Ramadhan, a blessed month

Holy month of Ramadhan is just around the corner, it's amazing to think about how Allah send his angel Gabriel to engage with Muhammad and deliver His word in this holy month around 1400 years ago. A life changing experience for our prophet Muhammad PBUH.

And for us mukminun I strongly believe we need to utilize Ramadhan as our life changing medium towards betterment. And to do this for me Ramadhan offers these three important meanings;

1. Reflection
• Since you have to do fasting from the dawn till maghrib time, naturally you have more time to see deep beyond your physical attributes.
• And by having more intensive ibada we then can focus more on what is important. Simplify our mind thinks and to have better priorities.
• We are spritual being and our spiritual capabilities are limitless, our human beingness and consumed by our daily mundane tend to make us forget about it.
2. Upgrading
• In Al-Baqarah 185, the ultimate objective of Ramadhan is to escalate our level from Mukmin to Muttaqin.
• Syawal itself means upgrade
• By having this in mind, we need to consider Ramadhan as our; emotional, spiritual and physical training ground which will brings us closer to Allah's will.
• In today's world many people already understand the importance of having their physique trained, but still only few people realize the importance of having their spirit trained.
3. Back to my root
• In Indonesia we have this going to hometown ritual, it's an epic ritual involving hundred thousands of people especially in Java island.
• My family comes from this small village Windu Haji, in West Java.
• I always find it magical to spend my Ramadhan holiday in Kampong, it keeps me grounded and connected with my root. And makes me more grateful because of what I'm having, experiencing and enjoying.

Hope we can all enjoy our Ramadhan happily and do more positive things on daily basis