Singabantwana besikhathi sethu. Cishe akunakwenzeka ukubalekela ithonya lawo. Umphakathi - noma siyathanda noma singathandi - "usiphoqa" ngezindlela ezicashile ukuthi sabelane ngemithetho nezindlela zokwenza izinto ngaphansi kwesijeziso sokungabandakanywa emphakathini. Nokho, "Isikhathi sethu yinkathi yokukhungatheka, ukukhathazeka, ukuyaluza kanye nokuluthwa yizidakamizwa", wabhala isazi sefilosofi u-Alan Watts ukuze asixwayise ngokulutheka okukhulu kwezikhathi zanamuhla kanye nengozi embi kakhulu esilindele uma siwela kuyo.
TheI-Homo Consumes ngaphansi kwenkohliso yenjabulo
“Le ndlela yokuthatha izidakamizwa siyibiza ngokuthi izinga lethu eliphezulu lokuphila, ukuvuselela izinzwa ezinodlame neziyinkimbinkimbi, okusenza singazweli kancane kancane, ngakho-ke, sidinge nakakhulu ukukhuthazwa okunodlame. Silangazelela isiphazamiso, indawo yezinto esizibonayo, imisindo, imizwa kanye nesasasa lapho izinto eziningi ngangokunokwenzeka kufanele ziqoqwe khona ngesikhathi esifushane kakhulu.
“Ukuze silondoloze lelo zinga, iningi lethu lizimisele ukubekezelela izindlela zokuphila ezihlanganisa ikakhulukazi imisebenzi eyisicefe, kodwa zisinikeza izindlela zokuthi sithole impumuzo esithukuthelweni ngezikhawu zokuzijabulisa eziphithizelayo nezimba eqolo.
“Impucuko yanamuhla, cishe kuzo zonke izici, iyindilinga enonya. Unezinkanuko ezingapheli ngoba indlela aphila ngayo imenza akhungatheke okungapheli. Umsuka walokhu kukhungatheka ukuthi siphila esikhathini esizayo, futhi ikusasa liyi-abstract.
“Isifundo esingcono kakhulu somnotho onjalo ngumuntu olalela umsakazo ngokuqhubekayo, okuncono ukuthi kube nezinto eziphathwayo eziphathwa noma yikuphi. Amehlo akhe agqolozele ngokunganqamuki kumabonakude, iphephandaba, umagazini, ebambe ohlotsheni lwe-orgasm engakhululwa.
“Yonke into iklanyelwe ngendlela efanayo ukuze ihehe ngaphandle kokunikeza ukwaneliseka, esikhundleni sanoma yikuphi ukwaneliseka okuyingxenye kufakwe isifiso esisha.
“Lokhu kuhamba kwezisusa kuklanyelwe ukukhiqiza izifiso zento efanayo ngobuningi obukhulu, nakuba bunamandla futhi bushesha, futhi lezi zifiso zisiphoqa ukuthi senze umsebenzi esingawunaki ngemali esiwunikezayo... ukuthenga izinto zikanokusho. imisakazo, izimoto ezikhanyayo, omagazini abakhanyayo kanye nama-TV angcono konke kuzokwakha uzungu lokusenza sikholelwe ukuthi injabulo isiseduze uma sithenga enye into.
"Izimangaliso zobuchwepheshe zisenza siphile ezweni elinesiphithiphithi nemishini ephula i-biology yomuntu futhi isivumela ukuthi singenzi lutho ngaphandle kokuphishekela ikusasa ngesivinini esikhulayo".
Ukukhuthazwa okunodlame kwezinzwa ukubaleka kithina
I-Watts ibhekisela ekusesheni okuqhubekayo kokuhlangenwe nakho, ngendlela ephithizelayo, ukuze ujabulele ngokushesha futhi uqhubekele kokulandelayo. Thatha isithombe ngaphandle kokujabulela indawo ukuze ugxumele ngokushesha esigcawini esilandelayo, esingeke sikhumbule lutho ngaso. Thenga ukuze usebenzise isikhathi esikhawulelwe kuphela, bese ukulahla bese uthenge futhi. Qhubeka uchungechunge ukushintshela ngokushesha ekukhiqizweni komsindo nokubonwayo okulandelayo kwemfashini...
Ukugqugquzeleka okungapheli kwezinzwa kuba umlutha ngoba kusigcina sisesimweni sokuqapha lapho singekho isikhala sokuba sodwa nathi. Lokho kukhuthazwa kuba yisidakamizwa okufanele sisetshenziswe ukugwema ukucabanga. Ukuzigcina umatasa ngokwenza okuthile kuba yisu ukubhekana (confrontation) ukugwema okusivumela ukuthi sigcine ukukhathazeka kude.
Kodwa-ke, ukugcina leso sivinini esisheshayo kusivimbela ukuthi sixhumane nathi, ngakho-ke asizixazululi izinkinga zethu. Kunalokho, sicwila endleleni yokuphila ehlukanisiwe lapho siba abathengi nje bemikhiqizo ethembisa injabulo engelona iqiniso nengapheli. Ngenxa yalokho, lapho injabulo iphela, sidinga "umthamo" omusha wemikhiqizo.
Ukuze silondoloze lelo zinga lokuphila kudingeka sisebenze kakhudlwana, izikhathi eziningi emisebenzini engasanelisi noma eyenza ngisho nokungakhululeki. Uma singawuboni lo mbuthano ononya, singangena engozini yokuphila sibambeke kulokho kugeleza kwezisusa nemikhiqizo kukho konke ukuphila kwethu, simoshe ithuba lokuxhumana nathi futhi sithole incazelo ebalulekile ngale kokubalulekile. Isinqumo sikithi.
Umnyango Ugibe lomphakathi sonke esiwele kulo, ngokusho kuka-Alan Watts yashicilelwa okokuqala ngo Ikhona lePsychology.
