ABOUT SUBUD VISION

The Aims of the Subud Vision Project

If asked, most Subud members would probably say that Subud is neither a religion, nor a cult, nor a teaching. If this statement is true, then it follows that members should be able to discuss matters relating to Subud freely and openly, without fear of moral or intellectual censure. The Subud Vision project and web site was set up as a vehicle for publishing quality articles about the past history and present practise of Subud, and for making suggestions for the improvement of the organisation and conduct of Subud in the future.

A Brief History of the Subud Vision Project

The Subud Vision project arose out of email correspondence between David Week (Australia), and Sahlan Diver (Ireland) in the autumn of 2006. David had the idea of a forum where matters relating to Subud could be discussed intelligently and openly, with a view to proposing courses of future action for Subud's benefit. Sahlan suggested starting a web site as a framework for the forum and the site accordingly first appeared in January 2007.

A team of editors was assembled and authors were sought out and invited to submit articles for publication in June 2007. The first 50 articles were published on June 8th, with a book of the same articles published in July. The project editors also organised two discussion events at the Subud 50-years celebrations in Ascot, England (August 2007) and at that time also started a discussion forum on the Subud Vision web site which anyone could take part in. In January 2008, the project's direction and achievement so far was subjected to a review by the editors, and a new web site and project initiatives were announced on March 18th 2008.