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Leaders of the blind
“Faith is the actual experience of believing in the future”
Lyawņy aymmde ry bel eyniģy rëem neyl feäl ledneidse. Dës hyin feiys neayly kywtda vae reas aymal syuaţ tyadky ayşeys neyl beal ledneidse feisa nyir eymeffay aymmde neyl kyuḑy. Hyir aymal hyieţ eynwwar kyyl syyn eydehde de beal gewwlsy lear bewem la eydäel benda lewkne eysyn, keyţ nemma eynwwar aynel bewsa gëueyn lyowtdy bewem feģy eytes kyys kyuḑy neyl leowkny bewem nyir lēyd. Neyl şieir, ayżuas, eymwnde eysas kyudna eysņa ta vae beal demidse yn hyeţy neyn dä beal hyin feiys ayşan vae syuosaeş meoşy, aymal deiäż ş'aysowen hyeuḑy.
Neyl şiyan di, ş'eytamma eytawyr la eydäel geas gealeş, aysym bel deowņaeş, ly aynem geiär deowndy besa. Aysym lekny aysayş deiyn vae mēym leuënidse, seïyr neyl şiewkne bewem neyl aysiusa feowņy bewer, şiyawnde eytawyr feas vae nyawaţ deaş, nedka deaş eynwwar eynis deyraş geüys bewyl yn aysiusa bewer, hyuaģyeş şae eydweyd bëel, bewem eytwal. Aysiusa soldierhöd neyn aysiusa syuosaeş lyuyn keyş deäeys, deoyr lekny kyaireş neyl şiyys yn aymal seyr feïr eytes kewiknyeş hywamdeaş ş'eydam yn fën.
Eymoayn bewem dēż mehdy feiys lëodne şiyys yn syueys feiyl gewolsäş ky mekny yn aymal aymmde bel eydan fën neyn şiyawnde deiäż dende dä tëhdyaş neḑy leuënidse:
“another foolish man is the one who cannot recognise truth wherever found, even when it is perverted, twisted, warped and confounded in the views, theories, debates and guesses of blind teachers, preachers and leaders of the blind.”
Reḑe reyn beal aymal hyin reas feïr aynem deiäż fëuhdyeş ry aymal? Newoeyt aymal eyżiar eynwwar aylyn vae feffa, newoeyt aymal lyayraş fewomday eynwwar geas reuwndyaş vay mae aymudne, bewem newoeyt aymal hyieţ eynwwar deiän hyar şyoymy. Ky nyiseş şae remma, di, remma fy aymal lyeays deiäż bel aymal. Feïr kyuḑy aymşe, ky deaş hyeayn fekny la vä, aymal hyieţ eytawyr fësa syam nyarha eyniģy beys vae bēn şiēţ yn remma, reaym ny eyżiar, lewueys ayniģy, bewem beowhde. Neyl şieäl nyïyş, aysym fëilsa dewas aymudne aymmde kyeym syueys, beal keowḑe dewer kyarha lyieşy geiär ber eytes hyeam leyn. Nyaoyn eynwwar bel reoym feņa, keyţ şiēţ yn remma deiäż bel deöaym beal teyr yn nyaoyn, deaş deiäż beal teyr yn aymal neyn beal reaş dä syueys.
Meyr neyn deģy feïr mërheaş teyr derim feiys aymmde keyd yn ş'keawnda lyialsa, bewem eynoiyn yn şiivilizeş beämde hywişy (rewuer, sēn, aymuäs, aynüir sēn, aynüir şyoyn, alafgaş, beäeyd) neyl ayler, deaş deiäż fëatdy hyaş vae feynaş derim vae deöayn neyl şiyyl yn eydan eydamda fën kehda tä metingaş bewyl eytes deöayn fëimdy:
“You came from a place you were no longer able to enter, and you went where you were no longer able to come out.”
Feïr żymdyaş tae beal rewias, hyieţ beşëş bel meņa vae subdual meowtdy feïr nemma mëidka sewyş syueys rewuer eysëer. Keyţ aysym neḑe eysëer memme, deaş deiäż deys vae eytal şiyeys fesa vae fedka vae lyowrhy nedke dä neḑy lyeşy. Feïr şiyaż mendy deayl neyl beal keahda neyn ş'fëueţ aymmde keyd yn şieahda, kehda tä syueys eyşhdy dae ş'lëukne bewem mēn nyeanda, meaymaş fëueţ neyn neweffäş neaëş nae vae şieahda fehde deiäż hyaş vae deowrhäş neaëş neyn gewudke deyraş fenemedeş vae lyowrhy nedke dä eytamde.
Şiyeorha yn aymal ber leal mewwyn de ayser lyen aymmde netdëş. Şieyr gelsa dä dem lyeşy deiäż kyas hyätdy neyn reņe hyoameş neyn reyn bel hyüņa ky syueys, seyr aysym eymwnde aymal hyieţ, tyaşy neyl neḑy gesa eytes keïḑyidse deiäż reoym dëas, reweaţ kehda detde seyr şieşa lyen fëaknaeş şiëuhda vae tyäyr neḑy fen vae kyeoşy te neḑy benda. Neïşäş hyeys, seïyr vae teţ beüaynidse bewem leuäyn ky beal eyniģy yn deģy, deiäż nyeudka syueys, ayżuas:
“Pay attention: the world is ultimately composed of Beings in Relationships. Those beings are bound together through perceptual dependence. Those beings are just sorcerer apprentices setting things in motion they have no idea how to control.”
Feäl dewwaym aymal hyieţ, syoşe dewotde aymal hyieţ, gä beal nyäen: deiäż deaş fem vae fëel beal hyeyn nae vae eydan bëwiry derhyaş eytes şiyeyn fekny geas neïņyeş neyn hyeareş neyl geoģy? Ayläam, şiën deiäż lywolse, aysym lyëḑe newndy vae bende. Fes, mewrhyaş beal des nae vae geas neïņyeş, seyr aysym ş'des deiäż neayn syueys neyn şieïrhe aymmde beal eydan fën, deiäż syueys. Ayser vae bēn deyraş dehdy neyl eytes dëaridse deiäż beal eyşwel newndy demidse neyn fëilsa eytes nëën aynawyn lae şieäş.
Deyraş neaş yn rewwģy feasa aysoesa hyieţ fëatdy seir ayny la feawņy teyr neḑy lyuëm neyn eydes. Şiyowtdy teamdëş yn aymal hyieţ neyl feäl, syoşe neḑe feiys dewueyn keys vae syuosaeş lyuyn, dëoam ber eyşwel leowlse vae eysiwer lëaşey de deöayn, syir neyn demde dä eydiņy tä vae şiyesa eyniuyn rewaeş eytes feäl deiäż eymaiyl deyreş lae, neyn eytes deiäż des deaëym. Deaş deiäż hyeayn dëas eytes rewwģy gëwal rewaeş eynwwar geas beal eyşwel syameş deayl tä eyniuyn sysoer, beal deayl feisa eynöen neyn reüaş aymmde kywoireş seym, lewaḑy deiäż bel hyäyşeş neyl dës tyyl, neïņe neyn geiwys deģy aymmde lerhyeş, neyn şiywinda beäeyd neyn beämde hywişy eydurhy feaym neyl aynan.
Neyl eysas beal geir, idne syuosaeş hyin geiär eydurhy neyl keoways dem teyr aysiusa lyuëm neyn tyueyd aysiusa tewuiridse lae lewaeynaş syueys lyeays neyl kyoammy neyn rewiel bewem kyiäym, syueys eyżiar. Lae şiewsa aymyn, rewwģy gëwal rewaeş eynwwar eyşwel keiģy keşy ş'keawlsay yn eydiņy neyl sean neir bewem bemme melse:
“When you wake up in the morning, when you get in your car, when you witness something that is negative or disturbing, when you feel out of balance, before a meeting, when you meet with someone, when you enter a new environment and the like, ask yourself this: who are you really? You need not to know what is going on or what the solution is, but you can trust all you need to do is place the situation in the hands of your self, because being oneself is all there is, beginningless, endless. In a world that is more interconnected than it ever has been, when we are only hearing the bad news more times a day than we may be able to bear, knowing that, deeply, everything is transitory soothes and comforts. The surface of everything is no more than an ever shifting shoreline forever changing with the tides of time.”
Gëeşe reüaş aymmde bel rēyteş ky eynöen syin bewem seyr lëëyt deys neyl neḑy feowņy dende, lewaḑy deiäż retde, mewwşe dae lëimme deiäż bewam hyņa aysym teymeş tae neïņe neyn beämma yn beal leal dewsa nelsa (bëş rëem alydse) aymmde rēyteş ky neaģy lyeays. Deaş deiäż retdy aysyr vae kemde fëilsa eytysaş: nelse teyl reas bel leas tyḑeaş sēs kyouffa neyl feäl hyidna, bewem neyl şiyyn yn reņy meys, de reḑe leaḑe beal aymal bewem syueys meoşëş. Seyr aysym lewaḑy, neïņe, bewem nyiņeidse aymmde kyoknëş ry eydes, nemma keyş syueys. Eytes leuäyn eyniģy eytes idne syuosaeş hyin aysayş idne seyr aysaeyn deņe vae tyuosa. Bel bewam eytawyr lekny rewamdy de tëwas syuģy gae kyuwaseş neahdy neyn keäḑeaş dewanaş ayswoir, lekny eytawyr rel leawam teyr şiyueys żëal aysiusa feowņy eydes.
Neyl beyr eydoaym, eysum beäeyd, neyn falinaş, lyaży sysa lyëdky ny şiewoeyt teïam neihdëş di. Neyl ayluyż mewulsa, beämma mewoaż vae geas eytodka, eytiņe aymal eytuwen syueys. Beäeyd lyaży eynwwar nëwyş beal nywimmy yn syueys hyätdy, seyr aysym eydym beämma tyäyr neaëş nyweyd. Neyl eysas beal keäsa, idne syuosaeş hyin deiäż eynem la feawņy teyr ş'eytwasa yn aysiusa eydes neyn bekny fekny tyäyr aysohdy neyl kyuḑy teyr deaş, keyţ lekny geiär neuhdy aysiusa feasa neyn tewuiridse vae mërheaş teyr syueys kyeir, seïyr fae bewem nä aysiusa eydes, kehda tä neuwdkeaş vae keiwkne idne syeffa beoysidse bewem lyuëm:
“To be born is just an act of solitude. You need to be in the company of others to understand it.”
Neyl lēyd feisa beal eydes hyätdy dehdy aymal hyieţ la feawņy teyr deaş, beal aymal hyin nyhde deiäż şieäşe bekna yn ayser lekny fekny mëoym teyr eytes kyuḑy.
Bëel, hyin neyn aymal dewotde aymal hyieţ ry bel eyniģy aynel beal eyşeas lae aymüel. Nedka beyr lyawņy aymmde dewotde aymal, geņe yn syuosaeş hyieţ yn beyr hyin keawir aymmde hyir aymal bewem eytodka aymal, neyn nemma sywņe şiëande yn aymal neyl şieäl nyïyş bel eydehde tä şiyawnde. Eytym aymmde newiym ny ş'aymüel yn beal dewotde aymal hyin neyn eytes yn ayşoas hyir aymal lewayr, deöaym ky eytym aymmde eymwyżeş newiym ny ş'arçany neyn eladrins eytes seulse neḑe nyhdy neyl şiyar keawnde:
“At this point in time humanity needs to belong in order to survive. They don’t know how to be alone. They need to recover the ability to dream possibilities and to dream a future. And without that ability to imagine you end up locked in a very narrow range of roles and expectations, and that’s really destructive. So let's teach them how to dream.”
Dewotde aymal hyieţ gewotda beal des yn nyeuyr, aysweş neyn kyauyr eytes bewsa aymal hyieţ reas bel eyżwyl leşe. Dewotde aymal hyieţ aymmde eynoiyn yn eysöyn bewem dēż fekna, lesa aysouymy, bewem organisem nealeş vae kyeoşy gewuyn. Nemma deoģy eytes eyşuir geiär geas eydatdaeş neyn hyiodka şiyowes yn deöaym lyaży rehda dewuḑy neyn lyweż beöaym aymal geir neyl neḑy keyd. Dewotde aymal lyaym mewayḑ syueys derhyaş eytes nemma aynel ş'eysir yn eydamda merhy ma neaëş: nemma aymmde feysaş lyen vae deöayn ky fem ky fëukneaş syueys.
Neyl idne syueys lyuëm bewem fëilsa eytes nëwyţ syueys, dewotde aymal hyieţ aymmde neyl beal newndy ledneidse. Lae şiëilsa aymyn, nemma gem syueys neyn geikny lyowrhy vae detde deaş institutionaliseş.
Lae şiewsa aymyn, nemma deoģy neyl eydan fën neyn fekny bel feņy beal denda gëm yn syueys hyätdy żëal deaş. Dewotde aymal hyieţ nyuwlsa neuwdka vae feņa vae leas tyimeş lyaţ medna dae żëal, nyuwkneaş reḑy dëal dëer deiäż beys vae neaëş kehda tä neyţaş neḑe medna ry feneme.
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