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JULY 1910

AMADODA NABAHLOBO

Ngaba kunokwenzeka ukuba ubeke ingcinga ngaphandle kwengqondo? Ukuba kunjalo, yenziwa njani; Umntu angakuthintela njani ukuphinda-phinde kwakhe kwaye angahlali ezingqondweni?

Kunokwenzeka ukuba ingcinga ingangeni engqondweni, kodwa akunakwenzeka ukuba ingcinga ingangeni engqondweni njengoko besinokwenza ukuba umntu angene endlwini. Isizathu sokuba abantu abaninzi bangakwazi ukuzisusa iingcinga ezingathandekiyo, kwaye bengakwazi ukucinga ngendlela ecacileyo, kukuba bakholelwa kwingcamango eqhelekileyo yokuba kufuneka basuse iingcinga ezingqondweni zabo. Akunakwenzeka ukuba ingcinga ingangeni engqondweni yomntu kuba xa uyisusa ingqalelo kufuneka inikwe ingcinga, kwaye ngelixa ingqondo inika ingcinga ingqalelo akunakwenzeka ukuba isuse loo ngcinga. Lowo uthi: Hamba wena ngcinga imbi, okanye, andiyi kucinga ngale okanye leya, ugcina loo nto engqondweni yakhe ngokukhuselekileyo ngokungathi inamathele apho. Ukuba umntu uthi kuye makangacingi ngale okanye leya nto, uya kuba njengabantu abazinikeleyo nabangengomakholwa kunye nabantu abathanda izinto ezithile abenza uluhlu lwezinto abangafanele bacinge ngazo baze baqhubeke nokujonga olu luhlu ngengqondo baze bakhuphe ezo ngcinga engqondweni yabo baze bahluleke. Ibali elidala le-"The Great Green Bear" libonisa kakuhle oku. Ingcali ye-alchemist yamaxesha aphakathi yahlushwa ngomnye wabafundi bayo owayefuna ukuxelelwa indlela yokuguqula ilothe ibe yigolide. Inkosi yakhe yaxelela umfundi ukuba akanakukwenza oko, nangona wayexelelwe, kuba wayengafaneleki. Kwisicelo esiqhubekayo somfundi, ingcali ye-alchemist yagqiba ekubeni imfundise isifundo yaza yamxelela ukuba njengoko wayesiya kuhambo ngosuku olulandelayo wayeza kumshiyela ifomula anokuphumelela ngayo ukuba wayenokukwazi ukulandela yonke imiyalelo, kodwa kwakuza kufuneka anikele ingqalelo esondeleyo kwifomula kwaye achaneke kuzo zonke iinkcukacha. Umfundi wayevuya kwaye waqalisa umsebenzi ngolangazelelo ngexesha elimiselweyo. Walandela imiyalelo ngononophelo kwaye wayechanekile ekulungiseleleni izixhobo zakhe nezixhobo. Wabona ukuba iintsimbi zomgangatho ofanelekileyo kunye nobuninzi obufanelekileyo zazikwii-crucibles zazo ezifanelekileyo, kwaye ubushushu obufunekayo benziwa. Wayelumkile ukuba umphunga wonke ugcinwe kwaye udlule kwi-allembics kunye neempendulo, waza wafumanisa ukuba iidiphozithi ezivela kwezi zinto zazinjengoko kuchaziwe kwifomula. Konke oku kwamenza waneliseka kakhulu kwaye njengoko wayeqhubeka novavanyo wafumana ukuzithemba kwimpumelelo yalo yokugqibela. Omnye wemithetho yayikukuba akufanele ayifunde yonke le fomyula kodwa makayilandele kuphela xa eqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe. Njengoko wayeqhubeka, wafikelela kwingxelo ethi: Ngoku ekubeni uvavanyo luqhubekile ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kwaye isinyithi sishushu kakhulu, thabatha intwana yepowder ebomvu phakathi komnwe wesandla sasekunene, intwana yepowder emhlophe phakathi komnwe wesandla sasekhohlo, yima phezu kwenqwaba ekhanyayo onayo ngoku phambi kwakho kwaye ulungele ukuwisa la ma-powder emva kokuba uthobele umyalelo olandelayo. Le nsizwa yenza njengoko iyalelwe yaza yaqhubeka yafunda: Ngoku ufikelele kuvavanyo olubalulekileyo, kwaye impumelelo iya kulandela kuphela ukuba unako ukuthobela oku kulandelayo: Musa ukucinga ngebhere enkulu eluhlaza kwaye qiniseka ukuba awucingi ngebhere enkulu eluhlaza. Le nsizwa yema kancinci. “Ibhere enkulu eluhlaza. Andifanele ndicinge ngebhere enkulu eluhlaza,” utshilo. “Ibhere elikhulu eliluhlaza! Yintoni ibhere elikhulu eliluhlaza? Hayi, andiyi kucinga ngebhere elikhulu eliluhlaza, kodwa, ndibhide, ndicinga ngebhere elikhulu eliluhlaza.” Njengoko wayeqhubeka ecinga ukuba akufanele acinge ngebhere elikhulu eliluhlaza wayengenakucinga ngenye into, de ekugqibeleni waqonda ukuba makaqhubeke novavanyo lwakhe kwaye nangona ingcinga yebhere elikhulu eliluhlaza yayisengqondweni yakhe, wajika waya kwifomula ukuze abone ukuba yintoni elandelayo waza wafunda: Uhlulekile kwityala. Uhlulekile ngexesha elibalulekileyo kuba uvumele ingqalelo yakho ukuba ithathwe emsebenzini ukuze ucinge ngebhere elikhulu eliluhlaza. Ubushushu esitovini abuzange bugcinwe, umphunga ofanelekileyo awuzange udlule kule mpendulo, kwaye akuncedi ngoku ukulahla imibhobho ebomvu nemhlophe.

Ingcinga ihlala isengqondweni ukuba ithathelwa ingqalelo. Xa ingqondo iyekile ukunikela ingqalelo kwingcamango enye kwaye iyibeka kwenye ingcinga, ingcinga enononophelo ihlala isezingqondweni, kwaye oko kungenamdla kuphuma. Indlela yokukhupha ingcinga kukubamba ingqondo ngokuqinisekileyo kwaye ngokuqhubekayo ibhekiswe kwinto enye kunye nesihloko esithile okanye ingcinga ethile. Kuya kufumaniseka ukuba ukuba oku kwenziwe, akukho zingcinga zinxulumene nesihloko zinokuzifaka ezingqondweni. Ngelixa ingqondo inqwenela into ingcinga yayo izakujikeleza kwinto yomnqweno kuba umnqweno ufana neziko lomxhuzulane kwaye utsala ingqondo. Ingqondo inokuzikhulula kulo mnqweno, ukuba uyavuma. Inkqubo ekhululwe ngayo kukuba ibone kwaye iqonde ukuba lo mnqweno awulungelanga kuwo kwaye ke ithathe isigqibo ngento ebhetele. Emva kokuba ingqondo ithathe isigqibo malunga nesona sifundo sibalaseleyo, iya kubhekisa ingcinga yayo kweso sifundo kwaye ingqalelo inikwe eso sifundo kuphela. Ngale nkqubo, indawo yomxokelelwano iguqulwe ukusuka kumnqweno wakudala ukuya kumxholo omtsha wengcinga. Ingqondo ithathe isigqibo sokuba indawo yayo yomxhuzulane iya kuba phi. Nawuphi na umbandela okanye into eya kuyo ingqondo iya kubakho. Ke ingqondo iyaqhubeka nokutshintsha umxholo wayo wengcinga, umxholo wayo, de amandla afundwe, ade afunde ukubeka iziko lomxhuzulo ngokwawo. Xa oku kwenziwe, ingqondo iyazirhoxisa ngokwayo kunye nokusebenza kwayo, ngokusebenzisa iindlela zengqondo kunye nezixhobo zengqondo. Ingqondo, ayisebenzi ngokusebenza kwimo yayo kwimo yomzimba, kwaye ifunde ukuguqula amandla ayo ukuba ibe yiyo, ekugqibeleni ivuselele ubunyani bayo njengoko yahlukile kwimizimba yayo yenyama kunye neminye imizimba. Ngokwenza njalo, ingqondo ayivezi ubuqu bayo bodwa kodwa inokufumana ubuqu bokwenene babo bonke abanye kunye nelizwe lokwenyani elingena kwaye liphakamisa abanye.

Ukuqaphela okunjalo akunakufikelelwa ngaxeshanye, kodwa kuya kufikelelwa njengesiphumo sokugcina iingcinga ezingathandekiyo zikhuphe engqondweni ngokuthatha nokucinga zabanye abanqwenelekayo. Akukho mntu unokukwazi ukucinga kuphela kwingcamango anqwenela ukuyicinga aze ayikhuphe okanye anqande ezinye iingcinga zingangeni ezingqondweni; kodwa uya kukwenza oko ukuba uzama kwaye aqhubeke nokuzama.

Umhlobo [HW Percival]