THE

I-WORD

JUNE 1915

AMADODA NABANGANE

Uyini umuzwa wokuhogela; senza kanjani; ingabe izinhlayiya zomzimba zihlanganyela ekwenzeni ukuzwa, futhi yisiphi isici esithinta ukudlala?

Lokho okubizwa ngokuthi ukuhogela, kuwumbono wezakhiwo ezithile zezinto. Lezi zici zisebenza kumuntu ngesitho sakhe sokuhogela, lapho zifika khona emthanjeni wokuhogela. Inzwa ixhumanisa isici esicashile, esisentweni ebonakalayo, nebhizinisi elisemzimbeni womuntu. Leli bhizinisi liyisidalwa esibona imvelo yento ngolwazi elithola ngomthambo wokuhogela. Ibhizinisi liyisipoki semvelo sesigaba sezipoki zomhlaba. I-elemental enukayo ixhunywe futhi ingenye yezidalwa ezingena kumthethosisekelo nesakhiwo sesisekelo somuntu. I-elementi enukayo ingeye-elementi yomhlaba, futhi ngenxa yaleso sizathu ingabona izakhiwo zemvelo yomhlaba, ezivezwa izinto ezibonakalayo. Ngakho impendulo yemibuzo ethi "Uyini umuzwa wokuhogela futhi wenza kanjani?" ukuthi uyisidalwa, isisekelo somhlaba ngaphakathi kwesakhi somuntu emzimbeni wenyama, okuhogela okubalulekile okubona imvelo yezimfanelo ezithile emizimbeni yenyama, ebizwa ngokuthi iphunga noma iphunga.

Lezi zimfanelo zibonwa ngokuhogela kuphela. Ukuhogela yikho konke lokhu okwenzayo. Ukuhogela wukudla kwayo, okuyondlayo futhi kuyigcine. Ibona izici nezimo ezithile zesici somhlaba ngaphandle. Iphunga into engabonakali, ecashile yomhlaba, engena kumthethosisekelo wento eyisiqalo enukayo kanjalo nesakhi somuntu.

Izinhlayiya ezibonakalayo zento ebonwa iphunga layo zingena ekukhiqizeni umuzwa wokuhogela. Akuzona zodwa izinhlayiya okungeyento ebonakalayo kodwa nezinhlayiya ezinjalo ze-elementi yomhlaba njengoba zazigeleza entweni, zibangela ukuzwa kwephunga. Isici somhlaba sifana negagasi, eligeleza liye emuva naphambili phakathi kwento. Ukugeleza kwakhiwe yizinhlayiya ezingapheli, ezingabonakali ezibonakala ziyinqwaba ehlangene; kodwa uma umuzwa wangaphakathi wokubona ubukhali ngokwanele futhi nengqondo ingakwazi ukuhlaziya ukugeleza, lokho kugeleza kuyobonakala sengathi kwakhiwe izinhlayiya.

Lapho umkhathi ongokoqobo womuntu uthinta umkhathi wento ehogelayo—lowo mkhathi owakhiwa izinhlayiya ezishiwo—izinhlayiya zibonakala emkhathini womuntu ohogelayo, lapho zithinta umthambo wephunga. Ukuhogela kuyisici esibonakalayo sezinto ezibonwayo. Yonke into ebonakalayo inomoya wayo ohlukile, lapho izinhlayiya zilengiswa futhi zizungeza. Kodwa zimbalwa izinto ezingezwa iphunga. Isizathu siwukuthi umbono ngomqondo wokuhogela awuqeqeshiwe futhi awulungile ngokwanele. Lapho inzwa yokuhogela iqeqeshwa, njengakumuntu oyimpumputhe, kunganukwa izinto eziningi manje ezibhekwa njengezingenaphunga.

Kusenomuzwa wokuhogela obukhali, umuzwa wangaphakathi, okungenzeka uthuthukiswe futhi abanye abantu asebevele bathuthukile, lapho kuzwakala khona iphunga lezinto ezingekho ngokomzimba. Izidalwa zakwelinye izwe zingazenza zaziwe ngephunga, kodwa lokhu akulona iphunga elingokomzimba.

Ingxenye edlalwa ukunuka ekuphileni ukuthi izinsiza zokuhogela ekulondolozeni ukuphila. Iphunga lokudla libangela ukuba amajusi esisu ageleze futhi awashukumise, njengoba kwenza ukubona itafula elilungiselelwe kahle. Izilwane zizwa ngokuzwa kwazo izindawo lapho zingathola khona ukudla. Babona ubukhona bezitha kanye nezingozi ngephunga.

Nakuba umuntu okwamanje ondliwe ngokumuncwa kwe-essence ecashile ekhishwa uhlelo lwakhe ekudleni okukhulu akudlayo, kuyokwenzeka esikhathini esizayo, lapho umuntu esewulawula kangcono umzimba wakhe wenyama, akwazi ukuwukhipha umuzwa wokuhogela ingqikithi manje okufanele ayithole ngokugaya aphume ekuguquleni kokudla okungokwenyama. Isici sakhe esiphunga sizobe sesikhokhiswa ukondla umzimba wenyama. Izinzwa ezimbili zokunambitha nezokuhogela, nokho, kuzofanele zishintshwe kakhulu ezimweni ezikuzo njengamanje ngaphambi kokuba ukondliwa ngokuhogela kukodwa kwenzeke. Khona-ke izinhlayiya ezicashile ezizothathwa yi-elementi enukayo zizoba yindlela yokondla umzimba wenyama.

Uyini umcabango? Ungalinywa kanjani futhi usetshenziswe?

Umcabango ileso simo somqondo lapho ubuhlakani besithombe bengqondo busebenza ngokuqaphela ukunikeza isimo esihlokweni somcabango esiqanjwe ubuhlakani bezisusa futhi ubuhlakani bokugxila obulethwe futhi bubambe ngaphakathi kobubanzi. Lawa makhono amathathu engqondo ahlobene ngqo nokucabanga. Amanye amakhono amane akhathazekile ngokungaqondile. Ikhono elimnyama liphazamisa ukucabanga, njengoba lenza ngayo yonke eminye imisebenzi yengqondo, ngakho-ke ubuhlakani bobumnyama kufanele bube sesimweni lapho bulawulwa ngokwanele ukuvumela umsebenzi wokucabanga. Ikhono lesikhathi linikeza izinto ezisetshenziswa emsebenzini wokucabanga. Ikhono lokukhanya libonisa ukuthi umsebenzi wokucabanga kufanele wenziwe kanjani. Ubuhlakani be-I-am bunikeza ubunikazi kanye nobuntu emsebenzini wokucabanga. Ukucabanga kuyisimo somqondo, futhi ngokwako akusona sezinzwa. Umsebenzi womcabango wenziwa engqondweni ngaphambi kokuba uhlotshaniswe nezinzwa ngengqondo nangaphambi kokuba izinzwa zibizwe ukuthi ziveze emhlabeni wenyama kulokho okuqale kwenziwa emcabangweni. Lokhu kunjalo ngomcabango. Nokho, kufanele kukhunjulwe ukuthi lokho ngokuvamile okubizwa ngokuthi umcabango akuwona neze umcabango. Okubanzi nangaphandle kokuqonda incazelo yegama elibizwa ngokuthi umcabango ukudlala kwengqondo ngemizwa, noma, ngezinga eliphakeme, ukusebenza kwengqondo lapho iphoqwa izinzwa ukuba zikhiqize kabusha noma zinikeze izinto jabulisa izinzwa futhi unikeze izinto ezintsha ezithokozisayo noma izinkinga izinzwa ezizikhombisile zaholela ingqondo kuzo. Endabeni yalesi simo, esibizwa ngamanga ngokuthi umcabango, wonke amandla engqondo ayisikhombisa ayanyakaziswa ngobuhlakani bokugxila; kodwa lezi zinxushunxushu zimane zimane ziyizinto ezivusa amadlingozi zamanye amakhono ngokusebenzisa ubuhlakani bokugxila futhi akuwona umsebenzi wamakhono. I-focus faculty iyona kuphela ikhono lengqondo elithintana ngqo nobuchopho bomuntu ojwayelekile. Amanye amakhono ayisithupha awaxhumani. Isenzo sabo sidalwa yi-focus faculty.

Ukuze uqonde kangcono ukuthi imuphi umcabango—okungukuthi, umcabango wangempela—uyini, kufanele kubonakale ukuthi umcabango wamanga—okungukuthi, ukuyaluza nje okubizwa ngamanga ngokuthi umcabango—uyini. Umcabango wamanga awusona isenzo sokuqaphela samakhono engqondo, kodwa isenzo sekhono elilodwa, ubuhlakani obugxilwe kuphela, obunyakaziswa izinzwa futhi okuthi uma kucasuka kubangele ukuyaluza kwamanye amakhono ayisithupha noma amanye awo.

Fancies, day dreams, mooning, akuyona umcabango. Ukukhiqizwa kabusha kwamafomu kanye nezici zemvelo akuwona umcabango. Ukukopisha noma yimuphi umsebenzi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi owemvelo noma owomuntu, akuwona umcabango, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ungenziwa ngobuciko. Umcabango uyindalo. Wonke umsebenzi womcabango uyindalo entsha. Umcabango awukopishi imvelo. Imvelo ayiwubonisi umqondo ukuthi uwenza kanjani umsebenzi womcabango. Ukucabanga kunikeza imvelo ngazo zonke izinhlobo zayo nemibala nemisindo nezici ezihlukahlukene. Lezi zinikezwe imvelo ngengqondo hhayi ngokwemvelo.

Ukuhlakulela umcabango—okungukuthi, isimo somqondo lapho ubuhlakani besithombe, ubuhlakani bezisusa, kanye nobuhlakani bokugxila buhlanganiswa futhi benze umsebenzi wabo ngokuvumelana, kuyilapho ubuhlakani bobumnyama bunomkhawulo noma bucindezelwe, kanye namanye amakhono amathathu. , ubuhlakani besikhathi, ubuhlakani bokukhanya, kanye nobuhlakani be-I-am banesandla kulo msebenzi—kuyadingeka ukuqonda uhlelo olushiwo lapha, okuwukuphela kwesistimu enikeza ukuqonda ekusebenzeni kwengqondo.

Isinyathelo sesibili siwukukwazi ukucabanga isihloko esicatshangwayo, futhi isinyathelo esilandelayo ukusebenzisa ubuhlakani besithombe ngokuvumelana nekhono lenhloso kanye nekhono lokugxila. Kubhekiselwa kuye obuzayo izihloko ezimbili ezikhuluma ngomcabango ezavela kumagazini kaMeyi noJuni Izwi, e 1913. Ngokuqondene namakhono engqondo, ulwazi lungatholakala ku isihloko esithi, “Ama-Adepts, Masters, namaMahatmas,” ephrintiwe ngaphakathi The Word in Ephreli, May, Juni, Julayi, futhi Agasti, i-1910.

Umngani [HW Percival]