Introduction
In 1992, Ibu Rahayu Wiryohudoyo (Ibu Rahayu) wrote:

"Beginning now, I must ask something of the members. My situation now is that I am very busy, I have grown older, and I am not as strong as before.

You have been given the latihan so that your life can become alive, so that you can be creative and useful for yourself and your family. So concerning work, you can choose and feel what work makes you happy, work that you understand and that is useful for your life.

Indeed, making a habit of asking the helpers about anything is not good. On the contrary, a person becomes passive - so when will they stand on their own two feet and have belief in themselves?"

Unfortunately, since 1992, the number of letters that Ibu Rahayu still receives has not decreased. In addition, she has mentioned recently that she is getting older now and she does not have the strength to do testing for Subud members and their children concerning such matters as talent, correct work, and marriage/relationship questions.

So, Ibu Rahayu has agreed to let us publish her replies to letters as an experiment, in the hopes that members (including helpers) will become more self-reliant through the "examples" of answers provided, with the result that the burden of her workload will be alleviated.

Summary
Over the past twenty years, Ibu Rahayu Wiryohudoyo, who is now 75 years old, has responded to over 11,000 letters from Subud members. Ibu Rahayu has indicated that members should perhaps no longer write to her with questions about talent, correct work, and marriage/relationships. Appropriate questions should rather be about names for Subud members or their children. We very much hope that we will all make this effort to reduce Ibu Rahayu's workload.

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