Table Tennis Tournament

DENPASAR – PKK Monitoring Team of Denpasar and the Committee of Indonesian Table Tennis in Denpasar recently held a table tennis tournament at Aula SMP Negeri 4 Denpasar. About 180 participants either boys or girls participated in the tournament to reach the trophy and cash money about Rp.12 millions. (BTN/015)

Meditation for Controlling Emotion

Emotion is an energy existing within the human self. This energy makes one angry, sorrow, nervous, afraid and jealous. Similarly, it can generate love, affection, honesty and others. Uncontrolled emotion will make us nervous and this nervousness will become the supreme cause of several diseases. We should know how to use our emotion and how to control it.
Since the emotion is in the form of energy, so to control it we should use energy as well. Energy employed is that produced by the vibration of sound. There are three kinds of sound namely aaaaaaa, uuuuuuu, mmmmmmm. Vibration of the sound ‘aaaaaaa’ relates to the part of belly and under. The sound ‘uuuuuuuu’ relates to chest, arm and surrounding organs. While, the sound ‘mmmmmmm’ relates to head. Combination of the three sounds above, aaaaauuuuummmmm, comes in the sound AUM. This sound has been practiced thousands years ago, to give balance on the human body, mind and soul.
This meditation means to balance one’s emotion and is suitable for those who suffer from insomnia or habitual sleeplessness.This problem is caused by imbalances in emotions. In addition, this meditation is extremely good for those who frequently feel angry, strained, nervous, worried and sad. Try to follow the following steps:

1. Have a seat relaxingly, inhale the long breath slowly through the nose and while exhaling the breath, utter the sound ‘aaaaa’. Feel the presence of delicate vibration around the stomach and do this for nine times.
   
2. Pronounce the sound ‘uuuuu’ in the same way. Feel also the delicate vibration around the chest, for nine times.
   
3. Pronounce the sound ‘mmmmm’ in the same manner for nine times. Feel the delicate vibration around the head.
   
4. Sit down quietly for a while with both hands face downwards, cleanse your aura. Do not touch the body; make your hands as if they peeled out the dirty layer from your body. Do this for three times.
   
5. Uplift your hands and let your palm open upwards. When it feels to have gone to sleep, notably around the tips of the fingers, with the palm remains to face upwards, this energy is poured into the body, particularly into the parts that frequently suffer from illnesses.
   
6. Later, lie down for 3-15 minutes, stretch out and be relaxed. Gradually, be back to the original sitting position with the eyes stay closed.
   
7. Repeat to pronounce the sound ‘aaauuummm”. Feel the delicate vibration occurring in the stomach, chest and head. Do this for nine times. Take a breath; release the breath slowly and open the eyes.

Meditation at Museums

Museums are not only for keeping antiques but also a place to learn culture and personality. That is why Agung Asrama, Vice Director of Museum Arma, opened the meditation exercise “Working Without Stress” in his museum. This exercise is performed regularly every Saturday morning and is specially intended for headmasters of elementary schools from all over the Ubud District and is free of charge.

In this exercise, headmasters are given some techniques to control stress, anger, sadness and anxiety to reach spiritual composure, heart peacefulness and life happiness. “By the techniques we extend, participants are expected to be able to reach composure, peacefulness and happiness. These three factors are very important to solve various problems in this uncertain life,” said Made Bagus Palguna, instructor of Yoga and Meditation Class at the museum.
Ida Bagus Parwata, who regularly attends the exercise, feels indebted there. Wayan Sumaryasa added that at the time of attending the exercise, he did not only feel calm and comfortable, but also felt relieved from all business pressure. Nyoman Cedikiawan and Ni Kadek Sumini also expressed rather similar opinions.
Differently, I Ketut Mardika said: “Even though we don’t belong to the Ubud area, after attending the first session I did not feel unhappy to come here from a distant place, as here, I could find something that was of benefit to me.”
The Minister of Education and Culture, Wardiman Djojonegoro, inaugurated this Museum Arma that is situated among three villages of art, namely Mas, Ubud and Peliatan, on 9 June 1996. This museum is not only intended to display painting collections of the museum owner, but people are also able to learn and show off their capability, particularly in the field of art at this venue. For visitors, apart from being able to enjoy the art works of the artists of Bali, Indonesia and expatriates, they can also watch dances and other art presentations at the open stage of Arma.
In addition, they also learn about the culture of Bali, like learning how to paint, dance, play gamelan, sculpture, cook, attend yoga class, do meditation and others. As the embodiment of the care of the museums that exist in the community, Museum Arma held a Meditation class entitled “Working Without Stress” that is specially intended for the headmasters of elementary schools in the Ubud District area. (BTN/*)