Faridah Brock passed away on August 11, 2021.
She was living in San Anselmo, and was a long time Subud member of the Marin Center, as well as a participant in the San Francisco group. She is pictured here at her wedding to Lucas.
Faridah served as chairperson of Subud Marin in the 1970s and negotiated with the city of San Anselmo to post the first street sign indicating the directions to the Marin Subud Center.
She’ll be remembered as a bright, inquisitive and beautiful woman.
Thanks to Rasjidah Franklin and Rachman Cantrell for this remembrance. To share your own thoughts or memories of Faridah, please enter your text using the comment box below.
At a Bapak talk at Marin Subud House, Bapak very surprisingly asked for questions– especially from ladies! Faridah was 1st to bravely speak up, as Chair, asking Bapak why no one, except for her, wanted to serve on the center committee. Bapak’s answer was long and definitive, basically stating (paraphrasing from long ago) that the reason was, members still felt Subud as something outside themselves. Bapak added that, as long as this was the case, Subud would not grow.
Faridah, however, was unique: a sister whose oneness with Subud was and IS, forever, beyond question.
Faridah was a good friend, and Subud sister. We had quite a few adventures in this life, over the years. One was up near Medford, Oregon, where we camped at a Native American ceremony. I have the down jacket she gave me, in my car, whenever I need to get warm on-the-road.
Over the years I took a number of photos of Faridah at various Subud events. She was a lovely woman and a free spirit! Below is a link to more photos of her. https://photos.app.goo.gl/KZc3pDuWtt8N7Zc9A
A remembrance from Matthew Clark:
I well remember Faridah from my time at Dharma Mercantile in the mid-70s. I always thought the Subud sign in Marin found its way into mention in a book by Phil K Dick, the famed sci fi writer of “Blade Runner,” who lived in Marin for many years.
In Dick’s book “We Can Build You,” the narrator asks the protagonist where he got the name Murray Rock. Rock replies “from the encyclopedia…it said “Rock to Subud…”
The narrator replies: “You should have called yourself ‘Murray Subud’.”
—–Matthew
a remembrance from Harlan Gleeson:
A sweet lady and dear friend of the Gleeson Family. RIP.
Love, Harlan