"BAPAK AND THE COMING OF THE LATIHAN"... II BAPAK'S OPENING... (Concluded)

"BAPAK AND THE COMING OF THE LATIHAN"... II  BAPAK'S OPENING... (Concluded today 8/2/10... as follows...:) 


During the year 1924, besides doing his work as an official of the Semarang municipality. Bapak studied bookkeeping three evenings each week. Every evening, Bapak used to close his books when it was already past 12 o'clock at night, and then go for a walk in order to clear his brain and refresh himself, after the concentration of his work.


One night, on his way home from such a walk, just in front of the hospital (called the Centrale BurgerlijheZiekenhuis) which was in the course of being built, suddenly there was a Light from above. Bapak was very startled, because it was a Brilliant Light, comparable to that of mid-day. 


Instantly Bapak looked up and it appeared like the Sun Was Falling on Bapak. After Bapak saw the Light, the Sun Fell Upon Bapak's head. The Sun Falling Upon Bapak's head then Penetrated Into Bapak. Bapak Felt His Whole Body Shaking Strongly And His Chest Was Trembling. 


Bapak felt that this was probably the onset of an illness called "broerte" in Dutch - that is, a heart attack - and Bapak felt very shaken indeed.


Fortunately, the place where Bapak had this Experience was very near to his house, only about three hundred metres away. 


Bapak hurried home, because he thought he was having a heart attack which might cause his death. 


So on coming to his house, Bapak knocked on the door, and Bapak's mother came quickly to open it. 


Apparently Bapak's mother noticed that something had happened to Bapak and she asked: 


"Why are you so pale?" 


Bapak answered: "It is nothing", and quickly went into his bedroom. 


There Bapak prepared himself, lay down on his bed and surrendered himself to Almighty God, not knowing what would happen to him.


When he was ready, Bapak fell asleep; he did not die. 


It was strange that Bapak did not die at that time, but he saw that his Whole Self Was Completely Filled With Light Full Of Radiance Like Electric Wires; Bapak did not understand what this meant, and just let it happen. 


Bapak was not frightened, but it seemed rather strange, because the Light Was Inside Himself. And Bapak did not see the Light here only (gestures), but Bapak could See It Also In His Head. It lasted only for a minute or less and then disappeared. When the Light had gone, Bapak Was Awakened from his sleep. 


"Oh, what has awakened me?" 


But Bapak did not feel afraid, no, there was only a feeling of happiness and peace when Bapak Was Awakened.


Awake - Rise - Walk.  Bapak Arose, but not by his will. 


It so happened that in Bapak's house there was a room set aside for studying, and so it did not have much furniture and not many articles in it. He was Made to Walk to the room in which he usually prayed.


When Bapak got there, he performed the solat with just two raka'ats and when Bapak had finished the Ibadat, he Was Turned Around and his Walking Went On Of Itself. 


Bapak wondered Who Was Making him Walk. But there was no one to ask at that time because Bapak was all alone. 


When Bapak went back to his bedroom, he felt quite normal again, went back to bed and he went to sleep again.


Later on, Bapak asked people about his Experience, but no one knew what this was. 


Of course Bapak felt that something strange was happening to him, because he had never felt like this before; but even so, Bapak was quite calm and conscious in his feelings and not at all frightened or worried; on the contrary he felt truly surrendered to the Power of Almighty God.


So it went on every night. 


It can be said that Bapak had a Thousand Nights of Latihan like this. 


So, if you ask what is the origin of Bapak's Latihan Kejiwaan, whether Bapak had a human teacher, it was not at all so, brothers and sisters. Bapak did not obtain this from any man. 


It Was Conceived from within Bapak himself, and Bapak did not understand why it happened to him in this way, that he Was Awakened from sleep and Enabled to Receive the Latihan.


During the time that Bapak was Receiving and following this spontaneous Latihan, his heart and mind, as well as his imagination and thinking, were quiet, but at the same time he always had a feeling of awareness and the repetition of "Allah, Allah, Allah". 


Bapak then realised that the Presence of this Latihan obliterated the influence of the nafsu, heart and mind, that fills the imagination and thoughts. 


Because of this, as long as Bapak was Receiving and following the Latihan, he was conscious and aware that his heart and mind were like spectators at a play, which one can watch and feel, but had no power to control or change.


(To be Continued... Allah Almighty God Willing... on 8/5/10... with "BAPAK AND THE COMING OF THE LATIHAN"... III  BAPAK'S EXPERIENCES DURING THE THOUSAND NIGHTS...)

"BAPAK AND THE COMING OF THE LATIHAN"... II BAPAK'S OPENING...

"BAPAK AND THE COMING OF THE LATIHAN"...  II  BAPAK'S OPENING... (Continued today 7/26/10...):-

When Bapak was a child he already experienced mysterious phenomena, or clairvoyance. Often when Bapak saw people who were quarreling or fighting he felt pain in his body, and later when Bapak had grown up and he wished to see a cinema or a stage performance, he would feel very cold and shiver.

Later, when Bapak grew up, a man suddenly appeared - yet he was not a man, as Bapak knew because it was in the middle of the night, when Bapak was asleep. Bapak was then fifteen years old. And this man awakened Bapak. Bapak awoke and saw someone of middle age or older, dressed all in black, carrying a staff. He said to me, to Bapak: 

"Remember, when you are thirty-two years old, you will be called by Almighty God".

Having said this he disappeared. Bapak could not sleep again after that, because at thirty-two Bapak would still be young. What was the use of studying, what was the use of living here any longer. Why should I trouble myself to study if I would have to die at 32, for according to Bapak's understanding to be called by God meant to die.

But later on Bapak forgot about it and Bapak then worked, and during that period Bapak worked and studied. That means, when Bapak was still young he very much liked to learn and to study. When he was about 18 years old, Bapak started to work for a railway company in Surabaja, and finally he moved to Semarang and worked for the Municipality.

When he was young, Bapak was very fond of going to elderly people, or gurus of spiritual matters, that is, of a spiritual teaching that can bring about nobility in our life after death. 

But these elderly people did not give much and they were, rather, not inclined to give anything to Bapak because they said that Bapak ought not to come to them to be taught, as he would in the end be able to Receive directly from the Grace of Almighty God.

Among the elderly people mentioned above, there was a Kiaji (guru) called Kiaji Abdurrachman, of the village of Jatirogo, in Central Java. His teaching originated from Sunan Ampel, a Wali (a man who has Received the perfect human state) who came from Mekkah. Bapak did not receive very much from Kiaji Abdurrachman. On the contrary, the late Kiaji Abdurrachman often said that Bapak ought not to come to him to be taught, because Bapak would finally be able to Receive directly from Rasul Allah (The Prophet of Allah).

This explanation of the late Kiaji Abdurrachman was heard by his disciples who were present at the time. Therefore, there were quite a number of his pupils who then approached Bapak with the aim of getting whatever Bapak had Received from the Grace of Almighty God. 

Whereas, at that time, Bapak felt that he had not Received anything yet. But fortunately not very long after this, that is in 1930, Bapak was Graced by Almighty God.

BAPAK AND THE COMING OF THE LATIHAN - II BAPAK'S OPENING...

II  BAPAK'S OPENING


Indeed, brothers and sisters, an important event certainly has a history. 


It is the more so with the event of the coming into existence of the Latihan Kejiwaan of SUBUD, which has made it possible for man to Receive purification of his inner feeling and improvement of his jiwa towards perfection, in accordance with the Will of Almighty God.  It certainly has a history.


As for the reason why it is Bapak who became the pioneer in the field of the Latihan Kejiwaan of SUBUD, Bapak himself does not know the answer, only Almighty God Knows, Who Knows all things.


However, if there is a connection between this event and Bapak, Bapak can say that it so happened that Bapak was born the same day, the same month and year as the Prophet Muhammad.


It is only by coincidence, brothers and sisters - if Bapak tells you - that Bapak was born at daybreak, at 4.30 a.m. in the morning, and the day and the time were the same as at the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. 


Bapak's birth, regarding time, day, month and year, was the same.  This is just a coincidence, it is not that it was arranged that Bapak should be born at the same time.  Bapak does not understand it.  It just happened 
that the births took place at the same time.  


But Bapak is not the Prophet Muhammad; Bapak is just Bapak Muhammad Subuh, a poor man, a humble man, a man who is liable to fall sick.


As for the date, month and year of the Christian calendar, Bapak was born on the 22nd of June, 1901, in the village of Kedungjati, in the county of Grobogan, in the Semarang area, in Central Java, just at the 
time when Mount Kelut erupted heavily.


Bapak was born at dawn, about five o'clock in the morning, that is, at the time when the Moslems offer their morning prayer.  Just after he was born, forty cannon shots were fired to mark the beginning of the Grebeg Sekatan festival, for people say that Grebeg Sekatan is the time determined as the birth time of the Prophet Muhammad, that is, in the month of Maulud, in the year Dhal [according to the Islamic calendar].


Bapak was given the name Soekarno by his grandfather.  But with that name Bapak was always ill, and therefore his name was soon changed to another name, Muhammad Subuh, to correspond with the time of 
Bapak's birth which was at subuh (dawn).  After Bapak's name was changed to Muhammad Subuh he was always healthy and seldom fell ill.


Bapak's father was called Chasidi. During his lifetime he worked as an officer of a railway company and after he retired he worked on his own farm as a farmer.  


Bapak's late father was a descendant (grandson) of Kiaji Muhammad Abubakar, or, originally, Pangeran (meaning "prince") Sajid Muhammad Abubakar.  It was told that he came from Jogjakarta, in Central Java.


Bapak's mother's name is Siti Kursinah. She is a descendant of Pangeran (Prince) Purbokusumo, a descendant of Sunan Kalijogo of Kadilangu Demak.


(BAPAK'S OPENING... To be Continued... God Willing... Thursday July 22nd 2010...)

BAPAK AND THE COMING OF THE LATIHAN (I THE PROOF Concluded)

By the Grace of Almighty God, Bapak and his family were able to survive in such a condition until the year 1945;  that is, when the second world war ended and Indonesia became a free country.

In the year 1945 Bapak and his family moved to Jogjakarta, where Bapak worked in the Government as chief of the financial section of the Army Medical Corps, and every Thursday and Saturday, in the evening, Bapak Opened brothers who wished to follow the Latihan Kejiwaan.

At the beginning of the year 1948, Bapak asked to resign from his position, because he felt that working as a soldier was not in accordance with Bapak's Jiwa (inner-force).

Bapak then set up an enterprise as a building contractor, assisted by brothers who were experts in this field and who had Received the Latihan Kejiwaan.

Bapak wishes to mention here that when he was in Jogjakarta and worked there he was always waiting for the opportunity to find a way to go abroad, as he had been Commanded to do when he was still at Semarang in the year 1933.

Indeed all the Messages Received by Bapak had already proved true: but Bapak had not yet received proof of the truth of the Message that after the second world war and after the liberation of Indonesia, Bapak would be required to go abroad in order to spread the Latihan Kejiwaan. Even so, Bapak firmly believed that he would do this and that it was only a matter of waiting for the best time.

In the beginning of the year 1954, Bapak felt that he had to move to Jakarta and so Bapak moved there immediately. In Jakarta, Bapak and his family stayed at Kebajoran Baru [a suburb of Jakarta], but soon Bapak moved from there to jalan jawa [a street in Jakarta].

Only after Bapak had moved to Jakarta did the expected time come, that is, the time when it really became possible for Bapak to go abroad and there Open and guide people who wished to follow the Latihan Kejiwaan.

Bapak made several journeys abroad with the result that the Latihan Kejiwaan of SUBUD spread widely and was followed by brothers and sisters of various races, countries and religions.

This, brothers and sisters, was the proof of what Bapak had Received long before and which Bapak had felt, at the time of Receiving it, was something that could not possibly come about. And now, since everything has come true, Bapak feels it is necessary to tell you about what Bapak had Received and Experienced in the past; but Bapak will tell you only what is necessary.

(To be Continued with:  II  BAPAK'S OPENING...)

"BAPAK AND THE COMING OF THE LATIHAN"...

May all of Muftiah's dearly loved members... of her vast International SUBUD family... as well as her Facebook Friends... now numbering 946... be fascinated... and bowled over... as she was... by the following pages... of "BAPAK AND THE COMING OF THE LATIHAN"... where Beloved BAPAK... describes his incredible True Experiences... of God's very unique... Thousand Nights of Preparation... for His Beloved son BAPAK... to carry out his Holy Mission... to spread SUBUD... to all of mankind... when he was only thirty-two years old...:-      

BAPAK'S STORY is as follows:

I  THE  PROOF

In the past Bapak did not want to speak about his Receiving, for Bapak still needed proof of what he had Received. Actually Bapak should have trusted whatever he had Received, but anyway Bapak was still doubtful before seeing proof. 

According to Bapak's Receiving in the year 1932, there would later be a second world war and at the end of this war Indonesia would become a free country. Bapak would then have to go round the world to bring what Bapak had Received, namely this Latihan Kejiwaan, to people who had the wish to follow the way of the Latihan Kejiwaan. 

At that time Bapak still worked as a civil servant of the Semarang municipality. When Bapak Received that he would travel round the world, Bapak felt that it would be impossible for him to do so, for at that time Bapak was an ordinary employee and had no money, and Bapak really felt that there was no possibility of accomplishing this. Bapak felt that it was not even possible for him to travel round the country, let alone travel round the world. Therefore Bapak kept this matter to himself while waiting to see what situations might arise that would prove the truth of what he had Received.

After the Power of God had brought Bapak into the sphere of the Latihan Kejiwaan, it became necessary for him to give up all his work. 

During the year 1933, in the month of March, Bapak requested his release from his position as an official of the above municipality, and he also gave up all his work in side jobs with private companies, though Bapak's income from these occupations was not small. When Bapak had given up his work he was without employment in the outer sense, but it was Willed that Bapak should continuously Receive the Latihan Kejiwaan.

Bapak obeyed this Command, even though it was hard for him, but he stopped all his work because he Had Been Given an understanding of what was to come. Bapak felt rather despondent when he was no longer working and not earning any money, not even a cent, especially at times when he was out walking and saw things which he had previously been able to buy for the needs of his family. Bapak felt a heaviness of heart rising and falling within him.

But thanks to God, Who Had Strengthened Bapak's inner self, his inner feelings, which were sometimes weak, Were Transformed and became strong, so that the feeling of heaviness in his heart soon disappeared.

In short, Bapak passed through many trials at this time of his life but, by the Grace of God, the All-Loving and All-Compassionate, he felt as though all these things were of no importance. Furthermore, Bapak's endurance was increased by all that happened in the Latihan Kejiwaan.

Therefore at that time and from then on, Bapak only attended to the brothers who wished to follow the Latihan Kejiwaan as Bapak did.  As for the food and clothing which Bapak needed for life in this world, by the Grace of God Bapak was just able to manage.

(I  THE PROOF...  to be Continued)

HOMAGE TO OUR BELOVED SUBUD FATHER BAPAK... ON JUNE 22ND 2010

This is a homage... to commemorate our Beloved SUBUD Father BAPAK... Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo... on this very special day... the 22nd of June 1900... being the date of his birth...

Let all his many SUBUD children remember... their Father BAPAK... on this very special day... and give fervent thanks... to Allah Almighty God... or by whaterver other Holy Name... they may call Him... for sending His Beloved son Muhammad... down to earth... to pass on the Miracle of the Latihan... to all those many Blessed souls... Worthy in the Eyes of God... to Receive His Great Holy Life Force... Which Henceforth... Would Individually Guide... And Direct Perfectly... from within their beings... the moments of their lives on earth... which will become full of Inner Peace... Grace... and Harmony... with all those around them...

Let it be known... that for sixty-five years... ever since BAPAK was 22 years old... when a Golden Ball of Light... Descended From Heaven... And Entered The Top of His Head... Transforming him forever... BAPAK worked tirelessly... for his Beloved Creator... and for his SUBUD children... from all over the world... not only for years... travelling to different countries... to give them his famous Talks... and personally test their Spiritual Growth and Development... but also answering each and every letter written to him... from souls of different nationalities... backgrounds... religions... customs and traditions... and even world leaders...

BAPAK also found the time... to write "Susila Budhi Dharma"... which explains SUBUD... so beautifully... and other fascinating books and booklets... all of which can be found... and read... in various languages... via link...:

http://www.pewarta.us/talks/by_country.html

The above will also be featured... on Muftiah's newly established Blogs... "Muftiah"... and "Jiwa To Jiwa"... accessible via Links...:-

http://msubud.blogspot.com/    and    http://jiwatojiwa.blogspot.com/

And she hereby invites... all the dear members of her SUBUD family... and Facebook Friends... now numbering 921... to join her on her Blogs... where she will continue to work... for her Beloved BAPAK... as he monitors... guides... and directs her... in being his helper... for his many International SUBUD children...

BAPAK... now also the Father of All Mankind... will also contiue to monitor... guide... and direct... his most willing SUBUD daughter... via her Muftiah Blog... regarding the rest of the Worthy in the Eyes of God... questing Blessed souls... who hunger and ache for Him... to Individually Guide... and Direct... Perfectly... the moments of their lives... from within their beings... through Receiving His Great Holy Life Force...
which will... Insha Allah... God Willing... also become lives... full of Inner Peace... Grace... and Harmony... with all those around them...

With All my Jiwa to Jiwa Love... your SUBUD Sister/Ibu... and Facebook Friend... Muftiah...

HOMAGE TO BAPAK ON JUNE 22ND 2010

This is a homage... to commemorate our Beloved SUBUD Father BAPAK... Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo... on this very special day... the 22nd of June 1900... being the date of his birth...

Let all his many SUBUD children remember... their Father BAPAK... on this very special day... and give fervent thanks... to Allah Almighty God... or by whaterver other Holy Name... they may call Him... for sending His Beloved son Muhammad... down to earth... to pass on the Miracle of the Latihan... to all those many Blessed souls... Worthy in the Eyes of God... to Receive His Great Holy Life Force... Which Henceforth... Would Individually Guide... And Direct Perfectly... from within their beings... the moments of their lives on earth... which will become full of Inner Peace... Grace... and Harmony... with all those around them...

Let it be known... that for sixty-five years... ever since BAPAK was 22 years old... when a Golden Ball of Light... Descended From Heaven... And Entered The Top of His Head... Transforming him forever... BAPAK worked tirelessly... for his Beloved Creator... and for his SUBUD children... from all over the world... not only for years... travelling to different countries... to give them his famous Talks... and personally test their Spiritual Growth and Development... but also answering each and every letter written to him... from souls of different nationalities... backgrounds... religions... customs and traditions... and even world leaders...

BAPAK also found the time... to write "Susila Budhi Dharma"... which explains SUBUD... so beautifully... and other fascinating books and booklets... all of which can be found... and read... in various languages... via link...:

http://www.pewarta.us/talks/by_country.html  

The above will also be featured... on Muftiah's newly established Blogs... "Muftiah"... and "Jiwa To Jiwa"... accessible via Links...:-

http://msubud.blogspot.com/    and    http://jiwatojiwa.blogspot.com/

And she hereby invites... all the dear members of her SUBUD family... and Facebook Friends... now numbering 920... to join her on her Blogs... where she will continue to work... for her Beloved BAPAK... as he monitors... guides... and directs her... in being his helper... for his many International SUBUD children...

BAPAK... now also the Father of All Mankind... will also contiue to monitor... guide... and direct... his most willing SUBUD daughter... via her Muftiah Blog... regarding the rest of the Worthy in the Eyes of God... questing Blessed souls... who hunger and ache for Him... to Individually Guide... and Direct... Perfectly... the moments of their lives... from within their beings... through Receiving His Great Holy Life Force... which will... Insha Allah... God Willing... also become lives... full of Inner Peace... Grace... and Harmony... with all those around them...

With All my Jiwa to Jiwa Love... your SUBUD Sister/Ibu... and Facebook Friend... Muftiah...