Assalamu'alaikum wa rahmatullah
I am extremely happy that I waited so early in the mosque. I managed to recite surah al-Haqqah several times and pondering about the facts of the universe.
Nothing
so interesting in Friday sermon today. The preacher only talked about
the socio-economical issues such as the role of Federal Territories
Islamic Council in managing endowments, tithe and their achievements in
accumulating piles of treasures. However, I would like brothers and
sisters to know. I do not believe in their management system. I feel
that it is safer for me to manage my property with my own capacity. I
wanted to see my donations, tithe and endowment reaching the right
places! I had seen how the people in the religious authority behave.
This is not an over-generalization because I had came across with them
for so many times. I was educated within the religious circle itself. I
strongly believe in the practices prescribed in the articles of the path
and the articles of faith highlighted in the Hadith al-Qudsi
through the question-answers between Muhammad s.a.w and archangel
Gabriel a.s. But I cannot accept the people in the authority! I turned
to Buddhism-Brahmanism customs last time not because I have problem with
Islamic teachings.
In
fact, I always love the God the Highest, Islamic teachings, prophet
Muhammad s.a.w, his trustworthy companions, all the noble prophets sent
by the God to nations throughout the history as they are the brothers of
our noble prophet Muhammad s.a.w and the Ahl Bayt
as they form parts of my "self" identity. I have problem with people
who call themselves as "Muslims" even until today! I believe in the
Justice of the God the Highest and so many people disrespect His Justice to His creatures and the universe!
Mind and Body Type
I
had made some checking on my body and mind type as according to ancient
Indian system of sciences. Even I chose Islam as my permanent faith in
contrast to those who chose Islam as the faith because their parents are
Muslims but I have a strong respect to ancient Indian knowledge and
philosophy. It represents the traditions of my paternal grandmothers'
heritage since they were from Indian sub-continent. I am grateful to the
God the Highest since He directs me to the Path of Islam but I am proud
to share some crossed heritage with ancient Indians. I even studied
Sanskrit and Pali along with Arabic as our ancestral language though I
speak mostly in English, Malay and Chinese.
Some
questions that I answered could give me some ideas about my self. I am
aware that I have to know about my self before I could eliminate other
obstacles in my path. I made notes too about myself. Even I tried to get
feedback from friends around about my personality because I was afraid
that I hurt their feeling when I deal with them.
Frame
I am thin, lanky and slender with prominent joints and thin muscles.
Weight
I have low weight.
Yeah, this is especially true since I could fly when heavy wind flows
me. I guess I am now perhaps 47 kg (103.6 pounds). I always fast since I
was five years old and I avoid meat including fish and beef. I took
only chicken in small pinches. I prefer to take fresh green vegetables.
Nowadays I have to turn everything as pickles as to save the money for
other services. I may forget to eat or have a tendency to lose weight.
Next week I would have to fast again because I am afraid that the Quran
would leave me behind if I exceed the limit and the food nowadays are
not so clean as compared to last time. We can find halal foods but not
all of those halal foods are "clean". By taking greens in limitation, I
could reduce the risk of the meat which came from animals that had been
brutalized before being slaughtered or caught with diseases because of
antibiotics injection to the chickens. Fishes in the sea are facing
extinctions too because of human greed. If others do not care about
other creatures, then I do not want to be among them!
Eyes
I
have small eyes and active. I wear spectacles and I guess the power of
my spectacles' focus is increasing to 1000 +. I love to read and still
love to read.
Skin
My
skin is rough, dry and thin. I have olive yellowish skin. I am not
white as compared to Northern Arabs or those with the ancestors from
Northern Egypt, Syria, Northern Iraq or Lebanon. My old neighbors were
North Arab descents, their skin is mostly pale and fair like Middle
Eastern Jewish. I think we are yellowish because we have some genetic
crossing with Mongoloids.
Sometimes people would mistaken me to a Nepali or a Central Asian. Most
of Chinese nationals in my university thought that I was from Western
China provinces namely Xinjiang (Turkistan) or from the border of
China-Pakistan-India. I tried to explain to them and even to Malay
compatriots that I am an Arab descent with North-Western Indian
grandmothers but we are not recognized with our identity instead being
lumped into "Malay" nationality and we are not united because we were
too tiny. The same thing which happened to ancient Jewish people in
China who were lumped into "Muslim" identity.
Hair
My hair is dry, brittle and frizzy. I think I do not have much hair.
Joints
My joints are thin, prominent and have a tendency to crack.
Sleep Pattern
I am moderately sound sleeper, usually needing less than eight hours to feel rested.
Body Temperature
My hands and feet are usually cold. I prefer warm environments.
Temperament
I am lively and enthusiastic by nature. I like to change.
Under Stress
I
become withdrawn and reclusive. I guess in most of the time. An example
for this is when I served only for a week in the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) like six months ago before I have to
quit. The problems and troubles came at once jumping on my head.
Firstly,
my sisters think that I am a male and I should be responsible for my
father who is bedridden or moving with my own feet because they think
that only they faced difficulties in their life while I live like a
"king" since I am a male. This is fine, but I cannot do that alone. I am
the only son in my house with five female siblings. I have no close
companions and I hardly make friends with people because I am a loyal
type of person. The burden dealing with them is like I am a stranger man
who live among the women. I cannot talk or discuss anything with them.
They would not listen to me but they only think about their feelings and
care only about their life. One of my younger sister accused me that I
am a spoiled brat where my mother never ask me to do anything while in
fact is that she did not live with me all the time although we are a
family. We have different events in our life and we do not know about
each others life for real. We seldom communicate because of gender
differences and it also lead to the differences of opinions, beliefs and
worldviews. They are very judgmental. I could see that in our society
here, people tend to believe that all brothers (sons) in a sibling would be a commander
and bullying their family based from the news headlines like "a son stabbed a father or kicking a mother for not listening to his material demands" while in fact now I am the one who is bullied
and still is bullied because I consider their feelings, giving a high value for their life and respecting all genders or souls. I am a minority at home. After my father is
bedridden, I am even more vulnerable! Not everyone is the same! Stop over-generalization!
My sisters do not even know that I went for Buddhist temple and seeking refuge from Buddhist community (Samgha)
because of their attitude and I ended up a layman Buddhist boy for five
years before being forced by my mother to go for pilgrimage in Holy
Mecca and I have to decide my faith myself without any support from
Muslim community!
Secondly,
I had no transportation, no support from my own father and my parents
are from unsettled families themselves. They would deny it but I am
aware about that since I observe the psychological phenomenon. I do not
just lay idle but I keep thinking and study. I was not settled yet with
my job settlement in the UNHCR and my mother asked me to take emergency
leaves just because she wanted to see me walking on the stage taking an
empty file for my postgraduate ceremony in Penang. I had to deal with
hundreds of refugees file and asylum seekers and in the same time; I had
to attend trainings and examinations related to war-field. They gave
the time-frame that I should finish everything only in a week! All of
these happened in the same time. So, I quit as not to affect other team
members in my office and I am holding to working ethics.
Right
now, I have to apply again for a secured job and again I have to plan
and plan before executing the plans. It is not easy to secure a job
nowadays and family members could really be mean to us. Although many
people would believe that a family could be supportive to each others,
but they could also be mean! The plan would be in other sections. I am
sharing this with brothers and sisters out there who also face family
conflicts and who are unfortunate. I have no one to speak or to share
about anything so I also believe that you are in the same situation with
me. Better stay away from your family members if you have problems but try to find other sources to protect yourself from destruction.
Just talk with the God the Highest. Nobody gives a shit to our problem
if they are occupied with they are full with their ego! We have to deal everything with our own capacity and seeking help from Him!
Score
So, I scored mostly in Vata or Wind element. I have got eight Vata, one Pitta (Fire) and one Kapha (Earth and Water).
General Characteristics
Mind: Creative, quick and imaginative
Body: Thin and light frame
Skin: Dry
Hair: Dry
Appetite: Delicate, spontaneous, often miss meals
Routine: Spontaneous, variable
Temperament: Welcomes new experiences, friendly, excitable, energetic.
Shopping style: Buy... Buy... Buy...
Conversation style: Loves to talk.
Stress Response: Questioning myself what did I do wrong? Tendency to blame myself.
In the part of loves to talk, I did love to talk but I learned that I have to keep everything filtered when I am talking with different levels of people. So, I appear to be a quit person in the public. I asked some Tabligh brothers to come and tell me about their movements in personal because people are of different level of understanding, reception and so on. Because of these, we have hierarchy and social ranks in a society. Society is a very complex creature! It is not like we are studying the machine. The machine would follow what human programs it but human-being and society is a part of the larger universe! I respect all movements but I have my own reasons to avoid religious movements. If I see that it is destructive for unity then I prefer to be known only as a layman Muslim without any title rather than known to public with movements' tag.
Vata Type
Wind or Vata is a principle of movement and change. People who are naturally dominated by wind element tend to be thin, light and quick in their actions and thought. Change is a constant part of life. When the wind-dominated person is balanced, they are creative, lively and enthusiastic. When imbalanced, they would face insomnia, develop anxiety, dry skin and having irregular digestion.
I have got to check this in detail too. Would return after the 'Asr prayer service. Need to get ready with purification.
Sealed with prayers for mercy, peace and love, amin!
