The Tetuka Adiwira

Hikayat Negarakrtgama Ihwal Empatubelah

Every now and then I am more convinced that the Almighty is participating in a grand plan for this country when the long-lost police general returns home in one piece.

No one really knows what really happened in the time of his loss. He did not look dazed, did not look in pain, did not look chaotic at all. Instead he looks sane and healthy.

But the most shocking is that when he got home, he immediately drove his car to the Police headquarters. All the members of the Police were stunned at his sudden arrival. The press that has been for days almost always stand by around the place where he lives of course do not want to be silent. They were disappointed because they did not know suddenly the general was in his house. So they immediately chased the general to the headquarters.

A few minutes later the general was in the office with a police officer in front of the headquarters, preventing journalists from hunting for news. Before long he went out and looked at all the cameras that were directed at him. The ribbing of the journalists who had been waiting for this news was immediately inevitable.

“Pak General, how is it, Sir?” journalists began to speak.

“How are you and what really happened, Sir?”

“What did Gatotkaca do to you, Sir?”

All questions are simple. Everything is recorded nationally on all television and back to being the hottest news of the century. The difference, this time the name Gatotkaca has been officially used to replace the mysterious character or the superhero.

The general waved his hand to assuage the press. He began to open his mouth, “I came here just to convey to my friends and colleagues to immediately repent and admit their mistakes. They won't be able to run away from this guy. Nor can they escape their sins. I admit my mistakes knowingly and with full confidence that I can still improve myself. For the sake of the nation, for the sake of the family, and for the sake of my own filthy life. Thanks and enough so.”

The general called out to the violent press crowd like a pack of wolves fighting over venison. With the help of police personnel, the general managed to get into his car and get out of the police headquarters. That was the final recording, the general's last words, and the general's last appearance in a state of breathing. Twenty-four hours later, the general was found hanged in his house.

Chaos runs rampant in society. The media continues to hunt down all the puzzle pieces of information they can gather. The question of why, what, who, where, and how is at the core of the work of journalists. The sentences of the general are arranged in such a way as to obtain complete information.

Alleged for alleged. The police remain close to this case and declare the general was in severe shock and pinned the blame on Gatotkaca – which they still call a mysterious figure – which although the Police dare to slowly acknowledge the existence Gatotkacha. They still consider this figure as a dangerous figure and choose to ignore the general's behavior.

Conspiracy theories are scattered. The actions of the general cannot be done at all. What did Gatotkaca do to the general, so he decided to commit suicide?

“A great general of the Police killed himself, who investigated the case of the police, who decided and concluded the results of the investigation was also the police. Meanwhile, the most disadvantaged from the actions of the general is the police themselves. Try, roughly, what's the conclusion?” hermansyah said one time when we once again gathered.

Me and Erika just put their shoulders together and smiled wryly.

This extraordinary situation makes experts from various sciences, from law, psychology, politics, culture, religion including social as I continue to launch their various analyses. Some cultural figures from outside Java balk at naming using Gatotkaca because it refers more to one particular ethnicity, namely Java. On that occasion I tried to diffuse their views with my thoughts while placing a position in the middle of the road.

I said that Gatotkaca is a legend of the archipelago, one of Indonesian culture that is national, not just belonging to the Javanese. Wayang itself is known by the Sundanese, Balinese, even Sumatra and Kalimantan. The world of puppetry that was originally rooted in Indian Hindu culture has also permeated the breath of the archipelago culture. For example, the name of an area in West Nusa Tenggara, namely Bima, according to history, the name of the area was derived from the name of a Pandawa puppet character, namely the father of Gatotkaca himself.

The use of the name Gatotkaca by the media and the public in my opinion is not because it refers to a certain tribe, but because the physical characteristics and superhuman strength similarity similar to the puppet characters who have also been nationalized this. Moreover, the name Gatotkaca has been used comfortably by the community. This is better than the name of Indonesia Superman that seems tacky and too comic.

My little talk got mixed reactions. Some thought that I was busy discussing names and responding to issues that were not essential and not essential. The main problem is actually about the existence of Gatotkaca and how the actual position of the figure in the political and social arena of society. What he did to the general and who he really was.

Not only that, the religious people feel the need to discuss this further. They fear that society will fall into new religions or views that deviate from religion. For example, suppose that Gathotkaca is a new prophet sent by God, or even God himself. Indeed their concerns can be understood, considering not a few groups of people or persons who then interpret the presence of Gatotkaca with excessive. They consider him a god.

For this, I also feel the need to neutralize the mindset of the religious by arguing that instead as believers, we become increasingly convinced that God exists and is acting. In every religion it is possible that man has extraordinary powers. Either because of the training or the gift of Almighty God. For example, the poor in the Middle East or South Asia who refer to the aesthetic lifestyle of Sufi Muslims. The Fakirs are also known in the Jain, Buddhist and Hindu religions of India who are famous for being able to sleep on nails or not eat for long periods of time.

According to the famous Sufi saint Abdul-Qadir Gilani, a devotee is a person who is given the grace of Allah so as to have power over His will. Even Sultan Bahoo explained further that fakir is a person who gets full authority from Allah. This causes him to be very close to God and physical things in the world such as pain and hunger are not a problem. Although this concept still continues to be controversial among believers, or in the belief itself, at least we know that there are indeed certain people who can reach ‘dektian’ or physical strength because of his faith.

Just like Ram Bahadur Bomjon, a young monk from Nepal known in the western world as The Buddha Boy, where some people think that he is the reincarnation of the Buddha Gautama – although more are in denial because the Buddha himself has reached Nirvana and cannot be reborn. This person is very famous for being able to meditate without eating and drinking for a very long time. He meditated without moving at all from the starting position of his meditation.