Around Us
Chapter 2: Rasuk
I tried to catch my breath after the incident that just happened. I often argue with myself. It is only an illusion, a manifestation of imagination. No. gabe. It did not happen once or twice, my body also responded if there are those who are invisible. To be honest, I want to tell someone about this.
“Yes, why outside?” Suddenly Mas Bimo, the hostess who was compiling the thesis, greeted me.
“Againnya electricity live again, Mas. Inside stuffy and hot.”
“Yes, nih. Tumben-tumbenan yes dead lights. There was no rain, no rain either. Sunny skies, but power out.”
We just stood there staring at the clear sky. Stars are scattered and the moon is quite bright, although the shape is not yet perfectly rounded. But for some reason, I immediately felt creepy.
“Why, Yes?” tanya Mas Bimo saw my gelagat.
“Nothing, Mas.” I don't know what to answer. I just feel this.
“You're cold?”
“Ngak, Mas.” Hard to pin down. This is not because my body failed to adapt to the temperature (weather).
Suddenly a female voice screamed. Both of us immediately tried to identify where the source of the sound came from. It doesn't seem far from our place. But because it is dark, it is still a bit difficult to find in which house.
“Behind deui ka dieu (do not come back here again)! Indit ka diter nu far away (go there far)!” The woman kept repeating the sentence while shouting. His voice was quite loud and getting louder.
Then another woman was heard opening the fence asking for help. It was about 20 meters away from where Mas Bimo and I were standing. We immediately approached the woman, followed by several people who also went to the boarding house.
“What is this?” Bimo asked directly.
“Punten Aa (call for older brothers. Or it could be to an adult male who is not yet known), inside there is a friend of mine who is possessed. Please Aa!” said the woman in a panicked tone and while crying.
The atmosphere is still dark. Fortunately, when entering the boarding house, there are residents who turn on the flashlight on the cellphone.
It looks like the possessed woman is held by two friends. But he tried to rebel while continuing to rummage. “Kariditu (go there)!” banish him.
One of the residents swiftly splashed water on the face of the possessed woman followed by a prayer. I tried to observe around and was a little pulled away from the situation, because there were already many citizens helping. Do not let the crowd actually make the situation, especially for the woman, uncomfortable.
My eyes touched every corner of the house, but I gasped as I looked up at the tile. I do not know for sure what and how the figure, which is clear there is something that is leaning on the water toren which is shaded lush mango trees.
I reflexively ran inside. He accidentally hit Mas Bimo.
“Why, Yes. I think I'm done writhing something?” Mas Bimo's question made me curious. Why would he know?
“Ngak, Mom. There's nothing. Just want mastiin the condition of the Teteh (call to an older sister, or it could be to an adult woman).
“Oh! I think it's been mengingan.”
Electricity is running again. I saw the woman who had been possessed seem to fall asleep. It seemed like he was calmer and the atmosphere was back to conducive.
Me, Mas Bimo, and the citizens who helped then agreed to return to their respective homes. First night's welcome “impressed” for me.
After the light returned to illuminate, Mas Bimo and I returned to their respective rooms. May soon be able to connect the interrupted sleep, I hope.
Before putting my body back in bed, I searched again where my phone was. Huh! I found it easily, while it was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
I saw the clock on the phone showing at 03:55. Soon the dawn and dawn will break. I also decided not to sleep anymore. Time is so responsible.
While waiting for dawn, I kept thinking about the two events that greeted my first day in Bandung. But my mind focused more on that possessed Tet. His face implied conflicting emotions. Sad, angry, disappointed, upset, and desperate as if raging in his soul.
The time was rolling, until it did not feel it was 06:30. The first day of the OSEK event starts at 07:00. The road to the hall 2 minutes until. There's still enough time for breakfast. I'm planning breakfast in the campus cafeteria.
Wearing neat black white clothes made me feel a little more handsome. Nothing to praise yourself. I need positive affirmations to encourage the first week in people's villages.
While descending the stairs, Dani appeared with the same appearance as me.
“I just want nyamperin you to leave together,” bright smile.
Kubalas hospitality by directly inviting to go to campus. “Ya. Yuk departs!”
We just exchanged names, but we're getting familiar. Same with Mas Bimo. It is true, in order to be equally at home abroad, we must as early as possible create a comfortable atmosphere, either friendship or a sense of family. But about the other residents greeting me, may they not be as aggressive as I had in mind.
“You've had breakfast, Yes?” dani asked as we entered the campus area.
“But.”
“We have breakfast first in the canteen.”
Apparently what's on Dani's mind is exactly the same as mine. We headed to the canteen to fill our stomachs.
In the middle of eating breakfast, Dani asked. “Tadi Shahuh what's up, huh? I think rame. I want out, but can't get up, so sleepy.”
“There's a trance, Dan,” my window is flat.
Dani shook her head a little. “A hostess in a T-junction whose house has a mango tree next to it, right?”
I was surprised by the follow-up question or confirmation Dani made. He said he was in the room. Then, why is the guess right?
“It's been there a lot mah,” Dani replied casually. He seemed to know the house and the residents there. “Si Teteh who possessed her body slim, quite tall, and white, right?”
“Iya,” firmly I was curious. He said he was a freshman, but he could tell a lot of information around the boarding house. I focused my eyes to hear the story.
“That's my brother's college friend, one major and one class. This semester if he can not finish the script, he will be DO (drop out/ expelled),” he explained.
“Oh! Then?” My response was short so Dani could connect to tell a story.
“Kakku also just graduated yesterday. Well, I guess he's depressed. The proposal is just rejected continuously, how would you like to continue to compose the script.”
“It looks like you know a lot huh, Dan.” I want to hear more stories from Dani.
“My brother will first be in the room I live in now. I if again need refreshing, in the days of High School, often nginep in this kost my brother. Especially if it is during the school holiday season, I usually spend it in Bandung.”
I guess Dani's sister, it turns out to be a boy. Yes, because the boarding house we occupy is a son or male-only boarding house. Dani keeps telling stories, though,
“Well, it used to be fitting I nginep here it happened almost the same. Suddenly there was a voice of women who screamed, at that time the incident was finished Maghrib. It turned out to be that little girl. He said that almost every month he did. But he never wanted to when asked to move kost.”
“So that Teteh has lived there for a long time?” many ensure.
“There may be 3 years. Actually, what I've ever seen is not just him.”
I'm more interested in hearing Dani's words. “That is, Dan?”
“Kata My brother rarely anyone feels at home there. There is a trance. The average lasts at most one semester or at most 1 year. That's because they pay yearly. Many do not dare to post there.”
If my premise is correct, this is not about the creature who lives in the house, but there is also a connection with the behavior of the Tetah who seems not allowed to go. I threw a statement in response and provoked confirmation. “But that Tetap can be up to 3 years there.”
“Well, that's what I asked my brother too. But he only answered, do not know also why”, he explained.
“You believe that people can be possessed by astral beings or jinn?” I want to know what Dani thinks first. If there really was a gap to share with him, maybe I would tell him about my experience.
“Em...” Dani frowns. “I believe that there is a supernatural realm inhabited by other beings or jinn, but sometimes I feel the phenomenon of possession can also be just an overflow of emotions from the victim. Is it possible that astral beings can enter and rule the human body, huh? How do you think?” Dani asked me back.
I saw the clock on the phone already showing at 06:53. “Udah wants to start, Dan. Yuk!”
I don't want to answer or share opinions with Dani about the phenomenon of possession or possession, but the time is not right. We need to get to the hall immediately.
Throughout the opening ceremony of OSEK until the end, I kept thinking about Dani's question, Is it possible for astral beings to enter and master the human body? This is a very mysterious question.
Seeing a possessed person like that Tet was not my first thing. However, the incident that befell him made my forehead wrinkle. Plus a description from Dani who said he may be depressed because he has not been able to graduate college.
From the books and articles I read, medically the phenomenon of trance is also called possession trance disorder. Possession trance disorder is a disorder that occurs when a person experiences identity pressure or loses self-identity and loses consciousness in recognizing his or her environment. People who experience the condition cannot control themselves and emotions, because the mind and subconscious are difficult or can not synchronize. That is, this event is actually a category of mental disorders (dissociative), not because there is a genie attached to his body.
Factors that can trigger a person experiencing the possibility of trance disorder are genetic or hereditary, environmental, psychosocial pressures such as due to economic difficulties and the death of the closest person (beloved), trauma experienced in the past, and, inability to manage stress. But this is from a medical point of view, while the view from the supernatural side is somewhat different.
We must often hear the advice of parents, “Do not daydream, later there will be a genie into your body”. Jinns can rule our bodies, because of the weak self-mastery of our own souls. Indeed, this supernatural phenomenon still creates a stronghold between those who believe it or not. To know and distinguish a person experiencing mental disorders such as possession/trance or true soul controlled by the jinn there needs to be an approach or personal introduction of the person.
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The days passed like new students. I began to be busy looking for lectures or books, socializing with friends and the environment, and getting to know SMEs (student activity units) to be followed.
Disturbances in the boarding house began to decrease, but not nothing. I still feel them on the stairs and sometimes in one of the bathrooms. As long as I don't see her, I don't feel so uncomfortable. Maybe they just wanted to introduce themselves.
On the one hand, my mind was still fixed on the Teteh and the boarding house he occupied. Almost every day I observed the house, but there was no visible him in and out. Did he go back to his village? Or when I observed that he was not in place. I don't know!
After Isya, my stomach was hungry. I also decided to buy fried rice that was shallow on the highway, about 100 meters from the boarding house.
While walking through the hostel, suddenly the wind blows very cold at my feet. I was surprised at once too. Then the view leads to the mango tree. Yes, like someone staring with a big black shape. I immediately accelerated my steps. However, I still tried to look at the figure once more to confirm what I saw. Right, it was not the shadow of the branches and leaves that formed an illusion. It was a figure that seemed to inhabit the place.
Bruk!!! Due to lack of focus on looking at the road, I bumped into someone.
“Sorry, sorry. Sorry, I was not accidentally.” I reflexively held the person's hand while continuing to apologize. Surprisingly, when I held her hand it felt hot. It's like it's not hot because of an excess temperature or fever. I felt something else in that guy.
“Yes, it's okay,” he said smiling with a pale face.
He continued on, while I was still curious. Is he sick?
Her. Yeah, true! The Teteh who was possessed at that time.
After a few steps, I saw a figure hitchhiking in the body of the Teteh. Shaking, I called him.
“Teh!”
He also turned his body. “Iya A, what is it?”
I'm confused how to say it. Will he believe what I say? I also goosebumps when I feel that there is a genie in her body. He was not only depressed, but was indeed boarded by another creature. Or because of the pressure experienced which resulted in the genie could enter his body. At least, I should give him a warning first even though he might be confused for a moment.
“Sorry Tea, before Teteh enters the house maybe Teteh can wash his feet and hands first yes. Log in with the right foot, after that take wudhu.” Those words just flowed from my mouth.
He simply nodded, after which continued his steps back. He seems to hold a lot of sadness. I felt his soul in a state of confusion. Some of his thoughts, memory, and self-control were lost, giving space for other beings to reside in his body.