Try it for a year and see of it has any reality. Subud should bring proof. It is a new dispensation suited to this scientific age, when people will only believe what they have experienced directly for themselves. The latihan has been given to restore the balance between our minds and our inner feelings. There is no charge for joining Subud, no membership fees.
People contribute to costs such as renting latihan premises, according to ability and inclination.
There is absolutely no compulsion. Men and women do latihan separately. The nature of receiving is very different for men and women. Also you need to be completely free to follow whatever arises in the latihan, and the presence of the opposite sex could be an inhibiting factor. Children are not allowed to join Subud until the age of seventeen.