Spiritual Chapter 26 - Page 02
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"Your Allegory" of "Your Ship"
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From:
Spiritual Book 02 - "The Pearl of Wisdom",
Author:
M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
(may God be pleased with Him)
Go To "Your Bawa's Closing Words" About "Your Chapter 26"
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A. "Your Introduction" To "Your Bawa Text" - Page 02
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Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.
Al-salam 'alaykum 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.
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"Your Introduction" To "Your Bawa Text" - Page 02
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"Your Allegory" of "Your Ship",
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Explains
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"Your True Shaikh-Disciple Relationship"
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That Leads "Your Life" of "Your God"
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Not Leads "Your You" of "Your Life"
To
"Your Liberation" of "Your Soul"
From
"Your You" of "Your Life"
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if you like,
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And To
"Your Completion" of "Your Story"
of
"Your God" of "Your Life"
Within
"Your Story of "Your True Man" of "Your Life"
Within
"Your God" of "Your Life",
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if you like,
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And To
"Your Completion" of "Your Story"
of
"Your True Man" of "Your Life"
Within
"Your Story" of "Your God" of "Your Life",.
As Now
"Your Man-God/God-Man"
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As Now "One"
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if you like,
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B. "Your Bawa Text" - Page 02
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"Your Allegory" of "Your Ship"
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"There is a harbour where ships and passengers going to various countries gather. The person who sells the tickets at the harbour, should be capable of issuing tickets to suit the particular need of each passenger to the ports of different countries. If he is not competent enough to perform this task efficiently, the passengers will fall into difficulty and he himself will arouse the displeasure of those in authority who had appointed him. Similarly, those who seek the path of God need the services of a good guru-leader who will reform him, advise him correctly and guide him on the right path. He should be a guru-leader who is well versed in many fields. A guru-leader who is not capable of correct guidance will cause the wrath of God to fall upon him. He will be in the category of the sixteen types of gurus who are incapable of selling passenger-tickets to a ship. Younger brother, is it not so ? Listen carefully to what I now say.
Like the fruit that is concealed by the leaf, the good guru-leader hides himself. He is like the taste mixed up with the fruit. Take for example, the durian fruit, which gives out the odour of excreta in all the directions the wind blows. It is not everybody who likes this fruit. Its thorns will prick you if you touch it. If you smell it, you will get the odour of excreta. A few people eat this fruit while many despise it. Its taste is known only to those who eat it. Likewise, you will not know the guru – leader judging by his external appearance or his looks. If you can control your mind with calm tranquillity and without negligence of duty, eat the fruit and savour its taste. You will know its joy, beauty and esteem within your own body. You will experience the miracles of this fruit, ( the guru-leader) within yourself.
Further, my son, there will be assembled in that harbour many races of people who belong to the four religions. They will stand there waiting to go to their destinations. They will speak in eighteen languages in a state of urgency and haste, inquiring, competing and moving around asking about the destinations of the ships. Simultaneously, the ship- owners will collect passengers calling them to their respective ships, “ Come to my ship ! Come to my ship!” On hearing this, if a man asks for a ticket to sail to a particular harbour, it is given to him. The passenger at the shore is not aware whether the condition of the ship is good or bad. Many passengers believe the words of the ship-owners and obtain their tickets.
The ship-owners acquire money and property and advance themselves. They issue the tickets and collect passengers to their ships but the passenger does not know the condition of the ships.
These ships have to sail through and cross over the great milky oceans called the “Saptha Samudra” ( The Seven Oceans ). On these seas will be waves and veils of mist. Some of the ships will be wrecked in the first and the second oceans. Some will go up in flames in the sea. Some will be flooded by the waves that will beat into the ships. Some of the passengers will vomit. Some will cough and others will feel dizzy and fall unconscious. In this state of suffering the passengers will panic and cry in desperation,
“O God!”
They will faint with suffering and their tongues will stammer. They will forget themselves and lose the dexterity of their hands. Their bodies will weaken and they will call out to God, “ O God, You are my refuge !” They will abuse the ship owners as the ships sink into the ocean. However, some ships will manage to sail and reach their destinations.
O son, take to heart carefully the lessons of the ships. These passengers bought their tickets from the same ticket-seller at the same harbour trusting the words of the ship owners. There are others who made inquiries from the ticket-seller before they purchased their tickets. It is not the fault of the ticket-seller. Similarly my son, in the harbour of all religions, there are those who sell travel tickets claiming the superiority of their ships above others. They cheat the people claiming their ships are bigger than others and thereafter the passengers are drowned in the seven seas.
My son, do not be like these ship people. All the ticket-sellers at the harbour know the secrets of the seven oceans. They know the depth and the length of the oceans. They know the ships of the various countries and their inner secrets. My son, do not be hasty like these people. Be calm and peaceful. You should employ patience, peace and tranquillity and not fail in your duty. If you ask the ticket-seller ( guru-leader ) :
“ Sir, where are you going ?”
He will reply,
“ I am going to such a country.
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Brother, where are you going ?”
You will then tell him you wish to go to the same country. The good ticket-seller ( guru-leader ) will be delighted and say, “ Good. I have a big ship which will sail many oceans. I am also going to the same destination as you. “ He will then take you in that ship and tell you the secrets of the other ships. He will disembark you at the country to which he himself is sailing.
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"The Allegory of The Ship"
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