Latihan
Latihan

Author: Rozak Tatebe

Publisher: Balboa Press

Published: 2019-06-12

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 1504318137

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You cannot drink a cup of tea with your ear; neither can you find God using your mind or heart. Only your soul knows the right path. In Latihan—A Path to the Great Life and a New Way to Purify the Soul, author Rozak Tatebe provides a sweeping view of the spiritual movement Subud and the practice at its core—the latihan. Once the soul is awakened through contact with the Great Life, it can start to find its rightful place as the channel between the creator of the universe and our physical bodies and minds. In traditional religion, we have to rely on faith to understand spiritual content. The latihan gives us the means to verify our beliefs through direct experience without the interference of thoughts or emotions. This direct contact can transform our lives.

My Stairway to Subud
My Stairway to Subud

Author: Anthony Bright-Paul

Publisher: Booksurge Publishing

Published: 2006-04-01

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9781419635267

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What are we living for? What is the purpose of Life? These questions arose in the mind of a 14-year-old schoolboy at a boarding school in wartime Britain. In pursuit of answers he entered a stairway that lead him to the Quakers, then to the Vedanta philosophy, then on to P.D. Ouspensky and the teachings of G.I.Gurdjieff. By chance he found John Godolphin Bennett, one of the leading exponents of Gurdjieff's 'system', as it was known, and studied for 7 years at the Institute for the Comparative Study of History, Philosophy and the Sciences. Finally in 1957 Subud arrived in England with the arrival of Pak Subuh and his entourage. This book contains a dramatic account of the author's first resistance to this movement, and then an about turn with accounts of changes of consciousness. Knowledge is one thing and belongs to the world of Science. But Consciousness is something other. And Will belongs in yet another dimension. Can man ever become free from the power of the Satanic forces?

Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements
Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-07-15

Total Pages: 724

ISBN-13: 9004435549

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The Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements offers a multinational study of Islam, its variants, influences, and neighbouring movements, from a multidisciplinary range of scholars. These chapters highlight the diversity of Islam, especially in its contemporary manifestations, as a religion of many communities, theologies, and ideologies. Over five sections—on Sunni, Shia, Sufi, fundamentalist, and fringe Islamic movements—the authors provide historical overviews, analyses, and in-depth studies of large and small Islamic and related groups from all around the world. The contents of this volume will be of interest to both newcomers to the study of Islam and established scholars of religion who wish to engage with the dynamic label of Islam and the many impactful movements of the Islamic world.

Concerning Subud
Concerning Subud

Author: J. G. Bennett

Publisher:

Published: 2016-06-09

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781533606020

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An introduction to the background, origins and practice of Subud, the religious practice introduced by Muhammad "Pak" Subuh in Indonesia in the 1940s, and established internationally from 1957 onwards.

Ramblings on the Path
Ramblings on the Path

Author: Anand Shraddhan

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2006-02-16

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 146701477X

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This fascinating and wide-ranging book is the true story of a coolly rational and deeply unhappy person who sought release from the tyranny of the mind. Having entered the stream of awakening, he set out to find what might lie beyond. This is not yet another version of I found my salvation in Jesus. No religio-moral sentimentality will be found here. The authors message is, as Socrates pointed out, that an unexamined life is not worth living. This book is addressed to all those people who are genuinely interested in the question of what it means to be a human being, in the hope that it will encourage them to widen their horizons and not be limited by them.

The Secret Path
The Secret Path

Author: Paul Brunton

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2011-08-31

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 1446489876

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'The treasure-trove of the real self is within us, but it can be lifted only when the mind is still.'Paul Brunton was one of the 20th century's greatest explorers of, and writers on, the spiritual traditions of the East. He travelled widely throughout India (in particular) and met gurus and teachers who enriched his life immeasurably. By passing on to us the wisdom he learned directly from these holy men, he is widely credited as having introduced yoga and meditation to the West. In The Secret Path, Paul Brunton explains in simple language how to meditate, and how this will transform your everyday existence. He also describes the remarkable experiences and understandings he himself gained from meditation and how, by making this ancient practice a part of your life, you will be able to experience a valuable kind of freedom and a deep inner peace. The classic work - which has been reprinted many times - is a very special pointer towards your inner world, and one written by a most unusual and adventurous man of insight.