Smoke ꦱ ꦏꦿ ꦭ꧀ Sacred Prayer Transmitter in Canada and Surabaya.

On one occasion I lived in a preservation area ꦱ ꦸ ꦏ ꦸ ꦆ ꦤ ꧀ ꦝ ꦶ ꦪ ꦤ ꧀ Indian Tribe in Canada. I stayed with a ꦱ ꦸ ꦏ ꦸ ꦆ ꦤ ꧀ ꦝ ꦶ ꦪ ꦤ ꧀ Indian family for a week. When it was in winter, the snow whitened the earth and the pine trees. The days in the countdown are getting closer to ꦲ ꦫ ꦶ ꦤ ꦠ ꦭ ꧀ Christmas Day. December.

My goal in living in the cultural conservation area is ꦧ ꦼ ꦭ ꦗ ꦂ ꦧ ꦸ ꦣ ꦪ ꦆ ꦤ ꧀ ꦝ ꦶ ꦪ ꦤ ꧀ to learn Indian culture. Canadians prefer to call them First Nations rather than Indians. One thing I studied was a prayer ritual tradition, called Sweat Lodge or ꦒ ꦸ ꦧ ꦸ ꦏ ꧀ ꦏ ꦼ ꦫ ꦶ ꦔ ꦠ ꧀ Sweat Hut. Yes, this prayer ritual must be filled with sweat or sweat.

It’s called ꦒ ꦸ ꦧ ꦸ ꦏ ꧀ ꦏ ꦼ ꦫ ꦶ ꦔ ꦠ ꧀ Sweat Shack. So anyone who participates in the prayer will sweat a lot in the process. Amazing sweat! It was so hot in the hut. Even though this Sweat Lodge was held in ꦩ ꦸ ꦱ ꦶ ꦩ ꧀ ꦝ ꦶ ꦔ ꦶ ꦤ ꧀ snowy winter.

How can you not be ꦥ ꦤ ꦱ ꧀ hot and sweaty? This ritual activity is held in a lodge or hut which looks like an Eskimo house. Before the pilgrims enter the hut or tent, hot stones are first put in. Then the congregation, numbering about 10, entered the hut. The number of people depends on the size of the hut. You can imagine the heat coming out of the hot stones.

Once all the congregation had entered the tent, then a prayer leader, ꦥ ꦼ ꦤ ꧀ ꦝ ꦺ ꦠ priest, entered with water in a bucket. For those who join in praying, there are requirements. Namely, for ꦮ ꦤ ꦶ ꦠ women only wear a kind of negligee without underwear. Likewise with ꦥ ꦿ ꦶ ꦪ men, they are bare-chested and only wear drawstring trousers. Not panties. But everyone brought towels.

Once all the prayers were in the tent, then the prayer leader ꦏ ꦺ ꦴ ꦩ ꦠ ꧀ ꦏ ꦩ ꦶ ꦠ ꧀ muttered in Indian. Everyone in the tent couldn’t see each other. Pitch black. Only the string of ꦏ ꦠ ꦏ ꦠ spoken words could be heard.

Guided by the priest, each person said a prayer according to ꦄ ꦒ ꦩ their respective religions and beliefs. Others listen. After everyone had said their prayers, then the ꦥ ꦼ ꦤ ꧀ ꦝ ꦺ ꦠ priest sprinkled water on the hot rock placed in the middle of them.

Then hot steam came out of the rocks. The room in the tent became very hot. Scorching hot. Much hotter than a sauna. When hot steam filled the tent, suddenly came ꦧ ꦸ ꦫ ꦸ ꦁ ꦄ ꦼ ꦭ ꦁ an eagle. Out of nowhere. The eagle flew here and there in the darkness. As proof of the presence of the ꦧ ꦸ ꦫ ꦸ ꦁ ꦄ ꦼ ꦭ ꦁ eagle, my back was scratched by its nails. My back bleeds.

After the prayer was finished, the tent door was opened. There are no eagles there. The question is where the eagles come and go.

The priest said, the presence of an eagle is an indication of the presence of an Almighty substance. He added that ꦄ ꦱ ꦥ ꧀ ꦠ ꦼ ꦧ ꦭ ꧀ thick smoke that was invisible to the eye during the prayer process had carried away the prayers offered by the prayers.

ꦄ ꦱ ꦥ ꧀ ꦝ ꦸ ꦥ Incense Smoke

The smoke, which came out of the hot rocks according to the Indian priest, was very thick. Because it was too dark inside the tent, the thick smoke that made it difficult to breathe could not be seen. According to him, smoke is ꦥ ꦼ ꦁ ꦲ ꦤ ꧀ ꦠ ꦂ ꦣ ꦺ ꦴ ꦄ a conductor of prayer.

The same thing also happens in Javanese beliefs. That incense smoke is a conductor of prayer if the prayer is offered fervently and full of hope. Moreover, prayer begins with an intention.

“Intention to burn incense, kukuse dumugi Langit, kang angganda arum minangka tali rasa ingsun manembah dumateng Gusti Kang Akaryo Jagad.”

The general opening sentence as mentioned above, which is usually said by practitioners of ꦏ ꦼ ꦗ ꦮ ꦺ ꦤ ꧀ Kejawen or the belief in God Almighty, at the beginning of lighting the incense or incense before the ritual practice begins .

After that, ꦣ ꦸ ꦥ the burning incense stick is then moved quickly so that ꦄ ꦥ ꦶ the fire burning at the top goes out and remains lit in the tip of the incense stick and let it continue to burn and emit a fragrant ꦲ ꦫ ꦸ ꦩ ꧀ smell.

Why burn incense? By burning incense and usually adding incense in the fireplace, this is actually an action to create a calm and sacred atmosphere. . In that sacredness there is the same frequency that can connect the prayer and the Almighty. In short, prayers were answered.

From this fact, I remembered when one day I was at ꦕ ꦤ ꧀ ꦝ ꦶ ꦠ ꦶ ꦏ ꦸ ꦱ ꧀ Tikus Temple, Trowulan, Mojokerto Regency. While lying under the banyan tree, I suddenly smelled a strong smell of incense. I had time to look for where the smell of incense was coming from. Unclear and not from anywhere. But there was no incense around me.

Then I looked for the temple caretaker and he said that there were people in the distance burning incense. Don’t know who or where? But one day it was revealed that at that time, around the time I smelled the incense at the Tikus Temple, there was indeed a confession from someone who had actually burned incense at the Majapahit era heritage site in Surabaya. So between ꦠ ꦿ ꦺ ꦴ ꦮ ꦸ ꦭ ꦤ ꧀ ꦝ ꦤ ꧀ ꦱ ꦸ ꦫ ꦧ ꦪ Trowulan and Surabaya.

Is the smell of incense at Tikus Temple related to the burning of incense at the Majapahit site in Surabaya?

At least the sacred smoke in prayer processions, both in the beliefs of Indian tribes in Canada and in Java, has similarities. Smoke as a conductor of prayer. (nng)

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