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UKULALA OKUMNANDI

Uke wazama ukulungisa isimo sakho sokukhathala okungamahlalakhona ngokulala ngamabomu amahora ambalwa engeziwe ngempelasonto, bese uvuka unomuzwa wokuthi awukaze uphumule? Ubunezinhloso ezinhle, kodwa uphuthelwe yisiqephu esisodwa esibalulekile esiyindida: Ukulala akukona ukuphumula. Njengezingxenye ezihlukene zesistimu eyingaqondakali, ukulala nokuphumula kuklanyelwe ukusebenza ndawonye ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi zonke izingxenye zakho zinendlela yokuvuselela nokubuyiselwa. 

Ukube bengihlezi ngaphesheya kwakho njengamanje, ingxoxo yethu ibingase ifane naleyo enganginayo nomngani wami eminyakeni eminingi edlule.

“Kungani ucabanga ukuthi ukulala akusizi ukukhathala kwethu? Ngikhathele kakhulu manje kunangaphambi kokuba ngilale.”

“Ngifisa sengathi ngabe ngangazi. Lapho ngisekolishi, ngangilala njengengane. Ngesikhathi ikhanda lami lihlala emcamelweni ngangilala zwi. Esikoleni sezobudokotela, ngaqala ukuba nenkinga yokulala. Ekuqaleni, kwangithatha imizuzu emihlanu kuya kweyishumi ngaphambi kokuba ngilale. Manje kungathatha ihora lapho ngilele ebusuku.”

“Hawu, ihora. Njengoba ukhathele ekupheleni kokusebenza, bengicabanga ukuthi uzolala ngokushesha,” ngimangele.

“Ngiyazi, akunjalo? Kodwa yilokho; ubuthongo obuhle bumnene. Kungena ngokuthula, kwehlele phezu kwakho, futhi kukugcwalise. Ubuthongo obubi bufika njengesikhukhula, bukufice, futhi kukushiye uzizwa ukhathele. Okuhle okungiphuthayo.”

Ukulala kuyisidingo somzimba Ukuzama ukukuyeka kuzonciphisa ukukhiqiza kwakho futhi ekugcineni kukubulale. Emzamweni wokuhlola lesi simiso sempilo ohlwini lwethu lwezinto esizozenza njalo ebusuku, abaningi bethu baye bazinza ngokulala nganoma yiziphi izindleko nanoma iyiphi ikhwalithi. Inkinga yethu ayisona nje isidingo sokulala okwengeziwe. Inkinga yethu ukuthi siphuthelwa okuhle. Ukulala kuhlukile ekuphumuleni, kodwa ukulala kwekhwalithi enhle kuyancipha kusuka ekuphileni kahle. Singase silale ngenxa yokuphumula, kodwa ukuphumula akudingi ukuthi sibe sesimweni sokulala. Ngezinye izikhathi njengoba umngani wami evuma, ubuthongo abuphumuli nhlobo. Bese kuba nalezo zikhathi lapho ngisho nokuntuleka kokulala, ngokumangalisayo sizizwa siphumule futhi silungele ukubhekana nosuku. Isici esinqumayo umehluko phakathi kokulala okuhle nokubi. 

Ubusuku ngabunye sizama ukungena ezigabeni ezinhlanu zokulala, izigaba ezingezona eze-REM kanye nesigaba sesihlanu se-REM. Ukulala kwekhwalithi ephezulu kuqala esigabeni sesithathu sokulala okungeyona i-REM lapho ubuchopho bakho buyeka ukucubungula. Ulahlekelwa ukwazi kwakho okukuzungezile. Ubuchopho nomzimba wakho kokubili kungena esimweni esithulile. Ukulala okungalungile kuyafaneleka futhi akunakho ukuzola. Ingqondo ingase izulazule ngezikhathi ezithile phezu kwezenzakalo zosuku, futhi ungase uthole imilenze yakho inyakaza ngokungaphumuli ngenxa yokungezwani kwemisipha yakho. 

Kufanele kube nebhuloho phakathi kokulala okuhle nokubi, futhi lelo bhuloho liwukuphumula. Ukulala kuwumsebenzi womzimba kuphela. Ukuphumula, nokho, kungena kokukamoya. Ukuphumula kukhuluma ukuthula ezivunguvungwini zansuku zonke ohlangana nazo ingqondo, umzimba, nomoya. Ukuphumula yikho okwenza ubuthongo bube mnandi.