THE MEANING OF SUBUD... II GOD AND THE SOUL... (Continued)

THE MEANING OF SUBUD -  II  GOD AND THE SOUL... Continued today Thursday 9/30/10... 


That is why religions don't discriminate in their rules and content between people of different races.  Whoever is willing to embrace the religion is accepted and brought to the worship of God.


So, in religion there is no discrimination between races and other groupings; and it is the same with us in SUBUD 


In the Latihan there is no discrimination between race or religion, because any discrimination between human beings becomes a block in our progress towards God. 


A person who keeps an animal makes sure that it is well cared for and comes to no harm; but there are quite a number of people who, at times, look upon their fellow men as lower than the animals. 


It is taught by the Prophets - the Messengers - that if you wish to be loved you must also love others and it is the same for them. 


The greatest obstacle for a person is not hatred of God, but hatred of their fellow men.  If a person hates, or dislikes God, that doesn't matter, as that can easily Be Changed And Cleared.  But if they do not like other people and other living things, that is more difficult, for it darkens the atmosphere of their feelings in a 
more serious way.


Therefore, in SUBUD, in your worship, Bapak would like you to look upon all living beings - upon all your brothers and sisters - as you do yourself, truly one in feeling, truly united.  For the heart and the thinking mind, which continually make a distinction between 'I' and 'you', are only motivated by the low forces, forces that always seek to bring about disorder in human life, so that human beings argue with one another.


That is what the low forces want; they want human beings to fall from their proper level so that low forces can take their place.  This is the way and behavior of the low forces; they fill people's being in order that they may carry out their will without people being aware of it. 


Since the entire being of a person - their feelings, heart and brain - are permeated by these forces, it is impossible for that person to perceive reality or understand his or her true condition.


The truth is that there is no other option for humankind as a whole, or for each one of you individually, but to return to Almighty God.  


And the condition for being close to God is to surrender, with patience, acceptance and willingness to let go, as the Prophets did - among them Jesus. 


Jesus once said, 'The only one whom I love and to whom I am ready to sacrifice my body and soul is God my Father, whom I worship both in this world and in the life after death.' 


That is why Bapak always recommends that in your Latihan you should have real faith, and surrender with patience and acceptance to the greatness of God, Whose Power you have Received - although still only to a small degree - in this Latihan we practice.


(THE MEANING OF SUBUD -  II  GOD AND THE SOUL... To be Continued Monday 10/4/10... on Muftiah's Facebook Notes Page... as well as on her Blogs..  "JIWA TO JIWA"... and "MUFTIAH"... Insha Allah... God Willing... where via the free Google Translate Service... set up on your Browser... it can be read in many other languages... and in much easier... and larger to read print...)