The real reason I post random thoughts entries is because I'm having a meracau-ADD-like state of mind that I can't elaborate on things I want to say. So, as they say in the earliest of books, hey-ho let's go:
- In the beginning was the Word. Rhythm came soon after.
- Eloping, in my opinion, is a vain attempt at cheating God. So is bashing people's head in with maces and clubs.
- Pigs are as sacred to me as every other living beings, and I'm a Muslim.
- I start to remember why I skip our weekly yum cha in favor of Survivor
- I just watched Sepet for the first time.
- One of the main reasons Malaysian movies don't sell themselves, in my honest opinion, is that the dialogues sound so artificial that it's laughable. Something like Obsessed.
- I started to realize how big a loss Yasmin Ahmad is.
- I don't ge why people get so miffed when I said I like that khunsa/hermaphrodite but they don't bat an eyelid when I say I hate that guy/girl.
- I really feel the urge to start to pray. And no, not because nanti banyak dosa masuk neraka. Fuck dosa, fuck pahala, fuck syurga, fuck neraka. The only reason I write this here is so that I am forced to act rather than procrastinate, though I do that so well.
- I think too much of myself. I am usually right, though.
- I have to change some things, be it the position of my bed or the style of my clothes, in my life so often that I'm fairly convinced it's pathological.
- I'd like to post a post one day in pure conversational malay that doesn't sound awkward.
- This is a random picture.
- I think that's enough for now.
12 comments:
When you mentioned the f word to dosa pahala syurga and neraka, i can feel that sufi aura emanating from you. haha. Yes, i think the message is simple, you're doing everything for God, rather than His promise of heaven or hell.
Somehow John Lennon's imagine is ringing in my head.
Yasmin Ahmad's loss was immense. I won't claim to watch her movies because i didn't, but her life and the way people from all backgrounds looked up to her, you must think that the 1malaysia concept is a farce. I did watch the first 30 mins of mukhsin and i have to say it was natural.
Most Malaysian movies/dramas have artificial dialogues which only a bunch of Bahasa Melayu programmed robots could speak in real life
I don't really like labeling my belief. There are certain aspects of Sufism that I don't agree with, such as their *seemingly* obsessive relationship with the spiritual.
yea. the fact that the climax of their belief is the unity with the divine baffles me too.
It's something like Nirvana, methinks, and I can see how enticing that is since it transcends a so human concept of material rewards i.e. heaven.
i wouldn't say disagree, but rather, it is something beyond my understanding (about the *seemingly* obsessive relationship with the spiritual or that unity with the divine part).
coflicts arise due to our acts labeling people.
Sufism (as the name they gave), fundamentally consists of simple ideas. But people just making it harder. People also add something to make it looks good. And thanks to the education system, they tend to forget the tasawwuf part.
That's why I used the word 'seemingly' because I don't really know how these people, i.e. Rabi'ah, Rumi, Hallaj and so on, really lived their lives. What we're left with now are only their praises for God and it does seem to me modern practitioners of Sufism focus too much on the spiritual aspect of being and almost completely leave the physical and material world outside the picture, a mere transport towards the afterlife, as it were.
It is my belief that life and afterlife should be in balanced. God creates nothing in vain, I believe, therefore life is as important as afterlife and obsession in one of them brings the destruction of both, no?
Early Sufis, most notably Rumi and Rabi'ah, are known to detest the notion of paradise as one's ultimate goal. Rumi argued that men, and indeed the world itself, is an extension of God's consciousness. A suitable analogy, I think, would be like us creating characters in our heads. We are the characters in the head. In other words, there's nothing real in this world, hell, there's no world. There is ONLY God and that is all. But, thanks to free will, we think that we exist, not mere ideas, so we think God as a separate being.
A sufi teaching story, sometimes attributed to Rumi goes:
I walked aimlessly in the desert, thirsty and burnt by the sun. I found a door and I knocked.
"Who is it?" came the voice from the other side.
"It is I!" said I.
"Go away!" And I wandered through the desert again until I realized my mistake. I returned to the door and knocked.
"Who is it?" Again asked the Voice.
"It is You!" answered I.
"Come in, then." And the door swung open. "There's no room for two."
Rumi also explained why a greatly religious man such as al-Hallaj could claim that he was God. [Ana al-Haq, or I'm the Truth to be more precise] For that utterance, al-Hallaj was executed. Rumi said, "When Firaun said I am God, he forgot God and think only of himself but when al-Hallaj said I am God, he forgot himself and think only of God."
So, to Rumi and his school of thought, the ultimate goal of a human being should be the realization of the illusion that is Self and therefore, one stops existing and 'returns' to God, i.e. being one with the Divinity.
Indeed, there are stories of how those who have achieved this... state of Enlightenment, whenever they say the Syahadah, they utterly disappear when saying La-Ilah and appear when they finishes with ila-Allah. The rationale is that they are already one with God and therefore, they could do the Kun Fayakun thing.
But don't take it the wrong way, these people do not think too much of themselves that they claim to be equal to God. Indeed, they're the humblest of people, that they no longer believe in Self.
These are, of course, the results of my reading, deduction and interpretation, therefore they could be off the mark as hell.
But you know what they say...
"Apa yang baik datang dari Allah, apa yang tak baik datang dari Allah juga."
waa...good2
quite a deep research you have right there..
everything you said is true, as far as i'm concerned. couldn't agree more.
=p
I'm not saying what is true or what is not, I'm just presenting their views the way I understand it. Haha.
But always remember one thing. Benda ini tidak boleh diceritakan kepada orang yang bukan ahlinya. Dan ahlinya itu adalah mereka yang mencari.
Take it from me. Problem aku masa padfak ngan first year dulu sebab benda ni la. Panas sangat darah sampai kena panggil murtad dan direject komuniti melayu, haha. Best gegile experience tuh. Haha.
hoho...dasyat eh, masa tuh mgkin tgh semangat, apa yg faham kalau boleh nak share dgn org, supaya org lain pun faham jugak. Tapi tak boleh, sebab tak semua orang nak cari.
Allah kata, "Dan barangsiapa yang berusaha bersungguh-sungguh untuk memenuhi kehendak agama Kami, nescaya akan Kami tunjukkan kepadanya jalan-jalan Kami".
Sesiapa yang Tuhan pilih untuk dekat dengan Dia, orang tuh sangat-sangat beruntung.
Tapi Tuhan takkan menolong sesiapa yang tak menolong dirinya jadi untuk dipilih mendekati-Nya, kenalah mencari-Nya.
Takde guna kalau tetiap hari doa nak dekati Tuhan kalau tak berusaha nak dekatkan diri, asyik doa je.
Nak carik Tuhan senang je. Isn't it said that to Him belong the East and the West and wherever you turn, there will be His Face? If you REALLY want to look for God with all your heart, for sure Dia cari kau balik. Tuhan takdela sengal sangat main nyorok-nyorok, dowh.
Haha, memang Tuhan tak main sorok2 kot. Betul, Rumi pun ada cakap, bila kau ingat kat Tuhan, pada yang sama sebenarnya Tuhan seolah2 kata "Aku di sini". Sebab Tuhan jugalah yang buat kita ingat kat Tuhan.
Tapi Tuhan pun boleh main2kan org jugak per..cuba tgk cerita ni :
'Abdullâh ibn Mas'ûd reported that the Messenger of Allâh (Saw) said:
"The last person to enter paradise will be a man who will alternately walk, stagger and be touched by the Fire. Once he has passed out of the Fire, he will turn to face it and say, "Blessed be He Who has saved me from you. Allâh (swt) has given me something that He did not give to the earlier and later generations. Then a tree will be raised up for him, and he will say, "O my Rabb, bring me closer to this tree so that I may enjoy its shade and drink of its water". Allâh (swt) will say,
"O son of Aadam perhaps if I grant you this, you will ask Me for something else?"
He will say, "No, O Rabb, I promise that I will not ask for anything else". Allâh (swt) will excuse him because he is seeing something that he has no patience to resist so he will bring him closer and he will enjoy its shade and drink its water. Then another tree, better than the first, will be raised up for him and he will say, "O my Rabb, bring me near to this tree so that I may drink its water and enjoy its shade, then I will not ask you for anything more". Allâh (swt) will say,
"O son of Aadam did you not promise Me that you would not ask me for anything else? Perhaps if I bring you closer to this tree you will ask for more?"
So the man will promise not to ask for any more, and Allâh will excuse him because he is seeing something that he has no patience to resist, so He will bring him closer and he will enjoy its shade and drink its water. Then a third tree will be raised up at the gate of paradise, and it will be better than the first two. The man will say, "O My Rabb, bring me closer to this [tree] so that I may enjoy its shade and drink its water, and I will not ask for anything more." Allâh will say,
"O son of Aadam, did you not promise Me that you would not ask Me for anything more?"
He will say, "Yes, O Rabb, I will not ask you for anything more." His Rabb, may He be glorified, will excuse him because he is seeing something which he has no patience to resist, so He will bring him closer. When he is brought close, he will hear the voices of the people of Paradise, and will say, "O my Rabb, admit me to it." Allâh (swt) will say,
"O son of Aadam what do you want so that you will never ask Me for anything else? Will it please you if I give you the world and as much again?"
He will say, "O Rabb, are You making fun of me when You are the Rabb al-Aâlamîn?"
Ibn Mas'oud smiled and said, "Why do you not ask me why I am smiling?" They asked, "Why are you smiling?" He said, "Because the Messenger of Allâh (saw) smiled". They asked, "Why are you smiling, O Messenger of Allâh (saw)?" He said,
"Because the Rabb of the Worlds will smile when He is asked, "Are You making fun of me when You are the Rabb of the Worlds?" He will say, "I am not making fun of you, but I am able to do whatever I will""". [Muslim, no. 187, Kitâb al-Imân, Bâb âkhir an-Nâr khurujan]
Haha, agaklah. I used to say that God is the Greatest Joker but people seem to take offense in that, so takleh sebarang cakap dah. Haha.
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