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This natural philosophy contains two very principal

provisions (laws), namely the existence of the law of causality or
cause and effect and harmony or balance (reciprocity). The law of

causality relates to the nature, form and life of nature which is

universal which applies equally throughout nature. These are also
known as laws or natural laws. As according to Mochtar Naim:

"The philosophy of universalism, which is always oriented to
causal law, however must depend on certain basic rules which if

violated or ignored will cause chaos in the laws and norms of
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life..."
In everyday life, the law of causality is seen as rational

(real), meaning that if rice is planted, then rice will grow, corn will
be planted, corn will grow. Provisions such as the example above

are universal, apply the same everywhere. Therefore, it can be
concluded that the law of causality contained in nature gives rise

to the teachings of rationality. The number one concept of
indigenous education is called rational. This implies that the

Minang people are less influenced by individual cults and mystical

things.

pole of the stalk of lintawaste, take a sheath for imitation, the drop of which
makes the sea, the fist of which turns into a mountain, the developed nature
becomes a teacher.
29 Mochtar Naim, Minangkabau in the dialectic of the culture of the
archipelago, as quoted by AA Navis (ed.), The flow of culture, p. 61