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The Birth of Mubammad =
Who is the gem of your eye,
And when your perception has clarity,
You will be a divine being in the world.
Try to understand everything I sang of earlier. As He de-
creed, this was the way Allah created Muhammad ~. To create
the world, to create Adam (#) He transformed Muhammad into
a peacock, creating everything from him. God created goats, cattle,
all other living things, and with great care He created everything
else, oceans, lands, earth, the netherworld, the ‘arvh, the throne,
the kurvi, the eye of wisdom, the galam, the pen, heavens, hells and
fourteen worlds.
From the peacock He created the tree of yagin, certitude, and
the four branches of this tree which represent the four religions.
He also created the mirrors of modesty from this tree, God cre-
ated these mirrors within man so that he would have four virtuous
qualities in his life, fear of wrongdoing, reserve, modesty and sin-
cerity, qualities which would be complete within man. He created
that wonderful Muhammad @ in this way and from him He cre-
ated clarity. He created Muhammad (© even before He created
the four religions.
After creating Muhammad © He decided to create the véfat
or the manifestation. Once He had created Muhammad © He
created everything else from him, deciding then to create Adam (#).
He created heavens, hells, Adam (©), and then it was His intention
to create Muhammad ¢4 within Adam. As a result of this inten-
tion, from His creation of Adam, Muhammad became his progeny
through Aminah ©, who is called Iswari in Tamil. He had
Muhammad © conceived in the womb of Aminah ©, and in
the history of the world Muhammad ¢ appeared, reappeared,
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God who created the earth
Created mountains to keep the world from shaking,
He created precious metals
So that praise would be given,
And He put gold among them.
“O resplendent Muhammad, through you
I created all lives.”
To keep all moving things still
The primal One created Muhammad ©,
To steady the hearts of all the wavering human beings,
To remove their wavering Athi Rahman
Created Muhammad @ as firm certitude.
O heavenly one, the gem,
The resplendence of this world
And madsbar, the gathering on Judgment Day,
O our King Mahmid, O golden gem,
Resplendent Dastagir, the helping hand of two worlds,
O light of the pearl born as a male, with valor,
O Athi Nabi Muhammadiay,
We rejoiced when we saw you,
When we joined you
And followed the path of iman,
Faith, certitude and determination,
O keep us from going astray,
And tomorrow on the day of giyamab, the reckoning,
Take us to the feet of our Athi Rahman
With love, O noble Muhammadiiay,
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You are the flawless precious gem of the heart,
The light of the pearl settled in abikr,
The one who fills our hearts, Athi Muhammadiay.
To keep us from evil times,
To keep the earth from quaking
The Athi created mountains,
To keep living beings from wavering
The Athi created Muhammad
As the primal light, as transcendent
Qualities within the ga/é, the heart.
When our breast begins to flutter,
When our heart begins to tremble,
‘When we stray from the right path
We recite your name; O Athi Muhammad
He made you a nail within the galb
To keep man’s heart from trembling.
He showered the truth with exaltedness and love
Upon all lives who had the form of énvan,
True man, who recognized the state,
The straight, true path to heaven,
He showered the dbikr of noble Nar Muhammad,
The 4 if, the awwal kalimab,
The first kalimads or word,
‘And the five precious kalimabs
As furiid or obligations.
“O Muhammadiiay go down to the world,
Teach this to all beings,Lost on the Way to Mecca
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Her state changed completely,
Her aman, her faith became firm,
Her determination strong,
When she held noble Muhammad (©
Her iman became very firm.
(Contemplating the exaltedness with which
Noble Muhammadur-Rasal © was born
And had grown, Halimah accepted the truth.
First the Athi made noble Muhammad
An exquisite taste for Halimah,
Then He transformed her body completely,
A beautiful state, her heart melted
With thoughts of the Athi.
She called him Ahamed and the name
Noble Muhammad © flourished,
Then Halimah decided to take him
To her little town of Qulay.
Noble Muhammad ( also decided
With firm determination
He would go to that country,
And Halimah was given permission
From Aminah © when she requested,
“Please let me take this child to my town,
Let me nurse him and raise him;
As soon as he is weaned
I will bring him back.”
Halimah spoke to Aminah so peacefully,A Song of Mubammad =
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With patience and profound humility,
Showing her the baby and how her body,
Her entire condition had become
A state of peace and tranquility.
With great joy and tenderness
Aminah © took the Athi Nabi
And put him in Halimah’s arms,
She received him saying, “Allahu Nayan is our help.”
As she was about to ride off happily
Towards the town called Qulay
‘On her haggard old camel,
That ancient creature became big and strong,
It jumped up and down,
Its skin changed, its blood changed,
The old camel became young and sprightly.
On the way to the town called Qulay
The camel trotted along very quickly,
And when they reached the joyful town
Called Qulay, when she saw it Halimah
Thought to herself, in her gadé, her heart,
“© Athi Rahman, O Jothi mani, radiant gem,
Is this Your child of grace,
Is he the gem precious in all the worlds,
Is he the eye of completeness,
Is this a child born through Your grace,
Did You create him as resplendence,
Did You name him resplendent Muhammad,
Is he the primal one for @khirah and the heavens,
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Is hea primal god,
Is he that resplendent Nadi, that Prophet,
Is he a pearl for all the shining celestial beings,
Is he Muhammad?
He's cured me of many troubles
I've had for so long,
My body has become full and strong,
He has given me exaltedness, radiance,
He has made radiant beauty
Pour from my face.
As soon as this precious baby took my breast
A state of coolness, beauty and bliss rose in me.
Is this good baby the emperor of two worlds,
Is he a messenger of the gracious blissful Lord,
Is he the annal, the great lord,
Is he the jewel, the diamond,
Is he that Mahmiid whose value cannot be estimated,
Is he the Nabz who knows all subtleties,
Is he the radiant light
Which transformed this old camel
Into a young strong one,
Is he the nectar of love,
Is he the golden one who belongs to everyone,
Is he the Dastagir, the helping hand,
Is he that unfailing light,
That precious diamond, the crown jewel,
Is he the tender seedling of our race,
The remedy which came to relieve our poverty,
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Is he the savior who came
Asa light to relieve our poverty,
Is he that precious gem
Radiating throughout the world,
Is he the light of Your grace?”
So saying she praised the Athi
And then embraced Muhammad + to her breast.
The camel strode quickly as they traveled on. All along the
way dried up trees and shrubs became green and began to bear
fruit when they saw noble Muhammad ©. The dry trees began to
flower, fruit ripened very quickly. It is impossible to describe the
beautiful changes which occurred. When she saw all this Halimah’s
heart melted, her intentions melted. She thought to herself, “What
marvels are taking place because of this sweet, noble baby.” With
heart and thoughts melting Halimah praised the causal Rabb, the
Lord, she praised Him. Before she reached the little town called
Qulay heavy rains had fallen, the poverty, the illness vanished,
ponds and lakes overflowed with water, all those who had been
undernourished were fed, they became strong and vital. As
Halimah held the flourishing gem, the Lord concealed in the form
of this child, she embraced him at her breast with love, she fed
him her milk. While he drank her milk with joy the entire town of
Qulay prospered. The poverty which had been there earlier dis-
appeared, the crops that had dried grew fast and strong, the endless
poverty now flew away.
When our praiseworthy Rasiil 2 was a child he was the color
of a beautiful emerald, the fragrance of kastiiri, of musk, emanated
from him, overflowed and filled the air of the whole town of Qulay.
‘When the lame and blind approached the baby and touched him,Removing the Bile
Now four years old, Muhammad looked up at Halimah
Amma one day and asked, “O my Mother, where do my two broth-
ers go when they leave during the day and return late at night?”
She replied, “O my son, gem of my eye, light of my reason, O pure
child, flawless gem of the Lord, gracious Naéz, O Messenger of
our gracious, blissful God, your brothers take the flocks of sheep
and goats out to graze in the morning, then they come back at
night when they are done.” Muhammad 4 said, “O Mother I
would also like to tend the sheep and goats, please send me with
them.” Halimah Amma who never refused any of Muhammad's
requests © answered, “O my eye this forest is full of stones and
thorns. Your brothers are used to it, you are only a little child,
how can you go there?” And then Muhammad sang,
“The Athi who overflows with grace
Knows what duty is
And knows our every intention;
That complete treasure is within the jathi,
The radiant light He manifested,
‘O Mother what can stones and thorns do to me,
‘What can a jungle full of tigers do to me,
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And what can the people here do to me
Even if the entire country becomes my enemy,
As long as the Athi is with me
What can they actually do to me?
We have to make those
Who have not purified their qualities
Virtuous, we must show them the path of happiness
By ridding them of their suffering,
We have to teach the gracious words
Of our bounteous Lord
So they can savor the taste,
We have to distill these words repeatedly
To make them sweeter and sweeter,
We have to give them more and more of that taste.
By reciting these words
They become sweeter and sweeter,
When people drink them in
They should be more and more joyful.
We must reveal our most miraculous Rabb, our Lord
To them, give them more and more of the plenitude,
We must reveal our most miraculous Rabb, our Lord
To them, give them more and more of the plenitude,
We must lovingly explain God to them,
God who is gracious,
Who bestows His grace directly,
We must show them
The resplendent path of the Athi Rahman,
The overflowing Athi who fills everything
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And dwells within all lives,
Who spreads everywhere,
Seeping into the places which belong to Him,
Filling our hearts,
Reaching out to comfort us,
And when He comforts us from there,
Then O Mother, where is the stone you talk of,
Where is the murderous intent
‘And where is the hunger?
That Athi who is our rightful One remains One,
He will understand the situation
And help us O Amma, whatever evil may come,
He will always protect us,
He will always bestow His grace O Amma!”
At the age of four noble Muhammad © sang this song with
great sweetness, and when Halimah Amma heard it her eyes be-
came red, tears rolled down her cheeks as she cried exclaiming,
“Omy aon, gem of my eye, where are you when you sing like this?
When you call me Amma, Mother, it’s like throwing me a kiss,
when you call me Amma even the earth begins to melt and as you
recite your words of nectar the trees bend their heads to listen to
your song. Goats and cattle stop wherever they are to listen to you
while tears pour from their eyes. Everything, stones, trees, shrubs
all bend their heads to listen. O my son what a great marvel it isto
see all these things bend their heads, listening to your loving words.
Your sweet voice is like a cuckoo’s, the beauty of that sweet music
and the honeyed words make my heart tremble O gem of my eye.
I will not deny your request but could you put it off for a week
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Including the grazing goats and sheep
Who stretched their heads up to see him.
While Muhammad © was in this resplendent state
In the forest, suddenly two distinct beings
Descended together from the heavenly world,
‘One was dressed like an Arab, a sword in his hand,
The other had a golden vessel in his.
They both came running towards Muhammad &,
And when the other children saw them
They ran off at once in fear.
At that moment, as Muhammad @ himself
Was preparing to run away
He was caught by both of them securely,
They seized his hands
And carried him beneath an uva tree.
All the other children
Who saw this ran away in fear,
But Muhammad © who understood why
They were there did not show any fear,
He smiled as they made a bed under the uva tree,
Laid noble Muhammad on it
Then cut his chest open.
While noble Muhammad lay
In resplendent sleep on the bed,
The two heavenly angels cut his chest open,
Exposed his liver and removed the bile;
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Haven't you understood this marvel,
‘How the mountains spoke to you O my Mother,
Did you think they had no life O my Mother,
Did you think they had no life © my Mother?
Haven't you understood the marvels
Of the Protector of two worlds,
Didn't you understand the wonders
Of the Protector of two worlds
When you heard the stories told by the date-palm
And the others O my Mother?
Didn't you understand this true treasure
In the beautiful words
The wolves said to you O my Mother?
Didn't you receive any clarity
When you heard the advice given to you
By the white pigeons
Who understood this matter O my Mother?
The pigeons and the herd of spotted deer spoke to you
With conviction, with such divine wisdom,
Didn't you understand the meaning
Of their words O my Mother?
The earth spoke to you, gold
And other things all talked to you,
Didn't you understand these stories
Told by the creations
Of the eternal Athi O my Mother?
Truly, didn’t you understand the truthful words
Which cows and goats, snakes and tigers,Searching for Mubammad@
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The bears, the beasts and herds of wild elephants
All spoke to you O my Mother?
O Amma didn’t you understand,
Crawling ants, the eight million,
Four hundred thousand kinds of creations
All happily proclaim, in all circumstances that
The Athi is the One
Who rids them of their difficulties.
O my Mother, O my Amma
Make your heart firm and remember the causal Athi.
To build this conviction accept
With certitude that all lives are one,
To build this conviction accept
‘With certitude that all lives are one.
‘You must always think,
Always accept all lives are one,
Find the word of meditation and receive clarity,
Always praise the precious, exalted Athi
Who will then be caught by your love.
The resplendence of the Athi
Protects all lives;
Understanding its breadth,
Its length and depth,
Put your trust in Him,
Love the Athi within your heart —
If your heart melts, if your love melts
‘You will see happiness flowing there like honey.
This is the state in which the Protector
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Grace which fills three worlds,
A complete treasure in all lives,
The one who fills everything within wisdom itself,
Who is given the name causal Muhammad,
You are the guru who makes our certitude firm,
Who displays beauty and showers bliss,
‘Who manifests this praise,
Who is a treasure of great bliss,
You are the gracious radiant light of the world.
For completeness O God, You made him a peacock,
For this straight, true path
You made him luminous Muhammad.
‘You are the complete, the true and just one of the heart,
You are the treasure mingled in all lives,
‘You are divine grace,
‘You are the friend of three worlds,
You are the sweet honey
Through whom we see all goodness,
You are the true and just guru who purifies
The mind with clarity and makes it shine,
You are the mysterious treasure,
You are that beauty, you are the one
Who makes this blissful form sweet honey,
O my son of clarity, the grace of three worlds,
O my gracious and blissful Muhammadaay!
For all the faults, for all the errors
We have committed unwittingly,
Ask the Athi and His slave, the /athi, the light,In the Little Town of Qulay
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Of the mighty One in mahsbar,
The gathering on Judgment Day,
Who is a treasure rightfully ours.
All true meaning belongs to him,
The causal Muhammadur-Rasil.
O those most blissful words of my precious son,
Let our hearts flow with honey,
Let us receive clarity and comfort.
‘You are a noble being on the straight, true path
Showing us that true state.”
As Halimah praised the complete gem of her eye
Everyone in the city came running in search of him,
Running to hear the honeyed words
Spoken by loving Guru Muhammadur-Rasal ©
They were all overjoyed to listen to his words,
To understand his very precious words.
“There is a miracle in this town!” they said.
Even though that wonderful Muhammad
Was a young child they listened to his just, true words
Which spread through the town
Making everyone joyful.
When he stayed in this town at the age of four
The bountiful baby Muhammad (©
Became a very precious guru,
Everyone gathered to praise him,
He showed all the people living in the town of Qulay
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And how to rule it, improving their state.
Their minds and hearts became clearer
‘When they heard his most beautiful, most truthful words
Which they all accepted as truth.
The words and clarity of divine Muhammad
‘Spread all through the town,
‘Words which were very precious,
Words which revealed what was right and just,
Words to penetrate their hearts, words of truth,
‘They learned them all and found clarity.
These were words from the lips of someone unlearned,
‘When you hear such words it is like
The words of the Athi reaching the world,
The words this noble being uttered
‘Were like words showing them
The laws of truth and justice,
Of pure justice and the right state,
All wonderful words, words to make the heart melt,
Words to make them love the Athi,
Words to make them bow down
With respect before that baby Muhammad,
The noble Nabi &,
Even the goats and cattle in the area
Understood his words with clarity and happiness.
The noble Nabi @ manifested all these wonders
In this town. At the age of five noble Muhammad
Gathered all the children of the town around him,
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Overflowing from your divine heart,
These guru’s words, these holy words shine everywhere,
Who can utter such words
O my son, O gem of my eye?
Many prophets took a birth and came to this world,
They took birth in great and marvelous forms,
One after another they came in different states
And fell victim to torture and murder,
They said so much, countless words
About the poor and suffering,
The invitation went to people of all races.
And religions, in the best way they could
O my son, but the people didn’t have peaceful qualities.
O gem of my eye the words you say
Are filled with wonders and mysteries,
O gem of my eye your words are like words of grace
Coming directly from the Athi,
Are you the Athi Himself, incarnate in this world
In the form of jathi, the light?
Have you come to show Him to the world
Or to bring happiness, have you come
As the precious treasure of two worlds?
Have you come to reveal yourself
Here, then and forever?
Have you come as the grace of the Athi
To discover things?
Have you come with the grace of God
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obsessed with sex in this world; they all seem to be steeped in the
five deadly sins. That mighty, gracious Lord of the universes who
has no equal, no helper, who resplends as the Protector of two
worlds, we must understand His every word with clarity, we must
use our wisdom and live in that state. To the extent of its knowl-
edge the heart gives clarity to man. God who dwells in the heart of
man gives him clarity about truth, and so it is the responsibility of
man to give clarity to the place where God dwells.”
This is what Muhammad © said to his uncle who replied, “O
my son what you say is true, but if they ask you about the mighty
God who preaches to you, if they ask you where He is as well,
what will you say to them? If they ask you to show Him to them,
what will you do?”
Muhammad answered, “O my Father, my Father lives
within me. You are my Father in this world, that Father who lives
within me is indestructible, forever. He gave us such wealth and
beauty, He created me and lives within my gals, my heart, giving
me clarity. If we realize His true and blissful words we can see
Him. I expound these words so that people will reach that state,
realizing Him. When I correct my heart to accord with my con-
science, when I look within I see this state appear in my heart, I
realize with certitude the God who created me exists within, that
God of certitude, the Athi lives in our certitude and determina-
tion, He lives in our trust. O my Father please, you must
understand this.
God has said, ‘O true believers in My creation, if you fix
your intention on Me with a melting heart I will melt with tender-
ness in you, O those who believe in Me, trust Me and I will accept
you. If you do not trust in Me I will make you the occupants of
hell; however long you live, wherever you may be, one day you
will come before Me and I will punish you. I make every effort, I
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Enemy
“Where is this enmity in the Athi’s creation,
Where is this enmity in the Athi’s creation?
The weapon carried around by the ignorant
Is their own ignorance, this is their enemy;
Except for that,
Where is the enmity in the Athi’s creation?
If man with his birthright achieves clarity
In his heart, if he recites this
Correctly, understanding, firmly establishing
That state of justice,
He will realize this O my Father.
As the jatbi, the light within the Athi,
Analyzing atom by atom,
The form of manu-Fvan, man-God,
Impressed within that jathé
Will become the seat
Of absolute trust in the Athi,
Of absolute trust in the Athi.
‘O believers step forward,’
This will be the Athi’s invitation.
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in this state. The primal Athi who has realized eternal life without
death never consumes anything which belongs to His creations,
He does not touch so much as a mustard seed, He touches only
your love, He exists in your love. He never eats anything of yours,
never asks for anything, never eats or drinks anything. However
much you dance in this drama, at the end of it, whatever remains
must be left behind on earth. You have to return to the place you
came from. It all happens in a week. We must realize this, we have
to understand the treasure we brought with us and what we are
supposed to do here. We should understand and act with clarity.
Appa, there are so many ways to do this. We must hide the
distinctions of yow and J, we must hide the differences of mine and
yours, removing that parental section too, The primal Athi in the
state of Anathi, the state of the beginningless beginning is our only
real treasure, everything else comes from the story written by our
parents, a story which ends like the rising and setting of the sun.
However much we dance between its rising and setting the drama
will be over before the sun rises the next day, our story will end
with it. Once the story of the father and mother ends everything
ends, but let us search for a treasure which lasts forever.”
Muhammad @ explained this at the age of twenty to all his
friends, toall the virtuous people who questioned him, to the people
of the world who had this question. After he had explained this
with great clarity they asked him another question. “O Nabi, O
Muhammad, ¥a Rasiil what is this eternal treasure we take back
with us?”
“When the flag of the five elements flies,
The only flag which is eternal
Is the flag of the Athi O my own born.
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Within the flag of the five elements
Only the flag of the Athi is eternal truth,
When the soul is purified, when it searches
It will find the eternal, joyful treasure
Which alone remains,
The One, the only joyful treasure which remains
Is the eternal treasure, the Athi,
He is One, the eternal, forever.
O He is the treasure who lives in all creations,
O that treasure permeating everything
Is the treasure, primal Athi
Who alone remains,
O search for it within your love
And the indestructible treasure will remain forever,
O when your time is up, when you are about to die
‘What remains is the Athi,
The treasure which never dies, that is the Athi;
When the time comes to travel back alone,
You take this treasure along
So that you remain immortal,
Merging with the Athi
Who is complete everywhere,
The Athi is that One, the only treasure.
The treasure you can see is truth,
The treasure which is found everywhere in the world,
Which permeates all lives,
The treasure which fills the heart
Is the golden Rasil Muhammad.
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When your love overflows without being divided,
The primal Athi Nabi is that unique Muhammad
Who exists within the eye
At the center of your forehead,
From there radiating light everywhere,
Seeing everything, overflowing where it remains,
That treasure is called Dastagir Muhammadur-Rasil.
Try to look for that treasure yourself,
Proceed holding fast to it,
This is the true treasure of the Athi,
There is no salvation other than this,
Everything else is fraught with danger,
The primal Athi is the only reality.
O my heart, my mind search for the treasure,
The Athi, the One who pervades ruling all seven worlds,
O heart join your wisdom and search for it,
If your qualities become pure and acquire fragrance,
This is the path of the guru nathan,
And the treasure, that gracious Lord is only One,
The only thing which remains, eternal, forever.
O my own born, the Rahman, the merciful One
Is the eternal One, the One who exists forever, forever,
O my own born, the Rahman, the merciful One
Is the eternal One, the One who exists forever, forever,
This is the solitary treasure,
This is the treasure which never diminishes,
This is undiminishing gold
No matter how much we take from it,All for the One-Span Stomach
Allabu, You are Allah.’ They recite this dbikr, dz is the negative,
nothing, il-Alla@tu, You are Allah. This is what they say as they
bend forward and repeat the dhskr. The large blades of grass near
the pond worship that One. Can't you see? Look at them.” As
Muhammad © looked in their direction every blade of grass and
all the little plants near the pond bent forward to listen to him.
They swayed to the north, they swayed to the south then bent
forward facing west.
People who gathered around suggested, “They're moving
because of the wind,” but Muhammad © said, “It’s not that —
well then, take a piece of cloth and see which way the wind blows.”
They found the wind blowing to the east. They asked, “Why are
the blades of grass bending west if the wind is blowing to the east?”
Muhammad @ replied, “If these blades of grass praise the Athi,
how much more should we with our six levels of wisdom praise
Him? The grass is so filled with love, awe and worship of God,
even after becoming mere blades of grass they still worship Him.
Let us see just how many births this grass has taken, millions of
births and still it worships. So try to understand the qualities of
this grass.”
“Appa, the gracious Lord of three worlds
Created a kind of grass called sambai
In the digestive system of man,
This particular grass grows in the large intestine.
Crushing and dissolving all the food
Taken in, digesting it
While all the undigested food
Is eliminated in the form of feces,
Understand this digestive grass called vambai.
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The Athi, that most blissful Lord
Has placed this sambaé which digests and filters
Food in the body of man, in his large intestine,
Realize this, understand it.
Look, understand this is that grass
You find in the intestine,
Fix yourself on the path of truth
As grass is fixed in the intestine,
Trust only that One, know Him,
Melt and become transcended man-God;
‘Try to understand it,
This grass connected to man
Has become part of his digestive tract,
It consumes, crushes and digests the food
In an exalted way and then eliminates the feces.
Manu-Tsan, man-God is the most exalted of forms,
Realize man is the most precious creation of the Athi;
To take the exalted form of manu-lvan
Know what the vaméaté grass does in the intestine
And know how to pray O my own born.
Know this as the prayer of completeness,
Those born with me, listen intently
And without fail to what I say,
Do not miss the least part of it,
Those who have the form of human beings,
Those who have analytic wisdom, that clarity,
Fix your intention on the eternal One
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we tell lies just because we came to do business on its behalf?
Why be jealous, why steal? We must understand if we are in busi-
ness, no matter what kind of work we do, we can’t do more than
fill our one-span stomach, we can’t take any of this back with us.
Everyone tries to protect and feed a one-span stomach. If we do
not deceive each other there will be no distinction between rich
and poor, we will all be equal, all lives will have plenitude, God
will dwell in all lives.
If one person deceives another, tells lies, utters falsehoods,
then this evil happens. When we go on the path to God, when we
are in this state we have to realize everything belongs to Him,
everyone belongs to Him, we all belong to Him. The body belongs
to the earth, it will return to earth, but the soul goes back to Him.
And it is a one-week journey in this world, we have come to the
market just to feed our one-span stomach. When the feast is over
at the end of the week we have to return. We have only one week
here for the feast. Then why do we have to tell lies, why do we
have to deceive each other, and why murder, why all these sins
just for one week’s business to feed the stomach? We must under-
stand this.”
That is what Muhammad © said to his companions as he
explained it all. They asked, “O Muhammad, noble Muhammad
in this state, who taught you such wisdom?” He answered, “The
Lord who created me gave it to me.” “Then how should a man
lead his life, how should we live our lives?” they asked. “Appa, you
ask how to live your lives? I'll tell you.”
“You must have a clear heart,
Your heart and intention must be one,
The causal primal One, see that One as plenitude,
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