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Henrih Horthy, Subud Youth Coordinator from<br />
April / May 2016<br />
connect<br />
World Subud Association<br />
Magazine<br />
Rungan Sari<br />
Henrih Horthy, Subud Youth Coordinator from<br />
1997-2001 had a vision to construct an Eco<br />
Village in Rungan Kalimantan.<br />
MSF<br />
Zone 1<br />
Henrih Horthy, Subud Youth Coordinator from<br />
1997-2001 had a vision to construct an Eco<br />
Village in Rungan Kalimantan.<br />
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EDITORIAL<br />
by Elias Dumit<br />
What is the <strong>WSA</strong> ?<br />
“The <strong>WSA</strong> is the umbrella organization for<br />
the world wide Subud community, which includes<br />
54 member countries. The <strong>WSA</strong> exists<br />
to support the practice and use of the latihan<br />
and the human actives that arise from it.” So<br />
responsibilities of the <strong>WSA</strong> chair is to ensure<br />
that the aims and mission of the <strong>WSA</strong> and<br />
congress resolutions are carried out. He or<br />
she also represents Subud in the world and is<br />
aware of membership concerns. The deputy<br />
supports the overall mission. The executive<br />
team maintains the day-to-day work of the<br />
<strong>WSA</strong> and helps to organize the congress. The<br />
<strong>WSA</strong> is assisted by an administrative team.<br />
What is the World Subud<br />
Council ?<br />
The World Subud Council is made up of: <strong>WSA</strong><br />
chair, chair of the executive team, the zone<br />
representatives, the international helpers and<br />
the chairs/coordinators of our foundation,<br />
affiliates and wings.<br />
Every Subud member is represented on the<br />
World Subud Council by their national committee<br />
through their zone representatives.<br />
WSC works in coordination with the zone representatives<br />
and working groups, where they<br />
exist. Discussions on issues of worldwide<br />
concern are presented as resolutions and<br />
voted on at World Subud Council meetings.<br />
<strong>WSA</strong> Team<br />
Elias Coragem Dumit, Chair, Brazil<br />
Lucia Bohm, Deputy Chair, Germany<br />
Ismanah Schulze-Vorberg, Executive Chair, Germany<br />
Anwar Ziesel, Executive Vice Chair, Germany<br />
Hilaria Dette, Treasurer, Germany<br />
Salamah D. LeClaire, Secretary, USA<br />
Elwyn Waugh, Accountant, Britain<br />
<strong>WSA</strong> ‘<strong>Connect</strong> Team’<br />
Peter Jenkins,<br />
Salamah D. LeClaire,<br />
Mardiyah Alexandra Miller,<br />
Suzanna Dayne<br />
<strong>Connect</strong> with us anytime<br />
and if you would like to be<br />
added to our distribution<br />
list email us at :<br />
wsa@subud.org<br />
My dear Subud sisters<br />
and brothers,<br />
&<br />
Elias Dumit : <strong>WSA</strong> Chair<br />
My dear Subud sisters and brothers,<br />
Welcome to the first issue of <strong>Connect</strong><br />
- the World Subud Association<br />
e-magazine. As our official vehicle, its<br />
aim is to present what Subud is about,<br />
what we support and encourage.<br />
Indeed, the latihan kejiwaan came<br />
to the world as a gift to humankind<br />
through Bapak. We have been fortunate<br />
enough to receive this legacy which is<br />
the latihan, accompanied by Bapak´s<br />
words, his example and all the evidence<br />
of his life here amongst us.<br />
We aim to gradually appreciate the<br />
meaning of this legacy and, with honor,<br />
accept the duty of gratitude to convey<br />
it to the future generations. That is why<br />
we have an organization in this world<br />
around a spiritual experience.<br />
Besides, Subud is also about expressing<br />
the latihan into the world, from the<br />
human qualities that grow in ourselves<br />
to the talents and good deeds that<br />
we nurture. We hope to publish short<br />
inspiring stories about experiences in<br />
that sense.<br />
Then we have Subud life that happens in<br />
the centers, also during the gatherings<br />
that we hold, when we find wonderful<br />
evidence that, despite the fact that we<br />
are each so unique and different, there<br />
is something so thin, yet powerful, that<br />
unites us all, leading us to acknowledge<br />
the reality that we are all siblings.<br />
Life in the Subud centers, by the way,<br />
is one of the intended sections of this<br />
magazine. We would like to share<br />
positive examples from around the<br />
world that can be inspiring. There are<br />
simple but beautiful stories out there<br />
that illustrate how much we care for<br />
the latihan, how much we care for each<br />
other.<br />
For instance, the story about the Subud<br />
center in Santiago de Chile is a very<br />
interesting one. The group accepted<br />
with confidence the big challenge to<br />
completely renew and embellish their<br />
Subud house in order to host the World<br />
Subud Council meeting in September<br />
2015. The results were remarkable in<br />
terms of quality of space as well as<br />
atmosphere in the group. I am also<br />
delighted to see other examples of<br />
groups really caring for their latihan<br />
premises. Sao Paulo, Brazil, just went<br />
There are simple but<br />
beautiful stories out<br />
there that illustrate<br />
how much we care for<br />
the latihan, how much<br />
we care for each<br />
other.<br />
through a big remodelling as well and<br />
the house looks and feels really nice.<br />
Another example is Subud Christchurch,<br />
New Zealand, showing us an example<br />
of diligence and perseverance by<br />
dedicating a lot of work fixing and<br />
improving their beautiful Subud<br />
house which suffered damage from<br />
the earthquake. The Cali group, in<br />
Colombia, has plans for renewing and<br />
enlarging the Subud house producing<br />
two large latihan spaces. Subud Orgiva<br />
is in process of completing two latihan<br />
rooms. This is all wonderful news.<br />
As I said this is the first new edition and<br />
we hope that it will grow and evolve<br />
with your participation and your stories.<br />
I do hope we can inspire each other as<br />
a way of supporting each other as we<br />
care for the life of the inner self in those<br />
times the world so much needs it.<br />
With much love and respect,<br />
Elias
CONTENTS<br />
CONTENTS<br />
20-21 25<br />
IH NEWS<br />
Selamat datang<br />
international<br />
helpers!<br />
LOOKING BACK<br />
Remembering Pak<br />
Haryono<br />
Sumohadiwidjojo<br />
> Bapak Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo<br />
6-9<br />
INSIDE <strong>WSA</strong><br />
Q & A From Puebla to<br />
Freiburg: Subud Germany’s<br />
Journey to the Next World<br />
Congress<br />
13<br />
ZONING IN<br />
Zone 9<br />
Americas<br />
22<br />
IH NEWS<br />
What it’s like to be<br />
an IH?<br />
23<br />
MUHAMMAD SUBUH<br />
FOUNDATION<br />
Muhammad Subuh<br />
Foundation Moving<br />
forward<br />
26-28<br />
LOOKING BACK<br />
Remembering<br />
Varindra Vittachi<br />
SUBUD SPACES<br />
Subud São Paulo<br />
Subud Christchurch<br />
COVER : SUBUD YOUTH INDONESIA<br />
OUR SUBUD WORLD<br />
How high can we fly ?<br />
Why Subud should support<br />
Susila Dharma<br />
On the cover<br />
29-30 32-33 36-39<br />
OUR SUBUD WORLD<br />
2015 SYAI Fellowship<br />
Fund Award<br />
Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwojoyo<br />
(1901-1987) was born in Kedung Jati, a<br />
small village in Central Java, Indonesia.<br />
By the age of 32, Bapak, as he is affectionately<br />
known, had received from God<br />
the latihan kejiwaan - a training of the<br />
soul. In 1957, he was invited to Coombe<br />
Springs in England, where hundreds of<br />
people joined Subud. Over the next thirty<br />
years Bapak would travel the globe visiting<br />
Subud groups and giving talks and<br />
explanations about this spiritual path.<br />
Bapak also worked to develop the Subud<br />
organization including the founding of<br />
the International Subud Committee - the<br />
forerunner to the <strong>WSA</strong> Executive<br />
Page 9 : About <strong>WSA</strong><br />
10 14-17<br />
INSIDE <strong>WSA</strong><br />
Finding<br />
the “Gold” for Subud<br />
FEATURE<br />
Unexpected Rewards:<br />
Subud Santiago/Providencia<br />
Hosts the WSC<br />
11-12 18-19<br />
24<br />
LOOKING BACK<br />
Rebeca Wild<br />
31 : SUBUD SPACES<br />
31<br />
SUBUD SPACES<br />
Subud Jaramuza<br />
34 40-41<br />
OUR SUBUD WORLD<br />
An Enterprising<br />
Resource<br />
OUR SUBUD WORLD<br />
SICA My Adventure with<br />
YES Innerprizes, YES<br />
Salons and SICA<br />
UPCOMING EVENTS<br />
European Gathering,<br />
Americas Gathering,<br />
Human Force.<br />
35 42-43<br />
UPCOMING EVENTS<br />
My basara.My subud.<br />
My life<br />
INSIDE <strong>WSA</strong><br />
Found in<br />
Translation<br />
IH NEWS<br />
Bienvenido<br />
international helpers!<br />
PAGE 24<br />
connect . April / May<br />
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INSIDE <strong>WSA</strong><br />
INSIDE <strong>WSA</strong><br />
From Puebla to Freiburg<br />
From Puebla to Freiburg . Finding the “Gold”<br />
for Subud . Found in Translation<br />
Q :<br />
Anwar how did the whole<br />
idea for the World Congress in Germany<br />
start for you and the team ?<br />
Really the whole thing started when I was Committee<br />
Councilor for Germany at the time of the previous national<br />
team. I worked with Lucia Boehm who was then the Kejiwaan<br />
Councilor for the women and Ismanah Schulze-Vorberg who<br />
was the National Chairperson for Germany.<br />
In May of 2014, during the German national congress, I was<br />
standing with a friend on the last night before going home<br />
connect . April / May<br />
From Puebla to Freiburg<br />
Subud Germany’s Journey to the Next<br />
World Congress<br />
Salamah D. LeClaire, <strong>WSA</strong> Secretary, spoke<br />
and we were just chatting about which countries would<br />
with Anwar Ziesel, <strong>WSA</strong> Vice Chair, about<br />
be presenting proposals to host the next world congress<br />
his experience developing the proposal for<br />
and of course, at that time United Kingdom and Indonesia<br />
the World Congress in 2018.<br />
were the two places proposing. Suddenly, I started having<br />
these powerful vibrations so much so that I excused myself<br />
and returned to my room where I told my wife what was<br />
happening. The very powerful experience continued for<br />
another hour or so. It seemed I was being shown what<br />
needed to happen.<br />
The next day I told Lucia and Ismanah who seemed to also<br />
have had the same indications. Lucia said that she knew<br />
also and Ismanah said she had had a feeling a couple of<br />
weeks before the congress indicating this possibility. (About<br />
6 months before this Lucia had started the process of<br />
her official position in World Subud Association (<strong>WSA</strong>) by<br />
> Anwar Ziesel and Salamah<br />
Photo: Ismanah Schulze-Vorberg<br />
6 7<br />
Q :<br />
Anwar how did the<br />
whole idea for the World<br />
Congress in Germany start<br />
for you and the team ?<br />
Really the whole thing started when I<br />
was Committee Councilor for Germany<br />
at the time of the previous national<br />
team. I worked with Lucia Boehm who<br />
was then the Kejiwaan Councilor for<br />
the women, Hilma Wolf-Doettinchem<br />
(Committee Councilor) and Ismanah<br />
Schulze-Vorberg who was the National<br />
Chairperson for Germany.<br />
In May of 2014, during the German<br />
National Congress, I was standing with<br />
a friend on the last night before going<br />
home and we were just chatting about<br />
which countries would be presenting<br />
proposals to host the next world<br />
congress and of course, at that time<br />
United Kingdom and Indonesia were<br />
the two places proposing. Suddenly,<br />
I started having a vibration and inner<br />
experience so much so that I excused<br />
myself and returned to my room where<br />
I told Rusydah, my wife, that I had the<br />
feeling Subud Germany should offer to<br />
host the World Congress in 2018. This<br />
very powerful experience continued<br />
for some time. It seemed I was being<br />
shown what needed to happen.<br />
The next day I shared my experience<br />
with Lucia, Hilma and Ismanah<br />
who partly seemed to have similar<br />
indications. Lucia said that she had<br />
this feeling also and Ismanah said she<br />
had had the same feeling a couple of<br />
weeks before (About 6 months before<br />
Lucia had started the process of her<br />
official nomination for the position<br />
of Chair for World Subud Association<br />
(<strong>WSA</strong>) which would be tested at the<br />
World congress in Puebla.)<br />
Q :<br />
What happened next ?<br />
Immediately, we started working on<br />
a proposal. We only had a few weeks<br />
before Puebla. First, we had to let the<br />
membership know about this idea as<br />
people had dispersed at the end of<br />
the national congress before anything<br />
could be said to them. We, Ismanah,<br />
Hilma, Lucia and the entire National<br />
Helper team and I, contacted the<br />
groups and even asked them to test:<br />
“How would having the world congress<br />
be for Germany”, or something to<br />
that effect. This proved to be a good<br />
exercise and most people responded<br />
favorably even mentioning they would<br />
want to help with such a project.<br />
It took all of our combined efforts<br />
to develop an adequate proposal.<br />
Romina, her husband Rolf and Manfred<br />
from the Bonn group were very active<br />
and played an essential role in getting<br />
the proposal ready.<br />
When we first arrived in Puebla we<br />
continued to complete the details of<br />
the proposal. This proposal, as you can<br />
imagine, was not slick and complete<br />
and what could have been expected<br />
of a German presentation. As a matter<br />
of fact the proposals from the United<br />
Kingdom and Indonesia were so<br />
complete and well done that we began<br />
to feel that we did not really stand a<br />
chance. But still we felt that we should<br />
continue and that the testing would<br />
show if it was right or not for Germany<br />
to host the next world congress in<br />
2018. This feeling was shared by all<br />
of us. We felt just to go forward, show<br />
what we had, and see what would be<br />
the will of God through testing.<br />
Q :<br />
What other questions<br />
came to your mind at the<br />
time?<br />
Well, we knew that if the congress<br />
was to be in Germany then our wish<br />
would be that the <strong>WSA</strong> Executive<br />
team would also be there. This, as a<br />
matter of fact, was already one of<br />
our proposals as delegates to the<br />
Congress. The question in our minds<br />
at the time was also who would be<br />
the person to present him/herself to<br />
be the next Executive Chairperson.<br />
Lucia and I both immediately felt that<br />
Ismanah should be the one to test for<br />
this position.<br />
Q :<br />
How did you decide on the<br />
city for the Congress ?<br />
Identifying where came next – testing<br />
about as well as investigating which<br />
cities might be good showed that<br />
Bonn and Freiburg would be good<br />
places. And in testing about the cities<br />
of Bonn and Freiburg we felt that these<br />
&<br />
Freiburg Marketplace,<br />
copyright: Fotolia, katatonia
INSIDE <strong>WSA</strong><br />
INSIDE <strong>WSA</strong><br />
From Puebla to Freiburg:<br />
From Puebla to Freiburg:<br />
In working with the<br />
team in Freiburg<br />
there is a strong<br />
feeling of flexibility,<br />
openness and<br />
creativity to serve<br />
the World Congress<br />
and to find solutions<br />
for our questions<br />
and needs.<br />
& Freiburg im Breisgau, a vibrant university<br />
city in southwest Germany’s Black Forest,<br />
is known for its temperate climate and<br />
reconstructed medieval old town, crisscrossed<br />
with picturesque little brooks (bächle). In the<br />
surrounding highlands, hiking destination<br />
Schlossberg hill is linked to Freiburg by a<br />
funicular. Featuring a dramatic 116m spire, the<br />
Gothic cathedral Freiburg Minster towers over<br />
the central square Münsterplatz.<br />
cities would be able to host such an<br />
event.<br />
Because Bonn was more accessible<br />
and with more members near it, our<br />
proposal to Congress in Puebla,<br />
focussed on the city of Bonn with<br />
Freiburg as a backup. Due to the<br />
constraints of time despite our hard<br />
work, the final details of the proposal<br />
were completed after we arrived in<br />
Puebla.<br />
Q :<br />
Once testing showed that<br />
Germany was the site<br />
for 2018 what was your<br />
reaction ?<br />
We were all quite overwhelmed and<br />
knew just how much work lay ahead of<br />
us. This was a big job and would need<br />
a lot of cooperation from our members<br />
and the German national team and we<br />
would have to develop a really strong<br />
congress organizing team.<br />
Q :<br />
How did you go about<br />
finding the right city?<br />
For me, it seemed that either Bonn or<br />
Freiburg would be good. Having worked<br />
with the Congress team in Innsbruck<br />
and understanding what you need from<br />
a city to host our Subud members,<br />
that is, flexibility and openness, I felt<br />
that Freiburg would be a place that<br />
would be able to give this same kind<br />
of atmosphere. Bonn would be a good<br />
and strong place with a great venue<br />
next to the Rhine river, hosting many<br />
NGOs and the UN to support our outer<br />
worldly initiatives.<br />
In the end, after a meeting in<br />
Königswinter in November 2015,<br />
comparing the costs and all the<br />
statistics of each city and then testing<br />
by all who were present, (<strong>WSA</strong> chairs,<br />
executive team, national, international<br />
helpers and the national committee<br />
chair and members) it became clear<br />
that Freiburg would be the right place.<br />
After the decision was clear we, Elias,<br />
Ismanah, Hilaria, Helen Han (Subud<br />
Germany National Chair) and Eliah<br />
(National Helper in Subud Germany)<br />
went to Freiburg for a visit, a look<br />
around and a meeting with the team<br />
from the venue and our brothers and<br />
sisters of the Subud group there.<br />
Q :<br />
How do you feel when<br />
you work with the city<br />
committee in Freiburg ?<br />
In working with the team in Freiburg<br />
there is a strong feeling of flexibility,<br />
openness and creativity to serve the<br />
World Congress and to find solutions for<br />
our questions and needs. For example,<br />
when I mentioned that we needed<br />
cheap accommodations for the young<br />
people, they suggested putting up huge<br />
tents in front of the building – this was<br />
a proposed solution. This may be the<br />
solution but we will have to see. Further,<br />
Freiburg is at the center of the ecological<br />
movement with a lot of attention to<br />
environmental and green solutions.<br />
Freiburg borders Switzerland and<br />
France, and the Black Forest is only half<br />
an hour away. You could spend a long<br />
time in and around Freiburg to explore<br />
> Clemens Schüssler, Fotolia<br />
> <strong>WSA</strong> Team and members in Freiburg: from left to right: Mrs. Sohn (Congress Service), Daniel<br />
Hille (Congress manager), Helen Han (National chair of Subud Germany), Daniel Strowitzki (CEO<br />
Congress Freiburg), Elias, Anwar, Ismanah.<br />
all its treasures; hiking, biking, canoeing<br />
in beautiful nature, going on the Rhine<br />
river, visiting castles, museums of all<br />
kinds, Germany’s biggest theme park<br />
Europapark Rust, and so on ….<br />
Q :<br />
What are the next steps for<br />
the Executive committee<br />
in this process ?<br />
Right now the important step in the<br />
process is to set up the Congress<br />
Organizing Team which is already<br />
starting to happen. We recently had<br />
a meeting in Wolfsburg to start the<br />
process to select and test the various<br />
members of the organizing team. And<br />
we found the coordinators, Romina and<br />
Hilma, for the congress committee, Rita<br />
for the registration, and many more in<br />
various roles. I will be the liaison for the<br />
<strong>WSA</strong> executive team. We will have a<br />
next meeting on our national congress<br />
in May.<br />
At the same time we are now finalizing<br />
the contract for the venue with the city<br />
of Freiburg, which will be signed within<br />
the next weeks _<br />
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INSIDE <strong>WSA</strong><br />
INSIDE <strong>WSA</strong><br />
Finding the “Gold” for Subud<br />
Found in Translation<br />
Finding<br />
the “Gold”<br />
for Subud<br />
Hilaria Dette,<br />
<strong>WSA</strong> Treasurer<br />
A few weeks ago I had to do a wonderful<br />
exercise called “Buscamos el tesoro<br />
de Bogotá” (Looking for the treasure<br />
of Bogotá). In my Spanish book I had<br />
to describe how to get from a certain<br />
point to a golden treasure in the Museo<br />
del Oro of Bogotá.<br />
While doing this exercise, I found myself<br />
thinking of my role as treasurer of the<br />
World Subud Association. I thought, if I<br />
could manage to paint a treasure map<br />
like the one in the book, would the funds<br />
find their way more easily to Subud?<br />
If the membership would know more<br />
precisely what our needs are, would<br />
they be even more motivated to support<br />
Subud work on the international level?<br />
Relating the project to Subud: Our<br />
treasure is the latihan.<br />
We aim at the development and growth<br />
of Subud by preserving and carrying on<br />
Bapak’s mission. Our task is to save<br />
this immeasurable gift. To provide the<br />
vessel for the latihan we are working on<br />
different fields:<br />
Strengthening the<br />
Kejiwaan side:<br />
How much is needed for the international<br />
helpers to fulfil their tasks?<br />
Preserving Bapak’s and<br />
Ibu’s talks and make them<br />
available for the members:<br />
What is needed in the field which deals<br />
with Bapak’s and Ibu’s talks (translations,<br />
publications, archives)?<br />
Strengthening the<br />
cohesion within the<br />
membership through<br />
human activities:<br />
What is needed for Care Support, for<br />
Youth or the zones? Working together<br />
with Susila Dharma International<br />
Association and Subud International<br />
Cultural Association is essential to<br />
make us visible in the world outside of<br />
Subud.<br />
Serving the membership:<br />
What do we need between the World<br />
congresses to serve the membership<br />
when meeting as World Subud Council<br />
and through the work of the chairs and<br />
executive team members?<br />
Let me share with you how I draft the<br />
annual budget for the World Subud<br />
Association: After defining the needs<br />
for the four fields above I examine the<br />
income side and ask: ”What can we<br />
afford?“ There, we have money coming<br />
in from the member countries, grants<br />
(especially from the Muhammad Subuh<br />
Foundation) and from enterprises<br />
and individual members. To close the<br />
gap between the income side and the<br />
needs mentioned above we have to<br />
work on fundraising strategies.<br />
After the World Subud Council meeting<br />
in Chile in September, we have been<br />
increasing our efforts. We started a<br />
dialogue with the membership. I trust<br />
that all of you will continue or even<br />
start to support the work of World<br />
Subud Association as we manage to<br />
communicate more clearly that your<br />
donations are used for the purposes<br />
which carry on Bapak’s mission.<br />
For the development of Subud it is not<br />
enough to do latihan individually at<br />
home or in a local group. Subud lives<br />
from the cooperation between the local,<br />
national, zonal and international level. In<br />
this sense, I understood Ibu expressing<br />
in Cilandak last November, that there<br />
are Subud needs and contributions of<br />
members are necessary to fulfil them _<br />
Found in<br />
Translation<br />
Elisa Sanchez,<br />
Coordinator for Translations<br />
Members around the world are often asking<br />
how Bapak’s and Ibu’s talks are translated. Elisa<br />
Sanchez, Translations Coordinator, explains<br />
the detailed process and the do’s and don’ts of<br />
posting excerpts on social media.<br />
When is a talk a final<br />
version?<br />
Bapak´s and Ibu´s talks are in final<br />
version after the talk has been<br />
transcribed, translated and proofread.<br />
Any other translation is to be considered<br />
provisional.<br />
Subtitled Video talks always use final<br />
versions. There is a Volume called<br />
Bapak Video Talks.<br />
Please note that the online Subud<br />
Library (www.subudlibrary.net) has<br />
final talks as well as provisional talks,<br />
all provisional talks are gradually<br />
being replaced as and when final talks<br />
become available.<br />
Why translators always<br />
use final written version<br />
of the talks and not the<br />
interpreter’s words?<br />
The <strong>English</strong> final translation is<br />
always prepared from the Indonesian<br />
transcription of the talk to make sure<br />
nothing has been left out, added, or is<br />
out of sequence. It is not possible for<br />
the interpreter to give a completely<br />
accurate translation since both Bapak<br />
and Ibu often speak for long periods of<br />
time before a segment is interpreted.<br />
A podium translation or provisional<br />
translation is actually an interpretation<br />
of what was said and not a word-forword<br />
translation.<br />
Can I share a talk with my<br />
friends in social media?<br />
The copyright of Bapak’s and Ibu’s talks<br />
in any language belongs to the World<br />
Subud Association (<strong>WSA</strong>). To distribute<br />
or use any quote of any talk you need<br />
written permission from the <strong>WSA</strong>.<br />
Talks can be found on<br />
the internet as there are<br />
members that share them<br />
on facebook and of course<br />
talks can easily be hacked,<br />
why then does <strong>WSA</strong> insist<br />
in not making them freely<br />
available online?<br />
Talks were given to Subud members,<br />
people who have been opened<br />
and experienced the latihan. When<br />
someone posts the talk to non<br />
Subud members, they are not taking<br />
responsibility for explaining the deeper<br />
meaning of the talk. The contents of a<br />
talk can easily be misunderstood and<br />
misused. In some countries, it could<br />
even endanger Subud members. Before<br />
someone is opened, they simply are not<br />
able to understand the latihan or talks<br />
about the latihan. The difference is the<br />
intention. Talks are meant for Subud<br />
members.<br />
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INSIDE <strong>WSA</strong><br />
Found in Translation<br />
What it’s like to be an IH?<br />
ZONING IN<br />
Translating<br />
Bapak’s and Ibu’s<br />
talks is quite unlike<br />
translating normal<br />
material. The<br />
translator has to<br />
be able to “feel” the<br />
talk and to have<br />
long experience in<br />
the latihan.<br />
& Note: Ibu Rahayu checks the<br />
transcriptions of her talks; sometimes<br />
she makes changes that are introduced<br />
in the final <strong>English</strong> translation.<br />
Can we speed up<br />
translation?<br />
Each talk is transcribed from a tape.<br />
This process takes time and we have<br />
to remember that Bapak used to speak<br />
not only in Indonesian - an Indonesian<br />
that is not spoken today as it was 50<br />
years ago - but Bapak also used some<br />
words in Dutch, Arabic, Javanese,<br />
High Javanese and sometimes Bapak<br />
used Arabic words that have been<br />
“Indonesianised”. So not many people<br />
have the ability to identify so many<br />
words by just hearing them.<br />
Translating Bapak’s and Ibu’s talks<br />
is quite unlike translating normal<br />
material. The translator has to be able<br />
to “feel” the talk and to have a long<br />
experience in the latihan. Translators<br />
who just use the mind tend to end up<br />
with a headache or simply fall asleep!<br />
That is why we cannot use outside<br />
professional translators or things like<br />
Google to translate talks.<br />
In fact, translators, in all languages,<br />
are always ahead of what has been<br />
published and distributed - because<br />
each talk is checked and proofread<br />
- so translators can be two or more<br />
Volumes ahead.<br />
Why are some words such<br />
as jiwa, latihan and nafsu<br />
not translated?<br />
It depends on each language, and it is<br />
up to the translators. Some languages<br />
prefer to have all words translated<br />
and other languages prefer to use the<br />
Indonesian original word as we already<br />
“learned” its meaning.<br />
Other words are not easy to translate<br />
in the way that Bapak used them.<br />
Bapak gave them a definition that is<br />
not in the dictionary. Actually, even<br />
Indonesians, unless they are in Subud,<br />
do not understand Bapak’s use of these<br />
terms. For example, we all understand<br />
what we mean by latihan. But if you<br />
ask an Indonesian, who is not a Subud<br />
member, what latihan means, they just<br />
think it is some kind of exercise or<br />
training. If you ask them what nafsu<br />
means, they think it means lust. So if<br />
even Indonesians do not know what<br />
Bapak meant by these terms, it means<br />
that it is not really possible to translate<br />
them into other languages.<br />
In the Volumes there is a section called<br />
Bapak´s terminology that intends to<br />
clarify the meaning of some of these<br />
words —<br />
Zone 9<br />
Americas<br />
Uraidah Arratia -<br />
Zone 9 Representative<br />
Zone 9 Americas<br />
In October, Zone 9 enjoyed a really<br />
great annual meeting. It was intense<br />
as there were only a few days in which<br />
to cover many topics. We shared<br />
latihan in the mornings and testing<br />
in the evenings. What we discussed<br />
and tested about on the kejiwaan side<br />
were such issues as the role each one<br />
has during the meeting, the content<br />
of our meeting and tolerance we have<br />
for Subud members or people who are<br />
different from us or whom we do not<br />
get along with. These last tests were<br />
probably the most effective as they<br />
are the type of guidance that we carry<br />
with us in our daily lives even after the<br />
meetings are over and we are doing<br />
our normal ‘living’.<br />
On the committee side we were<br />
successful as each country was able<br />
to present its own issues and shared<br />
their experiences to address issues<br />
that were not yet resolved. We worked<br />
with these and some of the issues<br />
were indeed resolved. We felt that<br />
being together and sharing ‘budhi to<br />
budhi’ our experiences, we could work<br />
things out. We closed our meeting<br />
with much gratitude to God for the<br />
latihan and for allowing so many of us<br />
to gather and share our experiences<br />
and our support for each other. We<br />
hope to continue this closeness by<br />
communicating regularly across our<br />
zone —<br />
We felt that being<br />
together and<br />
sharing ‘budhi<br />
to budhi’ our<br />
experiences, we<br />
could work things<br />
out.<br />
> Uraidah Arratia<br />
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FEATURE<br />
FEATURE<br />
Unexpected Rewards:<br />
Subud Santiago / Providencia<br />
Hosts the WSC<br />
Unexpected Rewards:<br />
Subud Santiago/Providencia Hosts the WSC<br />
Unexpected<br />
Rewards<br />
Subud Santiago/Providencia Hosts the WSC<br />
Clemente Tello<br />
Chair Subud Providencia, Chile.<br />
The World Subud Council (WSC) has been established to carry out the<br />
resolutions of one congress until the next, and includes representatives<br />
of the zones, wings and affiliates, the IH’s and the <strong>WSA</strong> team.<br />
L<br />
ast year, on a typical<br />
Saturday, we were<br />
sitting in the garden<br />
of our Subud house in<br />
Providencia, (Santiago)<br />
Chile. We didn’t have<br />
much on our minds, when Zone 9<br />
Representative Mauricio Castillo told us<br />
about the possibility of hosting the next<br />
World Subud Council (WSC) meeting.<br />
The first and only question that came<br />
up was from one of our brothers was:<br />
“Where?” Mauricio replied: “Well, right<br />
here.”<br />
Initially there was some skepticism.<br />
Do we have the capacity? How could<br />
we accommodate the WSC in our<br />
old Subud house? Would renovations<br />
disrupt our latihans?<br />
A few weeks later, news from the <strong>WSA</strong><br />
team arrived confirming the site. “The<br />
test has been done and Providencia will<br />
be the host,” Mauricio said.<br />
Of course, you cannot force anyone<br />
to help, so we had an open invitation<br />
to those who felt they could give their<br />
time or donate to the project. Renato<br />
Sotelo, then group chair, saw that only<br />
a few members were interested. But<br />
Eduardo Dauvin, one of our senior<br />
brothers, showed a lot of enthusiasm<br />
for the project. So we formed working<br />
groups to renovate the house and clear<br />
the back garden so that a tent could be<br />
installed to accommodate the council.<br />
From time to time, there were of course<br />
some members who were not always<br />
happy with how we were working, but<br />
we found that with time, patience and<br />
understanding we eventually found<br />
harmony.<br />
Initially there was<br />
some skepticism.<br />
Do we have<br />
the capacity?<br />
How could we<br />
accommodate<br />
the WSC in our<br />
old Subud house?<br />
Would renovations<br />
disrupt our<br />
latihans?<br />
> Some of the WSC members relaxing on<br />
their day off. Others enjoyed other activities<br />
with some of the Chile members.<br />
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FEATURE<br />
Unexpected Rewards:<br />
Subud Santiago / Providencia Hosts<br />
the WSC<br />
FEATURE<br />
Unexpected Rewards:<br />
Subud Santiago / Providencia Hosts<br />
the WSC<br />
An Amazing Discovery<br />
Our funds were earmarked for major<br />
renovations but we still needed new<br />
floor tiles a computer and printer for the<br />
<strong>WSA</strong> executive office, microphones etc.<br />
One day we went into the cellar to clean<br />
up. To our surprise we found a large<br />
number of brand new tiles, a computer,<br />
two printers and microphones! We<br />
wondered how these things got there.<br />
Our brother, Peter Delano told us that<br />
people often donated things, but they<br />
were rarely used so they stored them<br />
in the cellar. We also found a bag full<br />
of old magnetic tapes and a German<br />
“Sabofon” recorder with which it was<br />
recorded Bapak’s talks in his visits to<br />
Chile.<br />
A few days before the Council meeting<br />
started, members of the Avendaño-<br />
Becker and Martinez Becker families<br />
arrived to help. They are a group of<br />
young and united brothers, sisters<br />
and cousins, all the grandchildren of<br />
Rachmat Becker, a senior member and<br />
Subud pioneer. Thanks to them, we<br />
could finish the final clean up.<br />
And so it begins...<br />
Then the day came when council<br />
members began to arrive. Subud<br />
brothers and sisters from many groups<br />
also came.<br />
> Rida Liobo Loote, zone 6 representative Hakeem Naibi,<br />
Zone 5 representative<br />
> A meeting time together with the Subud Santiago group at the end of the meeting<br />
All in all, we hosted some 80 people. As<br />
this was the first council meeting of the<br />
new team, there were a lot new faces<br />
and time for people to get to know each<br />
other during the meetings and at our<br />
cultural event which included Konrad<br />
Muñoz and his “Poems for Peace”.<br />
The Earth moved<br />
On September 17th a magnitude 8.4<br />
earthquake shook the region and was<br />
followed by hundreds of aftershocks.<br />
However, we noticed the calm and<br />
quietness that most of our sisters and<br />
brothers showed. The quake came right<br />
in between the meetings and our latihan.<br />
Actually, we were quite reassured when<br />
we heard our brothers and sisters joke<br />
about the “strong latihan” they felt.<br />
Lasting changes<br />
It was inevitable that it all had to end.<br />
We were exhausted but happy. But<br />
it was strange to look at the house<br />
and see that it was not surrounded by<br />
people anymore.<br />
After the meeting ended our group<br />
underwent several and interesting<br />
changes. We could say that Subud in<br />
Chile began to move in a totally new<br />
direction.<br />
The first and perhaps the most<br />
important change was that many of the<br />
differences between older and younger<br />
members seemed to disappear. Today<br />
young people are grateful for the work<br />
of the pioneers who formed Subud<br />
Chile. We learned that our character<br />
as Subud Chile originates in our history<br />
and that we have common values that<br />
we must respect. After this meeting<br />
the group feels more united, the<br />
feeling is completely different, we have<br />
“strengthened” ourselves; there is more<br />
confidence.<br />
Young people are now taking a more<br />
active role in Subud sharing, talking and<br />
debating. Our young people are also<br />
showing interest in holding positions on<br />
Subud committees and wings. We were<br />
also surprised that some of the people<br />
we employed to prepare meals for us<br />
became interested in Subud and are<br />
now opened. This experience has been<br />
so rewarding for all of us and we thank<br />
Almighty God for the gift of hosting and<br />
welcoming the WSC.<br />
After the<br />
meeting ended<br />
our group<br />
underwent<br />
several and<br />
interesting<br />
changes. We<br />
could say that<br />
Subud in Chile<br />
began to move<br />
in a totally new<br />
direction.<br />
> Under the tent in the garden of the Subud Santiago de Chile house<br />
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IH NEWS<br />
Bienvenido IH’s !<br />
IH NEWS<br />
IH NEWS<br />
Bienvenido<br />
international helpers!<br />
Bienvenido international helpers .<br />
Selamat datang international helpers .<br />
What is it like to be an IH?<br />
Bienvenido<br />
international<br />
helpers!<br />
Suzanne Renna<br />
COLOMBIA<br />
The Area 3 International Helpers arrived<br />
in Bogotá in mid February to start a 17<br />
day visit to groups in Colombia. Their<br />
tour included Bogotá Teusaquillo, North<br />
Bogotá/Facatativa/Tunja, Bucaramanga,<br />
Cúcuta, Medellín, Amanecer, Armenia,<br />
Cali and Popayán.<br />
W<br />
e received a very warm welcome during<br />
our visit to this amazing country. The<br />
National Helpers traveled with us<br />
shepherding us from place to place,<br />
introducing us to local helpers and<br />
members, and sharing tirelessly in the<br />
work.<br />
The majority of the groups we visited own Subud houses. And<br />
it is clear that these spaces bring groups together in positive<br />
ways. To have spaces dedicated to the latihan, with kitchen<br />
facilities and dining areas makes it possible to meet easily<br />
and to enjoy one another’s company. It adds to the sense of<br />
belonging to a Subud family, and a multigenerational family<br />
at that. Some houses rent out their spaces to help support<br />
the group. And, in larger groups it is possible to have latihans<br />
and kejiwan activities 6 or 7 days a week.<br />
The Chairperson of the National Assembly of Colombia<br />
has recently done a lot of work in developing a national<br />
system whereby groups contribute regularly to support<br />
Subud Colombia in a fair and equitable way. Groups pledge<br />
to contribute to the national association by calculating the<br />
number of their members who regularly attend latihan. The<br />
National Congress is composed of 2 delegates from each<br />
of the 10 recognized local groups. Groups that are not up<br />
to date on their pledged contributions are entitled to speak<br />
at congress but their vote is curtailed in a Congressional<br />
assembly. This policy was voted on during an Extraordinary<br />
> Mahmud Nestman, Suzanne Renna Myriam Ramsey, Sarita Rodriguez and Hoan<br />
Toan Phan, international helpers, with Judith Cortez and Iskandar - checking into<br />
hotel in Bucaramanga<br />
> Second row from right to left: Iskandar (KC), Oliverio(helper), Hoan Toan(IH)<br />
and Mahmud(IH)with Amanecer helpers on helper support session at Amanecer<br />
center<br />
Congress held in 2014 and recently reaffirmed.<br />
Amanecer, in particular, continues to be in the process of<br />
working out how to support basic upkeep and to finance<br />
renovation of the beautiful facilities that were built for a World<br />
Congress but which have deteriorated over the years. This<br />
center is located in a tourism zone and it would appear that<br />
there are possibilities for developing commercial uses. But it<br />
is a challenge to set up an agreeable form of well managed<br />
funding and implementation.<br />
Bapak’s advice to us to form enterprises to support our<br />
activities and charitable works is something that clearly we,<br />
as a brotherhood, still need to address in order to successfully<br />
actualize Bapak’s vision for the growth of Subud. In terms of<br />
owning Subud houses, our Colombian brothers and sisters<br />
have done very well indeed.<br />
Our meetings with helpers and general latihans were well<br />
attended. We offered general testing after each latihan. The<br />
kinds of kejiwaan concerns we encountered were things that<br />
are common around the world including the issue of harmony.<br />
We focused on the challenges of letting go of old hurts, the<br />
wish for better communication between the men and women<br />
helpers in a dewan and frustrations young members have in<br />
listening to old squabbles, also we focussed how to address<br />
their desire to move on as sometimes people want to form<br />
new groups for the sake of convenience as well as yearning<br />
for fresh energy. The youth had questions about their talents<br />
and choosing work that suits them. We addressed concerns<br />
around the growth of Subud including the significance of<br />
our Subud association in relation to Bapak’s mission, and<br />
the significance of serving Subud in the role of a committee<br />
member, helper, or member.<br />
At the end of our visit we felt so much closer to Subud<br />
members and we have heard that a number of young people<br />
have felt inspired to take on responsibilities and roles within<br />
Subud. The next generation is following in the steps of Subud<br />
pioneers, helping to ensure the future of Subud in Colombia. _<br />
> Subud house in Bogota. Photo by Suzanne Renna<br />
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IH NEWS<br />
IH NEWS<br />
Selamat datang international<br />
helpers!<br />
Selamat datang international<br />
helpers!<br />
Selamat datang<br />
international<br />
helpers!<br />
> Farlan Williams and members of the archives team in Jakarta during presentation<br />
at the Zone 1 & 2 meeting<br />
> George Demers, Maji Sumohadiwidjojo, Henry Horthy, Peter Jenkins, Eka and<br />
Tauhid kneeling Anwar Lawther and Uttama Pranaya (Naya) and besides him<br />
Yudistira Tribudiman (Yudi)<br />
Area 1 IHs<br />
Our recent visit to Indonesia<br />
allowed us to participate in<br />
several different meetings of<br />
importance for Zone 1&2 and<br />
Subud Indonesia.<br />
which Bapak had spoken of as having a special<br />
significance for Subud. Here we attended the<br />
evening latihan with the Palangka Raya group and<br />
conducted a kejiwaan session with the members.<br />
We also had a day with the National, Regional and<br />
Local Helpers from this part of Indonesia, a day<br />
with the members of the Rungan Sari group, and in<br />
addition attended several general latihans.<br />
implemented throughout the zone.<br />
After testing, Australia was voted as the site for the next<br />
Zone 1&2 meeting in 2017, subject to confirmation from<br />
Subud Australia. The youth of Area 1 presented a very<br />
dynamic and comprehensive proposal and programme for<br />
the Basara Camp to take place in Rungan Sari at the end of<br />
this year, 2016 (see article in Events section) Also projects<br />
and enterprises developed by Subud members in Kalimantan<br />
were presented._<br />
We arrived for the start of<br />
the Indonesian National<br />
Gathering, which took<br />
place in Wisma Subud in<br />
South Jakarta. This event<br />
was well attended. The<br />
highlight was two talks given by Ibu Siti<br />
Rahayu, one for members and the other for<br />
helpers and committee. These talks will be<br />
available soon.<br />
We met with members of the National<br />
Helpers Dewan of Subud Indonesia which<br />
provided us an opportunity to share and<br />
test in depth about the kejiwaan side of<br />
Subud in Indonesia, which brought us all<br />
closer.<br />
We then flew to Palangka Raya, Central<br />
Kalimantan and took the short drive to the<br />
Subud complex, Rungan Sari. For some<br />
of us, this was our first time in this land,<br />
The Zone 1 & 2 conference took place from the<br />
5th to 8th of March at the Rungan Sari Meeting<br />
Centre and Resort.<br />
Delegates from Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan<br />
and New Zealand were present, along with Elias<br />
Dumit (<strong>WSA</strong> Chair), Lucia Böhm (<strong>WSA</strong> Deputy<br />
Chair), George Demers (SYAI Team Coordinator),<br />
Sahlan Crona (IH Area 2), Peter Jenkins (Yes<br />
Quest), Sharif and Tuti Horthy, observers<br />
from Norway and Germany, and the 6 Area 1<br />
international helpers.<br />
Highlights of the meeting included the election of<br />
Muchtar Rawlings from Subud New Zealand as the<br />
secretary for Zone 1 & 2, the decision for delegates<br />
and the zone representative to maintain regular<br />
contact through email and Skype conferences,<br />
a resolution to create a zone budget to cover<br />
travel and other zone needs, and a presentation<br />
by Kenneth Collette of Subud Australia of the<br />
introduction of a virtual (electronic) membership<br />
card in Australia. The participants agreed to take<br />
this idea to their own countries for consideration<br />
of adoption, with the potential for this to be<br />
On the 9th of March we returned to Wisma Subud for an<br />
extension of the Zone 1 & 2 meeting. First the delegates met<br />
with Ibu Rahayu, where Suryadi Haryono (Zone 1&2 Rep)<br />
summarised the outcomes of the meeting for Ibu Rahayu,<br />
who gave us some wise advice about the importance<br />
of maintaining a balance in our activities for Subud and<br />
in our personal lives. There were also very informative<br />
presentations about the <strong>WSA</strong> Archives in Indonesia by Farlan<br />
Williams, and by Audrey Waclik regarding the Media Centre,<br />
an electronic collection of letters of Bapak and Ibu Rahayu<br />
being developed by Ibu’s Office.A number of us were given<br />
a tour of the upgraded <strong>WSA</strong> Archives facility, which was very<br />
impressive.<br />
On the following days we visited Bapak’s grave at Suka Mulia,<br />
the National Committee of Indonesia gave a comprehensive<br />
presentation of their activities since the 2015 National<br />
Congress. The day before we left we were able to attend a<br />
very special event, Ibu Siti Rahayu’s birthday.<br />
We give thanks to God for the many blessings received during<br />
this time, especially for the opportunity to receive the Latihan<br />
Kejiwaan of Subud together _<br />
> International helpers, zone representatives and Indonesian members in Adi<br />
Puri in Wisma Subud during the Zone 1&2 meeting.<br />
> Ibu Rahayu’s birthday in Pamulang March 13, 2016<br />
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IH NEWS<br />
IH’s<br />
What It’s Like to be an IH<br />
What it’s like to be an IH?<br />
MUHAMMAD<br />
SUBUH FOUNDATION<br />
What It’s<br />
Like to Be<br />
an IH?<br />
Dahliani Drejza and Sjarifah<br />
Roberts, Area 2 International<br />
Helpers<br />
> Sjarifah Roberts Area 2 international helper<br />
It was wonderful to<br />
feel so close to my<br />
new friends, and this<br />
feeling of closeness<br />
and love permeated<br />
the meetings that<br />
followed.<br />
Sjarifah : Somewhat lonely and<br />
daunting. As International Helpers<br />
there is not another helper group where<br />
we can pass on a difficult problem.<br />
For example, group helpers can seek<br />
the help of the Regional or National<br />
Dewan. So we are to some extent on<br />
our own, except that we trust in God’s<br />
guidance. I have found that if I trust,<br />
things usually turn out alright.<br />
I recently visited Italy with Sahlan Crona<br />
for their Congress. The most important<br />
thing for me was, of course, the latihan<br />
and getting to know and love my Italian<br />
brothers and sisters. The first day was<br />
a kejiwaan day. We talked about the<br />
latihan and it is my understanding that<br />
if your latihan is as good as it can be<br />
then everything else follows.<br />
We did some testing around this<br />
including some very basic questions<br />
that were often revealing to the<br />
members. We also had a lot of laughter<br />
testing about the lower forces and<br />
talked, and shared together.<br />
It was wonderful to feel so close to<br />
my new friends, and this feeling of<br />
closeness and love permeated the<br />
meetings that followed. A big thank you<br />
to Italy and thank you to Almighty God<br />
for the Guidance and love I received.<br />
Dahliani : I have also traveled lately<br />
to Moldova and to Russia. These visits<br />
were a great gift for me, to see our<br />
sisters and brothers in some countries<br />
so far from us. In Moldova, although<br />
I had met some members at a zonal<br />
gathering, to be in Chisinau, where they<br />
live and do latihan, to see all of them<br />
together was a great opportunity. I<br />
feel that I have experienced what Ibu<br />
Rahayu tells us that we need to be<br />
budhi to budhi when we talk about the<br />
kejiwaan matters. Yes, we can feel the<br />
love between us and the trust because<br />
we can talk, our eyes talk, our hands<br />
talk, our body talks when you cannot<br />
really speak the same language.<br />
Because of the trust that comes<br />
through the latihan it opens the door<br />
for sharing more difficult problems or<br />
situations that can be solved through<br />
latihan and testing.<br />
In Russia, because I was there last<br />
year, the atmosphere was already<br />
one of welcoming and we were able<br />
to work more, and to explain a lot of<br />
what’s going on in the world Subud<br />
community. I explained what happened<br />
in the last World Subud Council<br />
meeting in Santiago de Chile. Our<br />
sisters and brothers from Russia are<br />
really so happy to hear such nice news<br />
and what’s happening on the other side<br />
of the world. We are the same family.<br />
In Ukraine, Arifin and I could see<br />
the work of the Muhammad Subuh<br />
Foundation (MSF), helping our sisters<br />
and brothers repair the roof of their<br />
Subud house. We could see how<br />
grateful they are for the help from the<br />
MSF and the Subud brotherhood. We<br />
did a lot of latihan and testing around<br />
the importance of having a good Subud<br />
committee in a country.<br />
I am thankful to Almighty God to be<br />
able to feel the power of God, and<br />
be able to do the latihan kejiwaan of<br />
Subud everywhere in the world _<br />
> Dahliani Drejza and Arifin Konrad Area 2<br />
international helpers in Ukraine<br />
MSF moving<br />
forward<br />
Marston Gregory, Chairperson<br />
I<br />
wish to report to all our Subud brothers and<br />
sisters that in 2015 the Muhammad Subuh<br />
Foundation continued in a positive direction<br />
due to the hard work of our dedicated part time<br />
staff: Lucian Parshall (Executive Director), Lillian<br />
Shulman (MSF Administrator) and Elwyn Waugh<br />
(Accountant) as well as the many volunteer hours that all our<br />
trustees invested.<br />
The board of trustees met in April at the beautiful new Subud<br />
Washington D.C. center in Maryland, U.S.A. to address<br />
unfinished items from Puebla and at the same time improve<br />
the cohesiveness of its new appointees. The Washington<br />
D.C. location was very convenient and cost effective for the<br />
majority of trustees and staff. In September at the recently<br />
renovated Santiago center in Chile, the trustees met with<br />
both the World Subud Council (WSC) and the World Subud<br />
Association (<strong>WSA</strong>), and focused on developing harmonious<br />
working relationships with both.<br />
Latest MSF grants<br />
Lillian Shulman, Grant Administrator<br />
The Muhammad Subuh Foundation (MSF) is pleased to<br />
announce that during its December 2015 board meeting the<br />
trustees awarded five grants to the following centers:<br />
Subud Sonoma, California, USA: USD 19,000 to install a<br />
French Drain and a ramp for barrier free access to the center.<br />
Subud Alpujarra, Spain: USD 50,000 towards the construction<br />
of a new Subud house at Jaramuza.<br />
MSF Moving Forward<br />
Subud Democratic Republic of Congo: USD 10,548 for<br />
the rehabilitation of the Subud house at Kinshasa. This is<br />
supplemental to previous funding in 2010 and 2012 for<br />
purchase and rehabilitation of the house totaling USD 67,300<br />
including a grant of USD 15,000 from <strong>WSA</strong>.<br />
Subud Cherkassy, Ukraine: USD 9,865. This is supplemental<br />
to a May 2015 grant of USD 11,200 for renovations and<br />
capital improvements to the roof and bathroom and for<br />
heat insulation. The roof and bathroom are now completed.<br />
This supplemental grant is for increased insulation costs,<br />
replacement windows, and an unforeseen but necessary<br />
reinforcement to the attic floor.<br />
An award was also approved in principal for Subud Surabaya,<br />
Indonesia: USD 22,820 for capital improvement to the roof<br />
and termite damage repair. This proposal is contingent upon<br />
receipt of further information from Subud Surabaya.<br />
The trustees regret that they were not able to fund all the<br />
worthy proposals that were submitted and sincerely thank<br />
all the applicants for their effort and time developing their<br />
proposals.<br />
New MSF Trustee<br />
Lachlan Hunter has been appointed a trustee of the<br />
Muhammad Subuh Foundation, replacing Michael van der<br />
Matten, who retired in order to devote his time and attention<br />
to UK National Helper work. Lachlan was opened in Sheffield,<br />
England, in 1965. He has held several positions in Subud. He<br />
was married for 33 years to Magda, also a Subud member.<br />
She passed away in 2003. They have four children and eight<br />
grandchildren. Lachlan was a forester and spent many<br />
years teaching at a University in Japan. He also worked as<br />
an administrator for an international organisation, based in<br />
Yokohama, which provided aid for sustainable projects in<br />
developing countries. He is now a citizen of New Zealand<br />
and lives in Christchurch. Lachlan is a firm believer in “latihan<br />
security” i.e. ensuring we leave a legacy of Subud Houses and<br />
Halls everywhere, in which members can always do latihan<br />
together without worry. _<br />
MSF’s next grant applications submission<br />
deadline is May 31st 2016.<br />
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IH NEWS<br />
Bienvenido IH’s !<br />
LOOKING BACK<br />
LOOKING BACK<br />
Remembering Rebeca Wild<br />
Looking Back is a place for us to remember and<br />
more fully understand our Subud legacy as well as<br />
the work of our late brothers and sisters who have<br />
left an impact both within Subud and in the world.<br />
So, there was no set academic curricula<br />
for the children, but there was a great<br />
structure and enthusiasm to make sure<br />
the children’s authentic needs were met,<br />
therefore, ensuring their well being and<br />
consequently their eagerness to learn<br />
and respect others.<br />
It is certainly hard to say what our life<br />
would have been like if we had not<br />
known Rebeca and Mauricio and gone<br />
to the Pesta. Rebeca was a very special<br />
person in so many ways. For me, she<br />
was a sister, mother, friend and teacher<br />
of life_<br />
> Rebeca’s grand children<br />
Rebeca Wild<br />
Rebeca Wild and her husband Mauricio founded the Pestalozzi school in<br />
Ecuador in 1977. Marie Bramwell, originally from Canada, moved to Ecuador<br />
many years ago with her family, and pregnant. She had wanted to be part<br />
of the team at Pesta but due to her large family, the language and cultural<br />
differences she stayed home but was often part of the “helping” team of<br />
parents. Here, she remembers Rebeca who passed away late last year.<br />
Pak Haryono<br />
Sumohadiwidjojo<br />
Many tributes have been published about Bapak’s oldest son since he<br />
passed away late last year. Here is a short biography and video link to an<br />
interview with Pak Haryono and his last message to the Subud World.<br />
Rebeca introduced me to the Pestalozzi<br />
(or “Pesta”) method, and at first, I found<br />
it was completely different from what I<br />
was used to. We were used to telling<br />
our children what to do almost all the<br />
time, how to do it, telling them off if<br />
they did not do it properly and praising<br />
them if we agreed with what they did.<br />
So now, we saw a new way of looking at<br />
life by respecting life processes. Rebeca<br />
and Mauricio showed us how to help<br />
children develop in harmony with their<br />
inner.<br />
Of course there were rules and limits as<br />
we called them in the Pesta. Children<br />
were not allowed to cause pain and<br />
suffering to others, limits were there<br />
to make sure one child’s liberty did not<br />
prevent the next one’s liberty.<br />
However, the key in this method was<br />
non-directivity. Basically, not to tell<br />
others, in this case children, what to<br />
do. What happened and was most<br />
important in Pesta, was the preparation<br />
of the various environments (learning<br />
areas) where children could grow and<br />
become themselves in accordance with<br />
their inner direction.<br />
Rebeca related this to how the latihan<br />
works, where nobody tells you how to<br />
receive, how to move, how to grow. This,<br />
when applied to education and learning<br />
experiences, allows for the realization of<br />
your own inner potential.<br />
Pak Haryono, Bapak’s oldest son was<br />
born in 1930. He was the first son of<br />
Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo,<br />
the man who brought the latihan to the<br />
world.<br />
Pak Haryono was an engineer and by<br />
the late 1960s began working for the<br />
government. In the early 1970s, he began<br />
to work more closely with Bapak and<br />
became more involved in Subud work.<br />
Pak Haryono was a leading member on<br />
several projects, the Subud bank, Bank<br />
Susila Bakti and the S.Widjojo building<br />
are just two examples.<br />
When Viktor and Lucia Boehm and Elias<br />
Dumit visited him in the hospital shortly<br />
before his death, he asked them to share<br />
these words with everyone: “ this grace<br />
we received from God is something<br />
special that we should treasure. It is<br />
very important for us in Subud, the<br />
whole world, all of mankind and the<br />
whole universe.”<br />
Pak Haryono was married to Ibu Ismana,<br />
had six children and many grandchildren.<br />
WATCH<br />
Sharif Horthy’s interview with<br />
Pak Haryono.<br />
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LOOKING BACK<br />
Remembering Varindra Vittachi<br />
LOOKING BACK<br />
Remembering Varindra Vittachi<br />
Varindra<br />
Vittachi<br />
Varindra Tarzie Vittachi was an international<br />
journalist and senior UN official. He joined Subud<br />
in 1957 and was chairman of the World Subud<br />
Council for 25 years. Varindra passed away<br />
more than two decades ago, but his Subud legacy<br />
remains very much alive. Salamah D. LeClaire<br />
spoke with Paloma de la Viña about her work<br />
with Varindra and how his dream to create the<br />
Muhammad Subuh Foundation became a reality.<br />
When and how did his dream for a<br />
foundation begin?<br />
I was his confident for three and a half years. He<br />
told me many things, one of which was his dream:<br />
the thing that made him feel busy internally and<br />
externally was the creation of a foundation to<br />
honor Bapak - the only person in the world who<br />
had been able to profoundly change Tarzie and<br />
convert him to Varindra. During the last years<br />
of his life, Varindra transmitted to me the love,<br />
respect and even the “fear” that he felt for dear<br />
Bapak. And one day he told me the reason why he<br />
was always thinking about “Bapak’s Foundation”.<br />
He told me that in a dream he saw a big white<br />
house with lettering on its façade: “Muhammad<br />
Subuh Foundation”. Inside there seemed to be an<br />
office full of papers. He went to look at them and<br />
it read something like “bequests and wills.” They<br />
were gifts from Subud people to Bapak, to Subud.<br />
He also told me that when he told Bapak,<br />
he confirmed that more than a dream it was<br />
something that Varindra must do, because “he<br />
wanted very much to do it,” but only when Bapak<br />
would no longer be with us, could he call it<br />
Muhammad Subuh Foundation.<br />
When did you first start to<br />
work with Varindra?<br />
In January 1989 during the World<br />
Congress in Sydney, Varindra Vittachi,<br />
appointed Sharifin Gardiner and me as<br />
“his deputy” - a sort of 2-in-1 - Sharifin<br />
for “papers” and me as “susila” (human<br />
relations). I could never have imagined<br />
how much this would change my life at<br />
that time and has continued to do so<br />
since then. Especially my Subud life.<br />
You soon changed your<br />
working relationship with<br />
Varindra Vittachi - why?<br />
In August that year, 1989, during the first<br />
meeting of the World Subud Council,<br />
which at that time, was held in Anugraha<br />
in England, I resigned as “deputy”. The hat<br />
was too big for me, falling over my eyes,<br />
it prevented me from seeing. Varindra<br />
accepted but he asked the Council<br />
to accept that I become his personal<br />
assistant serving as a link between the<br />
Wings and him. So it began ...<br />
When did the Foundation change<br />
its name to MSF? Who were its<br />
first trustees and how were they<br />
appointed?<br />
I remember that, on one occasion, Varindra asked<br />
me to assist him at a small meeting at his house<br />
in New York. I do not remember the names of<br />
people who were there. Sharif and Garrett maybe?<br />
But what I do remember well is that the meeting<br />
was to discuss who could be the first trustees of<br />
the foundation. Varindra was very clear, and said<br />
so, that the five continents had to be represented<br />
and especially a member from Latin America. He<br />
strongly emphasized this point. Five to seven<br />
trustees, different languages, different cultures -<br />
as in the latihan.<br />
> Varindra in India<br />
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SUBUD SPACES<br />
Bienvenido IH’s !<br />
SUBUD SPACES<br />
São Paulo . Christchurch Jaramuza .<br />
All he cared about<br />
was that the<br />
Foundation bearing<br />
the name of Bapak<br />
could pay tribute to<br />
the great man who<br />
passed on to us the<br />
gift of the latihan.<br />
In 1991, during the World Council<br />
meeting in Tokyo, after a lot, a lot, a lot<br />
of discussions ... the Muhammad Subuh<br />
Foundation was finally formed and the<br />
trustees were appointed by testing in<br />
front of all of us. Varindra also had to<br />
do it. When he sat down and asked me<br />
what I had felt (because he said that one<br />
of the reasons why he appointed me as<br />
his assistant was because he knew that<br />
“I could see things” ... -which, frankly,<br />
was new for me…) I said sincerely:<br />
“Fireworks”. He burst out laughing.<br />
What else can you tell us<br />
about Varindra’s dream?<br />
I do not remember whether before<br />
or after that time, while the council<br />
members -the men- were all packed in<br />
the typical Japanese bath, celebrating<br />
Bachtiar Lorot’s bachelor party,<br />
Varindra, who did not feel well enough<br />
to participate, called me to his room. He<br />
was nervous, very anxious and said:<br />
“It seems that both sides do not<br />
understand anything ... it will be many<br />
years before all understand the real<br />
meaning and content of the Foundation. I<br />
feel that it will not be easy and that there<br />
will be tensions and problems between<br />
the <strong>WSA</strong> and MSF. But in the end it will be<br />
achieved. When they put aside their own<br />
interests they might be able to “receive”<br />
the reason and reality of the Muhammad<br />
Subuh Foundation. It’s very simple: The<br />
Foundation is to save the assets of the<br />
<strong>WSA</strong>, the money coming from bequests,<br />
wills and donations from members. That<br />
money, well managed will give a benefit<br />
to be applied so that countries can buy<br />
Subud houses. And we must protect the<br />
words and writings of Bapak. “<br />
He told me more things that my memory<br />
does not remember, but I carry those<br />
words as if they were embedded in my<br />
heart. All he cared about was that the<br />
Foundation bearing the name of Bapak<br />
could pay tribute to the great man who<br />
passed on to us the gift of the latihan.<br />
That the Foundation would not be the<br />
reason for fights among the members,<br />
but just the opposite. And I also pray for<br />
that.<br />
Varindra authored several books<br />
including: A Memoir of Subud, A<br />
Reporter in Subud and Assignment<br />
Subud. He won the coveted Ramon<br />
Magsaysay Award for his book,<br />
Emergency ‘58 _<br />
Subud São<br />
Paulo<br />
Duarte Camiz, Chairperson<br />
As Chair, I felt it was my<br />
responsibility to bring the<br />
group together to see what<br />
could be done to better<br />
administer Subud in São Paulo<br />
Together, we concluded that<br />
the first action to be taken was<br />
to renovate the house.<br />
The Subud house in São<br />
Paulo, Brazil is located in a<br />
very good neighborhoods<br />
and now it is also in very<br />
good condition. All three<br />
floors have been renovated.<br />
As Chair, I felt it was my responsibility<br />
to bring the group together to see what<br />
could be done to better administer<br />
Subud in São Paulo Together, we<br />
concluded that the first action to be<br />
taken was to renovate the house.<br />
It took seven months to renovate the<br />
property with fresh paint, a brand new<br />
kitchen and an area for BBQs and<br />
selamatans ( a meal held for a special<br />
event). The “cherry on top” is the Subud<br />
symbol which is illuminated during the<br />
night in front of the house.<br />
Many members often stay after latihan<br />
to read Bapak’s talks, and socialize.<br />
Kejiwaan events are also organized.<br />
> Ricardo Gracy, Subud Brazil chair, Duarte Camiz, Sao Paulo Chair and Elias Dumit<br />
One of the major focus’ and aim of our<br />
group is to support our new members<br />
to be sure all is well with them as they<br />
embark on their journey in Subud.<br />
The intention of this process was and<br />
is to bring forth the feeling of love and<br />
harmony among the membership. And<br />
although there is still much room for<br />
improvement we are committed to<br />
moving forward _<br />
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SUBUD SPACES<br />
Christchurch<br />
SUBUD SPACES<br />
Jaramuza<br />
Subud<br />
Christchurch<br />
Subud<br />
Jaramuza<br />
Hammond Peek - Earthquake<br />
Repairs Coordinator<br />
Andrew Bromley, Chairperson<br />
Although our emotional<br />
state (as well as that of most<br />
residents) continues to be<br />
delicate we have felt very<br />
supported by all.<br />
Since the 2010 and<br />
2011 earthquakes hit<br />
Christchurch in New<br />
Zealand causing damage<br />
and destruction to<br />
buildings and loss of life throughout<br />
the city centre and surrounding areas,<br />
Christchurch members have been<br />
gradually repairing and renewing the<br />
Subud Halls in Bridlepath Road in<br />
the Heathcote Valley in Christchurch.<br />
It’s been slow, steady progress with<br />
setbacks and financial uncertainty but<br />
now the Earthquake Repairs Team are<br />
predicting that by the end of this year<br />
there will be two totally repaired and<br />
rejuvenated latihan halls, a brand new<br />
Subud house and money in the bank!<br />
The Grand Hall was designed as an<br />
implement shed by Lambert Gibbs, to<br />
get around the ‘planning requirements’,<br />
in the late ‘70’s. Bapak inaugurated the<br />
Grand Hall on 13 January 1978 when he<br />
visited New Zealand.<br />
It is largely due to the seven supporting<br />
timber poles that the Grand Hall was<br />
the least affected by the earthquake<br />
and tremors that followed. The carpets<br />
and curtains have been replaced,<br />
double doors to the New Hall repaired<br />
and walls repainted.<br />
In the New Hall, magnificent new<br />
windows have been installed in the<br />
high triangular window spaces, letting<br />
in lots of light with the view over the<br />
Port Hills and trees on the property now<br />
reinstated. Complete sets of doors and<br />
windows onto the veranda have been<br />
replaced with brand new units. These<br />
are north facing and let in lots of sun to<br />
warm the Hall, adding to the ecological<br />
balance of the new design.<br />
If that’s not enough there are plans<br />
to demolish the Subud House which<br />
was so badly damaged in the quakes<br />
making way for a brand new Subud<br />
House with construction likely to begin<br />
in the next few months.<br />
Although our emotional state (as well<br />
as that of most residents) continues to<br />
be delicate we have felt very supported<br />
by all. We wish to thank Subud<br />
members from around the world who<br />
contributed so generously to assist us<br />
with the (ongoing) recovery from the<br />
earthquakes. We really appreciate your<br />
love, prayers and financial support _<br />
In December, the<br />
Muhammad Subuh<br />
Foundation (MSF)<br />
approved a grant adding<br />
a key sum to the project’s<br />
finances<br />
T<br />
here has been much<br />
activity in Jaramuza, a<br />
community of Subud<br />
members in southern<br />
Spain, and 2015 has<br />
been a year of much progress for the<br />
project. The coming year should finally<br />
see the purchase of the property and<br />
the New Latihan Halls taking shape.<br />
Jaramuza was the vision of Hubert<br />
and Sophie von Bissing, pioneers of<br />
Subud in the early days. They settled in<br />
this fertile valley outside Orgiva, in the<br />
Alpujarra mountains. Soon other Subud<br />
members were attracted to move there,<br />
some owning holiday homes around<br />
the swimming pool and some buying<br />
properties in the surrounding area.<br />
In March, the group voted to authorise<br />
the committee to purchase the land<br />
for the new premises and money came<br />
in towards the purchase. By October,<br />
minor alterations and some omissions<br />
to the statutes amplifying the aims of<br />
the Association were accomplished.<br />
In December, the Muhammad Subuh<br />
Foundation (MSF) approved a grant<br />
adding a key sum to the project’s<br />
finances. Other group members have<br />
promised funds which means that,<br />
although extra funds will be needed to<br />
add heating and a kitchen, the majority<br />
of the money required to complete the<br />
build is ‘in hand’. In total, over €300,000<br />
has been raised.<br />
The basic design has been agreed<br />
and shows two halls of 90 m2 for<br />
simultaneous latihans. The plot totals<br />
4000 m2 of which about a quarter is a<br />
vegetable garden. There are views of<br />
the mountains to the North and South<br />
with plenty of outside terrace space for<br />
meetings and group meals.<br />
This is the result of much hard work<br />
over many years and shows what<br />
a group of Subud members can do<br />
through the gift of the latihan _<br />
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OUR SUBUD WORLD<br />
OUR SUBUD WORLD<br />
SDIA<br />
SDIA . SESI . SICA . SUBUD YOUTH<br />
&<br />
Photo : Anwar Ziesel<br />
How<br />
high can we fly?<br />
Why Subud should support Susila Dharma<br />
I<br />
magine a Subud community<br />
in which Subud members<br />
feel motivated to engage<br />
in loving, smart, innovative<br />
and compassionate ways<br />
with those who are vulnerable and<br />
disadvantaged. Imagine us welcoming<br />
and orienting refugees, cleaning up and<br />
preventing environmental disasters,<br />
gathering books for children who have<br />
never held one in their hands, building<br />
schools and hospitals working across<br />
countries and disciplines to come up<br />
with solutions to provide to millions<br />
of people worldwide the basic human<br />
rights they are now lacking.<br />
You don’t have to imagine it - this reality<br />
exists in the form of Susila Dharma<br />
International Association (SDIA).<br />
Bapak created SDIA in order for us to<br />
demonstrate a result of the latihan<br />
in our lives; that is, the capacity to<br />
feel connected with our fellow human<br />
beings, and bring meaningful solutions<br />
to the problems that affect them. And<br />
today the reach of this network is<br />
growing every day as Subud members,<br />
young and old, feel compelled to reach<br />
out and improve human welfare in<br />
communities both near and far.<br />
Still many people in Subud, even<br />
long-time Subud members, know<br />
little about this amazing and highly<br />
compelling aspect of our Subud life!<br />
Stranger still, most of our national and<br />
international Subud organisations have<br />
no role in financially supporting Susila<br />
Dharma work in various countries or<br />
SDIA, whose role is to coordinate this<br />
international network. Why is this? Do<br />
we really think Subud can fly without its<br />
wings?<br />
Now imagine Subud without our SDIA<br />
network. There would be no globally<br />
distributed news or information about<br />
Subud members’ work in the social and<br />
humanitarian fields; no one tracking<br />
our contacts, experiences and results<br />
as Subud members managing health,<br />
educational and social projects; no<br />
one to assist young or old Subud<br />
members wanting to help as volunteers<br />
or serve as interns out of a sense of<br />
gratitude for the blessings received<br />
from practicing the latihan; no one to<br />
help raise the public profile of Subud<br />
in action, in these fields. There would<br />
be no publications to show local<br />
authorities or the general public when<br />
we want to explain the impact of Subud<br />
as a worldwide spiritual movement.<br />
Our gratitude is expressed differently<br />
by each of us: maybe we start Susila<br />
Dharma projects; maybe we work<br />
to raise funds and build supportive<br />
relationships with others who have<br />
done so; maybe it involves getting<br />
connected at the United Nations in<br />
global, social and humanitarian issues<br />
that they feel strongly about; and<br />
maybe it means volunteering or doing<br />
something in a local community.<br />
Susila Dharma provides a way to satisfy<br />
all of these wishes of Subud brothers<br />
and sisters.<br />
Please help us build an SDIA that helps<br />
millions more and reflects the benefits<br />
that we have received from the latihan.<br />
Please encourage your group, your<br />
national committee, your zones and our<br />
World Subud Association to support the<br />
work of SDIA, and to take up just a part<br />
of the cost of running an international<br />
social and humanitarian network that<br />
functions as an Affiliate organization of<br />
the World Subud Association. In 2016,<br />
SDIA needs to raise USD 80,000 to<br />
cover its operating costs. You can help<br />
us to do so_<br />
> Hamida Thomas and baby, Emmali,, Paul Roberge in<br />
back, Dr Jean Mayembe in Front (medical doctor for SD<br />
Congo) Victorine Mpamaim (community development<br />
officer for SD Congo), Salomon Beaudoin Dianteza<br />
Dimpiokia (SD Congo Chairman), Bachtiar Lorot with<br />
members of the Community Health Center Ndjili Kilambu,<br />
located in the community of Lemba Imbu<br />
Learn more at:<br />
www.susiladharma.org.<br />
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OUR SUBUD WORLD<br />
SESI<br />
OUR SUBUD WORLD<br />
SICA<br />
An Enterprising<br />
Resource<br />
SICA My Adventure with YES<br />
Innerprizes, YES Salons and SICA<br />
Hadrian Fraval<br />
Lael Belove<br />
I am pleased to<br />
announce that all<br />
shareholding of<br />
USAHA MULIA<br />
BV held by “Die<br />
Schwinge”, has<br />
been acquired<br />
and transferred<br />
to Yarralumla<br />
Foundation Ltd<br />
a not for profit<br />
company in<br />
Australia.<br />
It has always been an objective of<br />
Subud Enterprise Services International<br />
(SESI), encouraged numerous times<br />
over the years by Bapak, to establish<br />
a panel of experts willing to promote,<br />
advise and assist Subud members in<br />
carrying out their endeavours in their<br />
outer life.<br />
I am pleased to announce that all<br />
shareholding of USAHA MULIA BV<br />
held by “Die Schwinge”, has been<br />
acquired and transferred to Yarralumla<br />
Foundation Ltd a not for profit company<br />
in Australia.<br />
Usaha Mulia was formed in 1974 as<br />
a holding Company to participate<br />
and support Subud Enterprises. It<br />
participated in various enterprises such<br />
as: Image trading, Fairprint and Fairlight.<br />
It also held the Off-shore Interests of<br />
shareholders in PTS Widjojo.<br />
Yarralumla Foundation Ltd<br />
is a company, limited by<br />
guarantee, formed in 2001,<br />
with wide humanitarian<br />
objectives:<br />
• to promote the attainment of health<br />
and wellbeing for all of humanity;<br />
• to stimulate and facilitate the<br />
development of the artistic and<br />
creative talent within each to promote<br />
all aspects of education<br />
• to promote the development of<br />
human potential;<br />
• to promote high standards of<br />
conduct and behaviour and the<br />
development of good character within<br />
each person.<br />
The 6 Trustees of Yarralumla are all<br />
Subud members.<br />
The intention in establishing UM is that<br />
it will act as an expert resource to foster<br />
the endeavours of Subud members. We<br />
encourage members with expertise and<br />
work experience to consider offering<br />
their knowledge to others developing<br />
their endeavour.<br />
The structure of UM with Yarralumla<br />
as the shareholder is to reduce selfinterest<br />
and have a suitable vehicle,<br />
already well known to Subud members.<br />
In addition to supporting Subud<br />
members, UM will provide a service to<br />
identify personnel, with the appropriate<br />
qualifications and experience, to be<br />
employed in large projects being<br />
planned.<br />
A relationship with a source of funding<br />
is being developed which will provide<br />
the wherewithal for UM to realise its<br />
mandate_<br />
Please contact Hadrian Fraval for<br />
further information.<br />
I do coaching, and after my husband<br />
Philip died, I really wanted to do<br />
something with the rest of my life that<br />
involved spirit, creativity, community<br />
and art. Something real.<br />
I used to have people over at my house<br />
for “salons”. So I started to think about<br />
having some kind of Salon. I had been<br />
doing self-empowerment coaching,<br />
and asking people “What are you<br />
saying YES to?” And for 40 years I have<br />
been saying “yes” in the latihan: “Yes!<br />
Yes! Yes! God.” I went to a workshop<br />
and came up with an acronym that had<br />
meaning.<br />
YES! YES could be an acronym for “Your<br />
Essential Self”.<br />
All the “yes.coms” were taken, but<br />
then I came up with YES Innerprizes! I<br />
registered the name. My company was<br />
born. I was ready. I would hold YES<br />
Salons.<br />
A Big Yes to SICA<br />
In May, 2015 I heard Latifah Taormina<br />
speak about SICA at the California<br />
Congress. OMG! When she mentioned<br />
Poems for Peace, I said “Yes! Yes, we<br />
could do a Poems for Peace as a YES<br />
Salon!”<br />
I called Latifah and told her I wanted to<br />
do Poems for Peace as a YES Salon/<br />
SICA event.<br />
The YES Salon was nurtured and<br />
accelerated, at what feels like warp<br />
speed, from the moment SICA agreed<br />
to co-sponsor Poems for Peace-LA.<br />
My son Hadrian is the Executive<br />
Director at Cinefamily, a boutique<br />
theatre housed in the historic Silent<br />
Movie Theater in Los Angeles. Hadrian<br />
offered to sponsor my salon and<br />
provided the theatre and staff. Then the<br />
IONS-LA (Institute of Noetic Science—<br />
Los Angeles) offered support. IONS<br />
gave us the expanded visibility we<br />
needed from a prestigious organization<br />
founded by former astronaut, Edgar<br />
Mitchell. SICA added active mentoring<br />
and a larger vision.<br />
By aligning with SICA and Poems<br />
for Peace, our new organization was<br />
infused with an energy and expanded<br />
purpose creating a new human culture<br />
of peace with a mission of “Changing<br />
Hearts through the Arts.”<br />
I was also awarded a certificate of<br />
appreciation from the City of Los<br />
Angeles for producing Poems for<br />
Peace – LA 2015. Yes, God, Yes_<br />
All the “yes.coms”<br />
were taken, but<br />
then I came up with<br />
YES Innerprizes! I<br />
registered the name.<br />
My company was<br />
born. I was ready.<br />
I would hold YES<br />
Salons.<br />
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OUR SUBUD WORLD<br />
SYAI<br />
OUR SUBUD WORLD<br />
SYAI<br />
2015<br />
SYAI Fellowship Fund Award<br />
Dance Around the World -<br />
Guillaume Sanchez : Creator and Host.<br />
Pierce Vaughn: Co-Creator and Producer.<br />
Alexandra Woodward: Online Media Strategist.<br />
Maya Korzybska: Project Coordinator.<br />
The Subud Youth Fellowship began as an<br />
initiative of the Subud Youth Activities<br />
International (SYAI) team in the lead up to the<br />
2014 World Subud Congress in Puebla, Mexico.<br />
T<br />
hrough the Subud Youth<br />
Fellowship, the SYAI team<br />
hopes to provide the<br />
space and assistance for<br />
young Subud members to<br />
transform their entrepreneurial, creative,<br />
and social ideas into functioning projects.<br />
The Fellowship Fund awards innovative<br />
Subud entrepreneurs, under 30 years of<br />
age, with start-up capital up to $2000; one<br />
on one mentoring with a mentor matched<br />
specifically to the industry, needs and<br />
knowledge of the participant, including a<br />
contract drawn up between mentor and<br />
entrepreneur; and marketing, promotion<br />
and awareness building through the<br />
international Subud Youth networks.<br />
We have chosen the recipients for the<br />
2015 Fellowship grants from some very<br />
impressive submissions. We are well aware<br />
that it is a small fund and can only provide<br />
limited financial support but we have also<br />
endeavoured to reach out and support those<br />
submissions which did not receive a grant with<br />
mentoring support to bring their project ideas to<br />
the next level.<br />
We are excited to present the recipients of the<br />
2015 SYAI Fellowship Fund grants. Collectively, we<br />
feel they represent most of the ideals we strive for<br />
within Subud - personal and social development<br />
as well as culture, environment and enterprise.<br />
NOTE: To be eligible for the Subud Youth Fellowship,<br />
you need not have a money making business<br />
or a long term financial plan. Your project might<br />
be short term, it might not raise any funds at all, it<br />
might be creative in its nature or it could be a social<br />
project. For more information on the Fund and<br />
access and criteria information please contact the<br />
SYAI representative in your area.<br />
WATCH<br />
The impact we seek with our project is<br />
towards bringing a visual content in the<br />
format of a Travel Show without dealing<br />
with brands or media obligations. We<br />
want to give authenticity to our viewer<br />
and show the great things this world<br />
has to offer from the perspective of a 24<br />
year old. Our theme is Dance because<br />
we believe it is one of the most personal<br />
forms of expression.<br />
Our concept seeks to go look for<br />
incredible cultures with many stories<br />
to share. We will bring a show that<br />
is educational, cultural, fun and<br />
inspirational. We hope to show to the<br />
viewer the deep impact that dance can<br />
have in underprivileged communities.<br />
It is a good way for the Subud members<br />
to see what we can achieve working<br />
together. Further, it is a way to share<br />
the name SICA and Subud to a wider<br />
audience (without being too brusk). So<br />
far we are 3 Subud Youth involved in<br />
this concept and we hope, in the future,<br />
to bring together more creative minds in<br />
order to make this project much more<br />
than just a dance travel show.<br />
Today’s mainstream entertainment is<br />
gravitating around building a society of<br />
consumers and the general information<br />
is built around hate and fear. People are<br />
becoming tired of that and we believe<br />
our project will be part of the new age<br />
docu-style entertainment bringing an<br />
authentic and positive reality of what<br />
the world has to offer. At the start of<br />
next year, we will be sharing our first<br />
web-series online. Our goal for success<br />
is to create a massive community of<br />
followers who will support our project<br />
to go forward.<br />
http://dancearoundtheglobe.<br />
strikingly.com/<br />
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OUR SUBUD WORLD<br />
SYAI<br />
OUR SUBUD WORLD<br />
SYAI<br />
EcoSol Sun Harvester<br />
Pandji (Tauhid) Alfi Effendy<br />
The Dream of the Huntress<br />
Leonore Tjia<br />
The Water Firm<br />
Elena Schionning<br />
The plan is to train youth<br />
from various regions in<br />
Indonesia to become product<br />
agents, equipped with<br />
promotional materials and<br />
the necessary sales and<br />
follow up skills to build our<br />
nationwide youth-centric<br />
distribution network.<br />
This project is designed to deliver a<br />
meaningful impact to surrounding<br />
communities and even the world at<br />
large as well as empowering the youths<br />
as individuals through collaboration in<br />
enterprise. As it is labelled a “Youth<br />
Enterprise” it will be created, organized<br />
and run by the youths themselves.<br />
This enterprise is housed in the field<br />
of eco-friendly products; a solar water<br />
heater named EcoSol SunHarvester.<br />
The product is created by an Indonesian<br />
Youth from Bandung, and it serves<br />
as an alternative to solar, gas and<br />
electric water heaters currently in the<br />
market. In Indonesia, conventional<br />
water heaters are still seen as a luxury<br />
product because the high cost incurred<br />
for the initial purchase and/or for<br />
its monthly operational cost. EcoSol<br />
SunHarvester answers the problem.<br />
Unlike conventional solar water heaters,<br />
EcoSol SunHarvester is made from low<br />
embedded-energy materials, making<br />
it more efficient and clean to use for<br />
houses, villas, buildings, swimming<br />
pools, and even Subud halls which<br />
may need water heating. Introducing<br />
a new design and concept for a solar<br />
water heater, the product has received<br />
numerous awards in national and<br />
international science competitions and<br />
has been used in a number of residential<br />
houses and public swimming pools in<br />
West Java.<br />
The plan is to train youth from various<br />
regions in Indonesia to become product<br />
agents, equipped with promotional<br />
materials and the necessary sales and<br />
follow up skills to build our nationwide<br />
youth-centric distribution network.<br />
We would distribute to high customer<br />
demand areas<br />
I am motivated by connection<br />
to the natural world. I honour<br />
and revere the wild and believe<br />
that the loss of connection to<br />
the natural world underpins<br />
many spiritual illnesses of our<br />
modern culture.<br />
As an archer, hunter and<br />
woodswoman, I feel I am<br />
living my dharma when I live<br />
close to the earth and honour<br />
ancestral skills such as herbal<br />
medicine, hide tanning, and making primitive fire. I am also<br />
drawn to historical and mythological archetypes of female<br />
strength such as the Amazons and the huntress goddess<br />
Artemis. These depictions of female power, so in touch<br />
with the wild and instinctive aspects of nature, stand as a<br />
counterpoint to modern limiting gender roles.<br />
I understand that not everyone seeks out the wild or is<br />
compelled to walk the path that I have chosen. My vision is to<br />
create a platform through art and technology to reach people<br />
who are otherwise disconnected from the natural world.<br />
I am driven to make art that honours the wild and brings<br />
to the forefront images of unbridled, fierce femaleness:<br />
inspired, inspiring, whole. My project is “The Dream of the<br />
Huntress”: a multimedia web-based installation that weaves<br />
together poetry, photography, image and music. I will create<br />
a website with regular output of poems and black and white<br />
photographs that reflect the huntress aesthetic. Touchpoints<br />
of the Dream of the Huntress project will include:<br />
• A website with poetry, prose and black & white photography—<br />
new contributions posted at least weekly.<br />
• A sequence of 21 poems that are delivered to readers, one<br />
poem a day, when they opt in to the email sequence (thus<br />
building the email list).<br />
• A “Dream of the Huntress” video that interweaves poetry,<br />
folk singing and footage shot from the beautiful lands of<br />
northern Vermont, where I live.<br />
• B&W prints available for sale.<br />
I have five years of experience<br />
in the water law industry,<br />
nearly two years as a licensed<br />
attorney, I have run my own<br />
law firm, and I have over two<br />
years of experience working<br />
at a non-profit that does<br />
almost this exact same work.<br />
I seek to increase justice<br />
related to consumer water<br />
issues. I would like to ensure<br />
people are not denied access<br />
to clean and affordable water for frivolous and illegal reasons<br />
because this is the most basic and vital human need.<br />
My Long term goal: I believe there should be a chain similar<br />
to “Legal Aid Society” which focuses specifically on water<br />
rights such as access to water, good water quality, and fair<br />
water rate setting and billing practices.<br />
My short term goal: I want to open the first public-interest law<br />
firm specifically focused on water issues – The Water Firm.<br />
This law firm would provide free legal services to vulnerable<br />
individuals who face legal issues related to water. Most of<br />
these cases would be brought against the water departments<br />
and fees would be recovered when cases are won.<br />
The enterprise has the opportunity, as it develops, to provide<br />
jobs for Subud members who would like to work for the<br />
enterprise as more offices are opened around the country.<br />
It would also be possible for the enterprise to sponsor<br />
Subud members across the world to come and work at the<br />
enterprise. It can also provide an opportunity to support<br />
young Subud members who would like to gain experience in<br />
the legal field by providing internship opportunities.<br />
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UPCOMING EVENTS<br />
UPCOMING EVENTS<br />
May the “Human” Force<br />
be with You!<br />
European Gathering, Americas’ Gathering,<br />
Human Force and Basara<br />
May the “Human” Force<br />
be with You!<br />
Go Green in Borneo !<br />
Human Force Camp<br />
Rosanne Favre, Human Force Coordinator<br />
(AUS)<br />
Americas’ Gathering<br />
August 10 to August 17 in Cali<br />
Colombia<br />
> Camilo Baquero member of<br />
Subud Cali group<br />
This gathering will be a very<br />
special time for all the Americas<br />
and guests from our Subud<br />
World . The gathering happens<br />
every two years in a different<br />
country of the Americas<br />
giving everybody in this large,<br />
multicultural, multi lingual<br />
area 3 in our Subud world. It<br />
is a chance to meet., new and<br />
seasoned members join together<br />
in special events. This year the<br />
gathering will focus on kejiwaan activities with the presence<br />
of the Area 3 international helpers. Subud Colombia is<br />
excited and preparing everyting to welcome all guests. The<br />
gathering committee has chosen to use the same premises<br />
used by Bapak in 1979 when he and his family visited Cali.<br />
The program is still a work in progress but the committee<br />
and all zone representatives of Area 3 meet via Skype to<br />
plan and execute this program which should be available<br />
soon_ KEEP your dates 10 – 17 August<br />
&<br />
Logo Design by Camilo Baquero<br />
Join us at the<br />
European Gathering<br />
in Poland!<br />
This summer Subud members from all over the world will<br />
gather in beautiful Poland. We already have more than 300<br />
registrations from 28 countries - from as far away as Australia<br />
and Brazil. The main meeting and gathering will take place<br />
at the Kormoran Mierki Resort near the town of Olsztynek in<br />
northeastern Poland.<br />
The main focus of this gathering is for members to interact<br />
with each other, attend kejiwaan activities, workshops and<br />
presentations. Other activities include Zones 3 & 4 delegates’<br />
meeting. The Subud International Cultural Association (SICA)<br />
and Susila Dharma International Association (SDIA) Annual<br />
General Meetings (AGM) will be happening in parallel.<br />
Generally, we hope to enjoy sharing experiences between<br />
young and old.<br />
The Yes Quest will also be offering some of their program in a<br />
format allowing people to sign up for a few sessions on site.<br />
Not only is this a bi-zonal meeting it is a multi-Wings gathering.<br />
Together we can make fundraisers, events, workshops,<br />
performances; the world is our oyster.<br />
Space is limited to around 400 people, there is a big buzz<br />
already and we are very confident that the event will be full, as<br />
more than 300 people have already signed up_<br />
For more information about the event, accomodation and registration<br />
go to: http://www.subud-zone4.org/zone-meeting-and-gathering/registration/meeting-and-gathering/registration/<br />
When we evoke the concept of volunteering, the images and feelings<br />
that come to mind are usually about serving and giving to others or to<br />
a deserving cause. But think again! Often, volunteers talk about getting<br />
much, much more out of a volunteer experience than they put in.<br />
Here are just some of the things volunteering can give you:<br />
• Boost in self-confidence<br />
• New skills<br />
• A real engagement in social responsibility<br />
• New friends and connections<br />
• A renewed faith in human nature<br />
• A more interesting CV/resume.<br />
So why not try it this year ?<br />
Human Force runs volunteer experiences of up to 14 days. But we offer<br />
so much more than just a chance to get some work done. A Human<br />
Force camp is a rich learning experience in a supportive and friendly<br />
environment.<br />
Now operating under the support of the World Subud Association<br />
(<strong>WSA</strong>), we collaborate with Susila Dharma International Association<br />
(SDIA) member projects to offer a unique programme, bringing together<br />
hands-on volunteer work, global awareness workshops and selfexploration<br />
activities. If you join us, expect to get your hands dirty, try<br />
and learn new things, have fun and make plenty of friends – all this while<br />
helping the host project with the tasks it needs completing_<br />
Mid December 2016<br />
Our next 10-day volunteer experience is at<br />
Yayasan Permakultur Kalimantan (YPK) on<br />
the Indonesian island of Borneo. YPK makes<br />
permaculture education and training accessible<br />
to communities in Central Kalimantan to improve<br />
land management, increase community resilience<br />
and food security, support sustainable livelihoods<br />
and culture and help to conserve the natural<br />
environment in the region.<br />
This year’s Human Force programme is all<br />
about the environment! Expect to learn about<br />
conservation and sustainability from the experts,<br />
get your hands dirty with permaculture practices,<br />
help build part of YPK’s demonstration plot and<br />
get involved with conservation activities and<br />
projects with local school children.<br />
The camp is timed to immediately precede the<br />
planned Basara Youth Camp so you can combine<br />
both events if you want to get the most out of<br />
your trip to Kalimantan. It will run for 10 days<br />
from mid-December (precise dates are to be<br />
confirmed). All ages are welcome* and you can<br />
bring your friends who are not in Subud.<br />
The cost ?<br />
US $750. This includes accommodation, all<br />
meals, in-country transport, farming materials<br />
and a donation for local youth involvement. It<br />
excludes international flights, visa & compulsory<br />
travel insurance. Small subsides may be<br />
available on request.<br />
Write to register your interest to<br />
hellohumanforce@gmail.com OR<br />
visit us at<br />
http://www.susiladharma.org/?page_id=1182<br />
You can visit our project partner’s website at<br />
http://permakulturkalimantan.org/<br />
*Minimum age to attend without a parent is<br />
16 years old; organisers will ensure there is a<br />
balance with a majority of over 18 year-olds.<br />
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UPCOMING EVENTS<br />
Basara Youth Camp<br />
Basara means gathering in the local<br />
language of the Dayaks -- the indigenous<br />
peoples of Kalimantan.<br />
The young people can<br />
also expect to learn<br />
songs and dances from<br />
local Dayaks and to<br />
teach their songs and<br />
dances in return.<br />
> Basara logo by Aswin Vogel, Subud Australia<br />
T<br />
he vision for Basara is<br />
to bring young Subud<br />
members (age 17-35)<br />
together from all over the<br />
world in one place and<br />
one time to connect, share, and make<br />
an impact by developing something<br />
valuable and lasting for Subud in Central<br />
Kalimantan, the world, and themselves.<br />
Over 100 young Subud members are<br />
expected to join three big keynote<br />
workshops.<br />
The ‘My Basara’ workshop on Day One,<br />
will help each participant to explore<br />
what they can achieve during these<br />
10 days and what they can contribute<br />
when they have a clear focus and<br />
personal goals.<br />
‘My Subud’ explores each individual’s<br />
connection to the latihan, Bapak, the<br />
helpers, the Wings, the organisation<br />
and their own inner journey.<br />
basara<br />
subud<br />
life<br />
‘My Life’ is about talents, hopes and<br />
dreams for the future and plans to<br />
achieve them.<br />
These three hour morning workshops<br />
will be fast-moving and interactive<br />
with music, drumming, dance, drawing,<br />
games and work in small groups.<br />
Young people will come away with a list<br />
of topics and ideas to pursue during the<br />
afternoons.<br />
That’s when they can visit rooms<br />
where helpers will be available to test<br />
with them. Or they can work with the<br />
various Wing Teams to explore their<br />
connections to welfare, culture and<br />
business.<br />
The young people can also expect to<br />
learn songs and dances from local<br />
Dayaks and to teach their songs and<br />
dances in return. There will be visits to<br />
the many Susila Dharma projects in the<br />
area, river trips, a soccer competition,<br />
jungle treks and much more.<br />
Peter Jenkins founder of the Yes Quest, has been<br />
appointed as Program Adviser to Basara. He is working<br />
closely with SYAI Youth Team, Sebastian Flynn (SICA),<br />
Hamida Thomas (SDIA) and the International Helpers to<br />
design a program that will allow each young person to<br />
return home with a greater sense of commitment and<br />
direction.<br />
Support for Basara has been pledged by <strong>WSA</strong> Chair, Elias<br />
Dumit and his team, and a fund has been launched to<br />
assist young people to attend, with a minimum target set<br />
at $10,000.<br />
Registration details and application forms for Basara will<br />
be available in the next few weeks_<br />
WATCH HERE<br />
Watch the interview with<br />
<strong>WSA</strong> chair, Elias Dumit<br />
about Basara!<br />
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(DRC: Report on the SD project Kingantogo)<br />
• European Gathering in Poland - report<br />
• Gathering of the Americas - report<br />
WSC meeting in Spain<br />
World Congress<br />
Organizing team<br />
(members and work in progress)<br />
Basara Youth Camp –<br />
to be continued<br />
Human Force Camp –<br />
to be continued<br />
Subud Centers<br />
• International Subud Center Amanecer<br />
connect . April / May<br />
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the World Subud Association.<br />
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Many thanks to all the<br />
photographers who<br />
contributed to this magazine.