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NOVEMBER 1912


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Izilwane ezihlambalaza zihlala kanjani ngaphandle kokudla futhi zibonakala zingenawo umoya phakathi nezinkathi zesikhathi eside zokubuthwa kwe-hibernation?

Akukho silwane esingaphila ngaphandle kokudla. Isidingo nemisebenzi yento ephilayo inquma uhlobo lokudla oludingekayo. Izilwane ezilalayo azihlali ngaphandle kokudla noma ngokuvamile zingenawo umoya, nakuba kungadingeki ukuba zifake ukudla ezithweni zazo zokugaya ukuze ziqhubeke ziphila phakathi nenkathi yokulala kwazo. Izilwane ezilele emaphashini ngokuvamile ziyaphefumula, kodwa ukuphefumula kwazo akwanele ukugcina imizimba yazo ithintana nemisinga yazo yokuphila esezingeni eliphansi kangangokuthi izilwane zibonakala zingaphefumuli nhlobo.

Izinhlobo zezilwane kanye nemikhuba yazo zihlelwa ngokwemithetho ethile yezomnotho yemvelo ukuze kulondolozwe izidalwa zemvelo. Ukudla kuyadingeka ukuze kugcinwe zonke izakhiwo zomzimba, futhi impucuko yomuntu ikwenze kwadingeka ukuthi kuyena izikhawu okuthathwa ngazo ukudla zibe ezesikhathi esifushane. Umuntu ojwayele ukudla kwakhe kathathu noma ngaphezulu ngosuku akaqondi noma akaqondi ukuthi kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi izilwane zikwazi ukuhlala izinsuku noma amasonto zingakudli, nokuthi ezinye zingaphila ebusika zingadlile. Izilwane endaweni yazo yasendle zidinga ukudla okuncane ngokwesilinganiso kunomuntu. Ukudla okudliwa yizilwane zemvelo ukwanelisa izidingo zazo kanjalo nokudla umuntu akudlayo kufanele kunikeze izidingo zakhe zomzimba.

Kodwa ukudla komuntu kumelwe futhi kunikeze amandla adingekayo emsebenzini wobuchopho bakhe nalokho akufunayo. Ngokomnotho wemvelo ukudla umuntu akudlayo kungakhulisa amandla akhe futhi kunezele emandleni akhe. Ngokuvamile uchitha amandla akhe ekuzijabuliseni ngokweqile. Okungaphezu kokwanele isilwane esikudlayo ukuze sinikeze izidingo zaso zamanje kugcinwa emzimbeni waso njengamandla engeziwe, futhi sidonsa lapho ukutholakala kokudla kunganele izidingo zaso.

Njengoba kusondela ubusika, izilwane ezilala ebusika zanda amafutha futhi zilungele ukuqala ubuthongo bazo basebusika. Amakhaza anqamula ukudla kwawo, amise umhlabathi abe yiqhwa futhi awaqhubele emihumeni yawo. Bese ziyazisonga noma zizigoqe endaweni egcina ukushisa kwazo kangcono futhi zivikele emakhazeni. Ukuphefumula kuncipha, inombolo nobude bokuphefumula kulawulwa inani likaphethiloli elidingekayo ukuze kugcinwe ilangabi lokuphila lisebenza. Ukudla okusetshenziswayo manje akukhona okwemisebenzi yemisipha, kodwa ukunikeza umzimba amandla adingekayo ukuze uhlale uqinile, phakathi nesikhathi eside sokulala nokulala. Lokhu kudla noma uphethiloli amandla anqwabelene ayewagcine emzimbeni wawo njengamafutha futhi asetshenziswa ngesikhathi sokulala kwawo ngokuvumelana nezidingo zomzimba.

Njengoba umhlaba uthambekela elangeni, imisebe yelanga, esikhundleni sokubheka ebusweni bomhlaba njengasebusika, manje ishaya ngokuqondile emhlabeni, yandisa imisinga kazibuthe futhi iqalise uketshezi nokugeleza kokuphila ezihlahleni. Ithonya lelanga liphinde livuse izilwane ezilele ebuthongweni bazo, ngasinye ngokwesimo saso, futhi njengoba ukudla kwaso kulungiswa yilanga.

Ukujikeleza kwegazi kwenza ukuphefumula kube kudingekile ngenxa yomoya-mpilo odingwa igazi futhi eliwuthola emaphashini. Ukuphefumula okwandayo kubangela ukwanda kokujikeleza kwegazi. Ukujikeleza kuyasebenza njengoba ukuphefumula kushesha futhi kujule. Ukusebenza komzimba kwenza igazi lisebenze futhi ukujikeleza okusebenzayo kwandisa inani lokuphefumula, konke okusebenzisa amandla ahlinzekwa ukudla. Ukungasebenzi kwesilwane kunciphisa ukujikeleza kwaso. Esilwaneni esilala ubuthongo, ukuhamba kwegazi kuyehla kuze kufike ezingeni eliphansi futhi ukuphefumula kwaso akulula uma kuzwakala. Kodwa kunezilwane lapho ukuhamba kwegazi nokuphefumula kuyeka futhi lapho imisebenzi yezitho imisiwe.

 

Ingabe isilwane esinamaphaphu singaphila ngaphandle kokuphefumula? Uma kunjalo, ihlala kanjani?

Ezinye izilwane ezinamaphaphu ziphila ngaphandle kokuphefumula. Izilwane ezinjalo zihlala ziphila ngokumisa ukusebenza kwezitho ezidinga ukutholakala kokudla nangokuhlala zithinta isimiso sokuphila ngaphakathi kwesimiso sokuphila semvelo, ulwandle olungabonakali nolungabonakali lokuphila, ngomgomo wokuhlanganisa kazibuthe womzimba walo. umzimba. Kuyaqabukela uma kudlula unyaka amaphephandaba angawanikezi amaqiniso athile ahlobene nokutholakala kwesilwane esiphile isikhathi eside ngaphandle kokuphefumula kwaso. Imvamisa umbhali walolu daba kuba yilowo oseke waqala ukuzwa ngeqiniso elifana naleli alibhalayo, futhi kungenzeka alichaze njengelingeyokuqala ukuqoshwa kwalo. Eqinisweni, kunamacala amaningi aqinisekiswe kahle abhalwe phansi, kumajenali esayensi ahlonishwayo. Ezinyangeni ezingeziningi ezedlule elinye lamaphepha asekuseni lanikeza ukulandisa ngokutholakala okuphawuleka kangaka. Iqembu labahloli lalifuna izibonelo ezithile ngenjongo yesayensi. Babenesikhathi sokunqamula ingxenye yedwala. Kokunye ukusikeka kwabo idwala eliqinile lavuleka ladalula ixoxo elalifakwe kuleyo nqwaba eqinile. Ngokushesha ixoxo laba into ethandwa kakhulu. Lapho ewubuka njengoba ulele uyisicaba ekamelweni lawo elincane lamatshe lapho elase lingcwatshwe khona amakhulu eminyaka, omunye wababekhona walihlohla ukuze abone ukuthi lalifile yini, futhi ixoxo labamangaza bonke ngokuphuma ethuneni lalo. Leli lungu elibike ngokuthola kwalo lithe lawezwa futhi lawafunda amacala anjalo, kodwa belilokhu lingabaza ukuthi kungenzeka lize liyibone le nto. Ngesikhathi sombiko ixoxo lalisaphila. Kwesinye isenzakalo kwabikwa abantu abadumile ukuthi lapho besika ochungechungeni oluthile lwamatshe eceleni komfula omdala, njengoba idwala lihlukanisa isibankwa sigingqika, futhi sabanjwa lapho siqala ukukhasa ngokuvilapha.

Izilwane ezitholakala ziphila ziboshelwe phakathi kwezingqimba zamatshe, noma ezimbelwe edwaleni eliqinile, noma ezikhule zaba izihlahla, noma ezigqitshwe emhlabathini, ziyizilwane ezilala ubuthongo, kodwa futhi ezingamisa yonke imisebenzi yemvelo ngokunqamula umoya. futhi ngasikhathi sinye unqamule ukuxhumana okungokomzimba nezikhungo ezithile zezinzwa futhi uzifake ekuxhumaneni kwe-etheric. Lokhu kwenziwa ngokubuyisela ulimi emphinjeni bese ugcwalisa indawo yomoya ngolimi. Ulimi oluhlehliselwe emuva lucindezela emphinjeni bese lumisa uqhoqhoqho noma uqhoqhoqho ekugcineni kwalo. Ngakho ulimi lufeza izinhloso ezimbili. Ixhuma uqhoqhoqho, futhi kanjalo ivimbele ukudlula komoya emaphashini, futhi, kanjalo, ibekwe, yenza ibhethri amandla okuphila ageleza ngawo emzimbeni inqobo nje uma isekhethi ilokhu ivaliwe. Lapho umoya uvaliwe emaphashini, igazi alikwazi ukushaywa umoya; umoya-mpilo egazini uyaphela; ngaphandle kokunikezwa kwegazi izitho azikwazi ukwenza imisebenzi yazo. Ngokujwayelekile ngaphansi kwalezi zimo ukufa kulandela, ngoba umoya wokuphefumula uphukile, kuyilapho umoya kufanele ugcinwe unyakaza ukuze imishini yokuphila iqhubeke nokusebenza. Kepha uma lapho umoya unqanyulwa emaphashini ukuxhumana okucashile kunokuphefumula okwenziwa phakathi komzimba wenyama nolwandle oluphilayo, umzimba wenyama ungagcinwa uphila inqobo nje uma ukuxhumana nokuphila kwenziwa futhi umzimba usala. ethule.

Uma nje ulimi lugcinwe endaweni echazwe, isilwane siyophila; kodwa ayikwazi ukunyakaza, ngoba ukuphefumula komoya kuyadingeka emsebenzini womzimba, futhi ayikwazi ukuphefumula ngenkathi ulimi lwayo lumisa indlela yayo yokuphefumula. Lapho ulimi lususwa ukuxhumana nokugeleza kokuphila okucashile kuyaphuka, kodwa impilo yamanje iqala ngokushwibeka komoya.

Ngaphandle kweqiniso lokuthi amaxoxo nezibankwa kuye kwatholakala ephila etsheni eliqinile, kuye kwaba nokuqagela okuningi, ngokuthi zafika kanjani lapho zingalimalanga. Ngokuqondene nendlela iselesele noma isibankwa esasingcwatshwe ngayo etsheni, okulandelayo kungase kusikisele izindlela ezimbili kweziningi okungenzeka.

Lapho isidalwa sitholakala etsheni lokwakheka kwamanzi ogwini lomfula, kungenzeka ukuthi, phakathi nesikhathi sokungasebenzi kwaso ngokomzimba, amanzi akhuphuka asimboze futhi kube khona amadiphozithi avela emanzini ahlala azungeze umzimba wesidalwa futhi kanjalo. wayivalela. Lapho isilwane sitholakala etsheni lemvelaphi yomlilo, kungenzeka ukuthi ngenkathi sisesimweni sokuthula, sama endleleni futhi sambozwa umfudlana opholisayo wedwala elincibilikisiwe eligeleza livela entaba-mlilo. Kungase kwenziwe ukuphikiswa kokuthi alikho iselesele noma isibankwa esingahlala emanzini isikhathi eside ngokwanele bese silahlekelwa amatshe anqwabelene sibe yinqwaba yamatshe kuwo, futhi sasingakwazi ukumelana nokushisa nesisindo setshe elincibilikisiwe. Lokhu kuphikisa kuzolahlekelwa ukubaluleka kwakho kumuntu obelokhu eqaphelisisa imikhuba yamaxoxo nezibankwa, lapho ekhumbula ukushisa okunamandla abonakala ekujabulela, nalapho kuqondwa ukuthi ngenkathi elele ngokomzimba futhi ethintana nomsinga ocashile. yokuphila, abazwani nezimo zomzimba nokuzwa.

 

Ingabe isayensi ithola noma yimuphi umthetho umuntu angaphila ngaphandle kokudla kanye nomoya; Uma kunjalo, babe namadoda aphila kanjalo, futhi yimuphi umthetho?

Ngokwesayensi yesimanje awukho umthetho onjalo, ngoba awukho umthetho onjalo owaziwa yisayensi yanamuhla. Ukuthi umuntu angaphila isikhathi eside ngaphandle kokudla nomoya akuvunyelwe yisayensi esemthethweni. Angeke, ngokwesayensi, kube khona noma yimuphi umthetho ovumela umuntu ukuba aphile ngaphandle kokudla nomoya, bonke ubufakazi noma kunjalo, kuze kube yilapho isayensi isungule umthetho futhi yawugunyaza ngokusemthethweni. Noma kunjalo, abantu baye baphila isikhathi eside, bengenakudla futhi bengatholakali emoyeni, ngokofakazi abathembekile, nanjengoba kushiwo emibhalweni yomphakathi. ENdiya kunemibhalo eminingi egciniwe ezikhathini zanamuhla, kanye nokulandisa kanye nezinganekwane ezihlehlela emuva emakhulwini amaningi eminyaka, ama-yogi okwathi ngenxa yemikhuba ethile akwazi futhi amisa ukusebenza komzimba futhi ahlale engenawo umoya isikhathi eside. Cishe noma yimuphi umHindu ake wezwa noma wazibonela ngawakhe ukusebenza okunjalo. Okunye ukulandisa okunjalo kuzosebenza njengesibonelo.

Ukuze afakazele ukuthi umuntu angathola amandla angavamile ngokuvamile ayebhekwa njengento engenakwenzeka, umHindu othile wokwenza iyoga wacela ukubonisa izikhulu ezithile zamaNgisi ukuthi angaphila isikhathi eside ngaphandle kokudla noma umoya. AmaNgisi ahlongoza izimo zokuhlolwa, ezamukelwa, kodwa kwaqondwa ukuthi akekho omunye ngaphandle kwe-yogi's chelas, abafundi, abamlungiselela usizi futhi bamnakekele ngemva kwalo. Ngesikhathi esimisiwe isixuku esikhulu sabantu babuthana ukuze babone isimangaliso esasizokwenziwa. Ezungezwe izilaleli zakhe eziningi, i-yogi yahlala ezindla kwaze kwaba yilapho abafundi bakhe ababekhona bebona ushintsho oluthile lwehlela kuye. Base bemfaka isikhathi eside ebhokisini elimboziwe, lona lafakwa ebhokisini lomthofu. Isembozo sebhokisi safakwa futhi savalwa kahle futhi sehliswa ngaphezu kwamamitha ayisithupha emhlabathini. Umhlaba waphonswa phezu kwebhokisi, futhi imbewu yotshani yahlwanyelwa phezu kwawo. Amasosha ayeyiqaphile yonke indawo, okwakuyindawo eheha izivakashi. Kwadlula izinyanga, utshani bakhula baba isoyi elisindayo. Ngaleso sikhathi okwakuvunyelwana ngaso zonke izinhlangothi ezithintekayo zazikhona, futhi izethameli zaziziningi, njengoba izindaba zalesi simangaliso zazisabalele kude. Utshani bahlolisiswa ngokucophelela ngokwaneliseka. Isoyi lanqunywa futhi lasuswa, inhlabathi yavuleka, ibhokisi lomthofu laphakanyiswa, izimpawu zaphulwa futhi zasuswa, futhi uYogi wabonakala elele njengoba ebekwe. Wasuswa ngenhlonipho. Abafundi bakhe bamhlikihla izitho, baphatha amehlo akhe namathempeli, bakhipha futhi bamgeza ulimi. Ngokushesha kwaqala ukuphefumula, ukushaya kwenhliziyo, umsindo ophuma emphinjeni weYogi, amehlo akhe agijima avuleka futhi wahlala futhi wakhuluma. Umehluko kuphela kuYogi ukuthi wayebonakala ezacile kakhulu kunangesikhathi sokungcwatshwa nokungcwatshwa. Leli cala liqoshwe komunye wemibiko kahulumeni.

Labo abathi bajwayelene nemikhuba edingekayo ukuze bangene ezimweni ezinjalo zokuphupha, bathi iYogis izilungiselela ngokuzivocavoca okuthile kokuphefumula nangokuphathwa okuthile kolimi nomphimbo. Kuthiwa yibona futhi kwashiwo nasezincwadini ezikhuluma ngesihloko esithi “Yoga,” ukuthi ngokuzindla nokuzivocavoca ekukhipheni umoya, ukuhogela nokugcina umoya, ukusebenza kwezitho zomzimba kungase kumiswe futhi umzimba uphile. . Kuthiwa kudingekile ukuthi umuntu ozofikelwa yingqondo isikhathi eside akwazi ukulubuyisela emphinjeni ulimi lwakhe. Ukuze lokhu kwenzeke ngokomzimba, kuthiwa ukuxhumana phakathi komhlathi ongezansi nolimi kumelwe kunqanyulwe noma kuguge. Khona-ke u-Yogi kufanele adonse-noma lokho okubizwa ngokuthi "ubisi" -ulimi lwakhe ukuze alulule lube ubude obudingekayo ukuze ahlinzwe. Uthisha wakhe uyamkhombisa ukuthi kanjani.

Ukuthi lezo zinhlobo zama-Yogi sezifunde ukulingisa izilwane ezilala ubuthongo futhi zafanekisa izimo zemvelo zezilwane ezithile, nokho izimo nezinqubo ziyefana, nakuba i-Yogi ishoda endowment yemvelo eyithola ngokwenza, noma izindlela zokwenziwa. Ulimi lwesele noma lwesibankwa aludingi ukuhlinzwa ukuze lunikeze ubude, futhi lezi zilwane azidingi ukuvivinya umzimba ukuphefumula ukuze zixhumanise nokugeleza kwangaphakathi kokuphila. Isikhathi nendawo kuzonquma ukuthi zizongeniswa nini. Lokho isilwane esingakwenza ngesiphiwo semvelo, umuntu angase afunde ukukwenza. Umehluko ukuthi umuntu kufanele ahlinzeke ngengqondo, lokho akushoyo ngokwemvelo.

Ukuze umuntu aqhubeke ephila ngaphandle kokuphefumula kufanele axhumane nomoya wakhe wengqondo. Lapho umoya wakhe wengqondo ugeleza umoya wakhe womzimba uyama. Ukuphefumula kwengqondo ngezinye izikhathi kubangelwa isimo sengqondo noma ukuphazamiseka, noma kungase kuthonywe amandla kazibuthe noma ingqondo yomunye, njengaku-trance ejulile kazibuthe noma yokulutha. Lapho umuntu, ngokuthanda kwakhe, edlula endaweni lapho ehlala khona ngaphandle kokuphefumula wenza kanjalo ngokuzivocavoca umzimba nokuphefumula njengoba kuchaziwe noma, ngaphandle kokuphefumula kwemvelo, ngaphandle kokunyakaza komzimba. Esimweni sokuqala uthintana nokuphefumula kwakhe kwengqondo kusuka emzimbeni wakhe wenyama ngezansi. Esimweni sesibili uhlobanisa umoya wakhe wengqondo nomzimba wakhe ovela engqondweni yakhe phezulu. Indlela yokuqala isebenzisa izinzwa, eyesibili isetshenziswa ingqondo. Indlela yokuqala idinga ukuthuthukiswa kwezinzwa zangaphakathi, indlela yesibili ifezwa lapho umuntu efunda ukusebenzisa ingqondo yakhe ngokuhlakanipha, ngaphandle kwezinzwa zakhe.

Amabanga amaningi ezinto kanye nemizimba engaphezu kweyodwa ingena ekwakhiweni komuntu. Umzimba wakhe ngamunye noma izinga lezinto lihlinzekwa lisuka emhlabeni eliyingxenye yalo. Kodwa ukuphila okuyinhloko kungomunye wemizimba edlulisela ukuphila kweminye. Lapho ukunikezwa kwempilo kuthathwa ngomzimba kuyasetshenziswa futhi kudluliselwe kuma-psychic. Lapho okuhlinzekwayo okuyinhloko kuza nge-psychic idlulisela futhi igcine umzimba uphila. Umthetho uthi umuntu angakwazi ukugcina umzimba wakhe uphila ngomoya akwazi ukuwunikeza.

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