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JUNE 1906

AMADODA NABANGANE

Emhlanganweni ngobusuku obubodwa obudlule kwabuzwa umbuzo: Ingabe i-Theosophist ingumdli noma inyama yokudla?

I-theosophist ingase ibe isidla inyama noma imifino, kodwa ukudla imifino noma ukudla inyama ngeke kumenze umuntu abe yi-theosophist. Ngeshwa, abantu abaningi bacabange ukuthi i-sine qua non yempilo kamoya iwukudla imifino, kanti isitatimende esinjalo siphambene nezimfundiso zabafundisi beqiniso bakamoya. “Akukhona okungena emlonyeni okungcolisa umuntu, kodwa okuphuma emlonyeni yikho okumngcolisayo umuntu,” kusho uJesu. (Math. xvii.)

“Ningakholwa ukuthi nihlezi emahlathini amnyama, niziqhenye ngokuzidla, ningaphandle kwabantu; ungakholwa ukuthi ukuphila ezimpandeni nasezitshalweni. . . . Oh zinikele, lokhu kuzokuholela emgomweni wenkululeko yokugcina,” kusho iVoice of the Silence. I-theosophist kufanele isebenzise ukwahlulela kwayo okuhle kakhulu futhi ihlale ibuswa yingqondo ekunakekeleni impilo yakhe yengqondo nengqondo. Mayelana nendaba yokudla umbuzo wokuqala okufanele azibuze wona uthi “Yikuphi ukudla okudingekayo ukuze ngigcine umzimba wami uphilile?” Uma ethola lokhu ngokuhlolwa, mvumele athathe lokho kudla lokho isipiliyoni sakhe nokukubona kumkhombisa ukuthi kuvumelana kangcono nezimfuneko zakhe zomzimba nezengqondo. Khona-ke uzobe engangabazi ukuthi yikuphi ukudla azokudla, kodwa ngokuqinisekile ngeke akhulume noma acabange nge-meatariism noma i-vegerarianism njengeziqu ze-theosophist.

I-theosophist yangempela ingabheka kanjani ukuthi i-theosophist futhi isadla inyama uma sazi ukuthi izifiso zesilwane zidluliselwa kusuka inyama yenyama kuze kube umzimba womuntu odlayo?

I-theosophist yangempela akalokothi athi uyi-theosophist. Kunamalungu amaningi e-Theosophical Society kodwa ambalwa kakhulu ama-theosophists angempela; ngoba i-theosophist, njengoba negama lisho, yilowo ofinyelele ukuhlakanipha kwaphezulu; ohlangene noNkulunkulu wakhe. Uma sikhuluma nge-theosophist yangempela, kufanele sisho lowo onokuhlakanipha kwaphezulu. Ngokuvamile, nakuba kungenjalo ngokunembile, ukukhuluma, noma kunjalo, i-theosophist iyilungu le-Theosophical Society. Othi uyazazi izifiso zesilwane ukuthi sidluliselwe emzimbeni walowo osidlayo ufakaza ngamazwi akhe ukuthi akazi. Inyama yesilwane iwuhlobo lwempilo oluthuthuke kakhulu futhi olugxilile olungase lusetshenziswe njengokudla. Lokhu kumelela isifiso, ngokuqinisekile, kodwa isifiso sesilwane esimweni saso semvelo sincane kakhulu kunesifiso kumuntu. Isifiso ngokwaso asibi, kodwa siba sibi kuphela lapho umqondo othambekele kubi uhlangana naso. Akusona isifiso ngokwaso esibi, kodwa izinhloso ezimbi ezibekwa kuzo ingqondo futhi ezingayenga ingqondo kuzo, kodwa ukusho ukuthi isifiso sesilwane njengenhlangano sidluliselwa emzimbeni womuntu isitatimende esingalungile. Inhlangano ebizwa ngokuthi i-kama rupa, noma isifiso-umzimba, eshukumisa umzimba wesilwane, ayihlangene nakancane nenyama yaleso silwane ngemva kokufa. Isifiso sesilwane sihlala egazini lesilwane. Lapho isilwane sibulawa, isifiso-umzimba uyaphuma emzimbeni waso wenyama negazi lokuphila, ushiye inyama, eyakhiwe amangqamuzana, njengendlela yokuphila egxilile eye yasebenza yileso silwane esivela embusweni wemifino. Umuntu odla inyama uzoba nelungelo elikhulu lokusho, futhi abe nengqondo uma esho, ukuthi umuntu odla imifino wayezifaka ubuthi nge-prussic acid ngokudla ulethisi noma noma yimuphi omunye ubuthi obugcwele imifino, kunokuba imifino ingakwazi ngempela futhi. zisho kahle ukuthi odla inyama wayedla futhi emunca izifiso zezilwane.

Akulona iqiniso yini ukuthi i-yogis yaseNdiya, namadoda okuthola izinto ezivela kuNkulunkulu, ihlala emifino, futhi uma kunjalo, labo abakuzozikhukhumeza bona bayakugwema inyama futhi baphile nemifino?

Kuyiqiniso, ukuthi iningi lama-yogi aliyidli inyama, noma labo abazuza kakhulu ngokomoya, futhi abavame ukuhlala ngaphandle kwabantu, kodwa akulandeli lokho ngenxa yokuthi bakwenzile, bonke abanye kufanele bagweme inyama. La madoda awanakho okungokomoya ngoba aphila ngemifino, kodwa adla imifino ngoba angakwazi ukuphila ngaphandle kwamandla enyama. Futhi kufanele sikhumbule ukuthi labo abaye bazuza bahluke kakhulu kulabo abazama ukuqala ukuzuza, futhi ukudla koyedwa angeke kube ukudla komunye ngoba umzimba ngamunye udinga ukudla okudingekile kakhulu kuwo ukugcina impilo. Kuyadabukisa njengoba kuyahlekisa ukubona ukuthi lapho kuthathwa umbono omuhle lowo okubonayo kungenzeka acabange ukuthi ungakwenza. Sifana nezingane ezibona into ikude kodwa ifike ibambe ngokungazi, inganakile ukuthi ikude kangakanani. Kubi kakhulu ukuthi labo abafuna ukuba yi-yogiship noma ubunkulunkulu akufanele balingise izici zaphezulu kanye nokuqonda okungokomoya kwabantu baphezulu esikhundleni sokukhala ngemikhuba namasiko enyama kanye nenyama, futhi bacabange ukuthi ngokwenza kanjalo nabo bayoba ngabangcwele. . Enye yezinto ezibalulekile entuthukweni engokomoya iwukufunda lokho uCarlyle akubiza ngokuthi “Ukufaneleka Kwaphakade Kwezinto.”

Ukudla imifino kunomphumela womzimba womuntu, uma kuqhathaniswa nokudla inyama?

Lokhu kunqunywa kakhulu yizisetshenziswa zokugaya ukudla. Ukugaya kuqhutshelwa emlonyeni, esiswini kanye nomsele wamathumbu, kusizwa uketshezi lwesibindi namanyikwe. Imifino igaywa ngokuyinhloko emseleni wamathumbu, kanti isisu ngokuyinhloko siyisitho sokugaya inyama. Ukudla okufakwa emlonyeni kukhona lapho kukhuniwe kuhlanganiswe namathe, amazinyo akhombisa ukuthambekela kwemvelo kanye nezinga lomzimba lokuthi udla uhlaza noma udla inyama. Amazinyo akhombisa ukuthi umuntu uyizingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu ezidla inyama kanye nengxenye eyodwa kwezintathu edla uhlaza, okusho ukuthi imvelo imnike izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zamazinyo akhe okudla inyama kanye nengxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yemifino. Emzimbeni onempilo wemvelo lokhu kufanele kube isilinganiso sokudla kwawo. Esimeni esinempilo ukusetshenziswa kolunye uhlobo ngaphandle kolunye kuzodala ukungalingani kwezempilo. Ukusetshenziswa kwemifino kuphela kubangela ukuvutshelwa nokukhiqizwa kwemvubelo emzimbeni, okuletha zonke izinhlobo zezifo umuntu ayindlalifa yazo. Lapho nje ukubila kuqala esiswini nasemathunjini bese kuba nokwakheka imvubelo egazini futhi ingqondo iba nokungahlaliseki. Igesi ye-carbonic acid eyakhiwe ithinta inhliziyo, futhi isebenze emithanjeni ukuze ibangele ukuhlaselwa kokukhubazeka noma okunye ukuphazamiseka kwemizwa nemisipha. Phakathi kwezimpawu nobufakazi bokudla imifino ukucasuka, ukucasuka, ukuphaphatheka, ukuphazamiseka kokujikeleza kwegazi, ukushaya kwenhliziyo, ukuntuleka kokuqhubeka komcabango nokugxilisa ingqondo, ukuwohloka kwempilo eqinile, ukuzwela umzimba ngokweqile, kanye nokuthambekela mediumship. Ukudla inyama kunikeza umzimba amandla emvelo owadingayo. Kwenza umzimba ube isilwane esinamandla, esinempilo, esingokomzimba, futhi kwakha lomzimba wesilwane njengenqaba ngemva kwalokho ingqondo ingamelana nokuhlasela kwabanye abantu benyama ehlangana nayo futhi okufanele ilwe nabo kuwo wonke amadolobha amakhulu noma imibuthano yabantu. .

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