of the life and teaching of Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, as recorded in Chapters and Verses in the "Gospel of John" of the Holy Bible. Also, we have and will continue to share the "Gift of God" for our age in the context of the other Major Religions of the world. For example, another series of beautiful Spiritual Letter is currently happening and planned to follow, explaining the life and teaching of God for our age in the context of Islam, in the context of the life and teaching of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) over 1400 years ago, as recorded in Chapters from the "Holy Qur'an". For example, like in Chapter 86, "At Tarique", or "The Night Visitant or Morning Star", as well as in the last Chapter, in Chapter 114, "Nas", or "Mankind", in Chapter 113, "Falaq", or "The Dawning", in Chapter 112, "Ikhlas", or "Purity", and in the first Chapter, in Chapter 01, in the "Suratal Fatihah", or "The Opening Chapter". Also see "Spiritual Letter 63", for a "Review of the Holy Qur'an: Sura or Chapter 86, At Tarique, of the First 3 Lines" Page 02 - Please click HERE to go to the "Text" of Page 2. The Outline continues 5. What Has Happened To Us? - since we came to this earth world, that we are still living "separate from" God within us, since we came to this "School of Contrasts", to this first of "God's Schools" within us, to learn about who we "Already Are", to learn about what "separates us" from God within us, and then to join in partnership with God within us to remove it, to return us to the state of "Oneness with" God within us, as Adam (peace be upon Him) was in before his fall from God's grace, but this time with an understand of our "Oneness" with God, so it will never leave us again, so we will never fall from grace again. We must know the answer to this question, and then correct this mistake in our life, before we die to the flesh, if we are to become truly successful in our own lifetime, and in our age we can most certainly do this, we can most certainly both know and correct this mistake in our life. For In our age His Holiness, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us about what happened to us, teach us this in the beautiful book of Wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", on page 6, in the "Forward" to that book, for example, teach us that, "Man appearing on the earth, forgets God and falls into many a trap, he does not know to seek himself although God exists within man". And now His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) also teach us, now from the "outside' of us, also teach us about what happened to us, teach us that upon coming to this earth world, we forgot about God within us and fell into the trap of living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, in this way, seeing both "us" and our dearest loving brothers and sisters living a life as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, that is, as "separate from" the "Earth of God" within us, that we must first join as "One with" as the "Seed of God" within us, before we can germinate, before we can reveal what God has hidden within us, which is the "Tree of God" and its "Fruits of God", which in truth is the story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, just as the apple seed buried within the earth must first join as "one with" the earth that holds it, before it can germinate and reveal the apple tree and its fruits. Amen 6. The Nine Openings of Our Body - that now rule over us, with God's permission, and the forces and energies related to them, that we in our ignorance have allowed to grow within us, are in truth what currently "separates us" from God within us, that currently "separates us" from each other on the "outside" of us, and that currently "separates us" from the Creation of God within us, all within the "justice of God" within us, and with God's permission, until we "See God" and "Steady Him Within Us", and then God sets about "Curing Himself" of "us", of "us" as "separate from" God within us, as He did before, in order to become God within us, but doing it this time within us, within the "Earth of God" within us, within the Creation of God within us, within Adam (peace be upon Him) within us, within Adam (peace be upon Him) within us having recovered from the fall of Adam (peace be upon Him) within us, this time becoming again "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of both His fall from grace, and His "Oneness" with God within us, so it will never leave Him again, and if we like, will never leave "us" again, that is, if that be our true intention for our life, if our true intention for our life is to become "One with" God within us before we die to the flesh, before we die to the "outside" of us, so God can successfully complete what He started within us a very, very long time ago, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen 7. The "Main Goal" of Our Life - 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, but this time with an understanding of our fall from grace, so we will never fall again, that is, but this time with an understanding of our fall from the grace of God within us, from the "Spirit" of God within us, into the flesh of us, into the "outside" of us, into our current life of "separation and differences" that we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, into our current life of arrogance, karma, and illusion, into our current life of desire for earth, women, and gold, into our current life of "selfishness" as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, as "separate from" the Creation of God within us which is the "Earth of God" within us, within which God must plant the "Seed of God" within us, to grow the "Tree of God" within us, and harvest the "Fruits of God" within us, if we will only let Him, that is, if we are to become truly successful in our lifetime, before we die to the flesh of us, before we die to the "outside" of us, so in this way, God can complete what God has started within us, a very, very long time ago, a time way before we were born into this earth world, which is to reveal God to God within us, which is to answer God's question of God within us, the question, "Who am I?, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen 8. The "Main Obstacle" of Our Life - is our ego, is our belief and our affirmation of "us" as the center of our life and of our world, is our belief and our affirmation with each breath, with each look, with each thought, with each word, and with each action, of "us" living as "separate from" everything else on the "outside" of us, of "us" living on the "outside" of us as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us. The "Main Obstacle" of our life is our belief and our affirmation of our own existence as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, which in our ignorance we see as all occurring on the "outside" of us, starting and really ending, if we reflect on it a little with our wisdom, with our first affirmation, with the affirmation that "I exist" as "separate from" God within us, when in truth it is God, and only God who exists, who exists within us, that in truth, "There is nothing other than God" within us, "You are God" within us, and that in truth "God is One" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called the "First Kalimah" of Islam, of the "Five Kalimahs" of Islam, or the First Affirmation of the Truth of Allah, of the Five Affirmations of the Truth of Allah, the "First Kalimah" of Islam which in the Arabic Language is recited by all Muslims, that is, by all those who have truly "Submitted to the will of God", recited in Arabic as "La illaha Ill Allah, Muhammadar Rasul Allah", or recited in English as, "There is nothing other than You. You are God. And Muhammad (Sal.) is the Messenger of God." 9. The Subtle "Sin of Righteousness" In Our Life - has over taken all of us living in this age, which is the sin that Jesus (peace be upon Him) warned us about over 2000 years ago, indicating that only later on, in our age, would we become strong enough to hear about this subtle "Sin of Righteousness", when Jesus (peace be upon Him) would send us the Comforter of God, the "Spirit or Consciousness of Truth" to teach us about this subtle sin and lead us past it and back into "Oneness with" God within us, before we die to the flesh 10. The "Answer" To Our Life - 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, and to do this by becoming "One with" the "Gift of God" for our age, with the life and teaching of God for our age, which for our age is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with Him) on the "outside" of us. For example, like these Spiritual Letters from God within us all, from this child, to the Children of God for our age, which is each of us living in this age, if that be our true intention, that is, if our true intention is to become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh. Amen 11. The Nature of "True Prayer" In Our Life - is "us" correctly making the one and only true choice of our life before we die to the flesh, that is, to become "One with" God within us both now, in our current life in the world on the "outside" of us, before we die to the flesh, and then for eternity after we die to the flesh, after we die to the "outside" of us, choosing this, rather than choosing to continue to conduct our life with "business as usual", that is, rather than choosing to continue to live our life as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, until we die to the flesh, and then, when we die to the flesh, if this be our choice, getting the same life of "separation and differences" for eternity. That is, with "us" then getting the same life of "separation and differences" for eternity, if this has become our fate, if this has become what our own life tells God within us, by the way that we have lived, and by the words and actions that we have daily performed, while we were alive in the world, that is, telling God by the way we lived our life in the world that a life of "separation and differences" is truly what we want as our reward for eternity. And then, if we do that, if this becomes our fate, if our own life in the world on the "outside" of us tells this to God within us, then our reward for our current life in the world before we die to the flesh, then becomes just that after we die to the flesh, then becomes an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, because this is what we have intended, while alive in the world, so this is what we then get, when we die to the flesh, an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, that is, then this is what we get, according to the justice of God within us, an eternal life as "separate from" the "truth of us" and as "separate from" the 'truth of God" within us. In this way, if this becomes our fate, then with "us" suffering the same fate as an apple seed that fails to germinate, forever "separating itself" from the story of the "oneness of the apple tree and the apple" hidden within it, and in this way, with us then forever "separating us" from the story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" hidden within us, by God within us 11. The Nature of "True Prayer" In Our Life (continued) Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 30 & 31 Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 43 & 44 12. Our Current Way, Life, and Prayers - Are Not Acceptable To God (in process) Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 19 to 24 Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 01, Verses 10 to 14 13. The True Nature - of Each of Us In This Age (in process) Text of Spiritual Letter - if you want to read it through without an outline Page 1 Only - click HERE to go to Page 2 of "Text of Spiritual Letter" A. Bear "Not Witness" of Ourselves - But Only of God Within Us Expanded Summary of Topic A: Here is an expanded summary of this letter, of "Spiritual Letter 70", which includes another beautiful discourse from God within us all, to all of us living in this age, coming into the heart of this child, about the "Choice" that each of us must make before we physically die to the "outside" of us, if we are to truly become successful in our own lifetime, which is to choose either an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, before we die to the flesh. And a beautiful discourse about the "Major Obstacle" standing between "us" and "us", standing between "us" and "us" making the correct choice before we die to the flesh, that is to choose an eternal life as "One with" God within us before we die, standing between "us" and "us" within us living as "One with" God within us, both now and after we die, standing between "us" and "us" within us sowing the good crop within us, before we die, which is the grace, the wisdom, and the 'ilm or divine knowledge of God within us, standing between "us and "us" within us building the proper house within us, before we die to the flesh, which is the "Palace of the soul", the "House of wisdom" within us, the House of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) within us, the "Major Obstacle" between "us" within us and God within us, which is our ego. The "Major Obstacle" which is our current belief and thoughts that we exist as "separate from" God within us, the "major obstacle" which is our current life of "selfishness", of sin, of "separation and differences", of "mine and yours", of "I and you", which is our current life of living as if we are "separate from" our dearest loving brothers and sisters in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, which is our current life living as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, that God lovingly and so patiently placed within the heart of each of us, even before we were born. Even before we came here to this earth world, to this first of God's Schools, to the "School of Contrasts", in order to learn about who we "Already Are", which first is coming into the world as Jesus (peace be upon Him), as the Light of God to the world, and to learn about what "separates us" from God within us, about what "separates us" from each other on the "outside" of us, and about what "separates us" from the Creation of God within us. Amen. 01. Introduction - to Page 1 of Spiritual Letter, with comments to Mr. Ellis Thomas Expanded Summary of Topic 01: The "Introduction To Page 1" includes comments to Mr. Ellis Thomas about the journey that this child has taken for the last three months, at the feet of God for our age, in sharing the "Gift of God" for our age with our dearest loving brother Ellis, and the 5 beautiful Spiritual Letters that were produced as a result, which are now available on-line for all to read, if they like, for example, by clicking on the following: Home Page - Spiritual Letters (www.SpiritualLetters.homestead.com) Text of Topic 01: 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 brother Ellis Thomas - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). In the process of sending you Page 3 of 4 of our first Spiritual Letter, back in January, that is, "Spiritual Letter 66", two beautiful discourses, from God within us all, came into the heart of this child, for "us", that is, for you and this child, and for all of the Children of God for this age, if we only truly want it, if we only truly want to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, before we die to the "outside" of us, but this time with an understanding of our "Oneness" so it will never leave us again. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. All praise and praising belong to God, and to God alone. Only God is Great. Amen. We included these two new beautiful discourses from God within us all, as the new Page 3 of "Spiritual Letter 66", which was given the title, "Thank You For Showing Us Your Faith & Trust In God", instead of the original Page 3 of that letter, and then we made the original Page 3 of that letter into Page 4 of "Spiritual Letter 66", and Page 4 into Page 5, and in this way, we made "Spiritual Letter 66" into 5 pages. And we also made the first of these two new beautiful discourses, which is now "Discourse 01" on Page 3 of Spiritual Letter 66, which was given the title, "And The Truth Shall Make You Free", into a new Spiritual Letter, actually into the following three new Spiritual Letters, "Spiritual Letters 67, 68, and 69", all of which, along with the original "Spiritual Letter 66", you can access by clicking on the following: 1) Spiritual Letter 66, "Thank You For Showing Us Your Faith & Trust In God" 2) Spiritual Letter 67, "And The True Shall Make You Free" 3) Spiritual Letter 68, "What Has Happened To Us?" 4) Spiritual Letter 69, "Invoking the Presence of God Within Us" And we have now also made the second of these two new beautiful discourses, which is now "Discourse 02" on Page 3 of Spiritual Letter 66, which was given the title, "Bear Not Witness of Ourselves, But Only of God Within Us", into this new Spiritual Letter, into "Spiritual Letter 70", which you are now reading, giving it the same title. And please be patient my dearest loving brother Ellis with all of this adjustment, this adjustment to our sharing at this time of the "Gift of God" for our age, because in truth such is the nature of God within us, and such is the nature of our life within us when we truly join in partnership with God within us, that is, when we start to again live as "One with" God within us, rather than continuing to live as if we are "separate from" God within us, and as if we are "separate from" each other, on the "outside" of us, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, all of which is not true. Rather than continuing to live as "one with" our current life of sin, as "one with" all of the lives of darkness, of hell, and of evil that in our ignorance have grown within us, like weeds growing in a flower garden, but lives which in our ignorance we only see as "our" current life of "separation and differences", as "our" current life of "selfishness" on the "outside" of us, all of which is false. Because in truth we are all "One with" God within us, whether we believe it or not, and even whether we want it or not, such is the truth of us, and the truth of God within us, which is the "Oneness" of "us", of all of us, and of God within us, and of True Man within God within us, at least up to the point when we die to the flesh, when we die to the "outside" of us, for if we die still truly affirming our "separation from" God within us, with our every breath, our every thought, our every word, our every prayer, and our every action, for then, then what can God do, because in this case, we have sealed our own fate, a fate that is then an eternal life within us as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" the "truth of us", and the "truth of God" within us. Amen. And unless God within us all again intervenes, my dearest loving brother Ellis, and gives us another beautiful discourse to share, as part of this Spiritual Letter, as part of our sharing of "Spiritual Letter 70", as He did before, that is, by placing "Discourse 01 and 02" within the heart of this child, for all of us, as He did before in our Sharing of "Spiritual Letter 66", unless God does this, then God willing, this is the last of our current correspondence, our current sharing about the "Gift of God" for our age, about the life and teaching of God for our age, about the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us. Amen. That is of course, unless my dearest loving brother Ellis has something to share from his heartwith his dear brother Louie, or he has a question or comment about what was now been shared, shared by God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, which God has shared from the heart of this child, as these 5 beautiful Spiritual Letters, which in truth is "our own life speaking to us", if we only want it, that is, if our true intention is to become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us. Amen. That is of course, if we do what Jesus (peace be upon Him) told us to do, over 2000 years ago, and what our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, has now told us again in our age, and what His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, are now telling us to do right now, in these beautiful Spiritual Letters, are telling us about the "True Secret" on the path of God within us, which is "Oneness", which is learning to use God within us to become again "One with" God within us, and "One with" what God is doing within us, which is the "True Secret" on the path of God within us, of walking the "Path of God" with God, which is, "If two of you come together in My Name, I will be there." In this way, may we learn to come together as "One with" each other, in the Name of God for our age, and in this way, become "One with" Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and in this way, in truth become "One with" all of the 124,000 Prophets, Heavenly Beings, and Lights of God within us, which in truth are all "One" within us. And now in our age, learn to become "One with" the "Gift of God" for our age, "One with" the life and teaching of God for our age, for the Children of God for our age, which for our age is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us. 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 brother Ellis - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). 02. Our Choice Expanded Summary of Topic 02: "Our Choice" is the choice each of us must make before we die to the flesh, before we die to the "outside" of us, if our life is to become truly successful in our own lifetime, which in truth is a choice between an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, and in truth there is no other choice, everything else that we think as a choice is just drama, the drama of "separation and differences" that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us. But which in truth is really within us, as the lives of darkness, of hell, and of evil that in our ignorance we have allowed to grow within us, like weeds in a beautiful flower garden, which if not regularly pulled out, destroy the flower garden, becoming the drama on the "outside" of us that keeps our ego alive and well within us, a drama that keeps us "Bearing Witness of Ourselves" on the "outside" of us, rather than "Bearing Witness of God" within us. A drama within us, that we see in our ignorance on the "outside" of us, that is leading us to the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him) within us, to Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within us, to 105 million rebirths within us, with "us" potentially ending as a worm in hell within us with only one level of consciousness, of feeling, and in this way, with "us" ending within us with an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, as our reward for having come to this first of "God's Schools" within us, which is the "School of Contrasts" we are currently attending, whether we know it or not, whether we like it or not, where we came not to die, but to understand what is currently "separating us" from God within us, and then to join as "One with" God within us, to be "born again", as Jesus (peace be upon Him) teaches us in the "Gospel of John", Chapter 03, Verse 3, "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God" Text of Topic 02: My dearest loving brother Ellis, here is another beautiful discourse from God within us all, to all of us living in this age, coming into the heart of this child, about the "Choice" that each of us must make before we physically die to the "outside" of us, if we are to truly become successful in our own lifetime, which is to use our life to "Bear Witness" to either "Ourselves or God", that is, to decide between either becoming again "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of that "Oneness" so it will never leave us again, or of continuing to live on the "outside" of "us" as if we were "separate from" God within us, living as if we truly had our own life "separate from" God within us, until we die, and then after we die to "harvest the crop we have grown" and "move into the house that we have built". And about the "major obstacle" standing between "us", and "us" making the correct choice, and "us" sowing the good crop, and "us" building the proper house, before we die to the flesh, the "major obstacle" which is our ego, which is our "bearing witness of myself", and which is our current life of sin, of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, which is our receiving honor one of another", as Jesus (peace be upon Him) warned us about, and told us not to do, over 2000 years ago. As Jesus (peace be upon Him) told us not to do, as recorded by the 13th disciple of Jesus (peace be upon Him), by the "One loved by Jesus", by the One told by Jesus (peace be upon Him) to "Tarry till I Come". That is, Jesus (peace be upon Him) told the disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him) to "Stay alive in the world for another 600 years" until Jesus (peace be upon Him) came again, to finish what He started, that is, to "Take away the sin of the world", to "Make straight the way of the Lord", which is to "separate from" man all that "separates man" from God, coming this time as the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him). As recorded by the first and the last disciple of Jesus (peace be upon Him), by the disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him), over 2000 years ago, and as recorded now by this child in this letter. For example, as recorded by the disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him) in the "Gospel of John", in Chapter 05, verses 31 and 44, recorded as the "major obstacle" standing between "us" within us and God within us, which is our ego, standing between "us" within us and living again as "One with" God within us, standing between God within us and the Creation of God within us, preventing both from coming to completion within us, as the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. And doing all of this, at least truly starting it by truly joining in partnership with God within us, by accepting and becoming "One with" the "Gift of God" for our age, and doing this before "we" die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, and in this way, removing in our own lifetime what is currently standing between "us", and "us" becoming the "Witness of God" within us, and the "Witness of what God is doing" within us, which is God revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen In this way, my dearest loving brother Ellis, the first four Spiritual Letters, that is, Spiritual Letter 66, 67, 68, and 69 are trying to focus "us" on the "Choice" that each of us must make before we physically die to the "outside" of us, if we are to truly become successful in our own lifetime, the "Choice" to either "Worship Ourselves" on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God within us, which is the falsehood of us on the "outside" of us, or to "Worship God" within us, as "One with" God within us, which is to become "One with" God within us, which is the truth of us within us. And Spiritual Letter 70 is trying to focus us now on the "major obstacle" to making this "Correct Choice" in our lifetime, that is, to becoming "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, the "major obstacle" which is our ego, which is "us", that is, the "current us", the "us" of living a life of "selfishness" on the "outside" of us, which is our current life of "separation and differences". About the "major obstacle" to making this "Correct Choice" in our lifetime, which is ego, as well as the actions and attachments of our ego, as reflected in our current prayers to God, our current understanding of God, and our current duty to God, a life that we are currently living, and prayers, understanding, and duty to God that we are currently performing and are attached to, which in truth are not acceptable to God within us, because they are being performed by "us" as "separate from" God within us, and by "us" as "separate from" our dearest loving brothers and sisters. Are being performed by "us" in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, but which in truth is a world of darkness, a world of hell and evil within us, a world of darkness, of hell, and of evil that "we" in our ignorance have allowed to grow within us, and which in maturity now rule over us, as the 9 openings of our body, with God's permission within us. With God's permission within us until we see God and steady God within us, for then God sets about "Curing Himself of us" within us, because then "we no longer exist" as "separate from" God within us, for then we only exist as "us" within us as "One with" God within us, and as "One with" what God is doing within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen 03. The Judgment And The Salvation - Of Each Of Us In Our Age Expanded Summary of Topic 03: The "Judgment and the Salvation" of Each of Us In Our Age is the "Word of God" for our age, is the life and teaching of God for our age, which for our age is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us. As it was the life and teaching of Jesus (peace be upon Him) for our dearest loving brothers and sisters who lived at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, and as it was the life and teaching of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) at the time of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) over 1400 years ago, and of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) at His time over 1000 years ago. Amen Text of Topic 03: Also, my dearest loving brother Ellis, as explained earlier, this Spiritual Letter, that is, Spiritual Letter 70, is an expanded, and an Outline & Summary Version, of the second of the two beautiful discourses that came into the heart of this child, to "us" from God within us all, as part of sending you an E-mail version of the first Spiritual Letter that we shared with you, almost over two month ago, that is, the second of the two beautiful discourses that became "Discourse 01 and 02" of the new Page 3 of 5 of "Spiritual Letter 66", a letter which we gave the title, "Thank You For Showing Us Your Faith And Trust In God". Coming to us now as "Spiritual Letter 70", as "Bear Witness Not of Ourselves, But Only of God Within Us", coming again as the second of these two beautiful discourses, that came into the heart of this child, to "us" from God within us all, that is, from God within us all, to this child, and to you, to you my dearest loving brother Ellis, and to all of our dearest and loving family and friends, to all of the dearest and loving Children of God for our age, which is everyone of us living in this age, if we truly want it, that is, if we truly want to again become "One with" God within us, before we physically die to the "outside" of us. Amen. Such is the judgment and the salvation of each of us for our age, which is the "Word of God" for our age, as it was for our dearest loving brothers and sisters who lived at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, and at the time of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) over 1400 years ago, and of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) over 1000 years ago, and as it is now, in our age, at the time of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with Him) on the "outside" of us. Amen. Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 05, Verses 19 to 31 May we all know this now, without the slightest doubt, before it is too late, because if we have doubt, then we are "out". This is the truth of our life, and of God within us. We must realize this without the slightest doubt and start to act accordingly. Amen. For Jesus told us this truth over 2000 years ago, and again in our age we were told this truth by our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and by God within Him, and right now through these Spiritual Letters His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are telling us once more, once more about the truth of us and about the truth of God within us, we are all being told again on the "outside" of us so we can begin to change on the inside of us. Amen. For example, as recorded in the "Gospel of John", in Chapter 5, Verses 19 to 31, we are told: -- beginning of Quote from the "Gospel of John", Chapter 05, Verses 19 to 31 -- "Then answered Jesus and said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He seeth the Father do: for what things soever He doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth Him all things that Himself doeth: and He will shew Him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom He will. For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son. That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father which hath sent Him. 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. Verily, verily, I say unto to you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in Himself; so hath He given to the Son to have life in Himself. And hath given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and My judgment is just; because I seek not My will, but the will of the Father who hath sent Me. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true". -- end of Quote from the "Gospel of John", Chapter 05, Verses 19 to 31 -- 04. The "Gift of God" For Our Age - the "Life and Teaching of God", the "Word of God" for our age Expanded Summary of Topic 04: The "Gift of God" for our age, the "Life and Teaching of God" for our age, the "Word of God" for our age, is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us. For example, this "Gift of God" for our age is now being explained on the "outside" of us by this child, by this Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), through this series of 5 beautiful Spiritual Letters to Mr. Ellis Thomas, starting with the first Spiritual Letter to Ellis, "Spiritual Letter 66", that we shared in January, 2005, and ending with this new Spiritual Letter to Ellis, "Spiritual Letter 70", that we are currently sharing now in March/April 2005. And this current series of Spiritual Letters to Ellis are being sharing with Ellis as the "Gift of God" for our age in the context of Christianity, in the context of the life and teaching of Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, as recorded in Chapters and Verses in the "Gospel of John" of the Holy Bible. Also, we have and will continue to share the "Gift of God" for our age in the context of the other Major Religions of the world. For example, another series of beautiful Spiritual Letter is currently happening and planned to follow, explaining the life and teaching of God for our age in the context of Islam, in the context of the life and teaching of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) over 1400 years ago, as recorded in Chapters from the Holy Qur'an. For example, in Chapter 86, "At Tarique", or "The Night Visitant or Morning Star", as well as in the last Chapter, Chapter 114, "Nas", or "Mankind", and in Chapter 113, "Falaq", or "The Dawning", and in Chapter 112, "Ikhlas", or "Purity", and in the first Chapter, Chapter 01, "Suratal Fatihah", or "The Opening Chapter". Also see Spiritual Letter 63, "Review of the Holy Qur'an: Sura or Chapter 86, At Tarique, review of the "First 3 Lines" Text of Topic 04: In this way, my dearest loving brother Ellis, Spiritual Letter 70 is now coming to us as the end of this series of beautiful Spiritual Letters, at the end of Spiritual Letters 66, 67, 68, and 69, coming to "us" from God within us all, explaining the "Gift of God" for our age for the Children of God for our age, explaining the life and teaching of God for our age, which for our age is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us. And explaining it in the context of the life and teaching of Jesus (peace be upon Him) on the "outside" of us, and of God within Him, over 2000 years age, an explanation that starts with the preceding 4 Spiritual Letters, that is, with Spiritual Letters 66, 67, 68, and 69, which focuses us on the "Choice" that we all must make in this age, if we are to become truly successful in our own lifetime, a choice of either an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or an eternal life as "separate from: God within us, and ends with the "Main Obstacle" to our correctly realizing and making that choice, which is our ego. The "Main Obstacle" to true success in our own life time, which in truth is "us", which is the current "us", which is the "Enemy of the soul", which is our current life of sin, of "separation and differences", that we are all currently living, with "us" and our dearest loving brothers and sisters currently living in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, but which in truth is within us. But which in truth is within us, as a world of hell and evil, a world of darkness or ignorance, that in our ignorance we have allowed to grow within us, as a person might order a ton of top soil to grow a beautiful garden, but in his ignorance allow only weeds to grow, eventually coming to believe that the weeds are of great value, forgetting his original intent, for having ordered the rich top soil in the first place, which was perhaps to grow a beautiful flower garden for all to enjoy, or to grow a beautiful "Victory Garden", as some of us did in America during the "2nd World War", to help feed us, and to help comfort and strengthen us during that very difficult time over 50 years ago. Such is the current state of our life, a beautiful flower garden, or a "Victory Garden", that through our ignorance we have allowed to turn into a ugly garden of weeds, into a wild jungle of no real value to anyone, my dearest loving brother Ellis, that each of us must come to understand and transcend through our faith and trust in God, through our again becoming "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, before we die to the "outside" of us. Amen. Allowing our wisdom, and the truth of God within our wisdom, to cut down the wild jungle that we have allowed to grow in our ignorance, and chase away all of the wild animal that we in our ignorance have befriended, and then plow us under with the enlightening words of the Qutbiyyat, which is the wisdom of the Qutb; the sixth level of wisdom within us; divine analytic wisdom, which differentiates man from all of the other Creation of God; the wisdom which explains the truth of God. And then plant the seed of God within us, and protect, and nourish it until it becomes the "Crop of God" within us, which is then harvested by God within us. And if we do this with our life, rather than what we are currently doing, which is in truth just wasting in on our own "selfishness", if we allow God to transform us in this way, from a useless garden of weeds or from a dangerous wild jungle of no real value, into His flower garden, into "His Crop" for the benefit of all of His Creation, then we will have moved from being "His Earth" to becoming "His Crop", and as such will have become "One with" Him within us, in our own lifetime. Then our wisdom will have reasoned over our fate, then the qualities of our higher selves will have become victorious over the qualities of our lower selves. Amen. 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 brother Ellis - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). End of Spiritual Letter 70 - outline & summary version - ...................................... or Go To Spiritual Letter 70: or ( a top-down version of the Library Home Page) (a bottom-up version of the Library Home Page) Support Material (normally accessed from above) A "Second" Expanded Summary: Here is a "second" and the longest expanded summary of this letter, of "Spiritual Letter 70", a letter of another beautiful discourse from God within us all, to all of us living in this age, coming into the heart of this child, about the "Choice" that each of us must make before we physically die to the "outside" of us, if we are to truly become successful in our own lifetime, which is to choose either an eternal life as "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, and then get that, to get an eternal life as "One with" God within us as our life, as our reward, both before and after we die to the flesh, or to choose "business as usual", to choose not to choose, and instead to continue to live as we are currently living on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God within us, and then get that after we die, and then allow God to choose for us, after we die, based on how we have lived our life, how we have used what He has given us. In this way, opening ourselves up to the "Justice of God" after we die to the flesh, to the justice that "whatever we intend while living for a short time in the world on the outside of us, before we die to the flesh, is what we will then receive for eternity within us after we die to the flesh", a justice which then becomes, if we are not wise, if we have not re-established our direct connection to God within us, before we die to the flesh, then becomes after we die to the flesh, the "suffering of the grave", Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment), and 105 million rebirths, with us potentially ending as a worm in hell with only one level of consciousness, of feeling, and in this way, opening ourselves up to an eternal life of ""separation from" God within us after we die to the flesh. Here is another beautiful discourse from God within us, which also teaches us about the "Major Obstacle" standing between "us" and "us", standing between "us" and "us" making the correct choice, of "us" choosing "Oneness with" God within us before we die to the flesh, standing between "us" and "us" within us as "One with" God within us for eternity, standing between "us" and "us" within us sowing the good crop within us, before we die to the flesh, which is the grace, wisdom, and 'ilm or divine knowledge of God within us, standing between "us and "us" within us building the proper house within us, before we die to the flesh, which is the "Palace of the soul", the "House of wisdom", within us, the House of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) within us, the "major obstacle" between "us" within us and God within us, which is our ego. The "Major Obstacle" which is our current belief and thoughts that we exist as "separate from" God within us, which is our current life of "selfishness", of sin, of "separation and differences", of "mine and yours", of "I and you" within us, is our current life with us living as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" our dearest loving brothers in the world, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, a life, a body, and a world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, when in truth we are all One, when in truth, "us", all of "us", and God within us, and True Man within God within us, are One. Amen. End of Spiritual Letter 70 - Support Material - ....................... |
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