God is a mystery that is experienced best when enlightened. |
unkulunkulu kuyimfihlakalo ukuthi nakho kakhulu uma ukhanyiselwa |
We can only say that it is good to live in God. |
singathi kuhle ukuhlala ku nkulunkulu |
It is better to be enlightened than not enlightened. |
yayo kancono ukuba nazi kahle kuka hhayi ukukhanyiselwa |
Enlightenment is the deeper purpose of life. |
ukukhanyiselwa injongo ejulile yokuphila |
Through enlightenment, we reach the kingdom of God. |
ngokusebenzisa ukukhanyiselwa siyafika umbuso ka nkulunkulu |
Enlightenment means inner peace, inner happiness and all-encompassing love for all beings. |
bakhanyiselwa kusho ukuthula kwangapahakathi nenjabulo yangaphakathi nothando olubanzi ngazo zonke izidalwa |
An enlightened person lives in God. |
nomuntu ukukhanyiselwa uhlala ku nkulunkulu |
He or she sees God as a kind of light in the world. |
ebona unkulunkulu njengoba uhlobo ukukhanya emhlabeni |
He or she feels God in him or herself and around him or herself. |
uzwa unkulunkulu kuye naku lendawo akuyo |
He or she feels God as inner happiness, inner peace and inner strength and is aware that he or she is in a higher truth that can only be described as universal love. |
uzwa injabulo ka nkulunkulu ngaphakathi kuye nasebuqothweni bakhe uqaphela ukuphakama neqiniso lakhe kungenziwa kuphela wachazwa ngokuthi uthando jikelele |
In each of the major religions, there are varied definitions of God. |
ngamunye izinkolo ezinkulu zikhona ezihlukahlukene ka nkulunkulu |
In the religions we also find the personal and abstract term of God. |
ezinkolweni sithola igama elithi siqu kunkulunkulu |
Many enlightened mystics think of God as a person and some others as a higher dimension in the cosmos. |
eziningi zizuza ukukhanyiselwa cabanga unkulunkulu nje ngomuntu nabanye njengoba isici ephakeme endaweni yonke |
In Buddhism and in Hinduism the abstract term of God dominates. |
ezobuBudda futhi ne hindu zi thikameza inkolo ka nkulunkulu |
In Buddhism, the highest principle is called Nirvana and in Hinduism it’s called Brahman. |
ngobu Bhuda imithetho emikhulu ibizwa nge Nirvana kanti owama Hindu uthiwa yi Bahamani |
Jesus referred to God as father. |
ujesu uthatha unkulunkulu ngo baba |
Moses referred to God more in an abstract fashion. |
u Mose wachaza ku nkulunkulu ngendlela yobunzima |
His central definition of God was described with the words “I am.” |
ingqikithi echaza unkulunkulu igama elithi sonini nanini |
These words refer to God as a happy state of being where one experiences enlightenment. |
iamagama achaza unkulunkulu injabulo nokukhanyiselwa ku nkulunkulu |
In the words “I am” we find the main way to enlightenment. |
egameni lakhe sithola indlela yokukhanya |
People need to develop a cosmic consciousness, a consciousness of the unity of all things. |
abantu badinga isikhala sonembeza,babe nonembeza wokubumbana |
Thus the ego consciousness is lost. |
ngakhoke unembeza nokuzicabangela sekungekho |
Then one experiences pure consciousness, is one with everything and can only say: “I am.” |
umuntu othola ukuqonda okungaxutshwe nalutho umuntu oyikho konke nothi yimi |
He or she cannot say “I am so and so.” |
angeke sithi nginjenjenje |
He or she identifies with everything and everyone and is personally nothing and is simply consciousness. |
unkulunkul usiza umuntu endleleni yakhe yokholo |
God as a being who can take action helps us along the spiritual way. |
u nkulunkulu singabantu uyasinakekela asisize endlelni yethu yokukholwa |
All enlightened beings are an incarnation of God. |
bonke abasekukhanyeni bangabantwana baka nkulunkulu |
If you connect with God or an enlightened being daily, you will be lead in the light. |
uma uxhumana no nkulunkulu noma sisekukhanyeni usuku nosuku uyosihola ngokukhanya |