‘Bele Quadrant’ as Philosophy of Life to Live in Harmony

Abstract

To live in harmony with the others and nature is the way of life of the Buna’ people in Timor, Indonesia.  Love each other is not only a philosophical or theological term for them. They practice it as a tradition. The root of this tradition of living in harmony is the object of our research done from 2005 to 2019, fourteen years.

The Buna’ people is a local tribe, about 100,000 members live in the Island of Timor, Indonesia & the Democratic Repubblic of Timor.

Here we present the result of our study that they live for centuries on the basis of their way of live: Nopil, Nawas, Nejel, Nimil, in English: desire, reason, instinct and conscience. We named this four aspects: ‘Bele Quadrant’ as four parts of human being.

Keywords: ‘Bele Quadrant’, desire, reason, instinct, conscience.

DOI: 10.7176/JPCR/48-01

Publication date:March 31^st 2020