III BAPAK'S EXPERIENCES DURING THE THOUSAND NIGHTS

III BAPAK'S EXPERIENCES DURING THE THOUSAND NIGHTS... (Continued)

One Evening Several Months Later, After His Prayers, Bapak Was Sitting Down While Reciting The Dhikir ["Lailla-Haillalla... Laillahaillallla..."] When There Fell Into Bapak's Lap A Book The Size Of A World Atlas.  Bapak Touched The Book And Saw That It Was A Real Book. 

Then Bapak Opened The Cover And Looked At The First Page: There Was A Picture Of A Man Wearing A Turban And Robe, And Underneath There Was Something Written In Arabic. 

Bapak Found It Difficult To Read, But Then At That Very Moment The Script Was Changed Into Latin Letters And Bapak Was Then Able To Read It Clearly:

"Prophet Muhammad Messenger Of God".

And It Was Strange That When Bapak Read The Name He Saw The Picture Smiling And Nodding At Him. Bapak Understood Then That It Was A Picture Of The Prophet Muhammad. 

Bapak Turned Quickly To The Second Page, And There He Saw A Picture Of Men And Women. 

At First It Looked Like A Picture, But Then The People In The Picture Began To Move. They Sat Down And All Of Them Praised God Together, Asking For Forgiveness. 

The People In The Picture Did Not Look Like People Of Only One Race But Were Clearly From Various Lands And Races, As Shown In The Different Colours Of Their Skins.

Bapak Quickly Turned Over To Another Page, And This Showed Illustrations Of Other People, Also Of Different Colours.  And The People In This Picture Also Looked Alive; Some Were Weeping, Some Were Laughing, Some Were Calling Out For Forgiveness For Their Sins. 

Then Bapak Closed The Book And Held It Tightly.  But What Happened Was That The Book Disappeared From Bapak's Lap And Entered Into His Chest. 

Then Bapak Felt As If His Chest Was Fully Loaded With Something. But That Too Soon Disappeared And Then Bapak's Chest Felt Free As Before.

Some Time Later, While Bapak Was Sitting One Evening Reciting Repeatedly "La Illahaillalla ..." A Book Again Fell Into His Lap, This Time As Thick As A Van Dalen Dictionary. 

Bapak Opened The Book Quickly, But It Only Consisted Of Empty Pages.  Bapak Was Quite Disappointed:  Why Does This Thick Book Not Contain A Single Word? 

Suddenly, On The First Page Bapak Saw Words In Indonesian Which Meant: 

"In These Pages Will Be Written Everything You Wish To Know".

Of Course Bapak Immediately Asked Questions About Many Things, And Everything Bapak Asked Was Answered On These Pages. 

Moreover, Bapak Was Told That The Book Would Soon Disappear And Enter Bapak's Body.  And Truly, The Book Immediately Disappeared From Bapak's Lap.

(Bapak told this story to the SUBUD members in Lima so that they would know the history of the Latihan Kedjiwaan which we later called the Latihan Kejiwaan of SUBUD.)

(III BAPAK'S EXPERIENCES DURING THE THOUSAND NIGHTS... to be Continued here... as well as on the Blogs... "JIWA TO JIWA"... and "MUFTIAH"... on Thursday 8/12/10... Insha Allah... God Willing...)