The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library (Recommended way to Navigate around Library) Spiritual Letter 71 - "An Announcement" - about Spiritual Letter 71 Title: "There Are No Good People, Only God Is Good" Date Wrtten: May, June, July, August, and September, 2005 Written by: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Written to: Mr. Paul Sturgis and Mr. Pierce Pelouze, two High School Classmates of Louie, and to their wives, Mrs. Joan Sturgis and Mrs. Dolores Pelouze Page 1 of 1 Go To: Introduction - to "An Announcement" about Spiritual Letter 71 Go To: Main Menu - of "An Announcement" about Spiritual Letter 71 ============================================================== Introduction - to "An Announcement" about Spiritual Letter 71 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). An Announcement - about "Spiritual Letter 71" Here is "An Announcement" about a beautiful Spiritual Letter, that is, about "Spiritual Letter 71" (www.SpiritualLetter071.homestead.com), that has been recently written to four of the Children of God for our age, if they like, that is, to Mr. Paul Sturgis and Mr. Pierce Pelouze, two High School Classmates of Louie, and to their wives, Mrs. Joan Sturgis and Mrs. Dolores Pelouze. A Spiritual Letter that we have given the title, "There Are No Good People, Only God Is Good". And along with Spiritual Letter 71 we have also included, as part of Spiritual Letter 71, four "Expanded Overviews of Spritual Letter 71", that is, four different versions of an Overview of Spiritual Letter 71, with each version coming from a different perspective, each version providing a different facet of the "Gem", of the "Gem" that is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within each of us, if we only want it. Four different Versions of an Overview of Spiritual Letter 71 which you can access by clicking on the following, or from the "Main Menu" for this "Announcement", Version 01 --- "What are we willing To Give Up, to again become"One with" God?" Version 02 --- "What are we really Capable of Doing in our lifetime?" Version 04 --- "The focus of this Beautiful Letter of Wisdom, from God within us all" A Spiritual Letter and Overviews that our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and God within Him, have instructed this child to write, and to send to Louie's Classmates, and to send to each of you, to the Children of God for our age, if you like, living at the feet of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) within us, and of God within Him, and now living on the "outside" of us, at the feet of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us). Amen. The Truth of Us, And of God Within Us - that is emerging from within each of us at this time, from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, if we like Such is the "truth of us", and the "truth of God" hidden within us, that is emerging from within each of us at this time, from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, if we like, and as contained in "Spiritual Letter 71" and its Overviews. Which in truth is emerging from within each of us at this time, from God within us all, not coming from this fool on the "outside" of us, but rather is coming to us from God within us all, as "Our own life speaking to us", if we like, because we are now all ready, in our age, to both hear it, and to choose, that is, to choose to either acept it or reject it. That is, to either accept an eternaly life as "One with" God within us, and in this way, to let God finish what God has started within us, a very, very long time ago, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Or to reject an eternal life as "One with"God within us, and to continue trying to live on the "outside" of us as if we are "separate from" God within us, which is not true, unless we die in that state. For then God gives us what we want for eternity, for according to the "Justice of God" within us, "Whatever we intend is what we will receive." And if we reject an eternal life as "One with" God within us, after we hear the truth of us, and of God within us, the truth that "We are One", and instead continue trying to live on the "outside" of us as if we are "separate from" God within us, then what is God to do when we do die to the flesh, but give us what we want. But to give us what we have told God that we want for eternity, over and over again, by the way that we have lived on the "outside" of us, not just by our words or preaching, which is "separation from" God within us, that we have told God that we want for eternity by the way that we have lived our short temporary life on the "outside" of us. The Choice Is Ours, Not God's In this way, if we die in our current state of "separation from" God within us, with God then giving us in the end an eternal life of "separation from" God within us as our reward, which is an eternal life of hell within us, no matter what we might call it in our ignorance, either heaven or hell, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, because it is still eternal "separation from" God within us. For hell is simply the realization that we have "separated ourselves" from God within us, which in truth is our "separation from" our true selves within us, because in truth we are "Of God" within us, not "of the world" on the "outside" of us, even if we call the place that we go after death heaven. And the choice is ours, not God's. In this way, with us getting for eternity God, heaven, or hell, but only our allowing our soul to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, will give us an eternal state of peace and tranquility within us, within God within us, for in truth anything less than "Oneness with" God within us, is less than God within us, is hell within us, no matter what we may call it in our ignorance. And with "us" doing all of this in partnership with God within us, or at least joining with God within us to truly start this transition within us, before we die to the felsh, that is, to start this transition from "us" living on the "outside" of us as if we are"separate from" God within us, to our soul again becoming "One with" God within us, and "We will be within it". Amen. Our Current State - and what we can now do with it, after hearing what we have just shared My dearest loving brothers and sistes, such is our current state of "separation from" God within us, which is our current life on the "outside" of us, such is our current hell within us, whether we know it or not, that we must bring to an end, or at least truly join in partnership with God within us, to start to bring to an end, both within us and on the "outside" of us, before we die to the flesh, if our life is to truly become successful in our lifetime. And such is our predicament, whether we know it or not, to accept this truth of us, and of God within us, or not, which is like the predicament of the apple seed buried within the earth, upon hearing the truth of itself, and the truth of what is hidden within it, which is the apple tree, and within that the apple fruits, the truth which naturally emerges from within it, when it is ready to hear it, and when it is ready to choose, ready to either accept or reject it, to either germinate or not, to either reveal or not to reveal what God has hidden within it, for not all apple seeds germinate, and not all people let their souls again become "One with" God within them, some people in their ignorance, and in their arrogance about their ignorance, force their souls to accompany then to an eternal hell, an eternal life as "separate from" God within them. The truth that it is an apple seed buried within earth, and that the earth contains everything necessary for the apple tree hidden within it to grow. With the apple seed only hearing this truth when it is ready to choose, when it is ready to choose to either accept or reject this truth of itself, before it rots and dies in the earth, and starts the cycle downward of rebirths, that is, to accept this truth of itself and join as "One with" the earth in order to germinate, in order to germinate to the truth of itself, in order to reveal what God has hidden within it, which is the apple tree and its fruits, and again the apple seed, but this time a 1000 fold. Or to reject this truth of itself and instead continue to try and live within the earth on the "outside" of itself as if it is "separate from" the earth, and "separate from" what is hidden within it, until it rots in the earth and dies, only to be reborn 105 million times, but never again as the apple seed, never again as the story of the "Oneness of the earth, the apple seed, the apple tree, and the apple fruits", forever breaking its connection to the story that it came to the earth, to join as "One with" the earth, to tell. And such is now our predicament, to germinate to this truth of us or not, for if upon hearing this truth of us, and of God within us, we choose to accept it, and choose to join in partnership with God within us, to "make it so" within us, in this way, letting the "Truth surrender to the Truth" within us, then God within us "Will do everything else", revealing the "Tree of God" within us, the "Fruits of that Tree", and the One who will taste those "Fruits" within us, and then distribute them to all of the Creation of God within us, and then plant within us the "Seeds" hidden within those "Fruits" within us, and in this way, revealing and completing the story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, and "We will be within it". Amen. That is, if we begin to see and accept and join as "One with" this truth within us, learning to live on the "outside" of us at the feet of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), which in truth is each of us, is each of us living in this age, if we only want it, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is for it to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, that is, before we physically die to the "outside" of us. Amen. May all the peace, the beneficene, 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). ============================================================== Page 1 of 1 Main Menu: Go To: Introduction - to "An Announcement" about Spiritual Letter 71 Go To: An Announcement - about Spiritual Letter 71 "Silent Outline" - with no short summary of each Topic "Brief Outline" - with a short summary of each Topic. Text of An Announcement - with an expanded summary of some Topics Go To: Outline & Summary Version - of Spiritual Letter 71 "There Are No Good People, Only God Is Good" Go To: Expanded Overviews - of Spiritual Letter 71 Version 01 - of "Expanded Overviews" "What are we willing To Give Up, to again become"One with" God?" Version 02 - of "Expanded Overviews" "What are we really Capable of Doing in our lifetime?" Version 03 - of "Expanded Overviews" "What makes us Acceptable To God within us?" Version 04 - of "Expanded Overviews" "The focus of this Beautiful Letter of Wisdom, from God within us all" ============================================================= Home Page - Spiritual Letters Go To Spiritual Letter 72 Letter 71: Summary Material Library Home Page Go To Spiritual Letter 70 Letter 71: Other Stuff ============================================================= "An Announcement" - about Spiritual Letter 71 "Silent Outline" - with no short summary of each Topic Introduction - to "An Announcement" about Spiritual Letter 71 01. Greetings of Love - from one Heart to the another 02. A Note To The Four of You - thank you for your friendship 03. A New Spiritual Letter - from God within us all, if we like, to all of the Children of God for our age, if we like, coming within the heart of this child, if we like 04. Our Intention For Our Soul - Must Be Correct, if we are to become truly successful in our lifetime 05. The Life And Teaching - of God For Our Age, is in truth the life and teaching of our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) and of His Children (Ral.) 06. Spiritual Letter 71 - "There Are No Good People, Only God Is Good" 07. So That Is About It - this is how Louie spent the summer, at the feet of God for our age, if we like 08. An Earlier Series of Spiritual Letters - to Ellis Thomas, another Classmate of Louie, are very similar to this new series of Spiritual Letters 09. Spiritual Letter 60 - "Understanding the Sin of Righteousness" 10. In Closing - the "Path of God' within us begins by us joining in partnership with God within us, to become "One with" the "Word of God" for our age The "Word of God" to the "Children of God" - for the age of Jesus (peace be upon Him) appearing on the "outside" of us, over 2000 years ago 11. A Little Bit About - The Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him), as the author of the "Gospel of John", as the One loved by Jesus (peace be upon Him) 12. Can We Not Do - with our life, if we like, at least as much as an apple seed does with its life, when it germinates, revealing what is hidden within it? 13. Our Work - if we like, is to know His Work, and His Work is all Work. Amen 14. Our Story - if we like, is "True Man happening" within "God happening" within the Creation of God within us. Amen ============================================================== "Brief Outline" - with a short summary of each Topic Introduction - to "An Announcement" about Spiritual Letter 71 01. Greetings of Love - from one Heart to the another 02. A Note To The Four of You - thank you for your friendship 03. A New Spiritual Letter - from God within us all, if we like, to all of the Children of God for our age, if we like, coming within the heart of this child, if we like 04. Our Intention For Our Soul - Must Be Correct, that is, for our soul to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, but this time with an understanding of our "Oneness" so it will never leave us again, then we will become truly successful in our lifetime, and when God completes what He 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, then "We will be within it" 05. The Life And Teaching - of God For Our Age, is in truth the life and teaching of our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) 06. Spiritual Letter 71 - "There Are No Good People, Only God Is Good" 07. So That Is About It - this is how Louie spent the summer, at the feet of God for our age, if we like 08. An Earlier Series of Spiritual Letters - to Ellis Thomas, another Classmate of Louie, are very similar to this new series of Spiritual Letters 09. Spiritual Letter 60 - "Understanding the Sin of Righteousness" 10. In Closing - the "Path of God' within us begins by us joining in partnership with God within us, to find and becoming "One with" the "Word of God" for our age, for the "Children of God" for our age, which was true for the age of Jesus (peace be upon Him) on the "outside" of us, over 2000 years ago, and is true now for our age, for the age of our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us). Amen. The "Word of God" to the "Children of God" - for the age of Jesus (peace be upon Him) appearing on the "outside" of us, over 2000 years ago 11. A Little Bit About - The Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him), as the author of the "Gospel of John", as the One loved by Jesus (peace be upon Him), as the first and the last disciple of Jesus (peace be upon Him), and quite literally as the bridge between the Religions of Christianity and of Islam on the "outside" of us. Amen 12. Can We Not Do - with our life, if we like, at least as much as an apple seed does with its life, when it germinates, revealing what is hidden within it? 13. Our Work - if we like, is to know His Work, and His Work is all Work. Amen 14. Our Story - if we like, is "True Man happening" within "God happening" within the Creation of God within us. Amen ============================================================== Text of Announcement" - with an expanded summary of some Topics 01. Greetings of Love - from one Heart to the another Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Al-salam 'alaykum wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. Wa 'alaykum al-salam wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. Amen. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). 02. A Note To The Four of You - thank you for your friendship Yes, Louie will be coming to the luncheon. Thank you very, very much my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce for thinking of your brother Louie. Paul, we will be looking for you tomorrow morning around 11, at Louie's house, as usual. At the last luncheon we attended, which was back in May 2005, Paul took up a collection for a "Luncheon Gift" to help an "Unknown Cause", and later sent us all an E-mail asking for help as follows: "I want to thank you all for your generosity in giving to an "unknown" cause! The total amount given was $67. Now we need to come up with a worthy cause that can benefit from this gift. Do you have any good ideas?" 03. A New Spiritual Letter - from God within us all, if we like, to all of the Children of God for our age, if we like, coming within the heart of this child, if we like We immediately handed Paul's request for help to God within us all, and immediately got a wonderful response within our heart, from God within us all, if we like, that is, to all of us who attend the HMHS Boy's Luncheon, and if we like, to all of the Children of God living in our age. To all of the Children of God in our age, which in truth is all of us living in this age, if we want it, that is, if the true intention for our soul, for the pure birth and life within us all, which in truth is Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, is for our soul to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, that is, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, and before at least one of us prematurely destroys the "outside" of us, for all of us, which is also a very real possibility in our age. 04. Our Intention For Our Soul - Must Be Correct, that is, for our soul to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, but this time with an understanding of our "Oneness" so it will never leave us again, then we will become truly successful in our lifetime, and when God completes what He 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, then "We will be within it" In this way, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, we will only become truly successful in our lifetime if the intention for our soul is correct, that is, for our soul to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh, but this time with an understanding of our "Oneness" so it will never leave us again. That is, for the original pure birth and life within us all, which in truth is Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, to be liberated from our impure birth and life within us, which in truth is our current life both within us and on the "outside" of us, allowing Jesus (peace be upon Him) to be liberated from His cross by our awakened wisdom, liberated from His cross, before we die to the flesh, removed from the cross of our elemental body, the cross of our current life of "separation and differences", of selfishness, on the "outside" of us, removed from where we in our ignorance we crucified Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, so we could sin, so we could live a life of sin, of "separation and differences", on the "outside" of us. That is, if the true intention for Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, is for the wisdom surrounding our soul to be awakened by the "Gift of God" for our age, by the "Life and Teaching of God" for our age, by the "Word of God" for our age, for the "Children of God" for our age, in order to pull out the 5 nails of "our desire" to live on the "outside" of us and sin. And in this way, with our awakened wisdom becoming "One with" our liberated soul, and then going in search of, finding, and becoming "One with" God within us, if we like, for in truth the choice is ours, not God's. 05. The Life And Teaching - of God For Our Age, is in truth, for our age, the life and teaching of our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) Such is the life and teaching or our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, if we like, and now on the "outside" of us, if we like, as His Holiness passed away on December 8th, 1986, such is the life and teaching of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), which in truth is also each of us living in this age, if we like, if the true intention for our soul is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh. Amen. 06. Spiritual Letter 71 - "There Are No Good People, Only God Is Good" In this way, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and our dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, this latest response from God within us all, to all of the Children of God for our age, if we like, from the heart of our dearest loving brother Louie, has grown over the last 4 months into a beautiful series of Spiritual Letters, which this child is still daily writing, at the feet of God for our age. However, most of it is now finished, and is now available for you to read, if you like, as Web Pages in the On-line Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library (www.Bawa.homestead.com), a beautiful wisdom library which contains written material by both, that is, by both His Holiness and His Children (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of Us), an On-line Wisdom Library which this child has been writing, at the feet of God within us all, if we like, for the last 10 years. With this latest entry in our On-line Library appearing as "Spiritual Letter 71", and as four "Expanded Overviews of Spiritual Letter 71", that is, as "Version 01", "Version 02", "Version 03", and "Version 04" of the "Expanded Overviews of Spiritual Letter 71", all of which you can access directly by clicking on the following, or by entering their URL or Web Page Address into the Address Field of your Web Browser: 1-0. Spiritual Letter 71 --- "There Are No Good People, Only God Is Good" (www.SpiritualLetter071.homestead.com) 2-0. Expanded Overviews of Spiritual Letter 71: 2-1. Version 01 --- "What are we willing To Give Up, to again become "One with" God?" (www.SpiritualLetter071ov01.homestead.com) 2-2. Version 02 --- "What are we really Capable of Doing in our lifetime?" (www.SpiritualLetter071ov02.homestead.com) 2-3. Version 03 --- "What makes us Acceptable To God within us?" (www.SpiritualLetter071ov03.homestead.com) 2-4. Version 04 --- "The focus of this Beautiful Letter of Wisdom, from God within us all" (www.SpiritualLetter071ov04.homestead.com) 07. So That Is About It - this is how Louie spent the summer, at the feet of God for our age, if we like So that is about it, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, this is how your dearest loving brother Louie spent his summer, at the feet of God for our age, if we like. Amen. 08. An Earlier Series of Spiritual Letters - to Ellis Thomas, another classmate of Louie, are very similar to this new series of Spiritual Letters In many ways, this new series of Spiritual Letters is similar to an earlier series of beautiful Spiritual Letters that this child sent to our dearest loving brother Ellis Thomas, an earlier series of Spiritual Letters that came into the heart of this child, if we like, from God within us all, to all of the Children of God for our age, if we like, after Pierce told us in one of his E-mails about what had happened to Ellis, that is, that he had been told by his doctors that he has a condition that only gives him a short time to live, which in truth is the prognosis of each of us, only most of us don't realize it. A series of Spiritual Letters to Ellis Thomas that you can also access directly, if you like, as Web Pages in the On-line Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library (www.Bawa. homestead.com), as follows: 1. Spiritual Letter 66 --- "Thank You For Showing Us Your Faith & Trust In God" (www.SpiritualLetter066.homestead.com) 2. Spiritual Letter 67 --- "And The Truth Will Make You Free" (www.SpiritualLetter067.homestead.com) 3. Spiritual Letter 68 --- "What Has Happened To Us?" (www.SpiritualLetter068.homestead.com). 4. Spiritual Letter 69 --- "Invoking The Presence of God Within Us" (www.SpiritualLetter069.homestead.com). 5. Spiritual Letter 70 --- "Bear Not Witness of Ourselves, But Only of God Within Us" (www.SpiritualLetter070.homestead.com). 09. Spiritual Letter 60 - "Understanding the Sin of Righteousness" And finally, this latest letter, "Spiritual Letter 72", is also very similar to an earlier Spiritual Letter that was written to the four of you, last year, which was "Spiritual Letter 60", "Understanding the Sin of Righteousness", that is, was written to my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and to my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, from October 2004 to December 2004, and if we like, from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, coming into the heart of your brother Louie at that time. A Spiritual Letter, however, which was never sent to you, with this child waiting for God's permission to send it, which never came, until now, with the writing of this short letter to all of you. A Spiritual Letter that grew out of our last Class Re-union, which had a profound impact on this child, and from the reading, over and over again, at the feet of God for our age, of the "Gospel of John", which Paul and Joan gave to this child, upon returning from the Class Re-union. 1. Spiritual Letter 60 --- "Understanding the Sin of Righteousness" (www.SpiritualLetter060.homestead.com) 10. In Closing - the "Path of God' within us begins by us joining in partnership with God within us, to find and becoming "One with" the "Word of God" for our age, for the "Children of God" for our age, which was true for the age of Jesus (peace be upon Him) on the "outside" of us, over 2000 years ago, and is true now for our age, for the age of our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us). Amen. In closing, please give our love and salams (the loving greetings of God from our heart to your heart) to your dear wives, Joan and Dolores, to each member of your family, and to all of your friends. Please tell them that Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) loves them very, very much, if they like, and that they are always in our prayers. And please join in partnership with God within us all, to accept these Spiritual Letters as truly coming from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, and not just the rambling of this fool. For as God (peace be upon Him) told us over 2000 years ago, The "Word of God" to the "Children of God" - for the age of Jesus (peace be upon Him) appearing on the "outside" of us, over 2000 years ago ---- Beginning of Quotation "Gospel of John": Chapter 01, Verses 1-18 ---- "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life; and the life was the Light of men. And the Light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not the Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lightened every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the Suns (the Lights) of God (to the world), even to them that believe in His name. Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwell among us, full of grace and truth. John bare witness of Him, and cried, saying, This was He whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me; for He was before me. And from His fullness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Sun (or Light of God, or Life within God, which is our soul), which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him. And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. Then they said unto him, Who are thou? That we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness. Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias." ---- End of Quotation "Gospel of John": Chapter 01, Verses 1-18 ---- 11. A Little Bit About - The Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him), as the author of the "Gospel of John", as the One loved by Jesus (peace be upon Him), as the first and the last disciple of Jesus (peace be upon Him), and quite literally as the bridge between the Religions of Christianity and of Islam on the "outside" of us. Amen My dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, finally let us share a little bit about the Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him), as the one who recorded this "Word of God" to the "Children of God" in the "Gospel of John", recorded it for the age of Jesus (peace be upon Him) appearing on the "outside" of us, over 2000 years ago. As recorded for us by the Disciple Barnabus (peace be upon Him) in the "Gospel of John", Chapter 01, Verses 1 to 18, as recorded for us by the first and last disciple of Jesus (peace be upon Him), that is, who with Andrew (peace be upon Him) as disciples of "John The Baptist" (peace be upon Him) were told to follow Jesus (peace be upon Him) and as such were the first disciples of Jesus (peace be upon Him). See Verses 35 to 40, also in Chapter 01, in the "Gospel of John". And Barnabus (peace be upon Him) who was also the last disciple of Jesus (peace be upon Him), for Jesus (peace be upon Him), who was about to leave the physical world, told Barnabus (peace be upon Him) to "Tarry till I come", to tarry for 600 years after Jesus (peace be upon Him) left the physical world, to tarry for 600 years until Jesus (peace be upon Him) came again, but this time as Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), in order to complete what Jesus (peace be upon Him) earlier had started, that is, to "Make Straight The Way of The Lord", as told to us by "John The Baptist" (peace be upon Him). That is, to complete the "Path of God" within us all, which in truth is "True Prayer" within us, the "Prayer of the One to the One who Is", so in our age, which is like no age before it, we can truly invite God within us all, which is our soul, to walk that path within us, if we like, by first awakening the wisdom surrounding our soul, and doing this by joining in partnership with God within us to find and become "One with" the "Gift of God" for our age, with the "Life and Teaching of God" for our age, with the "Word of God" for our age, for the "Children of God" for our age, if we like. Which for our age, if we like, is the life and teaching of our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, if we like, is the life and teaching of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us). 12. Can We Not Do - with our life, if we like, at least as much as an apple seed does with its life, when it germinates, revealing what is hidden within it? For example, can we not do with our life, at least as much as an apple seed does with its life, when it germinates? That is, can we not at least join in partnership with God within us, to awaken the wisdom surrounding our soul, so it can do battle with the "Enemy of our soul", which in truth is each of us living in our ignorance on the "outside" of us, living a life of "separation and differences", a life of sin, a life of "selfishness", with our dearest loving brothers and sisters, in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, but which in truth is within us, as the lives of darkness and evil that we in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance, have allowed to grow within us, like weeds in God's beautiful flower garden, when, "Man appearing on this earth world, forgets God, and falls into many a trap. He does not know to seek himself (within himself), although God exists within man". [Note: This quotation is from the first sentence in the "Forward"(www.ThePearlOf WisdomForward.homestead.com) to the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom" (www.ThePearlOfWisdom.homestead.com), by our dear Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and by God within Him. Amen] 13. Our Work - if we like, is to know His Work, and His Work is all Work. Amen In this way, my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores, our work in our age, is not to "work for wages to get into heaven", as it was presented to us by some in earlier ages, but in our age, our work is to realize, understand, accept, and join with the "truth of us", and the "truth of God" within us, without the slightest doubt. That in truth we are the "Seed of God" buried within the "Earth of God' within us, which is the Creation of God within us, and God within us is the "Seed of True Man" hidden within the "Seed of God" buried within the "Earth of God" within us, which is like the relationship between the apple seed, the apple tree, and the apple fruit. And in this way, as the "Seed of God" within the Creation of God within us, we are "God happening" within us, and God within us, as the "Seed of True Man" within the "Seed of God" within the Creation of God within us, God within us is "True Man happening" within "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, and for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, become now, if we let this happen within us, if we join with God within us to destroy our ego, to destroy the "outside" of us, before we die to the "outside" of us, because now, if we do this, then the Creation of God within us will go to Judgment before we die to the flesh, and as such, they truly now have a choice, to again become "One with" God within us, or remain as "separate from" God within us, as is their current state, and as now is our current state. Amen. For in our current state, we are like the apple seed before the apple seed germinates, before it realizes the truth within it and must decide, to germinate or not, to continue living on the "outside" of itself until it dies, or to become "One with" the truth of itself, letting the "outside" of it come to an end, before it comes to an end, letting the truth within it be revealed. Remembering that, like us, not all apple seeds germinate. In this way, before the apple seed realizes, understands, accepts, and joins with the "truth of itself", and the "truth of the apple tree" that is hidden within it, and joins as "One with" the earth to germinate, revealing the apple tree hidden within it, until then, like us, it tries to continue living on the "outside" of itself, as if it is "separate from" both the earth and from what is hidden within it, as if it is "separate from" the story of the "Oneness of the apple tree, its fruits, and the apple seed", just like we are currently doing in our ignorance, and in our arrogance about our ignorance. Ok? Until then, until it realizes, without the slightest doubt, that the "outside" of it is false, and that in truth it is an apple seed buried within the earth, until then, the apple fruit stays hidden within the apple tree that stays hidden within the apple seed buried within the earth, just waiting for the apple seed to germinate, just waiting for the apple seed to realize the "truth of itself" and the truth of what is hidden within it, letting the "truth surrender to the truth" within itself, and in this way, dying to the "outside" of itself, so the story of the "inside" of it, of the "Oneness of the apple tree, the apple, and the apple seed", can be told. 14. Our Story - if we like, is "True Man happening" within "God happening" within the Creation of God within us. Amen This is also our story, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, for our age, that God has already revealed and brought to completion within us all, if we like, brought to completion in our age, which is like no age before it, for now all that is necessary to complete what God has started within us, is for us to join it, is for us to realize, understand, accept, and join with it, before we die to the flesh, and then God will do everything else, to finish what He has started within each of us. Amen. And what God started within each of us, even before we were born into this earth world, is to tell His story within us, even before our soul became a captive of our impure birth and life, because what God has started within us is our true birth right, our true heritage, the true destiny of our soul, if we like, with God within us doing all of this, this telling of His story within us, if we like, bringing it to completion within us, or at least truly start it up again within us, before we die to the flesh. And in this way, what God is doing within us is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, if we will only let Him, if we will only join Him, before we die to the flesh, which is but a small reflect of His incomparable love for us, and of His undiminishing grace within us, that is completely available to us, before we die to the flesh, if we like. In this way, in our age, our work is to "step back" on the "outside" of us, so God can "step forward" within us, placing our faith and trust in God within us, not in ourselves on the "outside" of us, or in our understanding, or in our actions, or in our associations and relationships on the "outside" of us, and in this way, loving and trusting in God within us, and only in God within us, both within us and on the "outside" of us, so God within us can then "step forward" within us, this is our real work. This is our real work, in our age, to invite God within us, which is our liberated soul joined as "One with" our awakened wisdom within us, to walk back into the "Oneness" of God within us, along the "Path of God" within us, which is now completely open within us, and ready to be walked within us, if we like. In this way, with "us" allowing our soul to return to God within us, with "us" dying to the "outside" of us, allowing our original pure birth and life within us, which is Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, to be liberated from our impure birth and life within us, which for "us" is our current life on the "outside" of us, allowing our soul within us, which is Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, to again become "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of our "Oneness", so it will never leave us again, and if we do, then "We will be within it". Amen. This is "God's Promise" for our age. This is "God's Guarantee" for our age. And in this way, the Choice is ours, in our age, not God's. Amen. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. Amen. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers Paul and Pierce, and my dearest loving sisters Joan and Dolores - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). 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