Harold W. Percival
E ai ki tā Harold W. Percival i roto i te Kupu Whakataki a te Kaituhi o Thinking and Destiny, i pai ake ia ki te pupuri i tana kaituhi ki muri. I hiahia ia kia tū āna tuhinga i runga i tōna ake painga. Ko tana whāinga kia kaua te mana o āna kōrero e pāngia e tōna tuakiri, engari kia whakamatautauria i runga i te nui o te mōhiotanga whaiaro o ia kaipānui. Heoi anō, e hiahia ana te iwi ki te mōhio ki tētahi kaituhi rongonui, inā koa mēnā he hunga whai wāhi rātou ki āna tuhinga.
Nō reira, kua whakahuatia ētahi kōrero mō Mr. Percival i konei, ā, kei roto i tana Kupu Whakataki a te Kaituhi ētahi atu kōrero . I whānau a Harold Waldwin Percival i Bridgetown, Barbados i te 15 o Paenga-whāwhā, 1868, i runga i tētahi pāmu a ōna mātua. Ko ia te tuatoru o ngā tamariki tokowhā, kāore tetahi o rātou i ora i a ia. He Karaitiana pono ōna mātua, a Elizabeth Ann Taylor rāua ko James Percival; heoi, ko te nuinga o ngā mea i rangona e ia i a ia e tamariki ana kāore i te āhua tika, ā, kāore he whakautu pai ki āna pātai maha. I whakaaro ia me whai wāhi te hunga e mōhio ana, ā, i te tamarikitanga ka whakatau ia ka kitea e ia te "Hua Matatau" me te ako i a rātou. I te huringa o ngā tau, ka rerekē tana ariā mō te "Hua Matatau", engari i mau tonu tana kaupapa ki te whiwhi i te Mōhiotanga Whaiaro.
1868-1953
I te tekau o ona tau, ka mate tana papa, ka neke tana whaea ki te United States, ka noho ki Boston, ana ka haere ki New York City. I tiaki ia i tona whaea mo te tekau ma toru pea nga tau tae noa ki tona matenga i te 1905. I whai kiko a Percival ki te Theosophy ka uru ki te Theosophical Society i te 1892. I wehe taua hapori ki roto i nga wehenga i muri o te matenga o William Q. Tiati i te 1896. I whakaritea e Mr. Percival te Theosophical Society Independent, i hui ki te ako i nga tuhinga a Madame Blavatsky me nga "karaipiture."
I te tau 1893, ā, e rua ngā wā i roto i ngā tau tekau mā whā i muri mai, ka "mōhio a Percival ki te Hinengaro." I mea ia ko te uara o taua wheako he mea i āhei ai ia ki te mōhio ki tētahi kaupapa mā te tukanga hinengaro i karangatia e ia ko te whakaaro tūturu. I mea ia, "Mā te mōhio ki te Hinengaro ka whakakitea te 'mea ngaro' ki te tangata kua tino mōhio."
I te 1908, a mo etahi tau, ko Percival me etahi hoa ona rangatira e rima rau eka te nui o te maara, whenua paamu, me te whare kaimoana tata ki te whitu tekau maero ki te raki o te Taone o New York. I te hokonga o te taonga ka noho a Percival ki te waru tekau eka. I reira, i te taha o Highland, NY, i noho ai ia i nga marama raumati, i whakapau kaha ki te mahi tonu i ana tuhinga.
I te tau 1912 ka tīmata a Percival ki te whakatakoto rauemi mō tētahi pukapuka hei pupuri i tana pūnaha whakaaro katoa. Nā te mea me noho marino tōna tinana i a ia e whakaaro ana, ka whakahau ia i ngā wā katoa e wātea ana he āwhina. I te tau 1932 ka oti te tauira tuatahi, ā, i tapaina ko Te Ture o te Whakaaro. Kāore ia i tuku whakaaro, kāore hoki i whakatau. Engari, i kōrero ia mō ngā mea i mōhiotia e ia mā te whakaaro pumau, arotahi. I hurihia te taitara ki Te Whakaaro me te Wāhanga, ā, i te tau 1946 ka tāia te pukapuka. Nō reira, ko tēnei mahi toi kotahi mano whārangi e whakarato ana i ngā taipitopito nui mō te tangata me tō tātou whanaungatanga ki te ao whānui me tua atu i whakaputaina i roto i te wā e toru tekau mā whā tau. I muri mai, i te tau 1951, i whakaputaina e ia te Man and Woman and Child, ā, i te tau 1952, Masonry and Its Symbols— In the Light of Thinking and Destiny, and Democracy Is Self-Government.
Mai i te tau 1904 ki te tau 1917, i whakaputa a Percival i tētahi maheni ā-marama, ko The Word te ingoa, ā, i horapa puta noa i te ao. He maha ngā kaituhi rongonui o taua wā i whai wāhi ki tēnei maheni, ā, i roto i ngā putanga katoa he tuhinga nā Percival. I whakaatuhia ēnei tuhinga ētita i roto i ia putanga o ngā putanga 156, ā, i whiwhi ia i tētahi tūranga i roto i te Who's Who in America. I tīmata te Word Foundation i tētahi raupapa tuarua o The Word i te tau 1986 hei maheni ā-hauwhā e wātea ana ki ōna mema.
I mate a Percival mo nga take maori i te Maehe 6, 1953 i New York City. I tahuna te tinana o tana tinana ki tana i hiahia ai. E kiia ana kaore tetahi e tutaki ki a Percival me te kore e mohio kua tutaki ia ki tetahi tangata tino miharo, ana ka kitea tona mana me tona mana. Mo ona maatauranga katoa, i noho tuutuu tonu ia me te ngakau mahaki, he tangata pono ki te pirau pono, he hoa atawhai, manaaki hoki. I nga wa katoa ka rite ia ki te awhina i nga kaiwhaiwhai, engari kaore e ngana ki te tuku i tana tikanga ki tetahi atu. He kaingākau ia ki te panui i nga kaupapa huhua, he maha hoki nga mea e paingia ana e ia, tae atu ki nga kaupapa o te ao, nga mahi torangapu, ohanga, hitori, whakaahua, ahuone me te matawhenua. I tua atu i tana taunga mo te tuhituhi, he tangata whai mana a Percival mo te pangarau me nga reo, ina koa ko te Kariki me te Hiperu tawhito. engari i kiia i aukatia i a ia i nga wa katoa ki te mahi i tetahi mea engari ko nga mea i tino kitea e ia i konei ki te mahi.
Ko Harold W. Percival i roto i ana pukapuka me etahi atu tuhinga e whakaatu ana i te ahuatanga pono, me te kaha, o te tangata.