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DECEMBER 1906
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AMADODA NABANGANE
Ingabe uKhisimusi inencazelo ethile kumuntu we-theosophist, futhi uma kunjalo, yini?
Ukuchazwa kukaKhisimusi kumcwaningi wemibhalo kuncike kakhulu ezinkolelweni zakhe zobuhlanga noma zenkolo. Ama-theosophists awakhululwa ekubandlululweni, asefile. Theosophists, okungukuthi, amalungu e-Theosophical Society, angawezizwe zonke, izinhlanga nezokholo. Ngakho-ke kuzoncika ngandlela thile ukuthi ubandlululo loyo theosophist othile lungaba yini. Bambalwa abantu, nokho, abanemibono engabanzi ngokuqonda kwezimfundiso ze-theosophical. UmHeberu uyamqonda uKristu noKhisimusi ngokukhanya okuhluke kakhulu kunangaphambili. Unjalo ke nomkristu, nabo bonke abanye abantu bezinhlanga zonke nezokholo. Incazelo ethile enamathele kuKhisimusi ngumsosophist ukuthi uKristu uyisimiso hhayi umuntu, umgomo osusa ingqondo ekukhohlisweni okukhulu kokwehlukanisa, usondeza umuntu eduze nemiphefumulo yabantu futhi umhlanganisele kunqubomgomo uthando nokuhlonipha kwaphezulu. Ilanga liwuphawu lokukhanya kweqiniso. Ilanga lidlulela uphawu lwe-capricorn ngosuku lwama-21 kuDisemba ekupheleni kwenkambo yakhe yaseningizimu. Bese kuba nezinsuku ezintathu lapho kungekho ukwanda kobude bazo bese kuthi ngosuku lwango-25 kuDisemba ilanga liqale inkambo yalo yasenyakatho ngakho-ke kuthiwa lizelwe. Abantu basendulo bagubha lo mcimbi ngemikhosi nangokwethaba, bazi ukuthi ngokufika kwelanga ubusika buzodlula, imbewu yahlanganiswa yimisebe yokukhanya nokuthi umhlaba ngaphansi kwethonya ilanga uzothela izithelo. I-theosophist ithola uKhisimusi kusuka kokuma okuningana: njengokuzalwa kwelanga elisesigcinweni sesibonakaliso, esasizosebenza emhlabeni wenyama; ngakolunye uhlangothi nangengqondo ye-truer kungukuzalwa kwelanga elingabonakali lokukhanya, i-Christ Principle. UKristu, njengomgomo, kufanele azalwe Ngaphakathi umuntu, lapho umuntu esindiswa esonweni sokungazi okuletha ukufa, futhi kufanele aqale inkathi yempilo eholela ekungafini kwakhe.
Ingabe kungenzeka ukuthi uJesu wayengumuntu wangempela, nokuthi wazalwa ngosuku lukaKhisimusi?
Kungenzeka ukuthi kuqhamuke omunye, ngabe igama lakhe kwakunguJesu noma u-Apollonius, noma elinye igama. Iqiniso lokuba khona emhlabeni wezigidi zabantu abazibiza ngamaKristu liyakufakazela lokhu, ukuthi kumele ngabe kube nomuntu owafundisa amaqiniso amakhulu — ngokwesibonelo, lawo maNtshumayelo yaseNtabeni — futhi abizwa ngokuthi angamaKristu imfundiso.
Ukube uJesu wayengumuntu wangempela kungani singenaso irekhodi lomlando lokuzalwa noma impilo yomuntu onjalo kunesitatimende seBhayibheli?
Kuliqiniso ukuthi asinawo umlando ongokomlando wokuzalwa kukaJesu noma wokuphila kwakhe. Ngisho nereferensi kaJosephus kuJesu kuthiwa yiziphathimandla ezazingumhumushi. Ukungabikho kwalelo rekhodi kubaluleke kangako uma kuqhathaniswa neqiniso lokuthi iqoqo lezimfundiso ziqoqelwe endaweni ethile yomlingiswa, kungakhathalekile ukuthi ungumlingiswa ongaqondile noma ongokoqobo. Izimfundiso zikhona futhi enye yezinkolo ezinkulu kakhulu zomhlaba zinikeza ubufakazi ngomlingiswa. Unyaka uJesu azalwa ngawo, hhayi ngisho nesazi semfundiso yenkolo esabelwe kunazo zonke esingenakusho ngokuqiniseka. “Iziphathimandla” azivumelani. Abanye bathi kwakungaphambi kuka-AD 1; abanye bathi bekudlule isikhathi ngo-AD 6. Ngaphandle kweziphathimandla abantu bayaqhubeka nokubambelela esikhathini esesamukelwa ikhalenda likaJulian. Kungenzeka ukuthi uJesu wayengumuntu oqobo futhi engaziwa ngabantu bebonke, ngesikhathi sokuphila kwakhe. Kungenzeka ukuthi uJesu wayengumfundisi owayeyale inqwaba yalaba ababa abafundi bakhe, abafundi abamukela imfundiso yakhe futhi washumayela izimfundiso zakhe. Othisha bavame ukuza phakathi kwamadoda, kepha akuvamile ukuba waziwe emhlabeni. Bakhetha ezinjengalezi ezikufanelekela kakhulu ukuthola izimfundiso ezintsha futhi bazifundise, kepha hhayi bona uqobo baye ezweni bayofundiswa. Ukube bekunjalo ngoJesu kuzolandisa izazi-mlando zesikhathi ezazingaziwa ngaye.
Kungani bebiza lokhu, i-25th kaDisemba, uKhisimusi esikhundleni sikaJesumass noma uJesuday, noma ngegama elithile?
Kwaze kwaba sekhulwini lesine noma lesihlanu lapho isiqu sikaKhisimusi esinikezwa emikhosini eyayisenziwa zingama-25 kuZibandlela. UKhisimusi usho iMisa kaKristu, iMisa eyenzelwa, noma ekaKristu. Ngakho-ke igama elifaneleka kakhulu kungaba iMisa likaJesu, ngoba izinkonzo ezaziqhutshwa kanye nemikhosi ebizwa ngokuthi "iMisa" eyenziwa ekuseni ngo-25 December yayikuJesu, usana oluzelwe. Lokhu kwalandelwa ukujabula okukhulu kwabantu, abashisa ugodo lweYule ngokuhlonipha umthombo womlilo nokukhanya; abadla iplum pudding, bekhombisa izinongo nezipho ezalethwa kuJesu izazi zasempumalanga; owadlula isitsha sika-wasail (futhi owayevame ukudakwa ngakho ngokunengekayo) njengophawu lwesimiso esinikeza ukuphila esivela elangeni, esasithembisa ukuqhekeka kweqhwa, ukugeleza kwemifula, nokuqala koketshezi ezihlahleni. entwasahlobo. Isihlahla sikaKhisimusi nezihlahla ezihlala ziluhlaza kwasetshenziswa njengesithembiso sokuvuselelwa kwezimila, futhi ngokuvamile kwakushintshana ngezipho, okubonisa umuzwa omuhle okhona phakathi kwabo bonke.
Ingabe ikhona indlela esoteric yokuqonda ukuzalwa nokuphila kukaJesu?
Kukhona, futhi kuzovela njengokufanele kakhulu kunoma ngubani ozokucabanga ngaphandle kokubandlulula. Ukuzalwa, impilo, ukubethelwa esiphambanweni, kanye nokuvuka kukaJesu kufanekisela inqubo okumele kudlule ngayo yonke imiphefumulo engena empilweni nokuthi ngubani kuleyo mpilo afinyelele ekungafini. Izimfundiso zebandla eziphathelene nomlando kaJesu zisusa eqinisweni ngaye. Incazelo ye-theosophical yendaba yeBhayibheli inikezwe lapha. UMariya umzimba wenyama. Igama elithi Mary liyafana ezinhlelweni eziningi ezinkulu zenkolo, ezithe izidalwa ezingcwele njengabasunguli bazo. Igama livela eMara, Mare, Mari, futhi konke lokhu kusho ukufutheka, ulwandle, isiphithiphithi, inkohliso enkulu. Unjalo wonke umzimba womuntu. Isiko phakathi kwamaJuda ngaleso sikhathi, kanti abanye basakubamba kuze kube namuhla, ukuthi uMesiya wayezofika. Kwathiwa uMesiya wayezozalwa yintombi ngendlela engenacala. Lokhu akunangqondo ngokombono wezinto zocansi, kepha ngokuhambisana ngokuphelele namaqiniso esoteric. Amaqiniso ukuthi lapho umzimba womuntu uqeqeshwe kahle futhi wakhula uba msulwa, untombi, umsulwa, umsulwa. Lapho umzimba womuntu usufinyelele eqophelweni lokuhlanzeka futhi umsulwa, bese kuthiwa nguMariya, intombi nto, futhi ukulungele ukukhulelwa okungenasici. Ukukhulelwa okungenasici kusho ukuthi unkulunkulu womuntu, u-ego waphezulu, ubamba umzimba ophenduke intombi. Lokhu kubambeka noma ukukhulelwa kuqukethe ukukhanya kwengqondo, okuwumbono wayo wokuqala wokungafi nobunkulunkulu. Lokhu akusiyo ingathekiso, kodwa ingokoqobo. Kuyiqiniso ngokoqobo. Ubumsulwa bomzimba obugcinwayo, lapho kuqala impilo entsha ngaphakathi kwalelo fomu lomuntu. Le mpilo entsha ikhula kancane kancane, bese kubizwa ifomu elisha. Ngemuva kokuthi isifundo sesidlulisiwe, futhi isikhathi sesifikile, lo muntu uzalwa empeleni, ngapha nangapha kulowo mzimba wenyama, uMariya oyintombi yakhe, njengendlela ehlukile nehlukile. Lokhu ukuzalwa kukaJesu owakhulelwa ngoMoya oNgcwele, ukukhanya kwe-ego, futhi owazalwa yintombi uMariya, umzimba wayo wenyama. Njengoba uJesu adlula iminyaka yakhe yokuqala engaziwa, kanjalo nesidalwa esinjalo kufanele singacaci. Lona umzimba kaJesu, noma lowo oza ukusindisa. Lo mzimba, umzimba kaJesu, umzimba ongafiyo. Kuthiwa uJesu uze ukuzosindisa umhlaba. Ngakho uyakwenza. Umzimba kaJesu awufi njengalowo wenyama, futhi lokho okwakwaziwa njengomuntu wenyama manje sekudluliselwa emzimbeni omusha, umzimba kaJesu, osindisa ekufeni. Umzimba kaJesu awufi futhi umuntu othole uJesu, noma lowo uJesu amzeleyo, akasenazo izikhala noma izikhala zenkumbulo, njengoba-ke ehlala ekwazi njalo ngaphansi kwazo zonke izimo nezimo noma yini. Akaphuthelwa inkumbulo emini, ebusuku, ekufeni, nasempilweni yangakusasa.
Wena wakhuluma ngoKristu njengesimiso. Ingabe wenza umehluko phakathi kukaJesu noKristu?
Kunomehluko phakathi kwamagama amabili nalawa okuhloswe ngawo ukumela. Igama elithi “Jesu” lalivame ukusetshenziswa njengesihloko sodumo futhi linikezwe kuye okwakufanele. Sikhombisile ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuthi u-Esoteric kaJesu. Manje igama elithi “Kristu,” livela kwelesiGreek elithi “Chrestos,” noma “Christos.” Kunomehluko phakathi kukaChrestos noChristos. UChrestos wayengumbhali noma umfundi owayesezingeni, kwathi ngenkathi elandelwa, elungiselela ukubethelwa kwakhe okungokomfanekiso, wabizwa ngokuthi yiChrestos. Ngemuva kokuqalwa wagcotshwa wabizwa ngoChristos, ogcotshiweyo. Ngakho-ke ukuthi lowo owedlule kuzo zonke izilingo nokuqalwa futhi wathola ulwazi noma ubumbano noNkulunkulu wabizwa ngokuthi “u-” noma “uChristos.” Lokhu kusebenza kumuntu ofinyelela emgomeni kaKristu; kodwa uChristos noma uChristos ngaphandle kwendatshana ecacisiwe yisimiso sikaKristu futhi hhayi noma yimuphi umuntu. Njengoba kuhlobene nesiqu esithi uJesu, uKristu, kusho ukuthi umthetho uKristu awusebenzisile noma wasethatha indawo yokuhlala nomzimba kaJesu, futhi isidumbu sikaJesu sabe sesibizwa ngokuthi nguJesu Kristu ukukhombisa ukuthi lowo owayesevele wangafi ngokuba isidumbu sikaJesu sasimane nje singafi njengomuntu, kodwa futhi ukuthi wayenozwela, enjengonkulunkulu, engaphezulu. Ngokuqondene noJesu ongumlando, sizokhumbula ukuthi uJesu akazange abizwe nguKhristu aze abhabhathizwe. Ngenkathi ekhuphuka emfuleni iJordani kuthiwa umoya wehlela phezu kwakhe futhi kwavela izwi ezulwini lathi: “Lo uyindodana yami ethandekayo, engithokozile ngayo.” Ngaleso sikhathi futhi kwathiwa uJesu wabizwa ngokuthi uJesu Kristu, noma U-Kristu Jesu, ngalokho okusho ukuthi umuntu-unkulunkulu noma unkulunkulu-umuntu. Noma yimuphi umuntu ongumuntu angaba nguKhristu ngokuzihlanganisa emgomeni kaKristu, kepha ngaphambi kokuba inyunyana yenzeke kufanele ukuthi wayezalwe okwesibili. Ukuze usebenzise amagama kaJesu, “Kufanele nizalwe kabusha ngaphambi kokuba nidle ifa lombuso wezulu.” Lokhu kusho ukuthi, umzimba wakhe kwakungekhona ukuthi uzalwe kabusha ngengane, kodwa ukuthi yena, njengomuntu, kumele azalwe njengomuntu ongafiyo ovela noma ngomzimba wakhe wenyama, nokuthi lokho kuzalwa kungaba ukuzalwa kukaJesu, uJesu wakhe. Lapho-ke bekuzokwenzeka kuphela ukuthi ifumane ifa lombuso wezulu, ngoba yize kungenzeka ukuthi uJesu abunjwe ngaphakathi komzimba wentombi, akunakwenzeka ukuthi umgomo kaKristu waklanywe kanjena, njengoba ususwa kude kakhulu inyama futhi idinga umzimba oguqulwe ngokwengeziwe noma othuthukisiwe ukuze ubonakale ngokusebenzisa. Ngakho-ke kuyadingeka ukuba nomzimba ongafi ubizwe ngokuthi uJesu noma elinye igama elakhiwe ngaphambi kukaKristu njengoba iLogos, iZwi, ingabonakala kumuntu. Kuzokhumbuleka ukuthi uPawulu wanxusa ozakwabo noma abafundi ukuthi basebenze futhi bathandaze kuze kube yilapho uKrestu ekwazi ukwakha ngaphakathi kubo.
Yisiphi isizathu esithile sokugubha usuku lwe-25th kaDisemba njengalolokuzalwa kukaJesu?
Isizathu ukuthi yisizini yemvelo futhi kungagcinwa nganoma yisiphi isikhathi; ngoba uma uthathwe ngokombono wokufunda izinkanyezi, noma njengokuzalwa komzimba womuntu womuntu ngokomlando, noma njengokuzalwa komzimba ongafi, usuku kumele lube ngosuku lwangama-25 kuDisemba, noma lapho ilanga selingena emgodleni oyisibonakaliso. Abantu bakudala bekwazi kahle lokhu, futhi babegubha nezinsuku zokuzalwa zabasizi babo ngomhla ka-25 Disemba. AmaGibhithe agubha usuku lokuzalwa kukaHorus wawo ngosuku lwama-25 kuDisemba; amaPheresiya agubha usuku lokuzalwa lwe-Mithras yabo ngosuku lwama-25 kuDisemba; amaRoma agubha iminyaka yawo yobudala, noma usuku lwegolide, ngosuku lwama-25 kuDisemba, futhi ngalolu suku kwazalwa ilanga futhi wayeyindodana yelanga elingabonakali; noma, njengoba besho, “die natalis, invicti, solis.” noma usuku lokuzalwa kwelanga elingenakunqotshwa. Ukuhlobana kukaJesu noKristu kuyaziwa ngomlando wakhe okusolwa ngawo kanye nento eyenzeka elangeni, ngoba yena, uJesu, uzalwa mhlaka 25 Disemba, okuwusuku ilanga eliqala ngalo uhambo lwasenyakatho esibonakalweni se-capricorn, isiqalo solstices ebusika; kodwa akuqali aze adlulise i-vernal equinox kusayini we-aries kuthiwa utholile amandla namandla. Izizwe zasendulo zazicula izingoma zazo zokuthokoza nokudumisa. Kungalesi sikhathi lapho uJesu eba nguKristu. Uvusiwe kwabafileyo futhi uhlanganiswe nonkulunkulu wakhe. Lesi isizathu esenza ukuthi sigubhe usuku lokuzalwa kukaJesu, nokuthi kungani “abahedeni” bagubha usuku lokuzalwa kwezithixo zabo ngosuku lwe-25 kuDisemba.
Uma kungenzeka ukuba umuntu abe nguKristu, kufezwa kanjani futhi kuhlobene kanjani ne-25th ngoDisemba?
Kokukhuliswa ekhaya lobuKhristu elijwayelekile istatimende esinjalo singabonakala sithandeka; kumfundi ojwayelene nenkolo nefilosofi kuzobukeka kungenakwenzeka; futhi Ososayensi, okungenani kwakho konke, kufanele bakubheke njengento engenakwenzeka, ngoba kuyindaba yokuziphendukela kwemvelo. Ukuzalwa kukaJesu, ukuzalwa kwesibili, kuhlobene nomhla zingama-25 kuDisemba ngenxa yezizathu eziningi, phakathi kwazo okukhona ukuthi umzimba womuntu wakhiwe ngesisekelo esifanayo nomhlaba futhi uhambisana nemithetho efanayo. Kokubili umhlaba nomzimba kuvumelana nemithetho yelanga. Ngosuku lwama-25 kuDisemba, noma lapho ilanga lingena uphawu lwe-capricorn, umzimba womuntu, ukuhlinzeka usudlulile kukho konke ukuqeqeshwa nokuthuthuka kwangaphambilini, ufaneleke kahle lowo mcimbi. Ukulungiselela kwangaphambilini okudingekayo ukuthi impilo yobumsulwa ngokuphelele kufanele iphile, nokuthi ingqondo kufanele iqeqesheke kahle futhi inamakhono, futhi ikwazi ukuqhubeka nanoma yimuphi umugqa womsebenzi nganoma yisiphi isikhathi sesikhathi. Impilo emsulwa, umzimba ophilile, izinkanuko ezilawulwayo nengqondo eqinile inika amandla lokho okubizwa ngokuthi yinzalo kaKristu ukuthatha izimpande enhlabathini yobuntombi yomzimba, futhi ngaphakathi komzimba wenyama ukwakha umzimba wangaphakathi we-ethereal wesigamu Imvelo -divine. Lapho lokhu kwenziwa izinqubo ezidingekayo zadlula. Isikhathi safika, umcimbi wenzeka, futhi okokuqala ngqa umzimba ongafi okwakudala isikhathi eside ukhula ngaphakathi komzimba wenyama ekugcineni uphume emzimbeni wenyama wazalwa ngawo. Lo mzimba, obizwa ngokuthi umzimba kaJesu, awusiwo umzimba we-astral noma i-linga sharira okukhulunywa ngayo ngabasebenza ngamathekisthi, futhi asikho esinye isidumbu esibonakala emaweleni noma isetshenziswa ngabalamuli. Kunezizathu eziningi zalokhu, phakathi kwazo ukuthi umzimba we-linga sharira noma we-astral uxhumeke ngomzimba wenyama, ngentambo noma ngentambo ye-umbilical, kanti umzimba ongafi noma kaJesu awuhlangene kangako. Umzimba we-linga sharira noma i-astral womuntu ojwayelekile awunangqondo, kanti umzimba kaJesu noma ongafi awugcini nje ngokuhlukana futhi uhlukile emzimbeni wenyama, kepha uhlakaniphile futhi unamandla futhi uyazi futhi uhlakaniphile. Akuyeki ukulahlekelwa ukuqaphela, futhi akunakho ikhefu empilweni noma kusuka empilweni kuya empilweni noma igebe kwimemori. Izinqubo ezidingekayo zokuthola impilo nokuthola ukuzalwa kwesibili zihambisana nemigqa kanye nemigomo ye-zodiac, kepha imininingwane yinde kakhulu futhi ayinakunikezwa lapha.
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