Here Subud members tell of experiences they have had in following the latihan. The latihan touches on every aspect of life from birth to death. Many Subud members have stories to tell of the effect of the latihan in areas such as healing, the development of talent, the creation of enterprises and welfare projects, and receiving the grace and guidance of God in very, clear, powerful and useful ways.


David Barker: Go On, Keep Looking
Rhea Dempsey: Guidance in My Hands
Machmud Fiedorowicz: Faith, Hope and Charity
Patricia Lacey: The Meaning of a Dream
Harris Smart: A Moment of Reconciliation

David Barker: Go On, Keep Looking


How guidance comes

Bapak always urged Subud members to be active in setting up humanitarian projects such as schools, hospitals and old people's homes, and many such projects have been created, mostly in the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. However, some projects have also been established in the USA, Australia and the UK. One of the longest standing of these is Wisma Mulia, a place for elderly people near the Seven River in Gloucestershire in England. It was founded by a team which included David Barker, a Bristol social worker, who was partly motivated by his desire to prepare a place for his ageing mother. In this excerpt David talks about how he was guided in looking for the place which would become Wisma Mulia.   more

Rhea Dempsey: Guidance in My Hands


Experiences of the latihan in childbirth

Rhea lives in Melbourne. For many years she has been a childbirth educator. She runs pre-natal workshops for women and couples and attends births. She is often aware of the guidance of the latihan coming to her in a very direct and physical way during the intimate and sacred process of childbirth.      more  

Machmud Fiedorowicz: Faith, Hope and Charity


The meaning of religion

Machmud (now Rohan) was originally a Geordie from Newcastle-on-Tyne. As a young man, he became a heroin addict. Fortunately, he found a program through which he was able to overcome his addiction. Soon after, he also found Subud. Here he tells of an experience in which he was shown the relationship between Subud and Christianity and the essential unity of all religious experience.   more  

Patricia Lacey: The Meaning of a Dream


How dreams can provide practical guidance for life

Patricia is an English Subud member who was opened in Coombe Springs in 1957, in the "early days" when Subud first arrived in the West. Here she tells of guidance coming to her in a dream with results which not only profoundly affected her own life, but also the lives of hundreds of other people.   more  

Harris Smart: A Moment of Reconciliation


How the latihan can redeem the past

Harris is an Australian who was opened in California in 1968. He now lives in Melbourne. Here he tells a story from his early years in Subud which shows how the latihan can lead to reconciliation and the healing of the wounds and traumas of the past.   more