Spiritual Stuff 02 - Library Editing Rules 01 Brief Description: "Library Editing Rules 01" describes the Editing Rules that we are currently following for transforming a "transcript" of an audio or video tape of a spontaneously translated discourse or song by His Holiness", by our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), into an "Informally English Edited" and "Informally On-line Published" version of the same transcript, which we then call the "Original Version" of that discourse or song when it is published on-line and made available to the public as part of the on-line "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library". Please click on the following: Library Editing Rules 02 (www.SpiritualStuff003.homestead.com) for more on this topic. Date written: June 10, 2004, Date published: June 26, 2002 Written by: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Home Page - Spiritual Stuff Go To Spiritual Stuff 03 Stuff 02: Expanded Version Library Home Page Go To Spiritual Stuff 01 Stuff 02: Related Material Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Al-salam 'alaykkum wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kuluhu. Wa 'alaykum al-salam wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kuluhu. May all the peace, beneficence, and blessing of God be upon us all, my dearest loving brothers and sisters. May God help us all. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Outline For Library Editing Rules 01: 1-0. Introduction - to "Library Editing Rules 01" 1-1. Editing & Publication Status - for informally edited & published material 1-2. Editing & Publication Status - for formally edited & published material 2-0. Library Editing Rules 01 - a review of the library editing rules 2-1. Definition of An "Original Version" - of a song or discourse by His Holiness that has been "Informally English Edited" and "Informally On-line Published" in the on-line "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library" 2-2. The Standard Requirements - that is, a brief description of the standard requirements that must be met by a discourse or song by His Holiness, before it becomes a candidate for "Informal English editing" and "Informal On-line Publishing" specifically, a few exceptions to rule 4 of the "Standard Requirements", as spelled out above, that is, to Rule 4, that states that the transcript of the discourse or song by His Holiness does not contain any additions, that is, any material added by the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of Us)" 3-0. Summaries of Key Concepts - by the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of Us). For example, by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler), a devoted disciple of His Holiness for 29 years, and the Key Concept of "Truth Surrendering To Truth" 4-0. Forgive Us The Wrong, And Accept The Good - So We Request Text For Library Editing Rules 01: 1-0. Introduction - to "Library Editing Rules 01" "Library Editing Rules 01" describes the Editing Rules that we are currently following for transforming a "transcript" of an audio or video tape of a spontaneously translated discourse or song by His Holiness", by our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), into an "Informally English Edited" and "Informally On-line Published" version of the same transcript, which we then call the "Original Version" of that discourse or song when it is published on-line and made available to the public as part of the on-line "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library". Please click on the following: Library Editing Rules 02 (www.SpiritualStuff003. homestead.com) for more information about, and for some further suggestions about, the topic of editing and publication rules for the discourses and songs of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him). These "Library Editing Rules 01" are only applied to a transcript of a discourse or song by His Holiness that has been informally English edited and informally on-line published, and has been included in the on-line "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library", but has not yet been formally Tamil & English edited and formally published by the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, as part of a "hard bound" book or pamphlet. 1-1. Editing & Publication Status - for informally edited & published material Each transcript of a discourse or song by His Holiness to which these "Library Editing Rules 01" are applied, is transformed into an on-line "Original Version" of the same discourse or song by His Holiness, which is then published in the on-line "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library", and is then assigned the following "Editing and Publication Status", a status, to reflect its new status, which is publicly displayed in the "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library", along with the on-line "Original Version" of the discourse or song by His Holiness, for all to clearly see before reading the document. Editing Status - "Informal English Editing" Publication Status - "Informal On-line Publication" And along with each of these on-line "Original Version" of a discourse or song by His Holiness, we also provide a Link to the following on-line documents: 1) "Library Editing Rules 01" - which is this document. 2) "Library Editing Rules 02" - that describes a set of "Editing and Publication Suggestions" that have been proposed to the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship for improving the process of editing and publishing the discourses and songs by our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), that is, editing and publishing them in a more timely and more comprehensive manner using a set of "Editing & Publication Categories" and using the Internet. 1-2. Editing & Publication Status - for formally edited & published material In addition, on-line versions of discourses and songs by His Holiness which have been formally Tamil and English Edited, and formally published as a "hard bound" book or pamphlet, by the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, but are also published "as is" as an on-line "Original Version" of a discourse or song by His Holiness in the on-line "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library", are also given an "Editing and Publication Status", which is also displayed in the on-line "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library" along with the "Original Version" of the discourse or song, for all to see, but this time with a editing and publication status which reflects the formal editing and publication process that they went through, prior to becoming part of a "hard bound" book or pamphlet produced by the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship: Editing Status - "Formal Tamil & English Editing" Publication Status - "Formal Hard Bound Publication - "Informal On-line Publication" In this way, by assigning each on-line "Original Version" of a discourse or song by His Holiness, that is published in the on-line "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library", an "Editing and Publication Status", a reader can know before hand, before reading the document, the editing and publication status of what they are about to read, that is, they can know what if anything has been done to the original transcript of the discourse or song by His Holiness, prior to publication of it in the on-line "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library". In this way, we are trying to fill the current gap, in a small way, between the vast amount of material given to us by His Holiness, which is estimated to be in the number of 10,000 individual discourses and songs, and the number of these same discourses and songs that have been "Formally Tamil & English Edited", and "Formally Published" in a written format and made available to the public as "hard bound" books or pamphlets. Keeping in mind when judging the validity of this approach, that each "Original Version" of an audio or video tapes of a discourse or song by His Holiness, that is informally English edited, and informally on-line published in the on-line "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library", but has not yet been formally Tamil and English edited, and formally published as part of a "hard bound" book or pamphlet, is already in the public domain, that is, is currently published and made available to the public by the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship as an audio or video tape. Please forgive this child if this approach to making public the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), offends you in any way or is something that you feel is not "the right way", or is "down right wrong", but this approach is what has grown within the heart of this child as we try to live at the feet of our Shaikh, of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him). Amen. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). 2-0. Library Editing Rules 01 - a review of the library editing rules 2-1. Definition of An "Original Version" - of a song or discourse by His Holiness that has been "Informally English Edited" and "Informally On-line Published" in the on-line "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library" In this document, "Library Editing Rules 01", we spell out the conditions and steps that we are currently applying to a transcript of a spontaneously translated discourse or song by His Holiness, as part of transforming it into an "Informally English Edited" and "Informally On-line Published" Original Version of that same discourse or song, and in this way, making it available to the public in a written form as part of the on-line "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library". For an example of an actual application of these "Library Editing Rules 01" to a discourse by His Holiness, that has been informally English edited, and informally on-line published, we reference you to the following editing and publication effort for the "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library", which is Spiritual Discourse 02, "How To Reach & Merge With God", given to us by His Holiness on April 26, 1972, given to us by His Holiness on the day that His Holiness told us was, "The One good day in a 100 years." Please click on the following to access the "Original Version" of this discourse on-line through the "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library": Spiritual Discourse 02 (www.SpiritualDiscourse002.homestead.com). Thank you. 2-2. The Standard Requirements - that is, a brief description of the standard requirements that must be met by a discourse or song by His Holiness, before it becomes a candidate for "Informal English editing" and "Informal On-line Publishing" In this document we define the "Library Editing Rules 01" using a two step process. First we define our "standard requirements" and then we define the "exceptions to the rules". First we offer a brief description of the standard requirements that a discourse or song by His Holiness must first meet before it becomes a candidate for "informal English editing", transforming it into an "Original Version" of the same discourse or song that has been "informally English edited". And next we provide, following the "Standard Requirements", a brief description of the exceptions to the Standard Requirements, that we next apply to a transcript of a discourse or song once it meets the standard requirements, once it becomes a candidate for "informal English editing" Standard Requirements For a Transcript: - it most be: 1) A transcript of an audio or video tape of a discourse given by His Holiness, Bawa Muhaiyaddeen [may God be pleased with Him] on a particular day, and spontaneously translated at that time from Tamil into English by a particular translator. For example, the discourse given by His Holiness, "How To Reach and Merge With God", that was given on April 26,1972, and was spontaneously translated at that time into English from Tamil by Dr. Ajwad Macan Markar. 2) A transcript of an audio or video tape that is already in the public domain, that is it has been published by the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, as an audio or video tape and can be purchased through their Web Site (www.bmf.org). 3) A transcript that has not been formally edited, that is, has not gone through the formal process of both Tamil and English Editing, which is performed by the Publishing Department of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, and is a prerequisite before publication of the discourse or song as part of a "hard bound" book or pamphlet by His Holiness. 4) A transcript that does not contain any additions, that is, material added by the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us). For example, does not included any additions by this child, by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler), as part of the "Original Version" of a discourse or song by His Holiness that is part of the on-line "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library" (www.Bawa.homestead.com) For example, currently any material about a discourse or song by His Holiness that is added by this child to the "Original Version" of a discourse or song by His Holiness, if provided, is always presented as an alternate version of this same discourse, not as additions to the "Original Version". For example, we provide an "Outline & Summary Version" of some discourses by His Holiness, which is designed to help us study the discourse, and hopefully move it into our hearts, providing us with a little help in making this transition, from "outside" to "inside", and in this way, writing it clearly and firmly on our heart, so it will never be lost, even after we die. And by doing this, as this child has learned to do, by first saying the word "Bawa", establishing the "Presence of God" within us, and then joining with His Holiness within us, and God within Him, to take the discourse apart, point by point on the "outside" of us, so we can put the discourse back together again, point by point, within us, on the "inside" of us. My dearest loving brother and sisters, may we all learn to do this "Heart's Work" right now, while we still have both the time and strength, and before we die. May we all start to do it right now, as soon as possible. As there is not a lot of time left for any of us, even if we may think there will be time to do these spiritual things later, after we have married, after we have built a profession and become financially secure, after we have raised our kids, and perhaps after we have retired. Amen. 5) A transcript that follows these 4 rules, and at time, with the following few exceptions to rule 4 above, as spelled out in the next section, a set of exceptions that does result in same material being added by the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of Us) to an "Original Version" of a discourse or song by His Holiness, as provided in the "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen On-line Library", but a set of exception, and additions, that we believe we can live with, and even that we will learn to appreciate in time. 2-3. The Exceptions To The Rule, To "The Standard Requirements" - specifically, a few exceptions to rule 4 of the "Standard Requirements", as spelled out above, that is, to Rule 4, that states that the transcript of the discourse or song by His Holiness does not contain any additions, that is, any material added by the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us) The few exceptions to rule 4 of the "Standard Requirements" are as follows, which involve additions to a transcript of a discourse or song by His Holiness by one of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), additions that are always put in brackets to show that they are additions, and/or links to other documents: Exceptions To Rule 4 - resulting in additions to a transcript of a discourse or song by His Holiness by the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) 1) Corrections to obvious errors in the translation, like the translator using the word wisdom rather than intellect when wisdom is meant by His Holiness, with the correction always being added in brackets, and with the obvious error always be let in, as it was given by the translator, so both the error and the correction can be read by the reader, allowing the reader to decide for himself/herself if the correction is valid. 2) Obvious omissions in the translation, like incomplete sentences, with the additions being added in brackets, making the sentences complete, allowing the reader to decide if the additions are valid. For example, when the translator does not finish all of what He Holiness said at one point in the discourse, because he is not able to keep up with His Holiness, and His Holiness has started talking again, and the translator stops translating the earlier point and instead goes on to the next point from His Holiness, so it isn't lost, leaving the earlier point by His Holiness not fully translated. 3) The inclusion of key terms in the discourse by His Holiness, always placing them in brackets, usually preceding a longer or less clear version of the key term as described by the translator, of a key term which is an integral part of the life and teaching of His Holiness. For example, like the key term, "Iman", which can greatly simplify the translation and the understanding of a discourse by His Holiness, summarizing in one term an integral part of the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him). For example, to understand the term "Iman" is to understanding what we all must first do, what we all must first become to be successful on this path, to become victorious in our life, for our wisdom to reason over our fate. For as His Holiness teaches us, "If you don't have the form of the "Iman of Kalimah" you cannot follow the Causal Muhammad, you will have to stand alone and cry" For example, for Islam to happen within us, and to come to maturity within us, for "Iman-Islam" to occur within us, for the light of God within us, in the dunya or earth world within us, and then the light of God in the hereafter or akhirah within us, to be reflected into the world within us, transforming it first into the "Secret world of Allah" within us, within the earth world or dunya within us, and then into the Arshul-mu'min, the throne of the true believer within us, within the hereafter or akhirah within us, we must first realize, understand, accept, and then merge with our Shaikh, both "outside" and within us. In this way, allowing our Shaikh to give life to us within Him, which is the light of Iman within Him, the light of true belief in God within Him, which is God's belief in God within Him, and for us to give life to Him within us, which is the light of wisdom within us, or the Nur Muhammad within us, with us becoming His form, the form of wisdom within us, which are the 99 wilayats or attributes or powers of God within us, and with our Shaikh becoming our soul within us, becoming the life of our wisdom within us. And in this way we are One, one within the other as One, one revealing the other within it, one hiding itself within the other, within the One being revealed within us, only to be reveal again in the next cycle of God-Man/Man-God, like the apple seed reveals the apple tree hidden within it, and in the process hiding itself within the apple tree being revealed, only to be reveal again, as the apple seed within the apple, in the next cycle of the Apple-AppleTree/AppleTree-Apple. Amen. In this way, transforming our heart into the palace of the soul, the house of wisdom within us, the house of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), then into the 8th heaven of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) within us, allowing Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) to go on Mi'raj within us, revealing the soul of Muhammad within us, which is the Nur Muhammad within us, allowing Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) to see and speak to God within us, revealing True Man within the Creation of God within us. In this way, revealing Allah Muhammad within us, which is the soul of True Man within us, which is the soul within the soul of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) within us, the soul within the Nur Muhammad within us, in this way, transforming our heart into the hereafter or akhirah as the form of True Man within us. In this way, the term "Iman" is a key term in the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and is defined by His Holiness in the glossary of the beautiful book of wisdom, "Islam and World Peace: Explanations of a Sufi", as, "Absolute, complete, and unshakable faith, certitude, and determination that God alone exists; complete acceptance of the heart that God is One". 4) With all of these exceptions to rule 4, being included only when necessary, in the "Original Version" of the discourse by His Holiness, being included by this child, Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler), and always being included in brackets as part of the regular text, and never highlighted in any way, so as to not disrupt the easy reading of the discourse by His Holiness, but rather to provided just the needed support for the disciple to comprehend the main wisdom points being provided by His Holiness. Especially for the new disciple, to one who is hearing the truth of himself for the first time, the truth that is really emerging from within himself, as his own life speaking to him, because now he is ready to hear it, and ready to decide upon it, to decide to either accept and join with it or to reject and ignore it, to decide upon the truth about "who he truly is", about "where he truly is", and about "what is truly happening" in his life, the truth which for our age is experience both within and "outside" of us as 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 Him). 5) And finally, when appropriate, links to "Summaries" by the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of us) are provided, also placed in brackets. For example, links to summaries of key concepts or topics by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) are provided, of Key Concepts or Topics in the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be please with Him) For example, a link to a summary of the key concept or topic of "Truth surrendering to Truth", is provided by this child in the "Original Version" of the discourse by His Holiness, "How To Reach and Merge With God", as given by His Holiness on 4/26/04. Please click on the following to access this discourse by His Holiness on 4/26/72: Spiritual Discourse 02 (www.SpiritualDiscourse002.homestead.com). Also, please click on the following to access the summary of the key concept "Truth surrendering to Truth" by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler), in support of this discourse by His Holiness: Spiritual Topic 03 (www.SpiritualTopic003.homestead.com) Another key concept or topic worthy of a summary, by one of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of Us), which is currently in process, as Spiritual Topic 05, is the concept of "Tawhid", which is defined by His Holiness in the book, "Islam and World Peace: Explanations of a Sufi", as, "The affirmation of the unity of Allah, the principal tenet of Islam." Also, this and other summaries of key concepts or topics in the life and teaching of our Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), can be accessed directly by clicking on the following: Spiritual Topics - Home Page (www.SpiritualTopics.homestead.com). 3-0. Summaries of Key Concepts - by the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him, and with each of Us). For example, by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler), a devoted disciple of His Holiness for going on 29 years, and the Key Concept of "Truth Surrendering To Truth" At times, when it seems appropriate, we will provide, as part of an "Original Version" of a discourse or song by His Holiness, a link to a brief summary of one or more of the key concept in a discourse by His Holiness, as provided by one of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), as part of the "Original Version" of a discourse by His Holiness. For example, a link to a summary of the Key Concept of "Truth Surrendering To Truth", by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler), a devoted disciple of His Holiness for 29 years, is provided as part of the "Original Version" of Spiritual Discourse 02, "How To Reach & Merge With God", given to us by His Holiness on April 26, 1972. This is being done to help disciples of the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) to become "One with" one of the major concepts within this gift of God for our age, through the perspective of one of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us). Amen. For example, the key concept "Truth surrendering to Truth", is a concept that is instrumental in the disciple understanding the life and teaching of His Holiness, especially as given in the discourse by His Holiness on April 26, 1972, "How To Reach & Merge With God", a discourse which His Holiness tells us was given by Him and received by us on the "One good day in a 100 years", especially when we realize that His Holiness was in the world, at least this time, for 100 years, from 1886 to 1986. Finally, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, please keep in mind when reading these summaries of key concepts by the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Us), for example, by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler), that each of these summaries are just one facet of the gem, and nothing more than that, from just the perspective of one Child of God for our age looking at the gem of God for our age, at the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and of God within Him, for our age. In this way, when we read each of these summaries we are looking at this gem of the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) through one of the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us), through his faith and trust in God, through his Iman, through the life of his wisdom awakened within him by his Shaikh, and in this way, we looking at the gem of the life and teaching of God for our age, through the gem of the true "Shaikh-Disciple Relationship" for our age, realizing that we can only truly understand either of these gems when we have become them. A relationship which we can only truly understand when we have become this relationship, which is the Triple Flame of God within us, within Alif, Lam, Mim within us, which is the "Three of Us" within the "Three of God" within us, which is "Us", our Shaikh, and God within Him, as One, as One within the Oneness of God within us, within the Oneness of God within us that has become the "Three of God" within us, which is Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen, in order to reveal God within us, by first becoming again the Oneness of God but this time with the understanding of that Oneness, by first becoming True Man within the Creation of God, as the "Oneness of God and His Creation, in order to move forward God's answer to God's question within us, the answer to the question, "Who am I?", in order to understand the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. And in this way, with the "Three of Us" becoming One within us, which is the understanding of the "Three of God" within us, allowing the "Three of God" within us to again become One within us, to again become One with the "One of God" within us, allowing God to reveal True Man within the Creation of God within us. And all of this begins within us, in our current state of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, when we turn back to God within us, when we turn away from our current state "outside" of us, a state where we are living as "separate from" God within us, as 'separate from" each other "outside" of us, and as "separate from" the Creation of God both within and "outside" of us, which is our current state, living this false life, this life of darkness, this life of "separation and differences", with our brother and sisters, in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing "outside" of us. It all begins within us, with us in our current state of "separation and differences" living on the "outside" of us, looking at the gem know as the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), first on the "outside' of us, and then, if we like, on the "inside" of us, if we realize, understand, accept, and join with the "truth of us", that naturally emerges from within us, and talks to us, when we are ready to hear and accept it, and then surrender to it, which is "truth surrendering to truth. That is, the "truth of us" within us, within the Creation of God within us, which is "True Man happening" within us, which is what True Man is doing within us, which is True Man revealing True Man to True Man within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of True Man within us, the surrendering of this "truth of us" within us to the "truth of God" within God within us, which is "God happening" within God within us, which is what God is doing within us, which is God revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, and all of this starts up again within us, this story of True Man within the story of God within us, and this story of God within the story of True Man within us, if we join in partnership with God within our wisdom within us, which for this age, means if we join in partnership with Bawa within us, and with God within Him, saying the word "Bawa", establishing the "Presence of God" within us, before we "say or do" anything. And all of this naturally happens within us, if we become One with the true Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, living at the feet of our true Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, establishing in this way the "True Shaikh-Disciple Relationship" within us, if we start to do this "Heart's Work" within us, giving birth to our light form within us, to our 6th life within us, which is the life of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) within us, the palace of our soul within us, the house of wisdom within us, before it is too late. Before we die in our current state of darkness, of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, before we die in our current state of ignorance, of arrogance, karma, and illusion, of body trick and danger, before it is all over on the "outside" of us, and we are left with what we grew inside of us, in our ignorance, as we lived "outside" of us, with what we grew and nourished within us through our life of sin on the "outside" of us, before we die and the Angel of Death then harvests us, harvests the crop that we have sown within us while living in the world "outside" of us, and we then move into the house we have built, which is our own personal house of hell, and an eternal life of "separation from" God. And if we choose not to go this way, if we choose not to continue living in our temporary house of hell "outside" of us until we die and get a permanent house of hell within us, but instead truly turn back to God, before we die, before we run out of time "outside" of us, and before there is not enough time left to do what we have to do before we die to become successful in our life, then the outcome is quite different, then our life "outside" ends before we die, and our life within begins before we die, with True Man happening within God within us, and God happening within True Man within us, in this way, revealing the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. Amen. With True Man happening within the Creation of God or the dunya within us, when we truly give up our "outside' before we die, and come to understand what this means within us, with True Man becoming the "Oneness of God and His Creation" within us, and with God happening within the Creation of True Man or akhirah within us, with God becoming the "Oneness of True Man and His Creation" within us, and in this way, revealing the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True Man within us. Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. 4. Forgive Us The Wrong, And Accept The Good. So We Request Please forgive this child, Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler), if there are any faults or errors in this document, in "Library Editing Rules 01, or in these "Exceptions To The Rule", or in these "Summaries" of Key Concepts, or if you feel that they are wrong, or at least wrong to include them with discourses or songs by His Holiness, or if you feel that they don't help understand these concepts but rather get between you and the teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) in some way. But at times it is within the heart of this child to include them with the original discourse by His Holiness, as part of the on-line "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library". And please try to treat them in the same way that Bawa told us to treat what He gave us in His discourses and songs. That would be very good, for we are His Children, the "Gems of His Eyes". For example, at the end of the "Forward" in the beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", He told us, "Forgive me the wrong, and accept the good. So I request." May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. My love you (anbu) - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) End of Spiritual Stuff 02 - Library Editing Rules 01 - ................................... or ( a top-down version of the Library Home Page) (a bottom-up version of the Library Home Page) |
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