- The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library - (recommended way to Navigate around Library) Maya Veeram (The Forces of Illusion) "Songs In The Preface" In the "Preface to the English Edition" In a book by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) ============================================================== Main Go To: Go To: Introduction - to "Songs" in the "Preface to the English Version" 1) Who are we? - we are the "Seed of God" within us 2) Where are we? - we are buried within the Creation of God within us 3) What is happening? - if we like, God is happening within His Creation 4) Closing Wisdom Point - and the Choice for this to happen within us, that is, for the "Truth to surrender to the Truth", for the "Seed of God" to germinate within us, and reveal the "Tree of God" within us, and to reveal the "Fruits of God" within us, or not, is our Choice, not God's Go To: Text of Songs - in "Preface of English Version" of "Maya Veeram" Text of Song 1 - "Author's Song" plus Links to Comments Text of Song 2 - "Invocation to God" plus Links to Comments Text of Song 3 - "The Word of Grace & Beauty" plus Links to Comments Go To: Comments About Songs - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Go To: Table of Contents - for the book, "Maya Veeram" ============================================================== Introduction - to "Songs" in the "Preface to the English Version" Bawa. 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. My God help us all. Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Bawa. Here are the first three songs in the beautiful book of wisdom, "Maya Veeram" or "The Forces of Illusion", in the "Preface to the English Version, for your reading, and if you like, for your singing enjoyment, for in truth they represent the "Opening Chapter" to "who we are", to "where we are", and to "what is happening" in our life, as follows, 1) Who Are We? Bawa. We are the "Seed of God" buried within the "Earth of God" within us, which in truth is the Creation of God within us, all of which was left over after the last telling of the "Story of God" within us, all of which was still "separate from" God within us, that is, at the end of the last age, which ran from 2000 years ago up to our current age, all of which was still "separate from" God within us, requiring God to again tell "His Story" within us. Bawa. But this time for the last time, for God has "Made it so" for our age, allowing us to tell "Our Story" within "God's Story" within the Creation of God within us, which is the story of True Man within God within the Creation of God within us, and in this way, allow God to Complete His Intention within us, that is, for telling His Story again within us in this last age, that is, that in the end, "No Child Will Be Left Behind", in the end, there is nothing "Other than" God within us. Amen. 2) Where Are We? Bawa. As the "Seed of God" we are buried within the "Earth of God" within us, with everything within us just waiting for us to germinate, just waiting for us to let "Truth surrender to the Truth" within us, that is, for "us" to join in partnership with God within us to germinate to the "truth of us" and to the "truth of God within us, to the truth that naturally emerges from within us when we are ready, ready to both hear it, and then ready to either accept or reject it. Bawa. Which is just like the work of the apple seed buried within the earth, who must decide to germinate to the truth within it, that it also hears when it is also ready, both ready to hear it and ready to either accept or reject it, for like us, not all apple seeds germinate, instead some rot in the earth, eventually dying in the earth, taking on up to 105 million rebirths, but never again as an apple seed, never again as the Story of the "Oneness of the apple tree and its apples", a Story that it came to the earth, to join with the earth, to tell. 3) What is Happening? Bawa. What is happening in our life is that, as the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, in truth "God is happening" within us, if we like, if we will only let it happen within us, "God is happening" within the Creation of God within us, and God within us, as the "Seed of True Man" hidden within the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, God is "True Man happening" within "God happening" within the Creation of God within us. Bawa. All of which is just like the apple seed buried within the earth is in truth the "apple tree happening" within the earth, and the apple tree is the "apple fruit happening" within the apple tree, and as such "They are one", that is, the earth, the apple seed, the apple tree, the apple fruits, and again the apple seed, but this time a 1000 fold, are all One. Bawa. As in truth "So are we", that is, the Creation of God within us, "us" as the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, God as the "Seed of True Man" hidden within the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, and True Man as again the "Seed of God" but this time within the "Seed of True Man", are all One, that is, as "One within the Other as One", and as "One revealing the Other within it", and as "One hiding itself within the One being revealed", only to appear again, in the Next Cycle, in the next Cycle of God-Man/Man-God, in the next telling of "God's Story" within us, if we like. Amen. Closing Wisdom Point - that is, if we like, for the Choice use our life in this way, or not, is our Choice, not God's, that is to become Man-God/God-Man, or to stay in our current state of "animal-man/man-animal", is our Choice, not God's, because God has given us both, and we must decide between them, not God, for God has already make His Choice, and He chose Man-God/God-Man Bawa. That is, if we like, for the Choice to let this happen within us, the Choice to join in partnership with God within us, and to stop working for wages to get into heaven on the "outside" of us, to let God finish what God has started within us, a very, very long time ago, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, or not, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Amen. Bawa. At least this is something to think about, to think about a little bit, Yes? Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). ============================================================= Text of Songs - in "Preface of English Version" of "Maya Veeram" Text of Song 1 - "The Author's Song" May the grace of Allah's divine Messenger, [The Holy Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him)] And that prophet's divine grandson, [Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him)] Filled with luminous wisdom, Help everyone trusting this false world Grow with melting love (see Comment 1). May the lamp of their hearts Burn with bright purity. May clarity grow in their heart. In this world of forms, May they understand good and evil clearly (see Comment 2). Day by day in this false world, May they realize that money and wealth are external things, And that wife, children, house, and property Will not join them in the hereafter (see Comment 3). May those with compassion Know and see themselves truly With clear inner hearts On judgment day (see Comment 4) May God's grace be given To all who have been born with me, To all who are my own life. May they be protected. May all these children Receive Your grace, O Allah. With Your love Please dispel all the unbearable, Ever increasing sorrows Inherent in the actions and words Of Your slaves, O God (see Comment 5) ============================================================= Text of Song 2 - "Invocation To Allah" So that beautiful girls with melodious songs and captivating eyes, So that these treasures of the god of love Do not cause storms in my heart, I seek refuge at Your feet, In full surrender, with all of my love (see Comment 1) O God from whom all sound emanates, O God who is praised in songs, O God who is praised in scriptures, You are the One whose eyes are everywhere, You are the One who rides the green peacock (see Comment 2) Live and vibrate in my heart, So that this story may be sung by You, In sweet, flowing songs (see Comment 3) ============================================================= Text of Song 3 - "The Word of Grace and Beauty" There is a song with a hidden meaning, A song which contains its own vibration, A song of wisdom which comes From the heart of that grace and love Of Allahu ta'ala, God who is all mighty, the precious treasure (see Comment 1). It is easy for me, with a black body, It is easy for me, wandering from land to land, It is easy for me, the blind one who does not know The difference between right and wrong To sing the song of One whose path is grace in this world, Of One who is grace and beauty in the heart (see Comment 2). They say that great sages with gnanam or divine knowledge Are submerged in the deep ocean, the blissful radiance Of the highest awakened wisdom, And that God who dwells In clear, wise men Reveals exalted words of grace through them, Words which are that very mysterious, true religion. I am so discarded, Can that be why I sing about God? (see Comment 3). Some people find fault, using words sharper Then the point of a needle. Please listen now to words Of one whose head has felt the dust Beneath the flower-like feet of wise men who have that light, Who trust in the loving and incomparable Great Prophet Muhammad, blessing and peace be upon Him (see Comment 4). Those good people who write down The words of my tongue Which knows nothing, Which does not even know good Tamil, Write blissfully, knowing the inner meanings Of these words (see Comment 5). Even if there are a million faults in the world, Please be patient, Take what is good, Have inner patience, And correct the faults within yourself (see Comment 6). ============================================================= Comments About Songs - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Outline of Comments 1. Comments On Song 1 - "The Author's Song" 1-1. Comment 1-1 - about "The grace of Allah's divine Messenger, Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and the luminous wisdom of the Prophet's divine grandson, Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), helping everyone trusting this false world grow with melting love" - In process. Please come back later. Thank you 2. Comments On Song 2 - "Invocation to God" 2-1. Comment 2-1 - about "So that beautiful girls with melodious songs and captivating eyes, so that these treasures of the god of love do not cause storms in my heart, I seek refuge at Your feet, in full surrender, with all of my love" 2-2. Comment 2-2 - about "O God from whom all sound emanates, O God who is praised in songs, O God who is praised in scriptures, You are the One whose eyes are everywhere, You are the One who rides the green peacock" - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - 3. Comments On Song 3 - "The Word of Grace and Beauty" 3-1. Comment 3-1 - about " - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - ============================================================= Text of Comments - about "Songs" in Preface of "Maya Veeram" 1. Comments For Song 1 - "The Author's Song" 1-1. Comment 1-1 - about "The grace of Allah's divine Messenger, The Holy Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and that prophet's divine grandson, Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), filled with luminous wisdom, "helping everyone" trusting this false world grow with melting love" Bawa. That is, if they like, for the Choice to use our life in this way, or not, that is, to join in partnership with God within us, to grow with melting love, which in truth is to die before death, and is to be truly "born again", before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our eternal reward, that is, to be "born again" but this time not of the elemental body within us, but rather of the Holy Spirit within us, not of what God has discarded, but rather of what is "within God" within us, and the Choice of which path we follow, is most certainly our Choice, not God's Bawa. In this way, "True Help", that is, the "Help of God", never changes, it is always the same, that is, it is eternal, inherent, and single focused, and in this way, it only truly comes to us, if we fit the requirements for it coming to us, like one key, out of a million keys, fitting one lock, with all other keys being rejected, unable to open what is hidden by the lock, which in our case is the wealth of the Mubarakat of God, the wealth of the 3 worlds, of the world of souls, this earth world, and the hereafter, that is, rejecting all those who come but "the One" who has the one proper key, which is Iman, with is absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God, that is, that, 1) There is nothing on the "outside" of us, everything is within us, and in this way, "who we are?" is what is "within us". 2) In truth there is nothing other than God within us, which includes God, what God has rejected to become God within us, what is "within God" within us, and "what God is doing" with what is "within God" within us, which is revealing God to God within us, if we like, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, for whether or not God does this within us, or not, is our Choice, not God's. 3) Only God exists within us. 4) God is One within us. Bawa. For example, what truly helps us, and what truly only helps us, to move forward on the "Path of God" within us, is God within us, is the grace and wisdom of God within us, or the Nur and the Qutb of God within us, or the Shepherd and the Tree of God within us, or the 24 letters and the 25th letter within us, which naturally emerge out of the 25 letters within us, that is, that naturally emerge out of "us" as the Shadow of the Nur Muhammad within us, out of the 25 letters of the 28 letters within us that make up the Mystical Parts of our body within us, that naturally emerges out of the "Shadow" within us, when we are ready to hear the truth within us, and ready to either accept or reject that truth within us. Bawa. That naturally emerges out of the "Shadow" of the Nur Muhammad within us, which in truth is our current life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, but which in truth is really within us, as the lives of darkness and evil that we have allowed to grow within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, like weeds in "God's Beautiful Flower Garden", and which now rule over us as the 9 openings of elemental body, with "God's Permission, until we "See God and Steady God" within us, allowing God to then "Cure Himself of us". Bawa. Of "us" living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, with us living as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us. All of which is "Just not True". Amen. Bawa. That naturally emerge out of us as the truth within us, as the "truth of us" and the "truth of God" within us, which in truth is what you are now reading, if you like, as your "own life speaking" to you, if you like, for now you are ready to hear this truth, for now everyone living in the world today is now ready to hear this truth, and ready to either accept or reject it. Bawa. Ready to hear the truth that we, as the soul and the wisdom surrounding the soul, are the "Seed of God", buried within the Creation of God within us, just waiting to germinate, just waiting to reveal the "Tree of God" within the Creation of God within us, which is the Nur Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) within us, just waiting like the apple seed buried within the earth, just waiting to germinate and reveal the apple tree hidden within it, and the apple fruits of that tree, and again the apple seed, but this time a 1000 fold. Bawa. Just waiting to reveal the "Fruit of God" that has been hidden within the "Tree of God, as the "Seed of True Man" hidden within the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us. Amen. - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - ============================================================= 2. Comments For Song 2 - "Invocation to God" 2-1. Comment 2-1 - about "So that beautiful girls with melodious songs and captivating eyes, so that these treasures of the god of love do not cause storms in my heart, I seek refuge at Your feet, in full surrender, with all of my love". Bawa. In this way, the most important thing to realize in each situation that we face is "To Escape", that is, we must always realize that everything that appears in the world has three aspects, that is, God, Grace, and darkness, that is, the Power of God, the Light of God, and the darkness of what God has discarded within us, in order to become God within us, which we have now allowed to again grow within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, just as God did before us, and like God before us. Bawa. And the only way to get this darkness within us to now leave us is to do what God before us did to remove it, which was to get God within him to remove it, that is, to get the other parts of us, of all of us, which is the Light of God within the darkness of us, and the Power of God within that Light, to emerge out of that darkness of us, as the Nur and the Qutb of God within the Shadow of us, as the 6th level of wisdom within us, which only the Creation of God known as man can do, and bring all of the lives of darkness and evil that have now grown and come to maturity within the darkness of us, to a good state, that is returning them to completeness. Bawa. That is, returning them all to God within us, from which they and everything has come, if they like, for like us, the Choice to leave the darkness and allow the Light to again fill us, and then within that Light to go in search of the Power known as God within that Light, or not, first is our Choice, not God's, and if we do, then is their Choice, not God's, because if we do, then we will have disappeared again within God, and they will be standing in "God's Presence" within us, facing Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) before we die to the flesh, and our life will have truly become successful in our lifetime. Amen. Bawa. So the only way "To Escape" in all situations is to do as our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and as God within Him, teach us to do in our age, in this beautiful song, and now on the "outside" of us, as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), are teaching us to do right now, in these Spiritual Comments, and that is to say to God, in each situation, , "I seek refuge at Your feet, in full surrender, with all of my love". Bawa. For the only way "To Escape", in each dangerous situation of our life, which in truth is every situation of our life, is to disappear within the Light of God within us, and then as "One with" that Light within us to disappear within the Power known as God within that Light. Bawa. For everything else that we try to do "To Escape", for example, like trying to "solve the problems" that we are facing, and trying to navigate around "Obstacles in our path", won't work, because in truth anything that "we" try to do, in our current state, in our current state of living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, will only keep the "Problems" alive that we are facing, and will only create even "Bigger Obstacles" in our path, because these types of solutions, that don't directly establish and involve the "Presence of God" within us, are not drawing upon the "Power of God" within us, but rather are simply nourishing the lives of darkness and evil within us, allowing nothing to really change in our lives, or in the lives of anyone else. Bawa. So at all times, in all situations, we must learn how to "step back" on the "outside" of us, so God can "step forward" within us, establishing the "Presence of God" within us, so God within us can then pass judgment upon all of the lives of darkness and evil that have grown within us, causing them to either move back into God within us, again becoming "One with" God within us, from which they have all come, or to be "separated from" us, by God within us, for eternity. Bawa. And this is the truth of us, not what we are currently experiencing in our ignorance, and even worse, in our arrogance about our ignorance, causing us to mistakenly interpret all that we are experiencing not as the lives of darkness and evil within us, but rather in our current state arrogance, karma, illusion, and mind and desire, to interpret all of our experiences as "our life", and the lives of our brothers and sisters, for example, as the lives of our wife, of our children, and of our family and friends, all living together on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, but in truth all of which is "Just not True." Bawa. And the only way "To Escape" from our current life on the "outside" of us, from our current life of arrogance, karma, illusion, and mind and desire, is to invoke the "Name of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age, which is the "Name of our Wisdom" within us, the name of the wisdom surrounding our soul, which is the name of the "Word of God make flesh" for our age, that gives us in each age as the "Word of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age, the "Name of God" for our age that will cause our mind and desire to sit down within us, when our wisdom stands up within us. Bawa. And for our age, that is the name of our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, is the name of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), if we like, which in truth is the name of each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our lot, to again become "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Amen. Bawa. So before we "Say or do or write" anything, as this child has learned to do, say the word "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him), in order "To Escape" from the "outside" of us, and place the lives of darkness and evil within us, that are always present within each thing that we are experiencing on the "outside" of us, in the "Presence of God" within us, allowing God within us to "Pass Judgment" upon them within us, either bringing them back into Himself, as Himself, because in truth "There is nothing other than God", or removing them from us for eternity, and doing all of this automatically within us, if we will just do this small part, that is, of using "God to make it through each day", and to do it, or at least to start to do it, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and we have to go to the "Judgment of Them" within us, after we die to the flesh in our current state, if we like. Bawa. That is, if we fail to heed this advice, from God within us all, for the Children of God for our age, then we will have to suffer the consequences, that is, we will have to take on as a part of "our" judgment at a later time, that is, after we die to the flesh in our current state, 105 million rebirths, with "us" ending up as a worm in hell with only one level of consciousness, or feeling, that is, with us taking on as part of "our" judgment at a later time, an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, if we like. Bawa. For the Choice is ours, not God, that is, the Choice to join in partnership with God within us, using God within us, to move forward what God is doing within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, that is, using our wisdom, the awakened wisdom surrounding our soul, to establish the "Presence of God" within us, before we "Say or do or write" anything. Bawa. In this way, calling forth our wisdom within us, allowing it to stand up within us, so our mind and desire will sit down within us, establishing the "Presence of God" within us, and doing this, in this way, in each situation of our life, in each experience of our life, until our last breath, in order to let God pass "Judgment on Them" within us, to pass judgment on all of the lives of darkness and evil that we have allowed to grow within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, growing within us like weeds in "God's Beautiful Flower Garden", which is our current state, our current state of living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True", for God is closer to us than our own breath. Bawa. And to do this, at least to start to do this, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, so God can then do "Everything Else" to make our life truly successful in our lifetime, or to continue to ignore "Gifts of Clarity" like this, until the end, that is, Gifts from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, in order to awaken us to the "truth of us" and the "truth of God" within us, that in truth "We are All One", that is, God and True Man within us, the Creation of God within us, and "us" living within the Creation of God within us, "Are all One", like the apple tree and its fruits, the earth, and the apple seed buried within the earth, "Are all One", and instead continue trying to live on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, until we die to the flesh in our current state, and get the "suffering of the grave" within us, and Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within us, as our eternal reward. Ok? Bawa. And in this way, the Choice is most certainly ours, not God's. May we make the correct Choice. Amen. 2-2. Comment 2-2 - about "O God from whom all sound emanates, O God who is praised in songs, O God who is praised in scriptures, You are the One whose eyes are everywhere, You are the One who rides the green peacock" Bawa. Our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us for our age, and now on the "outside" of us, His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, in these Spiritual Comments, for the beautiful "Songs" in the Preface of the English Version of the beautiful wisdom book, "Maya Veeram" or "The Forces of Illusion", the following, --- Beginning of Quotation from Chapter 1, in the Book "A Mystical Journey" --- By His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) "God is a power. He has no form or shape. He is alone, and yet He is everywhere, existing as an eternal power that dwells in all lives and sees them all as One." "He is the One who creates, protects, and sustains. He is the One treasure for all of Creation: for the earth, the sky, the sun, the moon, the body and the soul. He is the One treasure for life, for love and for goodness. He knows the needs of every life and feeds it accordingly. He is the supreme power who gives the milk of grace to all lives." "That power called God is an ocean of grace that never diminishes, no matter how much is taken from it. He is an ocean of bliss, wisdom, love and compassion. He is an ocean of divine knowledge, or 'ilm, from which each life can take whatever it needs for the freedom of its soul in all three worlds: the primal beginning known as awwal, this world of earth, or dunya, and the hereafter, or akhirah." "This vast ocean contains the exalted treasures of all three worlds and bestows them upon all creations without partiality, without enmity, and without regard for individual innocence or guilt. The One who gives in this way, with compassionate love and grace, is the power known as God." "This is the power we must turn to. This is the power we must look to with our wisdom, in order to acquire His qualities and receive His wealth. We must strive to receive the life of grace that comes from this power, and live our lives finding completeness within that grace." --- End of Quotation from Chapter 1, in the Book "A Mystical Journey" --- By His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) Bawa. Such is the God of ours, whom we must strive to re-establish a direct connection with, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and receive an eternal life as "separate from" God within us as our reward. This is the true stakes of the game that we are playing, whether we know it or not, and even whether we like or want it or not, because in truth, this is the "Only Game in Town". 2-3. Comment 2-3 - about " - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - ============================================================= 3. Comments For Song 3 - "The Word of Grace and Beauty" 3-1. Comment 3-1 - about " - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - End of "Songs" in the "Preface to the English Edition" In The Book "Maya Veeram" By His Holiness, M.R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) Plus Comments about Songs By Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) ........................................................... |
- The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library - (recommended way to Navigate around Library) Maya Veeram (The Forces of Illusion) "Songs In The Preface" In the "Preface to the English Edition" In a book by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) ============================================================== Main Go To: Go To: Introduction - to "Songs" in the "Preface to the English Version" 1) Who are we? - we are the "Seed of God" within us 2) Where are we? - we are buried within the Creation of God within us 3) What is happening? - if we like, God is happening within His Creation 4) Closing Wisdom Point - and the Choice for this to happen within us, that is, for the "Truth to surrender to the Truth", for the "Seed of God" to germinate within us, and reveal the "Tree of God" within us, and to reveal the "Fruits of God" within us, or not, is our Choice, not God's Go To: Text of Songs - in "Preface of English Version" of "Maya Veeram" Text of Song 1 - "Author's Song" plus Links to Comments Text of Song 2 - "Invocation to God" plus Links to Comments Text of Song 3 - "The Word of Grace & Beauty" plus Links to Comments Go To: Comments About Songs - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Go To: Table of Contents - for the book, "Maya Veeram" ============================================================== Introduction - to "Songs" in the "Preface to the English Version" Bawa. 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. My God help us all. Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Bawa. Here are the first three songs in the beautiful book of wisdom, "Maya Veeram" or "The Forces of Illusion", in the "Preface to the English Version, for your reading, and if you like, for your singing enjoyment, for in truth they represent the "Opening Chapter" to "who we are", to "where we are", and to "what is happening" in our life, as follows, 1) Who Are We? Bawa. We are the "Seed of God" buried within the "Earth of God" within us, which in truth is the Creation of God within us, all of which was left over after the last telling of the "Story of God" within us, all of which was still "separate from" God within us, that is, at the end of the last age, which ran from 2000 years ago up to our current age, all of which was still "separate from" God within us, requiring God to again tell "His Story" within us. Bawa. But this time for the last time, for God has "Made it so" for our age, allowing us to tell "Our Story" within "God's Story" within the Creation of God within us, which is the story of True Man within God within the Creation of God within us, and in this way, allow God to Complete His Intention within us, that is, for telling His Story again within us in this last age, that is, that in the end, "No Child Will Be Left Behind", in the end, there is nothing "Other than" God within us. Amen. 2) Where Are We? Bawa. As the "Seed of God" we are buried within the "Earth of God" within us, with everything within us just waiting for us to germinate, just waiting for us to let "Truth surrender to the Truth" within us, that is, for "us" to join in partnership with God within us to germinate to the "truth of us" and to the "truth of God within us, to the truth that naturally emerges from within us when we are ready, ready to both hear it, and then ready to either accept or reject it. Bawa. Which is just like the work of the apple seed buried within the earth, who must decide to germinate to the truth within it, that it also hears when it is also ready, both ready to hear it and ready to either accept or reject it, for like us, not all apple seeds germinate, instead some rot in the earth, eventually dying in the earth, taking on up to 105 million rebirths, but never again as an apple seed, never again as the Story of the "Oneness of the apple tree and its apples", a Story that it came to the earth, to join with the earth, to tell. 3) What is Happening? Bawa. What is happening in our life is that, as the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, in truth "God is happening" within us, if we like, if we will only let it happen within us, "God is happening" within the Creation of God within us, and God within us, as the "Seed of True Man" hidden within the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, God is "True Man happening" within "God happening" within the Creation of God within us. Bawa. All of which is just like the apple seed buried within the earth is in truth the "apple tree happening" within the earth, and the apple tree is the "apple fruit happening" within the apple tree, and as such "They are one", that is, the earth, the apple seed, the apple tree, the apple fruits, and again the apple seed, but this time a 1000 fold, are all One. Bawa. As in truth "So are we", that is, the Creation of God within us, "us" as the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, God as the "Seed of True Man" hidden within the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us, and True Man as again the "Seed of God" but this time within the "Seed of True Man", are all One, that is, as "One within the Other as One", and as "One revealing the Other within it", and as "One hiding itself within the One being revealed", only to appear again, in the Next Cycle, in the next Cycle of God-Man/Man-God, in the next telling of "God's Story" within us, if we like. Amen. Closing Wisdom Point - that is, if we like, for the Choice use our life in this way, or not, is our Choice, not God's, that is to become Man-God/God-Man, or to stay in our current state of "animal-man/man-animal", is our Choice, not God's, because God has given us both, and we must decide between them, not God, for God has already make His Choice, and He chose Man-God/God-Man Bawa. That is, if we like, for the Choice to let this happen within us, the Choice to join in partnership with God within us, and to stop working for wages to get into heaven on the "outside" of us, to let God finish what God has started within us, a very, very long time ago, which is to reveal God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, or not, is most certainly our Choice, not God's. Amen. Bawa. At least this is something to think about, to think about a little bit, Yes? Bawa. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). ============================================================= Text of Songs - in "Preface of English Version" of "Maya Veeram" Text of Song 1 - "The Author's Song" May the grace of Allah's divine Messenger, [The Holy Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him)] And that prophet's divine grandson, [Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him)] Filled with luminous wisdom, Help everyone trusting this false world Grow with melting love (see Comment 1). May the lamp of their hearts Burn with bright purity. May clarity grow in their heart. In this world of forms, May they understand good and evil clearly (see Comment 2). Day by day in this false world, May they realize that money and wealth are external things, And that wife, children, house, and property Will not join them in the hereafter (see Comment 3). May those with compassion Know and see themselves truly With clear inner hearts On judgment day (see Comment 4) May God's grace be given To all who have been born with me, To all who are my own life. May they be protected. May all these children Receive Your grace, O Allah. With Your love Please dispel all the unbearable, Ever increasing sorrows Inherent in the actions and words Of Your slaves, O God (see Comment 5) ============================================================= Text of Song 2 - "Invocation To Allah" So that beautiful girls with melodious songs and captivating eyes, So that these treasures of the god of love Do not cause storms in my heart, I seek refuge at Your feet, In full surrender, with all of my love (see Comment 1) O God from whom all sound emanates, O God who is praised in songs, O God who is praised in scriptures, You are the One whose eyes are everywhere, You are the One who rides the green peacock (see Comment 2) Live and vibrate in my heart, So that this story may be sung by You, In sweet, flowing songs (see Comment 3) ============================================================= Text of Song 3 - "The Word of Grace and Beauty" There is a song with a hidden meaning, A song which contains its own vibration, A song of wisdom which comes From the heart of that grace and love Of Allahu ta'ala, God who is all mighty, the precious treasure (see Comment 1). It is easy for me, with a black body, It is easy for me, wandering from land to land, It is easy for me, the blind one who does not know The difference between right and wrong To sing the song of One whose path is grace in this world, Of One who is grace and beauty in the heart (see Comment 2). They say that great sages with gnanam or divine knowledge Are submerged in the deep ocean, the blissful radiance Of the highest awakened wisdom, And that God who dwells In clear, wise men Reveals exalted words of grace through them, Words which are that very mysterious, true religion. I am so discarded, Can that be why I sing about God? (see Comment 3). Some people find fault, using words sharper Then the point of a needle. Please listen now to words Of one whose head has felt the dust Beneath the flower-like feet of wise men who have that light, Who trust in the loving and incomparable Great Prophet Muhammad, blessing and peace be upon Him (see Comment 4). Those good people who write down The words of my tongue Which knows nothing, Which does not even know good Tamil, Write blissfully, knowing the inner meanings Of these words (see Comment 5). Even if there are a million faults in the world, Please be patient, Take what is good, Have inner patience, And correct the faults within yourself (see Comment 6). ============================================================= Comments About Songs - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Outline of Comments 1. Comments On Song 1 - "The Author's Song" 1-1. Comment 1-1 - about "The grace of Allah's divine Messenger, Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and the luminous wisdom of the Prophet's divine grandson, Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), helping everyone trusting this false world grow with melting love" - In process. Please come back later. Thank you 2. Comments On Song 2 - "Invocation to God" 2-1. Comment 2-1 - about "So that beautiful girls with melodious songs and captivating eyes, so that these treasures of the god of love do not cause storms in my heart, I seek refuge at Your feet, in full surrender, with all of my love" 2-2. Comment 2-2 - about "O God from whom all sound emanates, O God who is praised in songs, O God who is praised in scriptures, You are the One whose eyes are everywhere, You are the One who rides the green peacock" - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - 3. Comments On Song 3 - "The Word of Grace and Beauty" 3-1. Comment 3-1 - about " - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - ============================================================= Text of Comments - about "Songs" in Preface of "Maya Veeram" 1. Comments For Song 1 - "The Author's Song" 1-1. Comment 1-1 - about "The grace of Allah's divine Messenger, The Holy Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and that prophet's divine grandson, Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him), filled with luminous wisdom, "helping everyone" trusting this false world grow with melting love" Bawa. That is, if they like, for the Choice to use our life in this way, or not, that is, to join in partnership with God within us, to grow with melting love, which in truth is to die before death, and is to be truly "born again", before we die to the flesh in our current state, and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our eternal reward, that is, to be "born again" but this time not of the elemental body within us, but rather of the Holy Spirit within us, not of what God has discarded, but rather of what is "within God" within us, and the Choice of which path we follow, is most certainly our Choice, not God's Bawa. In this way, "True Help", that is, the "Help of God", never changes, it is always the same, that is, it is eternal, inherent, and single focused, and in this way, it only truly comes to us, if we fit the requirements for it coming to us, like one key, out of a million keys, fitting one lock, with all other keys being rejected, unable to open what is hidden by the lock, which in our case is the wealth of the Mubarakat of God, the wealth of the 3 worlds, of the world of souls, this earth world, and the hereafter, that is, rejecting all those who come but "the One" who has the one proper key, which is Iman, with is absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God, that is, that, 1) There is nothing on the "outside" of us, everything is within us, and in this way, "who we are?" is what is "within us". 2) In truth there is nothing other than God within us, which includes God, what God has rejected to become God within us, what is "within God" within us, and "what God is doing" with what is "within God" within us, which is revealing God to God within us, if we like, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, for whether or not God does this within us, or not, is our Choice, not God's. 3) Only God exists within us. 4) God is One within us. Bawa. For example, what truly helps us, and what truly only helps us, to move forward on the "Path of God" within us, is God within us, is the grace and wisdom of God within us, or the Nur and the Qutb of God within us, or the Shepherd and the Tree of God within us, or the 24 letters and the 25th letter within us, which naturally emerge out of the 25 letters within us, that is, that naturally emerge out of "us" as the Shadow of the Nur Muhammad within us, out of the 25 letters of the 28 letters within us that make up the Mystical Parts of our body within us, that naturally emerges out of the "Shadow" within us, when we are ready to hear the truth within us, and ready to either accept or reject that truth within us. Bawa. That naturally emerges out of the "Shadow" of the Nur Muhammad within us, which in truth is our current life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, but which in truth is really within us, as the lives of darkness and evil that we have allowed to grow within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, like weeds in "God's Beautiful Flower Garden", and which now rule over us as the 9 openings of elemental body, with "God's Permission, until we "See God and Steady God" within us, allowing God to then "Cure Himself of us". Bawa. Of "us" living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, with us living as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us. All of which is "Just not True". Amen. Bawa. That naturally emerge out of us as the truth within us, as the "truth of us" and the "truth of God" within us, which in truth is what you are now reading, if you like, as your "own life speaking" to you, if you like, for now you are ready to hear this truth, for now everyone living in the world today is now ready to hear this truth, and ready to either accept or reject it. Bawa. Ready to hear the truth that we, as the soul and the wisdom surrounding the soul, are the "Seed of God", buried within the Creation of God within us, just waiting to germinate, just waiting to reveal the "Tree of God" within the Creation of God within us, which is the Nur Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) within us, just waiting like the apple seed buried within the earth, just waiting to germinate and reveal the apple tree hidden within it, and the apple fruits of that tree, and again the apple seed, but this time a 1000 fold. Bawa. Just waiting to reveal the "Fruit of God" that has been hidden within the "Tree of God, as the "Seed of True Man" hidden within the "Seed of God" buried within the Creation of God within us. Amen. - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - ============================================================= 2. Comments For Song 2 - "Invocation to God" 2-1. Comment 2-1 - about "So that beautiful girls with melodious songs and captivating eyes, so that these treasures of the god of love do not cause storms in my heart, I seek refuge at Your feet, in full surrender, with all of my love". Bawa. In this way, the most important thing to realize in each situation that we face is "To Escape", that is, we must always realize that everything that appears in the world has three aspects, that is, God, Grace, and darkness, that is, the Power of God, the Light of God, and the darkness of what God has discarded within us, in order to become God within us, which we have now allowed to again grow within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, just as God did before us, and like God before us. Bawa. And the only way to get this darkness within us to now leave us is to do what God before us did to remove it, which was to get God within him to remove it, that is, to get the other parts of us, of all of us, which is the Light of God within the darkness of us, and the Power of God within that Light, to emerge out of that darkness of us, as the Nur and the Qutb of God within the Shadow of us, as the 6th level of wisdom within us, which only the Creation of God known as man can do, and bring all of the lives of darkness and evil that have now grown and come to maturity within the darkness of us, to a good state, that is returning them to completeness. Bawa. That is, returning them all to God within us, from which they and everything has come, if they like, for like us, the Choice to leave the darkness and allow the Light to again fill us, and then within that Light to go in search of the Power known as God within that Light, or not, first is our Choice, not God's, and if we do, then is their Choice, not God's, because if we do, then we will have disappeared again within God, and they will be standing in "God's Presence" within us, facing Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) before we die to the flesh, and our life will have truly become successful in our lifetime. Amen. Bawa. So the only way "To Escape" in all situations is to do as our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and as God within Him, teach us to do in our age, in this beautiful song, and now on the "outside" of us, as His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), are teaching us to do right now, in these Spiritual Comments, and that is to say to God, in each situation, , "I seek refuge at Your feet, in full surrender, with all of my love". Bawa. For the only way "To Escape", in each dangerous situation of our life, which in truth is every situation of our life, is to disappear within the Light of God within us, and then as "One with" that Light within us to disappear within the Power known as God within that Light. Bawa. For everything else that we try to do "To Escape", for example, like trying to "solve the problems" that we are facing, and trying to navigate around "Obstacles in our path", won't work, because in truth anything that "we" try to do, in our current state, in our current state of living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, will only keep the "Problems" alive that we are facing, and will only create even "Bigger Obstacles" in our path, because these types of solutions, that don't directly establish and involve the "Presence of God" within us, are not drawing upon the "Power of God" within us, but rather are simply nourishing the lives of darkness and evil within us, allowing nothing to really change in our lives, or in the lives of anyone else. Bawa. So at all times, in all situations, we must learn how to "step back" on the "outside" of us, so God can "step forward" within us, establishing the "Presence of God" within us, so God within us can then pass judgment upon all of the lives of darkness and evil that have grown within us, causing them to either move back into God within us, again becoming "One with" God within us, from which they have all come, or to be "separated from" us, by God within us, for eternity. Bawa. And this is the truth of us, not what we are currently experiencing in our ignorance, and even worse, in our arrogance about our ignorance, causing us to mistakenly interpret all that we are experiencing not as the lives of darkness and evil within us, but rather in our current state arrogance, karma, illusion, and mind and desire, to interpret all of our experiences as "our life", and the lives of our brothers and sisters, for example, as the lives of our wife, of our children, and of our family and friends, all living together on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, as if we are "separate from" each other, and as if we are "separate from" the Creation of God within us, but in truth all of which is "Just not True." Bawa. And the only way "To Escape" from our current life on the "outside" of us, from our current life of arrogance, karma, illusion, and mind and desire, is to invoke the "Name of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age, which is the "Name of our Wisdom" within us, the name of the wisdom surrounding our soul, which is the name of the "Word of God make flesh" for our age, that gives us in each age as the "Word of God" for our age, for the Children of God for our age, the "Name of God" for our age that will cause our mind and desire to sit down within us, when our wisdom stands up within us. Bawa. And for our age, that is the name of our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and of God within Him, and now on the "outside" of us, is the name of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), if we like, which in truth is the name of each of us living in this age, if we like, that is, if the true intention for our life within us, for our soul life, is to again become "One with" God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state and get an eternal hell of "separation from" God as our lot, to again become "One with" God within us, but this time with an understanding of "Our Oneness", so it will never leave us again. Amen. Bawa. So before we "Say or do or write" anything, as this child has learned to do, say the word "Bawa", or "Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" or "Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen" (may God be pleased with Him), in order "To Escape" from the "outside" of us, and place the lives of darkness and evil within us, that are always present within each thing that we are experiencing on the "outside" of us, in the "Presence of God" within us, allowing God within us to "Pass Judgment" upon them within us, either bringing them back into Himself, as Himself, because in truth "There is nothing other than God", or removing them from us for eternity, and doing all of this automatically within us, if we will just do this small part, that is, of using "God to make it through each day", and to do it, or at least to start to do it, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and we have to go to the "Judgment of Them" within us, after we die to the flesh in our current state, if we like. Bawa. That is, if we fail to heed this advice, from God within us all, for the Children of God for our age, then we will have to suffer the consequences, that is, we will have to take on as a part of "our" judgment at a later time, that is, after we die to the flesh in our current state, 105 million rebirths, with "us" ending up as a worm in hell with only one level of consciousness, or feeling, that is, with us taking on as part of "our" judgment at a later time, an eternal life as "separate from" God within us, if we like. Bawa. For the Choice is ours, not God, that is, the Choice to join in partnership with God within us, using God within us, to move forward what God is doing within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, that is, using our wisdom, the awakened wisdom surrounding our soul, to establish the "Presence of God" within us, before we "Say or do or write" anything. Bawa. In this way, calling forth our wisdom within us, allowing it to stand up within us, so our mind and desire will sit down within us, establishing the "Presence of God" within us, and doing this, in this way, in each situation of our life, in each experience of our life, until our last breath, in order to let God pass "Judgment on Them" within us, to pass judgment on all of the lives of darkness and evil that we have allowed to grow within us, in our ignorance and in our arrogance about our ignorance, growing within us like weeds in "God's Beautiful Flower Garden", which is our current state, our current state of living a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, all of which is "Just not True", for God is closer to us than our own breath. Bawa. And to do this, at least to start to do this, in partnership with God within us, before we die to the flesh in our current state, so God can then do "Everything Else" to make our life truly successful in our lifetime, or to continue to ignore "Gifts of Clarity" like this, until the end, that is, Gifts from God within us all, to the Children of God for our age, in order to awaken us to the "truth of us" and the "truth of God" within us, that in truth "We are All One", that is, God and True Man within us, the Creation of God within us, and "us" living within the Creation of God within us, "Are all One", like the apple tree and its fruits, the earth, and the apple seed buried within the earth, "Are all One", and instead continue trying to live on the "outside" of us, as if we are "separate from" God within us, until we die to the flesh in our current state, and get the "suffering of the grave" within us, and Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within us, as our eternal reward. Ok? Bawa. And in this way, the Choice is most certainly ours, not God's. May we make the correct Choice. Amen. 2-2. Comment 2-2 - about "O God from whom all sound emanates, O God who is praised in songs, O God who is praised in scriptures, You are the One whose eyes are everywhere, You are the One who rides the green peacock" Bawa. Our dearest loving Father, Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) within us, and God within Him, teach us for our age, and now on the "outside" of us, His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us) are teaching us right now, in these Spiritual Comments, for the beautiful "Songs" in the Preface of the English Version of the beautiful wisdom book, "Maya Veeram" or "The Forces of Illusion", the following, --- Beginning of Quotation from Chapter 1, in the Book "A Mystical Journey" --- By His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) "God is a power. He has no form or shape. He is alone, and yet He is everywhere, existing as an eternal power that dwells in all lives and sees them all as One." "He is the One who creates, protects, and sustains. He is the One treasure for all of Creation: for the earth, the sky, the sun, the moon, the body and the soul. He is the One treasure for life, for love and for goodness. He knows the needs of every life and feeds it accordingly. He is the supreme power who gives the milk of grace to all lives." "That power called God is an ocean of grace that never diminishes, no matter how much is taken from it. He is an ocean of bliss, wisdom, love and compassion. He is an ocean of divine knowledge, or 'ilm, from which each life can take whatever it needs for the freedom of its soul in all three worlds: the primal beginning known as awwal, this world of earth, or dunya, and the hereafter, or akhirah." "This vast ocean contains the exalted treasures of all three worlds and bestows them upon all creations without partiality, without enmity, and without regard for individual innocence or guilt. The One who gives in this way, with compassionate love and grace, is the power known as God." "This is the power we must turn to. This is the power we must look to with our wisdom, in order to acquire His qualities and receive His wealth. We must strive to receive the life of grace that comes from this power, and live our lives finding completeness within that grace." --- End of Quotation from Chapter 1, in the Book "A Mystical Journey" --- By His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) Bawa. Such is the God of ours, whom we must strive to re-establish a direct connection with, before we die to the flesh in our current state, and receive an eternal life as "separate from" God within us as our reward. This is the true stakes of the game that we are playing, whether we know it or not, and even whether we like or want it or not, because in truth, this is the "Only Game in Town". 2-3. Comment 2-3 - about " - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - ============================================================= 3. Comments For Song 3 - "The Word of Grace and Beauty" 3-1. Comment 3-1 - about " - In process. Please come back later. Thank you - End of "Songs" in the "Preface to the English Edition" In The Book "Maya Veeram" By His Holiness, M.R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) Plus Comments about Songs By Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) ........................................................... |
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