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I-WORD

Vol. 1 JULY 1905 Cha 10

I-Copyright 1905 ka-HW PERCIVAL

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ABANTU bomndeni wabantu baphefumula kusukela ngesikhathi sokungena kuleli zwe elingokwenyama kuze kufike isikhathi sokuhamba kwabo, kodwa hhayi kuze kube sekupheleni kwekota leminyaka elidlule legatsha lesentshonalanga lomndeni linikezwe ngokujulile ukubaluleka kokuphefumula, futhi ekwenzeni ukuphefumula. Ukunakekelwa kokuba kuqondiswe ngale ndaba, baye bathatha izindlela ezeluleka yi "othisha" futhi abaningi baye baphefumula. Abaprofesa besayensi yokuphefumula baye bavela phakathi kwethu, okwathi, ukuze bahlolisise, bafundise abangenayo indlela yokuthola nendlela yokugcina intsha engafani, bavuke ekuziphatheni, bathole amandla phezu kwabo bonke abantu, baqondise futhi baqondise amandla ebandla lonke, futhi indlela yokufinyelela ekuphileni okuphakade.

Sinombono wokuthi ukuphefumula kungaba usizo kuphela uma kuthathwe ngaphansi komyalelo womuntu onolwazi lwangempela futhi ngemuva kokuba umfundi umfundi aqeqeshiwe futhi afaneleke ngokutadisha ifilosofi, ngoba lokho kuzofundisa ngezindlela ezahlukene ikhono kanye nezimfanelo kumfundi njengoba zithuthukiswa ngokuphefumula, futhi zingamvumela ukuba abhekane nezingozi zokuthuthukiswa kwengqondo. Ukuphefumula ngokwemvelo okujulile kuhle, kodwa, ngenxa yokuzivocavoca, abaningi banciphisa isenzo senhliziyo futhi banesifo sokukhathazeka, izifo ezithuthukisiwe, -ukuvame ukusetshenziselwa ukusetshenziswa-zidangele futhi zixakeke, zifisa ukudla okunomsoco nezifiso ezikhukhumezayo, bahlukumeze izingqondo zabo, baze baphela nokuzibulala.

Kunezinhlobo ezahlukene zokuphefumula. Kukhona i-Great Breath ebamba futhi igeleza ngesigqi esingenasici; yiyo izinhlelo zamayunivesithi ziphefumulelwa ezindaweni ezingabonakali ezibonakalayo. Kusukela ohlelweni lwezinkanyezi ezingenakulinganiswa luphefumula uhlelo lwaso lwemihlaba; futhi futhi futhi ngayinye yalezi ziphefumula amafomu amaningi. Lezi zindlela ziphinde ziphinde ziphinde zibuyiselwe izinhlelo zezwe, ezishabalalayo ohlelweni lwazo lwelanga, futhi zonke zibuyele emuva ku-Great Breath.

Ngomuntu, ngubani ikhophi yazo zonke lezi, izinhlobo eziningi zokuphefumula zidlala. Okuvame ukubizwa ngokuthi ukuphefumula ngokomzimba akuphefumulanga nhlobo, kuyisenzo sokuphefumula. Ukunyakaza kokuphefumula kubangelwa ukuphefumula kwengqondo okujwayelekile kubantu nasezilwaneni ngokufanayo, lokhu kuphefumula kugcina impilo ngendlela. Ukuphefumula akusiwo i-nitrogen ne-oksijeni, kodwa lezi zakhi nezinye zisetshenziswe ukuphefumula kwengqondo ukusekela umzimba ngokudla okuthile. Lo moya udlala izingxenye eziningi futhi ufeze izinhloso eziningi. Uma ingena emzimbeni ngesikhathi sokuzalwa it yenza uxhumano phakathi kokuphila kulowo mzimba nolwandle lokuphila lapho umhlaba nomzimba womuntu uhamba khona. Uma ukuxhumeka kusungulwe lo moya uphathelene nokuphila kwangaphandle ngaphandle nangaphakathi komzimba kuya esimisweni sefomu, okubumba ukukhanya kwamanzi okushisa kumklamo nomzimba womzimba. Ukubhekana nesisu nesibindi lokhu kuphefumula kukhuthaza kubo ukudla, izinkanuko nezifiso. Njengoba umoya udlala izintambo ze-harp aeolian, ngakho-ke umoya we-psychic udlala phezu kwenetha-umsebenzi wezinzwa emzimbeni, uphazamisa ingqondo futhi uholele ekuqondeni kwemicabango yangasese, -ngokuba akuyona eyakho-noma indawo yokuhlala ekufezeni nasekufezeni izifiso eziphakanyiswe ngumzimba.

Kodwa ukuphefumula kweqiniso komuntu kungukuphefumula kwengqondo futhi kungokwemvelo. Kuyinto ithuluzi lapho ingqondo yokuzalwa isebenza nomzimba. Lena umoya ophazamisa imicabango, okungukuthi, imicabango evezwa yingqondo. Ukuphefumula komzimba kungumzimba noma isimiso esiphambanayo somqondo ngokwawo, okuyinto umphefumulo waphakade ongayisebenzisa njengoba imoto yayo yokwenza uxhumano nomzimba wenyama ngesikhathi sokuzalwa. Uma lokhu kuphefumula kungene emzimbeni ngesikhathi sokuzalwa, kubeka ubuhlobo phakathi komzimba womzimba kanye ne-ego noma "Mina ngingumgomo". Ngalo i-ego ingena emhlabeni, ihlala emhlabeni, ishiya umhlaba, futhi ihamba kusukela ekufakeni umzimba kuya ekufakeni umzimba. I-ego isebenza futhi isebenza nomzimba ngalokhu kuphefumula. Isinyathelo njalo nokusabela phakathi komzimba nengqondo kuqhutshwa yilo moya. Ukuphefumula kwengqondo kuphefumulela umoya.

Kukhona nokuphefumula okungokomoya, okuyinto okufanele ilawulwe ingqondo nokuphefumula kwengqondo. Ukuphefumula okungokomoya kuyisimiso sokudala lapho intando isebenza khona, ilawula ingqondo, futhi ifanelana nokuphila komuntu kuze kube sekugcineni. Lokhu kuphefumula kuqondiswa intando ekuqhubekeni kwayo emzimbeni lapho kuvusa izikhungo ezifile, kuhlanza izitho ezenziwe zingcolile ngokuphila komzimba, kuvuselela imibono, futhi kubize ukuthi yiqiniso amathuba okuba uNkulunkulu aphelile.

Ukusekela konke lokhu okuphefumulayo nokuwasekela yi-Great Breath.

Ngomsindo ojubane we-vortex, umoya, okuwukuphefumula kwengqondo, ungena futhi ujikeleze umzimba lapho uzalwa ngokuqala. Lokhu kungena kokuqala komzimba kungukuqala kokwakhiwa komuntu ngamunye ngokusebenzisa lelo fomu lomuntu lomhlaba. Kukhona isikhungo esisodwa sokuphefumula ngaphakathi komzimba kanye nesinye isikhungo ngaphandle komzimba. Kuzo zonke izimpilo kunezikhala ezimbi futhi zigeleza phakathi kwalezi zikhungo ezimbili. Ngesikhathi sokuphazamiseka komzimba ngamunye kukhona ukuphazamiseka okuhambelana kwengqondo yokuphefumula. Ukuphila ngokomzimba, ukuziphatha, nokungokomoya, kuxhomeke ekuhambeni okuhambisanayo kokuphefumula phakathi kwalezi zikhungo. Uma umuntu efisa ukuphefumula nganoma yimuphi omunye ngaphandle kokunyakaza okungenakuzikhethela, kunakekelwa kufanele kuthathwe ukuthi uhlobo nenqubo yokuphefumula okunqunyelwe kufanele kuxhomeke ekuziphatheni komzimba, ngokokuziphatha nangokomoya, ezinqumweni zakhe nasezifisweni zakhe. Ukuphefumula kungaphakathi nokuphuma kwangaphandle kwe-pendulum ephazamisa impilo yomzimba. Ukuhamba komoya phakathi kwalezi zikhungo ezimbili kuthatha ibhalansi yokuphila emzimbeni. Uma kuphazanyiswa ngobuwula noma ngenhloso, impilo yomzimba nengqondo izophelelwa amandla futhi izifo noma ukufa kuzophumela. Ukuphefumula kuvame ukugeleza kusuka ekhanda elifanele cishe amahora amabili, bese kuguquka futhi kugeleza ngokufanayo ngamaconsi afanayo emaminithini ambalwa, bese uhamba ngeqanda elingakwesokunxele cishe amahora amabili. Emva kwalokho igeleza ngokulinganayo phakathi kokubili, bese iphinda iphume emakhaleni alungile. Kubo bonke abanempilo enhle lokhu kuyaqhubeka kusukela ekuzalweni kuze kube sekufeni.

Okunye okuphawulekayo kokuphefumula okungaziwa ukuthi iqhubekela phambili futhi ijikeleze umuntu kumagagasi obude obuhlukile, obhekwa ukuphefumula kwemvelo, kanye nokuphila kwakhe ngokomzimba, kokuziphatha, nangokomoya nokuthuthukiswa.

Manje umkhuba wokuphefumula uqukethe ukuguqula ngokuzithandela kokugeleza okuvela ngakwesobunxele noma kwesokudla kwesinxele ngakwesokudla noma kwesobunxele, njengoba kungenzeka, ngaphambi kokuguquka kwemvelo, ukuvimbela ukugeleza kokuzimela, kanye nokuguqula ubude begagasi. Ngokuqondene nalokho okwakushiwo ngokuphefumula kufanele kubonakale ukuthi ukuxhumana okucashile komuntu nomhlaba kungaphazamiseka kalula futhi ubudlelwane bakhe baphonswa ngaphandle. Ngakho-ke ingozi enkulu kubantu abangenalwazi nokuphuthuma abathatha ukuphefumula ngaphandle kokuqinisekisa ukufakwa, nokuba nomfundisi oqeqeshiwe.

Ukunyakaza komoya kusebenza ngamakhono amaningi emzimbeni. Ukugcinwa kwempilo yezilwane kudinga ukumuncwa okuqhubekayo komoyampilo kanye nokuphuma kwe-carbonic acid. Ngokuphefumula umoya udonselwa emaphashini lapho uhlangana khona negazi, elimunca umoya-mpilo, lihlanzwe, futhi lidluliselwe ngohlelo lwemithambo yegazi kuzo zonke izingxenye zomzimba, ukwakha nokondla amangqamuzana; khona-ke ngendlela yemithambo igazi libuya ligcwele i-carbonic acid kanye nengxenye yemfucumfucu kanye ne-effete matter, konke okuphuma emaphashini ngokuphefumula. Ngakho-ke impilo yomzimba incike ekutholeni umoya-mpilo owanele wegazi. Ukufakwa komoya-mpilo okungaphezu noma ngaphansi kwegazi kubangela ukwakheka kwamangqamuzana ngomsinga wegazi anesici ngokwemvelo yawo, futhi kuvumela amagciwane ezifo ukuba ande. Zonke izifo ezingokomzimba zibangelwa ukwedlula noma ngaphansi kwe-oksijini egazini. Igazi lifakwa umoya-mpilo ngokuphefumula, futhi ukuphefumula kuncike eqophelweni lomcabango, ukukhanya, umoya, nokudla. Imicabango ehlanzekile, ukukhanya okuningi, umoya ohlanzekile, nokudla okumsulwa, kubangela ukuphefumula okulungile futhi ngaleyo ndlela kube nomoya-mpilo ofanele, yingakho impilo ephelele.

Amaphaphu nesikhumba akuzona kuphela iziteshi lapho umuntu ephefumula khona. Ukuphefumula kuza futhi kudlule zonke izitho emzimbeni; kodwa kuyaqondakala ukuthi umoya awukwenyama, kepha unengqondo, ingqondo, nengokomoya.

Ukuphefumula kushukumisa isisu, isibindi, nesipere; izifiso, izinkanuko nezifiso. Ingena enhliziyweni futhi inika amandla imizwelo nemicabango; ingena ekhanda bese iqala ukuhamba komzimba wezitho zomphefumulo ebuchosheni obungaphakathi, ebenza bahlobanise nezindiza eziphakeme zokuba khona. Ngakho ukuphefumula okuyinto engqondweni yokuguqula kuguqulelwa engqondweni yomuntu. Ingqondo yiyona eyaziwa ukuthi "Nginguye," kodwa "Mina nginguye" ukuqala kwendlela eholela ku-One-ine-Conscious.