World paradise offers a variety of happiness and joy of life, appear in the wide range formation depending on the individual desires from each creature. Nature as the emerge of all these pleasures reasons has been so loyal in serving their beauty strategy, so that the human conscience will be given joy for setting it up or even trying to find a ways to create a form of beauty with nature assistance.
The beauty is one of femininity character and usually associated with women, one that has managed to tie the wonderful world of women is an object that has unique reflections. The item called a pearl, the pearl is generally known as a hard object has round shape with unique characteristic of light reflections.
Pearls are formed from the accumulation layer of calcium carbonate, mineral aragonite or a mixture of aragonite and calcite, making compound with organic shell for making Conchiolin. The combination of aragonite with conchiolin called nacre which then will give a touch of beauty to the pearls. When an object interrupted into the oyster shell, the oyster coats will be issuing nacre to minimize irritation of the shell body from a foreign object, accumulation layers of nacre over a period of time can produce a pearl.
Pearls can be divided by way of its formation, the formation of environment media, or the shape of the pearl itself. Based on how the formation, divided into natural pearls are formed naturally and synthetic pearls are formed from the captivity. Based on the media environment, pearl can be divided into sea water pearls that are formed by sea shells and freshwater pearls that are formed by mollusk creature living in freshwater, such as rivers or lakes. Based on the natural shape, pearls can be divided into perfectly round pearl, semi round pearl shaped, baroque shaped pearl. Each type of pearl above must have different beauty and different economic value. Natural pearls from the sea shells with perfectly round shape of course will have higher value than synthetic freshwater mussels with semi round shape or baroque.
Pearls frequently used by humans as jewelry of course in the context of satisfying the value of beauty. There are also utilized as raw material in cosmetics, or as beads, a complementary of ritual. Speaking about rituals and religious issues, we will about to see the contents of the Hindu scriptures of Atharvaveda, where written the Garuda Purana which is about the value of the sanctity of the so-called “Nine Pearls” in the description of the mythological and religious aspects. In Sanskrit Hindu also said that Pearl was also featured as costume jewelry or portrayed as a necklace of Lord Vishnu, believe also as a stimulant digestion and treatment for mental ailment. Based on Marco Polo notes, the King of Malabar wear pearls of 108 pcs in strand of necklace and ritually transmitted from generation to generation, in which every king must say 108 prayers every morning and evening.
Earthly beauty of a pearl could contain the heavenly beauty that comes from the excavation mythology values of ancient Sanskrit. Tears of the filled shells layered by nacre formed in the freshness of sea water or freshwater can really soothing pearl lover. Will it also be able to provide freshness in your heart?
Enjoying Bali, known as an attractive tourist places. Nature, culture and architectural beauty of the building, seemed not to be out to uncover and sung as a song of beauty of the Gods and Goddesses. Where ever stepping Bali, seemed needed a million years to leave and erase the memory of Bali itself. However effort in trying to forget calmness moment of this tiny island, but Bali with all its contents can pull all your memory for a real tangible return to the land of Bali. Understanding of culture and religion is comprehension that protected in Bali. When you are around on this island, of course, you’ll find so many sacred buildings in which certainly known by the name of the Temple. Almost in every house will find the location used as the worship of God. So many question will occurred from you as a tourist on holiday in Bali, refer to the meaning presented by the beauty of the area and what the symbolic meaning inherent of the power of their own religious temple building. The sacred building which will be reviewed on this article is “Meru” or “Meru Tumpang”. Roof of Meru building looks gradually leveling so that’s why Meru so called as Meru Tumpang. “Meru” comes from the word “Me” which means Mother & “Ru” which means Father, so that Meru has a meaning as human ancestors. In addition Meru also as the symbol of Mount Mahameru as the place of God in the universe, this is characterized by a leveling roof. Meru as a sacred building usually has a roof with 11 levels that represents the eleven layers of the universe, they are: Sekala, Niskala, Cunya, Taya, Nirbana, Moksa, Suksmataya, Turnyanta, Ghoryanta, Acintyataya, Cayen. In Hindu belief that ten of the universe has a soul of the sacred letter (sa, ba, ta, a, i, na, ma, si, wa, ya) and is located in the ten directions of the universe, then ten of them are united by a sacred letter which is provide of the most sacred symbol of God “Om” or “Omkara”, which is appointed by the top level of the roof Meru itself. “Meru Tumpang Sebelas” can be found in the complex of Penataran Agung Besakih Temple. Meru Tumpang Sebelas in this area is the place to build vertical relationship between human with God in the context of balancing the spiritual strength and human spirit itself. While beside Meru Tumpang Sebelas, located Meru Tumpang Sembilan which has a meaning of eight sacred letters soul in denoting the eight layers of nature and united as well by the sacred characters of God “Om” on which emphasizing by level 9 of the roof. Meru Tumpang Sembilan give a meaning to the building on how a human build horizontal relationship with the surrounding, in order to balancing the harmony of people activity and nature. Both forms of “Meru Tumpang” located at Penataran Agung Besakih Temple could be as a mirror of human’s introspection in every process of self balancing verticaly and horizontaly. Balance layer of universe symbolized by the building of Meru was also afford a breath of harmony life on the island of Bali, so the sensation of a comfort moment during the holidays can be interpreted as a lifetime of comfort that will keep you looking to visit Bali again and again. Are you going to dismiss a holiness touch of Meru architecture?
Universe, with colourful variety of turbulence and circulation for every living creature. Everything that happens and continues over time will be able to create energy for the cycle of life. Space and time only means to support the souls who are build social interaction around it. Although scientists can tell how the universe was formed, even though archaeologists can trace the development of world history, and although one can easily access the entire history by using sophisticated technology. But it only managed to get the answers of worldly question; this is also the one who encourages people to be more curious about things outside world that hope could lead to thoughts of spiritual things which might have more explaination of how this universe formed. Learning process spiritual encourages a human being to find a way to get closer to spiritual answers, and sometimes be able to give a way to enlightenment spiritual mind.