Ngokutsho kwesithethi esisemthethweni kwisahluko saseNew York, uGqirha Monica Vecchio – unjingalwazi olungeleleneyo wesiNgesi kuBharuki oye wabandakanyeka kwiqela ukususela ngo-1967 – S.E.S. kunye neSikolo seFilosofi eSebenzayo yinto efanayo enamagama ahlukeneyo. Kukho ama-70 okanye ama-80 [amasebe] kwihlabathi liphela. Isabelo ngasinye sabelana ngekharityhulamu yekhosi efanayo, kunye nomxholo ofanayo. Imigaqo iyafana, iinkqubo ziyafana, umsinga wengxoxo uyafana. Kwikomkhulu layo eNew York, kwindlu yendlu ese-12 East 79th Street, isikolo sibonelela ngemfundo yabantu abadala kunye nokufunda ngokusisigxina kubantwana.
Ngombulelo kubukho beentengiso zikaloliwe ongaphantsi komhlaba, abantu baseNew York bayazi ngeSikolo seFilosofi eSebenzayo ngaphandle kokwazi nantoni na ngayo. Ukungena kumnyango wangaphambili wesikolo kulula ngokwaneleyo, kodwa xa ungaphakathi, izinto ezenziwa liqela zifihlakele zinqamleze izinto ezingenakudlula. Bachaza ikharityhulamu kunye nendlela yabo yolwimi olungacacanga kwaye balandela ulwakhiwo lwemigangatho apho abafundi badlulela kumanqanaba amatsha okufunda ngemali nangexesha, kodwa abaxelelwa izinto ezizilindeleyo xa besenza. Ukuba oku kuyafana nomnye, umbutho osasazeke ngakumbi osaziwayo uye wachazwa ngamalungu angaphambili.
Ngentsasa yangoMgqibelo emanzi xa Umjongi sityelelwe, isikolo besicocwa ngendlela engaqhelekanga. Indlu yendlu yenkulungwane yase-Edwardian, ngqo esitratweni ukusuka kwindawo yokuhlala uSodolophu Bloomberg, yayivulelekile eluntwini ngoSuku loKwamkelwa. Izithuba zazikhanyisiwe kwaye iindonga zigutyungelwe yimifanekiso yabantwana nokuba bayacamngca okanye bajonge ngqo kwikhamera, benengcinga enzulu. Kwakukho malunga ne-100 labantu abasebenza nzima ngaphakathi, bonke bengamalungu exesha elide, njengoko bezibiza njalo. Oku yayingekokutshayela nje okuqhelekileyo imigangatho. Ezinye bezisezandleni nasemadolweni, zibambe iziponji ezifakwe emanzini anesepha, zikhuhla kancinci zonke i-intshi zesakhiwo. Abanye babenikela ngothuli ngocoselelo, ngelixa abanye bekhuthele ngokuzimisela iimopu. Bonke babencumile ebusweni babo, amehlo abo ethe ntsho kuloo msebenzi bekungekho enye into.
Senza oku ekuqaleni kwesemester nganye, ilungu le-10 leminyaka lesikolo eligama linguFrank lathi. Wayebhalisa kwakhona inyathelo kwizinyuko njengoko wayethetha. Sonke singena kwaye sizama ukwenza indawo ibonakale.
Kuyo yonke indawo esasijonga kuyo, kwakukho abantu besebenza ngokuthe cwaka kwindawo encinci yomgangatho okanye eludongeni. Umoya wawunuka ngathi ucoca ulwelo, kwaye kwakungekho ndwendwe zibonakalayo.
Indoda eyomeleleyo egama linguClifford, eyayineenwele ezinde ezinetyuwa nepepile kunye nentshebe engqindilili, kwakubonakala ngathi yongamela lo msebenzi.
Ungandixelela ukuba ubunexesha elingakanani kwesi sakhiwo? sibuze.
Uhambise iminwe yakhe ezinweleni zasesilevini sakhe wathi, Owu, ukusukela ngaxesha lithile kwiminyaka engama-70 – 1978, ndiyacinga. UClifford ebelilungu lesikolo iminyaka engama-38.
Ngubani oqhuba le ndawo?
Ewe, sikulo lonke ihlabathi, kodwa kukho intloko yesahluko saseNew York.
Akayi kuthetha igama lakhe.
Unjani yena?
Ewe, ubuntu abubalulekanga. I-Ego yinto eyingozi. Kodwa uguquke kakhulu.
Kwaye ulapha?
Ubelapha, watsho ngokucacileyo uClifford, kodwa wemka.
Umbutho ongajonganga kwenza nzuzo uqeshwe yiRegents zeDyunivesithi yase State of New York, esi sikolo besikule dolophu ukusukela ngo-1964. Ngokwezinto zaso zokwazisa, silandela isikhokelo sesikolo esiqalwa nguLeon MacLaren eLondon Ngo-1937. Esona sikolo saziwayo singaziwayo iSikolo seNzululwazi yezoQoqosho, okanye i-SES, esele inegama elibi eNgilane njengehlelo elifihlakeleyo.
Ngokwelungu ebelilungu ebelibandakanyekile kwesi sikolo amashumi eminyaka, i-S.E.S. kwaye amasebe ayo afumana ulawulo kubafundi ngenkqubo ecothayo yokudibanisa ukuthobela uThixo nokuthobela abo bathi bayamazi uThixo – oko kukuthi, i-S.E.S. nabafundisi-ntsapho bayo. Enye yeendlela zokwenza oku ngenkonzo, eqala ngokuya kwiindawo zokusebenza. Oku kukhokelela kuqheliselo lokuthathela ingqalelo, eliguqulela ekuchitheni ngentsasa yangoMgqibelo ukucoca isakhiwo sesikolo okanye ngokuhlwa phakathi evekini sisebenzisa izidlo ngexesha lekhefu eziklasini. Nje ukuba abafundi-bobabini abantwana nabantu abadala-babekwe kwimisebenzi yokugcinwa kwendlu rhoqo, benziwa ukuba benze inkonzo rhoqo ngakumbi. Emva kwethutyana, ngokomthombo, alikho ixesha elininzi okanye amandla ayo nantoni na eyenye.
Yasekwa yimiddling Labour Party M.P. UAndrew MacLaren eNgilani ngo-1938, S..E.S. (owaziwa okokuqala njenge-Henry George School yezoQoqosho) yayiliqela nje elincinci leqela lezoqoqosho. Xa uLeonardo Da Vinci MacLaren, owaziwa njengoLeon, efumana ilifa kuyise, iinjongo zeli qela yayikukukhuthaza ukufundwa kwemithetho yendalo elawula ubudlelwane phakathi kwamadoda eluntwini kunye nazo zonke izifundo ezinxulumene noko nokukhuthaza ukufundwa kwemithetho , amasiko kunye nezenzo ezilawulwa luluntu, nazo zonke izifundo ezinxulumene noko.
U-MacLaren omncinci wayenomdla ongacacanga kwisifundo sefilosofi, kodwa zange abone uMaharishi Mahesh Yogi ethetha ngoSuku loNyaka oMtsha ngo-1960 apho inkqubo yenkolelo yesikolo yatshintsha khona. Le nkcukacha ayikhankanywanga kuyo nayiphi na into yesikolo, ewe. UMacLaren waye wathathwa kunye noMaharishi (odumileyo kamva ephethe iiBeatles), wanceda ukuququzelela indibano yokuqala ebizwa ngokuba yindibano yehlabathi ebizwa ngokuba yindibano yehlabathi eyayiseRoyal Albert Hall ngo-1961.
UMacLaren wahamba noMaharishi baya eIndiya emva kwendibano ukuya kufunda ngokucamngca ngakumbi. Ngo-1965, wadibana okokuqala nendoda eyayiza kuba liqabane lobomi, uShri Shantananda Saraswati, uShankaracharya (inkokheli yokomoya) eMantla eIndiya, utitshala waseAdvaita Vedanta, oshumayela umanyano lobuqu. Ngale ntlanganiso, imiba esembindini ye-S.E.S. zaqiniswa: ngokucamngca, ukufezekisa ulonwabo kunye nokuzazi okuphezulu – isikolo silumkisa ngokuchasene nongcoliseko lwengqondo ethe saa kwaye silumkisa abafundi ukuba balahle iingcinga ezingeyomfuneko- kunye nenkolelo yokunxibelelana kwindalo iphela okunokufakwa kuyo.
IMacLaren yaqala ukushumayela umbono ongaqondakaliyo womanyano kwiyantlukwano, esichazwa sisikolo – ngokungaqondakali okuthile — njengobunye obubalulekileyo obusisiseko sokwahluka kwendalo. Uhambo unembono ethe kratya okanye engacacanga yefilosofi, enoluhlu lokufunda olucetyiswayo nolungacacanga oluquka uPlato, iUpanishads, abagqithisi baseMelika kunye nemisebenzi epheleleyo kaShakespeare. Ngamanye amagama, kukomoya njengepowusta yokukhuthaza: nako oku kuya kudlula, ubulumko bungaphakathi, njl.
Ngemfundiso edityanisiweyo kaMacLaren yefilosofi yaseMpuma kunye nobulumko baseNtshona, umbutho wajika wajonga ulutsha. Phakathi kwiminyaka yama-70, inani lee-S.E.S. Abazali beza kuMacLaren bamcela ukuba asete izikolo ezisisigxina zabantwana babo (kwakusele kukho isikolo seCawe esenzelwe abantwana ukuba bafunde ifilosofi ye-SEES). NgoJanuwari 1975, iMacLaren yaseka iSt. James Boys 'School kunye neSt. James Girls' School yabantwana abaneminyaka emi-5 ukuya kweli-7 kunye neSikolo iVedast sabafana abaneminyaka eli-10 ukuya kweli-18.
Phakathi kowe-1975 nowe-1985, izikolo zaseSt. James, njengoko zisaziwa njalo, zazinabantu abaphantse babe ngabantwana baseS.E.S. amalungu, iiklasi ezifundiswa ngabafundi bakaMacLaren. Ilizwi lombutho ofihlakeleyo wokungena kwinkqubo yemfundo yesiNgesi lafikelela kwiintatheli ezimbini e Umgangatho waseLondon ngokuhlwa , UPeter Hounam noAndrew Hogg, abapapashe uthotho lwamanqaku atyhola iS.S.S ngokuba lihlelo kwaye iphakamisa inkxalabo malunga neenjongo zezikolo. I-S.S..S., ngokwengxelo yabo, inyanzelisa ukutya okunzima, ibatshutshisa abafazi kwaye igcina amalungu ayo evaliwe kwilizwe langaphandle. Izinto ezigqityiweyo ekugqibeleni zaba yincwadi enesihloko esingacacanga Inkolo eyimfihlo , ebicingela ukuba uninzi lwe-S.E.S. imali ivela kubanini mhlaba. Umzekelo, i-S.E.S. Unikwe isiQithi seNecker kwiCaribbean lilungu laseBritane, abazizityholo zokuba bathengisele uSir Richard Branson nge- £ 124,214.
I-S.E.S. Izikolo beziphakathi kwezikolo zabucala eNgilane zokuthintela ukunkonkxa, ukugcina inkqubo yoluleko yakudala kude kube ngo-1996. Ngo-2004, abafundi baseSt. James naseSt Vedast baqalisa ibhodi yemiyalezo ukubonakalisa iinkumbulo zabo phaya, kodwa incoko zajika zabamnyama kwangoko . Kungekudala, abaninzi abafundi beza ngaphambili ngamabali aphazamisayo, afana nalawo kaMateyu, owayeye eSt.James iminyaka emithathu, eqala ngo-1975, xa wayeneminyaka eyi-8.
Uphando lwesikolo olwenziwe nguJames Townend, igqwetha ukumkanikazi, luveze, kwisithuba seenyanga ezine kudliwanondlebe nabo babesakuba ngabafundi ukusukela ngo-1975 ukuya ku-1985, ukuba abafundi bahlaselwa ngolunya ngokubethwa ebusweni okanye esiswini. , bexhonywe ngobundlobongela malunga nentloko, babe neerubber ebhodini zaphosa kubo zibangela ukwenzakala kwezinye iimeko, iibhola zeqakamba zaziphoswa kubo ngogonyamelo xa bengajonganga umphosi kwaye babethwa ngokuphela kwentambo yokuzivocavoca. Abanye abafundi bakhatywa, babethwa ngasemva, baqhwatywa ebusweni, baphoswa kwigumbi lokufundela. ISt Vedast ivaliwe ngo-1985 kwaye abafundi bayo bahlanganiswa eSt.James, esekho nanamhlanje, nangona kuphela iqhezu labafundi bengabantwana bamalungu eS.S.S Ngehlobo lowe-2005, kwangonyaka ofanayo nophando lolwaphulo-mthetho, babekwa kwindawo NgeCawa yamaXesha ‘Kwizikolo eziziisekondari ezingama-500 ezizimeleyo.
Namhlanje, iSikolo seFilosofi eSebenzayo sisebenzisa inkqubo yaso yabantwana, eyahlukileyo engenzi nzuzo, iSikolo seFilosofi yeSikolo, ikwase-12 East 79th Street. Yavulwa ngo-1994. Inqununu ukusukela ngo-2004 nguWilliam Fox, ilungu leSikolo sePhilosophi eSebenzayo.
UMnu Fox wayengafumaneki ukuba aphawule, kodwa uGqirha Vecchio waphendula kwizityholo zokuba i-S.E.S. kwaye amasebe awo kwihlabathi liphela alihlelo, kunye neenkxalabo malunga nokufundisa kwabo abantwana.
Ndazi uMnu MacLaren iminyaka emininzi, watsho, ebuyisela kuLeon MacLaren, owasweleka ngonyaka we-1994. Ndadibana naye xa ndandiseyintombazana eselula kakhulu kwi-20. Nabani na ukuba abize nantoni na uMnu. MacLaren uqalile ihlelo yinto ehlekisayo. Andizange ndidibane nendoda eyindoda ngakumbi kweyona ndlela inkulu yelizwi kunokuba wayenguMnu. MacLaren. Ndikhumbula ngokubonakalayo ndadibana noMnu MacLaren okokuqala kwaye ndimane ndibethwa ngumoya ngumntu nje owayenoluhlobo lwesidalwa njengomntu awayenaso.
Ngokusebenzisa iS.S.S. ibhodi yemiyalezo, Umjongi Waqhagamshelana namalungu amaninzi angaphambili. Omnye wathi umama wakhe waxelelwa ngumhlohli ukuba ahlukane notata wakhe kuba ethathe isigqibo sokusishiya isikolo. Omnye uthe isini kunye nokuzonda abantu abathandana nabantu abathandana besisini esinye (i-homophobia) kubethelelekile kumalungu aphezulu aqhuba umbutho. Uhambo yinkolo ngokweenkcazo zobungcali, utshilo. ENTSHA / SOP zichaza into engeyiyo kwinqanaba lokuba bafundisa uhlobo lobuHindu obuqhelekileyo, olwaqala lwachazwa 'njengefilosofi esebenzayo.' Ndingazishwankathela iimvakalelo zam ngoku njengoko iminyaka emininzi ichithelwa ngabantu abangenalwazi ngokomoya, kwaye andingekhe ndinqwenelele impatho gadalala mna kunye Usapho lwam lwangena nakubani na.
Umjongi efunyenwe, ngelinye lala malungu akhubazekileyo, isicwangciso sesifundo seZikolo iSt. James, esithi, uGqirha Vecchio, iSikolo seFilosofi yeSuku senziwe imodeli kakhulu. Olu xwebhu lolokuqala kwimiqulu emithandathu kwaye lunamaphepha angama-60 ubude, nto leyo ebonisa unyaka wokuqala wekharityhulamu. Ngo-2003, uWilliam Fox wahlela, wapapasha waze wahambisa uxwebhu olo kwiinkokeli zesikolo. Yonke into kweli hlabathi likhulu iqala eNkosini, kuThixo, uMdali wabo bonke, isifundo siqala. Iyaqhubeka ukuthelekisa uThixo nomlingo kwaye yazise igama lesiSanskrit elithetha uThixo, eliguqulela kwiGovinda. Emva kokungeniswa kweli gama isicatshulwa sifundeka, QAPHELA: yenza abantwana ukuba balivakalise eli gama belingisa ukubiza kwakho, ukufumana isandi kunye nemilinganiselo entle kangangoko.
Emva kokuba umntwana ethembise ukuthobela uGovinda, ufundisiwe ukuba iNkosi ikhona kuye, inxenye yomphefumlo obizwa ngokuba yiAtman. Umntwana uxelelwe ukuba athule kakhulu kwaye aphinde igama elithi Atman kuye, uhlobo oluqhelekileyo lokucamngca okusekwe kwimantra. Kwiseshoni yesixhenxe yekota yokuqala, umntwana uxelelwa ukuba iminwe yakhe yeyaseGovinda. Ungawenza lomnwe? Ngaba ubunokucinga nangomnwe lowo? Ke kutheni siyibiza njalo wam umnwe? Ngumnwe wakhe, akunjalo? Masikhumbule. Zonke zezakhe. Abantwana baxelelwa kancinci ukuba bathobele intando yeNkosi ukuze bonwabe, njengoko iposta yangaphantsi ithembisa. Ukuba uthetha ubuxoki, ikwenza ube lusizi. Ukuba uthetha inyani, kuyonwabisa. Elula, akunjalo? Isebenza ngale ndlela imithetho kaGovinda: ukuba uyayaphula, uyadana; ukuba uyazigcina, uyonwaba. Kwaye ulonwabo lusasazeka kuye wonke umntu okujikelezile. Yiyo loo nto kubalulekile ukuba uthobele ukuthanda kweNkosi. Yenza wonke umntu onwabe.
Ukufumanisa ukuba luhlobo luni lwabantu abaphendula kwizibhengezo zikaloliwe ongaphantsi komhlaba-isikolo esamkelweyo ukuba sihlawula ngaphezulu kwento esinokuyihlawula ngokwenyani- Umjongi ubhalisele ikhosi yokungena kwinqanaba leeveki ezili-10 elibizwa ngokuba yiPhilosophy Works. Kuyathembisa, ngolwimi olungaqinisekiyo-kodwa olungacacanga, ukuphendula imibuzo enobunzima yobukho – Kutheni ndilapha? kunye nezinto ezinjalo. Konke oku, iiyure ezimbini ezinesiqingatha ngeveki kunye ne- $ 90.
Ngaba ucinga ukuba ifilosofi iya kuba yintengiso? u-squawked instructor uMary Bosworth, ebhekisa kubukho obunamandla beklasi. Kudala ndiyifunda kule minyaka ili-18 idlulileyo, utshilo uNkskz Bosworth. Utitshala wezembali kwisikolo esiphakathi okwiminyaka engama-40, wayenxibe isiketi esipinki esishwabeneyo phantsi kweblazer epinki eshwabeneyo, zombini ezazincamathele emzimbeni wakhe kwezinye iindawo zaza zabhabha kwezinye. Ukhe weva ngoSocrates, isithandi sobulumko esikhulu samaGrike? UNkosazana Bosworth uqhubeke. Wayemkhulu ngokwenene kwimibuzo. Uthe ubomi obungachazwanga abufanelanga ukubuphila. Isiteyitimenti esihle, kodwa xa ucinga ngaso, yinyani. Ke, ewe, kufuneka sibuze. Ifilosofi iyaphendula ukuba iyintoni intsingiselo yobomi.
Igumbi lalinomxube weentlanga kwaye kwahlulwa ngokulinganayo phakathi kwamadoda nabafazi. Uninzi lwaluku-40 kwaye linxibe iimpahla zomsebenzi ezimdaka. Embindini wegumbi, bekukho uphawu olukhulu olumhlophe ngesicatshulwa esivela kuHenry David Thoreau UWalden : Ukuba sisithandi sobulumko ayisiyiyo nje ukuba neengcinga ezifihlakeleyo, okanye nokufumana isikolo, kodwa ke ukuthanda ubulumko ukuze uphile ngokwemiyalelo yayo, ubomi obulula, ukuzimela, ubukhulu kunye nokuzithemba. Kukusombulula ezinye zeengxaki zobomi, hayi kuphela ithiyori, kodwa ngokusebenza. Igumbi lalingenayo iwotshi.
UNkosazana Bosworth wajonga phantsi amanqaku akhe. Ngoku, izinto zam zithi, 'Vuyisana nabantu ngokuza kufunda esona sifundo sibalulekileyo emhlabeni,' utshilo uNksk. Bosworth. Siyavuyisana nawe! Siyavuyisana nawe! Kwakukho abanye abaqhwabe izandla. Esi sesona sifundo sibaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni.
UNkosazana Bosworth ubuze iklasi ukuba kutheni belapho.
Kule minyaka ili-16 idlulileyo, elinye ibhinqa lanikela, bendigxile kunyana wam. Ngoku ulungiselela ukuya ekholejini, kwaye ndenza ntoni? Njengomzali ongenaqabane, uhlala emsebenzini ukuze uqiniseke ukuba uyabonelela, kwaye awunaxesha lakho. Ke, uhlobo oluthile lolwalathiso.
Indoda ene-freder eyomeleleyo kunye no-B. wathi, Injongo.
Injongo kwi?
Injongo ebomini. Inqanaba eliphezulu lokuqonda kubukho bam.
Kuyathakazelisa, uphendule uNksk. Bosworth. Ifilosofi iyaphendula ukuba leliphi inyathelo lam kwaye iyintoni intsingiselo yobomi. Kutheni ulapha nje?
Ukuze ufunde indlela yokuphila kwakhona, omnye umfazi wathi kakhulu. Siyalibala. Kufana xa singabantwana, kufana nokuba kufuneka sifunde kwakhona kwakhona indlela yokuphefumla, indlela yokuphila. Andazi ukuba ndiphile kanjani.
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