Chapter 16
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Title:
"The Different Types of Swamis"
Author of Original Version: M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
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Introduction - to Chapter 16
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.).
About Chapter 16:
Bawa. My Love You My Dearest Loving Children. Only God can help any of us, that is for sure. And this beautiful book of wisdom, "The Pearl of Wisdom" is a wonderful Gift of God to help you begin to Understand the "Nature of True Man", by First becoming "false man", all of which is the "current state and life and form" of all of My Children, if you like, that is, if you truly accept this "Pearl of Wisdom", which in truth is hidden within all of My Children, as Now the both the "Presence of God" and the "Word of God" made flesh Now for your age and for your life.
Bawa. In this way, Chapters 16, along with the 6 Chapters leading up to Chapter 16, that is, Chapters 01, 04, 12, 13, 14, and 15, provides you with "7 Different Perspectives" on "The Great Contrast" between "True Man" and "false man", both of which are within each of My Children, offering each of My Children, if you like, the opportunity to make "The Great Transition" from "false man" to "True Man" in your own lifetime, that is, before you die to the flesh, that is, before the illusory "outside" of you is over, and you become truly stuck with "false man", and the consequences of "false man", for the rest of your life, both Here, and then for Eternity.
Bawa. For Example, Please Click HERE if you would like to briefly review each of these "7 Different Perspectives", that is, about "The difference" between "True Man" and "false man", as Originally provided in Chapters 01, 04, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, and as Now "Pointed To" at the End of This Web Page, As The Next Chapter, As Chapter 17.
Initial Comments - by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), about the True Significance of Chatper 16
Bawa. Chapter 16 is the last in a series of Chapter, Starting with Chapter 01, and including Chapters 04, 12, 13, 14, 15, and Now 16, that ease the disciple into the realization that One cannot truly go on this "Journey of God" using Just the "outside" of you, that only by truly going within yourself, in Partnership with God, First on the "outside" of you and then within you, can your life truly move forward on the "Journey of God" that in truth is "Who You Are", allowing your soul or Jesus (peace be upon Him) to truly get off of His Cross, and Return To God, From Whom All of Us Have Come.
Bawa. That is, for your soul or Jesus (peace be upon Him) to truly get off of His Cross which in truth is Now "your life" on the illusory "outside" of yourself, with you Now living in your ignorance, and Now in your arrogance about your ignorance, as if you are "separate from" God within you, as if you are "separate from" your brothers and sister, and as if you are "separate from" the Creation of God, within God within you, all of which of Course in truth is "Just Not So". Amen. Ok?
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"Wisdom Outline" - of "Original Version" of Chapter 16
“Wisdom Outline”
of “Original Version”
of Chapter 16
01. How Many “Kinds of Swamis” or “Holy Men” Are There In The World - It Is Said That “The World Is Great”. It Is Also Said That “There is A God” or “A Swami” or “A Holy Man” For All The Universes, But In Truth There Are Only “Two Kinds of Gods” In The World, That Is, “A False God” Or Swami Or Holy Man In The World, And “A True God” Or Swami Or Holy Man In The World, That Is, “A False God” Or Swami Or Holy Man In The World, As God Within “The Heart” of One Who Has Not Yet Learned “How Not To Be There, So God Can Be There”, And “A True God” Or Swami Or Holy Man In The World, As God Within “The Heart” of One How Has Learned “How Not To Be There, So God Can Be There”. The World Has Forgotten “This Distinction” Between “A False God” Or Swami Or Holy Man In The World, And “A True God” Or Swami Or Holy Man In The World, and that is for sure.
03. “The Four Different Kinds of Swamis” In The World - With “The First Kind” of Swami Correctly Referred To As “God In The World”, That Is, As God Within “The Heart” of “The True Gnana Guru”, Now For Your Age, That Is, Within “The Heart” of One How Has Learned “How Not To Be There, So God Can Be There”, Now For Your Age, And “The Other Three Kinds” of Swami Incorrectly Referred To As “God In The World”, That Is, As God Within “The Heart” of “The False Gurus”, Now For Your Age, That Is, Within “The Heart” of Ones How Have Not Yet Learned “How Not To Be There, So God Can Be There”.
And Now For Your Age, For “This Final Age of Man”, From 1886 To 2086, “This First Kind” of Swami Correctly Referred To As “God In The World”, Is First Our Dearest Loving Father Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) In The World, From 1886 To 1986, And Now For “The Second Part” of “This Final Age of Man”, From 1986 To 2086, Is Now Our Dearest Loving Son, And Your Dearest Loving Brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), In Whom “We Are Well Pleased”, and that is for sure, if you like, That Is, “If You Are A Wise Child”, Now For Your Age, And Not Just A Foolish Child, Now For Your Age, As Bawa Tells Us, and that is for sure.
04. The First Kind of “False God” Or Swami Or Holy Man In The World - He is the Swami who had lived a happy married life enjoying the worldly pleasures till adversity brought him poverty, harassment, and difficulties. Harmed by his wife and children and despised by the world, he roams the forest and wonders in the desert.
05. The Second Kind of “False God” Or Swami Or Holy Man In The World - discarded by his wife and children, and also by his relatives and other people, he has none to inquire after him and look after him. So with a distorted mind and forgetful of the earth, he directs his mind the other way (away from the world). He beats his head and seeks refuge in the Primal One. So lamenting, he carries a bowl in his hand and becomes the Swami who begs for food.
06. The Third Kind of “False God” Or Swami Or Holy Man In The World - He wonders with no self-awareness, delusioned by the great earth, fascinated, mesmerized and blinded by the supposed greatness of the earth. He boasts of his disbelief in death. He shows kindness to his parents but causes evil to his neighbors and misery to the poor. He charges interest, lives a frugal life, loiters about in a foolish manner, and lives a life like the useless poisonous tree. He is a miserable sinner possessing treachery and witchcraft. He fraudulently amasses wealth and buries it under the earth. He is forgetful of Charity and offers no help to brothers, sisters, children and others. He neither eats adequately nor clothes himself properly.
“The End”
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of “Original Version”
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Body of Document:
01. How Many “Kinds of Swamis” or “Holy Men” Are There In The World - It Is Said That “The World Is Great”. It Is Also Said That “There is A God” or “A Swami” or “A Holy Man” For All The Universes, But In Truth There Are Only “Two Kinds of Gods” In The World, That Is, “A False God” Or Swami Or Holy Man In The World, And “A True God” Or Swami Or Holy Man In The World, That Is, “A False God” Or Swami Or Holy Man In The World, As God Within “The Heart” of One Who Has Not Yet Learned “How Not To Be There, So God Can Be There”, And “A True God” Or Swami Or Holy Man In The World, As God Within “The Heart” of One How Has Learned “How Not To Be There, So God Can Be There”. The World Has Forgotten “This Distinction” Between “A False God” Or Swami Or Holy Man In The World, And “A True God” Or Swami Or Holy Man In The World, and that is for sure.
His Holiness Teaches His Children:
Disciple:
Swami, O Noble Guru, It is said that the world is great. It is also extolled that there is a God for all the universes. Swami, advise us.
People believe in God and have faith in Him. Do they say this knowing the truth or knowing themselves?
Swami, please explain this to me. How many swamis are there?
02. “The Great Significance” of “A True God” or Swami or Holy Man In The World - And The Current Lack In The World of “The Understanding” of “This Great Significance”, For In Truth The Term “Swami” Is “Full of Grace”. It Refers To “God In The World”. For In Truth The Word “Swamiyar” Is A Question, The Question “Are You God?”, and that is for sure.
His Holiness Teaches His Children:
Guru:
Son, the term "Swami" is of great significance. It is full of grace. It refers to God.
"Swamiyar?" is a Question (the Question, “Are You God”).
03. “The Four Different Kinds of Swamis” In The World - With “The First Kind” of Swami Correctly Referred To As “God In The World”, That Is, As God Within “The Heart” of “The True Gnana Guru”, Now For Your Age, That Is, Within “The Heart” of One How Has Learned “How Not To Be There, So God Can Be There”, Now For Your Age, And “The Other Three Kinds” of Swami Incorrectly Referred To As “God In The World”, That Is, As God Within “The Heart” of “The False Gurus”, Now For Your Age, That Is, Within “The Heart” of Ones How Have Not Yet Learned “How Not To Be There, So God Can Be There”.
And Now For Your Age, For “This Final Age of Man”, From 1886 To 2086, “This First Kind” of Swami Correctly Referred To As “God In The World”, Is First Our Dearest Loving Father Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) In The World, From 1886 To 1986, And Now For “The Second Part” of “This Final Age of Man”, From 1986 To 2086, Is Now Our Dearest Loving Son, And Your Dearest Loving Brother Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), In Whom “We Are Well Pleased”, and that is for sure, if you like, That Is, “If You Are A Wise Child”, Now For Your Age, And Not Just A Foolish Child, Now For Your Age, As Bawa Tells Us, and that is for sure.
His Holiness Teaches His Children:
"Swami" has two meanings. First, "Swami" can refer to God. Ordinary men too have the name "Swami", as a term of endearment used at home referring to a son, a child, or a loved one. And the name "Swami" can be used as a derogatory term, for in truth there are "Swamis" who deserve contempt.
However the world is in the process of searching for a "True Swami", saying,
"Who is He?
Could it be this "Swami" or that "Swami"?
Unaware of the "True Swami", the search continues for the "True Swami" the world over. It is very, very rare indeed for such a "True Swami" to be discovered and identified. Each household will laughingly say that there is many a "True Swami".
However, there are "Four Different Kinds of Swamis". I shall describe them. Listen
04. The First Kind of “False God” Or Swami Or Holy Man In The World - He is the Swami who had lived a happy married life enjoying the worldly pleasures till adversity brought him poverty, harassment, and difficulties. Harmed by his wife and children and despised by the world, he roams the forest and wonders in the desert.
His Holiness Teaches His Children:
First there is the Swami who travels the earth, saying,
"O God, you are my Savior!"
He is the Swami who had lived a happy married life enjoying the worldly pleasures till adversity brought him poverty, harassment, and difficulties. Harmed by his wife and children and despised by the world, he roams the forest and wonders in the desert
05. The Second Kind of “False God” Or Swami Or Holy Man In The World - discarded by his wife and children, and also by his relatives and other people, he has none to inquire after him and look after him. So with a distorted mind and forgetful of the earth, he directs his mind the other way (away from the world). He beats his head and seeks refuge in the Primal One. So lamenting, he carries a bowl in his hand and becomes the Swami who begs for food.
His Holiness Teaches His Children:
Second, there is another Swami who had lived a life of prosperity, had ruled many countries, had amassed great wealth, had traveled widely with wife and children, seen many things, heard of many things, consumed intoxicants and enjoyed life till he had lost all his possessions and incurred heavy losses.
Now, discarded by his wife and children, and also by his relatives and other people, he has none to inquire after him and look after him. There is a saying,
"If a rich are ruined
They will not belong even to a dry pot"
So with a distorted mind and forgetful of the earth, he directs his mind the other way to ask,
"Is this the world?
Is this how the end will be?
He beats his head and seeks refuge in the Primal One, saying,
"The world is false.
This birth is false.
My God is the Only True One"
So lamenting, he carries a bowl in his hand and becomes the Swami who begs for food.
06. The Third Kind of “False God” Or Swami Or Holy Man In The World - He wonders with no self-awareness, delusioned by the great earth, fascinated, mesmerized and blinded by the supposed greatness of the earth. He boasts of his disbelief in death. He shows kindness to his parents but causes evil to his neighbors and misery to the poor. He charges interest, lives a frugal life, loiters about in a foolish manner, and lives a life like the useless poisonous tree. He is a miserable sinner possessing treachery and witchcraft. He fraudulently amasses wealth and buries it under the earth. He is forgetful of Charity and offers no help to brothers, sisters, children and others. He neither eats adequately nor clothes himself properly.
His Holiness Teaches His Children:
And Then there is the Third False Swami.
"This is no birth for me", says the third type of Swami. He wonders with no self-awareness, delusioned by the great earth, fascinated, mesmerized and blinded by the supposed greatness of the earth.
He boasts of his disbelief in death. He shows kindness to his parents but causes evil to his neighbors and misery to the poor, saying,
"Who is equal to me!"
He charges interest, lives a frugal life, loiters about in a foolish manner, and lives a life like the useless poisonous tree. He is a miserable sinner possessing treachery and witchcraft. He fraudulently amasses wealth and buries it under the earth. He is forgetful of Charity and offers no help to brothers, sisters, children and others. He neither eats adequately nor clothes himself properly.
Such a miser will leave his body and enter the torturous hell. The miser's relatives and people are displaced and his begotten son fearfully carries a begging bowl, loiters here and there, wandering about pleading for alms and searches for resting places in cemeteries and other places.
He recollects the lives of his parents and past generations while spending his days in lazy existence, helping himself to the morsels of food for which he sings daily. He is unmindful of day or night.
With disheveled appearance and unaware of the way of life, he becomes lazy, eats like the cattle thinking it is the best way to live and the best approach to attain the achievable. He eats what he gets to develop his body. He performs the ritualistic and ceremonial prayers, having eaten like a bull.
He voices the "O" sound and the "Ah" sound of the "Onkaram" as authority. He thinks that within the raw mango is sourness, within the coconut is the kernel, within the stomach are the intestines, and inside the paddy is the grain.
"Is this not all true?" says the Swami.
"The darkness of ignorance can dispel sorrow and change it into a state of
happiness and cause the eye to resplend. It is surely the night. Dawn will be
the day".
"All what I said is reasonable, isn't it? Tomorrow will be a happy day if you
realize it. It is sorrowful to develop the destructive body. What I said was about
earthly happiness".
"On this earth there are many more pleasant Swamis".
So saying he ends his sermon.
What shall I say about the characteristics of this third type of Swami?
07. "The Nature" of The “One True God” Or Swami Or Holy Man In The World - All of Which “We” Will Start To Describe in The Next Chapter, In “Chapter 17”, Which We Have Called “The Earthen Pot" And "The Brass Vessel". So, please Listen.
His Holiness Teaches His Children:
Son, I have related to you "The special features" of the three types of "False Swamis".
Now I shall tell you about "The characteristics" of the fourth type of Swami (of The One True Swami In The World), all of which "We" will start to describe in the Next Chapter. So, please Listen.
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