Ukusho ukuthi ngamunye wethu uno "uqobo" lwangaphakathi kanye "nobumina" bangaphandle akuyona into eguquguqukayo. Sonke sinomuzwa wemvelo wokuthi imicabango nemizwa yethu “ingaphakathi” kwethu futhi imizimba yethu nezenzo “kungaphandle” kwethu.
Njengoba i-Swedenborg ichaza, nokho, “okwangaphakathi” kanye “nokwangaphandle” kugqame kancane: Izinto zethu zangaphakathi ziyimicabango nezinhloso zethu kanye nokuqonda kwethu mayelana nothando lwamaqiniso okomoya nawobunkulunkulu nokuthi lezi kufanele zicutshungulwe yithina. I-Swedenborg iphinde iveze ukuthi sinabangaphakathi esibaziyo nalabo esingabazi futhi okuyiNkosi kuphela eyaziyo ukuthi bakhona ngaphakathi kwethu.
Kwangaphandle ukuvezwa kwabangaphakathi. Ingaphakathi, imicabango nezinhloso, uma zingakhishelwa ngaphandle, zinencazelo encane noma azinayo nhlobo. Nokho izinto zangaphandle ngaphandle kwangaphakathi zingaba zifile, izinto zomkhuba nje, futhi zibe nobuzenzisi. I-Swedenborg ithi umhlaba wenyama nomsebenzi wethu kuwo wakha indiza yangaphandle yezwe elingokomoya.
Ngakho-ke ake sithi upheka isidlo sakusihlwa esiyintandokazi somndeni wakho. Uma ulinganisa izithako, ubeka izinga lokushisa likahhavini, ucabanga ukuthi ungaqala nini ukupheka into okufanele yenziwe ngesikhathi esithile, lokho konke ukucabanga kwangaphandle. Lapho ucabanga ukuthi umngane wakho womshado kanye nezingane bazojabula kanjani, yeka ukuthi kuyoba kuhle kanjani ukuhlala phansi nidle ndawonye, nizizwe nijabule ngokwenza okuthile okuhle kubantu, lokho kuwukucabanga nokuzizwa kwangaphakathi.
Ngakho yikuphi okubaluleke kakhulu? Ekugcineni, indawo yethu ezulwini (noma esihogweni) iyonqunywa yilokho esikuthandayo, okusenza sijabule. Ngakho-ke kuyacaca ukuthi ekugcineni izinto zangaphakathi zibaluleke kakhulu. Lokho kunengqondo ngoba bazizwa “bephakeme,” sengathi bavela engxenyeni yethu ethi “thina” kakhulu.
Kodwa izinto zangaphandle nazo zibalulekile. Uma ucabanga kuphela ngalokho kudla kodwa ungakupheki, ngeke wabelane ngothando lwakho nomndeni wakho ngendlela ephelele. Kokunye, izinto zethu zangaphandle zisinika ithuba lokushintsha. Singakwazi ukuzenza okulungile ngaphandle ngisho noma singafuni ngempela, futhi uma siqhubeka kukho futhi sicela iNkosi ukuba isisize ekugcineni izosiguqula ukuze sithande ukwenza izinto ezinhle.
I-Swedenborg yenza elinye iphuzu elibalulekile mayelana nabangaphakathi nabangaphandle, okungukuthi nakuba abangaphakathi bengakwazi "ukuphoqa" izinto zangaphandle (imicabango yakho ejulile nemizwa ingalawula okwenzayo ngaphandle), abangaphandle bakho abakwazi "ukuphoqa" abantu bakho bangaphakathi (lokho oyikho. ukuphoqelelwa ukwenza ngaphandle awukwazi ukulawula imicabango nemizwa yakho ngaphakathi). Lokhu sikubona ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho isizwe esithile sizama ukubusa esinye, noma lapho umbuso wengcindezelo uzama ukulawula abantu bawo. Ekugcineni izinhliziyo nezingqondo azikwazi ukulawulwa.
Lokhu kuyisihluthulelo lapho sizama ukusiza abanye: ungase ukwazi ukuphoqa othile (ingane yakho, yithi, noma umfundi wakho, noma othile okusebenzelayo) ukuba enze lokho ocabanga ukuthi kulungile, kodwa ngaphandle kwalapho ungamnxusa. noma abangaphakathi bakhe, awushintshi lutho olubalulekile.
Kusemqoka futhi lapho siziqondisa ezimpilweni zethu: ukuziphoqa ukuthi senze okulungile akusizi ngalutho ngaphandle uma siqala ingxoxo yangaphakathi mayelana nalokho esikufuna ngempela nesikucabangayo ngempela, bese siqala ukuvulela iNkosi ngaphakathi.
(Izinkomba: Izimfihlakalo Zezulu 1999, 5828 [3], 9824 [2]; The New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Doctrine 46)
