"From The Shadow... Of The Rising Sun..." Part III - Chapter 22... Thursday 1/6/11)

How Two Devoted Children Of God... Nadia And Dimitri... Are Introduced To... And Deeply Touched... In Their Souls... By The Miracle... Of The Holy Word "SUBUD"... In A Very Unusual Way... The Remarkable Experience... Exceedingly Blessing... And Transforming Them... Forever...! 


Lying helpless in my hospital bed... with all the tubes still inside me... I tried to accept the sad news... that my dear old friend Guido... would no longer be coming to visit me... his Cara Graziella... because of a lucrative contract... which was going to take him far away... to the Orange Free State... for at least four months...!


Just the morning before... I had woken up... to find a plain looking... strange woman... with jet black eyes... standing by my bedside... motionless... and staring down at me... her face expressionless...!


And I instantly knew... that the woman... with her Mediterranean olive complexion... was Guido's trusted cousin and wife...! She looked just like a no nonsense school teacher... with her black hair... severely pulled back into a bun...


And there was just this deadly silence... between us... as she kept on staring down at me... for the longest time... with the only sound... the very embarrassing... loud drip... drip... dripping of the poisonous dark brown liquid... into the bucket beside my bed...


I tried to smile up at her... in greeting... hoping that she could see... that with the tube... inserted in the base of my throat... it was almost impossible for me to speak...


But she did not return my smile... and after a few more moments... abruptly turned heel... and briskly walked away...


And wondering what on earth Guido had said to his new wife about me... that she should be so hostile... wanting to cheer myself up... I thought back to the most extraordinary Magical Night... in Bulawayo... Southern Rhodesia... when the Holy Word of "SUBUD"... had touched me so deeply... leaving an empty... aching void inside my soul... ever since...!


When the Extraordinary Miracle happened... I was newly divorced... from a miserable three years... of a poignant... never consummated marriage... to a younger blond giant... with a heart as big as the ocean... but who happened to be mentally unbalanced...!


And I had narrowly escaped... from being strangled to death by him... with the timely Help... of my Guardian Angel Friend... when he had finally tried to kill me...!


About to sign the Marriage Certificate... at the Bulawayo City Hall... I Had Been Warned... Not to Sign it... by my Guardian Angel Friend...!


But had anyway... against the Will of God... mainly out of gratitude... and his mother's pleading... because the young giant... my ardent fan... had nursed me... a total stranger... devotedly... through my seven month long coma...!


(Our pathetically sad... so called "marriage"... of about three years... is fully described... under the Part relating to "The Poignant Saga Of Nadia And Brian..." ... as shown in the Table of Contents... of my Spiritual Odyssey... "From Seven Hells... To Seventh Heaven... SUBUD..." )


This trying to be humble to God soul... at the age of about thirty... and by the Grace of God... still looking like a teenager... and using her middle name... Nadia... professionally... as a singer... was happily enjoying a reunion... with her magnificent Greek Adonis... her kindred in spirit... lover and protector of old... fascinating Dimitri... from Salisbury...!


She had had no contact... whatsoever... with him... during those poignantly sad... three years... with him keeping away from her... out of respect for her marriage... to Brian...!


She had just moved... into her brand new apartment... a few days earlier... and was sitting... late at night... relaxing... and enjoying her freedom... dressed in her silk lilac lounging pajamas... after having just entertained... a large... appreciative audience... at the prestigious Sheraton Hotel...


And on this Magical Night...as always... Dimitri... of the strangest color eyes... and flaming red hair... bowled her over... when she suddenly saw him... as large as life... standing in her living room...!


He had teletransported himself... right through the wall... into her living room... in Bulawayo... all the way from Salisbury... some thirty miles away... like he used to do... when she lived there...!


And as she looked up at him... in astonishment... he told her... that he had come to her... because an Angel of God... Had Appeared To Him... In His Dream That Night... With The Wonderful News... That She Was Free... And That He Should Go To Her... Right Away...!


And as they sat cozily together... with Whiskie... her adored... black and white... cocker spaniel's head... resting on his lap... who had been a loving gift from Brian... as a substitute... for her to love... before they could completely catch up... on each other's lives... over the last three years... something quite extraordinary happened...!


First of all... little Whiskie... suddenly sat bolt upright... and started whimpering... staring straight ahead of him... with his soft... expressive brown eyes... as large as saucers...!


And then... as the atmosphere around them... became Still... something suddenly Materialized... on Nadia's coffee table... right in front of them...!


Nadia thought it was one of Dimitri's magical feats... for when she lived in Salisbury...he had introduced her... to the fascinating world of the supernatural... to levitation... astral travel... mental telepathy... teletransportation... etc...!


The latter... being his favorite mode... of going from place to place...he had often walked... right through the glass... of her locked French glass doors... when she was single... and needed his help...!


Once... to save her... while she was innocently... going down her long list... of suffering souls... who had written to her... absorbed in their Absent Healing... during what he warned her... was called the dangerous time... of midnight... the "witching hour..."!


And yet another time... while she was being scolded... by a young Catholic priest... about her heathen healing practices... flooring the good man of God... when he saw a tall... magnificent specimen... of a male... with flaming red hair... walk right through the glass... of her French glass doors... as she was graciously serving him... some tea...!


And flabbergasting him... still further... when she found herself... suddenly asking him... without intending to... about the ugly... embarrassing... large growth... under his armpit... and about his right knee... as she instantly became a Divine Channel... To Heal his years of afflictions... making a fervent believer... and friend... out of him... from then on...!


Or whenever unhappily married Dimitri... whose young wife did not share his fascination... with the supernatural... in the least... longed to be with his beloved... for a little cuddling... never insisting on sexual intercourse... because he knew how frightened she was... of the act... but teaching her wonderful... other ways... to give each other physical pleasure... he would come striding through... her locked French glass doors... to spend a few loving hours... with his precious love...!


Leaning forward... Nadia noticed... that the innocent looking object... on her coffee table... was some kind of catalogue booklet... when she saw... "The Mystic Book Shop of London..." ... printed... very quaintly... on its cover...!


She looked at her dearest Dimitri... questioningly... whose psychic Greek mother... had taught him... all about the supernatural... when he was twelve... having told them... that they had been together... as one... in a previous lifetime... but he looked just as puzzled... as she was...!


And as they looked at each other... the air around them... became even more Holy and Still... and they both became aware... that something Quite Extraordinary... Was Taking Place...!


Feeling full of reverent awe and wonder... Nadia... who now stood at five feet eleven inches tall... suddenly found herself... down on her knees...!


And as she tentatively reached out her hand... to pick the Magical little Booklet up... its pages Fell Open... to a page... that was advertising some books...!


Her eyes were immediately drawn... to the left hand side of the little page... where she saw a book and its cost advertised... noticing that it was the only book shown... in bold print... and that it was titled... "Concerning SUBUD"... by John Bennett...!


And upon seeing the Holy Word of "SUBUD"... for the very first time in her life... Nadia felt as if she was humbly bowing down... before her Beloved Heavenly Father... and that yet another... enormous Revelation... Was About To Be Given to her...!


And as Nadia... feeling full of awed reverence... towards Him... looked down... and slowly read the title... of the book... out loud... and said the Holy Word of "SUBUD"... for the very first time... in her life... pronouncing it correctly... as "SOOBOOD..." ... she Experienced...:


A Strange Kind Of Flutter... Flitting Across The Inside... Of Her Chest...!


And when Dimitri... noticing how his beloved's face had become transfigured... into a beautiful Radiance... also stood up... towering above her... like a magnificent Greek god... then fell to his knees... and also reverently read the Holy Word of "SUBUD..."... out loud... he Experienced...:


The Sensation... Of A Very Strong Explosion... Inside His Chest...!


And as they looked at each other... thoroughly overcome... at what Had Just Transpired... with Dimitri's face... now also Glowing... with an Inner Radiance... the Holy... Still atmosphere... around them... became Filled with the Fragrance... of the Heavenly Scent of Roses...!


Full of wide-eyed awe... and wonder... they realized... that an Angel Of God... Was Present... as their Holy Witness...!


And with Dimitri now... also Radiantly Transformed... looking at each other... in awe... they both knew... that all their years of searching... for a Holy Path... that would lead them straight back to God... had finally come to an end...!


And Nadia instantly knew... with every fiber... of her being... that all her years... of desperately searching... for a True Spiritual Path... That Would Lead her... Straight Back... To Her Heavenly Father... Almighty God... where she would no longer feel... a sense of limitation... as she had... so many times... before... in the past... in following various Spiritual Paths... had finally... Hallelujah... come to a Glorious end...!


And that the Path Of SUBUD... Would Be The Path... That Would Truly Lead her... Straight Back... To Her Beloved Heavenly Father... Almighty God... And That Through SUBUD... she Would Be Given... A Sense Of her Blissful... Glorious Eternity... In Paradise...!


In fact... that sense of Limitless Eternity... has really come true... For even just a yesterday... already seems... like a century ago... and hard to recall...!


Because... in the SUBUD Way Of Life... one really and truly... only lives... in the present... giving the whole... of each yesterday... back to one's Creator... Almighty God...!


Except in the instances... of periodic Purification... when Almighty God... Very Gently... and in Gradual Degrees... that can be borne... by the particular soul... Makes His loved son... or daughter... look back... upon their mistakes... and sins... one by one...


Feel the painful... Spiritual Reality... of what each one was... and hopefully learn from them... and never make the same mistakes... or commit the same sins... ever... again... since one can easily be Reminded... of the very real... painful Purification Process... of each one of them...!


So that... each time... Almighty God... Mercifully Shows us... the Spiritual Reality... of our wicked ways... there truly is no excuse... to commit them again...!


Thus began an aching yearning... inside Nadia... And she wasted no time... immediately ordering... John Bennett's book... from "The Mystic Book Shop of London..." ... the very next day... paying for it... since Dimitri... in his immediate teletransportation to her... had not thought it necessary... to bring any money with him...!


And with dear Dimitri... visiting her... in the same way... every night thereafter... they both happily awaited its arrival...


But alas... the very precious... eagerly awaited... pre-paid for book... was not delivered...!


And when she wrote to "The Mystic Book Shop of London..."... inquiring why... they had not yet... sent the pre-paid book to her... indicating that it had been... already three weeks... since she had ordered it... there was no response from them... whatsoever...! Neither when she wrote to them... a second... nor a third time...!!!???


And while she waited... for the precious book... to arrive... with an almost unbearable... aching longing... inside her... she decided to seek the precious book... or anything else about SUBUD... in all the book stores... throughout the city of Bulawayo...


She also asked all her adoring fans... and becoming desperate... even strangers on the street... about more and more elusive SUBUD... and got the strangest reactions from them...!


In fact... anyone... and everyone... she came across... reacted with peculiarly blank... shocked faces... claiming that they had never heard... of the book... or about SUBUD... some of them getting all flustered... and looking suddenly uncomfortably exposed... blushing... stammering... and stuttering... barely able to say the Holy Word...!!!???


While yet others reacted startled... as if hit in the chest... by the Holy Word...!


And the aching yearning... inside Nadia... grew stronger... and stronger... and deeper... and deeper... as she desperately... tried to find... John Bennett's book... all her inquiries... at book stores... asking her friends... office co-workers... her adoring public... at the different places she performed... yielding absolutely nothing...!


Dimitri... whose soul was also yearning for SUBUD... was likewise trying to find the book... or anything else about SUBUD... throughout the city of Salisbury... which was much larger than Bulawayo... and getting the same kind of reactions... as well... and also without any success... whatsoever...!


This yearning soul was to wait... another l-o-o-ong ... agonizing year... Being Taught Patience... one of the most important... necessary qualities... for worshipping Almighty God... the SUBUD Way...


And only when she... being a fiercely independent... strong-willed... impetuous... defiantly willful... impulsive Aries soul... Was Brought Down Low... to utter helplessness... with no strength left... hospitalized... yet again... back in Johannesburg... South Africa... Was she finally Led... Directly to SUBUD... by an Angel of God...!


Dimitri and Nadia... had become separated... when he was forced to sell his leather goods store... in Salisbury... and return to Greece... a few months after their joyous reunion... with them promising each other... to never rest... until they had found SUBUD... and to keep in touch with each other...


(You can read all about this humble to God soul's years... as a Spiritual Healer... in both South Africa... and in Southern... and Northern Rhodesia... and her very unusual... wonderful... intimate association... with her dear kindred in spirit lover... and protector... Dimitri... under references to the Part... describing her life... in those places... in the Table of Contents listing... of her Spiritual Odyssey... "From Seven Hells... To Seventh Heaven... SUBUD...")


And now... here she was... back in Johannesburg... at the General Hospital... flat on her back... suffering... with yet another kidney infection... an affliction... which had plagued her... all her life... with no idea... that she had only one functioning kidney... the other one... shriveled up... and never developed...!


(However... she is happy to say... that through the Miracle of the Latihan Kejiwaan... of SUBUD... she discovered... when she found herself hospitalized... at the Cape Canaveral Hospital.. in Florida... with yet another bout of chronic cystitis... which had also plagued her... for many years... now being in her eighth year in SUBUD... that her shriveled up kidney... had fully developed... some time during the last four years... since the last X-Ray taken... when she was in her fourth year in SUBUD...!)


She happened to be in the same room with her beloved third husband Mark... at the time... who was there because of horrible burns sustained... from a gas tank explosion... near their home in Antigua...!


Having given up all hope... of ever finding this Magical... elusive "SUBUD..." ... in South Africa... which had Stirred her... so deeply... thinking to herself... gloomily... that SUBUD was probably only available... in England... and she would have to save up some serious money... for her all important trip... to The Mystic Book Shop of London... itself... to find it... she was thoroughly amazed... when another extraordinary Miracle Happened...!


(To be Continued... with another  Excerpt of... "From The Shadow... Of The Rising Sun..." Part  III - Chapter 21... About the Extraordinary Effect... Of The Holy Word... SUBUD... Upon Guido... Another Dear Friend... Insha Allah... God Willing... Thursday 1/10/11)