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Subud Publications International

Some of the topics covered are:

 The benefit when both partners in a marriage do latihan, and what to do if a marriage fails.
Why people from all nations and religions are in Subud.

Why Subud is not a mystical sect –  the latihan has not come from a teacher.
What occurred when Bapak was born, and his experiences as a small child and young man.
A story from the Wayang about the receiving of a revelation.
The difficulty in fasting properly and how the fast can be invalidated.
The four walls of the being that need to be penetrated. The meaning of ‘being one with your being’.

Outer looks are not a guide to inner content. Why marriage is so important and why divorce is not the answer if there is a problem. The outer reasons why a marriage fails.
Where the lower souls go and how this affects a person’s relationship with the low forces.

The meaning of ‘the Age of Adam’. Why some angels are able to tempt us. Why God sent messengers to the world over the centuries.

What the arrival of Subud has allowed to happen.
If God guides you Himself but you still cannot receive, there are no more options. That is it. God can do no more for humankind. How God works on us in the latihan, and how this will affect everything we do.

The four factors that make up a person’s being are compared to four types of soil.
How a nature dominated by each type of soil reacts to receiving worldly and spiritual knowledge. The different type of energy or power generated by the four soil types, and the four different desires or passions these produce.
The types of light that emanate from the four different passions, and the four life forces connected to the four soils.
Why we should not worry about dying.

 Various reasons why it is impossible to get rid of the material, vegetable, animal and physical human forces.

Why the material or satanic life force is beneficial to human beings; what happens if we concentrate our attention on it and use spiritism, etc. Why Bapak does not agree to people using spiritism, etc. in the latihan. What happened to some people who before joining Subud had used mantras or practised various ‘isms’.

What happens if you can let go of finding fault and be together in harmony. .

 What can happen if someone has a satanic soul, even if they receive a revelation.
Why you cannot know what soul inhabits a person; why cows are revered in India.

The two books Bapak received and the understandings these gave him.
Why Subud came with no dogma, theory or advice.

Why we need to be acquainted with our outer and our inner. The example of
Why Almighty God has decided to lead and guide human beings at this time.

Why human beings no longer necessarily have human souls. How the combination of soul type and physical being type affects what sort of person you become.