Amandla kunye nemiphumo emihle yengqondo yethu emanzini
Abanye abantu bathanda ulwandle. Abanye abantu bayamoyika. Ndiyayithanda, ndiyithiyile, yikeni, uyayihlonela, uyayikhathalele, uyayixabise, uyayihlambalaze, kwaye uyayiphakamisa. Ivelisa okulungileyo kum kwaye ngamanye amaxesha kakhulu.
- ROZ SAVAGE
Ngaphandle kokuzibandakanya kokuziphendukela kwemvelo kumanzi, abantu banemibandela enzulu yokuzibandakanya ukuba kubakho. Amanzi ayavuya kwaye asishukumisela (uPablo Neruda: "Ndifuna ulwandle kuba lundifundisa").
Iyabakhuthaza kwaye iyasethusa (uVincent van Gogh: "Abalobi besazi ukuba ulwandle luyingozi kwaye isiqhwithi sinoyikekayo, kodwa abazange bafumene le ngozi ngenxa yezizathu ezifanelekileyo zokuhlala elwandle"). Yenza iimvakalelo, uxolo kunye novuyo (The Boys Boys: "Thatha umtsalane, kwaye uhleli phezulu kwehlabathi"). Kodwa phantse kuzo zonke iimeko, xa abantu bacinga ngamanzi-okanye bava amanzi, okanye babone amanzi, okanye bangena emanzini, bafumane ukunambitha kunye nokuvumba amanzi-baziva into . Ezi "zimpendulo kunye nezimpendulo. . . zenzeke ngokwahlukileyo kwiimpendulo ezinengqiqo kunye nengqiqo, "wabhala uSteven C. Bourassa, uprofesa wocwangciso lwasezidolophini, kwi-seminal 1990 kwinqaku leNdalo kunye nokuziphatha . Ezi mpendulo zemiqobo zivela kwiindawo ezindala kakhulu zobuchopho bethu, kwaye ngokwenene ziyakwenzeka ngaphambi kokuba kukho impendulo engqondweni. Ukuze siqonde ulwalamano lwethu kunye nendalo, simele siyiqonde ngokubambisana kwethu kunye nengqondo.
Oku kunengqiqo kum, njengoko ndihlala ndidityaniswe kumabali kunye nesayensi yoko kutheni sithanda amanzi. Nangona kunjalo, njengomfundi ogqirhayo ofunda i-biology yezinto eziphilayo, i-ecology yezilwanyana zasendle kunye nezoqoqosho zendalo, xa ndizama ukuchukumisa imvakalelo kwintetho yam ebudlelwaneni phakathi kolwandle olwandle kunye noluntu lwasemanxwemeni, ndafunda ukuba i-academia yayingenanto yokuzivakalela.
"Gcina loo nto ingcolileyo kwisayensi yakho, mfana," abacebisi bam bacebisa. Umoya wawungenangqiqo. Kwakungenakutshintshwa. Kwakungekho isayensi.
Xoxa malunga "nolwandle olushintshayo": namhlanje iintsholongwane zengqondo ziqalile ukuqonda indlela iimvakalelo zethu ziqhuba ngayo zonke izigqibo esenzayo, ukususela ekukhethweni kwethu kokutya kwentsasa, ukuba ngubani esihlala kunye naye kwisidlo sakusihlwa, indlela yokubona, iphunga kunye nesandi cha phazela yethu imvakalelo. Namhlanje sibheke phambili kwi-neuroscience efuna ukufumanisa iziseko ze-biological zezinto zonke, kwizinto ezikhethiweyo zezombusazwe ukuya kumbala wethu. Basebenzisa izixhobo ezinjenge-EEG, i-MRIs, kunye ne-fMRIs ukugcina ingqondo kumculo, ingqondo kunye nobugcisa, imveliso yobandlululo, uthando, nokucamngca, kunye nokunye. Usuku ngalunye ezi zenzululwazi zincinci zifumanisa ukuba kutheni abantu basebenzisana nehlabathi ngendlela esenza ngayo. Kwaye bambalwa babo ngoku baqala ukuhlola iinkqubo zobuchopho ezithintela uxhulumaniso lwethu kumanzi. Olu phando alugcini nje ukwanelisa ukufuna ukwazi. Ukufunda uthando lwethu lwamanzi kubaluleke kakhulu, izicelo zehlabathi zangempela-ezempilo, ukuhamba, indawo yokuhlala, ubugcisa, ukuphuhliswa kwabantwana, ukucwangciswa kwidolophu, unyango lwexilongo kunye noxinzelelo, ukulondolozwa, ezoshishino, ezopolitiko, inkolo, izakhiwo kunye nokunye .
Uninzi lwazo zonke, kunokukhokelela ekuqondeni okunzulu malunga nokuba singobani kunye nendlela iingqondo zethu kunye neemvakalelo zethu zenziwe ngayo ngokusebenzisana kwethu kunye neyona nto ixhaphakileyo kwiplanethi yethu.
Uhambo ekukhangekeleni abantu kunye nososayensi abafuna ukuhlolisisa le mibuzo uye wangenisa kwiindawo zokuhlala ezinqamlezweni zaselwandle zaseBaja California, ukuya kwiiholo zeZikolo zezonyango eStanford, eHarvard naseYunivesithi yase-Exeter. I-United Kingdom, ukuya kwiinkampu zokuloba nokuloba kunye neenkwenkwezi zigijimela abantu base-Texas naseCalifornia abaphethwe yi-PTSD, kwiindawo zamachibi nemifula kunye namachibi okubhukuda emhlabeni jikelele. Kwaye naphi na apho ndaya khona, nakwiindiza ezidibanisa ezi ndawo, abantu babeza kubelana ngamabali abo ngamanzi. Amehlo abo atshabalalisa xa bechaza okokuqala xa ba tyelela i-echibi, bahamba nge-sprinkler phambi kweyadi, babamba i-tortle okanye i-frog emlameni, babambe intonga yokuloba, okanye bahamba ngaselunxwemeni kunye nomzali okanye intombi okanye intombi .
Ndikholelwa ukuba amabali anjalo ayibaluleke kakhulu kwisayensi, kuba asinceda senze ingqiqo yezinto kwaye siwabeke kumxholo esinokuwuqonda. Ixesha lokuyeka iingcamango ezindala zokuhlukana phakathi kwemvakalelo kunye nesayensi-thina kunye nekamva lethu. Njengoko imilambo ihamba endleleni yabo eya elwandle, ukuqonda i-Blue Mind kufuneka sidibanise imilambo ehlukeneyo: uhlalutyo kunye nomsa; kunye novavanyo; intloko nentliziyo.
I-Tohono O'odham (oku kuthetha ukuba "abantu abahlala entlango") ngabantu baseMelika abahlala ngokuyinhloko kwiNtaba yaseSonan ye-mpuma ye-Arizona kunye nentshonalanga yeMexico. Xa ndingumfundi ophumelele eYunivesithi yaseArizona, ndandisoloko ndathatha intsha eselula evela kwisizwe saseTohono O'odham ngaphesheya komda ukuya eLwandle lwaseCortez (iGulf of California). Abaninzi babo babengakaze babone ulwandle ngaphambili, kwaye abaninzi babengazange balungiselele ngokupheleleyo amava, bobabini ngokomzwelo nangokwempahla yokulungisa. Kwintsimi enye iindidi zezingane azizange zilethe iinqwelo zokubhukuda okanye iifutshane-zazingenazo. Ngoko sonke sasihlala elunxwemeni ecaleni kwamachibi amanzi asePuerto Peñasco, ndakhupha ummese, kwaye sonke sasiyinqumle imilenze kwibhulukhwe zethu, ngoko kanye nakhona.
Ngesinye ixesha emanzini angancinci sambatha iimaski kunye nama-snorkel (sasilethele ngokwaneleyo kuwo wonke umntu), sinokufunda ngokukhawuleza kwindlela yokuphefumula ngayo nge-snorkel, kwaye ke ulungele ukukhangela. Emva kwexesha ndacela enye insizwa ukuba yayihamba njani. "Andikwazi ukubona nto," watsho. Uphendukile wahlala evala amehlo akhe phantsi kwamanzi. Ndamxelela ukuba unokuvula amehlo akhe ngokuphepha nangona intloko yakhe yayingaphantsi komhlaba. Wabeka ubuso bakhe phantsi waza waqala ukukhangela. Ngokukhawuleza waphuma, wambamba umaski wakhe, waqala ukukrazula ngeentlanzi zonke. Wayehleka kwaye ekhala ngexesha elifanayo njengoko wayememeza esithi, "Iplanethi yam ilungile!" Wabuya wabuyisela imaski emva kwamehlo akhe, waphinda wafaka intloko yakhe emanzini, akazange aphinde athethe kwakhona ngeyure.
Inkumbulo yam loo mini, yonke into malunga nayo, i-crystal icace. Andizi ngokuqinisekileyo, kodwa ndiya kubetha yona, naye. Uthando lwethu lwamanzi lwenze isitampu esingenakulinganiswa nathi. Ngethuba lokuqala elwandle laliziva lifana nam, kwakhona.
UDkt. Wallace J. Nichols usosayensi, uhlolisisi, umenzi wentshukumo, ummeli-ntengiso, kunye noTata. Nguye umbhali wencwadi ethiBlue Mind enobuncwane kwaye uzimisele ukubuyisela abantu kwiindawo zasendle.