Zen Habits, Learning to Sit Alone, in a Quiet Empty Room

Learning to Sit Alone, in a Quiet Empty Room Učenje sedeti sam v tihi in prazni sobi ‘All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. "Vse stiske ljudi so posledica tega, da ne morejo sami sedeti v mirni sobi.

'  ~Blaise Pascal Post written by Leo Babauta.

Think about some of the problems of our daily lives, and how many of them would be eased if we could learn to sit alone, in a quiet empty room, with contentment. Razmislite o nekaterih težavah našega vsakdanjega življenja in koliko bi jih bilo lažjih, če bi se naučili zadovoljno sedeti sami, v mirni in prazni sobi.

If you’re content to sit alone quietly, you don’t need to eat junk food, to shop on impulse, to buy the latest gadget, to be on social media to see what everyone else is talking about or doing, to compare yourself to others, to make more money to keep up with the Joneses, to achieve glory or power, to conquer other lands or wage war, to be rude or violent to others, to be selfish or greedy, to be constantly busy or productive. Če ste zadovoljni s tem, da mirno sedite, vam ni treba jesti nezdrave hrane, impulzivno nakupovati, kupovati najnovejših pripomočkov, biti na družbenih omrežjih, da bi videli, o čem vsi drugi govorijo ali kaj počnejo, se primerjati z drugimi, zaslužiti več denarja, da bi dohiteli Jonesove, doseči slavo ali moč, osvojiti druge dežele ali voditi vojne, biti grob ali nasilen do drugih, biti seben ali pohlepen, biti nenehno zaposlen ali produktiven.

You are content, and need nothing else. Zadovoljni ste in ne potrebujete ničesar več.

It solves a lot of problems. Rešuje veliko težav. Can you sit alone in an empty room?

Can you enjoy the joy of quiet? Ali lahko uživate v radosti tišine? Most of us have trouble sitting alone, quietly, doing nothing.

We have the need to do something, to check our inboxes and social media, to be productive. Potrebujemo, da nekaj naredimo, da preverimo svoje poštne predale in družabne medije, da smo produktivni. Sitting still can be difficult if you haven’t cultivated the habit. I’ve been learning.

In the morning, as my coffee is brewing, I sit. Zjutraj, ko se mi kuha kava, se usedem. Even for a few minutes, at first, it is instructive. Sprva je poučen celo za nekaj minut. You learn to listen to your thoughts, to be aware of your urges to do something else, to plan and set goals. Naučite se poslušati svoje misli, se zavedati svojih želja, da bi počeli kaj drugega, načrtovati in postavljati cilje. You learn to watch yourself, but to just sit still and not act on those urges. Naučite se opazovati sebe, a tudi mirno sedeti in ne delovati po teh željah. You learn to be content with stillness. Naučite se biti zadovoljni z mirovanjem. You learn to savor the quiet. Naučite se uživati v tišini.

It’s something most of us don’t have, quiet, and it takes some getting used to. To je nekaj, česar večina od nas nima, tiho, in na to se je treba navaditi. When we’re driving our cars or out exercising or eating or working, we have music playing or we talk with people or we have the television on. Ko vozimo avto, telovadimo, jemo ali delamo, imamo predvajano glasbo, se pogovarjamo z ljudmi ali imamo prižgano televizijo. Quiet can be amazing, though, because it helps us calm down, contemplate, slow down to savor the emptiness. Tišina je lahko neverjetna, saj nam pomaga, da se umirimo, razmislimo, upočasnimo in uživamo v praznini. An empty room, too, is a luxury. Tudi prazna soba je razkošje.

I try to empty my room of clutter, so that it’s fairly bare. Svojo sobo poskušam izprazniti nereda, tako da je dokaj gola. That leaves only me, and the room is a blank slate ready to be filled with me, my creativity, my silence. Ostajam samo jaz in soba je prazen prostor, pripravljen, da se napolni z mano, mojo ustvarjalnostjo, mojo tišino. I love a spartan room. Obožujem spartanske sobe. Being alone is another pleasure we too often neglect. Biti sam je še en užitek, ki ga prepogosto zanemarjamo.

When we are alone, we go on the Internet or TV to see what else is going on, what others are doing or saying, instead of just being alone. Ko smo sami, gremo na internet ali televizijo, da bi videli, kaj se še dogaja, kaj počnejo ali govorijo drugi, namesto da bi bili sami. This isolation is a necessary thing, that allows us to find ourselves, to learn to be content with little instead of always wanting more. Ta izolacija je nujna, saj nam omogoča, da najdemo sami sebe, da se naučimo zadovoljiti z malo, namesto da bi vedno želeli več. Can you practice being alone, being still, being quiet? Ali lahko vadite biti sami, biti mirni, biti tiho?

Just a little at first, then perhaps a bit more. Najprej le malo, nato morda malo več. Listen, watch, learn about yourself. Poslušajte, opazujte in se učite o sebi. Find contentment. Poiščite zadovoljstvo. Need nothing more. Ničesar več ne potrebujete. ----

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