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THE

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Vol. 13 MAY 1911 2

Ilungelo lokushicilela ngo-1911 ngu-HW PERCIVAL

IZITHUNZI

(Iyaqhutywa)

IIMBONO ezifunyenwe ekuboneni isithunzi kunye neziphumo eziveliswayo zihlala zisiba kukuba isithunzi sineempawu zokungabi nto, ukungabinakho ubumnyama, ubumnyama, ubumdaka, ukungaqiniseki, ubuthathaka kunye nokuxhomekeka, ukuba sisiphumo esiveliswe sisizathu nokuba sisiphumo kuphela ngumzobo okanye ukuhanjiswa.

Isithunzi sivelisa ukungangqinelani, kuba nangona kubonakala ngathi siyinto, ukanti xa sihlolwa kubonakala ngathi asiyonto. Nangona kunjalo, iyinyani, nangona kwinqanaba elincinci kuneyona nto isisithunzi kwaye ukukhanya kuyenza ibonakale. Iithunzi zibonisa ukunganyani ngenxa yokuba ngabo banokubona ukutshintsha kunye nokungangqinelani kwezinto ezibonakala ziyinyani, ezibambekayo ezibabelayo. Amathunzi anika umfanekiso wokungazinzi ngenxa yokuba ebonakala ngathi awunawo nawuphi na umba ekwakhekeni kwawo kwaye ngenxa yokuba awunakufunyanwa kwaye ubanjiwe ngenxa yokuba umbandela wawo uqunjwe awukhange ubonwe kwaye awuzange uphononongwe. Ukungathathi hlangothi kunye nokungaqhelekanga okuboniswa zizithunzi kubonisa ukuba ungaxhomekeki kangakanani na uhlobo lomzimba abawumeleyo.

Izithunzi ziimpawu zokungabi namandla ngenxa yokuba ziye zihambe, kwaye akukho kuxhomekeka kuzo. Nangona babonakala bengqondo yokubona, ukuzinza kwabo kubonisa ukuba, njengabo, izinto kunye nokukhanya okubenza badlule. Iglobhu ilandela kwaye liqabane lesithunzi, ngenxa yokuba isithunzi sigqitha kwaye sicime ukukhanya kuloo nto uwe kuyo kwaye ubumnyama buhleli phezu kwento ukukhanya okufihliweyo.

Iithunzi zizithunzi zobumnyama, kuba zibonisa ukugqitha kokukhanya kwaye zibonisa ukuba, njengezithunzi zazo, izinto ziya kunyamalala ziye ebumnyameni ngokudlula kokukhanya okubenza zibonakale.

Kuzo zonke izinto izithunzi zixhomekeke kwaye ziyakhuphisana kuba azinakubakho ngaphandle kwento kunye nokukhanya okuzenza zibonakale kwaye ngenxa yokuba zihamba kwaye zitshintsha njengokukhanya okanye kwento etshintshayo. Babonisa indlela exhomekeke kuyo yonke imizimba kumandla okubangela nokunyakaza kwabo.

Isithunzi ngumfanekiso wobuthathaka, kuba inika indlela yayo yonke into kwaye inganikezeli nakuphi na ukuxhathisa, kwaye ke iphakamisa ubuthathaka bokuthelekisa kwezinto ngokuthelekiswa namandla ashukumisayo. Nangona ngokucacileyo bubuthathaka kwaye bungabonakali, izithunzi ngamanye amaxesha zibangela ukothuka kwaye zibangele uloyiko kwabo badibana nazo ngokungalindelekanga kwaye zibenze gwenxa kwizinto eziyinyani.

Ngaphandle kokungabinabungozi kwaye kubonakale ukuba azinantsingiselo, kukho iinkolelo ezingaqhelekanga malunga nokufumana amathunzi. Ezo nkolelo zihlala zibizwa ngokuba zeenkolelo. Ezinye zazo ziinkolelo eziphathelele ekutshoneni kwelanga, kunye nemibono ebanjiweyo ngokubhekisele kwiintlobo ezithile zomntu kunye nakwizithunzi zakhe. Ukanti, ukuba ngaphambi kokubhengeza iinkolelo njengokuphambuka kwengqondo ngokungaphandle kwaso nasiphi na isizathu, bekuya kufuneka siphonononge ngaphandle kocalucalulo kwaye ngononophelo kwiinkolelo ezibanjiweyo, kufuneka rhoqo sifumanise ukuba inkolelo nganye ebizwa ngokuba yienkolelo kwaye sele inikezelwe. ngokwesiko, sisithunzi esasinemvelaphi yolwazi lwezibakala. Abo bakholelwa bengasazi isizathu, kuthiwa banenkolelo.

Ukwazi zonke iinyani eziphathelele kuyo nayiphi na inkolelo ebizwa ngokuba yinkolelo-kholo kuhlala kuyibonisa ukuba isekelwe kwiinyaniso ezibalulekileyo.

Enye yeenkolelo abathi abo baqhelene namazwe aseMpuma baxelele, yinkolelo ngokuchasene nesithunzi sendoda okanye iinwele ezibomvu. Umntu wasemzini uyakuphepha ukugqobhoza isithunzi sabantu abaninzi, kodwa woyika ukunqamleza isithunzi salowo uneenwele ezibomvu, okanye ukuba isithunzi somntu oneenwele ezibomvu siwele kuye. Kuyatshiwo ukuba umntu onenwele ezibomvu uhlala evuselela inkanuko, enobuqhophololo okanye engenabubele, okanye ungomntu ekuthethwa ngaye ezihlangwini, kwaye inkolelo yeyokuba isithunzi sakhe siya kugxibha ubunjani bakhe kwinto ahlala kuyo.

Ngaba le nkolelo malunga nobume bomntu obomvu weenwele iyinyani okanye ayiyonyani, inkolelo yokuba umntu uchatshazelwa yimithunzi ingaphezulu nje kokuphamba. Yinkolelo yemveli ebinemvelaphi yolwazi lweziphumo, kunye nezinto ezibangela zona. Abo besazi ukuba isithunzi sisibonakaliso somthunzi okanye ikopi okanye isiporho sento esidityaniswa kunye nokukhanya okuhlangana kunye neeprojekthi, bayazi kwakhona ukuba izinto ezithile eziyimfuneko zohlobo lwalo mzimba ziyahanjiswa kwaye zichukunyiswe ngumthunzi kunye Isithunzi emntwini okanye kwindawo awa kuyo. Umntu onolwazelelelo kakhulu unokuziva eyinxalenye yempembelelo yomthunzi ongabonakaliyo kunye nesithunzi esibonakalayo nangona engekazazi izizathu ezibangela ukuba iveliswe okanye umthetho lowo waveliswa ngaso. Ukukhanya okubangela isithunzi siphathe kunye nezinye zezinto ezinobunewunewu bomzimba kwaye kuyalele umazibuthe welo mzimba kwinto eya kuyo isithunzi.

Inkolelo ekwabelwana ngayo ngabantu bamazwe amaninzi kwaye eyayihlala ibangela alarm, yinkolelo malunga nokukhanya kwelanga. Ukuqaqamba kwelanga okanye inyanga, kukholelwa kubantu abaninzi, ngakumbi ngabantu baseMpuma, kufanele ukuba ibe lixesha lokuzila, lokuthandaza okanye lokucamngca, njengoko kukholelwa ukuba ngala maxesha iimpembelelo ezingaqhelekanga zikhona, ukuba ububi, bunokuchaswa, kwaye ukuba kulungile kunokuthi kuthathwe ithuba ngokuzila ukutya, ukuthandaza okanye ukucamngca. Akukho nkcazo ethile inikiweyo, nangona kunjalo, malunga nezizathu kunye nendlela eziveliswa ngayo iimpembelelo ezinjalo. Inyani yile yokuba i-eclipse sisibane sokukhanya apho ikopi okanye umthunzi womzimba oqaqambisa isibane uqikelelwa kwaye uyawa njengesithunzi ESIMFANELEKILEYO kwinto ukukhanya okufihliweyo. Xa inyanga imi phakathi kwelanga nomhlaba, kubakho ukuqaqamba kwelanga. Ekutshoneni kwelanga, umhlaba usemthunzini wenyanga. Ngexesha lokutshona kwelanga inyanga ithatha oko kubizwa ngokuba yimitha yelanga, kodwa eminye imitha yelanga iyadlula kwaye ikhuphe ubume benyanga kunye nomhlaba obufihlakeleyo nobunokuchaphazela umntu nomhlaba ngokwamandla ehlabathi ilanga kunye nenyanga, ngokobuntununtunu bomntu ngamnye kunye nexesha lonyaka. Ngexesha lokutshona kwelanga inyanga inefuthe elinamandla kumandla obomi. Bonke abantu banolwalamano ngqo nenyanga. Kungenxa yenyani esisiseko yempembelelo yemagnethi yenyanga ngexesha lokutshona kwelanga, ukuba iinkolelo ezingaqhelekanga zibanjiwe kwaye nemincili engaqhelekanga iyangeniswa ngokubhekisele ekuthetheni kwelanga.

Inyaniso yokuba abanye abantu babambe iinkolelo ezingaqhelekanga malunga nezithunzi bengazi ukuba kutheni, akufuneki ibathintele abanye kuphando lwesizathu sezo nkolelo okanye ibabeke ecaleni xa befunda izithunzi.

Umhlaba ngumzimba obangela ukutshona kwelanga inyanga. Ekutshoneni kwenyanga, ke, isithunzi somhlaba siwela enyangeni. Ukukhanya kubangela ungxamiseko oluthile lwazo zonke izinto ngaphakathi kokufikelela kunye nefuthe. Xa ilanga litshona enyangeni ilanga lityhila ubume bomhlaba kumphezulu wenyanga kwaye inyanga ibonakalisa imitha yelanga kwaye ukukhanya kwayo kujike isithunzi kunye nomthunzi ubuyisele emhlabeni. Umhlaba, ke, xa utshona inyanga ubonakalisa umthunzi wawo kunye nomthunzi wawo. Ifuthe elikhoyo ngoko kukungaphakathi komhlaba ngokudibeneyo nokukhanya kwelanga kubonakaliswa yinyanga kunye nokukhanya kwenyanga. Ngokuqhelekileyo kucingelwa ukuba inyanga ayinasibane sayo, kodwa le nkolelo ibangelwa kukungaqondi malunga nokukhanya. Onke amasuntswana omcimbi kunye nawo wonke umzimba osemkhathini unokukhanya okwahlukileyo kuwo; nangona kunjalo, oku akufanelanga ukuba njalo, kuba iliso lomntu alibonakali kukukhanya kwayo yonke imizimba, kwaye ukukhanya kwemizimba emininzi kungabonakali.

Iimpembelelo ezingaqhelekanga zamathunzi zenzeka ngalo lonke ixesha lasemva kwemini, kodwa abo banokuyazi into abayiyo kufuneka bangayamkeli inkolelo egcwele ngabo ngokukholelwa ngokungafanelekanga, okanye bangakhethi buso kwezo nkolelo ngokubonakala ngathi akukho ngqiqweni.

Abo bajonga umxholo wamathunzi ngobukrelekrele nangengqondo engakhethiyo baya kufumanisa ukuba zonke izithunzi zivelisa impembelelo yobunjani bento leyo kunye nokukhanya okuyiphelisayo, kwaye kwahluka ngokobungakanani bokubekwa komntu emxholweni okanye umphezulu owela phezu kwawo Oku kusebenza kwinto ebizwa ngokuba kukukhanya kwendalo okanye okubonakalayo. Iyabizwa ngakumbi, nangona kunjalo, ngokukhanya kwelanga. Yonke imizimba edlula phakathi kwelanga kunye nomhlaba inefuthe lokuwela kuwo izithunzi, nangona impembelelo inokuba incinci kangangokuba ingabinakho ukubukela umntu oqhelekileyo. Ilanga lisoloko linika umhlaba iimpembelelo zezithuba ezisebenza kuwo kunye nemizimba eyimfuneko yemizimba ekhupha eminye imiqolo yayo. Oku kunokuqatshelwa kwimeko yamafu. Amafu anika injongo ngokukhusela uhlaza kunye nobomi bezilwanyana kubunzulu belanga. Umswakama welifu ubekwa kukukhanya kwelanga phezu komgangatho umthunzi wawo uwela kuwo.

Enye inkolelo eqhelekileyo eMpuma, ethathwa njengenkolelo kwilizwe laseNtshona, kukuba umntu unokuqikelela imeko yakhe yexesha elizayo ngokujonga isithunzi sakhe. Kukholelwa ukuba umntu ojonga ngokuthe ngcembe kwisithunzi sakhe xa ephoselwe emhlabeni ngokhanyiso lwelanga okanye inyanga aze ajonge isibhakabhaka phezulu, uyakujonga umfanekiso okanye isithunzi sakhe, ngokokuma kwawo umbala kunye neempawu ezikuyo, unokufunda oko kuya kwehlela kwixesha elizayo. Kuyatshiwo ukuba oku kufuneka kuzanywe kuphela xa kukho isibhakabhaka esicacileyo nesingenamafu. Ewe ixesha lomhla liza kuchaphazela ubungakanani besithunzi, ngokungqinelana nokukhanya kokukhanya okucingelwa ukuba ikufuphi okanye ngaphezulu kwendawo ethe tyaba, kwaye kuthiwa umntu oya kuthi xa esijonga isithunzi sakhe enze njalo xa ilanga okanye inyanga iyenyuka.

Ezi nkolelo azenzi nto zilungileyo kwaye zihlala zenzakalisa kakhulu kwabo baziphatha kakubi ngaphandle kokuqonda umthetho wezithunzi okanye ngaphandle kokusebenzisa oko bakuqondayo. Akunakufane kwenzeke ukuba inkolelo yaseMpuma kuqikelelo lwekamva ngokuthungela isithunzi somntu, iqaleke ngokungathandekiyo.

Isithunzi somntu njengoko siphoswe kukukhanya kwelanga okanye inyanga sisicaka somzimba wakhe. Xa umntu ejonge kwisithunzi esijikeleziweyo, akaboni kuqala elinye iqabane. Ubona kuphela isahlulo esingasemva apho isithunzi siphoselwe khona, njengoko kucacisiwe lukhanyiso lwamehlo akhe anengqondo. Ukukhanya kwesithunzi ngokwako akuqondakali kwaphela. Ukubona isithunzi, iliso lombukeli kufuneka libonwe kuqala kwaye likwazi ukurekhoda imitha yokukhanya apho umzimba ongakwaziyo ukusitha kwaye ukukhanya, kudlula emzimbeni wakhe wenyama, ukwenza ikopi yomzimba wakhe ngaphambili yena. Ikopi yomzimba wakhe ifana ne-astral yakhe okanye ifomathi okanye iyilo lomzimba. Ukuba iyakwazi ukubona i-astral okanye uyilo lomzimba wokwakheka komzimba, iyakubona imeko yangaphakathi yomzimba wayo, wona umzimba wenyama ubonakalayo kwaye ubonakalisa imeko yangaphandle yokungabonakali kunye nengaphakathi. Xa ejonge isithunzi sakhe, ubona imeko yangaphakathi yomzimba wakhe ngokucacileyo njengoko ebenokubona ukubonakala kobuso bakhe ngokujonga esipilini. Ngelixa esipilini sibona ngokubonayo kwaye sibona iinxalenye zibuyele ekunene ukuya kwesobunxele, isithunzi sakhe sibonwa ngokwalatha okanye kukhutshwa imo kwaye kukho ukubonakala kwesikhundla.

(Iza kuqhubeka)