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From the book, "The Pearl of Wisdom" or "Guru Mani",

by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyadddeen

(may God be pleased with Him, and with Us)

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01. O Great Guru, What Are “The Duties of Man” In “This World”? - How Ae We to Live, Grow, And Develop? How Are We To Find “The True Guru” And “Submit To Him”? Swami, Tell This To Me Fully.

02. Firstly, When Man Was Created Originally In An Earthen Pot - Into Which Was Filled “The Pure Life” And Sent Down To “The Earth World”, God Said, "O Man, you are going to the earth-world; go there and worship Me with faith and certitude."

“Those Who Visit “The City of Possessiveness”, That Is, “The City of “Mama”, That Is, “The City of Mamakaram”, And “The Illusory Realms” of Maya, of MayaJaalam, Usually Change “Their Human Qualities”. Therefore, You Must Escape “This Change”.

“You Must Believe” In “The Five Letters” of God, In “The Five Magical Letters” (Alif, Lam, Mim, Hay, and Dahl) of God, That Is, In “The Panchacharam” of God, Or “The Five Pillars” of God, That Is, In “The Five Sharths” of God. You Must Recite “The Five Kalimas” of God, That Is, “The Five Assertions” By God of “God’s Belief In God”, With Determination and Faith In God.”

03. Secondly, “You Must Worship” The Lord And “Pray to Him” - Realizing Without “The Slightest Doubt”, That God Exists Now, That God Existed Then, And That God Will Always Exist, and that is for sure.

04. Thirdly, “You Must Perform Charity” As “A True Human Being” - Which In Truth Is “Giving Others Yourself”, As “Their True Property”, As “Their True Wealth”, and that is for sure.

05. Fourthly, You Must Perform Fasting” As “A True Human Being” - Which In Truth Is “Fasting From The Idea or Thought” of You, That Is, of Fasting From “The Thought of You” Now Existing As If Somehow You Are “Separate From” God Within You, As If Somehow You Are “Separate From” The “Creation of God, Within God Within You, And For A Little While More, As If Somehow You Are “Separate From” Your Brothers and Sisters, All of Which of Course Is “Just Not True”, and that is for sure.

06. But My Son, In “A World of “This Fashion”, That Is, In “A World of Possessive And Self Destructive People”, Only If Men Are Truly Living As Human Beings, And Perform Their Duties As Such, Will They Be Know As True Men

And We Must Realize That “Man’s Belief” In “The Creation of God”, And Man’s Worship of “The Creation of God”, And of All of “The Natural Traits and Behavior” of “The Creation of God”, That Is, of What “All Nature Does”, Like “Procreation”, That Is, Like “Mating And Having Babies”, And Like Having “A Place and Things” In The World, As Such, Are Not “The Proper Belief And Worship” of True Man, and that is for sure.

Therefore, Before “The Duties of Man” Can Truly Begin, First And Foremost, Man Most Be Born A Human, and that is for sure, But This Is Very, Very Rare, and that is for sure.

07. “God The Rare”, And “The Great Power” of God, Joined Together “As One” To Create Man, To Create “The Soul of Man” And Place It In “The School of Contrast” For “The Soul’s Life”, So It Can Realize And Understand “Who It Already Is”, And Having Understood This, Elevate Itself Back Up To God As “The School of Light” For “The Soul” Within “The Soul” of God, So God Can Realize And Understand” Who He Already Is”, And So On, And So One, Until “All That Is Left At The End” Is “The One”, And Within “That”, The Understanding of “The One”, And You Will Be “That”, And We Will Be Within “That”, As One. Amen.

08. “The Natural Way” of “The Worship of God” Is “The Normal Conduct” of “A True Human Being” - For In Truth “Charity, compassion, generosity, justice, truth, patience, tolerance, tranquillity, duty, and all other aspects of "Calm Behavior" should be the ordinary, "Natural Behavior" of man”, and that is for sure.

09. So My Son, What Is The Meaning of “This Birth of Man” In The World, That Is, “What Did Man Come To Do” In The World? And The Answer To This Is So Very Simple, To Let God “Demonstrate God To God”, To Let God “Successful Use You Up”, Before You Die To The Flesh, To “Make God Successful” In This World, and that is for sure.

That Is, To Let God Liberate “Your Soul Life” From “This Creation Life”, By Teaching It “Through Contrast” An Understanding, First of “Who It Is Not”, Which Is “The Darkness”, And Everything Now Fully Manifested And Living Within “The Darkness”, Within “Your Mind” Within You, And Then About “Who It Already Is”, Which Is “The Light”, And Everything Now Just Waiting To Germinate And Manifest, Just Waiting “To Happen”, Within “The Light”, Within God Within You, and that is for sure.

10. And My Son, You Must Realize, Without “The Slightest Doubt”, What Would Now “Stop God From Becoming Successful In “Your Life” In The World, In Your Lifetime, Which Is “You Wanting Anything” That God Has Discarded” As Part of “God Becoming God Within You”, and that is for sure.

Which In Truth Is Now “Everything That Has Now Fully Manifested” And Is Now Living Within “The Darkness”, Within “Your Mind” Within You, All of Which In Truth Is Now Everything That You Are Now Experiencing As “You and Yours” On “The Illusory Outside” of You, Without Exception, and that is for sure.

11. It Is “This Fact” That Now Troubles “The Lord” Who Rules - That Man “In His Ignorance” Is Now Only “Believing In And Now Only Worshipping” “The Creation of God”, Rather Than Believing In And Worshipping “Their Creator”, and that is for sure.

That Man “In His Ignorance”, And Now “In HIs Arrogance About His Ignorance”, Is Now Only Demonstrating “Creation To Creation”, Like “The Normal And Natural Behavior” of “The Creation” of God, Like Procreation, Like Having Babies, Like Having Your Personal Place and Things, Rather Than Demonstrating “God To God”, Like “The Normal And Natural Behavior” of “A True Human Being”, and that is for sure.

That Is, Rather Than Demonstrating “God To God”, Like “The Normal And Natural Behavior” of “A True Human Being”, Like “Charity, compassion, generosity, justice, truth, patience, tolerance, tranquillity, duty, and all other aspects of "Calm Behavior" as the ordinary, "Natural Behavior" of man”, and that is for sure.

12. In This Way, My Son, We Must Understand And Appreciate “The Thoughts” That Have “Presented Themselves To God” From Within Us, And Join In Partnership With God, That Is, As “One With” God, That Is, As “Two Lives Living As One Life”, First On The Outside, And Then Within, To End “These Thoughts” Within Us That Now Trouble “The Lord” Who Rules, and that is for sure.

13. And My Son, There Are Also Other Matters You Must Now Be Aware of, First, “Be Wary” of “The People” Who Refuse To “Let Themselves End In God”, Who Refuse To “Give Up The Ghost”, Willing And Freely Letting Themselves “End In God”, Disappearing Within “The Perfect Ending” of “Their Perfect Story”, Before They Die To The Flesh, Because of “Their Selfish And Self Centered Thought, Ideas, Beliefs, And Practices, The Are Very Dangerous To The Life of “The True Human Being”, and that is for sure.

And Second, My Son, You Have Come Into The World To Know Many Things, And “The Five Duties” Mentioned Above Are Just The First Learning, As The Natural Behavior of True Human Being, But Everything Belongs To God, And Now You Must Learn About All of The Things In The “Three Universes Or Worlds” of God, All of Which Belong To God, and that is for sure.

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01. O Great Guru, What Are “The Duties of Man” In “This World”? - How Ae We to Live, Grow, And Develop? How Are We To Find “The True Guru” And “Submit To Him”? Swami, Tell This To Me Fully.

His Holiness Teaches His Children:

Disciple:

Swami. O Great Guru, what are the duties of man in this world? How are we to live, grow, and develop? How are we to find the True Guru and submit to him? Swami, tell this to me fully.

Guru:

O Son, Listen. Allah created all lives and among them He created man, the highest form of being. To be such a man:

1. Firstly, you must have determination in God, and unshakable faith and trust in

Allah.

2. Secondly, you must swear by God to be close to Him, breath to breath, speech to

speech, and thus worship Him.

3. Thirdly, you must offer charity in kind and word. One-fourth of your income should

be given in charity.

4. Fourthly, not only for the sake of God Himself but also for the benefit of your soul,

you must be full of pity and compassion for others, and observe the fast. The fourth

duty is the fast. This must be done.

5. Fifthly, you must visit the temple which is ten thousand or fifteen thousand miles

away in places like Mecca and Medina, and perform Hajj.

So tell the ancient men and the rasools (messenger of Allah). This fifth duty should be performed by everybody in this world. This is being done now.

It is said that these are the important duties of man.

“You Must Believe” In “The Five Letters” of God, In “The Five Magical Letters” (Alif, Lam, Mim, Hay, and Dahl) of God, That Is, In “The Panchacharam” of God, Or “The Five Pillars” of God, That Is, In “The Five Sharths” of God. You Must Recite “The Five Kalimas” of God, That Is, “The Five Assertions” By God of “God’s Belief In God”, With Determination and Faith In God.”

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His Holiness Teaches His Children:

Firstly, When man was created originally in an earthen pot, into which was filled the pure life and sent down to the earth-world, God said,

"O Man, you are going to the earth-world; go there and worship Me with faith and

certitude."

"Those who visit the City of Possessiveness (Mamakaram), and the illusory realms of

Maya, usually change their human qualities. Therefore, you must escape from this

change."

"You must believe in the "Five Letters", the "Five Magical Letters (Panchadcharam), or

the "Five Pillars" (the Five Sharths). You must recite the "Five Kalimas (assertions of

belief with determination and faith)."

So it is said. In other words, you must have determination of heart and mind, and believe that God is Everything and is Everywhere. There are several meanings to these words.

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His Holiness Teaches His Children:

Second, you must worship the Lord and pray to Him. He exists Now, existed then, and will always exist.

One Person will say,

"Fear Him"

And Another will say,

"Go to the temple and worship Him"

There are many meanings for the Second Letter of Panchadcharam too.

04. Thirdly, “You Must Perform Charity” As “A True Human Being” - Which In Truth Is “Giving Others Yourself”, As “Their True Property”, As “Their True Wealth”, and that is for sure.

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His Holiness Teaches His Children:

Thirdly, one person will say,

"You must perform charity,

give gifts, do good deeds,

offer alms in memory of the dead (thivasam)",

and perform many such similar acts"

Another will say,

"Give Charity in Kind (sadhaqua),

feed the poor, give away clothes (sarees),

build Mosques, build houses,

make recitals in memory of the dead,

and recite the "Opening Chapter"

in the Holy Qur'an (Suratul Fatihah).

This is acceptable to God. Do not neglect this"

(But) there are many meanings to all these.

05. Fourthly, You Must Perform Fasting” As “A True Human Being” - Which In Truth Is “Fasting From The Idea or Thought” of You, That Is, of Fasting From “The Thought of You” Now Existing As If Somehow You Are “Separate From” God Within You, As If Somehow You Are “Separate From” The “Creation of God, Within God Within You, And For A Little While More, As If Somehow You Are “Separate From” Your Brothers and Sisters, All of Which of Course Is “Just Not True”, and that is for sure.

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His Holiness Teaches His Children:

Fourthly, observe the fast and see to the needs of the poor. On the twenty-seventh day of the fast give away money, clothes, and many other things.

One person says that fasting is acceptable to God. Others will say you must observe fasting (viratham), offer sacrifice, give alms in memory of the dead (thivasam), and perform funeral rites (anthiraddi), invocation to Lord Skanda (kandashasti), observe the new moon on the first day of the lunar month (amavaasai) keep awake on the night of supplication to Lord Siva (Sivarathri), and similar observances.

They will say, these are the duties of man,

"Believe in God, Perform your duties regularly.

Go to the temple and worship. Perform temple duties"

They offer similar such advice.

Some others will say,

"Come to the temple. This is an important duty.

Do not neglect these five duties. Come to the mosque.

Do your prayers. If you do not come to the mosque you will enter hell.

Fear God. Live as human or you will be sent to hell"

And they utter many such other words.

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06. But My Son, In “A World of “This Fashion”, That Is, In “A World of Possessive And Self Destructive People”, Only If Men Are Truly Living As Human Beings, And Perform Their Duties As Such, Will They Be Know As True Men

Therefore, Before “The Duties of Man” Can Truly Begin, First And Foremost, Man Most Be Born A Human, and that is for sure, But This Is Very, Very Rare, and that is for sure.

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But My Son, in a world of this fashion, only if men living as humans perform their duties properly, will they be known as men.

Man's belief in God's Creation, his traits, his nature, and his worship are all considered as part of man's duty. But it is not so.

First and foremost he must be born a human, This is very, very rare.

07. “God The Rare”, And “The Great Power” of God, Joined Together “As One” To Create Man, To Create “The Soul of Man” And Place It In “The School of Contrast” For “The Soul’s Life”, So “The Soul” Can Realize And Understand “Who It Already Is”, And Having Understood This, Elevate Itself Back Up To God As “The School of Light” For “The Soul” Within “The Soul” of God, and that is for sure.

That Is, So God Can Realize And Understand “Who He Already Is”, And So On, And So One, Until “All That Is Left At The End” Is “The One”, And Within “That”, The Understanding of “The One”, And You Will Be “That”, And We Will Be Within “That”, As One. Amen

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His Holiness Teaches His Children:

God the Rare, and the Great Power, created man.

Having created man, God ordained that He be "believed and worshipped".

Man's duty from his birth into this world till he dies is to believe in God with Certitude and Determination. He should accept the truth of it, and keep the truth within him.

God has no race, no religion, no differences, no relations, no people, no birth and no end. He has no decay. He has no comparison (and in truth Neither Do You)

Be Determined by "These Words".

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08. “The Natural Way” of “The Worship of God” Is “The Normal Conduct” of “A True Human Being” - For In Truth “Charity, compassion, generosity, justice, truth, patience, tolerance, tranquillity, duty, and all other aspects of "Calm Behavior" should be the ordinary, "Natural Behavior" of man”, and that is for sure.

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His Holiness Teaches His Children:

Such a Lord should be worshipped by man born as human through his Conduct. This is the "Normal Way of Worship".

Man should Worship God in his Breath (as our connection to God, "I am Not, You Are"), in his Speech (as "God Speaking", as "God's Presence", as God's connection to us, as God's connection to "His Creation"), and Stand every minute in "This State".

Charity, compassion, generosity, justice, truth, patience, tolerance, tranquillity, duty, and all other aspects of "Calm Behavior" should be the ordinary, "Natural Behavior" of man.

Therefore, this is an important part of the five duties of man.

Those who understand wisdom and realize the truth will appreciate the importance of the five duties. Those with no such understanding will laugh at it.

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His Holiness Teaches His Children:

What is birth? (What is "This Birth" of man? What did man "Come to Do"?)

But Son, among these duties mentioned, what is the work a human performs? What is the "normal duty" of man?

(And) "What is the quality" of the "normal behavior" of those "born as men" who live in the City of Magic Possessiveness (MamakaramMayaJaalam) in the Country of self-destruction?

Are these "The Five Duties" referred to by these people? (Apparently Not).

Apparently the people in the Country of self-destruction do not realize that there are "several other duties" too in the "ordinary behavior" of man.

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His Holiness Teaches His Children:

If you scrutinize these statements (made by them as listed above) you will realize that the above mentioned five duties (listed above) are the more important duties (from their perspective, that Is, over "The Ordinary, Natural Duty" of those "Born as Man).

(To Them), There is "The Ultimate One" (Param) (for you) only in (you performing) these five (duties, as listed above, and that is for sure).

There are several other modes of behavior in man. They say, (other than "The Ordinary, Natural Duty" of those "Born as Man).

(However) They Say,

"We will follow the good way of life",

But (In Truth),

(They) forget and place the five important words (of Alif, Lamm, Mim, Hay, and Dahl) in the front room (for show) and perform sinful evil deeds of the devil (in the back room of "The 7 hells), like getting intoxicated, indulging in sex, committing murder and theft, uttering falsehood, charging interest, being jealous, being arrogant, speaking words that are different from those in the heart, ruining virtuous men, destroying chaste women, torturing children, destroying friends, killing those who trust them, abusing the sages, committing other evil deeds and turning themselves into devils, into the "non-human" (the Asuras).

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11. It Is “This Fact” That Now Troubles “The Lord” Who Rules - That Man “In His Ignorance” Is Now Only “Believing In And Now Only Worshipping” “The Creation of God”, Rather Than Believing In And Worshipping “Their Creator”, and that is for sure.

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If these five duties (as they talk about them) are important to them, (then)

What is

"The Meaning of This Birth?"

(And)

What are

"The Ordinary Duties"

of "The Natural Behavior"

(of Those "Born As Human")?

It is this that troubles the Lord who rules.

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His Holiness Teaches His Children:

God says,

"I Created man. Didn't I.

When there are innumerable duties for man in his speech, in his breath, in his conduct, when he sits, when he runs, and when he lies in bed" (why is man now acting "This Way).

Did I not say that man should dispel his evil qualities and worship Me truthfully from within his heart?

But man, no sooner than he gets to the Country of self-destruction says things to suit his own conveniences."

These thoughts have presented themselves to God.

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13. And My Son, There Are Also Other Matters You Must Now Be Aware of, First, “Be Wary” of “The People” Who Refuse To “Let Themselves End In God”, Who Refuse To “Give Up The Ghost”, Willing And Freely Letting Themselves “End In God”, Disappearing Within “The Perfect Ending” of “Their Perfect Story”, Before They Die To The Flesh, Because of “Their Selfish And Self Centered Thought, Ideas, Beliefs, And Practices, They Are Very Dangerous To The Life of “The True Human Being”, and that is for sure.

And Second, My Son, You Have Come Into The World To Know Many Things, And “The Five Duties” Mentioned Above Are Just The First Learning, As The Natural Behavior of A True Human Being, But Everything Belongs To God, And Now You Must Learn About All of The Things In The “Three Universes Or Worlds” of God, All of Which Belong To God, and that is for sure.

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His Holiness Teaches His Children:

There are other matters also.

Son, knowing the conduct of such people you must be wary of them.

Conduct yourself as human as ordained by God. There are yet more "natural duties" for man. The five duties mentioned (above) are mostly man's "natural behavior". A human comes to know many things.

(For In Truth, Everything Belongs To God). Body, property, life, fly, ant, and similar life numbering 8,400,000 (eight million, four hundred thousand), mountain, hills, oceans, earth, gold, sky, arsh, kursi, kalam, hell, heaven, 7 X 2 or 14 universes, and all the things in the three universes or worlds, belong to God.

Leaving aside 2 of the 5 ("Iman" Or "True Faith" Or "God's Faith In God", and "True Prayer" Or "God's Prayer To God), they say that there are Three Main Duties of Man (Charity, Fasting, And The Pilgrimage of Hajj, That Is, The Pilgrimage To Mecca), unaware of the place of the others.

(But) My Son, man himself does not possess these three.

The Almighty Allah, the Unique, the Rare, is the Only One (who possesses anything). Everything belongs to Him. All are His. Amen.

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