Sekadar berkongsi rasa jiwa...

Friday, October 17, 2014

Patch Adams

Revisiting movie: PATCH ADAMS (1998)

an eye-opener story of how goodness,humanity and love trancends all other value you could reach.
betapa dalam dunia kita, kita takkan terlepas daripada berinteraksi dan berkomunikasi dengan manusia lain. biar sepandai mana atau sehebat mana ilmu dan teori yang kita ada, takkan berguna jika kita tidak bijak dalam hubungan sosial dan pengendalian emosi.

Patch yang mempersoalkan 'soulless' situation dalam bidang perubatan...membawa saya merefleksi dunia yang saya ceburi kini; pendidikan.

pada saya,semua bidang punya jiwa dan harus punya jiwa, walaupun ianya bidang kejuruteraan yang bergelumang dengan mesin dan jentera. kerana hasilnya nanti dinikmati siapa? manusia juga bukan?
jiwa dan pengisiannya amat penting dalam bidang pendidikan. manusia adalah makhluk dua dimensi,punya dua fitrah.
fitrah fizikal dan fitrah abstrak @ spiritual @ psikologikal.
 maka, memenuhi keperluan fizikal manusia semata tak akan membantunya berkembang sebagai manusia seimbang dan lengkap. well-balanced man.

mengasak minda anak² dengan teori, fakta, nombor, tulisan di atas kertas, di dalam kelas tertutup berhawa dingin mungkin hanya akan membantu perkembangan kognitifnya. tapi bukankah pepatah Inggeris mengatakan "all works and no play make Jack a dull boy?"

bagaimanakah "dull boy" boleh menjadi pelajar cemerlang? iya mungkin, markah 100 yang dicapainya saban tahun boleh dibawa ke hadapan bakal majikannya kelak. tetapi adakah dia benar-benar layak dan berpotensi untuk berkhidmat sebagai pekerja dengan markah 100 itu? dan yang paling utama, dapatkah dia bertindak sebagai ahli masyarakat yang baik dengan markah 100 itu?

Ibn Khaldun bercerita tentang virtuous city, dan konsep itu hanya dapat diwujudkan oleh virtuous man. pembinaan virtuous man haruslah bermula dari awal usia,seawal² dalam rahim ibu lagi.guru pertama:ibu bapa

dan tugas institusi pendidikan adalah untuk menyediakan ruang dan peluang yang lebih besar dan komprehensif untuk anak² memperkembang kemampuan dan kemajuan fizikal, mental, emosi dan sosial sesuai fitrah yang telah Allah sistemkan dalam dirinya.
tugas guru: sebagai pendidik ke arah yang betul dan sesuai, sebagai kawan pendengar dan penasihat, rakan sepermainan, penguatkuasa dalam melatih disiplin dan akhlak mulia, mentor dan tutor dalam kemajuan akademik.

mediator @ pengantara yang menentukan maju mundurnya,berjaya tidaknya pendidikan ini? J.I.W.A.

"elleh,elok je budak tu,jadi engineer dah, cikgu dia dulu push hari² belajar³..."

"takde masa la nak cakap pasal perkembangan emosi,sosial ni. silibus banyak nak kene habiskan."

"kalau tak garang, tak marah..budak² ni bukan reti nak diam. berlari sana sini."

"cikgu jangan lembut sangat dengan anak murid.nanti diorang pijak kepala."

kenapa ini masih kedengaran, walaupun dunia semakin maju?

kerana ramai yang menidakkan kuasa jiwa,dan peranan jiwa dalam pendidikan. ya,dia sudah menjadi jurutera, tapi hidupnya bagaimana? sikapnya?

ya, mereka berlari sana sini kerana itu fitrah mereka.

ya, mereka akan pijak kepala jika tidak dididik dengan peraturan dan disiplin yang betul sejak kecil.

jika jiwa mereka sudah dididik dengan asuhan yang betul sejak kecil,insyaAllah tiada masalah serius akan timbul melibatkan sikap,akhlaq, perangai apabila mereka dewasa.

jiwa atau disebut soul, nafs...pengemudi hidup manusia. sebab? letaknya di hati. baik dan elok seketul darah itu, baiklah seluruh tubuh, sabda Nabi.

pentingnya pendidikan, dan pendidikan awal khususnya,dalam MEMBENTUK dan MENDIDIK JIWA.

dan di sini letaknya tugas mulia guru, yang bukan sekadar mengajar tulis dan baca,tetapi mengajar menjadi manusia.

post/script: maaf atas status panjang lebar. maaf jika membaca dan berasa terkeliru atau celaru, kerana ilham berebut² mahu mengisi tempat di kanvas maya ini. saya sekadar mengongsi coretan jiwa. berkongsi ilmu yang tak seberapa. maaf jika tersalah,harap dibetulkan.

post-post/script: insyAllah ada rezeki saya kongsikan berkenaan responsive environment yang insyaAllah boleh diaplikasi oleh ibu bapa dan guru dalam mengisi jiwa anak² dan kita sendiri sebenarnya. doakan disertasi saya.





‪#‎earlychildhoodeducation‬ ‪#‎soulnedu‬ ‪#‎foodforthought‬ ‪#‎iamanovice‬

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Man: Dual in Nature

            Man is unique. It is not the same as Angels, not like demons, none like the animals. Man is different from other beings as God has bestowed him with special feature or characteristic which distinctively distinguish him from Angels, demons, and animals. Man as unique creation of Allah is obviously seen dated back to the creation of Adam a.s and Eve. Adam was created form clay, we all were, indeed. The creation of man from clay; a type of soil which could easily moulded into shapes by contacting it with water resembles the nature of man given by God. Man is like clay, they could change their attitudes or remain the same depending on the situation and events in their life. It is important for man to being able to change, as man is continuously living in a society and changing for the better is really crucial in ensuring the survival and harmony of the society.
            
              Man is dual in nature. It is a physical being, an also spiritual being. In Islamic perspective, many Muslim scholars have contributed ideas and concept in discussing the nature of man. Among them Ibn Sina and al-Ghazali who talk about soul and its divisions, Mulla Sadra who proposed that soul is a single entity with different levels and interpretations, and also Sufi practitioners who put a great emphasis on soul and spirit on man’s development and perfection. Syed Naquib al-Attas came later and further discuss the complexity of the nature of man in a more comprehensive, fathomable manner. It is to be noted, however that al-Ghazali did not make absolute distinction between the four metaphysical nature of man; ruh, aqal, qalb and nafs, as for him, those four are actually referring to the same entity that is soul, but differ in terms based on the state or condition (ahwal) of it. Al-Attas further explained, Thus when it is involved in intellection and apprehension it is called ‘intellect’; when it governs the body it is called ‘soul’; when it is engaged in receiving intuitive illumination it is called ‘heart’; and when it reverts to its own world of abstract entities it is called ‘spirit’. Indeed, it is in reality always engaged in manifesting itself in all its states.”
            
                Allah breathed into Adam ruh, or spirit, which makes him a man. Ruh is something that could not be understood by senses, and little that we know about it, “And they ask you, [O Muhammad], about the soul. Say, “The soul is of the affair of my Lord. And mankind have not been given of knowledge except a little.” (17:85). However, ruh could be known by looking into the actions that originate from it. Ruh is pure, as it comes from God. It is the centre of human being, the very essence of a man, and it is indivisible.
            
             Adam a.s was then being taught by Allah the names of things, and Allah questioned the Angels to name the things. Angels knew the things not as they know only what have been taught to them by Allah. In this event, Allah is showing to the Angels that He has bestowed man with the highest gift of all; the mind or intellect, ‘aql as stated by Ibn Sina. This mind or intellect is the one that distinguishing man from animals and other beings. Mind enables man to think and make choices and decision.
            
               However, though Adam and Eve have the intellectual ability to choose and make wise decision, they had been misguided by the Iblis in another event. Allah has given them all the joy and pleasure of living in the Paradise except for a tree. They are prohibited from being close and eat the fruit of it. Iblis has successfully played his tactics on Eve, who then, asked Adam to eat the fruit together. Their nafs, or soul has been influenced by desire, or shahwat which lead them to do bad things. According to the Islamic scholars like Ibn Sina, al-Ghazali and Syed Naquib al-Attas, there are three main level of nafs or soul that shape and influence human actions. The first is nafs al-ammarah bi al-su’, the nafs or soul that is prone to lust and evil. This type of soul is in the lowest rank, and it paralyzes the use of ‘aql or intellect in making choice and decision. The nature of this type of soul is it directs the man to every wrong direction and action, as Allah says in the Quran, “And I do not acquit myself. Indeed, the soul is a persistent enjoiner of evil, except those upon which my Lord has mercy. Indeed, my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful” (12:53).
            
                The second level of soul is nafs al-lawwamah, which direct man to internalize his own actions and the effect of it. Nafs al-lawwamah is the blameworthy self, which is constantly aware and criticise the shortcomings done by the man. It could be referred back to the creation of man from clay, as the nature of this self is it often change and alter. After nafs al-ammarah bi al-su’ has done mistake, nafs al-lawwamah directs man to feel guilty and remorse. This will lead man to repent to God of the sin he has done. Nafs al-lawwamah has been stated in the Quran (75:2), “And I swear by the reproaching/accusing soul.” In the case of Adam a.s and Eve, after they have been sent down to Earth for following the desire of their nafs ammarah bi al-su’, they have come to their consciousness and awareness of their mistake, and they repent to God.
            
                   The third level of soul is nafs al-mutmainnah, or the self at peace. It is the highest level of soul, as it is in peace, tranquillity and satisfaction. Nafs al mutmainnah is very hard to achieve, and only the one who immerse himself in love to God can attain it. It is the state of hate doing sin and love of good, righteous acts. It is the aim of every man to attain nafs al-mutmainnah, and he reward is enormous. “[To the righteous it will be said] O reassured soul, return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him], and enter among My [righteous] servants, and enter My paradise.” (89:27-30).
            
                   Besides the levels of nafs, according to Ibn Sina nafs has three powers or quwwah. First, the vegetative soul which relates to the growth and development of the living beings. Second, the animal soul which is divided into motive and perceptive. The motive faculty move man to act according to the desire and anger. The perceptive faculty is very important in forming perception and the worldview of a man. It influences the way man think, behave. Perceptive faculty  involves the internal and external senses. The external senses are; hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting and touching, while the internal senses are common sense, imagination, memory and representation. The last is the rational soul, the one which distinguish between man and animals as it refers to the intellect as the highest throne of the soul.

            
                    Qalb, or heart is the other components which made up human psyche from the Islamic perspective. It is not the physical heart that we are discussing, but the heart that involves feeling, emotion, intuition and reasoning. “Surely there is in the body a small piece of flesh; if it is good, the whole body is good, and if it is corrupted, the whole body is corrupted, and that is surely the heart”. Qalb implies a very important function in a man’s action as it is where the real judgment and decision on acts were done. Heart that is clean and pure is able to receive hidayah, guidance, while the heart that is full with sin and disease like arrogance, stingy and others, is hard to receive hidayah.