Bapak’s Talks Volume 16

by Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo
   
Published: 1 May 2007

Subud Publications International

– New English translation with Indonesian text.

Price: £ 11.80

Some of the topics covered are:

What putting aside the heart and mind when you worship God can allow to happen, even for religious fanatics. The story of the seven heavens and the angels, and why God created God’s will within human beings. How Prophet Muhammad was able to travel to God’s throne and back in seven hours, and how the way prophets differed from people today allowed him to do that. Helpers’ duties and responsibilities: towards the members’ progress; why it is important to visit members who no longer come.

Why God created angels. How the will of God was placed in all things – including human beings – and what stops you from being able to experience it. The reason why God has given us the latihan now. Why Bapak’s explanations are not teachings, and why the latihan accords with the message in the holy books. Why you are not yet at the stage of receiving lessons from God in your latihan, or receiving the nature of your individuality. What the letter alif and the sign of the cross symbolise. Where Islam and Christianity came from.

Why the latihan is not only a training for life after death, but also an incomparable benefit for life on this earth. Why you need just to surrender in latihan, and not enhance it with other practices. Why human beings were placed in this world, and what happens when they leave it. Where the need to quarrel with or scold others comes from.

What Bapak replies to questions by religious officials in Indonesia about the latihan and whether it was a new religion. Reminding the committee and helpers to deal only with their own responsibilities. How surrendering, being cleaned by and following God’s will affects a person’s reaction to illness and sadness. Why the latihan is easy to receive, and why it is wrong to do strange things to try to get to know God’s power. What the latihan will give us in our work. Why people sing in church and the mosque. The true meaning of faith.

(New English translation with Indonesian text).