Isithombe: I-Meditive Rower at Dawn

Isithombe sithwebula isikhathi esiyivelakancane nesiyinkondlo lapho ukuba khona ngokomzimba nokuthula ngokomoya kuhlangana ngokulingana okuphelele. Maphakathi nendawo kuhlezi umuntu oyedwa esikebheni esigwedlayo, hhayi phakathi kokuzikhandla noma ukushaywa okunesigqi, kodwa esimweni sokuzindla okuzolile. Imilenze yakhe iphambane ngendlela yakudala ye-lotus, izandla zihlezi kancane ezigwedini eziphumela ngaphandle njengamaphiko. Amehlo avaliwe, isifuba siphakanyisiwe, futhi ubuso butshekele phezulu kancane, unamandla athule, ahlanganisa kokubili isiyalo nokuzinikela. Ezungezile, umhlaba uthulisiwe, njengokungathi imvelo ngokwayo iyama ukuze ihloniphe lesi sidlo somzimba, ingqondo nomoya.

Isikhathi sesithombe siphakamisa isimo sayo. Ukusa kusanda kuphuma, futhi ukukhanya kwelanga okusagolide kusakazeka emkhathizwe, imisebe yalo ithambile kodwa iyashintsha. Ichibi, lisambozwe ngeveli elithambile lenkungu, liyabenyezela kancane ngaphansi kwalokhu kukhanya, ubuso balo bunjengegolide eliwuketshezi. Inkungu ngayinye ibonakala igoqa futhi ikhukhuleka sengathi ithwele amandla okuzindla kwakhe emkhathini obanzi womhlaba. Izintaba ezikude, ezithanjiswe ukuhwamuka, zinikeza umehluko oyisisekelo—ofakazi abangasho lutho ekuseni inqwaba efana nalena, yaphakade futhi enganyakazi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Ukukhanya ngokwako kucishe kuthinteke, kugubuzele esikhumbeni sakhe futhi kukhipha ukukhanya okufudumele okuthuthukisa ukubukeka kwesimo sakhe, kukhumbuze isibukeli ubungqabavu obujulile obuvela ekuthuleni.

Nakuba isihloko sisodwa, ukwakheka kudlulisa umuzwa onamandla wokuxhumana. Izigwedlo, izimpawu zokuzikhandla nokunyakaza, lapha ziba izimpawu zokuzinza nokulinganisela, ezinwebeka ngaphandle ukuze kuhlaka isimo njengezingalo ezivulekile. Amanzi abonisa ukuzola komgwedli, indawo yawo enjengengilazi ayiphazamiseki ngaphandle nje kwamaza amancane eduze kosebe lomkhumbi. Inhlanganisela yezinto ezingokwemvelo—ilanga, inkungu, amagquma namanzi—kudala umoya ozwakala ungcwele, njengokungathi lo mkhuba onokuthula uyingxenye yesiko elidala kunenkumbulo. Imema umbukeli ukuthi angacabangi ukuzindla njengokuzihlukanisa kodwa njengokuhlanganisa okuqaphelayo nesigqi somhlaba wemvelo.

Okugqama kakhulu ngesithombe ukushuba kwaso phakathi kwamandla nokuma kancane. Isikebhe, esiklanyelwe ukunyakaza, sihlala singanyakazi. Umgwedli, umsubathi oqeqeshelwe amandla nokukhuthazela, amandla akhe uwadlulisela ngaphakathi kunangaphandle. Yonke into ehlotshaniswa namandla aguquguqukayo iphinde ihloselwe umkhumbi wokuzindla. Lokhu kushintsha kokulindela—ukugwedla okuphendulwe ukuzindla, ithuluzi lokuzikhandla eliguqulelwe ekubeni i-altare lokuthula—kukhulisa umuzwa wokulinganisela ngaphakathi kwesithombe. Lisikisela ukuthi ukuphumelela kwangempela, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi okokugwedla, okomuntu siqu, noma ukuphila, akutholakali ngesenzo kuphela kodwa futhi nasekuhlakanipheni kokuthula.

Ingemuva lamagquma, afiphala abe izendlalelo zethunzi nokukhanya, anikeza kokubili ukujula nokuthula esigcawini. Ziqinisa ukwakheka, zisikhumbuza ukuhlala unomphela nokuqina, kuyilapho inkungu edlulayo ikhomba ukungapheleli noshintsho. Ndawonye, bakha isingathekiso esibukwayo sokuzindla ngokwako: ukuqaphela kokubili okubekezelayo nokudlulayo, okwaphakade kanye nokwesikhashana. Ngakho umfanekiso awubi nje umfanekiso wendoda enokuthula kodwa umfanekiso ongokomfanekiso wokucabangela ngokusebenza—ogxilile, oqaphelayo, futhi ovuleleke ekwambulweni komzuzu ngamunye.

Ekugcineni, umkhathi ungesinye sesimemo esijulile. Umbukeli akagcini nje ngokubuka kodwa udonseleka ngaphakathi, akhuthazwe ukuba acabange ukuhogela okuthulile nokukhipha umoya womuntu ozindlayo, ukuzwa ukuphola komoya wasekuseni, futhi amunce imfudumalo esagolide yokukhanya kokuqala. Kuyisikhumbuzo sokuthi ukuthula akudingi ukungabikho komzamo noma ukususwa emhlabeni; ingatholakala enhliziyweni yayo, ihlezi inganyakazi esikebheni echibini elinenkungu ekuseni, lapho umzimba nomoya kuvumelana khona ngokuphelele.

Isithombe sihlobene: Indlela Ukugwedla Okuthuthukisa Ngayo Ukuqina Kwakho, Amandla Kanye Nempilo Yengqondo