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NOVEMBA 1913

AMADODA NABAHLOBO

Yintoni ehlekisayo, kwaye kutheni abantu behleka?

Ukuhleka kukubonakaliswa kwesimo sengqondo kunye neemvakalelo ngokudalwa kwezandi zezandi. Emntwini kunye kwimeko leyo ibangela ukuhleka kwakhe, kuxhomekeke kuhlobo kunye nohlobo lokuhleka; Njengomatshonisa, istop, igorila, yolutsha elula kwaye inekratshi; umntu oqabileyo, oononkala, okanye ohlekisayo ukuhleka usulu, usigculelo, isigculelo, isithukuthezi, ugculelo, ingcikivo. Emva koko kukho ukuhleka okulisikizi komhanahanisi.

Ukuhleka siqinisekile sisalathiso somlinganiswa kunye nokudityaniswa komzimba nengqondo yalowo uhlekayo, njengoko intetho sisalathiso sophuhliso lwengqondo elinika ukucaciswa. Ukubanda entloko, ukuqaqanjelwa ngumzimba, okanye okunye ukugula emzimbeni, kunokuphelisa ukugcwala kunye nokujikeleza kokuhleka, kodwa loo miphumo yomzimba ayinakuwufihlisa umoya kunye neempawu ezingena kulolo hlaselo.

Iintshukumo zomzimba zokuhleka zibangelwa isenzo seentambo zezwi kunye nomsindo kumandla omoya ngaphezulu kwabo. Kodwa isimo sengqondo ngexesha lokuhleka sinika umoya uhleko, kwaye ke isebenze kwinkqubo yovalo njengokunyanzela amandla emisipha kunye noguquko lwelizwi njengoko kuya kunika umzimba kunye nomgangatho kwisandi ekuwo umoya wokuhleka iveziwe.

Njengemimangaliso emininzi yobomi, ukuhleka kuxhaphake kangangokuba akubonwa kungummangaliso. Kuyamangalisa.

Ngaphandle kwengqondo akukho nto yokuhleka. Ukuze ukwazi ukuhleka umntu kufuneka ube nengqondo. Isidenge senza ingxolo, kodwa asinakuhleka. Inkawu inokulinganisa kwaye yenze ubuhle, kodwa ayinakuhleka. Iparothi inokulinganisa izandi zokuhleka, kodwa ayinakuhleka. Ayazi ukuba izama ukuhleka ntoni; kwaye wonke umntu waselumelwaneni uyazi xa iparothi ilingisa ukuhleka. Iintaka zingabhabha kwaye zibhabhe kwaye zityatyambile elangeni, kodwa akukho kuhleka; iikati kunye neelekese zinokucoca, ziqengqele, zixakeke okanye zithambe, kodwa azikwazi ukuhleka. Izinja kunye neenciniba zinokuntywila kwaye zixhume kwaye zikhonkotha kwimidlalo yokudlala, kodwa azinikwanga ukuba zihleke. Ngamanye amaxesha xa inja ijonge ebusweni bomntu ngento ebizwa ngokuba "bubukrelekrele obunjalo" kunye nento ebonakala ngathi iyinkangeleko yokwazi, kuthiwa mhlawumbi uyakuqonda ukonwaba kwaye uzama ukuhleka; kodwa akanakho. Isilwanyana asinakuhleka. Ezinye izilwanyana ngamanye amaxesha zinokulinganisa isandi selizwi, kodwa oko asikokuqonda amagama. Inokuba yi-echo kuphela. Inja ayinakuqonda intsingiselo yamagama okanye ukuhleka. Ngcono unokubonakalisa umnqweno wenkosi yakhe, kwaye kwinqanaba elithile aphendule kuloo mnqweno.

Ukuhleka kukubonakalisa okuzenzekelayo bokuba noxabiso ngokukhawuleza kwengqondo, kwimeko ekutyhila ngequbuliso into yokungafezeki, ukungathandeki, ukungafaneleki, ukungalungisi. Le meko ibonelelwa kwenzeka, okanye isenzo, okanye ngamazwi.

Ukufumana inzuzo epheleleyo yokuhleka kunye nokukwazi ukuhleka ngokukhawuleza ingqondo kufuneka, ukongeza ngokukhawuleza ukuqonda ukungahambi kakuhle, ukungahambelani, ukungalindelekanga kwimeko, kuphuhliswe ubuchule bayo bokucinga. Ukuba akukho ntelekelelo, ingqondo ayiyi kubona ngaphezu kwemeko enye, kwaye ngoko ayinalo uxabiso lokwenene. Kodwa xa kukho intelekelelo ingqondo iya kukhawuleza ibe nomfanekiso kweso sehlo ezinye izehlo ezihlekisayo kunye neemeko kwaye inxulumanise ukungahambelani nemvisiswano.

Abanye abantu bayakhawuleza ukuyiqonda imeko, kwaye babone ukuba yeyiphi na. Abanye banokuyiqonda le meko, kodwa ngaphandle kwengqondo abanakuyibona le meko inokucebisa okanye ikhokelele kuyo kwaye inxulumene nantoni, kwaye bayacotha ukubona inqaku likwinto ehlekisayo okanye imeko ehlekisayo kunye nexesha lokufumana isizathu abanye abantu bayahleka.

Ukuhleka kuyimfuneko ekuphuhlisweni komntu, kwaye ngakumbi ekuphuhlisweni kwengqondo ukuhlangabezana nazo zonke iimeko zobomi. Kukho ukuhleka kancinci ekusileni uxinzelelo kunye nobunzima. Xa ubomi bufuna umzabalazo othe gqolo ukuze uphile nje, xa imfazwe nendyikitya yokufa zigqugqisa ilizwe, xa ukufa kuvuna isivuno sakho ngomlilo nezikhukula neenyikima zomhlaba, ngoko kubonwa kuphela izothuso nobunzima nobunzima bobomi. Iimeko ezinjalo zikhupha kwaye zinyanzelise unyamezelo kunye namandla engqondo kunye nokukhawuleza kwisenzo. Ezi mpawu zengqondo ziphuhliswa ngokuhlangabezana nokoyisa iimeko ezinjalo. Kodwa ingqondo nayo ifuna ukukhululeka kunye nobabalo. Ingqondo iqala ukukhula ukuzola, ukukhululeka, ubabalo, ngokuhleka. Ukuhleka kuyimfuneko ukuze kube lula kunye nobabalo lwengqondo. Ngokukhawuleza nje ukuba izinto eziyimfuneko zobomi zibonelelwe, kwaye ziqalise ukunika indawo eninzi, ukuhleka kuyafika. Ukuhleka kwenza ingqondo ingaguquki kwaye isusa ukuqina kwayo. Ukuhleka kunceda ingqondo ukuba ibone ukukhanya kunye nokuvuya ebomini, kunye nobumnyama kunye nokubanda. Ukuhleka kukhulula ingqondo kuxinzelelo emva kokuzabalaza kwayo ngezinto ezinzulu, ezingqongqo kunye nezoyikekayo. Ukuhleka kuhambelana nengqondo kumzamo omtsha. Ngokufumana amandla okuhleka, ingqondo inokuhlaziya amandla ayo ize ijamelane nobunzima, ithintele ukuxhalaba kwanempambano, yaye ngokufuthi inokugxotha ukugula okanye izifo. Xa indoda inika ingqwalasela enkulu ekuhlekeni, ke uthando lokuhleka luyamthintela ekuqondeni ubunzulu, uxanduva, imisebenzi kunye nomsebenzi wobomi. Indoda enjalo inokuba lula kwaye inentliziyo kwaye ilungile, inokubona icala elihlekisayo lezinto, kwaye ibe yinto ehlekisayo, umfo olungileyo. Kodwa njengoko eqhubeka esenza ukuhleka kube luyolo, uya ethamba yaye engakufanelekeli ukuhlangabezana neenyaniso ezingqongqo zobomi. Usenokuba nosizi aze amhleke umntu acinga ukuba ubuthabatha nzulu kakhulu ubomi, ukanti uyabuqonda yaye ubuxabisa ubomi obubhetele kunalowo utyhubela ubomi ethwele intliziyo ebuhlungu nosindwa ziintshinga.

Ubuninzi bendoda bomntu bunokwaziwa kwixesha elifutshane ngokuhleka kwakhe kunamazwi akhe, kuba uzama ukungafihli kwaye unokufihla okuncinci ekuhlekeni kwakhe. Ngamazwi unako kwaye uhlala echaza into eyahlukileyo kwinto ayithethayo.

Kunqabile ukuba nabani na angabamkeli abazizityebi, abanesandi esipheleleyo, bahleke ngokuvakalayo benombulelo ongazenzisiyo kunye nokuhlekisa okuhle okubekwe kumthamo kunye nethoni ukuze kulungele ukwenzeka kunye nendawo, kwaye ngubani na oya kuthi asilele ukunqabela ukugcadazela okungenanto Umntu oquphayo ngokunyanzela engxoweni yakhe okanye kwibhabhu, nokuba lithe kanti eso sehlo siyakusixhokonxa. Nokuba umntu akakho mhle okanye akaphilanga, ukugcwala okanye ukunqabiseka kwengqondo okanye iimvakalelo zinokwaziwa ngokuhleka kwakhe. Abo banotyekelo lokunxunguphala, fits okanye i-hysteria, baya kubabonisa ngokugcwala kwabo okufutshane, ii-spasmodic gasps, okanye ukukhala kwabo okude, okubukhali, okubhobozayo. Izandi ezinengxolo, ezijijayo, izandi zensimbi, imingxunya, uncuthu, zibonisa umlingiswa ngokuqinisekileyo njengokuba umlinganiswa onomzuliswano obonakalayo etyhilwa ngokuhambelana kwawo ekuhlekeni. Ukuhlekisa kuhlekisa kubonisa uphuhliso oluhlengahlengisiweyo kubalinganiswa, akunandaba nokuba kunjani na ukuhleka. Iimpawu zokulahla ukuhleka zibonisa ukunqongophala komlingiswa, nokuba umntu angazama kangakanani ukukufihla oko akushiyekileyo. Iilahla zinika indawo yokuvumelana ekuhlekeni, njengoko umlinganiso uphuhliswa. Ithoni, iphimbo kunye nomthamo wesahluko ekuhlekeni, bonisa ukunqongophala okanye ukujiya kuphuhliso lwabalinganiswa.

Umntu onemagneti kukuhleka kwakhe udla ngokuba yenye yendalo. Onobuqili, nobuqili, imposiso, nabakhohlakeleyo, bayakuphoxisa ukuhleka kwabo, nangona banokurhwebesha, ngenkohliso ngamazwi abo.

Umhlobo [HW Percival]