Let's start with the text of the relevant part described in Susila Budhi Dharma.
Susila Budhi Dharma Chapter 13 DHANDHANGGULA 14 - 20
"14 To make this clear, it would be best to describe here how it is for a young bachelor and a virgin girl who marry when both are filled with the human force.
This illustration can really be taken as the ideal, because those who happen to be able to find such a marriage can, between the two of them, quickly show a living bond, solid and strong, for they are being filled with and united by one and the same force, the human force.
15 It is that kind of marriage that people always seek, because at the time of sexual union the force in the two bodies can readily merge, so that inwardly the two natures no longer have any sense of separateness.
For that reason a woman is often referred to as garwa, meaning half of her husband's life, and that is also why a married woman calls herself by her husband's name.
16 Besides peace and harmony, a further result of that kind of marriage is that it opens the way towards a life of happiness.
And if within the marriage they conceive a child, the force within the human seed coming through the man's self will awaken his bodily feelings.
17 And when those feelings are thus aroused he will immediately feel where the desire comes from; he will also be aware of the feeling during the union, so that this will be an inner opening for him.
18 Thereafter he will be led, little by little, to recognise all the characteristics of the forces (his four low forces), that accompany him ,which continually unite with him and separate again within his self (his Diri Pribadi).
19 Also from this he will constantly get indications that enable him to become gradually more familiar with his companion forces, and also with other forces.
One could say that he becomes more capable of remaining detached from them even as he unites with them - being united, but not bound or influenced by them.
20 This is how it should be; but in fact it very rarely is so, for people - especially the young - usually do not want,as yet, to be aware of the forces within them.
The way a man chooses a young woman to marry as a life partner is not made from the viewpoint of the soul,but is based on everyday social contacts, the content of which is just to bring their hearts close together.
(Note: However, it seems normal that women and men are now deciding their marriage partners not from the perspective of Jiwa's compatibility, spiritual companion, but with the global evaluation criteria and heart compatibility. "
Well, from chapter 13 DHANDHANGGULA 16.
And if within the marriage they conceive a child, the force within the human seed coming through the man's self will awaken his bodily feelings.
So the above statement becomes the key point of this story.
And as written in 14th to 20th, it is written that men and women at the two jasmani levels get married, are cared for making a child, and then a child was awarded happily.
Such experiences are said to men that "it becomes a kind of internal arousal experience, it will become possible to distinguish the forces inside of himself, and furthermore to control the forces."
Then it is said "to become aware of the secret (the secret of marriage) in the act of sexual union with his wife". ＜－－ Link （Sorry. Under construction)
In this way he can go out on a journey from Jasmani to Rohani together with his wife.
We have not touched a word about Latihan in the above story.
As it is so, in recognition of Bapak it means that "Originally this way was already prepared."
Unfortunately, however, mankind has gone out of that way.
For that reason, when Latihan appeared as a countermeasure against that, it was such a story.
As indicated by the following talks, Bapak's argument is that "this road already existed before Latihan appeared is actually a road brought by Muhammad."
(London 1959/8/11 by library, 8/1 by contract) Quoted from talk.
Worship brought by Muhammad.
『・・・・・
And it was made easier for Muhammad to worship God, because the union of Muhammad and his wife became in truth an act of worship towards God; the union of man and woman was ordained by God to be a true act of worship.
This is shown in the marriage ceremony performed in the mosque according to the religion of Islam, in which the man and the woman, in order to proclaim and confirm that they will become truly husband and wife, must recite the declaration of faith: 'There is no other god but God and Muhammad is His messenger.'
By this act the couple acknowledge that they owe their existence to God, and that they are God's witnesses.
This is how it was put into practice; and many among his followers, as well as many other human beings, made the union of husband and wife pure and an act of worship.
So they were able to worship God in truth.
But, Bapak says it again, human beings remain human beings.
In spite of so wonderful and blissful an act of worship, they once again forgot that in their enjoyment and pleasure they would always remain subject to the influence and pressure of the environment of this world, and to the infiltration of the low forces, whose natural tendency is to prevent human beings from attaining their pure aims.
So, for most people, the union of man and woman became once again only a gratification of their passions rather than an act of worship.
Though in reality, the true nature of the act of union is that of recapitulation, so that through it human beings should be able to be aware of and know their own condition, both before and after they entered into existence.
You too must be aware in this way, otherwise you are like a road along which a car has passed, but you have no idea where it came from or where it went.
That is really disappointing and truly saddens Almighty God.
Why is it that human beings aren't able to grasp this?
So, ladies and gentlemen, you do not know where your child came from or what will happen to it, even though it passed through your being.
So where did it come from and where will it go?
But when you do become conscious of this, it will mean that you are also conscious of how was I before I existed?'
and 'how will I be when later I depart (from earth or this world)?'
(Note: It claims that "I can know my situation of after death " before death comes.)
That's how good the commandments were, as received by the prophets from Abraham to Muhammad.
But, human beings remain human beings and are very easily swayed by the ambience of the world.
Without being aware of what is happening, as time goes on they come to attach ever more importance to following the power of their desires, their will, their thinking minds and their hearts.
・・・・・』
Mercifully the good commandment given to Muhammad also lost its original meaning in this way.
Then the era has reached the present age, and it came to the appearance of Latihan at last.
This is Bapak's argument "historical circumstances until the appearance of Latihan".
However, such explanation is not acceptable to all human beings, and as a result it seems that some groups have accepted, but another groups seem to have rejected the claim.
Thus some groups of human beings can receive Latihan, and another groups can not receive Latihan.
(Note: The way of understanding about the benefits of the arrival of Islam as above seems to be quite unique idea of Bapak.
Then, such understanding is not mainstream in Islam, it seems not to be orthodox.
However, it seems possible to find a way of thinking similar to that in, for example, Ibn Arabie in Islamic mysticism. )
PS
In the talk of London 1959/8/11, many audiences may misunderstood that if the Muslims confess their faith in the wedding ceremony, the act of making a child of that couple will automatically act as worship.
However, the fact is not so, it seems that married couple's confession at a wedding ceremony is merely representation that "that couple stood at the start line."
If so, it was only by the confession of faith as a ceremony, then the act of making a child of a couple did not become worship.
(There is not something mysterious spiritual power in the act of swearing the confession of faith itself, which means that it does not purify a person.)
Then we can presume this from the following talk again.
(June 13, 1963 Bapak) ＜－－link (Sorry. Under construction)
『Indeed, brothers and sisters, the union of man and woman is in reality an act of worship between human beings and God.
But that only applies to those human beings who have received God’s grace, not to everybody.
For the rest it is an act of pleasure, not worship.
It is a way of satisfying their desire – their animal desire, their vegetable desire and their material desire.
That is how it generally is; meaning that the union between man and woman is not an act of worship.
・・・・・』
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Susila Budhi Dharma Chapter 13 DHANDHANGGULA 14 - 20
"14 To make this clear, it would be best to describe here how it is for a young bachelor and a virgin girl who marry when both are filled with the human force.
This illustration can really be taken as the ideal, because those who happen to be able to find such a marriage can, between the two of them, quickly show a living bond, solid and strong, for they are being filled with and united by one and the same force, the human force.
15 It is that kind of marriage that people always seek, because at the time of sexual union the force in the two bodies can readily merge, so that inwardly the two natures no longer have any sense of separateness.
For that reason a woman is often referred to as garwa, meaning half of her husband's life, and that is also why a married woman calls herself by her husband's name.
16 Besides peace and harmony, a further result of that kind of marriage is that it opens the way towards a life of happiness.
And if within the marriage they conceive a child, the force within the human seed coming through the man's self will awaken his bodily feelings.
17 And when those feelings are thus aroused he will immediately feel where the desire comes from; he will also be aware of the feeling during the union, so that this will be an inner opening for him.
18 Thereafter he will be led, little by little, to recognise all the characteristics of the forces (his four low forces), that accompany him ,which continually unite with him and separate again within his self (his Diri Pribadi).
19 Also from this he will constantly get indications that enable him to become gradually more familiar with his companion forces, and also with other forces.
One could say that he becomes more capable of remaining detached from them even as he unites with them - being united, but not bound or influenced by them.
20 This is how it should be; but in fact it very rarely is so, for people - especially the young - usually do not want,as yet, to be aware of the forces within them.
The way a man chooses a young woman to marry as a life partner is not made from the viewpoint of the soul,but is based on everyday social contacts, the content of which is just to bring their hearts close together.
(Note: However, it seems normal that women and men are now deciding their marriage partners not from the perspective of Jiwa's compatibility, spiritual companion, but with the global evaluation criteria and heart compatibility. "
Well, from chapter 13 DHANDHANGGULA 16.
And if within the marriage they conceive a child, the force within the human seed coming through the man's self will awaken his bodily feelings.
So the above statement becomes the key point of this story.
And as written in 14th to 20th, it is written that men and women at the two jasmani levels get married, are cared for making a child, and then a child was awarded happily.
Such experiences are said to men that "it becomes a kind of internal arousal experience, it will become possible to distinguish the forces inside of himself, and furthermore to control the forces."
Then it is said "to become aware of the secret (the secret of marriage) in the act of sexual union with his wife". ＜－－ Link （Sorry. Under construction)
In this way he can go out on a journey from Jasmani to Rohani together with his wife.
We have not touched a word about Latihan in the above story.
As it is so, in recognition of Bapak it means that "Originally this way was already prepared."
Unfortunately, however, mankind has gone out of that way.
For that reason, when Latihan appeared as a countermeasure against that, it was such a story.
As indicated by the following talks, Bapak's argument is that "this road already existed before Latihan appeared is actually a road brought by Muhammad."
(London 1959/8/11 by library, 8/1 by contract) Quoted from talk.
Worship brought by Muhammad.
『・・・・・
And it was made easier for Muhammad to worship God, because the union of Muhammad and his wife became in truth an act of worship towards God; the union of man and woman was ordained by God to be a true act of worship.
This is shown in the marriage ceremony performed in the mosque according to the religion of Islam, in which the man and the woman, in order to proclaim and confirm that they will become truly husband and wife, must recite the declaration of faith: 'There is no other god but God and Muhammad is His messenger.'
By this act the couple acknowledge that they owe their existence to God, and that they are God's witnesses.
This is how it was put into practice; and many among his followers, as well as many other human beings, made the union of husband and wife pure and an act of worship.
So they were able to worship God in truth.
But, Bapak says it again, human beings remain human beings.
In spite of so wonderful and blissful an act of worship, they once again forgot that in their enjoyment and pleasure they would always remain subject to the influence and pressure of the environment of this world, and to the infiltration of the low forces, whose natural tendency is to prevent human beings from attaining their pure aims.
So, for most people, the union of man and woman became once again only a gratification of their passions rather than an act of worship.
Though in reality, the true nature of the act of union is that of recapitulation, so that through it human beings should be able to be aware of and know their own condition, both before and after they entered into existence.
You too must be aware in this way, otherwise you are like a road along which a car has passed, but you have no idea where it came from or where it went.
That is really disappointing and truly saddens Almighty God.
Why is it that human beings aren't able to grasp this?
So, ladies and gentlemen, you do not know where your child came from or what will happen to it, even though it passed through your being.
So where did it come from and where will it go?
But when you do become conscious of this, it will mean that you are also conscious of how was I before I existed?'
and 'how will I be when later I depart (from earth or this world)?'
(Note: It claims that "I can know my situation of after death " before death comes.)
That's how good the commandments were, as received by the prophets from Abraham to Muhammad.
But, human beings remain human beings and are very easily swayed by the ambience of the world.
Without being aware of what is happening, as time goes on they come to attach ever more importance to following the power of their desires, their will, their thinking minds and their hearts.
・・・・・』
Mercifully the good commandment given to Muhammad also lost its original meaning in this way.
Then the era has reached the present age, and it came to the appearance of Latihan at last.
This is Bapak's argument "historical circumstances until the appearance of Latihan".
However, such explanation is not acceptable to all human beings, and as a result it seems that some groups have accepted, but another groups seem to have rejected the claim.
Thus some groups of human beings can receive Latihan, and another groups can not receive Latihan.
(Note: The way of understanding about the benefits of the arrival of Islam as above seems to be quite unique idea of Bapak.
Then, such understanding is not mainstream in Islam, it seems not to be orthodox.
However, it seems possible to find a way of thinking similar to that in, for example, Ibn Arabie in Islamic mysticism. )
PS
In the talk of London 1959/8/11, many audiences may misunderstood that if the Muslims confess their faith in the wedding ceremony, the act of making a child of that couple will automatically act as worship.
However, the fact is not so, it seems that married couple's confession at a wedding ceremony is merely representation that "that couple stood at the start line."
If so, it was only by the confession of faith as a ceremony, then the act of making a child of a couple did not become worship.
(There is not something mysterious spiritual power in the act of swearing the confession of faith itself, which means that it does not purify a person.)
Then we can presume this from the following talk again.
(June 13, 1963 Bapak) ＜－－link (Sorry. Under construction)
『Indeed, brothers and sisters, the union of man and woman is in reality an act of worship between human beings and God.
But that only applies to those human beings who have received God’s grace, not to everybody.
For the rest it is an act of pleasure, not worship.
It is a way of satisfying their desire – their animal desire, their vegetable desire and their material desire.
That is how it generally is; meaning that the union between man and woman is not an act of worship.
・・・・・』
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