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JACINTO - Liwanag at Dilim
JACINTO - Liwanag at Dilim
JACINTO - Liwanag at Dilim
Emilio Jacinto
KALAYAAN
Ang kalayaan ng tao ay ang katwirang tinataglay na talaga ng pagkatao na umisip at
gumawa ng anumang ibigin kung ito’y di nalalaban sa katwiran ng iba.
Ayon sa wastong bait, ang katwirang ito ay siyang ikinaiba ng tao sa lahat ng nilalang.
Ang hayop ay sinusupil at nilulubiran sapagkat di nakatatanto ng matwid at di matwid, di
nakaaabot ng dakila at magandang gawa. Liban sa tao lamang ang makapagsasabi ng ibig
ko’t di ko ibig kaya’t ayon sa bagay na kanyang inibig o di inibig siya’y magiging dapat sa
tawag na mabuti o masama, sa parusa o sa palo.
Kung sa tao’y wala ang kalayaan ay dili mangyayaring makatalastas ng puri, ng katwiran,
ng kagalingan, at ang pangalang tao’y di rin nababagay sa kanya.
Ay! Kung sa mga Bayan ay sukat nang sumupil ang kulungan, ang panggapos, at ang
panghampas katulad din ng hayop ay dahil sa ang mga A.N.B. ay di tao, pagkat ang
katwiran ng pagkatao ay namamatay na sa kanilang puso.
Kung sa santinakpan ay walang lakas, walang dunong na makakakayang bumago ng ating
pagkatao, ay wala rin namang makapakikialam sa ating kalayaan.
Ang Kalayaan ay biyaya ng langit at hindi ng dilang kagalingan at magandang asal.
Bakit nga, bakit natin ipagkakaloob sa kapangyarihan ng lupa ang ipinagkaloob sa atin ng
kapangyarihan ng langit?
Gayunman, ang karamihan ng mga Bayan ay lagi nang humihila ng tanikalang mabigat ng
kaalipinan. Ang kakapalan ng tao’y iniinis ng iilang panginoong itinatanggi.
Ang Anak ng Bayan ay lagi nang inaagawan ng bunga ng kapaguran niyang sarili upang
mamalagi at madagdagan ang kapangyarihan at bagsik ng Namamahala at Pamahalaan
(Gobyerno) na dahil sa pagkaliyo sa mabangong suob ng mapagpuring kaakbay ay
nakalilimot tuloy na ang kanilang buong lakas, kalakhan, at kataasang ipinatatanghal ay
galing na lahat sa mga kampong inaalipin at ibinabaon sa dalita.
Madalas namang mangyari na ang Kalayaan ay sinasakal ng mali at bulag na
pagsampalataya, ng mga laon at masasamang ugali, at ng mga kautusang udyok ng mga
akalang palamara.
Kung kaya may katwiran ay dahil may kalayaan.
Ang Kalayaan nga ay siyang pinakahaligi, at sinumang mangapos na sumira at pumuwing
ng haligi at upang maigiba ang kabahayan ay dapat na pugnawin at kinakailangang lipulin.
Kung ang Kalayaan ay wala, dili mangyayari ang ganito: Na ang tao’y bumuti sapagkat
ang anumang gagawin ay di magbubuhat sa kanyang pagkukusa.
ANG PAG-IBIG
LIBERTY
Liberty is the attribute of man from the moment he is born; thanks to it, he thinks and
does as he pleases, provided he do no harm to another. Liberty comes from Heaven and
no power on earth is entitled to appropriate it, nor have we a right to consent to its being
done.
Yet the majority of the peoples bear the heavy chains of servitude.
The multitudes are subjugated by a few tyrants.
The seas of the people are generally despoiled of the fruit of their labor, which goes to
increase the power and tyranny of the directors of the government, and these,
intoxicated by the incense of selfish flatterers, forget that all their boasted power,
LOVE
Of all human sentiments, none is more sublime than love – Love for the fellowmen.
Without it, the peoples would disappear from the earth and the communities, the
associations, and life itself would resemble the day leaves of the tree swept away by the
wind. For its sake, the greatest deeds are performed and one’s own life and well being
sacrificed. But rascality and fraud reap their harvest under the guise of love, hiding their
ferocious selfishness behind an infinitesimal quantity of charity.
FALSE BELIEFS
By false belief we wish to say a blind belief in what another says. If a person has his eyes
open often loses his way, what will not happen to him who has them closed? This false
belief is not only contrary to common sense, but alsi to the will of God who endowed
man with intelligence wherewith to distinguish the true from the untrue, the reasonable
and good from the bad. Owing to this blind belief, intelligence is in a lethargic, state and
is not used in accordance with will of God.
To this are due the calamities and misfortunes that are afflicting the islanders, and are the
work of the so-called disciples of Christ. But on account of the perversity of these latter,
the people have made a careful investigation and have unmasked the treachery and
selfishness that masquerade as charity and the infamous serpent that lurks behind their
meekness. And they who do not practice any of the teachings of Christ, call themselves
men of Christ!
Christ said: love one another; you are all equal. And the love of these who call
themselves Christians consists in defrauding and robbing their fellowmen, and equality
and fraternity the practice by exploiting their similars and abscending with their wealth.
Christ said: the haughty you shall humble and the humble you shall exalt. But they who
call themselves Christinas exalted the haughty and humiliated the meek.
On a certain day Christ entered the temple and drove forth from it the merchants and
the buyers: ‘It is written,’ he said, ‘that my house shall be the dwelling of God and ye
have converted it into a den of thieves. And, tell me, can the church where gold is being
piled up to be called the house of God?
He who wishes to call himself a disciple and man of Christ must imitate him, his humility,
kindness, and love or his fellowmen.
It is also asserted that whatever happens is the will of God, be it good or bad. But God
cannot desire the bad because he is kindness itself. The bad are we, and whatever
calamities, plagues, and misfortunes befall use are our own fault.
Speak to the sluggard of his poverty and he will answer: God wills it so. And it is God’s
will that the sluggard shall live in poverty.
Speak to the people that bewails the tyranny and rapacity of those who govern it and
they will answer: Such is the will of God. And it is the will of God that suffering shall be
the lot of the peoples who can not stand together and battle for the triumph of right, that
precious gift of God.
If all happens by the will of God, no punishment – should be meted out to the robber or
the murderer, because they are unable to prevail against the will of the Almighty who
WORK
Work is a gift to humanity, because it awakens and gives vigor to the intellectual power,
will and body, which are indispensable for progress in life. The sacred writings from
which the Christian religion originated, narrate that work is a punishment imposed by
God upon Adam, the father of the human race, for having tasted of the forbidden fruit,
and this punishment has been inherited by us, his sons. But this legend is erroneous and
contrary to the will of God, and from it springs the human error that work, being a
punishment, is a corporal affliction looked upon like an unavoidable ailment.
For this reason many are ashamed to work, principally the wealth, the powerful, and the
learned who make a vain show of that which they style the comforts of life or corporal
well-being.
And they finish in the mind, leading a miserable and abject life that tends to bring about
the destruction of the human race.
Whatever is useful, whatever tends to make life easier, that let us support because it is a
result well worthy of our efforts.
He who toils keeps away from a life of disorderly and bad habits and boredom, finds
diversion in labor and becomes strong, prosperous and cheerful.
Contemplating the so-called rich, great, and alleged wise men, we can see through their
outward prosperity, social splendor, and happiness, and perceive wearisomeness,
weakness, haughtiness, coupled with vicious habits that little by little destroy them.
How much truth us there in what our Baltazar has sung in his verses ‘Those who grow
up ‘midst the revelries of wealth, are devoid of judgement and kindness and lacking in
counsel.’