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AUGUST 1909

AMADODA NABAHLOBO

Ingaba kukho nayiphi na indawo yokubango kwalabo abathi imiphefumlo yabantu abahambayo kwiinyoni okanye kwizilwanyana?

Kukho umhlaba othile webango, kodwa ingxelo xa iyonke ayiyonyani. Imiphefumlo yabantu ayiphindi ibe ziintaka okanye izilwanyana ngaphandle kokuba la magama asetyenziswa ebantwini. Emva kokufa komntu, imigaqo apho inxalenye yakhe efayo yabunjwayo ibuyela kwizikumkani okanye iindawo ezazitsalwe kuzo ukuze kwakhiwe umzimba womntu ofayo. Kukho izizathu ezininzi apho ibango linokwenziwa lokuba umphefumlo womntu unokubuyela ebomini kumzimba wesilwanyana. Oyena nobangela wenkcazelo enjalo ziinkolelo nesithethe; kodwa isithethe sihlala sigcina inyaniso enzulu ngendlela engekho ngqiqweni. Iinkolelo yindlela eyayisisiseko solwazi lwangaphambili. Umntu obambe iinkolelo engazi ukuba kuthetha ukuthini ukholelwa kwimo, kodwa akanalo ulwazi. Abo kumaxesha anamhlanje bakholelwa kwisithethe sokuba imiphefumlo yabantu iphinda ivele ibe zizilwanyana, babambelele kwiinkolelo okanye isithethe ngenxa yokuba baphulukene nolwazi olufihlwa yintetho yangaphandle neyokoqobo. Injongo yokuzalwa kunye nokuzalwa kwakhona kwengqondo emizimbeni kukuba iya kufunda ukuba ubomi behlabathi bunokufundisa ntoni. Isixhobo esifunda ngaso yimo yomntu yesilwanyana. Emva kokuba ludlule kuhlobo oluthile lomntu ekufeni yaye sele luza kuphinda luvele ngokutsha luyazakhela luze lungene kolunye uhlobo lomntu lwesilwanyana. Kodwa ayingeni kulo naluphi na uhlobo lwezilwanyana. Ayingeni emzimbeni wesilwanyana. Isizathu kukuba ifom yezilwanyana ngokungqongqo ayiyi kunika ithuba lokuqhubeka nemfundo yayo. Umzimba wesilwanyana uya kubamba ingqondo kuphela. Iimpazamo zobomi obunye azinakulungiswa yingqondo kumzimba wesilwanyana ukuba kwakunokwenzeka ukuba ingqondo ibe kumzimba wesilwanyana, kuba umzimba wesilwanyana kunye nengqondo ayinakusabela ekuchukumiseni kwengqondo yomntu. Inqanaba lomntu ekuphuhliseni ingqondo liyimfuneko ukuba ingqondo iqhagamshelane nefom yesilwanyana somntu; ingqondo yesilwanyana ayisosixhobo esifanelekileyo ukuba ingqondo yomntu isebenze. Ukuba bekunokwenzeka ukuba ingqondo iphinde ivele kwisilwanyana, ingqondo, ngelixa ifakwe inyama, ibinokungabi nazingqondweni njengengqondo kumzimba wesilwanyana. Ukuzalwa kwengqondo okunjalo kumzimba wesilwanyana bekuya kuba lilize, kuba akukho mpazamo inokulungiswa ize icanyagushelwe. Iimpazamo zinokulungiswa, iimpazamo zilungiswa kunye nezifundo ezifundiweyo kunye nolwazi olufunyenwe kuphela ngelixa ingqondo isemzimbeni womntu, kwaye inokuqhagamshelana nengqondo eya kusabela ekuchukumiseni kwayo. Ngoko ke akukho ngqiqweni ukucinga ukuba nantoni na enokufezwa ngomthetho wokuba ingqondo esebenza ngomzimba womntu ifanele ifakwe kulo naluphi na uhlobo lwesilwanyana.

Kuthiwa ngaphakathi UHlelo lwe "Ngcinga," Ilizwi, Umqulu. 2, No. 3, Disemba, 1905, Ukuba: “Umntu ucinga kwaye indalo iphendula ngokumanyanisa iingcinga zakhe kumqhubekekisi oqhubayo ngelixa ekhangela ezijonga engazi ukuba ngubani unobangela. . . .Umntu ucinga kwaye uyichule indalo ngokwengcinga yakhe, kwaye indalo ivelisa inzala yakhe kuzo zonke iintlobo zezinto eziphilayo njengabantwana beengcinga zakhe. Imithi, iintyatyambo, amarhamncwa, izinto eziphindaphindiweyo, iintaka, zikwimo yazo kukukrala kweengcinga zakhe, lo gama kwisimo ngasinye esahlukileyo kuboniswa kwaye kukhethekileyo kwenye yeyona minqweno yakhe. Indalo iphinda ivele ngohlobo olunikiweyo, kodwa ingcinga yomntu imisela uhlobo nodidi lutshintsha kuphela ngengcinga yakhe. . . .Amaziko ajongene nobomi kwimizimba yezilwanyana kufuneka abenobume bawo kwaye abume ngokuxhomekeka kwingcinga yomntu ade akwazi ukucinga. Ke abasayi kuludinga uncedo lwakhe, kodwa baya kuzakhela iifom zabo njengoko ingcinga yomntu izakhela eyabo kunye neyabo. ”Ngaba ungasicacisa ngokupheleleyo indlela iingcinga ezahlukeneyo zomntu ezenza ngayo izinto malunga nezinto zomhlaba ukuze ukuvelisa iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zezilwanyana ezinjengengonyama, ibhere, ipikoko, i-rattlesnake?

Ukuphendula lo mbuzo kuya kufuna ukubhala inqaku elifana nelinye Ilizwi amanqaku abahleli. Oku akunakwenziwa kwisithuba esinikelwe kwi-Moments with Friends, kwaye kufuneka iyekelwe kwisebe lomhleli wale magazini. Siza kuzama, nangona kunjalo, ukucacisa umgaqo ekufezwa ngawo oko kuchazwe kolu caphulo lungentla.

Phakathi kwazo zonke izidalwa eziphilayo umntu kuphela komntu onobuchule bokuyila (njengoko wahlukile ekuzaleni.) Ubuchule bokuyila ngamandla akhe okucinga kunye nentando. Ukucinga kuyimveliso yesenzo sengqondo kunye nomnqweno. Xa ingqondo isebenza kumnqweno wokucinga uvelisiwe kwaye ingcinga ithatha ubume bayo kwimiba yobomi behlabathi. Lo mbandela wobomi ukwinqwelo-moya ebonakalayo. Iingcinga ezenzeka ngendlela zibakho kwimeko ephathekayo ngokwasemoyeni kwindiza yokucinga. Umnqweno njengomgaqo-cosmic owenziwe yingqondo yomntu uvelisa iingcinga ngokohlobo lwengqondo kunye nomnqweno. Ezi ngcinga xa ziveliswe njalo ziindidi zeefom ezivela emhlabeni, kwaye ezi ntlobo zeefom ziyaphiliswa zizinto ezithile okanye izigaba zobomi ezingenako ukuzenzela iifom.

Umntu unaye ngaphakathi kwakhe uhlobo lwaso sonke isilwanyana emhlabeni. Uhlobo ngalunye lwesilwanyana okanye udidi ngalunye libonisa umnqweno othile kwaye luya kufumaneka ebantwini. Kodwa nangona zonke izilwanyana zikumntu, yena, oko kukuthi, udidi, ungumntu, kwaye izilwanyana ezikuye zibonwa ngamaxesha anjalo kuphela xa evumela inkanuko kunye neminqweno ukuba ithathe kwaye ibonakalise indalo yakhe kuye. Ingathi yonke indalo yezilwanyana yayinemingxunya emininzi edityanisiweyo kunye nenxeba emzimbeni wakhe kwaye uyinyama eyindalo yayo yonke indalo yesilwanyana. Jonga ubuso bendoda xa ibanjwe yiparoxysm yenkanuko, kwaye imeko yeso silwanyana silawulayo siyabonakala ngokucacileyo kuye. Ingcuka ijongeka ngaphandle kobuso bayo kwaye ibonakale ngendlela yakhe. Ihlosi libhululana ngokungathi liza kungxama kwixhoba laso. Inyoka iluma ngentetho yayo kwaye ihamba ngamehlo ayo. Ingonyama iyabharhula njengomsindo okanye inkanuko isebenza ngomzimba wayo. Nayiphi na kwezi inika enye indawo njengoko ihamba emzimbeni wayo, kunye nokubonakala kobuso bakhe kuyatshintsha nokuba kuhlobo. Kulapho umntu acinga ngohlobo lwenyathi okanye ingcuka okanye impungutye ayila ngayo ingcinga yehlosi, ingcuka, okanye impungutye, kwaye nengcinga ihlala kwihlabathi lobomi kude kutsalwe kumhlaba weengqondo zangaphantsi ukuba inike uhlobo amaziko abakho ngokuzalwa. Zonke ezi ntlobo zezilwanyana zahlukeneyo zidlula kwifom kwaye zinikwa imbonakalo ebusweni bomntu njengoko imifanekiso ihamba emva kwesikrini. Nangona kunjalo, akunakwenzeka ukuba ingcuka ibonakale ngathi yimpungutye okanye impungutye ibambe ngathi yinyathi okanye enye yezi njengenyoka. Isilwanyana ngasinye sisebenza ngohlobo lwaso kwaye soze sizenze njengalo naluphi na uhlobo lwesilwanyana ngaphandle kwaso. Oku kungenxa yokuba, njengoko kuchaziwe kwikoteyishini, kwaye njengoko kuya kuboniswa kamva, isilwanyana ngasinye luphawu oluthile, uhlobo oluthile lomnqweno emntwini. Ukucinga umcwangcisi wazo zonke iintlobo zehlabathi, kwaye umntu kuphela kwesilwanyana esicinga. Umi ngokunxulumene nomhlaba wokubonakalayo njengoThixo, umdali, kuthiwa unxulumene nomntu. Kodwa kukho enye indlela apho umntu angunobangela wokubonakala kwezilwanyana kwinyama yenyama. Oku kuyakucacisa enye yeentsingiselo ezininzi kwaye sesizathu sengxelo kwizibhalo zakudala ezinokuthi umntu azalwe ngokutsha okanye azidlulisele kwimizimba yezilwanyana. Yiyo le: Ngexesha lobomi umnqweno ongumntu yimigaqo yezilwanyana eziphindaphindiweyo, engenandawo ichanekileyo. Ngexesha lokuphila komntu, umnqweno kuye uhlala uguquka, kwaye akukho luhlobo lwesilwanyana luqinisekileyo kubungqina obude kunye naye. Ingcuka ilandelwa yimpungutye, impungutye ibhere, ibhere ngebhokhwe, ibhokhwe yegusha njalo njalo, okanye nangayiphi na indlela, kwaye oku kuyaqhubeka ngokuhlala ngaphandle kobomi ngaphandle kokuba kukho umkhwa othethwayo kwindoda apho esinye sezilwanyana ezininzi zinika amandla abanye kwimvelo yakhe kwaye iyigusha okanye impungutye okanye ingcuka okanye ithwele ubomi bayo bonke. Kodwa nangayiphi na imeko, ekufeni, umnqweno oguqukayo wendalo yakhe umiselwe kuhlobo oluthile lwesilwanyana olunokuthi lube nalo kangangexesha elithile uhlobo lomntu olungu-astral. Emva kokuba ingqondo imkile kwisilwanyana sayo, ngokuthe ngcembe isilwanyana siyakhulula kulawulo lomntu kwaye sithathe uhlobo lwaso lwenene lwesilwanyana. Esi silwanyana ke sisidalwa esingenanto yakwenza nobuntu.

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