Harold W. Percival
Sezvakataurwa naHarold W. Percival mubhuku rake rekutanga rinonzi Thinking and Destiny, aisarudza kusanyora zviri pachena. Aida kuti zvinyorwa zvake zvimire pachazvo. Chinangwa chake chaive chekuti chokwadi chemashoko ake chisakanganiswa nehunhu hwake, asi chiedzwe zvichienderana neruzivo rwemunhu muverengi wega wega. Kunyange zvakadaro, vanhu vanoda kuziva chimwe chinhu nezvemunyori akakurumbira, kunyanya kana vaine chekuita nezvinyorwa zvake.
Saka, pane zvinhu zvishoma nezvaVaPercival zvinotaurwa pano, uye zvimwe zvakawanda zviripo muSumo yeMunyori wake . Harold Waldwin Percival akazvarwa muBridgetown, Barbados musi wa15 Kubvumbi, 1868, papurazi revabereki vake. Aive wechitatu pavana vana, hapana kana mumwe wavo akararama. Vabereki vake, Elizabeth Ann Taylor naJames Percival vaive maKristu akazvipira; asi zvakawanda zvaakanzwa achiri mudiki zvaisaita sezvine musoro, uye pakanga pasina mhinduro dzinogutsa kumibvunzo yake yakawanda. Akanzwa kuti panofanira kunge paine avo vaiziva, uye achiri mudiki kwazvo akatsunga kuti aizowana "Vakachenjera" uye odzidza kubva kwavari. Sezvo makore akapfuura, pfungwa yake ye "Vakachenjera" yakachinja, asi chinangwa chake chekuwana ruzivo rweMunhu chakaramba chiripo.
1868-1953
Paaive nemakore gumi, baba vake vakafa uye amai vake vakatamira kuUnited States, vachigara muBoston, uye gare gare muNew York City. Akachengeta amai vake kweanenge makore gumi nematatu kusvika parufu rwake muna 1905. Percival akatanga kufarira Theosophy ndokubatana neTheosophical Society muna 1892. Sangano iri rakakamukana kuita mapoka mushure mekufa kwaWilliam Q. Mutongi muna 1896. Mr. Percival akazoronga Theosophical Society Independent, iyo yakasangana kuti iongorore zvinyorwa zvaMadame Blavatsky uye "magwaro" ekuMabvazuva.
Muna 1893, uye kaviri zvakare mumakore gumi nemana akatevera, Percival akatanga "kuziva nezveConsciousness," Akati kukosha kwechiitiko ichocho kwaive kwekuti chakamugonesa kuziva nezvenyaya chero ipi zvayo kuburikidza nemaitiro epfungwa aaiti kufunga chaiko. Akati, "Kuziva nezveConsciousness kunozivisa 'zvisingazivikanwe' kune uyo anga achiziva kudaro."
Muna 1908, uye kwemakore akati wandei, Percival neshamwari dzinoverengeka vaiva uye vakashanda angangoita mazana mashanu maeka emichero, munda wepurazi, uye cannery angangoita mamaira makumi manomwe kuchamhembe kweNew York City. Pakatengeswa chivakwa Percival akachengeta angangoita makumi masere maeka. Yaive ipapo, padyo neHighland, NY, kwaakagara mukati memwedzi yezhizha uye akapa nguva yake kubasa rinoramba richienderera pazvinyorwa zvake.
Muna 1912 Percival akatanga kunyora zvinhu zvebhuku kuti rive nehurongwa hwake hwese hwekufunga. Nekuti muviri wake waifanira kunyarara paaifunga, airaira pese paiwanikwa rubatsiro. Muna 1932 gwaro rekutanga rakapedzwa uye rakanzi Mutemo weKufunga. Haana kupa mafungiro kana kuita mhedziso. Asi, akataura zvaaiziva kuburikidza nekufunga kwakasimba, kwakatarisana. Zita racho rakachinjwa kuva Kufunga neKufa, uye bhuku racho rakazodhindwa muna 1946. Saka, bhuku iri rine peji chiuru rinopa ruzivo rwakakosha pamusoro pevanhu uye hukama hwedu nenyika nekune dzimwe nyika rakagadzirwa kwemakore makumi matatu nemana. Zvadaro, muna 1951, akaburitsa Murume neMukadzi neMwana uye, muna 1952, Masonry and Its Symbols— In the Light of Thinking and Destiny, and Democracy Is Self-Government.
Kubva muna 1904 kusvika 1917, Percival akaburitsa magazini yemwedzi nemwedzi, The Word, iyo yaiparadzirwa pasi rose. Vanyori vakawanda vakakurumbira venguva iyoyo vakabatsirawo pairi, uye nyaya dzese dzaive nechinyorwa chaPercival zvakare. Nyaya idzi dzakabuda mumagazini imwe neimwe yemagazini 156 uye dzakamuwanira nzvimbo muWho 's Who in America. The Word Foundation yakatanga magazini yechipiri yeThe Word muna 1986 semagazini yekota yega yega inowanikwa nenhengo dzayo.
VaPercival vakashaya nekuda kwezvisikwa musi waKurume 6, 1953 muNew York City. Mutumbi wake wakapiswa maererano nezvaaida. Izvo zvataurwa kuti hapana munhu aigona kusangana naPercival asina kunzwa kuti iye akasangana nemunhu anoshamisa zvechokwadi, uye simba rake uye chiremera zvaigona kunzwikwa. Kune huchenjeri hwake hwese, akaramba ari munyoro uye achizvininipisa, muchinda wekutendeseka kusingaori, shamwari inodziya uye inonzwira tsitsi. Aigara akagadzirira kubatsira kune chero anotsvaga, asi asingamboedze kumanikidza uzivi hwake kunaani zvake. Akanga ari muverengi anofarira pazvinhu zvakasiyana uye aive nezvakawanda zvaaishuvira, zvinosanganisira zviitiko zvazvino, zvematongerwo enyika, zvehupfumi, nhoroondo, kutora mifananidzo, kurima zvirimwa uye geology. Kunze kwetarenda rake rekunyora, Percival aive nehunyanzvi hwemasvomhu nemitauro, kunyanya echinyakare chiGreek nechiHebheru; asi zvakanzi aigara achidzivirirwa kuita chero chinhu asi izvo zvaaive ari pano kuti aite.
Harold W. Percival mumabhuku ake uye zvimwe zvinyorwa anoratidza mamiriro echokwadi, uye kugona, kwemunhu.