Committees and Enterprises 1959 – 1st World Congress Report: "Our International Committee was responsible for establishing charitable activities such as schools and hospitals, raising the funding for them, and administering their foundation ‘until such time as they became self-supporting'". 1961 Bapak in Perwata #3/4 1961: “...
Rashad Pollard has added a new executive summary to the SESI paper. A link to the full document, including extracts from Bapak’s talks, is included at the end of the executive summary that follows here: In considering Bapak’s guidance for our association it is important to first reflect on what he stated...
An introduction to a thought provoking new paper by Rashad Pollard and Stuart Cooke with the full paper available to download. Harris Madden previews this new paper from Rashad Pollard and Stuart Cooke with the full paper available for download. In this compelling and sometimes provocative paper about the role of enterprises...
These articles are provided for SESI registered users. You will need to register and log in to view them....
Bapak constantly encouraged Subud members to undertake enterprises and he described the concept of enterprise with slightly varying emphases on different occasions. Bapak outlined a range of interrelated reasons why it is crucial for Subud members to strive to undertake enterprises. These reasons relate to putting our own latihan into practice,...
Learn to stand on our own feet This is why, Brothers and Sisters, Bapak advises you to do enterprises, so that you can learn to stand on your own feet. You can learn to find your own way, and in your enterprises you will find that truly you can do it,...
You have to understand that man has two duties in this world: One is to worship Almighty God according to God's guidance. And the second one is to use his nafsu in accordance with the Will of God in order to fulfil the needs of his life in this world....
[mepr-show rules="1669" unauth="message"] This content is shown only to authorized members. It is hidden from everyone else. [/mepr-show] So we can say that at this moment Subud has not yet been able to show the world what it really is, what it can do. Because Subud has not yet shown the...
A by-product of this which goes beyond the people we are helping and the gratitude or the benefit for the people who we help is that if Subud is seen participating in projects of this kind, Subud will become known to those who run the government as an organisation that...
Courage and Faith What is important is two things: one, that whatever happens, your faith in Almighty God never wavers or becomes shaken; that you always maintain a firm trust and faith in the power of Almighty God. [81 CMB 3] Brothers, your latihan has come a long way, but what's the point...
[With thanks to Rahman Connelly who compiled most of the extracts used in this section in 2001] Since 1957 Bapak says that actually those of you who were in Coombe Springs will remember that Bapak talked about Kalimantan then. Bapak came first to Coombe Springs in 1957. So it means that already...