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Wali Songo: the Nine Walis

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The nine walis were Sufi teachers who spread Islam and did all variety of powerful and unusual acts across Java. The histories of these men are not always clear. In fact, if you try to count all of them, you will end up with more than nine. Some sources say that there was more than one group of nine. The most probable explanation is that there was a loose council of nine religious leaders, and that as older members retired or passed away, new members were brought into this council.

Symbolically, for later rulers on Java, the wali songo provided a link between the rulers of Majapahit or earlier kingdoms, and the rulers of Mataram, and eventually the Sultans of Yogya and Surakarta. They were both links in the dynastic family trees and cultural links, as they adapted the old arts and traditions to the new Islamic reality. In spite of the confusion, and some of the legends told about them, these were real men, and some of them such as Gunungjati or Kalijogo were important figures who helped create the Java--and the Indonesia--that we know today. Here is an incomplete (or maybe too complete!) list of the Wali Songo. Most of them did their work in the late 1400s to mid-1500s C.E.:

Sunan Gunungjati worked at Demak and Banten, and was the founder of Cirebon. Many stories say that he was originally from Pasai in Aceh, others say that he was from Pajajaran in West Java. He married the sister of Sultan Trenggono of Demak, and led military expeditions for Demak against Banten (which was still Hindu at that time). As "Fatahillah" he defeated the Portuguese when they tried to take Sunda Kelapa (now Jakarta) in 1527.

Some stories have Sunan Gunungjati active around the 1470s and 1480s, under the name "Hidayatullah", other stories have him active around the 1520s, and associate him with the name "Fatahillah". In the 1480s he would have been the grandson of the king of Pajajaran; in the late 1520s he would have fought the Portuguese near what is today Jakarta. The problem is that some stories say that he passed away in 1568, by which time he would have been as old as 120 years! Some scholars think that there may have been more than one Gunungjati.

Sunan Kudus, (or Ja'far Shadiq), founder of Kudus, who is said to have originated the wayang golek, and who founded the masjid at Kudus using (it is said) the doors from the palace of Majapahit. Took the place of his father, Sunan Ngudung. He passed away in 1550.

Sunan Kudus has also been called by the name Ja'far Shadiq, or Ja'far as-Sadiq, which was also the name of a famous religious figure in Iran, the 6th of the 12th Imams in Shi'ah Islam. Interestingly, in the city of Kudus today, there is an event called Buka Luwur, when the citizens change the curtains around the tomb of Sunan Kudus, among other things. This event is held on the 10th of Muharram of the Islamic calendar --the same day that Shi'ah Muslims remember the martyrdom of Husayn, a major date in the calendar for them. Perhaps these are reminders of the time when travelers from Iran and India made frequent trips to the north coast of Java, and had a lasting influence on the culture there.

Sunan Giri, (or Raden Paku), studied at Melaka, founded Islamic schools at Gresik, foretold the rise of Mataram, and spread Islam to Lombok, Sulawesi, and Maluku. He was a proponent of orthodox Islam, and disapproved of innovation (much like "modernist" Islamic scholars of the 1800s and 1900s). A traditional story says that he was the son of a Hindu princess of Balambangan and Maulana Ishaq of Melaka, who had gone to Balambangan as a missionary. The princess was forced to abandon him in a crisis and set him adrift on the ocean in a small boat, from which he was rescued by sailors. He was later a student of Sunan Ampel, and married the daughter of Sunan Ampel.

Sunan Giri II (or Sunan Delem)

Pangeran Sarif worked under Sunan Giri, and worked to convert the people of Madura.

Sunan Prapen

Sunan Kalijogo, (also Raden Sahid), was active at Demak, student of Sunan Bonang, advisor to Senopati, father to Sunan Muria. He revived the Garebeg procession, added Islamic stories to the wayang kulit repertory, and promoted the use of traditional rituals in a new Islamic context. The IAIN (Islamic Institute) in Yogyakarta today is named after him. At times Sunan Kalijogo has been called a proponent of innovation ("innovation" in orthodox Islam is generally considered not proper).

Stories of Kalijogo also follow confused chrnologies. Some have him participating in the construction of the Masjid at Demak in the 1470s; others have him active in the mid-1500s.

Sunan Bonang, son of Sunan Ampel, wrote a popular book on theology and good behavior for Muslims. As a young man he studied with Sunan Giri in Melaka. He helped build the great masjid at Demak. A story says that he converted the later Sunan Kalijogo to Islam. He is buried at Tuban.

Sunan Muria, (or Raden Umar Said), son of Kalijogo, after whom Mount Muria is named, and who used gamelan and theatre to help promote his missionary activity. He preferred to work with common people and in isolated villages.

Sunan Maulana Malik Ibrahim (also Syeikh Maghribi) was an Arab who arrived in Java in 1404 and worked at Gresik and Leran until his death in 1419. He founded the first Islamic school or pesantren on Java. Cousin of Sunan Ampel. His work was carried out before the time period normally associated with the wali songo, making him a kind of pioneer for missionary activity on Java.

Sunan Ampel (also Raden Rakhmat) who did his work in Surabaya, and spread Islam in East Java. Sunan Ampel was the original leader of the walisongo. He was a nephew of the King of Majapahit, and a cousin to Raden Patah, first Sultan of Demak. He was actually born in Champa, an Islamic kingdom located where the southern part of Vietnam is today. Sunan Bonang and Sunan Drajad were both his sons. Sunan Giri lived with him alongside his sons as a young man.

Sunan Drajad was a son of Sunan Ampel. He built the masjid at Paciran (north of Surabaya) in 1502, and is known for promoting social and charitable works. He also promoted the use of the gamelan orchestra.

Sunan Sendang worked at Paciran until 1585.

Sunan Ngudung (or Pengulu Rahmatullah) who did his work in Matahun, and died in battle against the Hindu remnants of Majapahit in 1513. He was the father of Sunan Kudus.

Raden Hamzah (or Sunan Lamongan) who did his work in Lamongan.

Maulana Ibrahim Asmoro was the father of Sunan Ampel. He is buried at Palang near Tuban. He was married to a princess of Champa, in what is now Vietnam, and may have originally been from Central Asia.

Sunan Bayat who did his work around Tembayat, near Yogya. He was a student of Sunan Kalijogo.

Sunan Bejagung who did his work near Tuban.

Syekh Sitti Jenar (also Syekh Lemah Abang) who was sentenced to death for his strong religious convictions, which were considered by some to be heretical.

Raden Patah, founder of Demak, is sometimes included in the list. Raden Patah was the son of Kertanegara by a Chinese princess, and was brought up by Aria Damar, his half-brother, who had been sent to oversee Palembang with the title of Adipati, and was said to be a Muslim in secret. He consulted closely with Sunan Ampel before continuing on to found the city and power of Demak. Raden Patah is a "link" between the line of the old Javanese kings (such as Airlangga or Hayam Wuruk), the later Sultans of Mataram (such as Agung), and the present-day Sultan of Yogya and Susuhunan of Surakarta.

(Sunan Kuning came much later, was named Susuhunan of Mataram by rebels in 1742, is remembered in Semarang).

Many stories of the Wali Songo are recorded in the Babad Tanah Jawa (Chronicles of the Land of Java), written in the mid-1600s.

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Hypnosis

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Hypnosis is a term all of us are aware of. However, not many of us are aware that self hypnosis is also possible. The common belief is that, hypnosis can only be done on other person to get them speak out their mind. In this article, we will know more about self hypnosis and the ways to achieve success through the same.
The website www.store.unexplainable.net gives a whole list of brain development software that moulds the brains, increases the focus ability and ultimately enhances memory. All these softwares come in an easily downloadable format at very reasonable prices. Firstly, we should understand whey self hypnosis is important. Self hypnosis helps in times, when needs to achieve his dreams at any cost, follow his ambitions with utmost passion and when one needs to quit any undesirable habit.
An example will help us understand any difficult concept in an easy way. Jo, a software engineer by profession, is based at Los Angeles. His job was so demanding that he could not give any focus to his personal commitments. This frustrated him a lot and he took upto drinking. As days went by, he got addicted to drinking and he went wild on the days when he could not get his drink. However, he realized he was going overboard and tried many ways to quit drinking, but in vain. Finally he landed on this software and realized that it is definitely worth a try. Minutes after trying this, he felt a deep relaxing sensation in his mind that he never knew existed. Gradually, his brain became so relaxed that he didn’t need the company of alcohol to make him feel better. He not only quit smoking, but excelled very well in his career and is now the leading project manager for a major client.
The concept behind this is very simple. Some frequency waves are sent across to the ears and the brain. The brain is then automatically tuned to these frequencies and stabilizes itself to the sound of the waves. There are also many other relaxing sounds like soft classical music, sounds from the natures etc that are played so that the brain becomes more effective and responds quickly to our instructions. When the brain is a focused state like this, there is a high probability that we will be able to achieve our ambitions quite efficiently. There would be obstacles anyway, however, through self hypnosis, our mind is fine tuned to focus only on the positive aspects and eliminate any other negative energy that comes across our way.
Self hypnosis is a very effective technique, which, if used effectively can bring about great results. This is used by many people of late to focus single mindedly on their career. Also, it gives many other benefits like increase in memory, relaxed mindset, increase in focus and most importantly increased self confidence. A man who goes about achieving every dream of his, is bound to be highly self confident. Hypnosis changes the entire personality of a human being and alters the way he approaches things.

DNA Stimulation

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DNA stimulation is something that one needs to undergo when his or her DNA get repaired due to several reasons. Before getting into what DNA stimulation what really is, we shall first look upon how DNA gets repaired. There are several ways by which one's DNA gets damaged and it has now become one of the major concepts in cancer biology. DNA damage occurs due to prolonged exposure to radiations like UV ray, X ray or any other radioactive rays. It may also occur due to chemical intoxication or thermal disruptions as well. These are the major causes that make the DNA damaged and hence some gene loss or important functionality of them is lost. This DNA damaged needs to be stimulated back. Only this will ensure a smooth and normal living.

The DNA damage is not a rare thing. It occurs everyday in every part of the body. A normal person cannot know whether his DNA is damaged or not. But only the individual cell knows that the DNA has been damaged and it has to be repaired. In a normal day more than 70000 DNS damage occurs. On all that cases, the cell tries to repair it by several processes. This process of repairing the damaged DNA is termed to as DNA stimulation. DNA stimulation by cell occurs whenever a cell gets damaged. The cell orders the DNA near the damaged DNA to bind with it or couple with it and hence stimulates the damaged DNA. By this way, the DNA gets stimulated and normalcy is restored. But this is a long process.

In today's advancement in science and technology, one need not wait this long to get his or her DNA stimulated. It is going to be only a matter of hours. Yes., there has been research done in this field and it has been shown that external factors can influence the DNA stimulation. It was found that the DNAs can be stimulated if delta frequency is applied. On these frequencies, the recovery is rapid and DNA stimulation occurs at a very fast rate, thereby ensuring speedy recovery and well being.

This mid-delta frequency works very very efficiently and follows a healing procedure that cannot be understood very clearly. The main hypothesis is that when two different sine waves are applied to each ear, then the brain directly obtains the frequency and creates its own frequency that is possibly the difference between the frequencies applied. This frequency is in the mid delta region and cannot be heard. Also this frequency will now ensure that the DNA healing will occur rapidly.

When a person is subjected to this frequencies, he can well see the changes occurring in his mind and body. This takes only about minutes. The DNA Stimulation has several advantages. The first of them is that there is no physical work or training that has to be done. Just placing your head phone for minutes is enough. The next thing one can see about is that it repairs, stimulates DNA very efficiently and very faster than any other process. Also one can note that since our body creates a response, it will surely work each and every time.

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Natural drugs from garden

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Many plants that are around you that contain antioxidants. Research has been conducted by experts in the Department Biokimia FKUI, shows that bawangan-onion, tomato and petai contain antioxidants. Food is always there in your kitchen such as garlic, onion and spring onion in fact have the effect hipoglikemik (lower blood sugar), reduce blood pressure and cholesterol. Onion may protect the liver damage, because it contains organic sulfur that is as antioxidants. Found that the womb is also a flavonoid antioxidants and has known anti-inflammation effects associated with free radicals as well.

Compound in garlic that can protect the kidney from the poisoned Pb there is lots of pollution in the air. A group of children who live in the area of dense vehicles in Jakarta has a Pb content is much higher than in urinnya children who live in rural areas. This substance can settle in the organs liver, kidney, bone marrow and brain. Consume garlic can protect the organs at the same time increase the output in urin Pb. Tomatoes contain substances that are antioxidants lipopene and examined for cancer treatment. Lipopene have the ability to protect the network, because the antioxidants work as a different way through the onion until likopene soluble in fat.

Eating petai also appeared to have benefits. Indeed, many avoided because baunya, but it baunya that will save many cancer patients. Petai role is to protect the kidney damage due to a cancer drug that also through the process of free radicals. Drugs that have the price for this selangit compound appeared to have similar with petai. Compound owned petai was indeed not far different from the onion that is organic sulfur that is poten.