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JUNE 1906

AMADODA NABAHLOBO

Kwindibano yengokuhlwa edlulileyo umbuzo ubuziwe: Ngaba i-Theosophist isidlo okanye inyama yokutya?

I-theosophist ingaba yinyama edla inyama okanye imifuno, kodwa ukutya kwemifuno okanye ukutya inyama akuyi kumenza umntu abe yi-theosophist. Ngelishwa, abantu abaninzi bacinge ukuba i-sine qua non yobomi bomoya yimifuno, ngelixa ingxelo enjalo ichasene neemfundiso zabahlohli bokomoya bokwenyani. “Asikokungena emlonyeni okumenza inqambi umntu; koko kuphuma emlonyeni, kuko oko okumenza inqambi umntu; (Mat. xvii.)

“Musani ukukholwa ukuba nihleli emahlathini amnyama, kwindawo enekratshi, nangaphandle kwabantu; musa ukukholwa ukuba ubomi buzingca nezityalo. . . . Owu zinikele, oku kuya kukukhokelela kwiinjongo zenkululeko yokugqibela,” litsho iVoice of the Silence. I-theosophist kufuneka isebenzise esona sigqibo sayo kwaye isoloko ilawulwa sisizathu kukhathalelo lwempilo yakhe yengqondo kunye nengqondo. Ngokuphathelele kumbandela wokutya umbuzo wokuqala afanele azibuze wona ngulo “Kukuphi ukutya okufunekayo ukuze ndigcine umzimba wam usempilweni?” Xa efumanisa oku ngovavanyo ngoko mvumele athabathe oko kutya amava akhe kunye nokuqwalaselwa kwakhe kumbonisa ukuba ukulungelelaniswa kakuhle neemfuno zakhe zomzimba nezengqondo. Emva koko uya kuba ngokungathandabuzekiyo malunga nokuba kukuphi ukutya aya kukudla, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo akayi kuthetha okanye acinge nge-meatariasm okanye i-vegarianism njengeemfanelo ze-theosophist.

Ingaba i-theosoph yeyona nto ingayibona njani i-theosophist kwaye isadla inyama xa siyazi ukuba iminqweno yesilwanyana idluliselwa kwinyama yesilwanyana ibe isidumbu somntu odlayo?

I-theosophist yokwenene ayizange ibize ukuba yi-theosophist. Kukho amalungu amaninzi oMbutho weTheosophiki kodwa bambalwa kakhulu theosophists; Ngenxa yokuba i-theosophist, njengoko igama lisitsho, lowo ubufumene ubulumko bukaThixo; ozimanye noThixo wakhe. Xa sithetha nge-theosophist yokwenyani, kufuneka sithethe lowo unobulumko bukaThixo. Ngokubanzi, nangona kungenjalo ngokuchanekileyo, kodwa, i-theosophist lilungu loMbutho weTheosophiki. Lowo uthi uyayazi iminqweno yesilwanyana ukuba idluliselwe emzimbeni walowo uyityayo ungqina ngengxelo yakhe ukuba akazi. Inyama yesilwanyana lolona hlobo lobomi luphucukileyo kwaye luxinene kunokusetyenziswa njengokutya. Oku kubonisa umnqweno, ngokuqinisekileyo, kodwa umnqweno wesilwanyana kwimeko yaso yendalo ungaphantsi kakhulu kunokuba unomnqweno kumntu. Umnqweno ngokwawo awubi, kodwa uba mbi kuphela xa ingqondo ekhohlakeleyo imanyana nayo. Ayisiyo inkanuko ngokwayo engalunganga, kodwa iinjongo ezimbi apho ibekwa khona ngengqondo kwaye inokuthi ibangele ingqondo, kodwa ukuthi umnqweno wesilwanyana njengesixhobo ugqithiselwe emzimbeni womntu ingxelo engeyiyo. Umbutho obizwa ngokuba yi-kama rupa, okanye umnqweno-womzimba, oqhuba umzimba wesilwanyana, awunxibelelananga kwaphela nenyama yesilwanyana eso emva kokufa. Umnqweno wesilwanyana uhlala egazini lesilwanyana. Xa isilwanyana sibulewe, umzimba onqwenelekayo uphuma emzimbeni wenyama negazi lobomi, ushiya inyama, yenziwe iiseli, njengohlobo lobomi olugxilwe luye lwasetyenzwa sisilwanyana esivela kubukumkani bemifuno. Lowo utya inyama angaba nelungelo lokuthetha, kwaye abe sengqiqweni xa ethe, umntu ongatyi imifuno wayezifaka ityhefu nge prussic acid ngokutya iletisi okanye nayiphi na enye ityhefu egcwele imifuno, ngokuchanekileyo yatsho ukuba umntu odla inyama wayesitya kwaye efunxa iminqweno yezilwanyana.

Ngaba akuyinyani ukuba i-yogis yaseIndiya, kunye nabantu bafezekisiweyo, bahlala kwimifuno, kwaye ukuba kunjalo, ngaba abafanele bathuthukise inyama baze baphile kwimifuno?

Kuyinyani, ukuba uninzi lwee yogis azidli nyama, kananjalo azenzi izinto zokomoya ezinkulu, kwaye ezihlala zihlala zodwa ngaphandle kwamadoda, kodwa ayilandeli loo nto kuba ziyenzile, bonke abanye kufuneka bayeke inyama. Aba bantu abanazo izinto zokomoya kuba bahlala kwimifuno, kodwa batya imifuno kuba banokuyenza ngaphandle kwamandla enyama. Kwakhona kufuneka sikhumbule ukuba abo bafumeneyo bahluke ngokupheleleyo kwabo bazama ukufikelela, kwaye ukutya komnye akunakuba kukutya komnye kuba umzimba ngamnye ufuna ukutya okuyimfuneko kakhulu kuwo ukuze ugcine impilo. Kuyanovelwano njengokuba kusenza intlekisa ukubona ukuba okona kubalulekileyo kubonwa ngulowo ubonayo kunokwenzeka ukuba ucinge ukuba unokufikelela. Sifana nabantwana ababona into ekude kodwa abathi bayifikelela, bayibambe bayiqonde, bengalibazisi kumgama ongenelelayo. Kubi kakhulu ukuba abo bangaba ngabanomdla kwi-yogiship okanye kubuThixo akufuneki balinganise iimpawu zokomoya kunye nengqondo yokomoya yabantu abangcwele endaweni yokufaka ezona zinto zibambekayo ngokwasemzimbeni nangokwenyama kunye nezithethe, kwaye becinga ukuba ngokwenza oko, nabo baya kuba ngabobuThixo . Enye yezinto eziphambili kwinkqubela ngokomoya kukufunda okubizwa nguCarlyle "ukuLunga kwezinto okungapheliyo."

Ukuchaphazela imifuno kwimizimba yomntu, xa kuthelekiswa nokutya inyama?

Oku ikakhulu kugqitywa zizinto zokugaya ukutya. Ukugaya kuqhutywa emlonyeni, esiswini nasemathunjini emathumbu, ngoncedo lobukho besibindi kunye ne-pancreas. Imifuno igxunyekwe ubukhulu becala kwilitha lamathumbu, ngelixa isisu ngokuyintloko sisisitya esidambisa inyama. Ukutya okuthethwe emlonyeni kuyahlanganisana kwaye kuxutywe namathe, amazinyo abonisa imeko yendalo kunye nomgangatho womzimba ngokumalunga nowemvelo wokubambisa okanye wokuthandeka. Amazinyo abonisa ukuba umntu unesiqingatha sesibini se-carnivorous kunye nesinye kwisithathu se-herbivorous, oko kuthetha ukuba indalo imnike isibini kwisithathu senani lonke lamazinyo akhe okutya inyama kunye nesinye kwisithathu semifuno. Kwimizimba enempilo yendalo oku kufanele ukuba ibe kukudla kokutya kwayo. Kwimeko esempilweni ukusetyenziswa kohlobo olunye kungabandakanywa kolunye kuya kubangela ukungalingani kwezempilo. Ukusetyenziswa okukodwa kwemifuno kubangela ukuvutshelwa kunye nemveliso yegwele emzimbeni, nto leyo ezisa zonke iintlobo zezifo ukuba yindlalifa. Ngokukhawuleza emva kokuba ukubila kuqale esiswini kunye namathumbu ke kukho ukubekwa kwegwele egazini kunye nengqondo ibe ingalunganga. Irhasi ye-carbonic acid ephuhlisiweyo ichaphazela intliziyo, kwaye ke isebenza kwizihlunu njengokubangela uhlaselo lokukhubazeka emzimbeni okanye olunye ukuphazamiseka kwemithambo-luvo kunye nemisipha. Phakathi kweempawu kunye nobungqina bokutya imifuno kukungakhathali, ukuthoba, ukungcungcutheka, ukujikeleza kwengqondo, ukuthambeka kwentliziyo, ukungabikho kokuqhubeka kwengcinga kunye nokugxininisa kwengqondo, ukophula impilo eqinileyo, ukongamela umzimba, kunye nokuthambekela ubuncinci. Ukutya inyama kunika umzimba amandla endalo ayifunayo. Yenza umzimba ube sisilwanyana esomeleleyo, esisempilweni, esokwenyama, kwaye siyawakha lo mzimba njengenqaba engasemva apho ingqondo inokuthi ikwazi ukumelana nokuhlaselwa kobunye ubuntu bomntu esidibana nabo kwaye kufuneka babhekane nabo kuyo yonke idolophu enkulu okanye indibano yabantu .

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