THE MEANING OF SUBUD... Talk IV SUBMISSION... (Beginning)

THE MEANING OF SUBUD...  Talk  IV  SUBMISSION... Beginning today Thursday 10/28/10...


Friends' House, Euston Road 
29 August 1959


Bapak wishes to give clarifications in answer to your question about how we can come to surrender to the Greatness of God.


In truth the surrender you make when you Have Been Opened or at the time of your Opening is not the surrender to God that people ordinarily make, with their emotions only, with their thoughts, or with their desires. 


That which is required is not the submission of your heart or mind;  But It Is The Power Of God Working And Manifesting Within Your Being. 


This makes it possible for you to surrender to His Greatness, for your heart is already filled, more or less, With The Working Of The Power of God, Which Manifests Within Your Being At The Moment Of Your Opening, Or At Any Moment When You Are Doing Your Latihan.


In its essence, you can come to surrender at these times of Opening and doing the Latihan, only when your heart is emptied and void of everything, such as your hopes, desires and wishes, even your wish to surrender to God, for that part of you which wishes to do so in this way is nothing but your own heart.


The truth is that, in the Latihan, it is the Will of God that you should do nothing, not think, But Just Feel Yourselves And Be Aware Of Your Whole Being And Not Think About Anything. 


Movements and Vibrations Will Then Arise Spontanrously From Within Your Being. 


And The Arising Of These Movements Within You Means That You Are Surrendering To God.


In Other Words, You Allow And Permit Within You The Action Of The Will Of God And The Working Of The Great Life Force Within You. 


This can be illustrated by the following:


If you are with a person and you permit whatever he wishes:  whether he  raises you up, or whether he holds you by the hand and guides you, you do not resist him; and you submit to whatever he wishes.


This Is The Nature Of The True Surrender To God.


Although That Is The Meaning Of Surrendering To The Greatness Of God, you should not forget that the most important thing in the Latihan and in Receiving the Contact Is Not Only That Surrender Itself, but the fact that, By God's Will, The Current Of God's Power Flows Through The Being Of The Opener, And Is Thus Communicated To The Newly Opened Person. 


It Is This That Brings About The Cessation Of The Activities Of His Thoughts, Heart And Desires;   So That, Within Himself, He Is Feeling Spontaneously Awakened And Opened.


Bapak says this because there are so many people besides us who are also practicing the surrender to God.  Their surrender may be of a finer quality and more real than ours. 


But inasmuch As it Is Not Yet The Will Of God To Channel And Send The Current Of His Life Force Within Their Beings, However Regularly And However Many Thousands Of Times They May Surrender To God - Every Day And Every Night - You Could Say They Surrender To God A Thousand Times - There is No Result, And They Do Not Receive The Contact. 



So it is clear that the most important thing, Which Results In The Reality Of Receiving The Latihan - Meaning Real Surrender That Is Accompanied By A Contact With God - Is Not The Surrender Itself, But The Receiving Of The Contact From God in the Opening;  That is to say, It Is The Current Of The Life Force That Flows Through The Being Of The Opener And Through Him To The Being Of The Person Being Opened.


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