Foreword by Siti Rahayu for Volume 1 of Bapak's Talks from June 1957 - June 1958 - First Published 1993...

Wise Readers,

Let us prepare ourselves and increase our knowledge about the spiritual life (kejiwaan) by reading or listening to the late Bapak's Talks, which were really intended for us, as his children, or for people who need them.

Indeed, there is no limit to explanations about the spiritual life (kejiwaan), because they concern the secrets of life, which cannot be resolved by the heart and the mind, but can be received and experienced when a person is in a state of peace, and surrenders and submits sincerely to the One Almighty.

Bapak's Talks are not like fairy tales or bedtime stories for children, but they are filled with a light for those who are in darkness and who hunger in the midst of the distractions of life, so that we may have courage to go on until our goal is reached.

So let us not waste the good efforts and hard work of the brothers and sisters who have collected and processed these Talks of Bapak.

We are aware of the great importance of the late Bapak's explanations and advice, both written and recorded in the Talks, but if we do not take care of them and pass them all on, the clarity ofr their light will be lost to posterity.

May God Bless us all,

Rahayu

Siti Rahayu Wiryohodoyo, Bapak's eldest daughter.