THE
I-WORD
APRIL 1906
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AMADODA NABANGANE
Ingabe i-Theosophist ikholelwa ezinkolelweni? ebuzwa omunye weqembu labangani kungekudala.
I-Theosophist yemukela wonke amaqiniso, futhi ayilokothi ilahlekelwe isizathu sayo. Kepha i-Theosophist ayimisi futhi iphumule okuqukethwe ngeqiniso; uzama ukuyilandelela ngemvelaphi yayo futhi ibone imiphumela yayo. Inkolelo-ze ukukholelwa noma ukwenza okuthile okuthile ngaphandle kokwazi ukuthi kungani. Kukhanya banzi, izinkolelo-ze njengokuvuma kwengqondo kumqondo wemvelo noma ukuthambekela maqondana nokwenza okuthile ngaphandle kwesizathu sokukholelwa. Izinkolelo-ze zabantu yizibonakaliso ezifiphele zolwazi olukhohliwe. Ulwazi luhambile, nalabo ababenolwazi, abantu bayaqhubeka nokwenza amafomu; futhi ngakho-ke izindlela nezinkolelo kunikezwa ngokwesiko kusuka kwesinye isizukulwane kuya kwesinye. Njengoba ziqhubeka zisuswa olwazini zinamathela ngokusondele kakhulu kwizinkolelo-ze zazo futhi zize zibe nomdlandla. Umkhuba ngaphandle kolwazi uyinkolelo-ze. Vakashela amasonto edolobheni elikhulu ngeSonto ekuseni. Bona okusemthethweni kokukhulekelwa; bukela udwendwe lwama chorista; qaphela ukufakwa kwesikhundla kwalabo abahola inkonzo; qaphela izifanekiso, imihlobiso engcwele, izinsimbi nezimpawu; lalela ukuphindaphinda nohlobo lokukhulekelwa kulo? Singasola umuntu ongaziwa ngayo yonke le nto ngokukubiza ngokuthi yinkolelo-ze, bese sithi singabantu abakholelwa ezeni? Ngakho-ke, sithambekele ekubhekeni izinkolelo zabanye okungajwayelekile kakhulu ukukholelwa ezeni kunabantu bakithi. Izinkolelo-ze ezenziwa yilabo esibabiza ngokuthi “abangenalwazi” nokuthi “abazikholelwayo,” kungenzeka ukuthi zazinomsuka. Labo abaziyo kumele balandelele amasiko noma izinkolelo-ze ngemvelaphi yabo. Uma bekwenza lokhu bazothola ulwazi, okuyinto ephambene nokuboniswa kwayo okungenangqondo — inkolelo-ze. Ucwaningo olungakhethi lwezinkolelo-ze zakho luyoveza ukungazi okubi komuntu. Qhubeka nokufunda futhi kuzoholela olwazini lomuntu.
Yisiphi isisekelo sezinkolelo-ze ezizalwa nge "caul" zingase zibe nekhono elithile le-psychic noma amandla emimoya?
Le nkolelo yehla ngeminyaka kusukela esikhathini sakudala, lapho ubuntu bebubamba ubuhlobo bezidalwa ngaphakathi nangomhlaba. Lapho-ke ukubona komuntu, ukuzwa kanye neminye imizwa yangaphakathi yokusebenzelana nemimoya, kwagcwala ngokukhula kwaba yimpilo ethokomele ngokwengeziwe nangokwenyama. Kayikho ingxenye yomzimba womuntu engahlobene namandla athile ezweni elilodwa noma ngaphezulu lemvelo engabonakali. Lokho okubizwa nge- "caul" kuhlobene nomhlaba we-astral. Uma, lapho umuntu ezalwa kuleli zwe lomzimba, i-caul ihlala kuye iyanyathela noma ihehe umzimba we-astral ngokuthambekela okuthile futhi ifinyelele emhlabeni we-astral. Empilweni yakamuva lokhu kuthambekela kunganqotshwa, kepha akukaze kwenziwe ngokuphelele, njengoba i-linga sharira, umzimba we-astral design, ifakwa ukutholwa okuvela ekukhanyeni kwe-astral. Inkolelo-ze amadoda asolwandle ahambisana nayo kulokhu kugcwaliseka, ngokuthi i-omen ye "nhlanhla" noma njengesikhumbuzo sokumila, isuselwa eqinisweni lokuthi njengoba kwakuyisivikelo embungwini evela ezintweni eziphikisayo kwangaphambi kokuzalwa Umhlaba, ngakho-ke kungenzeka manje emhlabeni obonakalayo uvikele ezingozini zamanzi ezihambelana nokukhanya kwe-astral kanye nezinto ezisetshenziswayo, yize zibizwa ngokuthi ziwumzimba, azikho neze izinkoleloze futhi zivela ezweni le-astral.
Uma umcabango ungadluliselwa engqondweni yomunye, kungani lokhu kungenziwanga ngokunembile nangokuhlakanipha okuningi njengoba ingxoxo evamile eqhutshwa?
Akwenziwa ngoba asikhulumi ngomcabango; futhi asikafundanga nolimi lokucabanga. Kepha, imicabango yethu idluliselwa ezingqondweni zabanye kaningi kakhulu kunalokho esikucabangayo, noma kungenziwa ngobuhlakani njengoba besingaxoxa ngoba asikaphoqelelwa ngesidingo sokuxhumana nomunye ngokusebenzisa umcabango kuphela, futhi, ngoba thina ngeke uthathe inkathazo ukufundisa ingqondo nezinzwa ukukwenza. Umuntu ozalwa phakathi kwabantu abakholwayo unakekelwa, uqeqeshiwe, uyalwa futhi ufundiswe izindlela zabazali noma umbuthano azalelwa kuwo. Yima kodwa ucabange, futhi kuzobonakala ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi kudinga iminyaka eminingi yokubekezelela uthisha nokuzikhandla okuphikelelayo kwengxenye yomfundi ukuze afunde ubuciko bokukhuluma nokufunda nokubhala ulimi, nokufunda imikhuba, amasiko kanye nezindlela zokucabanga kulolo limi. Uma kudinga umzamo nokuqeqeshwa okunjalo kulomhlaba wenyama ukufunda ulimi olulodwa, akumangazi ukuthi bambalwa abantu abakwazi ukudlulisa imicabango kahle ngaphandle kokusebenzisa amagama. Akusekho imilingo ukwedlulisa umcabango ngaphandle kwamagama kunokudlulisa ukucabanga ngokusebenzisa amagama. Umehluko ukuthi sifunde ukukwenza ezweni lokukhuluma, kepha sisale singazi lutho njengezingane ezingenakukhuluma ezweni lokucabanga. Ukudluliselwa komcabango ngegama kudinga izici ezimbili: lowo okhulumayo, nalowo ulalelayo; ukuhambisa kungumphumela. Lokhu siyakwazi ukukwenza, kepha indlela uqobo esikhuluma ngayo nokuqonda ngayo kunjengokusebenzelana nemimoya kithina njengokudluliselwa komcabango ngaphandle kwamazwi. Asazi ukuthi futhi izitho ezahlukahlukene zomzimba zisebenza kanjani futhi kanjani ukuze kukhiqizwe umsindo owashiwo; asazi ukuthi umsuka womsindo udlulisela muphi inqubo; asazi ukuthi umsindo wamukelwa kanjani yi-tympanum ne-auditory nerve; futhi ukuthi iyiphi inqubo ehunyushelwa kubuhlakani obuqonda umcabango odluliswa umsindo. Kepha Siyazi ukuthi konke lokhu kwenziwa, nokuthi siyaqondana ngemuva kwemfashini enjalo.
Ingabe sinakho yini efana nokudluliselwa komcabango?
Yebo. Izinqubo ze-telegraphic nezithombe zifana kakhulu nalezi zokudluliselwa komcabango. Kufanele kube khona opharetha odlulisa umyalezo wakhe, kumele kube khona owemukelayo okuqondayo. Ngakho-ke kufanele kube nabantu ababili abaqeqeshiwe, abaqeqeshiwe noma abafundile ukudlulisa futhi bamukele imicabango yomunye nomunye uma bekwenza lokho ngobuhlakani nangokunemba okufanayo lapho kuqhutshwa khona ingxoxo ehlakaniphile ejwayelekile, njengoba abantu ababili nje kufanele bakwazi ukukhuluma ulimi olufanayo uma bebengaxoxa. Kuthiwa abantu abaningi bayakwazi ukukwenza lokhu, kepha bakwenza ngendlela engaqondakali kuphela, ngoba abazimisele ukuhambisa ingqondo enkambisweni yokuqeqeshwa eqinile. Lokhu kuqeqeshwa kwengqondo kufanele kube ngokuhlelekile, futhi kuqhutshwe ngokucophelela okukhulu, njengoba kunjalo ngempilo yesazi esikoleni esiphethe kahle.
Singaxoxa kanjani ngokucabanga ngokuhlakanipha?
Uma umuntu ebheka ngokucophelela ingqondo yakhe kanye nezingqondo zabanye, uzokwazi ukuthi imicabango yakhe idluliselwa kwabanye ngenqubo ethile engaqondakali. Lowo oxoxa ngokucabanga ngaphandle kokusebenzisa amagama kumele afunde ukulawula imisebenzi yengqondo yakhe. Ngenkathi imisebenzi yengqondo ilawulwa, futhi umuntu ekwazi ukubamba ingqondo ngokuqinile kunoma yisiphi isifundo esisodwa, kuzobonwa ukuthi ingqondo iveza ifomu, ithatha ukwakheka nobume besihloko esihlongozwayo, futhi uma idlulisa le ndaba noma umcabango entweni eqondiswe kuyo, ngokuvuma lapho. Uma lokhu kwenziwa kahle, umuntu okuqondiswe kuye umqondo, uzokuthola. Uma kungenziwa kahle kuzoba nombono ongaqondakali wokuthi kuhloselwe ini. Ngokuqondene nokufunda noma ukwazi imicabango, imisebenzi yengqondo kumele futhi ilawulwe uma umcabango womunye uzokwamukelwa futhi uqondakala. Lokhu kwenziwa ngendlela efanayo nomuntu ojwayelekile ngokulalela alalela amazwi omunye. Ukuzwisisa kahle umuntu kufanele alalelisise amagama ashiwoyo. Ukulalelisisa ingqondo kufanele ibanjwe ngokusemandleni. Uma imicabango engenangqondo ingena engqondweni yezilaleli ukunakwa okudingekile akunikezwa, futhi amagama, noma ezwiwe, awaqondakali. Uma umuntu efunda umcabango womunye umqondo wakhe kufanele ubanjiswe endaweni yokulalelisisa kungenalutho ukuze umbono womqondo odlulisiwe ugcinwe ngokusobala nangokucacile. Manje-ke uma lowo mcabango ucacile futhi uhlukile ngeke kube khona ubunzima kunoma yikuphi ukuqonda kwabo. Ngakho-ke siyabona ukuthi ingqondo yokudlulisela umcabango kanye nomqondo owemukelayo womcabango kumele bobabili baqeqeshelwe ukwenza lo msebenzi, uma kudluliselwa umcabango kufanele kwenziwe ngokunembile nangobuhlakani.
Kulungile yini ukufunda imibono yabanye ukuthi ngabe ngabe kufanele noma cha?
Akunjalo neze. Ukwenza lokhu akuthetheleleki futhi kuwukungathembeki njengoba kuwukungena esifundweni somunye ugebenga ufunde amaphepha akhe angasese. Noma nini lapho umuntu ethumela umcabango ugxivizwa ngobuntu bomthumeli futhi uba nokuhlaba umxhwele noma isiginesha. Uma umcabango ungowemvelo umthumeli angafuni ukuba waziwe, ukugcizelelwa noma isiginesha yomuntu owuthumileyo kuwuphawula ngendlela efanayo naleyo ebesingamaka ngayo imvilophu ngokuthi “iyimfihlo” noma “eyomuntu siqu.” Lokhu kubangela ukuthi ingabonakali kulowo ongase abe nokungathembeki ngaphandle uma umcabango ukhululekile ekwakhekeni kwawo futhi uhlobene nalowo ogxambukelayo. Ngomuntu osebenzelana nemimoya weqiniso, umcabango onjalo ubungeke ufundwe noma uphazanyiswe. Ukube bekungengenxa yalesi sithiyo bonke ababezoba othisha bamandla emimoya babezokwazi ukuba ngosozigidi ubusuku bonke, futhi, mhlawumbe, babezoqeda isidingo sokuthola imali engaka ngesifundo ngasinye noma ngokuhlala. Babezophazamisa imakethe yamasheya, bakhe ubuhlobo bokusebenzelana nemimoya ezimakethe zomhlaba, bese behlaselana futhi bafike esiphethweni esifike ngesikhathi, njengaleso “samakati aseKilkenny.”
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