Jaga, if my explanation was inadequate, I apologise for this lack of clarity. I can perhaps understand why this might be so, and possibly a further exploration of the way in which the word "wanda" (wondo) needs to be understood might help.
In my earlier post I wrote this:-
"--- The second thing that must be achieved in level two of understanding is how to detect the feeling generated by a keris."
The word "wanda" is a word that is rarely used in colloquial Javanese, it is a word that is more often found in a literary context, & most particularly in relation to commentary on the wayang.
The way in which it must be understood is relative to the physical appearance of a character in the wayang, & the feeling that this physical appearance generates in the viewer, this physical appearance is then taken as an indicator of the character or nature of the wayang character.
So, for those who understand the wayang, certain characteristics of a wayang character will convey information about the wayang character, the hairstyle, the type of nose, the colour, the pose, all these things & others, will tell the viewer who is educated in the wayang the nature of the wayang character, whether that character is rough, crude, refined, regal, cruel, brave.
But for somebody who has no education in the wayang, all these characteristics mean next to nothing, he has nothing upon which to base his understanding except perhaps a vague general feeling.
Now, when we use the word "wanda" in relation to a keris, we are talking about the feeling that is generated by what the viewer can see, remember, this is a journeyman viewer, he has already perfected his understanding of how to apply the concepts of the tangguh system, now he is trying to understand the possible character of the keris based upon what he can see, not based upon what he thinks he might be able to feel, his education & experience at the point he finds himself at is not yet sufficient for him to truly feel anything with adequate clarity.
So, to repeat:- understanding the wanda of a keris is understanding based upon the physical appearance of the keris.
If the viewer ever progresses to level three of keris understanding, his understanding of the feeling generated by the keris, if it exists at all, will be based upon the feeling of simply being in the presence of the keris, or perhaps of holding the keris but not seeing it. The understanding will be generated by vibration of the keris, not by its appearance.
It should be very clearly understood, that in the opinion of most, if not all, true ahli keris, nobody can expect to arrive at this level three of understanding in the absence of a thorough understanding of level one & level two requirements, & even then, not all keris will generate a vibration.
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