{"id":3124676,"date":"2020-03-01T01:15:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T06:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/book\/umesafiri-mbali-gani\/"},"modified":"2020-03-01T01:15:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T06:15:56","slug":"umesafiri-mbali-gani","status":"publish","type":"fpb_book","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/book\/umesafiri-mbali-gani\/","title":{"rendered":"Umesafiri Mbali Gani?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Na John Calvi. True Quaker Press, 2019. Kurasa 236. $ 14.95 \/ karatasi. <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\nNunua kutoka kwa QuakerBooks<\/span><\/a>\n

Mganga wa Quaker na mwalimu John Calvi amechapisha vitabu viwili:<\/span>
\n The Dance Between Hope and Fear<\/span>
\n<\/i> (2013) na<\/span>
\n How Far Have You Traveled?<\/span>
\n<\/i> (2019). Zote mbili ni mkusanyo wa maandishi yaliyotokana na mawasilisho na hotuba zake kwenye mikusanyiko ya Quaker; kutoka kwa makala zake <\/span>Jarida la Marafiki<\/span><\/i>; na kutoka kwa majarida yake ya kibinafsi, mashairi, na mashairi ya nyimbo. Anamsifu mhariri wake, Shelly Angel, kwa jukumu lake la lazima katika kuchagua kati ya maandishi yake mengi, kuyapanga, na kuunda muundo wa jumla wa vitabu. Katika <\/span>Ngoma Kati ya Tumaini na Hofu<\/span><\/i>, Calvi anaandika kazi yake ya zaidi ya miaka 30 akiwasaidia watu wanaopatwa na kiwewe cha kimwili na kisaikolojia. Pia anatoa ufahamu na mwongozo kwa wengine wanaoshiriki katika kile anachoita \u201ckazi ya huruma.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Umesafiri Mbali Gani?<\/span><\/i>\u2014kitabu chenye hekima, chenye kustaajabisha\u2014kinazungumzia mambo haya, pia, lakini kinalenga zaidi jinsi watu waliojitolea wanavyoweza kuendeleza utumishi wao wenye upendo, mwaka baada ya mwaka, bila kuchoshwa. Calvi asema hivi katika utangulizi wake: \u201cKiini cha kitabu hiki ni kuhusu wema na kujua wema wako.\u201d Utambuzi huo \u201chutoa nguvu na usawaziko kwa ajili ya kazi ngumu, hasa kazi ngumu ya kuponya nafsi yako na ya wengine.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Kichwa cha kitabu kimechukuliwa kutoka kwa mazungumzo ya 2003 ambayo Calvi alitoa kwenye Mkutano wa Marafiki wa Midwinter kwa Wasagaji na Wapenzi wa Mashoga. Anawaambia wasikilizaji wake kwamba swali ”Umesafiri umbali gani?” ni salamu ya kitamaduni ya Tibet. Inaalika watu kushiriki kwa uwazi kuhusu kile ambacho wamepitia katika safari zao. Ujumbe mmoja wa kitabu cha Calvi ni kwamba kutafakari juu ya safari ya maisha ya mtu ni muhimu. Kama Calvi anavyosema, ”Kutafuta jinsi mambo yanavyokuwa ni kazi kubwa.” Kuangalia nyuma kwa uaminifu na bila kujihukumu juu ya matukio muhimu na watu katika maisha yetu ni kutambua mifumo. Kuelewa mifumo hii kunaweza kutoa mwelekeo kwa ukuaji wetu wa kibinafsi na wa kiroho\u2014kunaweza kutusaidia <\/span>
\n kuwa<\/span>
\n<\/i> .<\/span><\/p>\n

Katika kipindi cha huduma yake ya kimungu, Calvi, mtaalamu wa masaji aliyeidhinishwa, amejisalimisha kwa na kuelekeza nguvu zake za uponyaji kwa mamia ya watu wanaoteseka, wakiwemo wanawake ambao wamenyanyaswa kingono, manusura wa mateso, na watu wanaoishi na UKIMWI. Chini ya utunzaji wa mikono yake, wengi wamepata kutolewa kwa ukombozi wa maumivu yao. Calvi anaandika kwamba kama kijana, yeye pia alikuwa ameumizwa sana na kwamba uponyaji wake mwenyewe umekuwa wa polepole na mgumu. Anaonyesha kwamba hata kwa watu anaowasaidia\u2014hata kama ukombozi wao ni wa ajabu kiasi gani\u2014uponyaji kamili mara nyingi ni mchakato wa muda mrefu, si tukio la mara moja tu. <\/span><\/p>\n

Calvi ni msimuliaji wa hadithi anayehusika; mara kwa mara fasaha; na mara nyingi ya kuchekesha, hata wakati wa kujadili mambo magumu na mazito. Lakini ninamthamini zaidi kwa hekima yake, iliyotokana na uzoefu wa muda mrefu na tafakari nyeti. Fikiria ufahamu huu mmoja kati ya nyingi katika kitabu chake: ”Quakerism kimsingi ni dini ya somatic. Jumbe huja kupitia mwili, na tunatetemeka ndani ya miili yetu, na kutumia Nuru na kutumia miili yetu katika kazi.” <\/span><\/p>\n

Kitabu chake kimejaa mifano ya mawasiliano ya karibu kati ya mwanadamu na mwanadamu. Anasimulia juu ya mwanamke mzee wa Quaker ambaye alimwona kijana, mfungwa wa gereza akitumikia kifungo kirefu kwa kosa la kuua, akilia kwa majuto na kukata tamaa. \u201cAlimnyanyua tu na kumshika na kumtikisa mpaka alipomaliza kulia.\u201d Calvi anasimulia kuwa kwenye tukio ambapo alimsikia mwanamke akizungumza na rafiki yake kuhusu maumivu mabaya mgongoni mwake. Mikono yake, asema, \u201cilianza kupata joto,\u201d na ujumbe wa ndani ulimweleza mahali hasa pa maumivu yake. Alijua kwamba ikiwa \u201cangeruhusiwa kumgusa, [angeweza] kuachilia maumivu hayo.\u201d Fursa ilikuja kwake kutoa msaada wake, na akapokea mguso wake wa uponyaji kwa imani na shukrani. <\/span><\/p>\n

Calvi, katika ngoma yake kati ya matumaini na hofu, huenda moja kwa moja kwenye hatua ya haja. Katika siku za mwanzo za mgogoro wa UKIMWI, wakati kulikuwa na hofu kubwa na uelewa mdogo wa asili ya VVU na maambukizi yake, Calvi aliweka mikono yake kufanya kazi, wakati wasaji wengine wachache walikuwa tayari kufanya hivyo. Kuhusu kukutana kwake na mtu mmoja mgonjwa sana, anaandika, \u201cNilijaribu kuwa mwenye neema, lakini niliogopa kwamba ningeugua pia. <\/span><\/p>\n

Kauli hii ya kuhuzunisha inanikumbusha mistari kutoka kwa shairi la Thom Gunn. Mzungumzaji katika shairi anazungumza na mtu ambaye rafiki yake, aliyepigwa na UKIMWI, amelala kitandani hospitalini, akikohoa, akitetemeka, akiogopa: <\/span><\/p>\n

Na mkagundua kuwa yeye
\n<\/span> Ilibidi kufarijiwa,<\/span><\/p>\n

Ulipanda pale kando yake
\n<\/span> Na kumkumbatia waziwazi,
\n<\/span> Ingawa ulikuwa mgonjwa vya kutosha,
\n<\/span> Na ulikuwa na hofu yako mwenyewe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vyovyote vile vipawa vyetu vya kiroho viwe, na tuvikuze na kuzipeleka mahali zinapohitajika. Katika hotuba yangu ninayoipenda zaidi kati ya hotuba zake zilizochapishwa, zenye kichwa \u201cKuchanganua Nuru,\u201d Calvi anafupisha somo alilojifunza kutoka kwa Rafiki: \u201cUsiseme tu utafanya maisha yako ya kiroho, jitokeze na uifanye.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5090,"featured_media":3083536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[9920,10011],"fpb_issue_category":[10266],"class_list":["post-3124676","fpb_book","type-fpb_book","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mapitio-ya-kitabu-cha-quaker","category-ukaguzi-wa-vitabu-wa-machi-2020","fpb_issue_category-imani-za-quaker-zisizo-na-jina"],"yoast_head":"\nUmesafiri Mbali Gani? - Friends Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/book\/umesafiri-mbali-gani\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"sw_KE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Umesafiri Mbali Gani?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Na John Calvi. 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