What is the meaning of the Bay’ah (promise) and what does it mean to be a Slave for Allah

The following is from Fruits of the Tree of Life available at www.sufimaster.org or www.sufigifts.org

Student: What is the meaning of the bay’ah?

Sidi: This is the Promise to Allah. This is a great Order and a secret Order. Not everyone can taste the real meaning of the bay’ah if he does not walk. It is only for the student who has walked through all the stations and is complete to really taste. It can only be fully understood with the Order from Allah. Many students come and do not really taste the meaning of bay’ah. It is a very holy Order because this is a very special Way. Allah has made everything in this Way for the student to walk straight, cleanly, and quickly. There is no Way like this Way.

The meaning of the bay’ah is:

I am a slave and I believe that You are my God.
I believe in all the Orders that You have sent with all the Prophets.
I do not make a difference between any of them.
I promise to walk straight and not to make mistakes.
I promise to give the Mercy to everyone and to send the Love and the Peace to everyone.
Help me, my God, to be special for You.

This is is what I promise.

Student: What does it mean to be a slave?

Sidi: To be a slave for your God is the highest station a faqir can hope to reach. He stands in front of his God, Face to Face, all his time. In every waking moment he moves with the Order of God, totally surrendering everything to Him, without the desire for anything but the Love of God. In reality the student has nothing to give, because everything is from the Soul of Allah, and there is no you and there is no He, but everything is One picture. Being a slave for Allah means to carry all the qualities of Allah and not to move without His order. No separation is made between anyone created by Allah and the slave is there for everyone and contains everyone. The slave always lives in the complete freedom because he always lives in the world of the unity.