Now Bapak says that the nafsu caused by human force is mutmainah .
First from the description of the Koran.
(The soul will be told with good deeds.) Oh, relief, the enlightenment spiritual soul
[Q 89: 27] ( corresponding part of "nafs muṭmaʾinna")
By Sufi from Wiki , According to the standard 7 Nafs in the Sufi's world, ＜－－Link
４. The nafs at peace (an-nafs al-muṭmaʾinnah)
And from the 4 Nafsu system at Wayang, ＜－－Link
４．White means the desire mutmainah or the state of constantly thanking to Tuhan for all His blessings.
(Tuhan: the only god of Indonesian tradition)
In section 41 of the Gumelaring Jagad which described the tradition of Java ＜－－Link
4.Mutmainah, the color is white.
The place is in the bones, the door is in the nose.
The physical body is always eager to do a good thing, to do ascetism (tapa brata).
Then, lastly from the explanation of Bapak with a certain talk, ＜－－Link
The fourth Nafsu (passion) is called ( in Arabic ) mutmainah;
mutmainah is ( in Indonesian ) k'esedaran or ketenangan, that is awareness;
the color corresponding to nafsu (Sukma : fine body) is white.
Then Bapak told about Nafsu Mutmainah.
The following will be quoted from there.
ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー
July 20, 1957 - Bapak
The fourth nafsu is called in spiritual language mutmainah, and its light is white.
・・・and the fourth is the nafsu that surrenders, the good nafsu.
Although it is good, its nature is also that of nafsu, of desire -one can say it is a nafsu or desire that desires what is good or right.
(Note: Mutmainah is a desire of heart and mind no matter how far you go, it is not beyond that.
On the other hand, Latihan works from the beginning beyond the heart and mind. )
September 29, 1957 - Bapak
・・・and the fourth is mutmainah, the nature of the heart that wishes oneself to be the most wise.
August 7, 1959 - Bapak
・・・the fourth, mutma'inah; mutma'inah is awareness or peace; or the fourth, mutmainah; mutmainah is k'esedaran or ketenangan, that is awareness:
December 18, 1959 - Bapak
The fourth life force is that which properly belongs to man, and is called "djasmaniah".
When this force prevails in the inner being of man, he will have the character "mutmainah", as it is called in Arabic, which means that he is able to act as a man should, to be sincere and to be willing to help his fellow living creatures.
He feels compassionate towards his fellow men.
Only, he still thinks very highly of his particular gift, his intellectual powers and their excellence, so that he does not believe in the existence of God, but only in himself, and in his cleverness, and thus becomes his own God.
In other words, he regards himself as God and does not consider that there is a God.
He considers himself as God and refuses to believe that he has been created by God.
March 5, 1963 - Bapak
The fourth passion is jatmika.
The meaning of jatmika is the passion that accepts everything.
(Note: Jatmika is an adjective in Indonesian language that expresses a polite and elegant state.
Here it seems to be used instead of Mutmainah derived from Arabic. )
It means [staying] simple and not wanting strange things.
On the contrary, you want to be at peace; you want a life that is peaceful and conscious.
You also want to hear kind words that bring peace to one's heart.
You also remember to worship God and are aware that your life in this world must have been given to you ? that is, by Almighty God.
So this passion is indeed better than the three just mentioned because, although it is a passion, it remembers the truth and remembers the absolute obligation of human beings to worship the One God.
However, this fourth passion that is very good for you has very little influence on your inner feeling, because the three passions mentioned earlier always overtake it and get to you first.
(Note: The three passions mentioned here are Amarah, Aluamah and Supiah.)
13 SEPT 1963 - Bapak
The Indonesian word for the fourth desire is mutmainah.
When this desire motivates a person, it causes them to have a gentle character, to surrender, to accept whatever ? [section missing] [befalls them. They will also remember that there is an Almighty God.]
Although the fourth desire, mutmainah, is a good desire because it causes human beings to feel patient, to feel peaceful and to accept what it is their right to receive, it is still a desire moved by the heart and thinking, and also manipulated by the low forces within them.
But with this desire people will become good, because they can feel that their true responsibility in life - apart from providing food and whatever they need for their life in this world - is to worship God and to find a good path for understanding the continuation of their life beyond this life.
December 5, 1970 - Bapak
・・・and the nafsu arising from the ordinary human life force is mutmainah.
・・・
If you lived without the nafsu mutmainah, a man would not feel attracted to a woman, nor a woman to a man, and then you could not fulfill your function in life of bringing into the world other human beings.
August 23, 1971 - Bapak
After man and woman have united, the nafsu mutmainah manifests in them both.
This is the nafsu appropriate to man, a being who can be aware and understand that he is the highest creature living in this world, that is to say a human being who is able to receive God's gift which encompasses you inwardly and outwardly.
Thus the nafsu mutmainah, although called a nafsu, is an especially good one, a holy one.
It is the nafsu of the human level, and in wayang legend was possessed by Puntadewa or Widjokangko.
・・・・・
As Bapak said before, the union of husband and wife is a receiving or a kind of latihan.
So the men who are already married perform a life latihan when they unite with their wives.
Don't feel or accept that the characteristic of the union of husband and wife is pleasure.
That will preclude finding the right way.
The union between husband and wife is a life latihan to enable you to really have the nafsu called mutmainah.
And the union of the sexes makes worship of God easy for you.
Your feelings become pure, you have compassion and pity for your fellows.
When you are able to be like that, others will have compassion for you in return, and you will be loved by everyone you meet.
A person of that sort is highly esteemed in the world.
・・・・・
For that reason, don't believe and feel that the union of husband and wife is a means of gratification.
Feel it as a way to know life, a way whereby you can have the nafsu mutmainah.
October 13, 1976 - Bapak
There are the nafsu alwamah, amarah, supiah and mutmainah.
The nafsu mutmainah is the best of them; that is, the best of the karep, so that although it can be called karep, it is free from self interest.
(Note: It is Mutmainah, the only nafsu which is not so egoistic.)
August, 13 1977 - Bapak
So supposing we become rich and make a lot of money - we will remember to help the poor, we will remember to give instruction to those who are not as intelligent as ourselves.
We will remember to look after the needs of our fellow human beings.
And this is what is known as the nafsu Mutmainah: that is, the nafsu that is truly good and likes to live in harmony with the rest of society and to share whatever it has with others.
April 23, 1981 - Bapak
But the nafsu which repents, and which is called the nafsu mutmainah, and which is honest and just in everything, is one which is very seldom used or possessed.
June 18, 1981 - Bapak
It is only the nafsu mutmainah which is the nafsu that is simple, and is honest, that can accept.
How many people have this nafsu mutmainah, how many people are there who can accept, who can be honest, and who can, if they have $10,000 and if someone asks for it, give it?
This is the nafsu mutmainah.
That is all very well if everyone around you is also under the influence of the nafsu mutmainah.
June 9, 1985 - Bapak
That is already difficult enough, but there is still more to come, because there are four of these nafsu: amarah, aluamah, supiah and mutmainah.
Now we come to the nafsu mutmainah, which manifests in the relationships which you are always forming with your fellow human beings.
For if you did not form relationships with your fellow human beings, how could you run the country and how could you run your lives?
That is the roh jasmaniah, the ordinary human life force.
June 24, 1985 - Bapak
The fourth kind of nafsu is the nafsu mutmainah, which is the nafsu that wants to understand, which likes to understand the reasons for things, to weight up problems, which is the right way, which is the wrong way, which is good and bad, and so forth.
・・・・・
Man and woman
Then we come to the human life force, roh jasmani, which gives rise to the nafsu mutmainah.
And this comes from, or is expressed by, the relationship between husband and wife, or man and woman - the interaction of men and women.
Now, again, you can try to get rid of that, but the result of ignoring or putting aside the relationship between man and woman is that you will have no human beings at all, because it is through that relationship that you create human beings.
But once again, you have to be choosy, you have to match the right man and the right woman.
In other words, a good man should try to find a suitable or correspondingly good woman, because whatever is within a couple is shared.
So if a man with a pure jiwa marries a woman who is not at all pure, he will get half of whatever her impurity is.
And similarly, if a pure woman marries a man who is not pure, she will get half of whatever problems or mistakes are within him.
That is what is meant when it is said that they become one.
They share everything.
As it is said here, the wife will follow him to heaven, but if he goes to hell, she will be dragged down with him.
They have no choice but to stick to each other.
It is clear that the choice of partner is very important.
Now, supposing you have made the wrong choice.
Supposing you don't have a partner you get on with, or you feel it's wrong.
What do you do then?
You turn to God, because it is God who can change, who can improve and change and repair things which are broken or don't fit.
But people don't understand this,people in Subud after they are opened, very often they immediately say, 'Oh my God, I now realize I've got the wrong wife.
I'd better go and look for the right one.'
They don't understand that they are at the beginning.
That from there on they have to work, they have to improve the situation they are in.
So it is clear that man alone is incomplete.
To be complete, man needs woman, or woman needs man.
But to be really complete, they also need a child.
So in fact, a couple without a child is incomplete.
In fact, it is only by having a child that they can understand and experience how they themselves were created, that they can witness and experience the creation of life.(Note 2)
June 25, 1985 - Bapak
And the nafsu mutmainah is based on man's need to have contact with, and to have relationships with his fellow human beings; this nafsu is based in particular on the relationship between man and woman.
12/16/1999 - Ibu
・・・and the white one which is the Nafsu Mutmainah
July 12, 2001 - Ibu
The white one wants to be aware and so it always acts with care, it acts thoughtfully.
February 28, 2002 - Ibu Rahayu
As for the white one, when you are able to assess your own self that means that you possess awareness in your being.
・・・and the white one is called mutmainnah.
March 10, 2002 - Ibu
The white one, mutma'inah, has the capacity of self-evaluation, so it gives a person a sense of caution.
November 25, 2002 - Ibu
The fourth one called mutma'inah gives people the ability to assess themselves so that they know how to be cautious.
25th February, 2005 - Ibu
The final passion is mutmainah, which causes a human being to weigh up what is right and what is wrong for them.
So, with these desires, brothers and sisters, as you go about your daily life, you may feel hesitant, or cautious.
You feel, should I do this or not?
Is this right for me or not?
You need to act wisely then choose the path that won't endanger you, ・・・
ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー
(Note 2)
Marriage and sexual union, the resulting child, here are spiritual meanings that are not usually conscious about them.
You can go into a detailed article about them. ＜－－ Link (Sorry. Under construction)
ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー
PS
Even here Bapak's successor does not say anything about the relationship between human force and Nafsu Mutmainah.
Therefore, Bapak added a new matter "Mutmainah for the necessity of human-human relationship" which is not in tradition of Mutmainah's explanation, but there is no mention of that in any way.
↓
June 25, 1985 - Bapak
"And the nafsu mutmainah is based on man's need to have contact with, and to have relationships with his fellow human beings; this nafsu is based in particular on the relationship between man and woman."
Thus you can see that "the explanation of the successor does not refer to all of Bapak's explanation."
PS
August 23, 1971 - Bapak
"After man and woman have united, the nafsu mutmainah manifests in them both."
Although it is expressed above, it is necessary to pay attention to the fact that when males and females are merely sexually union there will not appear Mutmainah there.
It seems reasonable to understand that such expression is "limited to men and women who have already reached Jasmani level".
The nafsu produced by the vegetable force is aluamah, but this nafsu brings on libido. (March 5th 1963) ＜－－ Link
In addition, nafsu by animal force is supiah, but this naphth also brings libido. (December 5, 1970, November 26, 1972) ＜－－ Link
Well then, when a person feels libido, when asking for heterosexual, what kind of nafsu is working ?
That is aluamah? supiah? or is it desirable mutmainah?
As a conclusion it is an important issue, a critical point.
PS
For your information.
Quoted from Sedulur Papat Limo Pancer (4 brothers, 5th center) ＜－－ Link
"Mutmainah's desire is a desire that leads to conscience.
"
It is said that this desire is influenced by the nature of water which is also the founder of the human body.
・Susila Budhi Dharma ・・・glance＜－－Link
PS
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First from the description of the Koran.
(The soul will be told with good deeds.) Oh, relief, the enlightenment spiritual soul
[Q 89: 27] ( corresponding part of "nafs muṭmaʾinna")
By Sufi from Wiki , According to the standard 7 Nafs in the Sufi's world, ＜－－Link
４. The nafs at peace (an-nafs al-muṭmaʾinnah)
And from the 4 Nafsu system at Wayang, ＜－－Link
４．White means the desire mutmainah or the state of constantly thanking to Tuhan for all His blessings.
(Tuhan: the only god of Indonesian tradition)
In section 41 of the Gumelaring Jagad which described the tradition of Java ＜－－Link
4.Mutmainah, the color is white.
The place is in the bones, the door is in the nose.
The physical body is always eager to do a good thing, to do ascetism (tapa brata).
Then, lastly from the explanation of Bapak with a certain talk, ＜－－Link
The fourth Nafsu (passion) is called ( in Arabic ) mutmainah;
mutmainah is ( in Indonesian ) k'esedaran or ketenangan, that is awareness;
the color corresponding to nafsu (Sukma : fine body) is white.
Then Bapak told about Nafsu Mutmainah.
The following will be quoted from there.
ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー
July 20, 1957 - Bapak
The fourth nafsu is called in spiritual language mutmainah, and its light is white.
・・・and the fourth is the nafsu that surrenders, the good nafsu.
Although it is good, its nature is also that of nafsu, of desire -one can say it is a nafsu or desire that desires what is good or right.
(Note: Mutmainah is a desire of heart and mind no matter how far you go, it is not beyond that.
On the other hand, Latihan works from the beginning beyond the heart and mind. )
September 29, 1957 - Bapak
・・・and the fourth is mutmainah, the nature of the heart that wishes oneself to be the most wise.
August 7, 1959 - Bapak
・・・the fourth, mutma'inah; mutma'inah is awareness or peace; or the fourth, mutmainah; mutmainah is k'esedaran or ketenangan, that is awareness:
December 18, 1959 - Bapak
The fourth life force is that which properly belongs to man, and is called "djasmaniah".
When this force prevails in the inner being of man, he will have the character "mutmainah", as it is called in Arabic, which means that he is able to act as a man should, to be sincere and to be willing to help his fellow living creatures.
He feels compassionate towards his fellow men.
Only, he still thinks very highly of his particular gift, his intellectual powers and their excellence, so that he does not believe in the existence of God, but only in himself, and in his cleverness, and thus becomes his own God.
In other words, he regards himself as God and does not consider that there is a God.
He considers himself as God and refuses to believe that he has been created by God.
March 5, 1963 - Bapak
The fourth passion is jatmika.
The meaning of jatmika is the passion that accepts everything.
(Note: Jatmika is an adjective in Indonesian language that expresses a polite and elegant state.
Here it seems to be used instead of Mutmainah derived from Arabic. )
It means [staying] simple and not wanting strange things.
On the contrary, you want to be at peace; you want a life that is peaceful and conscious.
You also want to hear kind words that bring peace to one's heart.
You also remember to worship God and are aware that your life in this world must have been given to you ? that is, by Almighty God.
So this passion is indeed better than the three just mentioned because, although it is a passion, it remembers the truth and remembers the absolute obligation of human beings to worship the One God.
However, this fourth passion that is very good for you has very little influence on your inner feeling, because the three passions mentioned earlier always overtake it and get to you first.
(Note: The three passions mentioned here are Amarah, Aluamah and Supiah.)
13 SEPT 1963 - Bapak
The Indonesian word for the fourth desire is mutmainah.
When this desire motivates a person, it causes them to have a gentle character, to surrender, to accept whatever ? [section missing] [befalls them. They will also remember that there is an Almighty God.]
Although the fourth desire, mutmainah, is a good desire because it causes human beings to feel patient, to feel peaceful and to accept what it is their right to receive, it is still a desire moved by the heart and thinking, and also manipulated by the low forces within them.
But with this desire people will become good, because they can feel that their true responsibility in life - apart from providing food and whatever they need for their life in this world - is to worship God and to find a good path for understanding the continuation of their life beyond this life.
December 5, 1970 - Bapak
・・・and the nafsu arising from the ordinary human life force is mutmainah.
・・・
If you lived without the nafsu mutmainah, a man would not feel attracted to a woman, nor a woman to a man, and then you could not fulfill your function in life of bringing into the world other human beings.
August 23, 1971 - Bapak
After man and woman have united, the nafsu mutmainah manifests in them both.
This is the nafsu appropriate to man, a being who can be aware and understand that he is the highest creature living in this world, that is to say a human being who is able to receive God's gift which encompasses you inwardly and outwardly.
Thus the nafsu mutmainah, although called a nafsu, is an especially good one, a holy one.
It is the nafsu of the human level, and in wayang legend was possessed by Puntadewa or Widjokangko.
・・・・・
As Bapak said before, the union of husband and wife is a receiving or a kind of latihan.
So the men who are already married perform a life latihan when they unite with their wives.
Don't feel or accept that the characteristic of the union of husband and wife is pleasure.
That will preclude finding the right way.
The union between husband and wife is a life latihan to enable you to really have the nafsu called mutmainah.
And the union of the sexes makes worship of God easy for you.
Your feelings become pure, you have compassion and pity for your fellows.
When you are able to be like that, others will have compassion for you in return, and you will be loved by everyone you meet.
A person of that sort is highly esteemed in the world.
・・・・・
For that reason, don't believe and feel that the union of husband and wife is a means of gratification.
Feel it as a way to know life, a way whereby you can have the nafsu mutmainah.
October 13, 1976 - Bapak
There are the nafsu alwamah, amarah, supiah and mutmainah.
The nafsu mutmainah is the best of them; that is, the best of the karep, so that although it can be called karep, it is free from self interest.
(Note: It is Mutmainah, the only nafsu which is not so egoistic.)
August, 13 1977 - Bapak
So supposing we become rich and make a lot of money - we will remember to help the poor, we will remember to give instruction to those who are not as intelligent as ourselves.
We will remember to look after the needs of our fellow human beings.
And this is what is known as the nafsu Mutmainah: that is, the nafsu that is truly good and likes to live in harmony with the rest of society and to share whatever it has with others.
April 23, 1981 - Bapak
But the nafsu which repents, and which is called the nafsu mutmainah, and which is honest and just in everything, is one which is very seldom used or possessed.
June 18, 1981 - Bapak
It is only the nafsu mutmainah which is the nafsu that is simple, and is honest, that can accept.
How many people have this nafsu mutmainah, how many people are there who can accept, who can be honest, and who can, if they have $10,000 and if someone asks for it, give it?
This is the nafsu mutmainah.
That is all very well if everyone around you is also under the influence of the nafsu mutmainah.
June 9, 1985 - Bapak
That is already difficult enough, but there is still more to come, because there are four of these nafsu: amarah, aluamah, supiah and mutmainah.
Now we come to the nafsu mutmainah, which manifests in the relationships which you are always forming with your fellow human beings.
For if you did not form relationships with your fellow human beings, how could you run the country and how could you run your lives?
That is the roh jasmaniah, the ordinary human life force.
June 24, 1985 - Bapak
The fourth kind of nafsu is the nafsu mutmainah, which is the nafsu that wants to understand, which likes to understand the reasons for things, to weight up problems, which is the right way, which is the wrong way, which is good and bad, and so forth.
・・・・・
Man and woman
Then we come to the human life force, roh jasmani, which gives rise to the nafsu mutmainah.
And this comes from, or is expressed by, the relationship between husband and wife, or man and woman - the interaction of men and women.
Now, again, you can try to get rid of that, but the result of ignoring or putting aside the relationship between man and woman is that you will have no human beings at all, because it is through that relationship that you create human beings.
But once again, you have to be choosy, you have to match the right man and the right woman.
In other words, a good man should try to find a suitable or correspondingly good woman, because whatever is within a couple is shared.
So if a man with a pure jiwa marries a woman who is not at all pure, he will get half of whatever her impurity is.
And similarly, if a pure woman marries a man who is not pure, she will get half of whatever problems or mistakes are within him.
That is what is meant when it is said that they become one.
They share everything.
As it is said here, the wife will follow him to heaven, but if he goes to hell, she will be dragged down with him.
They have no choice but to stick to each other.
It is clear that the choice of partner is very important.
Now, supposing you have made the wrong choice.
Supposing you don't have a partner you get on with, or you feel it's wrong.
What do you do then?
You turn to God, because it is God who can change, who can improve and change and repair things which are broken or don't fit.
But people don't understand this,people in Subud after they are opened, very often they immediately say, 'Oh my God, I now realize I've got the wrong wife.
I'd better go and look for the right one.'
They don't understand that they are at the beginning.
That from there on they have to work, they have to improve the situation they are in.
So it is clear that man alone is incomplete.
To be complete, man needs woman, or woman needs man.
But to be really complete, they also need a child.
So in fact, a couple without a child is incomplete.
In fact, it is only by having a child that they can understand and experience how they themselves were created, that they can witness and experience the creation of life.(Note 2)
June 25, 1985 - Bapak
And the nafsu mutmainah is based on man's need to have contact with, and to have relationships with his fellow human beings; this nafsu is based in particular on the relationship between man and woman.
12/16/1999 - Ibu
・・・and the white one which is the Nafsu Mutmainah
July 12, 2001 - Ibu
The white one wants to be aware and so it always acts with care, it acts thoughtfully.
February 28, 2002 - Ibu Rahayu
As for the white one, when you are able to assess your own self that means that you possess awareness in your being.
・・・and the white one is called mutmainnah.
March 10, 2002 - Ibu
The white one, mutma'inah, has the capacity of self-evaluation, so it gives a person a sense of caution.
November 25, 2002 - Ibu
The fourth one called mutma'inah gives people the ability to assess themselves so that they know how to be cautious.
25th February, 2005 - Ibu
The final passion is mutmainah, which causes a human being to weigh up what is right and what is wrong for them.
So, with these desires, brothers and sisters, as you go about your daily life, you may feel hesitant, or cautious.
You feel, should I do this or not?
Is this right for me or not?
You need to act wisely then choose the path that won't endanger you, ・・・
ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー
(Note 2)
Marriage and sexual union, the resulting child, here are spiritual meanings that are not usually conscious about them.
You can go into a detailed article about them. ＜－－ Link (Sorry. Under construction)
ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー
PS
Even here Bapak's successor does not say anything about the relationship between human force and Nafsu Mutmainah.
Therefore, Bapak added a new matter "Mutmainah for the necessity of human-human relationship" which is not in tradition of Mutmainah's explanation, but there is no mention of that in any way.
↓
June 25, 1985 - Bapak
"And the nafsu mutmainah is based on man's need to have contact with, and to have relationships with his fellow human beings; this nafsu is based in particular on the relationship between man and woman."
Thus you can see that "the explanation of the successor does not refer to all of Bapak's explanation."
PS
August 23, 1971 - Bapak
"After man and woman have united, the nafsu mutmainah manifests in them both."
Although it is expressed above, it is necessary to pay attention to the fact that when males and females are merely sexually union there will not appear Mutmainah there.
It seems reasonable to understand that such expression is "limited to men and women who have already reached Jasmani level".
The nafsu produced by the vegetable force is aluamah, but this nafsu brings on libido. (March 5th 1963) ＜－－ Link
In addition, nafsu by animal force is supiah, but this naphth also brings libido. (December 5, 1970, November 26, 1972) ＜－－ Link
Well then, when a person feels libido, when asking for heterosexual, what kind of nafsu is working ?
That is aluamah? supiah? or is it desirable mutmainah?
As a conclusion it is an important issue, a critical point.
PS
For your information.
Quoted from Sedulur Papat Limo Pancer (4 brothers, 5th center) ＜－－ Link
"Mutmainah's desire is a desire that leads to conscience.
"
It is said that this desire is influenced by the nature of water which is also the founder of the human body.
・Susila Budhi Dharma ・・・glance＜－－Link
PS
Character size you can be changed in the top right corner of the page.
List of articles＜－－Link