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UKUPHILA NGAPHANDLE

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UKUBA umntu ubephila ngenene, ngebengenazintlungu, akukho zinhlungu, kugula; Uya kuba nempilo kunye nomzimba uphela; wayenokuthi, ukuba angaphila, aphile, aphume adlule ekufeni, aze angene kwilifa lakhe lobomi bokungafi. Kodwa umntu akaphili ngenene. Kamsinya nje ukuba umntu aphaphame emhlabeni, uqala inkqubo yokufa, ngezifo nezifo ezithintela impilo kunye nomzimba uphela, nezibangela ukonakala kunye nokubola.

Ukuphila yinkqubo kunye nenqanaba apho umntu kufuneka angene ngabom kwaye enengqondo. Umntu ayiqali inkqubo yokuphila ngendlela ye-haphazard ngendlela. Akakhuhli aye kwimeko yokuphila ngemeko okanye kwimeko. Umntu kufuneka aqale inkqubo yokuphila ngokuzikhethela, ngokukhetha ukuqala. Kuya kufuneka angene kwimeko yokuphila ngokuqonda iinxalenye ezahlukeneyo zomzimba wakhe kunye nobuntu bakhe, ngokudibanisa ezi zinto kunye kunye nokuseka unxibelelwano oluhambelana phakathi kwabo kunye nemithombo abasuka kuyo ubomi babo.

Inyathelo lokuqala lokuphila, kukuba umntu abone ukuba uyafa. Kuya kufuneka ukuba aqonde ukuba, ngokwendlela yamava abantu, akanako ukugcina uzinzo kumandla obomi akuthandayo, ukuba umzimba wakhe awuqwalaseli okanye ubuchase ukuhamba kobomi, ukuba uyalelwa ekufeni. Inqanaba elilandelayo eliya ebomini kukuyeka indlela yokufa kunye nokunqwenela indlela yokuphila. Kuya kufuneka aqonde ukuba ukuyekelela kwiminqweno yomzimba kunye notyekelo, kubangela isifo kunye nesifo kunye nokubola, ukuba iintlungu nezifo kunye nokubola kunokujongwa ngokulawulwa kweminqweno kunye neminqweno yenyama, ukuba kungcono ukulawula iminqweno kunokuba kunikezele ukuya ku. Inqanaba elilandelayo eliya kwindlela yokuphila kukuqalisa inkqubo yokuphila. Oku akwenza ngokukhetha ukuqala, ukunxibelelanisa ngokucinga kwamalungu asemzimbeni kunye nemijikelezo yobomi bawo, ukubuguqula ubomi emzimbeni ukuze buvele entshabalalweni buyindlela yokuvela ngokutsha.

Xa umntu sele eqalile inkqubo yokuphila, iimeko kunye neemeko zobomi behlabathi zinegalelo kwindlela yakhe yokuphila yokwenyani, ngokwesizathu esonyusa ukukhethwa kwakhe kunye nenqanaba apho athe wazingqina ekwazi ukugcina ikhosi yakhe.

Ngaba umntu unokususa isifo, ayeke ukubola, oyise ukufa, kwaye afumane ubomi bokungafi, ngelixa ehlala emzimbeni wakhe wenyama kweli lizwe lomzimba? Uyakwazi ukuba uza kusebenza nomthetho wobomi. Ubomi bokungafi kufuneka bube nokufunyanwa. Akunakubonwa, kwaye nabani na ngokwendalo kwaye ngokulula ungena kuyo.

Ukusukela oko imizimba yomntu yaqala ukufa, umntu waphupha malunga naye kwaye wanqwenela ukuba nobomi bokungafi. Ukubonakalisa into ngamagama anje ngeLitye leFilosofi, i-Elixir yoBomi, uMthombo woLutsha, ii-charlatans ziye zenza ngathi kwaye zaye zafunwa ngamadoda alumkileyo, ukuze ngazo zongeze ubomi kwaye zingafi. Onke ayengengawo amaphupha angenamsebenzi. Akunakwenzeka ukuba konke kusilele kwikhondo labo. Ngaphandle komkhosi othathe le minyaka yobudala, bambalwa, mhlawumbi, bafikelele kwinjongo. Ukuba bayifumene kwaye basebenzisa i-Elixir yoBomi, abakhange babhengeze imfihlo yabo kwihlabathi. Yonke into ethethwayo ngesihloko ixelwe nokuba ngabafundisi-ntsapho abakhulu, ngamanye amaxesha ngolwimi olulula ukuze ibe nokujongwa nje, okanye ngamanye amaxesha kwisigama esingaqhelekanga kunye ne-jargon eyinqaba njengoko ucela umngeni kwimibuzo (okanye ukuhlekwa). Umxholo uxokiwe ngemfihlakalo; kuye kwavakaliswa izilumkiso ezingqongqo, kwaye zibonakala zingenakuchazwa iindlela eziyalelwa kuye ezinokuthi ziyibhengeze imfihlakalo kwaye ngubani owayenesibindi sokufuna ubomi bokungafi.

Isenokuba yayikho, yayiyimfuneko, kwezinye iminyaka yokuthetha ngendlela yobomi bokungafi abagcinwe ngononophelo, ngentsomi, uphawu kunye nomzekeliso. Kodwa ngoku sikwisigaba esitsha. Lixesha lokuba athethe ngokucacileyo kwaye abonise ngokucacileyo indlela yokuphila, apho ubomi bokungafi bunokufunyanwa ngumntu ofayo ngelixa ekumzimba wenyama. Ukuba indlela ayibonakali icacile akukho namnye onokuzama ukuyilandela. Olakhe ugwebo lucelwa kuye ngamnye umnqweno wokuphila ubomi bokungafi; alikho elinye igunya elinikezelwayo okanye elifunwayo.

Ukuba ubomi bokungafi kumzimba wenyama babunokubakho kwangoko ngalo mnqweno, bekuya kubakho kuphela abantu abambalwa emhlabeni abangayi kubuthatha ngaxeshanye. Akukho mntu ufayo ngoku ulungele ukuthatha ubomi bokungafi. Ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuba umntu ofayo ambathe ukungafi kwaoko, uya kuzitsalela kuye ungonakali; kodwa akunakwenzeka. Umntu kufuneka azilungiselele ubomi bokungafi ngaphambi kokuba aphile ngonaphakade.

Phambi kokuba athathe isigqibo sokuthatha umsebenzi wobomi bokungafi kwaye aphile ngonaphakade, umntu makanqumame ukuze abone ukuba kuthetha ntoni kuye ngonaphakade, kwaye kufuneka ajonge ngokungazenzisiyo entliziyweni yakhe aze akhangele injongo emqhubayo ukuba afune ubomi bokungafi. Umntu uya kuphila ubomi bakhe obonakalayo kunye nosizi kwaye aqhubeke nomjelo wobomi nokufa ngokungazi; kodwa xa esazi kwaye ethatha isigqibo sokuthatha ubomi bokungafi, utshintshile ikhosi yakhe kwaye kufuneka alungele iingozi kunye nezibonelelo ezilandelayo.

Umntu owaziyo kwaye ukhethe indlela yokuphila ngonaphakade, kufuneka athobele ukhetho lwakhe aqhubeke. Ukuba akakulungelanga, okanye ukuba intshukumisa engafanelekanga inyanzelise ukhetho, uya kuva ubunzima kodwa kufuneka eqhubeke. Uya kufa. Kodwa xa ephinda ephila kwakhona, uya kuthabatha kwakhona umthwalo wakhe kuloo ndawo wawushiye kuyo, aqhubele phambili ngenjongo yakhe yokugula okanye elungileyo. Isenokuba nokuba.

Ukuphila ubomi obungenasiphelo kunye nokuhlala kweli lizwe kuthetha ukuba umntu ophilayo kufuneka angakhuseleki kwiintlungu nakulonwabo olubambekayo kwisakhelo kunye nokuchitha amandla omntu. Kuthetha ukuba uphila ukutyhubela iinkulungwane njengomntu ofayo uphila ngeentsuku zakhe, kodwa ngaphandle kokuphumla kobusuku okanye ukufa. Uzobona utata, umama, umyeni, unkosikazi, abantwana, izihlobo zikhula kunye nobudala kwaye bafe njengeentyatyambo ezihlala kodwa usuku. Ubomi bomntu uya kubonakala njengokukhanya, kwaye kudlule kubusuku bexesha. Kufuneka abukele ukunyuka nokuwa kwezizwe okanye impucuko njengoko zisakhiwa kwaye zidilike ngexesha. Ubume bomhlaba kunye neemozulu ziya kutshintsha kwaye uya kuhlala, lingqina layo yonke.

Ukuba wothukile kwaye urhoxa ekuqwalaselweni okunjalo, bekungangcono azinyule ngokwakhe ukuba aphile ngonaphakade. Umntu onwabisayo kwiminqweno yakhe, okanye ojonga ubomi ngedola, akafanele afune ubomi bokungafi. Umntu obhubhileyo uhlala ephupha ngemeko yamaphupha okungakhathaleli okuphawulwa ngumothuko wemvakalelo; kwaye ubomi bakhe bonke ukususela ekuqaleni kuye esiphelweni bubomi bokulibala. Ubomi bokungafi yinto eyayihlala ikho.

Okubaluleke ngakumbi kunomnqweno kunye nentando yokuphila ngonaphakade, kukwazi izizathu ezenza ukhetho. Umntu ongazukukhangela okanye afumane isisusa sakhe, akafanele aqale inkqubo yokuphila. Ufanele azihlole ngenyameko iinjongo zakhe, aze aqiniseke ukuba zilungile ngaphambi kokuba ziqale. Ukuba uqala inkqubo yokuphila kunye neenjongo zakhe zingalunganga, unokoyisa ukufa komzimba kunye nomnqweno wezinto ezibonakalayo, kodwa uya kuba etshintshe kuphela ukuhlala kwakhe ukusuka kwilizwe lomzimba ukuya kwilizwe elingaphakathi leemvakalelo. Nokuba uya kugcotshwa lixesha ngamandla ezi zinto zinikezelayo, kodwa uya kuzibandezeleka, aze azisole. Eyona njongo yakhe ikukuba azilungele ukunceda abanye ukuba bakhule ekungazini kunye nasekuziphatheni kwabo, kwaye nangokukhulisa amandla okufumana amandla okusebenza kunye namandla kunye nokungazithembi; kwaye oku ngaphandle komdla wokuzingca okanye ukunamathela kuye nakuphi na uzuko lokukwazi ukunceda. Xa esi sisizathu sakhe, kufanelekile ukuba aqale inkqubo yokuphila ngonaphakade.

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