D.T. Suzuki: Zen budizam i psihoanaliza

Šta, dakle, znači biti umetnik življenja?

Koliko znamo, svaki umetnik mora se poslužiti ovim ili onim instrumentom da bi se izrazio, da bi u ovom ili onom vidu ispoljio svoju kreativnost. Vajaru je neophodan kamen ili drvo ili glina, dleto ili kakav drugi alat da bi svoje zamisli preneo na materijal. Umetnik življenja nema potrebe išta da traži van sebe.

Sav materijal, sve alatke, svu potrebnu tehničku veštinu on poseduje još od časa svog rođenja, a možda još i pre no što su ga roditelji rodili. Možda ćete uzviknuti: to je neobično, čudnovato. Ali kad o tome malo razmislite, siguran sam da ćete shvatiti šta hoću da kažem.

Ako ne razumete, biću eksplicitniji i reći ću vam ovo: telo, fizičko telo, koje svi imamo, taj je materijal što odgovara slikarevom platnu, vajarevom drvetu, kamenu ili glini; muzičarevoj violini ili flauti, pevačevim glasnim žicama. I sve je deo tela — ruke, noge, trup, glava, utroba, živci, ćelije, misli, osećanja, čula — zapravo sve što sačinjava celovitu ličnost — ujedno je materijal u kome i instrument kojim čovek svoj stvaralački genije uobličava u ophođenje, ponašanje, u sve vidove delanja, zapravo — u sam život, život takvog čoveka odražava svaku sliku koju on stvara iz neiscrpnog izvora nesvesnog. Svaki čin takvog čoveka izražava originalnost, kreativnost, njegovu živu ličnost.

U njemu nema konvencionalnosti, konformizma, motiva koji bi ga sputavali. Ide kud mu je volja. Ponaša se kao vetar koji duva gde zaželi. Njegovo ja nije zatočeno u krnje, ograničeno, sputano, egocentrično životarenje. On je izašao iz te tamnice. Jedan od velikih učitelja zena iz doba Tanga (T’ang) kaže: »Gde god se našao, čovek koji je ovladao sobom, ponašaće se kako mu dolikuje.« Takvog čoveka nazivam istinskim urnetnikom življenja.

Njegovo ja dodirnulo je nesvesnost, izvor neograničenih mogućnosti. Njegov um je ne-um. Sv. Avgustin veli: »Ljubi Boga pa čini što ti drago.« Ovo se poklapa sa pesmom Bunana (Bunan), učitelja zena iz sedamnaestog veka:

Za života Budi mrtvac, 
Mrtav mrtvijat. 
I čini što god hoćeš, 
Sve dobro biće.



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