tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36534379748522719742024-02-21T11:21:23.809+07:00Mahatma Putramahatmaputra.comMahatma Putrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785697062693031767noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653437974852271974.post-19256545460100254942012-05-29T22:11:00.001+07:002012-05-29T22:26:57.882+07:00Have a Nice Day! :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br />Mahatma Putrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785697062693031767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653437974852271974.post-50093762366777522822012-05-25T04:59:00.003+07:002012-05-25T09:04:38.109+07:00Heart of Gold<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #202020; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">This is one of my finest day here in Sri Lanka. Meeting some new friends. This is the first time in my life to make friends with monks. They are all around my age, around 25, some are younger. Spending time with them everyday gives me insight of being a monk. Amazing yet very simple life. Everything make sense when we lead this kind of life. Being not attached to various things in life somehow is a liberation for me.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #202020; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Why we have to cling to something that is subject to decay and death, if we could understand that ourself is subject to decay and death? Something else must be there. Money and material things are subject to decay and death, wife and children are subject to decay and death, fame and glory are subject to decay and death, even religion & philosophy are subject to decay & death. These are not kind of understanding that everything is vain & empty. Just the opposite, where there is an understanding that everything is impermanence then something great are born from it. Love born from it. Love that is free from attachment. From this understanding then we could love everything deeper. We could appreciate our wealth more and use it wisely, we could love our partner more for we don't know how much time left for us to be together, we could look others as equal for there are no boundaries between 'me' and 'you', and we can pray more sincere for we know that the Ultimate Reality is beyond time --all doctrines, religion & philosophy are bounds by time-- only by surrender and being humble then we can touch the Ultimate Love. With the understanding that everything will not last forever, it is very easy to be in the here & in the now. That's the only reality, here & now. So why clinging to the past and future? Why worries? Just enjoy the moment!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #202020; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Yesterday one of my good friend, Barmen Simatupang, gave me "Heart of Gold" lyric, a song by Neil Young. The song touched me deeply. I felt that my journey here is kind of like a searching for that heart of gold, even though in reality that heart of gold can be found anywhere, anytime. We don't need to search it again and again until we old like it says in the song. Just be aware of our own self and others, and we will find out that very heart of gold is in front of our own eyes.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #202020; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Here, I can found those hearts of gold among my monk friends. In my trip to Ambuluwawa, amazing tower in the hill near Gampola town, I found those golden hearts playing and joking around just like youngster of my age. It is very nice to know that leading a monastic life don't have to be so serious & stressful, instead, when there are no attachments there are no worries, just be happy and "enjoy the ride!"</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #202020; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><i>I want to live,<br />I want to give<br />I've been a miner<br />for a heart of gold.<br />It's these expressions<br />I never give<br />That keep me searching<br />for a heart of gold<br />And I'm getting old.<br />Keeps me searching<br />for a heart of gold<br />And I'm getting old.</i></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We must hike for 1 hour from the gate because<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lama Nam Gay, Tibetan Buddhist monk from Bhutan<br />
wearing his traditional hat. Dalai Lama also like to wear this kind of hat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bhane Wimalajhoti tried to wear Lama Nam Gay's traditional Tibetan Buddhist hat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Toilet"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While resting Bhante Wimalajhoti showed that in Sri Lanka's ID<br />
there is no mentioning of "religion".</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amazing view from the hiking track.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing with the sun.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eating the sun.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holding the sun.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Church, Hindu Temple & Masjid built side by side in the area of Ambuluwawa Tower.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside Ambuluwawa Tower.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bhante Kushala on the top of the tower.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">365 feet above the ground.</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Lucky for me, Bhante Hemaloka's monastery is in Colombo, where the national lantern festival was held. He asked if I was interested to see the lantern festival and stay at his monastery. Of course! Without hesitation I accepted his invitation and get started on this journey.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monks in Sri Lanka usually live a monastic life since their childhood. They were sent<br />
to the monastery around age 6 to 8 and become a Samanera (novice monk),<br />
so they don't experienced youth life like most of the people their age.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Sri Lanka I've never seen Sri Lankan flags, but Buddhist flags are everywhere.</td></tr>
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<br /></div>Mahatma Putrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785697062693031767noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653437974852271974.post-29929220470105335762012-05-16T01:13:00.001+07:002012-05-16T01:17:32.526+07:00Seminggu Pertama di Sri Lanka!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Saya benar-benar tidak tahu apa yang saya harapkan ketika pertama kali memutuskan untuk pergi ke Sri Lanka. Tentu saja saya tahu bahwa Sri Lanka adalah negara yang mengadopsi ajaran Buddha Theravada, aliran Buddhisme yang diklaim sebagai aliran tertua di dunia.</div>
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Itulah akhirnya yang membuat saya memutuskan untuk mengambil kursus singkat Buddhist Studies di Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy. Walau Tibet terdengar lebih eksotik untuk dijelajahi, Sri Lanka punya akar sejarah yang jauh lebih kuat akan ajaran Buddha mula-mula dibanding negara-negara lain di Asia Selatan.<br />
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Perjalanan saya menuju SIBA (Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy) dimulai dari Airport Kolombo ke Kandy. Perjalanan darat menempuh waktu kurang lebih 3 jam. Kandy yang terletak di sentral Sri Lanka dulunya pernah menjadi Ibukota Sri Lanka pada zaman kerajaan kuno. Kandy terkenal dengan danaunya dan sebuah kuil tempat disimpannya sebuah gigi, yang dipercaya adalah gigi dari Sang Buddha.</div>
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Suasana alam dan Kampus yang tenang di Kandy membawa kejernihan baru untuk bisa benar-benar diam, memberi saya banyak waktu untuk bisa belajar mengamati, dan bisa menulis blog lagi!</div>
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Satu hal yang sangat membuat saya senang di sini, kafetaria kampus selalu sedia pagi, siang, malam, dengan menu vegetarian! Ah ternyata Sri Lanka sangat menyenangkan dalam hal makanan bagi saya. Dimana pun selalu ada menu khusus vegetarian, mungkin karena kebanyakan penduduk Sri Lanka juga adalah vegetarian. Untuk tiap porsi makanan di sini saya hanya perlu mengeluarkan uang 50 LKR (Sri Lankan Rupee), atau setara Rp. 3.500,00!</div>
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Pertemuan saya dengan seorang biksu di SIBA membawa nafas segar bagi petualangan saya di sini.</div>
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Hemaloka, saya memanggilnya Bhante Hemaloka --Bhante adalah panggilan untuk seorang biksu. Bhante Hemaloka mengambil jurusan Buddhist Leadership sebagai konsentrasi sarjananya di SIBA.</div>
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Beruntung bagi saya biara Bhante Hemaloka berada di Kolombo. Pada akhir pekan ia menawarkan apakah saya berminat untuk jalan-jalan ke Kolombo dan menginap di biaranya. Tentu saja! Tanpa ragu saya menerima ajakannya dan pergi menjelajah bagian lain dari Sri Lanka.</div>
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Dengan bus perjalanan Kandy-Kolombo memakan waktu kurang lebih tiga setengah jam. Sesampainya di Kolombo saya menginap di biara Bhante Hemaloka dan bertemu dengan biksu-biksu lain yang ada di sana. Saudara-Dharma, begitu mereka menyebut satu sama lain. Ada lima orang biksu yang tinggal di sana, tidak ada satu orang pun dari mereka yang berusia lebih dari tiga puluh tahun.</div>
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Lucunya, ternyata budaya "nyirih" bukan cuma ada di Indonesia. Para biksu di sini tidak merokok, namun budaya menyirih laris manis. Saya bahkan ikut mencoba merasakan "nyirih" ala Sri Lanka.</div>
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Saat saya datang ke Sri Lanka untuk belajar tentang Buddhism, seorang biksu di sini malah tertarik untuk belajar photography. Bhante Dhammasena, salah satu saudara Dharma Bhante Hemaloka, ternyata hobi memotret. Ia bahkan punya blog yang berisi foto-foto yang diambilnya dengan kamera handphone 3.0 megapixel. (bisa dilihat di sini: <a href="http://adureliveema.blogspot.com/p/photos.html">http://adureliveema.blogspot.com/p/photos.html</a>)</div>
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Ia terlihat sangat antusias saat bisa punya kesempatan belajar menggunakan kamera SLR. Sembari Bhante Dhammasena menggunakan kamera SLR saya untuk eksplorasi, sekarang saatnya sangat tepat bagi saya untuk memotret dia bereksplorasi menggunakan kamera handphone saya! Haha. Bahkan seluruh foto di post saya ini hanya menggunakan kamera dari handphone saya. Saatnya sejenak beristirahat bagi saya, bahkan sejenak mengistirahatkan keinginan untuk memotret.</div>
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Pagi hari keesokannya, saya merasa sangat beruntung bisa melihat senyum anak-anak Kolombo di sekolah-dharma yang diadakan setiap minggu oleh Bhante Hemaloka. Rupanya setiap minggu ia rutin pulang-pergi dari Kandy-Kolombo-Kandy hanya untuk bisa mengajar sekolah minggu ini. Untuk detail tentang<i> dharma-school </i>ini bisa ditunggu di posting-an berikutnya!</div>
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Minggu sore, saatnya untuk kembali ke kampus kami di Kandy. Kali ini kami memutuskan untuk naik kereta api kelas ekonomi supaya saya bisa melihat suasana baru. Saya mengeluarkan biaya sekitar 200 LKR (sekitar Rp 15.000,00) untuk 2,5 jam perjalanan. Dibanding naik bus ternyata lebih cepat satu jam. </div>
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Berada di Sri Lanka sambil membaca buku persis di samping pintu kereta ekonomi sambil menikmati semilir angin sepoi yang kadang bercampur aroma dari kamar mandi kereta api. Ah, andai saya bisa menemukan kata tepat untuk merangkum dan menggambarkan semuanya!</div>
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It was very nice to have some time to travel alone again. It's been a while since I don't have time to travel alone and to be able to listen, to watch, to observe things inside and outside myself deeply. </div>
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On my way to Sri Lanka I have to make a connecting flight in Kuala Lumpur, so I decided to take a look at the city before my next morning flight. I went from LCCT Airport to KL Sentral by bus only cost me 8 ringgit (about Rp. 20.000,00), and from KL Sentral subway station it is very convenient to travel around the city, it only cost me about 1 ringgit (Rp. 3.000,00) per trip.<br />
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I went to see Petronas Tower. Maybe its a must thing to see when you go to KL, but I only spent less than 5 minutes there, nothing special there for me except that remarkable skyscraper.<br />
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I want to see people, I want to see life around KL city area. That what brought me to Petaling Street in Chinatown area.</div>
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My first impression there, it is very much like Pasar Baru Jakarta! It was very interesting to see people in Petaling Street, lots of tourist and immigrants. From one day sightseeing in KL, in my opinion Kuala Lumpur is more like a mixing bowl, lots of different people there, compare to Jakarta.<br />
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Another interesting thing I found in Petaling is there are a lot of bhikkus carrying money and selling some kind of string bracelet.<br />
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I thought "Why the bhikkus selling something? I thought in their precepts they have <i>sila</i> that refrain them from taking money?" but the moment I have a thought like that, I realized that I was trapped in the notion and concept once again, trapped in a doctrine once again, even worse this time I was trapped in a Buddhist doctrine. True Buddha is free from all notion, free from all concept & doctrines, even the Buddhist one. True Buddhist is not a Buddhist. I felt like being in the Tanzan Zen stories.<br />
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So amid my awareness of my trapped mind, I asked the bhikku if they sell that string bracelet, and for how much. He said it's a donation and it's up to me how much I should give him.<br />
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Seeing bikkhus around Petaling Street is like hearing the bell of mindfulness. Breathing in, breathing out, I'm back on my feet, I realize my each breath, my each step. I'm back to my journey but I'm also arriving in each moment. I'm in the here & in the now, I'm home.<br />
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Ini adalah minggu ketiga saya kembali ke Tanah Air tercinta, Indonesia. Mungkin memang benar kata orang; hujan emas di negeri orang, tetap lebih nikmat hujan batu di negara sendiri.</div>
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Pengalaman selama satu tahun hidup di Amerika, negeri penuh mimpi dan berbagai perwujudannya, sedikit banyak telah merubah arah pandang saya yang selama ini menurut saya terlalu menggebu-gebu, terlalu penuh dengan idealisme dan keinginan memperbaiki Indonesia.</div>
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Sebagai perantau di negeri orang, saya belajar banyak untuk sedapat mungkin mengamati segala sesuatu terlebih dahulu sebelum mengambil keputusan. Pada akhirnya kegiatan mengamati ini membawa dampak besar dalam hidup saya. Mengamati yang di dalam diri, yang di luar diri. Mengamati Amerika dari kacamata orang Indonesia, mengamati pula Indonesia dari Amerika. Belajar untuk menjadi seorang pengamat ternyata sangat berbeda dengan saat menjadi seorang yang terjun dan terlibat langsung dalam perkara-perkara hidup bermasyarakat di Indonesia.</div>
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Persis satu tahun yang lalu saya membuat film dokumenter yang menyuarakan hak Ahmadiyah sebagai kaum yang termarjinalkan. Sebuah film <b>yang penuh idealisme, yang ingin mengubah pola pikir dan mengedukasi masyarakat Indonesia, yang ingin mengkoreksi segala kesalahan pola pikir dan kebobrokan mental bangsa ini.</b></div>
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Minggu ketiga di Indonesia, saya masih berlaku sebagai pengamat, namun saya juga menjadi pelaku dan terlibat betul dengan isu dan permasalahan yang kini terlihat begitu nyata. Tiba-tiba saya menerima sebuah pesan elektronik dari YouTube: <b>Comment Posted on "Sang Ahmad"</b></div>
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Saya penasaran. Wah masih ada saja yang perduli dengan isu ini pikir saya. Saya coba klik <i>link</i> tersebut tapi tidak bisa. Rupanya ada yang melaporkan komentar tersebut sebagai <i>spam</i>. Setelah mencoba beberapa kali akhirnya saya bisa melihat komentar yang kira-kira dalam bahasa Indonesia (komentar tersebut ditulis dalam bahasa Inggris) berbunyi seperti ini:</div>
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<i>"Kenapa film ini menyuarakan kesejahteraan Indonesia? Semua orang perlu sadar bahwa Indonesia hanya tumpukan sampah dan omong kosong! Yang perlu kita aspirasikan adalah persatuan Islam! Bukan Pancasila & Indonesia!"</i></div>
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Entah kenapa rangkaian kalimat di atas membuat darah Indonesia saya sangat sedih. Diri saya satu tahun yang lalu mungkin akan terlena oleh kesedihan itu dan memupuk benih kekecewaan baru. Namun saya yang ada pada saat ini sadar betul akan rasa sedih saya, mengamati rasa sedih saya, bagaimana kemunculan rasa sedih itu, bagaimana ia tinggal, dan bagaimana akhirnya ia tenggelam.</div>
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Dengan mengamati, saya sadar akan kekacauan batin saya. Dengan mengamati saya menemukan kesadaran bahwa ia yang memberi komentar tersebut juga adalah diri saya sendiri. Inilah diri saya pada satu tahun yang lalu <b>yang penuh idealisme, yang ingin mengubah pola pikir dan mengedukasi masyarakat Indonesia, yang ingin mengkoreksi segala kesalahan pola pikir dan kebobrokan mental bangsa ini. </b>Saya dan dia adalah sama. Kami berjuang untuk satu keyakinan yang sama, yaitu "kebenaran."<br />
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Dengan mengamati dan sadar, saya dapat dengan jernih mentransformasikan rasa sedih dan kekecewaan saya menjadi sebuah pengertian yang mendalam. Pengertian total yang akhirnya disertai belas kasih kepada dia yang juga adalah saya. Tiba-tiba hilang sama sekali keinginan untuk mengkoreksi, mengedukasi dan mengubah mereka yang tidak sepaham dengan saya. Dalam pengertian total yang saya alami hanya ada keinginan untuk menerima dan mencintai. Keinginan mengkoreksi, mengedukasi dan mengubah akhirnya hanya saya amati sebagai gerakan ego saya untuk menjadi "yang benar", bukannya melihat, menerima dan mencintai segala sesuatu apa adanya. </div>
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Dalam pengamatan, kesadaran dan melihat segala sesuatu apa adanya, tidak ada lagi dualitas baik-buruk, salah-benar, ekstrimis-fatalis, maskulin-feminis, religius-sekuler, yang ada hanya pengertian mendalam dan cinta kasih kepada siapapun dari kutub manapun. Keyakinan, nilai yang dianut, paham dan idealisme tidak lagi menjadi sesuatu yang berarti. Cinta kasih kepada sesama tidak lahir dari keyakinan, nilai, paham atau idealisme. Cinta kasih lahir murni dari pengertian, yang bersumber pada pengamatan dan kesadaran total akan diri dan sesama.</div>
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Akhirnya saat tidak ada lagi dualitas, menjadi pengamat sesungguhnya tidak berbeda dengan menjadi pelaku.</div>
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Mengamati Indonesia dan melihat Indonesia apa adanya adalah mencintai Indonesia. Mengamati dan melihat dengan apa adanya, tanpa menghakimi, tanpa keinginan mengkoreksi bagian masyarakat Indonesia yang tidak sepaham dengan kita, adalah mencintai Indonesia. Mencintai Indonesia adalah mencintai seluruh bagian dari tubuh kita tanpa terkecuali.</div>Mahatma Putrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785697062693031767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653437974852271974.post-51978588936363958652011-07-30T13:18:00.003+07:002011-07-30T13:29:47.275+07:00Manusia dan MatahariManusia dan Matahari adalah kawan<div>Berebut awan menunggu hujan</div><div><br /></div><div>Matahari dan awan memang berdampingan</div><div>Namun manusia lebih cinta awan ketimbang panas sengatan</div><div><br /></div><div>Matahari lalu terheran pada manusia</div><div>Mengapa awan lebih dipuja daripada ia</div><div><br /></div><div>Mungkin awan lupa sejenak</div><div>Merasa pongah berada ditengah serasa bijak</div><div><br /></div><div>Padahal awan hanya gumpalan air mata</div><div>Sekejap kemudian cair melanda</div><div><br /></div><div>"Selamat pagi manusia," kata matahari,</div><div>Sejenak setelah manusia menari.</div>Mahatma Putrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785697062693031767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653437974852271974.post-33245689522097788752011-07-21T02:49:00.001+07:002011-07-21T02:49:55.519+07:00The Melting Pot, Salad Bowl & RujakAs an Indonesian with the opportunity to live in the US, I have had quite an interesting experience. For me it is a real visualization of western movies I've seen, that indeed America consists of a lot of people from all around the world with diverse cultural, ethnic and religious background.<br /><br />The United States is often called as a melting pot, a place where everybody from all over the world meets and unites as Americans. The “Melting Pot” term was first used to describe the celebration of American value created by immigrants from Europe in 1870s, and popularized in 1905 by Israel Zangwill, a British writer and humorist.<br /><br />But from early 1930s there has been some questions and critique about the Melting Pot concept. Some people, mainly the multiculturalists, begin to wonder whether America –as a nation of immigrants— actually dissolves its immigrant’s cultures into one American Culture and lose their origin’s values. The melting pot refers to a condition where everything in heterogeneous culture melts and become one homogenous culture.<br /><br />The multiculturalists used the term “Salad Bowl” to counter “The Melting Pot”. They believe in the “Salad Bowl” concept, where the richness of diverse culture is not lost to become homogenous. “Salad Bowl” offers a mix of ingredients that still could be distinguished from one another, but still creates one whole new rich flavor.<br /><br />In the salad bowl, lettuce, tomatoes, shrimp, and the sauce still could be distinguished from one another. The same as America where the Irish, the Italian, the Chinese, the Hispanic and the Black still can be identified as unique societies that blend together as Americans. Each of them preserve their old traditional values and pass it for generations. Chinese has their Chinese New Year, Black Americans has their Kwanzaa, Hispanics has their Cinco de Mayo, Irish has their St. Patrick days, the Jews have their Passover, and as for the Muslims, next month they will be observing Ramadhan and celebrating Eid Mubarak. America has all different celebrations for many different groups.<br /><br />After covering the ISNA (Islamic Society of North America) Convention from July 1st to 4th in Chicago, I started pondering deeper about the life of Muslims in America. Are they lost in the “American Melting Pot” or do they still maintaining their identity as expected from the “American Salad Bowl” concept?<br /><br />This event is the 48th convention of ISNA. The main event is a series of seminars on subjects important to American Muslims, and on the sideline there is a bazaar of Muslim products from halal foods, books, toys to handicraft. The five day event is attended by approximately 40,000 Muslims from all over America. Here, the diverse faces of American Muslims are truly revealed by the diversity of ISNA attendees. There are men wearing white robes to blue jeans and women wearing black burqas to pink skirts.<br /><br />The theme of this year's convention is "Loving God, Loving Neighbor, Living in Harmony". Imam Mohamed Magid, ISNA President, said that they have this theme to encourage Muslims and fellow Americans to uphold their faith as the practice of Loving God, and from loving God they should connect with their neighbors regardless who the neighbors are. Then he advised Muslims to invite people to their Mosque and show to American society in general that Islam is indeed a religion of peace and Muslims do strive to live in harmony with other groups.<br /><br />In ISNA I’ve met a lot of people that are very proud of being a Muslim and also American at the same time. Most of them do not feel that their Muslim faith contradicts the American way of life. Personally and professionally, they are capable to communicate, conduct business, socialize, and blend perfectly outside their community. They are proud of being American Muslims.<br /><br />One of the attendees there, Aala Mohamed, a Yale student, has her own opinion about the face of American Islam. She thinks that the face of American Islam is the face of every American; that the true meaning of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness –the famous phrase in United States declaration of independence—cannot be separated from American Muslims, because for some the goals of pursuing life, liberty and happiness are through Islam.<br /><br />From what I saw in ISNA, I learned that American Muslims preserve their identity in this “Salad Bowl.” This community uphold its unique culture and specific values, maintain a strong bond to their faith, without feeling they need to give it up to be part of the American society.<br /><br />This example made me question how we handle diversity back home. In Indonesia, we have a lot of laws to preserve diversity. But some cases regarding the treatment of minorities, for example GKI Yasmin Bogor to Ahmadiyah, do not reflect that. These cases do not reflect that we are also the “Salad Bowl” –or “Rujak” society.<br /><br />So, are we going to melt? Or are we going to introduce the “Indonesian Rujak” to the world?Mahatma Putrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785697062693031767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653437974852271974.post-20887745608277815082011-07-13T23:29:00.004+07:002011-07-13T23:33:42.487+07:00Sang Ahmad<div style="text-align: center;">English Closed Captioning Available.<br />YouTube HD Available.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3xgGPrhB-lo" allowfullscreen="" width="350" frameborder="0" height="280"></iframe><br /></div>Mahatma Putrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785697062693031767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653437974852271974.post-26877274427767578282011-07-06T02:10:00.007+07:002011-07-21T02:51:05.479+07:00The Moslem Blues4th of July celebrates not only the Independence of United States. It celebrates the birth of fundamental human rights, the milestone for mankind to be equal in every aspect.<br /><br />However, for some people in the States, independence and equality came to them a bit too late. Black American has their rights to vote in mid 60’s, almost 2 centuries after America first gained its freedom.<br /><br />When we talked about equality, we talked about blues. Blues as the oldest music genre in the world also happened in America. As black American felt that their voice can only be heard from these songs. Blues is music for fighters, a song of liberation, and the unheard voices. It has accompanied America and its civilization from the cowboy era in Midwest until the era of President Obama.<br /><br />Obama starts his first step to enter American political stage in Chicago, the city that has full of young and energetic people, one of the homes of blues in America. Chicago reflected the struggling, true liberation, and equality for its every citizen. These are the core value of blues.<br />As a metropolitan melting pot, Chicago also known as a place that has the largest Moslem community in America. In Devon Avenue at the north of Chicago almost every store and restaurant not just sells <span style="font-style: italic;">halal </span>food, but <span style="font-style: italic;">zabihah </span>food, means that the animals sacrificed in the name of Allah.<br /><br />In Rosemont, north of Chicago, from the 1st to the 5th of July, one of the biggest Moslem expo held there, named ISNA, Islamic Society in North America. About 40,000 American Moslem attended and participated in this annual event. In ISNA they can see exhibition of Moslem products from foods, books, toys to handcraft. There are also film festivals that encourage Islamic theme, seminars about halal food from American Halal Association, and one of the most interesting things is a speed dating for fellow young Moslem, man and women that expect marriage. They called the speed dating “Matrimonial Banquet”, mean that they seek only for serious date that lead to marriage, because even for American Moslem dating is not much allowed.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSomlQeVryLdMiC99KU4lSfaKaShYZAWlPUUlZWtjOa0dkBVGPBZTYFbH-BlR_iOfmsMX9qU6Dov1BQU3ykHNPQw9HdRo1v4dT7Va24ABurqNciJhpFO-6ThXbUp8Qf56Co1s4IIWBZXey/s1600/P1030475.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSomlQeVryLdMiC99KU4lSfaKaShYZAWlPUUlZWtjOa0dkBVGPBZTYFbH-BlR_iOfmsMX9qU6Dov1BQU3ykHNPQw9HdRo1v4dT7Va24ABurqNciJhpFO-6ThXbUp8Qf56Co1s4IIWBZXey/s400/P1030475.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625949789737076658" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfemxR54v33ErR2v5Zsb4_ezWa4ihMZ_Ggu-qIDO3z4FXKpGh9eqD_yNrW-_T3LKZSJ1yfwOkwdL8DjUKvuIm6sBXeBn6jsE-M_iSm_vEx2cnYnysO_3xO1m9ylH_knfhPKNma47DrBPm/s1600/P1030482.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfemxR54v33ErR2v5Zsb4_ezWa4ihMZ_Ggu-qIDO3z4FXKpGh9eqD_yNrW-_T3LKZSJ1yfwOkwdL8DjUKvuIm6sBXeBn6jsE-M_iSm_vEx2cnYnysO_3xO1m9ylH_knfhPKNma47DrBPm/s400/P1030482.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625949948519217186" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjq6vUctYjg3LJos_KKrnhwjnSkPXuqOR0fgDZuviHJvIbLT6tqbGS0zch57LXmq2fvQRFQfmexmiHhisNzB5FffMIgMMWj6n0flT6aRfs635qiLoZj6L2o10tb57Mv2iIoms70nrESKuI/s1600/P1030484.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjq6vUctYjg3LJos_KKrnhwjnSkPXuqOR0fgDZuviHJvIbLT6tqbGS0zch57LXmq2fvQRFQfmexmiHhisNzB5FffMIgMMWj6n0flT6aRfs635qiLoZj6L2o10tb57Mv2iIoms70nrESKuI/s400/P1030484.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625949953676909090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Here are some people I've met who attended the Matrimonial Banquet</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> From what I’ve seen in Chicago, I began to realize whether if America is a true melting pot. It is pretty fair if melting pot defined as a neighborhood that everyone there is diverse and lives together side by side. But if there is a neighborhood that not so diverse stand by the neighborhood of other community that also not diverse, can it be called the melting pot? For me personally it only creates blocks that separate each community.<br /><br />Chinese have their own Chinatown where everybody speak Chinese, black American have their own Harlem where everybody listen to hip hop, and now there is Devon with its halal store everywhere.<br /><br />Every immigrant must have difficulties to cope. In past time we can see problems with Irish and Italian immigrant in America. Now they seems have blend well with each other for time has dissolved their ethnical identity into American identity.<br /><br />As I began questioning, I begin to understand that the question is maybe not whether they choose to live within their community or outside their community, because everybody is always looking for the common ground. Perhaps the one that I should be questioned is whether they could live outside their own community.<br /><br />In ISNA I’ve met a lot of people that are very proud being a Moslem and also American at the same time. They are proud of being American Moslem. They still have their own traditional moral value but they are also professionals that are capable to communicate, making business, socialize, and blend perfectly outside their community.<br /><br />Some people in America may lose their racial, ethnical, and religion identity and gained their American identity. But from what I see, Moslem community in America, especially the middle-east Moslem, have very strong bond to their traditional values and religion, and they are not willing to give it up.<br /><br />It is a long and winding journey for American Moslem to keep their both identity in harmony.<br /><br />From the heart of Chicago, with the 4th of July spirit, American Moslem deserves some blues plays for them, for their liberation, and the long fight ahead.Mahatma Putrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785697062693031767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653437974852271974.post-89891466202525814742011-04-09T11:32:00.000+07:002011-04-09T11:34:39.255+07:00The Kawah Ijen's Warriors<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="400" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bgvXvAZO-cE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; ">English Closed Captioning Available</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; ">"The Kawah Ijen's Warriors" </b></span></div></b><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; ">"The Kawah Ijen's Warriors" merupakan video dokumenter perjalanan dari pameran bertajuk sama yang memamerkan foto-foto karya Andi Ari Setiadi, Barmen Simatupang, Budi Chandra, Mahatma Putra dan Panji Wijaya. </span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; ">Pembukaan Pameran "The Kawah Ijen's Warriors" diselenggarakan pada Sabtu, 1 Mei 2010 pukul 19.30 WIB dan dimeriahkan oleh Gugun & Blues shelter, Oppie Andaresta, Inong Lubis Union, mengambil tempat di Galeri Foto Jurnalistik ANTARA, Jl. ANTARA No. 59 Pasar Baru, Jakarta.</span></div></span></div>Mahatma Putrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785697062693031767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653437974852271974.post-8821973548791510822011-03-31T15:45:00.002+07:002011-03-31T15:46:09.283+07:00Mek<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Ja5h_L71X1yDPg4vQBsuYPdxvp7iE4vTH00d8qmLrCH9uL_d6DAYSQmjvaix38vZGLv84KPYUDvI-dNgieN2DZoPltJGx7JCjTiB1Rim_lFULYOpzr4VZo67jz8myZIYYHSjjIl0AG7f/s1600/mek-web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Ja5h_L71X1yDPg4vQBsuYPdxvp7iE4vTH00d8qmLrCH9uL_d6DAYSQmjvaix38vZGLv84KPYUDvI-dNgieN2DZoPltJGx7JCjTiB1Rim_lFULYOpzr4VZo67jz8myZIYYHSjjIl0AG7f/s400/mek-web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590162623454447698" /></a>Mahatma Putrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785697062693031767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653437974852271974.post-38590482650258215432011-03-31T15:44:00.002+07:002011-03-31T15:45:16.016+07:00Mulan #2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6kqVKeZa_CfWEzWNVAhDvyjxawEEdrEHRKZCLtFZM4NGcF9BeqHKWgn3yRp10Ny-3VqE5X9E2QxKjJugn-G8NEeeAt06rOKX-eTJqRMYEjKsQb1aS4a2yxrIzd4otgWEsb5qfvtr2ro5-/s1600/mulan2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6kqVKeZa_CfWEzWNVAhDvyjxawEEdrEHRKZCLtFZM4NGcF9BeqHKWgn3yRp10Ny-3VqE5X9E2QxKjJugn-G8NEeeAt06rOKX-eTJqRMYEjKsQb1aS4a2yxrIzd4otgWEsb5qfvtr2ro5-/s400/mulan2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590162235094490402" /></a>Mahatma Putrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785697062693031767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653437974852271974.post-74745790030955896052011-03-30T10:08:00.003+07:002011-03-30T10:10:11.950+07:00Mulan<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJANZVbxAbk7OD77KpOdeFsWux1dDTzBgh0ukh_k-slYTtYPjZLXraSxuebBZQxlwpENJ7HJpcwXEZqvtUug_P0ryCDTxnZHud4853BsAFGCbW7r1AdZn9C27v2E8S9NVq9i1-LVJj274/s1600/Mulan-web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJANZVbxAbk7OD77KpOdeFsWux1dDTzBgh0ukh_k-slYTtYPjZLXraSxuebBZQxlwpENJ7HJpcwXEZqvtUug_P0ryCDTxnZHud4853BsAFGCbW7r1AdZn9C27v2E8S9NVq9i1-LVJj274/s400/Mulan-web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589704727788510242" /></a>Mahatma Putrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785697062693031767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653437974852271974.post-63240451006104108542011-03-24T12:30:00.004+07:002011-03-24T13:15:02.534+07:00Identitas<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGq0cuDebTdLJhN0UrbIEYHQPSrT-C_YQXOgF6d4S8cyNMoA39tvbdez7bWCbbK6fiQRPLGMJjLlJ9xJkyxovVARsnZNxHkiA3VoIN3Wto3FSE1aTP0H8OKNSBeV8PWBh2pAvIfHa4ehn2/s1600/post.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGq0cuDebTdLJhN0UrbIEYHQPSrT-C_YQXOgF6d4S8cyNMoA39tvbdez7bWCbbK6fiQRPLGMJjLlJ9xJkyxovVARsnZNxHkiA3VoIN3Wto3FSE1aTP0H8OKNSBeV8PWBh2pAvIfHa4ehn2/s400/post.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587515491452919058" /></a>Mahatma Putrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785697062693031767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653437974852271974.post-35937207752087831382011-03-24T12:12:00.004+07:002011-03-24T13:15:25.204+07:002 Hari Bersama Laura<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="400" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sUoeGJck1k4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><div><br /></div><div>@Bucksbuks with <a href="http://www.lauratattoo.com/">Laura Aprilia Sihombing</a></div><div>Captured by Tri Saputro</div>Mahatma Putrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785697062693031767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653437974852271974.post-44661586611407999422011-01-21T12:37:00.001+07:002011-01-24T21:36:11.531+07:00Ahimsa in IndonesiaIndia and Indonesia are countries that achieved their independence in an almost exact time. India celebrates its independence on 15th of August 1947, while Indonesia is on the August 17th 1945, two years earlier than India. India has struggled for their independence from Britain while Indonesia from Dutch. These two countries share certain values and traditions applied in their social life, for colonial’s occupation has made their mentality to grow in difficult conditions.<br /><br />If we see some Javanese and Indian values, their philosophy are very much alike for their similarities and strong roots of Hinduism. However there are certain things that have vanished in Indonesia caused by the enculturation processes and Islamic values that have erased some basic fundamental Hinduism values. <br /><br />Ahimsa is one of India’s values that have been erased during Islamic proselytizing. Literally ahimsa translated as a term that means not to do any harm. Ahimsa is avoidance of violence. This principal is an important value for Indian religions like Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.<br /><br />Mahatma Gandhi, one of India’s most respected leaders, believes this principal and promoting it during the Britain-Indian peace war around 1940. With this value he fights the British not by violent force, but by accepts all harm that the British done to the Indian people. Then this thing led India to its independence.<br /><br />In Indonesia Ahimsa is not so well known anymore, for Islam values are a bit contradictive with Ahimsa. For instance, Had law (Islamic Syariat Law) supports violence if it will lead to goodness (such as “cut the hand” law).<br /><br />Indonesia as a multi-cultural countries have their own problems caused by their differences. There are many ethnic and religion conflict happens caused by their lack of understanding in how to cope their own differences.<br /><br />It will need a long way to grow understanding between these groups in order to avoid conflict. Ahimsa maybe is one of the practical solutions for people in Indonesia nowadays that we could look back and learn at, for we already have Hinduism and Buddhism as a part of our history.Mahatma Putrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785697062693031767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653437974852271974.post-13884211173098162182011-01-21T12:14:00.009+07:002011-01-24T21:37:03.488+07:00Promoting Gotong Royong & Musyawarah<span class="Apple-style-span">Indonesia is a vast archipelago that unites a lot of ethnic groups that has their own values and traditions. From Dutch occupation for almost 350 years, then Indonesia learn to unite by suffered together under colonial's rule.<br /><br />From the difficulties Indonesian people had been facing for 3 centuries, then they have learned to cope all the problems collectively together due their lack of education and intellectualism. The circumstances required them to think and do things with a lot of not-so-intellect brains in order to solve their problems.<br /><br />The condition then made Indonesian people --from all ethnic groups-- becoming more collectivist. They depend on each other on almost every aspect in their life. The needs of others in Indonesia are very high.<br /><br />From here then born things such as gotong-royong and musyawarah.<br /><br />Gotong-royong is an Indonesian way to work together in almost every aspect of their social life. Up until now, in Indonesian country-sides still we could see, for example, when one is trying to build a house or some simple building, every people around there are not hesitate to give their time and energy in order to finish the task that actually are not theirs.<br /><br />Musyawarah is an Indonesian way to sit and think together, in achieving one goal and a win-win solution. Ideally, with musyawarah, minority’s voices still could be listened, because musyawarah is not to vote, musyawarah is to listen. People in the House of Representatives could do a better job if they stick to this principal.<br /><br />If there is a chance to promote Indonesian values and tradition, I would like to promote these two genuine Indonesian ways that made people have the sense of not being alone. Because in this postmodern era there are many problems in this world that have been caused by human alienation, for in their alienation then human would become more selfish and individualistic, therefore gotong royong and musyawarah are two effective solutions offered by Indonesian values and traditions that could be applied easily in every parts in this world. So people in every part of this world could learn how to trust and depend on each other more than before.</span>Mahatma Putrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785697062693031767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653437974852271974.post-36417279210393568192011-01-20T04:37:00.013+07:002011-01-24T21:37:55.447+07:00Cuplikan Pergolakan Ekonomi Orde Lama<span class="Apple-style-span" >Indonesia sebagai bangsa yang baru mencicipi kemerdekaan mengalami pergolakan pertamanya pada era Orde Lama. Orde Lama adalah era yang mengalami banyak ketidak-stabilan, karena pada masa awal kemerdekaan bangsa Indonesia masih harus mencari tahu bentuk sistem ekonomi dan pemerintahan yang paling tepat bagi bangsa yang multikultural, dimana terdapat banyak sekali suku, budaya dan bahasa, dimana mereka pada akhirnya harus bersatu untuk menghadapi berbagai tekanan dunia pada saat itu, entah dari PBB ataupun agresi militer Belanda I dan II oleh Kerajaan Belanda yang masih ingin mencokolkan dirinya di Indonesia.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Bukan hanya sistem pemerintahan yang mengalami banyak perubahan, bahkan TNI telah berkali-kali berganti struktur dari BKR (Badan Keamanan Rakyat), yang kemudian menjadi TKR (Tentara Keamanan Rakyat), kemudian TNI (Tentara Nasional Indonesia) dan akhirnya pada era orde baru kemudian sempat ajeg menjadi ABRI (Angkatan Bersenjata Republik Indonesia). Maka tidak heran jika sistem ekonomi kita juga mengalami banyak perubahan bentuk untuk akhirnya mendapatkan bentuk perekonomian yang ajeg. Dimana akhirnya pada masa itu roda pemerintahan dituntut untuk menjadi otoriter demi terciptanya sebuah keteraturan.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Dengan pemerintahan yang otoriter (demokrasi terpimpin), Soekarno berhasil mengatasi berbagai masalah yang tidak disangka sebelumnya dalam era pra-kemerdekaan. Jika dibandingkan dengan Soeharto yang sama-sama totalitarian, era Soekarno mungkin tidak segemilang Soeharto dalam pembangunan karena Soekarno tidak punya satu pun referensi pemerintahan sebelumnya (kecuali Belanda dan Jepang) sebagai bahan pembelajarannya.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Namun satu hal yang harus dibanggakan dari Soekarno adalah bahwa semangat dan jiwa Indonesia pada masa itu adalah sebuah semangat untuk membangun bangsa yang berporos pada rakyat kecil. Salah satu ‘wong cilik’ yang kemudian benar-benar menginspirasi Soekarno dalam paham politik dan ekonominya adalah seorang petani bernama Marhaen. Dari sini Soekarno belajar bahwa rakyat kecil adalah poros dan roda kehidupan masyarakat dan bangsa yang besar ini.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Marhaenisme kemudian lahir sebagai simbol kedekatan Soekarno dengan rakyat kecil mungkin tidak seratus persen berhasil, namun pada era ini kesenjangan sosial sangat kecil, karena semua rakyat masih susah dan miskin. Namun di tengah kemiskinan dan kesulitan bangsa Indonesia di masa itu, Soekarnosebagai seorang pemimpin adalah seseorang yang bisa menciptakan kebanggaan atas Indonesia di tengah pergumulan bangsa. Soekarno adalah seorang presiden yang benar-benar dicintai rakyatnya. Ia tidak segan-segan untuk berdiri di tengah kerumunan rakyat yang menghadang mobilnya sampai tidak bisa berjalan hanya untuk bersalaman ataupun melihat presiden pertama Indonesia tersebut.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Sayangnya nilai ideal yang tertanam dalam Marhaenisme dalam penerapannya juga tidak seratus persen terlaksana. Soekarno yang sangat dicintai rakyat dan mengagungkan nilai-nilai sosialisme malah hidup mewah dan berkecukupan sendiri di Istana Newaga. Ia terlena dengan kekuasaan yang pada akhirnya berujung pada suatu masa dimana terjadi pemberontakan yang berujung pada kudeta atas dirinya.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Pada masa pemerintahan awal Soekarno, dalam sistem pemerintahan dan ekonomi yang masih prematur, mulai tercipta budaya korupsi. Tidak heran dalam suatu sistem pemetintahan dan ekonomi yang masih labil bila terjadi praktek-praktek korupsi. Ditambah lagi praktek korupsi juga adalah warisan budaya pada zaman pra-kemerdekaan (zaman Belanda), dimana VOC yang bangkrut karena korupsi dari dalam organisasinya, secara tidak langsung mempengaruhi bagaimana cara petinggi daerah (pamong praja) pada saat itu untuk mendekati orang yang berada di puncak kekuasaan, yakni Belanda. Bahkan pada era sekarang saat Indonesia sudah mempunyai KPK (Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi), korupsi mungkin sudah melekat dan menjadi budaya yang tidak begitu menjijikkan bagi masyarakat. Kita lihat saja Gayus Tambunan yang masih bisa tersenyum pada turnamen tenis di Bali kemarin.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Pembangunan di daerah-daerah pada era orde lama juga dinilai lambat karena tidak adanya otonomi khusus, sehingga para pemerintah daerah harus melapor ke pusat yang membutuhkan waktu yang sangat lama. Hal ini dikarenakan sistem demokrasi terpimpin Soekarno, dimana segala keputusan berada di bawah kendalinya. Hal ini harus dimengerti bahwa pada masa itu terdapat begitu banyak pemberontakan seperti DI-TII yang memaksa terjadinya suatu pemusatan kekuasaan sehingga pada akhirnya tidak terdapat kegiatan yang berindikasi pada perpecahan bangsa.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Kejadian yang paling memukul pada era Soekarno adalah krisis ekonomi di tahun 1965. Kejadian inilah yang pada akhirnya menjadi ujung sumbu kudeta Soekarno, hampir sama dengan kejadian krisis ekonomi 1998 yang pada akhirnya juga menurunkan Soeharto dari kursi kepresidenan. Namun jika kita lihat dalam kacamata yang lebih luas, permasalahan ekonomi sangat wajar kita temui pada negara yang baru berkembang, apalagi yang baru merdeka. Kita dapat lihat beberapa negara di Amerika Latin dan Afrika juga banyak mengalami permasalahan yang sama di awal era kemerdekaan mereka.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><span class="Apple-style-span" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Pada akhirnya metode pemerintahan dan sistem ekonomi pada era orde lama adalah sebuah pembelajaran dan referensi yang sangat berharga dalam perjalanan bangsa Indonesia. Sebagai generasi muda yang nantinya akan ikut berpartisipasi dalam berjalannya roda perekonomian bangsa ini, kami berusaha untuk memahami pergolakan ekonomi pada masa ini dengan segala nilai positif dan negatifnya.</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Mahatma Putrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785697062693031767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653437974852271974.post-55033278072663262272011-01-10T20:58:00.002+07:002011-01-12T17:42:17.481+07:00Fenomena Eksistensi dan Alienasi Manusia Melalui Jejaring Sosial<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;">Generasi yang lahir di era tahun 80 dan 90 mungkin adalah generasi yang benar-benar lahir di era peledakan teknologi dan benar-benar mengalami fenomena tersebut. Dengan lahirnya internet melalui world wide web (www), kemudian generasi ini lahir ditelan pesatnya kemajuan teknoloogi yang semakin menyatukan seluruh dunia lewat layar kaca yang sekarang ini bahkan dapat diakses dari genggam tangan manusia seluruh dunia.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: 0px !important;">Sejak manusia pertama kali dapat berpikir dan menggunakan akal sehatnya dan mengekspresikan pemikiran dan keinginannnya lewat hal-hal yang berada di luarnya, manusia kemudian berinovasi untuk menggunakan banyak hal-hal yang nyata maupun abstrak, benda maupun pemikiran, untuk menjadi atribut yang melengkapi diri manusia dan secara personal menjadikannya utuh. Manusia bereksistensi, dan ia hanya dapat bereksistensi melalui hal-hal yang berada di luarnya.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: 0px !important;">Sejak lahir manusia bereksistensi dalam tiap saat kehidupannya, dari awal hidupnya ia bereksistensi lewat suara tangisnya, hingga akhirnya sampai ia mati ia pun masih bereksistensi dengan peti mati, tanah kuburan yang harganya semakin melambung, dan nisan mahal yang menghias makam tempat istirahat terakhirnya.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: 0px !important;">Dalam kesehariannya manusia bereksistensi lewat hal-hal sederhana seperti sepatu bermerk yang ia pakai, ritual agama yang dijalani hari per harinya, dan dalam konteks ini ia bereksistensi lewat dunia maya, dimana ia dapat mengekspresikan dirinya setiap saat. Untuk tidak perlu merasa kosong dan sendiri bahkan dalam waktu kesendiriannya.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: 0px !important;">Pertama kali masalah tentang eksistensialime ini muncul saat Kierkegaard, seorang filsuf eksistensi <st1:country-region style="text-indent: 0px !important;" w:st="on"><st1:place style="text-indent: 0px !important;" w:st="on">Denmark</st1:place></st1:country-region> kenamaan melihat banyaknya kemerosotan rasio manusia </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">akan nilai 'berada' mereka, </span>yang kemudian konsekuensinya adalah ketakutan dan kehidupan yang absurd.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: 0px !important;">Dalam kehidupan masyarakat urban pada era posmodern ini, eksistensi manusia tidak banyak ditentukan dari benda-benda nyata saja, bahkan kepopuleran benda-benda riil semakin bergeser oleh kehadiran benda-benda abstrak dalam menghadirkan nilainya sebagai manusia.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: 0px !important;">Pada permulaan zaman modern mungkin kita dapat melihat bagaimana prestise seseorang ditentukan oleh mobil yang ia kendarai, ataupun sepatu apa yang ia pakai. Memang, jejak materi sebagai penanda pemenuhan manusia tidak akan pernah pudar, faktanya bahkan dalam memenuhi kebutuhan eksistensinya dalam hal-hal yang abstrak, manusia tetap membutuhkan benda-benda nyata –seperti uang—sebagai syarat pemenuhannya.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: 0px !important;">Namun dalam era sekarang, saat pemenuhan kebutuhan fisik dirasa sudah mencukupi, masyarakat urban semakin butuh untuk mengaktualisasikan dirinya lewat dunia maya, yang sekarang ini sudah menjadi simbol eksistensi masyarakat urban.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: 0px !important;">Facebook, twitter dan berbagai media jejaring sosial lain seperti plurk sekarang dirasa sudah menjadi kebutuhan yang dirasa bukan lagi kebutuhan sekunder apalagi tersier. Kebutuhan eksistensi masyarakat urban di dunia maya sekarang sudah menjadi kebutuhan primer yang seakan tidak dapat dipisahkan lagi dari kehidupan sehari-hari mereka.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: 0px !important;">Jika disikapi secara bijak fenomena ini dapat menjadi suatu titik awal dimana materi tidak lagi menjadi suatu tolak ukur manusia dalam pemenuhan kebutuhan eksistensinya. Dalam satu sisi ini adalah sebuah hal yang harus dibanggakan. Manusia sekarang lebih merasa bangga saat ia bisa mendapatkan 1000 follower di twitter dibandingkan mempunyai motor bebek tipe terbaru.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: 0px !important;">Namun jika kita dapat cermati dengan baik ternyata fenomena ini juga diikuti dengan efek samping yang tidak kalah hebatnya dengan nilai positif yang ada.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: 0px !important;">Alienasi manusia sekarang semakin menggila dengan berbagai gadget yang ada di genggaman manusia, yang tidak mungkin untuk kemudian memindahkan hidup manusia dari alam nyata ke alam maya.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: 0px !important;">Dalam tingkat candu dan ketergantungan yang tinggi antara manusia dengan dunia maya, kemudian kebutuhan eksistensi manusia tersebut bukan tidak mungkin mengikat manusia dan akhirnya mengurung manusia dalam penjara abstrak baru yang bernama “dunia maya.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: 0px !important;">Secara tidak sadar bahkan mungkin manusia akan makin diikat dan bahkan kemudian dikontrol oleh jejaring sosial yang akhirnya melahirkan sebuah kekuatan kapital baru, yakni media online itu sendiri.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: 0px !important;">Hal ini sudah lama diprediksi oleh Jurgen Habermas, bapak penjaga gawang filsafat modern, bahwa manusia pada akhirnya bukannya menjadi manusia yang utuh dengan adanya perkembangan teknologi, tetapi justru teralienasi dengan ketergantungannya akan kebutuhan teknologi tersebut.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: 0px !important;">Alieansi ini kemudian akan menghasilkan sebuah kesadaran palsu yang pada akhirnya mengungkung manusia sehingga tidak dapat berpikir secara sehat dan tidak mampu menjelaskan apa yang terjadi padanya atas fenomena yang terjadi dalam hidupnya tersebut.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: 0px !important;">Anthony Giddens, seorang sosiolog Britania menjabarkan pemahamannya tentang “agen.” Menurutnya “agen” adalah manusia yang sadar akan apa yang ia lakukan dan mampu menjelaskannya lewat kata-kata, dimana akhirnya manusia dapat berdialektika atas segala fenomena yang terjadi dalam hidup mereka.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-indent: 0px !important;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: 0px !important;">Mungkin pemahaman Giddens akan “agen” adalah sebuah solusi ideal bagi segenap insan posmodern dalam menghadapi fenomena ini, dimana kemudian setiap kita dapat memahami fenomena jejaring sosial dan pada akhirnya dapat menggunakannya dengan tepat guna dalam rangka pemenuhan kebutuhan kita untuk bereksistensi secara lebih bijaksana.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><br style="text-indent: 0px !important;" /></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653437974852271974.post-75791372503810386182011-01-01T15:36:00.004+07:002011-01-10T21:03:50.138+07:00Menyambut 2011 di Rimba Jakarta<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Photo: <a href="http://kartikadian.blogspot.com/">Kartika Dian Fransiska</a>'s Personal Archive</i></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Pergantian tahun adalah sebuah penanda perubahan waktu, yang kemudian mengalir menjadi penanda akan berakhirnya sebuah masa dan lahirnya masa yang baru. Masa kemudian sebagai rahim peradaban akan melahirkan sebuah karya kolektif yang kemudian secara tidak langsung berdampak bagi setiap individu yang ada di dalamnya.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Karya adalah sebuah makna zaman yang terpancar lewat tangan dan pemikiran manusia yang hidup dalam suatu pusara waktu, dimana jiwa dan harapan koletif masyarakat kemudian tercermin, terefleksikan secara gamblang –walaupun tidak sungguh-sungguh eksplisit. Namun paling tidak semangat dan spirit kolektif masyarakat dapat direnungkan dan lebih jauh dipetik hikmah dan pelajarannya.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Macet sudah pasti bukan sebuah hal yang asing bagi masyarakat Jakarta. Macet bukan barang baru dan bukan sebuah momok baru bagi mereka yang setiap hari harus bepergian dan menempuh waktu mereka di jalan raya –kalau boleh secara lebih gamblang dikatakan, mereka “menuakan" diri mereka di jalan raya.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Secara tidak langsung macet adalah sebuah karya kolektif masyarakat yang alih-alih lahir dari sikap warga Jakarta yang konstruktif, justru lahir dari ego bersama yang disahihkan, kemudian pada akhirnya dikritik bersama pula. Macet adalah cerminan mentalitas warga Jakarta yang egosentrik dan individualistik.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Kemudian dari mentalitas egois dan individualis tidak jarang segenap kita mengeluh dan saling menyalahkan orang lain sebagai penyebab kemacetan dan carut-marutnya sistem transportasi Ibukota.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Tidak jarang kita mendengar komentar pengendara mobil “Ini sepeda motor kebanyakan sih, salib sana-sini bikin macet aja!”, atau komentar pengendara sepeda motor “Kebanyakan mobil nih, orang Jakarta pada kaya-kaya semua sih!”, atau komentar keduanya yang menyalahkan metode transportasi “Coba metode transportasi umumnya Jakarta bagus, mending gue naek angkot atau bus transjakarta deh!”</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Manusiawi memang untuk menjadi egois di dunia yang semakin padat dan menuntut persaingan yang ketat, apalagi di ranah dunia perkotaan seperti Jakarta--yang hukumnya mirip dengan hukum rimba. Namun justru rimba belantara adalah tempat kontemplasi terbaik.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Macet, adalah karya kita bersama. Tanpa bertele-tele, pada awal tahun baru ini tidak ada salahnya kita mengembalikan segalanya pada diri kita sendiri.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Selamat menyambut tahun baru! Mari sambut Jakarta yang lebih berwarna di 2011!</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
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</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653437974852271974.post-55155428955614518202010-11-16T22:59:00.006+07:002010-11-18T12:05:14.722+07:00Imaji Lennon<blockquote><span style="font-size: small;"><i>“Imagine there’s no heaven, it’s easy if you try.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>No hell below us, above us only sky.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Imagine all the people, living for today.”</i></span></blockquote><span style="font-size: small;">Bayangkan sebuah dunia tanpa surga, dimana manusia hidup berdampingan, kemudian memikirkan bagaimana mereka dapat hidup untuk hari ini saja.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sepenggal esensi kemanusiaan di atas, yang pernah dipopulerkan John Lennon tersebut, mungkin tidak akan pernah leleh dibakar oleh api kemarahan dan kebencian yang telah memperkosa umat manusia sejak awal tercatatnya berbagai macam kisah, roman dan tragedi kemanusiaan dari awal mula spesies homo sapiens berevolusi.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Lennon sama sekali bukan seorang jenius yang luar biasa bertalenta untuk dapat menggubah susunan simfoni dan lirik yang telah lebih dari lima dekade menggugah manusia untuk membangun pelbagai cara membentuk dunia yang lebih damai. Ia hanya seorang yang cukup sensitif untuk merespon harapan umat manusia dan mengejewantahkannya lewat bahasa universal manusia, yakni musik.</span><br />
<blockquote><span style="font-size: large;">Bumi ini sudah tua, tapi dunia ini belum pernah dewasa. Bumi ini bijaksana, namun manusia beringas.</span></blockquote><span style="font-size: small;">Bumi ini sudah tua, tapi dunia ini belum pernah dewasa. Bumi ini bijaksana, namun manusia beringas. Sejak awal mula peradaban, manusia mengenal bahwa kepal tangannya, dipadu dengan benda tumpul seperti bonggol batu, dapat dipergunakan sebagai senjata untuk menguasai dan menindas demi kepuasan ego personal dan kelompok.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Bahkan hingga hari ini, saat ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi –yang merupakan instrumen kemajuan umat manusia—menebas dan menyimbah darah kesana-kemari bak pedang liar yang tajam tanpa gagang, manusia masih bergulat dengan keberingasannya sendiri, dengan dirinya dan sesamanya. Mencoba mencari satu nilai yang dapat menyatukan seluruh penduduk bumi.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Merujuk pada ucapan Obama pada kunjungannya ke Universitas Indonesia pada tanggal 10 November lalu, ia mengatakan tentang keberagaman Indonesia yang mirip dengan Amerika menimbang banyaknya etnis dan suku bangsa yang hidup bersama dan berdampingan dalam satu payung sistem masyarakat yang sama, sehingga potensi konflik tumbuh menjadi lebih dari sekadar wacana abstrak.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sampit, Poso, Ketapang, Ahmadiyah, penusukan pendeta HKBP, Mbah Priok, hanya beberapa kata kunci dari banyak lagi fenomena yang dapat difungsikan untuk mengidentifikasi begitu banyaknya konflik di Indonesia yang terjadi karena ketidakdewasaan dan ketidakmampuan manusia Indonesia dalam mengatasi masalah yang timbul dari keberagaman dan perbedaan yang seharusnya melukis nusantara dengan pelbagai warna-warni corak budaya yang bhineka.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Jurgen Habermas, seorang filsuf kenamaan dari Jerman yang menjadi penjaga gawang filsafat modern, dalam wacana pos-sekularismenya mengatakan bahwa dalam manajemen konflik, resolusi akhirnya dapat tercapai dengan studi tentang sejarah. Karena dari sejarah kemudian manusia akan selalu dapat belajar untuk tahu bahwa perbedaan bukanlah sebuah “barang baru,” yang mengagetkan umat manusia dengan kehadirannya.</span><br />
<blockquote><span style="font-size: large;">Karena dari sejarah kemudian manusia akan selalu dapat belajar untuk tahu bahwa perbedaan bukanlah sebuah “barang baru,” yang mengagetkan umat manusia dengan kehadirannya.</span></blockquote><span style="font-size: small;">Namun ketidaksadaran dan ketidakperdulian masyarakat lalu meletakkan perbedaan sebagai sebuah komoditas yang kemudian dapat dikontrol dan dimanfaatkan oleh pihak-pihak berkepentingan sebagai kendaraan politik yang sangat peka terhadap ekspose media masa.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tragedi Ampera-Blow Fish mungkin adalah tonggak terakhir eksposure media dalam tragedi kemanusiaan yang kemudian secara tidak langsung mempersalahkan keberagaman –mengesampingkan fakta bahwa keberagaman itu sendiri telah ditunggangi ego dan kepentingan tertentu—menimbang saat ini eksposure media sedang senantiasa mengingatkan akan rudungan duka mendalam bangsa Indonesia atas bencana Wasior, Mentawai dan Merapi, yang mengangkat simpati, kebutuhan rasa solidarisme, kebersamaan dan kemudian pada akhirnya meredakan berbagai potensi konflik dan menjadikannya laten kembali.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Pada bait pertama “Imagine,” Lennon berandai akan suatu masa dimana manusia dapat memahami konteks “Hidup untuk hari ini.” Kata-kata yang mungkin terdengar dangkal dan biasa saja bila tidak dimaknai, direnungi dan dialami ini, sesungguhnya adalah sebuah kebijaksanaan purba yang secara sporadik berkembang melalui berbagai latar belakang budaya dan kearifan lokal yang berbeda.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Dalam nasehat suci-Nya Buddha Chi Kung mengatakan “Hari ini tidak tahu masalah esok. Apalah yang mau dikhawatirkan?” Kemudian juga dalam kitab suci umat Nasrani tertera “Sebab itu janganlah kamu kuatir akan hari besok, karena hari besok mempunyai kesusahannya sendiri. Kesusahan sehari cukuplah untuk sehari.” Dalam versi yang lebih cadas dan sinis, Janis Joplin mengatakan bahwa esok tidak pernah terjadi, yang ada hanya hari ini. “Tomorrow never happens man! It’s all the same fucking day!”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Pesannya singkat, lugas dan sederhana: Lakukan yang terbaik untuk hari ini, karena hari ini nyata. Esok dan kemarin adalah sebuah konsep abstrak yang mengikat manusia, namun tidak akan pernah dapat memperbudak dan menjadi tuan atas hidup manusia. Sehingga pada akhirnya kekhawatiran atas esok dan penyesalan atas kemarin adalah sebuah kesia-siaan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hari ini masyarakat Indonesia bahu-membahu, dalam skala nasional bersatu-padu mengerahkan segala daya dan kemampuan mereka untuk membantu para korban bencana Wasior, Mentawai dan Merapi tanpa memandang atribut suku, agama dan ras mereka.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Dalam masa tanggap bencana yang hampir berakhir, bangsa ini dengan segenap kemampuannya telah berhasil mengatasi dampak bencana secara bersama-sama. Hari ini masyarakat Indonesia berhasil mengatasi perbedaan-perbedaan demi nilai kearifan dan kemanusiaan yang lebih tinggi. Mereka mengungkapkan cinta kepada sesama.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hari ini pula letusan</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Merapi sudah mereda. Namun bangsa Indonesia masih punya pekerjaan rumah setiap harinya untuk meredam potensi laten perbedaan yang setiap saat dapat meletuskan bencana, yang bahkan mungkin akan lebih miris dan lirih akibat dari konflik yang seharusnya tidak pernah ada jika bangsa ini dapat dengan dewasa menghadapi segenap perbedaan yang ada.</span><br />
<blockquote><span style="font-size: small;"><i>“Imagine all the people, living live in peace.”</i></span></blockquote><span style="font-size: small;">Semoga imaji Lennon tetap hadir untuk mengiringi perjalanan bangsa ini dan dunia, untuk kemudian dapat dipahami dan dimaknai sebagai harapan dan cita-cita seluruh penduduk bumi.</span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653437974852271974.post-83766449071710326342010-11-08T11:07:00.018+07:002010-11-08T18:21:24.265+07:00Mencatat Konsep Alternatif Keperawanan<blockquote>“I think people should be free to engage in any <i>sexual</i> practices they choose; they should draw the line at goats though.” <i>- <b>Elton John</b></i></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<i></i>Aksara adalah simbol keadaban manusia. Dengan akrasa akhirnya manusia bisa mencatat dan berbagi kisah hidup, pengalaman personal, pengalaman masyarakat, bahkan pengalaman bangsa dari generasi ke generasi.<br />
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Pencatatan akhirnya menjadi sesuatu yang penting untuk menilai validitas sebuah peryataan yang terkait dengan masa lalu --yang secara tidak langsung mengikat masa depan.<br />
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Sebuah pernyataan selalu bergantung pada asumsi, syarat dan pilihan. Asumsi kemudian mengarahkan manusia pada pembuatan hipotesa yang sarat dengan syarat sebagai pemenuhan sebab-akibat, dan meninggalkan tidak hanya satu, tapi berbagai macam pilihan atau alternatif kesimpulan yang mengarah pada suatu nilai kebenaran.<br />
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Dalam berasumsi manusia tidak pernah lepas dari hasrat dan pandangan subjektifnya dalam melihat suatu permasalahan. Contoh nyata dari pernyataan yang lahir dari asumsi, menuju hipotesa, dan menjadikan beberapa pilihan kebenaran adalah stereotipe. <br />
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Melalui stereotipe pernyataan hadir dalam bentukan asumsi yang ada lewat pengalaman empiris banyak orang. Kemudian bentukan stereotipe itu berusaha direka-reka untuk menjadi sebuah kesimpulan, dimana bentukan kesimpulan itu akhirnya tidak tunggal, namun bisa jadi bercabang menurut kacamata nilai masyakat penilainya.<br />
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Asumsi selalu membutuhkan syarat dalam pembentukannya. Asumsi tidak pernah lepas dari atribut dalam membuat pernyataan, baik atribut tersebut nyata maupun abstrak.<br />
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Salah satu atribut yang tidak pernah tidak menarik untuk diperbincangkan di Indonesia adalah atribut yang menjadi tolak ukur keperawanan perempuan Indonesia, yakni selaput dara.<br />
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Perawan --yang juga adalah atribut abstrak perempuan-- menjadi kian penting dewasa ini. Ditandai dengan maraknya wacana tes keperawanan yang dilemparkan oleh DPRD Jambi dan Kalimantan tengah untuk membuat tes keperawanan bagi siswi SMP dan SMA sebagai salah satu alat bantu dalam peningkatan mutu akademik.<br />
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Entah sejak kapan konsep keperawanan telah dicatat oleh berbagai bangsa di dunia sebagai simbol dari kesucian. Peradaban mesir kuno mencatat cerita tentang Dewa Horus yang dilahirkan oleh seorang perawan. Begitupun ajaran Nasrani mencatat Santa Perawan Maria sebagai ibu dari Yesus Kristus. Banyaknya kisah spiritual tentang para perawan pada akhirnya meletakkan nilai agung dan suci perempuan, terutama perempuan muda, pada pengalaman seksualnya.<br />
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Kedua atribut di atas --keperawanan dan selaput dara-- yang kemudian menjadi salah satu alat ukur untuk menilai perempuan, merupakan secuil contoh dari banyak lagi cara untuk mengukur nilai manusia berdasarkan standard yang lahir dari berbagai pencatatan yang pernah ada. Terlepas dari apakah standard masyarakat itu kemudian lahir dengan penuh pemikiran, perenungan, dan kebijaksanaan yang mendalam, atau justru malah lahir dalam ketidak-sadaran masyarakat, ketulian masyarakat akan gagasan dan kebutaan akal pikiran karena belenggu sistem dan nilai sosial yang kaku dan tidak dapat diragukan, dipertanyakan dan didiskusikan.<br />
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Pencatatan pada mulanya bukanlah menjadi sebuah patokan standard akan masa depan, tapi hanya alat berbagi untuk kemudian dijadikan alat refleksi --termasuk kitab suci. Sehingga pencatatan semua teks yang ada tidak pernah lepas dari konteks zaman saat ia ditulis, sehingga dalam mentafsir dan memahaminya sangat diperlukan untuk juga mengerti akan tujuan, fungsi, dan tradisi asalnya.<br />
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Pada akhirnya pencatatan kemudian dimaknai sebagai cara untuk membuat sebuah tolak ukur dari sebuah pengalaman. Padahal pemaknaan sebuah nilai pada akhirnya akan selalu bergeser karena adanya alternatif dan pilihan untuk membentuk sebuah kesimpulan yang baru dan lain atas dasar fenomena yang sama, sehingga pencatatan akan sebuah pergeseran nilai dalam sebuah kebudayaan juga adalah kontribusi yang sangat penting dalam pembangunan karakter dan masa depan sebuah bangsa dan manusia secara spesifik.<br />
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Indonesia sedang mengalami gejolak kecil dalam menanggapi pergeseran konteks keperawanan, dan anak muda sebagai pelaku dan pengamat yang dekat sudah selayaknya kemudian bertugas untuk menjadi pencatat pergeseran makna ini. Semakin banyak opini, pemikiran, dan pandangan subjektif dalam menilai fenomena ini, niscaya akan semakin banyak kontribusi pemikiran dan pandangan baru untuk membuat standard baru tentang keperawanan yang lebih objektif, karena perlu untuk selalu dipahami bahwa objektivitas tidak lebih dari subjektivitas kolektif.<br />
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Sebagai seorang muda juga, saya ingin mencatat pemikiran subjektif saya tentang nilai keperawanan. Secara sederhana saya punya pendapat bahwa keperawanan adalah atribut abstrak yang memperbudak perempuan, dan pada akhirnya hanya membawa permasalahan baru yang menyita waktu dan pikiran sementara masih banyak permasalahan pelik lain tentang hidup dan tentang bangsa ini yang harus dicari solusinya. Saya percaya bahwa nilai seorang perempuan sangat terlepas dari bentukan pengalaman seksualnya. Bagaimana dengan anda?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3653437974852271974.post-23600394278626764522010-11-04T08:45:00.008+07:002010-11-08T18:21:53.914+07:003 Days Grace: Vague Patong<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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