Indlela elula yokubhekana nezindaba iwukushwabana kube i-us-vs.-them abstraction futhi, ngaleyo ndlela, ukukhipha ubuntu obuningi kuzo ngangokunokwenzeka.
Ngicabanga ngokufa kwakamuva kombhikisho kuka-Aaron Bushnell, ozithungele ngomlilo - wazithela oketshezini oluvuthayo, wabokhela umentshisi wazithungela - phambi kwehhovisi lenxusa lakwa-Israel eWashington, DC kuleli Sonto eledlule, Feb. 24. Amazwi okugcina awamemeza athi โI-Palestine ekhululekile!โ
Cha, akukona okokuqala lokhu kufa. Emakhulwini eminyaka adlule - futhi ikakhulukazi emashumini eminyaka amuva nje, kusukela ngempi yaseVietnam - abantu abaningi, abakhungathekile ngokomoya ngenxa yempi noma ezinye izimo zezenhlalakahle, baye bazibulala ngokubhikisha ngokuzibulala . . . okungukuthi, ngendlela ebuhlungu kakhulu ongayicabanga. Ungase uthi bazingenela bona esihogweni. Kungani? Umbuzo udabula umphefumulo.
Nokho, ungakhathazeki! Ungakwazi ukufunda izindaba ezijwayelekile zokuzibulala bese uqala ukukhululeka njengoba isenzo sifiphala sibe yi-yada yada eyengeziwe. Kungenzeka ukuthi lo mfana wayegula ngengqondo noma elambile ngokungenangqondo ukuze enze umthelela omkhulu wobudlelwane bomphakathi ngesizathu sakhe. Nansi i-NPR, ngokwesibonelo, ecaphuna uprofesa wasenyuvesiโuchwepheshe wokuzibulala kwabantu ababhikishayoโowachaza ukuthi izenzo ezinjalo zaqala ukwenzeka njalo emhlabeni wonke ngawo-1960, lapho ithelevishini yayisithi inegunya lemithombo yezindaba futhi, kanjalo, โababhikishi bakwazi ukufinyelela izilaleli eziningi. โ
Lokhu kuyindlela efanayo nabezindaba ezihlanganisa impi ngokwayo: ngamasu. Izimpilo zabantu - ukufa kwabantu - zishintsha zibe izinto ezifushanisiwe zegeyimu yevidiyo. Okubalulekile ukuthi ubani owinayo.
Engingakwenza nje ukuma, noma ukuguqa, ngomoya ka-Aaron Bushnell, indoda eneminyaka engu-25 ubudala, ilungu elikhuthele le-US Air Force, okufa kwakhe kungokoqobo, owadela ukuphila kwakhe ngoba engasakwazi. athwale izwe lakhe ekubhujisweni kuka-Israyeli iGaza. Ukusakaza bukhoma lokho abezokwenza, uthe kuvidiyo kamakhalekhukhwini wakhe:
โNgeke ngiphinde ngibe nesandla ekubulaweni kwabantu. Sengizongenela isenzo esidlulele sokubhikisha. Kodwa uma kuqhathaniswa nalokho abantu abebelokhu bebhekana nakho ePalestine ezandleni zamakoloni abo, akweqisi nhlobo. Yilokhu isigaba sethu esibusayo esinqume ukuthi kuzoba yinto evamile.โ
Futhi njengoba amalangabi eqala ukumgubuzela, wakhala โKhulula Palestine!โ waze wawa. Amaphoyisa nabanye bagijima beza kuye, bafafaza amalangabi ngesicishamlilo. Bamphuthumisa esibhedlela, washonela khona ngemva kwamahora ambalwa.
Ukunciphisa lokhu njenge-PR stunt ngokwayo kuwukubonakaliswa kokugula - hhayi ukugula kwengqondo, mhlawumbe, kodwa ukugula okungokomoya, okuyimvelo yempi ngokwayo. Lokhu ngikusho ngokuqonda kwami โโisizathu sesenzo esinjalo: Ukuzivulela ubuhlungu isisulu esiqhunyiswa ngamabhomu esingase sibuzwe kuyinto engaphezu โkwesenzo sokubhikisha.โ
Ukubhekana ngqo nokungalungile ongeke usakwazi ukufakaza ngakho noma ukuba yingxenye yakho, futhi yebo, usebenzisa udlame - kodwa hhayi ukulimaza noma ukubulala isimbangi sakho. Kunalokho, uzama ukwandisa ukuqonda komphakathi ngalokho okubhikishayo ngokuzibulala. Kuphambene ngokuphelele nempi. Lokhu ukushintsha komqondo. Lokhu ukuqaphela ukuthi sixhumene sodwa nokuthi kufanele sikuvikele lokho kuxhumana, ngisho nangezindleko zethu.
Lawa mazwi kaPierre Teilhard de Chardin, umphristi ongumJesuit nombhali wencwadi Isimo Somuntu, kungazelelwe kubonakale kufaneleke ngokuphawulekayo: โNgolunye usuku, ngemva kokunqoba imimoya, amagagasi, amaza namandla adonsela phansi, siyobophela uNkulunkulu amandla othando, futhi ngemva kwalokho, ngokwesibili emlandweni wezwe, umuntu uyobe esewatholile amandla othando. umlilo.โ
โAmandla othando. . .โ Kusho ukuthini lokhu? Ngingasho lokhu kuphela: Kukhulu kunobuwula obusabekayo bokuhlela umphakathi wesintu esidingweni sezombangazwe sesitha, noma lokho uWalter Wink, encwadini yakhe. Amandla Akhona, ebizwa ngokuthi โinganekwane yobudlova bokukhululaโ โ inkolelo yokuthi ubudlova buyasisindisa.
Ngempela, wabhala:
โAkubonakali kuyinganekwane nakancane. Udlame lubonakala lusesimweni sezinto. Yilokho okusebenzayo. Kubonakala kungenakugwenywa, okokugcina futhi, ngokuvamile, isixazululo sokuqala ezingxabanweni. Uma uphendukela kuye unkulunkulu lapho konke okunye kungaphumeleli, ngokuqinisekile ubudlova busebenza njengonkulunkulu.โ
Qaphela, sintu! Unkulunkulu ongalungile. Futhi siyakwazi lokhu, ekujuleni komphefumulo wethu. Njengoba ngicabanga ngokuzibulala kukaBushnell, ngizithola futhi ngingagwemeki ngicabanga ngentombazane yesikole eneminyaka engu-13 ubudala okuthiwa uMarian Fisher, enye yamantombazane amahlanu abulawa umphefumulo womuntu oshayasibhamu endaweni ethile. Isikole sama-Amish eLancaster County, ePennsylvania ngo-2006. Njengoba abasinda belandisa, lapho umdubuli esongela izingane, uMarian wathi kuye: โNgidubule kuqala. "
Kukhona okuthile lapha okungaphezu kokucabanga โokuvamileโ, ngale kwalokho, singasho ukuthi, โukusinda kwabanamandla.โ Okusengcupheni ukwazi kwabantu okuhlangene, lokho bobabili u-Aaron no-Marion abaguqa kukho futhi banikela ngezimpilo zabo, kubonakala sengathi bayazi ukuthi kudlule kubo.
Umhlatshelo wabo - kanye nemihlatshelo yabanye abaningi eminyakeni edlule - iqala ukuchaza ubukhulu bezinguquko okufanele sizenze kwezombusazwe zethu zomhlaba wonke, ebudlelwaneni bethu namandla, ebudlelwaneni bethu nomunye nomunye.
Ngokuzama ukubeka lolu shintsho emagameni, mangingalwenzi lube lula kakhulu. Ngiphinde ngiphendukele kuTeilhard de Chardin nenkolelo yakhe yokuthi sizosebenzisa amandla othando, โbese, ngokwesibili emlandweni wezwe, umuntu uyobe esewutholile umlilo.โ
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