May 2011 - Subud Voice

® 

In this 

issue 

Five Finger Exercise... 

Luke Penseney WSA Chair... 

P1-3 

Christchurch Earthquake... 

Liliana MacDonald... P3 

Japanese Tsunami... 

First hand reports... P4-5 

‘It all comes back to the 

latihan...’ WSA Exec Team…P6 

ADI PURI web site... P7 

A Dream Realised... 

Benjamin Drazen CD... P7 

WSA and the World... 

Osanna Vaughn... P8 

SUBUDVOICE 

F R E E & O N L I N E 

Promise.. Hamish Baker... P10 

Wisma Subud 

International Gathering... P10 

Favourite Photo 

Rosanne Hille... P11 

Change is Grace 

Wilbert Verhayen... P12 

Letters to the editor... P15 

A Family's Wish Fulfilled... P16 

WSA Finances... P19 

Call for MSF Trustees... P19 

WSA visit to Puebla... P20 

Thanks to Rashid Butte... P20 

Youth Events Update... P21 

Information About Subud... P21 

Sponsoring Subud Voice... P21 

The passing of Murray 

Clapham... P22 

Changes at Subud Voice... P23 

Advertisements... P24/25 

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Number 4 

May 2011 

Luke Penseney, Chair of the World Subud Association 

Five finger exercise 

Luke Penseney, Chairman of the World Subud Association (WSA), writes... 

Following the Christchurch World Congress, I was able to make a three-day visit to 

Kalimantan. When I returned, a Subud member asked me, “Well, what did you learn in 

Rungan Sari?” 

Without thinking, I stuck out my hand, with the five fingers splayed. I realised that what I 

was trying to convey was that in Kalimantan there are a number of excellent projects, and 

they all come from the same root, the same wrist and arm. Those fingers are gradually 

coming closer together.. 

At this point, in my role as the WSA chair, I am naturally focused on the WSC (World 

Subud Council) meeting that will happen in Rungan Sari in June, and once again the image 

of five fingers has come to my mind. There seem to me to be perhaps five main issues that 

we are focusing on. 

At the first post-congress WSC meeting that we held in England in 2010, it seemed that we 

had 10-12 issues that we had to deal with. We made a good start then in building on the 

inheritance we had received from the 

previous WSC. This time, we can look more 

deeply into some areas arising out of the 

commitments and promises we made at 

World Congress. 

Archives. It is extremely important that we 

revisit and rejuvenate this area. We have a 

team(s) headed by Amalijah Thompson 

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‘ ’ 

We don't want a hierarchical structure, but a 

flexible, inclusive network. The centre of which 

is in each one of us 

which is looking into developing an even more professional approach and also the best environmental and 

operational conditions for the storage and development of the archives. This is our heritage, our patrimony, 

especially what has come down to us from Bapak in terms of his talks, and writings. So we must ensure that the 

archives are cared for in the best and safest way. An aspect of this will be special fundraising for a specific ongoing 

Archive fund in the period up to 2014 . We have budgeted US$180,000 in the 2011-2012 period for Archives with a 

large component to be raised from fundraising, which in terms of finance makes this the largest single project 

before us. 

Communications. In recent years communications within Subud particularly via e-mail and Internet has vastly 

improved over what it was before. We want to carry this further, both communications within Subud and 

communications with the outside world. This is very much a "work in progress" and has not only to do with what 

we say about ourselves, but also what we actually do. In order to get more effective communications I believe that 

we need to take a holistic approach. So the challenge here is not only more and better communication but also the 

integration of our communication efforts. We need to build on what we have in publications, audio-visual media. 

Also encouraging the evolution of the External Relations/WSA Forum groups encouraging the use of widespread 

web-based and audio-visual inputs, including new media and social networking. This could include sponsoring ‘A 

Day in the Life of’ multi-media perspective on what we are doing in the world... 

Enterprises and International Projects. In recent talks, Ibu Rahayu has placed a great deal of emphasis on the need 

to reawaken the enterprise vision: to put aside past hurts and traumas and focus with new energy on this aspect of 

Subud life. It is clear, as Bapak always said, that we need enterprises to help fund the work of the Subud 

organization in all its many aspects. To put into practise what we have received. Related to this is the need to take 

care of our major international centres, particularly Rungan Sari, Wisma Subud and Amanecer. It is not the wish of 

WSA to meddle with these projects, or to intrude, but to make sure that everyone knows we are there for support. 

We have set up a new International Projects & Centres team to work with SESI to provide support where needed. 

After Congress we formed a WSA Subud Communities team headed by Osanna Vaughn to look into the realities of 

Subud Community, and obviously the major international centres are an important part of this. WSA has already in 

2011 supported initiatives within Amanacer, Wisma Subud and the Kalimantan mining shareholders group. 

Governance. We need to continue with the improvement we have committed to in terms of the way that we manage 

ourselves. At Congress, this was one of the promises that I made on behalf of the WSC. We face an international 

environment with new demands and standards of transparency and accountability that we must be prepared to meet 

and where possible exceed. None of us want the Subud organisation to grow for its own sake. But there is much 

that we want to do, and in order to complete this task we must manage ourselves in the very best possible way. 

Of course, we don't want a hierarchical pyramid-type structure, but a flexible, inclusive network of activities. 

Finance & Fundraising. Related to this, is the need to improve our fundraising – to ‘enlarge the cake’ that we need 

to draw on. Our previous approach might be compared to a church which sends out donation envelopes – with 

occasional bursts of funding from enterprises/major donors. This will no longer suffice. As Bapak always said, 

enterprise will be the way to fund the Subud organization. We now have a new expanded financial team in place 

and new bank accounts, the details of which are provided elsewhere in this issue of Subud Voice. We are also going 

to set up a special international coordinated fund raising team including professional fundraisers from within 

Subud. This would not preclude new international enterprises – but in effect become part of these initiatives. There 

is so much we need to do and we have to increase the money available to us. 

Well, these are five main areas of interest we will be working on ahead of and at the June WSC meeting. Of course, 

there is also much detail to be considered and agenda and focus will develop in the course of the meeting. I very 

much feel that although Bapak passed away 24 years ago, we still report to him. Bapak bequeathed his mandate in 

this world to the Subud World Congress and of course between Congresses, it is the WSC which carries that 

responsibility. 

 

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At the time of the meeting, we will be celebrating Bapak's 110th birthday and it is a great opportunity for us to 

check to what extent we are fulfilling Bapak's vision. This is a vision which evolved in his own lifetime and which 

will continue to evolve with the changing circumstances of the world. But I believe that the essence of that vision is 

what must always be our inspiration and our measurement of how well we are doing. As always, we have invited 

Ibu Rahayu to attend the World Subud Council meeting. 

Increasingly, we face a world which is changing faster and more dramatically than ever before. I'm sure that the 

recent events including earthquakes in Christchurch and Japan and the turmoil in N.Africa and the Middle East 

have called us all to re-examine our commitment to Subud in a time when crises and dramatic events seem to be 

occurring with more and more frequency. 

We are apparently on the cusp of great change in the world, with huge forces at work under God’s power. We must 

do everything in our power to have the best managed and most responsive, creative and inspired organization supporting 

the work of Subud that we possibly can. 

Love and blessings to you all. 

Christchurch earthquake 

‘ 

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There is much 

Liliana MacDonald writes an inspiring message from Christchurch... 

room for 

I did one of those testings one does now and then for oneself, 

yesterday, and asked what I should be feeling about being alive in change in the 

this world at this time. (Since I’ve been finding the whole thing 

difficult). 

world and in 

I felt I was standing in front of a huge sunrise. And I received that we 

ourselves 

(latihan oriented people) were here to bear witness to God's power 

’ 

and his working in the world, and that we had ringside seats to watch from, and that ringside seats were expensive, 

so count ourselves lucky! 

Then I asked what is it in me that keeps me from feeling glad to be here? It was feeling the world falling on my 

head like buildings in an earthquake and people crying. Then I asked what to do about that and received to be calm 

and let the rain fall on me, not to keep trying to put on a raincoat, to let myself get wet if need be. 

That the rain is a blessing too, this whole human experience is a blessing. And for me to just carry on and take care 

of my family, but if something happened and I couldn’t take care of them that didn't mean I'd failed. I know I do 

that and feel fear because I can sense the 

limits to my own strength. And I can’t do 

everything that, as a wife and mother, I 

would like to be able to do! 

I guess we are all in transition. Things are 

changing. The paper today said that the 

planet has shifted enough off its axis 

since the Japan quake that it is spinning 

faster. Therefore, each day is a fraction 

shorter! How much more of a demo do 

we need for a picture that things do not 

stay the same!!! Much as we would like 

them to, the fact is they are changing all 

the time. 

The impact of the tsunami on the north-east coast of Japan on March 11 

And if we really looked into ourselves, 

we would admit there is much room for 

change. In the world and in ourselves. 

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Japanese 

tsunami 

Arisa Ooi, Vice Committee Councillor of Subud 

Japan, writes that “no Subud members had serious 

trouble...” 

First of all, we would like to express our thanks for 

your prayers, warm comments and messages, and 

concern for us all and the Japanese people. 

Thanks to God, no Subud members had serious 

trouble. But as a nation, we are facing the most 

difficult time that we have ever experienced in 

recent years. 

Each one of us living far away from the epicenter is 

having some inconvenience in daily life, depending 

on the different conditions such as place, work, life 

style and so on. When the earthquake struck, I was 

working in a clinic in the Tokyo area, and we had to 

go out of the building. The ground, several hundred 

meters away from the place, was sort of floating 

back and forth, in a way that I had never 

experienced even in this earthquake prone country. 

Many people couldn’t get home as most trains 

stopped running. I came home the next day and 

found my room covered with hundreds of books and 

scattered piles of papers and fallen bookcases. I 

found that the water supply had stopped, and I could 

not buy any food in the small store, but finally I 

managed to get two bottles of drinking water after 

waiting 30 minutes in a queue. 

The next day, we had a big traffic jam and some people had to stay somewhere on the way. The most seriously 

affected are the casualties who were in the 200~300 km seaside area attacked by both the earthquake and the 

tsunami, and also those people who were living near a nuclear power plant. 

As Ichiro Nakamura, our Susila Dharma Chair, reported, all Subud members, including two families living near the 

epicenters, are safe, in spite of material damages …..Alhamdulillah….Alhamdulillah…. 

However, we, also, are very shocked as we learn the effects of this disaster as reported by the media. 

We have not yet fully discussed how we can support people in the devastated areas, as we are still in an uncertain 

situation. We hope we will be able to do something good for them, even though it may be just a small deed. 

Thank you again for your sincere prayers, we are very touched. 

‘ ’ 

No one was prepared for 

an earthquake of 

this magnitude 

For anyone interested in what is going on *right now*, NHK (the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, roughly 

equivalent to the BBC in England and PBS in America) has a live feed in English available at : 

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld 

 


I feel almost guilty 

From Edward Wright... 

March 17th, Tokyo: I am personally so unaffected by the recent disasters here that I feel almost guilty admitting it, 

when so many around me are experiencing so much difficulty. 

On a personal note, I was living in the San Fernando Valley, in California, near the epicenter, when the magnitude 

6.7 Northridge quake struck. It was unbelievably strong and did a great deal of damage. I hope never to experience 

such a thing again. This earthquake, however, was more than 100 times more powerful... utterly inconceivable to 

my mind. The magnitude of the quake is being attributed to a fault line about 500 km (300 miles) long slipping in 

at least three places simultaneously. 

Japan is a highly developed and earthquake-prone 

country which has an extensive 

infrastructure in place to deal with 

such disasters. That said, no one was 

prepared for an earthquake of this 

magnitude. (It was assumed that the 

largest earthquake likely to strike Japan 

was magnitude 8.0, 1/10th the power of 

this quake.) 

‘ ’ 

we are still in an 

uncertain situation... 

For people in most of the quake stricken 

areas the situation is bad. Supplies have in 

many cases not yet arrived. There are 

food, water, heating and clothing 

shortages with night time temperatures 

dropping below freezing. The main 

problem seems to be that many areas are 

isolated due to infrastructure damage, and The impact of the tsunami on the north-east coast of Japan on March 11 

further there is a fuel (gasoline) shortage 

making it difficult for emergency and relief vehicles to reach the areas. 

It is an ongoing situation at this time, but it seems that progress is being made in bringing it under control. 

Although watching the news closely, I feel no sense of imminent danger. One additional note is that the prevailing 

winds are such that should there be any substantial release of radiation, it would be blown out to sea, rather than 

towards populated areas. 

Here in Tokyo, the earthquake was felt strongly, but there was very little damage and very few casualties. I would 

say the experience was roughly equivalent to what I felt in LA when we had a quake of around magnitude 5.0. On 

Friday, the day of the quake, all trains and subways stopped in Tokyo. Traffic was at a standstill. Taxis were 

unavailable, and the buses were jam-packed and not moving anyway. 

The cell network was also totally jammed and mobile phones were basically unusable. Land-lines were better, but 

still hit and miss. But by Saturday, many (if not most) of the trains were running again. Sunday, mobile phone 

service was partially restored. It seemed as if things were pretty much back to normal. 

In spite of the above, for me at least, life seems pretty normal. I have gas, power and water (and have experienced 

no interruptions. My area, considered to be "central Tokyo" has been exempted from the power blackouts, at least 

so far, as it is deemed critical to the national economy that business is not disrupted here.) Shops are open and operating 

as normal. I haven't had to go anywhere that I couldn't get to by bicycle, so the transportation situation has not 

affected me. Indeed, I have much to be grateful for. 

Note: Edward has been living in Japan nearly ten years and is now the assistant of Arisa Ooi, vice committee 

councillor for Subud Japan. 

 


Five days after 

A report written by Japan’s Chair, Dr. Masayuki Nagamine, five days after the mega-earthquake and ensuing 

Tsunami on Friday March 11. Even in the Chiba suburb, next to Tokyo, where he lives, the infrastructure is still 

disrupted.... 

March 11th: I was working at a hospital when the earthquake occurred. It was the biggest quake I ever experienced. 

That evening, as the transport network was not working, I was stuck there overnight. 

In Urayasu-city, where I live, there are problems related to too much water in the soil, as a result of Friday’s 

massive quake. We have seen unusual sights like partly swollen land or the settling of houses etc. 

My 10th-floor flat has turned into something like a jungle, littered with books and so on, my bookshelves having 

fallen. I can hardly walk in it. As the water supply has been cut off in our building, I have to spend time carrying 

water from another place, and can’t even take a bath. I am also without a flushing toilet, of course. 

Further, as a result of the explosion of gas tanks in Chiba, the petrol shortage has become serious. On Tuesday, I got 

only ten litres of fuel after waiting in line for two hours. Due to shortage of power, TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power 

Company) has instituted blackouts. Following this, Tokyo and its surrounding suburbs, divided into five groups, are 

subject to rolling power cuts for periods of up to three hours. 

I’m wondering how we can or could (I experienced it yesterday) manage to drive without accident, in heavy traffic 

jams, even though there are no traffic signals (due to power cuts) and no police officers to direct traffic at 

intersections. As train services have been also reduced as part of the power-saving efforts, it took me two and a half 

hours to reach my hospital instead of forty minutes in normal times. 

That is what I can tell you about my daily life, affected as it is by the earthquake and tsunami even in a city far away 

from the epicenter. I think that the situation in the directly stricken areas, as well as the ongoing nuclear 

crisis, is beyond anyone’s imagination. The difficulty I’m facing now is nothing comparing to what people in 

devastated areas have experienced. In this time of ordeal, I can’t say what we can do to overcome this national 

crisis. But I believe that the most essential thing is that we, all Japanese, without complaining of our daily 

inconvenience, provide relief to the victims as much as possible and do our best to restore the regions severely damaged. 

For more information about Christchurch and Japan, first hand reports and how you can help, see articles 

in Subud Voice Extra on the home page www.subudvoice.org 

It all comes back to the latihan 

The WSA Executive Team sends a message for all those working 

for Subud at all committee levels… 

◆ 

Whilst speaking about her own role and explaining how it had come 

about... and then about how the international helpers at the time after 

Bapak’s passing had decided that Ibu would be called our Spiritual 

Advisor... the following came up in Ibu’s talk in Semarang in March 

2010. 

“In fact at one time Bapak said.....the one who will replace me will 

be congress, so whatever the International Subud Congress decides, 

when all the members come together, that is what will replace Bapak 

” 

This does not mean WSC or the WSA Executive, but rather the 

whole WSA, all member countries as represented at World Congress, 

with the WSC and the executive simply carrying out the tasks in 

between.... 

‘What a daunting responsibility’, it means that whenever we are all 

Maya Korzybska, WSA Executive Vice-chair 


together discussing things and making decisions we are ‘replacing‘making Bapak’... 

a space 

’ 

If that was Bapak’s idea and intention then our responsibility is enormous 

and we have to fulfil our roles to our best capacity in a way 

for grace 

where we try to put aside our own personal ideas and agendas, even 

those which we believe in strongly and with the best intentions, by ‘Opening a space for the grace to come in’... 

Some people say that the latihan and the kejiwaan are not central enough to the work that we all do... 

but we need to remember that even nitty gritty details all in fact work towards our aims which are centred around 

the latihan.... International Helper Travel, support to translation and publications of talks, support for buying or 

building spaces for latihan, website and paper communications, how to use our premises in ways that can on the 

one hand be safe creative spaces for the members, but also be outreaching towards those not in Subud. 

How we represent Subud to the world through our annual reports and our brochures, and our presence at international 

fora, how we support our members in distress or financial need as well as supporting the members need to 

express the latihan through their daily work and activities....even tedious details like copyright protection and name 

registration and protection of the Subud symbol....all these things can seem far removed from the latihan, but at the 

end of the day, they are in fact actually helping us to: 

‘Make the latihan available for those searching for it’, – ‘make the spaces available for those already practising to 

be able to do the latihan in good conditions’, – ‘ help those of us already doing the latihan to better understand the 

process going on within us, as well as how to use it in our daily lives’, – ‘protect the writings of Bapak and Ibu, so 

that the explanations will not be distorted’... So in fact it does all come back to the latihan. 

All these things need to be taken care of and that is our role....as Gandalf said to Frodo, “for the time that is allotted 

to us...” 

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ADI PURI web site 

In 2008, Bapak Muhammad Subuh's former home at Wisma Subud in 

Cilandak, Jakarta, was given a complete make-over. The result was 

ADI PURI - meaning a house that is beautiful -, a light-filled seminar 

and event centre, which has since been used for business presentations 

and meetings, weddings, concerts and other cultural events. 

Now a beautiful new website with plenty of background information 

and pictures has been created to promote ADI PURI. Please check it 

out at www.adipuri.com 

A dream realised A music project supported by SICA... 

For many years Subud members have been asking me, “Do you have a record we 

can get?” or “When are you going to make a record, Benjamin?” 

◆ 

Well the time has come! And thanks to the incredible support of Subud members 

around the world and SICA, I am very happy to announce that my new recording 

will be available March 1st! 

This jazz record features myself on saxophone and some incredible New York 

musicians who have played the world over with some of the greatest names in jazz. 

Seven of the compositions are original and we included two standards from the great 

songbook. For those of you interested you can buy the CD at www.posi-tone.com or 

download it on i-tunes. You can also visit my website for all up-to-date information at www.benjamindrazen.com 

Each CD purchased puts me closer to a second record with my label, Positone Records. Again thank you all for 

making this dream of mine a reality after 30 years of playing the saxophone! 

Benjamin Drazen, Subud New York 

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WSA and the world 

Osanna Vaughn, former chairlady of WSA, writes about WSA 

interfacing with the world community... 

I was first led into the External Relations aspect of our Subud life 

when invited, as WSA chairlady, to attend the World Conference of 

Religions for Peace in Kyoto in 2006. This was not the first time a 

WSA chairperson had attended, but this time I spoke about it in 

advance with members, to get a sense of the interest. 

Apart from announcing my intention to attend about 5 months before 

the event, I organized working groups/listservers on the subject. I was 

surprised and delighted by the participation and interest. After I had 

attended the Kyoto event (along with about a dozen other Subud 

members, including a Zone Rep and an International Helper), I wrote a 

report which also received positive feed-back from many members 

around the world. 

Osanna Vaughn, former Chair of the 

World Subud Association 

When I was in Kyoto, I asked one of the event organizers why I had 

been invited, as Subud is not a religion. His response was, “because we see a need to include more 'spiritually' 

focused associations – ones that are not tied to one particular religion.” As far as I could tell, the WSA was the only 

such association present at that time. 

Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela 

When asked to speak about Subud at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in 2009, I had no concern in doing 

so. About 200 Subud members were present among the 1500 or so people filling the pews. I cannot begin to 

express the feeling of 'appropriateness' (in the sense of place and time) of speaking openly there about Subud. I felt 

a strong sense of community among us all – the Subud members, the pilgrims, the tourists, and the clergy 

(including bishops and priests from as far away as the Philippines and Argentina). 

The priest's sermon immediately afterwards, picked up on aspects of what I had read out about Subud. This was a 

beautiful moment. Even Subud members who had formerly been sceptical about our interface with the world were 

moved with an added sense of confidence to be more open about Subud themselves. After I wrote about it, I got 

much positive feed-back and requests for copies of what I had read out. 

During my whole term I frequently wrote open letters, and the theme of our presence in the world came up more 

than once. I received hundreds (no exaggeration) of replies and, in the whole 5 years, only one member ever 

expressed vehement opposition to our being involved in interfaith and intercultural events. Interestingly enough, in 

the videoed message Ibu Rahayu sent to the Thank You event soon afterwards. She also said it was quite right for 

us to participate in such and other international forums. 

In 2009, when I attended a meeting in Melbourne with the Coalition in support of a UN Decade for Peace and 

Understanding, I was amazed to meet friendly, open people, some of whom knew about Subud through working 

with Katherine Carré at UN NGO meetings in Geneva. It was a relief to be with non-Subud people who were 

positively predisposed towards us and just as open to our input as to anyone else's. The same was evident in a 

follow up meeting in Geneva in 2010. 

The Parliament of World Religions 

The Parliament of World Religions was held in Melbourne just before World Congress. Around 20 Subud members 

attended, of which about 3⁄4 did not hold 'official' positions. The WSA (after discussion with the council and in collaboration 

with the GHFP) had submitted three themes for presentations – one on Subud itself, one on education, 

and one on peace. The Parliament asked us to talk about Subud. 

Again, we informed the membership in advance of all this, and got much support and interest. Members, from 

various countries, including France, USA, Israel, New Zealand and of course Australia were inspired to participate. 

Apart from the enormous benefit personally felt of being at the Parliament, the interaction with other people 


from all over the world was positive across the 

board – as was the feedback to our presentation. 

When I arrived in Christchurch, one of the first 

questions many members asked me was “how did the 

Parliament go?” 

Before the British congress in Great Malvern, in 2010, the Subud Britain youth rep, Dahliani Dixon, asked us if we 

would do a presentation on ER at the congress. The very first comment was: ‘We would like to know what the 

WSA is doing to interface with the broader world community.’ 

Our younger generation has no problem connecting with all kinds of people, it's part of who they are, yet they often 

feel unsure about how to present the association and speak about Subud. My impression is that they would like to 

see us take the lead in a kind of interaction that establishes the WSA as part of the human community. Something 

they can feel proud of. 

Subud members at the Parliament of World Religions 

in Melbourne 

individuals, already do so, but they felt that Subud officially also needs to. 

‘We need to create spaces 

’ 

of respectful dialogue 

among ourselves 

A member who has worked in Tunisia and Algeria spoke at 

the zone 3 meeting last year with an appeal to improve 

WSA’s status in the world community for the sake of those 

countries where the freedom of religious and spiritual practice 

cannot be taken for granted. We have had similar appeals 

from members of other such countries, whose names we 

cannot mention for obvious reasons. 

Recently I happened to be at a well attended discussion on 

the environment in Lewes, organized by Sharifin Gardiner 

(one of our pioneers) and Sophia Campbell. In the conversation 

that ensued in my group, virtually every person voiced 

the comment that WSA needs to interact more with other 

NGOs and associations. These were people who, as 

Just the other day, a Subud member who had spoken recently with Sharifin about sustainable agriculture and the 

possibility of creating a forum for discussion on the subject, told me that he had also spoken to a non-Subud person 

about the idea. This person had asked to be able to participate if it were to get established. This is, bottom line, the 

fundamental idea behind the WSA Forum: creating spaces for dialogue on issues of common interest to humanity. 

We have a basic understanding, and are developing a policy to ensure that the WSA does not take any particular 

political stand, that we do not proselytize and so on; but, the WSA can surely facilitate and participate in dialogue 

and share information back and forth between members? 

Sharing Diverse Opinions 

It is true that there are some individuals who feel hesitant about the WSA interfacing as an association with the 

broader human community – or they don't see the point; yet, we need to take an honest look at the motivations and 

causes of this hesitance. Ultimately, we need to create spaces of respectful dialogue among ourselves – spaces 

where all members can share their diverse opinions openly. 

It is clear that for many Subud members their primary concern is the latihan and their personal lives and processes. 

They are grateful for an organization that provides basic services, but do not necessarily concern themselves with 

the broader aspects of the global organization which we are. 

The World Subud Association, however, bases its activities on the involvement of those inspired and bringing resolutions 

and recommendations to pass at World Congress. External Relations activities are one such area, and I hope 

that through them Subud can become known as an association that is open to its fellow human beings, that is, 

involved in the human dialogue, that cares about humanity as a whole, and that, as a result, members may become 

increasingly open to sharing about Subud with their families, colleagues and friends. 

I believe that the Subud association that Bapak set up is an entity that exists in the world, and needs to discover a 

sense of its own role in this world. This is where the combination of being representative and being 'inspired and 


guided by the latihan' comes into play. While democratic representation is central, we need to be careful not to 

close the door on the possibility of the unexpected – the guidance that comes from beyond our hearts and mind, 

which is, after all, what we are fundamentally about. 

The word Budhi, in the name of our association, Susila Budhi Dharma, refers to the acknowledgement of a higher, 

divine force present in all of creation. We need to be careful to remain open to the guidance we may receive from 

that force. 

In one of Ibu Rahayu's talks in Christchurch, I understood her to say that we should act with our best intention and 

trust that God will nudge us as need arises. So I would hope that as an association we can begin to trust this 

process. Ultimately, when do we start acting with courage (as Bapak reiterated many times just before he died) and 

then trust that God will give us the necessary nudges as we go along? 

During my term as WSA chair, our external relations activities got many positive 'nudges'. I very much hope that 

we can continue to build on this into the future. I welcome questions and thoughts on this theme. You are always 

welcome to write to me at osanna@osannavaughn.com 

Promise 

PROMISE is a new, remastered collection of relaxing, atmospheric instrumental pieces, written, played, produced 

and recorded by Hamish Barker in his studio in North Norfolk, U.K. It is mostly a retrospective album covering the 

best of the last 15 years, with the addition of some brand new tracks, and is available for Digital download from 

CDbaby, iTunes and Amazon, where you can also hear samples. Hamish is currently an International Helper for 

Area 2. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/hamishbarker 

Hamish writes about his creative process... 

"My approach to all the tracks on the CD was similar: I actually had no idea how each would end up! As an 

ex-recording engineer I tend initially to experiment with a 'feel' and 'sonic texture' until I have a bar or two of guitar 

or keyboard that actually conjures up some feeling or place, imaginary or actual – as in those tracks that evoke a 

cultural musical style. 

From thereon, I just try and feel and hear inside me 'what should happen next?’ It may take several tries as I record 

something, then listen back and judge whether or not it takes the feeling forward or diverts it. Also as I play a 

number of different instruments I have to decide which one is appropriate to the particular piece. 

Overall, improvisation is central to the process. I rarely write anything down, everything is recorded, checked and 

re-recorded over and over until I am satisfied; or at least happy that I have done the best I can at this time. As with 

all creativity I think you can always imagine something being better! 

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Wisma Subud International Gathering JUNE 18-23/24 2011 

Wisma Subud is hosting a kejiwaan gathering to coincide with Bapak’s birthday. The gathering is open to all Subud 

members and their families. If you have been lucky enough to visit or live in Wisma Subud you probably understand 

how important this small plot of land in Indonesia is. If you have never been, then this may be the opportunity 

you have been waiting for. 

The gathering will include latihan, testing and sharing, a selamatan on Bapak’s Birthday and a trip to Bapak’s grave 

in the mountains outside Jakarta. The event coincides with the WSC meeting in Kalimantan and Zone1&2 meetings. 

An optional trip to Semarang, Central Java, where Bapak received the Latihan and Kedungjati where he was 

born in also being arranged. 

For more information about the gathering log on to: www.subudcilandak.com/gathering2011 

If you would like to share your expertise at the gathering contact: 

WismaSubud@gmail.com or share your ideas on Facebook (Wisma Subud International Gathering 2011). 

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SUBUD VOICE PAGE 10 MAY 2011 

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FAVOURITE PHOTOS 

Brighton Beach 

Rosanna Hille writes… 

In 2007 I attended one of the many Susila Dharma meeting I have gone to over the years I have been associated 

with the humanitarian work of Subud members. This meeting was held in Lewes UK and the purpose was to 

network, build our capacity and consult with our members on the direction of the international organization. 

Hamida Virginia Thomas was newly appointed Executive Director of Susila Dharma International and we were in a 

hand-over, transition phase. The meeting was hosted by Pelham House and SD Britain and it was early February 

with the earth still sleeping. 

For me the winter is a quiet time for reflection and regeneration and the light snow on the hills seen from the 

Gardiner's home, the stone damsel waiting patiently for the blossoms in a nook by Pelham House, and the grey 

skies all set a peaceful, introspective tone. 

After the meeting, I went to Brighton and met with Garrett Thompson, who was then the ISC chairman. We spent a 

lovely day wandering around the famous British seaside town discussing Subud and its world organizations – where 

we had been, where we were going, what might be possible... 

Our wandering took us to Brighton Pier, which was almost deserted, and I took this shot of Garrett looking 

pensively over Brighton with a still carousel on one side and a Princess on a rearing horse frozen in time on the 

other. It reminds me of the still balance I need to maintain when considering what is and what is possible. 

Readers are invited to submit a favourite photograph taken by themselves. Include a text of no more than 400 

words explaining why the photograph is important to you and what connection it has with Subud. 

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I N N E R 

V O I C E 

Change is grace 

Inner Voice welcomes stories and letters. Please send to Ilaina Lennard, 

NEW E-MAIL: ilaine.l@blueyonder.co.uk 

Ilaina (Ilaine for the e-mail) can be contacted at her NEW ADDRESS: 

8 Sissinghurst Grove, Up Hatherley, Cheltenham, Glos. GL51 3FA UK 

NEW TEL NO: (+44) (0)1242 707 701 

Extracts from Patricia Lacey’s interview with Wilbert Verheyen. Wilbert was a Franciscan priest who joined Subud 

and later became Chairman of Susila Dharma International (SDIA),which co-ordinates Subud's humanitarian 

activities. He died several years ago. He was a remarkable man, as his story shows... 

Patricia: May I ask, were you always with the Franciscan order? 

Wilbert: I was very interested in St. Francis of Assisi when I was young, and I got a picture of him standing on the 

globe. I thought he was kicking a ball, and I became a fanatic soccer player, because of the connection with my 

name! So when I felt I should like to become a priest it had to be the Franciscan order. 

To become a priest, after six years of studying you had to become a novitiate. After two years of studying philosophy 

and four years of theology, then came the ordination as a priest. One year after the ordination we studied the 

science of how to do missionary work, ‘missiology’ and after that we were called by our boss, ‘the provincial of the 

Franciscan order’, as we called him. I felt deep in my heart that I would like to go to New Guinea, but you can 

never tell where you will be assigned. You have promised to be obedient. 

Patricia: What attracted you to New Guinea? 

Wilbert: Adventure! Yah. That was a remote unknown part 

of the globe. 

Patricia: Was New Guinea fairly wild? 

Wilbert: Yes, cannibalism and headhunting. We knew that from the Dutch who had been there before and were told 

of the cannibalism and murdering of other people. 

Patricia: How many whites were there? What about your work there as a Franciscan? What were you doing? 

Wilbert: One day the bishop asked me ‘We Franciscans are not yet in the Highlands of New Guinea. Are you willing 

to go there?’ I answered, ‘Oh, yes!’ that was in 1958, and there we had to more or less bring peace. We also 

tried to put everything on the map. There was not at the time a good complete map. Our main work was to bring 

peace between the tribes. 

Patricia: Did you also try to teach them religion? 

‘ ’ 

What attracted me to New 

Guinea?... Adventure! It was a 

remote, unknown part of 

the globe... 

Wilbert: No. These people were totally different from the other groups. They had a very strong culture. I know I 

am going against conventional religious thinking, but I was convinced they were monotheists, not animists. 

Monotheism is a deep, deep secret there; strictly forbidden. 

I had people around me asking, ‘Why are you coming here?’ The first man who was interested in me was the man 

who adopted me there. He was a chief of one of the tribes. As long as you are good with the chiefs, as I was, everything 

is fine! I was always protected by the big chief. 

At my new centre where I built my first real house, one day the chief came to me with two other big chiefs. He 

walked all around the house to make sure no one was listening. 

Then we four stood shoulder to shoulder, and he slowly opened a package wrapped in banana leaves. It took a long 

time to open it. I saw that it was a piece of bamboo and it had a mysterious sign on it! I said ‘Yes, I saw it! I saw it!’ 

The chief said excitedly ‘He saw it. He saw it!’ meaningfully to the others. I don’t know exactly what it meant, 


ut it was a kind of initiation. Afterwards I started 

a clinic and school. All the children came to 

the school. The clinic was fine! 

Patricia: Did you have a nurse for the clinic? 

Wilbert: Yes. I educated and trained one of the 

boys. He was very good. Training was always the 

first thing I did in trying to help without 

weapons… I carried no weapons. Normally when 

I tried to help I used – instead of weapons – my 

books and first aid materials, syringes, help for 

wounds and such. 

We used a medicine that at the time was comparable 

to penicillin for this kind of thing. When I 

arrived at a new village even before reaching it, 

you could smell the wounds already. I would give 

an injection to the wounded, and after three days the rotten pus would be gone and a nice layer of skin would have 

begun to form. 

My boy – he was my nurse - had a house next to my clinic. We worked together and had an average of 125 people 

a day at the clinic. 

‘Even though 

Finding Subud 

I was successful, 

Patricia: How long did you stay in New Guinea? 

’ 

I came to feel 

Wilbert: I arrived in July 1958 and left in 1971. Thirteen years. 

that inwardly 

Patricia: What was the next stage in your life? 

I was so very empty! 

Wilbert: I was very successful in the work. The Bishop was very pleased with me. But even though I was 

successful, I came to feel that inwardly I was so very empty! So empty! I had not known it. I had not been really 

aware of it, then one day I imagined myself 80 years old and felt afraid. What if I had been eighty and doing only 

this work all of those years? Then I realised how truly empty I felt! 

At that moment I read a booklet by Dietrich Bonhoffer, a Protestant minister who died in a concentration camp in 

Germany. There was a memorable sentence in it. ‘Change is grace. Stagnation is sin’. It became clear to me that I 

had to change. But how and what? 

There was no one to talk to about my loneliness, my emptiness. 

Wilbert went as a missionary to Irian Jaya, a remote and 

unknown place 

The same month the Superior of the Franciscans came from Indonesia. He asked, ‘who will come back with me?’ 

I was the first one. I said ‘I’m going with you!’ The people and my colleagues said ‘You can’t do that.’ But I was 

determined and so I went back with him. 

So I came to Jakarta with the Franciscan Superior. We arrived at 11.0clock in Jakarta. It was coffee time! I got my 

coffee, and then I saw the national newspaper of Indonesia, distributed by the Franciscans. 

I opened it and saw a small article stating that yesterday the President of Indonesia had opened the Subud World 

Congress. I immediately felt, ‘that is it. That is why I am here’. 

I didn’t talk with my colleagues, I went instead straight to the two houseboys and asked them where Cilandak was, 

as Cilandak was mentioned in the newspaper article. They said it was in the south. 

I had no rest anymore. I went directly out and asked someone, ‘Where is the south?’ And was told ‘At the end of 

this road.’ It was a big road to Bandung. 


So I travelled all day, trying to go south. It got to be six o’clock in the evening. I finally got to the end of Jakarta and 

asked someone ‘Where is Cilandak?’ she told me it was at the wrong end of the south. I had to go to the west side! 

The next day I started from there. Again all day I travelled. At last I arrived at Cilandak and then I saw a military 

camp. I went to the guards and asked, ‘is this Cilandak? Is this the Subud World Congress?’ They answered ‘yes, 

this is Cilandak, but the Subud World Congress is really far away!’ 

So I went back again. 

On the Third Day 

On the third day I arrived at Wisma Subud. 

The little guard post was there, where the guards 

were sitting. I said ‘I should like to have information 

about Subud.’ They said ‘there are 2000 people here! 

We are too busy for a man coming to ask for information!’ 

Then I really became angry, after three days of 

searching! I said ‘I’ve come all the way from New 

Guinea!’ It made a little bit of an impression. 

Someone went away and when he came back he said 

‘come back tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock and 

there will be someone here then, who will give you 

information about Subud.’ 

‘ 

Wilbert Verheyen 

’ 

So the next morning I was met by a young man. I got the impression he was studying economics at the University 

of Bandung. He asked me where I heard about Subud. I felt a little awkward having to tell him it was only out of 

the newspaper. He said at once that Subud is very good for a type of person who is making certain kinds of 

mistakes. This and this and this… He mentioned five 

things that were like my moral fingerprints! 

I asked him when I could start. He told me that at a 

Protestant secondary school not far from my convent 

they had a Monday and Thursday latihan and also that 

I was welcome there at Wisma Subud on Sunday 

mornings as an applicant. So I immediately went as an 

applicant to the next meeting on Monday… it was very 

interesting. You got special cake and nice ginger tea… 

The waiting room for applicants was at the end of the 

corridor. There was a staircase I could see, from 

where I was sitting and waiting. I saw a very old lady 

being taken upstairs by a Japanese woman and for 

some reason I began to cry. It was such a heavy crying 

that my shirt became wet. So I finally asked 

someone ‘who is that old lady going up the stairs?’ 

and he said ‘that is Bapak’s mother.’ 

Wilbert found out about Subud just as the 1971 World Congress was 

being held in Jakarta. The Wisma Subud residential compound had 

been transformed to provide accommodation for 2000 people in bamboo 

longhouses designed by the architect Ramzi Winkler 

I think Bapak’s mother died in 1971 or so. I think it was after my opening. There was a big reception after the 

funeral for us to tell Bapak we were sorry about the death of his mother. 

Patricia: You hadn’t met Bapak yet? 

Wilbert: I think that was the time when I felt I hated Bapak! That’s another story. 

It was very interesting though. When we came to the reception in front of Bapak's house, there was a big queue 

 


of people. It was my first contact with western Subud members and the Indonesian ones were so close to Bapak. 

While we were in the queue waiting to tell Bapak we were sorry, I suddenly realised I wasn’t sorry at all, 

I was sad but not grieving at all! I felt so happy! 

So I thought, “What can I say, for I will not lie?” Then it was my turn and I was in front of Bapak. Bapak had a big 

smile. I was almost congratulating Bapak. He was standing there beaming, as if he knew his mother was still living 

quite happily. 

After Bapak went upstairs, I began weeping again – not just a few tears but a huge weeping so that my shirt was 

wet again. I went to Rukmiwati Branting, a woman who lived in Wisma Subud, and asked what could this weeping 

be? Rukmiwati felt I was moved not by the mother but by the son.! 

I came first to Subud during the World Congress in August, and I was opened in November. 

Taken from Patricia Lacey’s book Conversations with Friends Part 2. The book is currently out of print. 

LETTERS TO THE E D I T O R 

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She likes it! Lynnelle Stewart writes from the USA... 

Thank you very much for the Subud Voice, which I read without stopping. 

It is great! And I particularly identified with something in the story about Simon Guerrand... how he went through a 

period after his accident when the world just seemed incredibly beautiful to him...and that is how it is for me now... 

No accident, but the world just suddenly seems sooooo beautiful. I had an inner message a couple months back that 

I was "to go out and look at my beautiful world”and since then, every little detail seems so lovely. 

Thanks for the info on how to sign up for current talks... contacting Julia Hurd...the new Voice is gonna be great. I 

was especially moved by the story on Rashidah's daughter and the story on the young girl who is now the BCU 

school librarian and wants to be a Subud applicant. FANTASTIC!!!! 

Keep up the great work, as you always do... You really amaze me! I felt SOOOOO reconnected after reading Voice 

and the latest Susila Dharma newsletter, focusing on how Susila Dharma is working to meet the UN Millenium 

Goals – what a great idea on their part! 

The work of the helpers 

Rauni Hemsen responds to Rachmadi Fiedorowicz's article in our March issue about the role of helpers... 

Dear Rachmadi Fiedorowicz 

Times change. Most of us are really very old members. But instead of two latihan times we have now 5 times in 

order to meet the needs of the new generation, new members. The most popular times are 11.30 on Wednesdays and 

Sundays. The old time is mostly visited by the old members 20.15 on Tuesdays and Fridays. In addition there is one 

latihan on Fridays 19.00 for young people, new members. 

So all this takes time. It was very difficult to reserve one more night as helpers night. So the miracle solution is to 

have helpers latihan either before or after the group latihan. It is a very different latihan indeed, and we feel much 

more guidance in the group latihan because of the helpers latihan. And the members feel and come to the latihans! 

We feel we have little to talk about. So the extra travel, a whole evening is not necessary but we feel the difference 

doing the helpers latihan. It certainly has a very different quality from the ordinary latihan. 

It is a heavy task to open new members but it is also rewarding. Being a helper without having helpers latihan is 

very heavy. It is fantastic to feel guidance in the latihan with the group when we helpers are guided by God. 

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A family’s wish fulfilled 

Rashidah MacDonald has sent us this story about the family of Faustina, a Subud member originally from Bali, 

now living near Rungan Sari in Central Kalimantan. The story illustrates the extraordinary difficulties of life that 

some people must face and overcome. It also draws attention to the difference the Subud Education Fund can make 

in people's lives. The Subud Education Fund is a project of the Muhammad Subud Foundation. Rashidah writes... 

In July 2009 Alvira, a young Subud member from Kalimantan, was awarded a grant from The Subud Education 

Fund to help pay her university fees. In January 2011, The Subud Education Fund approved a further grant to make 

it possible for Alvira to complete her final year of nursing studies. Thank you to all those who support this fund. 

When I asked Faustina to tell me a little about her life and her own educational background for the application for a 

scholarship for her daughter Alvira, she went home that night and wrote many pages about her life. She said it all 

came out like that, and she cried many times as she remembered what her life was like when her daughter was still 

a small baby before they joined Subud. She is extremely grateful for how much their lives have improved since 

they joined Subud. This is her story. 

Dear Subud Education Fund, 

My name is Faustina and I was born on the 21st of June 1968. I 

come from a poor family with limited education. I am the seventh 

child of a family of eight children. My six older siblings only were 

able to attend school until the second grade and my parents didn’t 

go to school whatsoever. 

Because we had not enough money to live and no land, my parents 

joined the government transmigration program and we left Bali to 

our new life in Kalimantan on 22/2/1982. We were helped by the 

transmigration program and during that time I was able to study up 

to the end of 9th Grade. 

When the government program ended, I also was no longer able to 

go to school, and my younger sister finished her schooling in the 

8th Grade. I really wanted to continue my education but my parents 

couldn’t afford it, but despite this, I felt very grateful to have studied 

that much, as I had achieved the highest education in my family, 

including my own parents. 

At the time I had many dreams to continue my studies and have a 

career as a nurse or something like that, but my parents were 

already elderly and poor, and there was no possibility of any further studies. 

Faustina and Alvira 

When the government support ended, we were living in desperate times because our crops were destroyed by mice 

and wild pigs. We had no rice, and only had cassava roots and leaves to eat each day. 

I worked hard to help my parents in the fields in any way I could. In order to help my heart feel lighter, I was active 

in social organizations like Posyandu (child clinic) and Ibu PKK, (Family wellbeing/women’s discussion group), 

hansip (village security) and other community events. I was strongly motivated to help the development of our new 

community in this new land. 

Marriage 

When I was 23, I met my husband, and we were married on the 24th of August 1990. He took me from South 

Kalimantan where my family was, to where his parents lived, 35 km north of Palangkaraya in Central Kalimantan. 

He was also from a poor Balinese family and was brought by his parents to Kalimantan in search of a better life. 

A year after we married, I gave birth to my daughter, Niluh. When she was 8 months old, my husband found work 

and we had the opportunity to learn to live independently for the first time. We lived in a small hut that measured 4 

x 3 meters and we had no bed, no mattress or any furniture. It was only 5 kilometers from the Subud land, but at 


that time it was still very remote and isolated and the nearest 

house was 500 meters away. 

My husband’s job was to find grass for 7 cows and 6 deer which 

were owned by a farmer nearby. Each day he would go out to the 

forest and fields to get enough feed for the animals. He was paid 

US$ 4 per month and it was paid every three months. Maybe you 

can imagine how hard we struggled to survive especially since we 

had a young baby. 

Because of this I begged my husband’s employer to allow him to find another job on the side and I promised we 

would continue to fulfill our responsibility to find the feed for the animals. I told my husband I would find the feed 

for the animals while he could look for other work. With a heavy heart my husband accepted my suggestion 

because he could see that there was no other way for us to survive. 

My husband worked in any job he could find. Each morning he left at 5 am and would come home at 8 pm or later. 

This left me and Niluh in charge of finding the feed for the animals. I carried her on my back strapped on with a 

cloth and each day we would go to the jungle to cut grass and find bark and leaves. 

I carried the feed back in a large cart that was 1.5 meters wide x 2 meters long and when it was full, it weighed 

200kg. When people saw a woman (me) pushing such a big and heavy cart plus carrying a baby, they were quite 

shocked and couldn’t believe that I could do it. Sometimes people were kind and would help push it for me for 

some of the distance. 

I Had a Happy Heart 

Maybe for some people they would have felt burdened by this job, but instead I had a happy heart to carry out my 

work because I believed in the greatness of God that is most 

generous and all caring, and merciful and I felt that we were 

always protected by God. With enthusiasm and trust in God as 

my working capital, my daughter and I each day would go 

alone into the jungle to work. While I was cutting grass I 

would lay my baby in the cart to sleep. 

I did this job every day for two years and only occasionally 

was my husband able to help me. As a woman I also had my 

duties as a wife, carrying water from the well, cooking and 

washing clothes etc. My daughter Niluh rarely saw her father 

during this time as she was still asleep when he left the house 

and already asleep when he returned from work. 

The wages I earned increased from US$4 a month to $7.50 

and I was grateful for the extra money. During these two 

‘We were looking for 

’ 

peace and harmony 

in our household, but 

what could we do? 

The family. At the back: Ibu Faustina and Alvira. 

In front: Zarina, Sulfiati,and Pak Umaryadi 

years, we were able to save some money, and our life improved when we were able to buy a bed, a mattress, a 

cupboard and food. When my daughter was 4 years old my husband and I had the wish to join an insurance fund 

for the education of our daughter, as we didn’t want her to have a similar life to ours and we were willing to 

sacrifice other things to make sure she could be educated. 

We knew that by putting the money aside this way, we would not be able to be tempted to use it for other things. It 

was only because of this fund, that she was able to finish high school; otherwise we couldn’t have afforded it. For 

this insurance we paid US $ 3 per month, which may not seem like a lot, but it was still a struggle for us to pay it. 

When our daughter was 5 we returned to live with my in-laws because they were sick and needed us to look after them. 

My husband is the oldest of 5 children and he was the only one that was married while his younger siblings were still at 

school. We cared for his parents and during this time, we were given another child and her name was Laksmi. 

Later, my husband got a job as a caretaker at a primary school which was 10 km from our house. We had no form 

of transport whatsoever, so we had to move closer to the school when Niluh was in grade 3, and Laksmi was 8 

months. At that time the wages my husband received was US$ 2 per month which was paid every two months. He 

was willing to accept this salary because it meant that later there was a possibility of becoming a civil servant. 

(Note: this is the hope of most people here. Even though wages are low as a civil servant, it means that there is job 

security.) 

 


So once again, we repeated the struggles we had been through earlier. 

After 1 year my husband became a civil servant and he received $14 per 

month and later it was increased to $30 a month. 

Faced with Another Test 

We journey our life with much gladness because we were used to living with 

‘prihatin’ or sacrifices. When our second daughter was 1 and a half we were 

faced with another test, when we returned to live with my in-laws. My father-in-law 

died and his mother was alone because the younger siblings were no longer at home 

– they were either off working or at school. With a heavy heart we returned to live 

with my mother-in-law. 

My husband had to travel 10 km each way to get to his work and so his brothers 

helped my husband buy a second hand motorbike. (To this day, we have never 

owned or bought a new motorbike!) At this time I was working farming 

vegetables to feed our household and to get some extra income for our family. 

From day to day 

’ 

we both felt a new 

meaning in life 

My kids were still young and there were many problems in the family. We were 

confused and often stressed especially my husband because of difficulties with 

his mother. Many people offered solutions but no one could help solve the family 

problems and issues we were facing. We were looking for peace and 

harmony in our household but what could we do? 

Finding Subud 

One day we remembered that when we were at the transmigration settlement at 

km 38 (near Rungan Sari) where my husband was working, we had heard the 

Alvira and her sister Zarina 

word Subud from Hari Susilo and his wife Murtiana. We needed some peace in our lives and so we were attracted 

to find out more about Subud. Pak Susilo recommended we came to the hall in Rungan Sari. 

We went there on Sundays and Thursdays and we got information about Subud. There was a peace and coolness 

about the place, which was what we were searching for. In 2000 we became applicants and I was opened on 

27/7/2000 my husband was opened one week before me. 

After I was opened, I experienced something that I had never before experienced. From this feeling I was able to be truly 

convinced and sure of the greatness of God. I always asked for God’s guidance and protection and also from Bapak. 

From day to day we both felt a new meaning in life and were able to learn many things. A year after we got opened, 

I became pregnant and had another daughter who was given the name Zarina by Ibu Rahayu. At this time we all 

received new names from Ibu Rahayu. My husband became Umaryadi, my name Faustina, Niluh became Alvira, 

and Laksmi became Sulfiati. 

After joining Subud we still faced many difficulties and went through many processes but we were able to face 

them with more patience and optimism than we had in the past, and we were always hopeful about being able to 

educate our children despite our weak financial situation. 

Our Subud brothers and sisters in Rungan Sari understand and know our situation and they know that we have the 

strong conviction for Alvira to study nursing at the Academy of Nursing in Palangkaraya. 

She has completed one semester of her course, and even though it has been a very large financial burden for us, we 

ask our other children to do prihatin and live simply on less money in order that she can continue her studies. I 

work now as a cleaner at the YUM office. I also sometimes help with the malaria program. I’m very grateful to 

have work at YUM because I feel that it’s very important for the people of this area. 

Alvira is the first person in our extended families to attend higher education, and we are extremely proud of her and 

grateful to Almighty God and to all our Subud brothers and sisters who have helped make this possible. 

Faustina's story, written in 2009, was translated by Rashidah MacDonald. Alvira is now completing her studies to 

become a nurse. 


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New WSA accountant and bank account 

As previously announced, it is now official. The World Subud Association's 

bank accounts have been transferred from Holland to the United Kingdom. 

Accounts in the Netherlands are closed. We thank Leonard van Willenswaard 

for his unfailing and ongoing assistance and are grateful to Elwyn Waugh, 

WSA's new accountant, for taking over for Leonard. New WSA banking details 

are attached and are available online. If you have any questions, please write to 

Elwyn at sealight@eclipse.co.uk or WSA at wsa@subud.org 

In addition, we would like to recognize Hussein Dickie in the UK for temporarily 

assisting Hammond Peek as WSA Treasurer while Hammond is dealing 

with the aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch, where he lives. Thank you 

Hussein. We send ongoing prayers to Christchurch (and Japan). 

Elwyn Waugh 

MUHAMMAD SUBUH FOUNDATION ACCOUNTS: Please be advised that the Muhammad Subuh Foundation 

accounts are likewise being transferred to the UK, but this is not yet complete. Check the MSF website for details, 

www.msubuhfoundation.org 

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How to donate to WSA 

Contributions to the World Subud Association are most welcome and may be made by wire transfer, cheque, or 

online. Please notify Elwyn Waugh, WSA Accountant, of the donation at WSAaccountant@subud.org We thank you 

in advance. 

(1) WIRE TRANSFER 

Account name: World Subud Association 

Bank: National Westminster Bank 

Location: Axminster. United Kingdom 

SWIFT/BIC: NWBKGB2L 

Account numbers: 

USD: 140/00/75503131 

Euro: 550/00/75503123 

GBP: 72552182; Sterling Sort Code: 516123 

IBAN numbers: 

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(2) CHEQUE 

Write cheques to “World Subud Association” 

and mail to: 

Elwyn Waugh 

Springs, Stockland 

Honiton EX14 9DB 

United Kingdom 

Tel: +44 1404 881528 

E-mail: WSAaccountant@subud.org 

Please include a note with the check, especially 

regarding earmarked funds. 

((3) ONLINE 

At the moment we are using the MSF facility for online donations until a separate service for WSA is 

functional. Visit the Muhammad Subuh Foundation website www.msubuhfoundation.org 

From the donation page click on “Contributing”. Select “ISC” and follow the prompts. Please include remarks 

or mention if funds are earmarked in the area provided. 

Muhammad Subuh Foundation Call for Trustee Nominees... 

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In June 2011, the terms of three Foundation trustees will come up for renewal or replacement: Hannah Baerveldt, 

Ismana Haryono and Shyam Wadhera. Trustees may stand for re-election and nominations are also open for new 

trustees. If the thought of working towards strengthening Subud in the world appeals to you, consider contacting 

your National Committee or any MSF trustee or World Subud Council member to put your name forward. 

Nominees should have an understanding of the Subud organization and proven experience of working effectively, 

harmoniously and reliably in a team environment. The term of office is four years and a minimum average of 10 

hours of work per week is expected, without compensation. We ask nominees to provide a copy of his/her 

Curriculum Vitae or Resume and two references from Subud members. 

 


The Foundation is especially needing and seeking Subud members with experience in: 

(1) fundraising; (2) communications/PR/graphics; and (3) in South America and/or Africa with fluency in Spanish and/or 

French. 

National committees and World Subud Council members may send their nominations, accompanied with CV and references, 

to the MSF Administrator, Lillian Shulman: lillianshulman@netscape.net. The deadline for nominations is 31 

March 2011. Please refer to the Foundation website for a description of the role, responsibilities and qualifications 

expected of a trustee at www.msubuhfoundation.org and visit the 'news' section. 

WSA visit to Puebla Mexico Maya Korzybska writes... 

Luke Penseney (WSA chair ) and Maya Korzybska (WSA Executive team) travelled to Puebla Mexico in April, to participate 

in their national congress and zone 7 meeting, as well as to meet and work for the first time with the World 

Congress Organizing Team. 

The next Subud World Congress will take place during the northern hemisphere summer of 2014, in the beautiful city of 

Puebla, Mexico. The exact dates will probably be fixed during the upcoming Subud World Council meeting, 23rd June 

to July 1st in Rungan Sari, Kalimantan. 

This first meeting was to establish a project schedule and retro-planning right up to the World Congress, as well a communications 

process between the WSA Executive and COT. The immediate priorities are related to the legal structure 

that needs to be set up to host the World Congress, negotiations with local authorities and finalizing agreements for the 

booking of the main congress venues, as well as meetings with the federal authorities to ensure that we do not have the 

visa problems for certain countries that we had in New Zealand. Building the on-line registration program and website 

are another of the immediate priorities. 

During the Zone 7 meeting, were established some of the areas that other countries of the zone will take on specifically 

to support the Congress Organizing Team in Mexico. For reports and news from these meetings check out 

www.subudworldnews 

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Thanks to Rashid From the WSA Executive... 

Thanks to Rashid Butte, the former webmaster for www.subud.com who 

has retired. We are grateful to Rashid for his many years of dedication 

and service. 

Rashid reminisces about creating the site: “I started working on [the 

website] right around the time the 'world wide web' began, around 1992 

- 1993. I was creating one of the early intranets for the company I 

worked for, and realized Subud needed to get a show on the road -- er -- 

on the information highway. Harun Murray, then ISC Chair, wanted to 

have a good face on the web...and having developed expertise, I guess 

he thought I was the logical one to run with it officially. 

I remember getting the Subud symbol done right thanks to the help of 

members in Portland and Vancouver. There was discussion regarding the 

exact geometry of the Subud symbol [this being the first time the symbol 

was on the web] -- but we went with the existing format. Then it 

was a matter of getting the domain. 

Originally, my vision was to have basic introductions to Subud in as 

Rashid Butte 

many languages as possible, in as simple [read fast over slow dial-up] a format as possible, for as many people around 

the world who might be searching for something. I really wanted the presentation to be like the latihan -- clean, light, 

simple, not a lot of jazz or 'stuff' -- just pure clean content. That's why it stayed the same for so long.” 

[NOTE: WSA’s public website was originally ‘subud.org’ and became ‘subud.com’ in 2009, allowing the .org domain to 

become a resource site for members. The site is now maintained by the Web Services Shop.] 

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Youth update on two events 

Hello again from the International Subud Youth Team. This email is to update you on the two exciting events coming 

up this July in Indonesia. 

• The Human Force camp is in Cipanas this July and the deadline for applications was March 15th. That is next 

Tuesday, and places are limited - if you're planning on coming to this life changing experience we really need to 

know now! 

• The YES Quest deadline for applications is May 31st. The Yes Quest team have a video to give you a little taste of 

what is in store for you if you are planning on coming, check it out here: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVF5nzAVx3c. 

If you want to come but can't quite cover all your travel costs, you can apply to the International Youth Travel Fund 

for assistance. Please send an email to sya-international@subudyouth.net and we will send you an application form. 

The flyer attached is different from last time, check it out! Print it out, put it up in your local Subud hall, give it to 

your teacher, your neighbour or even your bus driver; just be sure that you let people know about these amazing 

opportunities in Indonesia this year. Also Yes Quest International is now on Facebook, join the group or ‘like’ the 

fan page to see pictures and regular updates. 

As always, if you have any questions (or answers for that matter!) don’t you dare hesitate to contact us friendly 

folks here at the International Subud Youth Team. 

With love, 

Alex, Lucinda, Miguel, Roland, Steven and Theresa sya-international@subudyouth.net 

INFORMATION ABOUT SUBUD 

This magazine is produced by members of the spiritual movement 

known as Subud, but it is not an official publication of the Subud organisation. 

It is just an enterprise of some members. Recently the magazine 

became available free and online to the general public as well as to 

Subud members. 

In each issue we try to include some articles which will give information 

about Subud to people who are unfamiliar with the movement. 

Interested people could also look at the article “What is Subud?” in the 

February 2011 issue of this magazine. 

This is a very brief sketch of Subud. Those wishing for a more detailed 

explanation should go to www.whatissubud.org. There is a link to it on 

the left hand side of our home page. There are also links to the web sites 

of the various organisations which also include explanations of Subud. 

See for example the official web site of WSA, www.subud.com. 

If you would like to make contact with a Subud group near them, you 

should check the telephone directory to see if there is a group in your 

locality. Or you can go to the web site www.subud.com where you will 

find contact information for the WSA and the various national bodies 

who may be able to direct you to a group near you. 

S U B U D E V E N T S & W O R L D 

L A T I H A N 

For news of forthcoming Subud events and World 

Latihan times go to 

www.subudworldnews.com and click on “Events”. 

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SPONSORSHIP 

Our thanks to the World Subud Association 

(WSA) for their generous sponsorship of this issue. 

As Subud Voice has now become a free online 

independent journal, we depend on your support to 

keep us going. We welcome individual or group 

sponsorship for Subud Voice. We only need twelve 

individuals or groups to sponsor one on line issue to 

keep Subud Voice going for a year. 

Thanks to the many individuals and Subud groups 

who have forgone their right to have unused parts of 

their subscription refunded to them when we closed 

down the subscriber-based magazine. We have been 

heartened and encouraged by your support for the 

“new” Subud Voice. 

Thank you especially to those very, very special 

people who have said they will continue to subscribe 

to Subud Voice. Will continue to send us their 

subscription money even though they don’t need to 

subscribe any more. You are very special, kind, 

generous and supportive people. 

Contact the editor at editor@subudvoice.net for 

sponsorship information. 

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The passing of Murray Clapham 

Murray (Steven) Hallen Clapham passed away in Jakarta on Monday the 4th of April 2011. at 12:45 

pm. Steven is a Subud name that Murray took not long before his death. 

Murray was a greatly loved and highly respected Subud member who served Subud in many capacities 

in the organisation, in enterprises and in social welfare. He also pursued successful careers as a 

diplomat and businessman. His generosity was legendary. Our sympathy goes out to his wife, Youry, 

and daughters Vera, Grace and Kartini, and to all others who knew and loved him. 

May our prayers help him in his journey and may Almighty God give him a good and rightful place 

in the hereafter. We publish this tribute from his daughter Kartini and many other tributes will be 

found in the Subud Voice Extra section on our home page... 

Kartini writes... 

We would like to thank everyone for all their love and thoughts during this difficult time. 

Dad was someone very special. He led an amazing life and touched so many. Dad taught many to open their hearts and love. He accepted 

all as equals and treat all like family from business partners to maids and drivers. We will miss him dearly and miss his incredibly unique 

humour and stories. 

Mum, Vera, Grace and I were so grateful to have spent so much time with Dad these past few months and we were able to tell Dad everything 

we needed to. We all know Dad chose his path. Many may have not agreed on his health choices but it was right choice for dad and 

we thank everyone for all the support. 

Dad's healing process was not one to stay with us: he was trying to purify himself for something else. We only realised his subtle hints after 

his passing. Vera, Grace and I were with Dad at the time of his death and he was peaceful. It was only the last couple of days before when 

Dad was bed-ridden, but these days there was some sort of energy going on in his room, some sort of spiritual process was happening which 

we could not exactly pinpoint. 

The night before Dad's death, Grace and I were with him. He was dreaming all night and continued to talk in his sleep. Repetitive words 

were said which showed us a sign. Dad said in his sleep, "I think this is a new paradigm," and then said, "Remember tomorrow" not knowing 

what this meant until the next day at the time of his death. 

We all lay beside Dad's body to be as a family one last time. He was ready but we were not. We don't see Dad's passing as as a failure to 

beat his cancer, but as a victory to finally love himself and care for himself as his whole life was dedicated to others. 

Dad's body stayed at home with us until yesterday. Yesterday we had Dad's service and cremation. The service was held at home. It was a 

service which incorporated all religions, languages and status. Dad's songs were played and very personal speeches were said. It was relaxed 

allowing everyone to express and feel what they wanted. There were plenty of laughs and I have never seen so many grown men cry. 

Adri stood up and sang. Bobby who spent a lot of time treating Dad spoke for the Balur clinic. There were visions of Dad during his 

service, and many signs that Dad was around us during his cremation. It was a day of shocking, surprising, spiritual experiences, which 

many have not experienced before. 

Everyone has asked about a service in Australia. This will most definitely happen. Dad was just as Indonesian as he was Australian, if not 

more, and because Dad passed away in Jakarta, we are following the Javanese tradition. This belief is that Dad's spirit is still around here for 

40 days. This means that Mum is unable to leave Indonesia up until the 40th day. An Australian service will be held in May after the 40th 

day. Our minds are unable to make many decisions at the moment so we ask for your patience until we make an exact date for his service. 

The Jalan Junaedi House is full of friends, family, godsons from around the globe all camping on the floor. It’s been a while since we all gathered 

together. We are all now collecting our thoughts and telling Dad's stories. Dad had many great stories, jokes, experiences with so many 

and we are asking everybody if they could share something they found special. This could be a story he told, an experience you had with him, 

a description of Dad, a joke he told. Please write as openly as possible, we know some things may be quite ‘out there’, but this was Dad. This 

will be collected and made into a book for all to remember as there were many aspects to his life which would be wonderful to share. 

Throughout Dad's life so many have asked him to write a book and in the last year Dad was collecting his information to finally do one. 

So this is our gift to him and all those who knew him. Please could you forward this to all who know Dad. 

With Love Youry, Vera, Grace and Kartini Contact Kartini Clapham katclapham@gmail.com 

Murray Clapham 

Other tributes to Murray can be found on our web page inside Subud Voice Extra 

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Changes at Subud Voice Harris Smart and Marcus Bolt write... 

You'll notice that there are a number of changes in the format of this issue of Subud Voice. We are extremely 

responsive to consumer feedback and so a number of these changes have been made in response to suggestions 

that people have made to us. They also reflect out transition from a magazine that was originally in print to a 

magazine that is now online only. We are learning all the time and doing our best to make Subud Voice as good as 

we can. 

1. LESS COLOR. Some people have said to us that there is too much colour in Subud Voice and that when they 

print it out, it chews up too much of a colour cartridge. Therefore, with the exception of the front page, we have 

decided to make all pages, in black-and-white. Except of course for the colour photos which people like. But we 

are no longer printing text in colour. In this way we are responding to consumer feedback and also following the 

almost universal practice of e-zines on the Internet. 

2. ONE COLUMN. We are no longer doing a magazine in two columns. Several people quite rightly said that it is 

extremely difficult to read two columns on the Internet. Again, we are following the almost universal practice of 

e-zines. 

3. LINKS. As we go along we are increasingly endeavouring to exploit the resources of the Internet for interconnectivity 

and so on. So now, if you click on the list of stories on the front page, you will go directly to that 

particular story. Web and e-mail addresses are now also LIVE, so that if you click on them you will go directly to 

that web page or e-mail address. 

4. CLEARER STRUCTURE. Some people have said that they do not like the way stories are not always 

contained with pages. They would like a clearer structure and demarcation between stories. So now we are always 

going to make sure that major stories begin on a new page. This also makes it clearer to find stories by clicking on 

the story LINKS mentioned above. 

5. PRINTING OUT A PARTICULAR STORY. Some people have said that often they do not want to print out 

the whole magazine but just a particular story. We are not yet quite ready to build this feature into the magazine, 

but you can easily do it yourself, using the standard capacity which is in your printer instructions. Every printer 

gives you the opportunity to just indicate that you only want to print out certain pages in a document rather than 

the whole thing. 

As we go on we will be continually endeavouring to improve the magazine, in response to your feedback and also 

implementing our vision of everything that an e-zine can be. 

Here is some further information for people who have complained about the "chewing up the colour cartridge" 

problem. 

Printing Subud Voice on a home printer 

1. The Subud Voice Online team envisaged the new magazine as being eventually an e-Zine for the public as well 

as our members – and in particular, our younger members – and would contain more stories about Subud members 

out there, 'in the world', with more interviews, more photos, more graphics etc., and to be read ‘online’. 

2. We do not have the resources to prepare and post a black and white version of the magazine. 

3. However, for those of us who cannot make the shift to on-screen reading, and have to print out, all is not lost! 

There are more economic options as follows: 

a) Most printers have a 'mono' print facility. If you go into your on-screen control panel, it should give you a list of 

adjustable options on print quality, print speed, print size, paper quality and print colour (either full colour or RGB, 

or mono or greyscale). If you choose 'mono', the printer will then interpret the colour values into black/grey and 

only bring the black cartridge into play. 

b) If your printer doesn't have this flexibility, your computer might, particularly if you have Adobe Reader or a 

similar 'pdf' opening program. If you download the pdf document as normal, then open it in Adobe Reader, or 

similar program, you should be able to re-save it as a 'greyscale' pdf, which again translates the colour values 


into grey scale. Then, when sent to the printer, it will print in 'greyscale' or 'black and white' only. 

c) Like you, I am horrified at the price of cartridges, particularly for my Epson A3 plus printer. Black cartridges are 

£20 each and colour £32. But then my wife discovered a company that sells, online, cartridges (called ‘compatible 

cartridges’) for £2.99 (black) and £3.99 (colour) with bulk (2 or more) discounts and free delivery on orders over 

£15. Deliveries are virtually next day, and there's a 'no quibble' replacement service if anything goes wrong (occasionally, 

but rarely, when the printer decides it doesn't like the chip on the new cartridges, for example). 

They can supply virtually any cartridge (including Inkjet and Laser) at the cheaper price quoted above and the quality 

of these replacements is at least 98% for high quality work (300dpi and above) and 100% for day to day stuff 

such as printing out Subud Voice Online (72dpi). 

The name of the company is Internet Inks (Abitech Ltd, Nottingham) and their contact details are: 

website: www.internet-ink.co.uk (I'm certain there are similar companies all over the world – google 'cheap printing 

inks' or similar to find a store near you.) We really hope this is helpful. 

Please note that we do not accept any responsibility for problems which may arise in transactions on E-bay or with 

suppliers. We can only say that we have found the company mentioned reliable. Consult the internet or local 

traders for suppliers in your area. 

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MAKING SUBUD VOICE EVEN BETTER 

We very much need to have feedback about the new on-line SV, and with this in mind would greatly welcome 

your response to the following short questionnaire. 

Are you a Subud member? What is your age? 

Which articles did you like best? Where are you from? 

Do you intend to read SV regularly from now on? 

Respond to the Editor, Harris Smart, subudvoice@gmail.com 

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TRANSLATOR NEEDED 

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. 

Ruslan Moore Al-Baz Publishing, Inc. 

SPANISH CONGRESS VIDEO 

Lucita Sendin writes from Spain... 

There is a video taken at the last National 

Congress in Spain (Barcelona) last October. It was 

made by a Subud member of Alicante. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9eK- 

GpSOJg&feature=channel_video_title 

MUSIC BY 

SUBUD ARTISTS 

Music By Subud Artists 

available from: 

www.djcrecords.co.uk 

Recording, mastering & 

CD production: 

DJC Records 

104 Constitution Hill 

Norwich 

NR3 4BB 

UK 

clague@paston.co.uk 

LOOKING FOR WORK 

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editing/typing. Fees to match those in 

your own country. Excellent references. 

ilaine.l@blueyonder.co.uk 

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SAVING 

GRACE 

Marcus 

Bolt 

now in its 3rd 

edition with 

new cover & 

extended to 

256 pages 

Available from 

www.lulu.com 

www.subudbooks.com 

Price £11 plus postage 

“This is by far the best book written 

about Subud. Perfect for friends, family, 

enquirers...” Dahlan Johnson 

Entertaining and instructive by turns, 

Marcus writes in an easy, flowing 

conversational style that gives the 

reader the feeling of being personally 

addressed. Unpretentious and 

refreshingly free of sanctimony, 

there is a generosity and a warmth of 

spirit about his narration that quickly 

befriends the reader and invites 

positive participation... It’s well 

written, too... Laurence Clark 

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Subud Voice is published monthly and the English 

edition is issued on the 1st of each month at 

www.subudvoice.net 

A Spanish facsimile edition usually appears a little 

later on the same web site. 

SUBMISSIONS 

Send articles, photos, cartoons etc. to Harris Smart, 

Editor Subud Voice, 

email: editor@subudvoice.net 

Tel: + 61 3 95118122 

Submissions are invited which relate to Subud life or 

are from Subud members. We cannot guarantee 

when or if a submission may be published. 

Preference will be given to articles of about 2000 

words or less accompanied by a photograph, wellwritten 

in English and dealing with the activities of 

Subud members, or expressing a Subud member's 

perspective on a subject. 

Articles should be written in such a way that they are 

intelligible and interesting to both Subud members 

and the general public. Sometimes this may mean 

providing an explanatory introduction or notes for 

the non-Subud reader 

There is no payment for submissions. Correspondence 

about articles will generally not be entered into. 

Submissions to Subud Voice may be edited for a variety 

of reasons including the need to shorten them or 

improve expression. If you do not want your submission 

to be edited in any way, please mark it clearly 

NOT TO BE EDITED. 

The opinions expressed in the various articles are 

the sole responsibility of their authors and cannot be 

seen as representing the opinion of either the editor 

or the World Subud Association. 

ADVERTISEMENTS 

Classifieds: 50 cents a word. Minimum charge 

AUD$15.00. Display rates on request. (Developing 

countries – no charge). To make payments by 

credit card to Subud Voice for any purpose 

including sponsorship. Go our website 

www.subudvoice.net. Click on the CREDIT CARD 

PAYMENTS button on the left hand side of the 

screen. Click on SUBUD VOICE CREDIT CARD PAY- 

MENTS. Fill in the form which comes up and in 

the comments box put SPONSORSHIP or whatever 

is relevant. Or contact us for bank details for 

bank transfers. Do not forget to indicate if you 

would like your sponsorship to be publicly 

acknowledged. 

SUBUD VOICE TEAM 

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Ilaina Lennard: Founder & Contributing Editor 

Marcus Bolt: Design and Layout 

Kitka Hiltula: Webmaster 

The opinions expressed in the various articles are the 

sole responsibility of their authors and can not be seen 

as representing the opinion of the World Subud 

Association. 

The name Subud ® and the Seven Circles Symbol are 

registered marks of the World Subud Association.

May 2011 - Subud Voice

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