Bapak’s Talks Volume 13

by Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo
   
Published: 30 Mar 2005

Subud Publications International

– New English translation with Indonesian text.

Price: £ 11.80

Some of the topics covered are:

Why Bapak appointed helpers, even though they are not yet able to fulfil the role. Concerning helpers who cannot meet their responsibilities, or who stray from what is normal in Subud.

The source of culture and art, and their importance. What you should use your heart and brain for. Psychology is not the study of the soul. What you need to do in order to receive quickly. Comparing the role of the man and the woman in a marriage to the brain and heart of a body and their path together after death.

Why the latihan is not a religion or spiritual teaching. How to receive a change and development when you do the latihan. The responsibilities and duties of helpers: why it is so important to give clear explanations about the true nature of the latihan, and to look after members; latihan with the sick; do not teach members other methods. How the latihan relates to the teachings in religions. The human beings who brought living culture to guide people to worship God, and how this became blocked.

Why it is important not to place Bapak’s explanations in your intellect, and to surrender in the latihan. Bapak’s talks are not teachings.

Why your body and soul need to get to know each other. How God trains us individually, and why following a teaching or method cannot work. How to get rid of our mistakes; what happens if we try to do it ourselves. What makes us slow in receiving the latihan, and how we should be about that.

God’s will concerning marriage; why marriages break up. The latihan is not a religion, and is not something new. Why you cannot quit Subud. How to make your receiving smoother. Why the latihan may prompt dissatisfaction with your present work, and what to do in that situation. The human beings who lived on the earth before our history of human beings, and how they differed from us. The real significance of marriage and bearing children.

(New English translation with Indonesian text).