The path to God is such a tiny, subtle path that many people do not even know of its existence. The secrets in this book describe the subtlety with which we must not only find, but also follow that path, should we chose to do so. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) tells us, “I am very small, smaller than an ant. I am a little Ant Man beside whom even the ants look enormous.” He tells us that such an Ant Man will never announce his presence to the world.
“A true gnāni will withdraw, and be as still as the rain when it stops falling. He will not indicate where he is or announce his presence.”
He tells us, “The body is like a flower that lasts only for a certain amount of time. Yet just as we extract the fragrance from the original flower, and filter and filter it, if we learn from the Shaikh and filter the essence of what we learn, its fragrance will not die for a very long time. It will last.”
May God keep this presence with us always.
“In the world, there is an Ant Man. He is the last one. For thirteen hundred years he has been the last Ant Man in the world. You will not be able find another. That is the truth. Thus, if you have the determination, hold on to him. His agreement is that he will be here for a little while longer, and then he will have to disappear. After that, the destruction of the world will come – the wars and the destruction will come.
He is the last man, the last Ant Man for his time, a very subtle man. If you can make the effort, you must endeavor to hold on to him. There has been no Ant Man like this Ant Man of the last thirteen hundred years. No one has seen such a thing. It is a secret. Make the effort to hold on to him. You must hold on to him in a very subtle way. It is your responsibility.
The rain will keep falling. It is your responsibility to catch the water and preserve it. It is your responsibility to find it and pour it on your seedling. It is your responsibility until the seedling can draw its own water from the ground. After that, it is the seedling’s responsibility.
It is not the rain’s responsibility. The rain is doing its duty by raining.
However, not everyone can come to that point. Only one or two out of ten million will come. It is very difficult. That is how it is. It is your responsibility.”
– M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.)
