THE
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AUGUST 1910
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AMADODA NABANGANE
Ingabe ukuba ingxenye yezinhlangano eziyimfihlo kunomphumela wokuhlehlisa noma wokuthuthukisa ingqondo ekuziphendukeleni kwayo?
Ubulungu emphakathini oyimfihlo buzovimbela ingqondo ukuthi isuke noma iwusize ekuthuthukeni kwawo ngokwesimo nokuthuthuka kwalowo mqondo othile kanye nohlobo lomphakathi oyimfihlo lowo oyilungu lawo. Yonke imiphakathi eyimfihlo ingase ibekwe ngaphansi kwamakhanda amabili: leyo injongo yayo kuwukuqeqesha ingqondo nomzimba ngezinjongo zezengqondo nezingokomoya, kanye naleyo into ehlomula ngokomzimba nangokwezinto ezibonakalayo. Ngezinye izikhathi abantu bazenzela lokho okungase kuthiwe yisigaba sesithathu, esakhiwe imiphakathi efundisa ukuthuthukiswa kwengqondo futhi ithi ukuxhumana nabantu bakamoya. Kuthiwa izigigaba ezixakile zikhiqizwa emibuthanweni nasekuhlaleni kwazo. Baphinde bathi banayo futhi bayakwazi ukunikeza labo ababona kufanelekile, izinzuzo ezingokwenyama ngaphezu kwabanye. Konke lokhu kufanele kungene ngaphansi kwesigaba sesibili, ngoba into yabo izotholakala iyinyama nenyama.
Imiphakathi eyimfihlo yesigaba sokuqala imbalwa uma iqhathaniswa nesigaba sesibili; kulawa ambalwa iphesenti elincane kuphela elisiza ingqondo ekukhuleni kwayo ngokomoya. Ngaphansi kwalesi sigaba sokuqala kuhlanganisiwe izinhlangano zezinhlangano zenkolo ezizama ukusiza amalungu azo ekuphaphameni nasekwembulekeni okungokomoya—angenazo izinto ezinjengokuqeqeshwa kwezombangazwe noma imfundo yezempi noma imfundo yezindlela zebhizinisi—kanye nezinhlangano zefilosofi nezenkolo. Labo abanezinkolo ezithile zenkolo bangase bazuze ngokuba senhlanganweni eyimfihlo engaphakathi kwalolo kholo uma izinto zomphakathi zingakuvumeli ukuba ingqondo igcinwe ebumnyameni futhi zingayivimbeli ekuzuzeni ulwazi. Ngaphambi kokuba enye yanoma iyiphi inkolo ijoyine inhlangano eyimfihlo yenkolo yayo kufanele ibuze kahle ngezinto nezindlela zayo. Kunezinhlangano eziningi eziyimfihlo ngaphakathi kwenkolo ngayinye enkulu. Eminye yale zinhlangano eziyimfihlo igcina amalungu ayo ekungazini ngokuphathelene nolwazi lokuphila, futhi ibandlulula amalungu ayo ngezinye izinkolo. Imiphakathi eyimfihlo enjalo ingenza umonakalo omkhulu ezingqondweni zamalungu ayo ngamanye. Ukuqeqeshwa okunjalo okubandlululayo nokuphoqelela ukungazi kungase kusonte, kuthuntubeze futhi kufiphaze ingqondo kangangokuthi kuyodinga ukuphila okuningi kobuhlungu nosizi ukuze kulungiswe amaphutha okungenzeka ukuthi aye aholela ekuwenzeni. Labo abanezinkolelo zabo ezingokwenkolo maqondana nenkolo ethile, bangase bazuze ngokuba senhlanganweni eyimfihlo yaleyo nkolo uma izinhloso nezindlela zalowo mphakathi zihlangabezana nokuvunyelwa kwalowo mqondo, futhi inqobo nje uma lowo mqondo ungowa noma ufundiswa kuleyo nkolo. Izinkolo zomhlaba zimele izikole ezahlukene lapho ezinye izingqondo ziqeqeshwa noma zifundiswe ukuze zithuthuke ngokomoya. Lapho umuntu enomuzwa wokuthi inkolo ethile yanelisa izifiso ezingokomoya zomqondo wakhe, uyingxenye yesigaba sempilo engokomoya emelela leyo nkolo. Lapho inkolo ingasanikezi lokho ngokuvamile okubizwa ngokuthi ukudla okungokomoya kwengqondo, noma lapho umuntu eqala ukungabaza “amaqiniso” enkolo yakhe, kuwuphawu lokuthi akaseyena owayo noma ukuthi usehlukaniswa nayo. . Uma umuntu engabaza, uma engagculisekile futhi elahla izimfundiso zenkolo yakhe ngaphandle kokuba nezinye izizathu ngaphandle kokunganeliseki okuyisimungulu nokungazi, lokhu kuwuphawu lokuthi ingqondo yakhe ivalekile ekukhanyeni nasekukhuleni okungokomoya nokuthi uwela ngaphansi kwesigaba sakhe. impilo kamoya. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uma ingqondo izwa sengathi inkolo yakhe ethile noma inkolo azalelwa kuyo incane futhi iminyene futhi ingagculisi noma ingayiphenduli imibuzo yokuphila ingqondo yakhe elangazelela ukuyazi, lokhu kuwuphawu lokuthi ingqondo iyavuleka futhi ikhule iphuma kuleso sigaba esimelelwe yileyo nkolo ethile futhi kukhombisa ukuthi ingqondo yakhe ifuna okuthile okuzohlinzeka ngokudla okungokwengqondo noma okungokomoya okudingayo ukuze kuqhubeke ukukhula.
Imiphakathi eyimfihlo yesigaba sesibili yakhiwe yilezo zinhlangano izinhloso zazo ziwukuzuzwa kwezinzuzo zezombangazwe, zezenhlalakahle, zezezimali kanye nezama-mercenary. Ngaphansi kwalesi sigaba kuba nemiphakathi yobuzalwane kanye nenomusa, leyo ehlelelwe ngokuyimfihlo ukuketula uhulumeni, noma labo abazihlanganisa ndawonye ngenhloso yokukhohlisa, ukubulala noma ukuzitika ngenkanuko nokunonya. Umuntu angase azitshele kalula ukuthi noma iyiphi yalezi izosiza noma ibambezele ukukhula komqondo wakhe uma ezazi izinhloso nezinto zayo.
Umqondo wokufihla uwukwazi noma ukuba nakho okuthile abanye abangenakho, noma ukwabelana ngolwazi nabambalwa. Isifiso salolu lwazi sinamandla futhi siyakhanga kubantu abangakathuthuki, abasebasha kanye nomqondo okhulayo. Lokhu kuboniswa isifiso abantu abanaso sokuba ingxenye yento ethile kuphela futhi okunzima ukungena kuyo futhi ezovusa ukutuswa noma umona noma ukwethuka kwalabo abangeyona ingxenye yabo. Ngisho nezingane ziyathanda ukuba nezimfihlo. Intombazane encane izogqoka i-ribbon ezinweleni zayo noma okhalweni lwayo ukuze ibonise ukuthi inemfihlo. Uyinto yomona nokutuswa kwawo wonke amanye amantombazane amancane kuze kube yilapho imfihlo yaziwa, khona-ke i-ribbon nemfihlo ilahlekelwa ukubaluleka kwayo. Khona-ke enye intombazane encane enenye iribhoni kanye nemfihlo entsha iyisikhungo sokukhanga. Ngaphandle kwezinhlangano zezombangazwe, zezezimali kanye nezinhlangano ezinonya noma zobugebengu, izimfihlo eziningi zemiphakathi eyimfihlo emhlabeni, zinenani elincane noma zibaluleke kancane njengezimfihlo zentombazane encane. Nokho labo abangababo bangase banikezwe “ukudlala,” okuzuzisa bona njengoba imfihlo yentombazane izuzisa kuyo. Njengoba ingqondo ikhula ayisafisi imfihlo; uthola ukuthi labo abafisa imfihlo abavuthiwe, noma ukuthi imicabango nezenzo zabo zifuna ubumnyama ukuze bagweme ukukhanya. Umqondo ovuthiwe ufisa ukusabalalisa ulwazi, nakuba azi ukuthi ulwazi angeke lunikezwe ngokufana kubo bonke. Njengoba umjaho uthuthuka olwazini, isidingo semiphakathi eyimfihlo yokuthuthukiswa kwengqondo kufanele sehle. Imiphakathi eyimfihlo ayidingekile ukuze kuthuthukiswe izingqondo ezingaphezu kweminyaka yamantombazane esikole. Kusukela ezinhlangothini zezamabhizinisi nezenhlalakahle nezombhalo, impilo evamile inazo zonke izimfihlo ezidingekayo ukuze ingqondo ixazulule futhi ingqondo izothuthukiswa ngayo ngezigaba zayo zobusha. Awukho umphakathi oyimfihlo ongathuthukisa ingqondo ngale kokukhula kwawo okungokwemvelo noma ukwazi ukubona ngezimfihlo zemvelo nokuxazulula izinkinga zokuphila. Izinhlangano ezimbalwa eziyimfihlo emhlabeni zingase zizuze ingqondo uma ingqondo ingeke ime phezulu, kodwa izongena incazelo yangempela yezimfundiso zazo. Inhlangano enjalo i-Masonic Order. Imbalwa imiqondo yale nhlangano ezuza ngaphandle kwebhizinisi noma inzuzo yomphakathi. Ukubaluleka kwangempela komfanekiso kanye nezimfundiso zokuziphatha nezingokomoya cishe balahlekelwa ngokuphelele kubo.
Inhlangano eyimfihlo ngempela ezuzisa ingqondo ekuthuthukisweni kwayo ayaziwa njengomphakathi oyimfihlo, futhi ayaziwa emhlabeni. Kumele kube lula futhi kucace njengempilo yemvelo. Ukungena emphakathini oyimfihlo onjalo akwenziwa isiko. Kungokukhula, ngokuzikhandla kwengqondo. Kumele ikhuliswe ibe, ingangenwa. Akekho umuntu ongasusa umqondo enhlanganweni enjalo uma ngokuzikhandla lowo mqondo uqhubeka nokukhula. Lapho ingqondo ikhulela olwazini lwempilo lowo mqondo uzama ukuxosha ukungazi ngokususa amafu, ukwembula izimfihlo kanye nokuphonsa ukukhanya kuzo zonke izinkinga zempilo kanye nokusiza ezinye izingqondo ekwambulekeni nasekuthuthukeni kwazo kwemvelo. Ukuba senhlangano eyimfihlo ngeke kuyisize ingqondo ezimisele ukukhula ibe ngeyakhe.
Kungenzeka yini ukuthola okuthile mahhala? Kungani abantu bezama ukuthola okuthile mahhala? Abantu ababonakala bethola okuthile mahhala, kufanele bakhokhele kanjani abakutholayo?
Wonke umuntu unomuzwa ngokwemvelo wokuthi akekho ongathola okuthile mahhala nokuthi isiphakamiso asilungile futhi umzamo awufaneleki; nokho, lapho ecabanga ngakho mayelana nento ethile wakhe isifiso, ukwahlulela okuhle akunakwa futhi yena ngezindlebe ezivumayo uyalalela ukusikisela futhi azikhohlise ngokukholelwa ukuthi kungenzeka nokuthi he angase athole okuthile mahhala. Impilo idinga ukuthi kube nembuyiselo efanele noma kwenziwe i-akhawunti ngayo yonke into etholiwe. Le mfuneko isekelwe emthethweni wesidingo, ohlinzeka ngokujikeleza kwempilo, ukugcinwa kwamafomu kanye nokuguqulwa kwemizimba. Lowo ozama ukuthola ize into ebingeke ize kuye ngenye indlela, uphazamisa ukuhamba kwempilo nokwabiwa kwamafomu ngokomthetho wemvelo, futhi ngalokho uzenzela isithiyo emzimbeni wemvelo. Ukhokha inhlawulo, imvelo kanye nazo zonke izinhlaka ezibuswa umthetho futhi wenziwa ukuthi abuyisele lokho akuthathile noma ngabe ucindezelwe noma ususwe ngokuphelele. Uma ephikisana nalokhu ethi lokho akutholayo yikho okwakuzofika kuyena noma kunjalo, ingxabano yakhe ibhuntsha ngoba ukube lokho akuthola ngokusobala bekuzofika kuye ngaphandle komzamo wakhe, bekungadingeki ukuthi umzamo awenza ukuze ayithole. Lapho izinto zifika kumuntu ngaphandle komzamo osobala, njengalokho okubizwa ngengozi noma ngengozi noma ngefa, zivela ngenxa futhi ngokokusebenza kwemvelo okuphuma emthethweni, futhi ngale ndlela kusemthethweni futhi ngokomthetho. Kuzo zonke ezinye izimo, njengokuthola izinzuzo ezingokwenyama nezingokwenyama ngokufisa kuphela, noma ngokucabanga kuphela, noma ngokwenza izimfuno ngokwemisho eyaziwa ngokuthi umthetho wokuchichima noma umthetho wokuceba, akunakwenzeka ukuthola okuthile mahhala nakuba umuntu ubonakala ethola okuthile mahhala. Esinye sezizathu ezenza abantu bazame ukuthola okuthile mahhala, ukuthi nakuba benomuzwa wokuthi lokhu akukwazi ukuba yiqiniso ngokwemvelo, bayabona ukuthi abanye bathole lokho labo abanye okubonakala sengathi abazange bakusebenzele, nangenxa yokuthi kushiwo abanye. abantu ukuthi bathola izinto ngokumane bazifisele noma bazifune ngenkani futhi bazifunele baze babe nazo. Esinye isizathu siwukuthi umqondo womuntu awukavuthwa ngokwanele futhi awukavuthwa ngokwanele ukwazi ukuthi awukwazi ukuthola okuthile mahhala naphezu kwazo zonke izinto eziyengayo, izinto ezikhuthazayo noma ukuzenzisa ukuthi zingayithola. Esinye isizathu siwukuthi lowo ocabanga ukuthi angathola okuthile mahhala akathembekile ngempela. Empilweni evamile yebhizinisi izikhohlakali ezinkulu yilabo abakholelwa ukuthi bangakwazi ukwedlula umthetho futhi bangathola okuthile mahhala, kodwa lokhu kungenxa yokuthi bahlose ukwenza abantu bangabi namaqhinga kunokuba bona bafeze izidingo zabo. Ngakho banikeza icebo lokuceba ngokushesha noma elinye isu futhi bayenge abanye njengabangathembeki kodwa abanokuhlangenwe nakho okuncane kunabo ukuba bangene kulo. Iningi lalabo abathathwa esikimini bavamise ukukhonjiswa wumqambi ukuthi uzokwenza kanjani okuhle kwabanye abantu nokuchaza ukuthi nabo bangaceba kanjani ngokushesha. Ukube laba bebethembekile bebengeke bafakwe ohlelweni kodwa, ngokuncenga ukuhaha nokuhaha kuma-dupe akhe nangezindlela zakhe zokungathembeki, umqambi uthola lokho okuhlinzekwa yizisulu zakhe.
Abantu abathola okuthile kufanele bakhokhele abakutholayo. Uma abantu bethola izinto ezibonakala ziphuma emoyeni futhi ziwela emathangeni abo ngenxa yokubizelwa emthethweni wenala noma inqolobane yendawo yonke noma umthetho wokunetha, noma lokho okungenjalo, bafana nabafushane- ababonayo abangenazo izindlela abathenga izinto ezinkulu ngesikweletu, bengacabangi ngesikhathi sokukhokha. Njengalabo abangenazo izinsiza abathenga ngesikweletu, laba bantu abanolaka ngokuvamile bathola lokho abangakudingi ngempela; njengalaba bathengi abangacabangi, abafuna “umthetho wenala” bayaphupha futhi bafise ukuthi bayokwenza okuningi ngalokho abakutholayo—kodwa bazithola sebengasenamalini lapho kufika isikhathi sokunxeshezelwa. Isikweletu angeke samukelwe, kodwa umthetho uyayidinga inkokhelo yaso. Umuntu ocela impilo engokwenyama nengcebo engokwenyama ngokufuna nangokufuna lokhu “emthethweni wenala,” noma “kuphelele,” noma kunoma yini enye, futhi othola okuthile kwalokho akufunayo, esikhundleni sokukuthola ngokusemthethweni endaweni. lapho kufanele, abuyisele lokho akutholile kanye nenzalo efunwa ukusetshenziswa.
Umuntu angase alungise ukuphazamiseka kwemizwa futhi abuyisele umzimba empilweni ngesimo sengqondo; kodwa kuzotholakala ukuthi ukuphazamiseka kwemizwa ezikhathini eziningi kulethwa futhi kuqhutshekwe nengqondo ekhathazekile. Lapho isimo sengqondo esifanele sithathwa ingqondo inkinga yezinzwa iyalungiswa futhi umzimba uqalise kabusha imisebenzi yawo yemvelo. Lokhu kuyikhambi elisemthethweni, noma kunalokho ukususwa kwembangela yokugula, ngoba ukwelapha kwenziwa ngokwelapha inkinga emthonjeni wako. Kodwa akuzona zonke izifo nempilo ebuthaka ebangelwa ingqondo ekhathazekile. Ukugula nezifo ngokuvamile kubangelwa ukudla ukudla okungafanele nokwanelisa izinkanuko ezimbi nezifiso ezingekho emthethweni. Izimo ezingokomzimba nezinto anazo kunikezwa ngokubona ukuthi ziyadingeka emsebenzini womuntu, bese ngokuzisebenzela ngendlela esemthethweni eyaziwayo.
Kuyenzeka ukuthi izifo ezilethwa ukungondliwa ngendlela engafanele zinyamalale, futhi kuyenzeka uthole imali nezinye izinzuzo ezingokomzimba ngokufuna lokhu futhi ufune lokhu kunoma yimuphi umusho umqondo othanda ukuwusungula noma ukuwenza. Lokhu kungenzeka ngoba ingqondo inamandla okwenza eminye imiqondo futhi ibangele ukuba ilethe izimo ezifisayo futhi ngoba ingqondo inamandla futhi ingakwazi ukwenza ngokuvumelana nesimo sendiza yayo, futhi lolu daba ukuphenduka kungenza noma kulethe izimo ezifunwa ingqondo; kungenzeka ngoba ingqondo ingase isebenzise amandla ayo phezu komzimba futhi ibangele isifo somzimba sinyamalale okwesikhashana. Kodwa kuzo zonke izimo lapho ingqondo iphambana nomthetho wemvelo ukuze ilethe imiphumela engokomzimba umthetho ufuna ukulungiswa kabusha, futhi ukusabela ngokuvamile kuba kubi kakhulu kunenkathazo yokuqala. Ngakho lapho kufunwa impilo futhi lapho izidingo ezingokomzimba zempilo engokwenyama zinganikezwa, ingqondo ingase iphoqelele ukunyamalala kokukhula okungenampilo, njengesimila. Kodwa inkokhelo enjalo yokwelapha ifunwa ngokwemvelo ngokuzama ukuvimbela ukunemba kwemithetho yakhe. Ngokuphoqelela ukusakazeka kwalesi simila indaba yesimila ingase ibe—njengalapho abantu abangenamthetho bephoqeleka ukuba bashiye indawo yabo ngenxa yabashisekeli benguquko abayizixhwanguxhwangu nabayiziwula—beqhutshwa bayofuna indawo yokuhlala kwenye ingxenye yomphakathi, lapho kuyolimaza kakhulu futhi kube khona. okunzima kakhulu ukuthola nokwelapha. Uma sihlakazwa ukucindezelwa kwengqondo isimila singanyamalala engxenyeni ethile yomzimba njengesimila futhi siphinde sivele kwenye ingxenye yomzimba njengesilonda esinyanyekayo noma umdlavuza.
Lapho umuntu ephikelela futhi enikezwa izinto ezibonakalayo ngokuzifuna “kuphelele” noma “enqolobaneni yawo wonke,” uyozijabulela isikhathi esithile njengoba umgembuli ejabulela izinzuzo azizuze ngokungafanele. Kodwa umthetho ufuna ukuthi angabuyiseli kuphela lokho angakutholanga ngokwethembeka, kodwa kufanele akhokhele ukusetshenziswa kwalokho abenakho. Le nkokhelo ibizelwa lapho lowo ofunelwa ngenkani eseyisebenzele ngempela into ethile ayifisayo—futhi elahleka lapho nje engase akwazi ukuyifinyelela; noma inkokhelo ingase yenziwe ngemva kokuba esezuze izinto ezithile futhi walahlekelwa yikho ngendlela engalindelekile; noma angase azithathe kuye lapho eqiniseka kakhulu ngazo. Imvelo idinga inkokhelo ngohlamvu lwemali noma okulingana nalo nesikweletu esinenkontileka.
Lapho ingqondo izama ukuzenza isigqila somzimba ngezindlela ezingekho emthethweni, futhi idayisa ngomzimba amandla ayo isuka endizeni yayo iye kweyenyama, imithetho yezwe lengqondo idinga lowomqondo ukuba uphucwe amandla. Ngakho-ke ingqondo iphelelwa amandla futhi ikhono layo elilodwa noma amaningi ayafihlwa. Inkokhelo edingwa umthetho yenziwa lapho ingqondo ihlupheke ngokuphucwa amandla, ukuhlupheka kanye nenkathazo eye yabangela abanye ekutholeni izinto ezifiswayo, nalapho izabalaza ebumnyameni bengqondo ekubo, ebumnyameni bayo. imizamo yokulungisa amaphutha ayo futhi izibuyisele njengomqondo wendiza yayo yokusebenza. Iningi labantu elibonakala lithola okuthile mahhala alidingi ukulinda enye impilo ukuze likhokhelwe. Inkokhelo ivame ukubizwa futhi ifuneke empilweni yabo yamanje. Lokhu kuzotholakala kuyiqiniso uma umuntu ezobheka umlando wabantu abazamile ukuthola okuthile mahhala nababonakala bephumelela. Bayizigebengu zengqondo abazibophele emajele ebhilidi labo.
Umngani [HW Percival]