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UKUBUYISELA INKULUMO

Ngasekupheleni kwekhulu lesine AD, ungqondongqondo osemusha ogama lakhe lingu-Evagrius Ponticus wabhala incwadi emfushane ebizwa ngokuthi Ukubuyisela Inkulumo: A Monastic Handbook for Combating Demons. 

Imibhalo engezansi ehamba phambili.

U-Evagrius uthi ukulwa nokulingwa kwamademoni kuwukulwa nalokho akubiza ngokuthi ilogismoi—igama lesiGreki elingahunyushwa ngokuthi “imicabango,” “amaphethinini okucabanga,” “ukulandisa kwakho kwangaphakathi,” noma “izakhiwo zenkolelo yangaphakathi.” 

Ku-Evagrius, lezi logismoi kwakungeyona nje imicabango; kwakuyimicabango enenhloso embi ngemva kwayo—amandla obubi amnyama, aphilisayo.

Lokho kungase kuzwakale kungenangqondo ezindlebeni zethu zaseNtshonalanga ezingabazayo, kodwa cabanga ngakho: Ingabe uke waba nomcabango (noma umuzwa noma isifiso) okubonakala sengathi unesifiso ngawo? Kwakubonakala kunesisindo noma amandla phezu kwakho ayengaphezu kwamandla akho okumelana nawo? 

Kungenzeka yini ukuthi amanga ahlasela ukuthula kwengqondo yakho akuyona nje imicabango? Kungenzeka yini ukuthi amandla amnyama, angokomoya angemuva kwabo?

Njengoba umlobi, uPawulu akubeka, “Ingqondo ebuswa yinyama ingukufa, kodwa ingqondo ebuswa umoya ingukuphila nokuthula” (KwabaseRoma 8:6)

Uma sivumela i-logosmoi, imicabango yokulwa nokuphila nokuthula iba yizinqaba ezingqondweni zethu futhi isibophe. Kodwa singakhululeka uma sibeka izingqondo zethu emibhalweni. 

Ulwa namanga kasathane ngokukhetha ukungacabangi ngawo. Kodwa njengoba sonke sazi, awukwazi ukuhlala ungacabangi lutho. Ngakho-ke unikeza ingqondo yakho enye into ongacabanga ngayo: umbhalo. Ushintsha amanga kadeveli ngeqiniso likaNkulunkulu. Usika izindlela ezintsha ze-neural ezigcina zimila ku-neurobiology yomzimba wakho uqobo. Uba yilokho onikela ngakho ingqondo yakho. 

Lokhu kuhambisana kahle nezinkulungwane zeminyaka yesiko lobuKristu. Iminyaka eyinkulungwane, abalandeli bakaJesu bacwilisa izingqondo zabo emibhalweni, hhayi nje ukuqoqa imininingwane. Umgomo wokufunda umbhalo akusilo ulwazi kodwa ukwakheka kukamoya. Umgomo wokufunda umbhalo uwukuthatha “umqondo kaKristu” (bona 1 KwabaseKorinte 2:16), ukucabanga ngendlela uJesu acabanga ngayo, ukugcwalisa ingqondo yakho ngemicabango kaNkulunkulu njalo nangokujulile kangangokuthi ivuselela ingqondo yakho ngokoqobo, futhi kusukela lapho, umuntu wakho wonke.

Iyiphi enye indlela ongagcwalisa ngayo ingqondo yakho ngemicabango kaNkulunkulu njalo?