I don’t know what the real beliefs of Subud are, as compared to what they make public, but it looks like yet another cult with only the top, inner members knowing what it is really about.
The website for Subud appears to be here:
http://www.subudworldnews.com/index2.php
“I don’t know what the real beliefs of Subud are, as compared to what they make public, but it looks like yet another cult with only the top, inner members knowing what it is really about.”
And you wd be correct.
Mainstream Christians consider Subud a dangerous cult, quite possibly a demonic one:
‘Central to Subud practice is the latihan - an occult activity like transcendental meditation which according to Dr Stephen Urlich, a Christchurch scientist who wrote an article published in a journal of the American Psychological Association, involves “uninhibited weeping, shouting, writhing, moaning and speaking in tongues” and that “Laughing, jumping and dancing can occur”. A Christian perspective is that this activity involves channeling demons that masqerade as either angels of light or the Holy Spirit to reveal supposed truth to the Subud member. Nasty. Subud has been known to practice strong relationship control, and in a 1964 study cited by Dr Urlich, 24 cases linked Subud to “schizophrenic episodes requiring hospitalisation”.’
more
http://www.cults.co.nz/s.php
http://www.fresh-hope.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25716