{"id":3114174,"date":"1994-11-01T00:00:43","date_gmt":"1994-11-01T05:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/usikivu-wa-kina\/"},"modified":"1994-11-01T00:00:43","modified_gmt":"1994-11-01T05:00:43","slug":"usikivu-wa-kina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/usikivu-wa-kina\/","title":{"rendered":"Usikivu wa Kina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8221;Mungu anazungumza nasi.&#8221; Hili lilikuwa jambo la kwanza nakumbuka kusikia Petro akisema. &#8221;Sisi ni hadithi yake. Mungu alifunua ndani ya Kristo hadithi inayofanya iwezekane kutoka kwa <em>mimi<\/em> hadi kwa <em>Sisi<\/em> kwa maumivu kidogo sana. Kila mtu ninayekutana naye ananiambia kidogo juu ya hadithi hiyo. Anazungumza nasi. Mungu hufanya iwezekane kubeba ukweli wa kifo chetu. Hadithi zetu ni sinema za rangi za ufunuo wake. Mungu anazungumza nasi.&#8221;        <\/p>\n<p>Nilipomsikia Peter akiongea kwa njia hii, nilitingisha kichwa na kuwa makini kwa sababu haikuwa &#8211; kama mengi ya yale tunayosema kila siku &#8211; yasiyo na maana. Peter alikuwa akizungumza katika chumba kidogo cha mikutano cha Quaker huko Pendle Hill, kituo cha mapumziko na kujifunza karibu na Philadelphia. Nimeiandika kwa sababu hatajisumbua, kwa sababu mimi ni msikilizaji wake, kama yeye ni wangu.  <\/p>\n<p>Henri Nowen anaandika katika <em>The Way of the Heart: Desert Spirituality and Contemporary Ministry<\/em> kuhusu &#8221;mara ngapi tunatoka kwenye mazungumzo, mkusanyiko wa kijamii, au mkutano wa biashara wenye ladha mbaya kinywani mwetu.&#8221; Anaendelea: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ni mara ngapi mazungumzo marefu yamethibitika kuwa mazuri na yenye matokeo? Je! si mengi ikiwa si maneno mengi tunayotumia yangeachwa bila kutamkwa? Tunazungumza juu ya matukio ya ulimwengu, lakini ni mara ngapi tunayabadilisha kuwa bora? Tunazungumza kuhusu watu na njia zao, lakini ni mara ngapi maneno yetu yanawafaidi wao au sisi? Tunazungumza kuhusu mawazo na hisia zetu kana kwamba kila mtu anapendezwa nazo, lakini ni mara ngapi tunahisi kuwa tumeeleweka? Tunazungumza mengi kuhusu Mungu na dini, lakini hutuletea sisi au wengine ufahamu wa kweli mara ngapi? Maneno mara nyingi hutuacha na hisia ya kushindwa ndani.      <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nilikuwa nimesoma maneno hayo, na kukubaliana, wakati katika maisha yangu nilipohisi kuitwa kunyamaza, kuitwa kwa hali ya kiroho ya jangwa. Lakini cha ajabu nikiwa katikati ya ukimya huo nilimkuta Peter. Na kumpata Peter ni kutafuta lugha, kwa sababu yeye hunyamaza mara chache, isipokuwa wakati anasikiliza. Ninataka kuandika hapa kuhusu kuzungumza na kusikiliza, lahaja kati ya haya mawili, kama nilivyopitia katika uhusiano wa ushirika wa kiroho.   <\/p>\n<h3>Kuaminiana Kina na Mazungumzo Matupu<\/h3>\n<p>Mimi na Peter tulipokuwa Marafiki, tuliamua kutumia saa mbili kwa juma kusikilizana tukizungumza kuhusu mapambano yetu kwenye uwanja wa kiroho. Sote wawili (yeye mhudumu, mimi mwalimu wa chuo) tulihisi uhitaji wa mwongozo wa kiroho, lakini hakuna hata mmoja wetu aliyemfahamu Yesuiti yeyote na hakuna kati yetu anayechukua mwelekeo vizuri sana. Tulitengeneza formula rahisi: unazungumza kwa saa moja, na kisha ninazungumza kwa saa moja. Hatukupanga kuuliza maswali mengi, au kukatiza zaidi ya ufafanuzi machache, au kutoa ushauri. Nyakati mbalimbali, tulivunja nyingi ya sheria hizo. Tulihamia maili 500 kutoka kwa kila mmoja. Lakini mazungumzo (kwa simu sasa) yameendelea kwa miaka sita. Ninaanza kujifunza kusikiliza; Naanza kusikilizwa.       <\/p>\n<p>Usikilizaji huu unafanya kazi vipi, na nini<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8221;Mungu anazungumza nasi.&#8221; Hili lilikuwa jambo la kwanza nakumbuka kusikia Petro akisema. &#8221;Sisi ni hadithi yake. 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