Closing Down The World of Hell Within Us Written by: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) on January 26, 2002 Wisdom Point: We have to discover what is hidden within our body Selection: Related Material of Spiritual Letter 14 - Topic 1 Take one step backwards, and then one forward, into a completely different reality of life. Outline of Topic 1 Taking One Step Backwards The real "Stargate" in our life is stepping out of the dream of our life back into the reality of life, of all life. This involves initially one step backwards, and then one step forward, into a completely different reality of life, one step back into a life of "oneness with", which we have experienced before while in the world of souls, in the womb, and for the first 2 years of our life here, before building, moving into, and becoming the school of contrast within us, stepping back into the life of "oneness with" which is like the sun and the rays of the sun, which is the life of Iman within us, of absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God. Taking One Step Forward And having closed down the world of hell within us, which is just a tiny island within the 18,000 universes within us, which we have magnified with our mind and desire into the large physical realm that we see as existing "outside" of us, and having re-opened the world of souls within us, having again become peaceful in partnership with God, in living at the feet of our original true Father and Mother, we then open the kingdom of God within us, when wisdom dawns within us, moving in this way into a life of wisdom, a life of "oneness within", where we become defined by what is within us, and everything and everyone is within us, not by the life of "separation from" that we new see as existing "outside" of us, not by the life of separation and differences that we now live as one with through the nine opening of hell within with - our two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, one mouth, and the two openings below. And in this way, through the 6th level of wisdom within us, divine analytic wisdom, the wisdom of the Qutb, which is the grace of the Dhat or essence of God within us, we must discover and differentiate the 7 hells and the 7 heavens within us, then build the 8th heaven of goodness within us, by excluding the evil within us, and then through the 7th level of wisdom, divine luminous wisdom, the wisdom of the Nur Muhammad, we seek and find God within the goodness within us, we must find the Light of God within us, within the 8th heaven within us, within the light of goodness within us. Understanding The Reality of "Oneness With" And if we do this within us, by joining with His Holiness within us, with the gift of God for this age, with the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), then none of this Iman, wisdom, and light will every leave us again, because now we know the two states within us. Because now we know the states of heaven and hell within us, of good and evil within us, of truth and falsehood within us, and the difference between them, because now we understanding the reality of the life of "oneness with", and of "oneness within", having grown, experienced, and rejected the opposite state of existence from within us, the life of "separation from ", the life of mind and desire, the life of "separation and differences", the life of arrogance, karma, and illusion, the life of desire for land, woman, and gold. In this way, we are successful in our life, by having grown within us the opposite of God, of wisdom, and of truth, and having lived as one with this opposite, within the school of contrast within us, the school which we have come here to study in, in order to learn about who we already are, by experiencing and rejecting who we aren't, by defining ourselves through negation, by joining with the wisdom of God within us to repeatedly discard from ourselves all that we aren't, accepting what is left within us as who we are, which we continue to cut with our wisdom, until wisdom fails, and what is then left is God, and God alone, and in this way we have become One with Him, and One with all that He is One with, and One within. Nothing Will Every Leave Us Until It Is Understood In this way, making our stay here in the earth world, in this tiny part of the dunya, which is 1 of the 18,000 universes within us, which is the island of hell within us, making this island of hell of great value, making the leaving here of great value, making the leaving of the state of "separation from" of great value. And in this way, making all of these things of hell of great value in their leaving us, in their ending within us, for as they leave us we will understand them, and as we understand them they will all leave us, because the only purpose for them being there in the first place is understanding, allowing them to give up their secrets of God, their secrets of the understanding of God, to the wisdom within us, to our direct connection to the Power of God within us, which is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him). Joining The Earth Within Us To Germinate Before It Is Too Late This hell within us is like the two halves of the covering of the apple seed, which protects the apple seed from the earth, while it is buried in the earth, before it awakens to itself, before it realizes its true destiny, which is the apple tree hidden within us, before it joins with the earth, to reveal the apple tree within it, before it germinates thereby destroying itself, destroying the apple seed and revealing the apple tree hidden within it. And in us, this hell of us, is like the two coverings of the apple seed, which protects the apple seed from destruction in the earth, until it awakens to itself, this hell of us, this mind and desire of us, protect us from being destroyed by God, before we awaken to ourselves, join with God, and in partnership with God reveal True Man within the Creation of God, before we germinate, thereby destroying ourselves, our selfish selves, revealing the selfless self within us. In this way, these two coverings of the apple seed are of great value in protecting the apple seed from the earth while it is in the state of ignorance of itself, protecting it from the very same earth, which when it awakens to the reality of its life becomes the vehicle of its liberation, the vehicle of the end of the apple seed and the beginning of the apple tree. For when the apple seed awakes to itself, through the realization of the truth that emerges from within it, when it is ready to germinate, the truth that it is the story of the apple tree hidden within it, not a life hidden within the earth, then these two coverings of the apple seed are themselves destroyed, when the apple seed casts off its protective coverings, and joins with the earth to destroy itself, to destroy the apple seed, to germinate, and reveal the apple tree hidden within it. In this way, the two coverings of the apple seed are of great value, as long as they leave at the appropriate time, allowing the birthright of the apple seed to be realized. But if they stay beyond their appropriate time, they become the very instrument for robbing the apple seed of its true life, its eternal life, its life as one with the power within the essence of the apple tree. So too, can be our fate if we stay on the island of hell within us too long, if we stay in this world of illusion beyond a reasonable time, preventing us from understanding who we are, where we are, and what is happening in our life, preventing us from closing down the world of hell within us, re-opening the world of souls within in, and building and opening the kingdom of God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God in the 18,000 universes, within man and within God and within God and within man. Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Liberating Jesus (may the blessings of God be upon Him) Within Us In this way, the one step backwards is to join with the wisdom of our Shaikh, to liberate our soul from the cross of our mind and desire, to liberate Jesus (may the blessings of God be upon Him) within us from the cross of this body of illusion, allowing it to join with the wisdom within us and re-open the world of souls within us, where we were before coming here, before coming into the cage of the body, which was and must again become the palace of the soul, before this original house of purity was make impure, which because of our ignorance, has been completely taken over by the 5 elemental lives within it, having fallen out of the state of the kalimah, the affirmation of the truth of God, transforming our pure heart into an island of hell. We must realize, my dearest loving bothers and sisters, that our soul is the sixth kind of life within us, the light-life within us, as contrasted to the 5 elemental lives within us, that have completely taken over our life; the earth-life, the water-life, the fire-life, the air-life, and the ether-life of our mind and desire, of our selfish, self-centered thoughts, which can only be overcome through the intercession of a True Man of Wisdom, and for this age that is our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him). Know this my dearest loving brothers and sisters. Two Quotations From His Holiness For as His Holiness teaches us, "You have to close down the world of hell, re-open the world of souls, and open the Kingdom of God." And as His Holiness teaches us, "All that you see is a dream, all that you do is just a thought within that dream, all that you appear as is hidden .. Life is a feast of the world and its medicine is a time after a time." End of Topic 1 of the Related Material to Spiritual Letter 14 ................................. |
Closing Down The World of Hell Within Us Written by: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) on January 26, 2002 Wisdom Point: We have to discover what is hidden within our body Selection: Related Material of Spiritual Letter 14 - Topic 1 Take one step backwards, and then one forward, into a completely different reality of life. Outline of Topic 1 Taking One Step Backwards The real "Stargate" in our life is stepping out of the dream of our life back into the reality of life, of all life. This involves initially one step backwards, and then one step forward, into a completely different reality of life, one step back into a life of "oneness with", which we have experienced before while in the world of souls, in the womb, and for the first 2 years of our life here, before building, moving into, and becoming the school of contrast within us, stepping back into the life of "oneness with" which is like the sun and the rays of the sun, which is the life of Iman within us, of absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God. Taking One Step Forward And having closed down the world of hell within us, which is just a tiny island within the 18,000 universes within us, which we have magnified with our mind and desire into the large physical realm that we see as existing "outside" of us, and having re-opened the world of souls within us, having again become peaceful in partnership with God, in living at the feet of our original true Father and Mother, we then open the kingdom of God within us, when wisdom dawns within us, moving in this way into a life of wisdom, a life of "oneness within", where we become defined by what is within us, and everything and everyone is within us, not by the life of "separation from" that we new see as existing "outside" of us, not by the life of separation and differences that we now live as one with through the nine opening of hell within with - our two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, one mouth, and the two openings below. And in this way, through the 6th level of wisdom within us, divine analytic wisdom, the wisdom of the Qutb, which is the grace of the Dhat or essence of God within us, we must discover and differentiate the 7 hells and the 7 heavens within us, then build the 8th heaven of goodness within us, by excluding the evil within us, and then through the 7th level of wisdom, divine luminous wisdom, the wisdom of the Nur Muhammad, we seek and find God within the goodness within us, we must find the Light of God within us, within the 8th heaven within us, within the light of goodness within us. Understanding The Reality of "Oneness With" And if we do this within us, by joining with His Holiness within us, with the gift of God for this age, with the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), then none of this Iman, wisdom, and light will every leave us again, because now we know the two states within us. Because now we know the states of heaven and hell within us, of good and evil within us, of truth and falsehood within us, and the difference between them, because now we understanding the reality of the life of "oneness with", and of "oneness within", having grown, experienced, and rejected the opposite state of existence from within us, the life of "separation from ", the life of mind and desire, the life of "separation and differences", the life of arrogance, karma, and illusion, the life of desire for land, woman, and gold. In this way, we are successful in our life, by having grown within us the opposite of God, of wisdom, and of truth, and having lived as one with this opposite, within the school of contrast within us, the school which we have come here to study in, in order to learn about who we already are, by experiencing and rejecting who we aren't, by defining ourselves through negation, by joining with the wisdom of God within us to repeatedly discard from ourselves all that we aren't, accepting what is left within us as who we are, which we continue to cut with our wisdom, until wisdom fails, and what is then left is God, and God alone, and in this way we have become One with Him, and One with all that He is One with, and One within. Nothing Will Every Leave Us Until It Is Understood In this way, making our stay here in the earth world, in this tiny part of the dunya, which is 1 of the 18,000 universes within us, which is the island of hell within us, making this island of hell of great value, making the leaving here of great value, making the leaving of the state of "separation from" of great value. And in this way, making all of these things of hell of great value in their leaving us, in their ending within us, for as they leave us we will understand them, and as we understand them they will all leave us, because the only purpose for them being there in the first place is understanding, allowing them to give up their secrets of God, their secrets of the understanding of God, to the wisdom within us, to our direct connection to the Power of God within us, which is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him). Joining The Earth Within Us To Germinate Before It Is Too Late This hell within us is like the two halves of the covering of the apple seed, which protects the apple seed from the earth, while it is buried in the earth, before it awakens to itself, before it realizes its true destiny, which is the apple tree hidden within us, before it joins with the earth, to reveal the apple tree within it, before it germinates thereby destroying itself, destroying the apple seed and revealing the apple tree hidden within it. And in us, this hell of us, is like the two coverings of the apple seed, which protects the apple seed from destruction in the earth, until it awakens to itself, this hell of us, this mind and desire of us, protect us from being destroyed by God, before we awaken to ourselves, join with God, and in partnership with God reveal True Man within the Creation of God, before we germinate, thereby destroying ourselves, our selfish selves, revealing the selfless self within us. In this way, these two coverings of the apple seed are of great value in protecting the apple seed from the earth while it is in the state of ignorance of itself, protecting it from the very same earth, which when it awakens to the reality of its life becomes the vehicle of its liberation, the vehicle of the end of the apple seed and the beginning of the apple tree. For when the apple seed awakes to itself, through the realization of the truth that emerges from within it, when it is ready to germinate, the truth that it is the story of the apple tree hidden within it, not a life hidden within the earth, then these two coverings of the apple seed are themselves destroyed, when the apple seed casts off its protective coverings, and joins with the earth to destroy itself, to destroy the apple seed, to germinate, and reveal the apple tree hidden within it. In this way, the two coverings of the apple seed are of great value, as long as they leave at the appropriate time, allowing the birthright of the apple seed to be realized. But if they stay beyond their appropriate time, they become the very instrument for robbing the apple seed of its true life, its eternal life, its life as one with the power within the essence of the apple tree. So too, can be our fate if we stay on the island of hell within us too long, if we stay in this world of illusion beyond a reasonable time, preventing us from understanding who we are, where we are, and what is happening in our life, preventing us from closing down the world of hell within us, re-opening the world of souls within in, and building and opening the kingdom of God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God in the 18,000 universes, within man and within God and within God and within man. Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Liberating Jesus (may the blessings of God be upon Him) Within Us In this way, the one step backwards is to join with the wisdom of our Shaikh, to liberate our soul from the cross of our mind and desire, to liberate Jesus (may the blessings of God be upon Him) within us from the cross of this body of illusion, allowing it to join with the wisdom within us and re-open the world of souls within us, where we were before coming here, before coming into the cage of the body, which was and must again become the palace of the soul, before this original house of purity was make impure, which because of our ignorance, has been completely taken over by the 5 elemental lives within it, having fallen out of the state of the kalimah, the affirmation of the truth of God, transforming our pure heart into an island of hell. We must realize, my dearest loving bothers and sisters, that our soul is the sixth kind of life within us, the light-life within us, as contrasted to the 5 elemental lives within us, that have completely taken over our life; the earth-life, the water-life, the fire-life, the air-life, and the ether-life of our mind and desire, of our selfish, self-centered thoughts, which can only be overcome through the intercession of a True Man of Wisdom, and for this age that is our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him). Know this my dearest loving brothers and sisters. Two Quotations From His Holiness For as His Holiness teaches us, "You have to close down the world of hell, re-open the world of souls, and open the Kingdom of God." And as His Holiness teaches us, "All that you see is a dream, all that you do is just a thought within that dream, all that you appear as is hidden .. Life is a feast of the world and its medicine is a time after a time." End of Topic 1 of the Related Material to Spiritual Letter 14 ................................. |
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