Hi Lincoln Thanks for the great reply. What is most insightful is your own experience of being thrown across the room, of testing, of the latihan procedure, etc. I went to a Subud Centre to try and hang up some posters for an upcoming performance I have at a SUBUD enterprise venue, and when I got there, it was all boarded up, painted over, doors locked...highly secretive, like a Freemason
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Hi Jupiter I wrote you a message regarding a much earlier post, asking you to clarify about the latihan experience. After reading some more of your posts, I feel to say that you should only reply if you're ok with that and if it doesn't bring up the past in a horrible way. You are an absolute champion, I have soooo much respect for you, after what I have observed with my friend. She
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Hi Jupiter, I am just reading through all the postings here about SUBUD. I have just been friends with one of the helpers at a SUBUD centre in Australia and she has been 'opened' since she was 17. She is now 31, manages one of the SUBUD 'enterprises', and her whole family is in SUBUD. She is pretty confused about feelings, logic (it doesn't seem to be possible to have a
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