Jan od K\u0159\u00ed\u017ee popisuje pochybnosti, kter\u00e9 naru\u0161uj\u00ed du\u0161i v temn\u00e9 noci, kdy chyb\u00ed ve\u0161ker\u00fd pocit pozn\u00e1n\u00ed Boha. Mirabai Starr p\u0159ekl\u00e1d\u00e1 z Janova klasick\u00e9ho d\u00edla Temn\u00e1 noc du\u0161e:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hlubok\u00e9 utrpen\u00ed du\u0161e … nepoch\u00e1z\u00ed ani tak z vyprahlosti, kterou mus\u00ed sn\u00e1\u0161et, jako sp\u00ed\u0161e z rostouc\u00edho podez\u0159en\u00ed, \u017ee ztratila svou cestu. Mysl\u00ed si, \u017ee v\u0161echna duchovn\u00ed po\u017eehn\u00e1n\u00ed skon\u010dila a \u017ee ji B\u016fh opustil. Nenach\u00e1z\u00ed ani oporu, ani radost ve svat\u00fdch v\u011bcech. Unaven\u00e1 se marn\u011b sna\u017e\u00ed praktikovat [modlitebn\u00ed metody], kter\u00e9 d\u0159\u00edve p\u0159in\u00e1\u0161ely v\u00fdsledky.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jan od K\u0159\u00ed\u017ee povzbuzuje ty, kte\u0159\u00ed pro\u017e\u00edvaj\u00ed tuto temnou noc, aby d\u016fv\u011b\u0159ovali tichu, kter\u00e9 p\u0159ich\u00e1z\u00ed, kdy\u017e se vzd\u00e1me pot\u0159eby mluvit k Bohu slovy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nen\u00ed \u010das na rozvl\u00e1\u010dnou meditaci. M\u00edsto toho se du\u0161e mus\u00ed odevzdat m\u00edru a tichu, i kdy\u017e je p\u0159esv\u011bd\u010dena, \u017ee nic ned\u011bl\u00e1 a ztr\u00e1c\u00ed \u010das. M\u016f\u017ee se domn\u00edvat, \u017ee tato neochota p\u0159em\u00fd\u0161let o \u010demkoli je jasn\u00fdm znamen\u00edm jej\u00ed lenosti. Ale prost\u00e1 trp\u011blivost a vytrvalost ve stavu beztvar\u00e9 modlitby, p\u0159i\u010dem\u017e ned\u011bl\u00e1 nic, dok\u00e1\u017ee velk\u00e9 v\u011bci.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n V\u0161e, co je zde zapot\u0159eb\u00ed, je osvobodit jej\u00ed du\u0161i, zbavit ji b\u0159emen, nechat ji odpo\u010dinout od my\u0161lenek a pozn\u00e1n\u00ed, p\u0159estat se tr\u00e1pit p\u0159em\u00fd\u0161len\u00edm a meditac\u00ed. Du\u0161e se mus\u00ed spokojit s l\u00e1skyplnou pozornost\u00ed v\u016f\u010di Bohu, bez rozru\u0161en\u00ed, bez \u00fasil\u00ed, bez touhy ochutnat nebo poc\u00edtit [Boha]. Tyto nutk\u00e1n\u00ed pouze zneklid\u0148uj\u00ed a odv\u00e1d\u011bj\u00ed du\u0161i od pokojn\u00e9ho klidu a sladk\u00e9 lehkosti, kter\u00e9 jsou vlastn\u00ed daru kontemplace, kter\u00fd je j\u00ed nab\u00edzen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Du\u0161e m\u016f\u017ee m\u00edt i nad\u00e1le v\u00fd\u010ditky, \u017ee ztr\u00e1c\u00ed \u010das. M\u016f\u017ee se pt\u00e1t, zda by nebylo lep\u0161\u00ed d\u011blat n\u011bco jin\u00e9ho, kdy\u017e v modlitb\u011b nem\u016f\u017ee nic myslet ani aktivovat. A\u0165 tyto pochybnosti sn\u00e1\u0161\u00ed klidn\u011b. Nyn\u00ed neexistuje jin\u00e1 cesta k modlitb\u011b ne\u017e odevzdat se t\u00e9to sladk\u00e9 lehkosti a \u0161\u00ed\u0159i ducha. Pokud se du\u0161e pokus\u00ed zapojit sv\u00e9 vnit\u0159n\u00ed schopnosti, aby n\u011bco dos\u00e1hla, promarn\u00ed dobro, kter\u00e9 do n\u00ed B\u016fh vkl\u00e1d\u00e1 prost\u0159ednictv\u00edm pokoje, v n\u011bm\u017e prost\u011b odpo\u010d\u00edv\u00e1…<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nejlep\u0161\u00ed, co m\u016f\u017ee du\u0161e ud\u011blat, je nev\u0161\u00edmat si toho, \u017ee jej\u00ed schopnosti sl\u00e1bnou… Mus\u00ed se uvolnit. V pokojn\u00e9 hojnosti a\u0165 nyn\u00ed \u0159ekne \u201eano\u201c kontemplaci, kterou j\u00ed B\u016fh daruje… Kontemplace nen\u00ed nic jin\u00e9ho ne\u017e tajn\u00fd, pokojn\u00fd a miluj\u00edc\u00ed p\u0159\u00edliv Bo\u017e\u00ed. Pokud j\u00ed d\u00e1 prostor, zap\u00e1l\u00ed du\u0161i v duchu l\u00e1sky.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Translated with DeepL.com (free version)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n John of the Cross, Dark Night of the Soul,<\/em> trans. Mirabai Starr (Riverhead Books, 2002), 67, 68\u201369, 70.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Image credit and inspiration<\/strong>: Laura Barbato, untitled<\/em> (detail), 2020, photo, Italy, Unsplash<\/a>. Click here to enlarge image<\/a>. Wiping the fog from the window becomes our small gesture of being in the Dark Night\u2014an embodied \u201cI\u2019m here\u201d that reaches for clarity amid unknowing, while the small, steady candle reminds us that the spirit still burns softly even when the season feels bright and our inner world does not.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jan od K\u0159\u00ed\u017eeOpustil mne B\u016fh?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Odevzdej se tichu, kter\u00e9 se ti nab\u00eddlo<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Osvobo\u010f svoji du\u0161i a pro\u017eij lehkost byt\u00ed<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Neztr\u00e1c\u00ed\u0161 \u010das t\u00edm \u017ee ned\u011bl\u00e1\u0161 nic<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
tajn\u00fd, pokojn\u00fd a miluj\u00edc\u00ed p\u0159\u00edliv Bo\u017e\u00ed<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Prameny:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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