Autorka Lisa Col\u00f3n DeLay p\u0159em\u00fd\u0161l\u00ed o smyslu asketismu, kter\u00fd se b\u011b\u017en\u011b vyskytuje v u\u010den\u00ed a p\u0159\u00edb\u011bz\u00edch ran\u00e9 pou\u0161tn\u00ed spirituality:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Toto ran\u00e9 obdob\u00ed k\u0159es\u0165ansk\u00e9 historie, obecn\u011b mezi lety 300\u2013600 n. l., se stalo plnohodnotn\u00fdm historick\u00fdm hnut\u00edm, proto\u017ee k\u0159es\u0165ansk\u00e9 komunity \u017eily jako n\u00e1bo\u017een\u0161t\u00ed asketov\u00e9. Slovo asketa poch\u00e1z\u00ed z \u0159eck\u00e9ho slova pro nam\u00e1hav\u00fd atletick\u00fd tr\u00e9nink, kter\u00fd zahrnuje discipl\u00ednu a od\u0159\u00edk\u00e1n\u00ed: askesis. V podobn\u00e9m smyslu byli tito pou\u0161tn\u00ed obyvatel\u00e9 atlety, kte\u0159\u00ed netr\u00e9novali pro sport nebo hry, ale pro duchovn\u00ed souboje \u017eivota: v\u00fdzvy, kter\u00e9 zahrnovaly celou jejich bytost. O\u010distili sv\u016fj \u017eivot od v\u0161eho nadbyte\u010dn\u00e9ho a obr\u00e1tili se k dosa\u017een\u00ed duchovn\u00edch v\u00edt\u011bzstv\u00ed, kter\u00e1 nep\u0159ich\u00e1zej\u00ed snadno…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ti, kte\u0159\u00ed maj\u00ed povrchn\u00ed znalosti o pou\u0161tn\u00edch asketech, si mohou myslet, \u017ee to byli n\u011bjac\u00ed super svat\u00ed nebo dokonal\u00ed poustevn\u00edci: zbo\u017en\u00ed stoupenci p\u0159\u00edsn\u00fdch n\u00e1bo\u017eensk\u00fdch pravidel, kte\u0159\u00ed se zbavili v\u0161ech t\u011blesn\u00fdch tu\u017eeb a rozko\u0161\u00ed. To nen\u00ed spr\u00e1vn\u00e9. [1]<\/p>\n\n\n\n V linii pou\u0161tn\u00edch ammas a abbas\u016f jsme i my pozv\u00e1ni k celo\u017eivotn\u00ed praxi a z\u00e1vazku k intimn\u00edmu vztahu s Bohem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Je sice pravda, \u017ee pou\u0161tn\u00ed poustevn\u00edci a mni\u0161i vedli \u017eivot, kter\u00fd se velmi li\u0161il od toho, co za\u017e\u00edv\u00e1me v b\u011b\u017en\u00e9m dni, ale lidsk\u00e9 slabosti, kter\u00e9 je tr\u00e1pily, tr\u00e1p\u00ed i n\u00e1s. Skute\u010dnou zkou\u0161kou duchovn\u00ed zralosti nen\u00ed to, zda to funguje v izolovan\u00e9 horsk\u00e9 chat\u011b nebo v osv\u011b\u017euj\u00edc\u00edm retreatov\u00e9m centru, ale to, zda jsme se prom\u011bnili tak, \u017ee se na\u0161e zralost projevuje v b\u011b\u017en\u00e9m \u017eivot\u011b. Nespo\u010detn\u00e9 mno\u017estv\u00ed k\u0159es\u0165an\u016f, z nich\u017e v\u011bt\u0161ina z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 zapomenuta histori\u00ed, na\u0161lo klid a m\u00edr uprost\u0159ed stresu a chaosu b\u011b\u017en\u00e9ho \u017eivota, a mnoz\u00ed tak \u010din\u00ed dodnes. Jsou to nes\u010detn\u00ed a bezejmenn\u00ed oby\u010dejn\u00ed svat\u00ed \u2013 velk\u00e1 skupina sv\u011bdk\u016f, kte\u0159\u00ed n\u00e1s tak\u00e9 povzbuzuj\u00ed zpoza z\u00e1voje…<\/p>\n\n\n\n V\u0161ichni pou\u0161tn\u00ed abbov\u00e9 a ammy n\u00e1m ukazuj\u00ed, \u017ee jednor\u00e1zov\u00e9 zvl\u00e1\u0161tn\u00ed proz\u0159en\u00ed nejsou t\u00edm, co n\u00e1m p\u0159in\u00e1\u0161\u00ed duchovn\u00ed zralost nebo m\u00edr. Prost\u0159ednictv\u00edm vrstven\u00ed situac\u00ed, boj\u016f a obdob\u00ed rosteme v oddanosti, zralosti a moudrosti. D\u011bdictv\u00ed v kr\u00e1lovstv\u00ed nebesk\u00e9m znamen\u00e1 m\u00edt podobnost s Kristem; toto d\u011bdictv\u00ed p\u0159ich\u00e1z\u00ed v pomal\u00fdch d\u00e1vk\u00e1ch, kter\u00e9 vy\u017eaduj\u00ed pilnost a pozornost, abychom se je nau\u010dili a p\u0159ijali. Nedos\u00e1hneme toho za t\u00fddny nebo m\u011bs\u00edce, ale za desetilet\u00ed \u2013 za cel\u00fd n\u00e1\u0161 \u017eivot a dokonce i v pr\u016fb\u011bhu generac\u00ed. Je to pomal\u00fd proces. Zvykn\u011bme si na to a p\u0159ipravme se na dlouhou cestu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Duchovn\u00ed semena, kter\u00e1 ammas a abbas kdysi zaseli do \u00farodn\u00e9 p\u016fdy hledaj\u00edc\u00edch, mohou i dnes, v\u00edce ne\u017e 1500 let pot\u00e9, kr\u00e1sn\u011b kv\u00e9st v p\u016fd\u011b v\u00e1s samotn\u00fdch. Takto p\u016fsob\u00ed Bo\u017e\u00ed sl\u00e1va. Vy jste zjevenou Bo\u017e\u00ed sl\u00e1vou. [2]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Translated with DeepL.com (free version)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n [1] Lisa Col\u00f3n DeLay, The Way of the Desert Elders: How the Wisdom of the Ancient Christians Sustains Us Today<\/em><\/a> <\/em>(Broadleaf Books, 2026), 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [2] DeLay, The Way<\/em>, 198. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Image credit and inspiration<\/strong>: Dan Grinwis, untitled <\/em>(detail), 2017, photo, Namibia, Unsplash<\/a>. Click here to enlarge image<\/a>. By stepping freely into the desert, the seeker claims their own capacity to think and become whole in a vast place of transformation beyond the structures of any system<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Duchovn\u00ed semena, kter\u00e1 ammas a abbas (pou\u0161tn\u00ed otcov\u00e9) kdysi zaseli do \u00farodn\u00e9 p\u016fdy hledaj\u00edc\u00edch, mohou i dnes, v\u00edce ne\u017e 1500 let pot\u00e9, kr\u00e1sn\u011b kv\u00e9st v p\u016fd\u011b v\u00e1s samotn\u00fdch. Takto p\u016fsob\u00ed Bo\u017e\u00ed sl\u00e1va. Vy jste zjevenou Bo\u017e\u00ed sl\u00e1vou.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[198],"tags":[544,2532,2533],"class_list":["post-14015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-richard-rohr-ofm-centrum-pro-zivot-a-rozjimani","tag-poust","tag-pousti-otcove","tag-vztah-s-bohem","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14016,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14015\/revisions\/14016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Od\u0159\u00edk\u00e1n\u00ed se \u2013 o\u010dista \u017eivota<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
C\u00edlem je intimn\u00ed vztah s Bohem<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Klid a m\u00edr uprost\u0159ed chaosu<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Proz\u0159en\u00ed je celo\u017eivotn\u00ed proces<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
St\u00e1v\u00e1me se zjevenou Bo\u017e\u00ed sl\u00e1vou<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Prameny:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n