Kedjiwaan day Sunday, September 11th
We’ll have the entire house, except for the upstairs rooms.
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Subud Pacific Northwest has a big decision to make by Friday, and we need your help! Over $11,000 in non-refundable venue fees must be paid to Menucha at the end of this week.
Given the elevated uncertainty after two years without Menucha and the continuing presence of COVID, we are asking that our members take a brief survey (2 questions) to let us know if you plan to attend. Even if you took the first survey we sent out a few weeks ago, please complete this one as well so that our info is current.
Won’t you please take a moment to let us know your plans?
Many thanks,
Latham Stack
Chair, Subud Pacific NW
Have you ever had to “take care” of an estate of a family member or Subud member who didn’t have a will? I have. It’s a mess. And an unnecessary additional burden for those who are already grieving.
I also helped with Lavinia Swanson’s estate. Lavinia was a planner, a dedicated Subud member, who wanted Subud to be able to benefit from whatever money she had left to give. She created a will 15 years before she died, and asked people she trusted to help her. What a pleasure!
So, if you haven’t had the money to pay for an attorney, or, do one of those pay for document web forms, King County Library Systems is offering you, for free, the opportunity to take care of business. Don’t delay and leave your grieving friends and family with this responsibility.
For information on how to create your free will, please click this link.
2022 marks Year 16 of the Poetry Postcard Fest & the fest is being supported for the 3rd year in a row by SICA-USA. There are several Subud members who are participating. and there are three slots left for this year’s fest which ends August 31.
Roberta Hoffman created the logo and the festival website:
Some participant testimonials:
As much as I love writing poetry, what I love about participating is the connections I made (though brief) when I receive a postcard in my mailbox. It makes me remember that we are all one and gives me a glimpse into lives of people I may never meet in person but I have “seen” them…their creative spirit, their emotions, their love. Poetry postcards are a reminder to open my heart.
The Poetry Postcard Fest is both community and practice. This simple medium gives each of us an opportunity to find and share our own voice. Since I first participated, in 2011, writing a short, unprompted poem each day has evolved from a one-month-a-year activity to a daily habit. During that time, I’ve exchanged postcards with hundreds of people, actually met a few in person, and enlarged my poetry network far beyond the local. The connections are vital and I often find myself surprised to remember that I’ve not actually met most of these wonderful poets and artists.
Neal Lemery
The project ramped up my writing, and my appreciation for the “daily write” discipline. What a celebration of the art of poetry and writing! I received such great and inspiring poems from strangers who became colleagues and fellow artists.
A big thank you to the people who help keep our enterprise running smoothly, keep the garden looking lovely and well tended, and keep the house and halls clean, beautiful, and well maintained!
From Oswald: Rayma and I will be at a wedding and as it’s been mainly the Norton’s and Cantrell’s at the Eastside latihan, we agreed to cancel this week. Please consider coming the following Friday night.
Link to a video of Rasjad Hopkins, one of the founding members of Subud Seattle, successful entrepreneur, artist, sculptor and writer. He talks about his life, finding Subud and the early days in Subud Seattle. I found his story very interesting and inciteful!
Click the link below to see his story!
Below are descriptions of Emmanuel Aronie’s Ukraine photos in order. The link to the photos is at the bottom! He was not able to add the descriptions to the individual photos.
Menucha is happening!
After two years off due to the Covid virus situation, the Subud Menucha retreat will again happen in the Columbia Gorge thirty minutes east of Portland, Oregon, November 10-13. Save the date! Currently registration is being handled by Alexandra TerHorst at SUSA. More info to come later!
It seems to be pretty much a universal opinion from those who have participated that what happens at Menucha is spiritually uplifting and life changing. It is somewhat astounding that every year during our closing circles this feeling is expressed over and over again by the attendees. This venue seems to consistently provide the surroundings for a very deep Subud transformational experience and although most of those experiences come through the latihan, it is hard to discount the value of Menucha as a spiritually uplifting physical location in the world. I have been to hundreds of Subud gatherings but none have had quite the same experiential quality as Menucha. I think of the Ramadan fast period as a very special time when transformational things happen and I think of Menucha as a very special physical location for that to occur. Things sometimes happen during Ramadan that seem impossible at other times. Those “impossible” things seem to also happen at Menucha. Who knows why, but it has been proven by the many hundreds of people who have had the ‘Menucha experience’ over the last twenty five years. God Willing, it will continue for many years to come. If you are able, please join us for a Menucha adventure!
Link to photos from our meeting on Sunday! It was very harmonious and productive! Click the link below to see the photos.