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IDEMOCRACY IS SELF-GOVERNMENT

UHarold W. Percival

INGXENYE II

ISENZO

Wadalwa kanjani umhlaba? Iyini imvelo? Imvelo yavelaphi? Umhlaba, inyanga, ilanga nezinkanyezi zabekwa kanjani lapho zikhona? Ingabe ikhona injongo emvelweni? Uma kunjalo, iyini inhloso futhi igcinwa kanjani imvelo?

Umhlaba awuzange udalwe. Umhlaba kanye nendaba yezwe kuyashintsha, kodwa umhlaba, kanye nendaba umhlaba owakhiwe ngayo, awuzange udalwe; kwakuhlala kunjalo futhi kuzoqhubeka njalo.

Imvelo iwumshini owakhiwe ingqikithi yamayunithi angahlakaniphile, amayunithi aqaphela njengemisebenzi yawo kuphela. Iyunithi ingehlukaniseki futhi ayinakuncishiswa; ingaqhubeka, kodwa ingabuyeli emuva. Yonke iyunithi inendawo yayo futhi yenza umsebenzi ngokuhlobene namanye amayunithi kuwo wonke umshini wemvelo.

Umhlaba oshintshayo, inyanga, ilanga, izinkanyezi kanye nayo yonke eminye imizimba emkhathini wonke kuyizingxenye zomshini wemvelo. Azizenzanga nje, futhi azizange zibekwe lapho ngomyalo womuntu omkhulu. Ziyashintsha, ngemijikelezo, iminyaka, izinkathi, kodwa ziphila ndawonye nesikhathi, esingenaso isiqalo, futhi ziqhutshwa yi-Triune Selves ehlakaniphile, okufana nayo ekuthuthukisweni okuwukudalelwa komuntu ukuba yikho.

Konke lokho umuntu angakubona, noma akwaziyo, kuyingxenye encane yemvelo. Lokho angakubona noma akuzwayo kuwukuboniswa esibukweni esikhulu semvelo kusuka ezinhlotsheni ezimbili zamamodeli amancane: umshini wesilisa nomshini wesifazane. Futhi amakhulu ezigidi zaBasebenzi abasebenzisa le mishini yabantu, ngokwenza kanjalo, bagcina kanyekanye ukusebenza komshini omkhulu wemvelo wokushintsha, kusukela ekuweni kweqabunga kuya ekukhanyeni kwelanga.