UJames Arthur Flowerdew wayeyindoda enezingxenye ezimbili. Wayengumuntu futhi owayekholelwa ukuthi wake waphila ngaphambili. Eqinisweni, uFlowerdew - iNgisi owazalwa ngo-December 1, 1906 - wathi wayenokukhumbula okuningiliziwe ngempilo yakhe yangaphambili njengomuntu owazalelwa edolobheni elidumile lasendulo.
Kodwa akuphelelanga lapho. NgokukaFlowerdew, wayephinde wazalwa kabusha njengaye, eminyakeni eyizi-2,000 kamuva, yonke imininingwane ikhiyiwe ekhanda lakhe futhi.
Enkathini lapho abantu abambalwa babeyoke bezwe ngemibono enjalo, noma bayibuze ngokuqondile nasobala kangaka, lesi simemezelo kumelwe ukuba sashaqisa kakhulu labo ababeseduze naye ngaleso sikhathi.
Ngeshwa ngathi, nokho, kuncane okwaziwayo ngo-James Arthur Flowerdew namuhla - futhi okuningi kwalokho esikwaziyo kuvela ezihlokweni ezithile eziku-inthanethi.
Icala eliyinqaba likaJames Arthur Flowerdew
Kwakunekhehla laseNgilandi okuthiwa u-Arthur Flowerdew. Wayephile impilo yakhe yonke edolobheni elingasolwandle iNorfolk, futhi wayeshiye eNgilandi kanye kuphela, eya ogwini lwaseFrance. Nokho, ukuphila kwakhe konke, u-Arthur Flowerdew wayehlushwa yizithombe ezicacile engqondweni zedolobha elikhulu elizungezwe ugwadule, kanye nethempeli eliqoshwe eweni. Zazingaqondakali kuye, kwaze kwaba ngolunye usuku ebona idokhumentari yethelevishini edolobheni lasendulo lasePetra eJordani. Wamangala lapho ebona ukuthi iPetra kwakuyidolobha ayelibhale engqondweni yakhe!
Ngokushesha i-Flowerdew yaduma
UFlowerdew wakhuluma nabantu ngemibono yakhe, futhi, ngenxa yalokho, i-BBC yeza izozwa ngo-Arthur Flowerdew futhi yafaka indaba yakhe kumabonakude. Uhulumeni waseJordani wezwa ngaye, wabe esecela ukumletha ePetra ukuze abone ukuthi kuzoba njani ukusabela kwakhe edolobheni. Abavubukuli baxoxisana naye ngaphambi kokuba ahambe ohambweni lwakhe, futhi babhala izincazelo zakhe zokucabanga kwakhe ngaleli dolobha lasendulo.
Abavubukuli bamane badidekile
Lapho uFlowerdew elethwa ePetra, wakwazi ukubona izindawo ezambiwa nezingakambiwa ezaziyingxenye yedolobha lasendulo. Ukusho lokhu, wachaza idolobha ngokunemba okumangalisayo. Wayenezinkumbulo zokuba umlindi wethempeli, futhi wakhomba isakhiwo okwakuyisiteshi sakhe sokuqapha nalapho abulawelwa khona.
Wachaza nokusetshenziswa okunengqondo komshini incazelo yawo yayidide abavubukuli, futhi waze wahlonza ngokunembile izindawo zezimpawu eziningi ezazisazombiwa. Ochwepheshe abaningi bathi iFlowerdew yayinolwazi oluningi ngaleli dolobha kunochwepheshe abaningi abalifundayo.
Isazi semivubukulo kaPetra samangala, futhi satshela izintatheli ezibhala ngohambo lukaFlowerdew:
“Ugcwalise imininingwane futhi okuningi kuhambisana kakhulu namaqiniso aziwayo emivubukulo nomlando futhi kungadinga ingqondo ehluke kakhulu kweyakhe ukuze akwazi ukusekela indwangu yokukhohlisa ngezinga lezinkumbulo zakhe - okungenani lezo azibikile. kimi. Angicabangi ukuthi ungumkhohlisi. Angicabangi ukuthi unawo amandla okuba umkhonyovu kulesi sikali.”
Abaholi abaningi bomoya, kuhlanganise ne-Tibetan Buddhist lama Sogyal Rinpoche, bakholelwa ukuthi okuhlangenwe nakho kukaFlowerdew kunikeza ubufakazi obusikisela kakhulu bokuba khona kokuphindukuzalwa noma ukuphindukuzalwa.
Imicabango yokugcina
Okuhlangenwe nakho kuka-James Arthur Flowerdew kungenye yeziningi ezinikeza ubufakazi obusikiselayo bokuba khona kokuphindukuzalwa noma ukuphindukuzalwa. Nakuba ososayensi bengakayitholi indlela ebambekayo yokutadisha lesi simo, izindaba zalabo abake babhekana nazo zinamandla futhi ngokuvamile ziyashintsha ukuphila. Uma ungathanda ukufunda kabanzi ngamacala afana ne-Flowerdew, hlola ezinye izinsiza ezicashunwe ngezansi. Futhi uma wena ngokwakho uke waba nakho okholelwa ukuthi kungase kuphakamise ukuphindukuzalwa, singathanda ukuzwa kuwe!
Uma ukujabulele ukufunda lesi sihloko, funda izindaba zokuphindukuzalwa eziyinqaba ze UDorothy Eady futhi Amawele kaPollock.
