Bapak's concept of soul (jiwa) or Roh・/２ The material soul. -３

Pak Subuh's view (it would appear from the above quotations) leans more towards an animistic point of view than an Islamic one.

Even Ibn al-'Arabi,(Note 1) the champion of pantheism, does not categorically believe in the existence of souls within material objects.

Nevertheless, Pak Subuh's view is very different from the prevailing Indonesian animistic view, because those who believe in the existence of a soul within a material object try to persuade and to please the object by means of sacrifice and worship.

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Pak Subuh on the other hand, despite his belief in the existence of souls within material objects, forbids his followers from worshiping these souls.

On the contrary, he insists that they control these souls properly, because for him the material souls are the main spring of human passion.
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We have pointed out earlier that this concept does not appear to have an Islamic basis, but we know of at least two prominent Sufis who hold the view that every sensible thing has ruh.

" 'Abd al-Karfm al-Jilani (al-Jilly) in his book al-Insan al-Kamil says, Every sensible thing has a created ruh by which its form (surah) exists ,and the ruh of that form is like the meaning (ma'na) of a word (lafz).
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Also Shamsuddin Pasai(Note 2) demonstrates a series of souls which almost exactly coincides with that of Pak Subuh's terminologies of the soul.

"There has been," Sjamsuddin Pasai says, "a long series of terminology which does not have any purpose other than demonstrating the way to God, namely,

ruh idofi is the soul (haqiqa = njawa) of Muhammad;

ruh rohani is the essence of the body of Muhammad;

Ruh Djusmani is the essence of the human body;

Ruh hajawani is the essence of animal bodies;

Ruh Nabati is the essence of vegetable bodies;

and Ruh Djamadi is the essence of unmoving objects.

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From such a comparison, it is now clear that Pak Subuh is not the only Muslim who introduces what might be called animistic doctrines into his framework, for which he can be easily condemned of committing shirk.
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(Note 1) Ibn al-'Arabi (July 25, 1165 - November 8, 1240) ＜－－ Link

 "the great master", was an Arab Andalusian Sunni Scholar of Islam, Sufimystic, poet, and philosopher.

He is renowned by practitioners of Sufism as "the greatest master" and also as a genuine saint.

He proposed "waḥda al-wujūd : oneness" having five levels indicating "creation of the world from zero".

It was also a pantheism that "the world is the only outflow from God".

Martabat Tujuh which the early Islamic teachers taught and spread, including the following Shamsuddin Pasai, was based on the way of capturing the world of this Ibn al-'Arabi, "waḥda al-wujūd : oneness" It was derived, and spreading in Indonesia while developing it in that way. ＜－－ Link


(Note 2)Shamsuddin Pasai（？－1630） ＜－－Link

Shamsuddin Pasai demonstrates a series of souls.

Below is a comparison between the terms of Shamsuddin Pasai and the words used by Bapak.

Ruh idofi is the soul (haqiqa = njawa) of Muhammad;＜ーー＞ Roh ilofi , The king of various life forces.

Ruh rohani is the essence of the body of Muhammad;＜ーー＞ Roh rohani, life force of the saint. (Perfect man or Insan Kamil)

Ruh Djusmani is the essence of the human body; ＜ーー＞ Roh jasmani, human life force.

Ruh hajawani is the essence of animal bodies; ＜ーー＞ Roh hewani , The vitality of animals.

Ruh Nabati is the essence of vegetable bodies;＜ーー＞ Roh Nabati, life force of plants.

Ruh Djamadi is the essence of unmoving objects.＜ーー＞ Roh Rewani , vitality of matter.

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The idea that a soul or some life force exists within a substance is basically an animism.

Such an idea does not exist in Islam and it is even rare in Sufism.

Then, the creativity of Bapak's point of view did not insist on the soul of matter as an "ancient animismistic thing" or the life force within a substance, but the substance and the human brain interact with each other,and It acts, it is in arguing that it is connected with the thought of a substance and a person.

This fact leads to human beings understanding the universe, thus the surrounding environment around them, thus leading to scientific discoveries and inventions.

The result is the arrival of tremendous material civilization of today.

In other words, it was Bapak that he really redefined "the soul of matter, substance power" as a theme of today's theme.

And Kafrawi's "THE PATH OF SUBUD" is generally well organized and will be very helpful, but as to why "Bapak has brought material life force,the soul of matter at this timing", It seems that it was not expected to guess as expected.

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There seems to be a question that "Roh Rewani is the ninth among the nine Roh of Java Islam?" ＜－－ Link

Certainly the name Roh Rewani is used, but its work is fundamentally different from what Bapak explains, "It is something that controls human brains, keeps people awake, consciousness It is like the main work is to keep it awake."

And it is unlikely that Java Islam will mention anything about "work to connect substance and brain" that Bapak is claiming.

That's why in the end Bapak is going to say "I explained the material force with the name Roh Rewani".

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Bapak's concept of soul (jiwa) or Roh/・２ The material soul. -２

From P98
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Through the experience gained in the latihan you will begin to observe how material souls influence your feelings, and later you will be able to direct these souls into their right channels.

Finally, you will achieve a state in which material souls will truly begin to be your servants.

From then onwards you will no longer need to discard possessions or avoid them.

Based upon these principles Pak Subuh goes on to explain in detail the influences of the soul of several materials, instruments used by men for their respective jobs.

For example, he discusses how agricultural tools influence the peasants;

how money and merchandise influence the traders;

how weapons and uniforms influence the armies;

how machines and offices influence the employers and the employees;

and how fine clothes and sparkling jewellry influence men and women.

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As regards the relationship between materials and God he adds, "If the essence of materials is deeply observed it will appear to be like a world of its own, inhabited by beings who also worship Almighty God in their own way no less faithfully than man in his.,

Nevertheless, the life of material objects in their own world resembles that of a man in this world, since material objects can also worship God at the level of their own existence.

In the sight of God their mode of life is no different from that of man, except that, as material objects, their level of existence as creatures of God is far lower than that of man.,,

For this reason, material objects yearn for a union with human beings that would raise their states and bring them closer to the level of mankind.,,

Their submission to the will of man is constant since their desire is to remain close to the heart of man until he dies.,,

In this way such material objects can accompany man into his own world.,,

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Such is the nature of material life, and it must be thoroughly grasped by a man if he is to understand the way in which the influences of material souls are always a factor in his own life.

Gaining this understanding, a man can regulate these material factors in an orderly manner.

It is a fact that material objects do indeed yearn to participate in the activities of man because they fulfil thereby their destiny which is to be the servants of mankind.,,

But unfortunately the contrary has happened.

Man becomes the slave of matter;

then, far from raising these objects to a higher level, he himself sinks into the material world.,,
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From time to time he has questioned his disciples about these puzzles:

Are you sitting on that chair or is that chair sitting on you?;

are you eating that food or is that food eating you?;

are you drinking that whisky or is that whisky drinking you?;

are you running a newspaper or is the newspaper running you?,,
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from THE PATH OF SUBUD (1969) Author: Drs Kafrawi : McGill University Montreal. ＜－－ Link


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The influence of material power on humans is very powerful, as humans prefer it.

Therefore, when you asked Bapak's advice like this, you tried saying "OK, I understood", it changed to just "mere" desk on the desk "," exercise for swimming on tatami "just as understood by the head there is no.

In short, "Understanding the brain alone is not very useful".

Swimming actually requires practicing while drowning in the water, so to be able to ride a bicycle, after all it will be bad if you do not see sore eyes somewhat.

That's why Latihan is translated as "spiritual training".

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