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Bawa Muhaiyaddeen: Why should you have come all the way from America just to sleep? You do go to bed a little late, but that happened in Philadelphia also. Not only you, all the people here must get up early. In Philadelphia, people stayed until 12 or sometimes 1 o’clock, and then we would sleep. Whenever I am there it is like that, if I am here it is like that. You are more careful about your sleep than about the One who has given you food. You are not loving the One who has given you health, food and everything. Conveniences are lacking here, but in spite of all that, others are not wasting their time. In the mornings, they do what I have told them to do. If you want good health, then only if you are in that state of Dhikr can you obtain that health. Otherwise, you will fall sick. It (consciousness of the meaning of Dhikr) is the herb which gives health to the physical body. It is an herb which makes one healthy. It is a medicine. If you do not do it, you will naturally fall sick. It is because the men are doing the Dhikr regularly, that even though they are working so hard day and night, they are healthy. They do so much work until 8 to 9 at night. After everyone leaves (the ashram) around 10 p.m., they go to sleep with the thought that they must get up to pray to God. And they wake up with that thought. Even if they feel sad or get a fever, they are ill for only one or two days. You are not like that. They are healthy because that Medicine is working in them. That is the reason. You are not like that; you are just wasting your time. Just as some others are wasting time, you are wasting time. It is not like that. You must trust in God, have faith in God. You must seek Him, think of Him, long for Him, remember Him, trust in Him. We must be looking at Him all the time. The eyes, heart, and wisdom must be focused on Him with deliberate intention. That will be the food for your life and your Soul. That will make you grow. That can remove all your sufferings, illnesses and sorrow. Reflect on this a little. Then if you do it (Dhikr), that will be good. Only then will you derive benefit from coming here. It will be beneficial in this world and for the next world. If you do not understand this, time will just be wasted. Think about this. You must do your duty. Then when you get up early, how healthy you will feel. Having done God’s Duty, having done that Duty, see what the state of your body is. You will be happy and healthy. When you get up late and stand in the bathroom queue till 7 or 8 o’clock, how difficult it becomes. The whole day you will have a long face and be coughing. Questioner: Explain, I don’t understand. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen: That’s alright this must take root in you- La Ilaha- there is nothing other than You. Il Allahu- You are Allah. This section must be recited in your dreams, in your thoughts, in your sleep, in your waking, in your work. If it is being recited all the time, then even in dreams that word will be used. If thoughts come, that word will be used. In death, that word will be used. That Light will be formed. You must do that. That is your Wealth. “M.R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen- a Sufi mystic, can best be remembered for his efforts to bring unity through understanding to the faithful of all religions.” Copyright: God’s Light, Vol 1, No. 10 Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship Family Newsletter September 1996
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