by Phoebe Hoffman | Dec 20, 2024 | News
New Subud International Cultural Organization gets rolling. Lawrence Pevec SICA-USA representative to SICA The Subud International Cultural Association is starting a new, four-year term with the Annual General Meeting scheduled for January 2025. The former SICA...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Dec 6, 2024 | News
still from SICA: The Art of Living SICA: The Art of Living by Daniela Moneta SICA: The Art of Living is a film made in 1990 by David van Noortwijk and copyrighted by him. David is a filmmaker and teacher in Kalimantan. The film has an introduction and is narrated by...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Nov 29, 2024 | News
Above: Underground Mouse, watercolor, by Roberta Hoffman Notes From the Underground: Musings from the SICA Board “Old Age Aint No Place for Sissies” Assembled by Fayra Teeters Bette Davis, the source of the quote in our title, was known for her life-long...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Nov 22, 2024 | News
Last week (October 19, 2024) we held the World Premiere of the third in a series of seven Frequency Operas. The First is The Birth of Color: A Marriage of Darkness and Light; the second is SivaSati: A Marriage of Energy and Matter, Part One: Field of Desire. This one...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Nov 8, 2024 | News
Assembled by Fayra Teeters This article is a free-flowing compilation of creative thinking from Subud members on the notion of being Inclusive in our lives, in our perceptions, in how we view culture. Praying In Safeway By Leana McClellan Called by the sweet,...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Nov 1, 2024 | News
The Healing Power of Community by Lusijah Marx I received guidance through the latihan and dreams for co-founding Project Quest in 1989. Lucas Harris, a Subud gay man in his twenties who had AIDS when most people with an AIDS diagnosis died within two years, was the...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Oct 25, 2024 | News
Assembled by Fayra Teeters In this month’s Musings the SICA-USA Board would like to explore what it means to expand the definition of Subud Culture into a more inclusive outreach. We sometimes take the position that Culture (with a Capital C!) lives exclusively within...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Oct 18, 2024 | News
FRUITS OF THE LATIHANby Elizabeth Flanders My grandson has said since he was very young that he came here to help the earth, and he and I share a deep love for nature. During Covid, he had online school while my daughter and son-in-law were working outside the...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Oct 11, 2024 | News
Photo above: SDIA Executive Director, Virginia Thomas and Chairman, Vincent Mount Susila Dharma International Association Report for the 16th Subud World Congress By Lawrence Pevec In my capacity as a SICA-USA board member one of my tasks will be to focus attention on...
by Phoebe Hoffman | Oct 4, 2024 | News
The Kangaroo that Ran Out of Steam by Michael Cooke The kangaroo ran out of steam. I was with him when it happened. He was wound up and attempted to flip over as usual, but he didn’t. Then he finally just wheezed and whirred and made the vain effort of one more try....
