Barbara Mahany p\u00ed\u0161e o obracej\u00edc\u00edm z\u00e1\u017eitku, kter\u00fd m\u011bla Kniha p\u0159\u00edrody na k\u0159es\u0165ansk\u00e9ho mystika bratra Vav\u0159ince:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n N\u011bkdy se p\u0159i pozorn\u00e9 \u010detb\u011b Knihy p\u0159\u00edrody dozv\u00edd\u00e1me nejhlub\u0161\u00ed pou\u010den\u00ed z t\u011bch nejti\u0161\u0161\u00edch, nejv\u0161edn\u011bj\u0161\u00edch n\u00e1hod. N\u00e1hle spat\u0159\u00edte to, kolem \u010deho jste mo\u017en\u00e1 pro\u0161li nes\u010detn\u011bkr\u00e1t, des\u00edtky kr\u00e1t. Probuzen\u00ed se k evangeliu v tom nejprost\u0161\u00edm obalu. T\u0159eba nah\u00fd strom. Strom, jeho\u017e nahota n\u00e1hle nab\u00edz\u00ed aha!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bratr Vav\u0159inec [1611-1691], bos\u00fd mnich ze sedmn\u00e1ct\u00e9ho stolet\u00ed, kter\u00fd na\u0161el Boha v hrnc\u00edch a p\u00e1nv\u00edch sv\u00e9 kl\u00e1\u0161tern\u00ed kuchyn\u011b v Pa\u0159\u00ed\u017ei, vypr\u00e1v\u011bl jeden takov\u00fd p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh. Ve sv\u00e9m jedin\u00e9m publikovan\u00e9m d\u00edle [1], sb\u00edrce \u010dtrn\u00e1cti dopis\u016f, \u00fatr\u017eku osmdes\u00e1tistr\u00e1nkov\u00e9ho svazku, kter\u00fd jsem kdysi vyhrabal z pi\u017emov\u00fdch archiv\u016f jedn\u00e9 knihovny, napsal, jak kl\u00ed\u010dovou roli v jeho podivuhodn\u00e9m obr\u00e1cen\u00ed sehr\u00e1l strom v zim\u011b, zbaven\u00fd list\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Zd\u00e1 se, \u017ee dobr\u00fd bratr vst\u0159ebal strohou pr\u00e1zdnotu stromu a zp\u016fsobem, jak\u00fdm to d\u011blaj\u00ed svat\u00ed a moudr\u00e9 du\u0161e, prohl\u00e9dl za ni. P\u0159edstavoval si mo\u017en\u00e9. Jak je zaznamen\u00e1no v p\u0159edmluv\u011b jeho mal\u00e9 knihy, budouc\u00ed bratr st\u00e1l p\u0159ed hol\u00fdm stromem a p\u0159edstavoval si jeho v\u011btve, kter\u00e9 se brzy zapln\u00ed drobn\u00fdmi l\u00edstky, jakoby sev\u0159en\u00fdmi v modlitb\u011b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A tak byl zasa\u017een, hlavou nap\u0159ed. P\u0159\u00edvalov\u00fd pocit nesm\u00edrnosti Svat\u00e9ho ho t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 srazil k zemi, kdy\u017e si uv\u011bdomil \u017eivotn\u00ed s\u00edlu, kr\u00e1su, kter\u00e1 by vytryskla z neplodn\u00e9ho. V p\u0159edmluv\u011b jeho mal\u00e9 kn\u00ed\u017eky m\u011b ze v\u0161eho nejv\u00edc zarazilo, jak je zvl\u00e1\u0161tn\u00ed, \u017ee bo\u017esk\u00e9 atributy lze n\u011bkdy spat\u0159ovat v n\u011b\u010dem tak oby\u010dejn\u00e9m. A jak n\u00e1m to cel\u00e9 unikne, kdy\u017e se odm\u00edtneme zastavit na m\u00edst\u011b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mahany popisuje n\u011bkter\u00e1 k\u00e1z\u00e1n\u00ed, kter\u00e1 Kniha p\u0159\u00edrody nab\u00edz\u00ed:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jak\u00e1 jsou k\u00e1z\u00e1n\u00ed, kter\u00e1 lesy – tato m\u00edsta meziprostoru, \u00falo\u017ei\u0161t\u011b d\u00e1vn\u00fdch p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh\u016f – mohou p\u0159ed\u00e1vat ze sv\u00e9 mozaiky v\u011btv\u00ed a v\u011btvi\u010dek, ze sv\u00fdch sloupovit\u00fdch kmen\u016f a v\u011btv\u00ed, kter\u00e9 dr\u017e\u00ed oblohu? Jist\u011b, jsou tam p\u0159\u00edb\u011bhy o odolnosti, o tom, jak odol\u00e1vaj\u00ed v\u0161emu, co jim \u010das a bohov\u00e9 po\u010das\u00ed p\u0159ichystaj\u00ed, torn\u00e1du nebo suchu, ledov\u00e9 bou\u0159i nebo de\u0161ti jako Noe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A tak\u00e9 pou\u010den\u00ed o svat\u00e9m spole\u010denstv\u00ed, o tom, jak lesy, pt\u00e1ci a skota\u010d\u00edc\u00ed zv\u00ed\u0159ata dr\u017e\u00ed str\u00e1\u017e, d\u011bl\u00ed se o potravu, varuj\u00ed se navz\u00e1jem p\u0159ed nebezpe\u010d\u00edm, vytv\u00e1\u0159ej\u00ed ekosyst\u00e9my, kter\u00e9 m\u00edrn\u00ed teplo a chlad, uchov\u00e1vaj\u00ed vodu a vytv\u00e1\u0159ej\u00ed pot\u0159ebnou vlhkost. Co je\u0161t\u011b z t\u011bch \u010dasem prov\u011b\u0159en\u00fdch pravd, ulo\u017een\u00fdch jako letokruhy odhalen\u00e9 v pa\u0159ezu padl\u00e9ho stromu?…<\/p>\n\n\n\n M\u016fj chr\u00e1m, moje me\u0161ita, m\u016fj lesn\u00ed kostel, kde je st\u0159edov\u00e1 uli\u010dka z hl\u00edny od\u0159en\u00e9 do syrova, od\u0159en\u00e9 do nit\u011b, ne nepodobn\u00e9 persk\u00fdm koberc\u016fm po pratet\u011b, kde jsou klenut\u00e9 s\u00e1ly zalit\u00e9 prom\u011bnliv\u00fdm st\u00ednem a numin\u00f3zn\u00edm ( pozn.:dynamick\u00e9 p\u016fsoben\u00ed nez\u00e1visl\u00e9 na v\u011bdom\u00e9 v\u016fli \u010dlov\u011bka )<\/em>sv\u011btlem, zalit\u00e9 mystickou svatoz\u00e1\u0159\u00ed, to je svat\u00e9 m\u00edsto, kam se vrac\u00edm a vrac\u00edm. Je to les, kter\u00fd mi k\u00e1\u017ee, napl\u0148uje m\u011b moudrost\u00ed beze slov. Je to m\u00edsto, kde spat\u0159uji \u00factu vzbuzuj\u00edc\u00ed tajemstv\u00ed toho, jak\u00e9 snad jednou bude nebe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n P\u0159e\u010dt\u011bte si tuto meditaci na cac.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n [1] Lawrence of the Resurrection, The Practice of the Presence of God<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Barbara Mahany, The Book of Nature: The Astonishing Beauty of God\u2019s First Sacred Text<\/em>(Minneapolis, MN: Broadleaf Books, 2023), 46, 47, 49. <\/p>\n\n\n\nPOU\u010cEN\u00cd Z P\u0158\u00cdRODY<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Bratru Vav\u0159inci pomohl k obr\u00e1cen\u00ed strom v zim\u011b<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
P\u0159edstavil si, jak se strom na ja\u0159e olist\u00ed<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
A p\u0159edstava p\u0159e\u0161la v bo\u017esk\u00e9 osv\u00edcen\u00ed<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Pou\u010den\u00ed o odolnosti strom\u016f<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Pou\u010den\u00ed o lesn\u00edm spole\u010denstv\u00ed<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
M\u016fj lesn\u00ed kostel<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Prameny:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n