"The Wisdom of Man" - Review of Chapter 03: "The World Within and Without" (Spiritual Book 08) By His Holiness: M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) Reviewed By: One of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Date Posted: October, 2004 Go To: Review of Chapter 03 - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Go To: Summary of Chapter 03 - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Go To: Wisdom Study Material - for Chapter 03 Go To: Related Material - for Chapter 03 Go To: Original Version - of Chapter 03 Go To: Table of Contents - for "The Wisdom of Man" (Spiritual Book 08) Home Page - Spiritual Books Go To Spiritual Book 09 Book 08: Go To Chapter 04 Library Home Page Go To Spiritual Book 07 Book 08: Go To Chapter 02 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 and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Review of Chapter 03 - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Outline of Review: 1. His Holiness Tells Us To Trust In God Within Us - and to become "One with" God and "His Stuff" within us, before we die to the world "outside" of us Text of Chapter - for this Topic 2. Understanding The Rare and Unique Creation - known as "Man-God", as the Mystery within the Mysterious Power of God within all of His Creation, and as the Secret within this Mystery Text of Chapter - for this Topic 3. Understanding How The Two Can Become One - that is, understanding God, the One who Created Man, and Man within Him, and how They can become One, and what happens next, that is, after they do become One Text of Chapter - for this Topic Text of Review: 1. His Holiness Tells Us To Trust In God Within Us - and become "One with" Him and "His Stuff" within us, before we die to the world "outside" of us Review of This Topic: In this beautiful opening prayer by His Holiness, by our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), Bawa paints a beautiful picture for us of what God can do for us, that is, what we can be transformed into within us, when we understand and transcend the current "outside" of us, and establish a new "inside" within us, by purifying the current "inside" of us, which means us becoming One who is "One with" all of the "Stuff of God" within us, which naturally occurs within us when we have truly established God within our wisdom within us, when we have truly established God within the wisdom surrounding our soul, if we will only let Him, that is, if we will only establish Him within us, if we will only "steady Him" within us, allowing Him to "cure Himself of us", of "us" as "separate from" Him, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, because we "no longer exist" as "separate from" Him within us or on the "outside" of us. If we will only truly believe in Him, which means to have nothing to do any more with our current life, which means to turn away from our current life in the world, to turn away from the "outside" of us, which currently is all we have, all that we think we have, and to instead focus on the "inside" of us, which we currently have no relationship with, which means to turn away from who we currently believe we are, which is a life of "separation and differences", a life of arrogance, karma, and illusion, a life of desire for earth, women, and gold, a life of body, trick, and danger, in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, to turn away from a life in the world on the "outside" of us with our dear brothers and sisters, as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us. But if we do, if we can make this leap of faith and trust in God within us, and in all of the "Stuff of God" within us, and join in partnership within us to complete what God has already started within us, and do all of this before we die to the "outside" of us, then our life will most certainly become successful, and God will complete 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, by first revealing True Man to True Man within us, within the Creation of God (the dunya or earth world) within us, as the "Oneness of God and His Creation" within us, allowing True Man within us to reveal God within the Creation of True Man (or akhirah or the next world) within us, as the "Oneness of True Man and His Creation", in this way, revealing the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us. Amen. Text of Chapter - for this Topic Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Gracious. May Allah, the unfathomable ruler of grace, the One who is incomparable love and gives undiminishing wealth, the One who gives the fragrance which the mind cannot perceive, grant you His resonance, His explanation, the radiance of wisdom, and the plenitude of the clarity of the soul. May He give and give this to you, protect you, and nourish you. Children, may the treasure of the heart known as Allahu which gives and gives but never diminishes, protect you and give you grace. Children, may He protect you, all your brothers and sisters, all your relations, all your friends, all who are with you, all the devotees of God, all who have wisdom, and all who are intermingled with your love. May God protect all of you. May the wealth of grace which is known as Allahu, fill your hearts, overflow from your hearts, and resonate and shine from your hearts as the light of the grace of wisdom. Amen. May all of you dispel the disease known as the world, The dog known as desire, The demon known as the mind, The torpor known as illusion, The pleasure that is the dream, The sadness that is the darkness of ignorance, The karma that is the torpor of the world, The evil actions of kalam (or time, which is comprised of arrogance, karma, and illusion), that leads you to Kalan (to the Angel of Death), And the nature and games of the five elements that collect and praise time. May you dispel all these things and go beyond them to Allah, The original treasure which stands in the open space, The treasure of the innermost heart. May God give you the grace of His wisdom to dispel all these evils. Amen. May God fill your hearts with His grace. Amen. Children, may you be given exalted wisdom, exalted conduct, exalted patience, exalted truth, the exaltedness of God's compassion, and the exaltedness of good thoughts and good intentions. May God give you more and more of this grace. Precious jeweled lights of my eyes, may God give all of you long lives without illness, undiminishing wealth, the clear treasure of wisdom which will not be hypnotized by the mind, the wealth of the might of grace, and the determination and certitude of faith in God which is untouched by the evil actions and torpor of the elements. I am praying that God give you this grace. Amen. 2. Understanding The Rare and Unique Creation Known As "Man-God" - which is Insan Kamal or Perfected Man, as the Mystery within the Mystery, as the Mystery within the Mysterious Power of Allah Review of This Topic: 1) We have been born as human beings. 2) In this world we are not the only creation. 3) Of the many creations in the world man is: - the most wondrously clear and wise creation - the most rare and unique creation 4) Man is a mystery to the world 5) The One who created Man, that is, God, is also a mystery to the world 6) Man-God, Insan Kamil, or perfected man, is the mystery within God, the mystery within the Power of God, within the mysterious power of Allah within each of us Text of Chapter - for this Topic Precious jeweled lights of my eyes, we have been born as human beings. In this world, man has been called the most wondrously clear and wise creation. It has been said that the existence of man is very rare and unique. Man is a mystery to the world, and the One who created the mystery known as man is also a mystery. Man-God, Insan Kamil, or perfected man is the mystery within the mystery that is the mysterious power of Allah. 3. Understanding The Two That Can Become One - that is, understanding God, the One who Created Man, and Man within Him, and how They can become One Review of This Topic: 1) God is the mystery, the mysterious power, which resplends in perfection (kamal) within man, within all of the Creation of God within man, for as Bawa teaches us, "God is a power. He has no form or shape. He is alone, and yet He is everywhere, existing as an eternal power that dwells in all lives and sees them all as one." 2) Man is the mystery within this mystery which can become True Man, or Perfected Man, Insan Kamil, as the mystery within the mystery. Text of Chapter - for this Topic God is the mystery which resplends in perfection (kamal), and Insan Kamil is the mystery within the mystery. When the two become one, existing as wisdom within wisdom, as speech within speech, as prayer within prayer, as meditation within meditation, as sound within sound, as food within food, and as life within life - that is the mystery. When the two intermingle and dwell as one within one, that is the secret, that is the secret within the secret. That mystery exists when God is within man and man is within God. Man is a mystery to God, and God is a mystery to man. Resonating as a resonance, explaining and shining as an explanation, radiating as a radiance, this state and this secret (of the "Oneness of God and True Man") will be known by man. God will be known by man, man will be known by God, and man and God will dwell in one place. In that state, man is a secret within God, and God is a secret within man. Precious children, jeweled light of my eyes, in this state (as the mystery within God), man is truly a man. This is what man must realize in this world; He must realize the rarity of his birth. (more to come) End of Review of: "The Wisdom of Man" - Chapter 03 - "The World Within and Without" ............................................... or Go To: (Spiritual Book 08) Introduction - to "The Wisdom of Man" Chapter 01 - "A Benefit To All" Chapter 02 - "The Light of The Prophets" Chapter 04 - "Three Questions" Glossary of Terms or Spiritual Book 06 - '"The Truth and Unity of Man" - Letters in Response To a Crisis Spiritual Book 05 - "The Asma'ul Husna -The 99 Names of God" or ( a top-down version of the Library Home Page) (a bottom-up version of the Library Home Page) |
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