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Dzikrullah: Spirit of Islam in Elizar Koto Music 

By  Sahrul N

Talking about human beings and human language talk about language. That is, because of language in this world and many unique and different, then the language of signs and symptoms become most important in life, the main symptoms in human dynamics, and root terpokok in science. Music is one medium of human language, has started to shift the subject of previous issues of nature (kosmosentris), religion (teosentris), and humans (anthropocentric). These three elements become fused in the language of music that would be presented Elizar Koto (the composer) on Sunday on May 4, 2003 in a village called Tanjung Padangpanjang Pitalah Bungo.

Playing music on the rural nature of religious theme (dzikrullah) is an effort to reach the totality of the work that unites the three elements of life (nature, people, and religion). Spirit might mean "spirit", but the spirit can also represent the word "spiritual" or "spirituality". All the words that lead to the problem of the human soul which is always restless search for meaning itself or find a way to bond with nature and God as a referral at last.

Spirit is the first word that left a trail ontological meaning in the darkness of the hallway. The word is linking back a series of meanings, with the same image. Being in opposition to object, on the metaphysical determination of the material in the different subject and subjectivity of the subject. This is a series of term life, consciousness, spirit, and self. Spirit is not the object, spirit not body, and this is certainly a subjective determination of spirit. That all restrictions are not involved, and one can freely say that this is an existential analysis.

Elizar koto music that takes the basic elements of the teachings of Islam tarikat Syattariyah a spiritual quest of the Creator. Search activity can be done through remembrance, pray, tahlilan, reading the Qur'an, and berzanji. Pilgrimage to the tomb of Sheikh Burhanuddin in Ulakan Syattariyah Pariaman represents the activity is loaded with musical elements. Practice forms of worship which contain elements of this musical as well as performed in the worship activities of religious rituals for the community generally accepted the order flow Syattariyah adherents in Nagari Tanjung Pitalah Bungo like "litany", "manamat", "Baratik", and "Badoa ".

Elizar Koto as the composer will present a four-part musical composition, all departing from a spiritual understanding of science and the nature of tarikat Syattariyah Islamic teachings. In the first part takes the concept of Sufi doctrine, that in the intact human life are not separated between being born with mental, physical and spiritual. Human life is not solely a human mind and become a hermit. Man must have an overall vision (totality). From the Sufi point of view, when mankind started from one end, it will end on the other end. When human beings start with outward holiness, it will end on the other end with inner menyucian. Vice versa, when mankind started with the cleansing of conscience, then the end is attention to matters of birth and social issues.

In the second part is an expression of spiritual understanding at the level tarikat. In the Sufi teachings, tarikat is a journey toward God, he is an increasingly narrow path, the path traveled by himself just enough. At this level of spiritual transformation. Humans should concentrate on cleansing the liver and release themselves from the influence of passions through strict discipline and supervision of a teacher. Humans are going through this stage is a man who is ready mentally or human-right bertul elected.

In the third part is the part that is in essence level. Essence is the essence of truth or there is no doubt. Talk about nature can not be released to the shari'ah, the person who has the vision and insight, as well as connectedness and unity of the true, the moment they stepped into the shari'ah, they feel that they have stepped into the inner essence. From the Sufi point of view, if people are looking for depth of meaning and transformation in her life, so when he received the shari'ah, it soon realized the meaning of the human mind and in spirit.

The last section or part of the fourth is an expression of spiritual understanding at the level ma'rifat, which is the culmination of a journey of spiritual worship, at this stage man has lost his ego. Any actions based on the will of God. None of the work done on his own. He is fully become the servant of God.

Spirit in these words is the spirit and soul and the search for existential. Pressured by the limits of human step questions that "There", in order to interpret the "Who" of the soul or spirit who created man. As an excuse, many critics, substansialitas polarize people, pembendaan awareness or objectification. And someone still determine ontology "Who" as the subject of existence. The term spirit, spiritual or spirituality in this case affect subjektivikasi on the substance of existence itself.

Elizar Koto music is music that attempts to find spirit, spiritual, or human spirituality through the understanding of Islam Syattariyah. Search human existence related to the existence of God and the nature of existence, the word spirit does not only mean "spirit", but also the underlying spirit, or soul of human life in general .*