Gambar-gambar sekitar Parenting 4

(in Bahasa)

Salam~,

Maaf kerana laman how165areyou.com sudah sekian lama tidak dikemaskinikan, dek kesibukan sang pengendalinya dengan beberapa projek dan aktiviti tertentu.

Training ESQ Parenting 4 di Menara 165 Jakarta Selatan pada 30hb Ogos telah meninggalkan banyak kenangan manis buat kami. Tanpa dirancang rupanya terdapat 90 peserta dari Malaysia! Trainernya tidak lain tidak bukan, adalah Dr Ary Ginanjar Agustian sendiri!

InsyaAllah, training ESQ Parenting yang seterusnya akan berlangsung pada 12 Disember 2009, di Menara 165 juga (bilalah akan diadakan di Malaysia ya :-)). Sila lawati laman rasmi ESQ Leadership Centre untuk keterangan.

Saudara Rosile Saat dan isteri Nadrah Mohamad yang mengelolakan rombongan Malaysia kali ini melaporkan, pendaftaran rombongan sudah melangkaui 100 orang! Bagi yang berminat dan ingin mendapat maklumat lanjut, sila hubungi sdra Rosile Saat di roslirimix@yahoo.com atau 019-2990429 atau Pn Nadrah 019-3464829.

Di atas disajikan beberapa foto yang menggambarkan suasana training ESQ Parenting pada Ogos yang lalu. Harap masih belum basi! :D

SPIRITUALISING POLITICS

I must admit, I was kinda in the inner circle of party politics several years ago until the previous GE11 when I decided to take it slow. Yet, I have been following the currently heaty political situation in our beloved country albeit with a pinch of concern. There seems much more of tongue-lashing nowadays, and people's emotions are being unnecessarily riled up. It wasn't as bad last time.

I know, some people might say politics is dirty, nothing is impossible in politics, or one can't take what politicians say to each other seriously. There's nothing to be so unduly concerned about.

Just that, I am worried because to me politics like what we are experiencing today has been much IQ and EQ, but zilch when it comes to SQ.

Yes, there are many muslim politicians in Malaysia. Many performs prayers without fail, fast in Ramadhan, pay tithes, go to Mekah for Hajj or Umrah - and many appear to champion Islamic issues. But spirituality does not mean just being rituous or defending against onslaughts to Islam in naivety.

I must qualify the above statement; there are actually politicians who are ritually disciplined and spiritually uplifted most of the time. Really though, they are an exception rather than a norm.

From my own experience, a seemingly religious person may actually be weak spiritually. One may have the "5" (Islam) and seemingly the "6" (Iman), but not necessarily the "1" (Ihsan). Prior to being introduced to ESQ 165 Training, I myself time and again forgot that Allah SWT my Creator Notices me all the time without fail.

Back to the politics.

Apparently politicians here (and elsewhere, but I am referring here to the Malaysian political scene) seem to be spiritually weak. I am particularly worried about muslim politicians most of whom carry the brand "perjuangan bangsa dan agama", because to the non-muslims they reflect what Islam and Islamic leadership is about.

Many unfortunately subscribe to nasty rules in engaging the "other side". Character-assassinate, look straight into the camera and angelically deny/ make accusations, never apologise even if you are proven mistaken, sow hatredness, jack up people's anger towards the opponents, be defensive by being offensive, are but a few so-called rules of political survival. The number of politicians who subscribe to these "principles" grow by leaps and bounds over the years.

Tellingly, people become more confused and deeply divided because of the way politics is being gamed in Malaysia today. Authorities seem to be out-of-control. Political mudslingings seem unending in parliament sittings, blogs and mainstream media, even within the same political divides. We hear smartly veiled racial undertones being used regularly. We are in danger of losing our civilisation and I blame the politicians for it, not because of their low IQ but because of their low SQ.

More genuinely worrying matters - such as the economic downturn in which thousands of jobs are lost and wealth are shrinking rapidly, social and safety erosions in which criminal/ illegal activities are at an all-time alarming figures, public health deterioration in which hundreds of lives were lost due to swine flu (H1N1) pandemic and dengue epidemic - seem to take a part-time role these days because politicians' seem to lose the nobleness and spirituality in their political pursuits.

If many politicians are weak spiritually and politics is handled with just intellectual and emotional capacity, what looms ahead is disaster. When SQ is low, politicians save the stronger ones might lack self-control and might easily become manipulative or manipulated.

The terms "answerable to the people" becomes a cliche because they know that all people - not just malays - forget after a while; that's human nature. (Humans are called "an-nas" in the Qor'an because "nas-iya" in Arabic means "being forgetful").

People in Malaysia are experiencing such political manipulations as we blog. Emotions run high on sensitive issues, many eventually die off after plenty of laypeople's energy wasted. Corruption becomes second nature. Lies and deceits are considered the norms. No amount of human laws, regulations and enforcement can safeguard such haywiredness.

To create a model civilisation coming out of our very own Malaysia, politics here must be redefined. The three elements of IQ, EQ and SQ must go hand-in-hand for every politician, muslims or non-muslims. Furthermore, SQ must be the central point of the three.

A spiritually-uplifted politician will become a strong leader for the nation, because he continuously is self-reminded of his intention in politics. He would tie everything he or she does "horizontally" to his or her "vertical" relationship.

The existence of spiritually-uplifted politicians of an overwhelming size will create a healthier political climate for Malaysia. When leaders truly realise that the Creator of the Universe is watching their slightest of actions, they become more wary before doing or saying something, whether in public or in private.

People become more informed, and political maturity can be seen in our society. If decision-makers and policy-makers know their spiritual standing, they would not hesitate to toe party lines if necessary for the sake of the people. They would prefer to listen to understand rather than become confrontational. They would ask their supporters to not become highly emotional. With all these scenarios, I am confident problems can be solved more effectively.

I wish one day all political leaders from both political divides will become ESQ alumni, experiencing character building through a spiritual upliftment journey led by Pak Ary Ginanjar and his able trainers, and recharging regularly.

It's actually one of the top items in my wishlist. :-)

ISA - Yang Zalim dan Yang Jahil

(in Bahasa)

Sekiranya masih ujud masa itu, Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri atau ISA akan berusia 50 tahun tepat 1 Ogos tahun depan.

Semua orang faham apa itu ISA. Ia merupakan akta cedokan British yang membolehkan polis menahan seseorang yang didapati mampu menggugat keselamatan negara, dalam tempoh tidak lebih 60 hari. Sekiranya didapati perlu, Menteri Dalam Negeri boleh menahan lanjut orang itu selama 2 tahun di kem tahanan khas, dan tempoh itu boleh dilanjutkan tanpa had. Mengikut statistik, terdapat 10 orang yang masih ditahan di Kem Tahanan (Kemta) Kamunting Perak. Ada yang sudah berada di Kemta hampir 7 tahun!

Hari ini selepas Zohor, ribuan 'meraikan' harijadi ISA dengan berarak di jalanraya KL untuk menyuarakan bantahan terhadap akta tersebut. Polis sejak malam tadi mengadakan sekatan jalanraya masuk ke KL dibantu FRU yang berada di beberapa lokasi demonstrasi sejak awal pagi. Ada saksi yang mendakwa melihat beberapa pemimpin demonstrasi dipukul. Ratusan ditangkap.

Rakyat Malaysia masih berbelah bagi samada ISA patut diteruskan atau ditamatkan. Bukan sebab jahil tetapi sebab keliru di antara niat dan pelaksanaan.

Adalah ISA itu satu undang-undang yang zalim mengikut perspektif 165? Adakah ianya perlu? how165areyou ingin mengupas persoalan ini secara JUJUR.

Prinsip atau rukun iman yang enam antaranya adalah beriman kepada KitabNya. Dalam Al-Qoran, Allah SWT telah menggariskan pelbagai peraturan feqah, muamalat dan syariat yang menjadi hukum Islam. Kesemuanya bertujuan membimbing orang yang beriman kaedah menjalin hubungan dengan Allah SWT dan juga sesama manusia.

Satu atribut hukum Islam adalah konsep keadilan sejagat. "Maka berlaku adillah kamu. Itu lebih dekat dengan takwa." (al-Qoran)

Pernah diriwayatkan dalam sebuah hadith, Rasulullah SAW didatangi oleh seorang wanita yang mengaku berzina. Bagaimanapun Rasulullah SAW menangguhkan hukuman hudud terhadapnya sehinggalah wanita itu selesai menyusukan bayi yang lahir hasil hubungan zina tersebut.

Untuk hubungan sesama manusia, kita dibolehkan mengadakan peraturan sendiri. "Kamu lebih mengetahui urusan duniamu". (Hadith Sahih)

Namun, mana-mana peraturan kontemporari ciptaan manusia perlu konsisten dengan Al-Qoran dan Sunnah, walau seberapa sofistikatednya pemerintahan zaman moden. Sekiranya didapati terdapat elemen ketidakadilan, maka peraturan atau undang-undang ciptaan manusia perlu dibuat alignment atau penjajaran, iaiatu diubahsuai atau dimansuhkan terus.

ISA bertujuan menjaga keselamatan negara. Niat menjaga keselamatan negara memang niat yang baik, malah menjadi TANGGUNGJAWAB pemerintah. Setiap amal mesti dimulakan dengan niat; bagaimanapun, niat tidak menghalalkan cara. Seorang ayah yang ingin memberi anak-anaknya makan diharamkan mencuri walaupun tujuan yang murni.

ISA datangnya daripada pemikiran barat, lalu seharusnya dianalisa dengan minda yang kritis dan dengan hati yang tulus. Tidak sepatutnya ada pertimbangan politik dalam menganalisa ISA.

Dalam analisa terhadap ISA, didapati terdapat elemen ADIL dan PRIHATIN yang longgar.

Dari segi prinsip keadilan, ISA didapati boleh disalahguna untuk menindas manusia. Ketidakadilan ISA terdapat dalam aspek kelemahannya mengiktiraf hak asasi manusia. Al-Qoran mengiktiraf hak asasi manusia, antaranya "Tidak ada paksaan dalam ad-deen" dan "Bagi kamu agama kamu, bagi aku agamaku". (Al-Qoran)

ISA menjadi bahaya kerana ia:-

- mampu menjadi alat yang mudah disalahguna untuk menakut-nakutkan.

- mampu menjadi alat memaksakan sesuatu ideologi.

- membawa konotasi sudah dihukum bersalah kerana tiada ruang mempertahankan diri.

- memberi lesen memperlakukan manusia seumpama tiada harga diri, kadangkala seperti binatang.

Sedangkan, manusia tidak kira apa bangsa, agama dan strata perlu diberikan ruang untuk menyuarakan pendapat, menjadi pemimpin masyarakat, berbeza pandangan, berpersatuan, mengundi, beragama dan sebagainya. Selagi ianya dilakukan secara aman dengan tidak pula menindas atau mengambil hak asasi orang lain.

Dari segi pelaksanaan pula, ketidakprihatinan ISA terbit apabila pihak yang diberikan kuasa menangkap tanpa sebab menggunakan peruntukan akta untuk menekan tahanan.

Dalamasa 60 hari pertama ISA,

- tahanan tiada akses kepada peguam dan ahli keluarga.

- Lokasi penahanan dirahsiakan.

- terdapat insiden penyeksaan fizikal dan mental, serta ugutan dalam soalsiasat supaya tahanan membuat pengakuan (mengikut testimoni).

Selepas 60 hari (di Kemta),

- seolah-olah sudah dijatuhi bersalah, tanpa pertuduhan yang jelas melalui proses mahkamah

- tiada kebajikan untuk ahli keluarga

- tempoh 2 tahun hanyalah gimik dan boleh diperbaharui sesuka hati

- terdapat insiden penyeksaan fizikal dan mental seperti di atas

Maka dari sudut prinsip dan pelaksanaannya, ISA sarat dengan atribut negatif iaitu tidak ADIL dan tidak PRIHATIN. Selain itu, penggunaan ISA selama hampir 50 tahun ini ketandusan DISIPLIN atau kaedah tertentu kerana kebanyakan suspek sebenarnya boleh dibawa ke muka pengadilan menggunakan undang-undang lain seperti Kanun Keseksaan, Akta Pencegahan Rasuah dan Akta Imigresen.

Dari sudut spiritual, kita yang masih teragak-agak harus bertanya dengan hati yang ihsan ini, yang sedar Allah SWT melihat tingkah perbuatan kita setiap masa dengan soalan-soalan seperti berikut:-

- Bolehkah seorang mengambil hak orang lain?

- Bolehkah seorang memperlakukan manusia lain seperti haiwan? Sedangkan Islam menyeru kita berbuat ihsan bukan sahaja hablu minnannas tetapi dengan haiwan dan tumbuhan.

- Inginkah kita berada dalam situasi isteri, suami atau anak dilokap selama bertahun-tahun tanpa kita tahu apa tuduhannya?

Maka pandangan saya berlandaskan 165, ISA dan segala kepincangan berkaitan ISA adalah tidak perlu! Lebih-lebih lagi jika terdapat ramai rakyat yang tidak selesa dengannya. Dengan tiadanya akta sedemikian, hasrat Malaysia ingin menjadi negara Islam model - di mana di dalam pentadbirannya aspek keadilan diberi perhatian berat - dapat diteruskan.

Maka, saranan beberapa pihak kepada Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan agar mengeluarkan fatwa tentang ISA ini adalah satu idea yang baik dan wajar disegerakan.

DR ARY GINANJAR

A Towering Personality

I first heard about Dr Ary Ginanjar Agustian, the founder of the ESQ 165 model which has been materialised into the much talked about ESQ Training programme, in 2005 when I was doing a project work in Jakarta and Bandung.

In Indonesia, I enjoyed going to book stores, because interestingly for every best-selling English publication one could almost find the translated version in Bahasa Indonesia. It's not that I would enjoy reading Indonesian, but I was amazed how fast new best sellers were translated into Indonesian and the fact that many people there read the translated version more than the original language!

The obvious reasons I thought were because Indonesia is such a highly populated nation and moreover Bahasa Indonesia is so prominently used so much so that the book industry can easily create local best-sellers for translated books even if you are talking about a target audience of 0.01% among some 280 million people there. The reverse was probably the case too.

Try selling translated materials in Bahasa Malaysia where not even a tiny fraction of the 28 million buy Bahasa books, and one will burn his pocket!

I noticed that Dr Ary's books were obviously written first in Bahasa Indonesia, but its English translation titled ESQ Power, ESQ etc. were already on the shelves and selling fast.

I flipped through the books and found the chapters rather interesting topics. However, I had several "belenggu"s (Bahasa for "cover" and "kaffir", Pak Legisan Sugimin a senior ESQ trainer always told participants in jive).

One of my "belenggu"s was PRESUMPTION (prasangka). I hated reading religious books written by authors with no known Islamic qualifications. Dr Ary Ginanjar Agustian as a name didn't provide indication of Islamic background, in fact, at first I figured the name didn't sound Islamic at all! I easily dismissed the contents due to such presumption.

Another belenggu I had was LITERATURE (knowledge). Not that I considered myself knowledgable Islamic-wise. It was just that, I always equated the subject of Spirituality discussed by Dr Ary Ginanjar in those books with Sufism, and I don't consider myself or my family apt for practising Sufism, or Tasauf or Tariqat.

I considered myself (and that extended to my family) a straightforward muslim (read: good, moderate): reading Qoran, practising the required pillars, and sometimes listening to ceramahs or kuliahs (religious talks) on TV, radio and in mosques.

From my understanding then, muslims who got involved in tasauf usually became obsessed with lengthy doa and endless wirids, and did certain group activities I deemed alien and wouldn't be endorsed by Prophet Muhammad SAW if he were alive.

So, Dr Ary's books such as ESQ Power, whilst being a best-seller in Indonesia (sold 300 thousand copies at that time as stated on the book cover) as well as sounding intriguing as it talked at length on a subject a lot of people had difficulty explaining, wouldn't gel well on me. Instead, I purchased several books on Key Performance Indicators and strategic management which were my professional interests (they still are). For personal improvement I bought several Qoran volumes, one of them being the biggest size-wise I ever saw!

I may have given Dr Ary a miss back then, but perhaps due to its peculiarity, I couldn't help but imbed in my mind the names Ary Ginanjar Agustian and ESQ. Little did I know then, how through his spiritual and physical journey in search of Allah, the Almighty SWT extends His Guidance to hundred thousands of human beings.

How, through the modules Outer Journey and Inner Journey, and the Seven Core Values springing from the 99 Names of Allah (Asmaul Husna), many become better muslims who understand and start practicing the true spirit of Ihsan, Iman and Islam.

May Allah SWT Provide strength to this towering contemporary Muslim personality. May He forgive us and continue to provide us with His Guidance.

(to be continued, InsyaAllah)

NEXT: ATTENDING ESQ TRAINING FIRST TIME

REVERSING PPSMI AND HALAL POLICIES

A noble intention by a person doesn't nullify the importance of him or her being responsible on the outcome. Leaders always speak about their intentions well enough but are seldom thorough enough on their game plan.

When this is not happening, the subjects of the leaders suffer most. An example would be certain human-rights infringing laws used by leaders of some countries to avert militancy or terrorism.

A good leader must not only articulate his intentions well, but is responsible enough to ensure that the journey towards such intentions or goals will continue to be beneficial to his or her stakeholders. If there are snags along the way, such as abuse or misuse, cost escalation, confusion, grouses of genuine nature etc, it is probably an opportune time to reflect whether the action matches the intention or otherwise.

A great leader, above it all, must be brave enough to admit and rectify past "mistakes" made by themselves or their predecessors in achieving their goals, reverse previous policies or come up with better approaches to resolve problems. Regardless of who raised up the matter or harped on it, a great leader takes the necessary steps to remedy such problems.

PPSMI and Halal development are programmes linked to previous government administrations. Admittedly, there were strategic and operational problems associated with both. Strategy-wise, PPSMI which started in 2003 had created a big competency gap between urban and rural school goers. NGOs such as Gabungan Penulis Nasional (Gapena) and several political parties had been urging the previous and present administrations to consider reverting to pre-2003 state.

Similarly, assigning Halal certification operations to Halal Industry Development Corporation Sdn Bhd, or HDC, had created somewhat a strategic issue i.e. conflict of interest between the HDC's developmental intention and Halal regulatory nuances. Many relevant NGOs including Persatuan Pengguna Islam and Persatuan Ulama had voiced their concerns on such overlaps and had urged the government to revert.

So, it was a good move times two when the Cabinet decided yesterday to listen to the ground and reverse the decisions made previously on those two programmes.

Allowing the teaching of Math and Science subjects to be taught again in the mother tongues is seen as a correct move, although improving students' command of the English language is still top on the national education agenda due to the global impact the language has.

On a similar note, allowing Halal certification to go back under the purview of JAKIM is also seen as a positive move, albeit JAKIM having to improve their delivery system on Halal certification matters from now on.

It is timely for other "bad" policies, decisions and programmes which are still in force - big or small - crafted by lawmakers and executives with "good" intentions, go through a series of sanity checks.

Viewing matters within the right perspective and putting matters back where they rightfully belong is being Responsible and Fair, two of the seven core values of 165 manifested by the spiritually uplifted, guided by the commandments Allah SWT and the teachings of His Prophet Muhammad SAW.

TRUST - A FORGOTTEN WORD

(with permission)
Author: Art Harun
Website: http://www.malaysianinsider.com/


JULY 9 — I have come to a conclusion. That much of the malaise that Malaysia is afflicted with nowadays is caused by, or at the very least related to, the word “trust”.

Let’s face it. There is an obvious non-appreciation of the word “trust” in our country. That leads to a misunderstanding of the concept of trust. Which in turn results in an almost total lack of respect for the concept. Ultimately, that leads us to where we are now. A state where “trust” is almost a dirty word and trustworthiness is a virtue so underrated that nobody even pays attention to what it means and what it entails and demands from us.

Legend has it that the former Chief Justice of India, the Honourable Justice Bhagwati, had two cars. One was his privately-owned car and the other one his official car provided by the state by virtue of his position. He was also provided a driver. His complete appreciation of the concept of trust ensured that his official car, and driver, would only be used for the purpose of undertaking and performing his official duties and functions. That would mean his official car, and driver, would never be used to fetch his wife from the hair saloon; to send his kid to the school or to send his cat to the vet, for example. For those, he would use his privately-owned car. But of course, that was Chief Justice Bhagwati.

Try telling that to our so-called leaders. I could just imagine the incredulous look which would ensue after you had softly and ever so gently articulated that kind of concept to them. And I have been careful to say “our so-called leaders” as opposed to just “the BN leaders”. I am sure those so-called leaders from the Pakatan Rakyat are just the same. Except for one or two, I suppose.

I was trying to make an appointment with an Exco member of a PR-governed state the other day. I was told that he was busy with Manek Urai. Which makes me wonder, is it taken as a God-given right for these people to abuse the position which they are in and the trust which is burdened upon them by the people through the ballot box?

During every by-election, and also the time preceding a general election, we would see hot-shot leaders from the government, including members of Cabinet, descending upon the constituency like some Valkaries from heaven. They will shower good words, hug some babies, throw free laptops, school uniforms, Class F contracts and what-have-you. It is like Zeus has suddenly wakened up and realised that the world needs feeding. It is like we are all peasants who need to be fed and humoured during certain season of the year. It is like all of them, the bourgeoisie and royals, must be amused by the spectacle of us, the peasants, tussling for food and gifts in a Peasants Banquet at a nominated time and place.

Sometimes I wonder whether we have consigned our conscience to the deepest recesses of our soul. To a place where we store everything which we do not want and which we do not hold dear. But the thing is — and this is an inexplicable paradox — we talk, shout and scream about religion and being religious all the time. And being religious would of course bring with it the notion of being good. And being good of course entails the concept of fulfilling one’s trust and avoiding a breach of the trust. In Islam, as far as I know, breach of trust is one of the big sins. But do we actually care?

How many times have we heard that Malaysia is an Islamic country? How many times have we been reminded that all of us must be Islamic? But despite those calls, we continue to abuse the very trust that the people have burdened upon us. We continue to misappropriate the assets and belongings of the people which are vested in us on trust for the benefit of the people. Or is it a fact that being Islamic to us is all about praying five times a day, not eating pork and performing the umrah twice a year?

Quite obviously, to the Executive, the people demand accountability and the total fulfilment of the trust. The people want every single minute for which they are paid for to govern this country to be spent governing the country and not to pursue personal or party agenda. Civil societies demand that all party agenda and personal pursuit be done after working hours, at least. Let’s have all party meetings at night. And all party campaigning after office hours. Let’s utilise the assets of the state only for the pursuit of the state’s interests and goals and not for some personal achievements.

We have seen ministers, Exco members and various functionaries of the state (both from the BN and PR, I must add) not doing the job for which they are paid for weeks on end. They would be camping at the constituent where a by-election is being held, day in day out, in order to campaign for their party’s candidate. They would be using state assets. That is an abuse. A blatant abuse if I may add. And it is not so much the abuse which is of concern. It is the blatant display of abuse which is disconcerting. What nonchalant attitude do we have towards the trust of the people?

Contrast that to the position taken by Sayidina Abu Bakar, in his first speech after he was elected as the first Caliph, when he said:

“O people, I have been elected your leader, although I am not better than anyone from among you. If I do any good, give me your support. If I go wrong, set me right. Listen, truth is honesty and untruth is dishonesty. The weak among you are powerful in my eyes, as long as I do not get them their due, Allah willing. The powerful among you are weak in my eyes, as long as I do not take away from them what is due to others, Allah willing.

"Listen, if people give up striving for the cause of Allah, Allah sends down disgrace on them. If a people become evil doers, Allah sends down calamities on them.

"Listen, you must obey me as long as I obey Allah and His Messenger. If I disobey Allah and His Messenger, you are free to disobey me.”

Clearly, foremost in Sayidina Abu Bakar’s mind was the interests of the state and the people, especially the less fortunate ones. And he was full of humility, describing himself unworthy of the position bestowed upon him. He was also mindful that he might err, in which case he implored the people to correct him to the extent of disobeying him.

Must we, the people, shout and scream that the position bestowed upon them come as a trust?

That the powers which come with their position are powers which are deemed necessary to perform such trust? And will they ever, ever understand and take heed? That such a basic concept of leadership, position and power can’t be grasped — or refused to be grasped? — is reflective of the semi-feudal political demography that we all live in.

And to think that we want to be a developed country by the year 2020! Developed in what, if I may ask.

BERSABARLAH QOBIN!

(updated)

Innalillahi wainna ilaihi raji'un....

Ini sms yang baru diterima pagi ini.

:-(
Asww..Innalillahiwainnailaihirojiun..segala yang baik dari Allah SWT. Telah pulang kerahmatullah anak kami yg baru lahir pagi tadi kepada Penciptanya yang Maha Kekal.mg Allah tabahkan hati kami berdua dalam menghadapi dugaan.Qobin dan nabiha..

Ya Allah, ya Rahman ya Rahim. Jadikan Qobin dan sekeluarga golongan yang paling bersabar dengan dugaan berat Mu sebegini ya Latif. Amin ya rabbal alamin.

Qobin, semoga anda tetap istiqamah walaupun bukan mudah. Dengar kata sekarang anda di UK. Semoga selamat perjalanan.

(updated 12.33pm, mesej daripada Rosile K-Satria) Pengkebumian telah selamat disempurnakan di perkuburan Taman Melawati, Selangor, sekitar 12 tengahari.

Razib on RTM1 @Blog

I was pleasantly surprised just now to see En Razib Abu Bakar, Director of ESQ Leadership Centre Sdn Bhd, talking about ESQ and 165 live on the @Blog program. The show was hosted as usual by Hassim Abu Haniffa, himself an ESQ alumni. The other panelist was (I think) Haji Mohamad Osman, an NLP practitioner.

In defining 165 as a motivation to change the behaviour of people, "Pak" Razib explained that behaviour of a person won't change for the better until the person's mindset is ready to change. He added, mindset won't change until a desired value system is cultivated. Yet, cultivating good values is not easy until spiritual belief sets in the person.

Razib sumarised 165 as signifying 1 value, 6 principles and 5 actions.

See Pak Razib in the video excerpt of the telecast which will be uploaded soon, Insyaallah.

PICC ESQ Pix

Another beautiful and fulfilling ESQ training day at PICC has ended last night, with plenty of picture-snappings with trainer and alumni.

(thanks azudinfuad.blogspot.com)


K-Satria 165 Protem chairpersons, Rosile Saat and wife Nadrah


Shahrin, Sheikh, Shahralzain (partly)


Sheikh, Lt Kol (Ret) Azudin and Jahid


Azudin, Dr Ary, Sheikh, Fazil Omar, Nurdiyana, Nafeesah



Azudin, Dr. Ary, Sheikh and Fazil Omar

PICC Bergema!

(in Bahasa)

Dengan izinNya, Training ESQ Angkatan KL34 telah selesai hari pertama dengan kehadiran yang bukan sahaja paling ramai seperti dijangkakan, tetapi juga diserikan oleh kehadiran sebagai peserta Menteri Pertahanan Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Sahibussamahah Mufti Perak Dato' Seri Harussani Zakaria, Timbalan Menteri Kesihatan Dato' Dr Latif Ahmad, dan banyak lagi pemimpin kerajaan dan masyarakat.

Dr. Ahmad Zahid menegaskan bahawa setelah kerajaan berbelanja hampir RM3.2 bilion untuk program PLKN, sudah sampai masanya mesej spiritual yang berkesan seperti ESQ diterapkan.

Yang tidak saya jangka adalah kehadiran ramai alumni ESQ, lebih-lebih lagi pada hari bekerja. Saya anggarkan terdapat sekitar 250 alumni yang menghadirkan diri sepanjang sesi. Walaupun ruang dewan agak padat dan di sebelah petangnya kuih muih dikatakan tidak mencukupi, tetapi tidak ada yang bising-bising dek tingginya toleransi dan ukhuwah sesama alumni dan peserta.

Pak Ary Ginanjar, dibantu oleh "Pak Lee" (Legisan) dan "Pak Am" (nama glanmour yang diberi Pak Ary kepada Aminul Rachman) telah memberikan penyampaian yang cukup terkesan, sehinggakan para ATS dan Alumni ESQ 165 yang acapkali hadir masih merasakan kehangatan dan keberkesanan yang sama seperti kali pertama. Saya perhatikan ada beberapa slaid trainer yang dibuat penyesuaian sedikit, ada juga slaid baru mengenai nilai-nilai 1Malaysia dan kaitan dengan sifat-sifat God-Consciousness(Ihsan).

Hari ini sesi training ESQ akan bersambung. Di sebelah malam Sabtu iaitu 8.30-10 malam, satu sesi Preview percuma akan diadakan di tempat yang sama iaitu PICC.