Yogyakarta Royal servants wearing Peranakan attire and Javanese people gather on the southern slope of Merapi volcano during a sacrificial ritual to mark the establishment of Yogyakarta Empire by delivering offerings to the spirits of the volcano. July 3, 2011. In Javanese philosophy, there are two worlds that human should deal with; macrocosm and microcosm. Macrocosm deals with spirituality and mystery, whereas microcosm deals with reality and physic. The aim of life is to harmonize the both. Javanism is a way of living, merely like Hinduism or Buddhism. It is a thought that stresses on inner peace, balance and harmony and it contains complete tools to interpret life whether it is the Sein (Being) or the Werden (Becoming).
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