Bajeti Yaikulu Yankhondo M'mbiri

Ndi Elizabeth De Sa

Wokondedwa Purezidenti Obama, ndikulemberani za pempho lanu la bajeti - $585.2 biliyoni ya Pentagon. Ngati ivomerezedwa, idzakhala bajeti yayikulu kwambiri yankhondo m'mbiri ya US. Ndikufuna ndikufunseni kuti mulembe m'khutu ndalama kuti mupeze njira zina zosinthira kunkhondo.

Nkhondo ndi tsoka ndipo ndimalira imfa ya miyoyo. Komabe posachedwapa chikhumbo changa cha mtendere chasintha kwambiri kuposa chisoni chimene nkhondo zikupitiriza, mpaka kuipidwa. Inde, ndimakwiyitsidwa kuti timathetsa mikangano m'njira yomwe imamva ngati yowononga, yankhanza komanso yoyipa. Kodi tikuphunzira chiyani m’mbuyomu? Timayang'ana mmbuyo pa nkhondo ndi kuphweka komwe kumatsutsa zovuta za nkhani ndi zifukwa zake. Hitler anali woipa, chabwino? Komabe adasankhidwa munyengo yachisoni pambuyo pochita zilango ku Germany mu Pangano la Versailles. Anthu adamuvotera ngati mchitidwe wopatsa chiyembekezo. Alonda a Nazi m’misasa yachibalo anachita zankhanza, komabe anasonyeza kukoma mtima kwa ana awo.

Tikamapita kunkhondo, timakhala tikuchita zinthu mogwirizana ndi chikhulupiriro chakuti anthu ndi abwino kapena oipa. Sinthani ubale wanu kukhala munthu 'woyipa' m'modzi, ndipo mudzawona kuti chikhulupiriro chanu sichilinso chowona. Anthu opitilira 16 miliyoni adamwalira mu WW1. Atsogoleri ankhondo analamula asilikali awo kuti apite patsogolo ndipo anawomberedwa ndi mafunde. Ndikudabwa ndi misala ya atsogoleri. Kodi asilikali oyenda pansi anali zidole? Kodi n’chifukwa chiyani andale anali odzipereka kwambiri pankhondo imeneyi moti anthu akanafa kwambiri pamene anali asanafufuze njira zina zonse?

Ndipo ndikupempha ndani kuti achite izi pofufuza pamene maboma ambiri ali odzipereka kwambiri ku njira iyi yothetsera mikangano? Inu, Mr. President, inu! Ndikufuna kufufuza njira zomwe sizikutanthauza kuti mwana wanu kapena wanga watumizidwa kunkhondo pamene zotheka zina sizinayesedwe. Sindikufuna kuti wina aliyense akhale wopondera pazifukwa za wina aliyense.

Pamene ndinali wachinyamata, mofanana ndi anthu ambiri, ndinkafuna kusintha zinthu m’dzikoli. Komabe malingaliro anga ankhanza adasintha pang'ono. Ndi anthu oŵerengeka amene amavomereza kulakwa ndi manyazi ndi mgwirizano wachimwemwe. Ndinamva mawu ogwidwa mawu onenedwa kwa bishopu wosadziwika: “Pamene ndinali wamng’ono ndi womasuka ndipo malingaliro anga analibe malire, ndinkalakalaka kusintha dziko. Pamene ndinkakula ndi nzeru, ndinazindikira kuti dziko silingasinthe, choncho ndinafupikitsa maganizo anga pang'ono ndipo ndinaganiza zosintha dziko langa lokha. Koma, nayonso, inkawoneka yosasunthika. Pamene ndinakulira m'zaka zanga zamdima, poyesera komaliza, ndinakhazikika kuti ndisinthe banja langa, omwe ali pafupi kwambiri ndi ine, koma tsoka, sakanakhala nawo. Ndipo tsopano pamene ndikugona pabedi langa la imfa, mwadzidzidzi ndimazindikira: Ngati ndikanangodzisintha ndekha poyamba, ndiye ndi chitsanzo ndikadasintha banja langa. Chifukwa cha kudzoza kwawo ndi chilimbikitso chawo, ndikanatha kuwongolera dziko langa, ndipo, ndani akudziwa, mwina ndidasintha dziko lapansi. ”

Ndinaphunzira zoonekeratu pamenepa. Ndinkachita masewera a aikido komanso kusinkhasinkha, ndipo ndinakhala munthu “wabwino”. Kenako ndinakhala ndi ana. Anabadwa akatswili akundionetsa ine ndemwe ndili, osabisala kuseri kwa ubwino. Anandikankhira kumphepete kwanga kotheratu ndikundipangitsa kuti ndiyang'ane ndekha. Ndinazindikiranso pabwalo la ndege. Ndinkafuna kusintha dziko kudzera muzochita zazing'ono zachifundo, komabe ndinayang'ana pozungulira ndipo ndinawona ndikugwedeza mapewa ndi mazana a anthu omwe adagwiriridwa, ogwirira chigololo omwe ndimawasamala kuwaganizira, zigawenga zamakampani, akupha ngakhale. Kodi kudzidziwitsa kwanga ndi kukoma mtima kunali kotani pamene ndinali kukumana ndi ululu waukulu chonchi?

Ndinaona kuti yankho la mavuto a dziko siliri mwa ine ndekha, ngakhale kuti bishopu sanali kunena kuti zonse zinathera pamenepo. Anazindikira kuti akasintha, asintha ena. Ndipo pali vuto - kukhulupirira kuti ena akulakwitsa ndipo akufuna kuwasintha. Kuyesera kumvetsetsa ena kungakhale kothandiza kwambiri. A President, kumbukilani kusamvana komaliza komwe munali nako. Kodi inuyo kapena munthu winayo munamva kuti ndinu wolakwa kapena wamanyazi? Mayankhidwe odziwika bwino pa mikangano amatanthauza kuti m'modzi kapena nonse muli ndi lingaliro lazabwino ndi zoyipa, zabwino ndi zoyipa. Ngati tikufuna kusintha ena mwa kudzudzula, manyazi kapena mphamvu, ndiye kuti paradigm ndi yomwe tisankhe. Komabe pali mafananidwe ena omwe angakhale othandiza kwambiri kuthetsa mkangano ndi chifundo ndi zolimbikitsa zabwino, kufunafuna kumvetsetsa nokha ndi zina, njira yochiritsira ululu wa mkangano popanda kubwezera, ndi njira yomwe imatsogolera ku mgwirizano waukulu.

Chofunika kwambiri ndi chimodzi mwazofunikira (kuchokera ku Marshall Rosenberg's Non-Violent Communication). M’zonse zimene timachita, timasonkhezeredwa ndi chikhumbo chofuna kupeza zosoŵa zathu. Zosowa zaumunthu za chilengedwe chonse zimaphatikizapo chakudya, pogona, mpweya ndi madzi, komanso zina zomwe zimatithandiza kuchita bwino, mwachitsanzo, kulumikizana, kuti tiwoneke momwe tilili, mgwirizano, kumasuka, kudzilamulira ndi zina. Ngati tilipo ndi zowawa za chosowa chosakwanira, ndiye kuti tikhoza kusankha mwachidwi njira zothetsera zosowazo, njira zomwe sizimatsutsa zosowa za ena. Palibe zosowa zotsutsana, njira zotsutsana zokha kuti tikwaniritse zosowa zathu. Nkhondo, uchigawenga ndi zigawenga ndi njira zomvetsa chisoni komanso zosazindikira kuti zikwaniritse zosowa zomwe sizinakwaniritsidwe.

Mu mkangano wa pulezidenti wa 1988 pakati pa George Bush Sr. ndi Michael Dukakis, Dukakis anafunsidwa ngati angatsutse chilango cha imfa ngakhale mkazi wake atagwiriridwa ndi kuphedwa. Dukakis adayankha matabwa, kuti amatsutsana ndi chilango cha imfa ngakhale zitakhala bwanji. Kazembe wakale wa New York, Mario Cuomo, atamva yankho la Dukakis, adakwiya. Anatembenukira kwa omwe anali pafupi naye ndi kunena zomwe akukhulupirira kuti Dukakis akanayenera kunena kuti apambane mkanganowo: "Kodi unganene bwanji za mkazi wanga mwanjira imeneyi? Iwe uyenera kudzichitira manyazi wekha pomunyozetsa iye chotero. Koma ine ndikukuuzani inu izi. Ndikagwira mwamuna amene anachita zimenezi kwa mkazi wanga, ndinkamugwira pakhosi, n’kumung’amba pakhosi n’kumung’amba chiwalo.” Cuomo adati tsiku lomwelo, "pali nkhani yachiwawa mu ndale zaku America." Kupatula apo, a Purezidenti, ndinu wamkulu wa gulu lankhondo lalikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Dukakis anali kufunsidwa ngati angateteze ulemu wa dziko lake.

Koma kodi kuteteza kudzikuza kwake kukanathandiza bwanji aliyense kuchira? Ndiye kodi ndikadasankha chilungamo chobwezera kapena chiwawa kwa mphunzitsi yemwe adandizunza ndili ndi zaka 14? Ndinkakhala m’malo olakwa moti sindinauze aliyense za zochitikazo kwa zaka zambiri. Ngati akanadzudzulidwa, inenso ndikanati ndinene. Sindikhulupirira kuti ndende kapena kuthena kukanalepheretsa iyeyo kapena anthu ena ngati iye kuchitapo kanthu ndi ululu uliwonse umene anali nawo m’kati mwawo. Ndinkafuna kuti nkhanzazo zithe ndipo ndinkafuna kuchira. Sitichiritsa ululu pobwezera. Timachiritsa zowawa pozimva komanso kulira zosowa zathu zosakwanira zachitetezo ndi chidaliro.

Ndikanakonda kufotokoza kwa iye kukwiya kwanga ndi kupwetekedwa mtima kwanga, ndi chikhumbo changa chofuna kumupweteketsanso. Ndikanakonda atapatsidwa mwayi womva chisoni ndi zomwe adachita. Koposa zonse, ndinkafuna kuti ululu woopsawo ndi zowawa zambiri ziphwanyidwe, kuti ndidziwe kuti pankachitika zinthu zothandiza anthu amene amazunza anzawo kuti asiye. Izi sizikukonda zigawenga. Uku ndikuwononga nthawi, mphamvu ndi chuma kuti tisinthe chifukwa chilungamo chobwezera sichigwira ntchito.

Yakwana nthawi yofunsa chifukwa chake anthu amachita zinthu 'zoipa' ndi zomwe akuyesera kukwaniritsa, kukayikira chifukwa chake timamenya nawo nkhondo zambiri komanso zomwe tikufunikira kuti tikwaniritse, ndipo ndi nthawi yoti tigwiritse ntchito nthawiyo kuti tipeze ndalama zambiri. ndalama popeza njira zina. Ndikufuna atsogoleri athu kukhala pamalo athunthu ndi achifundo, olumikizidwa ku kasupe wamoyo mkati. Zowawa zomwe zimaphimba malingaliro athu zimatilepheretsa kukhala pamalo amenewo.

Mukanakhalapo, mukanapha ana anu aakazi ngati mmene mungaphere ana a dziko lina. Osati musanafufuze njira ina iliyonse osachepera. Kotero, a President, ndikukuitanani kuti mundiyimbire kanthawi. Sicholinga changa kukuimbani mlandu kapena manyazi. Tonse timasankha njira zopezera zosowa, ndipo monga mtsogoleri wa dziko lathu, muli ndi udindo woyesa kukwaniritsa zosowa za mamiliyoni. Kupyolera mu kumvetsera mozama ndi kumvetsetsa, tikhoza kulola njira yotsegulira njira zamakono kuti ziwonekere ndikupeza njira zopititsira patsogolo zomwe zimamanga mgwirizano.

Ine wanu mowona mtima,

Elizabeth De Sa

Elizabeth De Sa ndi Quaker, wolemba, mayi, mphunzitsi ndi Non-Violent Communication practitioner. Wochokera ku India, adakulira ku London, adakhala ku Japan, Australia, New Zealand ndi California, ndipo tsopano amakhala mdera ladala ku North Carolina. Amakonda kupanga chikhalidwe chachifundo ndi kumvetsera mozama, kumene mtendere wamkati umapanga mtendere wakunja. Webusaiti yake ndi: innerpeace-outerpeace.org