Jayakusuma Tirta
Mount Ijen
"Where are you living now?" ask Mahardika.
"We moved around! sometimes we're in the store's headquarters, sometimes we're also in empty houses that have been lived by their owners!" jabrik.
"All right now take me to the friends who are still there!" said Dika.
Jabrik then took down the street, then, up to half an hour later at a crossroads, four teenage boys of the age of about seventeen were unwinded by sitting in the head of a store. They look shabby and skinny although some also look a bit fat.
When it was close, Jabrik immediately down approached the four teenagers.
"Hanif, Eko, the puffer, Arif !" jabrik called them..
"Mas Jabrik,!" shout them in unison.
Trudging along, Jabrik approached them. They immediately greeted Jabrik.
"Mas why?!" ask Arif.
"Later I'll tell you a story" Jabrik said.
"Let's see who's coming !" yelling Jabrik at his friends while pointing towards his back.
Simultaneously Arif, the puffer, Eko and Hanif looked towards the direction that Jabrik pointed.
"Mas Dika,???!!" shout them simultaneously.
They ran to Mahardika.
They hugged the chairman who had long disappeared, the chairman who had always expected his arrival!
There are tears and tears there..
Teenage children who are hard wrought live on the streets like finding a mother who has been missing.
"I'm back for you guys" Mahardika said with a trembling voice.
"My promise will definitely be kept," said Dika.
Yes Dika has promised, if he will return to his friends if he has managed to get a prize from the results of the match he participated in.
He's going to kick his group back on a better path.
And now Mahardika has pocketed a hefty gift that can be used to provide a better life for her group.
"Where are the other members ?" ask Dika.
"Everyone has gone, they can't wait for the arrival of Dika" said Gembul.
"They join other groups that can make them comfortable,!" hanif.
Although Dika group is a group of delinquents, but all this time Mahardika never taught them to commit crimes. The Mahardika only allowed them to busk or beg.
"Why did you pickpocket Jabrik?!" ask Dika..
Jabrik looked down not daring to look at Mahardika's face.
"Sorry to Dika ! forced I have to pickpocket, our operating area is getting narrower and narrower, we are prohibited from busking in places where we usually busk, we are always pushed by other groups!" jabrik said sadly.
Dika could only quietly listen to Jabrik's story. A moment later Dika said;
"Well, but don't repeat !"
"Yes!" suhut they are compact.
"Now I'm back, but right now, I'm on my way to Banyuwangi! I intend to take you all with me, how ? do you want to come ?" ask Dika.
"We want Mas! " to them they exclaimed with joy, Mahardika was their role model..
They then introduced Dika to Tirta, Bayu and Adnan.
because they looked hungry, Dika then invited them to eat at the food stall first.
This time the car they were riding in contained nine people, making it a bit crowded, but it became a joking atmosphere.
That night , after from the tomb of Sunan Ampel, they continued the journey to Banyuwangi .
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That morning they had arrived in Banyuwangi and they enjoyed a beautiful morning in Banyuwangi city square.
They wait in this square until it is bright and then fill the stomach around Banyuwangi square.
When the day began to go by day they continued their journey to Mount Ijen which is about 15 to 20 kilo meters from the city of Banyuwangi.
Mount Ijen is a volcano with an altitude of 2386 masl. With a crater measuring 900 x 600 meters with a depth of 300 meters. With water with a pH of 0.5 which is equivalent to acidity with car battery water.
That afternoon Tirta, Bayu, Adnan and Dika's men enjoyed the cool air around the Paltuding post.
On that occasion Dika also conveyed to the future Jabrik, Gembul, Hanif and Arif also Eko, will be invited to travel, looking for experience.
"How, will you?" ask Mahardika.
"Life dies we'll just follow dika!" exclaim Jabrik.
"Yes mas, we still follow Dika mas," another exclaimed.
Dika smiled listening to the loyalty of his men and also his friends.. He promised in his heart to make them more meaningful in life for the community.
"You must obey me, do not do evil and violate the norms of religion and society,!" said Dika Again.
"We're ready, man,!" suhut they are compact.
And on the sidelines of free time, Dika began to teach a little by little Kanuragan to his men.
They eagerly follow what Mahardika teaches.
Without feeling that the day was approaching night, they immediately prepared supplies to go up to the crater of Ijen.
Flashlight, drinking water, food, masks and others have been prepared.
They started to climb when midnight arrived.
the trip up to Ijen crater from the Paltuding post is approximately three hours.
They went down a steep road and uphill to be able to reach Ijen crater.
What Tirta aimed for was Blue Fire, as a means of refining Suryo Dahono's science.
They arrived at the Ijen crater area at 3 am.
There are a lot of visitors who arrived in this crater area.
Tirta immediately looked for the Blue Fire which was slightly jutting down the steep cliff so that no visitors dared to approach.
Wearing a mask, due to the air containing a very strong smell of sulfur, Tirta Jayakusuma sat cross-legged near this blue fire.
With solemnity at the center of his intellect and cultivation.. By asking the God of the universe, He began to open his palms closer to the blue flames that were burning hot flames..
In the absence of every pore of his body to be able to absorb the heat of the blue fire of Ijen crater.
While Bayu and Adnan also Mahardika and Mahardika men just watch from a place some distance by meditating to cultivate and strengthen the sciences in themselves.
For a moment Tirta's body was covered in a thin bluish light, sweat had already flooded his entire body. The clothes he was wearing were drenched in sweat.
Just half an hour less, it felt Tirta's body was already barely strong ! He immediately stopped the ritual.
He then walked a bit away from the Blue Fire location to take in some fresh air and organize and regulate his hunting breath.
After his breathing improved again, Tirta Jayakusuma immediately returned to perform the ritual again.
A while later, his body returned in a thin blue light. Back in his body sweat bath.
This time Tirta Jayakusuma tried to survive for almost an hour.
His head began to dizzy, because of the thick sulfur smoke and make his breathing tight.
Tirta then immediately stopped the ritual again as the morning was approaching and the blue flames began to fade.
Tirta, Bayu, Adnan and Mahardika and his men then climbed to the top of the caldera while waiting for sun rise at the top of Ijen crater.
Blue Fire Mount Ijen
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Blue Fire Ijen Crater
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The Mount Ijen caldera.
