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In Aceh and Kalimantan... P5
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Wedding in Bangladesh... P10
Favourite Photo:
World in a Puddle... P11
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Stranger Things Have
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Subud Sri Lanka... P14
Bapak's Talk:
Colombo 1958... P16
Bapak’s Thumb
Bapak went to Kalimantan
in 1980, opening the way
for Subud's involvement.
Subud Voice on Ipad... P20
Borneo Productions
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Bradford Moves on... P20
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My Subud Life... P21
Letter to the Editor:
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Number 8
September 2011
PART 1 OF MY KALIMANTAN ADVENTURE
An Interview with Mansur Geiger by Harris Smart who writes....
At last, the story can be told.
It's been a real cliffhanger, the story of Subud's mineral exploration
in Kalimantan. A real race to the wire between hero and zero.
Fortunately, hero seems to have got there first.
And nobody knows the story better than Mansur Geiger. He has
hung in there for 30 years, through thick and thin, through no money
and little money, through hope and disappointment. It is not going too
far to quote St Paul: "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the
race, I have kept the faith."
But now with the signing of a deal with Freeport, one of the biggest
mining companies in the world, with the most profitable copper mine
Mansur Geiger.
in the world, the future of our mineral exploration in Kalimantan seems
assured and now the story can be told...
Mansur Geiger was born and grew up in Perth, the capital of Western Australia, and the clearing
house for Australia's mineral resource wealth. His only sister, Halimah, is also in Subud, as is
his mother.
The name "Geiger" is of German origin and a relative has traced
the family back to an area in northern Germany famous for its gemstones.
The family has been in Australia for several generations, first
as winemakers in Victoria, and then they moved to Western Australia.
"But we are a real mixture,” Mansur told me. "There's Spanish and
English – even an English Lord – in there somewhere.”
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At the age of 17, Mansur was already working in the exploration
industry in Western Australia. Then he met an American sailor (name)
who introduced him to Subud. Mansur was already a ‘seeker’, had
looked into Hinduism and all kinds of things – this was the era of Hare
Krishna etc – but as soon as he heard about Subud, he knew it was the
thing he had been looking for, and he was opened in Perth in 1970.
In 1971 he went to Cilandak. "Partly it was motivated by a wish to
get away from the youth drug culture that prevailed at that time. I was
a surfer and the drugs were all around me."
He spent a year traveling in Indonesia, visiting Bali and Sumatra,
Bapak’s thumb.
but then settled in Wisma Subud. He joined with Subud member,
Irwan Holmes, to market Indonesian opals. But these opals, while very beautiful, tended to be unstable and broke down.
This led to a year back in Australia working with the government’s scientific research outfit CSIRO. He lived in
Sydney and worked with the CSIRO investigating ways the Indonesian opals might be stabilized, related to a project that
the CSIRO then had, to produce artificial opals.
Back to Indonesia he began a 20-year partnership with Viviana Bulow-Huber, the outstanding designer in gold and
silver who worked with George Jensen. They made elegant but affordable jewellry using Viviana's designs combining
silver with local materials like seashells.
Then, in 1980, came the turning point. Bapak visited Kalimantan and
soon after his return, a company was set up to begin exploring for gold and
copper in Kalimantan.
Harris: When did the word “Kalimantan” first enter your consciousness?
Mansur: In 1980. Bapak went there and said, “Now is the time”. And
then, the following year Bapak organized a company and told us to gear up
and get organized and get the mining concessions.
Harris: And you made a trip then, didn’t you?
Mansur: The first trip was in ‘81. The year after Bapak first went. I went
with Asikin and Pak Haryono. It happened fairly quickly and we started the
great adventure. We had no idea what we were getting into. We were completely
unprepared, just took a bag of rice. We got stuck at various places
because the river was too high and the rapids were impassable.
Harris: Which river was that?
Mansur: The Kahayan. We had to wait I think five days in Maharoi, the
Beruang Kanan mining base camp.
last village because we could go no further. All we had was an old American
military map that had written all across the center of Borneo, “elevations unknown”. We struck horrendous rapids that
took us five days to go through.
Harris: That was above Maharoi?
Mansur: Yeah, above Maharoi. And then Asikin and Pak Haryono looked at me and said, “Well, we've come here and
now it’s up to you to find the gold, bye!”
I stayed with this old Dayak guy Pak Sumbin. He was actually 62 at the time because he’s 92 now And I usually visit
him and he still remembers better than I do every bit of that first journey together. He’s still very bright and alive and
he’s come into Subud.
Harris: The Dayaks have incredible physical endurance, don’t they?
Mansur: Oh, unbelievable, I mean he was 62. For 20 years he was working
with us, going the same places which were very extreme. He was still actively
climbing mountains at 75.
Harris: And had Bapak already put his thumb on the map when you made that thumb on the
first trip?
Mansur: There were two generations of Bapak's thumb because he put his
map and said,
thumb initially on a map which had a scale of one to a million. He put his thumb
on the map and said, “There!” So, we made the first little concessions in there and
that was the basis of making that first trip. I made preliminary investigations of “There!”
each of the main rivers and I think there were 33 and I found gold in 31 of them.
So it was a very confusing and undefined outcome because there was gold ‘He put his
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everywhere. And that’s largely the result of millions of years of extreme erosion and
re-deposition spread throughout Central Kalimantan. You find gold everywhere that's There were 33
been washed down from the original mountains.
rivers and
’
I
We estimate that the surface of Kalimantan has been eroded about one kilometer.
It was originally formed about 33 million years ago when it was a very active volcanic
place, but now it’s probably the only place that’s inactive in Indonesia.
found gold in
Harris: And the second time Bapak put his thumb on the map?
31 of them.
Mansur: We showed him a map that we’d made, a big scale map, and he put his thumb right up at the head of the
Katingan River, completely unknown country, it took us months to get in there by crossing over two different mountain
ranges.
Harris: You had to drag the canoes up one side and down the other side?
Mansur: At first we dragged the canoes up and over, but on the second range, we just made boats on the other side.
This was with old Matthew Mayberry. Those were the adventurous
days with Matthew. And when we came back, we had a selfmade
map that was based on some work the Japanese had done,
and Bapak saw this map which rather than one to a million scale
was about one to a hundred thousand and he said, “Well that’s
where you should live.” And that was a place called
(Indecipherable).
Bapak said, “So you guys still live out of canoes and in tents,
always on the move. You know that’s no
way to go, that’s not looking after yourself
the way you need to.” Bapak was
really concerned about our well-being
and he designed a camp. He did a little
drawing and plan. “There’s a room for
you, Mansur, it should be at least four by
four and there’s the place for your bed.”
Through all of those years, Bapak was
always mainly concerned about our
human welfare and safety.
I once nearly died from diving in a river. I got carbon monoxide
poisoning and when I told Bapak about that he said, “Ooh,
that’s a very big lesson for us all. You need to be more careful.”
Harris: So, the thumb indicated the base camp but presumably
that’s near where the minerals were to be found?
Top: Jungle team. Right:Pak Mat.
Bottom: Navigating the rapids.
Mansur: In later years we actually got to the place. Now it's
called Mansur. And it's about 10 kilometers from something else
we call Baroi both of which have prospects of becoming a big
deposit. So, it makes sense to be about 10 kilometers away so you don’t hear the boom, boom and get all the noise and
dust and stuff.
Harris: And there’s a pinnacle you named Bapak's thumb?
Mansur: Yes it's a volcanic plug. We made two attempts to get to the place Bapak had indicated and it just didn’t
work. Until finally I got there one day and it was late afternoon, a beautiful afternoon, and we came around the river and
there it was, standing up right in front of me 600 meters tall, and it really looked like someone standing there.
This is where Bapak told us we should live. It is a very beautiful mountain complex, it’s very high, and has a beautiful
view and a nice temperature.
Harris: I know that throughout the last 30 years you have had to face many hardships on every level from living on
bamboo shoots in the jungle through financial uncertainty and so on. And often there was real life-threatening danger, wasn’t
there, from snakes, for example?
Mansur: I had a lot of snake experiences. There are lots of snakes in
the deep heart of Borneo. In fact, the only really dangerous thing there,
other than some pretty nasty scorpions, which don’t kill you – and centipedes,
all the other animals are benign. But there's quite a variety of very
concerned about
our welfare
poisonous snakes. There are a lot of non-poisonous snakes too.
‘Bapak was always
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Python. "It came right over
my shoulder."
Harris: You told me once that you were in a canoe on a river and a python suddenly
stuck up its head and looked straight at you specifically with obvious evil intent – it really
fixed its eye on you – and its head was as big as a cow’s head.
Mansur: Wow. I must have been drunk when I told you that. A cow’s head?
Harris: Yeah. I remember that phrase. You said, “Its head was as big as a cow’s head.”
Mansur: Oh, that must have been one of those wonderful Dayak exaggerations.
Harris: Oh, was it?
Mansur: They would always love to take the piss out of you.
Harris: I see.
Mansur: So they probably heard me starting to exaggerate my story and then they all
developed it. “Oh yeah. Its head was as big as a cow’s head.” Probably it started off as big as a goat’s head and then
became a cow’s head. I probably said, “It had a head like a goat”, and they said, “Oh, that’s not big enough.” You know
they’re great humorists.
One time we were walking along a little river that had flooded and I saw some really interesting rocks on the other
bank. So I said, “Well, no one needs to come, I'll just swim over.” I mean we used to live half-naked, wet all the time
and it was raining, you're already wet, so it doesn’t matter.
And so I swam over and I was banging away at these exciting looking rocks. And suddenly these guys started throwing
rocks at me. I thought “Gee, what's going on? It's like the troops are in revolution or something.” So they're pointing
up and I looked up and this python is up on the bank, just two meters above me, and it was coiling up and anchoring
itself to a tree, ready to strike.
And I looked at it eye to eye and it coiled up and up and then finally flung itself at me and there I was holding up my
little geological hammer like a cross as if to say, “No! No!”
And I don’t know what exactly happened but I managed to step to one side, and it came right over my shoulder. And
it just kept coming and coming and coming and then disappeared into this muddy water. Everyone tried to catch it but it
just disappeared. It must have been seven meters long.
In Part 2 of this series Mansur tells of an encounter with a king cobra and talks about the nature and quality of the
Dayaks who worked with him.
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KGC joint venture with Freeport
As announced on April 19, 2011, Kalimantan Gold Corporation Limited (the "Company") entered into a joint venture
agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Exploration Corporation in relation to the Company's
KSK Contract of Work copper project in Kalimantan, Indonesia.
The Company is operator and Freeport is funding the KSK joint venture.
Extensive preparations are now complete to commence drilling once the necessary forestry permits are issued.
The Company has submitted all the required documentation to apply for these permits which are expected to be
issued shortly.
The Company intends to begin the program with shallow and deep drilling at Beruang. Field operations and mobilization
of drill rigs will start immediately the forestry permits are issued.
PT Indobara Pratama ("PT IBP")
The Directors have been reviewing the allocation of resources following the recently announced joint ventures on its
copper and gold prospects.
As shareholders will be aware, the Company was acting as a selling agent for the shareholders of IBP. Despite
approaching numerous parties and entering into detailed negotiations with a large number of potential purchasers over
the past 2 years, it has not been possible to conclude a sale of PT IBP on terms satisfactory to the owners of PT IBP.
In view of this, the Directors have decided to concentrate its much needed resources on the copper and gold projects.
The Company will continue to seek, evaluate and identify new coal
opportunities as and when they arise.
About Kalimantan Gold
Kalimantan Gold Corporation Limited is a junior exploration company
listed on both the TSX Venture Exchange in Canada and on AIM in
London.
The Company has two exploration projects in Kalimantan: the Jelai
epithermal gold project in East Kalimantan (which is optioned to Tigers
Realm Minerals) and the KSK Contract of Work in Central Kalimantan
with multiple porphyry copper and gold prospects (which is optioned to
Freeport).
For further information please visit www.kalimantan.com or contact:
Faldi Ismail
Deputy Chairman and CEO, Kalimantan Gold
Mobile: +61 (0) 423 206 324
Email: faldi.ismail@kalimantan.com
Gerald Cheyne
Director Corporate Development
Telephone: +44 (0) 2077311806
Mobile: +44 (0) 7717473168
Email: gerald.cheyne@kalimantan.com
YUM in Aceh and Kalimantan
PART 1 OF THE INTERVIEW WITH OLVIA REKSODIPOETRO
KGC has decided to concentrate its
much needed resources on its copper
and gold prospects.
Olvia Reksodipoetro is the chairperson of Yayasan Usaha Mulia (YUM) a foundation in Indonesia which includes many
social projects. It is one of Subud's longest running and most successful humanitarian endeavors. In Part One of this twopart
series she talks about YUM's work in the tsunami-struck area of Aceh in Sumatra and YUM's projects in Central
Kalimantan in Borneo....
Olvia: I came to Indonesia in 1974. Before that I had lived mostly in Paris. I had worked in Paris for about ten years,
mostly in the fashion world. And when I arrived in Indonesia I thought I would stay only two months at Wisma Subud
but then within ten days I got a job for the UN. So I worked for the UN for five years, and then after that in the private
sector. While I was working for the UN I met my husband and in 1998 I established my own company.
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Harris: What was the company doing?
Olvia: Consulting. We were doing a lot of legal projects for
the World Bank, the IMF also, doing research and training. We to establish a sound
were doing also lots of translations for UNICEF. Then when my
husband was sent to Norway as Ambassador, I closed the company.
organisation
I felt a lot more interested in social work. I had already done some while
working with the UN. And since my salary was no longer really needed
after Norway, I decided to close the company and concentrate on social
work. And about two months after I came back from Norway I was asked
to be the Chair of YUM. And at that time YUM needed a lot of help, so it
was very challenging.
Harris: What year was that?
Olvia: 2005. And it was very challenging, but fortunately there was a
good team. I was given a free hand to choose the other board members. And
also a friend asked me, “How much do you need to put YUM back on its
feet?” and so I was able to hire an accountant and an Executive Director
and buy two computers. We immediately had the accounts audited, and I
had to close quite a number of projects. For instance, two of our clinics
were operating without a license and without a doctor.
When I took over the main thing for me was to establish a sound organization,
with sound practices, and I contacted the Ford Foundation, because
I had heard that they helped NGOs to be accountable and transparent. So I
contacted them and they referred us to another organization, which is fully Olvia Reksodipoetro.
funded by George Soros, the Open Society Foundation. And they helped us.
We worked with them for two days to assess all the aspects of the organization that needed improvement, and it was
everything, every aspect. The only thing that was clear was our mission and vision, to help the poor in every possible
way, disregarding gender, religion, ethnicity. So from that we have had a road map of what was needed for the organization
to have a solid basis. So we worked on that and now it's OK. But there was a lot of work leading to that. And also
of course hiring new staff who could handle proper accounting, proper everything.
Harris: How did the work in Aceh begin?
Olvia: Through Murray Clapham, we were contacted by a very big Japanese organization, the Japan National Council
of Social Welfare. They had a lot of money for countries that had been affected by the tsunami, and they wanted a project
in Aceh.
So their Director paid us a visit, and then went to Aceh, and came
back and said, “You are starting next month to do a community center
and we are sending you right away 7 million Yen and 1 million Yen
will be for YUM itself, for its head office.”
The project was for five years, and after one year they had some
high level people come to check what was going on, and they were so
happy they doubled our budget. And so this project continued for five
years, and was only closed last year. The last three years were really
used to train local people to take over what we were doing. At the
beginning we were renting one of the few standing houses there, but
the year before the project was closed, we built a community center
Impact of the tsunami in Aceh. ‘You are
that was handed over to the community.
starting next month to build a community center.’ Harris: What sort of services did that provide?
Olvia: Trauma relief in different forms. For children through sports, drawing activities, physiotherapy. Also providing
micro-credit for people who had lost everything but had a
background of running a small business. And providing school
scholarships for children. We also opened a small library, and a
care center for small children, so the mothers could have time to
earn money or to have other activities. And the training of other
social workers as well.
‘ ’
The main thing was
‘A community
center for tsunami
victims in Aceh
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The project manager was very good at networking, so we got projects with ILO also. This one was a really good project,
and they wanted us to stay, but there was no more funding. However, it had been a great five years.
The Japan National Council of Social Welfare, who are an umbrella organization, employ one-and-a-half million people,
and they usually do not do projects outside of Japan. But at the time of the tsunami they had 4,500 retirement homes
and the Director told me that they received a lot of money from the people staying in these retirement homes, some very
rich. So they had a lot of money to assist projects in countries most affected by the tsunami of 2004.
So when I went with the Director to the inauguration of the community
center we built, the one that they were leaving as a legacy, I talked
with him about Kalimantan, and he said he would have a little bit of
funding for us.
He was particularly interested in keeping the local culture alive. And
that's why we discussed with him this idea of doing books for children
with local Dayak stories, dealing with local culture. And I am so glad
that we are cooperating with you and BCU School on this.
And besides that project, through some miracle we also got a big project
from Barclays Capital, for Kalimantan, where we now assist local
schools. We had done a survey and 40% of the children could not afford
school books, which is a major problem, because they can’t do their Aceh Community Centre. Bult by YUM, given
homework without school books. Also, the teachers did not have reference
material. Part of the funding was also for BCU, to train local teachers, and for us to establish a library for children
to the community.
in the area. And this has been going on now for three years.
We also started a telecenter with their funding, where we could train young people how to use computers. And now
that we have at last a good Internet access, they also learn how to
use the Internet for school research. And at the moment we also
have 100 kids who come for English lessons in the library. They
have a very strong wish to learn and to improve their English.
And besides that we were also asked by friends in Germany
whether we would be interested to apply to the German government
for a project. One key problem in Kalimantan was malaria.
We worked with our German friends for two years on a proposal to
address the problem of malaria and now we are in our last year of
that project. This also went very well.
We followed the implementation guidelines of The Global Fund
and the Health Ministry. And while there were more than 900 people
who tested positive for malaria two years ago, now every month
New school equipment in Central Kalimantan funded
by Barclays.
the records of the local health clinic show that only one or two persons
are infected and usually it’s people who went into the jungle, outside the area we were servicing.
Harris: And is it like an eradication program, when you try and eradicate the mosquitoes?
Olvia: Yes. It’s a really comprehensive program; distribution of mosquito nets was one of the key components
because we used the kind which are impregnated with a chemical that kills mosquitoes instantly, even in a radius of a
few 100 meters.
Harris: Really? That’s powerful.
Olvia: Yes, very powerful, it's from Japan and another brand we use is from Germany.
Also, we spray houses where for malaria you need to spray twice a year. You spray the walls with larvicide where the
larva are sticking, and also kill larva in all the ponds in the area. And we did a lot of health education, because people
did not know it was malaria that affected them. They thought, OK, we have fever so we go and buy some Aspirin or
Panadol and of course they would not be cured.
Fortunately, this type of malaria is not the kind that kills almost instantly, but it’s debilitating and therefore people
cannot work. The children miss school because of it and they can never fully recover. I mean, they get it several times.
They can get it twice a year.
We had an external evaluation of our project from the Health Ministry in Jakarta. Three of them came here; one was
an entomologist who with the help of some local people was catching mosquitoes for three nights in a row. They brought
back the mosquitoes to analyze in their laboratories in Jakarta. No trace of active malaria was found.
There was also an expert in malariometrics who took blood samples of 150 children and again no trace of malaria
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‘
anymore. And a doctor was always there. All the tests confirmed that malaria
was no longer active in that area.
We have run a
Harris: What area is that?
Olvia: It’s Bukit Batu, a sub-district of which Rungan Sari is part. We have
been working in six villages out of seven, because the seventh village is very
difficult to access. So we did not work there, only in the other six villages
where we calculate there are about 11,000 people.
Harris: 11,000 people, wow!
Olvia: Community health education is a big part of it, and our staff attend every Posyandu meeting at the health
’
very
comprehensive
anti-malaria
program
service
post, 16 every month, so they are in contact with hundreds of women every month. And we explain again and again
the importance of having mosquito netting over their beds, as a way to prevent being bitten by mosquitoes. And so now
they understand and it has worked well. And we hope the malaria will not come back, but you can never be sure.
But fortunately, The Global Fund has started being active in Kalimantan though not yet in our area because there is no
more malaria there at the moment. So they are starting
with the most endemic areas, and we hope that by working
in those other areas it will help this area not to
restart the malaria problem.
Harris: The Global Fund – is that an UN agency?
Olvia: It’s a mixture of different donors, USAID, the
Gates Foundation and some governments.
Harris: And its focus is health programs?
Olvia: Yes. So there is a Global Fund for Malaria, for
Tuberculosis, and for AIDS. So there are around eight
projects for Kalimantan and Sulawesi, if I am not mistaken,
and they are spending tens of millions of dollars.
I mean, it’s not a small project like with us, because they
Malaria eradication team. Right: Malaria fell from a peak of 976 cases
in 1998, before YUM’s program began, to just 7 cases in 2011.
are going to handle a huge area.
And now our staff are being asked to join meetings, to
explain to other sub-districts how we did it, so that they follow
the way we have been doing, which has been successful.
So these are the major projects we have done in Kalimantan.
Harris: What about agriculture?
Olvia: That is something we started a year ago. YUM had
a big place near Jakarta which had been a problem for a long
time, so we agreed to sell it and instead invest in land here in Kalimantan, because one acute problem here is food shortage.
Most of the vegetables are brought from either Java or South
Kalimantan. But because of the soil degradation, after lots of the forest has
been subjected to deforestation, much of the soil in Central Kalimantan
has turned into sand. There are only a few places where the soil is fertile,
and most of it is not good.
As a result, people are not able to grow vegetables, and those who try,
have to spend a lot of money using chemicals and still it doesn’t work.
So we bought two pieces of land; one was fertile soil, the other was
sandy soil, and we are testing and researching simple methods for the people
in the community to adopt, to restore the soil, using natural compost,
Sustainable agriculture project in Central bio-char, and other things. We are preparing in one location, a demonstration
plot, growing different types of vegetables and also medicinal plants.
Kalimantan.
So once we get the funding again, it will be hopefully with the German government; we have been discussing this with
them for a year-and-a-half. Then we will teach people in the communities how to do a home garden. And the idea is that
this home garden will grow different types of legumes and that will help them to have better nutrition.
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Community library. Giving young people
from poor backgrounds access to education.
We know that there is a lot of malnutrition and under-nutrition,
because vegetables there are more expensive than they are, for example,
in Jakarta, because they have to be brought from far away.
Standards of living are very low, because there is no business here, no
big industry. So people barely survive. They have to spend a lot just to
feed themselves and they don’t feed themselves properly.
So we hope that through these home gardens they will be able to feed
themselves properly. So that’s their basic food needs taken care of, but
also for those who have more land, later on they can earn more through
cash crops.
Harris: What’s the size of the land that you have currently; the good
land and the bad land?
Olvia: The good land, we have two hectares; the bad land, I think we have 13 hectares.
Harris: OK, 15 altogether. Is that located on Kilometer 31 on the road to Rungan Sari?
Olvia: The good one is Kilometer 30; the bad one Kilometer 37. But they are prime location, both of them, because
they're along the Trans-Kalimantan Highway. So eventually we hope to move our office there; and the library.
As part of our long-term plans we also hope to build a vocational training center because, again, a big problem here
is that few people have skills, which makes it very difficult for them even to apply for micro-credit loans, because they
would not know what to do with the money.
The big palm oil companies usually bring their workers from Java. They don’t employ many local people. So we are
hoping to do a survey to find out what are the needs of the big companies in Central Kalimantan and therefore to adjust
our trainings to those needs. We have already identified a number of needs, but we hope to identify more.
One problem here in Kalimantan is to find good staff. It's very difficult because there are not many people with qualifications,
and if they have qualifications they prefer to work in Palangkaraya rather than coming to our projects, 36 kilometers
from Palangkaraya, with no bus, no public transport. So rain or shine they have to come by motorbike. The smoke
is also a problem; there is smoke sometimes, that makes it difficult to move around. So it's not easy to find local staff.
And we have tried to bring staff from Java, with very limited success, because first, we have to pay them more,
because they are working outside of Java and far from their family. And then they don’t really adapt well. It's too remote
for them; they can't go shopping, they can't go to the movies, not much of a nightlife.
So it's not been easy to find local staff, especially for malaria, because the University of Palangkaraya does not have
any medical faculty. So we have had to work with the staff of the branch of the Health Ministry in Palangkaraya, because
we could not get anyone qualified to work for us.
So we partnered with government institutions and some of their staff work part-time for us to assist us with our project,
because at least they have some medical knowledge or some local knowledge.
In the second part of this interview Olvia talks about how YUM got started and about its projects in Java. To find out
more about YUM and to donate to its work, go to www.yumindonesia.org
Financial Services Company
SESI News July 2011: WSC Endorses the Development of a Financial Services Company by SESI
The recent WSC meeting that took place in Rungan Sari, Kalimantan passed the following resolutions:
WSA AND ENTERPRISES
"That the WSC endorses, in principle, the proposal that WSA through SESI may have a direct and pioneering role to play
in the development of financial and investment services which can support the growth and development of Subud enterprises;
and
That the WSC empower SESI to establish an investment and financial services company to support the growth of
Subud Enterprises and enterprises of Subud members with reference to enterprises particularly in Kalimantan. If determined
to be feasible by SESI, the WSA Executive and the WSA Chair, then SESI will inform Subud members of the
investment opportunities in the resultant Subud Enterprise. 1 July 2011”
We are acutely aware of Bapak’s guidance:
• That for Subud to fulfill its obligations, to grow and to find its place in the world it is imperative that we develop
Subud enterprises to provide funding for our Association's needs.
• That in this way Subud would become financially self-sufficient; able to serve the needs of our membership, and
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support the establishment of substantial social projects.
SESI's role is to rejuvenate and support our Association's efforts to put Bapak’s Enterprise vision into practice. We see
that the first step is to establish a financial company (FinCo) that will serve as a catalyst for the development of Subud
enterprises. Initially, the focus will be on enterprises in Kalimantan.
We recall Bapak’s vision that Indonesia will become a leader in the world economy, that Kalimantan will become the
economic leader in Indonesia, and that Subud will become the economic leader in Kalimantan.
Our analysis indicates that the only possible motors for development in Kalimantan, of that
magnitude, are mining and oil. Thus FinCo will focus on mining and oil enterprises in Kalimantan. It will work together
with Kalimantan Gold Corporation (KGC), the mining company that Bapak established, and Altar Resources, the oil
company in Kalimantan that is owned by Hamid da Silva.
• If it is determined that FinCo is feasible, it will be established in Indonesia as an independent, limited liability company.
• It would be established under the guidance of SESI and the WSA Executive. Once established it would operate independently
of SESI/ WSA with its own shareholders, board of directors, management, and with a supervisory board to
oversee (but not manage) the company.
• FinCo would initially focus on:
A. Fostering and providing loans to enterprises of Subud members which support the needs of KGC and other mining
companies in Kalimantan and
B. Acting as a catalyst to form and raise financing for new, larger-scale Subud Enterprises in the fields of mining and
oil, particularly in Kalimantan. • FinCo will donate 25% of its profits to Subud.
• The companies which FinCo supports will donate part of their revenues or profits to Subud.
• A SESI team headed by Ruslan Morris is working on a feasibility study for FinCo.
Members interested in participating in the development of FinCo or who need more information can contact Ruslan
at: rrmorris@clubbali.com
More general enquiries concerning SESI can be directed to Rashad at: pollardrr@aol.com
The SESI Executive Board: Ruslan Morris, Harris Madden, Rashad Pollard.
Wedding in Bangladesh Abdus Salam Molla writes…
My elder son, Marzuki and I had the opportunity to attend the 12th Subud World
Congress at Innsbruck, Austria in August 2005. At that time Marzuki was 23 years old
and studying in a university in Bangladesh.
While we were in Innsbruck, I received a secret message inside me, it was as if maybe
one of the girls attending this congress would be my future daughter-in-law.
I looked at the faces of the young girls around me but was unsure as to who was the
right person. As I do not know other foreign languages apart from English, I could not communicate
with any of the girls who spoke other languages.
We came back to Bangladesh and became busy in everyday life. Marzuki got his university
degree and started his career in a finance company. But suddenly he decided to give
up his job and move to the UK to study Chartered Accountancy.
Five years later, I flew to Christchurch to attend the 13th Subud Int. World Congress
as the lone delegate for Bangladesh. At the Christchurch airport, I was cordially welcomed
by a Subud girl. She was from Colombia and her name was Maryam Roldan. She
arranged my transport and sorted out my accommodation in a local lodge. On the following
day, I received an e-mail from my elder son (Marzuki). I was very surprised to know
from this that Maryam and Marzuki had met in Innsbruck, Austria during the Subud
World Congress there, and that they had liked each other.
I met Maryam’s father and her elder brother in the Christchurch Congress and chatted
with them for a while. We had lunch and dinner together. We felt very close to each other.
After returning to Dhaka, Bangladesh, I expressed my feelings and confirmed to my family
members that from my side there was no objection to accepting Maryam as my
daughter-in-law.
On June 17, 2010 Marzuki went to Medellin, Colombia from London to meet
Maryam’s family. All her family members were so happy to meet him. On July 1st,
Marzuki and Maryam
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according to the customs in Colombia, Maryam and Marzuki invited Maryam’s parents to lunch and asked permission to get married.
Maryam's parents were pleased and gladly accepted their decision. And thus it was that Maryam and Marzuki became
engaged that day. Marzuki returned to London a few days later and awaited Maryam’s University graduation.
Maryam graduated in Law in December 2010. They then decided to get married in Medellin, Colombia in April 2011. They started
to sort out all the legal papers necessary to arrange the civil wedding. Finally, they got married on 09th April.
Thanks to Almighty God and Subud that Maryam came from a Subud family, like my son. And when Maryam's parents saw
my son for the first time at the airport in Medellin, their feelings were so deep and affectionate that Marzuki seemed like their own
son and very close to their hearts and in no way an outsider. The same happened with me and my family, on meeting Maryam.
Colombia is far away from Bangladesh, on the opposite side of the globe. We live in Asia and Maryam's family lives in South
America. Our languages, culture, color, food and habits are so different. Yet Subud and the Latihan (i.e surrender to the power of
Almighty God) bas brought us together.
Marzuki is now a Chartered Accountant from the UK. He is also a graduate from Oxford Brookes University in ‘Applied
Accounting’. He worked as treasurer for the Subud Central London group until March 2011. Maryam is a professional Lawyer.
She worked as secretary for Subud Colombia and is currently a Spanish translator for the Muhammad Subuh Foundation. Both
belong to long-standing Subud families. Recently, the couple moved to Bangladesh and Marzuki started his new journey as an
accountant in KPMG Bangladesh.
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FAVOURITE
PHOTOS
The world in a puddle Alica Bryson-Haynes writes...
This photo was taken on Wimbledon station in England. I was on my way to university and I just happened to have
my camera with me when I saw the world reflected in a puddle. It seemed to combine so many things, air and water, sky
and land. How does it relate to my life in Subud? I suppose we should always be ready to grab the spontaneous moment,
the gifts life constantly pours out for us.
Alica is currently going to university in Australia, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, where she is doing a
Masters in Fine Art (Painting.) To see more of Alica's work go to www.briannaalica.com There you will see a selection
of her work from when she finished her degree at Kingston University in England.
You can contact her from the site about purchasing her work.
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E D I T O R I A L
How was your Month of the Ancestors?
How was the Month of the Ancestors for you this year? Mine was hell, or purgatory at least.
When I first started doing Ramadan 40 years or so ago, the Month of the Ancestors was always very difficult. It was
as if I got reduced to such a state in the Month of the Ancestors that I had no choice but to do Ramadan. I fell into
Ramadan with grateful relief.
Then things seemed to quieten down a bit and for the last 10 or 15 years it has not been so bad. But then this year it
was a whopper!
I know it was for many other people too, both in an out of Subud. I cannot do a statistical count of all the people in
the world to see if it was a universal experience but certainly many people I knew or met, all said, “What a helluva
month!”
Why is it so difficult? I was talking to my wife about it last night (having completed two days of Ramadan, we were
already in a mellow mood and the cloud we had been under for the whole Month of the Ancestors seemed to be lifting
off) and she said, “It's because it amplifies everything wrong in you. It brings it all to the surface.”
With me, it seemed to be a case of all my bad chickens coming home to roost at once. All the the unresolved issues I
had on the “back burner” demanded to be moved to the front burner. It got very crowded on that burner. It also seemed
that any gift, skill, good or hopeful quality I possess was submerged in a sea of troubles.
I also saw that there had to be a major correction in my behaviour. We all have a leading vice, addiction, tendency or
bad habit, don't we? With some it's a tendency to anger, others gossip, some hold on to grudges, others do other things.
(Some day if we are together, I will show you mine, if you will show me yours.)
It also had something to do with preparing for a new stage in life. I turned 69 during the Month of the Ancestors and
I was faced with the possibility that I might be getting old. In fact, that I was moving into a new, final phase of life and
I was in the process of preparing (or having prepared around me) a new vehicle for it.
There is a very good story in Abdullah Pope's book, Reminiscences of Bapak, in which a man comes to Bapak and
complains about getting old; his mind's not as sharp, his memory's gone etc. Bapak says (I am paraphrasing), “Well, it's
like this. All your life you have been driving a Chevrolet and now God wants to give you a Cadillac, but you don't want
to get out of the Chevrolet!”
So I am trying to move out of the Chevrolet which has served as my vehicle
in life thus far (it is falling to bits around me anyway) and looking for this wondrous
Cadillac I have been promised.
The Burghers
My wife has an interesting ancestry. She comes from the group in Sri Lanka
known as the Burghers, mixed race people, the result of the intermarriage
between the native Sinhalese and the various colonial powers Portuguese, Dutch
and English who ruled “Ceylon” at various times.. My wife comes from the
Dutch strain. And strain it can sometimes be.
She said, “I don't know what happened to me this month. I was in such a state.
I think it was the Dutch side of me coming out. Did I seem very brusque or bossy
this month?”
The correct answer to this question is, “Of course not, darling”, but It does
seem that from time to time a rather forceful side of my wife comes out and one
might trace it to those colonial Dutch whose will was law, who controlled and
dominated people, who would brook no interference or disagreement. We were
already (after only the 2nd day of Ramadan) in such a blessed state of marital harmony
that we could talk about these sometimes controversial matters.
I hope you enjoy this first of the new subscriber series of Subud Voice. I think it has
some very good things in it. For me, Subud is a great adventure story, an inner adventure,
and Kalimantan is perhaps the most dramatic example of this because the inner
adventure is perfectly reflected in the outer.
It deals explicitly with that great symbol, the search for gold, and it is full of spectacular
examples of the risks and dangers that accompany any great adventure –
‘This year
it was a
whopper
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wild rivers, giant snakes, primates and Djinn. A real Boys Own Adventure and who better to tell it than Mansur Geiger.
There is also the great adventure story of YUM and many other articles I hope you will enjoy. Now, we come to the
“home stretch” which has an emphasis on Sri Lanka, one of the first countries outside Indonesia to embrace Subud. I went
there earlier this year with my wife. And we conclude this issue with the return of Bapak's talks with a talk he gave in
Colombo in 1958.
And of course we very much hope you will enjoy the “give-aways” that accompany this issue, our republication of the
“The Experiences of Sudarto” which has been out of print for many years, along with some memories of Sudarto by Ilaine
Lennard and myself.
We also start a new feature this month. My blog. The first entry is an interview with my wife. Learn more about what
it means to be a Burgher and what has been her journey in life. Just go to the home page and click on Editor’s Blog
Until next time, Harris
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Mariani Joseph de Saram
Sabrina Rubesinghe writes…
Mariani Joseph de Saram left us a few months ago. She was a dear friend to me. She was a long standing member
of Subud Sri Lanka. So was her husband – a versatile writer, and cartoonist for the Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Newspapers – and an avid reader. Mariani came from a famous family in Sri Lanka. Famous is not only of ‘good
stock’ but also more for their leadership in education, the arts, and mostly music. Mariani could play almost every
instrument – the piano, violin, guitar, drums, flute, recorder and many more. She taught them all.
She was a clever artist, working with both water and oils and has had many an exhibition of her works. She taught
me how to draw using only the pencil, producing various shades, and come up with a good picture. She was a clever
sculptor too, and I have seen many a famous head in her drawing room.
She taught art and music to children and made it so interesting for them with tests and competitions, and parties
– some in her own house. She let them use their imagination and I saw many a real feather, leaf or stick used by the
children. She had a way with children, once a little boy was behaving ever so mischievously, while she attended to
some other studies. I myself was disturbed as I was drawing and I expected him to be reprimanded. Then she came
along and in such a loving voice took his crayons and showed him what to do. In a minute he was drawing so
earnestly, and produced a wonderful drawing.
She loved children. She once told me when I called her; “My granddaughter is practising beauty culture, and she
is using my face”. The child was only nine years old. I think there was nothing she could NOT do – for she also
knew how to knit and sew. She once knitted a baby cardigan overnight, for a gift. She also had classes for children
from the slums in her own home. She even kept in touch with their parent and visited them when they were sick.
From time to time she took them gifts. She took an interest in the healing Arts and learnt and practiced Reiki
Healing. I know that she had healing hands because I felt a great heat when she treated me for a shoulder pain. She
loved to learn language and was learning Arabic not so long ago.
She was a writer and had written several books. She produced a series of books for children with illustrations.
Trees of Sri Lanka, Birds of Sri Lanka and Waterfalls of Sri Lanka were some of them. She was an avid reader and
had a vast collection of books on a variety of subject and in many languages too. In spite of all this she found the
time to do crosswords and watch television.
She loved good food and eating and was a good cook herself. However, I think that sometimes she just had a snack and
was quite happy with that. She was a child at heart. She passed on her talents to her children. Many Subud members, both
here and internationally, would have been fortunate to hear her son Lakshman, play and conduct his orchestra.
The day she passed away, our Sri Lankan members were requested by our president to do latihan, in their own
homes, at the particular time that the funeral ceremony was going on. I felt her loss keenly, and kept calling “ Mariani,
Mariani, won’t you talk to me again?”, as I had the habit of calling her whenever I had a problem, especially, with
my drawing. Strangely enough, a few days later, I found myself taking out my drawings and paints which I had put
away (as repairs were being done to my room) and there I was – painting again.
Thank you Mariani. Au revoir and not Goodbye!
May her soul rest in peace.
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Stranger things have happened
Harris Smart writes...
In January 2011 I went to Sri Lanka with my wife Piata. After 20 years of marriage, this was my first visit to my wife's
country of origin.
We stayed at the very fine Subud house in Colombo and one evening the President of Subud Sri Lanka, Mr Vallipuram
Sinnadorai, arranged for a group of members to stay after latihan to talk to us about Subud in Sri Lanka then and now.
The first contact with Subud came through the journalist, Varindra Vittachi. In 1957 he had an inexplicable urge to go
to England. When he arrived, he went to Coombe Springs because he was a follower of the Russian sage Gurdjieff, and
the Institute at Coombe Springs run by John Bennett was one of the centres continuing the work of Gurdjieff who had
died in 1949.
At Coombe Springs, he found that Subud had arrived and he was opened. Apparently, before his arrival, Bapak had
several times asked if there was anyone from Sri Lanka present.
Varindra was told to keep Subud to himself, but when he
returned to Sri Lanka, it appears he may have opened one or two of
his newspaper colleagues including the cartoonist Audrey Collette.
(Varindra had an outstanding journalistic career as a champion of
the free press, not only in Sri Lanka, but throughout Asia. He went
on to play an important role with UNESCO, was a columnist with
Newsweek, and for many years was the Chairman of the World
Subud Association.)
Bapak then sent Iksan Ahmed to Sri Lanka and on December 28,
1957, he opened a number of men. Soon after, women were also
opened by Mariani (BulBul) Arnold. Hundreds of people were
opened altogether. Then in 1958 Bapak himself came to Sri Lanka,
staying
The original Sri Lanka Subud House, a colonial mansion near
the sea in Colombo.
from October until December. He subsequently visited Sri Lanka
in 1967, 1970 and 1981.
The members rented several different properties including a
magnificent colonial mansion by the sea at 38 Frankfort Place,
Colombo 4. When that property became available, they purchased
it in July 1974 for Rp 124,000, an insignificant sum by today's
standards (about US$1200), but a challenge in those days. The
funds were partially raised by a group enterprise printing designs
for saris, and then combined with some contributions by members,
the money was invested in a stock market tip which paid off and
gave the necessary cash to buy the house.
The new Subud House opened in 2004 by Ibu Rahayu.
Later, the government compulsorily acquired part of the property
to widen a road running along the coast. With the compensation money, the group was able to demolish the old mansion
and put up the splendid new property which was opened by Ibu Rahayu in September 2004. The architect-designed
building has three storeys and includes latihan halls, meeting spaces and accommodation for visitors. The third floor is
rented to a tenant, the Gem and Jewellery Association of Sri Lanka, providing a substantial income for the group's needs.
Welfare and Enterprise
In 1984, Helena Goonetillecke, with the support of Dr. Robert and Dr. Indrayati, set up a health clinic in a slum area of
Colombo to support poor people who, when they had to go to hospital, were often treated in an undignified way. This grew
into a whole collection of welfare projects collectively known as Suhadha. It eventually included two preschools, a vocational
training centre where young people were taught trades like carpentry, plumbing and sewing, and a Day Care Centre.
The project was able to partner with Susila Dharma in Germany and attracted funding from the German government.
Helena recalls that the first funding application was rejected because she did not ask for enough money! When she doubled
the amount asked for, the application went through. With the support of her husband Lamman, and the rest of the
group, Helena maintained the projects for almost 20 years and there were many landmarks and highlights, including a visit
to Singapore by a troupe of young dancers trained by the project. Fortunately, when Helena had to retire, most of the
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The new stainless steel Subud symbol. It brought
its maker into Subud.
projects were continued by various branches of government.
An enterprise with a strong cultural content run by a woman is Susila
Productions, run by Sandya Mendis also since 1984. The company produces
television series, documentaries and corporate videos and has been
extraordinarily successful, winning the award for the best Sri Lankan
drama production. The company is famous for its long-running television
series, usually dealing with family issues. The company employs a
core staff of 14 people plus another 40 on contract.
Sandya told me, “It is often very hard to work with artists, and sometimes
I feel so fed up, I'd rather do something else. But then someone will
tell me how much they appreciate the work, and so I continue, and this
business has taught me so much, about working with people, about
money, about everything, about life.”
Personalities
There are many stories about the “characters” and outstanding individuals
who have woven the fabric of Subud in Sri Lanka.
‘ ’
Ronald and Rosetta Jayatillecke were particular favorites of Bapak and he stayed with them on his visits to Sri
Lanka. Everyone recalls their absolute dedication to Subud and how their house was always open to Subud members
and activities.
Many people also recall Rawindra Weerakoon, who was the
director of CISIR (The Ceylon Institute of Science and
I do not intend to
Research)and his ability to receive insights that were helpful
to the lives of other people.
die until we have
Sandya recalls that for many years she was unmarried and
then one evening Rawindra told her that he felt she would find 1000 members
a husband who was Sri Lankan, but lived in another country. He
said it might take 10 years, but he was sure it would happen. Sandya said, “But I would like to have a husband now!”
Nevertheless,, it was true that a few years later she met a Sri Lanka man from Canada and felt immediately, “If I
wish to marry in this life, this is the man I must marry.” And she did. She remembered then what Rawindra had told
her though by that time he had passed on.
Robert Goonetillecke (no relation to Helena) then told how at a certain point in his life he had decided to go to
America assuming he would never return to Sri Lanka. He felt some qualms about this, particularly in terms of his
responsibility to look after his parents. But Rawindra told Robert's father, that Robert would return to Sri Lanka
which was a great comfort to both Robert and his father, and proved to be true.
Another character whom many recall with affectionate amusement is Rusli Sideek. On one of his visits to Sri
Lanka, Bapak wanted to visit a tea plantation because he was planning to grow tea on his own farm in Indonesia.
The expedition was arranged in the chauffeur-driven Cadillac of one of the members.
But Bapak said he wanted to be driven by a Subud member. Who would drive him? The only one who put up his
hand was Rusli who was very small, scarcely able to see the dashboard of the car, and furthermore had very bad eyesight.
Nevertheless, Bapak said that Rusli should drive.
The roads into the hills were steep, narrow and winding
but the journey was completed without mishap.
Afterwards, Rusli said, “I did not drive the car. The car
drove me.” It was the car, he insisted, not himself, that had
negotiated all the tight curves.
Bapak advised Rusli that he should be a farmer, even
though he had inherited very substantial business interests,
including real estate, from his father. Though it was
painful and risky, Rusli gave up the family business, and
after a long search, located a piece of land where he began
to farm livestock. A few years later the government decided
to relocate the capital of Sri Lanka to some land near
Rusli's and he was able to sell his farm at an enormous
A gathering of members at the Subud house.
profit.
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Several members talked about the power of the Subud symbol
which is prominent high up on the façade of the Subud
house. In the beginning it was made of fiberglass, and even
then Robert Goonetillecke recalled how at least one man had
been attracted to Subud simply by seeing the symbol.
The president, Vallipuram, added that it was decided to
replace the original symbol with something better, made of
stainless steel so that it would never corrode in the salt air. The
craftsmen they commissioned to make the new symbol was so
moved by it that he came into Subud.
What Is Lacking?
Subud members here have so much, including what must be
Suhadha social project.
one of the finest Subud properties in the world, and a rich history.
I asked them if there was anything they wanted or needed.
Unanimously they agreed that what they needed was new members, especially young members. The membership was
dwindling and ageing. We discussed the mystery of why this might be so and what might be done to correct the situation.
What is within our power to do something about it, and to what extent can we only be surrendered to God?
Another thing worth bearing in mind is that Subud Sri Lanka has been a great exporter of talent to other countries –
Kumari Beck, the current chair of Susila Dharma International for the second time, is one example who comes to mind
– and so to some extent, more than any other country, Subud Sri Lanka has depleted its own resources in gifting to the
world.
Vallipuram boldly declared, “I do not intend to die until we have 1000 members.”
To which someone responded, “Do you intend then to be immortal?”
But someone else said, “Why not? Why not?”
And someone else said, “Stranger things have happened.”
My wife and I would like to thank all the Subud members who made our stay in Sri Lanka so extremely pleasant and
enriching, especially Vallipuram, and Sandya who took us out to a marvellous dinner, and Helen who gave us a wonderful
traditional lunch in her beautiful house and garden. And thank you to all the other members who came that night and
shared with us their memories and hopes for the future. And also to Sebastian, the caretaker at the Subud house, who
looked after us with such kindness and attention.
The Subud house is imbued with the palpable and deeply peaceful feeling of a place where the latihan has sincerely
been maintained for many years and there is still a strong feeling of connection with the purity of the latihan as it first
began to spread in the world in the 1950s. We experienced that staying in the Colombo Subud house returned us to the
pure source of the latihan. These members have kept the flame alive.
We thoroughly recommend to anyone planning to come to Sri Lanka that they should visit the Subud house.
Bapak’s
Talk
BAPAK’ S TALK IN COLOMBO
20 NOVEMBER 1958
Source: Recording number 58 CMB 4
Copyright © 2010 the World Subud Association. All rights reserved. This
talk was given for people practising the spiritual exercise known as the
Subud Latihan. For those not practising this exercise, reading the following
talk is not recommended as it could be misunderstood
Ladies and gentlemen, tonight Bapak would like to explain a little about the meaning of the Subud spiritual training.
Also, Bapak would like to use this occasion as an evening of farewell, because Bapak will be leaving Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
tomorrow. Bapak hopes that after he has left Ceylon, you will all continue to do the latihan and worship Almighty God
diligently, because, by doing the latihan and worshipping diligently, each of you will obtain benefit for yourself. Also you
will be able to correct yourselves and behave well.
This is Bapak's hope for you after he leaves Ceylon. And now Bapak will begin to give you some clarifications concerning
the latihan that you have received.
As you have received and as you are aware, this spiritual training of Subud is not something new, nor is it a new religion.
It is, one could say, one kind of endeavour to obtain the reality, or the content of human worship.
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‘
However, this Subud is not an endeavour made by human beings. It is the
grace of the One Almighty God – the grace of Allah – that has been given to us, One heart,
who have received it in an age that is full of all kinds of thinking and involvement
from people's heart and mind.
one feeling,
So this latihan you receive is not a physical training or awakening that has
been aroused by your will, or by your desires, working with the thinking mind. It
one humanity,
happens, it comes and arises truly because of God's grace, when we are able to
still our desires, thinking mind and heart.
Indeed, what happens in Subud is something that is really beyond the ability
one God
of human beings to understand. The way people usually worship is because they
want to. They strengthen their will so that they can truly worship God. But in
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Subud it is the opposite. We do not strengthen our hearts and will in worshipping God, to get something that is beyond
our imagination, rather, through the grace of the One God, we receive very easily the life force that envelops human
beings inwardly and outwardly.
But, because it is easy, other people who have not yet received it and do not understand or know the truth of Subud,
think that what we are doing is wrong. They think it is something that is going the wrong way and does not lead to God.
We shouldn't blame them for having this opinion. Indeed, it is not easy for people to understand Subud with the thinking
mind, unless they have been given, or received, the grace from God to be able to know something beyond the reach
of the thinking mind.
Whereas you, brothers and sisters, are able to weigh up and understand, that what we receive in this latihan of ours
comes when we have no desires or thoughts and when we are not feeling anything, but only receiving whatever happens
within our being.
Such is the difficulty other people have in accepting a knowledge and understanding of the true content of Subud. But
for you it will no longer seem strange that what happens in the latihan is not because of our desires and thinking; so the
fruits you will receive, and the results you will achieve, will be the fruits and results of something beyond the desires and
thinking, straight from a clean, pure source.
If you want to know, the results many people achieve by making efforts to cut down on food and drink and sleep, and
by isolating themselves from society, are no different from what you have obtained in a very short time. Does this mean
that God is discriminating between people, or choosing some people [and not others]? No. God is Almighty. God wills
something for the needs of humans. It is God's will and God knows who is able to receive it.
Bapak has no wish to claim that he is the same as the prophets or the messengers of God. Bapak admits quite openly
that he is a human being who is now no different from you, brothers and sisters. Bapak gets thirsty if he doesn't drink
and hungry if he doesn't eat; he has all kinds of needs, the same as all of you. And he is also subject to illness and death.
Bapak received this, and was able to receive it, not because he wanted it or asked for it. No. But this is what Bapak
received, and he was able to pass on what he had received to all of you, brothers and sisters.
As for whether or not someone knows about God and His power, and as for whether God acknowledges someone –
such as Bapak – these are matters exclusively between the person and God – between Pak Subuh and God – not between
one person and another. This is why Bapak never says that he is close to God, or is loved by God, or is singled out in
some way. I am just like this, ordinary, like all of you.
Later, you yourselves will be able to know the truth of it all, of
what Bapak has received, and of everything to do with these spiritual
matters, when you reach the level or stage necessary for the
perfection of the soul. Obviously, no one can know and understand
the abilities of someone else if he himself has not yet experienced
what that person has received – just as a person cannot know the
intricacies of legal matters if he himself has not yet had experience
in and studied law.
It is said that the one who can unite with a teacher is a teacher,
the one who can unite with an angel is an angel and the one who
can unite with a prophet is a prophet. It should be clear then, that a
person will not be able to reach a given level if that person is not
Bapak with members in Colombo 1958.
yet able to be united with it.
It is therefore very necessary for human life that human beings should be able to find harmony – one heart, one feeling,
one humanity, one God. For all the people on this earth came from one, and that one was created by the One.
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So we are returning to the One, to unity.
That is how good, how civilized, how excellent is that
which is practised, or which ought to exist in the various
religions. For in the religions people are required to be harmonious,
to be united. Through such unity in their society,
human beings will become secure and prosperous.
We have been receiving all this little by little. We are
being trained by the power of God to become human beings
who are one in feeling with others, so that we will not
always encounter obstacles that hinder our continued worship
of the One God.
Bapak is always saying that Subud is not something new,
nor is it a new religion. We have received this so that we can
become aware of the content of all human efforts to receive
and carry out God's true commands for human beings.
Ibu Siti Sumari, Bapak’s wife, with women in Colombo 1958.
A person who has really gone deeply into his or her religion will know what is actually required in that religion, which
is that human beings should be able to worship God as sincerely and devotedly as possible, with complete trust and submission
to the One Almighty God.
Thus you will be able to verify and witness the reality of the stories told in books about the lives of the prophets in times
long ago. No longer will you be people who only follow the crowd, who only imitate others and who only model yourselves
on other people. For you will know and be aware of your own nature, and of God's will that is written within the
chest of each one of you.
God did not create human beings just like that, for no purpose. It was not intended that human beings should live for a
while on this earth, only to die and then be buried in the earth or burned. There is a meaning in [life] that is really sublime
and really good for human beings. If God had intended or created human beings only to die, there would be no use in there
being so many of them, and in having this earth for human beings to live on.
Clearly, there is a high purpose in God's creating human beings on this earth. It is that human beings, in their everyday
life until they die, should be able to feel, reflect upon and learn through their spiritual experience, and become aware of
and understand the continuation of their life after their death in this world.
So in reality, death does not constitute a danger for human beings. It is true that, seen from the ordinary point of view,
death is the ultimate danger, because people cannot live anymore once they are dead. But in reality, death is a way for the
human soul to rise upwards.
That is why, in all the holy books – in the Quran, in the New Testament, in the Old Testament, in the Torah – it is said
that death is a continuation of human life. This explanation has as its intention that human beings, in their life before they
die, should be careful and behave as well as possible, and worship God as sincerely as possible.
The evidence of the advice and explanation that Bapak has just told you is there in our latihan, even though we are still
on a low level and have not yet developed very far. As Bapak said just now, this Subud latihan of ours is a training that is
awakened, not by our desires, but by the grace of God who awakens our inner feeling, our feeling of life, which envelops
us within our being. This is why we cannot involve our heart and mind in our latihan. If we do, we will have difficulties
in our latihan, because if we still use our thinking and our heart, what is willed from within will not happen and will not
grow. So it is necessary for us all to be really patient, to accept and to surrender, with trust and willingness to let go, to the
greatness of God.
Such a standpoint may be questioned by scholars and by people who have worked with their brains to a very advanced
level. They may say, 'How can this be? Are we not being like a material thing if we allow ourselves to be carried hither
and thither? Human beings possess a heart and a brain, which are able to think
about everything. What is the use of human beings having a brain and a heart, if
they do not use them?'
In their view, our attitude is really passive. But they forget the reality, that
really will
human beings' worship of God is between human beings and God, not between be new, as we
humans and humans. [They forget] that God is Almighty, and God created us. If
God had not created us, we would not exist. It should be clear then, that we were in the
human beings are in a similar relationship to God as material objects are to human
beings. It is therefore necessary for us to surrender, like an object, before God, beginning.
because we humans are like an object, something very weak. And we would not ‘We
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be as we are if God had not willed us to be that way.
We can use our instruments, the parts of our physical body, as much as possible,
We should
to the utmost; but we must not use them towards God, or for knowing God. We
should use them for the needs and requirements of human life on this earth.
become
The main reason why people are unable to find something that is right for their
lives, or something that is real for their lives – something that would enable them to
like these
know the real life that exists within their being – is that their thinking mind and heart
always want to surpass and do better than the One who created them. They do not
holy
know, they do not understand that the prophets – like Jesus in the Christian world –
were able to receive something beyond human fathoming, and were able to give men
advice to human beings, only because of their surrender, only because of their sincere
faith, only because of their acceptance and submission to the One God. To this day they are believed by
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millions
of people on this earth. This is true of all the prophets, like Muhammad, Abraham and Moses. The prophets were· [section
missing] ·in their being, which was written in their chest.
It was not that they were clever. No. They were clean and pure, and so they were able to receive what was within their
being. Bapak compares their purity to a vessel or object that is very clean. If an object is very clean, whatever falls on it,
even the slightest speck, will be seen and felt. It is God's will that we should be able to become like that, like those holy men.
That is why in this Subud latihan of ours, even though you have only just begun, you do not use your heart, desires
and thinking mind any more. This is so that, with the clean state of your being, of your whole inner feeling, you are able
to know and to feel what is within your self, no matter how small it is, or how fine.
You do not yet know what dirt there is in you and what it is like, how big and how strong it is. Through the latihan,
you will eventually come to an awareness and understanding that will enable you to experience how big and how strong
the mistakes are that you have made in your lives since you were small. Moreover, you will be able to experience the
mistakes that have affected your self and your soul as a result of your heredity.
It is very hard, because the truth is that in the latihan you are really having to clear out everything that has flowed
down to each one of you from long ago, from whichever branch or generation of your ancestors it was. But if you can
succeed in clearing out all of it, it will be the end of the road for those mistakes, which have always cascaded from one
human self [to another]. Then we can experience, as they say, a new life, new in all respects, because we really will be
new, as we were in the beginning.
Bapak therefore hopes that your hearts and your feelings will be patient and surrendered to God, in order to make easier
and quicker the inner working that you are able to receive, so everything that is necessary for you can become a reality.
Do not forget that cleanness of the inner feeling brings with it health within our being. Clearly, a clean soul requires
a clean inner feeling. And a clean inner feeling will in turn [enable] a clean soul to manifest [within you].
Such will be the results and fruits of this Subud latihan of ours, which is not strange to you all. May your wish and
hope to become clean and to understand your true life be easily achieved and blessed by God. Bapak hopes and prays
to God that what you all hope for may come to pass.
And now Bapak will take this opportunity to say farewell, because tomorrow at one o'clock he will leave Ceylon and
continue his trip to Singapore. But, although Bapak as a person is leaving Ceylon – and seen with the ordinary eyes he
really is leaving Ceylon – God is Almighty, God is Most Generous, God is Most Wise, so that spiritually – for the soul
– there is no distance between Singapore and here, or Indonesia and here. Also, even if you are not close to Bapak, you
are able to worship God direct, because God is closer to you than Bapak is.
This is all Bapak has to say tonight, but he does not forget to ask you all to forgive him if he has said anything out
of place, and which may have hurt your feelings. And Bapak thanks you very much for your hospitality, brothers and
sisters, and for the attention you have given to Bapak and his party while he has been in Ceylon.
May what you all have given, and your great care and hospitality, be rewarded plentifully by the One Almighty God,
so that your life may be happy, that you may experience harmony in your marriage, that you can work well in your
office, and also that those of you who do business will make a good profit. For those of you who are still young and not
yet married, may God bless you, so that you may soon meet your true life-partner, soon get married and live harmoniously
until your old age.
That is all.
This talk is taken from BAPAK’ TALKS VOLUME 2: 9 JUNE 195 8 – 27 APRIL 1959 CHAPTER 10
Available from: Subud Publications International. Loudwater Farm, Loudwater Lane, Rickmansworth, Herts. WD3
4HG, UK spi@subudbooks.co.uk
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SUBUD VOICE PAGE 19 SEP 2011

Read the Voice on your iPad
In a recent issue we told you that you can download Subud Voice to your
Kindle. Now Hanafi Fraval writes to say that it looks great on his iPad.
I had a look at it in his way and it does look sensational. The clarity and
colour is unbeatable. A very pleasant reading experience. And so portable. You
can take it with you to read anywhere, just like a book, even in the bath. (But
don’t drop it in the bath.)
If you are connected to the internet you can of course download the Subud
Voice .pdf direct to your computer. Or Hanafi also provided this info…
“Connect the iPad to the computer in the normal way and open iTunes. Drag
the SV pdf on your computer to the DEVICES section of the left column of the iTunes screen. It starts syncing automatically
and a few seconds later – you have it on your iPad.”
Borneo Productions International
The article in our August issue about the enterprise meeting at Wisma Subud mentioned a number of activities in
Kalimantan. Amongst them was a reference to Borneo Productions International which made it look as if this company
was involved in the development of a proposed higher education institute in Kalimantan and a proposed enterprises
support agency.
Actually Borneo Productions International is an enterprise of some young Subud members (Bjorn and Pierce
Vaughn and Emmanuel Bryson-Haynes with support from Hamid da Silva) and its main business focus is video production
at which they have been amazingly successful in a short space of time. We have had two articles about the
company in recent times, one about the video clip they produced with an anti-pollution message, and the other a general
account of the company by Bjorn with special reference to their production in Flores. (Remember the Komodo
dragoons and manta rays?)
Bradford moves on
Occasionally, in Subud you find yourself working
with someone whom you know you could not find
anyone better in the world to work with. Such has
been my very pleasant experience of working
with Bradford Temple over the last ten years at
Subud Voice. Bradford was of course our administrator
spending 20 hours a week for no pay on
the administration, subscriptions and finances of
the company.
Now Bradford has had to focus on other projects.
For example, he is very much involved in
the Hillside housing development near
Wollongong, south of Sydney. We must also pay
tribute to his wife Celia, who supported Brad,
Bradford and Celia Temple.
especially by putting all those Voices into
envelopes and posting them off (back in the ancient days of print).
Thank you also to Rahman Connelly, who joined with Bradford and me to continue Subud Voice in Australia
after Ilaina Lennard was not able to continue in the UK. Rahman has been, of course, heavily involved in
Kalimantan Gold in recent years.
We wish them all the very best in their current and future endeavours even tho we miss them very much at Subud
Voice.
Love to all Harris Smart, Editor.
SUBUD VOICE PAGE 20 SEP 2011
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Over the years many Subud members would ask me to write a book of my experiences
in Subud. I would usually say that I would someday write one. But I never
felt moved to do so by the power of God. I have always felt that if it was in accordance
with God’s will, that I would be moved to do it.
Well finally one day, without thinking about it, I felt moved to start writing
this book. To my surprise, it was January 31, 2011. This was the day that I
experienced my official opening in Subud, forty-six years ago. Although I
first received the latihan about six or seven months before my official opening
when I had never even heard of Subud. I give my praise and thanks to
the One Almighty God, to whom I owe everything.
My feeling is that this book is especially for the young Subud members. My hope is that they will be given the enthusiasm
to continue receiving the latihan and not get bored. I pray that God will give them the patience that is required to
continue and the faith in God that is necessary for their well being and spiritual development. May God give them the
understanding to wait until they are moved by the power of God and not use their own will when receiving the latihan
kejiwaan of Subud.
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LETTER TO THE E D I T O R ✒
Promoting justice
Dear Harris,
It was very thought-provoking to read Livingston Armytage's article "Promoting justice... an unexpected life in
Subud" – and how wonderful to see the latihan at work in Livingston's life with such good actions, truly amazing.
When Livingston said; "I have found that injustices continue largely unabated, despite increasing quantities of
development assistance worth hundreds of millions of dollars" and described what he personally did about that,
he touched a very general concern that many people living in ‘developed’ countries must have.
A neighbour of ours, a teacher at one of our local Catholic schools in Kilmore, Victoria, has given a year of
his life volunteering in Namibia as an educational consultant. He writes a monthly blog on his website to keep
his friends and neighbours up to date. He is currently half way through his year over there and his most recent
blog spoke of the problem of educating children and young adults, who are starving. Not only in the schools he
visits, but he also notices retrenched business people from overseas teaching an inappropriate kind of
Entrepreneurship to teenagers. His monthly reports are very interesting and well illustrated with photographs.
Paul's web-site is www.paulinondangwa
I am currently reading Erik H Erikson's book "Gandhi's Truth: the origins of militant non-violence". I wonder
whether Livingston would comment, from a Subud point of view, on Gandhi's Truth Force and the nexus the
Mahatma found with human spirituality?
Congratulations on yet another fascinating and refreshing issue of Subud Voice and looking forward to the
September edition!
Yours in Subud,
Rohana Bourne.
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SUBUD VOICE PAGE 21 SEP 2011

‘ T O G E T H E R 2 0 1 2 ’
Sydney Calling!
Subud Australia is holding its 2012 National Congress in Sydney. We would like to welcome our
brothers and sisters locally, nationally and from overseas to spend New Year’s Eve with us and stay
together for a week of worship, play, discovery, exploration, and renewal.
The Congress is from 30 December 2011 until 6 January 2012.
The Congress is situated at St Andrew's College with its magnificent sandstone buildings set within the vast grounds
of Sydney University (with a large expanse of green lawn encompassing an oval for ball sports, tennis courts, and plenty
of hang-out space). Only minutes from the city centre and the popular King Street strip in Newtown, this College was
one of the venues used for the 1989 Subud World Congress.
‘Togetherness’ is our overarching theme, and preparations for the program are currently underway. The program will
include kejiwaan activities as well as activities focused on our common areas of endeavour – youth, enterprise, humanitarian,
culture, healthcare and education. We want to be as inclusive as we possibly can of all sectors of our community.
So if you are interested in conducting workshops or activities please contact us.
We are looking forward to sharing this Congress with you, and we welcome your participation in creating the program
and space that will allow us to worship, create, explore and discover together. Let’s make this Congress a truly
memorable one for all.
We are also looking at exciting ideas and possibilities for entertainment, including a New Year’s Eve event (together);
a concert of musical talents; a Day Out together sampling some of Sydney’s wealth of attractions! There will be
plenty for families and young people to do, given the holiday timing and the central location.
We encourage you to register early in order to secure a place in the venue, as it is very difficult to find alternative
accommodation in Sydney from Christmas through until the end of January.
We will be offering an Early Bird Discount.
Registration Forms will be out very shortly along with Workshop Forms for those who wish to conduct a workshop
or activity. The Forms along with latest updates on the Congress can be obtained on the Congress website:
www.congress2012.com.au
For general inquiries please contact Latif Vogel, Congress Co-ordinator at latif@vogelmail.net
For Program inquiries please contact Alana Simpson, Program Co-ordinator at alanasimpson@netspace.net.au
SEE YOU THERE!
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SUBUD VOICE PAGE 22 SEP 2011

Translator Needed Ruslan Moore, Al-Baz Publishing, Inc., writes...
Following the passing of my long time Subud brother and translator Muhtar Holland late last year I am in need of an Arabic translator,
capable of translating Arabic Islamic texts originally composed around the11th century CE by luminaries such as Imam al-Ghazali,
Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani and so on into English. Al-Baz Publishing, Inc. is at this point a well known and respected publisher of
religious works for the Muslim community, scholars and the interested layman.
To review the list of titles published during the last 20 years, please feel free to visit the web site at www.al-baz.com and click on the link
'Our Books' and if that sparks any interest then visit www.al-baz.com/shaikhabdalqadir/ and click the link 'List of books from which
excerpts...' to read some of the content. From this you should get an idea of what I am looking for.
It is my great hope that I can find someone from within Subud to fill this position, since in my estimation there is a need for the translator
to be alive inwardly – it is not enough to merely be competent in rendering from Arabic into English something like, say, a technical manual.
Furthermore a good command of the English language is a necessity.
Interested parties may contact me by email at albaz@bellsouth.net in the first instance and we will take it from there. Qualifying steps will
involve completing a page or two of a sample text.
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SUBUD VOICE PAGE 25 SEP 2011