Mystik a teolog Howard Thurman (1899-1981) p\u00ed\u0161e o kontemplativn\u00ed praxi, kdy si \u010dlov\u011bk ud\u011bl\u00e1 \u010das na „soust\u0159ed\u011bn\u00ed“:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jak je dobr\u00e9 se soust\u0159edit! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ti\u0161e sed\u011bt a pozorovat, jak se \u010dlov\u011bk m\u00edj\u00ed s\u00e1m se sebou!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ulice na\u0161\u00ed mysli jsou pln\u00e9 nekone\u010dn\u00e9ho ruchu;<\/p>\n\n\n\n Na\u0161e du\u0161e se oz\u00fdvaj\u00ed st\u0159ety, hlu\u010dn\u00fdm ml\u010den\u00edm, <\/p>\n\n\n\n zat\u00edmco n\u011bco hluboko v n\u00e1s hladov\u00ed a \u017e\u00edzn\u00ed po tichu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n a klidn\u00e9 ticho….<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ot\u00e1zky p\u0159etrv\u00e1vaj\u00ed: co d\u011bl\u00e1me se sv\u00fdm \u017eivotem?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jak\u00e9 jsou motivy, kter\u00e9 \u0159\u00edd\u00ed na\u0161e dny? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Jak\u00fd je c\u00edl na\u0161eho kon\u00e1n\u00ed? Kam se sna\u017e\u00edme doj\u00edt?…<\/p>\n\n\n\n St\u00e1le dokola se ot\u00e1zky dob\u00fdvaj\u00ed do \u010dekaj\u00edc\u00edho okam\u017eiku. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Kdy\u017e naslouch\u00e1me, vzn\u00e1\u0161\u00edme se skrze v\u0161echny zvuky ozv\u011bny <\/p>\n\n\n\n na\u0161ich turbulenc\u00ed, oz\u00fdv\u00e1 se jin\u00fd zvuk –<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hlub\u0161\u00ed t\u00f3n, kter\u00fd dok\u00e1\u017ee rozezn\u00edt jen ticho srdce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n je z\u0159eteln\u00e9 jen d\u00edky tichu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Pronik\u00e1 p\u0159\u00edmo k j\u00e1dru na\u0161\u00ed bytosti. Na\u0161e ot\u00e1zky jsou <\/p>\n\n\n\n zodpov\u011bzeny, <\/p>\n\n\n\n na\u0161e du\u0161e se osv\u011b\u017e\u00ed a my se vr\u00e1t\u00edme zp\u011bt do provozu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n na\u0161eho ka\u017edodenn\u00edho kolob\u011bhu<\/p>\n\n\n\n s klidem V\u011b\u010dnosti v kroku. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Jak je dobr\u00e9 soust\u0159edit se dol\u016f! [1]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Duchovn\u00ed vedouc\u00ed Caroline Oakesov\u00e1 p\u00ed\u0161e o dopadu v\u011brn\u00e9 praxe „soust\u0159ed\u011bn\u00ed se“:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n D\u016fvodem, pro\u010d si auto\u0159i evangeli\u00ed dali z\u00e1le\u017eet na tom, aby do nich zahrnuli \u010detn\u00e1 vypr\u00e1v\u011bn\u00ed o Je\u017e\u00ed\u0161ov\u011b n\u00e1vratu do Bo\u017e\u00ed p\u0159\u00edtomnosti, nebylo to, aby ti, kdo jejich poselstv\u00ed sly\u0161eli, mohli \u017easnout nad t\u00edm, jak je Je\u017e\u00ed\u0161 soust\u0159ed\u011bn\u00fd v Bohu. Pisatel\u00e9 evangeli\u00ed nab\u00edzeli t\u011bm, kdo budou poslouchat jejich poselstv\u00ed, tehdy i nyn\u00ed, pozv\u00e1n\u00ed, abychom tuto s\u00edlu sami zakusili zp\u016fsobem, kter\u00fd je re\u00e1ln\u00fd a relevantn\u00ed pro n\u00e1\u0161 ka\u017edodenn\u00ed \u017eivot a vztahy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Aktivn\u00ed, anga\u017eovan\u00ed kontemplativci, kte\u0159\u00ed m\u011bn\u00ed sv\u011bt, si u\u017e od pou\u0161tn\u00edch matek a otc\u016f t\u0159et\u00edho stolet\u00ed uv\u011bdomuj\u00ed, jak moc tato v\u00fdzva evangelia m\u011bn\u00ed \u017eivot, ba dokonce sv\u011bt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A my m\u016f\u017eeme tak\u00e9…. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Duchovn\u00ed cesta za\u010d\u00edn\u00e1 zastaven\u00edm, soust\u0159ed\u011bn\u00edm se v Bohu, a \u010dasem se st\u00e1v\u00e1 neust\u00e1lou a nep\u0159etr\u017eitou modlitbou, uct\u00edv\u00e1n\u00edm a spojen\u00edm s Bo\u017esk\u00fdm ve v\u00e1s, kter\u00e9 probouz\u00ed va\u0161e bytostn\u00e9 j\u00e1…..<\/p>\n\n\n\n Toto opakovan\u00e9 vracen\u00ed se do sv\u00e9ho st\u0159edu je jak\u00fdmsi pohybem dovnit\u0159 a ven, dovnit\u0159 a ven, podobn\u011b jako d\u00fdch\u00e1n\u00ed: s n\u00e1dechem z\u00edsk\u00e1v\u00e1me s\u00edlu a klid, mo\u017en\u00e1 vhled, mo\u017en\u00e1 pocit nespravedlnosti, kterou je t\u0159eba napravit, a s v\u00fddechem se vrac\u00edme zp\u011bt do sv\u011bta, abychom \u017eili podle toho, co n\u00e1m bylo d\u00e1no a co jsme obdr\u017eeli…..<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kdy\u017e se zapoj\u00edte do n\u011bkter\u00e9 z n\u011bkolika soust\u0159ed\u011bn\u00fdch praktik, kter\u00e9 jsou n\u00e1m dnes k dispozici, praktik, p\u0159i nich\u017e m\u016f\u017eete jen tak b\u00fdt, sami, v tichu, ve v\u011bdom\u00ed sv\u00e9ho nejvnit\u0159n\u011bj\u0161\u00edho j\u00e1 s Bohem, pak se \u010dasem stane n\u011bco svat\u00e9ho a mimo\u0159\u00e1dn\u00e9ho zp\u016fsobem, kter\u00fd … si nedok\u00e1\u017eeme p\u0159edstavit ani p\u0159edv\u00eddat. Bl\u00edzkost va\u0161eho vnit\u0159n\u00edho, vztahov\u00e9ho \u017eivota se zm\u011bn\u00ed, k sob\u011b sam\u00e9mu, k druh\u00fdm, k Bohu i ke sv\u011btu kolem v\u00e1s. V\u00e1\u0161 vztah k vlastn\u00edmu \u017eivotu se nen\u00e1padn\u011b, ale hluboce zm\u011bn\u00ed. [2]<\/p>\n\n\n\n P\u0159e\u010dt\u011bte si tuto meditaci na str\u00e1nk\u00e1ch cac.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Translated with DeepL.com (free version)<\/p>\n\n\n\n [1] Howard Thurman, \u201cHow Good to Center Down!,\u201d in Meditations of the Heart <\/em>(Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1953, 1981, 2022), 12\u201313. <\/p>\n\n\n\n [2] Caroline Oakes, Practice the Pause: Jesus\u2019 Contemplative Practice, New Brain Science, and What It Means to Be Fully Human<\/em> (Minneapolis, MN: Broadleaf Books, 2023), 190, 191, 193. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Tich\u00e9 soust\u0159ed\u011bn\u00ed<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Je\u017e\u00ed\u0161 byl soust\u0159ed\u011bn\u00fd v Bohu<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Nep\u0159etr\u017eit\u00e1 modlitba v n\u00e1s<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Nejvnit\u0159n\u011bj\u0161\u00ed j\u00e1 s Bohem<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Prameny:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n