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MAY 1906
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AMADODA NABANGANE
Encwadini etholwe kamuva nje, umngani ubuza: Kungani kungcono ukuba umzimba uphelelwe emva kokufa kunokuba ungcwatshwe?
Kunezizathu eziningi ezithuthukisiwe ezikufanelekela ukuguqulwa kwesidumbu. Phakathi kwazo enye yokutshiswa kwesidumbu ihlanzekile, ihlanzeke kakhudlwana, idinga indawo encane, futhi ingekho izifo, ezinjengalezo ezihlala zivela emathuneni, phakathi kwabaphilayo. Kepha okubaluleke kakhulu yilokho okuthuthuke phambili ngabakwa Theosophists, okungukuthi, ukuthi ukufa kudlula izimiso eziphakeme, futhi kusho ukushiya umzimba usendlini engenalutho. Ngemuva kokuthi umphefumulo womuntu usuzihlukanisile nezinsalela, kushiywe umzimba we-astral, owanikeza futhi wagcina owomzimba usesimweni, nomzimba wesifiso. Umzimba we-astral noma owakhe umzimba uhlala ngaphakathi, futhi uqhubeka isikhathi eside, ngokomzimba, uphele njengoba ukubola komzimba kuhlangana. Umzimba wesifiso, noma kunjalo, ungamandla asebenzayo akwazi ukwenza umonakalo ngokulingana njengoba izifiso zazinokubi noma zibukeka ngesikhathi sokuphila. Lo mzimba wesifiso ungahlala amakhulu eminyaka uma izinkanuko zawo zakhiwa ziqine, kanti umzimba wenyama uthatha iminyaka embalwa. Lo mzimba wesifiso yi-vampire edonsa amandla ayo, okokuqala kusuka ezinsaleleni bese okwesibili kusuka kunoma yimuphi umzimba ophilayo ozowunikeza izilaleli, noma uvume ukuba khona kwawo. Umzimba wesifiso udonsela okokudla okuvela efeni elifile nasemzimbeni we-astral, kepha uma umzimba wenyama usushisiwe ogwema konke lokhu okwandulele. Lokho kubhubhisa amandla omzimba wenyama, kuhlakazisa umzimba wawo we-astral, kuxazulula lezi zinto ezincwadini ezivela lapho zadonswa ngaphambi kokuzalwa futhi ngenkathi zihlala emhlabeni, futhi kwenza ingqondo ikwazi ukuzihlukanisa kalula emzimbeni wesifiso futhi idlulele phumula abakholelwa enkolweni ngokuthi izulu. Ngeke sikwazi ukwenza umsebenzi omkhulu kulabo esibathandayo nalabo asebephumile kulempilo kunokutholwa imizimba yabo bese sibakhulule isidingo sokuqothula ikhoyili kanye nokwesabisa kwethuna.
Ingabe ikhona iqiniso ezindabeni esizifundayo noma ezikuzwayo, ngokuphathelene nama-vampires kanye ne-vampirism?
Siphila enkathini yesayensi ngokuphelele yokuvumela ukuthi kube khona iqiniso kunoma yiziphi izinganekwane zezindaba zokubeletha ezinjengezamakhampasi. Kepha, noma kunjalo, iqiniso lisekhona, futhi amadoda amaningi esayensi, aseyiphile iminyaka yezinkolelo-ze, abe nokukholelwa ezeni kunokweqisa kakhulu lapho esenolwazi nge-vampire; khona-ke kwakuyithuba labo lokuthola ukugcona kanye nokuhlanjalazwa kososayensi abakanye nabo. Enye inselelo yokukhohlisa okuphathelene nokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo maqondana nokukhona okukhona nasema-sub-mundane nase-super-mundane, ukuthi kuthatha umcabango odumile kude nezinganekwane zama-goblins, ama-ghouls, kanye nama-vampires, ngokuhlekisa ngezinto ezinjalo. Ngakho-ke kukhona i-vampirism engaphansi kuneNkathi Ephakathi lapho wonke umuntu wayekholelwa kubuthakathi nobuthakathi. Ama-Vampires asekhona futhi azoqhubeka nokwakhiwa futhi agcinwe ephila inqobo nje uma abantu bephila izimpilo zobunqila, abasebenza kuzo umcabango nesifiso babulale izitha zabo, baphamba abampofu nabangenakusiza, bonakalisa izimpilo zabangane babo, futhi banikele abanye ezinkanukweni zabo zobugovu nezokuphinga. Lapho umuntu ongumuntu enezifiso eziqinile namandla obuhlakani unonembeza omfushane noma omatasatasa, ephila impilo yobugovu, engenakho uzwela kwabanye lapho izifiso zakhe zithinteka, esebenzisa wonke amathuba angaba khona ebhizinisini, angawunaki umuzwa wokuziphatha, futhi athobele abanye kuye izinkanuko zakhe ngazo zonke izindlela ingqondo yakhe ezingakuthola: lapho-ke lapho isikhathi sokufa komuntu enjalo sesifikile sakhiwa emva kokufa lokho okubizwa ngokuthi umzimba wesifiso, amandla namandla afihlekile. Lokhu kuhluke kakhulu kwifomu le-astral eligoqa izinsalela zenyama. Umzimba wesifiso onjalo unamandla ukudlula owomuntu ojwayelekile futhi unamandla amakhulu, ngoba imicabango ngenkathi usempilweni ibigxile ezifisweni. Lo mzimba wesifiso-ke uyisihluthulelo ngoba sisebenzisa kubo bonke abantu abazovula umnyango ngempilo, imicabango, kanye nezifiso, futhi ababuthakathaka ngokwanele ekuvumeleni i-vampire ukunqoba umuzwa wabo wokuziphatha. Izinganekwane ezesabekayo zingatshelwa ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwabaningi ababeyizisulu ze-vampire. Isidumbu salabo abaphila impilo ye-vampire kwesinye isikhathi sitholakala sisha, singenantambo, nenyama izofudumala nangemva kweminyaka lapho sele ethuneni. Lokhu kumane nje kusho ukuthi isifiso somzimba kwesinye isikhathi siqine ngokwanele ukuba sikwazi ukuxhumana nomzimba ngomzimba we-astral, futhi nokugcina sinjalo isimo somzimba, ngokuphila sikuhlinzeka ngokuphila okuvela emizimbeni yabantu abaphilayo yi-vampire noma umzimba wesifiso. Ukushiswa komzimba ngokushiswa kwesidumbu kuyaqothula nethuba lokuthi umuntu abe ngumuntu osindisa umzimba wakhe ngokuphila okuvela kokuphilayo. Umzimba womuntu, ngokulingana nedamu noma indlu yokugcina impahla, ubhujisiwe kanti nomzimba wesifiso awukwazi ukuthatha impilo yalabo abaphilayo futhi uvinjelwe ekufikeni lapho usuhlangana nabo.
Yisiphi isizathu sokufa okungazelelwe kwabantu ukuthi ngabe bancane yini noma ekugcineni kokuphila, lapho kubonakala sengathi iminyaka eminingi yokuwusizo nokukhula, engqondweni nangokwenyama, ikhona phambi kwabo?
Lapho umphefumulo ufika empilweni, unesifundo esiqondile okufanele usifunde, ekufundeni kwako ongase ukwenze uma ufisa. Isikhathi lapho isifundo sempilo ethile kufanele sifundwe, singaba yiminyaka embalwa noma sandiswe ngaphezulu kwekhulu, noma isifundo singafundwa nakancane; futhi umphefumulo ubuyela esikoleni kaninginingi kuze kube yilapho ufunda leso sifundo. Umuntu angafunda okuningi eminyakeni engamashumi amabili nanhlanu kunenye angafunda kuyo ikhulu. Impilo emhlabeni ngenhloso yokuthola ulwazi olunzulu ngobuqiniso obuphakade. Impilo ngayinye kufanele ikhuthaze umphefumulo one degree eliseduze nokuzazi. Okuvame ukubizwa ngokuthi izingozi kumane kwenziwa ngemininingwane yomthetho ojwayelekile. Ingozi noma okwenzeka kumane kungumucu owodwa omncane womjikelezo wesenzo. Ingozi eyaziwa noma ebonwe, ingukuqhubeka nokuqedwa kwesizathu esingabonakali sokwenza. Yize kungamangaza, izingozi cishe njalo zidalwa yimicabango umuntu ayikhiqizayo. Umcabango, isenzo, kanye nengozi kwakha umjikelezo ophelele wobangela nomphumela. Leyo ngxenye yomjikelezo wesizathu nomphumela oxhumanisa imbangela nomphumela isenzo, ongabonakala noma ungabonakali; futhi leyo ngxenye yomjikelezo wesizathu nomphumela okuyiwona umphumela nomphumela wembangela, kuyingozi noma okwenzekayo. Yonke ingozi ingahle ibhekwe ngembangela yayo. Uma sithola imbangela ngokushesha yanoma iyiphi ingozi kusho ukuthi imbangela ikhiqizwe muva nje, okusho ukuthi kungumjikelezo omncane womcabango, isenzo, nomphumela, okwakamuva; kepha lapho ingozi noma umphumela ume wodwa futhi umuntu engakwazi ukubona ngasikhathi sinye isizathu, lokhu kusho ukuthi umjikelezo wokucabanga akuyona umjikelezo omncane, futhi ngenxa yalokho muva nje, kepha unwetshwa kumjikelezo omkhulu, umcabango nesenzo sakho esingatholakala kwangaphambi noma kunoma iyiphi impilo eyedlule.
Uma ingalo yesibhakabhaka, umlenze, noma elinye ilungu lomzimba lingavunyelwe lapho ilungu lomzimba likhishwa, kungani umzimba we-astral ungakwazi ukukhiqiza enye ingalo noma umlenze ongokwenyama?
Lo mbuzo kuzobonakala sengathi ubuzwa ngomqondo wokuthi umzimba we-astral awukho, kube sengathi ukhona ngabe ungakhiqiza noma yiliphi ilunga lomzimba lapho elahlekile, ikakhulukazi njengoba kushiwo yiwo wonke ama-Theosophists ukuthi le ndaba yenyama yakhelwe emzimbeni womuntu ngokusho ekwakhiweni komzimba wangaphakathi noma we-astral. Kepha incazelo ilula kakhulu. Kufanele kube nendawo yokuxhumana lapho izinto zomzimba ziguqulelwa kwenye into yasemzimbeni futhi kumele kube nomzimba kulelo nalelo pulawu ezisebenza kulo. Isilonda esingokomzimba yigazi, okudla ngalo ukuguqulwa komzimba emzimbeni. I-linga sharira iyisakhiwo samamolekyuli, kanti umzimba wenyama wakhiwe ngezicubu zomakhalekhukhwini. Manje yize ingalo ye-astral ingavamuki ukwehlukaniswa lapho kukhiqizwa ilungu lomzimba, akukho ndlela ephakathi ngokomzimba lapho into ephathekayo ingaxhunyaniswa futhi yakhelwe phezu kwento ebonakalayo. Ngakho-ke, yize ingalo ye-astral ikhona, ayikwazi ukudlulisa leyo ndaba ngokomzimba ngoba akusekho maphakathi ngokomzimba wokudlulisa into yasemzimbeni. Ngakho-ke ukulingana kwe-moleral astral kwengalo yomzimba ekhethiwe okukhishwe akukho ndlela yokuzakhela into ebonakalayo. Okuhle kakhulu okungenziwa ukwakha izicubu ezintsha emaphethelweni esiqu sesikhwanyana bese uvala isilonda. Lokhu kuzobuye kuchaze ukuthi amanxeba aphulukiswa kanjani, nokuthi kungani izibazi ezijulile zihlala uma inyama ingahlanganwanga eduze ngokwanele ukuze izicubu zibhince nezicubu.
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