Healthy foods are actually cheaper than popular manufactured foods
Posted Jul 6, 2005 PT by the Health Ranger (Mike Adams)
After sharing health information with people, I'll hear some of them say things like Okay, I get it, but it's too expensive!" They're meanwhile sipping a Starbuck's coffee and driving a brand new car, and telling me that it's too expensive to buy a $29 bottle of vitamins, or superfood supplements, or something else that would do them a world of good.
It makes you wonder, where are people's priorities today? People are reluctant to invest money in their own health, and I find that absolutely astounding. Many of these very same people are buying $300,000 homes, and spending several thousand dollars per month on house payments. Perhaps it's just $500 to $1000 per month for apartment payments, but that's still a big chunk of cash.
Then of course, they have their car payment on top of that, adding another two to four hundred dollars per month easily. They've also got their insurance payment, their monthly restaurant bill, and clothing bills. All the entertainment -- albums, concerts, movies, and Starbuck's coffee. They still say, "But I can't afford to be healthy. Mike, you're talking about all these things, but I can't buy any of it! I'm living in poverty. I don't have an extra dollar." I tell them, "You've got enough food to feed yourself pretty well. You’ve got enough money to buy all that food - you can afford good nutrition."
Good nutrition is less expensive than junk nutrition
Like most people, you're probably spending money right now on bad nutrition. I can show people how to spend less money on groceries that are better for them than the highly processed, high-markup brand name foods they're spending a fortune on (and that are giving them chronic disease and obesity). I can show people how to actually save money. With the money saved, they can buy high-density superfood supplements, whole food concentrates, high end herbs and vitamins, or other nutritional supplements. Spending the same money that you're spending today, I can show you how to be a heck of a lot healthier.
Brand-name rip-off foods
The processed foods, the popular brand name foods, are the most expensive of all. These deliver the least nutrition for your dollar. If you buy anything in a pretty box, anything that's been processed, anything that's been advertised on television or something that comes with a coupon, you have been conned. You are getting ripped off. Most foods that have coupons are so overpriced to begin with that the food manufacturer is still making money even after you redeem the coupon. If you really want poor nutrition and want to waste a lot of money on foods that aren't doing anything for you health-wise, then buy all the groceries that are advertised. Buy all the stuff that other Americans and people around the world who don't know anything about health tend to buy.
Observe people and learn
When you go into a grocery store, observe people: watch who buys what, how healthy or diseased they look and what economic status you think they have. You will begin to notice some interesting patterns.
One is that those who seem to be having the most financial trouble are buying the foods with the highest markup. They are unable to make good decisions about what foods offer nutritional value. They buy things like instant macaroni and cheese, dinner mixes, potato chips, and carbonated soft drink beverages. They buy foods that are nutritionally worthless, but cost a lot of money. You can go to any grocery store and observe this yourself.
At the same time, you'll notice that people who tend to be healthy, who seem to be aware of what's going on around them, who look intelligent, whose eyes light up, who have some energy evident in the way they hold their bodies and in the way they interact with others around them -- these people are intelligent shoppers. In their carts, you'll notice they have lots of fruits and vegetables, lots of raw food ingredients, and you'll see that they tend to buy things in bulk. They'll buy bulk ingredients like brown rice, beans, or legumes. They actually pay attention to what they're buying by reading the ingredients labels, for example.
Contrast this to the everyday grocery shoppers: these are the everyday people who don’t really pay attention to nutrition. They don't make good choices. They basically pull things off the shelves that they've seen on television. They choose foods based on what they've been told to buy through promotional advertisements, public relations, and other efforts, including food lobbying.
Lobbying is how the USDA came up with the new "Food Guide Pyramid," by the way. It's pretty much the "Drink More Milk" pyramid. It was heavily influenced by the dairy industry. Look at how much milk it says we should drink now. Apparently, all humans are supposed to eat from cows utters, which is rather interesting, given that there is no nutritional requirement for any human being to eat from any cow.
The everyday shoppers who buy all of this garbage that's been advertised are chronically diseased. You can see it at a remarkably young age. Even when they're teenagers, you can see the disease starting to progress. If these people happen to be in their 30s, 40s, or even their 50s and beyond, you can see the progression of this disease.
I don't want to be judgmental in saying it, but it is sometimes painful to look at these people. Sometimes I just feel so much compassion for them, I want to help them. But in many ways, most of them aren't ready to be helped. It's also a bit frightening, if you think about what's going on in their bodies. All of this degeneration, this lack of flow, and stagnation that's happening in their bodies... the stress on the organs: the pancreas, the liver, the spleen, the kidneys, the heart. You look in their shopping cart and think, "Oh my God! How can these people buy this stuff?"
Our health reflects your grocery cart
A person's external health is a perfect reflection of what their body is experiencing. It's the same vibration, the same energy, coming from their face, their eyes, their skin, their posture. It’s all reflected right there in that grocery cart, with the foods and beverages they've chosen. Of course, it's all brand-name stuff, lots of processed meat, and frozen pizzas. Carbonated soft drink beverages are almost always in the cart. Usually, there's some form of ice cream, cookies, or crackers with hydrogenated oils. There's typically lots of cheese, and there's always a gallon of milk in there, it seems.
Sometimes there's some fruit punch, or some of those other garbage fruit drinks. There's always lots of sugar, white flour, and instant foods like macaroni and cheese and the microwaveable TV dinners. There are usually lots of fried foods as well.
I look at this and find it quite disturbing. Sometimes I try to shop off-hours, so I don't see what other people are buying. I just want to ask these people, "Do you know what you're doing here?" Sometimes when they're with children, then I go a little bit crazy, just in my own head. I think, "These poor kids." I bet they've been diagnosed with ADHD and the kid's suffering from obesity here. Sometimes it’s just a 7 or 8-year-old girl who’s overweight. The kids are climbing all over the parents, and you can tell they've got behavioral challenges. You look in their carts, and sure enough, all the foods have MSG and artificial food coloring. All of these chemical additives are in these foods.
Sometimes, I look in people's carts and I can't find one thing in there that's natural. There's not one thing in there that's from nature, nothing that's healthy. There’s not even a bottle of water in there. There’s not one fruit, vegetable, nut or seed.
Your grocery receipt tells your health future
I wish I had some way to show these people a flashcard and they would instantly just get it. They would get the idea that all of that disease they're experiencing is directly a result of these foods in their grocery cart. It is cause and effect. "A" causes "B." If you buy and eat those groceries, you're going to have these diseases. I'm talking about all the big ones: heart disease, diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, depression, bowel disorders, and Alzheimer's disease. All the common diseases begin with the foods, right there in the shopping cart.
However, if you take a family like this and sit down to have a conversation with them, talking to them about the importance of nutritional supplements to get high-density nutrition, they will tell you, "We can't afford it." What do you mean you can't afford it? You just spent $150 on garbage food! You can't afford to feed your kids decent nutrition, and give them one multivitamin a day, one healthy oil capsule a day? They'll say "Nope, can't afford it. We just spent all our money on groceries.
You can't even GIVE them good nutrition
You know what's even crazier? If you were to actually give that family the nutritional supplements they need, just flat out give it to them, they wouldn't even take them. Why? Most likely because it doesn't taste like a cookie. It's not part of their pattern. The only way to get a family like that to actually eat something that's nutritious is to force it into the foods that they're buying anyway.
You'd have to sell macaroni and cheese with spirulina powder. Of course, then it would be green and they wouldn't want that. You'd have to have margarine with cod liver oil. Then again, it would be expensive. They wouldn't buy that; they would buy the cheaper margarine, the one that's more heavily advertised, because it's cheaper to manufacture and cheaper for the consumer. That's what they're going to buy.
It really becomes difficult to try to get good nutrition into the bodies of people who refuse to understand what nutrition can do for them. They refuse to accept information even from those who are trying to help them. They refuse to make any changes in their life whatsoever that require effort, that require breaking their existing pattern of disease, malnutrition, and mass consumption of sugary foods, pizzas, processed meats, and other similar disease-promoting items.
Teach the nation about nutrition
Here's the big challenge in this country and around the world in all industrialized nations. The big challenge is: How do you teach a population to make healthy food choices? How do you really accomplish that?
Our society is paying an enormous price, probably in the tens of billions of dollars each year, just from the fact that people aren't healthy. Actually, it's got to be over $100 billion by the time you add up the loss of life, the medical costs, the loss of quality of life (not just the longevity but quality of life), the loss of work productivity, the loss of good minds -- because nervous systems degenerate when people start consuming these foods. So even though you may have someone who lives to be 65, they might live the last 30 years of their life in a state of perpetual confusion because they've been consuming all of these foods that deplete the nutrients that protect the nervous system. The cost is tremendous. It's probably the biggest cost facing society right now. It far exceeds the cost of energy in our society. It adds up to more than what we spend on oil.
Government bureaucrats teach nothing
So how do you teach this population how to make healthy food choices? This is what the USDA has been pretending to do for many decades. They first pretended to do that with the old version of the "Food Guide Pyramid," which was basically an advertisement for the grain industry. It said, "Everybody eat more grains!" And people did, and now we're all diseased.
End the food politics corruption
Let's talk about what limits there should be. I say there should be limits on how much influence the food industry has over this pyramid, because it has the fingerprints of big food corporations all over it. That's why the message is "Eat more of everything". The USDA does not have the courage to say "eat less" of anything. They won't even tell you, "Eat less sugar." Can you believe that?
What kind of food guide pyramid is that? It's the kind of pyramid that you get when there's a lot of payola going on, when there's a lot of under-the-table money being handed out. When there's a lot of corruption, you get a food guide pyramid like we have today. It's basically saying, "Eat more of everything, eat less of nothing."
Given that we're already overweight and obese, and given that our population already cannot make good decisions about how to buy nutritious foods, how is that message supposed to improve things? "Eat more of everything, eat less of nothing, drink more milk, and eat more meat." How is this supposed to make people healthier?
I'm going to make a wild prediction here. Five years down the road, as this silly pyramid continues to be propagated around the country and taught to schoolchildren, people are going to get even more diseased. How's that for a prediction? Sad but true. This is not going to solve the nutrition problem in this country. You'll also notice that the Food Guide Pyramid doesn't really tell people to consume healthy nuts, healthy oils, and fish oils. It mentions it in the fine print somewhere, but it's not a prominent part of the message, although it should be. The main message is all about milk I say we teach people how to really make healthy food choices. Let's have an honest food guide that we can get into their hands, which can really show them the foods that cause disease and the foods that promote health.
Better yet, let's have this created by somebody who has no ties whatsoever to the food industry. That would be somebody like me, although it doesn't have to be me. Believe me, I don't want this to be about me. I want this to be about the nutrition. Somebody needs to do this, and I just didn't see anybody doing it.
People need to be able to make good choices. They need to actually have a list of things that they should eat less of, since the USDA doesn't have the honesty or the ethics to say, "Eat less" of anything. But I'm willing to say it:
You should consume less red meat, less milk and dairy products, less refined sugar, less refined and milled wheat, and less salt. You should eat no monosodium glutamate, no chemical taste enhancers, no excitotoxins, no artificial chemical sweeteners, no artificial colors, nothing that's been processed, refined, or packaged. You should eat nothing containing sodium nitrite, and nothing that's been smoked, such as smoked meats. You should eat nothing that's heavily advertised, or sold with seductive marketing practices, and so on. For the complete list, check out http://www.honestfoodguide.org, and see for yourself.
What we need: an Honest Food Guide
What we really need to do is get all the big food company people, all the USDA corruption people, and all the consumers who really don't want to make good decisions about food, and we should let them have their own little country. They can go off and do whatever they want. In the meantime, here in the US, or in any industrialized nation, we should have an honest food guide, don't you think? An honest food guide.
In fact, I've come up with one called, "The Honest Food Guide", found on HonestFoodGuide.org. We should have our own system, where we actually teach people how to be healthy. Then we should have our own society, where our children aren't labeled ADHD, where they don't get doped up on heavy narcotics just to attend school, where people live long lives and don't have huge medical bills, and where we don't have corruption and collusion between the USDA and the food companies that just want to sell overpriced, low nutritional density foods to a population in order to make money.
In such a nation, we can actually do some of the important stuff for humanity. We can focus on reforming education, teaching our children how to be creative leaders in the world, teaching them how to be real contributors to what's important for humanity. We can help them explore the arts and philosophy, help them be healthier and more spiritual if that's a path they choose. Perhaps they can contribute to science, mathematics, or real medicine, instead of this garbage that passes today as "scientific medicine."
In such a society, we can do some amazing things. But it can only start from a foundation of outstanding nutrition. We have to have healthy nervous systems in our population if we're going to do these great things as a civilization. Today, we're not even close to that. Today, we're still poisoning our population through these dangerous foods. We’ve got these metabolic disruptors all in the food supply. I've written about this at great length in the book "Grocery Warning", which is found at www.truthpublishing.com. I've covered all of these dangerous ingredients in detail.
We've crippled our entire population
It's a shame, because as human beings we're capable of so much, yet we actually achieve so little, as a nation, and as a world. Our people don't even come close to achieving their full potential. They say we only use 10 percent of our brains. That's on a good day, you know? You get people who are buying these brand name foods, and probably 99 percent of their neurons are in stasis, because they're not really connecting any more. They're all getting diagnosed with dementia and Alzheimer's. You've got kids that can't even learn. That should be the most natural thing in the world; kids should learn automatically. If they can't learn, there's something wrong with the food.
Eat more natural, healthy foods
Now, what should we eat more of? Well, we should eat more of the things that promote health. How's that for an incredibly unique idea?! Again, I'm not trying to take credit for this, as I'm not the first one to think of this by any means. There are many other people (on whom I've based my work) who deserve credit for this.
What should we eat more of? The things that promote health, such as raw vegetables and raw fruits. Blanched or cooked vegetables are fine too. I'm just talking about things from nature -- the root vegetables, nuts, seeds, healthy oils, sea vegetables. If you're going to eat meat, it should be organic, free range meat, and only in strictly limited quantities. Free range eggs are good. They’re much better than eggs from the standard imprisoned chickens that we get in the common grocery stores.
We should eat more blueberries and all of these incredibly potent berries. We should eat more foods of all the different colors -- purple eggplants, orange carrots, yellow onions, red tomatoes, green peppers. We should just eat the colors of the rainbow in their natural form, because these colors are potent disease-fighting phytonutrients.
We should eat sunshine, actually. We should consume it into our skin. We should consume more water. We should get more fruits. We should get avocados, high fiber products, and whole grains. These are the things we should consume if we wish to be healthy.
And to really get your nutrition and be the healthiest you can be, you should eat superfoods. High density, high nutrition supplements based on whole foods or whole food powders. These are products based on spirulina, chlorella, blueberry powder, spinach powder, or kale powder. Broccoli sprouts are fantastic, and they provide high-density nutrition. These are the kinds of things that people should consume if they wish to be healthy.
Then again a lot of people will say, "I can't afford it." Yeah, I guess not -- never mind. It is a lot cheaper just to eat all that garbage, and spend half a million dollars on medical bills in your last 14 days of life because you need heart bypass surgery, chemotherapy, some kind of organ transplant, and lots of intensive medical care before you pass away. Yeah, you're right. That's a cheaper way to do it. No need to spend an extra dollar on real food from nature instead of a discounted 2-liter bottle of soda.
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Benefits of Cinnamon and Cloves
Benefits of Cinnamon and Cloves
Help against diabetes and heart disease may be as close as your kitchen cabinets.
Two new studies suggest that cinnamon and cloves boost insulin function while lowering cholesterol. The reports were presented Tuesday at the Experimental Biology meeting, in San Francisco.
One study reinforced previous research indicating that as little as a quarter teaspoon of cinnamon extract, taken two times a day, can stimulate insulin-like activity while lowering triglycerides, cholesterol and glucose levels by 10 percent to 30 percent.
And this new research found that the same amount of cinnamon may also alleviate inflammatory conditions such as arthritis.
The second study revealed that a few grams of cloves per day delivers a similar therapeutic effect.
May help diabetics
Either spice might help both pre-diabetic and diabetic patients alike, researchers contended.
If you can improve insulin function the cholesterol goes down, triglycerides go down, glucose goes down, and all this goes towards the alleviation of type 2 diabetes, said Richard A. Anderson, a research chemist with the nutrient requirements and functions laboratory at the US Department of Agriculture in Beltsville.
In the lab, Anderson and his team studied the effect of consuming one to six grams of cinnamon extract a day. One gram is the equivalent of about a half a teaspoon.
They found that cinnamon increases levels of three important proteins crucial to promoting normal insulin-signalling processes, a healthy inflammatory response, and efficient glucose transportation throughout the body.
Human trials are now underway to further understand cinnamon's effect.
The clove study involved 36 men and women diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Three groups of patients consumed either one, two or three grams of cloves for 30 days in capsule form, while a fourth consumed none of the spice.
Benefits linked to cloves
At the end of the study, regardless of the amount of cloves consumed, all those who ingested cloves showed a drop in glucose, triglycerides and LDL (bad) cholesterol levels. Blood levels of HDL (good) cholesterol were not affected among the clove eaters. Those who did not ingest cloves experienced no changes.
The people who would benefit the most are those who have impairments in their blood sugar, said Anderson. These are the millions of people with metabolic syndrome who are pre-diabetic, people with type 2 diabetes, and even the severely diabetic and the severely overweight - although they may not benefit as much because the impairments in their insulin are much, much worse.
Caution with cinnamon and cloves
Anderson cautioned, however, that consumers should not simply start dousing their food with cloves and cinnamon. He noted, for example, that cinnamon in powder form is rendered ineffective by contact with saliva, and its lack of solubility in water can result in an unwanted build up of the spice in the body.
But I certainly think there are things people can do, he added. We recommend you add cinnamon to your coffee before you grind it, as this eliminates, in essence, the toxic components of cinnamon. Or you can use cinnamon sticks to make tea in hot water, which does the same thing. Or you can buy the cinnamon capsules in the store with the water-soluble extract in the equivalent of 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoons twice a day.
Cathy Nonas, director of the obesity and diabetes program at North General Hospital in New York City, expressed reserved enthusiasm for the food studies.
She stressed that more large-scale studies need to be conducted to identify the best way to use the spices, as well as any long-term side effects.
The findings are terrific, she noted, but they dont take away from important food and lifestyle issues - from the need to do all the difficult things like make correct food choices and exercise. So this alone is not the solution, and its important for people to understand that. Unfortunately, we cant now just all go out and have cinnamon Danishes and cinnamon ice cream.
Downsides to herbal remedies
Also released at the meeting was a study that explored the potential downsides to two popular herbal remedies: St. Johns wort and Echinacea.
A research team led by Christopher Gorski, from the division of clinical pharmacology at Indiana Universitys School of Medicine in Indianapolis, found that both preparations appear to affect the way many non-herbal drugs are metabolised by altering the normal activity levels of a specific metabolic-controlling enzyme found in the liver and intestine.
Interferes with metabolising
He and his colleagues noted that when drugs are metabolised too quickly or too slowly they can lose their benefit entirely, or even become toxic.
Up to one-quarter of all prescription and over-the-counter medications are vulnerable to this type of herbal interference, the researchers said. These include oral contraceptives, high blood pressure drugs, and anti-rejection therapies taken by organ transplant patients.
While the impact of St. Johns wort on metabolism has been noted in prior studies, Gorskis work with patients taking either a pre-surgery relaxant drug or oral contraception showed that one enzyme in particular is the conduit for the metabolic problem - cytochrome P450 3A4.
When either patient group took St. Johns wort, this enzyme became abnormally active, and the relevant drug was metabolised much more rapidly than normal.
Echinacea - which had not previously been identified as having a metabolic impact - was similarly found to change the metabolic behaviour of a number of enzymes involved in the absorption of common medications.
Interaction could be unhealthy
Gorski said that, pending further study, patients should be leery of taking herbal supplements when they are also taking prescription or non-prescription drugs.
The interaction potential or effect of combinations of different herbal supplements is unknown, he cautioned. (And) the assumption that herbal supplements are safer and more efficacious than prescription medicines is not supported.
Herbal supplements taken for the prevention or treatment of an illness are by definition drugs, he added. In comparison to pharmaceuticals which contain a single active ingredient, herbal supplements contain many active compounds. These active compounds - ingredients - have not been fully identified or characterised in regard to adverse effects, drug interactions or efficacy.
Help against diabetes and heart disease may be as close as your kitchen cabinets.
Two new studies suggest that cinnamon and cloves boost insulin function while lowering cholesterol. The reports were presented Tuesday at the Experimental Biology meeting, in San Francisco.
One study reinforced previous research indicating that as little as a quarter teaspoon of cinnamon extract, taken two times a day, can stimulate insulin-like activity while lowering triglycerides, cholesterol and glucose levels by 10 percent to 30 percent.
And this new research found that the same amount of cinnamon may also alleviate inflammatory conditions such as arthritis.
The second study revealed that a few grams of cloves per day delivers a similar therapeutic effect.
May help diabetics
Either spice might help both pre-diabetic and diabetic patients alike, researchers contended.
If you can improve insulin function the cholesterol goes down, triglycerides go down, glucose goes down, and all this goes towards the alleviation of type 2 diabetes, said Richard A. Anderson, a research chemist with the nutrient requirements and functions laboratory at the US Department of Agriculture in Beltsville.
In the lab, Anderson and his team studied the effect of consuming one to six grams of cinnamon extract a day. One gram is the equivalent of about a half a teaspoon.
They found that cinnamon increases levels of three important proteins crucial to promoting normal insulin-signalling processes, a healthy inflammatory response, and efficient glucose transportation throughout the body.
Human trials are now underway to further understand cinnamon's effect.
The clove study involved 36 men and women diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Three groups of patients consumed either one, two or three grams of cloves for 30 days in capsule form, while a fourth consumed none of the spice.
Benefits linked to cloves
At the end of the study, regardless of the amount of cloves consumed, all those who ingested cloves showed a drop in glucose, triglycerides and LDL (bad) cholesterol levels. Blood levels of HDL (good) cholesterol were not affected among the clove eaters. Those who did not ingest cloves experienced no changes.
The people who would benefit the most are those who have impairments in their blood sugar, said Anderson. These are the millions of people with metabolic syndrome who are pre-diabetic, people with type 2 diabetes, and even the severely diabetic and the severely overweight - although they may not benefit as much because the impairments in their insulin are much, much worse.
Caution with cinnamon and cloves
Anderson cautioned, however, that consumers should not simply start dousing their food with cloves and cinnamon. He noted, for example, that cinnamon in powder form is rendered ineffective by contact with saliva, and its lack of solubility in water can result in an unwanted build up of the spice in the body.
But I certainly think there are things people can do, he added. We recommend you add cinnamon to your coffee before you grind it, as this eliminates, in essence, the toxic components of cinnamon. Or you can use cinnamon sticks to make tea in hot water, which does the same thing. Or you can buy the cinnamon capsules in the store with the water-soluble extract in the equivalent of 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoons twice a day.
Cathy Nonas, director of the obesity and diabetes program at North General Hospital in New York City, expressed reserved enthusiasm for the food studies.
She stressed that more large-scale studies need to be conducted to identify the best way to use the spices, as well as any long-term side effects.
The findings are terrific, she noted, but they dont take away from important food and lifestyle issues - from the need to do all the difficult things like make correct food choices and exercise. So this alone is not the solution, and its important for people to understand that. Unfortunately, we cant now just all go out and have cinnamon Danishes and cinnamon ice cream.
Downsides to herbal remedies
Also released at the meeting was a study that explored the potential downsides to two popular herbal remedies: St. Johns wort and Echinacea.
A research team led by Christopher Gorski, from the division of clinical pharmacology at Indiana Universitys School of Medicine in Indianapolis, found that both preparations appear to affect the way many non-herbal drugs are metabolised by altering the normal activity levels of a specific metabolic-controlling enzyme found in the liver and intestine.
Interferes with metabolising
He and his colleagues noted that when drugs are metabolised too quickly or too slowly they can lose their benefit entirely, or even become toxic.
Up to one-quarter of all prescription and over-the-counter medications are vulnerable to this type of herbal interference, the researchers said. These include oral contraceptives, high blood pressure drugs, and anti-rejection therapies taken by organ transplant patients.
While the impact of St. Johns wort on metabolism has been noted in prior studies, Gorskis work with patients taking either a pre-surgery relaxant drug or oral contraception showed that one enzyme in particular is the conduit for the metabolic problem - cytochrome P450 3A4.
When either patient group took St. Johns wort, this enzyme became abnormally active, and the relevant drug was metabolised much more rapidly than normal.
Echinacea - which had not previously been identified as having a metabolic impact - was similarly found to change the metabolic behaviour of a number of enzymes involved in the absorption of common medications.
Interaction could be unhealthy
Gorski said that, pending further study, patients should be leery of taking herbal supplements when they are also taking prescription or non-prescription drugs.
The interaction potential or effect of combinations of different herbal supplements is unknown, he cautioned. (And) the assumption that herbal supplements are safer and more efficacious than prescription medicines is not supported.
Herbal supplements taken for the prevention or treatment of an illness are by definition drugs, he added. In comparison to pharmaceuticals which contain a single active ingredient, herbal supplements contain many active compounds. These active compounds - ingredients - have not been fully identified or characterised in regard to adverse effects, drug interactions or efficacy.
Coconut oil for your skin
Coconut oil for your skin
Most commercial creams and lotions are predominantly water. Their moisture is quickly absorbed into dry, wrinkled skin. As the water enters the skin, it expands the tissues, like filling a balloon with water, so that wrinkles fade away and the skin feels smoother. But this is only temporary. As soon as the water evaporates or is carried away by the blood stream, the dry, wrinkled skin returns. No matter how hard you try people will never be able to permanently cure dry, wrinkled skin with any commercial body lotion or body care products. Besides the water, most lotions have an oil of some type. This oil is almost always a highly refined vegetable oil devoid of all natural protective antioxidants. One product in our food supply and in body care products that leads to a great deal of free radicals is oxidized vegetable oils.
Our skin is made up of connective tissues. These tissues give our skin strength and elasticity. When we are young and healthy the skin is smooth, elastic and supple. This is the effect of strong connective fibers. As we age their fibers are continually subjected to free-radical attack which breaks them down. As a result, connective tissues become hardened and lose both elasticity and strength. The skin loses its ability to hold itself together and begins to sag and become wrinkled. Once young, soft and smooth the skin turns dry and leathery.
Once a free-radical reaction is started it can cause a chain reaction which produces more free radicals, which ultimately damages thousands of molecules. The only way our body has to fight them is with antioxidants. When a free radical comes into contact with an antioxidant, the chain reaction is stopped. For this reason, it is good to have plenty of antioxidants in our cells and tissues to protect us. The number of antioxidants we have in our tissues is determined to a large extent by the nutrients in our diet. Having anti-oxidants in skin care products is important, too. Dr. Ray Peat, a biochemist who has written about the antioxidant properties of coconut oil, states - It is well established that dietary coconut oil reduces our need for vitamin E, but I think its antioxidant role is more general than that, and that it has both direct and indirect antioxidant activities. Virgin Coconut Oil is especially useful in fighting free-radicals, as it is unrefined and hasnt been stripped of any of its natural components through the refining process.
Conventional body care products that are made with refined vegetable oils which have all the antioxidants stripped from them are highly prone to free-radical generation both in and outside the body. That is why eating processed vegetable oils can cause a deficiency in vitamin E and other antioxidants. The antioxidants are used up fighting off free radicals causing permanent damage to connective tissues. This is also the reason why you should be careful about the type of oils you use on your skin, and in your lotions, creams and lip balms. If you use a lotion, or cream with a refined oil in it you are in fact causing your skin to age faster. The lotion, though it may bring temporary improvement will actually accelerate the aging of the skin and even promote skin cancer through the free radicals that are readily formed from the refined vegetable oil..
One of the classic signs of old age is the appearance of brown, freckle-like spots or liver spots. It is a sign of free-radical deterioration of the lipids (fats) in our skin, thus the name lipofuscin. Oxidation of polyunsaturated fats and protein by free radical activity in the skin is recognized as the major cause of liver spots. Liver spots dont ordinarily hurt or show any signs of discomfort. If we couldnt see them we wouldnt even know they were there. But they do affect our health and our appearance. Because cells cannot dispose of the lipofuscin pigment, it gradually accumulates within many cells of the body as we age. Once lipofuscin pigment develops, it tends to stick around for life, but you can prevent further osication and perhaps even reduce the spots you already have by using the right kind of oils in your diet and on your skin.
The ideal lotion is one that is made from an oil that not only softens the skin, but protects it against damage, promotes healing and gives it a more youthful, healthy appearance. Coconut oil fits that description. Pure virgin coconut oil is the best natural ingredient for skin lotion available. It prevents destructive free-radical formation and provides protection against them. It can help to keep the skin from developing liver spots, and other blemishes caused by aging and over exposure to sunlight. It helps to keep connective tissues strong and supple so that the skin doesnt sag and wrinkle. In some cases it might even restore damaged or diseased skin. The oil is absorbed into the skin and into the cell structure of the connective tissues, limiting the damage excessive sun exposure can cause.
Coconut oil will not only bring temporary relief to the skin, but it will aid in healing and repairing. It will have lasting benefits, unlike most lotions. It can help bring back a youthful appearance. The coconut oil will aid in removing the outer layer of dead skin cells, making the skin smoother. The skin will become more evenly textured with a healthy shine skin. While doing this the coconut oil will penetrate into the deeper layers of the skin and strengthen the underlying tissues.
Coconut oil on your hair and scalp
What coconut oil can do for your skin it can do for your hair?. It is wonderful to use as a hair conditioner. Beauticians who are familiar with coconut swear by it. It softens the hair and conditions the scalp. Using the coconut oil as a pre-wash conditioner can rid a person of dandruff better than a medicated shampoo.
The protective environment of the skin and how coconut oil helps
Antiseptic fatty acids in coconut oil help to prevent fungal and bacterial infections in the skin when it is consumed and to some extent, when it is applied directly to the skin. The only way to gain entry into the body other than through the natural openings, such as the nose and mouth, is by penetrating the skin. When the skins defenses break down, infections can result. Acne, ringworm, herpes, boils, athletes foot, and warts are just some of the infectious conditions that can affect the skin and body.
The biggest chemical barrier to infectious organisms is the acid layer on the skin. Healthy skin has a pH of about 5, making it slightly acidic. Our sweat (containing uric and lactic acids) and body oils promote this acidic environment. For this reason, sweat and oil do us good. Harmless bacteria can tolerate the acid and live on the skin, but troublesome bacteria cant thrive and their numbers are few.
The oil our bodies produce is called sebum. Sebum is secreted by oil glands (sebaceous glands) located at the root of every hair as well as other places. This oil is very important to skin health. It softens and lubricates the skin and hair and prevents the skin from drying and cracking. Sebum also contains medium chain fatty acids, in the form of medium chain triglycerides, that can be released to fight harmful germs.
Our skin is home to many tiny organisms, most of which are harmless; some are beneficial. At least one variety of bacterium is essential to the healthy environment on our skin. It feeds on the sebum, breaking down the tryglycerides into free fatty acids. The bacteria actually feed on the glycerol part of the triglyceride. This leaves fatty acids which are now freed from the glycerol unit that held them together. Medium chain fatty acids which are bound to the glycerol unit as they are in coconut oil have no antimicrobial properties. However, when they are broken apart into free fatty acids, they become powerful antimicrobials.
So these bacteria convert the medium chain triglycerides (in the sebum or on the skin) into free fatty acids that can kill disease-causing bacteria, viruses, and fungi. The combination of the slightly acid pH and medium chain fatty acids provides a protective chemical layer on the skin that prevents infection from disease-causing organisms. Due primarily to the action of bacteria, the oil on the surface of your skin and hair is composed of between 40 and 60 percent free fatty acids. The medium chain fatty acids in the sebum provide the protective layer on the skin that kills harmful germs. Coconut oil is natures richest source of medium chain fatty acids.
When coconut oil is put on the skin it doesnt have any immediate antimicrobial action. However, when bacteria which are always present on the skin turn these triglycerides into free fatty acids, just as it does with sebum, the result is an increase in the number of antimicrobial fatty acids on the skin and protection from infection. The free fatty acids also help to contribute to the acid environment on the skin which repels disease causing germs.
When bathing or showering, soap washes the protective layer of oil and acid off our skin. Often afterwards the skin becomes tight and dry. Adding moisturizers helps the skin feel better, but it does not replace the acid or the protective medium chain fatty acid layers that was removed. Your skin is vulnerable to infection at this time. You would think that your body would be clean and germ-free after a bath. But germs are everywhere, floating in the air, on our clothes and everything we touch. Many germs survive washing by hiding in cracks and folds of the skin. Before long your skin is again teaming with microorganisms, both good and bad. Until sweat and oils return to reestablish the bodys chemical barrier your skin is vulnerable to infection. If you have a cut or cracked skin, this can allow streptococcus, staphylococcus and other harmful germs entry into the body. By using a coconut oil cream, lotion or just pure coconut oil you can quickly help reestablish the skins natural antimicrobial and acid barrier. Many people use coconut oil on their skin after every bath.
Coconut oil will absorb easily, keep the skin soft, and yet without feeling greasy. It is not like other oils used to soften rough, dry skin. It will help to reduce chronic skin inflammation within days and be soothing and healing to wounds, blood blisters, rashes, etc. It is an excellent ingredient to use in healing salves and ointments. People have used a coconut oil/crushed garlic mixture at night to eliminate plantar warts and athletes foot with excellent results.
In the making of soaps, the soap does not have a tallow smell nor the smell of a vegetable oil. Instead, it has a nice fresh smell and yields a nice fluffy lather. Coconut oil is one of the most popular oils used in soap making.
Most commercial creams and lotions are predominantly water. Their moisture is quickly absorbed into dry, wrinkled skin. As the water enters the skin, it expands the tissues, like filling a balloon with water, so that wrinkles fade away and the skin feels smoother. But this is only temporary. As soon as the water evaporates or is carried away by the blood stream, the dry, wrinkled skin returns. No matter how hard you try people will never be able to permanently cure dry, wrinkled skin with any commercial body lotion or body care products. Besides the water, most lotions have an oil of some type. This oil is almost always a highly refined vegetable oil devoid of all natural protective antioxidants. One product in our food supply and in body care products that leads to a great deal of free radicals is oxidized vegetable oils.
Our skin is made up of connective tissues. These tissues give our skin strength and elasticity. When we are young and healthy the skin is smooth, elastic and supple. This is the effect of strong connective fibers. As we age their fibers are continually subjected to free-radical attack which breaks them down. As a result, connective tissues become hardened and lose both elasticity and strength. The skin loses its ability to hold itself together and begins to sag and become wrinkled. Once young, soft and smooth the skin turns dry and leathery.
Once a free-radical reaction is started it can cause a chain reaction which produces more free radicals, which ultimately damages thousands of molecules. The only way our body has to fight them is with antioxidants. When a free radical comes into contact with an antioxidant, the chain reaction is stopped. For this reason, it is good to have plenty of antioxidants in our cells and tissues to protect us. The number of antioxidants we have in our tissues is determined to a large extent by the nutrients in our diet. Having anti-oxidants in skin care products is important, too. Dr. Ray Peat, a biochemist who has written about the antioxidant properties of coconut oil, states - It is well established that dietary coconut oil reduces our need for vitamin E, but I think its antioxidant role is more general than that, and that it has both direct and indirect antioxidant activities. Virgin Coconut Oil is especially useful in fighting free-radicals, as it is unrefined and hasnt been stripped of any of its natural components through the refining process.
Conventional body care products that are made with refined vegetable oils which have all the antioxidants stripped from them are highly prone to free-radical generation both in and outside the body. That is why eating processed vegetable oils can cause a deficiency in vitamin E and other antioxidants. The antioxidants are used up fighting off free radicals causing permanent damage to connective tissues. This is also the reason why you should be careful about the type of oils you use on your skin, and in your lotions, creams and lip balms. If you use a lotion, or cream with a refined oil in it you are in fact causing your skin to age faster. The lotion, though it may bring temporary improvement will actually accelerate the aging of the skin and even promote skin cancer through the free radicals that are readily formed from the refined vegetable oil..
One of the classic signs of old age is the appearance of brown, freckle-like spots or liver spots. It is a sign of free-radical deterioration of the lipids (fats) in our skin, thus the name lipofuscin. Oxidation of polyunsaturated fats and protein by free radical activity in the skin is recognized as the major cause of liver spots. Liver spots dont ordinarily hurt or show any signs of discomfort. If we couldnt see them we wouldnt even know they were there. But they do affect our health and our appearance. Because cells cannot dispose of the lipofuscin pigment, it gradually accumulates within many cells of the body as we age. Once lipofuscin pigment develops, it tends to stick around for life, but you can prevent further osication and perhaps even reduce the spots you already have by using the right kind of oils in your diet and on your skin.
The ideal lotion is one that is made from an oil that not only softens the skin, but protects it against damage, promotes healing and gives it a more youthful, healthy appearance. Coconut oil fits that description. Pure virgin coconut oil is the best natural ingredient for skin lotion available. It prevents destructive free-radical formation and provides protection against them. It can help to keep the skin from developing liver spots, and other blemishes caused by aging and over exposure to sunlight. It helps to keep connective tissues strong and supple so that the skin doesnt sag and wrinkle. In some cases it might even restore damaged or diseased skin. The oil is absorbed into the skin and into the cell structure of the connective tissues, limiting the damage excessive sun exposure can cause.
Coconut oil will not only bring temporary relief to the skin, but it will aid in healing and repairing. It will have lasting benefits, unlike most lotions. It can help bring back a youthful appearance. The coconut oil will aid in removing the outer layer of dead skin cells, making the skin smoother. The skin will become more evenly textured with a healthy shine skin. While doing this the coconut oil will penetrate into the deeper layers of the skin and strengthen the underlying tissues.
Coconut oil on your hair and scalp
What coconut oil can do for your skin it can do for your hair?. It is wonderful to use as a hair conditioner. Beauticians who are familiar with coconut swear by it. It softens the hair and conditions the scalp. Using the coconut oil as a pre-wash conditioner can rid a person of dandruff better than a medicated shampoo.
The protective environment of the skin and how coconut oil helps
Antiseptic fatty acids in coconut oil help to prevent fungal and bacterial infections in the skin when it is consumed and to some extent, when it is applied directly to the skin. The only way to gain entry into the body other than through the natural openings, such as the nose and mouth, is by penetrating the skin. When the skins defenses break down, infections can result. Acne, ringworm, herpes, boils, athletes foot, and warts are just some of the infectious conditions that can affect the skin and body.
The biggest chemical barrier to infectious organisms is the acid layer on the skin. Healthy skin has a pH of about 5, making it slightly acidic. Our sweat (containing uric and lactic acids) and body oils promote this acidic environment. For this reason, sweat and oil do us good. Harmless bacteria can tolerate the acid and live on the skin, but troublesome bacteria cant thrive and their numbers are few.
The oil our bodies produce is called sebum. Sebum is secreted by oil glands (sebaceous glands) located at the root of every hair as well as other places. This oil is very important to skin health. It softens and lubricates the skin and hair and prevents the skin from drying and cracking. Sebum also contains medium chain fatty acids, in the form of medium chain triglycerides, that can be released to fight harmful germs.
Our skin is home to many tiny organisms, most of which are harmless; some are beneficial. At least one variety of bacterium is essential to the healthy environment on our skin. It feeds on the sebum, breaking down the tryglycerides into free fatty acids. The bacteria actually feed on the glycerol part of the triglyceride. This leaves fatty acids which are now freed from the glycerol unit that held them together. Medium chain fatty acids which are bound to the glycerol unit as they are in coconut oil have no antimicrobial properties. However, when they are broken apart into free fatty acids, they become powerful antimicrobials.
So these bacteria convert the medium chain triglycerides (in the sebum or on the skin) into free fatty acids that can kill disease-causing bacteria, viruses, and fungi. The combination of the slightly acid pH and medium chain fatty acids provides a protective chemical layer on the skin that prevents infection from disease-causing organisms. Due primarily to the action of bacteria, the oil on the surface of your skin and hair is composed of between 40 and 60 percent free fatty acids. The medium chain fatty acids in the sebum provide the protective layer on the skin that kills harmful germs. Coconut oil is natures richest source of medium chain fatty acids.
When coconut oil is put on the skin it doesnt have any immediate antimicrobial action. However, when bacteria which are always present on the skin turn these triglycerides into free fatty acids, just as it does with sebum, the result is an increase in the number of antimicrobial fatty acids on the skin and protection from infection. The free fatty acids also help to contribute to the acid environment on the skin which repels disease causing germs.
When bathing or showering, soap washes the protective layer of oil and acid off our skin. Often afterwards the skin becomes tight and dry. Adding moisturizers helps the skin feel better, but it does not replace the acid or the protective medium chain fatty acid layers that was removed. Your skin is vulnerable to infection at this time. You would think that your body would be clean and germ-free after a bath. But germs are everywhere, floating in the air, on our clothes and everything we touch. Many germs survive washing by hiding in cracks and folds of the skin. Before long your skin is again teaming with microorganisms, both good and bad. Until sweat and oils return to reestablish the bodys chemical barrier your skin is vulnerable to infection. If you have a cut or cracked skin, this can allow streptococcus, staphylococcus and other harmful germs entry into the body. By using a coconut oil cream, lotion or just pure coconut oil you can quickly help reestablish the skins natural antimicrobial and acid barrier. Many people use coconut oil on their skin after every bath.
Coconut oil will absorb easily, keep the skin soft, and yet without feeling greasy. It is not like other oils used to soften rough, dry skin. It will help to reduce chronic skin inflammation within days and be soothing and healing to wounds, blood blisters, rashes, etc. It is an excellent ingredient to use in healing salves and ointments. People have used a coconut oil/crushed garlic mixture at night to eliminate plantar warts and athletes foot with excellent results.
In the making of soaps, the soap does not have a tallow smell nor the smell of a vegetable oil. Instead, it has a nice fresh smell and yields a nice fluffy lather. Coconut oil is one of the most popular oils used in soap making.
What is massage therapy?
What is massage therapy?
Massage therapy, also known as Swedish massage, is the most common form of massage therapy in the United States. Massage therapists use long, smooth strokes, kneading and other movements focused on superficial layers of muscle using massage oil or lotion.
How does massage therapy work?
Massage therapy improves circulation by bringing oxygen and other nutrients to body tissues. It relieves muscle tension and pain, increases flexibility and mobility, and helps clear lactic acid and other waste, which reduces pain and stiffness in muscles and joints.
Why do people get massage therapy?
Back pain
Inflammatory conditions such as arthritis and tendinitis
Stress relief and stress-related conditions
Headaches and migraines
Muscle and related conditions such as spasms, strains and sprains
Repetitive strain injury, such as carpal tunnel syndrome
Circulatory and respiratory problems
Post-injury and post surgical rehabilitation Massage therapy relieves stress.
It helps the body's stress response by lowering levels of stress hormones such as cortisol.Massage therapy also appears to enhance the immune system.
What a typical massage therapy session is like
A typical massage therapy session is between 40 and 90 minutes. Your massage will begin with a brief consultation and review of symptoms, medical history, and lifestyle. You will be asked to undress (many people keep their underwear on) while the massage therapist is out of the room, and lie face down under a sheet on a padded massage table. The massage therapist will knock on the door to make sure you are ready. The massage therapist re-enters the room and will then adjust the face rest and pillows to ensure that you are comfortable and properly positioned. Tell the massage therapist if you are too warm or cold.The massage therapist uses a light oil or lotion on the skin and begins the massage. A full body massage usually begins on the back and then moves down to the legs. You will then be asked to turn over so you are face up. The massage continues on your arms, legs, neck, and abdomen. You are underneath the sheet at all times, and in North America, only the part of the body being treated at any one time is uncovered. After the massage, the massage therapist leaves the room so you can get changed.Take your time getting up. If you sit or stand too quickly you may feel lightheaded or dizzy.
Will massage therapy hurt?
Massage therapy shouldn't hurt. Occasionally there is mild aching when the massage therapist applies pressure over "knots" and other areas of muscle tension. If the pressure is too strong for you, let the massage therapist know.
How will I feel after?
Most people feel calm and relaxed after a treatment. Occasionally, people experience mild temporary aching for a day.
Precautions
Massage therapy is not recommended for certain people:
Massage therapy, also known as Swedish massage, is the most common form of massage therapy in the United States. Massage therapists use long, smooth strokes, kneading and other movements focused on superficial layers of muscle using massage oil or lotion.
How does massage therapy work?
Massage therapy improves circulation by bringing oxygen and other nutrients to body tissues. It relieves muscle tension and pain, increases flexibility and mobility, and helps clear lactic acid and other waste, which reduces pain and stiffness in muscles and joints.
Why do people get massage therapy?
Back pain
Inflammatory conditions such as arthritis and tendinitis
Stress relief and stress-related conditions
Headaches and migraines
Muscle and related conditions such as spasms, strains and sprains
Repetitive strain injury, such as carpal tunnel syndrome
Circulatory and respiratory problems
Post-injury and post surgical rehabilitation Massage therapy relieves stress.
It helps the body's stress response by lowering levels of stress hormones such as cortisol.Massage therapy also appears to enhance the immune system.
What a typical massage therapy session is like
A typical massage therapy session is between 40 and 90 minutes. Your massage will begin with a brief consultation and review of symptoms, medical history, and lifestyle. You will be asked to undress (many people keep their underwear on) while the massage therapist is out of the room, and lie face down under a sheet on a padded massage table. The massage therapist will knock on the door to make sure you are ready. The massage therapist re-enters the room and will then adjust the face rest and pillows to ensure that you are comfortable and properly positioned. Tell the massage therapist if you are too warm or cold.The massage therapist uses a light oil or lotion on the skin and begins the massage. A full body massage usually begins on the back and then moves down to the legs. You will then be asked to turn over so you are face up. The massage continues on your arms, legs, neck, and abdomen. You are underneath the sheet at all times, and in North America, only the part of the body being treated at any one time is uncovered. After the massage, the massage therapist leaves the room so you can get changed.Take your time getting up. If you sit or stand too quickly you may feel lightheaded or dizzy.
Will massage therapy hurt?
Massage therapy shouldn't hurt. Occasionally there is mild aching when the massage therapist applies pressure over "knots" and other areas of muscle tension. If the pressure is too strong for you, let the massage therapist know.
How will I feel after?
Most people feel calm and relaxed after a treatment. Occasionally, people experience mild temporary aching for a day.
Precautions
Massage therapy is not recommended for certain people:
- infectious skin disease, rash, or open wounds
- immediately after surgery
- immediately after chemotherapy or radiation, unless recommended by your doctor
- prone to blood clots. There is a risk of blood clots being dislodged. If you have heart disease, check with your doctor before having a massage.
- pregnant women should check with their doctor first if they are considering getting a massage. Massage in pregnant women should be done by massage therapists who are certified in pregnancy massage.
- massage should not be done directly over bruises, inflamed skin, unhealed wounds, tumors, abdominal hernia, or areas of recent fractures.
Additional tips
don’t eat a heavy meal before the massage
if it's your first time at the clinic or spa, arrive at least 10 minutes early to complete the necessary forms.
Otherwise, arrive 5 minutes early so you can have a few minutes to rest and relax before starting the massage.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
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masa coference kat the ZON harituh...antaranya....
draw the basic layout using illustrator then export into swif t3D to motion with camera and animate using target camera. the hard part is to render all images, need a 2mb RAM at least to outcome only a few second animation....audio were conduct using sound forge....after export to avi and again edit using edius canopus....it's fun
Mee Bandung Muar
Mee Bandung Asli Muar
Bahan-Bahan:
1 kg mee kuning 10 tangkai cili kering (buang biji dan rebus, toskan)
1 kg mee kuning 10 tangkai cili kering (buang biji dan rebus, toskan)
1 labu bawang putih (diketuk)
5 biji bawang merah
½ cawan udang kering, direbus dengan Secawan air (alternatively boleh guna sotong rendam, rebus juga, ini style Mee Bandung Tanjung Agas, Muar)
½ cawan udang hidup
1 cawan daging rebus (dipotong nipis)
Sawi (sukatan ikut suka, potong anggaran 1 inci)
Kobis (sukatan ikut suka, hiris kasar)
¾ - 1 cawan gula pasir
¾ - 1 cawan gula pasir
3 - 4 cawan air rebusan daging
1 sudu makan sos tiram Telur ayam (mengikut jumlah hidangan)
Garam secukup rasa
Minyak untuk menumis
Lain lain perencah e.g. daging ayam, fishballs, sotong, bunga kobis, hati rebus boleh dimasukkan mengikut individual preference. Daun sadri & daun bawang, jika suka (dihiris)
Cara:
Blend cili kering, udang kering & air rebusannya, gula, bawang putih & bawang merah. Pijarkan minyak dalam kuali Tumiskan bahan bahan yang dikisar. Jangan sampai garing Masukkan sos tiram Masukkan udang, daging rebus Masukkan batang sawi dan air rebusan daging dan garam. Biar sehingga pekat
Cara:
Blend cili kering, udang kering & air rebusannya, gula, bawang putih & bawang merah. Pijarkan minyak dalam kuali Tumiskan bahan bahan yang dikisar. Jangan sampai garing Masukkan sos tiram Masukkan udang, daging rebus Masukkan batang sawi dan air rebusan daging dan garam. Biar sehingga pekat
Cadangan Hidangan:
Untuk menghidang (Mee bandung ni tak sedap masak in bulk, so kenalah "bancuh" sepinggan-sepinggan.) Ambil sedikit kuah (dan rencahnya untuk satu orang makan) Panaskan dan masukkan sebiji telur, sehingga separuh keras. Masukkan sayur dan bila agak lembut, masukkan mee kuning untuk satu orang makan Masukkan kedalam mangkuk leper, telur diatas, taburkan daun sup & daun bawang, jika suka. Hidangkan.
Tambahan:
Mee bandung asli tidak mengandungi apa apa yang rasa masam, so, janganlah masukkan tomato puri/tomato sos/cili sos/asam jawa. Ini akan merosakkan keaslian rasanya. Ramai orang yang pandai-pandai modify mee bandung Muar ni by adding sour ingredients. Itu yang spoil tu.
Muar
Muar(Johor)
Muar is one of the cities situated at around 179 kilometre from Johor Bahru. It's a town and port on the south-western coast of West Malaysia. Muar also known as Bandar Maharani for most of the local people staying there. It's popular for its delicious and inexpensive foods served by food stalls and restaurants. A picturesque town located strategically on the Muar River.Muar is also known for its agricultural products. The main natural products that are commercially produced are palm oil, gambier, mangosteen, rambutan and durian. Palm oil have become the main agriculture product as the Johor government promotes plantation of Palm Oil trees through out the state of Johor. There's also a furniture industry, which export to the international markets such as Europe and America.
Some say the name "Muara" it comes from muara, a word from the Malay Sunda language, meaning ‘a very wide river pouring into the sea’. Still others believe that it comes from the Hindu words munu, meaning ‘three’, and ar, meaning ‘river’. The ancient peoples of India had come to Muar looking for gold, but instead found the confluence of the rivers Muar, Serting and Pahang, similar to the ones they had at home. They named this place Muar to remind them of their beloved homeland.Muar was established, years before Melaka came into being. Muar played a role in resisting the Portuguese occupation of Malacca in 1511. In response to attacks from the Portuguese fleet, the Bentayan fort was built by the Sultan of Malacca to repel seaborne invasions. When the Portuguese conquered Melaka in 1511, its Sultan and his entourage had escaped to Muar.
Tourists can enjoy a drive or stroll along tree-lined Jalan Tanjung, which follows the river mouth on the south side. Along this road, you will see mosques, old colonial houses, government buildings and a beautiful park.For most of the travellers visiting Muar, it's amust to stroll along the tree lined Jalan Tanjung, where Jalan Tanjung is actually along the river mouth located on the south side. Besides along the river side, Muar is actually a town situated strategically on the Muar River where originally, many believe that the Muar River actually contributed to the growth of Muar due to the fact, where Muar River is a natural means of transportation in the early days.
Map of Muar
Most leisure hours are lulled away by the meandering banks of the Muar River, the town’s lifeline, by either fishing, canoeing or savouring seafood as the sun blazes in the sky and burnishes the placid waters in the afterglow. In fact, Muar is actually very popular for its local delicacies where any of the travellers visiting Muar can enjoy delicious and inexpensive foods served by food stalls or restaurants located at various areas of Muar. One of the most preferred and famous local delicacy in Muar is known as “Otak – Otak” This is a mix blends of fish or prawn in various spices, wrapped normally in coconut leaf.
A few good food stores and restaurants:
1) Pak Yayah Asam Pedas,Parit Jawa
2) Oyster Omelette, Jln Haji Abu
3) Satay Muar, Jln Haji Abu
4) Straits View Rest, Parit Jawa
5) Mee Bandung Abu Bakar (Wah San Restaurant)
6) Seng Kee Otak-Otak (Jalan Haji Abu)
7) Fish Ball Noodles (Jalan Haji Abu).
A few places to visit:
Grisek Hot Spring - The natural wonder of hot springs can be found in the district of Muar, about 10km from Parit Jawa town. Like many other hot spring spots in Malaysia, the Grisek hotsprings is more popular with local visitors who believe in the benefits of the hot mineral waters to soothe musle aches, and provide some relief to certain skin ailments. The hot spring area has chalet, bathing and parking facilities, a children's playground and some shops.
Tanjung Emas Park - If you're Muar and looking for a quiet place to lay out the blanket and enjoy reading a book in the warm morning sunshine, Tanjung Emas recreational park overlooking Muar River is the place to go. This recreational park has a food court offering local delicacies if you get a little hungry- try the ikan asam pedas (fish cooked with tamarind sauce and chilli paste) for which this town is famous. There's plenty of rest shades if the sun gets too hot and also a children's playground to keep the little ones amused. Nearby, there is a government rest house offering accommodation in a garden environment for visitors looking to stay in Muar overnightGunung Ledang - Standing at 1,267m, Gunung Ledang is Johor's highest mountain and it can be accessed both from Johor (Sagil) and Melaka (Asahan). The journey to the top will take approximately five hours through the dense jungle.Among the locals, Gunung Ledang (formerly Mt Ophir) is more well known for its mysterious reputation rather than as a natural attraction. At the mention of this mountain, stories of the legendary Puteri Gunung Ledang, entwined with tales of supernatural encounters easily come to mind.
The first Masjid Jamek Muar completed construction in 1887. In the 1920s, a committee was formed to consider building a new Masjid Jamek for Muar. Following a bid to raise funds from the public, the committee in charge of building the new mosque successfully raised RM10,000 for the purpose. The committee then put forward the people's aspiration to the Sultan and obtained the royal consent. n 1925, works to construct Masjid Jamek Sultan Ibrahim began. Five years later, in 1930, the mosque was completed and was officially opened by Johor's Menteri Besar, Dato Mustafa bin Jaafar. Masjid Jamek Sultan Ibrahim is located along Jalan Petri, close to mouth of Muar River.
The majestic Masjid Jamek 2 - the second mosque (built in 1999), a replica of the Masjid Jamek Sultan Ibrahim is a breathtaking sight. It was built on the opposite bank of Muar River in Tanjung Agas. The two mosques formed a spectacular landmark, especially for those who enter Muar from the river mouth.Masjid Jamek 2 was completed in 1999 and can accommodate 5,000 Muslim congregations
GETTING TO MUAR
If you're driving from Kuala Lumpur on the North South Expressway (NSE), take the Tangkak exit (Interchange 235) and drive on past Sg. Mati and Parit Bunga (on highway 23 and 5). Muar town is about 27km from the Tangkak exit.
Maklumat mengenai keistimewaan di Muar akan dibukukan untuk jadi panduan kepada pengunjung MUAR: Eko-pelancongan, makanan istimewa, tempat bersejarah dan pemuliharaan alam sekitar adalah antara keistimewaan Muar, yang bukan saja mampu menarik pelancong tempatan, malah pengunjung dari luar negara. Keistimewaan yang ada ini tidak bermakna usaha promosi harus terhenti setakat itu sebaliknya ia harus diteruskan, termasuk menyedia dan memperbaiki kemudahan dari semasa semasa.
Sehubungan itu, Jawatankuasa Pelancongan dan Alam Sekitar Majlis Perbandaran Muar (MPM) mengambil inisiatif mengadakan Program Menjejaki Produk Pelancongan dan Sejarah Daerah Muar bagi mengenal pasti produk pelancongan yang berpotensi untuk dikomersialkan secara giat kepada pelancong tempatan dan luar. Melalui program itu, MPM yang diketuai Yang Dipertuanya, Ab Wahab Ridwan, meninjau beberapa produk pelancongan sedia ada, termasuk Kolam Air Panas Sungai Gersik, Homestay Sarang Buaya, Sungai Muar yang bersejarah, tarikan makanan asam pedas dan mi bandung serta sate Muar. Selain itu, Pantai Leka di Parit Jawa turut memiliki keistimewaan tersendiri apabila menjadi lokasi hijrah burung botak atau nama saintifiknya Leptotilos Javanicus, sejenis spesies burung yang semakin pupus di dunia.
Ab Wahab ketika ditemui, berkata segala maklumat yang dikumpul itu akan dibukukan dan diterbitkan sebagai Direktori Pelancongan dan Sejarah Daerah Muar sebagai promosi dan memudahkan orang ramai mendapatkan maklumat mengenai produk pelancongan di daerah berkenaan. Katanya, Muar mempunyai keistimewaan tersendiri daripada pelbagai aspek, termasuk sejarah dan kedudukan bandar itu sendiri yang terkenal di kalangan pedagang pada zaman dulu, termasuk sejarah Kesultanan Melaka. "Muar bukan saja terkenal kerana keenakan makanan seperti mi bandung Muar, asam pedas dan sate, malah sejarah dan keindahan alam semula jadi Sungai Muar memberikan tarikan pelancongan yang tidak kurang istimewa berbanding tempat lain. "Contohnya, tarikan eko-pelancongan melalui program menyusuri Sungai Muar untuk meninjau sendiri keistimewaan bandar yang terletak di muara sungai dan lokasi memerhati burung botak di Parit Jawa memberikan pengalaman baru kepada pelancong," katanya.
Katanya, kewujudan beberapa lokasi tarikan yang selama ini hanya diketahui oleh masyarakat tempatan di sepanjang Sungai Muar, perlu diberi promosi yang meluas bagi menarik lebih ramai pelancong ke daerah ini. "Kita sudah mempunyai tempat makan yang sering menjadi kunjungan orang tempatan di sepanjang sungai Muar, oleh itu, kenapa tidak kita membuat promosi supaya tempat itu turut mampu menarik orang dari luar Muar bahkan dari seluruh negara," katanya. Ab Wahab berkata, keunikan yang ada pada Sungai Muar dengan beberapa tempat menarik yang dikaitkan dengan sejarah negara serta lagenda masyarakat tempatan dan kawasan sekitarnya turut boleh dieksploitasikan. "Kita boleh bawa pelancong menaiki bot persiaran dari jeti Tanjung Emas dan menyusuri Sungai Muar sehingga ke Bukit Kepong untuk mereka menikmati pemandangan dan menyelami nilai sejarah di sepanjang sungai ini. "Ini adalah antara kelebihan yang sedia kita miliki. Kini, kita harus fikir bagaimana untuk membuat perancangan dan pelaksanaan yang akhirnya meletakkan Muar sebagai destinasi utama pelancong," katanya.
FAKTA: Bandar Muar
Bandar Muar dibuka pada 1884.
Ia juga dikenali sebagai Bandar Maharani.
Nama Muar berasal dari perkataan Muara berikutan kedudukan bandar itu di kuala sungai.
Sungai Muar mempunyai banyak catatan peristiwa bersejarah, termasuk pada zaman Kesultanan Melaka dan kesan serangan komunis di Bukit Kepong. Antara produk pelancongan Muar
Kolam Air panas Sungai Gersik.
Homestay Sarang Buaya.
Lokasi burung hijrah yang hampir pupus iaitu burung botak atau nama saintifiknya Leptotilos Javanicus di Pantai Leka, Parit Jawa.
Pelbagai masakan termasuk Mi Bandung Muar, asam pedas, sate Muar, kopi.
Tokong lama di Parit Unas.
Hutan Bakau.
Pengkalan Parit Tiram yang menjadi lokasi baka tiram yang dikatakan bermutu tinggi di dunia.
Sungai Muar yang bersejarah dan menjadi laluan utama pedagang zaman dulu.
Pelbagai bangunan lama, termasuk Masjid Jamek Sultan Abu Bakar, Bangunan Sultan Abu Bakar, Kubu Bentayan, Bangunan Kastam Diraja.
sumber : Berita Harian Edisi Johor Rabu 28 mei 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Nasi Ambeng
Nasi ambeng is a traditional dish perform in a special occasion or meeting. It is a special menu eaten usually by four in a big plate/dulang proper layered by banana leaf. The main course are most likely chicken, salted fish, serunding, rice, vegetables etc.
The Nasi ambeng have to be divided to four parts and pack properly also with banana leaf after last ocassion. Nasi Ambang also call 'Berkat' or 'bontrot' when it brought back home.
Nasi Ambeng is a Javanese cuisine which is wrapped and served in a tray. It is divided into 4 serves. Formally, it is given after feasts like Yasinan and others.
Bontrot/berkat is a typical dish served in feasts after wedding ceremonies, Yasinan (reciting Yasin) and others. The term of bontrot/ berkat was derived from the Javanese language.
It is a very nice dish and symbolised the strong community and friendship among javanese people.
Resepi Nasi Ambeng
Bahan bahannya
Daun Pisang
Nasi Putih
Ayam goreng
Daging Rendang
Ikan selar goreng
Sambal goreng
Paru goreng
Sambal Tumis
Sambal Belacan
Serunding
Begedel
Timun yang dipotong bulat
CARA CARA HIDANGANNYA
Hendaklah letak daun pisang itu diatas dulang. Selepas itu bubuhkan nasi putih diatas daunpisang itu di ikuti ayam goreng dan daging rendang. Lapiskan sehelai lagi daun pisang itu menjadi lapisan yang kedua diikuti lauk sambal goreng dan ikan selar goreng. Pada lapisan ketiga dan terakhir semua lauk seperti paru goreng, begedel dan serunding hendaklah diletakkan kelapisan yang ketiga sebelum ditutup lagi dengan daun pisang. Dan jangan lupa pada sambal tumis, sambal belacan dan potongan timun itu hendaklah diletakkan disudut dulang untuk menghiasinya. Selepas itu barulah boleh dihidangkan pada para para tetamu.
Orang Jawa di Malaysia (Javanese People)
Who are the Orang Jawa?
The Orang Jawa ('people of Java', also known as 'Javanese') migrated from Central Java, Indonesia, to Malaysia from 1880 to 1930. They migrated to seek a new life away from the Dutch colonists who ruled Indonesia at that time. Today the Orang Jawa live throughout Peninsular Malaysia in parts of Perak, Selangor, and Kedah. There are also isolated communities in coastal areas of Sabah. Some Jawa have even gained influential positions in society. The Chief Minister of Selangor traces his roots back to Orang Jawa ancestors. The Jawa language is being spoken less and less among today's younger Orang Jawa. Most of them have either never learned it or cannot remember how to speak it.
What are their lives like?
Recent generations of Orang Jawa who live in cities have assimilated with the general Malay culture. In the past their parents were farmers, construction workers and timber workers. Now they also work as bankers, pilots, engineers, accountants, and politicians. They are known to be efficient and industrious. Some Orang Jawa in Selangor work as Islamic religious teachers. In some villages, the Orang Jawa maintain their identity and traditions. People from other Malay people groups who marry into an Orang Jawa family sometimes call themselves Orang Jawa, or Jawa Peranakan. Apart from growing their own vegetables and raising poultry, some villagers have also started their own tourism programs to promote the Javanese way of life. The Orang Jawa are a very hospitable people, usually inviting visitors to share a meal with the family. Families are often quite large, some having between 10 and 17 children. Marriages are grand affairs that sometimes last up to three days. The giving of love gifts to the newlyweds is common. Emphasis is placed on helping one another during weddings rather than receiving large sums of money. As the Orang Jawa have become more successful in life, their desire to recover their cultural Javanese roots has grown.
What do they believe?
The Orang Jawa are predominantly Sunni Muslims. During weddings and circumcision rituals they perform the jedur (songs of praise to the prophet Mohammed) which is compiled in a book called Silawatan. They also perform the kempling (a type of dance giving praise to Allah) during religious occasions. During the performance, they use a tool made from lamb's wool and wood. The Qur'an is read before and after the dance, and it takes a group of between ten to twenty people to perform it. The kempling performance is an opportunity for the Orang Jawa to get together to build ethnic solidarity and unity. It is also a time for discussing the challenges faced by the villages.
What are their needs?
The Orang Jawa have a strong Islamic background. Pray that communication bridges into their culture could be used to meet the spiritual needs. Pray that the lives of committed believers will be a positive influence and could bring about good relationships with Orang Jawa people.
The Orang Jawa ('people of Java', also known as 'Javanese') migrated from Central Java, Indonesia, to Malaysia from 1880 to 1930. They migrated to seek a new life away from the Dutch colonists who ruled Indonesia at that time. Today the Orang Jawa live throughout Peninsular Malaysia in parts of Perak, Selangor, and Kedah. There are also isolated communities in coastal areas of Sabah. Some Jawa have even gained influential positions in society. The Chief Minister of Selangor traces his roots back to Orang Jawa ancestors. The Jawa language is being spoken less and less among today's younger Orang Jawa. Most of them have either never learned it or cannot remember how to speak it.
What are their lives like?
Recent generations of Orang Jawa who live in cities have assimilated with the general Malay culture. In the past their parents were farmers, construction workers and timber workers. Now they also work as bankers, pilots, engineers, accountants, and politicians. They are known to be efficient and industrious. Some Orang Jawa in Selangor work as Islamic religious teachers. In some villages, the Orang Jawa maintain their identity and traditions. People from other Malay people groups who marry into an Orang Jawa family sometimes call themselves Orang Jawa, or Jawa Peranakan. Apart from growing their own vegetables and raising poultry, some villagers have also started their own tourism programs to promote the Javanese way of life. The Orang Jawa are a very hospitable people, usually inviting visitors to share a meal with the family. Families are often quite large, some having between 10 and 17 children. Marriages are grand affairs that sometimes last up to three days. The giving of love gifts to the newlyweds is common. Emphasis is placed on helping one another during weddings rather than receiving large sums of money. As the Orang Jawa have become more successful in life, their desire to recover their cultural Javanese roots has grown.
What do they believe?
The Orang Jawa are predominantly Sunni Muslims. During weddings and circumcision rituals they perform the jedur (songs of praise to the prophet Mohammed) which is compiled in a book called Silawatan. They also perform the kempling (a type of dance giving praise to Allah) during religious occasions. During the performance, they use a tool made from lamb's wool and wood. The Qur'an is read before and after the dance, and it takes a group of between ten to twenty people to perform it. The kempling performance is an opportunity for the Orang Jawa to get together to build ethnic solidarity and unity. It is also a time for discussing the challenges faced by the villages.
What are their needs?
The Orang Jawa have a strong Islamic background. Pray that communication bridges into their culture could be used to meet the spiritual needs. Pray that the lives of committed believers will be a positive influence and could bring about good relationships with Orang Jawa people.
Barber's Corner
Kalendar Julian dan Gregorian
Tahun Syamsi (Solar Year) adalah sistem pembilangan hari dalam setahun bumi mengelilingi suria yang berjumlah sebanyak 365 hari bagi tahun basitah (biasa) dan 366 hari bagi tahun kabisah (lompat). Pembilangan ini berpunca dari lama masa bumi mengelilingi matahari selama 365 hari 5 jam 48 minit 45.30 saat (atau 365.2421909722 hari). Adakah lama masa yang tidak genap ini (365.2421909722 hari) boleh digunakan untuk menetapkan setahun secara hakiki? Tentulah tidak boleh kerana masakan kita boleh meletakkan nilai 5 jam 48 minit 45.30 saat sesuka hati pada mana-mana tahun yang kehadapan (next year). Maksud di sini ialah tidak boleh berlaku anjakan 5 jam 48 minit 45.30 saat ini dibawa ke tahun sesudah tahun yang baru berlalu (previous year). Sebagai contohnya tahun 2001 ke 2002 merupakan dua tahun yang masing-masing berjumlah 365 hari setahun. Ini adalah tetap melainkan jika tahun tersebut dianggap tahun lompat yang akan mengandungi 366 hari setahun.
Oleh kerana kesukaran untuk meletakkan 5 jam 48 minit 45.30 saat ini, maka hanya ada satu cara iaitu: bagi selama empat tahun berturut-turut nilai ini akan terkumpul menjadi 23 jam 15 minit 01.20 saat atau hampir bersamaan dengan satu hari suria (23 jam 56 minit 04.099 saat) walaupun masih ada sedikit ralat tetapi ralat ini sebenarnya boleh dibuang secara tidak langsung dengan membuat perhitungan astronomi kedudukan sebenar posisi matahari pada setiap 21 Mac ketika titik awal Hamal setiap tahun.
Oleh yang demikian itu, tidaklah dapat dikatakan bahawa matahari itu sememangnya berada pada tarikh 21 Mac di khatulistiwa sedangkan kadang-kadang mungkin 20 ataupun 22 Mac. Begitu juga titik terdekat (perihelion) yang kadang-kadang pada 2, 3 ataupun 4 Jan manakala titik terjauh (afelion) yang kadang-kadang pada 6, 7 atau 8 Julai setiap tahun. Anjakan ini mengambil masa yang lama untuk benar-benar ketara untuk menyebabkan satu koreksi atau pembetulan pagi pembuangan hari yang disebabkan oleh slight error masa 0.2421909722 hari tadi.
Perlulah diketahui bahawa kaum Romawi merupakan pengasas bagi kalendar suria ini tetapi mereka melalui satu zaman yang cukup lama untuk established sistem yang benar-benar boleh digunakan secara berkesan dan dapat mendisipkan manusia. Jika anda membaca sejarah komplot aristokrat di Rom pada masa lampau, akan diketahui bahawa terdapat golongan yang korup dan menyalahgunakan kuasa secara keterlaluan. Ini berlaku kerana sistem kalendar awal yang tidak bersistem di mana pada Kalendar Pompilius, jumlah hari dalam setahun adalah 355 hari (sama dengan kalendar lunar tetapi berbeza dari satu bulan ke bulan yang lain) menjadikan mereka menekan golongan bawahan dari segi pembayaran cukai dan sebagainya tanpa menurut ketetapan hari.
Penyalahgunaan kuasa oleh golongan berkepentingan ini menyebabkan kemarahan Julius Caesar hingga beliau berusaha untuk mewujudkan satu kalendar yang agak accurate yang mengandungi 364 atau 365 hari bertujuan untuk mengatasi masalah birokrasi, protokol dan ketidakadilan golongan tadi mulai tahun 42 SM. Inilah tujuan bagaimana Kalendar Julian diwujudkan yang untuk mendisiplinkan kaum Romawi waktu itu yang hasilnya mereka menjadi salah satu bangsa yang cukup berdisiplin dan unggul di dunia.
Bertitik-tolak dari ini, kita juga akan membaca fakta sejarah berkenaan penggubalan sistem kalendar ini yang terkemudian yang bertujuan untuk mempersesuaikan dengan revolusi orbit bumi mengelilingi matahari. Soal kaum Romawi waktu itu masih menganggap matahari mengelilingi bumi merupakan satu persoalan yang lain kerana walau “matahari mengelilingi bumi”, jumlah setahun masih tetap 365 hari. Akan hal ini kita cuba tinjau sedikit bagaimana 365 hari ini didapati.
Manusia selalunya mencerap cakerawala untuk mendapatkan kepanjangan hari dan musim secara pasti. Justeru itu, kewujudan balaicerap akan lebih memudahkan penetapan jumlah hari dalam setahun ini (dalam konteks hari suria). Tujuan balaicerap purba bukannya seperti balaicerap moden di mana balaicerap purba tidak ada teleskop untuk mencerap bintang melainkan ia dibina untuk menjejaki satu-satu bintang yang berada segaris dengan satu saluran tiub yang memanjang dalam balaicerap (contohnya balaicerap purba Maraghah di Iran). Katakan pada ekuinoks di bulan Mac pada tahun tersebut, di mana matahari ditargetkan tepat membetuli pada saluran ini telah ditandakan dengan cat ataupun apa-apa penanda yang sesuai. Si pencerap akan menghitung detik ke detik sehinggalah matahari tepat membetuli kembali titik yang ditanda sebelum ini pada setahun yang berikutan. Hasilnya, kepanjangan tahun ekuinoks boleh diketahui dengan tepat, ini membolehkan sarjana seperti Al Biruni memperolehi nilai 365 hari 5 jam 46 minit yakni tercepat 2 minit 45.30 saat dari nilai moden. Ini amat dibanggakan!
Justeru itu, pengamat perkalendaran waktu itu sudah pasti saja memperolehi kepastian untuk cuba menetapkan jumlah hari bagi setahun kalendar adalah 365 hari. Bagi kalendar Julian yang diasaskan oleh Augustus Caesar pada tahun 8 SM telah ditetapkan setahun mungkin 365 atau 366 hari tetapi secara konstannya kaum Roman waktu ini meletakkan piawai 365.25 hari setiap tahun sedangkan mereka sama ada sedar atau tidak bahawa ralat ini akan menjadi sangat besar bagi beberapa kurun terkemudian! Bayangkanlah bagaimana perbezaan di antara 365.25 hari kalendar dengan 365.2421909722 hari suria tulen mempunyai nilai sekecil 11 minit 14.70 saat setiap tahun akan membesar sehingga 10 hari pada abad ke-16! Nilai sekecil 11 minit 14.70 saat mengambil masa selama 1280 tahun untuk menjadi 10 hari di mana hal ini telah disedari oleh seorang ahli kajibintang bernama Regiomontanus (1436 – 1476 M) apabila beliau mendapati titik sepatutnya matahari berada di buruj Hamal (Aries) telah berganjak 10 hari terhadapan dari 21 Mac yang sepatutnya yakni pada 12 Mac! Inilah permulaan kesedaran yang besar dalam dunia astronomi dan menjadi satu revolusi penyelarasan tarikh sedunia yang menyaksikan banyak negara Eropah hanya menerima perubahan tarikh ini berpuluh-puluh bahkan beratus tahun kemudian!!
Atas nasihat Christopher Clavius (1537 – 1612 M), ahli kajibintang Balaicerap Gereja Vatican maka Pope Gregory XIII (1572 – 1585 M) dari Bologna, Italy mencuba untuk memperbetulkan ralat 10 hari yang telah berlaku ini. Hasilnya, penyelarasan ini dicuba dengan memotong tarikh 5 Oktober hingga 14 Oktober 1582 (sebab itu tidak ada dalam kalendar Gregorian 10 hari ini!). Dengan itu, 4 Oktober 1582 dan sebelumnya merupakan taqwim Julian manakala dari 15 Oktober 1582 hingga ke masa kini dianggap taqwim Gregorian.
Dunia Islam tidak mengalami apa-apa kesan yang ketara atau sampingan dengan penyelarasan ini pada waktu itu kerana umat Islam memakai taqwim Islam secara teguh tanpa apa-apa gugatan walaupun tarikh 4 Oktober 1582, hari Khamis bersamaan 17 Ramadhan 990 Hijrah dan 15 Oktober 1582, hari Jumaat adalah bersamaan 18 Ramadhan 990 Hijrah yang bermakna umat Islam waktu itu tidak pun mengurangi hari mereka berpuasa selama 10 hari!!
Secara tegasnya, inginlah saya menyatakan bahawa tidak berlaku apa-apa masalah terhadap umat Islam seluruh dunia walau dengan adanya kalendar Masehi ini sejak berkurun-kurun yang lalu kerana kita telahpun sedia menggunakan taqwim lunar semenjak digubal secara rasmi (untuk segala apa jua urusan keagaaman) oleh Saiyidina Umar Al Khattab sewaktu beliau menjadi khalifah Islam yang ke-3 seawal-awal tahun 20 H atau 641 M lagi sedangkan kalendar Masehi telah mengalami masalah lebihan satu hari seawal-awal tahun 136 M (setelah 128 tahun kemudian) yang hanya berupaya dikesan pada abad ke-13 (mulai tahun 1288 M) dengan ralat 10 hari apabila diberitakan bahawa Roger Bacon telah menyedarinya lebih awal malah pernah menulis surat kepada Pope Urban IV (1261 – 1268 M, dari Troyes) dalam tahun 1263 M berkenaan masalah ini. Namun, cuma pada tahun 1475 M, Regiomontanus telah dialu-alukan oleh Pope Sixtus IV (1471 – 1484, dari Savona) ke Rom untuk membincangkan masalah pembentukan kalendar baru suria yang lebih baik menggantikan kalendar lunar namun beliau meninggal dunia sebelum dapat berbuat demikian yang mana tanggungjawab ini diserahkan kepada Christopher Clavius kemudiannya.
Menarik untuk saya catatkan di sini ialah ramalan pertukaran Kalendar Julian ke Gregorian telah diramalkan dengan tepat sekali oleh Michel de Nostradame @ Nostradamus (1503 – 1566 M) ahli astrologi terkemuka dunia dari Perancis dalam buku karyanya ‘Century’ dalam quatrain ke-XLII-nya: “Le dix Kalende d’Auril de faict Gotique, Refufcite encor par gens malins, Le feu eftainct affemblee diabolique, Cherchant les os du d’Amant & Pfelin.” (The tenth day of the April Calends, calculated in Gothic fashion, is revived again by evil people. The fire put out, the diabolic gathering seek the bones of Amant and Pselin.”). Maksud Nostradamus ialah pada tahun 1582 M, kalendar Julian ditukarkan kepada Gregorian (stail Gothic); 10 Kalend bagi April yang beliau maksudkan pula adalah hari ke-10 di mana ‘Kalend’ merupakan hari pertama bagi bulan Rumawi. Justeru apabila kalendar Gregorian diperkenalkan, 10 hari terpaksa dibuang yang mana kebanyakan penduduk Eropah mahukan ‘sepuluh hari mereka dikembalikan’ yang bermakna ia menjadi 1 April 1554 M (menurut tarikh Gregorian) iaitu hari Good Friday yang menjadi hari ‘ajaib’ bagi kebanyakan hari mereka. Pada tarikh 1 April 1554 M ini jugalah menjadi ‘masa ajaib’ terbaik Nostradamus memulakan mengarang bukunya ‘Centuries’. Maksud ‘Cherchant les os du d’Amant & Pfelin’ merujuk kepada kuasa penuh gereja Katolik (d’Amant: demon atau evil people) terhadap dirinya dan kepada penguatkuasaan ‘pengubahan tarikh’ itu.
Ingin saya memetik kembali perenggan di bawah dari rencana Dade Arinto:
“Kalender Julius Caesar diperbaiki Paus Georgery VIII setelah 16 abad, dan perbaikan itu sudah berlangsung 4 abad, karenanya sekarang wajar sekali timbul pendapat yang menyatakan pergantian musim tidak cocok lagi dengan penanggalan Masehi. Penanggalan inilah yang dimaksud ALLAH pada Ayat Suci:
9/37. Bahwa pengunduran (dengan kalender musim) ialah penambahan dalam kekafiran. Dengannya disesatkan orang-orang kafir. Mereka menghalalkannya pada satu musim dan mengharamkannya pada satu musim untuk menguasai bilangan yang ALLAH haramkan, lalu menghalalkan yang ALLAH haramkan. Dihiasi untuk mereka kejahatan amal mereka dan ALLAH tidak menunjuki kaum kafir.
Ingatlah bahwa sesudah tanggal 4 Oktober 1582 harus ditulis tanggal 15 Oktober 1582 dan selanjutnya. ALLAH melarang orang memakai penanggalan didasarkan atas pergantian musim, karena tidak permanen bahkan selalu makin berkurang waktunya, menguntungkan penduduk belahan utara untuk sementara tetapi merugikan penduduk di selatan untuk selamanya, apalagi di daerah kutub di mana satu tahunnya terdiri dari satu siang dan satu malam. Penanggalan itu menghilangkan nilai empat bulan terlarang yang pada awal abad 15 Hijriah hampir tidak dihiraukan oleh orang-orang Islam sendiri karena masih melakukan buruan di daratan Bumi pada bulan-bulan itu. Dan yang paling terkesan ialah bahwa penanggalan musim itu telah memperbanyak hari libur di antara masyarakat Islam, ditambah dengan wajib puasa pada bulan Ramadhan. Dinyatakan bahwa penanggalan musim itu selaku pengunduran yaitu mengundurkan jumlah hari setahun dari 355 menjadi 365 pada abad 15 Hijriah, dan dinyatakan penambahan dalam kekafiran karena penanggalan itu menyebabkan tanggal-tanggal penting dalam Islam jadi tidak menentu, tida ada kepastian. Penanggalan itu juga yang menyebabkan orang berlibur mingguan terbukti dengan nama Friday dan Sunday yaitu hari untuk libur lainnya waktu mana hukum Islam sulit terlaksana. Akhirnya pemakai penanggalan musim menghalalkan yang secara jelas diharamkan ALLAH itulah penambahan dalam kekafiran.”
Definisi saudara Dade menjadi menarik kerana membawa makna dalil Quran Surah At Taubah ayat 37 tersebut kerana firman Allah dalam ayat tersebut memang jelas dan benar bahawa tujuan orang Nasrani dan Yahudi mengubah perjalanan kalendar Julian ke Gregorian di atas jalan untuk sesuatu tujuan (baik atau jahat) yang mereka sendiri rencanakan (Nostradamus mengecop mereka sebagai evil people) namun begitu pengubahan ini bukanlah sahaja kerana tidak cocok dengan musim bahkan juga kerana titik awal Hamal tidak berada pada posisi sepatutnya di bulan Mac yang mana kaum Nasrani berhasrat untuk tidak mengubah perayaan BIDAAH SESAT mereka menurut kehendak mereka zaman-berzaman bilamana Rom dipengaruhi Kristian, maka anjakan tarikh Easter yang sebelumnya terikat dengan fasa-fasa lunar telah menimbulkan banyak masalah kepada mereka.
Oleh kerana ingin mempersesuaikan sesuatu yang sukar dipersesuaikan (difficulty to reconcile the irreconcilation), maka Council di Nicaea semenjak tahun 325 M lagi melalui penggubalan doktrin Kristian ortodoks telah memutuskan bahawa Easter mestilah jatuh pada hari Ahad (Easter Sunday) selepas bulan penuh Paschall pertama (Pesach atau Passover kaum Yahudi yang disambut pada bulan April setiap tahun Masehi bersamaan penghujung bulan Nisan Yahudi: tahun 2002 disambut pada hari Ahad, 7 April bersamaan 25 Nisan 5762 bagi kalendar Yahudi.
Inilah maksud Nostradamus kenapa beliau mengatakan sepuluh hari bagi bulan April telah dibuang yang merujuk kepada tarikh 1 April 1554 bersamaan 27 Nisan 5314 bilamana 10 April 1554 bersamaan 6 Iyyar 5314 telah dianggap terkeluar dari penghujung bulan Nisan untuk dianggap sebagai Passover.
Oleh kerana Easter Sunday berlaku selepas ekuinoks musim bunga 21 Mac yakni dalam awal bulan April tiap-tiap tahun maka sekiranya anjakan musim dibiarkan berlaku dalam Kalendar Julian yang telah banyak ralat ini (ralat 10 hari), lama-kelamaan Easter akan disambut pada pertengahan musim panas manakala hari Krismas akan dirayakan dalam musim bunga (tidak akan ada lagi White Christmas yang selalunya dalam musim salji di negara Eropah!).
Dalam ayat saudara Dade berikut:
“Sementara itu timbul pula perbedaan pendapat mengenai hari kelahiran Jesus yang dinyatakan 25 Desember, ada yang menyatakan 4 tahun sebelum tahun Masehi yang berlaku, hingga tahun 1990 kini haruslah ditulis tahun 1994.”
Memang terdapat perdebatan tentang kedapatan error dalam kalendar Masehi yang selama ini seluruh manusia di dunia gunakan. Hal ini merujuk kepada kriteria perbandingan yang telah dibuat dengan pentarikhan oleh Dionysius Exiguus, rahib kelahiran Syria yang menetap di Italy apabila kita membuat jujukan seperti di bawah:
Pentarikhan Exiguus Pentarikhan Kini Tahun Sekarang Tahun Sepatutnya
4 SM Kelahiran Isa 1990 1993
3 SM 3 SM 1991 1994
2 SM 2 SM 1992 1995
1 SM 1 SM 1993 1996
Kelahiran Isa 1 M 1994 1997
2 M 2 M 1995 1998
3 M 3 M 1996 1999
4 M 4 M 1997 2000
5 M 5 M 1998 2001
6 M 6 M 1999 2002
7 M 7 M 2000 2003
8 M 8 M 2001 2004
9 M 9 M 2002 2005
Pentarikhan di atas memberikan penjelasan bahawa menurut kaedah Exiguus, kelahiran Nabi Isa diperkatakannya adalah jatuh pada tahun 1 Masehi sedangkan menurut kajian sejarawan Barat sekarang, ia jatuh pada tahun ke-4 Sebelum Masehi. Hakikat ini telah memperlihatkan mereka (Barat) cuba sekali lagi untuk mempersesuaikan tarikh yang kita gunakan sekarang 2002 sebagai 2005! Masalahnya timbul lagi apabila mereka mengatakan tahun 0 tidak wujud dalam sejarah kalendar manusia! Ini amat memeningkan walaupun para ahli astronomi moden telah mewujudkan tahun 0 ini untuk memudahkan segala hitungan saintifik astronomi .
Memang amat tepat firman Allah dalam Surah At Taubah ayat 36 bahawa orang-orang kafir sentiasa suka memandai-mandai dalam serba-serbi yang dalam erti kata untuk mempersusahkan segala perkara (bersifat evil people). Jika kaum Nasrani mengatakan tahun yang kita gunakan perlu ditambah tiga tahun kehadapan tetapi tidak dengan kaum Yahudi bilamana mereka fikir tahun 1999 adalah tahun 2001.
Cuba kita lihat fakta di bawah terhadap sambutan perayaan tahun baru ‘Rosh Hashana’ iaitu hari pertama bagi bulan pertama (bulan Tishri) dalam Kalendar Yahudi:-
11 September 1999 = 1 Tishri 5760
30 September 2000 = 1 Tishri 5761
18 September 2001 = 1 Tishri 5762
07 September 2002 = 1 Tishri 5763
Tidak terfikirkah anda bahawa ramalan Nostradamus:
“L’an mil neuf cent nonante neuf sept mois,
Du ciel viendra un grand Roi d’effrayeur,
Ressusciter le grand Roi d’Angolmois,
Avant apres Mars regner par bonheur.”
Maksudnya
“In the year 1999, seventh month,
From the sky will come a great King of Terror,
To bring back to life the great King of the Mongols,
Before and after Mars to reign by good luck.”
Seventh month atau bulan ke-7 (neuf sept mois) yang dimaksudkan oleh Nostradamus bukanlah Julai dalam ertikata literasi bahkan memang bulan September. Berdasarkan sambutan tahun baru Yahudi adalah dalam bulan September setiap tahun Masehi, tampak kepada kita satu bukti yang tersirat bahawa tarikh 11 September 1999 (1 Tishri 5760) menjadi satu perancangan mereka untuk meranapkan World Trade Center (WTC) di New York pada 11 September 2001 (23 Elul 5761) yakni seminggu sebelum perayaan tahun baru mereka pada 18 September 2001 (1 Tishri 5762)!!
Blok-blok batu di dalam piramid Giza, Mesir atau disebut ‘pyramid inch’ tersusun dengan begitu ajaib sehingga berupaya membuat perwakilan bongkah batu kepada tarikh 17 September 2001 pada penghujung laluan yang terbuka ke makam firaun untuk mengkhabarkan kepada manusia bahawa dunia akan mengalami peristiwa global terbesar selepas tarikh ini. Apakah peristiwa itu? Para ahli Falak Net dan Astronomi Malaysia sekalian tentu ada jawapan masing-masing dalam kepala. Mungkin!!
Sekian, wassalam. Hanya Allah-lah pembuka dan pemberi kebenaran kepada kita (umat Islam) terhadap segala perancangan jahat kaum musyrikin.
Wallahu'alam bil ghaib.
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1. Kalendar Stail Lama (Old Style) - sebelum tahun 700 Sebelum Masehi.
2. Kalendar Pompilius - dimulai pada tahun 414 Sebelum Masehi (diasaskan oleh Pompilius)
3. Kalendar Julian - dimulai pada tahun 42 Sebelum Masehi (diasaskan oleh Caius Julius Caesar atas usaha Sosigenes)
4. Kalendar Julian II - dimulai pada tahun 8 Sebelum Masehi (diubahsuaikan oleh Octavius @ Augustus Caesar)
5. Kalendar Gregorian - dimulai pada 15 Oktober 1582 (diisytiharkan oleh Pope Gregorius XIII dari Bologna, Italy)
Saya perturunkan maklumat berikut:
Kalendar Stail Lama Kalendar Pompilius Kalendar Julian Kalendar Julian II
1. Martinus 31 hari 1. Januarius 29 1. Januarius 31 1. Januarius 31
2. Aprilis 30 hari 2. Februarius 28 2. Februarius 28/29 2. Februarius 28/29
3. Maius 31 hari 3. Martinus 31 3. Mars 31 3. Mars 31
4. Junius 31 hari 4. Aprilis 29 4. Aprilis 30 4. Aprilis 30
5. Quintilis 30 hari 5. Maius 31 5. Maius 31 5. Maius 31
6. Sextilis 31 hari 6. Junius 29 6. Juno 30 6. Juno 30
7. Septem 30 hari 7. Quintilis 31 7. Julius 31 7. Julius 31
8. Octo 31 hari 8. Sextilis 29 8. Sextilis 31 8. Augustus 31
9. Novem 30 hari 9. September 29 9. September 30 9. September 30
10. Decem 29 hari 10. October 31 10. October 31 10. October 31
Jumlah hari = 304 hari # 11. November 29 11. November 30 11. November 30
12. December 29 12. December 30 12. December 31
Jumlah hari = 355 hari # Jumlah hari = 364/365 # Jumlah hari = 365/366 #
Pada asasnya, kalendar moden pada hari ini adalah 'diangkatkan' dari kalendar Rumawi (Roman) yang asalnya mempunyai sepuluh bulan sahaja dalam setahun dikenali sebagai Tahun Roman Lama atau Old Style yang dimulai dengan bulan Martinus atau Mars (Mac) tetapi ditambahkan kemudiannya dengan Januarius dan Februarius yang dalam ertikata ia telah menolak kedudukan senarai bulan dari atas ke bawah (BUKANnya ditambahkan bulan Jan. dan Feb. selepas December untuk menjadikan Feb. bulan yang terakhir). Bulan ke-7 telah diberi dengan nama Julius oleh Julius Caesar selaku pemerintah Rumawi yang pertama. Beliau telah menambah satu hari bagi Disember. Kemudian, setelah Caesar mati dibunuh; Octavius menjadi pemerintah Rumawi ke-2 dengan menamakan dirinya Augustus Caesar. Beliau mengubah nama bulan Sextilis kepada Augustus (Ogos) dan menambahkan satu hari lagi pada Disember menggenapkan 31 hari.
Kita perhatikan apakah maksud asal bagi nama-nama bulan itu:-
1. Januari: nama bagi 'Janus', Dewa Penjaga bermuka dua kaum Roman yang 'mentadbir' permulaan segalanya dan penjaga gerbang kayangan.
2. Februari: 'Februs' atau 'Februalia' iaitu 'pembersihan', satu perayaan kaum Roman di mana bandar-bandar dan kuil-kuil mereka dibersihkan sepanjang bulan ini. Juga satu tempoh masa apabila korban dibuat untuk menyucikan dosa-dosa.
3. Mac: 'Mars', Dewa Marikh atau Dewa Perang kaum Roman. Juga menandakan kempen berperang yang dibatalkan kerana musim salji telah dimulakan kembali.
4. April: 'Aprilis' atau 'Aperire' yakni waktu bunga-bungaan menguntum di alamaya.
5. Mei: 'Maius', waktu bunga-bungaan berkembang di alamaya. Juga 'Maiores' (zaman lama Roman) dan 'Maia' Dewi Bungaan dan Tumbuhan kaum Yunani.
6. Jun: 'Juno' atau 'Junius', Dewa Jupiter (lelaki) Roman atau Dewa Zeus (lelaki) Yunani dan juga Hera (wanita) Permaisuri Syurga Yunani, isteri Zeus.
7. Julai: Julius Caesar, perwira dan pemerintah Roman terunggul.
8. Ogos: Octavius @ Augustus Caesar, Kisra Rumawi kedua yang terkemuka.
9. September: 'Septem' bermakna tujuh - bulan ke-7 bagi Tahun Roman Lama.
10. Oktober: 'Octo' bermakna lapan - bulan ke-8 bagi Tahun Roman Lama.
11. November: 'Novem' bermakna sembilan - bulan ke-9 bagi Tahun Roman Lama.
12. Disember: 'Decem' bermakna sepuluh - bulan ke-10 bagi Tahun Roman Lama.
Oleh kerana kesukaran untuk meletakkan 5 jam 48 minit 45.30 saat ini, maka hanya ada satu cara iaitu: bagi selama empat tahun berturut-turut nilai ini akan terkumpul menjadi 23 jam 15 minit 01.20 saat atau hampir bersamaan dengan satu hari suria (23 jam 56 minit 04.099 saat) walaupun masih ada sedikit ralat tetapi ralat ini sebenarnya boleh dibuang secara tidak langsung dengan membuat perhitungan astronomi kedudukan sebenar posisi matahari pada setiap 21 Mac ketika titik awal Hamal setiap tahun.
Oleh yang demikian itu, tidaklah dapat dikatakan bahawa matahari itu sememangnya berada pada tarikh 21 Mac di khatulistiwa sedangkan kadang-kadang mungkin 20 ataupun 22 Mac. Begitu juga titik terdekat (perihelion) yang kadang-kadang pada 2, 3 ataupun 4 Jan manakala titik terjauh (afelion) yang kadang-kadang pada 6, 7 atau 8 Julai setiap tahun. Anjakan ini mengambil masa yang lama untuk benar-benar ketara untuk menyebabkan satu koreksi atau pembetulan pagi pembuangan hari yang disebabkan oleh slight error masa 0.2421909722 hari tadi.
Perlulah diketahui bahawa kaum Romawi merupakan pengasas bagi kalendar suria ini tetapi mereka melalui satu zaman yang cukup lama untuk established sistem yang benar-benar boleh digunakan secara berkesan dan dapat mendisipkan manusia. Jika anda membaca sejarah komplot aristokrat di Rom pada masa lampau, akan diketahui bahawa terdapat golongan yang korup dan menyalahgunakan kuasa secara keterlaluan. Ini berlaku kerana sistem kalendar awal yang tidak bersistem di mana pada Kalendar Pompilius, jumlah hari dalam setahun adalah 355 hari (sama dengan kalendar lunar tetapi berbeza dari satu bulan ke bulan yang lain) menjadikan mereka menekan golongan bawahan dari segi pembayaran cukai dan sebagainya tanpa menurut ketetapan hari.
Penyalahgunaan kuasa oleh golongan berkepentingan ini menyebabkan kemarahan Julius Caesar hingga beliau berusaha untuk mewujudkan satu kalendar yang agak accurate yang mengandungi 364 atau 365 hari bertujuan untuk mengatasi masalah birokrasi, protokol dan ketidakadilan golongan tadi mulai tahun 42 SM. Inilah tujuan bagaimana Kalendar Julian diwujudkan yang untuk mendisiplinkan kaum Romawi waktu itu yang hasilnya mereka menjadi salah satu bangsa yang cukup berdisiplin dan unggul di dunia.
Bertitik-tolak dari ini, kita juga akan membaca fakta sejarah berkenaan penggubalan sistem kalendar ini yang terkemudian yang bertujuan untuk mempersesuaikan dengan revolusi orbit bumi mengelilingi matahari. Soal kaum Romawi waktu itu masih menganggap matahari mengelilingi bumi merupakan satu persoalan yang lain kerana walau “matahari mengelilingi bumi”, jumlah setahun masih tetap 365 hari. Akan hal ini kita cuba tinjau sedikit bagaimana 365 hari ini didapati.
Manusia selalunya mencerap cakerawala untuk mendapatkan kepanjangan hari dan musim secara pasti. Justeru itu, kewujudan balaicerap akan lebih memudahkan penetapan jumlah hari dalam setahun ini (dalam konteks hari suria). Tujuan balaicerap purba bukannya seperti balaicerap moden di mana balaicerap purba tidak ada teleskop untuk mencerap bintang melainkan ia dibina untuk menjejaki satu-satu bintang yang berada segaris dengan satu saluran tiub yang memanjang dalam balaicerap (contohnya balaicerap purba Maraghah di Iran). Katakan pada ekuinoks di bulan Mac pada tahun tersebut, di mana matahari ditargetkan tepat membetuli pada saluran ini telah ditandakan dengan cat ataupun apa-apa penanda yang sesuai. Si pencerap akan menghitung detik ke detik sehinggalah matahari tepat membetuli kembali titik yang ditanda sebelum ini pada setahun yang berikutan. Hasilnya, kepanjangan tahun ekuinoks boleh diketahui dengan tepat, ini membolehkan sarjana seperti Al Biruni memperolehi nilai 365 hari 5 jam 46 minit yakni tercepat 2 minit 45.30 saat dari nilai moden. Ini amat dibanggakan!
Justeru itu, pengamat perkalendaran waktu itu sudah pasti saja memperolehi kepastian untuk cuba menetapkan jumlah hari bagi setahun kalendar adalah 365 hari. Bagi kalendar Julian yang diasaskan oleh Augustus Caesar pada tahun 8 SM telah ditetapkan setahun mungkin 365 atau 366 hari tetapi secara konstannya kaum Roman waktu ini meletakkan piawai 365.25 hari setiap tahun sedangkan mereka sama ada sedar atau tidak bahawa ralat ini akan menjadi sangat besar bagi beberapa kurun terkemudian! Bayangkanlah bagaimana perbezaan di antara 365.25 hari kalendar dengan 365.2421909722 hari suria tulen mempunyai nilai sekecil 11 minit 14.70 saat setiap tahun akan membesar sehingga 10 hari pada abad ke-16! Nilai sekecil 11 minit 14.70 saat mengambil masa selama 1280 tahun untuk menjadi 10 hari di mana hal ini telah disedari oleh seorang ahli kajibintang bernama Regiomontanus (1436 – 1476 M) apabila beliau mendapati titik sepatutnya matahari berada di buruj Hamal (Aries) telah berganjak 10 hari terhadapan dari 21 Mac yang sepatutnya yakni pada 12 Mac! Inilah permulaan kesedaran yang besar dalam dunia astronomi dan menjadi satu revolusi penyelarasan tarikh sedunia yang menyaksikan banyak negara Eropah hanya menerima perubahan tarikh ini berpuluh-puluh bahkan beratus tahun kemudian!!
Atas nasihat Christopher Clavius (1537 – 1612 M), ahli kajibintang Balaicerap Gereja Vatican maka Pope Gregory XIII (1572 – 1585 M) dari Bologna, Italy mencuba untuk memperbetulkan ralat 10 hari yang telah berlaku ini. Hasilnya, penyelarasan ini dicuba dengan memotong tarikh 5 Oktober hingga 14 Oktober 1582 (sebab itu tidak ada dalam kalendar Gregorian 10 hari ini!). Dengan itu, 4 Oktober 1582 dan sebelumnya merupakan taqwim Julian manakala dari 15 Oktober 1582 hingga ke masa kini dianggap taqwim Gregorian.
Dunia Islam tidak mengalami apa-apa kesan yang ketara atau sampingan dengan penyelarasan ini pada waktu itu kerana umat Islam memakai taqwim Islam secara teguh tanpa apa-apa gugatan walaupun tarikh 4 Oktober 1582, hari Khamis bersamaan 17 Ramadhan 990 Hijrah dan 15 Oktober 1582, hari Jumaat adalah bersamaan 18 Ramadhan 990 Hijrah yang bermakna umat Islam waktu itu tidak pun mengurangi hari mereka berpuasa selama 10 hari!!
Secara tegasnya, inginlah saya menyatakan bahawa tidak berlaku apa-apa masalah terhadap umat Islam seluruh dunia walau dengan adanya kalendar Masehi ini sejak berkurun-kurun yang lalu kerana kita telahpun sedia menggunakan taqwim lunar semenjak digubal secara rasmi (untuk segala apa jua urusan keagaaman) oleh Saiyidina Umar Al Khattab sewaktu beliau menjadi khalifah Islam yang ke-3 seawal-awal tahun 20 H atau 641 M lagi sedangkan kalendar Masehi telah mengalami masalah lebihan satu hari seawal-awal tahun 136 M (setelah 128 tahun kemudian) yang hanya berupaya dikesan pada abad ke-13 (mulai tahun 1288 M) dengan ralat 10 hari apabila diberitakan bahawa Roger Bacon telah menyedarinya lebih awal malah pernah menulis surat kepada Pope Urban IV (1261 – 1268 M, dari Troyes) dalam tahun 1263 M berkenaan masalah ini. Namun, cuma pada tahun 1475 M, Regiomontanus telah dialu-alukan oleh Pope Sixtus IV (1471 – 1484, dari Savona) ke Rom untuk membincangkan masalah pembentukan kalendar baru suria yang lebih baik menggantikan kalendar lunar namun beliau meninggal dunia sebelum dapat berbuat demikian yang mana tanggungjawab ini diserahkan kepada Christopher Clavius kemudiannya.
Menarik untuk saya catatkan di sini ialah ramalan pertukaran Kalendar Julian ke Gregorian telah diramalkan dengan tepat sekali oleh Michel de Nostradame @ Nostradamus (1503 – 1566 M) ahli astrologi terkemuka dunia dari Perancis dalam buku karyanya ‘Century’ dalam quatrain ke-XLII-nya: “Le dix Kalende d’Auril de faict Gotique, Refufcite encor par gens malins, Le feu eftainct affemblee diabolique, Cherchant les os du d’Amant & Pfelin.” (The tenth day of the April Calends, calculated in Gothic fashion, is revived again by evil people. The fire put out, the diabolic gathering seek the bones of Amant and Pselin.”). Maksud Nostradamus ialah pada tahun 1582 M, kalendar Julian ditukarkan kepada Gregorian (stail Gothic); 10 Kalend bagi April yang beliau maksudkan pula adalah hari ke-10 di mana ‘Kalend’ merupakan hari pertama bagi bulan Rumawi. Justeru apabila kalendar Gregorian diperkenalkan, 10 hari terpaksa dibuang yang mana kebanyakan penduduk Eropah mahukan ‘sepuluh hari mereka dikembalikan’ yang bermakna ia menjadi 1 April 1554 M (menurut tarikh Gregorian) iaitu hari Good Friday yang menjadi hari ‘ajaib’ bagi kebanyakan hari mereka. Pada tarikh 1 April 1554 M ini jugalah menjadi ‘masa ajaib’ terbaik Nostradamus memulakan mengarang bukunya ‘Centuries’. Maksud ‘Cherchant les os du d’Amant & Pfelin’ merujuk kepada kuasa penuh gereja Katolik (d’Amant: demon atau evil people) terhadap dirinya dan kepada penguatkuasaan ‘pengubahan tarikh’ itu.
Ingin saya memetik kembali perenggan di bawah dari rencana Dade Arinto:
“Kalender Julius Caesar diperbaiki Paus Georgery VIII setelah 16 abad, dan perbaikan itu sudah berlangsung 4 abad, karenanya sekarang wajar sekali timbul pendapat yang menyatakan pergantian musim tidak cocok lagi dengan penanggalan Masehi. Penanggalan inilah yang dimaksud ALLAH pada Ayat Suci:
9/37. Bahwa pengunduran (dengan kalender musim) ialah penambahan dalam kekafiran. Dengannya disesatkan orang-orang kafir. Mereka menghalalkannya pada satu musim dan mengharamkannya pada satu musim untuk menguasai bilangan yang ALLAH haramkan, lalu menghalalkan yang ALLAH haramkan. Dihiasi untuk mereka kejahatan amal mereka dan ALLAH tidak menunjuki kaum kafir.
Ingatlah bahwa sesudah tanggal 4 Oktober 1582 harus ditulis tanggal 15 Oktober 1582 dan selanjutnya. ALLAH melarang orang memakai penanggalan didasarkan atas pergantian musim, karena tidak permanen bahkan selalu makin berkurang waktunya, menguntungkan penduduk belahan utara untuk sementara tetapi merugikan penduduk di selatan untuk selamanya, apalagi di daerah kutub di mana satu tahunnya terdiri dari satu siang dan satu malam. Penanggalan itu menghilangkan nilai empat bulan terlarang yang pada awal abad 15 Hijriah hampir tidak dihiraukan oleh orang-orang Islam sendiri karena masih melakukan buruan di daratan Bumi pada bulan-bulan itu. Dan yang paling terkesan ialah bahwa penanggalan musim itu telah memperbanyak hari libur di antara masyarakat Islam, ditambah dengan wajib puasa pada bulan Ramadhan. Dinyatakan bahwa penanggalan musim itu selaku pengunduran yaitu mengundurkan jumlah hari setahun dari 355 menjadi 365 pada abad 15 Hijriah, dan dinyatakan penambahan dalam kekafiran karena penanggalan itu menyebabkan tanggal-tanggal penting dalam Islam jadi tidak menentu, tida ada kepastian. Penanggalan itu juga yang menyebabkan orang berlibur mingguan terbukti dengan nama Friday dan Sunday yaitu hari untuk libur lainnya waktu mana hukum Islam sulit terlaksana. Akhirnya pemakai penanggalan musim menghalalkan yang secara jelas diharamkan ALLAH itulah penambahan dalam kekafiran.”
Definisi saudara Dade menjadi menarik kerana membawa makna dalil Quran Surah At Taubah ayat 37 tersebut kerana firman Allah dalam ayat tersebut memang jelas dan benar bahawa tujuan orang Nasrani dan Yahudi mengubah perjalanan kalendar Julian ke Gregorian di atas jalan untuk sesuatu tujuan (baik atau jahat) yang mereka sendiri rencanakan (Nostradamus mengecop mereka sebagai evil people) namun begitu pengubahan ini bukanlah sahaja kerana tidak cocok dengan musim bahkan juga kerana titik awal Hamal tidak berada pada posisi sepatutnya di bulan Mac yang mana kaum Nasrani berhasrat untuk tidak mengubah perayaan BIDAAH SESAT mereka menurut kehendak mereka zaman-berzaman bilamana Rom dipengaruhi Kristian, maka anjakan tarikh Easter yang sebelumnya terikat dengan fasa-fasa lunar telah menimbulkan banyak masalah kepada mereka.
Oleh kerana ingin mempersesuaikan sesuatu yang sukar dipersesuaikan (difficulty to reconcile the irreconcilation), maka Council di Nicaea semenjak tahun 325 M lagi melalui penggubalan doktrin Kristian ortodoks telah memutuskan bahawa Easter mestilah jatuh pada hari Ahad (Easter Sunday) selepas bulan penuh Paschall pertama (Pesach atau Passover kaum Yahudi yang disambut pada bulan April setiap tahun Masehi bersamaan penghujung bulan Nisan Yahudi: tahun 2002 disambut pada hari Ahad, 7 April bersamaan 25 Nisan 5762 bagi kalendar Yahudi.
Inilah maksud Nostradamus kenapa beliau mengatakan sepuluh hari bagi bulan April telah dibuang yang merujuk kepada tarikh 1 April 1554 bersamaan 27 Nisan 5314 bilamana 10 April 1554 bersamaan 6 Iyyar 5314 telah dianggap terkeluar dari penghujung bulan Nisan untuk dianggap sebagai Passover.
Oleh kerana Easter Sunday berlaku selepas ekuinoks musim bunga 21 Mac yakni dalam awal bulan April tiap-tiap tahun maka sekiranya anjakan musim dibiarkan berlaku dalam Kalendar Julian yang telah banyak ralat ini (ralat 10 hari), lama-kelamaan Easter akan disambut pada pertengahan musim panas manakala hari Krismas akan dirayakan dalam musim bunga (tidak akan ada lagi White Christmas yang selalunya dalam musim salji di negara Eropah!).
Dalam ayat saudara Dade berikut:
“Sementara itu timbul pula perbedaan pendapat mengenai hari kelahiran Jesus yang dinyatakan 25 Desember, ada yang menyatakan 4 tahun sebelum tahun Masehi yang berlaku, hingga tahun 1990 kini haruslah ditulis tahun 1994.”
Memang terdapat perdebatan tentang kedapatan error dalam kalendar Masehi yang selama ini seluruh manusia di dunia gunakan. Hal ini merujuk kepada kriteria perbandingan yang telah dibuat dengan pentarikhan oleh Dionysius Exiguus, rahib kelahiran Syria yang menetap di Italy apabila kita membuat jujukan seperti di bawah:
Pentarikhan Exiguus Pentarikhan Kini Tahun Sekarang Tahun Sepatutnya
4 SM Kelahiran Isa 1990 1993
3 SM 3 SM 1991 1994
2 SM 2 SM 1992 1995
1 SM 1 SM 1993 1996
Kelahiran Isa 1 M 1994 1997
2 M 2 M 1995 1998
3 M 3 M 1996 1999
4 M 4 M 1997 2000
5 M 5 M 1998 2001
6 M 6 M 1999 2002
7 M 7 M 2000 2003
8 M 8 M 2001 2004
9 M 9 M 2002 2005
Pentarikhan di atas memberikan penjelasan bahawa menurut kaedah Exiguus, kelahiran Nabi Isa diperkatakannya adalah jatuh pada tahun 1 Masehi sedangkan menurut kajian sejarawan Barat sekarang, ia jatuh pada tahun ke-4 Sebelum Masehi. Hakikat ini telah memperlihatkan mereka (Barat) cuba sekali lagi untuk mempersesuaikan tarikh yang kita gunakan sekarang 2002 sebagai 2005! Masalahnya timbul lagi apabila mereka mengatakan tahun 0 tidak wujud dalam sejarah kalendar manusia! Ini amat memeningkan walaupun para ahli astronomi moden telah mewujudkan tahun 0 ini untuk memudahkan segala hitungan saintifik astronomi .
Memang amat tepat firman Allah dalam Surah At Taubah ayat 36 bahawa orang-orang kafir sentiasa suka memandai-mandai dalam serba-serbi yang dalam erti kata untuk mempersusahkan segala perkara (bersifat evil people). Jika kaum Nasrani mengatakan tahun yang kita gunakan perlu ditambah tiga tahun kehadapan tetapi tidak dengan kaum Yahudi bilamana mereka fikir tahun 1999 adalah tahun 2001.
Cuba kita lihat fakta di bawah terhadap sambutan perayaan tahun baru ‘Rosh Hashana’ iaitu hari pertama bagi bulan pertama (bulan Tishri) dalam Kalendar Yahudi:-
11 September 1999 = 1 Tishri 5760
30 September 2000 = 1 Tishri 5761
18 September 2001 = 1 Tishri 5762
07 September 2002 = 1 Tishri 5763
Tidak terfikirkah anda bahawa ramalan Nostradamus:
“L’an mil neuf cent nonante neuf sept mois,
Du ciel viendra un grand Roi d’effrayeur,
Ressusciter le grand Roi d’Angolmois,
Avant apres Mars regner par bonheur.”
Maksudnya
“In the year 1999, seventh month,
From the sky will come a great King of Terror,
To bring back to life the great King of the Mongols,
Before and after Mars to reign by good luck.”
Seventh month atau bulan ke-7 (neuf sept mois) yang dimaksudkan oleh Nostradamus bukanlah Julai dalam ertikata literasi bahkan memang bulan September. Berdasarkan sambutan tahun baru Yahudi adalah dalam bulan September setiap tahun Masehi, tampak kepada kita satu bukti yang tersirat bahawa tarikh 11 September 1999 (1 Tishri 5760) menjadi satu perancangan mereka untuk meranapkan World Trade Center (WTC) di New York pada 11 September 2001 (23 Elul 5761) yakni seminggu sebelum perayaan tahun baru mereka pada 18 September 2001 (1 Tishri 5762)!!
Blok-blok batu di dalam piramid Giza, Mesir atau disebut ‘pyramid inch’ tersusun dengan begitu ajaib sehingga berupaya membuat perwakilan bongkah batu kepada tarikh 17 September 2001 pada penghujung laluan yang terbuka ke makam firaun untuk mengkhabarkan kepada manusia bahawa dunia akan mengalami peristiwa global terbesar selepas tarikh ini. Apakah peristiwa itu? Para ahli Falak Net dan Astronomi Malaysia sekalian tentu ada jawapan masing-masing dalam kepala. Mungkin!!
Sekian, wassalam. Hanya Allah-lah pembuka dan pemberi kebenaran kepada kita (umat Islam) terhadap segala perancangan jahat kaum musyrikin.
Wallahu'alam bil ghaib.
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1. Kalendar Stail Lama (Old Style) - sebelum tahun 700 Sebelum Masehi.
2. Kalendar Pompilius - dimulai pada tahun 414 Sebelum Masehi (diasaskan oleh Pompilius)
3. Kalendar Julian - dimulai pada tahun 42 Sebelum Masehi (diasaskan oleh Caius Julius Caesar atas usaha Sosigenes)
4. Kalendar Julian II - dimulai pada tahun 8 Sebelum Masehi (diubahsuaikan oleh Octavius @ Augustus Caesar)
5. Kalendar Gregorian - dimulai pada 15 Oktober 1582 (diisytiharkan oleh Pope Gregorius XIII dari Bologna, Italy)
Saya perturunkan maklumat berikut:
Kalendar Stail Lama Kalendar Pompilius Kalendar Julian Kalendar Julian II
1. Martinus 31 hari 1. Januarius 29 1. Januarius 31 1. Januarius 31
2. Aprilis 30 hari 2. Februarius 28 2. Februarius 28/29 2. Februarius 28/29
3. Maius 31 hari 3. Martinus 31 3. Mars 31 3. Mars 31
4. Junius 31 hari 4. Aprilis 29 4. Aprilis 30 4. Aprilis 30
5. Quintilis 30 hari 5. Maius 31 5. Maius 31 5. Maius 31
6. Sextilis 31 hari 6. Junius 29 6. Juno 30 6. Juno 30
7. Septem 30 hari 7. Quintilis 31 7. Julius 31 7. Julius 31
8. Octo 31 hari 8. Sextilis 29 8. Sextilis 31 8. Augustus 31
9. Novem 30 hari 9. September 29 9. September 30 9. September 30
10. Decem 29 hari 10. October 31 10. October 31 10. October 31
Jumlah hari = 304 hari # 11. November 29 11. November 30 11. November 30
12. December 29 12. December 30 12. December 31
Jumlah hari = 355 hari # Jumlah hari = 364/365 # Jumlah hari = 365/366 #
Pada asasnya, kalendar moden pada hari ini adalah 'diangkatkan' dari kalendar Rumawi (Roman) yang asalnya mempunyai sepuluh bulan sahaja dalam setahun dikenali sebagai Tahun Roman Lama atau Old Style yang dimulai dengan bulan Martinus atau Mars (Mac) tetapi ditambahkan kemudiannya dengan Januarius dan Februarius yang dalam ertikata ia telah menolak kedudukan senarai bulan dari atas ke bawah (BUKANnya ditambahkan bulan Jan. dan Feb. selepas December untuk menjadikan Feb. bulan yang terakhir). Bulan ke-7 telah diberi dengan nama Julius oleh Julius Caesar selaku pemerintah Rumawi yang pertama. Beliau telah menambah satu hari bagi Disember. Kemudian, setelah Caesar mati dibunuh; Octavius menjadi pemerintah Rumawi ke-2 dengan menamakan dirinya Augustus Caesar. Beliau mengubah nama bulan Sextilis kepada Augustus (Ogos) dan menambahkan satu hari lagi pada Disember menggenapkan 31 hari.
Kita perhatikan apakah maksud asal bagi nama-nama bulan itu:-
1. Januari: nama bagi 'Janus', Dewa Penjaga bermuka dua kaum Roman yang 'mentadbir' permulaan segalanya dan penjaga gerbang kayangan.
2. Februari: 'Februs' atau 'Februalia' iaitu 'pembersihan', satu perayaan kaum Roman di mana bandar-bandar dan kuil-kuil mereka dibersihkan sepanjang bulan ini. Juga satu tempoh masa apabila korban dibuat untuk menyucikan dosa-dosa.
3. Mac: 'Mars', Dewa Marikh atau Dewa Perang kaum Roman. Juga menandakan kempen berperang yang dibatalkan kerana musim salji telah dimulakan kembali.
4. April: 'Aprilis' atau 'Aperire' yakni waktu bunga-bungaan menguntum di alamaya.
5. Mei: 'Maius', waktu bunga-bungaan berkembang di alamaya. Juga 'Maiores' (zaman lama Roman) dan 'Maia' Dewi Bungaan dan Tumbuhan kaum Yunani.
6. Jun: 'Juno' atau 'Junius', Dewa Jupiter (lelaki) Roman atau Dewa Zeus (lelaki) Yunani dan juga Hera (wanita) Permaisuri Syurga Yunani, isteri Zeus.
7. Julai: Julius Caesar, perwira dan pemerintah Roman terunggul.
8. Ogos: Octavius @ Augustus Caesar, Kisra Rumawi kedua yang terkemuka.
9. September: 'Septem' bermakna tujuh - bulan ke-7 bagi Tahun Roman Lama.
10. Oktober: 'Octo' bermakna lapan - bulan ke-8 bagi Tahun Roman Lama.
11. November: 'Novem' bermakna sembilan - bulan ke-9 bagi Tahun Roman Lama.
12. Disember: 'Decem' bermakna sepuluh - bulan ke-10 bagi Tahun Roman Lama.
Kiamat
IMAM MAHDI DAN SENARIO SEJAGAT
OLEH: AZZAMEEN
DEMI MASA SESUNGGUHNYA MANUSIA ITU DALAM KERUGIAN SELAIN DARI ORANG-ORANG YANG
BERIMAN DAN MEMESANKAN SATU SAMA LAIN DENGAN KEBENARAN SERTA MEMESANKAN SATU SAMA LAIN
DENGAN KESABARAN
- AL QURAN SURAH AL ‘ASHR 1-3
Negara baru akan parah pada tahun 19 dan 97,
Penduduk meratap belas kasihan dan maut berterusan,
Bahang musim panas dan taufan mengganas di bulan September,
Penduduk tidak dapat lari dan puluhan ribu akan mati.
- Michael de Nostradame @ Nostradamus (1503 – 1566)
Firasat:
1. Dalam tahun 1997; Asean, di antaranya yang meliputi Malaysia, Thailand
dan Singapore sebagai negara-negara rantau Asia Tenggara bilamana Indonesia
mengalami kegawatan ekonomi paling teruk dan kacau bilau yang menumbangkan
regim Suharto pada awal tahun 1998.
2. Penduduk negara dunia ketiga dan membangun meratap belas kasihan
lantaran kemarau yang diakibatkan oleh fenomena El Nino di bahagian Asia Timur
dan Asia Selatan manakala La Nina mengganas di bahagian Amerika Latin.
3. Bencana El Nino bermula seawal tahun 1997 dengan kemuncaknya di bulan
September 1997 apabila kemarau hebat melanda Indonesia dan juga Malaysia
termasuk negara-negera rantau Asia Tenggara. Krisis air juga berlaku di banyak
negara. Jerebu tebal pula meliputi keseluruhan Asia Tenggara dari Mac hingga
Oktober 1997.
4. Bulan Ogos 1998, fenomena La Nina yang menyebabkan banjir besar melanda
China, ribuan terkorban. Amerika Syarikat dilanda taufan Bonnie pada 25 Ogos.
Angka kematian pun terus bertambah!
5. Kematian pun berterusan bersilih ganti tanpa penghabisan!!
FENOMENA CAKERAWALA
Ribuan tahun dahulu apabila sesebuah komet yang menyerupai thi bintang melintasi
langit, orang yang melihatnya akan menggigil ketakutan. Menurut mereka, sebuah
bebola api yang turun dari langit itu menandakan kemarahan tuhan atau dewa-dewa
mereka.
Ketika kedatangan agama Kristian pun, komet dianggap sebagai bad omen atau majal yang
bererti petanda buruk. Misalnya pada tahun 1066, Raja Harold dari keturunan
Saxon telah dikalahkan oleh William the Conqueror, Penakluk Normandy dari
Perancis ketika peperangan Hasting dan England jatuh ke tangannya. Kemenangan
William adalah sejurus selepas sebuah komet lalu di ruang angkasa negara itu
dalam jarak yang paling hampir dengan bumi pada ketika itu. Komet itu adalah
Halley yang dianggap sebagai majal bagi Raja Harold.
Sejarah kaum Aztec di Mexico juga ada mencatatkan kedatangan “butiran jagung
yang menyala” iaitu sebuah komet pada tahun 1517 yang menjadi petanda kepada
kejatuhan Montezuma II, Raja Aztec pada tahun 1520 sebaik saja penyerahan
empayarnya kepada conquistadores (penjajah) Sepanyol, Hernan Cortes.
Konon-kononnya
kejatuhan diktator Ferdinand E. Marcos, pemerintah Filipina setelah memerintah
selama dua puluh tahun juga bertepatan dengan kedatangan komet Halley dalam
tahun 1986. Sementara itu dalam tahun 1996 kedatangan Komet Hyakutake malahan
pada tahun 1997 kedatangan Komet Hale-Bopp telah menjadi dua fenomena
cakerawala sebagai petanda kegawatan ekonomi dan jerebu tebal di Asia Tenggara
sambil menyaksikan tumbangnya presiden terlama yang memerintah Indonesia selama
32 tahun iaitu Suharto. Apakah semuanya kebetulan belaka? Hanya Allah Yang Maha
Mengetahui!
Kita telah sedia membaca sejarah manusia bahawa komet bahkan beberapa jasad
cakerawala lain memberi petanda kepada kejatuhan banyak tamadun (Crash of
Civilization) yakni China, Babylon, Rom dan Parsi sebelumnya. Bolehkah
dipercaya fakta sebegini sedangkan Rasulullah SAW telah berpesan bahawa
kemangkatan puteranya Ibrahim bukanlah kerana gerhana matahari cincin pada hari
Isnin, 27 Januari 632 Masehi bersamaan dengan 29 Syawal 10 Hijrah pada jam 9.45
pagi waktu tempatan Jazirah Arab. Hanya Allah Yang Maha Mengetahui! Tidak
dijadikan oleh-Nya sebarang petanda melainkan dengan hikmah-Nya jua. Apatah
lagi jika kita menginsafi bahawa sesetengah petanda merupakan amaran Allah ke
atas umat manusia.
Justeru, barangkali kedatangan komet bahkan gejala samawi bukanlah setakat sebagai
lambang petunjuk terhadap kejahatan manusia tetapi juga rahmat bagi manusia
yang beriman kepada-Nya! Manusia amat tidak mengetahui sesuatu peristiwa yang
tersirat di sebalik suratan takdir yang direncanakan oleh Tuhan. Manusia hanya
meramal walau ketentuan belum pasti kerana menjadi hak-Nya untuk menentukan sejarah
manusia itu sendiri walaupun manusia diberikan ikhtiar dalam menjalani
kehidupan sebagai bukannya mengharapkan takdir semata-mata.
Walaupun kedatangan komet-komet pada zaman moden ini tidak dianggap menakutkan sesiapa
tetapi sindrom ketakutan itu masih ada bagi sebilangan kaum yang
mempercayainya. Bagi peminat astronomi, senarionya berlainan kerana mereka
mengkaguminya dan menganggap sebagai salah satu dari sekian banyak fenomena
cakerawala yang patut diambil tahu dan diselidiki.
Sekarang kita melihat banyak faktor lain yang menyebabkan beberapa kuasa besar yang cuba
mendominasi dunia mengambil iktibar dari gejala samawi atau dalam kata lain
yang lebih tepat ialah bagaimana menggunakan kuasa alam semesta atau “Kuasa
Kosmos”. Kenapakah tarikh 20 Mac 2003 dipilih oleh Pentagon untuk
mengisytiharkan perang ke atas Iraq? Cuba lihat fakta ini:
Lokasi: Washington DC lat.: 38d53'52" Utara long.:
77d02'13" Barat #
Pada jam 4:35 am EST (US) atau 9:35:30 UT atau 5:35 pm Malaysia Standard Time
Planet Marikh berada 19 darjah 00 minit 19 saat di azimuth 144 darjah 52 minit
02 saat.
Serangan telah dilancarkan tepat pada jam 5.35 pm waktu Malaysia. Sudut Planet
Marikh berada 19 darjah adalah saat pelancaran peluru berpandu ke atas Iraq
bermula. Kenapa 19 darjah? Sebabnya mudah, geometri Washington DC adalah 19
darjah sebagai lambang Zionis dan sebagai syarat mutlak kemenangan ke atas
Iraq!! Itulah waktu kuasa kosmos yang sangat dipercayai oleh golongan Yahudi /
Zionis Amerika dan Israel.
Bukan satu rahsia lagi bahawa permainan justifikasi 'kuasa kosmos' telah digunakan
oleh kuasa besar untuk mencapai wawasannya ke atas negara lain tanpa sebarang
rasa sedar oleh kebanyakan umat Islam sedangkan bangsa Yahudi sangat
mempercayainya dan sentiasa mencuba dalam segala perkara untuk membuktikan
kekuatan kuasa kosmos ini.
Peristiwa bersegarisnya Musytari, Marikh dan planet-planet lain walaupun dikatakan tidak
menyusuli apa-apa kejadian luar biasa, yang tidak pun pula menawarkan spekulasi
baru tentang ijtimak (conjunction of planets) bagi matahari, bulan dan lima
planet-planet dalam konstelasi Aries sepertimana yang telahpun berlaku pada 5
Mei 2000 lalu, akan tetapi para pengkaji barat (westerners) tetap juga berasa
takut kalau-kalau tanda-tanda kelangitan sebegitu (bersegarisnya planet-planet
itu) adalah bersusur-galur dari konjungsi planetari dalam buruj Aquarius dalam
tahun 24 Mac 1345 yang diikuti dengan wabak maut (Black Death) yang membunuh
sepertiga dari populasi Eropah pada waktu itu! Adakah wabak yang pembunuh iaitu
SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Sindrom Pernafasan Yang
Teruk) yang melanda dunia (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapura dan Kanada) pada
tahun 2003 ini adakah juga boleh dihubungkaitkan dengan ijtimak planet-planet
suria 5 Mei 2000 pada tiga tahun yang lalu itu?
Tidak lama lagi iaitu pada tanggal 27 Ogos 2003 akan berlaku perihelia planet Marikh
yang termasyhor dalam sejarah umat manusia. Apa tidaknya, perihelia ini belum
lagi pernah berlaku dalam ribu-ribuan tahun lampau semenjak kewujudan tamadun
manusia lagi! Apakah yang akan ditunjukkan oleh fenomena perhelia Marikh 2003
ini?
Telah tersebar khabar-khabar angin yang mengatakan bahawa peristiwa gerhana matahari
25 Oktober 2003 dan gerhana bulan 9 November 2003 sempena awal dan pertengahan
Ramadhan 1424 yang mana kedua-duanya dapat dilihat di Mekah adalah petanda
kepada ketibaan Imam Mahdi Muntazar (Yang Di Tunggu-tunggu). Semuanya merupakan
kebarangkalian yang tidak diketahui benar atau tidak walaupun telah sekian lama
umat Islam mempunyai anggapan yang demikian tetapi Imam yang diharap tidak
pernah kunjung jelma.
Apa pun, tahun 2003 adalah tahun yang besar bagi gejala falak untuk para peminat
falak seantero dunia dari barat hingga ke timur yang seakan-akan tidak sabar
menantinya.
IMAM MAHDI
Saya tidak dapat menceritakan secara panjang lebar berkenaan Imam Mahdi di sini
tetapi saya syorkan supaya anda semua membeli sahaja buku mengenainya yang
banyak terdapat di pasaran. Salah satu buku yang saya syorkan ialah bertajuk
‘Siapa Imam Mahdi’ keluaran Pustaka Nasional Singapura yang beberapa petikan
pentingnya yang sempat saya ingat, saya catatkan di bawah ini:
“Imam Mahdi akan memerintah sama ada 20 atau 30 atau 40 tahun”
(jumhur ulama dan penafsir hadis mengambil yang tengah iaitu 30 tahun
memandangkan jangkamasa ini dianggap sebagai lama masa ia memerintah sedangkan
40 tahun lama masa ia hidup dan 20 tahun pertama merupakan kemuncak umurnya.)
“Imam Mahdi akan muncul sewaktu ia berusia 26 tahun. Beliau
akan belayar dan apabila tiba di Mekah, beliau akan tawaf di Kaabah. Ketika
inilah orang ramai akan mengesyaki beliau tetapi beliau tidak akan mengaku
lantas terdengarlah seruan malaikat dari langit: “Itulah dia Al Mahdi, ikutilah
dia”. Lantas sesiapa yang berdiri akan terduduk dan yang berbaring akan bangun
dari tidurnya. Ia mendapat petunjuk dari Allah dalam satu malam. Sesudah itu Al
Mahdi akan menghantar dua orang utusan kepada Raja Mekah (As Sa’ud?) tetapi
mereka kemudian dibunuh, lalu Al Mahdi mengisytiharkan perang terhadap Raja
Mekah.”
Apa pula kata Nostradamus? Kebanyakan kata-kata Nostradamus terkumpul dalam
sejumlah quatrain (atau lembaran-lembaran) yang diberikan nama sebagai
“Centuries”. Terdapat banyak ramalan-ramalannya yang terkenal termasuklah
ramalan kedatangan Hitler yang disebut Hister, kematian dan kejatuhan sistem
beraja Perancis, perubahan taqwim Julian ke Gregorian (baca kembali artikel
saya berkenaan ini dalam falak-net yahoogroups terdahulu) dan banyak lagi
termasuk ramalan Perang Dunia I dan II dengan cukup tepat! Saya bukannya hendak
mensyorkan sesiapa saja supaya mempercayai tukang tilik ini yang hidup di abad
ke-16 itu tetapi ada beberapa kutipan keterangan darinya yang hendak saya
ketengahkan merujuk kepada hadis Nabi SAW. Ramalan Nostradamus merupakan fakta
sokongan sahaja.
Sedar atau tidak bahawa serangan Amerika ke atas Iraq memang terdapat dalam ramalan
Nostradamus. Ia berbunyi begini:
The army of the sea will stand before the city, then depart,
Without making a long passage.
A great prey of citizens will be taken on land,
The fleet returns to seize, great robbery.
Sangat semakna dengan pendaratan tentera marin Amerika di Basra, Iraq yang tidak
mengambil masa yang begitu lama untuk menawan Iraq. Ramai rakyat Iraq menjadi
pelarian manakala setengahnya bertahan tetapi marin US tidak menunggu lama
untuk menawan Baghdad (The fleets returns to seize). Frasa akhir “…great
robbery” cukup tepat apabila berlaku rompakan besar-besaran di sekitar Baghdad
bukan setakat oleh tentera Amerika bahkan oleh rakyat Iraq sendiri!!
Serangan Amerika ke atas Iraq adalah pada hari Khamis dan George Bush telah
isytiharkan perang tanpa mandat PBB dengan hanya sedikit sahaja sahabat
Eropahnya yang ikut serta:-
The earth and air will freeze so much water when they come to
worship on Thursdays,
He who will come will never be as fair as the few partners who come to
honor him.
Namun, serangan Amerika dan Britain ke atas Iraq yang diramalkan menurut Nostradamus
adalah:
The King of Europe (Blair) will come like a
griffon accompanied by those of the North (Bush),
He will lead a great troop of red and white (US+Britain and Australia),
They will march against the King of Babylon (Saddam).
Apa pun serangan Amerika ke atas Iraq bertitik-tolak dari peristiwa WTC pada 11
September 2001:-
The Year 1999, seventh month, (tafsiran yang tepat ialah September
2001!) *
From the sky will come a great King of Terror, (pesawat dari udara merempuh WTC dan
Bush ataupun Sharon sebagai Raja Ganas!)
To bring back to life the great King of the Mongols, (adakah berkaitan dengan kuasa Korea
Utara?)
Before and after MARS to reign by a good luck.
*
satu masa dulu ada saya kisahkan dalam artikel berkenaan tarikh masehi iaitu
masalah dalam kalendar Julian dan Gregorian dan ada kaitan dengan Nostradamus
yang mengatakan bahawa kalendar Gregorian adalah ubahsuaian yang terlalu
menuruti kehendak suatu golongan yang cuba mempersesuaikan apa yang sukar
dipersesuaikan. Sila baca kembali artikel saya ini: Kalendar Julian dan
Gregorian di : http://pab25.blogspot.com/2008/06/kalendar-julian-dan-gregorian.html
Planet Marikh akan muncul dengan saat kegembiraan bagi manusia? Apakah kemunculan
planet Marikh 2003 adalah bukti besar bagi kemunculan Imam Mahdi yang
ditunggu-tunggu? Tidak diketahui lagi benar atau tidak kerana hanya masa akan
menentukan.
Ramalan Nostradamus yang lain ialah:-
The King enters Europe wearing the blue turban,
He will reign for less than a revolution of Saturn,
The King with the white turban,
His heart banished to Byzantium,
Sun, Mars and Mercury near Aquarius.
Perenggan di atas menyebut fasal dua orang Raja tetapi kedua-duanya memakai serban
(turban)! Tentu saja perilaku orang yang memakai serban itu sama ada beragama
Islam atau Sikh. Biarkan kita pilih saja sebagai orang Islam bersesuaian dengan
keadaan sekarang di mana umat Islam sering dilabelkan sebagai pengganas yang
berserban dan berjubah sepertimana perilaku Osama bin Laden.
Bagaimanakah kita hendak membuat tanggapan siapakah dua watak raja tadi? Jikalau umat Islam
sering mengatakan bahawa di akhir zaman akan muncul dua orang pembela iaitu
Imam Mahdi dan Nabi Isa, bahkan Nostradamus sendiri turut meramalkan dua orang
raja yang masing-masing berserban biru dan putih! Ini tidak menghairankan
apabila kita melihat kembali sejarah kedatangan Nabi Muhammad SAW yang pernah
diramalkan oleh tukang-tukang tilik Yahudi dan Nasrani sebelumnya.
Kembali kepada persoalan tempoh lama masa Imam Mahdi memerintah. Nostradamus menyebut
lebih kurang satu revolusi planet Zuhal. Revolusi atau pusingan planet Zuhal
mengelilingi matahari memakan masa selama 29 tahun 154 hari 18 jam 26 minit
48.80947212 saat. Tentu saja fakta ini sangat hampir kepada pendapat jumhur
ulama berdasarkan hadis iaitu selama 30 tahun. Jadi, Imam Mahdi tentu sahaja
merupakan seorang raja yang dikatakan memakai serban biru! Satu persoalan
lagi ialah kenapa ‘Raja Berserban Putih’ hatinya condong atau ‘rasa terbuang’
ke Byzantium iaitu di Rom?
Ayat berikut:-
Near Sorbia to assail Hungary,
The herald of Brudes will come to warn them,
Byzantine chief, Salona of Slavonia,
He will come to convert them to the law of the Arabs.
Apakah Sorbia itu Serbia? Ketua Byzantium @ Byzantine bernama Salona, seorang bangsa
Slav. Siapakah ‘He’ yang dimaksudkan? Jika He bermaksud ‘Raja Berserban Putih’,
adakah beliau ‘He’ itu ialah Nabi Isa Alaihissalam yang akan menukarkan
undang-undang gereja Byzantium kepada Islam (Arab)?
The city of seven will destroy,
And the stren judge will judge his people,
After the see has been held 17 years,
We shall see change within the same period of time.
Frasa ini adalah sedikit menarik apabila kita faham bahawa ‘city of seven’
sememangnya bandar Vatican di Rom manakala tempoh 17 tahun adalah tampuk kuasa
Pope John Paul II yang dilantik pada tahun 1978 hingga 1995 iaitu satu tempoh
peralihan tetapi Nostradamus menyatakan dalam tempoh yang sama juga iaitu dari
1995 hingga 2012, akan berlaku perubahan. Tidak diketahui oleh kita perubahan
yang bagaimana. Adakah Pope akan memeluk agama Islam? Atau?
Sabda Nabi SAW: “Nabi Isa akan turun di menara putih di
Damsyiq dengan tangannya menekan ke atas bahu kedua malaikat.” Menara
putih yang dimaksudkan itu tidak asing lagi memang pernah diperkatakan oleh
ramai umat Islam sebagai Masjid Bani Umaiyah yang berwarna putih di Damsyiq,
Syams, Syria kerana bangunan itulah sahaja mempunyai menara berwarna putih.
Halaman depan masjid ini mempunyai kapal terbang berwarna merah jenis lama yang
diletakkan di situ.
Sabda Nabi SAW lagi: “Jika kamu semua telah menakluk Rom,
masukilah ke gereja sebelah timur melalui pintu sebelah timur, lalu ikatkan
tujuh bendera dan bunuhlah yang ke-8 sebab di bawahnya terdapat tongkat Musa,
injil dan perhiasan Baitul Muqaddis.”
Tidak susah difahami kenapa hati Nabi Isa “banished to Byzantium”, rupa-rupanya ada
pusaka umat Islam yang tertinggal di situ. Maksud gereja sebelah timur ialah
St. Peter’s Basilica di Medan St. Peter yang memang benar-benar berada di
bahagian sebelah timur jika anda melihat peta kedudukan Vatican City. Gereja
ini memang mempunyai banyak pintu di bahagian hadapan dan tepinya.
Sesetengah dari kita ada yang biasa mendengar cerita seorang paderi di gereja St. Peter
yang memeluk agama Islam setelah dia turun ke sebuah kolam yang terdapat di
bawah tanah di gereja itu kerana di situlah terletaknya kitab injil Nabi Isa
yang asal.
Sekarang kita dapat memahami bahawa apabila Imam Mahdi muncul, beliau harus menunggu
kedatangan Nabi Isa untuk sama-sama memasuki Rom. Kemudian itu barulah
kedua-duanya akan menuju Baitul Maqdis untuk memerangi Dajjal setelah
mendapatkan segala pusaka umat Islam di Vatican.
Ingin diingatkan bahawa ‘bangsa Israel’ sekarang bukanlah suku yang sama-sama
menyeberangi Laut Merah bersama-sama Nabi Musa ribuan tahun dahulu tetapi
adalah suku ke-13 yang berasal dari suku Khazar yang terkenal dengan Barbaric
di bahagian utara Kaukasia. Jadi, ‘bangsa Israel’ ini mengaku mereka keturunan
Yahudi zaman Nabi Musa adalah satu pembohongan yang amat besar.
Baiklah, bilakah masanya “Sun, Mars and Mercury near Aquarius.” Akan berlaku? Jika anda
dapat menggunakan apa jua perisian astronomi yang ada, seperti Lodestar dan
Starry Night, cuba setkan tarikh ini: 24 Februari 2013, hari Ahad bersamaan
dengan 14 Rabiul Akhir 1434. Benar, pada hari inilah Matahari, Marikh dan
Utarid benar-benar tepat berkulminasi di Buruj Aquarius. Jadi, tepatlah kata
Nostradamus bahawa dalam tempoh 17 tahun semenjak 1995 iaitu pada tahun 2012
akan berlaku satu arus atau angin perubahan di Rom.
Benar atau tidak, tidaklah dapat dipastikan kerana kesemua perancangan Allah Ta’ala
telah tercatat dalam Lauhil Mahfuzh semenajak Dia mencipta langit dan bumi. Apa
pun manusia hanya mampu meramal.
MUJADDID
Perkataan mujaddid bererti pembaharu agama atau pejuang agama sesuai dengan lafaz dari
hadis Nabi SAW: “Sesungguhnya Allah akan memberikan umat ini (Islam) yakni
diperbaharui pimpinan agamanya pada setiap seratus tahun oleh seorang pembaharu
agama akan agamanya.” (Innallaha ya’asu lihazihil ummati ‘ala roksi kulli
mi’ati sanatin maiyujadidu laha dinaha).
Bagaimanakah kita akan menentukan adakah benar atau tidak bahawa pada setiap seratus tahun
sekali akan ada pemimpin besar Islam yang akan dilahirkan? Mari kita lihat
fakta ini. Sepanjang sejarah Islam kita sedia mendengar tokoh-tokoh Islam kurun
lampau, akan tetapi pada kurun ke-19 memang lahir ramai cendekiawan Islam pada
penghujung kurun itu. Contohnya Badi’uzzaman Sa’id An Nursiy dari Turki (1873),
Imam Ahmad Asy Syarif As Sanusi dari Libya (1873) bahkan Syeikh Muhammad Abduh
dari Mesir yang lahir pada tahun 1849 juga antara mujaddid yang rata-rata hidup
dalam lingkungan antara 1850-an hingga 1880-an. Begitulah juga seratus tahun
selepas mereka. Dijangka tentu ada mujaddid kolektif seperti ini bagi tahun
1950-an hingga 1980-an.
Jika Imam Mahdi dilahirkan seratus tahun selepas mujaddid kolektif tadi, apakah pada
tahun 1970-an? Jika mengikut ramalan Nostradamus bahawa akan datang seorang
Raja Penakluk (Great King of The Mongols) pada tahun 1999, manakala Bush
mungkin boleh saja digelar Great King of Terror, apakah Imam Mahdi memang
telahpun ada pada ketika ini? Imam Mahdi bukanlah turun dari langit tetapi
merupakan seorang insan biasa juga yang diberikan hidayat oleh Allah dalam satu
malam. Jika Imam Mahdi dikatakan akan mula muncul ketika berusia 26 tahun pada
tahun 1999 itu, adakah beliau lahir pada tahun 1973?
Jika Imam Mahadi dikatakan belayar hingga ke Mekah, kerana apakah beliau melakukan
hal sebegini? Kenapa tidak dengan cara pengangkutan darat dan udara? Sekarang
kita nampak satu hakikat bahawa kebanyakan negara di Timur Tengah seperti Iraq,
Iran dan Libya selain dikenakan sekatan ekonomi, Iraq dan Libya dikenakan juga
zon larangan udara. Apakah ada perkaitan rapat di antara sekatan penerbangan
udara dengan pelayaran di laut relevan terhadap corak perjalanan Imam Mahdi?
TARIKH-TARIKH HIJRAH
Apakah aktor-faktor yang terdapat pada diri Imam Mahdi? Sabda Rasulullah SAW:
“Kami ahlul bait dipilih oleh Allah lebih dari dunia. Kami umpama sebuah rumah
dan Mahdi adalah umpama bata yang menutupi sebuah lubang pada dinding.” “Mahdi
adalah penamat para wali”.
Penamat para wali tak bermaksud penamat para pejuang Islam – penulis.
Beberapa perkara yang selalu dirujuk selain terhadap fizikal Imam Mahdi yang mirip
Rasulullah ialah berkenaan:
1. Namanya Muhammad bin Abdullah (serupa nama Nabi SAW)
2. Keturunan Bani Hashim, dikatakan ibunya nasab ke Hassan, cucu
Rasulullah manakala sebelah bapanya nasab ke Hussain, juga cucu Rasulullah.
Cuma satu perkara yang mungkin tidak pernah terlintas di fikiran kita tentang tarikh
lahirnya adakah juga sama dengan tarikh lahir Nabi Muhammad SAW?
Maka, saya telah dengan sedaya upaya cuba mencari sesuatu berhubung ayat yang
menyebut kemunculan mujaddid setiap seratus tahun sekali. Maka, itulah juga
tujuan saya untuk cuba mencari sesuatu berdasarkan perhitungan sains kalendar
sama ada terdapat kesamaan hari yang wujud di antara tarikh Hijrah dengan
tarikh Masehi bagi setiap seratus tahun khususnya dan dalam tempoh 1400 tahun
hijrah. Pertama sekali kita mulakan dengan kelahiran Nabi Muhammad SAW.
Secara ringkas dan mudah apa yang ingin saya nyatakan dari jadual di bawah ialah dalam
tempoh 1400 tahun hijrah atau bersamaan dengan 1443 tahun masehi, hanya dua
kali sahaja yang terdapat tarikh yang hampir sama dengan tarikh ASAL, 10 Rabiul
Awal –52 Hijrah bersamaan 20 April 571 Masehi, hari Isnin iaitu 11 Rabiul Awal
1392 = 24 April 1972 dan 13 Rabiul Awal 1393 = 16 April 1973!
Keputeraan Siri Statik Siri Dinamik Hari Ulasan
Nabi Muhammad SAW 10 R Awal -52 20 April 571 Isnin ASALAN
8 R Awal 51 24 Mac 671 Isnin Genap 100 tahun
13 R Awal 154 4 Mac 771 Isnin Genap 200 tahun
12 R Awal 257 5 Februari 871 Isnin Genap 300 tahun
9 R Awal 360 9 Januari 971 Isnin Genap 400 tahun
10 R Awal 464 5 Disember 1071 Isnin Genap 500 tahun
R Awal 567 8 November 1171 Isnin Genap 600 tahun
13 R Awal 670 19 Oktober 1271 Isnin Genap 700 tahun
12 R Awal 773 22 September 1371 Isnin Genap 800 tahun
10 R Awal 876 26 Ogos 1471 Isnin Genap 900 tahun
8 R Awal 979 30 Julai 1571 Isnin Genap 1000 tahun
14 R Awal 1082 20 Julai 1671 Isnin Genap 1100 tahun
11 R Awal 1185 24 Jun 1771 Isnin Genap 1200 tahun
10 R Awal 1288 29 Mei 1871 Isnin Genap 1300 tahun
Genap 1443 tahun H 8 R Awal 1391 3 Mei 1971 Isnin Genap 1400 tahun
Lahir Imam Mahdi? 11 R Awal 1392 24 April 1972 Isnin Genap 1401 tahun
Lahir Imam Mahdi? 13 R Awal 1393 16 April 1973 Isnin Genap 1402 tahun
Jika Imam Mahdi muncul pada ketika hari wukuf di Arafah pada tahun hadapan 2004/1425
yang akan jatuh pada hari Jumaat (hampir Haji Akbar), maka usianya mungkin 30
ataupun 31 tahun. Tentu ada yang bertanya kenapa tarikh lahir Nabi SAW 10
Rabiul Awal, tidak 12 sepertimana yang selalu diraikan oleh umat Islam saban
tahun. Sebenarnya terdapat banyak perselisihan namun saya memilih 10 haribulan
berdasarkan kepada beberapa kriteria yang telah ditetapkan.
Pada tahun 2005, tarikh 20 April adalah jatuh pada 10 Rabiul Awal 1426, tetapi pada
hari Rabu yakni satu lagi tarikh yang hampir berpadanan dengan tarikh ASAL
kelahiran Nabi SAW!! Apa yang menarik ialah pada tahun 2004, tarikh lahir saya
sendiri akan jatuh pada hari Sabtu, 11 Rabiul Awal 1425.
EPILOG
Berkenaan dengan kemunculan Nabi Isa pada tahun 24 Februari 2013 iaitu pada ketika “Sun,
Mars and Mercury near Aquarius.”, mari kita tinjau sedikit kalendar kaum Maya
di Mexico. Kalendar kaum Maya amat kompleks, ia adalah sebuah kalendar
peramalan yang selalunya direkodkan sesuatu gejala samawi dalam bentuk buku ramalan
yang digelar ‘kodex’ oleh jururamal atau Shamans. Dua kodex yang terkenal ialah
kodex Tro Cortesianus dan kodex Madrid. Kodex-kodex ini mengandungi
bermacam-macam figura atau bentuk-bentuk perlambangan yang biasa disebut
hieroglif yang mewakili perlakuan bangsa mereka dengan jasad-jasad di langit
dan juga berhubungan dengan dewa-dewa mereka. Kalendar Maya memang diperakui
tepat sebagai mempertandakan detik-detik gejala samawi berpadanan dengan
sesuatu peristiwa.
Kejatuhan bangsa Maya sendiri juga diramalkan dengan tepat sekali menurut kodex mereka.
Kaum Maya telah menghitung sesuatu hari bukan dengan cara yang biasa kita
gunakan tetapi dengan kaedah pembilangan yang dimulai dari kin, uinal, tun,
katun, baktun, piktun dan kalabtun. Hari bagi mereka adalah kin yang bersamaan
dengan 1 hari. 19 kin atau 19 hari bersamaan 1 uinal. 359 hari = 1 tun. 7,200
hari = 1 katun. 144,002 hari = 1 baktun. 1,872,025 hari = 13 baktun (atau
bersamaan dengan 1 Epoch Kejadian). 2,880,025 hari = 1 piktun dan 57,600,025 hari
= 1 kalabtun. Angka yang paling besar boleh dicapai dengan pembilangan hari
sebegini akan memberikan tempoh tahun yang amat lama dan jauh kedepan.
Bangsa Maya merasmikan kalendar mereka bermula dari tarikh 20 September 3113 Sebelum
Masehi yang digelar sebagai “Era Maya”. Tahukah anda bahawa kaum Maya telahpun
meramalkan dengan pasti bahawa Epoch Kejadian adalah satu hari di mana “alam
ini diperbaharui” yang antara lain bermaksud satu hari yang sangat besar dan
signifikan dalam tamadun dan sejarah hidup bangsa manusia. Sama ada percaya
atau tidak tetapi pemakaian istilah yang berakhiran dengan –tun adalah satu
simbolik yang sangat hampir dengan gejala samawi yang selalu mereka ramalkan
berlaku menurut kala dan ketikanya. Bukti-buktinya memang telah lama termaktub
dalam sejarah jika kita mengkaji kebudayaan mereka dan kesannya terhadap
tamadun dunia yang lain. Kaum Maya selalu beranggapan bahawa terbitnya posisi
planet Kejora dalam sesuatu musim tertentu bermakna satu saat majal atau
kecelakaan (bad omen) yang biasa dikenali oleh kita sebagai terbitnya heliakel
planet (heliacle rising of the planet). Bangsa Mesir purba juga
menandakan terbitnya heliakel apabila tibanya saat bintang Sirius atau Asy
Syi’ra berembang di langit serentak dengan banjir Sungai Nil.
Satu Epoch Kejadian apabila diperhitungkan bermula dari tarikh asasnya tamadun Maya
bermula dari 20 September 3113 SM Julian sehinggalah genap 1,872,025 hari pada
tarikh 23 Disember 2012 M Gregorian! Sedangkan menurut perhitungan astronomi
bahawasanya kedudukan “Sun, Mars and Mercury near Aquarius” memang disahkan
telahpun bermula pada 23 Disember 2012 lagi dan mencapai saat kemuncaknya
berembang pada 24 Februari 2013. Jadi, fahamlah kita bahawa jika tarikh itu
telah diramalkan oleh kaum Maya sebagai satu era akhir zaman, maka kedatangan
Nabi Isa pada tarikh itu mungkin memang tidak dapat dipertikaikan lagi.
Pada hujung Mei lalu, Duta Syria ke Malaysia telahpun memberi isyarat yang jelas
bahawa Amerika berhasrat untuk menyerang Mekah pada tahun 2014! Bukan satu
rahsia lagi jika anda menonton episod terakhir siri X-Files bahawa agen Mulder
telah mengetahui bahawa pada tahun 2014 ‘alien’ akan menyerang dunia. Tidak
lain dan tidak bukan sama ada itulah petanda tahun peperangan mutlak Nabi Isa
dengan Dajjal yang menaungi bangsa Yahudi dan Zionis Amerika dalam kurun ini
setelah Amerika diasaskan semenjak pada tahun 1776 dan Israel pula pada tahun
1947! Satu lagi, jika anda pernah bermain permainan komputer ‘Ghost Recon’,
'Ghost Recon: Desert Siege' dan 'Ghost Recon: Island Thunder', anda tentu
akan dapat membaca secara langsung niat jahat Amerika untuk menakluk seluruh
dunia siap dengan tarikh-tarikh perancangannya sekali (dari tahun 2006 hingga
tahun 2013!) dan juga semua lokasi simulasi peperangan bermula dari Tbilisi di
Georgia, Red Square (Moscow), Ethiopia hinggalah ke Cuba di mana Fidel Castro
mati pada tahun 2009 sewaktu anda memegang watak sebagai askar Amerika dalam
permainan itu!!! Ada satu lagi game komputer iaitu America's Army: Operation
Recon. Kesemuanya mempunyai pertalian yang langsung antara sesamanya, cuma sama
ada umat Islam tidak menyedari atau cuai untuk mengambil perhatian berat
terhadap masalah ini. Apa pun umat Islam tidak dapat berbuat apa-apa!
Apakah kesemua persoalan yang telah saya kemukakan adalah satu teka-teki tidaklah saya
sendiri dapat pastikan kerana semua itu adalah dalam kekuasaan Allah Ta’ala dan
kita hanya boleh tunggu dan lihat sahaja. Kejahatan Amerika sentiasa
menjadi-menjadi, tanda-tanda konflik dengan Islam bukan rahsia lagi bermula
dengan pengeboman menggunakan peluru berpandu Tomahawk ke atas Sudan,
Afghanistan dan Pakistan pada 21 Ogos 1998 hinggalah ke episod-episod yang
lebih terkini pada awal tahun 2002 dan juga 2003 ke atas Aghanistan dan Iraq.
Di manakah kekuatan umat Islam sekarang? Bangsa Arab telahpun lemah.
Perkelahian sesama saudara muslim telah menjadi lumrah dan berakar umbi dari
bangsa Arab hinggalah ke rantau sebelah dunia Melayu. Tampak seperti tidak ada
surutnya. Musuh sedang menunggu di air keruh dan menanti masa yang sesuai
sahaja menurut 'kuasa kosmos' yang telah mereka rancangkan.
Namun kebatilan pasti akan dimusnahkan oleh cahaya kebenaran. Allah bersama umat
Islam. Allah-lah Yang Menguasai Hari Pembalasan! Hanya kepada Allah kita akan
kembali. Wallahua’lam bil ghaib.
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