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THE ETHNO-BOTANICAL GARDEN

JANUARY 2005

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Last day of Ramadhan. Samuel, Maemunah, Stella and Muchtar standing in front of the new latihan hall.

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Simon Dick reports on the opening cere-mony for the Ethno-Botanical Garden in Central Kalimantan, a project with important cultural and medical signifi-cance for the Dayak people... An ethno-botanical garden at the Museum Balanga, the Provincial Museum of Cen-tral Kalimantan in Palangkaraya, was long dreamed of by the Dayak Community of the area. With the Dayak society changing rapidly through the impact of globalization and of electronic media that puts the population in touch with the entire world, the need to begin preserving cultural knowledge be-came more pressing. The first plot, of the four planned for the garden, is devoted to medicinal and sacred plants. One hundred plants have already been collected and with current funding a plant collection expedition is being planned. It was also the long hoped for beginning of a project Riduan Tomkins and Simon Dick have been working on for several years. They have been planning the programs and searching funding for the project; Vitaliza-tion and Empowerment of Culture in Cen-tral Kalimantan - conflict prevention & the arts. The major funding for the project remains outstanding although The World Bank continues to plan to fund it, now in early 2005. Bajik Simpei of Palangkaraya recited some of the reasons for starting the garden. “We are saving knowledge that has been gathered over many centuries and giving it to the children. Also, when children and adults know the use of the plant and where it can be found there will be pressure to save the natural forest, and when we have

completed the garden and the people see the display of the many plants and their use they will realize what a rich environ-ment we live in. And again they will want to save it.” “And furthermore,” he said, “traditional medicine is very effective. Look, I am reading without the use of glasses and I am past sixty years of age. I have been using a plant to keep my eyes healthy. It’s very simple. Anyone can use a plant with the same result… and I have seen cataracts removed with two treatments of sap from a plant.”

Knowledge of traditional medicine is be-ing lost, however. Even older residents are forgetting which of the local plants can be used for healing of specific diseases and how the root or leaf is prepared for use. As life speeds up time isn’t taken to study and remember. Modernization takes residents to medical clinics that prescribe commercial medi-cines, although, in many countries herbal remedies are becoming extremely popular. The Shaman Songotiapai from Tumbangan Rahuyan, and Shaman Bajik R. Simpai recited prayers and waved a cordyline plant (fruita cosa) to begin the cleansing of the plot at the Museum for the beginning of the Dayak Ethno-Botanical Garden.

With the recitation of prayers asking the seven gods to cleanse the land the Shaman made an offering of a cooked chicken, a coconut, seven rice cakes, two eggs, a rice porridge, white rice, seven cigarettes, and seven folded bitter leaves to the gods, the jinns, and the ancestors. The area was then sprinkled with water and the blood of the sacrificed chicken and prayers were recited until the shaman felt that the offering had been accepted. Nine plants were then set in the ground by guests; Nicholas Pitet of UNESCO, Simon Dick of CKCC (The Central Kalimantan Cultural Collective), Riduan Tomkins of CKCC, Aria Bahan, Camat of the Ke-camatan Jekanraya, Lode Weik of the Pro-vincial Department of Culture and Tour-ism, Muhammad Husni of the Department of Culture and Education, Waria Joni Su-trisno the mayor of the village of Jekan-raya, Medi Kamis the Director of the Mu-seum Balanga, and Dellae a teacher at the primary school Lankai 12. The gardens are planned and cared for by the Dayak community. Funds for the pro-ject were contributed by UNESCO who is also funding an evaluation of the museum to determine what upgrades are most nec-essary and what would be most useful, and by The Ford Foundation, and The Muham-mad Subuh Foundation. The fund search and administration is headed by the Central Kalimantan Cultural Collective under the auspices of Lembaga Pengembangan Kehidupan Berkelanjutan (The Foundation for Sustainable Living) of Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.

“I have been using a plant to keep my eyes

healthy. It’s very simple. Anyone can use a plant with the same result…”

Stephan Solat writes about a visit to the Black Sea which produced some surpris-ing results... After 25 years of traveling and working in 11 countries in Africa, plus Indonesia and Yemen, it finally happened that I was able to obtain a 3-week assignment, with USAID, located in my mother’s ancestral homeland (Kiev) and my father’s birth-place (Odessa). Once I had received the assignment in Kiev, in November 2004, where I would be absorbed in my work every day, I had to figure out how I would get to Odessa, Ukraine’s port city on the Black Sea. But as soon as I arrived in the USAID Kiev office, I was asked if I would agree to serve as a Presidential Election Ob-server for the OSCE (Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe); I an-swered, “Yes, especially if you can let me observe in Odessa.” …This was con-firmed in one day. Then I asked the warm & exuberant Subud members in Kiev and Cherkassy if there are any members in Odessa; at first the answer was “none”, but then someone knew of a single male member, “Noric”, originally from Tblisi, Georgia, who had recently moved to Odessa from another Ukrainian town called “Dniperpetrosk”. And, it seems that he had a friend who was also interested in spiritual matters. Well, from the previous straight line of events, it now felt to me that something was going to come together; next step in-volved coordinating with one of the men National Helpers, Leonid Kornyenko, who was only too happy to meet me in Odessa the day after my involvement with an his-toric (and in some places turbulent) Ukrainian Election. Leonid acted as my constant brother in ALL matters—even accompanying me to the Odessa National Archives, to see if I could find a record of my father’s birth near the turn of the century (about 1906), and helping me to find Odessa’s Main Synagogue, built in 1899. Being in this restored structure, even though for only a few minutes, was sacred time for me, as I knew it was the same space in which my father, his parents and sisters had themselves once worshipped.

We met our young Subud brother Noric, who promptly informed us that his Subud name, just received from Ibu Rahayu, is “Eleazar”; we then went to the middle of an open area in mid-city, during a cold, wet night, to meet Eleazar’s friend, Viktor, with whom we proceeded to a restaurant to talk about Subud. When Viktor mentioned his long-term interest in the spiritual path, but that his “mind was in the way”, I figured that we had found an applicant—or rather that he had found “us”—i.e. Subud. (The next day, Viktor mentioned that this conversation had “shocked” him. I asked “Why?” and he replied that Eleazar had only asked him to meet last night in order to go to the movies, but instead he ended up meeting 2 strangers who described to him something that he felt he had needed all his life!) On Viktor’s subsequent request, Leonid and I tested to see if it was correct to wit-ness his opening the next day (as there are no local helpers in Odessa). We received positively. On entering Viktor’s home the next morn-ing, we found that he had another friend with him, named Oleg, who was also inter-ested in the spiritual path and who, like Viktor, read many books on a variety of esoteric subjects. So, Oleg too wanted to hear about Subud. After some conversation, he also asked for the contact which, after once again testing the question, Leonid and I found to be appropriate at this time. Thus, Eleazar now has 2 Subud brothers with whom to receive latihan, along with a promise from the Ukrainian National Helpers to visit all 3 of them regularly.

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han in a Research of Soil Institute building in the centre of Moscow. From the 80 members of the Moscow group about half of it is active. The annual meeting was held in the insti-tute building for the first time, the last two years being held outside of Moscow. This allowed a better chance for more members to participate even if only for a latihan. In all about 60 members attended includ-ing members from St Petersburg, Kalinin-grad, Kazan Tambov and visitors from Ukraine, Lithuania, and the United States. The atmosphere during the meeting was open, lively and heartfelt. We had good latihan, we explored them by testing their development, how to be aware, how to feel the guidance within ourselves, to develop trust and courage by just asking for help before we start the latihan and during our daily life. God is near, we just allow him/her to love us accepting ourselves and others. So we did love, respect and harmony test questions. Sharing afterwards, we agreed how important and essential those values are and how important it is to experience them and to feel supported. This is all possible to achieve by doing regularly latihan and testing and so to really feel alive. The latihan is the most important part of our Subud life. We sometimes slip into routine and habit. We tested about the quiet space required to accept the unex-pected. How to prepare for Latihan, about surrender and submission. The plenary session started with a talk of Ibu Rahayu translated in Russia and with information about the Zone 4 meeting in Oslo and everything all around the World Subud Congress in Innsbruck 2005. We were joined by Solihin and Alicia Thom who have introduced many Russians to Subud. They gave us a life-force work-shop, which gave us more understanding of how the life forces worked within each of us. We are very thankful for the wonderful “taken care of” by Feodor to the excellent Georgian restaurant, the Russian buffets lunches outside, the transport by Feodor and Borislav, the wonderful stay and care by Françoise and George Ivanoff and Sylvia.

International Helpers, Paul Gawen and Karolina Prins, report on the Russian Congress which was held September 17 to 19 2004…. Subud is quite new in Russia: most of the active members have been opened during the last past five years including quite a lot of young members. Subud Russia has just been legally regis-tered and rents two rooms to practise lati-

SUBUD ON THE BLACK SEA

AND FROM RUSSIA

WITH LOVE

MEANWHILE IN EASTERN EUROPE...


It seemed to me a wonderful way to begin the New Year by publishing this article I received from Alfira Fisher in the Bris-bane, Australia, group. Alfira wrote to tell me about some Susila Dharma activities that had lately been conducted in their group. However, the article interested me not just as a record of something that happened in one group, but as an example of many things that go on in Subud groups that do not always get reported. If you are like me you sometimes feel in despair about your own lack of progress in life and the lack of progress in Subud generally. How we long for those good old days when we thought Subud was going to conquer the world through ma-jor projects! Life has not seemed so glori-ous since. We have had to come down a peg or two. Alfira’s article is a very good reminder of where we should be at and the value of “every little effort counts”. I guess we are here for the long haul and if we cannot yet do mighty things like Anugraha and Darling Harbour than we should do what we can. Better to light a candle than rail against the darkness as someone (I think Eleanor Roosevelt) said. So here are some candles that have been lit in the Brisbane group lately, an exam-ple and a reminder to us all of where the value of life is truly to be found. I was moved not only by the examples of true “Susila Dharma “ which Alfira gives but also the touching way in which she de-scribes the impact of these efforts on her own soul. Harris Smart, Editor 'Every Little Effort Counts' My name is Alfira Fisher. I've recently been asked to write something about Susila Dharma Activities in Brisbane Group for 2004. Here goes… Susila Dharma has taken on a new life in the Brisbane group since the nomination of Renee Goetz as our new SD representa-tive. Through her inspiration and commit-ment to bringing projects alive, for the group to participate in, we have as a group begun a Sunday 'Soup Kitchen'. This works by members each Sunday donating soup and bread. We all sit together and share lunch costing us $2.00 each. We raise between $30-50 each week and encourage members to do-nate more if they can. Not only is this time used to fundraise, we get to socialise

with each other, to meet new members and to brainstorm ideas for further fundraising and events. The children also get to hang out and play, and altogether it is a very happy way to spend our Sunday morn-ings. The charity of our choice has been the Mithra Foundation in Bangalore, India. We have been able to sponsor five children for one year by donating US$1500. We feel very excited and happy to be helping this project. Our treasurer Hermina Flynn, told us she was deeply touched when she entered the US$1500 - she realized that we had in fact, changed the lives of five chil-dren and given them a chance of proper life.

Music Café Every few months we also run a Music-Cafe night. Much of the advertising and managing of these events is taken care of by Sebastian Flynn and Muchsin and Leo-nara Raven. Many of the women donate delicious cakes and desserts. This year we have successfully run three events and all profits were donated to - South Brisbane Meals on Wheels, The Smith Family and The Beslan Appeal. I felt really blessed to be part of the event for The Beslan Appeal, and to witness how people really wanted to give when given the opportunity. Extra donations were handed in at the door and people requested '$20 “plates of cake” to take home with them. Honestly, people were so moved by this appeal, they could not give enough! I think witnessing this really brought home to me, that when given the opportunity and the way, people really want to give and help those less fortunate than themselves. The latest idea for fundraising has been to organize a Bazaar Sale, which will poten-tially happen after Ramadan. Renee has been collecting information on the

“Artemesia Project” and we would like to support their activities, which include sending seeds and other materials to bud-ding Subud projects on artemisia and hold-ing a seminar (led by Keith Lindsey or Hans-Martin Hirt) in Java early next year. Two million people die every year, most of them children, from malaria. The herb Artemesia is said to be able to completely heal Malaria. While on the subject of service and caring, I recently found a quote by a priest which struck true inside of me and I would like to share it with you all: “There is not one of my brothers … I can do without … in the heart of the meanest miser, the most squalid prostitute, the most miserable drunkard, there is an immortal soul with holy aspirations, which deprived of daylight worships in the night. I hear them speaking when I speak and weeping when I go down on my knees. “There is no one of them I can do without. Just as there are many stars in the heavens and their power of calculation is beyond my reckoning so also there are many living beings ... I need them all in my praise of God. There are many living souls but there's not one of them that I'm not in com-munion with in the sacred apex where we utter together the Our Father.” Many times this year I was reminded of my own responsibility towards caring more deeply for my brothers and sisters, in my personal life and across the globe and instead of feeling horrified and turning away from the horrors of this world I ac-cepted my responsibility to open my heart more, to understand and allow myself and others their mistakes and to nurture com-passion. Getting involved in doing something to help others has given me a feeling of hope and happiness. And it is important to re-member that every little effort does count.

“In the heart of the meanest miser, the most squalid prostitute, the most miser-able drunkard, there is an immortal soul with holy as-pirations, which deprived of daylight worships in the night. I hear them speaking when I speak and weeping when I go down on my knees.”

LIGHT A CANDLE IN THE DARKNESS

THE SDI ANNUAL FUNDRAISING DRIVE

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V5Z 3E7, Canada.

Tel: 1-604-728-7122 Fax: 1-604-728-7123

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A group of Subud members in Lewes, UK, have acquired and renovated historic Pelham House. Sharifin Gardiner writes… Praise the Lord, we have made it!... at least on ground and first floor. We are push-ing/hoping to finish the second floor bed-rooms by next weekend in time for Guy Fawkes night, a big traditional celebration in Lewes with fireworks and bonfires. Finishing the refurbishment has been a sustained team effort, with all of us work-ing flat out in our different roles, led this last month or so by an indefatigable David Anderson who also designed the lighting. All other interior design has been by Louise Anderson and Osanna Peters. The stylish bedroom furniture has been made of English oak by Ichwan Peters, and Roger and Patrick Van der Matten have provided mattresses, sofas and other chairs. We have a ceiling painting of all of us involved - "The Tight Rope Walkers" would be a good title - by our resident art-ist, Julian Bell. It has been so good to have our Subud members' enterprise supported by such high quality work by Subud pro-fessionals. We have just hosted the three day Lewes Live Literature Festival at Pelham House. The opening evening was a celebration of Caribbean culture with poetry and music from Jean Binta Breeze and John Agard who lives in Lewes. The humorous, but profoundly inspiring and touching content was the kind of event we have been hoping and working for. Saturday night was a riotously funny per-formance by the "Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain". On Sunday night we were transported by an ensemble of seven Bud-dhist monks from Japan chanting sacred music with overtones and a classical In-dian flute. During the weekend and two weeks ago when we hosted the Lewes Football Club dinner people were actually saying "wow" as they came in. In November bookings include a week for young musicians from the Prince's (Charles) Trust, a lunch for senior people from British music and media, a workshop for Roche and Subud Regional Helpers. The Zone 3 meeting is booked for Easter week. We now have a very challenging time ahead running Pelham House and making it pay its way, but it is hugely encouraging that we have got this far. See our website www.pelhamhouse.com

Looking for distributors or importers. Paulo Egedy writes from Brazil with a business opportunity… We own a Homeophathic Laboratory here in Brazil. We are the biggest producer of raw material in the Brazilian market. We produce more than 2000 different plant tinctures that are the raw material for ho-meopathic remedies, including many from the rainforest. We have the highest technology of produc-tion and we have been a reference for ho-meopathic remedies in the Brazilian mar-ket. We have products ready to sell in drugstores, shops and supermarkets, all registered under the Brazilian government law. We also have Food Nutritional Supple-ments in pills, all packed in plastic tubes. Many pills use typical Brazilian plants like guarana and maracuja, 20 different kinds in all. We have 11 different creams for face and body made of plants and pack-aged in plastic tubes. We have soaps made of 6 different kinds of plants plus 6 different shampoos and hair condi-tioners made from Brazilian plants. We have bee products such as royal jelly in pills and green propolis in liquid and pills. We have many kinds of flower and plant medicines (like the Bach Remedies) but made from Brazilian plants. In all we have more then 3000 different products ready to be exported. I would like to find partners to import, to distribute, and to share our success in business. Visit our web page www.schraiber.com.br

or contact me [email protected] Fone: 55 11 96720255,

or at night 55 11 38641465.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

Viktor Boehm who is the International Helper Co-ordinator for the World Con-gress 2005 sends this report of his meet-ing with Ibu Rahayu to discuss Congress arrangements… The COT-Team gave me the task of asking Ibu Rahayu during my 10-day Indonesian visit how many talks and testing she plans to held during World Congress 2005.

IBU RAHAYU ON WORLD CONGRESS

PELHAM HOUSE On Dec 1 2004 Ibu Rahayu invited me to come into her office in the Widjojo-Building and speak about the World Congress 2005 with her. She was very interested to hear from me what are the activities for the next World Congress in Innsbruck and from the COT-team. At the end of the one hour meeting I showed her the Power Point-Presentation of the Innsbruck facilities on my laptop, partly prepared by COT-team and partly increased with my photos. She asked me how many persons we expect during the WC and I answered 3000 +/-500 persons. Subud Britain has committed for 600 persons alone. She asked me how is the weather during that time from 21 July to 4 Aug 2005. I answered it is then summer time in Europe and maybe between 20°C and 30°C. It could partly rain but also it is possible that we have good weather with much sunshine. Additionally she asked me how to come to Innsbruck. I told her that the cheapest flights are a combination from Jakarta via Frankfurt, via Paris, via Madrid, via Amsterdam, via Dubai or via London, etc. This depends which airline will be used. She will probably fly with BA over Lon-don to stay before the WC some days in Lewes. I told her that on the Internet the registration we can do now online under www.worldcongress2005.com in six different languages. During the meeting Ibu Rahayu said, that she plans to give “two Kejiwaan talks” and “one testing with women and then with men”. Maybe during the opening on July 21 2005 she will give a short talk. It is up to us to arrange a proper time for these three events during the WC. It is also OK for her to hold the talks in the Congress Centre in the Tyrolean room with 1500 persons and with video conference into the other room in the Congress building with 1500 to 1800 persons. I hope I have not forgotten any-thing. Ibu Rahayu was in a good health and sends greetings to all of you. Viktor Boehm, IH-coordinator 2004-2005, http://www.rhc.at/kalteng

CORRECTION and APPOLOGIES:

Peter Mark Richman’s article in the December issue of Inner Voice.

“My Times with Bapak”

Phyllis Love is incorrectly referred to as

Phyllis Lowe.

also Peter’s camera referred to in the article was a ‘Bolex’ not ‘Rolex’.

World Congress 2005 organisers report… We have now launched the website for the World Congress -www.worldcongress2005.com - coordi-nated by Anwar Ziesel (Congress Organiz-ing Team), and designed and produced by an international team including Vitor Mar-tins of Portugal, Hubert Talib of Bali/Austria (who designed the Congress logo) and Stewart Horthy of Great Britain, plus 14 translators from all around the world. A big thanks to you all! In this website you will find all the infor-mation you need to know, and how to reg-ister yourself and your family. The process of posting information is by no means complete and is expected to be ongoing, particularly concerning the drafting of a program with input from the membership. It is hoped that members will help each other to have access to the internet as it will provide the most efficient way to reg-ister, however forms can be downloaded for distribution to those who absolutely need to fax or post them instead. In case you cannot afford the expense you are invited to click on the "We’re all go-ing” link, a project that aims to help young members and not so young to attend Con-gress. If you are able to afford a bit more, you are invited to contribute to this project to support members in case of need, so that all those who so wish can join us in Innsbruck. “We’re all going” is an initia-tive of Daniel Cheifetz coordinated by Meldan Heaslip, who has put together an-other worldwide team with zonal coordina-tors and will require the involvement of National Committees and the generous donations of us all. With the launching of the website the reg-istration process for the Subud World Con-gress 2005 has begun, with over 200 regis-trations already. We are hoping that all of you will register as soon as possible - as we need these registration fees in order to afford the venue and preparation expenses. Fees are at their lowest until end of Janu-ary, so please help us and yourself by not delaying your registration! Many thanks to all of you who participated in a worldwide poll taken by the SICA Creative Team for the World Council, and so contributed towards helping us see your vision for congress and giving us sugges-tions towards practical implementation. A form to ‘get involved’ will be available on the website shortly. For enquiries contact the organising team:

[email protected]

Harfijah Chung Oliver, Co-chair, Subud Youth International, writes... The Innsbruck World Congress (July 21 – August 4, 2005) is now just eight months away. As with members from all over the world, you may already be thinking ahead to next July and beginning to make your plans. I want to let you know about the bold ini-tiative underway to help support young members living in developing areas of the world get to Congress too. The Make a Wish fund, as described on http://worldcongress2005.com, is the vehi-cle for this effort. It is the fundraising part of the international “We’re all Going” pro-ject. We often talk about the “growth of Subud” in abstract terms. The “We’re all Going” project has a real plan to advance growth by harnessing the energy and enthusiasm of younger members from all around the world to come to Innsbruck and once there, to participate fully in this huge gath-ering’s activities. Like “leaven in the loaf”, the young mem-bers’ experiences at Congress will help revitalize Subud life in themselves and in their far-flung centres. For the many younger members living in developing countries where going to Aus-tria would not be possible without some support, the Make a Wish fund will be the vehicle to help make their participation a reality. How will the Make a Wish fund work? Using the youth.worldcongress2005.com site, young members who are seeking help to attend the Congress will register; will-ing sponsors will use the same site to make donations. This “We're All Going” youth website is a hub for our communication for ALL youth going to Innsbruck. The Make a Wish fund has the support and endorsement of the World Subud Council and the Muhammad Subuh Foundation (MSF). The Muhammad Subuh Foundation (MSF) is supporting the Make a Wish fund with a challenge grant that means for every $3 raised, MSF will give $1 USD towards the fund. It’s simple to donate. Go to youth.worldcongress2005.com and click “become a sponsor” at the top. If you do-nate $100, matching funds from MSF will make your donation worth $135 and you

have just helped towards a young person attending World Congress. If you prefer to contribute via bank transfer or check, details are available online under “become a sponsor” page with the “bank transfer” or “cheque” buttons on the left side bar. Besides benefiting individually from the Make a Wish fund for Innsbruck, recipi-ents will give back by agreeing to raise money and brainstorm how to replenish the fund so that a continual growth in fi-nancial assistance can be available for oth-ers like them at future congresses. The model for Make a Wish is Bapak's Legacy Fund. If each one of us can be part of the Make a Wish initiative, it can grow into a permanent fund or endowment. I hope you will feel moved during this time when it is traditionally the ‘spirit of giv-ing’ to support the growth of Subud in this special way. Although it may seem early to donate, visa considerations are essential for travelers from Africa, Southeast Asia and some countries in Latin America. Obtaining vi-sas for Austria will take citizens from these areas months. For that reason, members who are being sponsored will need to know by January so they can start their visa application process in their respective countries. Donate soon to support young people around the world. Use this special opportunity to help Subud grow! This fund will be open to all mem-bers who consider themselves “young” and take the time to fill out the application. It is a global fund and we want to take advantage of the matching funds men-tioned above by the Muhammad Subuh Foundation. Lastly, regardless of whether you would like to contribute towards this project, visit the website to see the exciting (and grow-ing daily) list of young members from all over the world who are planning to come to Austria next summer. It is under the “We’re All Going” link or http://youth.worldcongress2005.com, check it out! And please encourage every-one in your own group to consider attend-ing Congress too, especially before the registration fees increase by February 1, 2005! Harfijah Chung Oliver, Co-chair, Subud Youth International On behalf of the “We’re all Going” team www.worldcongress2005.com

MAKE A WISH CONGRESS PREPARATIONS



The Questions from the Committee and Helpers: When we describe Subud in Japan we say that Subud is not a religion - as Bapak explained. However, in general, Subud is considered to be a religion in Japan, because the word for religion in Japanese is much more inclusive for practices such as Subud. What is the best way to de-scribe Subud in Japan? In the meeting of helpers and committee members, the job division between help-ers and committee members is sometimes not very clear, because many helpers have experience on the committee, but there are only a few committee members and they have no experience of doing helpers work. How should we deal with this situation? Our National helpers wish to ask Ibu to give us helpers a testing practice and whatever is needed to get more harmony and more strength among us. Good morning, brothers and sisters. After hearing the questions from the helpers and those from the committee, it is best if I give you an explanation that, hopefully, will cover all these matters. In reality, or in truth, Subud is not a relig-ion. If we were to say that Subud is a re-ligion, people who already practice a relig-ion could not join Subud, as someone from one religion cannot join another religion. But in Subud, because it is not a religion, Subud members still follow their own re-ligion, and there are even people in Subud who don’t have a religion. So it doesn't fit to call Subud a religion. This is because each religion has its proph-ets, so to call Subud a religion would put Subud in contention with existing religions that have developed over many centuries. Anyway, the truth is that Subud is not a religion. So what is it? The truth is Subud is an education, or training. It is an education from within by which human beings can improve them-selves, can be responsible for themselves, and can develop themselves – at least that’s how it should be. So, an explana-tion like this is not a teaching, it's a guide as to what you will experience later on. So, it is hard to classify Subud as a relig-ion. Because Subud is not a religion, the same problem arose in Indonesia. In Indonesia,

apart from religions, the government rec-ognises or accommodates – for those peo-ple who don't practice a religion - all kinds of mystical movements, or beliefs, and as you may know there are many different beliefs practised in Indonesia. But Subud can't be classified as a belief either. That’s because a belief has a system that has to be followed by its members: for example they have to memorise things, they have to practice certain rituals, and they have to obey certain rules, and so on. But Subud is not like that, so Subud can neither be classified as a religion, nor a belief. So, after interviewing the Subud National Committee, the authorities in Indonesia decided that the nature of Subud is to edu-cate. So, this is what we can tell people who are not in Subud, that Subud educates people. As a result, Subud is registered in Indonesia with the Ministry of Education and Culture, so legally Subud is an educa-tional and cultural association. So in principle, Subud is an association of people who are being educated, or who receive an education, and then develop a culture. Because, in truth, in addition to being educated, or brought to life from within, Subud brings about a development in a person’s being, and anything that per-son produces as a result of their develop-ment can be considered culture. So, it fits to classify Subud under education and cul-ture. Then the question is: can Subud be registered as a cultural or educational asso-ciation in Japan? If you discuss this with the authorities, or try to bring this about, the committee should not act alone; the helpers should be involved too, because the helpers best un-derstand the aim and purpose of Subud. You Need Good Cooperation The fact is, brothers and sisters, you al-ways need good cooperation, or harmony, or consensus decision making, between the helpers and the committee. This is not just a matter for a committee to deal with, as they do not understand the issue. What the committee knows about is how to provide a place for the members to do latihan, how to raise funds so that Subud can function - for example, to pay for the rent of halls, to cover the cost of helpers’ travel - and maybe, how to encourage or advise enterprises to help fund these Subud activities. Because, the fact is, when it comes to the spread of Subud, we cannot ignore our financial needs. It's

only if we have money that we can func-tion. That's the way of the world, so we have to think practically. Now, if you make an application to the authorities, use wording that will fit their way of thinking. If you start off by saying, “This is the Will of God…” and so on, they won’t understand you. So when you make an application, prepare it in a way that will be understandable to their way of thinking. Indeed, Subud committee work is not the same as the work in other kinds of organi-sations with their internal politics, and all kinds of things going on. In Subud it is different, because, as I said earlier, even though you are members of a committee that deals with organisational matters, you are also Subud members. So it's a job you need to do to handle Subud’s external af-fairs - to deal with the authorities, and with people who are not in Subud. However, because our organisation is a spiritual one and even though the nature of your work is organisational, at the same time you should not neglect the spiritual aspect of your work. That's why the helpers also have a respon-sibility here – that is to accompany the committee members. When I say that the helpers should accompany the committee members, I don't mean that the helpers should tell the committee members what to do. The aim is to give the committee members confidence, because committee members can lack experience when it comes to explaining Subud to others, and that is why you need to work together. One cannot work without the other. In other words, it should not be that the help-ers do one thing, and the committee does another. Don’t do that. You need to work together. This is why Bapak advised that helpers should attend committee meetings, and committee members should attend helpers’ meetings. By doing so, the committee members will know what is going on, or what is happening in the helpers’ work, and the helpers will know what the com-mittee members need, and what they are doing. This takes cooperation, but you don't have to test to figure out how to cooperate, be-cause you are dealing with practical mat-ters, not the latihan. So, just work out the

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SUBUD IS AN EDUCATION Ibu Rahayu’s Reply to Questions from Committee and Helpers, Chiba, Japan 4th May, 2004,

Recording 04 TYO 4 : Final translation by Raymond Lee

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Editor Ilaina Lennard Email: [email protected]

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How did you start to paint? I had been working a lot with the Subud organisation and in the end I had identified myself with having a role in the organisation for so long, I didn’t know who ‘I’ was. All this affected me at home where my family didn’t know who I was either. I went into an apathetic depression which became quite serious and which Ibu Rahayu has described. There seemed no point in being alive. One afternoon, I felt as if my whole reality was breaking up, and I was travelling through space. I was not afraid, but I felt, “It’s finished.” I felt calm, peaceful and absolutely detached, as if my episode here was over. And then a question came, “Is there nothing you want?” And I understood that if there was nothing, it was finished. And yet I couldn’t think, I couldn’t feel, I was just empty. But then a feeling rose up inside, and I heard myself saying, “Let me paint.” And immediately everything began to coalesce, and I ‘came back’ and started painting. Was that a similar experience to Bapak’s ascension? On the occasion I’ve just described, it was as if this world was breaking down into matter and vibration. On the previous occasion, I thought it was common to people in Subud. It was in 1983 or ‘84, when I was visiting a Subud member in France. I’d been a lot with Subud people, and near to Bapak in the sense that he was aware of my activities.

I was exhausted, so I lay down to rest. Then I became aware of a buzzing, a vibration. It got stronger and stronger, till it was as if I were standing next to a jet taking off. Suddenly, it was as if the sound threw me out of my body and lifted me at the same time, and I was moving, quite conscious, through the roof, through the atmosphere, and then out of this earth’s atmosphere. I didn’t know where I was being moved to, but I felt completely safe. There was no worry, almost as if I already knew this experience. As if, “Oh it’s this, it’s time for this.” As I moved out of the earth’s atmosphere, the noise fell away. I was moving through silence, I left the solar system. I was aware of my life on earth but it was as if the personal history of this human being on earth had little to do with me. I saw stars and I was moving for a very long time, but very fast; then I became aware of sounds like extraordinary music. As if someone were clinking crystals together, making the most beautiful harmony. I was moving towards that and the sound was increasing.

The whole experience was beautiful and then suddenly I began to slow down, and the question came to me, “Why are you leaving? Why are you in such a hurry?” and I realised there was no hurry. There was suddenly no urgency. I became aware of the world I’d left, feeling total detachment from it, then I was aware of me, down there, and I felt, “Well, there are things to do, why not go back? There is no hurry, this will not be lost. It will be here in the future. Just go back.” I was quite happy and I started being moved back. Then, as I approached the earth, this chiming music was becoming so fine I couldn’t hear it anymore. And as I came into the earth’s atmosphere I was engulfed by this horrendous sound, and in some way I became aware that this sound was the prayers of people, it was like pleading, and it didn’t get beyond this material sphere. And at that moment I didn’t want to be here. And then there was this transition. As if, “You’ve been there, you know the way. But it’s not here now, so you better adjust to this reality.” So I came back into the room, to myself lying on the sofa. And there was this reluctance, I didn’t want to re-enter my body, and I came out again, and started hovering - really enjoying this freedom. If I wanted to go through a wall, I could go, and then finally I felt I had to call it a day, and get back inside myself. Then I became aware of the tiredness in my body, and the experience was finished. As soon as I came out of the room, the guy I was staying with saw something unusual had happened to me, and what it was. It was an experience I’ve never forgotten but what do you do with it? I’ve talked about it at various times but there is nothing to talk about in a way. So that experience was very different from when I received the talent of painting.


LEAVING THIS EARTH Harris Smart talks to Rachmadi Fiedorowicz..

"I heard some years ago that Rachmadi Fiedorowicz had had an experience of leaving this world, and that Ibu Rahayu had confirmed that this was so. "Later I heard that Rachmadi had become a painter and several people spoke to me in most enthusiastic terms about his paintings. At the Bali World Congress I was able to talk with Rachmadi about these

This photo of Rachmadi, formerly Rohan and then Machmud, Fiedorowicz, was taken in 1986, when he was Chairman of the Subud Youth Association. The photo was taken as he waited outside Anugraha for Bapak to arrive. It was to be Bapak's last visit to England.

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Continued from page 7. I heard you spoke to Ibu Rahayu about this experience? No, I spoke to Ibu Rahayu about another experience. That was an experience of Bapak, quite an astonishing experience. It was during a latihan at a World Subud Council meeting in Alicante, Spain, when I started to become aware of the different prophets. First of all Jesus. It was as if I was at the crucifixion, like watching a movie but it was live. And I suddenly felt, “Yes, it’s that, but it’s not that.” I don’t know to explain it, but that’s how it was. Then the scene changed. I saw a man praying in front of a very simple building, you could call it a mosque. There were a lot of people praying with him, and I felt it was prophet Muhammad, but then the same thing came. “Yes and no, yes, it’s not really that. It is, but it’s not.” Following that, I became aware of Bapak. He was very present and real to me in the latihan. I could see him but again it was “Yes, but it’s not really that, yes and no.” Then this stopped and I felt complete emptiness. I was aware of the latihan going on very distant and I felt, “Oh well, it’s finished, latihan’s finished.” And I was about to go out when a vibration came. Suddenly it was part of me and I bowed and felt, “This is Jesus.” It was not just an image. That was added to by another vibration, another atmosphere. And that was Prophet Muhammad, and again I bowed. And then there was Moses, and then finally there was a vibration and an expansion, and that was Bapak. Then I was aware of a movement as if I were circling. And I could see something sparkling, and I was being moved around it. I was aware of viewing this universe from far away and this universe was very small. Then the question came, “Where does My Power not exist?” And there was a response from me, “All that exists, exists only by Your Will, and without Your Will, there’s nothing.” Then there was the question, “Who are you?” And I didn’t have an answer, but I felt, “I exist only by Your Will. If it were not for Your Will I’m nothing.” And I was told, “You can be trusted.” Then I was back. I walked out of the latihan and almost

immediately there was Ibu Rahayu. I went to speak to her and she said, “What do you want to know?” and I asked if it was a real thing or a symbol of some sort. She said, “You can test.” So I tested, and I felt in fact I had to take a decision which was, “Are you still willing to be available?” That was the essence of it. Then Ibu Rahayu said, “This is not just a nice story. It’s reality. Not only is the latihan reality, it’s the only reality.” She referred to making mistakes. She told me not to be afraid, one will always make mistakes, it’s unavoidable. And she mentioned a need for a new kind of education that is jiwa to jiwa. The experiences continued for some days. Later I wrote to her saying, “I can’t understand anything, what’s it good for?” And her reply was that there was nothing to understand, just follow. Then I got into a big crisis, and that’s why I’m careful about how I speak, because the mind gets hold of it, and wants to put it somewhere in one’s normal experience, and it doesn’t really fit and the more you try, the worse it gets. I didn’t know what to do with this thing. Her letter, in which she said there’s nothing to understand, was the key to letting it go, but it still wasn’t easy. I think she also added, these experiences are only for a time and only to witness. They are not a personal possession with which you can do something. They were life-transforming experiences. At first they gave me an enthusiasm for Subud that I hadn’t experienced before. They also made me realise that what I’d experienced before in the latihan was almost insignificant compared to what it could be. It also gave me a feeling of responsibility for Subud and I think that was wrong. I’d assumed a responsibility for what happens in Subud and as a result was failing in the responsibilities of my normal life, so the effect was to make me very irresponsible. That was the problem with thinking about the thing. That’s crisis, thinking about what cannot be thought about, and you’re neglecting your life. For me it was a very long learning process to under-stand that we can’t control or direct the latihan.

If God gives something you can’t refuse it, and if He doesn’t give more, there’s no way you can extract more. You’ll go crazy trying and I think I tried. I’m sure there are many other Subud people who have been through the same thing. All this transformed my life but it was gradual. All my life I had wanted to paint, but I had shelved it. When that came out, that was life-transforming. Afterwards, a lot of things happened. My marriage broke down. I don’t think it needed to, but I accept that it did. There were other changes in me. I was quick to anger, to find fault in others, and to criticise myself. Yet I hated being criticised, I had very little tolerance for that. Once my life had broken up, and I received the direction with the painting, I became happy. Sure I can still be critical and so on, but behind that I developed a degree of compassion I never had before.. Do occasions arise where you help people? Sometimes I feel I have to be close to people, particularly to one person. But it’s not from wanting to help. Sometimes you see someone, and they’re lonely, and you recognise what it is because you’ve been there yourself. And they see you coming. It’s mutual. I’ve often found that people only need to know that someone else knows where they are, that they have a friend. That’s what I look for now; I don’t look for spiritual experiences, but for making new friends. Harmony - we speak about these things abstractly but in my language, it’s like when I was a child, “Can I be your friend?” It’s silly, but there it is. Or sometimes people approach me and I realise what they’re actually saying is, “Can I be your friend?” Well, why not? It seems that my experience of Subud, which began as complex and awesome, has now refined itself to very simple basics - friendship, fun, work, trying to do something to improve what’s around. Can you talk about your painting? How do subjects come? The painting, it’s almost too easy, easy and difficult. I’ll stand before a canvas, I don’t know what to do. I’m very, very reluctant to begin a picture, I’ll avoid it as long as I can. In the end usually the only real decision is, choose a colour and start, and once the colour begins to go on the canvas, the rest is like following a stream.


Ibu Rahayu said "This is reality.."

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Leaving this Earth cont. Continued from page 8. The images are mostly landscapes, but what I see in a landscape is almost like a creature. I put a human quality in it. The hills are hills but they could be flesh, it’s actually human. Even the clouds in the sky are on the way to becoming human. I never have a picture in my mind when I start. When it’s finished, something switches off. And I’m always surprised at the picture. In the beginning I had some struggles because I was trying to be a painter, to deal seriously with this thing. There was one picture in particular - I left it and I was sitting quietly when I received, “You are creating your own limitations.” I thought, “OK I’m sure that’s true, but how am I doing it?” I received, “Because you want something from the picture.” That’s very important. The pictures are not for me. If I want to work at one, and impress something of myself, then it doesn’t work. This particular one I’m speaking of, I had finished, and I didn’t like it, but it’s not for me. Someone bought it almost immediately. And the money enabled me to move on. The people who bought it were delighted. They were touched, they were happy. The other thing that came to me was, “You must never keep one of these pictures for yourself.” It’s just what I have to bring, and what I have to let go. I don’t even sign them unless someone asks me to. I was asked once, “What if this talent disappears?” I was surprised - it didn’t disturb me. I thought, “Oh well, then there’ll be something else, and if there’s not something else, it must be time to go.”

about you. So if you are scared God won't force you to go. He will let you come back again. So this is why the preparation is important. Because that preparation is what prepares you for that kind of journey – not to be scared when that happens. So this is why you are very lucky if you have come to a point where your human soul is already stable and is not frightened or shocked by experiences of this kind. So you can just follow it. And these things - you have to understand these things - you don't have to ask for them. They come. God actually knows what you need. You don't have to ask God 'oh please give me this and that'. God knows exactly what you need. So God will give you without your asking.

How to Become Quiet in the Latihan Extracts from the second talk by Ibu Rahayu in Bangalore, India on Monday morning, September 13th 2004. Recording: 04 BLR 2. Provisional Translation by Sharif Horthy.

example it may go through the roof and go out. And there are even people who have experiences of going a long way away. But this is where the preparation is important. Because for many Subud members – when they have an experience like this, they immediately get scared. So maybe their soul starts to go through the ceiling and they're already scared. And they remember their wives or their husbands or their sweethearts or their children. And of course God will not force you. God knows everything

IBU RAHAYU TALKS ABOUT GETTING OLDER ..You have to understand that I’m getting older too. And as we get older our connection with this world becomes less. And I have to be .. if I’m totally honest with you - when one gets older one’s connection with this world gets thinner and thinner. And while I was young for example, if I paint (?) someone I could feel their nature or what their problem was. But it’s harder and harder for me to do that because it’s like it’s further and further away. So that’s why in religion it’s not right for us to help people when we get older. In fact once you reach a certain age it’s no longer right for you to help people. It’s the young people who have to help you. So the job goes to the younger people. For example that’s also the reason why in religion when - in Islam - if you reach a certain age you’re no longer obliged to do the Fast. Then it’s your children who are supposed to do the Fast for you. So - I’m getting to that stage. So I’m just warning you - you’ll have to .. take the opportunity of all the talks that are available, to read them. And read them for yourself. From Ibu Rahayu’s second talk in Bangalore, India on Monday morning September 13th 2004

So Brothers and Sisters, it's clear that even though we are Subud members it doesn't mean that we are immediately wonderful people or good people. We are still easily influenced by our desires, by our lower forces and so on. So what do we need to do ? Well – it all starts with the Latihan. Many of you have experienced already that when you do your Latihan you get to a stage of quietness and a feeling of peace and quietness. And when you get to that point then you must follow that. Because it will lead you in various directions. But I know that many of you complain that you can't get to that point – that you can't reach that point of emptiness and quietness because you're still disturbed by thoughts. Whatever it is. So instead of getting to that point of quietness your mind starts to think about this or about that. This is what I meant by the disturbance – these are the things that are trying to disturb you. And of course when you are starting there's nothing you can do. You just have to accept it and let those thoughts go. But when you have come to a point where you're already aware of them, and you are aware that this is a disturbance – that they are trying to disturb you…trying you to deflect you from this peace - then you can ask God. So you are then in a position to ask God's help. And you can ask God 'God please protect me from anything that is trying to disturb me.' It can be anything…you know…thoughts about your wife, about your children, about your job, about your bank account and all these things. And you really can ask God's help at that point. So you will find that once you have been able to do that…to ask God's help…you suddenly find that you really are empty. And if you then try to think 'okay now I'm going to think about my job' you won't be able to do it. Because they'll be locked away. It's like something has switched it off. The importance of preparation So this is the point you have to reach. This is very important to get to this point in the Latihan. Because once you are at that point – that's when you will receive things from God. And it could be anything. You don't know what you will receive. Because you have to understand that the human soul is not a tiny little thing in here. It can grow. Especially through the Latihan the human soul grows. And it can go places. So for

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..Mbakju Rochanawati used to say, “In Subud, no husband, no wife, no father, no mother, no enemy, no friend - only brothers and sisters!” No friends! Not even friends! It made a deep impression on me. She also used to repeat, "Be kind. Be kind." And sometimes in particular moments to me, "Be kind to your husband." She spoke so earnestly that I wondered at her, that she needed to say this thing, which was obvious and evident. Why should she not speak of mysterious things, or rather of spiritual mysteries to guide me in the realms of the inner world? Why speak to me about Ian? I loved him, and at this time when he was going through the last throes of the asthma purification, my entire attention was centred on him. Why did she then say, "Be kind to your husband?" Was I not kind? What did she mean? Only now I begin to understand. After four years. Before a Concert starts, someone strikes the tonic note on the piano, and all the musicians ranged around catch this note and tune in their own instruments. Then are they ready to play the music, unfolding it by degrees to its fullness. Mbakju Rochanawati seemed to be doing this - striking the tonic note of a great truth, striking and waiting, striking again and waiting. Waiting patiently to see if my inner ear had caught it, held on to it, listened to it, because only then would I find entrance into the marvellous mean-ing and reality of the spiritual brotherhood of Subud. "Be kind." Rochanawati said. "Be charitable," St. Paul said. "Love one another", Jesus said. And I thought I was being kind. That I was loving Ian with all my heart. I see now only, that they did not mean as I understood their words. My understanding was from the world, from the powers of the emotions, the passions and the will of the mind. From the outside, as it were. I was doing good to someone who was not me. Mbakju Rochanawati was speaking, as I understand it, of something utterly different. Something like, "Experience the true kindness. It is the content of your soul.” Why I say this is because, bit by bit, in gradual degrees Ian and I have in the latihan kejiwaan had a taste of this. In Calcutta for instance where we have lived ever since we have been married,

that is for nearly eighteen years, we have known the division that exists between man and man, upwards, downwards and sideways, to a degree that is really quite immense. Divisions through class, through caste, through race, through religion, education, means of earning a livelihood, colour. When one by one people began to trickle into Subud, they came mostly from across these yawning gulfs and divisions. Between them and us, often between themselves, there was little in common. We all spoke different languages, not the minor one of words only, but of faith, attitude, custom, education, breeding. Had we met in any other circumstan-ces, there could not have been anything else but polite discomfort in our midst and, at best, a restless or guilty eagerness to please, and cover up the awkwardness. But because our meeting together led us to a room where we opened ourselves to God and His Holy Power, in a moment everything changed. How often it happens that as the opening or the latihan progresses, one wants to take strangers into one's arms, hold them preciously and kiss them with tears of joy. The gulfs melt away, they who have come are no longer strangers, but one's very own, in a strangely mysterious and beautiful union of souls, and we are theirs’ - both together in God. So now I see how Mbakju Rochanawati meant those words, "Be kind", not "Do kindnesses". It is feeling with another, not merely for another. And Bapak in many of his talks has underlined this, drawing our attention to this feeling of oneness which pervades us in the latihan, as man's true condition, and which we should really carry with us into our daily life. We feel now therefore, that in the latihan, we are both being given an advance taste of the relationship behoving to men, such a relationship as is sanctified by God’s own Spirit of lovingness, so how can it be otherwise but for the whole of living? “No husband, no wife, no father, no mother, no enemy, no friend - only brothers and sisters.” As in a real family where all children are equal in the sight of their parents, so in our spiritual family all are equal, all are the same, no higher, no lower, no special, no chosen. Subud living of unshaded lovingness and kindness. He who is outstanding does not wish to show himself, for it will make him apart from the others. Only God will know him. Even Bapak, what an example he sets forth before us. We know he is not one of us, but he chooses to be among us. So he dresses like us, looks like us, doing all the little things we do, living like us. All the time he hides himself behind the plain ordinary things of mankind. Extract from 'Living in Subud' by Muftiah (Mariani) Arnold. Long out of print. Ian, Muftiah’s husband, died a year or so ago. - Ed.

“Experience the True Kindness!"

THE POWER OF BAPAK'S RAJA At the Montreal Congress in 1992 it was wonderfully heartening to see old friends in Subud, some I hadn’t seen for 20 years, and to make new ones. I was so grateful to do Latihan with my two sons and a couple of hundred men from all over the world. Then Varindra Vittachi arrived - a very dear friend and Bapak’s emissary for years; a UN representative, a fine writer and a raconteur who told unique stories with gusto and charm. It was always enlightening and fun to be in his company and we spent a lot of time together. One evening I invited Sharif and Tuti Horthy, and Varindra to join us for dinner; and again, Varindra regaled us with his insider tales - his voluminous cigarette smoke making his eyes stream - and ours’ too. I have never forgotten a story Varindra told about his wife. She was dying of cancer and the doctors said she had five weeks to live. Varindra called Bapak, told him what was going on and Bapak sent him a "Raja" (a piece of paper with Bapak's drawing of the illness revealed by a scribbled ovary). Varindra was to burn it and give the ashes to his wife to drink in a glass of water. She did as Bapak had recommended, and the cancer disappeared. Of course, the doctors were astonished. She lived three years longer. - Peter Mark Richman

Ian and Muftiah Arnold


Continued from page 6. best way to do something, and when you do so, keep the feeling that you have in the latihan. For example, it’s true that when you test, you feel good, everyone feels peaceful, you feel close to each other, and you feel you are brothers and sisters, in the latihan. But the moment you come out of latihan, it changes. Why? When we do latihan we have the same goal - we all face God, and we surrender to God. But when we come out of latihan, it’s as if we each put on different clothes - I put on my clothes and you put on your clothes - the result is we each have our own opinion. This is why you need to practice, or to keep that latihan feeling, so that even when you are not in latihan, you wear, as it were, the same clothes. You don’t wear different clothes. This is just an illustra-tion. What do you need to do? Well, of course as human beings we have our own views – one person thinks like this, another thinks like that – so when we meet we must set aside our desires. You are trained to settle your desires in the latihan, so don't try to be right. If we want to be in harmony, we have to be willing to give to other people, but we also have to be willing to receive from other people. So, don't just give all the time, but we also have to receive input from other people. This is an illustration of how to practice the reality of harmony in your life, so har-mony is not just something you just talk about or think about, “Yes, in Subud, we have to work in harmony!” You must feel as one and make it a reality. The only one who can do this is yourself. No-one else can. Our time is nearly up, but I should say something about the spread of Subud. Given the chaotic state of the world today, it’s not just Subud members; no-one feels at peace any more. So many people are looking for something; they are searching for something to base their lives on. So for instance, many Americans feel confused, and Indonesians feel confused too. Maybe even the Japanese feel confused, but they don’t show it. Now that we have the Internet, it’s easy for people to make searches, and the problem they face is what to choose, what should they base their life on? Indeed, in the world today, we need evidence or proof. When people search the Internet they can read about the aims of Subud that are so

noble and so many people are attracted to Subud. The result is that in Indonesia many people come to Subud, not because of what the helpers tell them, but because of the Internet. That’s where they found out about Subud. Given this, it is an opportunity for us to accommodate these people who are searching for something in their lives. However, it can happen that someone who wants to join can face obstacles that they shouldn’t have to. Indeed, brothers and sisters, Bapak deter-mined that people who want to join Subud should first become candidates for three months. The point of this probationary period is not to make it difficult for people to join Subud. On the contrary, the aim is to give them a chance to be sure before they join. A Real Problem in Subud The important thing is that during the pro-bationary period…well, this probation period is a very important time for people who want to join Subud. However, people often go through the probationary period of three months, but they are not satisfied by what they are told. This is a real prob-lem in Subud now. For example, out of every ten people that become candidates, only two or three remain at the end. Why? As helpers, we need to understand and feel what the problem is. Now it is true that helpers are not priests, but why can't we learn from something good; why can’t we learn from the way a priest works? When a priest wants to per-suade a person to follow their path, the priest is the one to approach that person. So, don't do the contrary and distance yourself from someone who wants to join Subud. The same is true when you give explana-tions. We are still bad at giving explana-tions. What I mean by that is that we are not able yet to feel what’s needed by the person we give the explanation to. As a helper, we can test in our latihan – we can test how to approach other people, or how we should be when we give advice to peo-ple – you can test those questions for your-self. But, why can't you put this into prac-tice yet and make it a reality? Maybe it’s due to faults on your part, or it can be that the candidate is genuinely not interested, and the helper–candidate rela-tionship doesn’t result in the candidate feeling close. However, the point of the probationary period is that, even before a candidate is opened, he or she should al-ready feel close to Subud people, to people who have been opened and have changed in some way from before they were opened.

So, you need to have the attitude of a nur-turer. If you say that a helper is Bapak's assistant, or even God's assistant, that means that you are the one that has to be close to the candidate; we have to foster them. That is part of the helpers’ work. You also have to give the explanations that are necessary about the purpose and proc-ess of the latihan. In that way, people will already feel, even before they are opened, that you are looking after them. So don't have an attitude as a helper of, “Oh, you shouldn’t ask the helpers lots of questions. Just keep quiet and you will receive the answer for yourself later on!” If they ask questions, you should reply honestly and based on what you know. But don't talk of things that are very high, things that they are not going to be able to understand, because they have not experienced the latihan. This is especially true now that many of the people who are interested in Subud are young people. When you give explana-tions to young people, the helpers need to adjust accordingly. This is because young people use their minds, so as a helper, you need to adapt so that what you tell them will form a foundation for their belief in Almighty God. So, you don't need to ex-plain too much. Furthermore, don't make it difficult for young people to join. Young people today don’t like difficult situations, they want everything made easy for them; they want explanations that are easy to understand, and something that is easy to follow. So this is just a little extra. I am sure that as helpers, you already know what you need to do as helpers in your work. And of course, helpers don’t retire, so helpers who have been in Subud a long time and are old now should not just turn everything over to the young helpers. You still need to advise them. Don't feel that because you are old, it's not your responsibility any more, that it’s the responsibility of the young people. If we remember, when Bapak was over 80 he was still active travelling to groups all over the world and giving talks. This means that when we do helpers’ work, we should not have any kind of self-interest, because we are performing a duty for hu-mankind. Bapak received that this receiv-ing - Subud - was not just for Bapak, but for all human beings that need it. So, brothers and sisters, as helpers, when you do your work, do so willingly and surren-der everything, all your ability, to Al-mighty God. This is because, in the spiritual realm, what happens may not just be meant for the person that you are doing latihan with,


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A year or so ago we ran an article about the Susheila Community, the pioneering social welfare project in the UK, at What-combe House in Dorset. Because this was such an interesting and important project, and because this article so well captures the mood of that time, we now publish this further account of the early years of the project by Derek Inwood. The article will continue in our next issue... After working in Paris for a year, I re-turned to Dorset and lived next door to a family I knew and loved. I took temporary work in a nearby boys Prep School teaching woodwork. On the staff was an enthusiastic English and Drama teacher named Pat Harding. During the 1939-45 war he was a major in the army but transferred to gliders just in time to be at the Sicily landings. He was very badly shaken and shocked but sur-vived intact. He and I, and many others who had been in the war believed that if the world was going to survive we needed to “ban the bomb” and find a new approach to living. The Arrival of Subud As if in an answer to our prayer, a man named Pak Subuh arrived in England from Indonesia, offering a chance for mankind to improve the quality of his inner nature. This was to be achieved by a process called the “latihan”, a kind of spiritual ex-ercise in which direct contact was made with the “life force”. It was the effect of this contact that would bring a beneficial change to the world. If the latihan was practised with patience, there would be many benefits including divine guidance, good health and a feeling of calm happiness. Pak Subuh established his centre in Eng-land at Coombe Springs, Kingston-on-Thames, with the support of J.G. Bennett. Here, many of us received the Contact, or were “opened” as we put it, and became members of the spiritual brotherhood of Subud. In just a few years, centres were established in most countries and Bapak became an international figure. At the Subud Congress of 1959, Pat Hard-ing put forward the idea of a school for teenage maladjusted boys, combined with a community of Subud members, as staff. This scheme was well received and the

Subud Human Welfare Trust offered money to get the project underway. Pat was appointed Warden and asked me to join him as assistant warden in charge of Art and Craft. Finding Whatcombe House Sometime after leaving Art School, in the early 1950s, I had worked, during a sum-mer holiday, on a nearby estate redecorat-ing the interior of the big house called Whatcombe. When Pat asked me if I knew of a suitable building we might rent, I sug-gested we drive over and have a look at a place I thought might do. Two grey pillars marked the beginning of the long gravel drive which curved to the left and then slowly climbed a hill. Bit by bit the mauve-grey mansion came into view through the trees. It sat graciously on the bank of the valley and it was more beautiful than I had remembered. Behind the house was a copse of beech and ash. Rooks flapped and cawed high up in the branches. The sun cast shadows on the stone-faced walls and sash windows reflected patches of sunlight on the grass. I felt grateful that nothing had changed since I had seen it last. We left the car at the gate across the drive, and walked up the steps to the front door. Above our heads we noticed the elaborate coat-of-arms of the Mansel-Pleydell fam-ily whose roots in the valley went back a thousand years. We pressed the bell but there was no re-sponse. We knocked and tried the door, it opened easily. We called out, ‘Hello!’ ‘Is anybody there?’ No one answered. The square shaped hall had a grey stone floor. Doors led off on either side. Ahead was an opening leading into an inner hall-way where the main staircase climbed to the upper floors. We called out again, but there was no re-ply. As if the house itself were giving us per-mission to enter, we tiptoed from empty room to empty room in a state of cool ex-citement. We felt we had found the future home of the Susheila Community and its protégés’. June Carlyle-Clarke, the owner of the es-tate, lived a few hundred yards up the val-ley in a house originally built for Lord Winterbourne.

In Elizabethan times, the family moved their seat to a larger house at Millborne St Andrews, three miles away. Unfortunately, Lord Dorchester dammed the stream at Milton Abbas, in order to create the pre-sent lake, and left Millborne without wa-ter. The house was pulled down and What-combe was built from the materials saved. June told us that Dane Court School had been evacuated during the war, but the house was ready to be leased again. Getting Started Pat and I moved in on January 1st 1960. To furnish the thirty rooms or so, we went to the Bournemouth salerooms and bought a range of Edwardian second-hand furniture, plus sheets, cooking utensils and two pi-anos for £5 each. At the back of the house, close to the copse, was a detached building that had housed the electricity generator. The en-gine had gone, but the huge reinforced concrete block was still there. We bought foot-long cold-chisels, three pound hammers, and chipped away for the next fortnight. This experience established an atmosphere of work within the art room which was cherished in the rule that said once inside you had to work. It was the only rule that was generally obeyed. Pak Subuh had advised us to spend the first few months preparing the house, mov-ing in staff members and getting to know each other. Shirley had been recruited by Pat at Coombe Springs and soon had the coal fired Aga working. Although a Journalist by profession , she soon had us eating and socialising in the kitchen. When the boys began to arrive she became very popular and taught many a young man to cook Spaghetti Bolognese. She was missed when she left in August 1960. Sidney had lived and worked in Coombe when it was run by ‘Mr B’ as the Gurdjieff Centre. He was the handyman and dealt with the antediluvian heating system in the basement. He was full of amusing stories and said he once introduced a violinist to a roomful of French nuns by saying ‘Maintenant Mes-dames, ce gentilhomme va vous violer’ and wondered when they all scrambled for the exit. Carl and Denny came as Bursar and Ma-tron. They occupied a flat over the ga-

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rages, at the back of the house, which they soon arranged with taste and style. The old library became the bursar’s office. Denny took charge of our hygienic and medical welfare and attached us to a doctor’s sur-gery in Blandford. Denny had the only baby born within the community named Julian. From the inception, the staff were commit-ted to daily latihan, as this activity was at the heart and foundation of Subud. Each evening the men and women separated for half an hour and followed the physical and vocal promptings that came from within. By this process we believed our inner state would be cleansed and we would be able to receive guidance from beyond the limi-tations of the ordinary mind. Without trust in the efficacy of the latihan, the project would never have started in the first place. Nor would the project have gone through so many crises and yet lasted nine years. The latihan helped to bind the staff to-gether by providing a daily point of con-tact, with a communal source of inspira-tion. It also provided a means of throwing off the heavy, angry, destructive states that one experienced as a result of living close to teenage boys and members of staff, all maladjusted in their own way and difficult to live with. The latihan replaced our personal irritabil-ity with calm openness. This in turn af-fected the inner state of us all, including the boys and helped to heal us of our sick-ness. A Spontaneous Way of Living These were early days, and when we started morning staff meetings to try and work out a strategy for running the com-munity, we found there were conflicting personalities, as well as opposing ideas. We naively thought the latihan was a uni-versal panacea. But life of course is much more complicated than that. A conventional approach would have cre-ated a hierarchy with areas of control. A timetable would have been made with little consultation, and jobs allocated for every-one to do. But the latihan had the effect of making us aware that human life was for living every moment of the day. It could not be sub-jected to the limitations of a timetable for this would undermine the spontaneous way of living that was taking place. In addition to this, the boys that came to us had rebelled against being told what to do and what time to do it. They responded to a feeling of freedom much more readily. By giving them a chance to be responsible for living their own lives, they would be

encouraged to join us in running the community. In fact, we were able to make a rota for washing up, clear-ing away the tables and sweeping the dining room floor. We were not the first to try this educational experiment of course, and without some knowledge of the work of George Lyward at Finchden Manor, Otto Shaw at Redhill School and A.S Neale, the Scottish psy-chologist wrote ‘Hearts not heads in schools’, we may not have taken this route. Pat was a good administrator and soon sent out our prospectus to many Southern edu-cational authorities. Inspectors came to check the staff and premises and on May the first, the first five boys arrived. Dangerous Happenings The first crisis came, when two boys chas-ing each other around the house smashed a pane of glass in the front door. I was so concerned that blood should not touch the stone floor that I rushed poor Roy up the stairs and put him in the bath! Only then were his wounds treated. At the hospital he received sixty stitches to head, arm and shoulder. We woke up to our responsibilities and appointed a mem-ber of staff to be on duty everyday. Even so, dangerous happenings occurred. Some five miles to the west of Whatcombe is a remote ridge called Bulbarrow. In 1940 the Ministry of Defence built a radar station on top of this 900 foot hill. We drove to see if it could be found. There were three 240 foot wooden masts still standing, all surrounded by Nissen huts and rusty barbed wire. It was getting dark so I postponed an exploration. At 5.00 a.m. the next day I was awakened by boys wanting to see the dawn at Bul-barrow. Taking a frying pan, bacon, bread and a kettle of water, we arrived as the sun came up over the hills. We made a fire and someone made tea and fried the bacon. I was fascinated by the pattern of the masts against the luminous yellow sky. Then we caught sight of a sil-houetted figure climbing up the wooden ladder that zigzagged to the top of the masts. We watched horrified as the tiny figure of one of the boys climbed ladder after ladder until he almost reached the very top. Some rungs had been missing on many of the lower ladders but he was now confronted with a ladder that had almost none at all.

We could see him trying to find a way of overcoming his problem. But to every-one’s relief he started the dangerous jour-ney back to earth. We were all speechless as we gave him tea and a bacon sandwich. This was a new person to us, and to him-self. A hero! On leaving the community, he sold sec-ond-hand cars, got married, brought up a family and was last heard of running a pub in the centre of Wales. Following their Interests When a boy came to us, it was our job to help him find and follow his own interests. Some wanted to draw and paint and ended up taking and passing GCE exams, others wanted to drive a car or play the guitar. One boy, Nicholas, who was later opened, said he wanted to make architectural mod-els. He had spent time in hospital where he had watched a construction of a church. This experience seemed to echo an activity in which he had taken part long ago. He said his real name was Nicholas of Ely, the designer of the East Anglican Cathedral. His psychiatrist dismissed this claim as nonsense and we should discourage him from indulging in this kind of fantasy. We did not make an issue of it, but set him up in my bathroom as a safe place to make his models. His remarkable knowledge and skill set him apart from the other boys who made his life difficult. His first model was of a church tower made in the decorated style of the 14th Century. It was destroyed. But he contin-ued to make Gothic churches revealing an uncanny understanding of their construc-tion. When he left he worked for a top model making firm in London. His beautiful model of Glastonbury Abbey was created from drawings made by him of the ruins. It is on display in the old Abbey kitchen. A masterpiece of its kind. Derek Inwood, Sheringham, UK

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A few years ago Isti Jenkins accompanied her husband Peter to Kalimantan when he was the director of the Kalimantan Meet-ing Centre. In Kalimantan an interesting story un-folded for Isti. We have told it before in our pages but the essence of it was that she worked with local children to develop their drawings into cloth objects like wall hang-ings and stuffed toys. She has continued to develop this art since returning to Australia. This year has seen the making of two special wall hangings. One is based on collective design done at a SICA weekend, and the other is based on a painting by local artist, Freeman Wyllie. He paints visionary landscapes - land-scapes suggested by this world but also taking us into a sense of “another world” beyond this world. I was sitting in front of Isti’s version of the Wyllie work the other day - it is about two metres wide by a metre high - and I sud-denly thought, “This is what it is all about. Here we have in miniature the whole en-terprise story! All the significant elements of what enterprise is supposed to be about are contained in this endeavour of Isti’s. And it’s also a SICA story of course be-cause it’s all about art, talent, creativity!” And it’s also a Susila Dharma story be-cause it has always been part of Isti’s thinking that she would like to provide employment for the very poor Dayak women who live near Rungan Sari. A sew-ing enterprise with new skills learned could lift their self-esteem as well as pro-viding money, and enrich village develop-ment. A key element in Isti’s endeavour that I

have witnessed is her generosity and unself-ishness, her sense of endeavouring to serve other people. It began with her wish to enter-tain children and support their development, and her wish to help the Dayak women, and now has blossomed into new forms as well. But the whole basis of her work seems al-ways to be not glorifying herself but trying to be a channel to assist the development of other people and to “bring good things into the world”. She shows that you can get things done in the world, not only by raging egotism (my way), but also by erasing her own egotism in order to make way for God’s grace to flow into her project. The Wyllie work shows a road leading through the Australian desert up through mountains and into the stars. It was done when Freeman accompanied the YES Quest program to the deserts of Central Australia. The program is supposed to be about helping young people find direction in life but it seems it also works for older people because in the desert Freeman discovered, or redis-covered, his vocation as an artist. I love the evolutionary nature of Isti’s work. That it should have come out of Freeman’s YES Quest experience which has now been picked up by Isti and will go on to inspire others with its vision of a road leading up-wards. “It’s all about transformation!” Isti explained to me. Behind this apparently simple work lies a many-faceted story in which can be seen the working of God’s grace - which is always trying to lift us up. All about a jour-ney to the stars. Harris Smart, Editor

At the World Congress there will be six positions on the MSF Board to be ap-pointed and confirmed by the World Subud Association assisted by the guid-ance of the International Helpers. Candidate trustees may be nominated by National Organizations through their Zonal Representative, by members of WSC or MSF. Serving trustees whose terms have expired may be re-nominated. The trustees are appointed to serve a four-year term. Once a year MSF and WSC meet to consider recommendations and programs proposed by MSF to be carried out in the coming year and to agree the annual budget. MSF trustees are working members of the Board. The number of hours required on a weekly basis will vary according to the responsibilities taken on by each trustee and to the programs undertaken by MSF. There is no salary or compensation for a trustee's services. Travel costs to attend the annual MSF Board Meeting and ac-commodation are however, refunded if required. Legal expertise, money management, pub-lic relations and fund raising are all useful skills, as is an understanding of the aims of Subud and its organization. Preliminary testing before submitting nominations would help the IHs. All nominations should be accompanied by information about the candidate and be sent both to:

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For most members in DR Congo, Congo Brazzaville and Angola this will be the first opportunity they have to attend an international Subud gathering ever. But they need our support in this, as to pay for the venue and to fund the delegates requires around US$30,000 – and only 20% has been raised so far. So we sincerely ask you all to help and to please contribute as much as you can in order to enable our members in Africa to organize this gathering. The Zone Representative brother Nkanga wa Mambu and the organizers, brothers Jacques Lemba and Rida Liobo Loote, warmly invite us all to attend the event. We will also appreciate if you can circu-late this letter to all groups and members. Thank you very much in advance. Laurencio Young, ISC Chairman HOW TO DONATE: USA members can donate by credit card via Subud USA. Subud USA will forward your money. MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: World Subud Association Re International Subud Committee (WSA/ISC)

We know we have run messages in the past drawing your attention to the need for funds for the African Bizonal Meet-ing, so please excuse us for doing it again, but this issue seems so important that we are running this new message from ISC chair Laurencio Young. The needs in Africa are so great, and so is the potential... Dear brothers and sisters, Next February in Kinshasa the Subud members of Africa will have their second zonal meeting, the first one organized by themselves. The previous one took place in Cape Town 10 years ago. Around 500 Subud brothers and sisters in the two Zones of this vast marvellous con-tinent, that with the exception of South Africa have been in a rather isolated situa-tion from the rest of the Subud world. They diligently practice their latihan in spite of the hard conditions that most of them have to face in their lives. Due to the difficult situation in their coun-tries only a few will be able to attend World Congress, but this bi-zonal meeting may allow them to experience what an international Subud encounter means in the life of any member.


Ilaina Lennard recently found two ex-tracts in the Subud Australia magazine ACCENT that she thought deserved a wider circulation to stimulate debate… The Importance of Quality From Irena Garrett, Chair, Subud Aus-tralia… I remember so many of Bapak's talks, where he comments how the women should (or do) make themselves up and dress to look beautiful, in fact (as I recall) he mentions that 'Subud women' (and men!) are the best looking group of people (OK I am stretching the interpretation). Having done the latihan, we emerge with a glow and a beauty and the divine radiance, and this contact with the power of God makes us actually look and want to aspire to, the best we can be. I remember Bapak commenting on how women who have done latihan for years and years actually look younger than their physical reality. I had a recent conversation with a national helper about this, about loving the finer

things in life, about aspiring to the ‘best’. . She too thought about the importance of quality, of beauty, for an aesthetic quality in everything we create. We have now emerged from many years of struggle as a 'poor volunteer' organisation, to one which values its intelligent, talented and creative people, its properties and its future in relation to the communities in which we live. Ibu Rahayu has recently been commenting on the importance of public relations, how do we look to others, to the outside world. We need to show the quality that the latihan brings to each of us. We want to be proud of our Subud houses and of our organisation as a whole. - Let's Forget about Age From Roland Fraval… In the time I have been involved in Subud I have experienced a wide variety of reac-tions to my participation, from enthusiasm, to childish encouragement to simply being ignored. All these have led me to believe one thing. We need (my feelings here, not a decree from upon high) to forget about

age...There has been a lot of talk about 'including the young people' and 'let's give the young people a chance' and so on. I feel that as soon as age is mentioned and there is talk of combining the two 'separate' age groups, immediately there is a barrier thrown in the path of progress. How can there be a harmonious work envi-ronment when from the start there are two, supposedly clear, groups that are both wary of each other simply because they are from that other group? Earlier in the year there was a SICA week-end in Wollongong. In the entire weekend age was not mentioned once. Indeed for the whole weekend there was no way to split these supposed groups of young and old apart. The feeling wasn't of 'wow this is great the oldies are hanging out with us', it was simply 'wow I'm having such a fine time with everyone here!' I feel that be-cause there was no mention of age that it was not an issue and therefore did not even enter anyone's mind, leaving everyone free to do as they pleased, with whomever they pleased.

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Continued from page 11. It may be meant for you. Helpers still have two duties: the duty to be with the members in latihan, and the duty to de-velop their own self. So, don't think that because you are a helper you don't need to do latihan anymore, or you don't need to be close to the members. Rather, it should be that the more you grow in understand-ing and awareness of the process of this latihan, the more willing you are to help other people and be of service to other people. That's all brothers and sisters. I think my explanation about the spiritual path and about helpers and committee is enough. I hope you will be able to practice what I have told you, and that you will work to-gether, and your group will become a har-monious group; that way Subud will look from the outside the same as on the inside. We say Subud is good, but if we have in-ternal problems, they can disappoint peo-ple who want to join Subud. I think this is all; if I go on any longer, you won't get to eat.


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