What is Subud?
The Subud latihan is a direct contact with the power of God, the Holy Spirit, The Universe, Tao, Creative Force, Christ Consciousness, the Higher Power, or whatever word one wants to use. One simply stands in a room with others feeling this direct contact, without any prior knowledge or training, and “receives it directly.”
It is only necessary to meet a few times with members of a local Subud group, and briefly get to know them (this may take one or two visits over a week, or a few months), and when you and they feel the time is right, you participate in your first latihan, where the direct contact is “passed on” to you.
This direct contact is a spontaneous spiritual experience which may be experienced by people of any and all religions, or no religion. Because there are no dogmas or beliefs to profess, Subud doesn’t conflict with any religion. This spontaneous direct contact may have a physical and/or psychological purifying effect on the body and mind.
Most persons report new balance, calmness, and a connectedness with important events and people in their lives as a result of doing the spiritual exercise.
BUT: BOTTOM LINE: In order to really know and feel what it is, you have to actually do the latihan–written and verbal explanations don’t fully suffice.
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