Ubomi, ukufa kunye nenjongo yobomi bomntu yiengxaki zefilosofi, kuba akukho namnye unokukwazi ukuchazela la magama kunye neziganeko. Akukho mntu unokungqina ukuba ubomi okanye ukufa kukuphi kunye noko bakukho. Ukufa kuyingozi kwaye ngexesha elifanayo ukutsala igama, kukho ezininzi iimpazamo kuyo ukuba asinakucinga. Unokucinga ngako konke ubomi bakho, uzama ukuyiqonda nokuyiqonda. Yaye ukuyicombulula inokwenzeka kuphela kwintlanganiso kunye nayo, kwaye sele idibene nokufa, silahlekelwa ngumphefumlo, ngoko ke ngokufa kwada kwangoku akuyaziwa. Bangaphi abantu abafa ukufa kuthatha nganye iyure, okanye yonke imihla, inyanga, unyaka. Ukufa kufike kuthi? Ukufa kuza kuthi ngendlela yokuguga, okanye ngohlobo lweenkwenkwezi ze-climo, ngendlela yeengozi, okanye njengommese emva okanye entliziyweni. Ukufa kuyahluke, kwaye yiphi na indlela esiyifaneleyo, ubomi bethu bubona indlela esiphila kuyo, ehloniphekileyo okanye ephantsi.
Isidalwa, kunye ne-scythe kunye neengubo ezimnyama ezinobunzulu obunzulu, obufihla ubuso, buza ngomphefumlo wethu. Ngubani na umthunywa wakhe? Okanye ngaba ligunya elizimeleyo, njengenkundla, lichaza apho ukuthumela umphefumlo, ezulwini okanye kwisihogo. Ungumhlambululi womhlaba, ohlawulela umntu ngenxa yembeko yakhe okanye iimpazamo zakhe. Uthabatha imiphefumlo yabawileyo kwaye iphakanyisiwe. Sifanele siphila njani ukuze ukufa kungasithathi kusasa?
Kusuka kwimbono yezokwelapha, kufuneka uholele indlela yokuphila enempilo, usebenzise umzimba kwaye udle ngokufanelekileyo. Ngaba ngaba siqinisekisiwe kwizifo ezithathayo eziza kuthatha ubomi bethu? Ukususela kwindawo yokujonga inkolo, banike ubomi kwabanye, kwaye ubomi baya kunikwa, ncedise ummelwane wakho, kwaye uThixo unokukunceda. Okanye kutheni ubalekele ekufeni? Ngokukhawuleza, ngaphesheya komlambo, olwahlula ubomi nokufa, ukufana kufana nobomi, besaba ukuba kuya kufa. Ezi ntetho ezimbini ezingafaniyo, bekungekho kufa, bekungekho kubomi. Zidibeneyo.
Kuthiwani ukuba ukufa kukubomi, kuphela omnye, nje ngokuba ubomi kukufa? Kwaye ukuba ukuba ukufa ngendlela yobomi kulula kwaye kulula kunokuphila kwethu. Kwaye sinamathele ebomini bethu njengophotho lokugqibela lwamanzi kwaye uzama ubuncinane iyure, kodwa ukwelula ubomi bethu kwaye singaboni ukufa. Kuthekani ukuba imiphefumlo yethu yesono iyalwahlwaywa kwaye ithwale isigwebo sayo ngendlela yobomi, njengentolongo ekhompyutheni yolawulo oluqinileyo. Emva koko, ubomi ngamanye amaxesha banjengesijeziso, ngohlobo lweengxaki zobomi. Kuthekani ukuba ihlabathi lethu lihogo, apho imiphefumlo ehlwaywayo iya khona.
Ukufa kukuqala kobomi obutsha, enye inikwe yona, okanye esiyilahlekileyo. Akunanto into yokuba ibinzana elithi "ubomi emva kokufa" libonakala. Kuthekani kuthi xa ukufa kukungumnyango wobomi obutsha. Sinoyika ukufa, kwaye ukwesaba kuyinto ekhethekileyo kuthi, kuba sisoyika njalo into engaziwayo. Simele sisinde ekufeni, ukuze sibe nobomi obungunaphakade. Sinoyika ukufa, kuba sikholelwa ukuba sibukeka ngathi. Sikholelwa ukuba ngokufa, silahlekelwa ubuntu bethu nobuntu. Sinoyika ukulahlekelwa yinto esilondolozile ngayo yonke impilo yethu ngomsebenzi ogqithiseleyo, sesaba ukulahlekelwa yimfuyo yethu.
Kwaye umzimba uyindawo nje yendawo ephezulu, ebizwa ngokuba ngumphefumlo. Umzimba uthwala izicathulo ngezikhathi ngezikhathi, kunye nobudala bendalo, kwaye umphefumlo uhlala uhlala njalo, ubeka isohlwayo, ubuyela emhlabeni, uhlala emzimbeni omtsha, kwaye ke iminyaka eyinkulungwane, ukusuka emzimbeni ukuya emzimbeni, Ukhonza ixesha de kube sekupheleni kwayo. Ukufa kwangaphambi kwangoko kufana nokwandisa isohlwayo, ukwandisa isigwebo, kunye nokwandisa ixesha lokukhonza kwikoloni ukuphuma entolongweni. Kwaye umphefumlo oye walungiselela isigwebo sakhe awuyi kubuya eMhlabeni, uhlala emzimbeni. Ufumana uxolo olupheleleyo.
Amawaka eminyaka abantu baye bazama ukutyhila intsingiselo yobomi nokufa, kodwa akukho namnye unokunika ukutolika kwala magama kunye neziganeko. Kukho iinguqulelo ezininzi zokufa ngokuphathelele inkolo kunye nesayensi, kodwa akukho nto ibonakalisiwe.
Yaye yintoni intsingiselo yobomi? Wonke umntu onokukwazi ukucinga uye wahlala ecinga ngentsingiselo yento azalwa ngayo aze aphile. Sonke siyinxalenye yomjikelezo ophezulu, sizalelwa, siphila, siyafa. Ubomi buhlala bunzima kunokuba abantu abaninzi bathi. Kwaye kwavela phi ukuba kulula ukufa. Emva koko, umfi kuphela onokuthetha oku, kodwa abafileyo abazithethi.
Bathetha ngobomi nokufa ngeenkulungwane, kwaye baya kuthetha inombolo efanayo, kuba into ephakamileyo kwaye ayifumaneki kumntu. Wonke umntu uthetha ngobomi kunye nokufa, ukususela kwiindawo ezidumileyo ukuya kwabaninzi. Kodwa nabani na kwaye bathetha kangakanani ngobomi nokufa, konke oku kuya kuhlala kuxoxwa nje, kwaye ezi zinto ziza kuhlala ziyingqungquthela ephezulu.