How to defeat a Ruang Hampa

In an unfamiliar place of unknown, Elia begins to learn something that is considered non-existent to exist according to the facts she experienced. Her attitude becomes calmer, according to her habit when facing new things, she will observe first, thinking about the solution in silence.

I'm not cold in this water. My surroundings were nothing and I didn't feel scared, was that normal? This is a magical room. Maybe this is called a Ruang Hampa? I've read it, it's been explained that this space is between every human reality. Only those who were able to master it could get out of here. Those who made it out turned into stronger people. What power do I need? Why was I sent to a Ruang Hampa? But is this a Ruang Hampa?

The moment of confidence groped little by little along with Elia paying attention and analyzing the surroundings. Now there are no auroras or shiny lights. The room was just dark chocolate. Is this what space is like?

Elia shook her head hard. I have to focus on finding a way out of here. I have to tell Max the truth. What possessed me until my confession was like that? Lying to him and getting me stuck in that situation. ah... Elia lamented what had happened.

The problem now is who should I ask for help getting kicked out of this place?

Elia began to get upset again.

Who's here? Dalang. Only he could appear and go as he pleased. Of course, because he created this place? In that case, Dalang is the most powerful figure in this Ruang Hampa isn't it? Because he created it of course he knew the way out or how to destroy it. Right, he's the only one I have to talk to. No, I'm going to beg to get out of here, either way, I have to get out.

Elia sharpened her ears to listen to the Dalang's whereabouts.

Those musical and Sinden sounds were still there, so Dalang must have been around here. Then how do I call him? He just appeared in front of me before. What am I supposed to do?

Both of her hands were folded in front of her chest. Elia breathed quietly while thinking of the most usable way to summon the Dalang. Should I apologize first? My attitude may not have been good all along. She clucked. Can it be?

Elia moved her legs to her feet, but couldn't.

Yes obviously can't! Elia protested her idea.

Listen, Elia, apologizing is easy and doesn't need to be heard. Your heart has to talk! Elia advised herself.

"Dalang ... I'm sorry for my attitude all this time. Now I seem to understand why I'm here. It's a Ruang Hampa, where I have to learn to recognize myself, but for what? That's what I don't understand yet, I beg to know."

Lonely. There was no reaction. Elia turned to the right and the left, looking up and down. Lonely. No one showed up.

Isn't this? Or should I try better? What's that like? Elia tried to apologize again. She repeated the same sentence five times but there was still no one in front of her. Feeling she had chosen a misstep, desperately, Elia attached her back to the wall of the tube. She looked at the Ruang Hampa blankly. Her gaze was straight, at the emptiness. She continued staring, breathing, from the initially haphazard breath gradually in order, calmer, until her mind did not move.

Now, Elia was just moving on instinct. The palm of her right-hand moves between the heart and the collarbone or shoulder bone. She closed her eyes and moments later she said quietly, "I'm sorry to have allowed myself to lie. I admit I also intended to kill Bibi because I grudged her, but now it feels like it's meaningless if I don't know the real reason she did that to me. I'm sorry to have allowed myself to be swallowed up by my grudge. I admit, my heart couldn't see her as a sincere mother who missed me, because I always thought I wasn't important in her life. Now, I don't want anything. I want to go home, apologize to Max for bothering him and come to my mother to bury her properly. I shouldn't have acted rashly, should I?" Elia didn't open her eyes for a while. She felt the pounding of her heart.

After a while of keeping her eyes closed, Elia could hear the sound of Gamelan and Sinden sounding louder. Elia slowly opened her eyes. Dalang appeared in front of her, initially looking vague, but the increasingly loud musical accompaniment made Dalang more and more obvious. He still wears the same mask, the same clothes, and the same way of standing.

It was the first time Elia was happy when she saw it. She approached Dalang. They are blocked by a thin wall of tubes. Dalang noticed Elia's face.

"I mean it now. What do I have to do to get out of here?"

"The condition for being able to escape the tube and the Ruang Hampa is just silence, control of the mind, do nothing, focus on getting out," Dalang explained. There are no instructions in his sentence. He's just telling Elia how to do it.

Silence?

Confusion over a new science approached Elia. Words are like metaphors.

The silence that Dalang meant was not just silence.

Elia learned from the last event. Only sincerity is accepted in this place.

"What you mean..."

Elia couldn't finish her words because Dalang disappeared, drowning himself in darkness.

"Why has he always been that way?" Elia then pondered.

"Silence? Didn't do anything? Control your mind and focus on getting out. Doesn't that mean Dalang told me to use my mind to get out of here?"

Elia snorted. How can silence get me out of here? What is the silence that Dalang meant?

Elia's mind begins to work to figure out the meaning of the silent word that Dalang is talking about.

Silence is gold, Elia speaks of popular sayings from time to time. But maybe it's not that silent. After all, the saying is applied only when there is noise, malicious comments here and there, and I don't need to interfere let alone add to it with malicious comments as well. Just shut up, it would be better than saying a bad thing. Well, here, it's not that silent.

Elia's forehead wrinkled. Both eyes narrowed.

"Silence that does nothing and thinks nothing. Isn't that... Meditation?!"

Although surprised, Elia was quite proud of herself for feeling she had found the answer.

"Okay, maybe that's the truth. I'll try. Don't yoga teachers always say, meditation is the most perfect way to control the mind? Well, I've only been following it on YouTube all along, but it might be used here as well."

Unexpectedly the knowledge seen on YouTube should be applied here. Fortunately, Elia's memory is strong enough that she can revisit the science described by the Yoga teacher in the YouTube channel she saw. All this time she knew, only never practiced it. For her, watching the video made her relax without having to follow the instructions. She only listened to the music of the meditation accompaniment, which, in retrospect, was indeed similar to the sounds of Gamelan and Sinden.

The first thing to meditate well is to have a quiet place.

Elia evaluated the surroundings quickly. Okay, sip! It's more than calm. There's only me here and those voices are also just heard, it's a sign that Dalang is somewhere and watching me. It means I don't have to worry about something happening to me either, he might help me. Let's think positively that he's on my side and is guiding me somewhere. So far, I feel like he's only made me realize things I hadn't realized, made my potential increase, and recognized natural talent as a half-demon. Maybe.

Elia scratched her eyebrows. There was an odd itch there when she was groping about the existence of Dalang around her. She took a deep breath and breathed it.

No, I can't hesitate. I have to be sure that he's coming to help.

Then Elia remembered the second rule for meditating. Second of all, I need to relax. My state of mind, breathing, and body should relax. Sitting on Zafu will help, but there isn't any here. I also can't sit cross-legged, I can only be like this, floating. Can this? Ah, just try it. Wouldn't know how it would turn out if it wasn't tried, would it? Okay, the conditions of a quiet space are met, a relaxed pose I can strive for, and all three sounds. There can't be a sound that bothers me.

Elia listened to the sounds of Sinden and Gamelan still blasting from somewhere in the Ruang Hampa. Their voices are only long-standing, between there and nothing. I don't think it will interfere, instead increase concentration, similar to the meditation music from the videos I've watched. Well! Let's just try it! Oh yes, the fourth condition, comfortable clothes. Elia saw her body, smooth without cloth. It has been fulfilled without having to try to find comfortable clothes.

Next, Elia encouraged herself, then began the first step of meditation. She took a deep breath, exhaling it slowly from her mouth while closing her eyes.

The first process that the body feels will feel heavy. She could feel her eyelids closed, her face felt twice as thick as usual. Her ears began to heavy, and her mind began to wander into a terrible moment that she had forgotten all along. That fleeting shadow took Elia by surprise. She opened her eyes suddenly, breathing irregularly, and complaining of chest pains.

I thought I'd forgotten about it, Elia thought. The tightness she felt not only in the chest but also in the membrane of her memories.