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JULY 1910

AMADODA NABANGANE

Kungenzeka yini ukuthi ukhiphe umcabango ngaphandle kwengqondo? Uma kunjalo, kwenziwa kanjani lokhu; umuntu angakuvimbela kanjani ukuphindeka kwayo futhi ayigcine ngaphandle kwengqondo?

Kuyenzeka ukuthi sikhiphe umcabango engqondweni, kodwa akwenzeki ukukhipha umcabango engqondweni njengoba besingakhipha i-tramp endlini. Isizathu sokuthi kungani abaningi kangaka bengakwazi ukususa imicabango engathandeki, futhi bengakwazi ukucabanga emigqeni eqondile, kungenxa yokuthi bakholelwa embonweni ovamile wokuthi kufanele bakhiphe imicabango emiqondweni yabo. Akunakwenzeka ukukhipha umcabango engqondweni yomuntu ngoba ekuwubekeni ngaphandle ukunaka kufanele kunikezwe umcabango, futhi ngenkathi ingqondo inika umcabango ukunaka akunakwenzeka ukuwususa lowo mcabango. Lowo othi: Suka wena umcabango omubi, noma, angiyikucabanga ngalokhu noma lokhuya, ugcina leyo nto engqondweni yakhe kungathi iqoshwe lapho. Uma umuntu ezitshela ukuthi akumele acabange ngalokhu noma lokhuya, uyofana nezixhwanguxhwangu nezixhwanguxhwangu abenza uhla lwezinto okungafanele azicabange bese eqhubeka nokudlula lolu hlu ngengqondo futhi abeke. leyomicabango iphume engqondweni yabo bese yehluleka. Indaba endala ethi “The Great Green Bear” ikubonisa kahle lokhu. Isazi se-alchemist se-mediaeval sahlukunyezwa ngomunye wabafundi bakhe owayefuna ukutshelwa indlela yokushintsha umthofu ube yigolide. Umphathi wakhe watshela umfundi ukuthi wayengeke akwazi ukukwenza, nakuba ayetsheliwe, ngoba wayengafaneleki. Eqhubeka encenga umfundi, usokhemisi wanquma ukufundisa umfundi isifundo futhi wamtshela ukuthi njengoba ezohamba ngakusasa uzomshiyela ifomula ayengase aphumelele ngayo uma ekwazi ukulandela yonke imiyalelo. , kodwa ukuthi kuzodingeka ukuthi unake kakhulu ifomula futhi unembile kuyo yonke imininingwane. Umfundi wajabula futhi wawuqala ngentshiseko umsebenzi ngesikhathi esimisiwe. Wayelandela iziqondiso ngokucophelela futhi enembile lapho elungiselela izinto zakhe kanye nezinsimbi. Wabona ukuthi izinsimbi zekhwalithi nenani elifanele zazisezitsheni zazo ezifanele, futhi izinga lokushisa elidingekayo lalikhiqizwa. Wayeqikelela ukuthi wonke ama-vapor ayalondolozwa futhi adlula kuma-alembics kanye nama-retorts, futhi wathola ukuthi amadiphozithi avela kulawa ayenjengoba kushiwo kufomula. Konke lokhu kwamlethela ukwaneliseka okukhulu futhi lapho eqhubeka nokuhlola wathola ukuzethemba empumelelweni yako yokugcina. Omunye wemithetho bekuwukuthi angayifundi yonke ifomula kodwa ayilandele kuphela uma eqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe. Njengoba eqhubeka, wafinyelela esitatimendeni: Manje njengoba ucwaningo seluqhubeke kuze kube manje nokuthi insimbi isishisa bhe, thatha kancane impushana ebomvu phakathi komunwe wokuqala nesithupha sesandla sokudla, ingcosana yempushana emhlophe. phakathi komunwe ongaphambili nesithupha sesandla sobunxele, yima phezu kwenqwaba ekhazimulayo onayo manje ngaphambi kwakho futhi ulungele ukuwisa lezi zimpushana ngemva kokuba ulalele umyalo olandelayo. Le nsizwa yenza njengoba yayiyaliwe futhi yafunda: Manje usufinyelele uvivinyo olubalulekile, futhi impumelelo izolandela kuphela uma ukwazi ukulalela lokhu okulandelayo: Ungacabangi ngebhere elikhulu eliluhlaza futhi uqiniseke ukuthi awucabangi nge ibhere elikhulu eliluhlaza. Yathula insizwa ihefuzela. “Ibhere elikhulu eliluhlaza. Akumele ngicabange ngebhere elikhulu eliluhlaza,” kusho yena. “Ibhere elikhulu eliluhlaza! Liyini ibhere elikhulu eliluhlaza? ngi, ngicabanga ngebhere elikhulu eliluhlaza.” Njengoba eqhubeka ecabanga ukuthi akufanele acabange ngebhere elikhulu eliluhlaza wayengenakucabanga ngenye into, kwaze kwaba yilapho ekugcineni kwamfikela ukuthi kufanele aqhubeke nokuhlola kwakhe futhi nakuba umcabango webhere elikhulu eliluhlaza wawusengqondweni yakhe. waphendukela kufomula ukuze abone ukuthi uthini umyalo olandelayo futhi wafunda: Uhlulekile ecaleni. Uhlulekile ngesikhathi esibalulekile ngoba uvumele ukunaka kwakho ukuthi kususwe emsebenzini ukuze ucabange ngebhere elikhulu eliluhlaza. Ukushisa esithandweni akuzange kugcinwe phezulu, inani elifanele lomhwamuko lehlulekile ukudlula kulokhu nalokhuya, futhi akusizi manje ukulahla izimpushana ezibomvu nezimhlophe.

Umcabango uhlala engqondweni inqobo nje uma unakwa. Lapho ingqondo iyeka ukunaka umcabango owodwa bese iwubeka komunye umcabango, umcabango onokunaka usala engqondweni, bese kuphuma lowo ongenandaba. Indlela yokususa umcabango iwukubamba ingqondo ngokuqinile nangokuqhubekayo esihlokweni esisodwa esiqondile nesithile noma umcabango. Kuyotholakala ukuthi uma lokhu kwenziwa, akukho micabango engahlangene nesihloko engangena emqondweni. Ngenkathi ingqondo ifisa into umcabango wayo uzozungeza kuleyo nto yesifiso ngoba isifiso sifana nesikhungo samandla adonsela phansi futhi siheha ingqondo. Ingqondo ingazikhulula kuleso sifiso, uma ithanda. Inqubo ekhululwa ngayo ukuthi ibone futhi iqonde ukuthi isifiso asiyona into engcono kakhulu kuyo bese inquma okuthile okungcono. Ngemva kokuba ingqondo isinqume ngendaba engcono kakhulu, kufanele iqondise umcabango wayo kuleyo ndaba futhi ukunakekela kufanele kunakekelwe kuleso sihloko kuphela. Ngale nqubo, isikhungo samandla adonsela phansi siyaguqulwa sisuke esifisweni esidala siye esihlokweni esisha somcabango. Ingqondo inquma ukuthi isikhungo sawo samandla adonsela phansi sizoba kuphi. Kunoma yisiphi isihloko noma into ingqondo eya lapho kuyoba khona umcabango wayo. Ngakho ingqondo iyaqhubeka nokuguqula isihloko sayo somcabango, isikhungo sawo samandla adonsela phansi, ize ifunde ukubeka isikhungo sawo ngokwawo. Uma lokhu sekwenziwe, ingqondo ihogela kuyona izakhi nemisebenzi yayo, ngokusebenzisa izindlela zomqondo kanye nezitho zenzwa. Ingqondo, engasebenzi ngezinzwa zayo ingene emhlabeni wenyama, futhi ifunda ukuguqula amandla ayo abe wona, ekugcineni iphaphama engokoqobo yawo njengoba ihlukile emizimbeni yawo yenyama neminye. Ngokwenza kanjalo, ingqondo ayigcini nje ngokuthola ubuyena bangempela kodwa ingase izitholele ubuyena bangempela babo bonke abanye kanye nomhlaba wangempela ongena futhi obambe zonke ezinye.

Ukuqaphela okunjalo kungase kungafinyeleli ngesikhathi esisodwa, kodwa kuyobonakala njengomphumela wokugcina wokukhipha imicabango engathandeki engqondweni ngokunaka nokucabanga kwabanye abafiselekayo. Akekho okwazi ngaso leso sikhathi ukucabanga kuphela ngomcabango afisa ukuwucabanga futhi ngaleyo ndlela akhiphe noma avimbele eminye imicabango ukuthi ingangeni engqondweni; kodwa uyokwazi ukukwenza lokho uma ezama futhi eqhubeka ezama.

Umngani [HW Percival]