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Osopolitiki kufanele basebenzele ukukhulisa ikhono lokushintsha ngokunethezeka ukuqonda kwethu abanye
ngu-Kristin CHRISTMAN
Ibhomu, inhlamba, inhlonipho engajulile, ukungabi nabubele kwangempela, iminikelo yezinkampani, ukuchitha imali eningi, izimpikiswano ezixakile: Lapho ubuka abaqokelwe isikhundla sokuba ngumongameli, unomuzwa wokuthi ubona intando yeningi engcono kakhulu ongayinikeza? Izimfanelo zomuntu ezikahle? Noma okuphambene nalokho?
Ngokwesibonelo, lukuphi uthando?
O! Igama elibi kwezombusazwe! Uthando luphazamisa ukuzimisela kosopolitiki ukuthi baqine. Uthando luzwakala luthambile, lungowesifazane. Amanye amagama amabi.
Ngeso lengqondo ngibona ngokucacile usuku lwasekwindla epaki eminyakeni engu-12 edlule. Indodana yami yayithole umnyovu omncane, izabalaza ubheke phansi echibini lamanzi ku-slide. Sayibuka ngokucophelela, sihlose ukusiza uma kudingeka, futhi kungazelelwe, enjabulweni enkulu yendodana yami, umnyovu waphenduka wakhasa waphuma echibini - uphila! Sajabula, futhi indodana yami yaqala ukuxoxa nomnyovu ngenjabulo.
Kusondele ubaba nezingane zakhe. Samchazela ukuthi uyawunakekela umnyovu esiwuthandayo. Kodwa-ke, sibanda singakholwa, sagqolozela njengoba ephakamisa ibhuzu lakhe elikhulu futhi elinyathela lashona.
Flash! Ingqondo yami yakhanya kuwo wonke lawo madoda eWashington, ephonsa amabhomu e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq ukuze asisindise engozini. Ingabe thina besifazane nezingane kulindeleke ukuba sibonge?
Abanye bethu abafuni ukutakulwa. Sifuna lawo madoda abashiye bodwa labo bantu. Sikhetha ukwenza abangane, hhayi izidumbu. Yebo, kunezingozi, kodwa namathuba obungane akhona. Kungani ugxile odongeni kuphela?
Uthando luyimfanelo yokwazisa abanye, umuzwa onamandla, nenjabulo emehlweni nesifuba somuntu; uyaqaphela futhi usize ubuhle obusemoyeni yabanye buvele; unendaba nemibono, amathemba, nokwesaba kwabo. Isibindi, njengemvelaphi yalo yesiLatini, sisuka enhliziyweni, hhayi isibhakela, ngoba isibindi sisinika umbono wenhliziyo wokuthi singagcini nje ngokubona udosi, kodwa sazise sonke isidalwa esiphilayo.
Ukwandisa indima yothando emithethweni yezangaphandle akubandakanyi ukuba nothando, ukuphupha, ukukhohliswa, ukunqotshwa, noma ukungazi ezinye izici ezidingekayo ukuze kube nokuthula. Ukukhulisa indima yothando kuhilela ukulahla izinkolelo ezingenangqondo kumlingo wamanga wezinsongo, inzondo, izikhali, ingcebo yobugovu kanye nokunqoba kohlangothi olulodwa.
Abaningi bethu bahlatshwa umxhwele, hhayi izinsongo, kodwa yilabo abanesibindi sokudambisa ukwesaba kwabanye kanye nokwethu nokunakekela zonke izinhlangothi ezingqubuzanayo ngobubele obungama-degree angu-360. Uthando olunjalo lungabukeka kanjani kunqubomgomo yangaphandle? Cha, hhayi ukugona iqembu, njengoba abanye beklolodela.
Nalu uthando lwama-degree angu-360: I-Iran kanye namandla enuzi ayisishiyagalolunye wonke aqeda amandla awo okwenza izikhali zenuzi kanye nenqwaba yezinto ezigciniwe, ayeke amandla enuzi, athembele emandleni elanga, omoya, namandla emisipha, futhi ahloniphe ilungelo elingenakuphikwa labo bonke lokuphila ngaphandle kwezinsongo zansuku zonke. ukuvuza ngemisebe, udoti, namabhomu.
Uthando, hhayi inzondo, lukhulisa imfudumalo nokuvikeleka okudingekayo ukuze ushintshe indlela obheka ngayo izinto kahle futhi uqonde abanye.
Nalu uthando: Esikhundleni sokuxosha abokufika baseMexico ngenzondo, abaholi baseMexico nabase-US basisiza ukuba singene ezicathulweni zabantu baseMexico bebhikishela amaholo amancane, abokufika ababalekela ukungondleki nokuthunjwa, abaseMelika besaba ukulahlekelwa umsebenzi, abatshalizimali base-US kuwoyela waseMexico namabhizinisi ezolimo, abalimi baseMexico abampofu, e-US. abasebenzisi bezidakamizwa, izikhulu zezidakamizwa zaseMexico, izinkampani zezikhali zase-US ezihlinzeka ngeMexico, abalimi baseMexico abadabukisayo, abantu baseMexico bencenga i-US ukuthi iyeke ukuthumela izikhali. Singena ngaphakathi kwazo zonke lezo zicathulo.
Uthando, hhayi izikhali, lukhuthaza isizathu esizolile esidingekayo sokuhlaziya imbangela nomphumela.
Nalu uthando: Abaholi base-US nabaseMexico baxoxa esidlangalaleni ngemiphumela yobumpofu, intando yeningi, ukuthuthela kwelinye izwe, izidakamizwa, nokufa kwamashumi eminyaka okuthunyelwa kwezikhali zase-US eziya eMexico, ngokubambisana phakathi kosopolitiki baseMexico, amaphoyisa, amasosha, nezinkampani zezidakamizwa, zokushushumbiswa kwemali yezidakamizwa amabhange amazwe ngamazwe ngaphandle kokushushiswa kwabasebenzi.
Uthando, hhayi ingcebo, ludala ukujula kokuxhumana. Uma ubheka amahlathi, amasimu, nabantu futhi ubone nje izinkuni, amasimu, nabantu, kuyisicaba kuwe; akukho okujulile okuphuma enhliziyweni yakho. Kuba lula-ke ukugawula izihlahla, ukugcoba insimu ngetiyela, nokukhohlisa abantu. Kodwa uma uzwa okuthile kubo, umoya noma inhliziyo, ukujula kwabo kuwe kulidlula kude inani labo lemakethe, futhi uthola ukujula ngokwakho.
Nalu uthando: Abaholi base-US nabaseMexico bahlaziya obala ukuthi i-US yathatha cishe ingxenye eyodwa yeMexico ngo-1848, imizamo ye-CIA kanye ne-FBI yokudicilela phansi abaholi baseMexico ababesekela abasebenzi, ukuguqulwa komhlaba, kanye ne-New International Economic Order, kanye nekhulu leminyaka- okubalulekile kwe-US endala yokuvikela ukutshalwa kwezimali kwamanye amazwe. Abantu baseMexico abacebile kanye nobukhosi baseMelika abanethonya abazuza emisebenzini yaseMexico, uwoyela, ibhizinisi lezolimo, izidakamizwa, noma impi basebenzisa lezo zinzuzo ukusiza abokufika baseMexico kanye nokwengeza amaholo, ukwaba kabusha umhlaba, nokuxhasa amandla elanga e-Mexico.
Uthando lubeka ukwazi komuntu enhliziyweni, lukhipha amandla othando kubo bonke, futhi luwakhanyise ngaphandle njengesibani. Kubaluleke kakhulu ukusabalalisa lolu thando kunokusabalalisa intando yeningi, capitalism, socialism, Islam noma ubuKristu.
Imizamo yokuthula namaqembu enkolo ikufakazele ukuthi kungenzeka ngendlela emangalisayo ukuqeqesha abantu kabusha ekuchemani kwabo okunenzondo futhi kuvumbule imizwa engokwemvelo yokusakaza lolu thando nokwenza abangane. AmaJuda namaPalestine, isiTamil nesiSinhalese, isiRashiya neMelika - lezi zitha zendabuko sezisondelene ngokwanele ukuthi zingalokothi zifune ukulimazana.
Futhi yilokho ukhiye khona lapho. Esikhundleni sokusebenzisa abantu ukuba bacime izinhliziyo zabo kanye nemimoya yabo futhi banciphise imishini yokulwa, izisulu zokuhlukunyezwa, abakhulekeli bengcebo, izigqila zamaholo, abashishi bezidakamizwa, noma imilutha, kufanele sikhulise imvelo yokuxhumana nokujula kwabanye njengabangane, okweqiniso. ukungqubuzana akulona leli cala ngokumelene nalolo hlangothi, kodwa uthando ngokumelene nokungabikho kwalo.
UKristin UChristman ungumbhali we-Taxonomy of Peace. https://sites.google.com/site/i-paradigmforpeace
