How we meet and all those begin Sunday, Oct 1 2006

It was Summer 1994 as my Professor at University of Cologne send me to The Research Institute for Operations Management (FIR) in Aachen to learn the basic of communication between two Computers, because at that time was not so easy like now a days.

I should learn all about it as a part of my preparation for the journey in indien, to send all report from the place where new culture wave will born to my professor.

I should meet a really good friends from my Professor there, DR. Labello ! a really friendly, respected an Scientific man, who already pointed one of his technical assistant to teach me about all that stuff.
It was a sunny shine Morning, the weather was wonderful so the people too, every one and every faces shining too!
I just tried to push the unwieldy big glass Door at main entrance of FIR, as one Asian Guy give me a hand to push it together.
So then I ask him directly where I can meet this friends of my professor, but instead to answer me, he ask me with his giggle
“so You are the smart and beauty Miriam from Cologne?” than I kick him bag and giggle ” I’m not smart but greatly pretty!,
and you said it first Smart and then beauty ?” my question make him laughter as a small Boy..and I like that…Our Son laughing like that too now.
So I haven’t give him a time to answer my first question and start my second comment “don’t you know the woman like that man told them they are Beautiful?”
He stop his Laughing sudden and answer me “me Lady, may I answering your questions in short sentence ? “beauty is easy, but smart is not breeze ! it is a hart works”
I know the real Answer why for him more important Smart then The beauty really late, on the ceremony in Our Traditional Javanese Weeding ceremony in Solo, it is the influence of his Javanese education from his Mom and I’ll tell you later about this.

Any way he show and introduce me with his Master DR. Labello, who said directly “oh you know already each other, you both will be a good team”
and he look to Mastri and spree with him “and You just show her the computer communication, that’s all ..so have a nice Days you Both”.

I savour every minute with him, he is real good teacher and really patient, this short 3 days with him change many My point of view and of course we become a real good friends.
Before we said good Bye, I’ll promised him, to lean about The Javanese Culture and Kejawen ..of course to pleased him :-)), and I’ll send him an E-mail from time to time.. I’ll write you the next view days….

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Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, the Pluralism beyond Unity in Diversity Friday, Sep 29 2006

Hi,
belows are the article that I collected about the indonesian state motto from the Indonesian News Paper;

The Sanskrit words in the state motto Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, which has been loosely translated as Unity in Diversity, but let us not forget that it has taken a lot of efforts by people with such diverse backgrounds — from culture, ethnicity and religion to language, tradition and custom — to make Indonesia what it is today. Most of us probably do it subconsciously. Others, because they are more exposed to diversity for one reason or another know that they have had to work extra hard to make unity in diversity work.

….more….

Darmanto Jatman

Sumbangan Jawa paling jelas untuk peradaban pluralis(me) tentu saja adalah yang ditulis
oleh Mpu Tantular: “Bhineka Tunggal Ika, Tan Hana Dharma Mngrwa“,
karena hanya dengan hormat akan perbedaan itulah wacana bisa dikembangkan
untuk tujuan yang mulia. Gus Dur bisa menjadi rahmatan lil alamin.
Alamarhum Rama Mangun bekerja dan berdoa untuk kaum muslim papa. Th Sumartana
mendirikan lembaga “Interfidei”. Dalam padang terbuka untuk mencapai
kemuliaan bersama.

Tempo dulu para raja Jawa membiasakan diri untuk mengunjungi paguron
tempat para wiku tinggal untuk “ngangsu kawruh” sekaligus
meneguhkan kebenaran yang mereka yakini. “Kalau tidak malah tapa
brata sekalian dan menemukan kebenaran mereka sendiri, sabda pandhita
ratu tan kena wola-wali,” ujar Bagong.

Tepat sekali. Itulah yang dilakukan Arjuna guna memperoleh wahyu dewata,
melaksanakan darmanya sebagai ksatria melenyapkan Niwatakawaca yang ngosak-asik
harmoni dunia.

Manusia itu tinitah maneka warna, itu adalah sunatullah.
Bahkan masing-masing orang punya darma, amanah masing-masing yang berbeda-beda.
Ada yang jadi ksatria, ada yang jadi denawa. “Keduanya harus dicatet,
keduanya dapat tempat” kalau kita nyabet baris-baris sajak Chairil
Anwar dalam sajak “Catetan Tahun 1946″. Sekalipun begitu, sudah
garisnya, maktub, Niwatakawaca tergila-gila pada Dewi Supraba, lalu mencoba
merebutnya dari Junggringsalaka, sehingga para dewa terpaksa cari jago:
Arjuna. “Tan Hana Dharma Mangrwa“…..more…..

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