Scientific Consciousness: Toward an Integrative Epistemology Beyond Positivism in Balinese Hindu Thought

Ida Bagus Gde Yudha Triguna; I Putu Suweka Oka Sugiharta; I Putu Aryawan

Penulis

Ida Bagus Gde Yudha Triguna Universitas Hindu Indonesia
I Putu Suweka Oka Sugiharta Universitas Hindu Negeri I Gusti Bagus Sugriwa Denpasar
I Putu Aryawan Universitas Hindu Indonesia

Kata Kunci:

affective knowledge, Balinese Hindu epistemology, critique of positivism, integrative epistemology, local knowledge, scientific consciousness

Abstrak

Artikel ini mengkaji konsep titik nol pada diri (Bhuwana Alit) sebagai axis mundi batin dalam tradisi Hindu Nusantara. Berangkat dari kritik atas dominasi pembacaan pusat kosmos sebagai struktur eksternal, kajian ini menempatkan pusat kesadaran batin sebagai poros ontologis, ritual, etis, dan sosial. Melalui pendekatan kualitatif–interpretatif berbasis simbolisme klasik, sosiologi agama, dan kosmologi Hindu, artikel ini menunjukkan bahwa titik nol batin merupakan ruang kerja simbolik yang “dikerjakan” melalui laku spiritual, termasuk praktik aksara suci Yogākṣara dalam tradisi Bali. Hasil kajian menegaskan bahwa titik nol batin berfungsi sebagai pusat transformasi kesadaran, pembinaan etika, integrasi sosial, serta relevan sebagai ruang resistensi simbolik di era digital dan krisis ekologis. Artikel ini berkontribusi pada perluasan diskursus ruang sakral dengan menempatkan axis mundi tidak hanya pada lanskap kosmik, tetapi juga pada tubuh dan kesadaran manusia.

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