This latihan we experience is amazing and powerful. We get quiet several times a day. We pause to reconnect and to feel the subtle vibration. After many years it has become part of us—an inseparable guide and comfort. Because this is not a material thing, it is hard to connect it to the material world of money. It is what they call priceless.
However, the latihan exists in a material world which does require some money. Not a lot, just a bit from everyone.
At the World Congress in Freiburg, we learned that the World Subud Association (WSA) is underfunded. Two hugely generous enterprises can no longer send funds as they have done for decades. A new way is needed to ensure that the work WSA does to support Subud everywhere in the world can continue. To meet this need, we have created the Bigfish Fund.
It is called Bigfish because each of us making a small donation is like many little sardines swimming in a tight formation like one giant fish. This is a program particularly suited to self-employed people or small business people, as it is a way to give back a little bit from their enterprise, and contribute to Subud.
Each one of us can pledge a monthly donation to this fund, choosing an amount of money that is truly comfortable (even if it is only four lattes worth a month). The money goes to a dedicated fund at Subud USA and is forwarded once a month to the WSA. You will get an email receipt every month from Subud USA. It comes in like clockwork.
This is easy, inexpensive and painless. It will take 10 minutes on the website https://www.bigfishfund.org/ to make a monthly pledge of whatever amount you can afford. If you can’t decide, start with a small amount—it can always be changed later.
All of us together can make a big difference to the world of Subud.
