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JANUARY 1910

AMADODA NABAHLOBO

Ngaba umoya usebenza nomntu kwaye ziphi izinto ezingokomoya?

Kufuneka sibuze umbuzo ngaphambi kokuba siwuphendule. Bambalwa abantu abayeke ukucinga ukuba kuthetha ukuthini xa besebenzisa amagama anjengomoya nawokomoya. Ukuba iinkcazo bezifuneka kwaba bantu bambalwa abanokuziva ukungazi kwabo ukuba la magama athetha ntoni. Kukho isiphithiphithi esingaka ecaweni njengokuba siphuma kuyo. Abantu bathetha ngoomoya abalungileyo kunye nemimoya engendawo, oomoya abalumkileyo kunye nemimoya yobudenge. Kukho ke kuthiwa kukho umoya kaThixo, umoya womntu, umoya wedemon. Kukho imimoya eliqela yendalo, enjengomoya womoya, wamanzi, womhlaba, womlilo, kunye nomoya unxulunyaniswa notywala. Isilwanyana ngasinye sidalwe sinomoya othile kwaye ezinye izibhalo zithetha ngayo eminye imimoya ethatha izilwanyana. Inkolo eyaziwa ngokuba yiNkolo yoKomoya, okanye ukuSebenza ngeMimoya, iyathetha ngemimoya egada, ukulawula imimoya nomhlaba womoya. Umntu othanda izinto ezibonakalayo uyala ukuba ukhona na umoya. Inkolo eyaziwa ngokuba yiChristian Science, isebenzisa inkululeko yegama, yongeza ekudidekeni kwaye iyisebenzisa ngokulula. Akukho sivumelwano malunga nokuba ngowuphi umoya okanye imeko okanye igama elithi okomoya elisebenza kulo. Xa igama elithi ngokomoya lisetyenziswa, ngokuthetha ngokubanzi, lenzelwe ukugubungela iimpawu, iimpawu kunye neemeko ekucingelwa ukuba aziyonto eyokwenyama, hayi eyokwenyama, hayi eyasemhlabeni. Ngale ndlela siva ngobumnyama bokomoya, ukukhanya kokomoya, ulonwabo lokomoya, kunye nosizi lokomoya. Omnye uxelelwa ukuba abantu babone imifanekiso yokomoya; umntu umva umntu ngokomoya, amazwi okomoya, iimvakalelo zokomoya kunye neemvakalelo zokomoya. Akukho mda ukuya ekusetyenzisweni kwamagama omoya kunye nawokomoya. Ukudideka okunjalo kuya kuqhubeka okoko abantu bengavumi ukucinga ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba bathetha ntoni okanye bavakalisa ntoni ngolwimi lwabo. Kuya kufuneka sisebenzise amagama achazayo ukumela iingcinga ezichanekileyo, ukuze imibono eyaziwayo yaziwe. Kuphela ngesigama esiqinisekileyo esinokuthi sibe nethemba lokutshintshiselana ngeembono omnye nomnye kwaye sifumane indlela yethu ngokubhideka kwengqondo yamagama. Umoya sisiseko esiphambili kwaye sikwimeko yokugqibela, ekumgangatho, okanye imeko yazo zonke izinto ezibonisiweyo. Eli lizwe lokuqala nelokugqibela likude kude nohlalutyo lomzimba. Ayinakubonakaliswa ngokuhlaziywa kweekhemikhali, kodwa inokubonakaliswa kwingqondo. Ayinakho ukubhaqwa ngugqirha wegqirha, okanye ngochwephesha, kuba izixhobo zabo novavanyo azizukuphendula, kwaye ngenxa yokuba azikho kwindiza enye. Kodwa inokungqinwa engqondweni ngenxa yokuba ingqondo yeyolo hlobo kwaye ingaya kulolo hlobo. Ingqondo inxulumene nomoya kwaye ingayazi. Umoya ngulo oqala ukushukuma kwaye usebenze ngaphandle kwento yomzali. Into yokuba ngumzali womoya ayisebenzi, ayintshukunyiswa, ayisekho, ayithethi nto kwaye ayithethi ngokwayo, gcina xa inxenye yayo isuka ngokwayo idlula kwixesha lembonakalo ebizwa ngokuba yi-ebusweni kunye nokuzivelela kwezinto, kwaye ugcine xa loo nxalenye ishiyekileyo ibuyela kumzali wayo. into. Phakathi kokumka nokubuya kwezinto zomzali azikho njengoko kuchaziwe ngasentla.

Isixhobo xa siveliswa njalo asiseyiyo into, kodwa siyinto kwaye sinjengomlilo omnye omkhulu, ulwandle olungenantambo okanye iglowubhu kwisingqi esinesingqi, iyonke yenziwe ngamasuntswana. Isuntswana ngalinye, lilonke, liphindwe kabini kubume balo kwaye alinako ukwahluka. Ingumcimbi womoya. Nangona isuntswana ngalinye linokudlula kwaye kufuneka kamva lidlule kuwo onke amazwe kunye neemeko, kodwa alinako nangayiphi na indlela okanye nangayiphi na indlela ukusikwa, ukwahlulwa okanye ukwahlulwa kukodwa. Eli lizwe lokuqala libizwa ngokuba lelokomoya kwaye nangona linobabini, kodwa lingenako ukwahlukana, umba womoya ungabizwa ngokuba ngumoya ngelixa ukweli lizwe lokuqala okanye lokomoya, kuba umoya ubalasele ngokupheleleyo.

Ukulandela isicwangciso ngokubanzi sokungazibonakalisi okanye ukubonakaliswa kolu dalo, lokomoya okanye lwengqondo, umba udlulela kwimeko yesibini nasezantsi. Kule meko yesibini lo mbandela wahlukile kunasekuqaleni. Ubumbini kulo mbandela ngoku uboniswe ngokucacileyo. Isuntswana ngalinye alisabonakali libonakala lihamba ngaphandle kokuxhathisa. Isuntswana ngalinye liyazishukumisa, kodwa lidibana nokuchasa ngokwalo. Isuntswana ngalinye kubumbini balo lenziwe ngento eshukumayo neshukumayo, kwaye nangona inxa-mbili ngobume bayo, le miba mibini idityaniswe njengento enye. Ngamnye usebenzela injongo kwenye. Izinto zinokuthiwa ngokufanelekileyo zibizwa ngokuba ngumoya, kwaye imeko apho imeko yomoya ingabizwa ngokuba yimeko yobomi bomoya-wento. Inxalenye nganye kweli lizwe nangona ibizwa ngokuba ngumoya olawulwa kwaye ilawulwa yiyo ngokwayo, engumoya, kwaye umoya kwisuntswana ngalinye lomoya-wezinto ulawula elinye icandelo okanye uhlobo lwalo ngokwalo olululo. Kwimeko yobomi bento yomoya, umoya usengoyena mntu uphambili. Njengokuba amasuntswana emicimbi yomoya eqhubeka ekubonakalisweni okanye ekungeneleleni aba nzima kwaye abaxakekile kwaye bacothe ekuhambeni kwabo de badlule kwimeko yobume. Kwimo yesimo amasuntswana ebekhululekile, ezishukumayo, kwaye ehlala esebenza ngokusisigxina ayabambezeleka kwiintshukumo zawo. Ukulibaziseka kungenxa yokuba umbandela wendalo ulawula ubume bomoya be-particle kwaye ngenxa yokuba i-particle coalesces kunye ne-particle kunye nayo yonke into, imeko yendalo yeengqungquthela ilawula umoya-wendalo. Njengokuhlangana kwamasuntswana kunye nokudityaniswa kwamasuntswana, kuya kusiba denser kunye nokuxinana, ekugqibeleni beza kumda welizwe elibonakalayo kwaye umba lowo ke unokufikelela kwisayensi. Njengoko usokhemisi efumanisa abalinganiswa abohlukeneyo okanye iindlela zento bayinika igama lento; kwaye ke sifumana iziqalelo, zonke ezizinto ezibalulekileyo. Into nganye edityaniswa nabanye phantsi kwemithetho ethile, iyadibana, ineemvula kwaye idityaniswe okanye yabekwa embindini njengombandela oqinileyo osingqongileyo.

Kukho izinto ezibonakalayo, izinto zokomoya, ubomi, nezinto zokomoya. Ubume bezinto ezibonakalayo zezeseli; izinto eziyilwe ziimolekyuli; izidalwa zobomi ziatomic; izinto zokomoya ezizezomoya. Umchiza unokuvavanya ngokwasemzimbeni kunye nokuvavanywa kwimolekyuli, kodwa engekafiki kwimeko yento yomoya ngaphandle kohambo. Umntu akanakubona okanye angabuboni ubomi nokuba yinto yokomoya. Umntu uyayibona okanye ayive le nto ahlangane kuyo. Izinto ezibonakalayo ziqhakamshelana neengqondo. Izixhobo zivakalelwa kwiimvakalelo ezihambelana nazo. Ukubona into yomoya okanye izidalwa zomoya, ingqondo kufuneka ikwazi ukuhamba ngokukhululekileyo ngaphandle kweempawu zayo. Xa ingqondo inokuhamba ngokukhululekileyo ngaphandle kokusebenzisa amandla ayo iyakuqonda into yomoya kunye nezinto zobomi. Xa ingqondo ikwazi ukuyibona loo nto iya kuba nakho ukwazi izinto zokomoya. Kodwa izinto zokomoya okanye izinto eziphilayo ezaziwa ngolo hlobo azizo kwaye azinakuba zizidalwa zeemvakalelo ngaphandle kwemizimba yenyama, ezingakhathaliyo kwaye ngokungakhathali zibizwa ngokuba yimimoya okanye izinto zokomoya, kwaye ezinde kunye nenkanuko yenyama. Umoya usebenza nendoda ngokokulingana njengoko umntu efumana ingqondo yakhe kwimeko yomoya. Oku akwenzayo ngengcinga yakhe. Umntu kwelona nqanaba lakhe liphezulu ngumntu wokomoya. Kwinxalenye yakhe yengqondo ungumntu ocinga. Ke kwiminqweno yakhe yendalo uyisilwanyana. Simazi njengomntu wenyama, athi ngaye sisibone isilwanyana, sihlala sidibana nomntu osicingelayo, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha anqabileyo sifumana ukumbona njengomntu wokomoya.

Njengomntu wokomoya umntu oyintloko yendaleko, eyona nto iphambili iphambili ekubonakalisweni kwayo. Umoya ekuqaleni kokungasebenzi okanye ukubonakalisa akubonakali.

Njengombandela wokuqala womoya obandakanyeka ngokuthe ngcembe, inqanaba ngezigaba, ukusuka kurhulumente ukuya kwelinye, kwaye ekugqibeleni loo nto yayiyeyokomoya ibanjwe ebukhobokeni kwaye iboshwe kwelinye icala lendalo ngokwayo ebaluleke, ngoko umoya ngokuthe ngcembe, inyathelo. ngamanyathelo, iphinda iphakamise ukugqwesa kwayo kumcimbi wayo, kwaye, ukoyisa ukumelana nomcimbi ngokwayo, ekugqibeleni iphinda ilungelelanise loo nto inyathelo ngenyathelo ukusuka kumzimba omkhulu, kwilizwe lomnqweno, ngamanqanaba amade okugqibela ekufikeleleni kwilizwe lehlabathi. ukucinga; ukusukela kweli nqanaba unyuka ngomnqweno wokufikelela ekufezekiseni okokugqibela kunye nokufikelela kwihlabathi lomoya, ilizwe lolwazi, apho liziphinda liziqonde ngokwalo emva kokuhlala kwalo ixesha elide kumhlaba ongaphantsi komhlaba kunye neemvakalelo.

Umhlobo [HW Percival]