MYSTICAL TRANSFORMATIVE AUTHENTIC BEING: AN ENCOUNTER SPIRITUAL PATH OF KI AGENG SURYOMENTARAM ON "KAWRUH JIWA" AND BERNARD LONERGAN ON "CONVERSION"

Haryono, Stefanus Christian (2023) MYSTICAL TRANSFORMATIVE AUTHENTIC BEING: AN ENCOUNTER SPIRITUAL PATH OF KI AGENG SURYOMENTARAM ON "KAWRUH JIWA" AND BERNARD LONERGAN ON "CONVERSION". In: Asian Christian Sprituality Conference, 26-27 Juli 2023, Bangkok, Thailand. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

- On this theme, I will discuss a topic of authentic being based on Ki Ageng Suryomentaram’s notion of Kawruh Jiwa (self-knowledge) and Bernard Lonergan’s notion of conversion. - Kawruh Jiwa is rooted in a Javanese wisdom raos (intuitive inner feeling). - Conversion is an ongoing process of finding self-identity as a new way of understanding one’s self through three folds: intellectual, moral, and religious. - This research analysis employs the method of hermeneutic phenomenology which is based on lived experience. The hermeneutic approach toward a lived experience recognizes that human existence “is embedded in a world of meaning” which not only needs to be described, but also has to be interpreted (Creswell, 2013; Bloomberg and Volpe, 2016) . - Both Kawruh Jiwa and conversion focuses on fulfillment of authentic beings through mystical transformation in daily life. The encounter of the spiritual path of Ki Ageng Suryomentaram and Bernard Lonergan will be discussed considering interspirituality discourse. Interspirituality offers a new awareness of living peacefully in the pluralistic country.

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