SubudBooks

Subud Publications International

– New English translation with Indonesian text.

Some of the topics covered are:
How God imparts understanding to humans beings. Why you experience only movements, and not yet understanding and self-awareness. Why purification takes time. The difference between quietening the heart, mind and desires through effort, and through the latihan. How, in the life hereafter, our soul answers whatever God asks. Why we need to have the courage to free ourselves from the faults within us. Jesus’ soul was the soul of a perfect man. Why the latihan of men and women is kept separate.
Why God’s power repairs each person differently. Why Subud requires no theory. Why it is necessary to put aside the thinking, heart and desires. How the inner feeling spreads through the body, the five senses and the three sources of feeling. Be introduced to the Kingdom of God. What happens to those who use their minds to study spiritual matters. How implementing the latihan will lead to this world becoming an excellent place. Subud and the latihan bring people together from different religions and nations.
Why a woman whose husband is not in Subud needs his permission. Why husbands and wives should not yet do latihan together. Should we do latihan for someone who has died? Explanations will not have a reality until you are able to prove it to yourself. Why people differ in their receiving. The significance of the way of the prophets. The instructions God has placed within us. The two obligations human beings have. The true significance of medals, and of sacrifice.
Why the growth of the soul takes time. How Muhammad and Jesus were cleansed. Why the movements you receive are essential. Where the faults and dirt within you come from. What we should do to allow God’s power to work smoothly Why the heart, mind and desires also need cleaning and training. The inner feeling of a new-born baby and how it is affected by living in the world. Why it is important not be in a hurry to see God with your inner feeling.
The many benefits of doing latihan in a group. The threefold nature of crises. What affects the union between husband and wife. Why it is inappropriate to claim ‘God is within me’. How movement in the latihan differs from that experienced through hypnotism etc. An explanation of the character of the four low forces: the ‘satanic’ or material, vegetable, animal and human, and also of the fifth. The cause of a faulty soul. Why Subud should become an example to the outside world.
(New English translation with Indonesian text).