Feisal Abdul Rauf: Lose your ego, find your compassion

Prevoditelj: Miroslav Varga Recezent: Martina Mijuskovic

I'm speaking about compassion from an Islamic point of view,

Pričati ću Vam o suosjećanju sa stanovišta Islama,

and perhaps my faith is not very well thought of

možda moju vjeru ne doživljavate

as being one that is grounded in compassion.

kao vjeru utemeljenu na suosjećanju.

The truth of the matter is otherwise.

Prava istina je drugačija.

Our holy book, the Koran, consists of 114 chapters,

Naša sveta knjiga, Kur'an, sadrži 114 poglavlja

and each chapter begins with what we call the basmala,

i svako poglavlje počinje s onim što mi nazivamo basmala (bismilah)

the saying of "In the name of God, the all compassionate, the all merciful,"

priča u ime Boga, suosjećajnog i milostivog,

or, as Sir Richard Burton --

ili kako je to opisao Sir Richard Burton

not the Richard Burton who was married to Elizabeth Taylor,

ne onaj Richard Burton koji je oženio Elizabeth Taylor,

but the Sir Richard Burton who lived a century before that

nego Sir Richard Burton koji je živio stoljeće ranije

and who was a worldwide traveler

i koji je bio svjetski putnik

and translator of many works of literature --

i prevoditelj mnogih književnih djela,

translates it. "In the name of God, the compassionating, the compassionate."

on to prevodi kao "u ime Boga, suosjećajnog, onog koji je suosjećajan"

And in a saying of the Koran, which to Muslims is God speaking to humanity,

I u propovjedi Kur'ana, koje je za muslimane obraćanje Boga ljudima,

God says to his prophet Muhammad --

Bog govori svom proroku Muhamedu

whom we believe to be the last of a series of prophets,

za kojeg vjerujemo da je zadnji u nizu proroka

beginning with Adam, including Noah, including Moses, including Abraham,

počevši od Adama, uključujući Nou, Mojsija, Abrahama,

including Jesus Christ, and ending with Muhammad --

Isusa Krista i Muhameda na kraju

that, "We have not sent you, O Muhammad,

"Nisam te poslao, o Muhamede

except as a 'rahmah,' except as a source of compassion to humanity."

osim da budeš raham, osim da budeš izvor suosjećajnosti ljudskom rodu."

For us human beings, and certainly for us as Muslims,

I za nas kao ljudska bića, poglavito za nas muslimane,

whose mission, and whose purpose in following the path of the prophet

čiji je zadatak i svrha slijediti put Proroka,

is to make ourselves as much like the prophet.

i postati što sličniji Proroku

And the prophet, in one of his sayings, said,

Prorok je u jednoj svojoj propovjedi rekao:

"Adorn yourselves with the attributes of God."

-"Krasite se s vrlinama Boga."

And because God Himself said that the primary attribute of his is compassion --

A sam Bog rekao da je njegova najvažnija vrlina suosjećajnost.

in fact, the Koran says that "God decreed upon himself compassion,"

U stvari Kur'an kaže, "Bog se uzdigao u suosjećajnosti"

or, "reigned himself in by compassion" --

ili "vladao je suosjećajno".

therefore, our objective and our mission must be to be sources of compassion,

Stoga naš zadatak, naš cilj mora biti da postanemo izvori suosjećajnosti

activators of compassion, actors of compassion

da potičemo suosjećajnost, da djelujemo suosjećajno,

and speakers of compassion and doers of compassion.

da postanemo zagovaratelji i činitelji suosjećajnosti.

That is all well and good,

To je sve lijepo i dobro,

but where do we go wrong,

ali kuda smo to skrenuli?

and what is the source of the lack of compassion in the world?

Što je izvor nedostatka suosjećanja na svijetu?

For the answer to this, we turn to our spiritual path.

Da bih odgovorio, krenut ću putem duhovnosti.

In every religious tradition, there is the outer path and the inner path,

U svakoj religijskoj tradiciji postoji ono što se naziva vanjski i unutarnji put.

or the exoteric path and the esoteric path.

Egzoterični i ezoterični put.

The esoteric path of Islam is more popularly known as Sufism, or "tasawwuf" in Arabic.

Ezoterični put Islama, poznatiji je pod nazivom Sufizam ili tasawf na arapskom.

And these doctors or these masters,

I ti stručnjaci ili učitelji

these spiritual masters of the Sufi tradition,

ti duhovni učitelji Sufističke tradicije

refer to teachings and examples of our prophet

pozivaju se na učenja i primjere našeg Proroka,

that teach us where the source of our problems lies.

koji nas uči gdje leže uzroci naših problema

In one of the battles that the prophet waged,

U jednoj od bitaka koju je vodio Prorok

he told his followers, "We are returning from the lesser war

rekao je svojim sljedbenicima "Vraćamo se iz manje bitke

to the greater war, to the greater battle."

i ulazimo u veću bitku, u veliku bojnu".

And they said, "Messenger of God, we are battle-weary.

A sljedbenici su odgovorili, "Božji Glasniče, mi smo umorni od ratovanja.

How can we go to a greater battle?"

Kako da sada još idemo u veću birtku?"

He said, "That is the battle of the self, the battle of the ego."

On je odgovorio, "To je bitka u Vama, bitka s Egom."

The sources of human problems have to do with egotism, "I."

Uzroci ljudskih problema leže u sebičnosti, JA!

The famous Sufi master Rumi, who is very well known to most of you,

Čuveni Sufi učitelj Rumi, koji je dobro poznat mnogima u ovoj dvorani,

has a story in which he talks of a man who goes to the house of a friend,

ispričao je priču o čovjeku koji ide posjetiti prijatelja.

and he knocks on the door,

Pokuca na vrata

and a voice answers, "Who's there?"

i čuje glas: "Tko je?"

"It's me," or, more grammatically correctly, "It is I,"

"Ja sam" ili možda bolje rečeno, "To sam JA"

as we might say in English.

kako bi to rekli na engleskom.

The voice says, "Go away."

Glas reče: "Odlazi!"

After many years of training, of disciplining, of search and struggle,

Nakon mnogo godina vježbe, suzprezanja, potrage i unutarnje borbe,

he comes back.

čovjek se vratio.

With much greater humility, he knocks again on the door.

I puno poniznije, ponovo je pokucao na vrata.

The voice asks, "Who is there?"

Opet je čuo glas: "Tko je?"

He said, "It is you, O heartbreaker."

Odgovorio je: "Pa to si Ti, o srcelomitelju."

The door swings open, and the voice says,

Vrata se otvoriše i glas kaže:

"Come in, for there is no room in this house for two I's,"

"Uđi, jer u ovoj kući nema mjesta za dva JA

-- two capital I's, not these eyes -- "for two egos."

(engl. ajz - igra riječi - ajz znači i oči), za dva Ega."

And Rumi's stories are metaphors for the spiritual path.

Rumijeve priče su metafore za duhovni put.

In the presence of God, there is no room for more than one "I,"

U prisustvu Boga, nema mjesta za više nego jedno JA,

and that is the "I" of divinity.

a to je božansko JA.

In a teaching -- called a "hadith qudsi" in our tradition --

U učenjima koja se zovu Hadit kudsi u našoj tradiciji,

God says that, "My servant," or "My creature, my human creature,

Bog kaže, "Moj sluga" ili "Moje stvorenje, moje ljudsko stvorenje,

does not approach me by anything that is dearer to me

ne može me ničim više razgaliti

than what I have asked them to do."

nego čineći ono što zatražih."

And those of you who are employers know exactly what I mean.

I vi koji ste poslodavci točno znate na što mislim.

You want your employees to do what you ask them to do,

Vi želite za Vaši zaposlenici naprave što ste tražili od njih.

and if they've done that, then they can do extra.

I ako su to napravili, mogu napraviti i nešto dodatno,

But don't ignore what you've asked them to do.

ali ne smiju zanemariti ono što ste vi tražili da naprave.

"And," God says, "my servant continues to get nearer to me,

I Bog reče, "Sluga božji to mi je bliži

by doing more of what I've asked them to do" --

što više čini ono, što tražih od njega".

extra credit, we might call it --

Mi bi to nazvali "dopunske zasluge" .

"until I love him or love her.

"sve dok ga (ju) ljubim."

And when I love my servant," God says,

"I kad volim svog slugu" reče Bog,

"I become the eyes by which he or she sees,

"Postajem oči kojima gleda,

the ears by which he or she listens,

postajem uši kojima sluša,

the hand by which he or she grasps,

postajem ruka kojom hvata

and the foot by which he or she walks,

i noga kojom hoda

and the heart by which he or she understands."

i srce kojim razumije."

It is this merging of our self with divinity

To nas povezuje s božanskim

that is the lesson and purpose of our spiritual path and all of our faith traditions.

i to je poruka i svrha našeg duhovnog puta i svih naših vjerskih nasljeđa.

Muslims regard Jesus as the master of Sufism,

Muslimani prihvaćaju Isusa kao učitelja Sufizma

the greatest prophet and messenger who came to emphasize the spiritual path.

kao najvećeg proroka i glasnika koji je došao istaknuti duhovni put.

When he says, "I am the spirit, and I am the way,"

Kada kaže, "Ja sam duša, ja sam put" (kršćanska Biblija to prenosi: Ja sam put, istina i život)

and when the prophet Muhammad said, "Whoever has seen me has seen God,"

kada prorok Muhamed kaže: "Tko je vidio mene, vidio je Boga",

it is because they became so much an instrument of God,

to je zato što su oni postali toliko bliski Bogu

they became part of God's team --

da su postali dio Božanskog daha.

so that God's will was manifest through them,

Stoga se kroz njih očitovala božja volja

and they were not acting from their own selves and their own egos.

i oni nisu djelovali svojom voljom ili zbog sebe.

Compassion on earth is given, it is in us.

Suosjećanje nam je darovano, ono je u nama.

All we have to do is to get our egos out of the way,

Jedino što moramo napraviti je da uklonimo ego s puta,

get our egotism out of the way.

uklonimo naš egoizam s puta.

I'm sure, probably all of you here, or certainly the very vast majority of you,

Siguran sam da ste svi ovdje ili barem velika većina Vas

have had what you might call a spiritual experience,

doživjeli ono što nazivamo duhovnim iskustvom.

a moment in your lives when, for a few seconds, a minute perhaps,

Trenutak u svom životu, možda nekoliko trenutaka ili minuta

the boundaries of your ego dissolved.

kad ste zbacili okove ega.

And at that minute, you felt at one with the universe --

I u tim trenucima ste se osjećali kao dio svemira

one with that jug of water, one with every human being,

povezani s ovom posudom vode ili drugim ljudskim bićem,

one with the Creator --

povezani sa svojim stvoriteljem,

and you felt you were in the presence of power, of awe,

i osjetili ste prisustvo snage, strahopoštovanja,

of the deepest love, the deepest sense of compassion and mercy

duboku ljubav i snažan osjećaj suosjećanja i milosti

that you have ever experienced in your lives.

kakav niste doživjeli ni prije ni poslije u svom životu.

That is a moment which is a gift of God to us --

Taj trenutak je božji dar nama

a gift when, for a moment, he lifts that boundary

dar kojim, na trenutak, otklanja sve prepreke

which makes us insist on "I, I, I, me, me, me,"

koje nas inače tjeraju da naglašavamo JA, JA, JA, MENE, MENE, MENE

and instead, like the person in Rumi's story,

umjesto da kažemo, kao što to čini osoba iz Rumijeve priče,

we say, "Oh, this is all you.

"O, to si TI."

This is all you. And this is all us.

To si sve Ti. I to smo sve MI.

And us, and I, and us are all part of you.

I mi, i JA i mi smo dio Tebe

O, Creator! O, the Objective! The source of our being

Stvoritelju, svrha i izvor našeg postojanja.

and the end of our journey,

i na kraju našeg puta

you are also the breaker of our hearts.

Ti si i lomitelj naših srdaca.

You are the one whom we should all be towards, for whose purpose we live,

Ti si taj kome trebamo stremiti, za koga mi živimo,

and for whose purpose we shall die,

i za koga cemo umrijeti

and for whose purpose we shall be resurrected again

i za koga ćemo nanovo uskrsnuti

to account to God to what extent we have been compassionate beings."

i Kojemu polažemo račun u kolikoj mjeri smo bili suosjećajne osobe

Our message today, and our purpose today,

Naša poruka danas i naša svrha danas,

and those of you who are here today,

vas koji ste ovdje danas,

and the purpose of this charter of compassion, is to remind.

i svrha ovog izlaganja o suosjećajnosti, je da nas podsjeti.

For the Koran always urges us to remember, to remind each other,

Kur'an stremi da zapamtimo, da podsjećamo jedan drugoga

because the knowledge of truth is within every human being.

na istinu koju svi nosimo u sebi.

We know it all.

Mi to sve znamo.

We have access to it all.

Mi svi imamo pristup tome.

Jung may have called it "the subconscious."

Jung (o.pr. psiholog Ernst Jung) je to nazivao podsvjest.

Through our subconscious, in your dreams --

Putem naše podsvijesti i u našim snovima,

the Koran calls our state of sleep "the lesser death,"

koje Kur'an naziva manja smrt,

"the temporary death" --

privremena smrt.

in our state of sleep we have dreams, we have visions,

Dok spavamo imamo snove, imamo vizije,

we travel even outside of our bodies, for many of us,

putujemo izvan našeg tijela, mnogi od nas,

and we see wonderful things.

i vidimo prekrasne stvari.

We travel beyond the limitations of space as we know it,

Putujemo bez ograničenja prostorom,

and beyond the limitations of time as we know it.

putujemo bez ograničenja vremenom.

But all this is for us to glorify the name of the creator

Ali to sve nam je dano da uzdižemo ime Stvoritelja

whose primary name is the compassionating, the compassionate.

čije je pravo ime suosjećajni, onaj koji suosjeća.

God, Bokh, whatever name you want to call him with, Allah, Ram, Om,

Bog, Bokh, ili kojim god Ga imenom nazivali, Alah, Ram, Om

whatever the name might be through which you name

kojim god imenom se služili

or access the presence of divinity,

da pristupite postojanju božanstva,

it is the locus of absolute being,

je mjesto apsolutnog bića,

absolute love and mercy and compassion,

apsolutne ljubavi, milosti i suosjećanja,

and absolute knowledge and wisdom,

apsolutnog znanja i mudrosti,

what Hindus call "satchidananda."

koje Hindusi nazivaju Sačitananda.

The language differs,

Jezici su različiti

but the objective is the same.

ali opis je isti.

Rumi has another story

Rumi ima drugu priču

about three men, a Turk, an Arab and --

o trojici: Turčinu, Arapu

and I forget the third person, but for my sake, it could be a Malay.

i zaboravio sam treću osobu, ali meni za volju neka to bude Malajac.

One is asking for angur -- one is, say, an Englishman --

Jedan traži angour, i neka jedan od njih govori engleski,

one is asking for eneb, and one is asking for grapes.

jedan traži eneb i jedan traži grapes (engl. grožđe)

And they have a fight and an argument because

I oni se svađaju i prepiru

-- "I want grapes." "I want eneb. "I want angur." --

Ja želim grožđe, ja želim eneb, ja želim Angour.

not knowing that the word that they're using

ne znajući da riječ koju koriste

refers to the same reality in different languages.

opisuje istu stvar na različitim jezicima.

There's only one absolute reality by definition,

Postoji samo jedna apsolutna stvarnost,

one absolute being by definition,

jedno apsloutno biće po definiciji,

because absolute is, by definition, single,

jer apsolutno je, po definiciji, jedno,

and absolute and singular.

apsolutno i jednina.

There's this absolute concentration of being,

Jedno biće sadrži apsolutnu koncentraciju

the absolute concentration of consciousness,

apsolutnu koncentraciju svijesti,

awareness, an absolute locus of compassion and love

svjesnosti, apsolutno mjesto suosjećanja i ljubavi

that defines the primary attributes of divinity.

koje definira glavno svojstvo Božanskoga.

And these should also be

I to bi također trebalo biti

the primary attributes of what it means to be human.

glavno svojstvo koje odlikuje ljude.

For what defines humanity, perhaps biologically,

Jer ono što definira ljude, u biološkom smislu,

is our physiology,

je naša fiziologija.

but God defines humanity by our spirituality, by our nature.

Ali Bog definira ljude prema njihovoj duhovnosti, njihovom prirodom.

And the Koran says, He speaks to the angels and says,

I Kur'an kaže kako priča anđelima i kaže:

"When I have finished the formation of Adam from clay,

"Kada završih stvaranje Adama od gline,

and breathed into him of my spirit,

udahnuo sam mu moju dušu

then, fall in prostration to him."

i pao sam ničice pred njim."

The angels prostrate, not before the human body,

Anđeli padaju ničice, ne pred ljudskim tijelom

but before the human soul.

nego pred ljudskom dušom.

Why? Because the soul, the human soul,

Zašto? Zato što duša, ljudska duša,

embodies a piece of the divine breath,

sadrži dio božanstvenog daha,

a piece of the divine soul.

komadić božanske duše.

This is also expressed in biblical vocabulary

To je opisano i u Bibliji

when we are taught that we were created in the divine image.

kad nas uči da smo stvoreni na sliku božju.

What is the imagery of God?

Što je slika božja?

The imagery of God is absolute being,

Slika božja je apsolutno biće,

absolute awareness and knowledge and wisdom

apsolutna svjesnost te znanje i mudrost

and absolute compassion and love.

i apsolutno suosjećanje i ljubav.

And therefore, for us to be human --

I zato, za nas ljude,

in the greatest sense of what it means to be human,

najdublji smisao našeg bitka kao ljudskih bića,

in the most joyful sense of what it means to be human --

najveća radost postojanja kao ljudskih bića,

means that we too have to be proper stewards

sastoji se u tome da moramo pravilno upravljati

of the breath of divinity within us,

dahom božjim u nama

and seek to perfect within ourselves the attribute of being,

i težiti usavršavanju svojstva našeg bića,

of being alive, of beingness;

života, životnosti,

the attribute of wisdom, of consciousness, of awareness;

svojstva mudrosti, svjesnosti, postojanja,

and the attribute of being compassionate and loving beings.

i svojstva suosjećanja i ljubavi.

This is what I understand from my faith tradition,

To je ono što ja baštinim od svoje vjere,

and this is what I understand from my studies of other faith traditions,

i to je što sam uočio u mojim proučavanjima baštine drugih vjera.

and this is the common platform on which we must all stand,

To je zajednička vrijednost za koju se svi moramo zauzeti,

and when we stand on this platform as such,

jer ako se za to zauzimamo,

I am convinced that we can make a wonderful world.

uvjeren sam da možemo stvoriti divan svijet.

And I believe, personally, that we're on the verge

I osobno vjerujem da smo pred osvarenjem

and that, with the presence and help of people like you here,

i da pomoću Vas i ljudi poput Vas

we can bring about the prophecy of Isaiah.

možemo ispuniti Izajino proročanstvo.

For he foretold of a period

On je prorekao razdoblje

when people shall transform their swords into plowshares

kad će ljudi mačeve pretopiti u plugove

and will not learn war or make war anymore.

i neće više učiti o ratovanju niti voditi ratove.

We have reached a stage in human history that we have no option:

Dosegli smo razdoblje ljudske povijesti u kojem nemamo izbora.

we must, we must lower our egos,

Moramo smanjiti naša ega,

control our egos -- whether it is individual ego, personal ego,

kontrolirati naša ega, bez obzira bio to naš, osobni ego,

family ego, national ego --

obiteljski ego, nacinalni ego,

and let all be for the glorification of the one.

i služiti u slavu jednoga Jedinoga..

Thank you, and God bless you.

Hvala i Bog vas blagoslovio

(Applause)

(pljesak)