Spiritual Letter 69 - Outline & Summary Version About Spiritual Letter 69 Title: "Invoking The Presence of God Within Us" Brief Summary: Before we "say or do" anything, we must first "Make God's Intention Our Search", and "Intend as God Intends" within us, and then invoke the "Presence of God" within us, by calling out the "Name of God" for our age, in this way, allowing God within us to "Cure Himself" of "us", of "us" as "separate from" God within us, and in this way, before we die, convincing God within us that we can be cured, that we can "endure the cure", that we do not want anything that God has discarded, to become God, we do not want anything that we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, allowing God to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen Date Written and Posted: March, 2005 Written by: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Written to: Mr. Ellis Thomas, a High School Classmate of Louie Beutler Go To: Main Menu - for Spiritual Letter 69 Go To: Introduction - to Spiritual letter 69 Go To: Outline & Summary Version - of Spiritual Letter 69 "Silent Outline" - with no short summary of each Topic "Brief Outline" - with a short summary of each Topic. Go To: Summary of Spiritual Letter Home Page - Spiritual Letters Go To Spiritual Letter 70 Letter 69: E-mail Version Library Home Page Go To Spiritual Letter 68 Letter 69: Related Material Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 69 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). 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 69 "Silent Outline" - with no short summary of each Topic Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 69 A. Invoking The Presence of God Within Us - Before we "say or do" anything, we must first "Make God's Intention Our Search", and "Intend as God Intends" within us, and then invoke the "Presence of God" within us, by calling out the "Name of God" for our age 1. The Name of God for Our Age - is the name of the true "Inside" of us for our age, is the name of the "Oneness" within God within us, the name of the "Gift of God" for our age 2. As The Name of God For All Previous Ages - is the name of each of the 124,000 Prophets, Heavenly Beings, and Lights of God within us, within God within us 3. Why We Are Here? - which is to understand who "We already are", by attending, learning, and graduating from, the first of God's Schools within us, the "School of Contrasts", where we learn about what "separates us" from God within us 4. Because In Truth - "They Are All One" Within Us, so when invoking the Name of God for our age, we can use either, either the Name of God for our age, or the Name of God for previous ages, because in truth, "They are all One" within us 5. "Make God's Intention Our Search" - and then "Intend as God Intends", is the "Gift of God" for our age, is the life and teaching of God for our age 6. "The Ego Will Only Sit Down - when our wisdom stands up", and our wisdom will only stand up within us when we call our wisdom from its place of purity within us Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 01, Verse 22 and 23 7. We Must Use God - To Get To God Within Us, and stop trying to use what God has discarded within us, to get to God within us 8. Stop Calling Out "Our" Names - the names of The "Enemy of The Soul" within us, in order to get to God within us, as this will not work 9. Learning To Elevate "Us" Up To God - up to the level of "Oneness" within us, rather than trying to bring both "us" and God down to the level of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, the level of the animal within us 10. "And The Only Way To Win The Drama - is not to play", for as long as we are participating in the drama, as long as we are acting on the stage, we cannot watch the drama, we cannot watch the play, we cannot witness the drama played out on the state of life in this earth world, which is our great loss 11. Before We Die - We Have To Convince God Within Us, that we can be cured, that we can "endure the cure", that we do not want anything that God has discarded, to become God, because only then can we be cured, because our cure is God "Brief Outline" - with a short summary of each Topic Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 69 A. Invoking The Presence of God Within Us - Before we "say or do" anything, we must first "Make God's Intention Our Search", and "Intend as God Intends" within us, and then invoke the "Presence of God" within us, by calling out the "Name of God" for our age, in this way, allowing God within us to "Cure Himself" of "us", of "us" as "separate from" God within us, and in this way, before we die, convincing God within us that we can be cured, that we can "endure the cure", that we do not want anything that God has discarded, to become God, we do not want anything that we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, allowing God to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen 1. The Name of God for Our Age - is the name of the true "Inside" of us for our age, is the name of the "Oneness" within God within us, for our age, is the name of the "Gift of God" for our age, is the name of the life and teaching of God for our age, is the name of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, for our age, and of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, for our age, is the name of the five spiritual steps or stages of spiritual growth within each of us, for our age. Amen 2. As The Name of God For All Previous Ages - is the name of each of the 124,000 Prophets, Heavenly Beings, and Lights of God within us, within God within us, which also appeared on the "outside" of us in all previous ages, including in the last ages of the Prophets Abraham, Moses, and David (peace be upon Them), and in the age of Qutb Alexander (may God be pleased with Him), over 4000, and 3400, and 3000, and over 2300 years ago, which is the Name of God within us called Abraham, Moses, David, (peace be upon Them), and Qutb Alexander (may God be pleased with Him), and which also appeared on the "outside" of us in the last ages of Jesus (peace be upon Him), of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), over 2000, over 1400, and over 1000 years ago, which is the Name of God within us called Jesus (peace be upon Him), and Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) 3. Why We Are Here? - which is to understand who "We already are", by attending, leaning in, and then graduating from the first of God's Schools within us, which is this earth world that we have come to, which in truth is God's "School of Contrasts", where we learn about everything that "separates us" from God within us, and then if we successfully graduate from this school, then after we physically die, we go off to the next of God's schools, not to the "suffering of the grave", to judgment day, or to 105 million rebirths, which is the fate of those who don't graduate, we go off to God's "School of Light", where God personally teaches us about God within us, and when we graduate from that school, we return to God, as "One with" God within us, for eternity, to then share that understanding with God within us for eternity, and this is our work within us, our only true work, not to work for wages on the "outside" of us to get into some illusory heaven on the "outside" of us, so we can sit near some illusory God on the "outside" of us, because this is just not true, this does not exist either within us or on the "outside" of us, and belief in such a place is only leading us to hell within us, to the Angel of death (peace be upon Him) within us, and to an eternal life of "separate from" God within us 4. Because In Truth "They Are All" One Within Us - so when invoking the Name of God for our age, before we "say or do" anything, in order to establish the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, we can use either, either the Name of God for our age, or the Name of God for previous ages, because in truth, "They are One" within us, so that anything that is "said of done" from within us, is from God within us, and not from what has been discarded by God within us, not from what in our ignorance has grown within us as "separate from" God within us, not from what has grown within us that we now see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, in this way, doing this duty of God within us, this "Heart's Work" within us, as we walk through our day, through the hours and moments in our day, that is, if we like, if we prefer, in addition to the Name of God for our age we can use the Name of God from Previous Ages, like Jesus (peace be upon Him) or Nur Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), or Qutb Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), as well as the Name of God for our age, which is "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", or Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him), whichever we choose to us, because in truth within us "They are all One", they are all within the "Oneness of God" within us, because in truth They are only seen as "separate" in ignorance on the "outside" of us 5. "Make God's Intention Our Search" - and then "Intend as God Intends", is the "Gift of God" for our age, is the life and teaching of God for our age, so before invoking the Name of God for our age, do this, "Make God's intention Our Search", and then "Intend as God Intends", in order to establish the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, so we don't sin, so we don't just use our life to nourish the lives of darkness and evil within us, and in this way, strengthen our current life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, so before doing anything in our life, even before we invoke the Name of God, in order to establish the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, we must first correctly find and set our intention within us, for our age, which our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, teach us, is to become again "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us 6. "The Ego Will Only Sit Down - when our wisdom stands up", and our wisdom will only stand up within us when we call our wisdom from its place of purity within us, which is a small piece of flesh within us, no bigger than an atom, which is where God and all of the "Stuff of God" live within us, where all of the "Oneness" of God live within God within us, like the grace, the wisdom, and the 'ilm of God within us, as well as where the 124,000 Prophets, Heavenly Beings, and Lights of God, live within us, in this way, inviting our wisdom within us, and the truth of God within our wisdom, into our mind and desire within us, which is where we currently live in our ignorance within us, calling Them within us, calling the "Oneness" of God within God within us, into our life of "selfishness", into our life of sin, into our life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, into our life of arrogance, karma, and illusion, of desire for earth, women, and gold, on the "outside" of us, in order allow God within us to "Cure God of us", to "Cure Himself" of "us" as "separate from" God within us, to "Cure Himself" of the darkness and evil that has grown within us, and has now manifested it self as our world, our body, our self, and our "I" on the "outside" of us, which we in our ignorance see as "us" and our dearest loving brothers and sister, and to do all of this, at least truly start it, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us. Amen Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 01, Verse 22 and 23 7. We Must Use God To Get To God Within Us - and stop trying to use what God has discarded within us, to get to God within us, what God has discarded within us in order for God to become God within us, which is everything in our ignorance that we currently see as existing on the "outside" of us. Amen 8. Stop Calling Out "Our" Names - the names of The "Enemy of The Soul" within us, in order to get to God within us, as this will not work, for that will only invoke the lives of darkness, and the lives of evil within us, that live in our mind and desire within us, that will only invoke the lives within us that are "separate from" God within us, the lives that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, and will be of no value to us, will be of no value to us in progressing on the "Path of God" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called the "Straight Path of God" within us, and in the Christian tradition is called the "Way of the Lord" within us, instead of this we must learn and use the Name of God for our age, or of previous ages, to invoke the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, as this will indeed establish the "Presence of God" within us, because these are the Names of the lives of Light within us, of the lives of grace, wisdom, and 'ilm or divine knowledge of God within us, these are the Names of the lives of "Oneness with" God within us, that live within God within us, and when called by us, before we "say or do" anything, will cause our mind and desire to sit down within us, and as such, They will be of great value to us in progressing on the "Path of God" within us, as long as our intention for calling Them is correct, which is to become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, before we die to the "outside" of us. Amen 9. Learning To Elevate "Us" Up To God - up to the level of "Oneness" within God within us, rather than trying to bring both "us" and God down to the level of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, the level of the animal within us, for we have already lowered the animal below the animal, below what they in truth really are, in intelligence and in consciousness, so we have a niche to fill, without having to muster up to our true potentiality, as given to us by God within us, which is "Oneness with" God within us, so rather than moving "us", elevating "us" up to God within us, as our proper niche, our proper place in God's plan for us, we have lowered both God and "us' down to the true level of the animals, because God has no religion as "separate" groups from one another, and God has no family, or wife, or children, as separate from other families, wives, or children, God has none of this "separation and differences" like the animals do, and in truth neither do we 10. "And The Only Way To Win The Drama - is not to play", for as long as we are participating in the drama, as long as we are acting on the stage, we cannot watch the drama, we cannot watch the play, we cannot witness the drama played out on the state of birth and death in this earth world, which is our great loss, for only in watching the drama can we learn what we have come here to learn, so we can pass our exams, graduate from the "School of Contrasts" that we are presently attending, and having learned about everything that "separates us" from God within us, and after we die to the flesh, after we die to the "outside" of us, then in the "House of Light" or wisdom that we have built within us in partnership with God within us, go off to the next of God's schools, go off to the "School of Light" within us, where Light learns about Light within us, where God personally teaches us about God within us, teaches us about who we "Already are" within us, and in this way, after we die to the flesh, allowing us to skip the "suffering of the grave" within us, and the "day of judgment" within us, and the 105 million rebirths within us, and an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, which is the fate of those who continue to play the drama within us, and refuse to get off the stage within us, until they die to the flesh, and have failed to built the "Palace of the soul" within them, the "House of Light" or wisdom within them, and as a result, who have fail to truly take advantage of this "Rare Birth" within them, have failed to watch the drama of birth and death on God's lap within them, so they can next truly become alive within God within them, in this way, sitting on God's lap within them while wisdom teaches them "what they do not know", and in this way, allowing them to pass their exams within them, and graduate from the "School of Contrasts" within them, before they have to leave this earth world within them, and go off to the next worlds within them, because this is only one of many worlds within us 11. Before We Die, We Have To Convince God - that we can be cured, that we can "endure the cure", that we do not want anything that God has discarded in order for God to become God, and in order for us to be alive as we currently are experiencing life, but which in truth is death, that is, experiencing what we will get after death, if we don't become truly alive before death, if we don't become again "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of that "Oneness" so it will never leave us again, doing all of this, in partnership with God within us, before death, or at least truly intending this to occur within us in partnership with God within us. For only if we do not want anything that we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, can we be truly cured of our karmic birth, because if we do, if we do want anything that God has discarded, to become God, then we cannot be cured, because the cure of us is God, and in this way, God is the state within us where all that God has discarded before, to become God with us, is again discarded by God within us, after we have "Steadied Him" within us", which is the whole point of the Kalimah, of the recitation of the remembrance of God within us, is the state within us where God has revealed God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, and we will be within it, as the Witness of God, sharing with God within us, as "One with" God within us, for eternity, the understanding of this "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen Text of Spiritual Letter: A. Invoking The Presence of God Within Us - Before we "say or do" anything, we must first "Make God's Intention Our Search", and "Intend as God Intends" within us, and then invoke the "Presence of God" within us, by calling out the "Name of God" for our age, in this way, allowing God within us to "Cure Himself" of "us", of "us" as "separate from" God within us, and in this way, before we die, convincing God within us that we can be cured, that we can "endure the cure", that we do not want anything that God has discarded, to become God, we do not want anything that we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, allowing God to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen 1. The Name of God for Our Age - is the name of the true "Inside" of us for our age, is the name of the "Oneness" within God within us, for our age, is the name of the "Gift of God" for our age, is the name of the life and teaching of God for our age, is the name of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, for our age, and of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, for our age, is the name of the five spiritual steps or stages of spiritual growth within each of us, for our age. Amen And for our age, the name of that "Oneness of God" within God within us, is the name of the "Gift of God" for our age, is the name of the life and teaching of God for our age, and for our age, that is the Name of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and the Name of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), which in truth, when they come to maturity within Him, becoming "One with" God within them, is the same name. Which in truth for this age, are the five steps of spiritual ascendance, of walking back into the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called Shari'at, Tariqat, Haqiqat, Ma'rifat, and Sufiat, or using the name of His Holiness, is respectively, "Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen", "Shaikh Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen", "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Muhaiyaddeen", "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", and finally, the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen. Such is the Name of God for our age, the name of the five steps on the path back into the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us all, for our age. 2. As The Name of God For All Previous Ages - is the name of each of the 124,000 Prophets, Heavenly Beings, and Lights of God within us, within God within us, which also appeared on the "outside" of us in all previous ages, including in the last ages of the Prophets Abraham, Moses, and David (peace be upon Them), and in the age of Qutb Alexander (may God be pleased with Him), over 4000, and 3400, and 3000, and over 2300 years ago, which is the Name of God within us called Abraham, Moses, David, (peace be upon Them), and Qutb Alexander (may God be pleased with Him), and which also appeared on the "outside" of us in the last ages of Jesus (peace be upon Him), of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), over 2000, over 1400, and over 1000 years ago, which is the Name of God within us called Jesus (peace be upon Him), and Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) Such is the Name of God for our age, the name of the five steps on the path back into the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us all, for our age, as the Name of God in the age of Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and over 2000 years ago on the "outside" of us, is Jesus (peace be upon Him), which is the name of the liberated soul joined as "One with'" our wisdom within us, the name of the Three of God within us, of the Holy Trinity of God within us, of the Triple Flame of God within us, the name of the Flower of True Faith in God within us, of God's faith in God within us. Which is the flower of absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God within us, which in the Islamic Tradition is called Iman, that in truth "There is nothing other than God" within us, and therefore, that in truth, "Your are God" within us, and the truth, that "God is One" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called the "First Kalimah", or the primary or first way of "Remembering God" within us, which is recited by every Muslim throughout the day and evening, recited with the intention of "Become It", of "Becoming One with God" within us, before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, which is the flower of Iman within us, which in the age of Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, is "John the Baptist" within us, and the Fragrance of this flower of Iman within us, which in the age of Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, is Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us. And as the Name of God in the age of Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon Him) within us, and over 1400 years ago on the "outside" of us, is Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) within us, which again is the name of the liberated soul joined as "One with'" our wisdom within us, but now with this liberated soul and this with wisdom joined as "One with" the Light of our wisdom, which in the Islamic tradition is called the Nur Muhammad within us, now as the Flowering Tree of Iman or absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God within us, That like in the age of Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, now "There is nothing other than God" within us", that "Your are God" within us, and that "God is One" within us, in this way, having brought this "Truth of us" and this "Truth of God" within us, to Completion within us, to Perfection within our very own heart within us, in this way, "Placing a Seal" on the "Religion of God" within us, on the "Path of God" within us, bringing the heart within us to Perfection within us, and with this beauty of God's qualities and actions within our very own heart now reflected in our face for all to see, and for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), the name of the One within us when the beauty of God in the purified heart within us, in the Ahamd, is reflected in our face, in the Muham, which when joined together within us becomes the name of Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon Him) within us, the name of Iman-Islam within us. And as the Name of God in the age of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and over 1000 years ago on the "outside" of us, is Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) within us, the name of the Muhaiyaddeen of God within us, of the "Giver of Life back to True Belief" within us, the name of the "Bringer of the Pure Light of Truth" within us, the "Flower of Wisdom" within us, the restorer of our original state in the "world of souls" within us, before we came to this "earth world", but this time with an understanding of our original state, which is "Oneness with" God within us, so it will never leave us again. 3. Why We Are Here? - which is to understand who "We already are", by attending, leaning in, and then graduating from the first of God's Schools within us, which is this earth world that we have come to, which in truth is God's "School of Contrasts", where we learn about everything that "separates us" from God within us, and then if we successfully graduate from this school, then after we physically die, we go off to the next of God's schools, not to the "suffering of the grave", to judgment day, or to 105 million rebirths, which is the fate of those who don't graduate, we go off to God's "School of Light", where God personally teaches us about God within us, and when we graduate from that school, we return to God, as "One with" God within us, for eternity, to then share that understanding with God within us for eternity, and this is our work within us, our only true work, not to work for wages on the "outside" of us to get into some illusory heaven on the "outside" of us, so we can sit near some illusory God on the "outside" of us, because this is just not true, this does not exist either within us or on the "outside" of us, and belief in such a place is only leading us to hell within us, to the Angel of death (peace be upon Him) within us, and to an eternal life of "separate from" God within us Which is why we are here, my dearest loving brother Ellis, to understand who "we already are", which is why we came to this first of the many "Schools of God" within us, why we came to this "School of Contrasts" within us, because in truth understanding only occurs through contrast, a school that we now see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, but in truth is really within us, which is why we came to this "School of Contrasts" within us to learn about who "We already are", and to do this by first learning about what "separates us" from God within us, before we go to the next "School of God" within us, the "School of Light" within us, where we learn about God within us, directly from God within us, for in truth only God can teach us about God within us, and in this way, letting God answer His own question of God within us, which originally started our life in motion within us, the question asked of God by God within us, in the state of darkness or lack of understanding within us, the question, "Who am I?". Amen. So we have come here, to this earth world, to this first of God's many schools, to this "School of Contrasts" to learn about what "separates us" from God within us, as well as, to learn about what "separates us" from each other on the "outside" of us, and to learn about what "separates us" from the Creation of God within us, which in truth is the "Earth of God" within us, within which the "Seed of God" within us must be planted by God within us, if we will only let Him, if we will only join as "One with" Him in its planting, allowing it to be nourished, and come to maturity within us, as the "Tree of the Plenitude of Faith" within us, as the Power of God within us that will give us whatever we want, whatever we ask for. A tree which will naturally grow within us, and bear fruit within us, the "Fruit of God" within us, if we will only let Him within us, if we will only join Him within us, if we will only let God within us finish what He has started within us, a very, very long time ago, in a time way before we came to this earth world within us, to this "School of Contrasts" within us, in order to let God reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, in order to let God within us plant the "Seed of God" within us, to reveal the "Tree of God" and its many fruits within us, which in truth is "God's understanding of God" within us, which if we like we can become, as "One with" God within us, and which we can share with God within us for eternity, after we die to the flesh, to the "outside" of us, if we only die in this state, that is, as "One with" God within us, and not in our current state, as "separate from" God within us. Amen. 4. Because In Truth "They Are All" One Within Us - so when invoking the Name of God for our age, before we "say or do" anything, in order to establish the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, we can use either, either the Name of God for our age, or the Name of God for previous ages, because in truth, "They are One" within us, so that anything that is "said of done" from within us, is from God within us, and not from what has been discarded by God within us, not from what in our ignorance has grown within us as "separate from" God within us, not from what has grown within us that we now see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, in this way, doing this duty of God within us, this "Heart's Work" within us, as we walk through our day, through the hours and moments in our day, that is, if we like, if we prefer, in addition to the Name of God for our age we can use the Name of God from Previous Ages, like Jesus (peace be upon Him) or Nur Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), or Qutb Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), as well as the Name of God for our age, which is "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", or Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him), whichever we choose to us, because in truth within us "They are all One", they are all within the "Oneness of God" within us, because in truth They are only seen as "separate" in ignorance on the "outside" of us In this way, my dearest loving brother Ellis, our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us, that after this explanation, about the Name of God for our age, that in truth all of the 124,000 Prophets, Heavenly Being, and Lights of God, are One within us, including Jesus (peace be upon Him), Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), we can use whatever Name of God we prefer, that makes it work for us, at this point in our spiritual development. That is, after this explanation about the Name of God for our age, after we know the truth of this, for our age, if we still prefer to use one of the Names of God from Previous Ages, when invoking the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, that is Ok, because in truth "They are all One" within us, They all represent some point, some station, some level of clarity of word and action and quality within us, on the "Path of God" back into the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. So we can do whatever we like, including using the Name of God that we are used to, to invoke the "Presence of God" within you, before we "say or do" anything. For example, using the Name of God that we have grown up believing in and practicing, that is, using any of the earlier Names of God for these earlier ages, for establishing the "Presence of God" within us in our age, before we "do or say". For correctly using any of these Names of God, the name of any of the 124,000 Prophets, Heavenly Beings, and Lights of God, including the name of Jesus (peace be upon Him), the name of the Nur Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), or the name of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) will produce the same results. Because in truth They are all One within us, that is, using the Name of Jesus (peace be upon Him), or Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), or Qutb Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), or Murugan (blessing and peace be upon Him), which is one of the 201 names of the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), a name of God that is used for God in the Hindu religion, will all do the same thing, will all establish the "Presence of God" within us in our age, before we "say or do" anything, as long as our intention is correct. 5. "Make God's Intention Our Search" - and then "Intend as God Intends", is the "Gift of God" for our age, is the life and teaching of God for our age, so before invoking the Name of God for our age, do this, "Make God's intention Our Search", and then "Intend as God Intends", in order to establish the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, so we don't sin, so we don't just use our life to nourish the lives of darkness and evil within us, and in this way, strengthen our current life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, so before doing anything in our life, even before we invoke the Name of God, in order to establish the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, we must first correctly find and set our intention within us, for our age, which our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, teach us, is to become again "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us For initially the most important point here is our intention, not the saying of the Name of God for our age, the main point is our "making God's intention our search" within us, is our "intending as God intends" within us, that is, is our truly intending to again become "One with" God within us, as God is now "One with" us within Him, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, not the saying of these names. But once we do have the correct intention, then it is important to correctly invoke the presence of God within us, by calling out His Name for our age, or His Name for previous ages, for then the use of the Name of God for our age, or for earlier ages, becomes required, in order to truly establish the "Presence of God" within us, in order to cause our mind and desire, to cause our ego, to sit down within us, by allowing God to stand up within us. Amen. 6. "The Ego Will Only Sit Down - when our wisdom stands up", and our wisdom will only stand up within us when we call our wisdom from its place of purity within us, which is a small piece of flesh within us, no bigger than an atom, which is where God and all of the "Stuff of God" live within us, where all of the "Oneness" of God live within God within us, like the grace, the wisdom, and the 'ilm of God within us, as well as where the 124,000 Prophets, Heavenly Beings, and Lights of God, live within us, in this way, inviting our wisdom within us, and the truth of God within our wisdom, into our mind and desire within us, which is where we currently live in our ignorance within us, calling Them within us, calling the "Oneness" of God within God within us, into our life of "selfishness", into our life of sin, into our life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, into our life of arrogance, karma, and illusion, of desire for earth, women, and gold, on the "outside" of us, in order allow God within us to "Cure God of us", to "Cure Himself" of "us" as "separate from" God within us, to "Cure Himself" of the darkness and evil that has grown within us, and has now manifested it self as our world, our body, our self, and our "I" on the "outside" of us, which we in our ignorance see as "us" and our dearest loving brothers and sister, and to do all of this, at least truly start it, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us. Amen Such is the truth of our life, and the truth of God within us, my dearest loving brother Ellis, for as our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us, "The mind will only sit down, when wisdom stands up". So from this perspective, the Name of God for our age, is the Name of our wisdom for this age, the name of the wisdom surrounding our soul for this, which is awakens to the "Word of God" for our age, to the life and teaching of God for our age. And God within us is within our wisdom, so in order to get to God within us, in order to become "One with" God within us, we must first become "One with" our wisdom, and in order to become "One with" our wisdom, we must give up, and hand over, the "Enemy of our soul" to Him, we must give up, and hand over to Him within us, "us" as "separate from" God within us, we must give up, and hand over to Him within us, our current life of sin, our current life of "selfishness" on the "outside" of us, and join with Him within us, join with our wisdom, to do battle with the "Enemy of our soul". For the "Enemy of our soul" is our current life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, the "Enemy of our soul" is what currently defines "us", and our world, and our relationships, and our wealth, and our family and friends, and our business and religious groups, on the "outside" of us, which in truth are the "societies of hell" within us. So, from this perspective, invoking the "Presence of God' within us, before we "say or do" anything, after correctly setting our intention, after "intending as God intends", after intending to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, and then calling out the Name of God for our age, the Name of our wisdom, so our wisdom will stand up, so our mind and desire, our ego, will sit down, so our wisdom can then successfully do battle with the "Enemy of our soul", is the path back into the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called the "Straight Path", and in the Christian tradition is called, the "Way of the Lord". Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 01, Verse 22 and 23 That is, he "Way of the Lord" that John the Baptist told us to "Make Straight", as recorded in Chapter 01, Verse 22 and 23, in the "Gospel of John", "Then said they unto him, Who art thou? That we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?" "He said, I am the voice of the One crying in the wilderness, Make straight the Way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Esaias." In this way, after correctly setting our intention, then we must use at least one of these Names of God, or all of them if you like, before we "say or do" anything, causing our wisdom to stand up, and our mind and desire, our ego to sit down, in order to establish the "Presence of God" within us, so the One "saying or doing" anything within us, is truly God within us, is truly the "Oneness of God" within God within us, and not what God has discarded within us, not "us" as "separate from" God within us, not our mind and desire, not our ego, not the "Enemy of our soul" within us. Amen. 7. We Must Use God To Get To God Within Us - and stop trying to use what God has discarded within us, to get to God within us, what God has discarded within us in order for God to become God within us, which is everything in our ignorance that we currently see as existing on the "outside" of us. Amen And in this way, my dearest loving brother Ellis, we must learn to use God within us to get to God within us, and stop trying to use what God has discarded within us to try and get to God within us, and we do this by correctly setting our intention, and by then by calling out the Name of God for our age, or for previous ages, the name of the "Oneness" within God within us, to get to God within us, in order to "steady God" within us, to get God to come into us, to come into our mind and desire, which is where we currently live within us, and deal with "us" as "separate from" God within us, by coming out of the tiny place of purity within us, no bigger than an atom, which is where God, and all of the "Stuff of God" within God, live within us. And He will come and our mind and desire will sit down, perhaps for the very first time in our life, if our intention is correct, and if we learn to correctly call Him, correctly invoking His Presence within us, before we "say or do" anything, and when He is done dealing with what we have called Him to do, as our wisdom, He will then return to His place of purity within us, awaiting our next call, which can come in our next breath, or only again when we are facing our physical death, the choice is always ours. And in this way, God is available within us, but not resident within us, as our mind and desire are, with Him only join as "One with" us in our mind and desire when He is called into action by us, so as this child has learned to do, we call Him before we start each prayer, each line of each prayer, thought, each duty, and each of everything that God places before this child, in this way, transforming "my life" into His life, transforming everything that "I am doing", like writing this letter, into what "He is doing", with "me" then becoming His witness, the witness of the life and teaching of God within us. Amen. And in this way, to get God within us to "Cure Himself of us", of "us" as "separate from" God within us, and in this way, we get God within us to do battle with the "Enemy of our soul" both within us and on the "outside" of us, causing it to sit down, allowing the grace, the wisdom, and the 'ilm or divine knowledge of God to flow within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen. 8. Stop Calling Out "Our" Names - the names of The "Enemy of The Soul" within us, in order to get to God within us, as this will not work, for that will only invoke the lives of darkness, and the lives of evil within us, that live in our mind and desire within us, that will only invoke the lives within us that are "separate from" God within us, the lives that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, and will be of no value to us, will be of no value to us in progressing on the "Path of God" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called the "Straight Path of God" within us, and in the Christian tradition is called the "Way of the Lord" within us, instead of this we must learn and use the Name of God for our age, or of previous ages, to invoke the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, as this will indeed establish the "Presence of God" within us, because these are the Names of the lives of Light within us, of the lives of grace, wisdom, and 'ilm or divine knowledge of God within us, these are the Names of the lives of "Oneness with" God within us, that live within God within us, and when called by us, before we "say or do" anything, will cause our mind and desire to sit down within us, and as such, They will be of great value to us in progressing on the "Path of God" within us, as long as our intention for calling Them is correct, which is to become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, before we die to the "outside" of us. Amen And in this way, my dearest loving brother Ellis, we must stop trying to use what God has discarded within us, to get to God within us, and we must stop trying to use all of the names of what God has discarded, to get to God within us, the names that we have in our ignorance given to the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, the "names" of all of the people and things on the "outside" of us. Which in truth are the names of the "Enemy of our soul", which is all of the names that we in our ignorance have given to the "outside" of us, including our own name, like Louie Beutler, or Ellis Thomas, and the names of our relationships, like the names of the members of our family, like wife and son or daughter, or of our friends, like good friend, or reliable friend, as well as, the names of all the groups that currently define us, that define "us" as "separate from" each other, like male and female, or college graduate, or rich or poor, or white or black, and names that differentiate us as "separate from" other groups, like Muslim, or Christian, or Zoroastrian, or Hindu, or Jew. For all of this naming on the "outside" of us, and using these names to define us, protect us, or strengthen us in the world, only acts to strengthen our "separation from" God within us, and our "separation from" each other on the "outside" of us, and our "separation from" the Creation of God within us. And in this way, once we have correctly set our intention, intending as God intends, we must then use God within us to get to God within us, not what He has discarded, which is the "outside" of us, by invoking His Presence within us, by calling out His Name for our age, or for previous ages, by calling out the name of the "Oneness" of God within God within us, inviting Him to come into us, and become "steady" within us. Inviting Him to transform us, to make "us" as "separate from" Him into Him as "One with us, inviting Him to "destroy us and reveal Him" within us, in order to establishing the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, so the one who is "saying or doing" anything from us is only God within us, is only the "Oneness of God" within God within us, is only "us" within us as "One with" God within us, and is not "us" as "separate from" God within us, on the "outside" of us, is not the "Enemy of the soul" within us, disguised in "sheep's clothing" on the "outside" of us. Amen. 9. Learning To Elevate "Us" Up To God - up to the level of "Oneness" within us, rather than trying to bring both "us" and God down to the level of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, the level of the animal within us, for we have already lower the animals below the animal, below what they in truth really are, in intelligence and in consciousness, so we have a niche to fill, without having to muster up to our true potentiality, as given to us by God within us, which is "Oneness with" God within us, so rather than moving "us", elevating "us" up to God within us, as our proper niche, our proper place in God's plan for us, we have lowered both God and "us' down to the true level of the animals, because God has no religion as "separate" groups from one another, and God has no family, or wife, or children, as separate from other families, wives, or children, God has none of this "separation and differences" like the animals do, and in truth neither do we And in this way, when we properly do this "Heart's Work" within us, we are elevating "us" up to God within us, and elevating "what we are doing" up to what God is doing within us, we are elevating ourselves and everything that God puts before us, to God within us, and to what is doing within God within us. And if we properly do this within us, learning in this way, to do "nothing properly", learning to hand over the responsibility for everything to God within us, never having the thought that '"there is something that I have to do", then our life, which in truth is "us" within us, not "us" on the "outside" of us, and what we are actually doing in our life, which in truth is what God has put before us in our life, becomes of great significance, of great value, to "us" within us, to the Creation of God within us, to God within us, and to the "Oneness of God within God within us, in this way, taking on the significance, the value, of God within us, and the significance, the value, of what God is doing within us. Amen. This is what this child has learned to do, my dearest loving brother Ellis, living at the feet of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of God within Him, for the last 29 years, and so can you, and so can all of the Children of God for our age, before we die to the "outside" of us, if we like, if we truly want to. 10. "And The Only Way To Win The Drama - is not to play", for as long as we are participating in the drama, as long as we are acting on the stage, we cannot watch the drama, we cannot watch the play, we cannot witness the drama played out on the state of birth and death in this earth world, which is our great loss, for only in watching the drama can we learn what we have come here to learn, so we can pass our exams, graduate from the "School of Contrasts" that we are presently attending, and having learned about everything that "separates us" from God within us, and after we die to the flesh, after we die to the "outside" of us, then in the "House of Light" or wisdom that we have built within us in partnership with God within us, go off to the next of God's schools, go off to the "School of Light" within us, where Light learns about Light within us, where God personally teaches us about God within us, teaches us about who we "Already are" within us, and in this way, after we die to the flesh, allowing us to skip the "suffering of the grave" within us, and the "day of judgment" within us, and the 105 million rebirths within us, and an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, which is the fate of those who continue to play the drama within us, and refuse to get off the stage within us, until they die to the flesh, and have failed to built the "Palace of the soul" within them, the "House of Light" or wisdom within them, and as a result, who have fail to truly take advantage of this "Rare Birth" within them, have failed to watch the drama of birth and death on God's lap within them, so they can next truly become alive within God within them, in this way, sitting on God's lap within them while wisdom teaches them "what they do not know", and in this way, allowing them to pass their exams within them, and graduate from the "School of Contrasts" within them, before they have to leave this earth world within them, and go off to the next worlds within them, because this is only one of many worlds within us And this is what this child has done with "us", my dearest loving brother Ellis, with the significance of "us", and with the significance of what we are both doing, on the "outside" of us, that is, elevating both "us" and what we are doing up to God within us, and up to what God is doing within us. Rather than trying to bring God down to us, down to the "outside" of us, and rather than trying to bring what God is doing within us, also down to us, also down to the "outside" of us, down to our current state of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, down to our "separate" lives, prayers, and duty, and down to what we may think in our ignorance that "we are doing" in our life, or that is "being done to us" in our life on the "outside' of us, for all of it is false, all of it is just a dream, all of it is just our drama. The drama of "you and I" 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, which in truth is the "Earth of God" within us, within which the "Seed of God" within us must be planted, so it can germinate, and reveal the "Tree of God" within us, which is True Man within God within us, and all of its fruits, all of the "Fruits of God" within us, which is the understanding of the Creation of God within us, and again the "Seed of God" within us, but this time a 1000 fold. Amen. And the only way to win our drama, to win the drama of the "outside" of us, as our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us, "Is not to play". 11. Before We Die, We Have To Convince God - that we can be cured, that we can "endure the cure", that we do not want anything that God has discarded in order for God to become God, and in order for us to be alive as we currently are experiencing life, but which in truth is death, that is, experiencing what we will get after death, if we don't become truly alive before death, if we don't become again "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of that "Oneness" so it will never leave us again, doing all of this, in partnership with God within us, before death, or at least truly intending this to occur within us in partnership with God within us. For only if we do not want anything that we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, can we be truly cured of our karmic birth, because if we do, if we do want anything that God has discarded, to become God, then we cannot be cured, because the cure of us is God, and in this way, God is the state within us where all that God has discarded before, to become God with us, is again discarded by God within us, after we have "Steadied Him" within us", which is the whole point of the Kalimah, of the recitation of the remembrance of God within us, is the state within us where God has revealed God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, and we will be within it, as the Witness of God, sharing with God within us, as "One with" God within us, for eternity, the understanding of this "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen And in this way, my dearest loving brother Ellis, this is the purpose of this letter to "us", from God within us all, that is now being shared between the two of us, if you like, elevating everything of "us" up to God within us, and to what God is doing within us, including "your" terminal physical condition, and "our" communication, "our" sharing, "our" Spiritual Letters, elevating all of "us" up to God within us, and up to what God is doing within us, and in this way, and only in this way, truly getting rid of it. Because then God within us will set about "Curing Himself of us", of "us" as 'separate from" God within us, on the "outside" of us, because then, we no longer exist as that, as "separate from" God within us, and God can then remove all of this "separation and differences" from us without removing "us" from Him within us, without removing "us", because now we have become "One with" Him within us. And in this way, then God within us "Cures Himself again", as He did before, when He became God within us, and we became "separate from" Him, we became "one with" what He "separate from" Himself, God "Cures Himself again", but this time from within us, and we will be within Him. Amen. And in this way, making both "us", and what we are both experiencing, as the "outside" of us, as something that in truth is "of God" within us, and "of what God is doing" within us, and is no longer just "of us" as "separate from" God within us, or just "of us" as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, or just "of us" as "separate from" the Creation of God within us. And with "us" within us doing all of this, all of this, as "One with" God within us, so like some apples seeds buried within the earth, we can truly germinate, we can truly use our life, and what is happening in our life, in partnership with God within us, as "One with" God within us, to finish what God has started within us, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, before we die to the flesh of ourselves, to the "outside" of ourselves. And in this way, transforming "us" and what "we are experiencing" on the "outside" of us into God and what God is experiencing within us, that God is experiencing within God within us, which is the "Oneness of God" within us, with "us" now exiting within God within us, within the "Oneness of God" within God within us, as the witness of God within us, as the witness of God within God within us, as the witness of 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 And in this way, with "us" no longer existing as "separate from" God within us, on the "outside" of us, and in this way, with "us" now existing within us as "One with" God within us, completing God's intention within us, which is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. Amen. 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Spiritual Letter 69 - Outline & Summary Version About Spiritual Letter 69 Title: "Invoking The Presence of God Within Us" Brief Summary: Before we "say or do" anything, we must first "Make God's Intention Our Search", and "Intend as God Intends" within us, and then invoke the "Presence of God" within us, by calling out the "Name of God" for our age, in this way, allowing God within us to "Cure Himself" of "us", of "us" as "separate from" God within us, and in this way, before we die, convincing God within us that we can be cured, that we can "endure the cure", that we do not want anything that God has discarded, to become God, we do not want anything that we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, allowing God to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen Date Written and Posted: March, 2005 Written by: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Written to: Mr. Ellis Thomas, a High School Classmate of Louie Beutler Go To: Main Menu - for Spiritual Letter 69 Go To: Introduction - to Spiritual letter 69 Go To: Outline & Summary Version - of Spiritual Letter 69 "Silent Outline" - with no short summary of each Topic "Brief Outline" - with a short summary of each Topic. Go To: Summary of Spiritual Letter Home Page - Spiritual Letters Go To Spiritual Letter 70 Letter 69: E-mail Version Library Home Page Go To Spiritual Letter 68 Letter 69: Related Material Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 69 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). 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 69 "Silent Outline" - with no short summary of each Topic Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 69 A. Invoking The Presence of God Within Us - Before we "say or do" anything, we must first "Make God's Intention Our Search", and "Intend as God Intends" within us, and then invoke the "Presence of God" within us, by calling out the "Name of God" for our age 1. The Name of God for Our Age - is the name of the true "Inside" of us for our age, is the name of the "Oneness" within God within us, the name of the "Gift of God" for our age 2. As The Name of God For All Previous Ages - is the name of each of the 124,000 Prophets, Heavenly Beings, and Lights of God within us, within God within us 3. Why We Are Here? - which is to understand who "We already are", by attending, learning, and graduating from, the first of God's Schools within us, the "School of Contrasts", where we learn about what "separates us" from God within us 4. Because In Truth - "They Are All One" Within Us, so when invoking the Name of God for our age, we can use either, either the Name of God for our age, or the Name of God for previous ages, because in truth, "They are all One" within us 5. "Make God's Intention Our Search" - and then "Intend as God Intends", is the "Gift of God" for our age, is the life and teaching of God for our age 6. "The Ego Will Only Sit Down - when our wisdom stands up", and our wisdom will only stand up within us when we call our wisdom from its place of purity within us Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 01, Verse 22 and 23 7. We Must Use God - To Get To God Within Us, and stop trying to use what God has discarded within us, to get to God within us 8. Stop Calling Out "Our" Names - the names of The "Enemy of The Soul" within us, in order to get to God within us, as this will not work 9. Learning To Elevate "Us" Up To God - up to the level of "Oneness" within us, rather than trying to bring both "us" and God down to the level of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, the level of the animal within us 10. "And The Only Way To Win The Drama - is not to play", for as long as we are participating in the drama, as long as we are acting on the stage, we cannot watch the drama, we cannot watch the play, we cannot witness the drama played out on the state of life in this earth world, which is our great loss 11. Before We Die - We Have To Convince God Within Us, that we can be cured, that we can "endure the cure", that we do not want anything that God has discarded, to become God, because only then can we be cured, because our cure is God "Brief Outline" - with a short summary of each Topic Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 69 A. Invoking The Presence of God Within Us - Before we "say or do" anything, we must first "Make God's Intention Our Search", and "Intend as God Intends" within us, and then invoke the "Presence of God" within us, by calling out the "Name of God" for our age, in this way, allowing God within us to "Cure Himself" of "us", of "us" as "separate from" God within us, and in this way, before we die, convincing God within us that we can be cured, that we can "endure the cure", that we do not want anything that God has discarded, to become God, we do not want anything that we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, allowing God to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen 1. The Name of God for Our Age - is the name of the true "Inside" of us for our age, is the name of the "Oneness" within God within us, for our age, is the name of the "Gift of God" for our age, is the name of the life and teaching of God for our age, is the name of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, for our age, and of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, for our age, is the name of the five spiritual steps or stages of spiritual growth within each of us, for our age. Amen 2. As The Name of God For All Previous Ages - is the name of each of the 124,000 Prophets, Heavenly Beings, and Lights of God within us, within God within us, which also appeared on the "outside" of us in all previous ages, including in the last ages of the Prophets Abraham, Moses, and David (peace be upon Them), and in the age of Qutb Alexander (may God be pleased with Him), over 4000, and 3400, and 3000, and over 2300 years ago, which is the Name of God within us called Abraham, Moses, David, (peace be upon Them), and Qutb Alexander (may God be pleased with Him), and which also appeared on the "outside" of us in the last ages of Jesus (peace be upon Him), of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), over 2000, over 1400, and over 1000 years ago, which is the Name of God within us called Jesus (peace be upon Him), and Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) 3. Why We Are Here? - which is to understand who "We already are", by attending, leaning in, and then graduating from the first of God's Schools within us, which is this earth world that we have come to, which in truth is God's "School of Contrasts", where we learn about everything that "separates us" from God within us, and then if we successfully graduate from this school, then after we physically die, we go off to the next of God's schools, not to the "suffering of the grave", to judgment day, or to 105 million rebirths, which is the fate of those who don't graduate, we go off to God's "School of Light", where God personally teaches us about God within us, and when we graduate from that school, we return to God, as "One with" God within us, for eternity, to then share that understanding with God within us for eternity, and this is our work within us, our only true work, not to work for wages on the "outside" of us to get into some illusory heaven on the "outside" of us, so we can sit near some illusory God on the "outside" of us, because this is just not true, this does not exist either within us or on the "outside" of us, and belief in such a place is only leading us to hell within us, to the Angel of death (peace be upon Him) within us, and to an eternal life of "separate from" God within us 4. Because In Truth "They Are All" One Within Us - so when invoking the Name of God for our age, before we "say or do" anything, in order to establish the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, we can use either, either the Name of God for our age, or the Name of God for previous ages, because in truth, "They are One" within us, so that anything that is "said of done" from within us, is from God within us, and not from what has been discarded by God within us, not from what in our ignorance has grown within us as "separate from" God within us, not from what has grown within us that we now see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, in this way, doing this duty of God within us, this "Heart's Work" within us, as we walk through our day, through the hours and moments in our day, that is, if we like, if we prefer, in addition to the Name of God for our age we can use the Name of God from Previous Ages, like Jesus (peace be upon Him) or Nur Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), or Qutb Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), as well as the Name of God for our age, which is "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", or Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him), whichever we choose to us, because in truth within us "They are all One", they are all within the "Oneness of God" within us, because in truth They are only seen as "separate" in ignorance on the "outside" of us 5. "Make God's Intention Our Search" - and then "Intend as God Intends", is the "Gift of God" for our age, is the life and teaching of God for our age, so before invoking the Name of God for our age, do this, "Make God's intention Our Search", and then "Intend as God Intends", in order to establish the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, so we don't sin, so we don't just use our life to nourish the lives of darkness and evil within us, and in this way, strengthen our current life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, so before doing anything in our life, even before we invoke the Name of God, in order to establish the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, we must first correctly find and set our intention within us, for our age, which our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, teach us, is to become again "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us 6. "The Ego Will Only Sit Down - when our wisdom stands up", and our wisdom will only stand up within us when we call our wisdom from its place of purity within us, which is a small piece of flesh within us, no bigger than an atom, which is where God and all of the "Stuff of God" live within us, where all of the "Oneness" of God live within God within us, like the grace, the wisdom, and the 'ilm of God within us, as well as where the 124,000 Prophets, Heavenly Beings, and Lights of God, live within us, in this way, inviting our wisdom within us, and the truth of God within our wisdom, into our mind and desire within us, which is where we currently live in our ignorance within us, calling Them within us, calling the "Oneness" of God within God within us, into our life of "selfishness", into our life of sin, into our life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, into our life of arrogance, karma, and illusion, of desire for earth, women, and gold, on the "outside" of us, in order allow God within us to "Cure God of us", to "Cure Himself" of "us" as "separate from" God within us, to "Cure Himself" of the darkness and evil that has grown within us, and has now manifested it self as our world, our body, our self, and our "I" on the "outside" of us, which we in our ignorance see as "us" and our dearest loving brothers and sister, and to do all of this, at least truly start it, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us. Amen Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 01, Verse 22 and 23 7. We Must Use God To Get To God Within Us - and stop trying to use what God has discarded within us, to get to God within us, what God has discarded within us in order for God to become God within us, which is everything in our ignorance that we currently see as existing on the "outside" of us. Amen 8. Stop Calling Out "Our" Names - the names of The "Enemy of The Soul" within us, in order to get to God within us, as this will not work, for that will only invoke the lives of darkness, and the lives of evil within us, that live in our mind and desire within us, that will only invoke the lives within us that are "separate from" God within us, the lives that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, and will be of no value to us, will be of no value to us in progressing on the "Path of God" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called the "Straight Path of God" within us, and in the Christian tradition is called the "Way of the Lord" within us, instead of this we must learn and use the Name of God for our age, or of previous ages, to invoke the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, as this will indeed establish the "Presence of God" within us, because these are the Names of the lives of Light within us, of the lives of grace, wisdom, and 'ilm or divine knowledge of God within us, these are the Names of the lives of "Oneness with" God within us, that live within God within us, and when called by us, before we "say or do" anything, will cause our mind and desire to sit down within us, and as such, They will be of great value to us in progressing on the "Path of God" within us, as long as our intention for calling Them is correct, which is to become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, before we die to the "outside" of us. Amen 9. Learning To Elevate "Us" Up To God - up to the level of "Oneness" within God within us, rather than trying to bring both "us" and God down to the level of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, the level of the animal within us, for we have already lowered the animal below the animal, below what they in truth really are, in intelligence and in consciousness, so we have a niche to fill, without having to muster up to our true potentiality, as given to us by God within us, which is "Oneness with" God within us, so rather than moving "us", elevating "us" up to God within us, as our proper niche, our proper place in God's plan for us, we have lowered both God and "us' down to the true level of the animals, because God has no religion as "separate" groups from one another, and God has no family, or wife, or children, as separate from other families, wives, or children, God has none of this "separation and differences" like the animals do, and in truth neither do we 10. "And The Only Way To Win The Drama - is not to play", for as long as we are participating in the drama, as long as we are acting on the stage, we cannot watch the drama, we cannot watch the play, we cannot witness the drama played out on the state of birth and death in this earth world, which is our great loss, for only in watching the drama can we learn what we have come here to learn, so we can pass our exams, graduate from the "School of Contrasts" that we are presently attending, and having learned about everything that "separates us" from God within us, and after we die to the flesh, after we die to the "outside" of us, then in the "House of Light" or wisdom that we have built within us in partnership with God within us, go off to the next of God's schools, go off to the "School of Light" within us, where Light learns about Light within us, where God personally teaches us about God within us, teaches us about who we "Already are" within us, and in this way, after we die to the flesh, allowing us to skip the "suffering of the grave" within us, and the "day of judgment" within us, and the 105 million rebirths within us, and an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, which is the fate of those who continue to play the drama within us, and refuse to get off the stage within us, until they die to the flesh, and have failed to built the "Palace of the soul" within them, the "House of Light" or wisdom within them, and as a result, who have fail to truly take advantage of this "Rare Birth" within them, have failed to watch the drama of birth and death on God's lap within them, so they can next truly become alive within God within them, in this way, sitting on God's lap within them while wisdom teaches them "what they do not know", and in this way, allowing them to pass their exams within them, and graduate from the "School of Contrasts" within them, before they have to leave this earth world within them, and go off to the next worlds within them, because this is only one of many worlds within us 11. Before We Die, We Have To Convince God - that we can be cured, that we can "endure the cure", that we do not want anything that God has discarded in order for God to become God, and in order for us to be alive as we currently are experiencing life, but which in truth is death, that is, experiencing what we will get after death, if we don't become truly alive before death, if we don't become again "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of that "Oneness" so it will never leave us again, doing all of this, in partnership with God within us, before death, or at least truly intending this to occur within us in partnership with God within us. For only if we do not want anything that we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, can we be truly cured of our karmic birth, because if we do, if we do want anything that God has discarded, to become God, then we cannot be cured, because the cure of us is God, and in this way, God is the state within us where all that God has discarded before, to become God with us, is again discarded by God within us, after we have "Steadied Him" within us", which is the whole point of the Kalimah, of the recitation of the remembrance of God within us, is the state within us where God has revealed God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, and we will be within it, as the Witness of God, sharing with God within us, as "One with" God within us, for eternity, the understanding of this "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen Text of Spiritual Letter: A. Invoking The Presence of God Within Us - Before we "say or do" anything, we must first "Make God's Intention Our Search", and "Intend as God Intends" within us, and then invoke the "Presence of God" within us, by calling out the "Name of God" for our age, in this way, allowing God within us to "Cure Himself" of "us", of "us" as "separate from" God within us, and in this way, before we die, convincing God within us that we can be cured, that we can "endure the cure", that we do not want anything that God has discarded, to become God, we do not want anything that we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, allowing God to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen 1. The Name of God for Our Age - is the name of the true "Inside" of us for our age, is the name of the "Oneness" within God within us, for our age, is the name of the "Gift of God" for our age, is the name of the life and teaching of God for our age, is the name of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, for our age, and of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, for our age, is the name of the five spiritual steps or stages of spiritual growth within each of us, for our age. Amen And for our age, the name of that "Oneness of God" within God within us, is the name of the "Gift of God" for our age, is the name of the life and teaching of God for our age, and for our age, that is the Name of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and the Name of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), which in truth, when they come to maturity within Him, becoming "One with" God within them, is the same name. Which in truth for this age, are the five steps of spiritual ascendance, of walking back into the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called Shari'at, Tariqat, Haqiqat, Ma'rifat, and Sufiat, or using the name of His Holiness, is respectively, "Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen", "Shaikh Muhammad Muhaiyaddeen", "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Muhaiyaddeen", "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", and finally, the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen. Such is the Name of God for our age, the name of the five steps on the path back into the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us all, for our age. 2. As The Name of God For All Previous Ages - is the name of each of the 124,000 Prophets, Heavenly Beings, and Lights of God within us, within God within us, which also appeared on the "outside" of us in all previous ages, including in the last ages of the Prophets Abraham, Moses, and David (peace be upon Them), and in the age of Qutb Alexander (may God be pleased with Him), over 4000, and 3400, and 3000, and over 2300 years ago, which is the Name of God within us called Abraham, Moses, David, (peace be upon Them), and Qutb Alexander (may God be pleased with Him), and which also appeared on the "outside" of us in the last ages of Jesus (peace be upon Him), of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), over 2000, over 1400, and over 1000 years ago, which is the Name of God within us called Jesus (peace be upon Him), and Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) Such is the Name of God for our age, the name of the five steps on the path back into the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us all, for our age, as the Name of God in the age of Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and over 2000 years ago on the "outside" of us, is Jesus (peace be upon Him), which is the name of the liberated soul joined as "One with'" our wisdom within us, the name of the Three of God within us, of the Holy Trinity of God within us, of the Triple Flame of God within us, the name of the Flower of True Faith in God within us, of God's faith in God within us. Which is the flower of absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God within us, which in the Islamic Tradition is called Iman, that in truth "There is nothing other than God" within us, and therefore, that in truth, "Your are God" within us, and the truth, that "God is One" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called the "First Kalimah", or the primary or first way of "Remembering God" within us, which is recited by every Muslim throughout the day and evening, recited with the intention of "Become It", of "Becoming One with God" within us, before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, which is the flower of Iman within us, which in the age of Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, is "John the Baptist" within us, and the Fragrance of this flower of Iman within us, which in the age of Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, is Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us. And as the Name of God in the age of Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon Him) within us, and over 1400 years ago on the "outside" of us, is Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) within us, which again is the name of the liberated soul joined as "One with'" our wisdom within us, but now with this liberated soul and this with wisdom joined as "One with" the Light of our wisdom, which in the Islamic tradition is called the Nur Muhammad within us, now as the Flowering Tree of Iman or absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God within us, That like in the age of Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, now "There is nothing other than God" within us", that "Your are God" within us, and that "God is One" within us, in this way, having brought this "Truth of us" and this "Truth of God" within us, to Completion within us, to Perfection within our very own heart within us, in this way, "Placing a Seal" on the "Religion of God" within us, on the "Path of God" within us, bringing the heart within us to Perfection within us, and with this beauty of God's qualities and actions within our very own heart now reflected in our face for all to see, and for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), the name of the One within us when the beauty of God in the purified heart within us, in the Ahamd, is reflected in our face, in the Muham, which when joined together within us becomes the name of Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon Him) within us, the name of Iman-Islam within us. And as the Name of God in the age of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and over 1000 years ago on the "outside" of us, is Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) within us, the name of the Muhaiyaddeen of God within us, of the "Giver of Life back to True Belief" within us, the name of the "Bringer of the Pure Light of Truth" within us, the "Flower of Wisdom" within us, the restorer of our original state in the "world of souls" within us, before we came to this "earth world", but this time with an understanding of our original state, which is "Oneness with" God within us, so it will never leave us again. 3. Why We Are Here? - which is to understand who "We already are", by attending, leaning in, and then graduating from the first of God's Schools within us, which is this earth world that we have come to, which in truth is God's "School of Contrasts", where we learn about everything that "separates us" from God within us, and then if we successfully graduate from this school, then after we physically die, we go off to the next of God's schools, not to the "suffering of the grave", to judgment day, or to 105 million rebirths, which is the fate of those who don't graduate, we go off to God's "School of Light", where God personally teaches us about God within us, and when we graduate from that school, we return to God, as "One with" God within us, for eternity, to then share that understanding with God within us for eternity, and this is our work within us, our only true work, not to work for wages on the "outside" of us to get into some illusory heaven on the "outside" of us, so we can sit near some illusory God on the "outside" of us, because this is just not true, this does not exist either within us or on the "outside" of us, and belief in such a place is only leading us to hell within us, to the Angel of death (peace be upon Him) within us, and to an eternal life of "separate from" God within us Which is why we are here, my dearest loving brother Ellis, to understand who "we already are", which is why we came to this first of the many "Schools of God" within us, why we came to this "School of Contrasts" within us, because in truth understanding only occurs through contrast, a school that we now see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, but in truth is really within us, which is why we came to this "School of Contrasts" within us to learn about who "We already are", and to do this by first learning about what "separates us" from God within us, before we go to the next "School of God" within us, the "School of Light" within us, where we learn about God within us, directly from God within us, for in truth only God can teach us about God within us, and in this way, letting God answer His own question of God within us, which originally started our life in motion within us, the question asked of God by God within us, in the state of darkness or lack of understanding within us, the question, "Who am I?". Amen. So we have come here, to this earth world, to this first of God's many schools, to this "School of Contrasts" to learn about what "separates us" from God within us, as well as, to learn about what "separates us" from each other on the "outside" of us, and to learn about what "separates us" from the Creation of God within us, which in truth is the "Earth of God" within us, within which the "Seed of God" within us must be planted by God within us, if we will only let Him, if we will only join as "One with" Him in its planting, allowing it to be nourished, and come to maturity within us, as the "Tree of the Plenitude of Faith" within us, as the Power of God within us that will give us whatever we want, whatever we ask for. A tree which will naturally grow within us, and bear fruit within us, the "Fruit of God" within us, if we will only let Him within us, if we will only join Him within us, if we will only let God within us finish what He has started within us, a very, very long time ago, in a time way before we came to this earth world within us, to this "School of Contrasts" within us, in order to let God reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, in order to let God within us plant the "Seed of God" within us, to reveal the "Tree of God" and its many fruits within us, which in truth is "God's understanding of God" within us, which if we like we can become, as "One with" God within us, and which we can share with God within us for eternity, after we die to the flesh, to the "outside" of us, if we only die in this state, that is, as "One with" God within us, and not in our current state, as "separate from" God within us. Amen. 4. Because In Truth "They Are All" One Within Us - so when invoking the Name of God for our age, before we "say or do" anything, in order to establish the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, we can use either, either the Name of God for our age, or the Name of God for previous ages, because in truth, "They are One" within us, so that anything that is "said of done" from within us, is from God within us, and not from what has been discarded by God within us, not from what in our ignorance has grown within us as "separate from" God within us, not from what has grown within us that we now see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, in this way, doing this duty of God within us, this "Heart's Work" within us, as we walk through our day, through the hours and moments in our day, that is, if we like, if we prefer, in addition to the Name of God for our age we can use the Name of God from Previous Ages, like Jesus (peace be upon Him) or Nur Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), or Qutb Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), as well as the Name of God for our age, which is "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", or Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him), whichever we choose to us, because in truth within us "They are all One", they are all within the "Oneness of God" within us, because in truth They are only seen as "separate" in ignorance on the "outside" of us In this way, my dearest loving brother Ellis, our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us, that after this explanation, about the Name of God for our age, that in truth all of the 124,000 Prophets, Heavenly Being, and Lights of God, are One within us, including Jesus (peace be upon Him), Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), we can use whatever Name of God we prefer, that makes it work for us, at this point in our spiritual development. That is, after this explanation about the Name of God for our age, after we know the truth of this, for our age, if we still prefer to use one of the Names of God from Previous Ages, when invoking the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, that is Ok, because in truth "They are all One" within us, They all represent some point, some station, some level of clarity of word and action and quality within us, on the "Path of God" back into the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. So we can do whatever we like, including using the Name of God that we are used to, to invoke the "Presence of God" within you, before we "say or do" anything. For example, using the Name of God that we have grown up believing in and practicing, that is, using any of the earlier Names of God for these earlier ages, for establishing the "Presence of God" within us in our age, before we "do or say". For correctly using any of these Names of God, the name of any of the 124,000 Prophets, Heavenly Beings, and Lights of God, including the name of Jesus (peace be upon Him), the name of the Nur Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), or the name of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) will produce the same results. Because in truth They are all One within us, that is, using the Name of Jesus (peace be upon Him), or Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), or Qutb Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), or Murugan (blessing and peace be upon Him), which is one of the 201 names of the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), a name of God that is used for God in the Hindu religion, will all do the same thing, will all establish the "Presence of God" within us in our age, before we "say or do" anything, as long as our intention is correct. 5. "Make God's Intention Our Search" - and then "Intend as God Intends", is the "Gift of God" for our age, is the life and teaching of God for our age, so before invoking the Name of God for our age, do this, "Make God's intention Our Search", and then "Intend as God Intends", in order to establish the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, so we don't sin, so we don't just use our life to nourish the lives of darkness and evil within us, and in this way, strengthen our current life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, so before doing anything in our life, even before we invoke the Name of God, in order to establish the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, we must first correctly find and set our intention within us, for our age, which our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, teach us, is to become again "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us For initially the most important point here is our intention, not the saying of the Name of God for our age, the main point is our "making God's intention our search" within us, is our "intending as God intends" within us, that is, is our truly intending to again become "One with" God within us, as God is now "One with" us within Him, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, not the saying of these names. But once we do have the correct intention, then it is important to correctly invoke the presence of God within us, by calling out His Name for our age, or His Name for previous ages, for then the use of the Name of God for our age, or for earlier ages, becomes required, in order to truly establish the "Presence of God" within us, in order to cause our mind and desire, to cause our ego, to sit down within us, by allowing God to stand up within us. Amen. 6. "The Ego Will Only Sit Down - when our wisdom stands up", and our wisdom will only stand up within us when we call our wisdom from its place of purity within us, which is a small piece of flesh within us, no bigger than an atom, which is where God and all of the "Stuff of God" live within us, where all of the "Oneness" of God live within God within us, like the grace, the wisdom, and the 'ilm of God within us, as well as where the 124,000 Prophets, Heavenly Beings, and Lights of God, live within us, in this way, inviting our wisdom within us, and the truth of God within our wisdom, into our mind and desire within us, which is where we currently live in our ignorance within us, calling Them within us, calling the "Oneness" of God within God within us, into our life of "selfishness", into our life of sin, into our life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, into our life of arrogance, karma, and illusion, of desire for earth, women, and gold, on the "outside" of us, in order allow God within us to "Cure God of us", to "Cure Himself" of "us" as "separate from" God within us, to "Cure Himself" of the darkness and evil that has grown within us, and has now manifested it self as our world, our body, our self, and our "I" on the "outside" of us, which we in our ignorance see as "us" and our dearest loving brothers and sister, and to do all of this, at least truly start it, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us. Amen Such is the truth of our life, and the truth of God within us, my dearest loving brother Ellis, for as our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us, "The mind will only sit down, when wisdom stands up". So from this perspective, the Name of God for our age, is the Name of our wisdom for this age, the name of the wisdom surrounding our soul for this, which is awakens to the "Word of God" for our age, to the life and teaching of God for our age. And God within us is within our wisdom, so in order to get to God within us, in order to become "One with" God within us, we must first become "One with" our wisdom, and in order to become "One with" our wisdom, we must give up, and hand over, the "Enemy of our soul" to Him, we must give up, and hand over to Him within us, "us" as "separate from" God within us, we must give up, and hand over to Him within us, our current life of sin, our current life of "selfishness" on the "outside" of us, and join with Him within us, join with our wisdom, to do battle with the "Enemy of our soul". For the "Enemy of our soul" is our current life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, the "Enemy of our soul" is what currently defines "us", and our world, and our relationships, and our wealth, and our family and friends, and our business and religious groups, on the "outside" of us, which in truth are the "societies of hell" within us. So, from this perspective, invoking the "Presence of God' within us, before we "say or do" anything, after correctly setting our intention, after "intending as God intends", after intending to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, and then calling out the Name of God for our age, the Name of our wisdom, so our wisdom will stand up, so our mind and desire, our ego, will sit down, so our wisdom can then successfully do battle with the "Enemy of our soul", is the path back into the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called the "Straight Path", and in the Christian tradition is called, the "Way of the Lord". Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 01, Verse 22 and 23 That is, he "Way of the Lord" that John the Baptist told us to "Make Straight", as recorded in Chapter 01, Verse 22 and 23, in the "Gospel of John", "Then said they unto him, Who art thou? That we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?" "He said, I am the voice of the One crying in the wilderness, Make straight the Way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Esaias." In this way, after correctly setting our intention, then we must use at least one of these Names of God, or all of them if you like, before we "say or do" anything, causing our wisdom to stand up, and our mind and desire, our ego to sit down, in order to establish the "Presence of God" within us, so the One "saying or doing" anything within us, is truly God within us, is truly the "Oneness of God" within God within us, and not what God has discarded within us, not "us" as "separate from" God within us, not our mind and desire, not our ego, not the "Enemy of our soul" within us. Amen. 7. We Must Use God To Get To God Within Us - and stop trying to use what God has discarded within us, to get to God within us, what God has discarded within us in order for God to become God within us, which is everything in our ignorance that we currently see as existing on the "outside" of us. Amen And in this way, my dearest loving brother Ellis, we must learn to use God within us to get to God within us, and stop trying to use what God has discarded within us to try and get to God within us, and we do this by correctly setting our intention, and by then by calling out the Name of God for our age, or for previous ages, the name of the "Oneness" within God within us, to get to God within us, in order to "steady God" within us, to get God to come into us, to come into our mind and desire, which is where we currently live within us, and deal with "us" as "separate from" God within us, by coming out of the tiny place of purity within us, no bigger than an atom, which is where God, and all of the "Stuff of God" within God, live within us. And He will come and our mind and desire will sit down, perhaps for the very first time in our life, if our intention is correct, and if we learn to correctly call Him, correctly invoking His Presence within us, before we "say or do" anything, and when He is done dealing with what we have called Him to do, as our wisdom, He will then return to His place of purity within us, awaiting our next call, which can come in our next breath, or only again when we are facing our physical death, the choice is always ours. And in this way, God is available within us, but not resident within us, as our mind and desire are, with Him only join as "One with" us in our mind and desire when He is called into action by us, so as this child has learned to do, we call Him before we start each prayer, each line of each prayer, thought, each duty, and each of everything that God places before this child, in this way, transforming "my life" into His life, transforming everything that "I am doing", like writing this letter, into what "He is doing", with "me" then becoming His witness, the witness of the life and teaching of God within us. Amen. And in this way, to get God within us to "Cure Himself of us", of "us" as "separate from" God within us, and in this way, we get God within us to do battle with the "Enemy of our soul" both within us and on the "outside" of us, causing it to sit down, allowing the grace, the wisdom, and the 'ilm or divine knowledge of God to flow within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen. 8. Stop Calling Out "Our" Names - the names of The "Enemy of The Soul" within us, in order to get to God within us, as this will not work, for that will only invoke the lives of darkness, and the lives of evil within us, that live in our mind and desire within us, that will only invoke the lives within us that are "separate from" God within us, the lives that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, and will be of no value to us, will be of no value to us in progressing on the "Path of God" within us, which in the Islamic tradition is called the "Straight Path of God" within us, and in the Christian tradition is called the "Way of the Lord" within us, instead of this we must learn and use the Name of God for our age, or of previous ages, to invoke the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, as this will indeed establish the "Presence of God" within us, because these are the Names of the lives of Light within us, of the lives of grace, wisdom, and 'ilm or divine knowledge of God within us, these are the Names of the lives of "Oneness with" God within us, that live within God within us, and when called by us, before we "say or do" anything, will cause our mind and desire to sit down within us, and as such, They will be of great value to us in progressing on the "Path of God" within us, as long as our intention for calling Them is correct, which is to become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, before we die to the "outside" of us. Amen And in this way, my dearest loving brother Ellis, we must stop trying to use what God has discarded within us, to get to God within us, and we must stop trying to use all of the names of what God has discarded, to get to God within us, the names that we have in our ignorance given to the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, the "names" of all of the people and things on the "outside" of us. Which in truth are the names of the "Enemy of our soul", which is all of the names that we in our ignorance have given to the "outside" of us, including our own name, like Louie Beutler, or Ellis Thomas, and the names of our relationships, like the names of the members of our family, like wife and son or daughter, or of our friends, like good friend, or reliable friend, as well as, the names of all the groups that currently define us, that define "us" as "separate from" each other, like male and female, or college graduate, or rich or poor, or white or black, and names that differentiate us as "separate from" other groups, like Muslim, or Christian, or Zoroastrian, or Hindu, or Jew. For all of this naming on the "outside" of us, and using these names to define us, protect us, or strengthen us in the world, only acts to strengthen our "separation from" God within us, and our "separation from" each other on the "outside" of us, and our "separation from" the Creation of God within us. And in this way, once we have correctly set our intention, intending as God intends, we must then use God within us to get to God within us, not what He has discarded, which is the "outside" of us, by invoking His Presence within us, by calling out His Name for our age, or for previous ages, by calling out the name of the "Oneness" of God within God within us, inviting Him to come into us, and become "steady" within us. Inviting Him to transform us, to make "us" as "separate from" Him into Him as "One with us, inviting Him to "destroy us and reveal Him" within us, in order to establishing the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything, so the one who is "saying or doing" anything from us is only God within us, is only the "Oneness of God" within God within us, is only "us" within us as "One with" God within us, and is not "us" as "separate from" God within us, on the "outside" of us, is not the "Enemy of the soul" within us, disguised in "sheep's clothing" on the "outside" of us. Amen. 9. Learning To Elevate "Us" Up To God - up to the level of "Oneness" within us, rather than trying to bring both "us" and God down to the level of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, the level of the animal within us, for we have already lower the animals below the animal, below what they in truth really are, in intelligence and in consciousness, so we have a niche to fill, without having to muster up to our true potentiality, as given to us by God within us, which is "Oneness with" God within us, so rather than moving "us", elevating "us" up to God within us, as our proper niche, our proper place in God's plan for us, we have lowered both God and "us' down to the true level of the animals, because God has no religion as "separate" groups from one another, and God has no family, or wife, or children, as separate from other families, wives, or children, God has none of this "separation and differences" like the animals do, and in truth neither do we And in this way, when we properly do this "Heart's Work" within us, we are elevating "us" up to God within us, and elevating "what we are doing" up to what God is doing within us, we are elevating ourselves and everything that God puts before us, to God within us, and to what is doing within God within us. And if we properly do this within us, learning in this way, to do "nothing properly", learning to hand over the responsibility for everything to God within us, never having the thought that '"there is something that I have to do", then our life, which in truth is "us" within us, not "us" on the "outside" of us, and what we are actually doing in our life, which in truth is what God has put before us in our life, becomes of great significance, of great value, to "us" within us, to the Creation of God within us, to God within us, and to the "Oneness of God within God within us, in this way, taking on the significance, the value, of God within us, and the significance, the value, of what God is doing within us. Amen. This is what this child has learned to do, my dearest loving brother Ellis, living at the feet of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of God within Him, for the last 29 years, and so can you, and so can all of the Children of God for our age, before we die to the "outside" of us, if we like, if we truly want to. 10. "And The Only Way To Win The Drama - is not to play", for as long as we are participating in the drama, as long as we are acting on the stage, we cannot watch the drama, we cannot watch the play, we cannot witness the drama played out on the state of birth and death in this earth world, which is our great loss, for only in watching the drama can we learn what we have come here to learn, so we can pass our exams, graduate from the "School of Contrasts" that we are presently attending, and having learned about everything that "separates us" from God within us, and after we die to the flesh, after we die to the "outside" of us, then in the "House of Light" or wisdom that we have built within us in partnership with God within us, go off to the next of God's schools, go off to the "School of Light" within us, where Light learns about Light within us, where God personally teaches us about God within us, teaches us about who we "Already are" within us, and in this way, after we die to the flesh, allowing us to skip the "suffering of the grave" within us, and the "day of judgment" within us, and the 105 million rebirths within us, and an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, which is the fate of those who continue to play the drama within us, and refuse to get off the stage within us, until they die to the flesh, and have failed to built the "Palace of the soul" within them, the "House of Light" or wisdom within them, and as a result, who have fail to truly take advantage of this "Rare Birth" within them, have failed to watch the drama of birth and death on God's lap within them, so they can next truly become alive within God within them, in this way, sitting on God's lap within them while wisdom teaches them "what they do not know", and in this way, allowing them to pass their exams within them, and graduate from the "School of Contrasts" within them, before they have to leave this earth world within them, and go off to the next worlds within them, because this is only one of many worlds within us And this is what this child has done with "us", my dearest loving brother Ellis, with the significance of "us", and with the significance of what we are both doing, on the "outside" of us, that is, elevating both "us" and what we are doing up to God within us, and up to what God is doing within us. Rather than trying to bring God down to us, down to the "outside" of us, and rather than trying to bring what God is doing within us, also down to us, also down to the "outside" of us, down to our current state of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, down to our "separate" lives, prayers, and duty, and down to what we may think in our ignorance that "we are doing" in our life, or that is "being done to us" in our life on the "outside' of us, for all of it is false, all of it is just a dream, all of it is just our drama. The drama of "you and I" 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, which in truth is the "Earth of God" within us, within which the "Seed of God" within us must be planted, so it can germinate, and reveal the "Tree of God" within us, which is True Man within God within us, and all of its fruits, all of the "Fruits of God" within us, which is the understanding of the Creation of God within us, and again the "Seed of God" within us, but this time a 1000 fold. Amen. And the only way to win our drama, to win the drama of the "outside" of us, as our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us, "Is not to play". 11. Before We Die, We Have To Convince God - that we can be cured, that we can "endure the cure", that we do not want anything that God has discarded in order for God to become God, and in order for us to be alive as we currently are experiencing life, but which in truth is death, that is, experiencing what we will get after death, if we don't become truly alive before death, if we don't become again "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of that "Oneness" so it will never leave us again, doing all of this, in partnership with God within us, before death, or at least truly intending this to occur within us in partnership with God within us. For only if we do not want anything that we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, can we be truly cured of our karmic birth, because if we do, if we do want anything that God has discarded, to become God, then we cannot be cured, because the cure of us is God, and in this way, God is the state within us where all that God has discarded before, to become God with us, is again discarded by God within us, after we have "Steadied Him" within us", which is the whole point of the Kalimah, of the recitation of the remembrance of God within us, is the state within us where God has revealed God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, and we will be within it, as the Witness of God, sharing with God within us, as "One with" God within us, for eternity, the understanding of this "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen And in this way, my dearest loving brother Ellis, this is the purpose of this letter to "us", from God within us all, that is now being shared between the two of us, if you like, elevating everything of "us" up to God within us, and to what God is doing within us, including "your" terminal physical condition, and "our" communication, "our" sharing, "our" Spiritual Letters, elevating all of "us" up to God within us, and up to what God is doing within us, and in this way, and only in this way, truly getting rid of it. Because then God within us will set about "Curing Himself of us", of "us" as 'separate from" God within us, on the "outside" of us, because then, we no longer exist as that, as "separate from" God within us, and God can then remove all of this "separation and differences" from us without removing "us" from Him within us, without removing "us", because now we have become "One with" Him within us. And in this way, then God within us "Cures Himself again", as He did before, when He became God within us, and we became "separate from" Him, we became "one with" what He "separate from" Himself, God "Cures Himself again", but this time from within us, and we will be within Him. Amen. And in this way, making both "us", and what we are both experiencing, as the "outside" of us, as something that in truth is "of God" within us, and "of what God is doing" within us, and is no longer just "of us" as "separate from" God within us, or just "of us" as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, or just "of us" as "separate from" the Creation of God within us. And with "us" within us doing all of this, all of this, as "One with" God within us, so like some apples seeds buried within the earth, we can truly germinate, we can truly use our life, and what is happening in our life, in partnership with God within us, as "One with" God within us, to finish what God has started within us, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, before we die to the flesh of ourselves, to the "outside" of ourselves. And in this way, transforming "us" and what "we are experiencing" on the "outside" of us into God and what God is experiencing within us, that God is experiencing within God within us, which is the "Oneness of God" within us, with "us" now exiting within God within us, within the "Oneness of God" within God within us, as the witness of God within us, as the witness of God within God within us, as the witness of 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 And in this way, with "us" no longer existing as "separate from" God within us, on the "outside" of us, and in this way, with "us" now existing within us as "One with" God within us, completing God's intention within us, which is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. Amen. 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