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OCTOBER 1906


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AMADODA NABANGANE

Ekhuluma ngama-elemental umngane uyabuza: Iyini incazelo eqondile yezingqungquthela zegama, ezisetshenziselwa ukuxhumana okuningi ngama-theosophists nabasebenzisa imimoya?

Isisekelo siyibhizinisi elingaphansi kwesigaba somuntu; umzimba we-elementi wakhiwe ngenye yezakhi ezine. Ngakho-ke igama elithi elemental, incazelo noma eyingxenye yezakhi. Izazi zefilosofi zasendulo ezaziwa ngokuthi amaRosicrucians zahlukanisa izakhi zaba izigaba ezine, zihlobanisa isigaba ngasinye nesinye sezici ezine eziphathwa yibona njengomhlaba, amanzi, umoya, nomlilo. Yebo kufanele kukhunjulwe ukuthi lezi zakhi azifani nezakhi zethu eziphelele. Ngokwesibonelo, umhlaba awuyona into esiyibonayo esizungezile, kodwa uyisici esiyinhloko lapho umhlaba wethu oqinile usekelwe khona. AbakwaRosicrucian baqamba ama-elemental zomhlaba, ama-gnomes; lezo zamanzi, azifani; labo of the, umoya, sylfs; futhi labo umlilo, salamanders. Noma kunini lapho ingxenye yesici esisodwa iqondiswa umcabango ojulile womuntu, lo mcabango uthatha isimo sawo kusici sesici semvelo yawo futhi uvela njengebhizinisi elihlukene nesici, kodwa umzimba walo okuleso sakhi. Lawo ma-elemental angadalwanga umcabango womuntu kulesi sikhathi sokuziphendukela kwemvelo athatha ubunjalo bawo, ngenxa yemibono enkathini yangaphambili yokuziphendukela kwemvelo. Ukudalwa kwe-elemental kungenxa yengqondo, yomuntu noma yendawo yonke. Izinto eziyisisekelo ezaziwa ngokuthi ama-earth elementals ngokwazo ziyizigaba eziyisikhombisa, futhi yilezo ezihlala emigedeni nasezintabeni, ezimayini nakuzo zonke izindawo zomhlaba. Bangabakhi bomhlaba namaminerali nezinsimbi zawo. Ama-undines ahlala eziphethwini, emifuleni, olwandle, nasemswakeni womoya, kodwa kuthatha inhlanganisela yamanzi, umoya kanye nezinto zomlilo ukukhiqiza imvula. Ngokuvamile kuthatha inhlanganisela yezigaba ezimbili noma ngaphezulu zama-elemental ukukhiqiza noma iyiphi into engokwemvelo. Ngakho-ke amakristalu akhiwa inhlanganisela yomhlaba, umoya, amanzi, nezinto zomlilo. Kunjalo ngamatshe ayigugu. Ama-sylfs ahlala emoyeni, ezihlahleni, ezimbalini zamasimu, ezihlahleni, nakuwo wonke umbuso wemifino. Amasalamusi angawomlilo. Ilangabi livela ngokuba khona kwesalamande. Umlilo wenza intulo ibonakale. Uma kukhona ilangabi sibona ingxenye eyodwa yentulo. Izici zomlilo yizona ezingabonakali kakhulu. Lezi ezine zihlangana ndawonye ekukhiqizeni imililo, iziphepho, izikhukhula, nokuzamazama komhlaba.

 

Isho ukuthini i-'human elemental'? Ingabe ukhona umehluko phakathi kwayo nengqondo ephansi?

Okuyisihluthulelo somuntu yilokho umuntu ahlangana nakho lapho eqala ukungena emzimbeni futhi azihlanganisa nakho emzimbeni ngamunye ekwakheni umzimba wakhe. Iphikelela kukho konke ukwakheka kwengqondo kuze kube yilapho, ngokubambisana isikhathi eside nengqondo, ithola inhlansi noma i-ray yokuzazi. Akuseyona into esezingeni lomuntu, kepha ingqondo ephansi. Okusuka kumuntu kuvela i-linga sharira. Isisekelo somuntu yilokho okuku- “Imfihlo yeMfundiso ka-Mame Blavatsky” okubizwa nge- “bharishad pitri,” noma “ukhokho wenyanga,” kanti umuntu, u-Ego, ungowase-aginnwatta pitri, wohlu lozungezilanga, indodana yeLanga.

 

Ingabe kukhona okuyisisekelo okulawula izifiso, omunye olawula amandla amakhulu, omunye olawula imisebenzi yomzimba, noma olawula konke okuyisisekelo?

Isisekelo sabantu silawula konke lokhu. I-linga sharira yi-automaton eqhuba izifiso zomuntu. I-bharishad pitri ayifi ngokufa komzimba, njengoba kwenza ne-linga sharira. I-linga sharira, ingane yayo, ikhiqizwa kuyo ukuze ifundwe. I-bharishad injengomama osetshenziselwa ingqondo yokuphindukuzalwa noma i-Ego, futhi kusukela kulesi senzo kukhiqizwa i-linga sharira. Isakhi sabantu silawula yonke imisebenzi eshiwo kulo mbuzo, kepha umsebenzi ngamunye wenziwa isakhi esehlukile. Isakhi sesitho ngasinye somzimba sazi futhi silawula kuphela izimpilo ezihamba zakha leso sitho, futhi zenze umsebenzi waso, kepha azi lutho nganoma yimuphi umsebenzi wesinye isitho, kepha isakhi somuntu siyabona ukuthi yonke le misebenzi iyenziwa futhi zihlobene nomunye ngokuvumelanayo. Zonke izenzo zokuzenzela zomzimba ezinjengokuphefumula, ukugaya, ukufaka amandla, zonke zilawulwa yisiqu somuntu. Lona umsebenzi we-buddhic emzimbeni wenyama wenyama yomuntu. Ku Umhleli othi “Consciousness,” Izwi, Vol. I, ikhasi 293, kuthiwa: “Isimo sesihlanu sendaba ingqondo yomuntu noma u-I-I-I. Ngesikhathi seminyaka engenakubalwa, i-athomu elingabonakali elingenakuqanjwa elaliqondisa amanye ama-athomu kumaminerali, ngokusebenzisa imifino, kanye nesilwane, ekugcineni lifinyelela isimo esiphakeme sendaba lapho kuboniswa khona iConsciousness eyodwa. Ukuba yinhlangano eyodwa futhi okuboniswa yiConsciousness ngaphakathi, kuyacabanga futhi kukhulume njengami, ngoba ngiyisibonakaliso saLowo. Umzimba womuntu ngaphansi kokuqondisa kwawo umzimba wesilwane ohlelekile. Inhlangano yezilwane iphoqa isitho ngasinye saso ukuba senze umsebenzi othile. Inhlangano yesitho ngasinye iqondisa iseli ngalinye laso ukuba lenze umsebenzi othile. Ukuphila kwengqamuzana ngalinye kuqondisa ngamunye wamangqamuzana alo ekukhuleni. Ukuqanjwa kwale molekyuli ngayinye kuhlanganisa ngalinye lama-athomu alo ngendlela ehlelekile, futhi i-Consciousness igxilisa i-athomu ngalinye ngenhloso yokuzazi. Ama-athomu, ama-molecule, amaseli, izitho, nezilwane, konke kuqondiswa ngumqondo — isimo sokuziqaphela sendaba — umsebenzi owucatshwayo. Kepha umqondo awutholi ukuzazi, okungukuthuthuka kwawo okuphelele, kuze kube yilapho usunqobile futhi walawula zonke izifiso nemibono etholwe ngokusebenzisa izinzwa, futhi wagxila kuyo yonke imicabango ku-Consciousness njengoba izibonakalisa yona uqobo. ”I-bharishad ingumugqa womucu umzimba njengoba nje i-aginnwatta pitri ingumucu womqondo. "Ngabe kukhona yini okulawula izinkanuko?" Cha. I-like rupa inobuhlobo obufanayo ne-Ego njengoba kwenza i-linga sharira nento yomuntu. Kuphela lapho i-linga sharira iyi-automaton yomzimba, i-like rupa iyisibonakaliso sezinkanuko zesiphithiphithi esihambisa umhlaba. Izifiso zezwe zihambisa i-like rupa. Njalo lapho kudlula okuyisisekelo kugasele ku-like rupa. Ngakho-ke i-linga sharira iyashukumiswa futhi ihambisa umzimba ngokusho ngokufakwa noma imiyalo yesakhi somuntu, i-kama rupa, noma i-Ego.

 

Ingabe ukulawula okuyisisekelo okufanayo kokubili izenzo eziqaphelayo nemisebenzi engazi lutho yomzimba?

Ayikho into efana nomsebenzi ongazi lutho noma isenzo. Ngoba noma umuntu wesintu kungenzeka angayazi imisebenzi noma imisebenzi yomzimba wayo, isakhi sokwengamela sesitho noma ukusebenza ngokuqinisekile siyakwazi, ngaphandle kwalokho bekungeke kusebenze. Isisekelo esifanayo ngaso sonke isikhathi asenzi imisebenzi yonke yezenzo zomzimba. Isibonelo, into eyisiqu somuntu yengamela umzimba wonke yize ingaqapheli isenzo esihlukile nesinye somuntu ophethe igazi elibomvu.

 

Ingabe izinto ezisemqoka ezinkampanini eziguqukayo ezijwayelekile, futhi ingabe bonke noma ezinye zazo phakathi kokuziphendukela kwemvelo ziba ngamadoda?

Impendulo inguyebo kuyo yomibili imibuzo. Umzimba womuntu uyindlu yesikole yazo zonke izinto eziyisisekelo. Emzimbeni womuntu wonke amaklasi wazo zonke izinto eziyisisekelo athola izifundo zawo nemiyalo; futhi umzimba womuntu yunivesithi enkulu lapho kuzo zonke iziqu zifunda ngeziqu zazo. Isisekelo sabantu sithatha isilinganiso sokuzibona futhi ngesikhathi saso, lapho i-Ego, yengamela enye into eyisisekelo eba ngumuntu, nazo zonke izinto ezisezingeni eliphansi, njengoba kwenza i-Ego emzimbeni manje.

Umngani [HW Percival]