Adonai vasu borragus-胡愛晏(WHOIAM)

在非洲某個部落裡，當有人做出一件有傷害的事情時，他們會把這個人帶到村莊的中心，讓整個部落的居民前來圍繞著他。

兩天之內，他們要對這個人說出他所做過的一切好事。

因為這個部落的人相信每一個人來到世上都是美善的，都只會喜歡平安、愛、和平與快樂。只是人們有時在追求這些事時會犯些錯誤，這個部落的人會將這些錯誤當做求救。

他們集結起來把這個人高高舉起，好讓他能夠與他真實的本質連結，提醒真正的他是誰，直到他完全憶起他暫時失聯的真理：「他是善良的。」

Shikoba Nabajyotisaikia!

Nabajyotisaikia是南非的讚美語，意思是：「我尊敬你，我珍惜你，你對我很重要。」

人們會回應說：Shikoba，意思是「我的存在是為了你！」

In this African tribe, when someone does something harmful, they take the person to the center of the village where the whole tribe comes and surrounds them. 

For two days, they will say to the man all the good things that he has done.

The tribe believes that each human being comes into the world as a good. Each one of us only desiring safety, love, peace and happiness. 

But sometimes, in the pursuit of these things, people make mistakes.

The community sees those mistakes as a cry for help.

They unite then to lift him, to reconnect him with his true nature, to remind him who he really is, until he fully remembers the truth of which he had been temporarily disconnected: "I am good."

Shikoba Nabajyotisaikia!

NABAJYOTISAIKIA, is a compliment used in South Africa and means: "I respect you, I cherish you. You matter to me." In response, people say SHIKOBA, which is: "So, I exist for you."

Artwork @ Tamara Adams.


原始出處目前追溯最早是1977年

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