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Vol. 21 APRIL 1915 Cha 1

I-Copyright 1915 ka-HW PERCIVAL

IZINHLOBO EZINGAPHAMBI ABANTU

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IZIPOKI ezingakaze zibe abantu yigama elisetshenziswa lapha—lapho kungashiwongo ngenye indlela—kwezinye izipoki ezingaphakathi kwendilinga yomhlaba, ezingamaqembu amathathu aphansi omlilo, umoya, amanzi, nezipoki zomhlaba, eziqanjwe ngokuthi izimbangela, ingosi, kanye namaqembu asemthethweni, noma eqenjini lezingelosi eliphezulu lalezi zigaba ezine, futhi yiziphi izipoki ezingathatha isimo esifana nomuntu ngokuphelele noma kwezinye izici.

Imvelo yezipoki ezingakaze zibe ngamadoda izoqondwa uma umuntu ehlukanisa kuyena umzimba wakhe wenyama nomzimba wakhe wezinkanyezi, kanye nempilo yakhe, kanye nomoya wakhe.

I-elementi ngayinye iqukethe ingxenye yemvelo yazo zonke ezinye izakhi ezintathu, kodwa imvelo ye-elementi yayo yiyona ehamba phambili. Izinto eziyisisekelo zinekhono lokubonakala noma elingabonakali, futhi lizwakale noma lingezwakali, futhi linikeze ubufakazi bokuba khona kwazo ngephunga elithile. Lapho izinzwa eyodwa noma ezimbalwa zikhangwa, khona-ke kukhona ubufakazi bokuthi into eyisisekelo ifisa ukunakwa noma ukuxhumana.

Ama-Elemental aphila emhlabeni wawo; lezi kubo zingokoqobo njengezwe lomuntu kuye. Kukhona ukuhlukana okukhulu okukabili phakathi kwama-elemental. Isigaba sokuqala sisebenza ngokwemvelo futhi ngokohlelo olufanele lwendilinga. Lolu hlobo alungcoliswa umuntu. Isohlangothini olungabonisiwe lwendilinga yomhlaba. Umugqa wokuhlukanisa uhamba kuzo zonke izigaba ezine eziyisisekelo zomlilo, umoya, amanzi, nomhlaba, ukuze izingxenye zazo zonke izigaba ezine zikulesi sigaba sokuqala.

Izinhlobo zokuqala, ezingangcolisiwe futhi zemvelo, azifuni ukuxhumana nazo futhi azizazisi kumuntu. Lolu hlobo lumelela izingxenye ezihlukene zomuntu—umlilo, umoya, amanzi,—ngaphambi kokuba abunjwe futhi aguquke abe umuntu onengqondo. Lolu hlobo lokuqala lwezigaba ezine lwenza umthetho; bayizinceku zomthetho. Ngezinye izikhathi kukhulunywa ngabo njengezingelosi noma izikhonzi zikaNkulunkulu. Babonakala bazi ngaphezu kwanoma yimuphi umuntu. Babonakala benokuhlakanipha okukhulu, futhi bebengakwazi, ukube bekungenzeka, ukuxhumana nomuntu mayelana nemithetho kanye nemvelo yomhlaba kanye nokuguqulwa kwawo, okungaba izambulo ezingale kokukhulelwa kwakhe izimangaliso. Nokho lezi zidalwa ezihlanzekile azinandaba. Ukuhlakanipha kwabo, ukuhlakanipha kwabo—lokhu kuyimfihlo—akukona okwabo. I-Intelligence ye-sphere. Basabela kuyo futhi bayavumelana nayo, ngoba akukho kubo ukuphazamiseka nokuzimela kwengqondo yomuntu ngamunye. Lezi akuzona izingelosi ezihlubukayo; bayizingelosi ezinhle zezinkolo namasiko. Bayoba amadoda ngesinye isikhathi; khona-ke bayoyeka ukuba yizingelosi ezinhle. Lezi, uhlobo lokuqala, ziyiziqalo ohlangothini olungabonisiwe lomkhakha womhlaba.

Okunye ukuhlukana kuqukethe amaqembu amathathu, futhi wonke asohlangothini olubonakaliswayo lwendilinga yomhlaba.

Isigaba sokuqala, lezo eziyizipoki ezingabonakali, ziyobizwa lapha ngokuthi iziyalo eziphezulu; amaqembu amathathu esigaba sesibili, ohlangothini olubonisiwe lwendilinga yomhlaba, azobizwa ngokuthi ama-elemental aphansi. Izinto eziphansi zenza umthetho osebenzayo kanye nohulumeni womhlaba wemvelo wemvelo. Uhulumeni womhlaba wemvelo wemvelo ulandela uhlelo oluhle. Lolo hlelo luvezwa—kodwa alucatshangelwa—ngama-elementi aphezulu. Isu neziqondiso zinikezwa ubuhlakani, Ubuhlakani bomkhakha womhlaba. Izinto ezingenhla zilandela uhlelo bese zidlulisela emaqenjini amathathu ezinto eziphansi ukuze zifezeke emhlabeni wemvelo wemvelo. Kodwa icebo alilandelwa ncamashi ekwenziweni kwalo. Icebo livame ukuhoxiswa, ngenxa yelungelo lomuntu lokusebenzisa ingqondo yakhe, eliphazamisa futhi enze ngokuzimele kunoma yiluphi uhlelo olunikezwe umthetho. (Bheka ngezansi ngaphansi kwe-Relations to Man).

Zonke izinto zemvelo zilethwa yizisekelo eziphansi zamaqembu amathathu, iqembu ngalinye linezisekelo zezigaba ezine: umlilo, umoya, amanzi, nomhlaba. Lezi zigigaba zihlanganisa yonke into kusukela ekuqhekekeni kwekristalu yewashi ngokuwa, ukuhluma nokukhula kwamakhambi nemizimba yabantu, ukubhidlika nokucekelwa phansi kwezwekazi kanye nomhlaba obonakalayo ngokwawo. Zonke izigigaba zemvelo zikhiqizwa yilokho kumuntu okwaziwa njengesenzo somlilo nomoya namanzi nomhlaba; kodwa lokho kuye okwaziwa ngokuthi umlilo, umoya, amanzi, nomhlaba kumane kumane kufanekisela umlilo ongaziwa, umoya, amanzi, nomhlaba.

Uhulumeni wezinto eziphakeme, lawo ayingxenye yomhlaba engabonakali, unguhulumeni olungele izidalwa zasemhlabeni. Ukuphatha nokuhlelwa kwezindaba kuleyo ngxenye yomkhakha kunobulungiswa futhi kuyavumelana. Uwuhulumeni ofanelekayo isintu esiyowukhetha lapho isintu sesikhule ngokwanele. Ukuthi uhulumeni uyini ngeke kwaziwe kuze kube yilapho umuntu esondela ekuvuthweni kwakhe futhi uzomkhetha ngobuhlakani. Uma uhulumeni waziwa ngaphambi kokuba umuntu alungele, khona-ke kuhlale kunengozi yokuthi abanye osopolitiki abazifunela bona kanye nosomabhizinisi bazo, ngohlelo lwezenkolo, bazame ukusebenzisa ezindabeni zenyama ukuze kuzuze bona, izinhlobo zikahulumeni ezingase zisebenze. thola ngokufanelekile kuphela lapho izigaba zempilo nezingokwenkolo zisebenza ngokuvumelana, futhi ngaphandle kokuzama ukubusa omunye. Impilo yezinto eziyisisekelo ukukhulekela nokukhonza. Abukho ubugovu kubo. Ayikho into engaba nobugovu ngayo, njengoba bengenayo imiqondo yomuntu ngamunye. Lezi zipoki zingezezigaba ezilawula imithetho eyenziwa emhlabeni wenyama. Lezi zipoki ziletha isiphetho sezizwe nabantu ngabanye, ngokomthetho. Konke akwenziwa ngomqondo webhizinisi, njengoba amadoda eqonda ibhizinisi kanye nohulumeni, noma ukuze kuzuze izikhulu, kodwa kwenziwa ngomoya wokuhlonipha, nangenxa yokuthi i-Intelligence of the sphere ithanda lokho, njengomthetho. Ukukhulekela kanye nenkonzo iyinothi eliyinhloko lempilo yezinto eziyisisekelo. Ukuthi izwe labo elinjani kubo ngeke kuqondwe kalula ngabantu. Uma abantu bengabona kulowo mhlaba bebengeke baqonde ukuthi ama-elemental azizwa kanjani ngalo mhlaba. Kumuntu, esimweni sakhe samanje, umhlaba wabo awuphatheki njengomcabango wakhe. Kubo uwukuphela kwezwe langempela nelihlala njalo. Kubo, umhlaba wethu wenyama ushintshashintsha njalo.

Lapho zibonakala kubantu, njengoba zivela ngezikhathi ezithile, zibonakala njengezinyoka ezinomlilo, njengamasondo avuthayo, njengezinsika zokukhanya, noma esimweni somuntu, ezinamaphiko noma ezingenazo. Isizathu salokhu kubukeka kumuntu njengoba ezibona, ukuthi lezi zidalwa eziyisisekelo kumele zibonakale ngendlela angakwazi ukuzibona ngayo, kodwa nokho lezi zipoki kufanele zikugcine ngendlela lokho okuyinkomba yezikhundla zazo. Bathatha emkhathini lapho umuntu ababona khona lokho okudingekayo ekubukekeni kwabo. I-elementi ngayinye ephezulu izungezwe i-aura. I-aura ayivamisile ukubonwa ngumuntu lapho okuyisisekelo kuvela. Izakhi zokubukeka okungezona ezomuntu azibonwa kaningi njengalezo ezisesimweni somuntu. Lapho bebonakala besesimweni somuntu, baye babizwa ngokuthi izingelosi noma izithunywa zaphezulu, noma ngokwezinye izilimi okusho okufanayo. Amaphiko ezifika ngawo awawona amaphiko, kodwa uhlobo lwe-aura yazo. Ukuphila kwabo okunenjabulo ngaphandle kokuzikhethela, bekungaba ubuwula kakhulu kumuntu onengqondo, hhayi yedwa ngoba enengqondo kodwa ngenxa yokuthi akakwazi ukwazisa isimo sabo. Lezi zipoki ziyizidalwa ezinkulu zamandla nobukhazikhazi, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ziyizidalwa ezingenangqondo lapho Intelligence yendawo isebenza khona.

Ama-elemental aphansi noma izipoki zemvelo zingamaqembu amathathu, iqembu ngalinye ngelezigaba ezine: umlilo, umoya, amanzi, nomhlaba. Lezi zipoki zonke ziyingxenye ebonakalisiwe yendilinga yomhlaba. La maqembu amathathu azobizwa lapha: iqembu lokuqala izisekelo eziyimbangela, ezendalo kanye nokwenza zonke izinto zibe khona; iqembu lesibili, i-portal elementals, inyakazisa izinto emvelweni nokugcina imvelo isesimweni sokujikeleza njalo; kanye neqembu lesithathu, ama-elementi asemthethweni, ahlanganisa izinto njengoba zinjalo. Ngalezi zincazelo eminye yemisebenzi yabo ikhonjiswa.

I-elemential eyimbangela yizona zimbangela ezisheshayo zokuhluma kwezitshalo nokukhulelwa ezilwaneni nakubantu. Isibonelo, isici somlilo lapha umoya osebenzayo wesidalwa esisha; iyinhlansi ebalulekile ku-nucleolus esitokisini. Ukucekelwa phansi kwemizimba yenyama kanye nokuba khona kwayo kungenxa yesenzo sezinto eziyisisekelo zaleli qembu lokuqala. Kunokwehlukahlukana okukhulu phakathi kwalezi zisekelo eziyimbangela, ezibhekwa kusukela kulokho okuwumbono womuntu ngombono wokuziphatha. Ukweqisa kugqame kakhulu kuleli qembu kunakwelinye lamanye amaqembu amabili. Okuphakeme kakhulu kwalezi zinto eziyimbangela kukhuthaza indoda ukuba ibe nempilo enhle; okuphansi kumqhubezela ezenzweni ezimbi. Ziyizimbangela zayo yonke imililo kanye nakho konke ukusha ngaphandle komlilo. Baletha izinguquko zamakhemikhali. Ziyimikhuhlane, kanye nokuphulukiswa kwemikhuhlane. Ziwumbani, ukushisa ezilwaneni nasezitshalweni, ukukhanya kwempethu nokhanyikhanyi, ukubenyezela kwelanga nokugqwala nokugqwala kwensimbi, ukubola kwezinkuni, ukuphahlazeka kwamatshe abe uthuli, nokubola nokubola. ukufa kwayo yonke imizimba, kanye nokulethwa kwendaba kulezi zinhlobo ezintsha.

Izakhi eziyimbangela zenza into ibe khona, ingosi igcina ukujikeleza kwezakhi ezakhiwe ngazo, kanti eyesithathu, ehlelekile, ibamba into ngendlela njengomuntu ngamunye, kungaba ichromosome noma umkhomo. Kungenxa yala maqembu amathathu ama-elemental, ngalinye lezigaba ezine zomlilo, umoya, amanzi, nomhlaba, leyo mvelo injengoba injalo.

Ngeke kube khona noma iyiphi isayensi yemvelo yeqiniso kuze kube yilapho kuqashelwa ukuba khona kwalezi zipoki futhi nokuba khona kwazo kanye nesenzo kuzo zonke izinqubo zomzimba kufundwa. Zonke izinqubo zemvelo ziwukusebenza kwalezi zipoki. Ngaphandle kwazo akukho okungangena emvelweni wenyama; futhi akukho lutho olubonakalayo olungagcinwa noma lushintshwe ngaphandle kwazo.

Lezi zintathu zibalulekile kuzo zonke izinto ezibonakalayo. Ukube bekungengenxa ye-causal kanye nezipoki ze-portal, umhlaba ubuyohlala unjengoba unjalo; kwakungekho muntu owayenganyakaza; zonke izidalwa zazizoma, zinganyakazi; alikho iqabunga elalinganyakaza, likhule, libole; akekho owayekwazi ukukhuluma, ukunyakaza, noma ukufa; akukho-mafu, kungekho mimoya, namanzi, okwakunganyakaza; akukho okwakuzoshintsha. Ukube bekune-causal kanye nengosi kuphela bekuzoba nenqwaba eguquguqukayo, eguqukayo, evunguzayo, ehlakazekayo, futhi akukho okunye esikhundleni salo mhlaba wenyama.

Ubuningi besici kufanele buhlukaniswe nezidalwa noma izipoki zesici, ngokufanayo njengoba kwenziwa umehluko phakathi komhlaba wethu kanye nezidalwa ezibonakalayo kuwo. Njengoba umhlaba obonakalayo ungena kumthethosisekelo wezidalwa ezihlukene zomhlaba, kanjalo nengxenye ngayinye ingena kumthethosisekelo wezinto eziyisisekelo njengezidalwa ezikuwo, ezihlukene nesici. Kodwa-ke, unkulunkulu noma i-elementi eyeqile yento ngayinye kwezine iyingxenye yokuqala kanye nayo yonke into.

Lawa maqembu amathathu we-causal, portal, kanye ne-formal elementals, abuswa ama-elementals aphezulu ohlangothini olungabonisiwe lomkhakha womhlaba. Bayayazi imithetho okufanele bayilalele. Bayazi ngokwemvelo ukuthi benzeni. Benza impendulo yemvelo. Ayikho inkambo ende yokufundisa edingekayo. Kunomehluko ekuthuthukisweni nasekuqeqesheni, futhi, ngokufanele, okuthuthuke kancane kwama-elementi aphansi aqondiswa yilabo abangowabo abathuthuke kakhulu.

Endodeni engeyona i-clairvoyant, izimo zabo bonke emaqenjini amathathu aphansi, lapho ebabona njengama-elemental, babonakala bengabantu. Ezinye zalezi zisekelo zinezingxenye zomuntu futhi izingxenye hhayi ezomuntu; kodwa ezithuthuke kakhulu zohlobo ngalunye zinhle kakhulu futhi zibukeka njengonkulunkulu, njengamaqhawe ezinganekwane zasendulo, futhi zinobuhle nokuthandeka namandla okubhekiselwa konkulunkulu nonkulunkulukazi. Okukhulu kunomehluko ekubukekeni nasekuziphatheni kwabantu, izinhlobonhlobo zamafomu nezenzo zezinto zokuqala.

Lokhu osekushiwo kuzokhombisa okuthile ngokuthi umhlaba wenyama uba khona kanjani futhi ugcinwe futhi uguqulwe. Konke kwenziwa ngamaqembu amathathu aphansi ezinto zomlilo, umoya, amanzi, nomhlaba, ngaphakathi kwendawo yomhlaba. Kunzima kakhulu ukusho ngemihlaba emikhulu futhi egcwele izidalwa eziningi kakhulu kunomhlaba wenyama, futhi eziyizimo zendaba ezingafani nanoma yiziphi ezibonwa ngemizwa yomuntu. Sekubekwe okwanele ukunika amandla lowo ofisa kanjalo, ukuthi aqonde ukuthi ziyini izipoki eziyisisekelo, futhi abone incazelo yezitatimende ezilapha zobudlelwano bezipoki eziyisisekelo namadoda.

Akukhona nje kuphela ukuthi imvelo ye-inorganic kanye ne-organic ilawulwa ngezinto eziyisisekelo, kodwa isiphetho sezizwe nesabantu sifezwa ngezinto eziyisisekelo. Imisinga esemoyeni, izivunguvungu nomoya, ukuzamazama komhlaba namalangabi, izifufula zezintaba nezifufula ezigelezayo nezikhukhula ezibhubhisayo, imisinga enamandla yolwandle kanye nolwandle ngokwalo, kanye nemvula ephakela umhlaba owomile, kuyizici zokuqala. Ubuqhawe kanye nenani lamadoda, ukupheleliswa kwenhlangano nezikhali ezibhubhisayo, azikaze zinqume impi. Izinto eziyisisekelo, ezinkulu nezincane, ngaphansi koBuhlakaniphi bomkhakha obusebenza ngokubusa kweKarma umuntu ayezibekele yona, azinqobile izimpi futhi abhubhisa noma akhe impucuko.

(Kuzoqhutshwa)