Ekologick\u00fd teolog Thomas Berry (1914-2009) se zam\u00fd\u0161l\u00ed nad na\u0161\u00edm tolik pot\u0159ebn\u00fdm spojen\u00edm s p\u0159\u00edrodou:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Co vid\u00edte, kdy\u017e se v noci pod\u00edv\u00e1te na oblohu na planouc\u00ed hv\u011bzdy na pozad\u00ed p\u016flno\u010dn\u00edho nebe? Co vid\u00edte, kdy\u017e se nad v\u00fdchodn\u00edm obzorem rozedn\u00edv\u00e1? Co v\u00e1s napad\u00e1 … na podzim, kdy\u017e list\u00ed hn\u011bdne a je rozfouk\u00e1no … [nebo] kdy\u017e se ve\u010der d\u00edv\u00e1te na oce\u00e1n? Co vid\u00edte?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mnoho d\u0159\u00edv\u011bj\u0161\u00edch n\u00e1rod\u016f vid\u011blo v t\u011bchto p\u0159\u00edrodn\u00edch jevech sv\u011bt, kter\u00fd p\u0159esahuje pom\u00edjiv\u00fd vzhled, sv\u011bt, kter\u00fd p\u0159etrv\u00e1v\u00e1, sv\u011bt, kter\u00fd se ve dne zobrazuje v z\u00e1zrac\u00edch slunce a mrak\u016f a v noci ve hv\u011bzd\u00e1ch a planet\u00e1ch, sv\u011bt, kter\u00fd \u010dlov\u011bka obklopuje n\u011bjak\u00fdm hlubok\u00fdm zp\u016fsobem. Tento jin\u00fd sv\u011bt byl str\u00e1\u017ecem, u\u010ditelem, l\u00e9\u010ditelem – zdrojem, z n\u011bho\u017e se lid\u00e9 zrodili, kter\u00fd je \u017eivil, chr\u00e1nil a vedl, a osudem, k n\u011bmu\u017e jsme se vr\u00e1tili.<\/p>\n\n\n\n S touto jinou, hlub\u0161\u00ed realitou v\u011bc\u00ed jsme ztratili spojen\u00ed. V d\u016fsledku toho se nyn\u00ed nach\u00e1z\u00edme na zdevastovan\u00e9m kontinentu, kde nic nen\u00ed svat\u00e9, nic nen\u00ed posv\u00e1tn\u00e9. U\u017e nem\u00e1me \u017e\u00e1dn\u00fd sv\u011bt s p\u0159irozenou hodnotou, \u017e\u00e1dn\u00fd sv\u011bt z\u00e1zrak\u016f, \u017e\u00e1dn\u00fd nedot\u010den\u00fd, nezka\u017een\u00fd, nevyu\u017eit\u00fd sv\u011bt. Mysl\u00edme si, \u017ee jsme pochopili v\u0161echno. Ale nepochopili. V\u0161echno jsme vyu\u017eili. T\u00edm, \u017ee jsme planetu „rozv\u00edjeli“, jsme Zemi redukovali na nov\u00fd typ neplodnosti. V\u011bdci n\u00e1m \u0159\u00edkaj\u00ed, \u017ee se nach\u00e1z\u00edme uprost\u0159ed \u0161est\u00e9ho obdob\u00ed vym\u00edr\u00e1n\u00ed v historii Zem\u011b. K takov\u00e9mu vym\u00edr\u00e1n\u00ed \u017eiv\u00fdch forem nedo\u0161lo od vyhynut\u00ed dinosaur\u016f p\u0159ed p\u011bta\u0161edes\u00e1ti miliony let. [1]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Berry vyz\u00fdv\u00e1 ke spiritualit\u011b, kter\u00e1 ct\u00ed sv\u011bt p\u0159\u00edrody:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ekologick\u00fd v\u011bk podporuje hlubok\u00e9 v\u011bdom\u00ed posv\u00e1tn\u00e9 p\u0159\u00edtomnosti v ka\u017ed\u00e9 realit\u011b vesm\u00edru. Hv\u011bzd\u00e1m na nebi, slunci a v\u0161em nebesk\u00fdm t\u011bles\u016fm, mo\u0159\u00edm a kontinent\u016fm, v\u0161em \u017eiv\u00fdm form\u00e1m strom\u016f a kv\u011btin, nes\u010detn\u00fdm projev\u016fm \u017eivota v mo\u0159i, lesn\u00edm zv\u00ed\u0159at\u016fm a vzdu\u0161n\u00fdm pt\u00e1k\u016fm n\u00e1le\u017e\u00ed \u00facta a respekt. Bezohledn\u00e9 zni\u010den\u00ed \u017eiv\u00e9ho druhu znamen\u00e1 nav\u017edy uml\u010det bo\u017esk\u00fd hlas. [2]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abychom uchr\u00e1nili tento posv\u00e1tn\u00fd sv\u011bt na\u0161eho p\u016fvodu p\u0159ed zni\u010den\u00edm, je na\u0161\u00ed velkou pot\u0159ebou obnova cel\u00e9 z\u00e1padn\u00ed n\u00e1bo\u017eensko-duchovn\u00ed tradice….. Pot\u0159ebujeme se posunout od spirituality odcizen\u00ed od p\u0159\u00edrodn\u00edho sv\u011bta ke spiritualit\u011b d\u016fv\u011brn\u00e9ho vztahu s n\u00edm, … ke spiritualit\u011b bo\u017esk\u00e9ho, jak se zjevuje ve viditeln\u00e9m sv\u011bt\u011b kolem n\u00e1s, od spirituality zab\u00fdvaj\u00edc\u00ed se spravedlnost\u00ed pouze v\u016f\u010di lidem ke spravedlnosti, kter\u00e1 zahrnuje \u0161ir\u0161\u00ed spole\u010denstv\u00ed Zem\u011b…..<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nem\u016f\u017eeme zachr\u00e1nit sami sebe, ani\u017e bychom zachr\u00e1nili sv\u011bt, ve kter\u00e9m \u017eijeme…. Budeme \u017e\u00edt nebo zem\u0159eme tak, jak \u017eije nebo zem\u0159e tento sv\u011bt. M\u016f\u017eeme to \u0159\u00edci jak fyzicky, tak duchovn\u011b. Bu\u010f n\u00e1s tento sv\u011bt bude duchovn\u011b \u017eivit, nebo budeme o duchovn\u00ed potravu hladov\u011bt. \u017d\u00e1dn\u00e1 jin\u00e1 zjevuj\u00edc\u00ed zku\u0161enost nem\u016f\u017ee pro \u010dlov\u011bka ud\u011blat to, co d\u011bl\u00e1 zku\u0161enost p\u0159irozen\u00e9ho sv\u011bta. [3] <\/p>\n\n\n\n P\u0159e\u010dt\u011bte si tuto meditaci na str\u00e1nk\u00e1ch cac.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [1] Thomas Berry, Selected Writings on the Earth Community<\/em>, selected by Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2014), 32, 33\u201334. From The Sacred Universe (2009), 170, 171.Co vid\u00edte \u00fa\u017easn\u00e9ho v p\u0159\u00edrod\u011b?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Jak p\u0159\u00edrodn\u00ed jevy vn\u00edm\u00e1te v du\u0161i?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Je pro m\u011b je\u0161t\u011b planeta z\u00e1zrak?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
M\u00e1m k posv\u00e1tn\u00e9 p\u0159\u00edtomnosti vesm\u00edru \u00factu?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Posunu svoji du\u0161i k d\u016fv\u011brn\u00e9mu vztahu k cel\u00e9mu spole\u010denstv\u00ed Zem\u011b?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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[2] Berry, Selected Writings, 34. From The Dream of the Earth<\/em> (1988), 46.
[3] Berry, Selected Writings, 115\u2013116. From The Christian Future and the Fate of the Earth<\/em> (2009), 60, 63\u201364.<\/p>\n\n\n\n