Mohd Nadzrin Wahab

An old Melayu concept based on sufi studies of self and Greek philosophy is the doctrine of AKU. Although it has many spiritual and psychological levels to it, pesilat use AKU as an awareness tool to understand how to interact with their environment and avoid being manipulated by the enemy.

When a person is asked, point to AKU, they will invariably point to themselves. When you offer to take their wallet, handphone, wife and daughter away, they protest, even though you claim it shouldn't matter, since it's not physically part of AKU, upon which they realise, that IT is part of their SELF. It is the concept of identity, rights, privilege, concern and ownership.

We fence our land to tell people, "I will be offended if you cross this boundary". We look at someone strangely when they take one tissue from the table we sit at in a restaurant, even though the table, nor the tissue belongs to us. We get angry when someone cuts into our driving lane, without giving their signal, because we believe we have a right to be asked permission.

Someone with a strong sense of AKU keeps their belongings close and is jealous of other people hanging around their friends, or even their ex-girlfriends. They believe they (still) own them. They care deeply for causes and concepts. One person will cry upon hearing that another Palestinian child died today while another will only say, "Kasihan".

I asked Petronas staff, if they were to hear another petrol company's employees badmouth Petronas, who would feel offended, and the majority of them honestly put their hands up. This shows that they identify themselves with the company.

If a rival organisation badmouthed the PLF Family, how many of us would feel emotionally offended? I would. It's my family you're talking about.

The archers in the battle of Uhud saw the war booty as AKU punya. "We have to get what's ours before it's gone". They deserted their positions because they thought they had a right and someone was about to take it from them (This is not a measurement of their iman as they honestly thought the battle was over).

Rasulullah's AKU was as large as his Ummah. Whatever happens to us, he feels in his soul. While other people on the Day of Judgement would be Nafsi, Nafsi, he is the only one who will be Ummati, Ummati.

Our AKU is supposed to be just as large. As the right and left thighs who feel hurt together when one is pinched.

How large is your AKU?

Like ·  ·  · 14 August at 09:15 near Kuala Lumpur

• Azmi A. Bakar, Mohd Rizal Hassan, Tharwah Kassim and 2 others like this.
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  Tharwah Kassim i was with strong AKU once upon a time ago... as age increases along with the pressure from surroundings .... not too much AKU anymore....

  14 August at 09:21 · Like
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  Mohd Nadzrin Wahab AKU can be a weakness when it's without awareness, and become ananiyah, or selfishness. Properly synced AKU means that you care for the wellbeing of people, the maintenance of objects, the sanctity of ideas and the effort of causes.
  
  It is the difference between feeling you have a duty or a privilege. If a man's AKU is synced with a sense of duty for his daughters, he feeds, clothes and raises them to be good people.
  
  If his AKU is synced with a sense of privilege, then I cite a true incident when a judge berated a man in court for raping his daughters (news story two years ago):
  
  "Sepatutnya, awak sebagai bapa, pelihara mereka, bukan merosakkan masa hadapan mereka".
  
  His answer?
  
  "Dah saya yang besarkan mereka, takkan saya tak ada hak hendak ambil rasa?"
  
  Astaghfirullah.
  
  I would have taken his life on the spot.

  14 August at 09:29 · Edited · Like · 3
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  Tharwah Kassim kembali pada IMAN..... kesian org mcm ni.....

  14 August at 10:15 · Like
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  Mohd Rizal Hassan Very good sharing Mohd Nadzrin Wahab. Thank you :)

  14 August at 10:45 · Like
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  Mohd Nadzrin Wahab You're welcome. I'm exploring to see how to communicate some ideas into text as preparation for a book. Most of these have never been vocalised before, and some thought need to be put into them to codify them as models or theories.

  14 August at 10:49 · Like · 1
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  Nura Muna Abdul Halim Aku punya AKU memang ada kuat...baik dan buruknya, kenalah aku belajar mengurus aku dan AKU...

  14 August at 11:12 via mobile · Like · 1
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  Hanniza Therina Jopri Kampeni AKU tu yg tuan nadzrin sebut tu. Hehe

  14 August at 14:31 via mobile · Like · 1
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  Mohd Nadzrin Wahab Hehehehe... itu zaman-zaman menyampaikan learning dengan PPT, PPM, PDB, MISC dan adik-beradik mereka :P

  14 August at 14:35 · Like · 1
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