| Abstrak/Abstract |
The aim of this research is to seek for sense of unity model among people in Bangun Rasa
village so that it can be used as a role model for other regions with qualitative approach and case study
method. Data collections have been done by interviewing subjects and informants as data res
ources and observing either participants or non - participants directly. The other data resources are from both
written and unwritten documents. The result of this research is: Firstly , the sense of unity for/among
Bangun Rasa residents would be comprehended as the absence of walls or bulkhead and caste between
one another, the cooperativeness, the sense of mutual need to each others, golong gilig (the only
thought, desire, and action), and to have a harmony life between one resident to another. Secondly
, the application of sense of unity in daily life by Bangun Rasa residents is reflected into public/society
implementations, in the form of mutual cooperation behaviour. Thirdly , the benefit of unity sense is
urip dadi sugih (to become rich in life), urip dadi entheng (to get an ease in life; life becomes lighter),
the relationships among individuals become unrigid, and to instill a sense of ‚we cannot live without
others?, to instill a sense of empathy, and to ease the government’s burden. And fourth , the resid
ents’ psychological condition after the implementation of sense of unity is to spawn comfortable feelings
(nyaman), surrender (sumeleh), and to live in harmony and peaceful (tentrem). Keywords :
Cultural Diversity, Ki Ageng Suryomentaram’s Soul Recognition Teachings, Sense of Unity and Indigenous Psychology |
