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To: hoosiermama
Only if they all belonged to Subud, and members can be any religion they want to be and still belong to Subud. It's really nothing more than a cult built around the founder's religion of sufi islam and the phenomenon of 'transcedental meditation' popular in the sixties - some people just never grew out of it. The clue is in the word 'trance'. They 'transport' themselves into another state of consciousness and have out-of-this-world 'experiences' with their eyes closed sitting on a couch. It's ever so deep and meaningful...and hippy-happy...tripping without the aid of drugs.

Subud members call their 'trips' latihan

You may have heard of its western equivalent, out of body experience or astral travel

37 posted on 01/22/2014 4:37:32 PM PST by Fred Nerks (FAIR DINKUM)
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To: Fred Nerks

Seems to me like a cross between meditation and speaking in tongues: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latihan


263 posted on 01/24/2014 10:15:57 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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