Revisiting ‘Discipline’ in Relation to Caring Science as Sacred Science: Revisiting Discipline of Nursing

The purpose of this manuscript is to invite a revisiting of the concept of the “discipline” of Nursing, with attention to the spiritual consciousness of “Nurse” within the sacred concept of self-caring and caring-healing consciousness. The notion of including the spiritual, evolving consciousness of “Nurse,” in harmony with evolution of Professional Nursing, is congruent with a mature disciplinary matrix of caring science as sacred science. This congruence between Nurse/Nursing contributes to the evolution of Nursing, Holistic Practices and Era III unitary transformative disciplinary thinking.

The philosophy of evolution

An attempt to combine the science of biology with philosophy in the understanding of the evolution in general and the species concept and its variability in particular is presented. The aim of the article is to return to the origins of natural philosophy. The article uses a hermeneutic approach to the study of sacred science as the only undistorted source of all knowledge on the planet. The article is dedicated to all non-stereotypically thinking scientists who have devoted themselves to the search for the truth.

Pharmacological screening of polyherbal hepatoprotective -‘Doctor’s LIVAFIT’

Considering the importance of ayurvedic herbs, science behind their potential in treating diseases and advantages over synthetic medicines in limiting side effects, there is an urgent need to employ such sacred science to produce medicines that effectively cure diseases and to distribute them to the needy. Many herbs mentioned in ayurveda are used to treat dreadful hepatic diseases especially, cirrhosis which is caused by the liver damage due to toxins, chronic alcoholism, synthetic drugs etc. In the present study, poly herbal hepatoprotective formulation, LIVAFIT, had been prepared and standardized for determining its quality and safety. Methanol herbal extracts were formulated according to a formula with Phyllanthus neruri, Picorrhiza kurroa, Andrographis paniculata as active ingredients and various other herbs helpful for possible hepatic regeneration and preventing hepatotoxicity. Physico chemically, microscopically and chemically standardized extracts were used in the study. Following the results of acute toxicity studies and after confirming the safety of extracts, hepatoprotective activity of formulation was evaluated by CCL4 induced hepatotoxicity method in albino wistar rats. It exhibited a dose dependent significant (P<0.001) reduction in hepatotoxicity when compared with that of standard, Silymarin and a pre-marketed ayurvedic product.

The Reactualization of The Pancasila Values in The Light of Perennial Philosophy

The implementation of Pancasila remains a home work for all children of Indonesia. Althought has become the basis of state, Pancasila has encountered various obstacles both from the outside and the inside. This fact makes all components of the nation try to think in providing the concepts, strategies and concrete steps to place Pancasila as the living values that lead to a movement and can even bring this nation into desirable future. These efforts include the studies on the values of Pancasila from various perspectives, including that of perennial philosophy’s frame. Based on this perspective, Pancasila for the Indonesian people is actually the scientia sacra (sacred science) and kalimatun sawa (common sentences), a sacred knowledge, basic principle, and a common commitment that even existed long before the independence of Indonesia. Thus, the re-actualization of Pancasila means re-practicing its values as it has been implanted deep in the heart of this nation with a new perspective, namely that Pancasila is not merely an ideology of the state and nation, but more than that, it is actually the ontological inevitability at the heart of every human being in the Indonesian Archipelago.

Integrating Religion Into Mathematics Education In Higher Education Institution

Religion assumes a conclusive role in vast parts of life, including creating inspiration and motivation in learning and constituting certain knowledge. Obviously, mathematics is a delicate subject for numerous students in any education level. By examining a religious role in term of mathematics and the obligation to learn about, religion may convey its importance in present-day, an era that requests high aptitude in mathematics. This study, utilizing library research method to exhibit relevant elements of religion, as inspiration and motivation, that can support the scholarly activities, particularly learning and developing mathematics idea in classroom. The notion of 'sacred science' from Seyyed Hossein Nasr was utilized to uncover the significant function of religion, particularly Islam, in looking for knowledge. Nasr considered that God, extraordinary preeminent entity, radiates in a profane world. Based on this idea, a motivation to embrace the ultimate reality and its numerical structure in nature is a type of intimacy to God. This writing demonstrates that religion still has its relevance in everyday scholastic exercises, including mathematics education. The teaching-learning process of mathematics will be increasingly meaningful for students by embeddings religion values as inspiration and motivation and considering its activities as a worship to .