Light Warriors
Section 11

"Mi, I saw you at the stall of the old woman on the side of the road, "Mom rebuked Rumi when she had just arrived at the boarding room.  "Mom saw you wash the glass there. " 

Rumi listened to her mother speak. His heart is a little bit racing.  Mom's face looks less pleasant.  

"Aren't you working at that stall now, Mi? " continue Mother.  

"Ah, no, Mom. " Rumi was getting nervous.  

"Then? "

"I'm just helping out with Ismunah's mom, Mom."

"Hmm.... Help ya? " Mom frowned.  "How much did you get paid once, Mi? " 

"Uhm, not paid, ma'am. I'm sincerely helping." 

"Huh?" Mom was shocked. "Why do you want to work unpaid?" 

"I just want to do charity, Mom. I'm sorry to see Mother Ismunah." 

"Mi, live today don't be a fool!" Mom snapped. " Don't work unpaid. Don't sweat your sweat. No self-respect for his name." 

"But I was meant to help, Mom."

"Help that if you're not suffering. " Mother's voice is rising. "If you are rich and wealthy. Right now, you are the one who needs to be helped. We all need to be helped. You said you felt sorry for the old lady who owned the stall, but did you not feel sorry for your father?  No pity for Mom? No pity for Sham? We're all stuck now, Mi. We need to help our own families. " 

"I don't mean that, Mom," Rumi tried to defend herself.

"And again, Mi, I want you to focus on your school" Mom added. "You don't have to think about anyone else. You are the hope of this family.Remember, your mother and brother have fought desperately to finance your school." 

Mom left Rumi alone.  He took a shower, changed his clothes, and left. 

"Syam, take care of Rumi and your father as long as Mom is not around, "the message to Sham before leaving the boarding room.   

"Okay, ma'am, " replied Sham.  

Behind the large closet, on her bed, Rumi sat while tightly hugging her own two knees.  Head lowered.  She cried.  He felt empty and sad.  He kept thinking about his mother's words.  

"Here, Mi. Mother's words do not need to be put into the heart."

Sham patted Rumi's shoulder.   He took a seat opposite his twin brother.  

"Maybe I'm exhausted, Mi. So talk like that. Do you know what Mom's job is? " 

Rumi looked at her twin sister's face deeply. Eyes glazed.  Sham looked back at Rumi while smiling.  A smile full of comfort and strength. 

"Mi, I believe the same as the law of cause and effect, "sayam."Karma's law. If you plant a good, even if there is no profit you receive now, you will receive it in the future. At the right time. Trust me, God never sleeps."

Rumi was unable to speak anymore. He hugged his twin brother tightly.  His tears flowed more and more profusely wetting the shoulders of his twin brother.  

"Mi, even if there is no one in the world who supports you, I will continue to support you" Syam said. 

"Te. thank you, Sham," said Rumi stammering.

"Tell me whatever you want to tell me, Mi. No need to be ashamed. I will continue to be the ear that always listens to you. Don't be afraid or insecure if you're being humiliated as long as you don't do anything wrong."

Rumi smiled back.

"I'm sorry Mom Mi. I beg you." 

"Yes, Sham."

"Sip." Sham showed his thumb.

*

That night, Rumi could not sleep. Even though Sham had tried to calm his feelings, he was still thinking about Mother's words. 

Why do you think you say that so? His intention was to help, he thought.  He closed his eyes, hoping he could meet Teja.  Rumi saw.  

"Mi, does every one of you do any good, others have to justify and praise your actions?" Teja asked.  

"No, " replied Rumi. "But I also don't want to be blamed for doing good."

"That is, you have not been sincere in doing good.you must be ready to be blamed in your good deeds and not to be complacent if praised."

"Eitherway. I'm so bored tonight. I feel empty. " 

"In that case, I'll take you for a walk. You want to not?"

"Walk?  Whither? " 

"Into yourself.  You must like it. " 

"Huh? Into me? How-to? "

"Close your eyes." 

"Yes, then?"

Rumi closed her eyes.  He saw a white light. And the longer, the light grew. 

"Get down. And let your body into that light. Concentration. " 

Rumi continued to focus her mind into that white light.  He felt his body being absorbed into the light.  

"Come into that light. That light is a portal to the center of the universe's intelligence."

Rumi continued to allow herself to be absorbed in.  Now, he is no longer human.  It is a point of light.  In front of him, there were millions of cells that resembled stars.  Looks like strands of DNA.  It looks at his brain, heart, lungs, digestive system, and other organs.  

"Wow," Rumi was amazed.  " Where am I? " 

"You are in your own physical body.  In your little Universe.  This is the first layer of your own Semesta, the physical layer. "

"Wow... " 

Rumi looked at how her brain was working on receiving and processing every information that came in, how her lungs were managing the respiratory system, how her heart was beating pumping blood throughout the body, how her digestive system was working, and how she was doing it,  and he watched his blood flow.  

"All these organs of your body keep working all day.  Have you ever thanked them? " 

"Never."

"Have you praised them? "

"Never. " 

"Imagine if every time they work, they always expect your praise.  If they are not praised, they go on strike.  What the hell is going on? " 

"Of course all the systems in my physical body are not going to work properly. As a result, I became sick. And if I'm sick, I can't live my life in the world well." 

"Then, as the organs of His body, live your part in this world without any ambition to expect praise.  Do good, even if no one praises you. And when you waste your own body by not taking good care of your health, not taking care of food, not paying attention to the nutritional intake needed by your body, do these organs of your body ever go on strike? " 

"Never." 

"So keep doing good even if you are scorned and opposed by others." 

All his organs are gone.  The atmosphere turned dark.  There are seven points of light with deep red, orange, yellow, green, light blue, purple, and white. 

"This is the second layer of your Universe, your subtle body and your energetic body.  These seven points of light are chakra points that regulate the energies of your body.  It is not visible to your physical eyes.  But, it can be seen when you are in the form of a light body like this. "

Then the atmosphere turned into a room with a lot of screens that play various kinds of films played by Rumi himself in various lives.  There are millions of movies. 

The wind in the room was moving very hard.  Rumi's light body swayed udder rapidly without direction.  He looked panicked.  He got into one film, into another quickly. It was like a roller coaster ride. "

"Waaa...  " 

"Don't panic. You are in the third layer of your Universe.  Layers of thoughts and feelings.  Concentrate so that you can control your movements in this room.  " 

Rumi concentrated his concentration. He tried to be quiet.  Slowly, the movement of his light body slowed down.  It no longer moves without direction.  It's becoming quieter.

"Your thoughts and feelings move without direction. Various emotions come in turn.  This wild mind is the source of your unhappiness.  So, calm your mind.  Focus on the present, not the past, or the future."

The atmosphere turned again into a clear pond of water, with countless beautiful light lotus flowers.  

"This is the fourth layer of your Universe. Layer of wisdom."

"It's beautiful to see here, " said Rumi. "It's so peaceful."  

"You can only enter this layer if you can already control yourself in the layers of your thoughts and feelings earlier.  That is, wisdom from within can only be obtained when you have arranged and controlled your mind well. "

The atmosphere changed again into a solar system with an infinite number of star clusters.  Rumi saw many suns, many stars, many planets, and many celestial objects.  Rumi felt his body fuse and encompassed this entire solar system.  Rumi was already unable to explain what she looked like in this layer.  

"This is the fifth layer of your Universe. Cosmic layer.  It's a higher layer than the wisdom layer.  In this layer,  you have full awareness that you are encompassing all of these solar systems within yourself and you are an inseparable part of the entire solar system in the universe beyond yourself of infinite vastness. "

"Wow.... " 

Then, all the scenes were melted and absorbed in a darkness that could not be explained in words, but was very silent.  

"This is your true self. Once you've surpassed all the layers of your little Universe.  " 

"I want to stay here, " said Rumi.  

"It's not yet time, Mi. Now, open your eyes. " 

Rumi opened her eyes.  He had already returned to the body of a Rumi, on his bed.  The sound of the snoring of Sham is getting louder.

Rumi was so amazed and could hardly believe the experience she had just experienced. It was like a dream, but it felt real.

"Thank you for taking me for a walk, Teja. This is the greatest journey of my life."

"That trip was nothing, Mi. Later, you will have a great journey. But not now. Go to sleep, Mi."

"Yes, my little angel. Good night."

"Good rest, spoiled child."