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Isifiso siyimbangela yokuzalwa nokufa, nokufa nokufa.
Kepha emva kwezimpilo eziningi, lapho ingqondo isinqobile isifiso,
Isifiso esikhululekile, sokwazi wena uqobo, uNkulunkulu ovukile uyothi:
Ozelwe esibelethweni sakho sokufa nobumnyama, isifiso sami, ngihlanganisile
Umgcini ongafi.

-I-Zodiac.

THE

I-WORD

Vol. 2 NOVEMBER 1905 Cha 2

I-Copyright 1905 ka-HW PERCIVAL

ISIFISO

Kuwo wonke amandla lapho ingqondo yomuntu kufanele ilwe nayo, isifiso yisona esesabekayo, esidukisayo kakhulu, esiyingozi kakhulu, futhi esidingeka kakhulu.

Lapho ingqondo iqala ukwenza imizimba yokwethuka iyashiswa futhi iphendulelwa yisifiso sobudlova, kepha ngokubumbana, ukuzijabulisa kuyakhanga, kuze kube yilapho ingqondo ekugcineni ikhohliseka futhi ifahlwe ukukhohlwa yimibono yayo emnandi. Ingozi ukuthi ngokulangazelela kwengqondo ingqondo ingahle ihambisane nesifiso isikhathi eside kunokufanele, noma ikhethe ukuzichaza, bese ibuyela ebumnyameni nasenkingeni. Kuyadingeka ukuthi isifiso sinikeze ukumelana kwengqondo, ukuthi ngokubona ngokukhohlisa kwayo ingqondo izazi uqobo.

Isifiso ngamandla okulala emqondweni wendawo yonke. Ngokunyakaza kokuqala kwengqondo yendawo yonke, isifiso sivusa amandla ekusebenzeni amagciwane azo zonke izinto ezikhona. Uma kuthintwa umoya wokufisa ingqondo uvuswa esimweni sayo sangemuva futhi uzungeze futhi ufinyelele kuzo zonke izinto.

Isifiso siyimpumputhe futhi siyisithulu. Ayikwazi ukunambitha, noma ukuhogela, noma ukuthinta. Noma isifiso singenawo izinzwa, kepha sisebenzisa izinzwa ukuze sizisebenzele. Yize iyimpumputhe, ifinyelela iso, idonsele ngaphakathi futhi ifise imibala nangezinhlobo. Noma uyisithulu, ulalela futhi uphuze ngokusebenzisa izindlebe umsindo ovusa umuzwa. Ngaphandle kokunambitha, nokho iyalamba, futhi izanelise esigabeni. Ngaphandle kokuhogela, kepha ngekhala kufaka iphunga elivusa iphango.

Isifiso sikhona kuzo zonke izinto ezikhona, kepha sifika ekubonakalisweni okuphelele nangokuphelele kuphela ngesakhiwo esiphilayo sesilwane. Futhi isifiso singatholwa kuphela, silinganiswe, futhi siqondiswe ekusebenziseni okuphakeme kunesilwane ngenkathi sisesimweni sayo sendabuko emzimbeni wesilwane somuntu.

Isifiso siyisikhala esinganeliseki esidala ukufika nokuhamba kokuphefumula njalo. Isifiso siyisivunguvungu esingadonsela yonke impilo kuso. Ngaphandle kwefomu, isifiso singena futhi sidle zonke izinhlobo ngemizwa yaso ehlala ishintsha. Isifiso yingwane ejulile ezithweni zobulili; amathente ayo afinyelela emizileni yezinzwa olwandle lokuphila futhi akhonze izimfuno zawo ezingeke zaneliswa; okuvuthayo, okuvutha amalangabi, umlilo, kuvutha izinkanuko nezinkanuko, futhi kuhlanyise izinkanuko nezifiso, ngobugovu obuyimpumputhe be-vampire kudonsa amandla alo mzimba okudanjiswa ngawo ukulamba kwawo, futhi kushiye ubuntu bushile. uthuli phezu kothuli lomhlaba. Isifiso singamandla ayimpumputhe anika amandla, antengantenge futhi aminyanise, futhi siwukufa kubo bonke abangakwazi ukuhlala ebukhoneni bawo, bawuguqule babe nolwazi, futhi bawuguqule entandweni. I-Desire iyinhlangano edonsa wonke umcabango ngayo futhi iyiphoqelele ukuthi inikeze izingoma ezintsha zomdanso wemizwa, amafomu amasha nezinto ezitholakalayo, okusalungiswa okusha kanye nezimfuno zokwanelisa izinkanuko nokuthungatha ingqondo, kanye nezifiso ezintsha zokutotosa. ubuntu kanye ne-egotism yayo. Isifiso yisilokazane esikhula sisuka, sidle singene, sikhuluphale engqondweni; ingena kuzo zonke izenzo zayo ijikijele ubukhazikhazi futhi yabangela ukuba ingqondo icabange ukuthi ayihlukaniseki noma izifanise nayo.

But desire is the force which causes nature to reproduce and bring forth all things. Without desire the sexes would refuse to mate and reproduce their kind, and breath and mind could no longer incarnate; without desire all forms would lose their attractive organic force, would crumble into dust and dissipate into thin air, and life and thought would have no design in which to precipitate and crystalize and change; without desire life could not respond to breath and germinate and grow, and having no material on which to work thought would suspend its function, would cease to act and leave the mind an unreflective blank. Without desire the breath would not cause matter to manifest, the universe and stars would dissolve and return into the one primordial element, and the mind would not have discovered itself to be itself before the general dissolution.

Ingqondo inobuntu obuhlukile kepha isifiso asizange. Ingqondo nesifiso kusuka entanjeni efanayo nasekwakheni, kepha ingqondo isikhathi esisodwa sokuziphendukela kwemvelo ngaphambi kwesifiso. Ngoba isifiso sihlobene nengqondo inamandla okuheha, ukuthonya nokukhohlisa ingqondo enkolelweni yokuthi ziyefana. Ingqondo ayikwazi ukwenza ngaphandle kwesifiso, futhi ingefisi ukwenza ngaphandle komqondo. Isifiso asikwazi ukubulawa yingqondo, kepha ingqondo ingakhuphula isifiso kusuka emazingeni aphansi kuya aphezulu. Isifiso asikwazi ukuthuthuka ngaphandle kosizo lwengqondo, kepha ingqondo ayinakuzazi yona uqobo ngaphandle kokuhlolwa yisifiso. Kungumsebenzi wengqondo ukukhulisa nokwenza umuntu abe mathupha, kepha njengoba isifiso singazi lutho futhi singaboni, ukudukelwa kwaso kubamba ingqondo njengesiboshwa kuze kube yilapho ingqondo ibona ngalokho kuduka futhi iyoba namandla ngokwanele ukuba ibekezelele futhi yehlise isifiso. Ngalolu lwazi ingqondo ayiziboni nje kuphela ukuthi yehlukile futhi ngoba ikhululiwe ekungazini kwesifiso sesilwane, kodwa futhi izosungula isilwane nenqubo yokucabanga ngakho-ke iyisuse ebumnyameni bayo iye endizeni yokukhanya komuntu.

Isifiso siyisiteji sokunyakaza okuqaphelayo kwento njengoba iphefumulelwa empilweni futhi ikhula ngohlobo oluphakeme kakhulu locansi, lapho kufinyelelwa khona isifiso sokufisa. Ngomcabango ingase ihlukane futhi idlule ngale kwesilwane, isihlanganise nomphefumulo wesintu, yenze ngokuhlakanipha ngamandla entando yaphezulu futhi ekugcineni ibe Ukuqaphela Okukodwa.