“Ombula, Wena: onika uMkhathi ukudla. okuvela kubo bonke: bonke okufanele babuyele kuye; lobuso beLanga leqiniso, manje elifihlekile ngesivalo sokukhanya kwegolide, ukuze sibone IQINISO, futhi senze umsebenzi wethu wonke, ohambweni lwethu oluya esihlalweni sakho esingcwele. ”

—I-Gaiyatri.

THE

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UMLAYEZO WETHU

Lo magazini uklanyelwe ukuletha kubo bonke abangase bafunde amakhasi awo, isigijimi somphefumulo. Umyalezo uwukuthi umuntu ungaphezu kwesilwane esigqoke izingubo zendwangu—ungowaphezulu, nakuba ubunkulunkulu bakhe bufihlwe, futhi bufihlwe phakathi, ezimbotsheni zenyama. Umuntu akayona ingozi yokuzalwa noma ukudlala ngokudalelwa. Unamandla, umdali nombhubhisi wokudalelwa. Ngamandla angaphakathi, uzonqoba ubuvila, akhulise ukungazi, futhi angene endaweni yokuhlakanipha. Lapho uyozwa uthando kukho konke okuphilayo. Uyoba amandla aphakade okuhle.

Umlayezo onesibindi lokhu. Kwabanye kuzobonakala sengathi akuphumeleli kulomhlaba omatasatasa wokushintsha, ukudideka, ukuvela, ukungaqiniseki. Noma kunjalo sikholwa ukuthi iyiqiniso, futhi ngamandla eqiniso izophila.

"Akuyona into entsha," isazi sefilosofi sanamuhla singasho, "amafilosofi asendulo atshele ngalokhu." Noma ngabe ifilosofi yesikhathi esedlule kungenzeka ithini, ifilosofi yanamuhla idinise ingqondo ngokuqagela okufundile, okuqhubeka emgqeni wezinto ezibonakalayo, kuzoholela emfuleni eyinyumba. “Ukucabanga okungenamsebenzi,” kusho usosayensi wosuku lwethu lokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo, ehluleka ukubona izimbangela lapho kuvela khona ukucabanga. Isayensi inginika amaqiniso lapho engingakwazi ukwenza okuthile kulabo abaphila kulomhlaba. ”Isayensi yokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo ingakha amadlelo aluhlaza, izintaba ezilinganayo, futhi yakhe amadolobha amakhulu endaweni yamahlathi. Kepha isayensi ayikwazi ukususa imbangela yokungabi nasizi nosizi, ukugula nezifo, noma kwanelise izinkanuko zomphefumlo. Ngokuphambene, isayensi yokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo ibizoqothula umphefumulo, futhi ixazulule indawo yonke ibe yinqwaba yothuli lomhlaba. “Inkolo,” kusho isazi semfundiso yenkolo, sicabanga ngenkolelo yakhe ethile, “iletha emphefumlweni umyalezo wokuthula nenjabulo.” Izinkolo, kuze kube manje, ziye zaphazamisa ingqondo; beka umuntu alwe nomuntu empini yempilo; kwagcwala umhlaba ngegazi elachitheka emihlatshelweni yenkolo futhi lachithwa ezimpini. Uma kunikezwe indlela yayo, imfundiso yenkolo ibizokwenza abalandeli bayo, abakhonza izithombe, babeke okungapheliyo ngesimo futhi bakunikeze amandla obuthakathaka bomuntu.

Futhi, ifilosofi, isayensi nenkolo yizo abahlengikazi, abafundisi, abahlengi bomphefumlo. Ifilosofi yenzeka kuwo wonke umuntu; kungukuthanda nokulangazelela kwengqondo ukuvula nokwamukela ukuhlakanipha. Ngesayensi ingqondo ifunda ukuxhumanisa izinto komunye nomunye, futhi ibanikeze nezindawo zabo ezifanele endaweni yonke. Ngokusebenzisa inkolo, ingqondo iyakhululwa ezibophweni zayo ezithandekayo futhi ihlanganiswe nobuntu obungapheli.

Esikhathini esizayo, ifilosofi izoba ngaphezu kokuzivocavoca kwengqondo, isayensi izothuthukisa ukuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo, nenkolo ibe yinto engachemile. Esikhathini esizayo, umuntu uzokwenza okufanele futhi azothanda umfowabo njengoba ezithanda yena, hhayi ngoba elangazelela umvuzo, noma esaba umlilo wesihogo, noma imithetho yomuntu: kodwa ngoba eyokwazi ukuthi uyingxenye yomuntu wakubo, ukuthi umuntu wakubo ayizingxenye zawo wonke, futhi lokho kuphelele kunguYe: ukuthi angeze alimaze omunye ngaphandle kokuzilimaza.

Emzabalazweni wokuba khona kwezwe, amadoda anyathela ngamatshe ngemizamo yawo yokuthola impumelelo. Njengoba sebeyifinyelele ngezindleko zokuhlupheka nosizi, bahlala benelisekile. Bafuna okuhle, bajaha ifomu lesithunzi. Ekubambeni kwabo, kuyanyamalala.

Ubugovu nokungabazi kwenza impilo iphile kahle futhi umhlaba ube yisihogo esikhulu. Isililo sezinhlungu ezihlangene nokuhleka kwezitabane. Ukulunga kwenjabulo kulandelwa yizixhaxha zosizi. Umuntu ugoba futhi abambelele eduze kunobangela wokudabuka kwakhe, yize ebanjwa yibo. Isifo, izithsaba zokufa, sihlasela emigungwini yakhe. Ngemuva kwalokho kuzwakala umyalezo womphefumulo. Lo mlayezo ungamandla, wothando, wokuthula. Nanku umlayezo ebesizowuletha: amandla wokukhulula ingqondo ekungazini, ekubandlululweni nasekukhohliseni; isibindi sokufuna iqiniso ngazo zonke izindlela; uthando lokuthwelana imithwalo yomunye nomunye; ukuthula okuza engqondweni ekhululiwe, inhliziyo evulekile, nokwazi ngempilo engapheli.

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