Chapter 15
"Wisdom Study Version"
"Wisdom Study Material"
For "Chapter 15"
For This Document
Title:
"Charity" or
"The Meaning of True Chaity"
Author of Original Version: M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
(may God be pleased with Him, and with Us)
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Introduction - to Chapter 15
Opening Greetings - from heart to heart, if we like
Bawa. Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most
Compassionate.
Bawa. Al-salam 'alaykum wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. Wa 'alaykum al-salam wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all.
Bawa. My love you (anbu) My dearest loving Grand Children, My Son and Daugthters, My Brothers and Sisters (Ral.), and all of My dearest loving Children (Ral.) - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.).
Opening Comments - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), about the True Significance of Chapter 15
Bawa. Bawa teaches His Children that "Only God is good", and that "Only God can pray", and Now in Chapter 15 of this beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom", Bawa Again teaches His Children that "Only God can do Charity".
Bawa. And this is the great lesson for your life, if you like, because Now, in this age, in this age of the "Islam That Only God Knows", if you like, the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) can Now put down what your parents did before you, including the "Islam of Muhammad (Sal.)", that is, the Islam that Muhammad (Sal.) told his followers would last at least for 1400 years, which ended in 1980, but after that, after 1400 years, after 1980, an Islam that would become the Islam that "Only God Knows", which in truth is Now the life and teaching of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and Now of His Children, that is, and Now of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.). Amen...
Bawa. That is, the "Islam of Muhammad (Sal.)" which in truth is the Islam of "Iman-Islam" or the "Islam of Faith" would becomes the "Islam of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.)" or the "Islam of Truth", that is, the "Islam of Muhammad (Sal.)" which in truth is God awakening to Himself as Perfected True Man within God would become the "Islam of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.)" which in truth is God awakening to Himself as God within Perfected True Man.
Bawa. All of which in truth is Now God Completing the First Part of the Two Part Story of God, and God Starting the Second Part of God's Story, within the heart of each of My Children, if you like, that is, of God Completing the First Part of the Story of the "Oneness of God and True Man", that is, the First Part of God's Story which is the "Story of True Man within God", all of which Comes to Completion with Man becoming Perfected True Man within God, and all of which has already happened in all of My Children, if you like, all of which is Now your "True Birthright", is Now your "True Heritage", is Now the "True Destiny of your soul", if you like, for the Choice is Now yours, not God.
Bawa. That is, the Choice to Enter God's Story or not, and if so, that is, if you truly Choose to Enter God's Story, then the Choice of where to Enter God's Story, that is, Either to Enter God's Story at the Point Known as Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) and His Children, which is the Point where God brings True Man to Perfection within Himself, a Point which in truth has already come to Completion within you, if you like, Or to Enter God's Story at the Point Now Known as Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) and His Children, where Perfected True Man is Now bringing God or the One or the Truth to Completion within Himself, which is Now what in truth is Truly Happening within the heart of all of My Children, if you like, and is Now truly available to all of My Children, if you like. So Please Choose Wisely. Amen.
Bawa. That is, The First Part of God's Story, the Part That Has Already Come To Completion within all of My Children, if you like, that is, The "Story of True Man within God" Comes To Completion as the "Completion of the Triple Flame", when the One appears within the Three, that is, when Allah Muhammad appears within the Nur Muhammad as the "Resonance of Allah", that is, when the "Alif becomes the pillar of the sukun of the mim", that is, when the soul completes its journey back to Allah, that is, when the "Soul Realizes Allah", all of which Starts the Second Part of the Two Part Story of God.
Bawa. That is, All of which Starts the Second Part of this Story of God which is the "Story of God within Perfected True Man", which is God awakening to Himself as God within Perfected True Man, all of which in truth is God bringing what is Now Established within Perfected True Man within God, which is the Completion of the Triple Flame, to Completion, that is, the Completion of the One within the Triple Flame, all of which Starts within Perfected True Man within God as "Truth born as Human, Growing as Human, Knowing Himself", all of which in truth is the One True Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, within each of My Children, if you like. Amen.
Bawa. That is, The Second Part of this Story of God, All of which in truth is the Journey of "God or the One or Truth appearing within Perfected True Man" back to the Original Station of God, that is, to the Station of God before Anathi, that is, before the time of Darkness or Lack of Understanding, that is, the Journey that Starts after God brings True Man to Perfection within Himself, or the Journey of God Breathing In, that is, the Journey of God pulling back into Himself all of His Creation, after God has Completed Breathing Out, that is, after all of His Creation and the Wealth of the Three Worlds have been brought to Completion as Perfected True Man within God.
Bawa. And all of which Starts, this Second Part of God's Story, when,
"The soul is placed in the Secret Kingdom of God within your qalb, allowing the
soul to be in constant communion with Allah, having established a connection by
which it can speak to Allah. Now taking its life, its food, its wisdom -- everything
-- directly from Allah, and goes on Resounding the praise of Allah".
Bawa. That is, after the Sound and Resplendence of the Nur come to the soul, allowing the soul to make its connection to Allah, and "Realize Allah", that is, after
the Qutbiyyat of God, which is the wisdom of the Qutb, which is the Action of God, the grace of the dhat, creates the "Body of Truth" for the soul from out of your "ocean of illusion", if you like, so the soul can rest in that, before being taken by the Qutb to the Nur, that is, if you will Only Stop "Working for wages to get into some illusory heaven" on a new illusory "outside" of yourself, all of which is "Just Not True".
Bawa. And Instead, if you will Only Truly Start to Join In Partnership with
God, First on the "outside" of you and then within you, to let God "Have His Way with you", that is, to let God tell and bring to Completion His Story, but this time within you, that is, to let God "Reveal God to God" for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, within God within you, and for a little while on the "outside" of you, for the benefit of your brothers and sisters, as this child has Now learned to do. That would be good. Amen.
Bawa. And Now this means, this "Joining in Partnership with God" Now means, for each of My Children to Becoming "One with God", as much as you can, whenever you can, and to Now Do This, by becoming "One with" Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), First on the "outside" of you and then within you, in whom "We are well Pleased". Amen.
Bawa. All of which Now Starts, this Second Part of God's Story, within My Children, if you like, that is, after your soul is taken by God within you to the hereafter, or firdaus, or the 8th heaven of God, or the Kingdom of God within Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) within you, if you like, all of which Now becomes the "Islam of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.)" within you, which is the "Islam of Truth" within each of My Children, if you like, First on the "outside" of you and then within you, So in the End, there is "No Child Left Behind", So in the End, there is Nothing Still "Separating God from God" within you, if you like.
Bawa. For the Choice is yours, not God, that is, the Choice to Use Your Life in this way, or not, that is, to Either "Let God Have His Way" with you, as this child has Now learned to do, Or to Continue to "let the satan" have his way with you, as all of My Children are still doing.
Bawa. So Please make the wise Choice, My Dearest Loving Children, Please accept Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) as such for your life, First on the "outside" of you and then within you, that is, as the "Presence of God", as the "Word of God" made flesh, as the "Fire of God" Now burning in the world, Now for your age and for your life, for all life.
Bawa. Please Join as "One with" him, as much as you can, whenever you can, that is, Please Join as "One with" Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), in Everything that you do, making His Life "your life", making His Words "your words", making His Presence "your presence", making His Qualities "your qualities", while you still can, that is, while both he and you are still living in the world together, for in truth there is no other way to become truly successful in your life, you must "Use God To Get To God", and Now for your life, for the life of all of My Children.
Bawa. For in truth this is Now God/Bawa or "Us" for all of My Children, this life and teaching of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), First on the "outside" of you and then within you. Amen.
Bawa. For in truth "Life is the Victory of Wisdom reasoning over fate", and this is what "We" have Now given you to "win over your fate", to win over your fate which in truth is Now everything that you do in your life, this Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), First on the "outside" of you and then within you, this is Now "Your Wisdom", this is Now "Your Light" in the world, and in truth you are Now "His Shadow".
Bawa. And this is Now the True Contrast of your life, that is, the Contrast between "your life of fate" and Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen's (Ral.) "Life of Wisdom", for in truth Understanding only occurs through Contrast, and within the "current life" of darkness within the heart of all of My Children there is No True Contrast, there is Only Drama, the drama of "I and you", of "mine and yours", So "We" gave you Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) as Now your "True Contrast".
Bawa. So the Understanding of your soul can Occur, So the Liberation of your soul can occur, So your awakened wisdom which is Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) within you joined as "One with" your liberated soul can find and merge with the Nur, that is, with the light of "Your Wisdom" which is "Us", So your soul can "Realize Allah", So God can Now Complete the First Part of His Story within you, if you like, bringing True Man to Perfection within God within you, and Start the Second Part of His Story, within Perfected True Man within God within you, bring God within Perfected True Man back to God's Original State, So in the End, there is "No Child Left Behind", So in the End, there is Nothing Still "Separating God from God" within you. Amen.
Bawa. And this is Now the Truth of your life, of all of My Children, not anything that came before, not even anything that you Now think that "We" gave to you when "We" were living in the world as Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), Please Realize this Now and Start to act accordingly, Please Start to live as the Children of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.). That would be good.
Bawa. And Please Understand the Consequences of You Not Doing It Like
This, that is, as "We" have Now given it to you to do, that is, the Consequences of you Continuing to do it as "you like", or as you think or believe that "We" gave it to you earlier, for in truth Now it is "Not True". And if you don't Start To Do It Like This Now then an eternal life within you as "separate from" God within you will become your fate, and "We" will have to let "the satan" harvest you and "claim you" as his property, and drag you yelling and screaming to hell.
Bawa. So Please Do It Like This, that is, as "We" are Now telling you to do it, So you can truly learn How To Demonstrate God To God, First on the "outside" of you and then within you, So God will come and literally "Pull God Out of Here", and if you do, then "You will be within It".
Bawa. For in truth there is No Other Way to leave here successfully, that is, Only By Making God Successful First. And that is "Our Promise", that is "Our Guarantee". Amen. Please do it Now this way. Ok? Amen.
Bawa. And Please Realize My Dearest Loving Children that God is in charge of everything, not you, including everything in your "current life", not you, because in truth God gave you a soul which is His Purity, and His wisdom which is His Consciousness, and His Light which is His Beauty and His Understanding, and His qualities which is His Form, and a "shirt for the soul" which is Your School, so you could "Realize Allah", by coming to this School of Contrast which is Now your heart, to Understand what is Now "separating your soul from God", which is Now your own life.
Bawa. And having Understood all of this, for you to join in Partnership with God, First on the "outside" of you and then within you, to Let God "Cure Himself of you", that is, to Cure Himself of the "Enemy of your soul", which is Now "you", by becoming Perfected True Man within God within you.
Bawa. And in the process come to Truly Understand who "You Already Are", which is God within Perfected True Man, and Understanding This "Pull Everything Back Into Yourself", from which Everything has come, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, if you like, and then, if You Like, tell "Your Story" Again.
Bawa. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon all of My Children. May God be pleased with all of My Children. May God help all of My Children. Amen.
Bawa. My love you, My Dearest Loving Grand Children, Sons and Daughters, Brothers and Sisters, and all of My Children - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Us, and with Him). Amen.
[Note: To read more on these beautiful Wisdom Points as given to us by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and Now by this child, Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), please Click HERE, if you like, which provides the Home Page for a set of Short Discourses by Bawa that have helped this child fall into this One Journey of God Revealing God to God, for the benefit of all of His Creation, within God within you (www.SpiritualDiscourses.homestead.com). Thank you. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen]
About Chapter 15:
Bawa. Chapter 15 or "Charity" is about the "Apparent Disconnect" or "Apparent Separation From" that My Children currently have, that is, an "Apparent Disconnect" or "Apparent Separation From" that is "Just Not True".
Bawa. That is, an "Apparent Disconnect" or "Apparent Separation From" between yourself and God, and between yourself and each of your brothers and sisters, and between yourself and the Creation of God, within God within you, all of which is "Just Not True".
Bawa. For in truth "Man and God" are One, because God is closer than your own breath, your own thoughts, and your own life, and all of My Children are in truth One, because in truth you are all My One True Child, which is Now the One True Child of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), if you like, that all of My Children must Now learn How To fall into, before you die to the flesh, First on the "outside" of you and then within you, if you like.
Bawa. And the Creation of God, within God within you, is where all of My Children are Now Buried, as the "Seed of God", that is, as the soul hidden within each of My Children, hidden within the tiny piece of flesh "No bigger than an atom", just waiting to Reveal God to God within you, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, within God within you, just like the apple seed is buried within the earth, Just Waiting To Germinate to "The Truth" of itself.
Bawa. That is, Germinate to the truth of itself, that in truth it is not a life in the earth "separate from" the earth, but Rather it is an apple seed, that is, it is the "seed of something else", and that it is buried within the earth, and that the earth contains everything necessary for the apple tree hidden within it to grow, that is, when it truly accepts and joins as "One with" its Truth, freely and willingly giving up its "current life" of "separation from" the earth, freely and willingly becoming peaceful with "its own ending", So what is hidden within it by God can appear, So "What is Next" in its life can occur. Amen.
Bawa. In Chapter 15 this "Apparent Disconnect" or "Apparent Separation From" that My Children currently have is highlighted using the Topic of "Charity" or "Dharma" which is a terms used in the Buddhist Tradition to indicate the "spiritual journey" one takes from his inherited selfish "karma" to a more selfless way of life focused on serving the larger community, thereby transforming ones "karma" into "Dharma", where concern for the well-being of the community takes precedence over self concern.
Bawa. However, when compared to the "True Enlightenment" previously offered to His Children by Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and Now being offered by Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), to His Children, which is a recognition that in truth man is "God Happening" not the Creation of God getting better, then the Concept of Dharma or "Charity" literally falls apart and is seen as but a reflection of man's hypocrisy..
Bawa. That is, when Man truly Joins in Partnership with God, First on the "outside" of you and then within you, that is, when My Children truly Join as "One with" what God is Now Doing, First on the "outside" of you, which is revealing True Man to True Man, and then within you, which is revealing God to God, if you like, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, within God within you,
Bawa. Then the Concept of Dharma or "Charity" is seen as but a reflection of the hypocrisy of man where a man's words and a man's action are not the same, So even though man may talk about the higher ideals of "Charity", all of which for him are just intellectual thoughts and not a personal reality, in truth he is still ruled by his karma, that is, by his arrogance, karma, and illusion, by his "triple dirt", not by the "Triple Flame", that is, ruled by his desires, all of which incites him to desire the world more and more, and to even think about God less and less, let alone to "Become Him", and in this way to apply the concept of "Charity" for selfish reasons, no matter what he may be talking about.
Bawa. And this is why for a truly realized person or Manu-eesan (Man the Divine) or True Man there is no word for "Charity" because in truth such a One is "Charity" in the same way that God is Charity, and only if this transition of consciousness occurs in ones heart can "True Charity" occur, if not, then no matter what "a person" may say or do, what he gives can only be "false Charity", because he will always consider himself as "separate from" the one who receives his Charity, while a Truly Realized Being will view all lives as his own, treating them as his own life, feeding them, clothing them, and providing for all of their needs as he provides for his own hunger, clothing and needs. Such is the difference between True and False Charity.
Bawa. May all of My Children come to the state where "We" are Charity, as well as "We" are Prayer, and "We" are Goodness, First on the "outside" of you as True Man awakening to True Man, that is, as Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) awakening to Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and then within you as God awakening to God, that is, where "We" are God awakening to Himself as God within Perfected True Man.
Bawa. That is, that "We" are Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), First as the Children of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) on the "outside" of you and then as Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) within you, that is, then as God awakening to Himself within Perfected True Man within God within you, where "We" are "God's Charity", "We" are God's Prayer, and "We" are God's Goodness. Amen.
Bawa. And in this way, and only in this way, Stop all of your truly selfish giving of "Charity" through the intellect joined with your ego, by Starting to make yourself "available to God" as His True Slave, for what God is already doing, all of the time, within all of My Children, for the benefit of all of His Creation, within God within you, all of which in truth is the Only True Charity. Amen.
May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon all of My Children. May God be pleased with all of My Children. May God help all of My Children. Amen.
Bawa. My love you, My Dearest Loving Grand Children, Sons and Daughters, Brothers and Sisters, and all of My Children - Shaikh Muhammad Rahim Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Us, and with Him). Amen.
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"Wisdom Outline" - of "Original Version" of Chapter 15
“Wisdom Outline”
of “Original Version”
of Chapter 15
01. How Many "Kinds of Charity" or Dharma Are There In The World - It Is Said That Charity Is A Gift To Him Who Is Born As A Human, But In Truth “There Are Only “Two Kinds of Charity” In The World, That Is, “False Charity” And “True Charity”, That Is, “False Charity” Which Is "The Kind of Charity" Performed By Man In The World, In "The Heart" of One Who Has Not Yet Learned “How Not To Be There, So God Can Be There”, And “True Charity”, Which Is "The Kind of Charity" Performed By God In The World, In "The Heart" of One How Has Learned “How Not To Be There, So God Can Be There”. The World Has Forgotten "This Distinction" Between “False Charity” And “True Charity”, and that is for sure.
02. The Meaning of “False Charity” - Is "False Man", It Is "The Kingdom" of Man As "Separate From God", That Is, “False Charity” Is “Having A Word For Charity”, Is Charity Performed In The World Still From “The False Perspective” of You Existing As “Separate From” God, Within You, As “Separate From” The Creation of God, Within God Within You, And For A Little While Longer, As “Separate From” Your Brothers and Sisters On The Illusory Outside of You, That Is, From “The False Perspective” of You Existing As Both “Separate From” The One How Gives “True Charity”, Which Is God, Within You, And As “Separate From” Those Who Truly Receive This “True Charity” From God, Which Is The Creation of God, Within God Within You, For In Truth “False Charity” Is Just “The Drama” of
“I and You”, of “Mine and Yours”, And of “Arrogance”, On The Illusory Outside of You, And In Truth, As Such, Is of "No Real Value" To Anyone Or Anything, So False Man Not God Is The Only One Who Can Give "False Charity", and that is for sure.
03. The Meaning of “True Charity” - Is God, It Is "The Kingdom" of God As "One With" Man, That Is, "True Charity" is God's Qualities, His Actions, His Compassion, His Peacefulness, and His Unity, So Allah Not Man Is The Only One Who Can Give “True Charity”, and that is for sure.
04. Examples of “Unkind Charity”, of “False Charity", of "False Man” - That Is, Examples of “The Kind of Charity” That Is Being Practiced In The World Today, “A Kind of Charity” Which You Should Observe As “Unkind Charity”, As “False Charity”, As “Charity Without Love (No Anbu)” Without Any Hesitation, “A Kind of Charity” For Which You Should “Express Contempt”, Without Any Hesitation, For In Truth It Is “The Denial of God”, It Is "The Denial of True Charity", and that is for sure.
05. Example of The “True Charity” of A Human Being, of "True Man" - Is “The Charity of God” In The World, "The True Charity" of God That Can Change The World, That Can Save The World From Destruction, When “A Human Born As Human”, Regarding All Other Lives As His Own, And With Happiness, Sympathy, Clarity, Submission, Devotion, Duty, Patience, And Tranquillity “Comes Forward With Purity of Heart”, Knowing That “Everything Belongs To God”, And That There Is “Nothing of His Own”, Nothing At All, Ending All Poverty, Want, Or Powerful People In The World, and that is for sure.
“The End”
of “Wisdom Outline”
of “Original Version”
of Chapter 15
Body of Document:
01. How Many "Kinds of Charity" or Dharma Are There In The World - It Is Said That Charity Is A Gift To Him Who Is Born As A Human, But In Truth “There Are Only “Two Kinds of Charity” In The World, That Is, “False Charity” And “True Charity”, That Is, “False Charity” Which Is "The Kind of Charity" Performed By Man In The World, In "The Heart" of One Who Has Not Yet Learned “How Not To Be There, So God Can Be There”, And “True Charity”, Which Is "The Kind of Charity" Performed By God In The World, In "The Heart" of One How Has Learned “How Not To Be There, So God Can Be There”. The World Has Forgotten "This Distinction" Between “False Charity” And “True Charity”, and that is for sure.
His Holiness Teaches His Children:
Disciple:
Swami, glorious Guru, Dharma (Charity) is generally spoken of in the world. How many kinds of charity are there? Swami, please explain this to me.
Guru:
Son, listen. I shall tell you. Dharma (Charity) is a glorious thing. It is a living pulse for the bliss of Moksha (Ultimate Reality). Son, great men, ancient people, Nabis
(Prophets), men of God's grace and even the Beloved Allah All Mighty, Himself have extolled the virtues of Dharma to the world.
Charity is a gift to Him who is born as a Human. Great men have sworn that the tree of Charity will protect you from the difficulties and hardships of life like a tree providing nourishment to a dead tree, pouring water on it and helping it to grow again. But the world has forgotten this.
02. The Meaning of “False Charity” - Is "False Man", It Is "The Kingdom" of Man As "Separate From God", That Is, “False Charity” Is “Having A Word For Charity”, Is Charity Performed In The World Still From “The False Perspective” of You Existing As “Separate From” God, Within You, As “Separate From” The Creation of God, Within God Within You, And For A Little While Longer, As “Separate From” Your Brothers and Sisters On The Illusory Outside of You, That Is, From “The False Perspective” of You Existing As Both “Separate From” The One How Gives “True Charity”, Which Is God, Within You, And As “Separate From” Those Who Truly Receive This “True Charity” From God, Which Is The Creation of God, Within God Within You, For In Truth “False Charity” Is Just “The Drama” of
“I and You”, of “Mine and Yours”, And of “Arrogance”, On The Illusory Outside of You, And In Truth, As Such, Is of No Real Value To Anyone Or Anything, So False Man Not God Is The Only One Who Can Give "False Charity", and that is for sure.
Today Charity is being classified as follows:
1) Charity is performed to exhibit it to the world.
2) Charity is for self-acquirement, for one's own name, fame, glory, and title
3) Charity is performed with a melting heart of tranquillity and compassion, saying,
"O God,
I have nothing in my hand.
O Compassionate One,
Gem of My Eye, O God,
Protect me!"
Charity is fetching water in a brass vessel with eyes of compassion, smiling
teeth, a face blooming like the white lotus flower and resonating with the words of
grace to offer this water of Dharma, which at a draught will appease the body and
mind.
Charity is to worship the Incomparable One and to glorify Him with both
hands raised, or sometimes reclining and performing the ritual prayer. This is the
True Dharma.
Son, gem of my eyes, Listen. Charity or an offering will be performed according to a man's reasoning power.
In this way, Charity has Four Different Meanings to the Human created by God, for in truth those who are devoid of kindness, devoid of generosity, devoid of Charity, and who possess an unkind heart (which in truth is the "form of the satan") do not know how to give Charity. They think of Charity with the above 3 mentioned shades of meaning.
[Note: The 4th Meaning of "Charity", which is the Meaning of "True Charity", is
explained later in this discourse, and is presented as a True Contrast to the 3 levels of "False Charity" explained above. To read this description of "True Charity" Now, please Click HERE, if you like, and then Jump Back to this spot in the discourse, if you like. Thank you. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen]
O Son, Manu-eesan (Man the Divine), even if He is blind in both His eyes, will laugh on hearing about this type of Charity. Manu-eesan (Man the Divine), who is created by God laughs and say,
"It is Charity without Compassion"
(Charity Without Love - No Anbu)
O dear Son, listen further, Manu-eesan (Man the Divine) is,
"Truth born as Human,
Growing as Human,
Knowing Himself"
Manu-eesan (Man the Divine) is discarding this language (the ABC language of this world) and elevating God's Words of Truth with joy.
Among these four characters (of arrogance, karma, illusion, & True Man), Manu-eesan (Man the Divine) or True Man is the most exalted. He is on the Correct Path, with Undiminishing Charity and Plenitude of Heart.
To Manu-eesan (Man the Divine),
There is "No Word"
Called "Charity"
You will ask "Me",
"Why is there No Word called Charity
for True Man?"
Let "Me" tell you.
Swamis, yogis, mystics, humans, kings, poets, professors, scholars, aalims, ulemas, masthans, and yet others, others who are with hearts of kindness and absorbed in grace will open their wondrous mouths and call,
"Brothers, give us Charity.
All that are in the four lands.
Come, let us eat well.
Offer Charity for your own good"
So they say.
But those who know, those who are enlightened in kindness, those who are immersed in happiness, those who have melting hearts, those who understand the universe, those who glorify Allah saying "Al-hamdu lillah" (all praise and praising belongs to Allah and to Allah alone), and those who have Clarified Bliss, know this is not Charity.
There is nothing (like this) in such Men. And if you intensely gaze at the Heart's Point you will see (that this is true), My Disciples, Gems of My Eyes.
03. The Meaning of “True Charity” - Is God, It Is The Kingdom of God As "One With" Man, That Is, "True Charity" is God's Qualities, His Actions, His Compassion, His Peacefulness, and His Unity, So Allah Not Man Is The Only One Who Can Give “True Charity”, and that is for sure.
Disciple:
Swami, Then what is True Charity?
What is that which They Give. Please teach this to me in detail.
Guru:
Listen, I shall tell you the subtlety of this.
God created Man. He created the totality of all other Creations for Man. God created the earth. In the earth, He created gold. In the earth filled with gold, He created the nine varieties of precious stones. He created the brilliant (stones). He created every variety of gems of priceless value.
He created the sea, He created numerous things. He opened up places whose value is beyond comprehension. He created the mountains. Inside the mountains, He created innumerable gems and He kept them there.
The forest, the mountain, the hill, the river, gold, property, the body, the life-force, the house, the threshold, the cattle, the calf, the storied-house, the Arsh (Throne of Allah), the Kursi (Eye of Wisdom), Louhill and Mouhill (Divine Tablets), Kalam (pen), paradise, hell, and the fourteen worlds, all belong to the Immovable Graceful One.
The Enlightened Ones burst into laughter if we offer something as Charity, because what right have we to claim anything, when man's life and body belong to Him?
These True Mystics realize that God is the Only Wealth, and the Possessor of the "One Thing". Those Soulful, Blissful, True Mystics keep Their Eyes Open day and night and weep in ecstasy. They are absorbed in Him. They are merged with Him.
This is the fourth type of Charitable State (of "True Charity").
04. Examples of “Unkind Charity”, of “False Charity”, of "False Man" - That Is, Examples of “The Kind of Charity” That Is Being Practiced In The World Today, “A Kind of Charity” Which You Should Observe As “Unkind Charity”, As “False Charity”, As “Charity Without Love (No Anbu)” Without Any Hesitation, “A Kind of Charity” For Which You Should “Express Contempt”, Without Any Hesitation, For In Truth It Is “The Denial of God”, It Is "The Denial of True Charity"and that is for sure.
Soothsayers, not realizing themselves, unmindful of the future, and blissfully fulfilling their mind's decree, say with greed,
"Ah! Ah! And Ka! Ka".
My possessions, my house, my pleasure .
There is no more sorrow.
This is incomparable pleasure.
Look! There is no heavy sorrow on my head"
They say this repeatedly and feel comforted.
Nevertheless, listen, Young Brothers. Forgetful of the Unknown Great All-Mighty Ruler they cheat other lives, reduce wages to the minimum, assault the poor, employ them till dawn and then chase them away at dawn. They take things with craftiness, sell at the bazaar, devalue the heart, make collections round the country, keep in hunger those whom they see or hear of, and those who work for them.
They lend money on interest, procrastinate their time, cheat, insult, usurp to themselves the life-time earnings of the poor, harass them with acts of misdeeds, amass wealth in this manner, increasing their financial power and offer charity to the undeserving.
This is unkind Charity. Do you observe this without any hesitation? You should express contempt for this type of Charity, My Son.
It is in this manner that Charity is being practiced in this world.
05. Example of The “True Charity” of A Human Being, of True Man" - Is “The Charity of God” In The World, "The True Charity" of God That Can Change The World, That Can Save The World From Destruction, When “A Human Born As Human”, Regarding All Other Lives As His Own, And With Happiness, Sympathy, Clarity, Submission, Devotion, Duty, Patience, And Tranquillity “Comes Forward With Purity of Heart”, Knowing That “Everything Belongs To God”, And That There Is “Nothing of His Own”, Nothing At All, Ending All Poverty, Want, Or Powerful People In The World, and that is for sure.
But if a Human born as Human, regards other lives as His Own, and with happiness, sympathy, charity, submission, devotion, duty, patience, and tranquillity comes forward with purity of heart, there will be no poverty, no want, and no powerful people.
A person who knows this will realize that everything belongs to Him, and that there is nothing of his own. Nothing at all!
"Body, Property, and Life,
(person, place, and thing)
All Three belong to Him,
And there is nothing at all that is mine.
O God, Gems of My Eyes,
Give Us All Your Grace"
"O Lord, My Ruler,
Many Things that Belong to You
Grow for the Redemption of all Your Things.
I am Your Slave today and forever"
So Saying, you must sing the praises of God, O Disciple, Gems of My Eyes.
"The End"
of "The Wisdom Outline",
of "The Original Version"
of "Charity"
- "Chapter 15" -
From The Book
"The Pearl of Wisdom"
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