Spiritual Letter 68 - Outline & Summary Version            About Spiritual Letter 68
Title:  "What Has Happened To Us?".
Brief Summary:  "Man appearing on this earth, forgets God and falls into many a trap. He does not know to seek himself, although God exists within man. This book,
The Pearl of Wisdom, is to explain this concept in detail, (this concept which in the Islamic tradition is called Tawhid, "the affirmation of the unity of God". This quotation is from the "Forward" of this book)
Date Written and Posted:  March, 2005
Written by:  Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler)
Written to:  Mr. Ellis Thomas, a High School Classmate of Louie Beutler

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Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 68

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.

My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler).

Here is page 2 of 2 of "Spiritual Letter 68" that was sent  to a High School Classmate of this child, to a Mr. Ellis Thomas, who has recently demonstrated very strong faith and trust in God, and who is currently going through a situation in his life that allows him to be an example to all of us of his Iman, of his absolute, unshakable faith, certitude, and determination in God, in the truth that "Only God exists" within us, and in the truth that "God is One" within us.  Amen.

As always, this letter was written by this child sitting at the feet of God for our age, at the feet of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, and is respectfully and humbly shared with each of you at this time.  Amen.

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Introduction - to Spiritual Letter 68

A.  What Has Happened To Us? - (continued)

7.  The Finger of God On The "Outside" of Us - is always pointing to the truth of us
          within us, & to the truth of God within us, from within what we are currently seeing
          of us", & this is the "truth of God" within us, & our work, if we choose to accept it
9.  We Are All Stuck On The "Outside" of Us - having forgotten about God within us,
          having fallen into many a trap that makes us see our selves, and define ourselves,
          in terms of what we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us
10.  We Must Start To Live Again As "One" - as "One with" God within us, as "One
          with" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "One with" the Creation of God
          within us
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11.  Our True Heritage, Our True Birthright - for this age, is the example that Jesus
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12.  This Is Our Last Chance - to get it right before we die to the flesh, before we
          physically die to the "outside" of us, so lets join together to share what we know
13.  Now We Can No Longer Plead Ignorance - to God when it is all over, that is, after
          we have read this letter, because now we know the "truth of us"
14.  Because The Alternative - is completely unacceptable, to an eternal life of
          "Oneness with" God within us, no matter what
15.  Our Work And Our Duty - our work is to do the will of God within us, and our duty
          to God within us is to finish His work within us
          Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 04, Verses 34 to 38
16.  Understanding The Nine Openings - of our body, which are currently ruling over us,
          with God's permission, until we "see God" and "steady Him" within us.  Amen
17.  Making "Us" Into God's Problem Within Us - no longer holding onto it, as "our
          problem" on the "outside" of us
18.  "Make Straight The Way of The Lord" - which is what each of us must all do with
          our life, before we die to the flesh, as "John the Baptist" told us to do
          Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 01, Verses 22 and 23
19.  Because Now We Are Ready - now we can trust and believe in it, and become
          "One with" it, with the "truth of us" within us, and the "truth of God" within us

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A.  What Has Happened to Us? - continued

7.  The Finger of God On The "Outside" of Us - is always pointing to the truth of us within us, and to the truth of God within us, from within what we are currently seeing in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God, as "separate from" us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, a truth which we can only see and understand when we start to look at everything through God within us, through our wisdom, and through the truth of God within our wisdom
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8.  We Are The "Seed of God" & God Is The "Seed of True Man" - and this is the "truth of us", and this is the "truth of God" within us, and our work, if we choose to accept it, is to let the "truth surrender to the truth" within us, in the same way that an apple seed, when it realizes that it is an apple seed, and that it is buried within the earth, and that the earth contains everything necessary for the apple tree hidden within it to grow, then surrenders to the earth, with the earth realizing the same thing about the apple seed, surrenders to the apple seed, with both of them letting the "truth surrender to the truth", and the apple seed germinates, destroying the apple seed and revealing the apple tree
9.  We Are All Stuck On The "Outside" of Us - having forgotten about God within us, having fallen into many a trap that makes us see our selves, and define ourselves, in terms of what we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, rather than in terms of God within us, and in terms of what God is doing within us, which He can't finish within us, with out "us" becoming again "One with" Him within us, without us becoming the understanding of that "Oneness" that is God and True Man within us, without "us" becoming the witness of what He is doing within us.  Amen
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10.  We Must Start To Live Again As "One" - as "One with" God within us, as "One with" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "One with" the Creation of God within us, and then God will do everything else to make it so both within us, and on the "outside" of us, for this is what it means to trust and love in God alone, and in this way, stop being a hypocrite, stop trying to have it both way, stop trying to trust in both God within us, and in the world on the "outside" of us, for this is a very uncomfortable position to maintain, straddling the fence, not getting any peace in our life, either now or after we die, not getting either, not getting what is on either side of the fence, and instead, get off of the fence, and choose God within us, as "One with" God within us, and discard "us" on the "outside" of us, as "one with" everything
11.  Our True Heritage, Our True Birthright For This Age - is the example that Jesus (peace be upon Him) showed us over 2000 years ago, which is now what each of us can become, before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, we can each become the Light of God for the world for our age, the fragrance of the flower of the Holy Trinity of God for our age, in this way, removing all of our current "separation and differences", both from Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and from God within Him, if we only truly want it, want it more than our current life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us
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12.  This Is Our Last Chance - to get it right before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, so lets join together to share what we know, so we can all "walk out of here" as "One with" God within us, to an eternal life as "One with" God within us, not be pulled out of here, by the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him) within us, to an eternal life as "separate from" God within us.  The choice is certainly ours, and this age, this short age, is our last chance.  May we all understand this now, and start to act accordingly.  Amen
13.  Now We Can No Longer Plead Ignorance - to God when it is all over, that is, after we have read this letter, because now we know the "truth of us", and the "truth of God" within us, now we understand, and the only question left is "do we want it", do we want an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, because in truth there is no other option, whether we know it or not, and even whether we want it or not.  Now we know
14.  Because The Alternative Is Completely Unacceptable - to an eternal life of "Oneness with" God within us, no matter what, no matter what we have to endure now, before we die, the alternative which is an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, for if this alternative becomes our fate, then we have give up everything of value for nothing of value.  May we all know this now, and join in partnership with God within us, to do "His will" within us" within us, to "finish God work" within us, to finish what God has started within each of us, a very, very long time ago.  Amen
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15.  Our Work And Our Duty - our work is to do the will of God within us, and our duty
to God within us is to finish His work within us, to finish what He has started within us,
a very, very long time ago, and to do this before we physically die to the "outside" of
us, or at least truly join in partnership with God within us to start up again His work
within us, to start to tell again the story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within
us, before we die to the "outside" of us. May we all know this now, and join in
partnership with God within us, to do "His will" within us" within us, to "finish God work"
within us, to finish what God has started within each of us, a very, very long time ago,
as Jesus (peace be upon Him), and God within Him, told us to do, over 2000 ago.
Amen
          Quote from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 04, Verses 34 to 38
16.  Understanding The Nine Openings - of our body, which are currently ruling over us,
with God's permission, until we "see God" and "steady Him" within us.  Amen
17.  Making "Us" Into God's Problem Within Us - no longer holding onto it, as "our
problem" on the "outside" of us, in this way, learning how to convince God within us, to
do it again, that is, to "separate Himself" from all that is currently "separating us" from
God within us, getting God to do it again, do again what He did before, to become Godwithin us, but this time within us.  Amen
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18.  "Make Straight The Way of The Lord" - which is what each of us must all do with our life, before we die to the flesh, as "John the Baptist" told us to do, as the flower of the Holy Trinity of God within us, as our true faith and trust in God within us, as the witness of the Light of God within us, as the witness of the fragrance of the Holy Trinity of God within us, "that all men through him might believe", in the Light of God for their age, in the fragrance of God for their age, which was Jesus (peace be upon Him) on the "outside" of us over 2000 years ago, and which is now Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and God within Him, in our age, if we truly want it, and if we use the "Gift of God" for our age, both within us and on the "outside" of us, to understand, accept, and become "One with" it, before we die to the flesh, which is the life and teaching of God for our age, which for our age is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us).  May we all realize, understand, accept, and join with the "Gift of God" for our age, in this way, and in this way, truly "make straight the way of the Lord" within us.  Amen
          Quote from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 01, Verses 22 and 23
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19.  Because Now We Are Ready - now we can trust and believe in it, accept it, and become "One with" it, with the "truth of us" within us, and the "truth of God" within us, now we can let the "truth surrender to the truth" within us, now we can truly germinate, and let God tell the story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, making our life truly successful in our own lifetime, now we can do this, if we like it, if we really want to, if that is our true intention for our life, that is, to become "One with" God within us, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, for now the choice is ours, not God's, but ours, ours to either make before we die, or to have it made for us by God within us, after we die

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A.  What Has Happened To Us? - continued

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.

My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brother Ellis Thomas - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen
(Louie Beutler).

Here is page 2 of 2 of "Spiritual Letter 67", for your review and consideration, my dearest loving brother Ellis.

My love (anbu) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler).

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7.  The Finger of God On The "Outside" of Us - is always pointing to the truth of us within us, and to the truth of God within us, from within what we are currently seeing in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God, as "separate from" us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, a truth which we can only see and understand when we start to look at everything through God within us, through our wisdom, and through the truth of God within our wisdom

Which is like what happens when we look in our ignorance, with our mind and desire, through our life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, at an apple tree and its apples, seeing only something we can own, admire, eat, or use for our profit in some way, but in truth is the  finger of God on the "outside" of pointing to the truth of us, and to the truth of God within us, if we only have the eyes to see, is in truth pointing to the story of the apple seed buried within the earth, the story of the apple tree hidden within the apple seed, the story of the apple fruits hidden within the apple tree, and again the story of the apple seeds hidden within the apples, which is summary is the story of the "Oneness of the apple tree and its apples"..

But which in truth is the "oneness" of the apple tree and the apples hidden within it, which when the apple seed buried within the earth becomes aware of this, when it realizes, understands, accepts, and joins as "one" with that "oneness" within it, and becomes "One with" the earth and germinates, destroy the apple seed and revealing the apple tree, then everything changes, allowing the story of the "oneness of the apple tree and its apples" to be told within it, and it germinates, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God.

A truth of the apple tree, and of each of us, which when we look at it with God within us, as "One with" God within us, when we look at it through our wisdom, and through the truth of God within our wisdom, it becomes the finger of God point to the truth of us, and of God within us, and is beyond value, but which when we look at it in our ignorance and call it an apple tree, and happily own it, or eat its fruits, or profit from it in some way, by using it as part of the dream of our life on the "outside" of us, then it in truth has no value.  And the choice is ours how we look at it, not God's.

And if we choose to join as "One with" God within us to look at the apple tree and its fruits in this way, to see it as the finger of God pointing to the "truth of us", and to the "truth of God" within us, then it is we who will benefit, not God, because God is already "One with" us, but now we can become "One with" God within us, in this way using this "Gift of God" on the "outside" of us to adjust our focus to the inside of us, from "outside" to inside, using it to point to what each of us must truly do with our life within us, not "outside" of us, before we die to the "outside" of us, to again become "One with" God within us.

But this time with an understanding of that "Oneness" so it will never leave us again, doing what we must do, in the short time left to us, if we too are to become truly successful in our own lifetime, like each apple seed that germinates, which is the true gift of the apple tree and its fruits, because then, if we do at least that much, at least as much as an apple seed, then God will do everything else. Amen.

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8.  We Are The "Seed of God" & God Is The "Seed of True Man" - and this is the "truth of us", and this is the "truth of God" within us, and our work, if we choose to accept it, is to let the "truth surrender to the truth" within us, in the same way that an apple seed, when it realizes that it is an apple seed, and that it is buried within the earth, and that the earth contains everything necessary for the apple tree hidden within it to grow, then surrenders to the earth, with the earth realizing the same thing about the apple seed, surrenders to the apple seed, with both of them letting the "truth surrender to the truth", and the apple seed germinates, destroying the apple seed and revealing the apple tree

In this way, with "us" within us as "One with God within us realizing that in truth we are the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, and that God within us is the "Seed of True Man" hidden by God within the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, and in this way, we are "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, and God within us is "True Man happening" within "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, within the "Earth of God' within us.

And as such we are "One', each of "us" within us, and God within us, and True Man within God within us, are "One" within us. Amen.

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9.  We Are All Stuck On The "Outside" of Us - having forgotten about God within us, having fallen into many a trap that makes us see our selves, and define ourselves, in terms of what we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, rather than in terms of God within us, and in terms of what God is doing within us, which He can't finish within us, with out "us" becoming again "One with" Him within us, without us becoming the understanding of that "Oneness" that is God and True Man within us, without "us" becoming the witness of what He is doing within us.  Amen

And this is the "truth of us", and the "truth of God" within us, and the "truth of True Man" within God within us, if we will only accept this "Gift of God" for our age as coming from God within us, as coming from Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and from God within Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and not get stuck just on the "outside" of us, not get "stuck in our past", or stuck "in our present", or stuck "in our future", just on the "outside" of us, but also open ourselves up to what God has hidden within us, to show to us, when we are ready.

Just like God shows the apple seed what is hidden within it, when it is ready, because God can do anything, and God can come to us in any way that He wants, to teach us, to love us, to make us successful in our own lifetime, both then and now, like coming to us then, over 2000 years ago, as Jesus (peace be upon Him) on the "outside" of us, and coming to us now, in our age, as Jesus (peace be upon Him) again, but this time within us, and as God within Him.

And in this way, we must not only believe in what Jesus (peace be upon Him) told us over 2000 years ago on the "outside", in His age, but also believe in what Jesus (peace be upon Him) is telling us right now, in our age, both within us and on the "outside" of us, and then our life will be truly successful in our lifetime.

And in this way, believe also in what Jesus (peace be upon Him) is telling us now, in our age, through the life and teaching of God for our age, through the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and now through His Children, through the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), and now through this child and through this beautiful letter from God within all of us, to all of us, my dearest loving brother Ellis.

For just like the apple seed, the apple tree, and the apple fruit are in truth "One", so are we, so is God within us, and True Man within God within us, and each of us, "We" are in truth "One", if we only want it, and so are you and this child, and this child and you, "We" are "One", my dearest loving brother Ellis, if we only want it, if we will only give up our "separation and differences".

If we will only give up being defined by our life of "separation and differences" on the "outside", by what we think in our ignorance that "we" and our dearest loving brother and sisters, on the "outside" of us, think in our ignorance that "we are doing", or even worse, that "I am doing", which is really all false, which really in truth is but the lives of darkness, the lives of hell and evil, the lives of incompleteness hidden within us.

And instead let the "Oneness and Unity, the Justice and Truth, the Compassion and Unity", of God within us, define us, let what God is doing within us, define us, for then we will find peace in our life, and become successful in our own lifetime.  May we both step forward in our life, and in the lives of our family and friends, joined as "One with" God within us, to do this, my dearest loving brother Ellis, before it is too late, before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us.  Amen.

For the choice is truly ours, not God's. May we both choose for it to be "One", and then God will truly do everything else, to make it so, both within us and on the "outside" of us. Amen.

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10.  We Must Start To Live Again As "One" - as "One with" God within us, as "One with" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "One with" the Creation of God within us, and then God will do everything else to make it so both within us, and on the "outside" of us, for this is what it means to trust and love in God alone, and in this way, stop being a hypocrite, stop trying to have it both way, stop trying to trust in both God within us, and in the world on the "outside" of us, for this is a very uncomfortable position to maintain, straddling the fence, not getting any peace in our life, either now or after we die, not getting either, not getting what is on either side of the fence, and instead, get off of the fence, and choose God within us, as "One with" God within us, and discard "us" on the "outside" of us, as "one with" everything that God has
discarded

And as such, we must start to live as "One", we must start to pray to God as "One", and we must start to come together to pray to God as "One", no longer living, or praying, or coming together as "separate from" God, or as "separate from" each other, or even as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, that God has both personally and ever so lovingly placed within each of us, as the "Earth of God", as what the "Seed of God" within us must be planted within, by God within us, when we are truly ready, when we truly want it, when we truly want to become "One with" God within us, and nothing else, before die to the "outside" of us.

And now, in this age, to do this, as we weren't ready to do it over 2000 years ago, now we are all ready, ready to pick up this as our life, which is "Oneness with" God within us, and ready to put down what we are currently making our life, which is "separation from" God within us, on the "outside" of us, even if we don't know we are ready, and even if we don't want it.

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11.  Our True Heritage, Our True Birthright For This Age - is the example that Jesus (peace be upon Him) showed us over 2000 years ago, which is now what each of us can become, before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, we can each become the Light of God for the world for our age, the fragrance of the flower of the Holy Trinity of God for our age, in this way, removing all of our current "separation and differences", both from Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and from God within Him, if we only truly want it, want it more than our current life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us

Because now this is our true heritage, now this is our true birth right, the true heritage and birth right of each one of us living in this age, because God has now made it so for our age, not because of anything that we did or did not do, but because of the infinite Love and Mercy and Compassion of God within us

Now this is so, now this is the age and the choice, now nothing else matters, nothing else applies, no matter what we may thing or believe God has said in the past, or think or believe has happened in the past through God, for now this applies.

For now this is the "condition within the condition" that has always applied, this is the "law within the law" that has always applied, this is the "rule within the rule" that has always applied, this is the "teaching within the teaching" that has always applied, this is the "commandment within the commandment" that has always applied, and this is the "Word within the Word" that has always applied, but that we were not yet ready to hear and apply, but now we are ready to both hear it and apply it, by joining in partnership with God within us, by starting to live, pray to God, do duty to God, and to do all of this both within us, and on the "outside" of us, as "One with" God within us, as "One with" each other, and as "One with" the Creation of God within us. Amen.

For now this is it, this is what God wants us to do, this is what God wants all of us living in this age to do, to again become "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of that "Oneness", before we physically die to the "outside" of us, this is what we must now do, not what we may think and believe has come before from God directly, or from God through any and all of His 124,000 Prophets, or Heavenly Beings, or Lights.

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12.  This Is Our Last Chance - to get it right before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, so lets join together to share what we know, so we can all "walk out of here" as "One with" God within us, to an eternal life as "One with" God within us, not be pulled out of here, by the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him) within us, to an eternal life as "separate from" God within us.  The choice is certainly ours, and this age, this short age, is our last chance.  May we all understand this now, and start to act accordingly.  Amen

And in this way, this is our last chance to correctly choose, to correctly choose between "us" or God, our last chance to get it right before we die, our last chance to knowingly and consciously make our final choice, and to get it right, to choose God within us over "us" as 'separate from" God on the "outside" of us, before it is all over, before we die in our current state as "separate from" God within us, and by default God has to make the choice for us, based on what we truly deserve up to this point, which is an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, based on how we are currently living our lives, which is "selfishly", based on what we have done up to this point of true value with our life, which is nothing.

With us up to this point living our life in the same way that the apple seed does, as the apple seed that doesn't germinate does, just waiting out its time buried in the earth to die, all the while trying to protect itself from the earth, from the very same earth that it truth it came to the earth to join, so it could tell the story of the "oneness of the apple tree and its apples", hidden by God within it, until it finally dies, until it finally rots in the earth, and is absorbed into the earth, only to be reborn 105 million times, but never again as the apple seed, never again as that which came to the earth, to join with the earth, to tell this story, to tell the story of the "oneness of the apple tree and its apples", the story that it has been created by God to tell, so that we may in truth see and hear that story, which in truth is "our story", and then do the same with our life, rather than rotting in our earth, and taking on our 105 million rebirths.

And if we end up this way, rotting in the earth of us, within our mind and desire, as the apple seed does that doesn't germinate, then for us, like the apple seed, this is not very good, for then God has to turn us over to His Angels (peace be upon Him), and then we must be processed according to Their Rules, as given to Them a very, very long time ago by God within us, and They will follow these Rules exactly, for that is what They do, for those of us who have made the wrong choice, and have given up an eternal life as "One with" God within us, and with the understanding of that "Oneness",
for a short temporary life of ignorance as "separate from" God within us, on the "outside" of us.

And we don't want this, to end up with God's Angels (peace be upon Him), because They can't understand what we are capable of understanding, and our life has then been a waste, just like the life of the apple seeds that fail to germinate, because we haven't even come to understand what the Angels know (peace be upon Him), and our life has been a waste of what God has placed within us, which is God and all of "His Stuff", in order to complete God's purpose for creating us, in order to complete what God is doing within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of His Creations, including all of His Angels.

In this way, this is our one last chance, our last chance to choose between God and "us", which in truth is the choice between either the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us, or "us" as "separate from" God within us, on the "outside" of us, for a short time, which then becomes an eternal life of "separation from" God.

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13.  Now We Can No Longer Plead Ignorance - to God when it is all over, that is, after we have read this letter, because now we know the "truth of us", and the "truth of God" within us, now we understand, and the only question left is "do we want it", do we want an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, because in truth there is no other option, whether we know it or not, and even whether we want it or not.  Now we know

And if we continue with "business as usual" on the "outside" of us, and then if we die in that state, then God will decide for us, and hand us over to His Angels (peace be upon Them) for processing, for a "no choice" is still a choice, a choice of "separation from" God within us, because after reading this letter, my dearest loving brother Ellis, we can no longer plead ignorance, we can no longer tell God,

          "I didn't know", or even "I didn't understand".

For now, after reading this letter, all we can now say to God within us, after it is all over, if that becomes our fate, is,

          "I didn't want it, Oh God. I didn't want an eternal life of Oneness with You, Oh
          God."

This is all we can now say to God, after reading this letter, my dearest loving brother Ellis, if that becomes our fate.

May we both realize this now, my dearest loving brother Ellis, without the slightest doubt, and truly step out in the direction of God within us, step out on the "Straight Path" of God for our age, this very moment, handing over to God within us all responsibility for making this happen within us, trusting with each breath, with each look, with each thought, with each action, that He will, both today and for every day, every hour, ever moment of the rest of our life. This is prayer. This is truly prayer in our life. Amen.

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14.  Because The Alternative Is Completely Unacceptable - to an eternal life of "Oneness with" God within us, no matter what, no matter what we have to endure now, before we die, the alternative which is an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, for if this alternative becomes our fate, then we have give up everything of value for nothing of value

Always realizing, when this become difficult to do, as it will, for such is the "Straight Path" of God both within us and on the outside of us, which is God "separating from" us all that is "separating us" from God, if we will only let Him, if we will only join Him to do this within us, in this "Grand Endeavor" within us, with "us" within us as "One with" Him within us, and do it before we physically die to the "outside" of us, and always realizing, that the alternative to this, which is everything else, is completely unacceptable, no matter what.

For if this alternative becomes our fate, my dearest loving brother Ellis, then we have in our ignorance given up all of this, given up an eternal life of "Oneness with" God within us, with an understanding of that "Oneness", for absolutely nothing.

We have given up all of God within us, and all of the "Stuff of God" within us, and the understanding of all of this within us for eternity within us, for absolutely nothing, for a short temporary life of "selfishness' on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us.

As "separate from" the Creation of God within us, which in truth is the "Earth of God" within us, that we think in our ignorance, like the apple seeds that fail to germinate, that we have to protect ourselves from, but that in truth we came to this earth world, to join with the "Earth of God" within us, with the Creation of God within us, to germinate,
so the story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us could be told by God within us. What a waste.

Such is our current life, our current prayers, and our current duty, my dearest loving brother Ellis, a life, prayers, and duty of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, a life, prayers, and duty that all needs to come to an end within us, through the grace, the wisdom, and the 'ilm or divine knowledge of God within us, so a true life, true prayer, and true duty as "One with" God within us can begin within us, before we physically die to the "outside" of us.

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15.  Our Work And Our Duty - our work is to do the will of God within us, and our duty
to God within us is to finish His work within us, to finish what He has started within us,
a very, very long time ago, and to do this before we physically die to the "outside" of
us, or at least truly join in partnership with God within us to start up again His work
within us, to start to tell again the story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within
us, before we die to the "outside" of us. May we all know this now, and join in
partnership with God within us, to do "His will" within us" within us, to "finish God work"
within us, to finish what God has started within each of us, a very, very long time ago,
as Jesus (peace be upon Him), and God within Him, told us to do, over 2000 ago.
Amen
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Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 04, Verses 34 to 38

For as Jesus (peace be upon Him) teaches us, in Chapter 04, Verses 34 to 38,

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Jesus said unto them, My meat is to do the will of Him that sent Me, and to finish His
work.  Say not ye, There are four months, and then cometh harvest?  Behold, I say
unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he
that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. And herein is that saying true.
One soweth, and another reapeth.

I send you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are
entered into their labours.

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This is our work, my dearest loving brother Ellis, to "do the will of God" within us, and
to finish His work" within us, not to work for wages to get into some illusory heaven on
the "outside" of us.

That is, to join in partnership with God within us in order to start to truly intend a life,
prayers, and duty of "Oneness" with God within us, rather than continuing our current
life, prayers, and duty that is performed only on the "outside" of us , which in truth is
not really wrong, but rather is a finger of God on the "outside" of us pointing to what can
be accomplished within us, as "One with" God within us, as "One with" all of the "Stuff
of God" within us, which should and can be our life, prayers, and duty within us, as
"One with" the "will of God" within us, and as "One with" the "work of God" within us.

As the story of the apple tree and its apples is not wrong either, but rather is also a
finger of God pointing to what should and can be our life, prayers, and duty within us, if
we will only place all of our trust and love in God within us, and not try to not hedge our
bets, by trying to trust and love both, both God and the world that we currently see in
our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, causing us to fall into the subtle "Sin of Righteousness" that has now over taken our life, and prayers, and duty on the
"outside" of us, and in truth is just leading us to hell, to an eternal life of "separation
from" God within us.

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16.  Understanding The Nine Openings of Our Body - which are currently ruling over us, with God's permission, until we "see God" and "steady Him" within us.  Amen

A life of "separation and differences" that we are currently experiencing as "us" and our dearest loving brothers and sisters living a life of "separation and differences", a life of arrogance, karma, and illusion, a life of desire for earth, women, and gold, in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, but which in truth is within us, which in truth is the worlds of hell and of evil that we have allowed in our ignorance to grow within us, and which now in maturity rule over us, as the 9 openings of our body, with God's permission.

Until we "see God and steady Him within us", allowing God within us to then "Cure Himself of us", of "us" as "separate from" Him within us, because then we no longer exist, we no longer exist as "separate from" God within us, because then God within us has awakened from His dream within us, and then "we" as "One with" God within us, and God as "One with" us within Him within us, will rule over them, over these 9 openings within us, will rule over everything within us, allowing the story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us to be told within us, to move forward within us, and to come to completion within us. Amen.

Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen.

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17.  Making "Us" Into God's Problem Within Us - no longer holding onto it, as "our problem" on the "outside" of us, in this way, learning how to convince God within us, to do it again, that is, to "separate Himself" from all that is currently "separating us" from God within us, getting God to do it again, do again what He did before, to become God within us, but this time within us.  Amen

A life of "separation and differences", a life of sin, on the "outside" of us which in truth is just leading us to hell, leading us to an eternal life of "separation from" God within us, unless we get God within us to change it, unless we get God within us to personally intervenes, unless we get God within us to make "us" as "separate from" Him within us into His problem within us, not our problem on the "outside" of us, unless we can get God within us to make our life, our prayers, and our duty, into His problem within us, not our problem on the "outside" of us.

Unless we join in partnership with God within us to start to use God within us, to get to God within us, unless we join in partnership with God within us to stop trying to use what God has discarded within us, to get to God within us, which is everything we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, unless we join in partnership with God within us to start to exclusively trust and love in God within us, and no longer trust and love in the world on the "outside" of us, in any way.

Unless we, as our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), teaches us on page 11, as part of the "Invocation To The Guru", in the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", join as "One with" God within us,

          "To let grace spring forth,
          To let the darkness vanish,
          To let the love of Guru grow,
          And to let qualities be purified.
          O Graceful Guru, give me a remedy"
                    .
          "Swami, show us a way to dispel the darkness in the world".

          "For the Silent One to appear as Grace,
          To find the world as a tiny thing,
          To destroy sorrow which is a maiden,
          With help from the Master Guru's graceful way,
          Seek and learn standing on the path,
          And ask with a melting heart".

          "Let the body become the true mystery,
          Dominant with grace,
          Let the seed be destroyed,
          Blinding both eyes.
          Enshrine in thy heart,
          The lamp of Guru's graceful words,
          With a heart of love,
          See Aathi as a thing".

          "Spread the Guru's words with delightful heart,
          Unfurl the flag of Guru's words everywhere,
          Then the fate that accompanies thee
          Shall turn into dust.
          My true and perfect pupils, gems of my eyes,
          ask for the remedy in order to shine everywhere.
          Amen."

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18.  "Make Straight The Way of The Lord" - which is what each of us must all do with our life, before we die to the flesh, as "John the Baptist" told us to do, as the flower of the Holy Trinity of God within us, as our true faith and trust in God within us, as the witness of the Light of God within us, as the witness of the fragrance of the Holy Trinity of God within us, "that all men through him might believe", in the Light of God for their age, in the fragrance of God for their age, which was Jesus (peace be upon Him) on the "outside" of us over 2000 years ago, and which is now Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and God within Him, in our age, if we truly want it, and if we use the "Gift of God" for our age, both within us and on the "outside" of us, to understand, accept, and become "One with" it, before we die to the flesh, which is the life and teaching of God for our age, which for our age is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us).  May we all realize, understand, accept, and join with the "Gift of God" for our age, in this way, and in this way, truly "make straight the way of the Lord" within us.  Amen

Such is our current life, my dearest loving brother Ellis, a short temporary life of "selfishness" on the "outside" of us, which if we don't correct before we die, will
become our fate for eternity, which if we don't correct by joining in partnership with God within us, will become our fate for eternity.

Unless before we die, we intend to give up our "working for wages" on the "outside" of us, we intend to give up our "working for wages" to get into some illusory heaven on the "outside" of us, and instead join in partnership with God within us, to make these intentions true within us, with "us" within us as "One with" God within us, in order to finish what God has started within us, a very, very long time ago.

If not, then what we currently call as our life, our prayers, and our duty, on the "outside" of us, will become our fate, after we die, will become our eternal life of "separation from" God within us, a fate destined by God for each of us in this age, if we don't truly step out in God's direction within us, before we die, or at least try.

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Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 01, Verses 22 and 23

At least try to "Make straight the way of the Lord" within us, before we die, as "John the Baptist" told us to do over 2000 years ago, as recorded in Chapter 01, Verse 22 and 23, in the "Gospel of John".

          "Then said they unto him, Who art thou? That we may give an answer to them
          that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?"

          "He said, I am the voice of the One crying in the wilderness, Make straight the
          way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Esaias."

And in this way, my dearest loving brother Ellis, we must at least try, at least try to "become "One with" God within us, before we die, at least try to make this our true intention, before we die, and doing it not just for some "selfish" reason, like a place near God in some illusory heaven on the "outside" of us, but rather doing it for God's reason, for a truly "selfless" reason, a reason that allows us to quietly and peacefully disappear again into God within us, from which we have all come, before we die, doing
it only for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us.

Doing it this time, that is, becoming again "One with" God within us, with an understanding of that "Oneness", so it will never leave us again, an understanding that we can then spend eternity sharing with God within us, as "One with" God within us. Amen.

And then God will do everything else, both within us and on the "outside" of us, when we turn away from our current "outside" of us, and turn towards God within us, and
only come together on the "outside" of us as "One", as the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which is the "truth of us" within us, and the "truth of God" within us, that God has also personally and ever so lovingly placed within each of us.

In this way, with "us" within us as "One with" God within us, no longer living and
coming together as separate people, or as separate groups, praying in our separate ways to our separate God, on the "outside" of us, because God has none of this within Him, He has none of our current "separation & differences" within Him, because God is "One", and in truth, so are we.

So if we join with God within us, to move in His direction within us, to "Make straight the way of the Lord" within us, to walk with God within us on the "Straight Path" of God within us, then we too will have none of these things within us, none of this "separation and differences" within us.

So in this way, may we all join with God within us to begin to act this way, both within us and on the "outside" of us, to begin to act as "One with" God within us, to begin to act as "One with" each other on the "outside" of us, and to begin to act as "One with" the Creation of God within us, and then God will do everything else, then God will set about "Curing Himself of us", of "us" as "separate from" God, because then we no longer exist as "separate from" God, allowing God to again "separate from" Him all that "separates" Him from Him, but this time within us, and in this way, allowing "Us" to truly turn away from all of our "separations and differences".

And that would be very, very good for all of us, for Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, for God within Jesus within us (peace be upon Him), for God within all of 24,000 Prophets, Heavenly Beings, and Lights of God within us, and for "us" within us as "One with" God within us. Amen.

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19.  Because Now We Are Ready - now we can trust and believe in it, accept it, and become "One with" it, with the "truth of us" within us, with and the "truth of God" within us, now we can let the "truth surrender to the truth" within us, now we can truly germinate, and let God tell the story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, making our life truly successful in our own lifetime, now we can do this, if we like it, if we really want to, if that is our true intention for our life, that is, to become "One with" God within us, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, for now the choice is ours, not God's, but ours, ours to either make before we die, or to have it made for us by God within us, after we die

My dearest loving brother Ellis, this is what Jesus (peace be upon Him) could not tell the Children of God in His age, over 2000 years ago, that the "Comforter", that the "Spirit of Truth" can now tell us in our age, that our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) can now tell us in our age, that this child can now tell us, that each of us can now tell the Children of God for our age, because now we are ready, each of us is ready to both hear it and tell it, because for our age God has made it so, now we can trust and believe in it, accept it, and become "One with" it, if we like.

Because now we are ready. Now all that is left is our choice, to either accept or reject it, to either accept or reject the "Gift of God" for our age, the "Gift" what Jesus (peace be upon Him) told us about over 2000 years ago, and told us that He would later send to us later.

And now Jesus (peace be upon Him), and God within Him, has sent the "Gift of God" to us, for all of the Children of God for our age, because now we are ready, each one of us, are ready to realize, understand, and either accept or reject it, before we die to the "outside" of us.

And the choice is ours, not God's because God has already made His choice, and He chose "Oneness with" us, and that is why we are now alive, that is why we are currently living in the world today, to make our choice before we die, everything else is just drama, the drama of "separation and differences" in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us.

May each of us join with God within us, and with the "Gift of God" for our age, with the life and teaching of God for our age, to make the correct choice, before it is too late, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, and in this way, again become "One with" God within us, before we die, but this time with an understanding of that "Oneness" so it will never leave us again. Amen.

And may we all do this in our age by joining with the life and teaching of our Father,
Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), do this by joining as "One with" this child and with this beautiful letter from God within us, do this by joining as "One with" God within us to do this "Heart's Work" within us, do this in order to share the wisdom of God for our age with all of our dearest loving brothers and sisters, with our family and friends, so they too can make the correct choice, before it is too late, before we die to the "outside" of us, or before the "outside" of all of us is prematurely destroyed by "one of us", because in our age this can also happen. May God protect us all. Amen.

And in this way, giving each of them the opportunity to make their own choice about this important matter, not trying to make it for them, by not sharing this letter with them, by not sharing the "Gift of God" for our age, thinking that somehow we know what they need, but rather trusting in God within them, and letting them decide for themselves, as this child has done with you, my dearest loving brother Ellis.

For only then will we find peace in this child and in this letter, and with the "Gift of God" for our age, and find peace with each of our dearest loving brothers and sisters, with each member of our family and friends, by allowing them to find peace in this letter, in the "Gift of God" for our age, if they like, even if we don't initially find it for ourselves. Such is true love. Amen.

May we both learn to live this way, before we die, my dearest loving brother Ellis.
Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. All praise and praising belong to God, and to God alone. Only God is Great. Amen.

My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brother Ellis - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler).


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Title:  "What Has Happened To Us?".
Brief Summary:  "Man appearing on this earth, forgets God and falls into many a trap. He does not know to seek himself, although God exists within man. This book,
The Pearl of Wisdom, is to explain this concept in detail, (this concept which in the Islamic tradition is called Tawhid, "the affirmation of the unity of God". This quotation is from the "Forward" of this book)
Date Written and Posted:  March, 2005
Written by:  Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler)
Written to:  Mr. Ellis Thomas, a High School Classmate of Louie Beutler

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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.

My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler).

Here is page 2 of 2 of "Spiritual Letter 68" that was sent  to a High School Classmate of this child, to a Mr. Ellis Thomas, who has recently demonstrated very strong faith and trust in God, and who is currently going through a situation in his life that allows him to be an example to all of us of his Iman, of his absolute, unshakable faith, certitude, and determination in God, in the truth that "Only God exists" within us, and in the truth that "God is One" within us.  Amen.

As always, this letter was written by this child sitting at the feet of God for our age, at the feet of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) on the "outside" of us, and is respectfully and humbly shared with each of you at this time.  Amen.

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A.  What Has Happened To Us? - (continued)

7.  The Finger of God On The "Outside" of Us - is always pointing to the truth of us
          within us, & to the truth of God within us, from within what we are currently seeing
          of us", & this is the "truth of God" within us, & our work, if we choose to accept it
9.  We Are All Stuck On The "Outside" of Us - having forgotten about God within us,
          having fallen into many a trap that makes us see our selves, and define ourselves,
          in terms of what we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us
10.  We Must Start To Live Again As "One" - as "One with" God within us, as "One
          with" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "One with" the Creation of God
          within us
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11.  Our True Heritage, Our True Birthright - for this age, is the example that Jesus
          (peace be upon Him) showed us over 2000 years ago
12.  This Is Our Last Chance - to get it right before we die to the flesh, before we
          physically die to the "outside" of us, so lets join together to share what we know
13.  Now We Can No Longer Plead Ignorance - to God when it is all over, that is, after
          we have read this letter, because now we know the "truth of us"
14.  Because The Alternative - is completely unacceptable, to an eternal life of
          "Oneness with" God within us, no matter what
15.  Our Work And Our Duty - our work is to do the will of God within us, and our duty
          to God within us is to finish His work within us
          Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 04, Verses 34 to 38
16.  Understanding The Nine Openings - of our body, which are currently ruling over us,
          with God's permission, until we "see God" and "steady Him" within us.  Amen
17.  Making "Us" Into God's Problem Within Us - no longer holding onto it, as "our
          problem" on the "outside" of us
18.  "Make Straight The Way of The Lord" - which is what each of us must all do with
          our life, before we die to the flesh, as "John the Baptist" told us to do
          Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 01, Verses 22 and 23
19.  Because Now We Are Ready - now we can trust and believe in it, and become
          "One with" it, with the "truth of us" within us, and the "truth of God" within us

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A.  What Has Happened to Us? - continued

7.  The Finger of God On The "Outside" of Us - is always pointing to the truth of us within us, and to the truth of God within us, from within what we are currently seeing in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God, as "separate from" us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, a truth which we can only see and understand when we start to look at everything through God within us, through our wisdom, and through the truth of God within our wisdom
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8.  We Are The "Seed of God" & God Is The "Seed of True Man" - and this is the "truth of us", and this is the "truth of God" within us, and our work, if we choose to accept it, is to let the "truth surrender to the truth" within us, in the same way that an apple seed, when it realizes that it is an apple seed, and that it is buried within the earth, and that the earth contains everything necessary for the apple tree hidden within it to grow, then surrenders to the earth, with the earth realizing the same thing about the apple seed, surrenders to the apple seed, with both of them letting the "truth surrender to the truth", and the apple seed germinates, destroying the apple seed and revealing the apple tree
9.  We Are All Stuck On The "Outside" of Us - having forgotten about God within us, having fallen into many a trap that makes us see our selves, and define ourselves, in terms of what we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, rather than in terms of God within us, and in terms of what God is doing within us, which He can't finish within us, with out "us" becoming again "One with" Him within us, without us becoming the understanding of that "Oneness" that is God and True Man within us, without "us" becoming the witness of what He is doing within us.  Amen
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10.  We Must Start To Live Again As "One" - as "One with" God within us, as "One with" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "One with" the Creation of God within us, and then God will do everything else to make it so both within us, and on the "outside" of us, for this is what it means to trust and love in God alone, and in this way, stop being a hypocrite, stop trying to have it both way, stop trying to trust in both God within us, and in the world on the "outside" of us, for this is a very uncomfortable position to maintain, straddling the fence, not getting any peace in our life, either now or after we die, not getting either, not getting what is on either side of the fence, and instead, get off of the fence, and choose God within us, as "One with" God within us, and discard "us" on the "outside" of us, as "one with" everything
11.  Our True Heritage, Our True Birthright For This Age - is the example that Jesus (peace be upon Him) showed us over 2000 years ago, which is now what each of us can become, before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, we can each become the Light of God for the world for our age, the fragrance of the flower of the Holy Trinity of God for our age, in this way, removing all of our current "separation and differences", both from Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and from God within Him, if we only truly want it, want it more than our current life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us
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12.  This Is Our Last Chance - to get it right before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, so lets join together to share what we know, so we can all "walk out of here" as "One with" God within us, to an eternal life as "One with" God within us, not be pulled out of here, by the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him) within us, to an eternal life as "separate from" God within us.  The choice is certainly ours, and this age, this short age, is our last chance.  May we all understand this now, and start to act accordingly.  Amen
13.  Now We Can No Longer Plead Ignorance - to God when it is all over, that is, after we have read this letter, because now we know the "truth of us", and the "truth of God" within us, now we understand, and the only question left is "do we want it", do we want an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, because in truth there is no other option, whether we know it or not, and even whether we want it or not.  Now we know
14.  Because The Alternative Is Completely Unacceptable - to an eternal life of "Oneness with" God within us, no matter what, no matter what we have to endure now, before we die, the alternative which is an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, for if this alternative becomes our fate, then we have give up everything of value for nothing of value.  May we all know this now, and join in partnership with God within us, to do "His will" within us" within us, to "finish God work" within us, to finish what God has started within each of us, a very, very long time ago.  Amen
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15.  Our Work And Our Duty - our work is to do the will of God within us, and our duty
to God within us is to finish His work within us, to finish what He has started within us,
a very, very long time ago, and to do this before we physically die to the "outside" of
us, or at least truly join in partnership with God within us to start up again His work
within us, to start to tell again the story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within
us, before we die to the "outside" of us. May we all know this now, and join in
partnership with God within us, to do "His will" within us" within us, to "finish God work"
within us, to finish what God has started within each of us, a very, very long time ago,
as Jesus (peace be upon Him), and God within Him, told us to do, over 2000 ago.
Amen
          Quote from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 04, Verses 34 to 38
16.  Understanding The Nine Openings - of our body, which are currently ruling over us,
with God's permission, until we "see God" and "steady Him" within us.  Amen
17.  Making "Us" Into God's Problem Within Us - no longer holding onto it, as "our
problem" on the "outside" of us, in this way, learning how to convince God within us, to
do it again, that is, to "separate Himself" from all that is currently "separating us" from
God within us, getting God to do it again, do again what He did before, to become Godwithin us, but this time within us.  Amen
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18.  "Make Straight The Way of The Lord" - which is what each of us must all do with our life, before we die to the flesh, as "John the Baptist" told us to do, as the flower of the Holy Trinity of God within us, as our true faith and trust in God within us, as the witness of the Light of God within us, as the witness of the fragrance of the Holy Trinity of God within us, "that all men through him might believe", in the Light of God for their age, in the fragrance of God for their age, which was Jesus (peace be upon Him) on the "outside" of us over 2000 years ago, and which is now Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and God within Him, in our age, if we truly want it, and if we use the "Gift of God" for our age, both within us and on the "outside" of us, to understand, accept, and become "One with" it, before we die to the flesh, which is the life and teaching of God for our age, which for our age is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us).  May we all realize, understand, accept, and join with the "Gift of God" for our age, in this way, and in this way, truly "make straight the way of the Lord" within us.  Amen
          Quote from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 01, Verses 22 and 23
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19.  Because Now We Are Ready - now we can trust and believe in it, accept it, and become "One with" it, with the "truth of us" within us, and the "truth of God" within us, now we can let the "truth surrender to the truth" within us, now we can truly germinate, and let God tell the story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, making our life truly successful in our own lifetime, now we can do this, if we like it, if we really want to, if that is our true intention for our life, that is, to become "One with" God within us, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, for now the choice is ours, not God's, but ours, ours to either make before we die, or to have it made for us by God within us, after we die

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A.  What Has Happened To Us? - continued

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.

My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brother Ellis Thomas - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen
(Louie Beutler).

Here is page 2 of 2 of "Spiritual Letter 67", for your review and consideration, my dearest loving brother Ellis.

My love (anbu) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler).

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7.  The Finger of God On The "Outside" of Us - is always pointing to the truth of us within us, and to the truth of God within us, from within what we are currently seeing in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God, as "separate from" us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, a truth which we can only see and understand when we start to look at everything through God within us, through our wisdom, and through the truth of God within our wisdom

Which is like what happens when we look in our ignorance, with our mind and desire, through our life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, at an apple tree and its apples, seeing only something we can own, admire, eat, or use for our profit in some way, but in truth is the  finger of God on the "outside" of pointing to the truth of us, and to the truth of God within us, if we only have the eyes to see, is in truth pointing to the story of the apple seed buried within the earth, the story of the apple tree hidden within the apple seed, the story of the apple fruits hidden within the apple tree, and again the story of the apple seeds hidden within the apples, which is summary is the story of the "Oneness of the apple tree and its apples"..

But which in truth is the "oneness" of the apple tree and the apples hidden within it, which when the apple seed buried within the earth becomes aware of this, when it realizes, understands, accepts, and joins as "one" with that "oneness" within it, and becomes "One with" the earth and germinates, destroy the apple seed and revealing the apple tree, then everything changes, allowing the story of the "oneness of the apple tree and its apples" to be told within it, and it germinates, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God.

A truth of the apple tree, and of each of us, which when we look at it with God within us, as "One with" God within us, when we look at it through our wisdom, and through the truth of God within our wisdom, it becomes the finger of God point to the truth of us, and of God within us, and is beyond value, but which when we look at it in our ignorance and call it an apple tree, and happily own it, or eat its fruits, or profit from it in some way, by using it as part of the dream of our life on the "outside" of us, then it in truth has no value.  And the choice is ours how we look at it, not God's.

And if we choose to join as "One with" God within us to look at the apple tree and its fruits in this way, to see it as the finger of God pointing to the "truth of us", and to the "truth of God" within us, then it is we who will benefit, not God, because God is already "One with" us, but now we can become "One with" God within us, in this way using this "Gift of God" on the "outside" of us to adjust our focus to the inside of us, from "outside" to inside, using it to point to what each of us must truly do with our life within us, not "outside" of us, before we die to the "outside" of us, to again become "One with" God within us.

But this time with an understanding of that "Oneness" so it will never leave us again, doing what we must do, in the short time left to us, if we too are to become truly successful in our own lifetime, like each apple seed that germinates, which is the true gift of the apple tree and its fruits, because then, if we do at least that much, at least as much as an apple seed, then God will do everything else. Amen.

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8.  We Are The "Seed of God" & God Is The "Seed of True Man" - and this is the "truth of us", and this is the "truth of God" within us, and our work, if we choose to accept it, is to let the "truth surrender to the truth" within us, in the same way that an apple seed, when it realizes that it is an apple seed, and that it is buried within the earth, and that the earth contains everything necessary for the apple tree hidden within it to grow, then surrenders to the earth, with the earth realizing the same thing about the apple seed, surrenders to the apple seed, with both of them letting the "truth surrender to the truth", and the apple seed germinates, destroying the apple seed and revealing the apple tree

In this way, with "us" within us as "One with God within us realizing that in truth we are the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, and that God within us is the "Seed of True Man" hidden by God within the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, and in this way, we are "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, and God within us is "True Man happening" within "God happening" within the Creation of God within us, within the "Earth of God' within us.

And as such we are "One', each of "us" within us, and God within us, and True Man within God within us, are "One" within us. Amen.

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9.  We Are All Stuck On The "Outside" of Us - having forgotten about God within us, having fallen into many a trap that makes us see our selves, and define ourselves, in terms of what we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, rather than in terms of God within us, and in terms of what God is doing within us, which He can't finish within us, with out "us" becoming again "One with" Him within us, without us becoming the understanding of that "Oneness" that is God and True Man within us, without "us" becoming the witness of what He is doing within us.  Amen

And this is the "truth of us", and the "truth of God" within us, and the "truth of True Man" within God within us, if we will only accept this "Gift of God" for our age as coming from God within us, as coming from Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and from God within Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and not get stuck just on the "outside" of us, not get "stuck in our past", or stuck "in our present", or stuck "in our future", just on the "outside" of us, but also open ourselves up to what God has hidden within us, to show to us, when we are ready.

Just like God shows the apple seed what is hidden within it, when it is ready, because God can do anything, and God can come to us in any way that He wants, to teach us, to love us, to make us successful in our own lifetime, both then and now, like coming to us then, over 2000 years ago, as Jesus (peace be upon Him) on the "outside" of us, and coming to us now, in our age, as Jesus (peace be upon Him) again, but this time within us, and as God within Him.

And in this way, we must not only believe in what Jesus (peace be upon Him) told us over 2000 years ago on the "outside", in His age, but also believe in what Jesus (peace be upon Him) is telling us right now, in our age, both within us and on the "outside" of us, and then our life will be truly successful in our lifetime.

And in this way, believe also in what Jesus (peace be upon Him) is telling us now, in our age, through the life and teaching of God for our age, through the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and now through His Children, through the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), and now through this child and through this beautiful letter from God within all of us, to all of us, my dearest loving brother Ellis.

For just like the apple seed, the apple tree, and the apple fruit are in truth "One", so are we, so is God within us, and True Man within God within us, and each of us, "We" are in truth "One", if we only want it, and so are you and this child, and this child and you, "We" are "One", my dearest loving brother Ellis, if we only want it, if we will only give up our "separation and differences".

If we will only give up being defined by our life of "separation and differences" on the "outside", by what we think in our ignorance that "we" and our dearest loving brother and sisters, on the "outside" of us, think in our ignorance that "we are doing", or even worse, that "I am doing", which is really all false, which really in truth is but the lives of darkness, the lives of hell and evil, the lives of incompleteness hidden within us.

And instead let the "Oneness and Unity, the Justice and Truth, the Compassion and Unity", of God within us, define us, let what God is doing within us, define us, for then we will find peace in our life, and become successful in our own lifetime.  May we both step forward in our life, and in the lives of our family and friends, joined as "One with" God within us, to do this, my dearest loving brother Ellis, before it is too late, before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us.  Amen.

For the choice is truly ours, not God's. May we both choose for it to be "One", and then God will truly do everything else, to make it so, both within us and on the "outside" of us. Amen.

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10.  We Must Start To Live Again As "One" - as "One with" God within us, as "One with" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "One with" the Creation of God within us, and then God will do everything else to make it so both within us, and on the "outside" of us, for this is what it means to trust and love in God alone, and in this way, stop being a hypocrite, stop trying to have it both way, stop trying to trust in both God within us, and in the world on the "outside" of us, for this is a very uncomfortable position to maintain, straddling the fence, not getting any peace in our life, either now or after we die, not getting either, not getting what is on either side of the fence, and instead, get off of the fence, and choose God within us, as "One with" God within us, and discard "us" on the "outside" of us, as "one with" everything that God has
discarded

And as such, we must start to live as "One", we must start to pray to God as "One", and we must start to come together to pray to God as "One", no longer living, or praying, or coming together as "separate from" God, or as "separate from" each other, or even as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, that God has both personally and ever so lovingly placed within each of us, as the "Earth of God", as what the "Seed of God" within us must be planted within, by God within us, when we are truly ready, when we truly want it, when we truly want to become "One with" God within us, and nothing else, before die to the "outside" of us.

And now, in this age, to do this, as we weren't ready to do it over 2000 years ago, now we are all ready, ready to pick up this as our life, which is "Oneness with" God within us, and ready to put down what we are currently making our life, which is "separation from" God within us, on the "outside" of us, even if we don't know we are ready, and even if we don't want it.

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11.  Our True Heritage, Our True Birthright For This Age - is the example that Jesus (peace be upon Him) showed us over 2000 years ago, which is now what each of us can become, before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, we can each become the Light of God for the world for our age, the fragrance of the flower of the Holy Trinity of God for our age, in this way, removing all of our current "separation and differences", both from Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and from God within Him, if we only truly want it, want it more than our current life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us

Because now this is our true heritage, now this is our true birth right, the true heritage and birth right of each one of us living in this age, because God has now made it so for our age, not because of anything that we did or did not do, but because of the infinite Love and Mercy and Compassion of God within us

Now this is so, now this is the age and the choice, now nothing else matters, nothing else applies, no matter what we may thing or believe God has said in the past, or think or believe has happened in the past through God, for now this applies.

For now this is the "condition within the condition" that has always applied, this is the "law within the law" that has always applied, this is the "rule within the rule" that has always applied, this is the "teaching within the teaching" that has always applied, this is the "commandment within the commandment" that has always applied, and this is the "Word within the Word" that has always applied, but that we were not yet ready to hear and apply, but now we are ready to both hear it and apply it, by joining in partnership with God within us, by starting to live, pray to God, do duty to God, and to do all of this both within us, and on the "outside" of us, as "One with" God within us, as "One with" each other, and as "One with" the Creation of God within us. Amen.

For now this is it, this is what God wants us to do, this is what God wants all of us living in this age to do, to again become "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of that "Oneness", before we physically die to the "outside" of us, this is what we must now do, not what we may think and believe has come before from God directly, or from God through any and all of His 124,000 Prophets, or Heavenly Beings, or Lights.

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12.  This Is Our Last Chance - to get it right before we die to the flesh, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, so lets join together to share what we know, so we can all "walk out of here" as "One with" God within us, to an eternal life as "One with" God within us, not be pulled out of here, by the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him) within us, to an eternal life as "separate from" God within us.  The choice is certainly ours, and this age, this short age, is our last chance.  May we all understand this now, and start to act accordingly.  Amen

And in this way, this is our last chance to correctly choose, to correctly choose between "us" or God, our last chance to get it right before we die, our last chance to knowingly and consciously make our final choice, and to get it right, to choose God within us over "us" as 'separate from" God on the "outside" of us, before it is all over, before we die in our current state as "separate from" God within us, and by default God has to make the choice for us, based on what we truly deserve up to this point, which is an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, based on how we are currently living our lives, which is "selfishly", based on what we have done up to this point of true value with our life, which is nothing.

With us up to this point living our life in the same way that the apple seed does, as the apple seed that doesn't germinate does, just waiting out its time buried in the earth to die, all the while trying to protect itself from the earth, from the very same earth that it truth it came to the earth to join, so it could tell the story of the "oneness of the apple tree and its apples", hidden by God within it, until it finally dies, until it finally rots in the earth, and is absorbed into the earth, only to be reborn 105 million times, but never again as the apple seed, never again as that which came to the earth, to join with the earth, to tell this story, to tell the story of the "oneness of the apple tree and its apples", the story that it has been created by God to tell, so that we may in truth see and hear that story, which in truth is "our story", and then do the same with our life, rather than rotting in our earth, and taking on our 105 million rebirths.

And if we end up this way, rotting in the earth of us, within our mind and desire, as the apple seed does that doesn't germinate, then for us, like the apple seed, this is not very good, for then God has to turn us over to His Angels (peace be upon Him), and then we must be processed according to Their Rules, as given to Them a very, very long time ago by God within us, and They will follow these Rules exactly, for that is what They do, for those of us who have made the wrong choice, and have given up an eternal life as "One with" God within us, and with the understanding of that "Oneness",
for a short temporary life of ignorance as "separate from" God within us, on the "outside" of us.

And we don't want this, to end up with God's Angels (peace be upon Him), because They can't understand what we are capable of understanding, and our life has then been a waste, just like the life of the apple seeds that fail to germinate, because we haven't even come to understand what the Angels know (peace be upon Him), and our life has been a waste of what God has placed within us, which is God and all of "His Stuff", in order to complete God's purpose for creating us, in order to complete what God is doing within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of His Creations, including all of His Angels.

In this way, this is our one last chance, our last chance to choose between God and "us", which in truth is the choice between either the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us, or "us" as "separate from" God within us, on the "outside" of us, for a short time, which then becomes an eternal life of "separation from" God.

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13.  Now We Can No Longer Plead Ignorance - to God when it is all over, that is, after we have read this letter, because now we know the "truth of us", and the "truth of God" within us, now we understand, and the only question left is "do we want it", do we want an eternal life as "One with" God within us, or an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, because in truth there is no other option, whether we know it or not, and even whether we want it or not.  Now we know

And if we continue with "business as usual" on the "outside" of us, and then if we die in that state, then God will decide for us, and hand us over to His Angels (peace be upon Them) for processing, for a "no choice" is still a choice, a choice of "separation from" God within us, because after reading this letter, my dearest loving brother Ellis, we can no longer plead ignorance, we can no longer tell God,

          "I didn't know", or even "I didn't understand".

For now, after reading this letter, all we can now say to God within us, after it is all over, if that becomes our fate, is,

          "I didn't want it, Oh God. I didn't want an eternal life of Oneness with You, Oh
          God."

This is all we can now say to God, after reading this letter, my dearest loving brother Ellis, if that becomes our fate.

May we both realize this now, my dearest loving brother Ellis, without the slightest doubt, and truly step out in the direction of God within us, step out on the "Straight Path" of God for our age, this very moment, handing over to God within us all responsibility for making this happen within us, trusting with each breath, with each look, with each thought, with each action, that He will, both today and for every day, every hour, ever moment of the rest of our life. This is prayer. This is truly prayer in our life. Amen.

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14.  Because The Alternative Is Completely Unacceptable - to an eternal life of "Oneness with" God within us, no matter what, no matter what we have to endure now, before we die, the alternative which is an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, for if this alternative becomes our fate, then we have give up everything of value for nothing of value

Always realizing, when this become difficult to do, as it will, for such is the "Straight Path" of God both within us and on the outside of us, which is God "separating from" us all that is "separating us" from God, if we will only let Him, if we will only join Him to do this within us, in this "Grand Endeavor" within us, with "us" within us as "One with" Him within us, and do it before we physically die to the "outside" of us, and always realizing, that the alternative to this, which is everything else, is completely unacceptable, no matter what.

For if this alternative becomes our fate, my dearest loving brother Ellis, then we have in our ignorance given up all of this, given up an eternal life of "Oneness with" God within us, with an understanding of that "Oneness", for absolutely nothing.

We have given up all of God within us, and all of the "Stuff of God" within us, and the understanding of all of this within us for eternity within us, for absolutely nothing, for a short temporary life of "selfishness' on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God within us, as "separate from" each other on the "outside" of us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us.

As "separate from" the Creation of God within us, which in truth is the "Earth of God" within us, that we think in our ignorance, like the apple seeds that fail to germinate, that we have to protect ourselves from, but that in truth we came to this earth world, to join with the "Earth of God" within us, with the Creation of God within us, to germinate,
so the story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us could be told by God within us. What a waste.

Such is our current life, our current prayers, and our current duty, my dearest loving brother Ellis, a life, prayers, and duty of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, a life, prayers, and duty that all needs to come to an end within us, through the grace, the wisdom, and the 'ilm or divine knowledge of God within us, so a true life, true prayer, and true duty as "One with" God within us can begin within us, before we physically die to the "outside" of us.

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15.  Our Work And Our Duty - our work is to do the will of God within us, and our duty
to God within us is to finish His work within us, to finish what He has started within us,
a very, very long time ago, and to do this before we physically die to the "outside" of
us, or at least truly join in partnership with God within us to start up again His work
within us, to start to tell again the story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within
us, before we die to the "outside" of us. May we all know this now, and join in
partnership with God within us, to do "His will" within us" within us, to "finish God work"
within us, to finish what God has started within each of us, a very, very long time ago,
as Jesus (peace be upon Him), and God within Him, told us to do, over 2000 ago.
Amen
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Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 04, Verses 34 to 38

For as Jesus (peace be upon Him) teaches us, in Chapter 04, Verses 34 to 38,

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Jesus said unto them, My meat is to do the will of Him that sent Me, and to finish His
work.  Say not ye, There are four months, and then cometh harvest?  Behold, I say
unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he
that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. And herein is that saying true.
One soweth, and another reapeth.

I send you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are
entered into their labours.

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This is our work, my dearest loving brother Ellis, to "do the will of God" within us, and
to finish His work" within us, not to work for wages to get into some illusory heaven on
the "outside" of us.

That is, to join in partnership with God within us in order to start to truly intend a life,
prayers, and duty of "Oneness" with God within us, rather than continuing our current
life, prayers, and duty that is performed only on the "outside" of us , which in truth is
not really wrong, but rather is a finger of God on the "outside" of us pointing to what can
be accomplished within us, as "One with" God within us, as "One with" all of the "Stuff
of God" within us, which should and can be our life, prayers, and duty within us, as
"One with" the "will of God" within us, and as "One with" the "work of God" within us.

As the story of the apple tree and its apples is not wrong either, but rather is also a
finger of God pointing to what should and can be our life, prayers, and duty within us, if
we will only place all of our trust and love in God within us, and not try to not hedge our
bets, by trying to trust and love both, both God and the world that we currently see in
our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, causing us to fall into the subtle "Sin of Righteousness" that has now over taken our life, and prayers, and duty on the
"outside" of us, and in truth is just leading us to hell, to an eternal life of "separation
from" God within us.

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16.  Understanding The Nine Openings of Our Body - which are currently ruling over us, with God's permission, until we "see God" and "steady Him" within us.  Amen

A life of "separation and differences" that we are currently experiencing as "us" and our dearest loving brothers and sisters living a life of "separation and differences", a life of arrogance, karma, and illusion, a life of desire for earth, women, and gold, in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, but which in truth is within us, which in truth is the worlds of hell and of evil that we have allowed in our ignorance to grow within us, and which now in maturity rule over us, as the 9 openings of our body, with God's permission.

Until we "see God and steady Him within us", allowing God within us to then "Cure Himself of us", of "us" as "separate from" Him within us, because then we no longer exist, we no longer exist as "separate from" God within us, because then God within us has awakened from His dream within us, and then "we" as "One with" God within us, and God as "One with" us within Him within us, will rule over them, over these 9 openings within us, will rule over everything within us, allowing the story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us to be told within us, to move forward within us, and to come to completion within us. Amen.

Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen.

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17.  Making "Us" Into God's Problem Within Us - no longer holding onto it, as "our problem" on the "outside" of us, in this way, learning how to convince God within us, to do it again, that is, to "separate Himself" from all that is currently "separating us" from God within us, getting God to do it again, do again what He did before, to become God within us, but this time within us.  Amen

A life of "separation and differences", a life of sin, on the "outside" of us which in truth is just leading us to hell, leading us to an eternal life of "separation from" God within us, unless we get God within us to change it, unless we get God within us to personally intervenes, unless we get God within us to make "us" as "separate from" Him within us into His problem within us, not our problem on the "outside" of us, unless we can get God within us to make our life, our prayers, and our duty, into His problem within us, not our problem on the "outside" of us.

Unless we join in partnership with God within us to start to use God within us, to get to God within us, unless we join in partnership with God within us to stop trying to use what God has discarded within us, to get to God within us, which is everything we currently see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, unless we join in partnership with God within us to start to exclusively trust and love in God within us, and no longer trust and love in the world on the "outside" of us, in any way.

Unless we, as our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), teaches us on page 11, as part of the "Invocation To The Guru", in the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", join as "One with" God within us,

          "To let grace spring forth,
          To let the darkness vanish,
          To let the love of Guru grow,
          And to let qualities be purified.
          O Graceful Guru, give me a remedy"
                    .
          "Swami, show us a way to dispel the darkness in the world".

          "For the Silent One to appear as Grace,
          To find the world as a tiny thing,
          To destroy sorrow which is a maiden,
          With help from the Master Guru's graceful way,
          Seek and learn standing on the path,
          And ask with a melting heart".

          "Let the body become the true mystery,
          Dominant with grace,
          Let the seed be destroyed,
          Blinding both eyes.
          Enshrine in thy heart,
          The lamp of Guru's graceful words,
          With a heart of love,
          See Aathi as a thing".

          "Spread the Guru's words with delightful heart,
          Unfurl the flag of Guru's words everywhere,
          Then the fate that accompanies thee
          Shall turn into dust.
          My true and perfect pupils, gems of my eyes,
          ask for the remedy in order to shine everywhere.
          Amen."

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18.  "Make Straight The Way of The Lord" - which is what each of us must all do with our life, before we die to the flesh, as "John the Baptist" told us to do, as the flower of the Holy Trinity of God within us, as our true faith and trust in God within us, as the witness of the Light of God within us, as the witness of the fragrance of the Holy Trinity of God within us, "that all men through him might believe", in the Light of God for their age, in the fragrance of God for their age, which was Jesus (peace be upon Him) on the "outside" of us over 2000 years ago, and which is now Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and God within Him, in our age, if we truly want it, and if we use the "Gift of God" for our age, both within us and on the "outside" of us, to understand, accept, and become "One with" it, before we die to the flesh, which is the life and teaching of God for our age, which for our age is the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us).  May we all realize, understand, accept, and join with the "Gift of God" for our age, in this way, and in this way, truly "make straight the way of the Lord" within us.  Amen

Such is our current life, my dearest loving brother Ellis, a short temporary life of "selfishness" on the "outside" of us, which if we don't correct before we die, will
become our fate for eternity, which if we don't correct by joining in partnership with God within us, will become our fate for eternity.

Unless before we die, we intend to give up our "working for wages" on the "outside" of us, we intend to give up our "working for wages" to get into some illusory heaven on the "outside" of us, and instead join in partnership with God within us, to make these intentions true within us, with "us" within us as "One with" God within us, in order to finish what God has started within us, a very, very long time ago.

If not, then what we currently call as our life, our prayers, and our duty, on the "outside" of us, will become our fate, after we die, will become our eternal life of "separation from" God within us, a fate destined by God for each of us in this age, if we don't truly step out in God's direction within us, before we die, or at least try.

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Quotation from the "Gospel of John" - Chapter 01, Verses 22 and 23

At least try to "Make straight the way of the Lord" within us, before we die, as "John the Baptist" told us to do over 2000 years ago, as recorded in Chapter 01, Verse 22 and 23, in the "Gospel of John".

          "Then said they unto him, Who art thou? That we may give an answer to them
          that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?"

          "He said, I am the voice of the One crying in the wilderness, Make straight the
          way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Esaias."

And in this way, my dearest loving brother Ellis, we must at least try, at least try to "become "One with" God within us, before we die, at least try to make this our true intention, before we die, and doing it not just for some "selfish" reason, like a place near God in some illusory heaven on the "outside" of us, but rather doing it for God's reason, for a truly "selfless" reason, a reason that allows us to quietly and peacefully disappear again into God within us, from which we have all come, before we die, doing
it only for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us.

Doing it this time, that is, becoming again "One with" God within us, with an understanding of that "Oneness", so it will never leave us again, an understanding that we can then spend eternity sharing with God within us, as "One with" God within us. Amen.

And then God will do everything else, both within us and on the "outside" of us, when we turn away from our current "outside" of us, and turn towards God within us, and
only come together on the "outside" of us as "One", as the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which is the "truth of us" within us, and the "truth of God" within us, that God has also personally and ever so lovingly placed within each of us.

In this way, with "us" within us as "One with" God within us, no longer living and
coming together as separate people, or as separate groups, praying in our separate ways to our separate God, on the "outside" of us, because God has none of this within Him, He has none of our current "separation & differences" within Him, because God is "One", and in truth, so are we.

So if we join with God within us, to move in His direction within us, to "Make straight the way of the Lord" within us, to walk with God within us on the "Straight Path" of God within us, then we too will have none of these things within us, none of this "separation and differences" within us.

So in this way, may we all join with God within us to begin to act this way, both within us and on the "outside" of us, to begin to act as "One with" God within us, to begin to act as "One with" each other on the "outside" of us, and to begin to act as "One with" the Creation of God within us, and then God will do everything else, then God will set about "Curing Himself of us", of "us" as "separate from" God, because then we no longer exist as "separate from" God, allowing God to again "separate from" Him all that "separates" Him from Him, but this time within us, and in this way, allowing "Us" to truly turn away from all of our "separations and differences".

And that would be very, very good for all of us, for Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, for God within Jesus within us (peace be upon Him), for God within all of 24,000 Prophets, Heavenly Beings, and Lights of God within us, and for "us" within us as "One with" God within us. Amen.

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19.  Because Now We Are Ready - now we can trust and believe in it, accept it, and become "One with" it, with the "truth of us" within us, with and the "truth of God" within us, now we can let the "truth surrender to the truth" within us, now we can truly germinate, and let God tell the story of the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, making our life truly successful in our own lifetime, now we can do this, if we like it, if we really want to, if that is our true intention for our life, that is, to become "One with" God within us, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, for now the choice is ours, not God's, but ours, ours to either make before we die, or to have it made for us by God within us, after we die

My dearest loving brother Ellis, this is what Jesus (peace be upon Him) could not tell the Children of God in His age, over 2000 years ago, that the "Comforter", that the "Spirit of Truth" can now tell us in our age, that our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) can now tell us in our age, that this child can now tell us, that each of us can now tell the Children of God for our age, because now we are ready, each of us is ready to both hear it and tell it, because for our age God has made it so, now we can trust and believe in it, accept it, and become "One with" it, if we like.

Because now we are ready. Now all that is left is our choice, to either accept or reject it, to either accept or reject the "Gift of God" for our age, the "Gift" what Jesus (peace be upon Him) told us about over 2000 years ago, and told us that He would later send to us later.

And now Jesus (peace be upon Him), and God within Him, has sent the "Gift of God" to us, for all of the Children of God for our age, because now we are ready, each one of us, are ready to realize, understand, and either accept or reject it, before we die to the "outside" of us.

And the choice is ours, not God's because God has already made His choice, and He chose "Oneness with" us, and that is why we are now alive, that is why we are currently living in the world today, to make our choice before we die, everything else is just drama, the drama of "separation and differences" in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us.

May each of us join with God within us, and with the "Gift of God" for our age, with the life and teaching of God for our age, to make the correct choice, before it is too late, before we physically die to the "outside" of us, and in this way, again become "One with" God within us, before we die, but this time with an understanding of that "Oneness" so it will never leave us again. Amen.

And may we all do this in our age by joining with the life and teaching of our Father,
Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), do this by joining as "One with" this child and with this beautiful letter from God within us, do this by joining as "One with" God within us to do this "Heart's Work" within us, do this in order to share the wisdom of God for our age with all of our dearest loving brothers and sisters, with our family and friends, so they too can make the correct choice, before it is too late, before we die to the "outside" of us, or before the "outside" of all of us is prematurely destroyed by "one of us", because in our age this can also happen. May God protect us all. Amen.

And in this way, giving each of them the opportunity to make their own choice about this important matter, not trying to make it for them, by not sharing this letter with them, by not sharing the "Gift of God" for our age, thinking that somehow we know what they need, but rather trusting in God within them, and letting them decide for themselves, as this child has done with you, my dearest loving brother Ellis.

For only then will we find peace in this child and in this letter, and with the "Gift of God" for our age, and find peace with each of our dearest loving brothers and sisters, with each member of our family and friends, by allowing them to find peace in this letter, in the "Gift of God" for our age, if they like, even if we don't initially find it for ourselves. Such is true love. Amen.

May we both learn to live this way, before we die, my dearest loving brother Ellis.
Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. All praise and praising belong to God, and to God alone. Only God is Great. Amen.

My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brother Ellis - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler).


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