Sukrosono furrows his brows. He thinks and closes his eyes for a moment. When he opens his eyes again, he sees a water puddle in front of him. He is surprised when he sees the sky with all its contents, immersed in that puddle. Even he himself is in it. He is astonished to see that it is clear water that sinks the sky into the Earth. He feels very relieved. There is no need for him to look up at the sky. In the puddle, he sees the clouds in the sky moving, birds flying and tree branches swaying. The water sinks the sky in its beauty.
"It is the water that makes all this happens," cries Sukrosono joyfully.
“Is it really water that causes that to happen?” asks the crane again.
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Sukrosono does not understand. He does not know how to answer those doubts, while he is so confident that it is water that makes all that happen. He is silent. He can feel his mind wandering there. Various things fill his mind. Or it is his mind that thinks about everything. He calms his mind down and tries to silence it. He stares at the clear water for a long time. Gradually, his mind becomes calm and clear like the water in front of him. He feels as though he is at the end of a plain that is so relieving and lightening. It seems as though he is free from all burdens. The more his mind becomes clear like water in front of him, the lighter he feels. And at the end of the joy, he shouts, "Yes, because my mind becomes as clear as water, then I can experience jagad walikan, the reverse realm."
This experience truly relieves his heart. However, that is not the deepest thing he has ever experienced.
Indeed, the universe can be different from what he has thus far thought. Because of a clear mind, he can experience that even the sky can be immersed in the Earth. This experience truly relieves his heart. However, that is not the deepest thing he has ever experienced. More than that, right now, when his mind becomes as clear as water that makes the sky sink into the Earth, he can experience the opposite from what he has been asking: He feels he can fly on his legs even though there are no wings on his body. Sukrosono seems not to feel that the crane is close to him. He only realizes this when the crane says, "Now you can fly like me."
"Don't ever ask with your imagination, just go into it, and you will know that there is no need for you to ask that," says the crane, which is able to feel what is in Sukrosono's mind.
"Where exactly am I right now?" Sukrosono asks.
"Don't ever ask where you are now. Ask, what exactly are you experiencing right now?” replies the crane.
Sukrosono does not ask any more questions. He just feels what he is experiencing. He feels like stepping on the Earth, even though he is high in the sky. He only has legs, but he can fly high. The sky, which he thought was empty, is now full. The clouds turn into gandasuli bushes. Spreading widely, there is a jasmine flower in the courtyard. It is full of fragrance. Refreshing powder comes out of the clouds of gandapura bushes. All this beauty is absorbed into Sukrosono and bathes his five senses.
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Sukrosono feels that beauty also bathes his mind. His mind becomes cleaner and clearer. His body becomes lighter and he feels increasingly liberated. He feels that it is still day, but everywhere the stars are scattered. He can even pick up stars. And turn the stars into a game. Thus, he picks up the stars until his own body becomes like a star, shining brilliantly. He feels he has found something he was looking for as he feels he does not want to look for it anymore. And the darkness of his past life melts into sparks of light, which he can now grasp like a star.
"For your information Sukrosono, you are discovering the contents and secrets of the knowledge of golekana tapaking kuntul anglayang, look for the footprints of a flying egret. You will not be able to find the footprints of a crane in the sky, if your life is not available to accept the secret. Your life so far has emptied you of yourself. That's why you can now finally find those footprints that have never existed," said the crane.
What can be seen is only a bright light, shining beautifully in the night. And that light leads him back to the Earth.
Sukrosono is speechless, not knowing what to say. He is immersed in deep peace. Just as the words are about to come out of his mouth, he sees the crane moving rapidly away, far away. Sukrosono sees how the crane slowly turns into a star. The light flickers, forming itself into kuntul anglayang, a flying egret. Sukrosono cannot see its footprints. What can be seen is only a bright light, shining beautifully in the night. And that light leads him back to the Earth.
On his way down to Earth, Sukrosono sees the glow of various colors. The sky is full of flashes of red, blue, yellow, green and white. When the colors are united, its glow becomes a shower, whose sparks consist of immeasurably beautiful lights. It turns out that the colorful luminescence comes from thousands of dragons flying in the sky. There are dragons that are red. Some have their skin splattered with blue gems. There are dragons with pomegranate eyes. A dark blue dragon perches on a tree with light green leaves. The sky becomes like an ocean rich with rocks. Golden-yellow dragons perch on their tops. Branches are seen so weak, their leaves are swaying in the wind.
(This article was translated by Hyginus Hardoyo)
