Fighting for what?

There are two recent agendas in Moslems world that I'd like to highlight here. Here they are.

Restless Mind

What remains indestructible is the heart full of faith

Can you relate yourself to someone who has to give up their land and its sustenance by force to someone else? And that someone else keep stripping them away to the point that they don't have their own freedom to even sleep peacefully in their own home? What do you think of that? I think that is the sense of imperialism. It is the state where human being is continuously dehumanizing other human being. And for what? For their restless mind that is driven by greed and fear of losing what they have gained in deception so far. And that is the state of what Israel is doing to Palestinian. It is the motive behind most of their imperialism action in the Middle East.

I'd watched an Indonesian documentary film on military action called guerrilla. It was by the grace of Allah the Almighty had been successfully executed in Indonesia in keeping its independence but wasn't working well in the Middle East especially around the conflicted region of Lebanon, Syria and Palestinian. And the reason was because of the socio-culture difference. In Indonesia, most (to say that there were also few traitors) citizens were against Dutch colonialism. So when they wanted to set their imperialism back, both army and civil worked together to fight them using guerrilla method. But Palestine is different. Their feudalism that rooted way back to the history can tell, had made the fighting seemed to fail. The rich and the poor live their different lifestyle, the society divided into factions that each try to be gain power over the other, some people fight for what they believe while others don't really care about it and even watched their brothers in fighting for what they believe to be their rights. And then of course, it's always the poor and the weak like children, women and the elders who can't migrate to other safer place become the victims. And I don't even talk about international / political or business (guns and ammunition trading) interference in the fights.

So it seems to me, of all the living hell on the face of this earth, that part of the world where there is a city called Jerusalem or Darussalam or the Land of Peace has been created to be in restless. Does it mean there is no goodness there?! Of course there is. There is goodness everywhere even in the middle of war. I remembered about a comment given to the quote of Confusius 'There is goodness in everything, if only we open our eyes'. And one of the comments said 'It isn't true. I don't see goodness in the tragedy that happened around me. My relative was in sorrow, my friends are in pain, bla... bla... bla...' Again the condition is 'if only we open our eyes'. Aren't the trees keep growing in the middle of the war? Isn't the air still breathable for them? Isn't the sky is still high above with the beautiful sun, moon and stars they can gaze upon? Doesn't the earth mother keep giving them the sustenance even in the middle of the war? And people still can feel hungry and thirsty to drive them to drink and eat and move around though in space which is restricted by others? And people can find laughter to be their simplest healing to their complicated mind? So yes, in the middle of so called hell there is still goodness pouring down upon them. The only difference is, are they recognizing it? Are they accepting it? Are they grateful enough in accepting it?!

"... to the farther mosque
the neighborhood whereof We have blessed..."
(QS 17:1)

And let us make comparison to the opposite situation to Saudi Arabia where Mecca is located. Just because the region have the city of Mecca as the direction of Muslim's prayer, does it mean there are no sins or offense there? Of course there are. Want to name them? Well, I saw on news many of Indonesian workers were treated very badly by their employers even some of them sexually harassed. .. Oh, and don't practice or think or speak up of sufism in your relationship to God, because most of their so called Moslems scholars will stand against you and accuse you to be infidels for making bid'ah.

So, both cities of Masjidil Aqsa and Masjidil Haram and their surroundings in my opinion have been the symbol of yin and yang on this world - representing any other peaceful and conflicted area around the world. Masjidil Aqsa with its surrounded problems is the yin symbol of black half circle with the white little dot in it. And Masjidil Haram is the yang symbol of white half circle with the black dot in it.

The people who live in these two cities then certainly have different characters though they may come from the same race: arabic; and in general: human race. The different that I'm talking about is in the way they perceive peace in their life. I'm not about being sarcastic here, but I think this is the reality. To Palestinian people, war has become their daily menu. As human being, we are given the ability to adapt to places and situation. It's like those who have used to live by the side of rail roads with its loud noise, can sleep soundly. But those who have used to live in tranquility and peacefule environment will have problem sleeping there. So God is indeed Merciful.

Now, without consciousness of their true reality, there's always a possibility that when the war is over and peace reign, people will try to create another or different kind of war. I mean look at the situation in Afghanistan. For so many years, the people there had been fighting against Uni Soviet that when they gained their freedom, as up to now the outside war that raged in the past still affected their inner self that they now fight against each other instead of building their nation in peace and harmony. I'm afraid if the leaders of Palestinian - as well as other conflicted countries - do not find their core values as a nation to unite their people, they will fight forever or to put it mildly as long as they live (as human).

I mean I can understand on the reluctant and doubt of Palestinians to be under Israel authority. Because if the state they showed in the past and up to now is shrewd, vindictive and cruel against them, wouldn't they treat Palestinian just like the way they had been treated by Nazi in the past? They may not use gas chamber or killing field, but they can have their sophisticated way in the name of protecting their people so that the international people will not think them to do another kind of genocide. Yesterday I saw the TV news the weapon comparison between Israel and Palestinian. It is very obvious which one is having advantage in term of weapon and which one isn't. But what the TV analysis didn't capture is the natural cause, the heaven interference that will keep the conflict to go on for many more years to come.

I am certainly against Israeli imperialism for it is against humanity. And I pray that Allah keeps protecting the weak and punished the abusive ones in His Most Known and Wisest way. Look at it this way: in our ability as human being to adapt, to forget, to sleep, to smile, to laugh, to be grateful, to be in peace, to be the faithful one, the weak have been protected from greater suffering that is to be in pain and sorrow forever. And in their fear of losing what they gained, HE has placed HIS punishment to those who have abused their power in the form of restless mind, heart and soul. For what they fear is their own shadow. And no one has any strength and power to change that state without the permission called guidance of their Creator. Because it means transforming their dehumanization action into humanity action. And I read and know that some of Self Knowledge students are from Tel Aviv. I'm glad for that. Because hopefully with that knowledge, they will find their inner peace then try to respect humanity more in their every day life, create a better place for people around them. Isn't it the true purpose of being in the neighborhood? That is to live in harmony with each other.

Self Evident

A few months ago the world was shaken by the Moslems demonstration against film "The Innocence of Moslem" that had been made to discredit the great prophet Muhammad SAW. You may notice that I didn't make any comment or notes on that case. And you may question how so? If I am a follower of great prophet Muhammad SAW, why I didn't speak up my refusal on it?

Prophet Muhammad SAW didn't have to defend himself.
Everything in him was self evident
including the love of Muslims to him SAW

Here is the reason: because it isn't necessary to do so. Let those Moslems who want to speak their mind in the form of demonstration speak their mind. They may not understand that doing what they're doing doesn't change the fact. It may even exhaust their energy and divert them from the true essence of his teaching. Because as the news reported some of the demonstrations had turn into chaos and people getting hurt and public facility had been ruined. What a paradox to the message he SAW delivered.


Two or three weeks before the case surfaced, my great spiritual master had made remark about it and told us what we should do based on the Quranic verse. He quoted the verse 7:184 that said "Then do they not give thought? There is in their companion [Muhammad] no madness. He is not but a clear warner." So even in the beginning of his work as he had received the great task in prophethood, he had been told that there would be people that would claim him to be mad. And as other verses stated the previous prophets before him were also claimed to be mad (see Qur'an verse 51:52) So it won't be a surprise that there will always be men who would made such false claim upon him either on his teaching or his life story, from Abu Jahl to Salman Rushdie to Nakoula to I don't know who's next.
And yet what is the Quran - the words of his Creator ever said about the matter? It said "Do they not give thought"

You see, Being the truth or being true are self evident not about what people think of. And so often people overlook this. That the faculty to accept something or someone's being true is the heart. The mind can only acknowledge what the heart bear witness to it. The human's problem is only whether their mind will conquer and agree with their heart or not. It's like God, The Ever Truth. Whether men acknowledge HIS existence or not, HE is ever Existed. Whether men worship HIM or not, HE is the Most Exalted. Whether men gives thanks to HIS benevolence or not, HE is the most Benevolence. Whether men is following HIS commands or not, HE is the Most Supreme. For HIS Omnipresent surpasses all human mind and action.

It's the same thing to the great prophet Muhammad SAW. Whether men stated him to be in madness or not, the history of mankind has stated that he SAW had made such great difference and made him to be the great man ever. Whether men stated him to be immoral or not, the history of mankind has stated that he SAW was the most prudent man yet most widely talked about and followed in his action and sayings. Whether men stated his teaching to be false or not, the history of mankind has showed proof that it has been the one that is mostly followed by mankind. So if he were mad and immoral and false in his teaching, wouldn't it be to say that most human being are just as mad and immoral and false as him?! THINK ABOUT IT!

And if you have used your mind and open your heart, then you know what is true. And that is enough self evident to the truth of HIS LORD and HIS Messenger.