May 2011 - Subud Voice
May 2011 - Subud Voice
May 2011 - Subud Voice
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together discussing things and making decisions we are ‘replacing‘making Bapak’...<br />
a space<br />
’<br />
If that was Bapak’s idea and intention then our responsibility is enormous<br />
and we have to fulfil our roles to our best capacity in a way<br />
for grace<br />
where we try to put aside our own personal ideas and agendas, even<br />
those which we believe in strongly and with the best intentions, by ‘Opening a space for the grace to come in’...<br />
Some people say that the latihan and the kejiwaan are not central enough to the work that we all do...<br />
but we need to remember that even nitty gritty details all in fact work towards our aims which are centred around<br />
the latihan.... International Helper Travel, support to translation and publications of talks, support for buying or<br />
building spaces for latihan, website and paper communications, how to use our premises in ways that can on the<br />
one hand be safe creative spaces for the members, but also be outreaching towards those not in <strong>Subud</strong>.<br />
How we represent <strong>Subud</strong> to the world through our annual reports and our brochures, and our presence at international<br />
fora, how we support our members in distress or financial need as well as supporting the members need to<br />
express the latihan through their daily work and activities....even tedious details like copyright protection and name<br />
registration and protection of the <strong>Subud</strong> symbol....all these things can seem far removed from the latihan, but at the<br />
end of the day, they are in fact actually helping us to:<br />
‘Make the latihan available for those searching for it’, – ‘make the spaces available for those already practising to<br />
be able to do the latihan in good conditions’, – ‘ help those of us already doing the latihan to better understand the<br />
process going on within us, as well as how to use it in our daily lives’, – ‘protect the writings of Bapak and Ibu, so<br />
that the explanations will not be distorted’... So in fact it does all come back to the latihan.<br />
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<br />
to us...”<br />
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ADI PURI web site<br />
In 2008, Bapak Muhammad Subuh's former home at Wisma <strong>Subud</strong> in<br />
Cilandak, Jakarta, was given a complete make-over. The result was<br />
ADI PURI - meaning a house that is beautiful -, a light-filled seminar<br />
and event centre, which has since been used for business presentations<br />
and meetings, weddings, concerts and other cultural events.<br />
Now a beautiful new website with plenty of background information<br />
and pictures has been created to promote ADI PURI. Please check it<br />
out at www.adipuri.com<br />
A dream realised A music project supported by SICA...<br />
For many years <strong>Subud</strong> members have been asking me, “Do you have a record we<br />
can get?” or “When are you going to make a record, Benjamin?”<br />
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Well the time has come! And thanks to the incredible support of <strong>Subud</strong> members<br />
around the world and SICA, I am very happy to announce that my new recording<br />
will be available March 1st!<br />
This jazz record features myself on saxophone and some incredible New York<br />
musicians who have played the world over with some of the greatest names in jazz.<br />
Seven of the compositions are original and we included two standards from the great<br />
songbook. For those of you interested you can buy the CD at www.posi-tone.com or<br />
download it on i-tunes. You can also visit my website for all up-to-date information at www.benjamindrazen.com<br />
Each CD purchased puts me closer to a second record with my label, Positone Records. Again thank you all for<br />
making this dream of mine a reality after 30 years of playing the saxophone!<br />
Benjamin Drazen, <strong>Subud</strong> New York<br />
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SUBUD VOICE PAGE 7 MAY <strong>2011</strong>