Beyond the Breakers is an entirely engaging account of the spiritual journey to date of the author. It is a story of how one's everyday life can be directed by a higher power, affecting all aspects such as one's work, marriage, and residence. Subud members as well as those interested in the development of the inner self will be inspired by this book. Beyond the Breakers is an eloquent witness to the power of the latihan, to the power that brings about an inner transformation; to a belief in a Higher Will that comes not from a Teaching or a Creed, but from a personal experience of the Great...

What are we living for? What is the purpose of Life? These questions arose in the mind of a 14-year-old schoolboy at a boarding school in wartime Britain. In pursuit of answers he entered a stairway that lead him to the Quakers, then to the Vedanta philosophy, then on to P.D. Ouspensky and the teachings of G.I.Gurdjieff. By chance he found John Godolphin Bennett, one of the leading exponents of Gurdjieff's 'system', as it was known, and studied for 7 years at the Institute for the Comparative Study of History, Philosophy and the Sciences. Finally in 1957 Subud arrived in England with the...