Gospel of John: Chapter 17 - Review of Chapter 17 About Chapter 17 Title Given Chapter 17: "Jesus Explains What It Means To Become "One with" Jesus" - that is, "One with" Jesus within us, and "One with" God within Him, before we die to the "outside" of us" Date Gospel Written: ~ 0 to 50 AD Gospel Written By: The Disciple Barnabas - the One "whom Jesus loved" (John:20,2) Title & Review Written By: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Date Web Page Published: September, 2004 Go To: Review of Chapter 17 Go To: Original Version - of Chapter 17 Home Page - Gospel of John Gospel of John: Chapter 18 Chapter 17: Analysis Library Home Page Gospel of John: Chapter 16 Chapter 17: Discussion Go To Table of Contents - Gospel of John: Chapter 17 Related Material Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Al-salam 'alaykum wa-rahmat Allah wa barakatuhu kulluhu. Wa 'alaykum al-salam wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Review of Chapter 17: Outline of Review: A. Jesus Explains The Meaning of "Eternal Life" - an "Eternal Life" is the life of one who has becomes "One with" Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and "One with" God within Him, before we die to the world on the "outside" of us, in this way becoming "One with" the Holy Spirit of God within us, which is the wisdom of God surrounding our soul within us, an "Eternal Life" is the life of one who has done all of this, this becoming "One with" the Holy Trinity of God within us, and becoming its "Form" on the "outside" of us, this becoming the "Flower of the Holy Trinity of God" both within us and on the "outside" of us, this becoming the "Flower of God" within us, with the "Fragrance of God" on the "outside" of us, before we die to the world on the "outside" of us, that is, the life of one who does all of this while still living in the world on the "outside" of us B. Jesus Explains The New State of Himself And His Disciples - Jesus (peace be upon Him) explains the state of Himself, at this point in His time in the world, and the state of His disciples now that His state has changed, changed from "being in the world" to "no longer being in the world" on the "outside" of them, changed from being within the world "outside" of them to now being within His disciples, changed from His disciples being "separate from" Jesus (peace be upon Him) to their now being "One with" Jesus (peace be upon Him) within them, and "One with" God within Him, to now being "One with" the Holy Trinity within them, "One with" the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit within them, and their now being the form of the "Holy Trinity" in the world on the "outside" of them, which is the qualities, the actions, the intention, and the duties of God in the world, as the Creator, the Nourisher, and the Sustainer. Text of Review: Summary of Chapter 17: Outer Story: Jesus (peace be upon Him) explains to His disciples (peace be upon Them), for the last time, before He is pulled out of the world on the "outside" of them, by God within them, the true meaning of His coming into the world on the "outside" of them, which is to show them "who they are", and "where they are", and "what is truly happening" in their life. To show them that in truth they are "Jesus happening" within them, to show them that in truth "They are of God", as the Holy Trinity of God within God within them, and in this way, that in truth they are "Jesus happening" within the "Holy Spirit happening" within them, if they will only let it happen within them, if they will only join in partnership with God within them to allow God to complete what He has started within them, and what God is doing within them, within each of us, in each age, is trying to move forward the story of True Man within the story of God within us, and the story of God within the story of True Man within us. And in this way, within each of us, before we die to the "outside" of us, God is trying to complete what He has started within each of us, a very, very long time ago, way before we were born into this earth world or dunya, that is, God is trying to reveal God to God within us, if we will only let Him, if we will only join Him in His divine effort within us, sacrificing our "outside" for His inside, in this way, dying before death for Him within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, by first joining in partnership with God within us to reveal True Man within the Creation of God (the dunya) within us, as the "Oneness of God and His Creation" within us, in this way, allowing True Man within us to then reveal God within the Creation of True Man (akhirah) within us, as the "Oneness of True Man and His Creation" within us, and in this way, revealing the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True man within us. Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. So be it, So be it, Oh Ruler of the 18,000 Universes within us. So be it, So be It, Oh Most Merciful One. So be it, So be it, Oh Must Compassionate One. All Praise and praising be to God and to God alone. Only God is Great. In this way, in truth we are "God happening" within "Jesus happening" within the "Holy Spirit happening" within God within us, we are the "Holy Trinity of God happening" within God within us, which is what Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) teaches us. For example, His Holiness teaches us, "The Holy Trinity of God, in the Christian tradition, and the Triple Flame of God in the Islamic tradition refer to the same thing, they refer to the "Sound of God" within you, which in truth is what is "happening in your life", which in truth is what God is doing within each of you, if you will only let Him, if you will only join with Him, become "One with" Him in "This Divine Work" within you." In this way, you must join in partnership within God within you, you must become "One with" God within you, as "truth surrendering to the truth" within you, as the "truth of you" within you, which is "God happening" within you, surrendering to the "truth of God" within you, which is "True Man happening" within God within you, and in this way, let yourself end as "separate from" God within you, as experience by you on the "outside" of you. So your life as "One with" God within you can begin within you". In this way, you must let your current life "outside" of you come to an end both within you and "outside" of you, you must let your current life of "separation and differences", your current life of "selfishness", your current life of sin on the "outside" of you, you must let your current life "outside" with your brothers and sisters, your current life "outside" as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, come to an end both within you." "Come to an end within you as lives of darkness within you, as the 5 elemental spirits or ruhanis within you, come to an end on the "outside" of you as your current life of arrogance, karma, and illusion within you, as your current life of desire for earth, women, and gold within you, with you willingly and freely joining with God within you to bring it all to an end within you, with you freely and willingly joining with the Holy Trinity of God within you to bring it all to an end within you, with you freely and willingly joining with the Holy Trinity of God within you, with the "Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit of God" within you to bring it all to an end, before the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him) has to pull you, yelling and screaming out this world of illusion on the "outside" of you, when your agreement is up, when your allotted food and water is up, or when you have an accident and die prematurely. With you willing and freely joining with the "Gift of God" for your age, which in truth is "Jesus (peace be upon Him)" on the "outside" of you, and the Prophet "Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him)" on the "outside" of you, and "Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him)" on the "outside" of you, and now in your age, is the humble and clear "Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Them)" on the "outside" of you, in order to end all of the darkness within you, and to end all the "veils of hypocrisy" within you, and all the "schemes of your mind" that constantly "rule you" through a "show of scenes" on the "outside" of you". "And to do all of this so your true life within you, your tue life of "Oneness and Unity", your true life of "Justice and Truth", and your true life of "Compassion and unity", your true life of "Oneness with" God within you can begin within you". "In this way letting God within you finish what He has already started within each of you, which is to reveal God to God within you, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God (the dunya) within you, by first revealing True man to True Man within you for the benefit of all of the Creation of True Man (akhirah) within you. And in this way, realizing before you die to the "outside" of you, that it is this, that it is God within you, and what God is doing within you, that "truly defines you" in your life, that allows you life to truly move forward within you, and become victorious before you die to the "outside" of you, that this is true success in your life, not what you see on the "outside" of you, or think that you are doing or accomplishing through your own effort, including praying to God and being good, in the illusory world of mind and desire on the"outside" of you", which in truth is hell, is everything that God discarded from Himself in order to become God within you." "In this way, the Holy Trinity of God, the Triple Flame of God, is the "Sound of God" within you, the Sound of what God is trying to do, to accomplish, within each of you, before in your arrogance, karma, and illusion, in your desire for earth, women, and gold, you die to the "outside" of you, in this way, the "Sound of God" is the reason you were born, is the true point or reason of your life, is the true movement of your life back into the "Oneness that is God", from which you have all come." "That is, the "Sound of God" is the One becoming the Three and the Three becoming the One, Three times." "The "Sound of God" is the Sound of the One within you becoming the Three within you, and of the Three within you becoming the One within us, with this "Divine Mystery and Secret of God" within you, occuring three times within you, occurring three times in your true life time within you which is over 200 million years within you, that is, in awwal within you, which is the world of souls within you, in the dunya within you, which is this earth world within you, which you are currently seeing in your ignorance as existing on the "outside" of you, and in akhirah within you, which is the next world within each of you. "So in truth the "Sound of God" occurring within you, occurring three times within you, is in truth your life, is how God moves your life through the three major stages or steps in your life, which is reflective in the Arabic tradition as, Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim, in the Name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate, the three steps of Creation or Birth, Death, and Life, always rememberiong that "Only death is certain"." "My dearest loving Grandchildren, Sons and Daughters, and Brothers and Sisters, may you all think a little about this truth of your life, which is "God happening" within you, and this truth of God within you, which is "True Man happening" within you, as "truth surrendering to truth" within you." "In this way, it is very, very important to join in partnership with God within you to do this "Divine Work" within you, before it is too late, to do this "Heart's Work" within you, before it is too late, before you can no longer do this "Good Work" within you, because you have died to the "outside" of you." "Please try to do this right now, please join with the "Heart of your Shaikh" within you to do this "Good Work". It could save you from the "suffering of the grave" within you, and from Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within you". "You must realize without the slightest doubt that this is the only point of your life in the world, both in the world within you and in the "outside" of you, God within you and what God is doing within you, everything else is just drama, the drama of "mine and yours", of "separation and differences", the drama of "selfishness", and this is why God sends a Messengers of God, a Prophet of God, a Qutb or Light of God, to the "outside" of you in each age. As an Example of "where you are", for you are within God within you, and God is within you, as an Example of "who you are" and of "what is happening" in your life, for you are "God happening" within you, within "True Man happening" within God within you, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God and of the Creation of True Man within you". "And as an Example of "what you must do" in your life to truly become successful in your life, before the current "outside" of you is gone, for you must place your faith and trust in God within your, and in God alone within you, and in what God is doing within you, by becoming "One with" the life and teaching of God for our age, believing that in truth you are "Seeing God" and "Hearing the Word" of God for your ago on the "outside" of you, as the "Gift of God" for your age which was sent to the "outside" of you from God within you, and then, to start to act accordingly Amen". And as such, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, we are One, as God and True Man within us are One, as God, the Son of God, and the Holy Spirit of God within us are also One, as for our age, God, Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (peace be upon Him), and the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us) within us are One, and our work in this age, as the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), which is everyone living in the world today, if we truly want it, if we truly want to be "One with" God for eternity within us, is to accept the "Gift of God" for our age, as the "Form of God" for our age, as the Form of God and what God is doing within us, and in this way, to become "One with" It, "One with" It both within us and "outside" of us, before it is too late, before we die to the "outside" of us, and doing all of this by realizing that in truth we are all One within us. Amen. As the work of the disciples in the age of Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, was the same, as well as the work of the disciples in the age of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) over 1400 years ago, was the same, as well as the work of the disciples in the age of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) over 1000 years ago, was the same, that is, to accept the "Gift of God" for their age, and to become "One with" It, both within them and "outside" of them, before it was too late, before they died to the "outside" of themselves, and doing all of this by realizing that in truth they are all One within themselves. Amen. For as Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) told one of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), when the Child asked His Holiness to explain the relationship between God, the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and each of us (may God be pleased with each of Us), and His Holiness said, "Think of yourself as an orange. The Prophet of God is the juice of that orange, And God is the taste." Summary of Chapter 17 (continued) The Inner Meaning: We have a choice of an eternal life of "Oneness with" God, or of an eternal life of "separation from" God, a choice we must each make before we die, and "no choice" is a choice, a choice to continue to live as "separate from" God until we die, and to experience what that really means within us, for eternity, after we die. And this is the true value of Jesus (peace be upon Him) in our life, the true value of Jesus (peace be upon Him) appearing in the world on the "outside" of us, either 2000 years ago, as Jesus (peace be upon Him) and His disciples (peace be upon Them), or in our own age, as Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), to help us make the right choice, to choose "Oneness with" God for eternity, before we die to the "outside" of us. And in order for us to do this in each age, God sends the "Gift of God" for each age, both within us and on the "outside" of us, as He has for our age, in order to show us who in truth we really are, before we die to the "outside" of us, in order to "show God to us" on the "outside" of us, and in order to allow us to "hear God speak to us" on the "outside" of us, and in this way, to awaken God within us, if that be our true intention, in order to teach us that in truth we are of God within us, that we are of the "Oneness of God" within us, not of the "separation and differences" of the world that we are currently seeing in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, that in truth we are within God within us and God is within us within Him. And as such "We are One", One within the Other as One, One revealing the Other within it, One disappearing within the Other being revealed, only to be revealed again by one of the Other that is being revealed, in the next Cycle of God and True Man, in the next Cycle of Man-God/God-Man, which is like the "cycle of the apple and the apple tree", which in truth are also "one", one within the other as one, one revealing the other within is, only to be revealed again by one of the other in the next cycle of the "AppleTree-Apple/Apple-AppleTree", where the apple seed buried within the earth reveals the apple tree hidden within it, in the process hiding itself within the apple tree being revealed, only to be revealed again, within the apple hidden within the apple tree, when the apple tree reveals the apples hidden within it. And all of this is to teach us that we are within God as the Holy Trinity of God, as the "Three within the One", and God is within us as the "One within the Three", as the "Power within the Essence of Everything", and that this is the true value of Jesus (peace be upon Him) in our life, in our own age, revealing who in truth each of us are, which is the Holy Trinity of God within God within us, which in the Islamic tradition is the Triple Flame of God within "alif, lam, and mim", which in maturity become the 99 wilayats or powers of God within the Primal One, within Allahu within us, existing as the 99 potentialities of God within us, just waiting to be revealed to everyone living with us, both in the world on the "outside" of us, before we die, and then to everyone living in the 18,000 universes within us, after we die to the world on the "outside" of us. In this way, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, this is the true value of Jesus (peace be upon Him) both within us and on the "outside" of us, which is the "Oneness and Unity of Gods", the "Justice and Truth of God", and the "Compassion and Unity" of God, both within us and on the "outside" of us, which in truth is the "Selflessness of God" both within us and on the "outside" of us, this is the way, the "Straight Path" of God within us, not "working for wages" on the "outside" of us in order to get into some illusory heaven on the "outside" of us, after we die to this "outside" of us, all of which in truth is really just another reflection of the "selfishness" of our life on the "outside" of us. And to do all of this both within us and on the "outside" of us before we die to the world on the "outside" of us, by first becoming "One with" the life and teaching of God for our age, by first becoming "One with" Jesus and the Word of Jesus (peace be upon Him) on the "outside" of us for our age, before we die to the "outside" of us, that is, to "Truly hear the Word of Jesus" for our age, and to "Truly believing in Him that sent Jesus (peace be upon Him)" into the world on the "outside" of us for our age, and to do all this before we die to the world "outside" of us. And to do all of this by truly believing in God within us, and in what God is doing within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, in this way, to do all of this by truly believing in Him who sent the Life and Word of God, the "Gift of God" for our age, which is the life and teaching of God for our age, both within us and into the world on the "outside" of us, both at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) and His disciples, over 2000 years ago, and now in our age, in the 21st century, in the time of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us). For in truth They are One, Jesus (peace be upon Him) and Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and the disciples of Jesus (peace be upon Them) and the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us). Amen. In this way, awakening within us the "Holy Spirit" or the wisdom of God within us, that is, in this way awakening the wisdom currently surrounding our soul, so the wisdom of God within us can do battle with the "enemy of our soul", both within us and on the "outside" of us, so our wisdom can do battle with the "enemy of our soul" which is our current life of sin, in the "world of sin", both within us and on the "outside" of us, which is our current life of "separation and differences" that we are currently living with our dear brothers and sisters in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us. Such is our current state, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, we have become "one with" the "enemy of our soul" within us, which are all the lives of darkness that in our ignorance have grown within us, and our life of sin on the "outside" of us, which is the flower of the 5 elemental spirits within us with the frargance of hell, this is who we have become in our ignorance, as "separate from" God within us, rather than using our wisdom within us, and the truth of God within our wisdom, to liberate our soul from the cross of our impure birth, rather than joining in partnership with God within us, to complete what God is doing withn us, and in this way, rather then becoming "one with" our soul joined with our wisdom within us, becoming the house of wisdom within us, the palace of the soul within us, which then joined as "one" within us goes in search of God within us, merging with the light of our wisdom within us, which is the body of our soul within us, and in this way making our "life eternal", which is our true birthright, our true heritage, the true destiny of our soul, if we will only let it happen within us, if we will only join with It within us to let it happen within us, and of course, if this becomes our true intention within us, to become "One with" God within us for eternity within us. In this way, in our ignorance we have become "one with" the 5 elemental spirits within us, that are keeping our pure soul, our pure birth, crucified on the cross of this elemental body within us, crucified on this impure birth, so we can sin, so we can live a life of darkness on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, all the while nourishing the lives of darkness within us, as a certain beautiful flower with a sweet fragrance kills and eats flies in order to nourish itself. For as Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (peace be upon Him), "All that you see is a dream, All that you do is just a thought within that dream, All that you appear as is hidden." "Life is a feast of the world, Its medicine is a time after a time." "(Its medicine is the state of the constant remembrance of God within us, Is the state of joining in partnership with God within us, To complete what God is doing within us, Is the state of using God within us to get to God within us, Is becoming "one with" God both within us and "outside" of us, To reveal God to God within us, For the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen)." In this way, through our ignorance, through our arroganc, karma, and illusion, through our desire for earth, women, and gold, we are steadily moving further and further away from God within us, and from what God is doing within us, and from God's help in our life, and through our "body, trick, and danger" we are only learning to become more and more deceitful and tricky in our life in order to protect ourselves from illusory dangers on the "outside" of us, and through the evil actions of kalam (or time) within us we are gradually being led to kalan, to the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him) within us, to the "suffering of the grave" within us, to Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within us, and to an eternal life of "separation from" God within us. In this way, we are only treading water in our life, in the true life wthin us, no matter what we may think that is happening in our life "outside' of us, in truth moving forward nothing of value within us, moving forward nothing of God within us, like His grace, His wisdom, and 'ilm or divine knowledge, and His truth within us, moving forward nothing of what God has started and is doing within us, like closing down the world of hell within us, the world of jinns, and the world of faries within us, which represent the 3 hidden elements of water, fire, and air within us, then re-opening the world of souls within us, and opening the kingdom of God within us. In this way, most of our work on the "outside" of us is not getting to God within us, is not connecting to what God is doing within us, which is drawing everyone and everything back into Himself, becoming again "One with" Him, as we all were in the beginning, but this time with an understanding of that "Oneness" that is God and True Man within us. For example, most of our prayers and devotion are not getting to God within us, which in most cases are being performed as prayers and devotion of "separation and differences", as the prayers of a Jew as "separate from" the Christians and Muslims, or the prayers of a Christian as "separate from" the Jews and Muslims, or the prayers of a Muslim as "separate from" the Jews and Christians, prayers which only keep our pure birth crucified on our impure birth with the 5 nails of "desire to live here", with the 5 desires to live a life as "one with" the 5 lives of darkness within us, with us having become "one with" the flower of the 5 elemental spirits within us, which has the fragrance of hell on the "outside" of us, until we die to the "outside" of us, only then seeing what we have done to ourselves, becoming "separate from" God within us, and "separate from" what God is doing within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen. Such prayers and devotion, that is, prayers and devotion of "separation and differences" are not acceptible to God within us, because "God is "One with" everyone and with everything within us, God is not "separate from" anyone or anything within us, and in this way, God sees everyone and everything within us as Himself happening within us, as His "Seed" ready to germinate within us and reveal Him to Himself within us, within True Man within the Creation of God within us, to reveal God within akhirah or the hereafter within us. Amen. For as Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) teaches us, "God is a Power. He has no form or shape. He is alone, and yet He is everywhere, existing as an eternal Power that dwells in all lives, and sees them all as One." Only then, when we are lying in the grave, seeing for the first time what we have done to ourselves, seeing first hand what we have done with the pure life that God has personally and ever so lovingly given to each of us, when we first came here, to this earth world, that in truth we have "separated ourselves" from our true selves, from the truth of us, from God within us, from the Holy Trinity of God within God within us, from Our Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit within us, which in maturity is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, only then, lying in our grave, do we finally see the "error of our ways", only then, laying in the grave when there is nothing we can do about it, do we see for the first time what we in our ignorance have done to ourselves. But then it is too late, if we have not corrected ourselves, if we have not liberated our soul from the cross of our impure birth, if we have not joined in partnership with God within us to complete what God has started within us, which is to experience our death and our judgment before our physical death, in this way, becoming "One with" God within us, and "One with" what God is doing within us. For if we have not done this work before we die to the "outside" of us, then it is too late to do it in the grave, it is too late in our grave to do any of the things that can only be done before we are in our grave, then it is too late to remove the "separation and differences" that we have created, grown, and nourished within us in our ignorance during our life in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, the "separation and differences" of our current state, of our "outside" and inside that in truth will now "separate us from" God for eternity, that in truth will now become our form and our life of "separation and differences" in the next world, for akhirah within us, which in truth is the form and life that we grew within us whiile we were living in this earth world, in the dunya within us. Such is the justice of God. For as Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be plesed with Him) teaches us, "The justice of God is that whatever you intend is what you will recieve." So, the house that we are currently building within us, while we continue to live in our ignorance on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, is the house that we will get for eternity, the house that we will live within for eternity in the next world within us, in akhirah within us, and the crop that we are currently growing within us, while continuing to live a life of "separation and differences", a life of "selfishness" on the "outside", is the crop that we will harvest when we die to the "outside" of us, the crop that will then be the nourishment for our life in the next life, but unlike our current life which is only temporary, our next life in akhirah within us will be forever, is eternal. So, if we don't do it now, if we don't awaken from the dream, if we don't take advantage of the "Gift of God" for our age, and become "One with" It, both within us and on the "outside" of us, if we don't do it now before we die to the "outside" of us, when we can do something about our current state of "separation and defferences", before we die and are stuck with it, stuck with our current state, we will be very disappointed. If we don't join with God within us, to transform our current life of arrogance, karma, and illusion on the "outside" of us, into His life of grace, of wisdom, and of truth within us, and do it before we die to the "outside" of us, then when we die to the "outside" of us, which could happen in next moment, we will have to endure the consequences of our actions. Then we will see for the first time what we have actually done with our life, then we will see the truth of us, not the veils of hypocrisy, not the schemes of our mind, that have succeeded in tricking us into believing in the world and ourselves and our wealth on the "outside" of us, so we would not turn to God within us, so we would not "seek ourselves" within ourselves because God exists within us, but instead spend our time focused on the "outside" of us, and the sins of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, like "my prayers" as "separate from" your prayers, "my religion, or race, or family, or wife, and children, as "separate from" your religion, race, family, wife, and children. In this way spending our time in the earth world within us, in the dunya within us, poorly, that is, not currectly using the earth world that God has given to each of us, as His "School of Contrasts" within us, so we could come to understand "who we already are", and then having correctly learned our lessons, return as "One with" God within us, from which we have all come. But instead of doing this, instead of properly passing our tests, and returning as "One with" God within us, before we die to the "outside" of us, in this way, returning with an understanding of that "Oneness" that is God and True Man within us, which is what God intended for us, which is why we came to this earth world in the first place, instead of this, we continue to spend our time here poorly, just waiting for the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him) to harvest us, and as a result, we have not joined with God within us to complete God's intention for us in this earth world within us, in the earth world that we still see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, and as a result, we will probably die in our current state, cutting off forever any chance of us learning our lessons and returning as "One with" God within us, before we die to our "outside". In this way, up to now we have only spent our time living on the "outside" of us, living a life of "selfishness", a life of sin on the "outside" of us, in this way, spending all of our time only nourishing the lives of darkness within us, not the "Stuff of God" within us, not nourishing the wisdom and truth of God within us, only nourishing the falsehood that God has discarded within us, to become God within us, not nourishing the wisdom and truth of God within us, so God can again happen within us, within True Man within us. In this way, nourishing only the falsehood of our life that can only paint us a picture of an apple, not actually give us something of value like a real apple, that can only give us a painting of a life not a true life, that can only give us a painting of a life and of personal wealth on the "outside" of us, not the true life and wealth of God within us, which like the painting of the apple is of no value to us when we are really hungry, when we are in need of the help of God within us, and the wealth of God within us, like when we find ourselves in our grave, and see for the first time what we have done to ourselves, what we have done with what God has given us, and see for the first time the 5 elemental spirits or ruhanis that we have raised and nouished within us through our life in the earth world or dunya, and through our belief in and participation in the "dream of our life", which is the world of sin on the "outside" of us, in the world that we see in our ignorance as exising on the "outside" of us, and then, in our grave, these 5 ruhanis, who we can no longer nourish or control, become the "suffering of our grave", and then proceed to eat us. Such is our fate without the help of God before we die. Then we will see what we have actually done with the beautiful life full of God's grace, wisdom, and 'ilm or divine knowledge, that God has placed within each of us, even before we came here to this earth world or dunya, that God personally and ever so lovingly placed within each of us, as the "Seed of Himself" within True Man within the Creation of God within us. Now in our grave we will finally understand the point of our life, which is God within us, and what God is doing within us, which is God revealing God to God within True Man within the Creation of God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, just like the point of the apple seed is to reveal the sweetness of the apple that is hidden within the apple tree that is hidden within the apple seed buried within the earth. But if we end up in our grave in our current state it will be too late, causing us to have really missed this true point of our life, both within us and in the world "outside" of us, when we could have done something of value with it, before we died to the "outside" of us, by joining in partnership with God within us, to complete what God is currently doing within us, which is revealing God to God within True Man within the Creation of God within us, and in this way, we could have become "One with" God both within us and on the "outside", a life which in maturity would allow us to live an eternal life of "Oneness with" the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. And as a result, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, if we continue to live in our current state, in a state of "separation and differences" in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, if we continue to live this way, living and participating in a life that is only occurring for us on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, then our fate will win over our wisdom, and we will be doomed to an eternal life of "separation from" God. And if we reject the life of "Oneness with" God within us, if we reject the "Gift of God" for our age, the gift of joining in partnership with God within us, as "One with" God both within us and on the "outside" of us, that God is aways offering us both from within us, and in each age, on the "outside" of us, then again our fate will win over our wisdom, and we will be doomed to an eternal life of "separation from" God. And then when we die in this state, then we must experience the consequences of our actions, and of our decision, of our choice to live "separate from" God for eternity, then after we die to the "outside" us we will becoming subject to 105 million rebirths of "separation and differences" within us, ending as a worm in hell with only one level of consciousness, of feeling. But instead if we reject the life of "separation and differences" that we are currently expreiencing on the "outside" of us, and if we accept the "Gift of God" for our age, and embrace the "Heart of our Shaikh" for our age, and in this way, join in partnership with God within us, and become "One with" the life and teaching of God for our age both within us and on the "outside" of us, in this way, surrendering the "truth of us" within us, which is "God happening" within True Man within the Creation of God within us, to the "truth of God" within us, which is "True Man happening" within God within the Creation of True Man within us. Amen. A. Jesus Explains The Meaning of An "Eternal Life" Outer Story: Jesus (peace be upon Him) explains that an "Eternal Life" is to become "One with" Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, before we die, and "One with" God within Him, before we die, as well as "One with" the Holy Spirit of God within us, which is the wisdom of God surrounding our soul within us, before we die, that is, to do all of this, this becoming "One with" the Holy Trinity of God within us, this becoming the "Flower of the Holy Trinity of God" within us, this becoming the "Flower of God" within us, with the "Fragrance of God" on the "outside" of us, while we are still living in the world on the "outside" of us. From: "Gospel of John" - Chapter 17, Verse 1-10 1. These Words spake Jesus, and lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may glorify Thee: 2. As Thou hast given Him over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as Thou hast given Him. 3. And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou haft sent. 4. I glorify Thee on the earth: I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do. 5. And now, Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine own Self, with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was. 6. I have manifested Thy Name unto the men which Thou hath gavest Me out of the world: thine they were, and Thou gavest them Me; and they have kept Thy Word. 7. Now they have known that all things whatsoever Thou hast given Me are of Thee. 8. For I have given unto them the Words which Thou hath gavest Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from Thee, and they have believed that Thou didst send Me. 9. I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which Thou hast given Me; for they are Thine. 10. And all Mine are Thine, and Thine are Mine; and I am glorified in them. Inner Meaning: An "Eternal Life" is having fully accepted the "Gift of God" for our age, which is the gift of becoming "One with" Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and "One with" God within Him, before we die to the world "outside" of us, it is the gift of becoming "One with" our liberated soul, which is our soul joined as "One with" the wisdom surrounding our soul, in this way establishing the "heart of wisdom' within us, the "Palace of the soul", the "House of wisdom", within us, having won over the "enemy of our soul" within us, which is our current life in the world on the "outside" of us, a victory which naturally occurs both within us and on the "outside" of us when our wisdom has successfully pulled out the 5 nails of "desire to live" on the "outside" of us, and sin, that is, has won over the desire within us to continue to live a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, that is, has won over the desire within us to continue to live as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, until we die to the world on the "outside" of us. That is, an "Eternal Life" is to give up our desire to "work for wages to get into heaven", and instead "join in partnership with God within us", and to do this before we die to the "outside" of us. B. Jesus Explains The New State of Himself And His Disciples Outer Story: Jesus (peace be upon Him) explains the state of Himself, at this point in His time in the world, and the state of His disciples now that His state has changed, changed from "being in the world" to "no longer being in the world" on the "outside" of them, changed from being within the world "outside" of them to now being within His disciples, changed from His disciples being "separate from" Jesus (peace be upon Him) to their now being "One with" Jesus (peace be upon Him) within them, and "One with" God within Him, to now being "One with" the Holy Trinity within them, "One with" the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit within them, and their now being the form of the "Holy Trinity" in the world on the "outside" of them, which is the qualities, the actions, the intention, and the duties of God in the world, as the Creator, the Nourisher, and the Sustainer. From: "Gospel of John" - Chapter 17, Verse 11-26 11. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to Thee. Holy Father, keep through Thine own Name those whom Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, as We are. 12. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Thy Name: those that Thou gavest Me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. 13. And now come I to Thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have My joy fulfilled in themselves. 14. I have given them Thy Word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 15. I pray not that Thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 16. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 17. Sanctify them through Thy Truth: Thy Word is Truth. 18. As Thou hath sent Me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 19. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also might be sanctified through the Truth. 20. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on Me through their Word; 21. That they all may be One; as Thou, Father art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be One in Us: that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me. 22. And the glory that Thou gavest Me I have given them; that they may be One, even as We are One. 23. I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in One; and that the world may know that Thou hast sent Me, and hath loved them, as Thou hast loved Me. 24. Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hath give Me, be with Me where I am; that they may behold My glory, which Thou hast given Me: for Thou lovedst Me before the foundation of the world. 25. O righteous Father, the world hath not known Thee: but I have known Thee, and these have known that Thou hast sent Me. 26. And I have declared unto them Thy Name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them. Inner Meaning: Jesus (peace be upon Him) explains that now His disciples have become Him in the world on the "outside" of them, they have now become His form, the form of Jesus (peace be upon Him) in the world "outside" of them, which are the qualities, actions, intention, and Word of Jesus (peace be upon Him) on the "outside" of them, and Jesus (peace be upon Him) has now become their soul, Jesus (peace be upon Him) has now become the purity of their life, that is, the liberation of their soul from the cross of their elemental body by the wisdom surrounding their soul by pulling out the 5 nails of "desire to live here", of desire to live on the "outside" of them and sin, and within Jesus (peace be with Him) within them, now as their soul joined as "One with" their wisdom, now as the "Palace of their soul" within them, now as the "House of wisdom" within them, now as the 6th life within them, the 6th level of wisdom within them, which is the state of Qutbiyyat within them, now as the "Shepherd and the Tree" of God within them, within Jesus (peace within Him) is God, the Light of wisdom, and Goodness". And this is true within each of His disciples to the level that they will let it be true both within and on the "outside" of them, to the level that they restrict it, to the level that they let their life in the world on the "outside" of them undo what Jesus (peace be upon Him) has personally and every so lovingly done within each of them, that is, bringing each of them to the state within them where they can be "One with" the Holy Trinity of God within them, while they are still living in the world on the "outside" of them, to the state where, "Anything that they ask of God, in the Name of Jesus (peace be upon Him), God will provide". joined with the within them in the world on the "outside" of them, with God now existing within Him within them, and as such They are now One, God, Jesus, and His disciples are now One, that is, with Jesus (peace be upon Him) leaving the world at this time in His ministry, with God pulling Jesus (peace be upon Him) into Himself and out of the world on the "outside" of them, at this point in the ministry of Jesus (peace be upon Him), as such God, and Jesus, and His disciples have now become One, with God existing within Jesus (peace be upon Him) within His disciples, and Jesus (peace be upon Him) existing within His disciples in the world on the "outside" of them, and His disciples existing within the world on the "outside" of them, and as such They are One, God, Jesus, and His disciples. Jesus (peace be upon Him) explains that His disciples have become the flower of the Holy Trinity blooming in the world, as John the Baptist (peace be upon Him) was when Jesus (peace be upon Him) was living in the world, and the fragrance of that flower which all in the world can now smell, if they have the nose to smell it, is God, is the qualities and actions of God in the world. Amen. End of Gospel of John - Chapter 17 - Review by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) ...................... or Go To: Gospel of John - Chapter 17: Table of Contents Analysis Discussion Related Material or ( a top-down version of the Library Home Page) (a bottom-up version of the Library Home Page) |
Gospel of John: Chapter 17 - Review of Chapter 17 About Chapter 17 Title Given Chapter 17: "Jesus Explains What It Means To Become "One with" Jesus" - that is, "One with" Jesus within us, and "One with" God within Him, before we die to the "outside" of us" Date Gospel Written: ~ 0 to 50 AD Gospel Written By: The Disciple Barnabas - the One "whom Jesus loved" (John:20,2) Title & Review Written By: Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) Date Web Page Published: September, 2004 Go To: Review of Chapter 17 Go To: Original Version - of Chapter 17 Home Page - Gospel of John Gospel of John: Chapter 18 Chapter 17: Analysis Library Home Page Gospel of John: Chapter 16 Chapter 17: Discussion Go To Table of Contents - Gospel of John: Chapter 17 Related Material Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Al-salam 'alaykum wa-rahmat Allah wa barakatuhu kulluhu. Wa 'alaykum al-salam wa-rahmat Allah wa-barakatuhu kulluhu. May all the peace, the beneficence, and the blessing of God be upon us all. May God help us all. My love you (anbu), my dearest loving brothers and sisters - Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler). Review of Chapter 17: Outline of Review: A. Jesus Explains The Meaning of "Eternal Life" - an "Eternal Life" is the life of one who has becomes "One with" Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and "One with" God within Him, before we die to the world on the "outside" of us, in this way becoming "One with" the Holy Spirit of God within us, which is the wisdom of God surrounding our soul within us, an "Eternal Life" is the life of one who has done all of this, this becoming "One with" the Holy Trinity of God within us, and becoming its "Form" on the "outside" of us, this becoming the "Flower of the Holy Trinity of God" both within us and on the "outside" of us, this becoming the "Flower of God" within us, with the "Fragrance of God" on the "outside" of us, before we die to the world on the "outside" of us, that is, the life of one who does all of this while still living in the world on the "outside" of us B. Jesus Explains The New State of Himself And His Disciples - Jesus (peace be upon Him) explains the state of Himself, at this point in His time in the world, and the state of His disciples now that His state has changed, changed from "being in the world" to "no longer being in the world" on the "outside" of them, changed from being within the world "outside" of them to now being within His disciples, changed from His disciples being "separate from" Jesus (peace be upon Him) to their now being "One with" Jesus (peace be upon Him) within them, and "One with" God within Him, to now being "One with" the Holy Trinity within them, "One with" the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit within them, and their now being the form of the "Holy Trinity" in the world on the "outside" of them, which is the qualities, the actions, the intention, and the duties of God in the world, as the Creator, the Nourisher, and the Sustainer. Text of Review: Summary of Chapter 17: Outer Story: Jesus (peace be upon Him) explains to His disciples (peace be upon Them), for the last time, before He is pulled out of the world on the "outside" of them, by God within them, the true meaning of His coming into the world on the "outside" of them, which is to show them "who they are", and "where they are", and "what is truly happening" in their life. To show them that in truth they are "Jesus happening" within them, to show them that in truth "They are of God", as the Holy Trinity of God within God within them, and in this way, that in truth they are "Jesus happening" within the "Holy Spirit happening" within them, if they will only let it happen within them, if they will only join in partnership with God within them to allow God to complete what He has started within them, and what God is doing within them, within each of us, in each age, is trying to move forward the story of True Man within the story of God within us, and the story of God within the story of True Man within us. And in this way, within each of us, before we die to the "outside" of us, God is trying to complete what He has started within each of us, a very, very long time ago, way before we were born into this earth world or dunya, that is, God is trying to reveal God to God within us, if we will only let Him, if we will only join Him in His divine effort within us, sacrificing our "outside" for His inside, in this way, dying before death for Him within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, by first joining in partnership with God within us to reveal True Man within the Creation of God (the dunya) within us, as the "Oneness of God and His Creation" within us, in this way, allowing True Man within us to then reveal God within the Creation of True Man (akhirah) within us, as the "Oneness of True Man and His Creation" within us, and in this way, revealing the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, which in truth is God and True man within us. Amen, Amen, Ya Rabil Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahman Alameen. Amen, Amen, Ya Rahim Alameen. Al-hamdu lillah. Allahu Akbar. So be it, So be it, Oh Ruler of the 18,000 Universes within us. So be it, So be It, Oh Most Merciful One. So be it, So be it, Oh Must Compassionate One. All Praise and praising be to God and to God alone. Only God is Great. In this way, in truth we are "God happening" within "Jesus happening" within the "Holy Spirit happening" within God within us, we are the "Holy Trinity of God happening" within God within us, which is what Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) teaches us. For example, His Holiness teaches us, "The Holy Trinity of God, in the Christian tradition, and the Triple Flame of God in the Islamic tradition refer to the same thing, they refer to the "Sound of God" within you, which in truth is what is "happening in your life", which in truth is what God is doing within each of you, if you will only let Him, if you will only join with Him, become "One with" Him in "This Divine Work" within you." In this way, you must join in partnership within God within you, you must become "One with" God within you, as "truth surrendering to the truth" within you, as the "truth of you" within you, which is "God happening" within you, surrendering to the "truth of God" within you, which is "True Man happening" within God within you, and in this way, let yourself end as "separate from" God within you, as experience by you on the "outside" of you. So your life as "One with" God within you can begin within you". In this way, you must let your current life "outside" of you come to an end both within you and "outside" of you, you must let your current life of "separation and differences", your current life of "selfishness", your current life of sin on the "outside" of you, you must let your current life "outside" with your brothers and sisters, your current life "outside" as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, come to an end both within you." "Come to an end within you as lives of darkness within you, as the 5 elemental spirits or ruhanis within you, come to an end on the "outside" of you as your current life of arrogance, karma, and illusion within you, as your current life of desire for earth, women, and gold within you, with you willingly and freely joining with God within you to bring it all to an end within you, with you freely and willingly joining with the Holy Trinity of God within you to bring it all to an end within you, with you freely and willingly joining with the Holy Trinity of God within you, with the "Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit of God" within you to bring it all to an end, before the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him) has to pull you, yelling and screaming out this world of illusion on the "outside" of you, when your agreement is up, when your allotted food and water is up, or when you have an accident and die prematurely. With you willing and freely joining with the "Gift of God" for your age, which in truth is "Jesus (peace be upon Him)" on the "outside" of you, and the Prophet "Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him)" on the "outside" of you, and "Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him)" on the "outside" of you, and now in your age, is the humble and clear "Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Them)" on the "outside" of you, in order to end all of the darkness within you, and to end all the "veils of hypocrisy" within you, and all the "schemes of your mind" that constantly "rule you" through a "show of scenes" on the "outside" of you". "And to do all of this so your true life within you, your tue life of "Oneness and Unity", your true life of "Justice and Truth", and your true life of "Compassion and unity", your true life of "Oneness with" God within you can begin within you". "In this way letting God within you finish what He has already started within each of you, which is to reveal God to God within you, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God (the dunya) within you, by first revealing True man to True Man within you for the benefit of all of the Creation of True Man (akhirah) within you. And in this way, realizing before you die to the "outside" of you, that it is this, that it is God within you, and what God is doing within you, that "truly defines you" in your life, that allows you life to truly move forward within you, and become victorious before you die to the "outside" of you, that this is true success in your life, not what you see on the "outside" of you, or think that you are doing or accomplishing through your own effort, including praying to God and being good, in the illusory world of mind and desire on the"outside" of you", which in truth is hell, is everything that God discarded from Himself in order to become God within you." "In this way, the Holy Trinity of God, the Triple Flame of God, is the "Sound of God" within you, the Sound of what God is trying to do, to accomplish, within each of you, before in your arrogance, karma, and illusion, in your desire for earth, women, and gold, you die to the "outside" of you, in this way, the "Sound of God" is the reason you were born, is the true point or reason of your life, is the true movement of your life back into the "Oneness that is God", from which you have all come." "That is, the "Sound of God" is the One becoming the Three and the Three becoming the One, Three times." "The "Sound of God" is the Sound of the One within you becoming the Three within you, and of the Three within you becoming the One within us, with this "Divine Mystery and Secret of God" within you, occuring three times within you, occurring three times in your true life time within you which is over 200 million years within you, that is, in awwal within you, which is the world of souls within you, in the dunya within you, which is this earth world within you, which you are currently seeing in your ignorance as existing on the "outside" of you, and in akhirah within you, which is the next world within each of you. "So in truth the "Sound of God" occurring within you, occurring three times within you, is in truth your life, is how God moves your life through the three major stages or steps in your life, which is reflective in the Arabic tradition as, Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim, in the Name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate, the three steps of Creation or Birth, Death, and Life, always rememberiong that "Only death is certain"." "My dearest loving Grandchildren, Sons and Daughters, and Brothers and Sisters, may you all think a little about this truth of your life, which is "God happening" within you, and this truth of God within you, which is "True Man happening" within you, as "truth surrendering to truth" within you." "In this way, it is very, very important to join in partnership with God within you to do this "Divine Work" within you, before it is too late, to do this "Heart's Work" within you, before it is too late, before you can no longer do this "Good Work" within you, because you have died to the "outside" of you." "Please try to do this right now, please join with the "Heart of your Shaikh" within you to do this "Good Work". It could save you from the "suffering of the grave" within you, and from Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within you". "You must realize without the slightest doubt that this is the only point of your life in the world, both in the world within you and in the "outside" of you, God within you and what God is doing within you, everything else is just drama, the drama of "mine and yours", of "separation and differences", the drama of "selfishness", and this is why God sends a Messengers of God, a Prophet of God, a Qutb or Light of God, to the "outside" of you in each age. As an Example of "where you are", for you are within God within you, and God is within you, as an Example of "who you are" and of "what is happening" in your life, for you are "God happening" within you, within "True Man happening" within God within you, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God and of the Creation of True Man within you". "And as an Example of "what you must do" in your life to truly become successful in your life, before the current "outside" of you is gone, for you must place your faith and trust in God within your, and in God alone within you, and in what God is doing within you, by becoming "One with" the life and teaching of God for our age, believing that in truth you are "Seeing God" and "Hearing the Word" of God for your ago on the "outside" of you, as the "Gift of God" for your age which was sent to the "outside" of you from God within you, and then, to start to act accordingly Amen". And as such, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, we are One, as God and True Man within us are One, as God, the Son of God, and the Holy Spirit of God within us are also One, as for our age, God, Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (peace be upon Him), and the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us) within us are One, and our work in this age, as the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), which is everyone living in the world today, if we truly want it, if we truly want to be "One with" God for eternity within us, is to accept the "Gift of God" for our age, as the "Form of God" for our age, as the Form of God and what God is doing within us, and in this way, to become "One with" It, "One with" It both within us and "outside" of us, before it is too late, before we die to the "outside" of us, and doing all of this by realizing that in truth we are all One within us. Amen. As the work of the disciples in the age of Jesus (peace be upon Him) over 2000 years ago, was the same, as well as the work of the disciples in the age of Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him) over 1400 years ago, was the same, as well as the work of the disciples in the age of Qutb Muhaiyaddeen Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani (may God be pleased with Him) over 1000 years ago, was the same, that is, to accept the "Gift of God" for their age, and to become "One with" It, both within them and "outside" of them, before it was too late, before they died to the "outside" of themselves, and doing all of this by realizing that in truth they are all One within themselves. Amen. For as Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) told one of His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), when the Child asked His Holiness to explain the relationship between God, the Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon Him), and each of us (may God be pleased with each of Us), and His Holiness said, "Think of yourself as an orange. The Prophet of God is the juice of that orange, And God is the taste." Summary of Chapter 17 (continued) The Inner Meaning: We have a choice of an eternal life of "Oneness with" God, or of an eternal life of "separation from" God, a choice we must each make before we die, and "no choice" is a choice, a choice to continue to live as "separate from" God until we die, and to experience what that really means within us, for eternity, after we die. And this is the true value of Jesus (peace be upon Him) in our life, the true value of Jesus (peace be upon Him) appearing in the world on the "outside" of us, either 2000 years ago, as Jesus (peace be upon Him) and His disciples (peace be upon Them), or in our own age, as Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us), to help us make the right choice, to choose "Oneness with" God for eternity, before we die to the "outside" of us. And in order for us to do this in each age, God sends the "Gift of God" for each age, both within us and on the "outside" of us, as He has for our age, in order to show us who in truth we really are, before we die to the "outside" of us, in order to "show God to us" on the "outside" of us, and in order to allow us to "hear God speak to us" on the "outside" of us, and in this way, to awaken God within us, if that be our true intention, in order to teach us that in truth we are of God within us, that we are of the "Oneness of God" within us, not of the "separation and differences" of the world that we are currently seeing in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, that in truth we are within God within us and God is within us within Him. And as such "We are One", One within the Other as One, One revealing the Other within it, One disappearing within the Other being revealed, only to be revealed again by one of the Other that is being revealed, in the next Cycle of God and True Man, in the next Cycle of Man-God/God-Man, which is like the "cycle of the apple and the apple tree", which in truth are also "one", one within the other as one, one revealing the other within is, only to be revealed again by one of the other in the next cycle of the "AppleTree-Apple/Apple-AppleTree", where the apple seed buried within the earth reveals the apple tree hidden within it, in the process hiding itself within the apple tree being revealed, only to be revealed again, within the apple hidden within the apple tree, when the apple tree reveals the apples hidden within it. And all of this is to teach us that we are within God as the Holy Trinity of God, as the "Three within the One", and God is within us as the "One within the Three", as the "Power within the Essence of Everything", and that this is the true value of Jesus (peace be upon Him) in our life, in our own age, revealing who in truth each of us are, which is the Holy Trinity of God within God within us, which in the Islamic tradition is the Triple Flame of God within "alif, lam, and mim", which in maturity become the 99 wilayats or powers of God within the Primal One, within Allahu within us, existing as the 99 potentialities of God within us, just waiting to be revealed to everyone living with us, both in the world on the "outside" of us, before we die, and then to everyone living in the 18,000 universes within us, after we die to the world on the "outside" of us. In this way, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, this is the true value of Jesus (peace be upon Him) both within us and on the "outside" of us, which is the "Oneness and Unity of Gods", the "Justice and Truth of God", and the "Compassion and Unity" of God, both within us and on the "outside" of us, which in truth is the "Selflessness of God" both within us and on the "outside" of us, this is the way, the "Straight Path" of God within us, not "working for wages" on the "outside" of us in order to get into some illusory heaven on the "outside" of us, after we die to this "outside" of us, all of which in truth is really just another reflection of the "selfishness" of our life on the "outside" of us. And to do all of this both within us and on the "outside" of us before we die to the world on the "outside" of us, by first becoming "One with" the life and teaching of God for our age, by first becoming "One with" Jesus and the Word of Jesus (peace be upon Him) on the "outside" of us for our age, before we die to the "outside" of us, that is, to "Truly hear the Word of Jesus" for our age, and to "Truly believing in Him that sent Jesus (peace be upon Him)" into the world on the "outside" of us for our age, and to do all this before we die to the world "outside" of us. And to do all of this by truly believing in God within us, and in what God is doing within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, in this way, to do all of this by truly believing in Him who sent the Life and Word of God, the "Gift of God" for our age, which is the life and teaching of God for our age, both within us and into the world on the "outside" of us, both at the time of Jesus (peace be upon Him) and His disciples, over 2000 years ago, and now in our age, in the 21st century, in the time of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and His Children (may God be pleased with each of Us). For in truth They are One, Jesus (peace be upon Him) and Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him), and the disciples of Jesus (peace be upon Them) and the Children of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with each of Us). Amen. In this way, awakening within us the "Holy Spirit" or the wisdom of God within us, that is, in this way awakening the wisdom currently surrounding our soul, so the wisdom of God within us can do battle with the "enemy of our soul", both within us and on the "outside" of us, so our wisdom can do battle with the "enemy of our soul" which is our current life of sin, in the "world of sin", both within us and on the "outside" of us, which is our current life of "separation and differences" that we are currently living with our dear brothers and sisters in the world that we see in our collective ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us. Such is our current state, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, we have become "one with" the "enemy of our soul" within us, which are all the lives of darkness that in our ignorance have grown within us, and our life of sin on the "outside" of us, which is the flower of the 5 elemental spirits within us with the frargance of hell, this is who we have become in our ignorance, as "separate from" God within us, rather than using our wisdom within us, and the truth of God within our wisdom, to liberate our soul from the cross of our impure birth, rather than joining in partnership with God within us, to complete what God is doing withn us, and in this way, rather then becoming "one with" our soul joined with our wisdom within us, becoming the house of wisdom within us, the palace of the soul within us, which then joined as "one" within us goes in search of God within us, merging with the light of our wisdom within us, which is the body of our soul within us, and in this way making our "life eternal", which is our true birthright, our true heritage, the true destiny of our soul, if we will only let it happen within us, if we will only join with It within us to let it happen within us, and of course, if this becomes our true intention within us, to become "One with" God within us for eternity within us. In this way, in our ignorance we have become "one with" the 5 elemental spirits within us, that are keeping our pure soul, our pure birth, crucified on the cross of this elemental body within us, crucified on this impure birth, so we can sin, so we can live a life of darkness on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, all the while nourishing the lives of darkness within us, as a certain beautiful flower with a sweet fragrance kills and eats flies in order to nourish itself. For as Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (peace be upon Him), "All that you see is a dream, All that you do is just a thought within that dream, All that you appear as is hidden." "Life is a feast of the world, Its medicine is a time after a time." "(Its medicine is the state of the constant remembrance of God within us, Is the state of joining in partnership with God within us, To complete what God is doing within us, Is the state of using God within us to get to God within us, Is becoming "one with" God both within us and "outside" of us, To reveal God to God within us, For the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen)." In this way, through our ignorance, through our arroganc, karma, and illusion, through our desire for earth, women, and gold, we are steadily moving further and further away from God within us, and from what God is doing within us, and from God's help in our life, and through our "body, trick, and danger" we are only learning to become more and more deceitful and tricky in our life in order to protect ourselves from illusory dangers on the "outside" of us, and through the evil actions of kalam (or time) within us we are gradually being led to kalan, to the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him) within us, to the "suffering of the grave" within us, to Qiyamah (the Standing Forth; the Day of Judgment) within us, and to an eternal life of "separation from" God within us. In this way, we are only treading water in our life, in the true life wthin us, no matter what we may think that is happening in our life "outside' of us, in truth moving forward nothing of value within us, moving forward nothing of God within us, like His grace, His wisdom, and 'ilm or divine knowledge, and His truth within us, moving forward nothing of what God has started and is doing within us, like closing down the world of hell within us, the world of jinns, and the world of faries within us, which represent the 3 hidden elements of water, fire, and air within us, then re-opening the world of souls within us, and opening the kingdom of God within us. In this way, most of our work on the "outside" of us is not getting to God within us, is not connecting to what God is doing within us, which is drawing everyone and everything back into Himself, becoming again "One with" Him, as we all were in the beginning, but this time with an understanding of that "Oneness" that is God and True Man within us. For example, most of our prayers and devotion are not getting to God within us, which in most cases are being performed as prayers and devotion of "separation and differences", as the prayers of a Jew as "separate from" the Christians and Muslims, or the prayers of a Christian as "separate from" the Jews and Muslims, or the prayers of a Muslim as "separate from" the Jews and Christians, prayers which only keep our pure birth crucified on our impure birth with the 5 nails of "desire to live here", with the 5 desires to live a life as "one with" the 5 lives of darkness within us, with us having become "one with" the flower of the 5 elemental spirits within us, which has the fragrance of hell on the "outside" of us, until we die to the "outside" of us, only then seeing what we have done to ourselves, becoming "separate from" God within us, and "separate from" what God is doing within us, which is revealing God to God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us. Amen. Such prayers and devotion, that is, prayers and devotion of "separation and differences" are not acceptible to God within us, because "God is "One with" everyone and with everything within us, God is not "separate from" anyone or anything within us, and in this way, God sees everyone and everything within us as Himself happening within us, as His "Seed" ready to germinate within us and reveal Him to Himself within us, within True Man within the Creation of God within us, to reveal God within akhirah or the hereafter within us. Amen. For as Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be pleased with Him) teaches us, "God is a Power. He has no form or shape. He is alone, and yet He is everywhere, existing as an eternal Power that dwells in all lives, and sees them all as One." Only then, when we are lying in the grave, seeing for the first time what we have done to ourselves, seeing first hand what we have done with the pure life that God has personally and ever so lovingly given to each of us, when we first came here, to this earth world, that in truth we have "separated ourselves" from our true selves, from the truth of us, from God within us, from the Holy Trinity of God within God within us, from Our Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit within us, which in maturity is the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us, only then, lying in our grave, do we finally see the "error of our ways", only then, laying in the grave when there is nothing we can do about it, do we see for the first time what we in our ignorance have done to ourselves. But then it is too late, if we have not corrected ourselves, if we have not liberated our soul from the cross of our impure birth, if we have not joined in partnership with God within us to complete what God has started within us, which is to experience our death and our judgment before our physical death, in this way, becoming "One with" God within us, and "One with" what God is doing within us. For if we have not done this work before we die to the "outside" of us, then it is too late to do it in the grave, it is too late in our grave to do any of the things that can only be done before we are in our grave, then it is too late to remove the "separation and differences" that we have created, grown, and nourished within us in our ignorance during our life in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, the "separation and differences" of our current state, of our "outside" and inside that in truth will now "separate us from" God for eternity, that in truth will now become our form and our life of "separation and differences" in the next world, for akhirah within us, which in truth is the form and life that we grew within us whiile we were living in this earth world, in the dunya within us. Such is the justice of God. For as Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (may God be plesed with Him) teaches us, "The justice of God is that whatever you intend is what you will recieve." So, the house that we are currently building within us, while we continue to live in our ignorance on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, is the house that we will get for eternity, the house that we will live within for eternity in the next world within us, in akhirah within us, and the crop that we are currently growing within us, while continuing to live a life of "separation and differences", a life of "selfishness" on the "outside", is the crop that we will harvest when we die to the "outside" of us, the crop that will then be the nourishment for our life in the next life, but unlike our current life which is only temporary, our next life in akhirah within us will be forever, is eternal. So, if we don't do it now, if we don't awaken from the dream, if we don't take advantage of the "Gift of God" for our age, and become "One with" It, both within us and on the "outside" of us, if we don't do it now before we die to the "outside" of us, when we can do something about our current state of "separation and defferences", before we die and are stuck with it, stuck with our current state, we will be very disappointed. If we don't join with God within us, to transform our current life of arrogance, karma, and illusion on the "outside" of us, into His life of grace, of wisdom, and of truth within us, and do it before we die to the "outside" of us, then when we die to the "outside" of us, which could happen in next moment, we will have to endure the consequences of our actions. Then we will see for the first time what we have actually done with our life, then we will see the truth of us, not the veils of hypocrisy, not the schemes of our mind, that have succeeded in tricking us into believing in the world and ourselves and our wealth on the "outside" of us, so we would not turn to God within us, so we would not "seek ourselves" within ourselves because God exists within us, but instead spend our time focused on the "outside" of us, and the sins of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, like "my prayers" as "separate from" your prayers, "my religion, or race, or family, or wife, and children, as "separate from" your religion, race, family, wife, and children. In this way spending our time in the earth world within us, in the dunya within us, poorly, that is, not currectly using the earth world that God has given to each of us, as His "School of Contrasts" within us, so we could come to understand "who we already are", and then having correctly learned our lessons, return as "One with" God within us, from which we have all come. But instead of doing this, instead of properly passing our tests, and returning as "One with" God within us, before we die to the "outside" of us, in this way, returning with an understanding of that "Oneness" that is God and True Man within us, which is what God intended for us, which is why we came to this earth world in the first place, instead of this, we continue to spend our time here poorly, just waiting for the Angel of Death (peace be upon Him) to harvest us, and as a result, we have not joined with God within us to complete God's intention for us in this earth world within us, in the earth world that we still see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, and as a result, we will probably die in our current state, cutting off forever any chance of us learning our lessons and returning as "One with" God within us, before we die to our "outside". In this way, up to now we have only spent our time living on the "outside" of us, living a life of "selfishness", a life of sin on the "outside" of us, in this way, spending all of our time only nourishing the lives of darkness within us, not the "Stuff of God" within us, not nourishing the wisdom and truth of God within us, only nourishing the falsehood that God has discarded within us, to become God within us, not nourishing the wisdom and truth of God within us, so God can again happen within us, within True Man within us. In this way, nourishing only the falsehood of our life that can only paint us a picture of an apple, not actually give us something of value like a real apple, that can only give us a painting of a life not a true life, that can only give us a painting of a life and of personal wealth on the "outside" of us, not the true life and wealth of God within us, which like the painting of the apple is of no value to us when we are really hungry, when we are in need of the help of God within us, and the wealth of God within us, like when we find ourselves in our grave, and see for the first time what we have done to ourselves, what we have done with what God has given us, and see for the first time the 5 elemental spirits or ruhanis that we have raised and nouished within us through our life in the earth world or dunya, and through our belief in and participation in the "dream of our life", which is the world of sin on the "outside" of us, in the world that we see in our ignorance as exising on the "outside" of us, and then, in our grave, these 5 ruhanis, who we can no longer nourish or control, become the "suffering of our grave", and then proceed to eat us. Such is our fate without the help of God before we die. Then we will see what we have actually done with the beautiful life full of God's grace, wisdom, and 'ilm or divine knowledge, that God has placed within each of us, even before we came here to this earth world or dunya, that God personally and ever so lovingly placed within each of us, as the "Seed of Himself" within True Man within the Creation of God within us. Now in our grave we will finally understand the point of our life, which is God within us, and what God is doing within us, which is God revealing God to God within True Man within the Creation of God within us, for the benefit of all of the Creation of God within us, just like the point of the apple seed is to reveal the sweetness of the apple that is hidden within the apple tree that is hidden within the apple seed buried within the earth. But if we end up in our grave in our current state it will be too late, causing us to have really missed this true point of our life, both within us and in the world "outside" of us, when we could have done something of value with it, before we died to the "outside" of us, by joining in partnership with God within us, to complete what God is currently doing within us, which is revealing God to God within True Man within the Creation of God within us, and in this way, we could have become "One with" God both within us and on the "outside", a life which in maturity would allow us to live an eternal life of "Oneness with" the "Oneness of God and True Man" within us. And as a result, my dearest loving brothers and sisters, if we continue to live in our current state, in a state of "separation and differences" in the world that we see in our ignorance as existing on the "outside" of us, if we continue to live this way, living and participating in a life that is only occurring for us on the "outside" of us, as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, then our fate will win over our wisdom, and we will be doomed to an eternal life of "separation from" God. And if we reject the life of "Oneness with" God within us, if we reject the "Gift of God" for our age, the gift of joining in partnership with God within us, as "One with" God both within us and on the "outside" of us, that God is aways offering us both from within us, and in each age, on the "outside" of us, then again our fate will win over our wisdom, and we will be doomed to an eternal life of "separation from" God. And then when we die in this state, then we must experience the consequences of our actions, and of our decision, of our choice to live "separate from" God for eternity, then after we die to the "outside" us we will becoming subject to 105 million rebirths of "separation and differences" within us, ending as a worm in hell with only one level of consciousness, of feeling. But instead if we reject the life of "separation and differences" that we are currently expreiencing on the "outside" of us, and if we accept the "Gift of God" for our age, and embrace the "Heart of our Shaikh" for our age, and in this way, join in partnership with God within us, and become "One with" the life and teaching of God for our age both within us and on the "outside" of us, in this way, surrendering the "truth of us" within us, which is "God happening" within True Man within the Creation of God within us, to the "truth of God" within us, which is "True Man happening" within God within the Creation of True Man within us. Amen. A. Jesus Explains The Meaning of An "Eternal Life" Outer Story: Jesus (peace be upon Him) explains that an "Eternal Life" is to become "One with" Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, before we die, and "One with" God within Him, before we die, as well as "One with" the Holy Spirit of God within us, which is the wisdom of God surrounding our soul within us, before we die, that is, to do all of this, this becoming "One with" the Holy Trinity of God within us, this becoming the "Flower of the Holy Trinity of God" within us, this becoming the "Flower of God" within us, with the "Fragrance of God" on the "outside" of us, while we are still living in the world on the "outside" of us. From: "Gospel of John" - Chapter 17, Verse 1-10 1. These Words spake Jesus, and lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may glorify Thee: 2. As Thou hast given Him over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as Thou hast given Him. 3. And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou haft sent. 4. I glorify Thee on the earth: I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do. 5. And now, Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine own Self, with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was. 6. I have manifested Thy Name unto the men which Thou hath gavest Me out of the world: thine they were, and Thou gavest them Me; and they have kept Thy Word. 7. Now they have known that all things whatsoever Thou hast given Me are of Thee. 8. For I have given unto them the Words which Thou hath gavest Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from Thee, and they have believed that Thou didst send Me. 9. I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which Thou hast given Me; for they are Thine. 10. And all Mine are Thine, and Thine are Mine; and I am glorified in them. Inner Meaning: An "Eternal Life" is having fully accepted the "Gift of God" for our age, which is the gift of becoming "One with" Jesus (peace be upon Him) within us, and "One with" God within Him, before we die to the world "outside" of us, it is the gift of becoming "One with" our liberated soul, which is our soul joined as "One with" the wisdom surrounding our soul, in this way establishing the "heart of wisdom' within us, the "Palace of the soul", the "House of wisdom", within us, having won over the "enemy of our soul" within us, which is our current life in the world on the "outside" of us, a victory which naturally occurs both within us and on the "outside" of us when our wisdom has successfully pulled out the 5 nails of "desire to live" on the "outside" of us, and sin, that is, has won over the desire within us to continue to live a life of "separation and differences" on the "outside" of us, that is, has won over the desire within us to continue to live as "separate from" God, as "separate from" each other, and as "separate from" the Creation of God within us, until we die to the world on the "outside" of us. That is, an "Eternal Life" is to give up our desire to "work for wages to get into heaven", and instead "join in partnership with God within us", and to do this before we die to the "outside" of us. B. Jesus Explains The New State of Himself And His Disciples Outer Story: Jesus (peace be upon Him) explains the state of Himself, at this point in His time in the world, and the state of His disciples now that His state has changed, changed from "being in the world" to "no longer being in the world" on the "outside" of them, changed from being within the world "outside" of them to now being within His disciples, changed from His disciples being "separate from" Jesus (peace be upon Him) to their now being "One with" Jesus (peace be upon Him) within them, and "One with" God within Him, to now being "One with" the Holy Trinity within them, "One with" the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit within them, and their now being the form of the "Holy Trinity" in the world on the "outside" of them, which is the qualities, the actions, the intention, and the duties of God in the world, as the Creator, the Nourisher, and the Sustainer. From: "Gospel of John" - Chapter 17, Verse 11-26 11. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to Thee. Holy Father, keep through Thine own Name those whom Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, as We are. 12. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Thy Name: those that Thou gavest Me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. 13. And now come I to Thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have My joy fulfilled in themselves. 14. I have given them Thy Word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 15. I pray not that Thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 16. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 17. Sanctify them through Thy Truth: Thy Word is Truth. 18. As Thou hath sent Me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 19. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also might be sanctified through the Truth. 20. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on Me through their Word; 21. That they all may be One; as Thou, Father art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be One in Us: that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me. 22. And the glory that Thou gavest Me I have given them; that they may be One, even as We are One. 23. I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in One; and that the world may know that Thou hast sent Me, and hath loved them, as Thou hast loved Me. 24. Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hath give Me, be with Me where I am; that they may behold My glory, which Thou hast given Me: for Thou lovedst Me before the foundation of the world. 25. O righteous Father, the world hath not known Thee: but I have known Thee, and these have known that Thou hast sent Me. 26. And I have declared unto them Thy Name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them. Inner Meaning: Jesus (peace be upon Him) explains that now His disciples have become Him in the world on the "outside" of them, they have now become His form, the form of Jesus (peace be upon Him) in the world "outside" of them, which are the qualities, actions, intention, and Word of Jesus (peace be upon Him) on the "outside" of them, and Jesus (peace be upon Him) has now become their soul, Jesus (peace be upon Him) has now become the purity of their life, that is, the liberation of their soul from the cross of their elemental body by the wisdom surrounding their soul by pulling out the 5 nails of "desire to live here", of desire to live on the "outside" of them and sin, and within Jesus (peace be with Him) within them, now as their soul joined as "One with" their wisdom, now as the "Palace of their soul" within them, now as the "House of wisdom" within them, now as the 6th life within them, the 6th level of wisdom within them, which is the state of Qutbiyyat within them, now as the "Shepherd and the Tree" of God within them, within Jesus (peace within Him) is God, the Light of wisdom, and Goodness". And this is true within each of His disciples to the level that they will let it be true both within and on the "outside" of them, to the level that they restrict it, to the level that they let their life in the world on the "outside" of them undo what Jesus (peace be upon Him) has personally and every so lovingly done within each of them, that is, bringing each of them to the state within them where they can be "One with" the Holy Trinity of God within them, while they are still living in the world on the "outside" of them, to the state where, "Anything that they ask of God, in the Name of Jesus (peace be upon Him), God will provide". joined with the within them in the world on the "outside" of them, with God now existing within Him within them, and as such They are now One, God, Jesus, and His disciples are now One, that is, with Jesus (peace be upon Him) leaving the world at this time in His ministry, with God pulling Jesus (peace be upon Him) into Himself and out of the world on the "outside" of them, at this point in the ministry of Jesus (peace be upon Him), as such God, and Jesus, and His disciples have now become One, with God existing within Jesus (peace be upon Him) within His disciples, and Jesus (peace be upon Him) existing within His disciples in the world on the "outside" of them, and His disciples existing within the world on the "outside" of them, and as such They are One, God, Jesus, and His disciples. Jesus (peace be upon Him) explains that His disciples have become the flower of the Holy Trinity blooming in the world, as John the Baptist (peace be upon Him) was when Jesus (peace be upon Him) was living in the world, and the fragrance of that flower which all in the world can now smell, if they have the nose to smell it, is God, is the qualities and actions of God in the world. Amen. End of Gospel of John - Chapter 17 - Review by Shaikh Muhaiyaddeen (Louie Beutler) ...................... or Go To: Gospel of John - Chapter 17: Table of Contents Analysis Discussion Related Material or ( a top-down version of the Library Home Page) (a bottom-up version of the Library Home Page) |
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