THE MEANING OF SUBUD - Talk IV SUBMISSION... (Continued)

THE MEANING OF SUBUD -  Talk IV  SUBMISSION... Continued today Monday 11/1/10...


Thus the Reality of the Working and the Validity of the Spiritual Exercises - the Spiritual Way of Susila Budhi Dharma - Lies In The Fact That It Is Truly A Grace And A Revelation From God. 


This Is True in spite of our own forgetfulness in our Surrender to say the Opening Words.


Nevertheless, when the opener stands in front of the person Being Opened and bears witness to his or her sincere wish in asking to Receive the Contact and follow the Spiritual Exercises - the Latihan of SUBUD - in the way we do it, the Inner Feeling of that new person is Awakened and he clearly Feels The Presence Of A Vibration Within Himself. 


Thus It Is Made So Easy, Because It Is God's Will, Working In Us Through The Grace And The Revelation We Have Received.


Indeed, It Is Always so Easy Whenever God Has Bestowed His Grace And His Revelation. 


As it is said in the Javanese language - as perhaps may also be found in Bapak's book - "Sapa entok wahjuning Allah, dumilah mangulah bangkit", which means: 


"To Whomsoever God's Revelation Will Come, For That One Everything Is Made Easy." 


This Means That It Is Made So Easy For Him In Every Step He Takes;  Everything He Does Is Made Easy;  He Can Know Things Which Are Beyond The Reach Of Thinking And He Can Receive things Beyond All Hope Of Understanding That Cannot Be Wished For.


So In The Matter Of The Act Of Surrendering To God This Depends Upon God Bestowing His Grace And His Revelation.. 


Our Surrender To God And Our Receiving Of The Contact In Such An Easy Manner Does Not Come About Because Of Our Merits In Surrender, Nor That Our Surrender To God Is Fine And Special, But It Is Because Of His Will, His Revelation That Is In Us, making It Easier For Us To Receive The Contact. 


We Come To The Surrender Because Of God's Mercy, In Spite Of The Defects Of The Few Words Of Surrendering, Which Have No Inner Weight Behind Them.


Even If Our Surrender Is Lacking, Even If We Forget Some Of The Opening Words, It Does Not Matter, Because We Have Received God's Blessing. 


And It is For This Reason That Bapak Expresses His Hope That None Of You Will Neglect These Spiritual Exercises, The Latihan  Of SUBUD, And Look Upon Them As Something That, Not Being Necessary, Can Be Abandoned, Or, Not Being Liked, Can Be Left.


Do Not Do This.  For This Exercise, In Truth, Comes From The Will Of God.  


This, In Truth, Is God's Love And Mercy To Mankind, For He Knows That, Without His Help, Humankind Will Be Unable To Come To The True Worship Of Him.


THE MEANING OF SUBUD -  Talk IV  SUBMISSION... To be Continued Thursday 11/4/10... 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...)