Flying the ‘Guru’ Skies
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Javanese ‘gurus’ or mystics were trusted by former President Suharto. As the story goes, Suharto regularly received information from the spirit world, which often became the basis for his political policies.
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LOCATED under the shade of banyan trees, there is an inviting spring which can be found in a limestone recess on a certain hill. Its water is very clear.
Javanese mystics recognize this spring as the spiritual retreat of the late Romo Martapangarsa, a spiritual man from Yogyakarta. In the 1940s, Martapangarsa reportedly received a wisik (whisper or spiritual guidance) to go and roam about Mount Sempu. There, he discovered a spring, a good place
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