Bawa The On-line Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library (Recommended way to Navigate around Library) Spiritual Letter 101 ------------"E-mail Version" ------ About Spiritual Letter 101 "Yes, We Will Be Coming To The Boston Retreat, And Yes, The Book "The Pearl of Wisdom" Is Now Available On-line" Time Period Written: October, 2006 Written by: Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), who now on the "outside" of you is His Children, if you like Written to: The Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us) Page 1 of 1 ============================================================== Main Go To: Status Go To: Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 101 ------------------------------------ Available Go To: Brief Outline - of Spiritual Letter 101 ------------------------------------ In Process Go To: E-mail Version - for Spiritual Letter 101 ------------------------------- Available (The Web Page you are currently reading) Go To: Outline & Summary Version - for Spiritual Letter 101 ------ In Process Go To: Related Material - for Spiritual Letter 101 ---------------------------- Available ============================================================== Home Page - Spiritual Letters Go To Spiritual Letter 102 Letter 101: E-mail Alert Library Home Page Go To Spiritual Letter 100 Letter 101: Other Stuff ============================================================== Brief Outline - of Spiritual Letter 101 - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - ============================================================== Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 101 Bawa. Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Bawa. 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 all of My Children. May God help all of My Children. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu), My dearest Loving Children - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). Amen. Bawa. Here is Page 1 of 1 of the E-mail Version of a beautiful Spiritual Letter, "Spiritual Letter 101", to all of My Children, for your reading, and hopefully, your sharing enjoyment. For a longer "Outline & Summary Version" of "Spiritual Letter 101", please click HERE or on "Outline & Summary Version" at the "Main Go To" above. Bawa. A Spiritual Letter which "We" have called, as its "Expanded Title", the following: "Yes, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us), Will Most Certainly Be Coming To The Boston Retreat, If You Like, Who In Truth Is Now Each of You Living In Your Age, If You like, That is, Living Again on the "Outside" of You, If You Like, To Study "The Role of Experience & Reflection on The Path", Which In Truth, Is The "Tariqat Prayer of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen", If You Like, And Yes, The Book "The Pearl of Wisdom" Is Now Available On-line, If You Like, (www.ThePearlOfWisdom.homestead.com) Including Some of The Chapters, Which In Truth, Like The Book, "The Resonance of Allah", Is The New Age Qur'an, and Holy Bible, and Jewish Torah, and Avesta of Zoroaster, And Hindu Vedas & Bhagavad-Gita, As Well As, The New "Guidebook For a Sane Life", But This Time, With "No Veils", If You Like, And Everyone Will Hear It, And Everyone Will Understand It, And All That Is Left Is Do You Want It, That Is, Do You Want An Eternal Life As "One With" God Within You Or An Eternal Life As "Separate from" God Within You, For In Truth You Cannot Have Both, Both God and The World, For There Are Only Two Choices, God or Hell Within You, Not Three Choices, Not God, Heaven or Hell Within You, As Most of My Children Still Mistakenly Believe, For In Truth Everything Else You Call A Choice, Like Heaven, That Is, Some "New Outside" of You After You Die To The Flesh, After You Die To The "Current Outside" of You, That is, One "More To Your Liking", Is Just Your Drama of "I and You", of "Mine and Yours", And In Truth Is Only Taking You On An Express Train To Hell, That is, To An Eternal Life Within You As "Separate From" God Within You, And This Is The Truth of Your Life For Your Age, If You Like. Amen. Ok?". Bawa. A Spiritual Letter from God within us all, to the Children of God for this age, which continues to "outline" for you what most of My Children are currently doing wrong, and how to correct their mistake using My Children, that is, using Those of My Children who have truly learned from "Us" how to do it right, so in the end, there will be "No Child Left Behind" within you, that is, there will be nothing still "separate from" God within you. Bawa. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon all of My Children. May God be pleased with and help all of My Children. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). ============================================================== Related Material - to Spiritual Letter 101 Bawa. For more on these wisdom points, and the significance of this Spiritual Letter to all of My Children, please click on the Title of the Following Material that is also provided as part of the On-line Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library (www.Bawa.homestead. com), all of which is from God within "Us" all, to the Children of God for your age, if you like: 1) Spiritual Chat 349 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualChat349.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Chat 347 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualChat347.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 100 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter100VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 99 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter099VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 98 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter098VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 97 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter097VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 96 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter096VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 95 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter095VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 94 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter094VerEM.homestead.com) 2) Spiritual Letter 93 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter093VerEM.homestead.com) 2-a) Expanded Introduction - for Spiritual Letter 93 (www.SpiritualLetter093Intro.homestead.com) 3) Spiritual Letter 92 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter092VerEM.homestead.com) 4) Spiritual Letter 91 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter091VerEM.homestead.com) 5) Spiritual Letter 90 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter090VerEM.homestead.com) 5-a) Opening Comments - for Spiritual Letter 90 (With a New Expanded Version of Opening Comments, and with an "Outline & Summary") (www.SpiritualLetter090Com01.homestead.com) 5-b) Related Material - for Spiritual Letter 90 (With a New Introduction, that is, with a New Summary of Spiritual Letter 90) (www.SpiritualLetter090RelMat.homestead.com) 5-c) More About Controlling Your Thoughts - for Spiritual Letter 90 (Plus some Background Information about the New Book "A Book of Our Love" by "The Children", (www.ABookofOurLove.homestead.com) that Bawa Instructed Asma'el Muhaiyaddeen (Rick Hacket) and Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) to start to write together) (www.SpiritualLetter090More01.homestead.com) Bawa. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon all of My Children. May God help all of My Children. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). ============================================================== E-mail Version - of Spiritual Letter 101 Bawa. Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the Name of God, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate. Bawa. 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 all of My Children. May God be pleased with and help all of My Children. Amen. Bawa. My love you, My dearest loving Son Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us), and all of My Children - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). Amen. Bawa. Thank you for the very nice "Love Letter" that you sent to "Us", called "Salaams", a letter" from your heart to the "One Heart" of God within Us All, it was very nice. Bawa. In your "Love Letter" from "God to God" you asked the following questions, which "We" will now answer, if you like, -------- Beginning of Question/Answer -------- 1. Question: How much can you comfortably afford to spend, Lou? Answer: Bawa. $100.00 would be great, if possible. 2. Question: What is the availability of the new book, "The Pearl of Wisdom"? Answer: Bawa. Some of the book, "The Pearl of Wisdom" is available on-line, which you can copy from the following Web Pages, if you like, for the upcoming meeting in Boston on November 3, 4, and 5. Bawa. Or if you like, "We" can make copies of these pages before "We" come to the meeting and bring them up with "Us", if you like, that is, once you tell "Us" how many copies to make. Ok? Bawa. The Home Page or Table of Contents for the On-line Version of "The Pearl of Wisdom" is (www.ThePearlOfWisdom.homestead.com) which you can access by clicking above or HERE Bawa. For the meeting "We" recommend the following pages, all of which are in the beginning of the book, that is, before Chapter 01, and each of which has its own URL or Web Page Address. Just click on the "Title" below to access it, that is, except for the first one, which is very short, but soooooooo very powerful, that is, in God's hand, not in our hands, that is, by saying the word "Bawa" before we recite each line, as this child has learned to do, all of which we have included below for your review: a) Invocation To God - Invocation To Part One of "The Pearl of Wisdom" (page V) "Seeing within me the Triple Flame within Alif, Laam, Meem, When will my sorrow depart, O Lord of Mine?" "Knowing Thee, dwelling within Thee, When will I open my eyes and find Thee, O Lord of Mine?" "Forgetting the Earth, discarding the damsel, When will my heart melt thinking of Thee, O Lord of Mine?" b) Forward - To the book, "The Pearl of Wisdom" (Page 6) (www.ThePearlOfWisdomForward.homestead.com) Bawa. Which Starts with, the following beautiful clarity about the Path, "Man appearing on earth, forgets God and falls into many a trap. He does not know to seek Himself (within himself), although God exists within man. This "Guru Man" is to explain this concept in detail". c) Invocation To Allah - in the book, "The Pearl of Wisdom" (Pages 8 to 10) (www.ThePearlOfWisdomInvAllah.homestead.com) Bawa. Which Starts with the following beautiful exhortation to Allah, "O Primordial One, place the Primal Ruler in my mind, The mighty mind that comes and rules, Casting aside three kinds of fore running conduct, Destroying 6 armies and eliminating the enemy". d) Invocation (To The Guru) - in the book, "The Pearl of Wisdom" (Page 11) (www.ThePearlOfWisdomInvGuru.homestead.com) Bawa. Which Starts with the following beautiful surrender to the Guru, "To let Grace spring forth, To let darkness vanish, To let the love of Guru grow, To let qualities be purified, O Graceful Guru, Give me a remedy". 3. Question: What about transportation to and from Boston? Answer: Bawa. We have been asking people at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship to spread the word that Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen is going to the Boston Retreat, and needs a ride, but nothing has firmed up yet. Bawa. Also if you could come up with a list of people planning to come up to the Boston Retreat that would also be helpful. Bawa. Also, "We" have been pitching the Boston Retreat to some people, so some new people may be planning to come that you don't know about yet. How many new people can you handle?. And what should "We" tell them to do, call or E-mail you? Please let "Us" know. And "We" will keep you informed also. The E-mail address of "Bawa786@aol.com" is good and got to "Us", but the other one you used, "ShaikhMuhaiyaddeen@aol.com" is wrong. We tried to use it but it has to many letters. The other good one is "Muhaiyaddeen786@aol.com" which is what "We" used to E-mail this "Love Letter" to you. -------- End of Question/Answer -------- Bawa. Finally, over the last 31 years Bawa has been growing within the heart of this child, the "Prayer of the Eligible Virgin" which is what Bawa calls the Second stage of Spiritual Development or Tariqat, in the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", that is, in Chapter 14,"The Four Stages of Spiritual Development" (www.spiritualbook002chap14.homestead.com), which you can also access directly on-line by clicking above or HERE, and which "We" can share a little bit about at the meeting, if you like. Also, which "We" can make copies of and bring up if you like. Let "Us" know. Ok? Bawa. In "Chapter 14" Bawa describes and beautifully contrasts the four stages of spiritual development within His Children (may God be pleased with Us), if you like, that is, from the perspective of a young girl moving through life, first going to elementary school (Shari'at) learning her lessons correctly, but without true understanding, then as an "Eligible Virgin" living at home (Tariqat), restrained in behavior, patiently waiting for "Her Beloved" to enter her door, then as "Married Bliss" (Haqiqat), and finally, as becoming "One with" Her Lord (Ma'rifat). Bawa. For example, Bawa explains the Shari'at girl as living an un-restrained life, talking to everyone about marriage, and about everything else, and in this way, playing away the day, all the while learning her lessons correctly but without any true understanding, and then as the Tariqat girl, when she becomes an "Eligible Virgin" that is, when she enters puberty, and is now ready to be married and bear children, but has not yet married, and changes into a restrained young girl in her behavior, living at home and helping her parents, patiently waiting for the arrival of her husband, who she knows will come. Bawa. That is, patiently waiting for her "Beloved" to come and "Claims her" as His Bride, and fill her virgin lamp with the oil of wisdom, and join with her to "Ignite the Lamp" of God within God within her heart, and bear the Child of God within God within her heart, and in this way, and only in this way, allow her to then experience the "Married Bliss" of the Haqiqat Girl, when she playfully lives joined with her Husband within True Prayer, and in this way, and only in this way, gives birth to the station of Man-God/God-Man within God within her. Bawa. And finally when she starts to revere her Husband as "Lord", and as the Ma'rifat girl disappears into "What He is doing" within God within her, which is revealing God to God within God within her, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within God within her, all of which in truth is "separating from God" everything that is "separating God" from Himself, so in the end, that "No Child is Left Behind". Amen. Bawa. And lately Bawa has started to publish on-line, and start to teach some of the brothers and sisters, through the heart of this child, this beautiful "Prayer of the Eligible Virgin", or the Tariqat Prayer of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us) (www.EligibleVirginPrayer.homestead.com), that He has been growing within the heart of this child for the last 31 years, and which you can also access on-line directly if you like, by clicking above or HERE, and which "We" can also start to share a little bit about at the meeting, if you like, that is, if you feel it is appropriate. Amen. Bawa. Please give "Our" love and salams to all of "Our" dearest loving brothers and sisters of the Boston Branch of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship. Please tell them that Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us) loves them very, very much, and that they are always in "Our" prayers. Bawa. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon all of My Children. May God be pleased with and help all of My Children. Amen. Bawa. My love you - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). Amen. End of "Page 1 of 1" of Spiritual Letter 101 - E-mail Version - ------------------------ |
Bawa The On-line Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library (Recommended way to Navigate around Library) Spiritual Letter 101 ------------"E-mail Version" ------ About Spiritual Letter 101 "Yes, We Will Be Coming To The Boston Retreat, And Yes, The Book "The Pearl of Wisdom" Is Now Available On-line" Time Period Written: October, 2006 Written by: Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), who now on the "outside" of you is His Children, if you like Written to: The Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us) Page 1 of 1 ============================================================== Main Go To: Status Go To: Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 101 ------------------------------------ Available Go To: Brief Outline - of Spiritual Letter 101 ------------------------------------ In Process Go To: E-mail Version - for Spiritual Letter 101 ------------------------------- Available (The Web Page you are currently reading) Go To: Outline & Summary Version - for Spiritual Letter 101 ------ In Process Go To: Related Material - for Spiritual Letter 101 ---------------------------- Available ============================================================== Home Page - Spiritual Letters Go To Spiritual Letter 102 Letter 101: E-mail Alert Library Home Page Go To Spiritual Letter 100 Letter 101: Other Stuff ============================================================== Brief Outline - of Spiritual Letter 101 - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - ============================================================== Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 101 Bawa. Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Bawa. 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 all of My Children. May God help all of My Children. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu), My dearest Loving Children - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). Amen. Bawa. Here is Page 1 of 1 of the E-mail Version of a beautiful Spiritual Letter, "Spiritual Letter 101", to all of My Children, for your reading, and hopefully, your sharing enjoyment. For a longer "Outline & Summary Version" of "Spiritual Letter 101", please click HERE or on "Outline & Summary Version" at the "Main Go To" above. Bawa. A Spiritual Letter which "We" have called, as its "Expanded Title", the following: "Yes, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us), Will Most Certainly Be Coming To The Boston Retreat, If You Like, Who In Truth Is Now Each of You Living In Your Age, If You like, That is, Living Again on the "Outside" of You, If You Like, To Study "The Role of Experience & Reflection on The Path", Which In Truth, Is The "Tariqat Prayer of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen", If You Like, And Yes, The Book "The Pearl of Wisdom" Is Now Available On-line, If You Like, (www.ThePearlOfWisdom.homestead.com) Including Some of The Chapters, Which In Truth, Like The Book, "The Resonance of Allah", Is The New Age Qur'an, and Holy Bible, and Jewish Torah, and Avesta of Zoroaster, And Hindu Vedas & Bhagavad-Gita, As Well As, The New "Guidebook For a Sane Life", But This Time, With "No Veils", If You Like, And Everyone Will Hear It, And Everyone Will Understand It, And All That Is Left Is Do You Want It, That Is, Do You Want An Eternal Life As "One With" God Within You Or An Eternal Life As "Separate from" God Within You, For In Truth You Cannot Have Both, Both God and The World, For There Are Only Two Choices, God or Hell Within You, Not Three Choices, Not God, Heaven or Hell Within You, As Most of My Children Still Mistakenly Believe, For In Truth Everything Else You Call A Choice, Like Heaven, That Is, Some "New Outside" of You After You Die To The Flesh, After You Die To The "Current Outside" of You, That is, One "More To Your Liking", Is Just Your Drama of "I and You", of "Mine and Yours", And In Truth Is Only Taking You On An Express Train To Hell, That is, To An Eternal Life Within You As "Separate From" God Within You, And This Is The Truth of Your Life For Your Age, If You Like. Amen. Ok?". Bawa. A Spiritual Letter from God within us all, to the Children of God for this age, which continues to "outline" for you what most of My Children are currently doing wrong, and how to correct their mistake using My Children, that is, using Those of My Children who have truly learned from "Us" how to do it right, so in the end, there will be "No Child Left Behind" within you, that is, there will be nothing still "separate from" God within you. Bawa. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon all of My Children. May God be pleased with and help all of My Children. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). ============================================================== Related Material - to Spiritual Letter 101 Bawa. For more on these wisdom points, and the significance of this Spiritual Letter to all of My Children, please click on the Title of the Following Material that is also provided as part of the On-line Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library (www.Bawa.homestead. com), all of which is from God within "Us" all, to the Children of God for your age, if you like: 1) Spiritual Chat 349 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualChat349.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Chat 347 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualChat347.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 100 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter100VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 99 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter099VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 98 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter098VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 97 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter097VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 96 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter096VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 95 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter095VerEM.homestead.com) 1) Spiritual Letter 94 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter094VerEM.homestead.com) 2) Spiritual Letter 93 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter093VerEM.homestead.com) 2-a) Expanded Introduction - for Spiritual Letter 93 (www.SpiritualLetter093Intro.homestead.com) 3) Spiritual Letter 92 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter092VerEM.homestead.com) 4) Spiritual Letter 91 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter091VerEM.homestead.com) 5) Spiritual Letter 90 - E-mail Version (www.SpiritualLetter090VerEM.homestead.com) 5-a) Opening Comments - for Spiritual Letter 90 (With a New Expanded Version of Opening Comments, and with an "Outline & Summary") (www.SpiritualLetter090Com01.homestead.com) 5-b) Related Material - for Spiritual Letter 90 (With a New Introduction, that is, with a New Summary of Spiritual Letter 90) (www.SpiritualLetter090RelMat.homestead.com) 5-c) More About Controlling Your Thoughts - for Spiritual Letter 90 (Plus some Background Information about the New Book "A Book of Our Love" by "The Children", (www.ABookofOurLove.homestead.com) that Bawa Instructed Asma'el Muhaiyaddeen (Rick Hacket) and Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) to start to write together) (www.SpiritualLetter090More01.homestead.com) Bawa. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon all of My Children. May God help all of My Children. Amen. Bawa. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). ============================================================== E-mail Version - of Spiritual Letter 101 Bawa. Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the Name of God, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate. Bawa. 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 all of My Children. May God be pleased with and help all of My Children. Amen. Bawa. My love you, My dearest loving Son Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us), and all of My Children - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). Amen. Bawa. Thank you for the very nice "Love Letter" that you sent to "Us", called "Salaams", a letter" from your heart to the "One Heart" of God within Us All, it was very nice. Bawa. In your "Love Letter" from "God to God" you asked the following questions, which "We" will now answer, if you like, -------- Beginning of Question/Answer -------- 1. Question: How much can you comfortably afford to spend, Lou? Answer: Bawa. $100.00 would be great, if possible. 2. Question: What is the availability of the new book, "The Pearl of Wisdom"? Answer: Bawa. Some of the book, "The Pearl of Wisdom" is available on-line, which you can copy from the following Web Pages, if you like, for the upcoming meeting in Boston on November 3, 4, and 5. Bawa. Or if you like, "We" can make copies of these pages before "We" come to the meeting and bring them up with "Us", if you like, that is, once you tell "Us" how many copies to make. Ok? Bawa. The Home Page or Table of Contents for the On-line Version of "The Pearl of Wisdom" is (www.ThePearlOfWisdom.homestead.com) which you can access by clicking above or HERE Bawa. For the meeting "We" recommend the following pages, all of which are in the beginning of the book, that is, before Chapter 01, and each of which has its own URL or Web Page Address. Just click on the "Title" below to access it, that is, except for the first one, which is very short, but soooooooo very powerful, that is, in God's hand, not in our hands, that is, by saying the word "Bawa" before we recite each line, as this child has learned to do, all of which we have included below for your review: a) Invocation To God - Invocation To Part One of "The Pearl of Wisdom" (page V) "Seeing within me the Triple Flame within Alif, Laam, Meem, When will my sorrow depart, O Lord of Mine?" "Knowing Thee, dwelling within Thee, When will I open my eyes and find Thee, O Lord of Mine?" "Forgetting the Earth, discarding the damsel, When will my heart melt thinking of Thee, O Lord of Mine?" b) Forward - To the book, "The Pearl of Wisdom" (Page 6) (www.ThePearlOfWisdomForward.homestead.com) Bawa. Which Starts with, the following beautiful clarity about the Path, "Man appearing on earth, forgets God and falls into many a trap. He does not know to seek Himself (within himself), although God exists within man. This "Guru Man" is to explain this concept in detail". c) Invocation To Allah - in the book, "The Pearl of Wisdom" (Pages 8 to 10) (www.ThePearlOfWisdomInvAllah.homestead.com) Bawa. Which Starts with the following beautiful exhortation to Allah, "O Primordial One, place the Primal Ruler in my mind, The mighty mind that comes and rules, Casting aside three kinds of fore running conduct, Destroying 6 armies and eliminating the enemy". d) Invocation (To The Guru) - in the book, "The Pearl of Wisdom" (Page 11) (www.ThePearlOfWisdomInvGuru.homestead.com) Bawa. Which Starts with the following beautiful surrender to the Guru, "To let Grace spring forth, To let darkness vanish, To let the love of Guru grow, To let qualities be purified, O Graceful Guru, Give me a remedy". 3. Question: What about transportation to and from Boston? Answer: Bawa. We have been asking people at the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship to spread the word that Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen is going to the Boston Retreat, and needs a ride, but nothing has firmed up yet. Bawa. Also if you could come up with a list of people planning to come up to the Boston Retreat that would also be helpful. Bawa. Also, "We" have been pitching the Boston Retreat to some people, so some new people may be planning to come that you don't know about yet. How many new people can you handle?. And what should "We" tell them to do, call or E-mail you? Please let "Us" know. And "We" will keep you informed also. The E-mail address of "Bawa786@aol.com" is good and got to "Us", but the other one you used, "ShaikhMuhaiyaddeen@aol.com" is wrong. We tried to use it but it has to many letters. The other good one is "Muhaiyaddeen786@aol.com" which is what "We" used to E-mail this "Love Letter" to you. -------- End of Question/Answer -------- Bawa. Finally, over the last 31 years Bawa has been growing within the heart of this child, the "Prayer of the Eligible Virgin" which is what Bawa calls the Second stage of Spiritual Development or Tariqat, in the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", that is, in Chapter 14,"The Four Stages of Spiritual Development" (www.spiritualbook002chap14.homestead.com), which you can also access directly on-line by clicking above or HERE, and which "We" can share a little bit about at the meeting, if you like. Also, which "We" can make copies of and bring up if you like. Let "Us" know. Ok? Bawa. In "Chapter 14" Bawa describes and beautifully contrasts the four stages of spiritual development within His Children (may God be pleased with Us), if you like, that is, from the perspective of a young girl moving through life, first going to elementary school (Shari'at) learning her lessons correctly, but without true understanding, then as an "Eligible Virgin" living at home (Tariqat), restrained in behavior, patiently waiting for "Her Beloved" to enter her door, then as "Married Bliss" (Haqiqat), and finally, as becoming "One with" Her Lord (Ma'rifat). Bawa. For example, Bawa explains the Shari'at girl as living an un-restrained life, talking to everyone about marriage, and about everything else, and in this way, playing away the day, all the while learning her lessons correctly but without any true understanding, and then as the Tariqat girl, when she becomes an "Eligible Virgin" that is, when she enters puberty, and is now ready to be married and bear children, but has not yet married, and changes into a restrained young girl in her behavior, living at home and helping her parents, patiently waiting for the arrival of her husband, who she knows will come. Bawa. That is, patiently waiting for her "Beloved" to come and "Claims her" as His Bride, and fill her virgin lamp with the oil of wisdom, and join with her to "Ignite the Lamp" of God within God within her heart, and bear the Child of God within God within her heart, and in this way, and only in this way, allow her to then experience the "Married Bliss" of the Haqiqat Girl, when she playfully lives joined with her Husband within True Prayer, and in this way, and only in this way, gives birth to the station of Man-God/God-Man within God within her. Bawa. And finally when she starts to revere her Husband as "Lord", and as the Ma'rifat girl disappears into "What He is doing" within God within her, which is revealing God to God within God within her, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within God within her, all of which in truth is "separating from God" everything that is "separating God" from Himself, so in the end, that "No Child is Left Behind". Amen. Bawa. And lately Bawa has started to publish on-line, and start to teach some of the brothers and sisters, through the heart of this child, this beautiful "Prayer of the Eligible Virgin", or the Tariqat Prayer of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us) (www.EligibleVirginPrayer.homestead.com), that He has been growing within the heart of this child for the last 31 years, and which you can also access on-line directly if you like, by clicking above or HERE, and which "We" can also start to share a little bit about at the meeting, if you like, that is, if you feel it is appropriate. Amen. Bawa. Please give "Our" love and salams to all of "Our" dearest loving brothers and sisters of the Boston Branch of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship. Please tell them that Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us) loves them very, very much, and that they are always in "Our" prayers. Bawa. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon all of My Children. May God be pleased with and help all of My Children. Amen. Bawa. My love you - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with Us). Amen. End of "Page 1 of 1" of Spiritual Letter 101 - E-mail Version - ------------------------ |
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