Among Thousand Journeys

About Prayer

The restaurant was very large, only long until it almost reached a hundred meters, under the restaurant there was fishing, the owner of the restaurant asked me to paint all the restaurants, he said, but I refused because maybe a year of work will also not be finished, even though I work just to eat at the cottage, buy soap and toothpaste, especially I am bored quickly, and I am not, and painting also if again mod yes seneng but if again males, yes males. So I said if I wanted to paint it would come, but if I didn't want to go back to the cottage, and the owner of the restaurant was approved. I lived in the musholla in the middle of the restaurant, in fact I was asked to stay in the house of the owner of the restaurant, but I prefer to stay in the musholla. The restaurant was full of visitors during the day, so I decided to paint at night so as not to disturb the visitors of the restaurant, also my concentration when painting was not disturbed, and at that time I was asked to paint using a brush, so no airbrush painting, so there was no need to hear the noise of the compressor machine. I started working at nine in the evening, which was after the restaurant closed, and the waiter had all sorted out. In the silence of the night my hands immediately poured frozen chunks of imagination, scribbling here and there, taking one picture after another of my mind, pouring in a more real form of color, for anyone to enjoy.

Like dragging people into my hayal world, without borders without edges. Night work and daytime fasting, Very delicious, and I did the wirid during the day, wirid still light stages, when compared to the stages of fasting on it, although according to people who never run the wirid, wirid, wirid is heavy. But compared to the fast that goes to the moon, on the side

wirid I had to recite the Quran for a week, let alone a nine-month fast, besides the wirid I had to recite the Koran for one day, which is from sunrise, until sunset, at first I imagined that it would not be possible, but after Kyai explained about the science of folding time, and I experienced it myself, it turned out that it was common, imam shafii aja recite the Koran seven times a day. It has been seven days I work in this restaurant, Mr. Kosasih the owner of this restaurant, a DPR, MPR, Cilegon, people are supple, tenacious and sociable, sometimes this Mr. Kosasih asked me to stop working and to talk about religion.

“Mas Ian, here and there first, we chat.”

he said while sitting on a chair, calling me, I put down the big brush I was wearing

making grass painting. And I approached him.

“Sit first.” said again.

“Wah mas Ian is great, so the painter is also a santri.”

“Ah regular aja pack.”

“Ah yes is not ordinary, is there in Indonesia, or maybe in the world one side, while the other side is a candidate Kyai, of course

as this santri mas Ian his religious sciences pinter?”

“This father, because I do not know the science of religion

this is my goiter sir, if I have pinter

maybe I'm a lecturer, if

painting work, yes because my parents didn't

rich, so if I want a mesantren should look for it

eating alone, usually crying, be a job

painting lived.”

“Ck.ck...great, great, did so that young man

must be independent, not only take care of parents.”

“Wah it's great still can bring yourself.”

“Ah don't be too exaggerated sir, later

my big head.”

“By the way what does Ian think about praying?”

“Together with those in the Quran and hadiths,

prayer is the pillar of religion, who founded it

prayer then upholds religion and who leaves prayer to tear down religion, because it prevents vile and mungkar deeds. Like a cure

disease, of course, the effect of healing here is not when taking the drug, but after taking the drug, as well as in prayer, is said to prevent vile acts of course is after people practice prayer. If the prayer turned out to be still corruption, still ugly talking, still envious, spiteful, arrogant and all kinds of bad deeds are done, yes it is believed that the prayer is not real. Prayer has a condition, the harmony, the inside out must be met. Like a person taking a shower, there must be a bathroom, there is water, there is soap, all the better, the better the results, even if only a shower, if there can be a good bathroom, the better, no bathing in the middle of the field, there is a good soap, instead of using mud, the water must also be good, turbid water full of germs, and the water is very good, or water got of course after bathing is not clean but will be even dirty, so also the bath can not be turned back, water washed using soap sprayed water again, if the soap we use later, if the soap we use later, then put on clothes, of course, in the game of people.

So it can not be arbitrary alone, there is also a condition in the intention of bathing it wants to table or want to be clean, to be healthy. And the person who bathes actually does not necessarily see after the person came out of the bathroom, if the scabs of the moreng certainly bath not real, but if the smell is fragrant, clean of course the bath is right.” “Then according to Ian how if someone says, prayer is important to his heart, then the person does not want to pray.”

“The man's words were true but he didn't want to

prayer is not right. I mean the words of the person are true, the truth is limited to words, like people say the bike is important the engine, of course the word is true, because a good engine runs the bike so fast, so fast, but what has been stuck on the bike is all of course important, without the motor wheel can not go, the wheels there are elements of rims, ger, bars, chains, outer tire, all important, all important, aja no motor will not go anywhere, unless guided, so also pray, aja rukun no then the prayer even though it is still considered to be prayer but not valid, let alone get a reward, even if it is not, prayer is lifted to the sky. Like a motor can not go anywhere, even though the motorbike is good, but there are no wheels, no brakes, no other parts, people will not want to call the engine motor.”

That's how Mr. Kosasih, almost every day invites dialogue about religion, and I always

trying to respond to it by giving an example that can be reasoned by the ratio entered in logic, to the extent that the person

think of me as his own sister, and want to give me a house level behind his house hope so that I can be invited to always discuss religion. But even though I am poor but I do not want to live entangled, as said Kyaiku, who always ring until now I want to work in the house of people who still have a brother relationship with Kyai, who still have relations with Kyai, I asked if I should ask Kyai's brother for payment.

“Mas Ian how, if the work is nothing sincere, lha if the charity must be sincere. There is a place and a part of it. If Amas Ian works must ask for a salary, the prophet himself said: pay your employees' salaries before dry sweat, if charity is many events there alms and others. So don't mix-mix.”

That night I was alone painting, the clock showing two o'clock in the morning, silence

the night is gripping right tonight, the air....

Seriate...