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Ukungesabi, ukwethembeka, ukuzinikela ekuzinikelweni, ukupha, ukuzithiba, ukuzinikela, nokuzibonga, ukutadisha, ukuphikisana nokuthembeka; ukungabi nabungozi, ukuthembeka, nokukhululeka ekuthukutheleni, ukuyeka emsebenzini, ukulingana, nokukhuluma ngamaphutha abanye, ububele bendawo yonke, ukuthobeka nokuthobeka; ukubekezela, amandla, ubuqili, nokucabangela, ukuqonda, isithunzi, ukungabi nhlobo, nokuzikhukhumeza-lezi yizimpawu zakhe ezinamakhono afana noNkulunkulu, Ndodana kaBharata.

-Bhagavad-Gita. ch. xvi.

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NGOSUKU lwamashumi amabili nanye lukaZibandlela, ilanga, izinsuku zalo ezilokhu ziba mfushane kusukela ngosuku lwamashumi amabili nanye lukaJuni, liqala i-solstice yasebusika, kuphawu lwe-capricorn, uphawu lweshumi lwe-zodiac. Izinsuku ezintathu ezalandela zazinikelwe abantu basendulo emicikilishweni yenkolo. Phakathi kwamabili zingamashumi amabili nane, okuwukuqala kwezingamashumi amabili nanhlanu, njengomlaza owaziwa ngokuthi iNcasakazi YaseZulwini noma iNcasakazi, uphawu lwesithupha lomkhathi wezulu, laphakama ngaphezu komkhathizwe, bacula izingoma zokudumisa kwase kuba ngaleso sikhathi. wamemezela ukuthi uNkulunkulu woSuku wazalwa; ukuthi uzoba nguMsindisi wezwe ebumnyameni, osizini nasekufeni. Mhla zingama-XNUMX kuZibandlela, amaRoma ayeba nomkhosi wenjabulo—umkhosi wawo welanga—ukuhlonipha ukuzalwa kukaNkulunkulu woSuku, futhi imidlalo yasesekisini yaqala phakathi kwenjabulo enkulu.

Lo Nkulunkulu weSuku, uMsindisi wezwe, wayengumntwana u-Isis ogama lakhe elibizwa ngokuthi ngumama kulokho okubhalwe ethempelini leSaïs elathi- "Isithelo engizange ngilubane yiLanga." Le nkathi (uKhisimusi -tide) yayigubha hhayi kuphela ngamaRoma, kodwa ngabadala bezinye izikhathi, lapho kuthiwa uM Virgin-Nature-Isis-Maya-Mare-Mary kuthiwa ubelethe ilanga lokulunga, uNkulunkulu weSuku, uMsindisi wezwe.

Indawo yokuzalwa ichazwa ngokuhlukile ngabantu abahlukahlukene. AbaseGibithe bakhuluma ngakho njengomhume noma isikhwama, amaPheresiya athi kwakuyi-grotto, amaKhristu athiwa ngumkhombi. Kodwa kuzo zonke izimfihlakalo, umqondo walowo nalowo wawugcinwe, ngoba wawuvela endlini engcwele noma emhumeni omkhulu owaqala ukuzalwa, futhi kwakuwumsebenzi wakhe ukuphuma ezweni ukuze ashumayele futhi ukufundisa nokukhanya kweqiniso okwakukuye ukududuza ukukhathazeka nokucindezeleka; ukuphulukisa abagulayo nokukhubazeka, nokusindisa abantu ebumnyameni bokungazi ukufa.

Ebambe kakhulu kwezohwebo, ukufundiswa kwezemfundo, nokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo emhlabeni jikelele kuveza lezi zinkolelo zasendulo.

Ilanga liwuphawu lukaKristu, ophakathi, oMoya ongabonakaliyo ongabonakaliyo, ongowakho emzimbeni ukuwugcina ekususweni nasekufeni. Amaplanethi yizona zimiso eziba khona ukubonakala komzimba obonakalayo njengendawo yonke yomzimba, kanti lo mzimba womzimba noma indawo yonke izogcina iLanga Lomoya lizokwenza ukuba khona kwayo kuzwe. Ngakho-ke, izenzakalo zelanga zazikhombisa izikhathi nezikhathi lapho lesi simiso sikaKristu sasingazibonakalisa kahle ekuqapheliseni komuntu; futhi inkathi yeKhisimusi yayiyingxenye yezikhathi ezibalulekile lapho imikhosi engcwele yenziwa eMfihlakalo.

Akekho oye wanikela ngale ndaba noma yimuphi umqondo ongahluleka ukubona ukuthi indaba yokuzalwa kukaJesu, uZoroaster, uBuddha, Krishna, Horus, Hercules, noma yimuphi uMsindisi wezwe, iyindaba echaza futhi echazayo ohambweni lwelanga ngokusebenzisa izibonakaliso eziyishumi nambili zezinkanyezi. Njengokuhamba kwelanga, kunjalo nakuwo wonke uMsindisi: uzalwa, ushushiswa, ushumayela ivangeli lensindiso, ukwanda ngamandla namandla, ukududuza, ukuphulukisa, ukuphazamisa nokukhanyisa umhlaba, wabethelwe esiphambanweni, uyafa futhi wangcwatshwa , ukuba aphinde azalwe futhi avuswe ngamandla akhe namandla namandla enkazimulo. Ukuphika leli qiniso ukumemezela ukungazi kwethu noma ukuzitshela ukuthi asibekezelelanga futhi sihlushwa.

"Kodwa," ukhononda ngenkolo ngokukhathazeka futhi ngokwesaba, "uma kufanele ngivume ukuthi lokhu kuyiqiniso kuzosusa ithemba lami nesethembiso sokuhlengwa nokusindiswa." "Yamukela lokhu," kusho umlandeli othakazelisayo wokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo ongakwazi ukubona inhliziyo yalokho ebheka ukuthi uyisitha sakhe, futhi engacabangi ngobuhlungu abanikezayo kanye nethemba alisusa kulokho kholwa, "vumela lokhu futhi wena usho ukubhujiswa kwazo zonke izinkolo nezinkolo. Zizoqubuka futhi zinyamalale njengoba kuzokwenza insimu yeqhwa ngaphansi kwelanga elishisayo. "

Kuzo zombili, ihlelo lamahlelo kanye nezinto ezibonakalayo, siyaphendula: Kuyinto ehloniphekile kakhulu ukwamukela iqiniso nakuba kufanele kubangele izitshalo nezithombe esizakhele phakathi kokukhanya futhi zisuswe futhi zisishiye lutho, kunokuba siqhubeke sikholelwa emhlabeni webumnyama obhekene nezilo ezingabonakali. Kodwa isigaba esithile seqiniso sichazwe ngumfundisi nenkolelo yokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo. Nokho, yilowo nalowo uyingozi; ngamunye ucabanga ukuthi umthwalo wakhe unomkhawulo ukuze akhombise enye iphutha lakhe futhi amguqule enkolelweni yakhe. Kunesizathu sokubambisana nabo. Uma ngamunye eyozibeka endaweni yomunye, uzothola ukuthi lokho akushoyo ukugcwalisa ukholo lwakhe, omunye unakho.

UmKristu akudingeki wesabe ukuthi uzolahlekelwa yinkolo yakhe uma evuma amaqiniso. Owezinto ezibonakalayo akudingeki asabe ukuthi uzolahlekelwa amaqiniso akhe uma elamukela inkolo. Akukho okufanelekile ukugcina kungalahlekelwa yilowo ofuna ngempela iqiniso. Futhi uma kuyiqiniso ngempela into yokufunwa yendoda yenkolo nomuntu wamaqiniso, yini engase isuse kwenye?

Uma inkolo iyakwamukela amaqiniso abanzi abandayo obumnyama, izonakalisa izulu lakhe namasango alo amatshe azungeze izithombe aziphethe lapho, ziqede ukuzithokozisa okufana nefu lokuzikhandla kwakhe, futhi zizolehlisa umoya onosizi esihogweni, umlilo ovuthayo lezo zitha ezingafuni ukwamukela ukholo lwakhe futhi zilandele izimfundiso ayezikholelwa. Ngemva kokususa izinto ezingezona ezingokoqobo, uzothola ukuthi emva kokushiswa kwezithombe nemfucuza, kushiywe khona okuphilayo okungenakuchazwa ngomculo we-chisel noma ibhulashi.

Uma umuntu othanda izinto ezibonakalayo ezozibeka esikhundleni somuntu wenkolo eqotho, uyothola ukuthi ngaphakathi kuye kuphuma amandla, ukukhanya, umlilo, okwenza akwazi ukuthwala imithwalo yemfanelo, enze imisebenzi yakhe, akhuthaze umshini wemvelo. kanye nokuqonda izimiso lomshini osebenza ngazo, ukuze ashise ubandlululo nokuzidla kwamaqiniso akhe abandayo, aqinile, futhi awaguqule abe yizingubo zokubonakaliswa nofakazi beqiniso lomoya ophila phakade.

Ukuvuma ukuthi impilo kaKristu iyimpinda yohambo lwelanga, akusho ukuthi isidingo samaKhristu sibe isazi sezinkanyezi nje kuphela, sibheke uKristu wakhe futhi sibe isihlubuki. Futhi akukho umKristu noma ukholwa kunoma iyiphi enye inkolo onelungelo lokungena emakethe ngokusindiswa kwemiphefumulo, ukwakha ukuthembela nokwakheka kwecebo lakhe lenkolo futhi azame ukukhipha insindiso ezweni elilambile ngokuliphoqa ukuthenga izinto zakhe.

Gwema izithiyo! Hamba nazo zonke izinkolelo ezizovala ukukhanya kwendawo yonke! Wonke umhlaba ugeza ngokukhanya kwelanga elilodwa, futhi izingane zakhe zihlanganyela ngokukhanya okukhulu ngangokunokwenzeka. Akekho uhlanga noma abantu abangakwazi ukubeka lokhu kukhanya. Bonke bayaqaphela ukuthi ilanga lifanayo kubo bonke. Kodwa ilanga libonakala ngamehlo angokwenyama kuphela. Ivuselela umzimba womzimba futhi ifaka ukuphila kuzo zonke izinto eziphilayo.

Kunesinye, i-Sun engabonakali, ilanga lethu lingumfanekiso. Akekho umuntu ongabheka i-Sun engabonakali futhi aqhubeke efa. Ngalokhu ukukhanya kwezinto ezibonakalayo kudluliselwa ekuqaphelweni kokomoya. Lo nguKristu osindisa ekungazini nasekufeni, lowo ovuma ngokuyinhloko futhi ekugcineni uyakwazi ukukhanya.

Abantu manje bakhanyiswa ngokwanele kwisayensi yezinkanyezi ukuze bazi ukuthi ilanga lenza amahhovisi alo hhayi ngemiphi imihlatshelo nemithandazo okungenziwa yihlanga olungenalutho noma olungenalwazi, kodwa ngokulalela umthetho we-cosmic. Ngokwalo mthetho zonke ezinye izidumbu ezisemkhathini zisebenza ngokuvumelana. Othisha abavela ngezikhathi ezithile emhlabeni bavele beyizinceku zalo mthetho ezingaphezu kokuqondisisa kwengqondo ephelele.

Iqiniso nje lokuthi sizalelwa emndenini wekholo lobuKristu asinikezi ilungelo lokuzibiza ngokuthi ngamaKristu. Futhi asinakho ukuzibusa noma ilungelo noma ilungelo elikhethekile kuKristu. Sinelungelo lokuzikhulumela thina njengamaKristu kuphela lapho umoya kaKristu, okuyisisekelo sikaKristu, uqobo uqobo lukusho ngathi emcabangweni nasenkulumweni nasenzweni. Iyazibiza, ayikumemezeli. Siyazi ukuthi akusiyo izinzwa, kodwa siyayibona, siyizwe futhi siyithinte, ngoba ithola, ifaka futhi igcina zonke izinto. Kuyinto eseduze njengokude. Isekela futhi iphakamisa futhi uma sisekujuleni kukhona ukusiphakamisa. Awukwazi ukuchazwa okwamanje kubonakala kuzo zonke izingqondo nezenzo ezinhle. Kuyinto yokholo lwabaqine, uthando lozwela, nokuthula kwabahlakaniphileyo. Umoya wokuthethelela, ukugqugquzela kuzo zonke izenzo zokungazibugovu, isihe nobulungisa, futhi kuzo zonke izidalwa kuhlakaniphile, ukuhlanganisa iMigomo.

Njengoba zonke izinto emhlabeni wonke zisebenza ngokuvumelana futhi ngokuvumelana nomthetho ovamile, ngakho-ke izimpilo esizihola zihlela ukuphela. Uma singalahlekelwa isimiso esiyinhloko, izinto ezibonakalayo zibonakala sengathi zonke zibonakala zididekile. Kodwa ngokubuyela esimisweni esiyiqonda imiphumela.

Asikho, njengoba sifisa, sihlala ezweni leqiniso. Silele ezweni lezimthunzi. Ukulala kwethu manje kuyamangala noma kuphazamiseke ngenye iphupho noma ubusuku obubangelwa ukushintsha izithunzi. Kodwa umphefumulo awukwazi ukulala njalo. Kufanele kube nokuvusa ezweni lemithunzi. Ngezinye izikhathi isithunywa sifikile, futhi sinomthelela omkhulu, sisenza siphapheme futhi sihlanganyele emsebenzini wethu wangempela wokuphila. Umphefumulo ovusiwe kanjalo ungase uvele futhi ufeze imisebenzi yawo noma, ngokuthayelwa ngopelo wamaphupho, ungabuyela ezweni lamanzi futhi ulala. Iqhubeka nokuphupha. Kodwa amaphupho alo azophazanyiswa ngesikhumbuzo sokuvuswa kwaso kuze kube yilapho izithunzi zizolungisa ukuba ziphoqe endaweni yayo, bese-ke, ngokubuhlungu nokuthuthumela kuyoqala umsebenzi wayo. Umsebenzi owenziwe ngokweqile ngumsebenzi wezisebenzi futhi uphuphuthekisa umphefumulo ezifundweni ezifundiswayo. Umsebenzi owenziwe ngokuzithandela ngumsebenzi wothando futhi wembula kumenzi weqiniso iqiniso lesifundo esikulethayo.

Wonke umuntu ungumthunywa, indodana ye-Invisible Sun, uMsindisi wezwe osebenza ngaye umthetho kaKristu, ngendlela aqonda ngayo futhi aqonde impilo ehlala njalo ngaphakathi. Kusukela komuntu owaziyo lo Mqondo singaba nesipho sangempela sikaKhisimusi uma yilokho esikufunayo. Ukuphila kukaKhisimusi kungumnyango obangela impilo engapheli. Lobukhona bungase bufike ngenkathi sisesehlathini. Kuzovusa umuntu olele ephusheni lakhe futhi amenze angabi nokwesaba izithunzi ezizungezile. Ukwazi izithunzi zokuba izithunzi akesabi lapho zibonakala zikhungathekile futhi ziphazamise.