Chapter 15
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Title:
"Charity" or
"The Meaning of True Charity"
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 Daughters, 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 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".
(Note: This Quotation is from a Short Discourse by His Holiness, M. R. Bawa
Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), given to His Children on April 22, 1983, Please Click HERE
(www.SpiritualDiscourse006.homestead.com) to read an on-line version of the entire discourse. Thank you. Enjoy. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen)
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 you 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.) 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, that is, that it is an apple seed, 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, 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 within you, if you like, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, within God within you, then the concept of Dharma or "Charity" literally falls apart and is seen as but a reflection of man's hypocrisy.
Bawa. That is, 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, 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, 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".
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 always making 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.
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.
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"Wisdom Review" - of "Expanded Version" of Chapter 15
His Holiness Teaches His Children:
1. Understanding "True Charity" - As "A Tree of Life"
Summary of Topic 01:
Bawa. "True Charity" in truth is God, is the "Form of God", First on the "outside" of you and then within you, as in truth for a little while, "True Charity" is the True Physical Guru/Shaikh on the "outside" of you, and Then is God within the True Guru/Shaikh within you, as a "Tree of Charity" that will protect you from the difficulties and hardships of life, like a "Tree of Life" providing nourishment to a "dead tree", a "dead tree" which in truth is Now your "Current Life" as "separate from" God on the illusory "outside" of yourself.
Bawa. "True Charity" is "You" as this "Living Tree", this "Tree of Life", pouring water on the "dead tree" and helping it to grow Again, that is, to Again become "One with" God within you, "One with" your brothers and sisters, and "One with" the Creation of God, within God within you, instead of "separate from", that is, Again "One with" which was your "Previous Life", and then through an Understanding of the Two, that is, through the True Contrast of "your current life" "separate from" and the life of your Physical Guru/Shaikh as "One with", to come to maturity Also as the "Tree of Life", First within you as the "Child of Light" within the "child of darkness", as our awakened wisdom joined as "One with" your liberated soul in search of the Nur, which is the Light of your wisdom, and then on the "outside" of you, for a little while, as your "Next Life" as "One with", as the Physical Guru/Shaikh living in the world for those who have "yet to do this", who have yet to make this transition from "separate from" to "One with" in your own lifetime. Amen. Ok?.
Bawa. And then as your "Next Life" as "One with", but Now with an Understanding of "Your Oneness", So you will never loose it Again, and doing all of this, at least truly
Starting To Do It, Here and Now, that is, before you die to the flesh, all for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, within God within you, not for you, for in truth Now, "you no longer exist" as "separate from", and doing it for a little while on the "outside" of you, for the benefit of your brothers and sisters, also not for you, as this child has Now learned to do.
Bawa. But the world has forgotten all of this, this truth that "Man and God" are One, this truth that "You" and all of your brothers and sister are "One Life", the One Life Now of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), First on the "outside" of you and then within you, and this truth that "You" as this "One Life" are Now the "Presence of God" and the "Word of God" made flesh, that "You" are Now the "Door and the Way", that "You" are Now the
Maliki yawmid-deen, the "Master of the Day of Judgment", literally the Judgment & Salvation, for all of the Creation of God, within God within you, that "You" are Now How God Pulls Everything back into Himself, from which Everything has come, So in the End, "No Child Is Left Behind", So in the End, there is Nothing Still "Separating God from God". Amen. Ok?
Text of Topic 01:
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.
2. The Meanings of "False Charity"
Summary of Topic 02:
Bawa. The Meanings of "False Charity" in truth is "the satan" within you, is the "form of the satan" within you, that is, is Charity that is coming from the "Triple Dirt" of "the satan" within you, all of which in truth is "your" Arrogance, Karma, and Illusion within you, or your "Estimation, Imagination, and Pleasure" within you, all of which in truth is the "form of the satan" within you, Rather than coming from the "Triple Flame" of Allah within you, which is the Dhat, the Sirr, and the Sifat of God within you, which is the "Power within the Essence of Everything" within you, or "Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen" within you.
Bawa. That is, Rather than coming from "The Holy Trinity" of God within you, from "The Father, The Sun, and the Holy Spirit" of God within you, all of which in truth is God within you, all of which in truth is the "Form of God" within you. Amen.
Text of Topic 02:
Today "False Charity" is being classified as follows, from the mind or intellect
of "false man":
Charity Coming From Your Arrogance, Karma, & Illusion:
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
Charity Coming From Your Estimation, Imagination, & Pleasure:
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.
3. The Meaning of "True Charity"
Summary of Topic 03:
Bawa. The Meaning of "True Charity" is God, is the "Form of God" within you, that is, is "God's Presence" within you instead of "your own presence" within you, is "God's Word" within you instead of "your own word" within you, is the "State of One" who has Truly Learned "How Not To Be There, So God Can Be There", as this child has Now learned to do.
Bawa. That is, the "State of One" who has Truly Learned "How To Do This" from One who is Living as Such in Ones own lifetime, as this child learned to do, living as Such at the feet of Our Dearest Loving Father Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.),
before He left the world and went into the heart of all of His Children, and is Now living as God/Bawa within Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) within you, and for a little while is Now living on the "outside" of you as Now Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), if you like, in order to help each of My Children To So The Same, before you die to the flesh, if you like. Amen.
[Note: The 4th Meaning of "Charity", which is the Meaning of "True Charity",
is further explained by Bawa later in this discourse, and is presented as a True Contrast to the 3 levels of "false Charity" explained earlier, under Topic 02. 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]
Text of Topic 03:
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, that is, Charity will have the three false meanings of Charity, as explained above, coming from the "Triple Dirt" of darkness and evil within you, that is, coming from the "form of the satan" within you, coming from "the satan' within you, not coming from the "Triple Flame" of God within you, that is, not coming from the "Form of God" within you, not coming from God within you.
That is, not coming directly as the Qualities and Wisdom of a True Man, within God within you, as explained later in this discourse, but rather coming from the intellect of "false man, that is, coming from man living in the state of "separation and differences", of "I and you", of "mine and yours" on the illusory "outside" of yourself, as the "falsehood" of yourself, in denial of the "Truth of Yourself", that is, in denial that in truth "You and God within you" are One, that "You and Your Brothers and Sisters within you" are One, and that "You and the Creation of God", within God within you, are One. Amen.
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.
But Son, Manu-eesan (Man the Divine), even if He is blind in both His eyes, will laugh on hearing about these 3 types of "False Charity", that is, about Charity of the intellect, about Charity of "separation and differences, about the Charity of "I and you", of "mine and yours", that is, the Charity of "I" giving Charity to "you", that is, the Charity of "self righteousness".
For in truth Manu-eesan (Man the Divine) who is created by God, who has transcended being "a person", who has transcended what is created by your parents rolling around like snakes on a bed, who has transcended what has Now grown and come to maturity in all of My Children), which is Now "you", which is Now you having "become your parents", will laugh when hearing about this false Charity of the intellect, about this false Charity of "I and you", about this false Charity of "separation and differences", that is, about this false Charity of "self righteousness", and say,
"It is Charity without Compassion"
or
"It is Charity without Wisdom"
or
"It is Charity without God"
For in truth True Charity is viewing all life as your own, is viewing God as your only property or possession, is viewing all of God's Creations as "Your Duty", a Duty that Only God can do, by pulling all of His Creation back into Himself, from which they have all come.
True Charity is viewing all of your brothers and sisters as Your Children, Children that you must Now raise by allowing them to Stand In "God's Presence" as "One with", not in "your presence" as "separate from", So God can "Cure Himself of you", So God can Cure Himself of "you" Now living a life of "separation and differences", a life of selfishness, of sin, a life of arrogance, karma, and illusion, a life of "self righteousness", on the illusory "outside" of yourself.
That is, So God can Cure Himself of "you" Now living as if you are "separate from" God within you, as if you are "separate from" your brothers and sisters, and as if you are "separate from" the Creation of God, within God within you, all of which in truth is "Just Not True".
Amen, Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen
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) or True Man is Always,
Discarding
This Language of the Intellect,
This ABCD language
of the world of mind and desire,
of illusion
That is, True Man is Always discarding the 3 false meaning of Charity that in truth come from "the triple dirt of satan" within you, which in truth is "the satan" within you, and instead is Always Elevating the 1 true meaning of Charity that comes from the "Triple Flame" of God, which in truth is God within you.
That is, True Man is Always discarding the "Meaning of Life" that comes from the intellect of "people", Rather than coming directly from God within you, for your age and life, that is, as the "Word of God" of the "Presence of God" for your age and life, as the True Physical Guru/Shaikh for your age and life, that is, Always discarding what comes from the intellect of the life of "separation and differences", the life of sin, the life of selfishness, the life of "self righteousness" that has Now grown and come to maturity within the heart of all of My Children.
And in this way, Manu-eesan (Man the Divine) or True Man is Always,
Elevating
God's "Words of Truth"
with Joy
For in truth among these different characters of life, that is, "True Man" or "false man", True Man or Manu-eesan (Man the Divine) is the most exalted, that is, among the characters of "false man" (arrogance, karma, illusion or the "triple dirt"), and of "True Man" (Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen or the "Triple Flame"), and among these different meanings of Charity, that is, "false charity" or "True Charity", that is, Charity coming from the "presence and word of man" or from the "Presence and Word of God", and among these different meanings of Life itself, that is, "false life" as "separate from" and "True Life" as "One with", True Man or Manu-eesan (Man the Divine), and "True Charity", and "True Life" is the most exalted.
And He Alone is on the Correct Path, He Alone is on the Correct Path of,
Undiminishing Charity,
And Plenitude of Heart.
For Manu-eesan (Man the Divine) or True Man,
There is "No Word"
Called "Charity"
Because in truth All Life is His Own Life, because God is His Only Property or Possession, and God as "One with" is Only what He Gives or Offers at all times, as "God's Presence", not himself as "separate from", not himself as "his presence"..
That is, True Man is Always giving or offering "God's Presence" as "One with" and "God's Words" of Truth, Never giving or offering "his own presence" as "separate from" or "his own words" of falsehood, having truly learned "How Not To Be There, So God Can Be There", from One Who Is "Truly Living As Such", that is, by Now Learning From One Who Has Learned, How To Truly Invoke the "Presence of God" before He "Says, Or Does, or Writes" Anything, as this child has Now learned to do.
All of which for your age and for all of My Children, for all life, is Now "You", if you like, Is Now "You" as True Man for your age, for all life, if you like,
"Saying the Word Bawa,
The Name of Your Shaikh/Guru,
With Faith and Trust In God,
And In God Alone,
Before You Do Anything"
All of which in truth is what "We" told all of My Children To Do, when "We" were living in the world as Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and is what "We" are Again Telling all of My Children To Do, Now with "Us" living in the world as 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.
4. Why Is "There No Word" Called "Charity" For True Man?
Summary of Topic 04:
Bawa. There Is No Word Called "Charity" For True Man because in truth True Man "Does Not Exist", because in truth for Him, "Only God Exists", that is, because True Man has learned How "Not To Be There, So God Can Be There", because True Man has "Settled into stillness through the realization that everything is perfect", because True Man has become the "Presence of God", and the "Word of God" made flesh, because True Man has become the "Fire of God" Now burning in the world.
Bawa. There Is No Word Called "Charity" For True Man because True Man is Always discarding the language of the intellect, that is, the ABCD language of the world of mind and desire, of illusion, including words like "Charity", and "Prayer", and "Goodness", and "Duty", which in the context of the world are always about "a person" working for wages to get into some illusory heaven, rather than about Joining In Partnership with God, First on the "outside" of you and then within you, to move forward what God is doing.
Bawa. And instead of all this "busy work" of mind and desire, True Man Uses Up His Life elevating God's "Words of Truth" with Joy, making himself available to God for what God is doing, which is Revealing God to God, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, within God within you, rather than decorating with words like "Charity", or "Prayer", or "Goodness", or "Duty", what man in his ignorance, and now with his arrogance about his ignorance, thinks that he is doing in the world, which in truth is just "drama", the drama of "I and you", of "mine and yours", all of which are of no value to man or to anyone else, for in truth the only way to win the drama of your life, "Is Not To Play". Amen. Ok?
Text of Topic 04:
Now you will ask "Me",
"Why is there No Word called Charity
for True Man?"
Well Let "Me" tell you the following,
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.
5. The Meaning of "True Charity" - another view of "True Charity"
Summary of Topic 05:
Bawa. The Meaning of "True Charity" is God, is the "Form of God" within you, that is, is "God's Presence" within you instead of "your presence" within you, is "God's Word" within you instead of "your word" within you, is the "State of One" who has Truly Learned "How Not To Be There, So God Can Be There", as this child has Now learned to do.
Bawa. That is, the "State of One" who has Truly Learned "How To Do This" from One who is Living as Such in Ones own lifetime, as this child learned to do, living as Such at the feet of Our Dearest Loving Father Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), before He left the world and went into the heart of all of His Children, living as Now God/Bawa within Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) within you, and for a little while living on the "outside" of you as Now Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), if you like, in order to help each of My Children To So The Same, before you die to the flesh, if you like. Amen.
Text of Topic 05:
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 or True Man 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 or True Man 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 Only True Charity, the One True Charitable State, that is, To Be One With God, To Be God
6. How Charity Is "Now Being Practiced" In The World
Summary of Topic 06:
Bawa. The Charity That Is Now Being Practices In The World is the Charity that is coming from "the satan" within you, is Charity that is coming from the "form of the satan" within you, all of which in truth is Unkind Charity of the Closed Heart, that is, all of which in truth is just some variation of the Three Kinds of False Charity described earlier, that is, Charity of Arrogance, Karma, and Illusion, or Charity of Estimation, Imagination, & Pleasure, that is, Charity of the "Triple Dirt".
Bawa. A type of Charity that you, First as a Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and Now if you like, as a Child of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), that you should express contempt for, My Dearest Loving Children, if you are wise
Text of Topic 06:
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.
7. How Charity "Should Be Practiced" In The World
Summary of Topic 07:
Bawa. The Charity That Should Be Practices In The World is Charity that is coming from God within you, is Charity that is coming from the "Form of God" within you, all of which in truth is the One True Charity of the Opened Heart, a type of Charity that you, First as a Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and Now if you like, as a Child of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), should embrace and learn to Truly Fall into as God's Charity, if you are wise.
Bawa. So My Dearest Loving Children please give up all of your "false Charity", and learn to do this "True Charity" Now from One who is living in the world as "God's Charity", all of which in truth is Now 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". That would Now be a good thing to do, for all of My Children. Amen.
Text of Topic 07:
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,
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.
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"Brief Outline" - With "Short Summary" of "Expanded Version" of Chapter 15
1. Understanding "True Charity" As A "Tree of Life" - "True Charity" in truth is God, is God within you, is the "Form of God" within you, as in truth for a little while, "True Charity" is your True Physical Guru/Shaikh on the "outside" of you, and Then God within your Guru/Shaikh within you, as a "Tree of Charity" that will protect you from the difficulties and hardships of life, like a "Tree of Life" providing nourishment to a "dead tree", a "dead tree" which in truth is Now your "Current Life" as "separate from" on the illusory "outside" of yourself
2. The Meanings of "False Charity" - is "the satan" within you, is the "form of the satan" within you, that is, is Charity that is coming from the "Triple Dirt" of "the satan" within you, all of which in truth is "your" Arrogance, Karma, and Illusion within you, or your "Estimation, Imagination, and Pleasure" within you, all of which in truth is the "form of the satan" within you, Rather than coming from the "Triple Flame" of Allah within you, which is the Dhat, the Sirr, and the Sifat of God within you, which is the "Power within the Essence of Everything" within you, or "Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen" within you.
that is, is "God's Presence" within you instead of "your own presence" within you, is "God's Word" within you instead of "your own word" within you, is the "State of One" who has Truly Learned "How Not To Be There, So God Can Be There", as this child has Now learned to do.
4. Why Is "There No Word" Called "Charity" For True Man? - There Is No Word Called "Charity" For True Man because in truth True Man "Does Not Exist", because in truth for Him, "Only God Exists", that is, because True Man has learned How "Not To Be There, So God Can Be There", because True Man has "Settled into stillness through the realization that everything is perfect", because True Man has become the "Presence of God", and the "Word of God" made flesh, because True Man has become the "Fire of God" Now burning in the world
5. The Meaning of "True Charity" (Again) - The Meaning of "True Charity" is God, is the "Form of God" within you, that is, is "God's Presence" within you instead of "your own presence" within you, is "God's Word" within you instead of "your own word" within you, is the "State of One" who has Truly Learned "How Not To Be There, So God Can Be There", as this child has Now learned to do
6. How Charity "Is Now Being Practiced" In The World - The Charity That Is Now Being Practices In The World is the Charity that is coming from "the satan" within you, is Charity that is coming from the "form of the satan" within you, all of which in truth is Unkind Charity of the Closed Heart, that is, all of which in truth is just some variation of the Three Kinds of False Charity described earlier, that is, Charity of Arrogance, Karma, and Illusion, and Charity of Estimation, Imagination, & Pleasure, that is, Charity of the "Triple Dirt".
7. How Charity "Should Be Practiced" In The World - The Charity That Should Be Practices In The World is Charity that is coming from God within you, is Charity that is coming from the "Form of God" within you, all of which in truth is the One True Charity of the Opened Heart, a type of Charity that you, First as a Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and Now if you like, as a Child of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), should embrace and learn to Truly Fall into as God's Charity, if you are wise, that is, Charity of the "Triple Flame".
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"Longer Outline" - With "Longer Summary" of "Expanded Version" of Chapter 15
1. Understanding "True Charity" As A "Tree of Life" - "True Charity" in truth is God, is God within you, is the "Form of God" within you, as in truth for a little while, "True Charity" is your True Physical Guru/Shaikh on the "outside" of you, and Then God within your Guru/Shaikh within you, as a "Tree of Charity" that will protect you from the difficulties and hardships of life, like a "Tree of Life" providing nourishment to a "dead tree", a "dead tree" which in truth is Now your "Current Life" as "separate from" on the illusory "outside" of yourself. "True Charity" is "You" as this "Living Tree", this "Tree of Life", pouring water on the "dead tree" and helping it to grow Again, that is, to Again become "One with" God within you, "One with" your brothers and sisters, and "One with" the Creation of God, within God within you, instead of "separate from", that is, Again "One with" which was your "Previous Life", and then through an Understanding of the Two, that is, through the True Contrast of "your current life" "separate from" and the life of your Physical Guru/Shaikh as "One with", to come to maturity Also as the "Tree of Life", First within you as the "Child of Light" within the "child of darkness", as our awakened wisdom joined as "One with" your liberated soul in search of the Nur, which is the Light of your wisdom, and then on the "outside" of you, for a little while, as your "Next Life" as "One with", as the Physical Guru/Shaikh living in the world for those who have "yet to do this", who have yet to make this transition from "separate from" to "One with" in your own lifetime. Amen. Ok?. And then as your "Next Life" as "One with", but Now with an Understanding of "Your Oneness", So you will never loose it Again, and doing all of this, at least truly Starting To Do It, Here and Now, that is, before you die to the flesh, all for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, within God within you, not for you, for in truth Now, "you no longer exist" as "separate from", and doing it for a little while on the "outside" of you, for the benefit of your brothers and sisters, also not for you, as this child has Now learned to do. But the world has forgotten all of this, this truth that "Man and God" are One, this truth that "You" and all of your brothers and sister are "One Life", the One Life Now of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), First on the "outside" of you and then within you, and this truth that "You" as this "One Life" are Now the "Presence of God" and the "Word of God" made flesh, that "You" are Now the "Door and the Way", that "You" are Now the Maliki yawmid-deen, the "Master of the Day of Judgment", literally the Judgment & Salvation, for all of the Creation of God, within God within you, that "You" are Now How God Pulls Everything back into Himself, from which Everything has come, So in the End, "No Child Is Left Behind", So in the End, there is Nothing Still "Separating God from God". Amen. Ok?
2. The Meanings of "False Charity" - is "the satan" within you, is the "form of the satan" within you, that is, is Charity that is coming from the "Triple Dirt" of "the satan" within you, all of which in truth is "your" Arrogance, Karma, and Illusion within you, or your "Estimation, Imagination, and Pleasure" within you, all of which in truth is the "form of the satan" within you, Rather than coming from the "Triple Flame" of Allah within you, which is the Dhat, the Sirr, and the Sifat of God within you, which is the "Power within the Essence of Everything" within you, or "Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen" within you.
that is, is "God's Presence" within you instead of "your presence" within you, is "God's Word" within you instead of "your word" within you, is the "State of One" who has Truly Learned "How Not To Be There, So God Can Be There", as this child has Now learned to do. That is, the "State of One" who has Truly Learned "How To Do This" from One who is Living as Such in Ones own lifetime, as this child learned to do, living as Such at the feet of Our Dearest Loving Father Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), before He left the world and went into the heart of all of His Children, and is Now living as Now God/Bawa within Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) within you, and for a little while is Now living on the "outside" of you as Now Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), if you like, in order to help each of My Children To So The Same, before you die to the flesh, if you like. Amen
4. Why Is "There No Word" Called "Charity" For True Man? - There Is No Word Called "Charity" For True Man because in truth True Man "Does Not Exist", because in truth for Him, "Only God Exists", that is, because True Man has learned How "Not To Be There, So God Can Be There", because True Man has "Settled into stillness through the realization that everything is perfect", because True Man has become the "Presence of God", and the "Word of God" made flesh, because True Man has become the "Fire of God" Now burning in the world. There Is No Word Called "Charity" For True Man because True Man is Always discarding the language of the intellect, that is, the ABCD language of the world of mind and desire, of illusion, including words like "Charity", and "Prayer", and "Goodness", and "Duty", which in the context of the world are always about "a person" working for wages to get into some illusory heaven, rather than about Joining In Partnership with God, First on the "outside" of you and then within you, to move forward what God is doing. And instead of all this "busy work" of mind and desire, True Man Uses Up His Life elevating God's "Words of Truth" with Joy, making himself available to God for what God is doing, which is Revealing God to God, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God, within God within you, rather than decorating with words like "Charity", or "Prayer", or "Goodness", or "Duty", what man in his ignorance, and now with his arrogance about his ignorance, thinks that he is doing in the world, which in truth is just "drama", the drama of "I and you", of "mine and yours", all of which are of no value to man or to anyone else, for in truth the only way to win the drama of your life, "Is Not To Play". Amen. Ok?
5. The Meaning of "True Charity" (Again) - The Meaning of "True Charity" is God, is the "Form of God" within you, that is, is "God's Presence" within you instead of "your own presence" within you, is "God's Word" within you instead of "your own word" within you, is the "State of One" who has Truly Learned "How Not To Be There, So God Can Be There", as this child has Now learned to do. That is, the "State of One" who has Truly Learned "How To Do This" from One who is Living as Such in Ones own lifetime, as this child learned to do, living as Such at the feet of Our Dearest Loving Father Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), before He left the world and went into the heart of all of His Children, and is Now living as Now God/Bawa within Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) within you, and for a little while is Now living on the "outside" of you as Now Our Dearest Loving Son, and your dearest loving brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), if you like, in order to help each of My Children To So The Same, before you die to the flesh, if you like. Amen.
6. How Charity "Is Now Being Practiced" In The World - The Charity That Is Now Being Practices In The World is the Charity that is coming from "the satan" within you, is Charity that is coming from the "form of the satan" within you, all of which in truth is Unkind Charity of the Closed Heart, that is, all of which in truth is just some variation of the Three Kinds of False Charity described earlier, that is, Charity of Arrogance, Karma, and Illusion, or Charity of Estimation, Imagination, & Pleasure, that is, Charity of the "Triple Dirt". A type of Charity that you, First as a Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and Now if you like, as a Child of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), that you should express contempt for, My Dearest Loving Children, if you are wise
7. How Charity "Should Be Practiced" In The World - The Charity That Should Be Practices In The World is Charity that is coming from God within you, is Charity that is coming from the "Form of God" within you, all of which in truth is the One True Charity of the Opened Heart, a type of Charity that you, First as a Child of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and Now if you like, as a Child of Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), should embrace and learn to Truly Fall into as God's Charity, if you are wise. So My Dearest Loving Children please give up all of your "false Charity", and learn to do this "True Charity" Now from One who is living in the world as "God's Charity", all of which in truth is Now 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". That would Now be a good thing to do, for all of My Children. Amen.
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"Expanded Version" - With "Text Only", That Is, With No "Outline" or "Summary" Material
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.
Today "False Charity" is being classified as follows, from the mind or intellect of "false man":
Charity Coming From Your Arrogance, Karma, & Illusion:
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
Charity Coming From Your Estimation, Imagination, & Pleasure:
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, that is, Charity will have the three false meanings of Charity, as explained above, coming from the "Triple Dirt" of darkness and evil within you, that is, coming from the "form of the satan" within you, coming from "the satan' within you, not coming from the "Triple Flame" of God within you, that is, not coming from the "Form of God" within you, not coming from God within you.
That is, not coming directly as the Qualities and Wisdom of a True Man, within God within you, as explained later in this discourse, but rather coming from the intellect of "false man, that is, coming from man living in the state of "separation and differences", of "I and you", of "mine and yours" on the illusory "outside" of yourself, as the "falsehood" of yourself, in denial of the "Truth of Yourself", that is, in denial that in truth "You and God within you" are One, that "You and Your Brothers and Sisters within you" are One, and that "You and the Creation of God", within God within you, are One. Amen.
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.
But Son, Manu-eesan (Man the Divine) or True Man, even if He is blind in both His eyes, will laugh on hearing about these 3 types of "False Charity", that is, about Charity of the intellect, about Charity of "separation and differences, about the Charity of "I and you", of "mine and yours", that is, the Charity of "I" giving Charity to "you", that is, the Charity of "self righteousness".
For in truth Manu-eesan (Man the Divine) who is created by God, who has transcended being "a person", who has transcended what is created by your parents rolling around like snakes on a bed, who has transcended what has Now grown and come to maturity in all of My Children), which is Now "you", which is Now you having "become your parents", will laugh when hearing about this false Charity of the intellect, about this false Charity of "I and you", about this false Charity of "separation and differences", that is, about this false Charity of "self righteousness", and say,
"It is Charity without Compassion"
or
"It is Charity without Wisdom"
or
"It is Charity without God"
For in truth True Charity is viewing all life as your own, is viewing God as your only property or possession, is viewing all of God's Creations as "Your Duty", a Duty that Only God can do, by pulling all of His Creation back into Himself, from which they have all come.
True Charity is viewing all of your brothers and sisters as Your Children,
Children that you must Now raise by allowing them to Stand In "God's Presence" as "One with", not in "your presence" as "separate from", So God can "Cure Himself of you", So God can Cure Himself of "you" Now living a life of "separation and differences", a life of selfishness, of sin, a life of arrogance, karma, and illusion, a life of "self righteousness", on the illusory "outside" of yourself.
That is, So God can Cure Himself of "you" Now living as if you are "separate from" God within you, as if you are "separate from" your brothers and sisters, and as if you are "separate from" the Creation of God, within God within you, all of which in truth is "Just Not True".
Amen, Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. Amen
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) or True Man is Always,
Discarding
This Language of the Intellect,
This ABCD language
of the world of mind and desire,
of illusion
That is, True Man is Always discarding the 3 false meaning of Charity that in truth come from "the triple dirt of satan" within you, which in truth is "the satan" within you, and instead is Always Elevating the 1 true meaning of Charity that comes from the "Triple Flame" of God, which in truth is God within you.
That is, True Man is Always discarding the "Meaning of Life" that comes from the intellect of "people", Rather than coming directly from God within you, for your age and life, that is, as the "Word of God" of the "Presence of God" for your age and life, as the True Physical Guru/Shaikh for your age and life, that is, Always discarding what comes from the intellect of the life of "separation and differences", the life of sin, the life of selfishness, the life of "self righteousness" that has Now grown and come to maturity within the heart of all of My Children.
And in this way, Manu-eesan (Man the Divine) or True Man is Always,
Elevating
God's "Words of Truth"
with Joy
For in truth among these different characters of life, that is, "True Man" or "false man", True Man or Manu-eesan (Man the Divine) is the most exalted, that is, among the characters of "false man" (arrogance, karma, illusion or the "triple dirt"), and of "True Man" (Ya Allah, Ya Rasul, Ya Muhaiyaddeen or the "Triple Flame"), and among these different meanings of Charity, that is, "false charity" or "True Charity", that is, Charity coming from the "presence and word of man" or from the "Presence and Word of God", and among these different meanings of Life itself, that is, "false life" as "separate from" and "True Life" as "One with", True Man or Manu-eesan (Man the Divine), and "True Charity", and "True Life" is the most exalted.
And He Alone is on the Correct Path, He Alone is on the Correct Path of,
Undiminishing Charity,
And Plenitude of Heart.
For Manu-eesan (Man the Divine) or True Man,
There is "No Word"
Called "Charity"
Because in truth All Life is His Own Life, because God is His Only Property or Possession, and God as "One with" is Only what He Gives or Offers at all times, as "God's Presence", not himself as "separate from", not himself as "his presence".
That is, True Man is Always giving or offering "God's Presence" as "One with" and "God's Words" of Truth, Never giving or offering "his own presence" as "separate from" or "his own words" of falsehood, having truly learned "How Not To Be There, So God Can Be There", from One Who Is "Truly Living As Such", that is, by
Now Learning From One Who Has Learned, How To Truly Invoke the "Presence of God" before He "Says, Or Does, or Writes" Anything, as this child has Now learned to do.
All of which for your age and for all of My Children, for all life, is Now "You", if you like, Is Now "You" as True Man for your age, for all life, if you like,
"Saying the Word Bawa,
The Name of Your Shaikh/Guru,
With Faith and Trust In God,
And In God Alone,
Before You Do Anything"
All of which in truth is what "We" told all of My Children To Do, when "We" were living in the world as Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), and is what "We" are Again Telling all of My Children To Do, Now with "Us" living in the world as 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.
Now you will ask "Me",
"Why is there No Word called Charity
for True Man?"
Well Let "Me" tell you the following,
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.
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 or True Man 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 or True Man 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 Only True Charity, the One True Charitable State, that is, To Be One With God, To Be God
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.
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,
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 Expanded Version"
of "Charity"
- "Chapter 15" -
From The Book
"The Pearl of Wisdom"
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