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"The Duties of Man"
From the Book: "The Pearl of Wisdom" (Spiritual Book 02)
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"The Introduction" - to Chapter 18
Opening Greetings - from heart to heart, if we like
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 us all. May God help us all.
Bawa. My love you (anbu) My dearest loving Grand Children, My Son and Daugthters, My Brothers and Sisters (Ral.), and all of My dearest loving Children (Ral.) - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.).
About Chapter 18:
Bawa. Here is "Page 1 of 1" of the "Text Only" Version of the "Expanded Version" of Chapter 18, "The Duties of Man", that is, an "Expanded Version" by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) of the "Original Version" by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), all for your reading and hopefully for your sharing enjoyment, if you like. Thank you. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen.
Bawa. Please Click HERE, or Scroll Down, to read the "Initial Comments" on Chapter 18 by Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), in whom "We are well Pleased", that is, for some beautiful Clarity about the Great Contrast between "True Man" and "false man" that God is Now giving to all of His Children through this and other Chapters in the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", as well as Now through the heart of Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother, Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.). Amen. Ok?
ReviewOfRelatedChapters.html) to read a "A Review of Related Chapters" in the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", which first divides the book "The Pearl of Wisdom" into a set of "Related or Similar Chapters", like this Chapter, Chapter 18", along with Chapters 01, 04, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, and then reviews a "Common Wisdom Point" provided in all of them, like "The Great Contrast Between "True Man" and "false man". Thank you. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen.
Initial Comments - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), about the True Significance of Chapter 18
Bawa. My Love You My Dearest Loving Children. Only God can help any of us, that is for sure. And this beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom" is a wonderful Gift of God to help you begin to Understand the Nature of True Man, by you First becoming "false man", and then, if you like, by you meeting and accepting a "True Man" on the "outside" of you as "your wisdom", that is, as the Guru/Shaikh Now for your age and for all life.
Bawa. And then by You meeting "True Man" Again, but this time within you, this time as your "Wisdom within your Wisdom", that is, if you properly treat your Physical Guru/Shaikh as such, that is, as Now the "Presence of God" and as the "Word of God" made flesh for your age and for all life, as Now the "Fire of God" burning in the world.
Bawa. That is, if you truly Learn From Him How To Truly disappear within Him, before He Leaves The Physical World", you will Again meeting "True Man", but this time within you, this time as your "Wisdom within your Wisdom", as the "Primal One" or "your Effulgence" within your soul, that is, as True Man within God within you, allowing "You Now As True Man" within God within you, to meet and become God within True Man, that is, as the "Resonance of Allah", that is, when the "Alif becomes the pillar of the Sukun of the Mim", allowing God to finish telling His Story, which is the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man", So in the End, "No Child Is Left Behind", So in the End, there is Nothing Still "Separating God" from God. Amen. Ok?
Bawa. For in truth Understanding Only Occurs through Contrast, and you must first become your Contrast, you must first become "false man", So your True Understanding can occur, that is, you must first become the opposite of "True Man", which is "false man", which in truth is the "current state and life and form" of all of My Children, if you like, that is, if you truly accept this "Pearl of Wisdom" and each of its Chapters as Now God "speaking to you", that is, as God Now speaking to the "wisdom surrounding your soul", awakening your wisdom, if you like,
So your awakened wisdom
Can Now do battle with the
"Enemy of your soul",
which is Now "you",
Which is Now your Contrast,
Which is Now you as "false man"..
Bawa. Such is the True Mature of True Man within God within you, and How you become Him, if you like, by letting God use "you" as His Contrast" to liberate your soul and in the process teach your soul, who is your True Student" within you, who You "Already Are", all of which in truth is Now hidden within all of My Children, like the apple tree and its fruits are hidden within the apple seed buried within the earth, just waiting to germinate to "The Truth" of the apple seed, that in truth the "apple seed" and the "apple tree" are One.
Bawa. All of which in truth is Now hidden within all of My Children, that is, as the "Tree of God" hidden within the "Seed of God", which is Now your soul buried within the Creation of God, just waiting to germinate to "Your Truth", that in truth "You and God" are One, just waiting to emerge from within you as Now both the "Presence of God" and the "Word of God" made flesh for your age and for your life, if you like, that is, if you will just let "false man" End, and let "What Is Next", which is "True Man", Begin, if you will Now join as "One with" the Creation of God, which is in truth Now the "false body" and "false beauty" of your soul, to germinate to "Your Truth", that in Truth "God and Man", and "Man and God", are One.
Bawa. And in this way, and only in this way, My Dearest Loving Children, to reveal the "True Body" of your soul which is the "Body of Truth" or the "Crystal heart", which is Jesus (peace be upon Him, and upon Us), and the "True Beauty" of your soul, which is "True Prayer", the "Prayer of the One to the One who Is", which is Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him, and upon Us). Amen. Ok?
Bawa. In this way, Chapter 18, along with the 8 other Chapters leading up to Chapter 17, that is, Chapters 01, 04, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, provides you with 8 Different Perspectives on the Great Contrast between "True Man" and "false man", both of which are within each of My Children.
Bawa. And In this way, offering each of My Children, if you like, the opportunity to make the Great Transition from "false man" to "True Man" in your own lifetime, that is, before you die to the flesh, that is, before the illusory "outside" of you is over, and you become truly stuck with "false man", and the consequences of "false man", for the rest of your life, both Here, and then for Eternity.
Bawa. So Please Click HERE (http://spiritualbook002chap16.homestead.com/
ReviewOfRelatedChapters.html) to read a "A Review of Related Chapters" in the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", which first divides the book "The Pearl of Wisdom" into a set of "Related or Similar Chapters", like this Chapter, Chapter 18", along with Chapters 01, 04, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, and then reviews a "Common Wisdom Point" provided in all of them, like "The Great Contrast
Between "True Man" and "false man". Thank you. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen.
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"Text Only" Version - of the "Expanded Version" of Chapter 18
Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) 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, and you must realize without the Slightest Doubt that in truth "There Is Nothing Other Than God", that God is Everything and Everywhere, that in truth Everyone and Everything is "Working for God", that is, Everything and Everywhere is Some Aspect of what God is Now doing with what is "Within God" within you, which is Revealing God to God within you for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, within God within you, and for a little while on the "outside" of you, for the benefit of your brothers and sisters, as this child is Now doing, and if you like, that you can also learn to do, from this child, if you like.
2. Secondly, you must swear by God to be close to Him, breath to breath, speech to speech, and thus worship Him, and you must also realize without the Slightest Doubt that the most important aspect of worship is "Intention", and that the only "Correct Intention" in your worship of God, and in your duty for God, is the "Presence of God", for in truth each of My Children always have one of two things to give, at each moment in your life, in each situation in your life, Either the "Presence of God" which is always "One with", and which is always "Win-Win", Or "your presence" which is always "separate from", and is always "win-lose", and the Choice is yours, not God's, that is, the Choice of which you "Intend" at any moment in your life, Either God Or "you", and that is for sure.
3. Thirdly, you must offer charity in kind and word. One-fourth of your income should be given in charity, and you must realize without the Slightest Doubt that "Nothing Belongs To You", because in truth "Everything Belongs to God", including your Body, Property, and Life, So make "Yourself Available" to God for what "God Is Doing" with what is Now "Within God" within you, which is Revealing God to God within you for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, within God within you, and for a little while on the "outside" of you, for the benefit of your brothers and sisters as this child is Now doing. Amen.
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.
And to successfully do "The Fast" you must realize without the Slightest Doubt that the "True Fast" is to fast from "you", that is, to fast from "yourself", to fast from "your presence", that is, to fast from you living on the illusory "outside" of you, as if your are "separate from" God's Presence within you, as if you are "separate from" your brothers and sisters presence, and as if your are "separate from" the presence of God's Creation, within God within you, all of which in truth is "Just Not True".
That is, to fast from your current life of "separation and differences", your current life of sin, your current life of "selfishness", a life that you are Now living in your ignorance on the illusory "outside" of yourself, and a life that you Now Refuse to Give Up, "No Matter What", in your arrogance about your ignorance, that is, that you Now Refuse to Give Up, No Matter What God tells you to the contrary, that in truth "You and God" are One, that you and your brothers and sisters are One, and that you and the Creation of God are One. For in truth this is the "Real Fast", not just you fasting from eating during the day for a month, but Rather, you fasting from you "licking hell" each moment of your life.
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. However, the True Pilgrimage or Hajj is the "Journey of Truth" within your very own life, that is, the Journey of your soul back to God, that is, the journey of your 6th life from the "current illusion", which is the current "outside" of you to the "current falsehood" of you, which is the "current inside" of you, all which is the 7 hells within your "heart or mind or room".
That is, the Journey from "your illusion" to "your falsehood", which is Now the life of each of My Children, that is, A Journey from your "current illusion" or "outside" of you which in truth is Now your 8th hell, or the "heaven of the satan", that Now defines each of My Children as "a person" in "false fellowship", that is, as "a person" living on the illusory "outside" of yourself, coming together with other "like minded people", to talk and talk and talk about everyone and everything, including to talk about God, but Never to become "One with" what you talk about.
But Rather always to Continue living as if you are "separate from' what you talk about, that is, always to Continue living as if you are separate from God within you, as if you are "separate from" each other, and as if you are "separate from" the Creation of God, within God within you, all of which in truth is "Just Not True". And in this way, a Journey from your "current illusion", your "current outside", to the "very real but false" Now inside of your "heart, or mind, or room", which in truth is Now the 7 hells within you, which in truth is Now the 5 elemental lives of the 5 elements within you, that is, the 5 ruhanies or elemental spirits that have Now grown and come to maturity within you, that in truth really make up the life Now of each of My Children.
The 5 ruhanies who you will Next become if you are not wise, that is, if you don't wise up, if you don't truly become "One with" God within you, before you die to the flesh, and if you don't, which you will then become after you die to the flesh, with them becoming your "Suffering in the grave" within you, and then becoming your Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within you.
All of which in truth are Now the 5 worlds of earth, water, fire, air, and ether within your "heart or mind or room", all of which in truth are Now the 1st 1000 of the 18,000 universes within you, that you have Now opened within you in your ignorance, that is, as the world of demons, or below you waist or false creation, as the world of jinns, or your stomach or false destruction, as the world of fairies, as your chest or false life and redemption, and as the world of ghosts, or your head or false self.
All of which in truth is what "God has discarded" to become God within you, and all of which is what God has Now let you fill you "heart or mind or room" with in your ignorance, and all of which God will Discard Again, if you like, from within you, revealing God Again, but this time in your "Heart or Mind or Room", if you like. But all of which you Now refuse to Let Him Again Discard, all of which you now refuse to Let Him Close Down, No Matter What, Now in your arrogance about your ignorance, that is, No Matter What God tells and shows to you to the Contrary, For Example, that in truth, "Man and God" are One.
And Next if you become wise, that is, if you Again Let God Again Become God, but this time within you, within your "Heart or Mind or Room", all of which in truth you will Next experience in your "heart or mind or room" as the Next 17,000 of the 18,000 universes within you, that is, if you Let Your Life become the "Presence of God", and the "Word of God" made flesh for your age and for your life, that is, if you Join in Partnership with God within you, as "One with" God within you, in order to Close down the world of demons, the world of jinns, the world of fairies, and the world of ghosts within you "heart or mind or room", and Re-open the World of souls within your "Heart or Mind or Room", and then Open the Kingdom of God within the Re-opened World of souls within your "Heart or Mind or Room".
All of which in truth is the Journey from the "very real but false" world of darkness and falsehood "within the satan" within you to the "Very Real And True" World of Light and Truth "Within God" within you, all of which in truth is "You" within "you" if you like, All of which in truth is what God is Now using to tell and bring to Completion His Story within you, if you like, all of which is the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man", within God within you, if you like. For in truth the Choice is yours, not God's, that is, the Choice to let God use your life to tell and bring to Completion His Story, or not, but this time within you, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, within God within you, and for a little while on the "outside" of you, for the benefit of your brothers and sisters, as this child has Now learned to do. Amen.
It is said that these are the important duties of man.
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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)."
In this way,
Understanding Only Occurs Through Contrast,
That Is, The Contrast Between the
"Earthen Pot" and the "Brass Vessel",
That Is, Between What "We" Came As, the "Earthen Pot",
And What "we" have Now Become, The "Brass Vessel".
And
Understand of Anything Only Occurs "By Becoming" It,
As Your Guru/Shaikh Is Now Doing, That Is,
By Becoming "One with" What You Are Trying To Understand,
Not "By Studying" Anything As "Separate From" It,
As All of My Children Are Now Trying To Do, But To Your Peril.
Only Then Can My Children Understand God,
Or The Guru, Or The Shaikh,
All of Whom Are You, If You Like,
All of Whom Are One, If You Like. Amen.
In this way, You First came into the world as the "Earthen Pot" filled with the soul, with the "Pure Life" to the "Earth World", filled with "Everything Within God" within you, and you have Changed, you have Now become the "Brass Vessel" filled with the "false life", filled with "everything God has discarded", to be come God within you, all of which in truth is the First of God's Schools within you, is Now the "School of Contrast" within you, So the soul can understand what is Now "Separating the soul" from God, which in truth is Now you, is Now you as your "current life" of "separation and differences", is Now your "current life" of selfishness, of sin, with you Now living a life on the illusory "outside" of yourself as if you are "separate from" God within you, as if you are "separate from" each other, and as if you are "separate from" the Creation of God, within God within you, all of which is "Just Not True".
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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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.
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Thirdly, people have many things to say about Charity, which on the surface seems to be a very good thing to do, and if done while you are living in the world will certainly make your life in the world easier, both within yourself in terms of your peacefulness with yourself, both about you being a "good person", and about what belongs to you in the world, and with your conscience, which is always spoken of in terms of encouraging you to "do the right thing".
For Example, the giving away of ¼ of your wealth in the Islamic tradition to the Mosque, and giving donations to the Church for the poor and needy in the Christian tradition, all of which will most certainly help you feel more peaceful about yourself, as a "good person", and about all of the wealth that you, or your family may have accumulated while living in the world, and about all of the bounty that you may believe God has given to you, and to your family, like your wife, children, and family, your job, your career, your reputation, your status, and other such things in the world.
For Example, 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.
For example, if all that we have to be concerned about while living in the world is pleasing God through good deeds, that is, is about 'Working for wages to get into heaven", that is, about doing what we have been told to do in our life, by God through the Prophets of God, and by our parents, and by our Mosque, Church, or Temple, then doing Charity in this manner would certainly seem sufficient.
But that is not so, for in truth there is something else that is much more important that we must address while living in the world, and that has to do with our soul, and with the relationship between our soul and God, all of which is certainly not affected in any way by our trying to please God though our good deeds, that is, by our "Working for wages to get into heaven", for in truth only our soul has to do with God, not "us living in the world", because in truth "Only what came from God" can return to God, not what "grew here".
For in truth all that Now makes up our current life of "separation and differences" living as "a person" on the illusory "outside" of ourselves, as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if you are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God, within God within us, all of which in truth is "Just Not True", Only has to do with what "grew here", not with what came here.
So in this context, in terms of our soul and of the wisdom surrounding our soul, the nature of our "True Life", and the role of Charity in our "True Life", becomes a very different matter indeed, and all of these earlier exhortations about the need to give Charity in order to become pleasing to God, literally fall away, for in truth how can you "give charity", how can you "own anything", when in truth "Only God exists".
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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.
But My Son, in a world of this fashion, only if men living as humans perform their duties properly, that is, as "One with" God within them, will they be known as men.
Man's belief in God's Creation, and man's belief in man, and in what man thinks that he does, that is, in his "Righteousness", that is, in man traits, in man nature, and in man's worship of God are all considered as part of man's duty. But it is not so.
First and foremost man must be born a human, and he must be born a human Before he can worship God.
That is, man must be born in the world, but then while still living in the world man must die in God, and then while still living in the world man must be born into God, all before he dies to the flesh, all before the illusory "outside" of man is over, or at least Truly Start To Do This, in Partnership with God within him, as "One with" God within him, only then does man become human, only then can man worship God, only then can man do God's Duty to His Creation, only then will man have become "True Man", and then "Perfected Man". And This is very, very rare.
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Bawa. 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, at least on the "outside" of you.
Bawa. But Now My Children must learn How To Do This within you, not just on the "outside" of you, because Only Then will you become True Man, for in truth True Man is the Hereafter (akhirah) and this world (dunya), HERE and NOW, as the 5 letter form of Alhamd, or of "Alif, Lam, Mim, Hay, and Dahl", which in truth is the form of the Suratul Fatihah, and the essence of the 28 Mystical Letters that in truth make up the body of man.
Bawa. Because in truth,
True Man In Truth
Is Now "The Place"
Where Everyone and Everything,
Comes to Greet God,
and Dwell in His Kingdom",
And "Give Up The Ghost",
That Is, To Willingly And Freely
"Let Themselves End In God",
Disappearing Into "The Perfect Ending"
of "Their Perfect Story",
and that is for sure.
Bawa. And to become this, you must find and sit with this True Man as your direct connection to God within you, and in this way, and Only in this way, let God "Cure Himself of you", of you as the impure birth of God covering the pure birth of God, of you as the "School of Contrast" where the soul has come to learn about what is "separating the soul from God", which is Now "you", which is Now you as the darkness of God covering the grace of God, which is Now you as the anti-christ covering the Christ.
Bawa. That is, you must sit in the "Presence of God" for your age and for all life, and Hear the "Word of God Made Flesh" for your age and for all life, So God can reveal God to God within you for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, within God within you, and for a little while on the "outside" of you, for the benefit of all of your brothers and sisters, as this child has Now learned to do, if you like. Ok? Amen.
Bawa. That is, you must sit in God's Presence and hear God's Words as they comes directly from God within you, to God within you, that is, as God is Speaking Them to God within you in "your presence", not as it is reported to you by "other people", or as it is stored in books, or on audio or video tapes. Only then do "These Words" of God for your age and for all life have the Power of God within them, Only then can they liberate your soul from the "Enemy of your soul" which in truth is Now "you", is Now you living as "a person" in "false fellowship" on the illusory "outside" of yourself.
Bawa. Similarly, only when the plant receives the magnetic or electrical energy contained in the rain water as it is falling from the sky does the plant truly receive what it needs to grow.
After the rain has fallen it immediately looses this magnetic or electrical energy and becomes only water. For example, after that same rain water has been stored in rain barrels, or in our case, after the "Words of the Guru" have been stored in books, or other storage media, this special quality of "When it is falling from the sky", or as it is being "Spoken by God" for your age and for all life, is gone.
Bawa. So Now My Dearest Loving Children, you must find and sit in the "Presence of God" for your age and for all life, and hear the "Word of God" made flesh for your age and for all life, As They Are Coming From God, Only then will your life truly move forward in this age, only then will your awakened wisdom liberate your soul, that is, liberate it from "you", liberate it from your "separation from" on the "outside" of you, and reveal "You", and reveal "Your One With", reveal "Your Oneness" within God within you.
Bawa. That is, liberate your pure birth from your impure birth, letting your soul "Elevate Itself" back to God, but this time with an Understanding of Itself, that is, of who "It Already Is", So it will never loose its "Oneness with" God again, and with all of the Creation of God, within God within you, again. Please do it like this. For in truth there is no other way to Do It, and that is for sure. Amen.
Bawa. Only this is Now the True Pilgrimage or Hajj for your age and for all life, that is,finding, falling into, becoming the "Light of God" for your age and for all life, while you still can, that is, while that "Light of God" and you are both still living in the world, that is, before you die to the flesh. Only then can this true Transformation of State occur in your lifetime, and that is for sure.
Amen.
Bawa. Please do it like this, My Dearest Loving Children, please step in this direction in Everything that you do, saying the Name of God Now for your age and for all life, Saying the Name "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen", or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (Ral.), before you "Say or Do or Write" anything, as this child has learned to do.
Bawa. And sit in the "Presence of God" for your age and for all life, and hear and fall into the "Word of God" made flesh for your age and for your life, all of which is Now Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and then God will do Everything Else, everything else necessary to make your life truly successful in your lifetime, and that is for sure. Amen.
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Such a Lord should be worshipped by man born as human through his Conduct, that is, by the very act of living his life in the world, living as "One with God" within him, believing in God within him without the slightest doubt, and praising God within him for whatever comes or goes, for whatever happens to him, no matter what.
This is the Normal Way of Worship, that is, the "Prayer of the One to the One who Is", for in truth One born as human, as "Man-God", will have earlier been born into the world, becoming "man-beast", but then by falling into the Light of God for his age and for all life, but then by falling into God, First on the "outside" of himself as his Physical Guru/Shaikh, and then into God within himself, as God within Himself, within Himself Now as the Physical Guru/Shaikh, for everyone else not for himself, then becomes "Man-God", that is, then becomes One who has died in God, and then has been born into God within him.
Such a "Man born as human" should Worship God in his Breath, in his Speech, and Stand every minute in this State, in this State of "Oneness with" God within you, in this State of having Truly Joined in Partnership with God, First on the "outside" of himself and then within himself, that is, having Truly Joined in Partnership with what "God is Now doing" within him, with what is Now "Within God" within him, which is Revealing God to God, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, within God within him, and for a little while on the "outside" of him, for the benefit of his brothers and sisters, as this child has Now learned to do. Amen.
In this way, and only in this way, Charity, compassion, generosity, justice, truth, patience, tolerance, tranquillity, duty, and all other aspects of calm behavior should be the ordinary, natural behavior of man, that is, of man born as human, of man who having been born into the world, has died in God within him, and then has been born within God within him. Amen
Therefore, this is an important part of the five duties of man, that with the aid of the Physical Guru/Shaikh for his age and for all life, man is transformed from "false man", from "ego man" or "selfish man" from the "form of the satan" into True Man, into "Egoless Man" or "Selfless Man", into the "Form of God" for his age and for all life. Amen.
Those who understand wisdom and realize the truth will appreciate the importance of the five duties, and the Power of God hidden within them, when man Joins in Partnership, as "One with" his Physical Guru/Shaikh to do them. Those with no such understanding will laugh at it, and continue to 'Work for wages to get into heaven", only in the End to be very disappointed.
For such is the "Only Reward" of man if he fails to believe in the "Presence of God", and in the "Word of God" made flesh for his age and for all life, that is, if fails to "Become It" in his own lifetime, all of which in truth is an eternal "separation from" God within himself, which in truth is an eternal "separation" from His Higher Self, from His True Self, because of a temporary fascination with his "lower self".
That is, if he fails to realize, understand, accept and join with his "Higher Self", that is, with his Physical Guru/Shaikh, which in truth is the True Man within the Creation of God for his age, and instead he continues to hold onto his "lower self", until he dies to the flesh, until the illusory "outside" of him is over, and his "Only Reward" is an eternal life within himself as "separate from" God within him, as "separate from" Himself within himself, as "separate from" True Man within him.
For as "We" taught My Children the following, while "We" were living in the world as Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and as "We" are Again teaching My Children, with "Us" Now living in the world as Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), in whom "We are well Pleased",
"l Hell is simple the realization
that you have separated yourself from God"
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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 or change, He has no comparison or opposite or contrast.
For in truth,
"God is a Power. He has no form or shape.
He is alone and yet He is everywhere,
existing as an eternal Power
who dwells in all lives and sees them all as "One".
Be Determined by these Words, that is, be determined not to have these things either, that is, be determined not to have race, religion, differences, relations, people, or birth, because God your "Creator, Nourisher, and Redeemer" does not have these things, and since in truth "you" are "of God", not "of Creation", then neither should you, then neither should you live that way, as all of My Children are Now mistakenly living, that is, as if you are "of Creation" not "of God", but to your peril.
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Such a Lord should be worshipped by man born as human through his Conduct. This is the Normal Way of Worship, and this is the Most Important Part of the 5 Duties of Man, which includes all aspects of calm behavior which should be the ordinary, natural behavior of man, throughout his day, every day of his life, behavior like, Charity, compassion, generosity, justice, truth, patience, tolerance, tranquillity, duty.
In this way, Man should Worship God in his Breath, in his Speech, and Stand every minute in this State, that is, in the State of charity, compassion, generosity, justice, truth, patience, tolerance, tranquillity, duty, and all other aspects of calm behavior which should be the ordinary, natural behavior of man.
Therefore, this is the most important part of the five duties of man, that is, expanding these five duties from the 5 times of prayer each day, and just for certain months in the year, like the month of fasting or Ramadan in the Islamic tradition, and just at the End of your life, like the Pilgrimage or Hajj in the Islamic tradition, to every day, and every moment, and every breath, look, word, taste, and thought in Ones Life. Amen.
Those who understand wisdom and realize the truth will appreciate the importance of the five duties, and for the need for such a Man to Worship God through his Normal Conduct, that is, the Normal Conduct of a True Man. Those with no such understanding will laugh at it, and will always be questioning,
What is birth?
Why were we born?
What is the purpose of our life?
But Always falsely answering
without any Clarity about your life.
For in truth the Point of Ones Life
Is God within you,
Not "You" on the "Outside" of you
And What God Is Now Doing As "One with"
With What is "Within God" within you.
Not "you" and what "you"
Now think that "you are doing"
On the illusory "outside" of you
as if you are "separate from" God within you,
as if you are "separate from" each other,
and as if you are "separate from" the Creation of God,
Within God within you,
all of which is "Just Not True".
And What God Is Now Doing As "One with"
With What is "Within God" within you,
Is Revealing God To God within you,
For the Benefit of all of the Creation of God,
Within God within you,
And for a little while on the "outside" of you,
For the benefit of your brothers and sisters,
As this child has Now learned to do. Amen.
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What is birth? (What is "This Birth" of man? And 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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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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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.
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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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.
End of
Spiritual Book 02
"The Pearl of Wisdom"
- Chapter 18 -
"The Duties of Man"
"Text Only" Version of Expanded Version
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