friends' gazette september edition

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FG! 3 SEPTEMBER 2013

RIGHT MAKES MIGHT, NOT THE OTHER WAY ROUND - BARAK OBAMA 1

The ancient oracle which is used bymany to foretell the future as well asgiving much-needed guidance forliving in the 21-st century and beyond

was a hippy favourite in the 60s.It is referred to by many writers

and singers of that era, including theiconic Joni Mitchell when she croonsIt was the hexagram of the heavensin Amelia.

Now Shen Chokyi, 44, has come upwith a whole new way of looking atthe texts with a set of cards, visualimages and writings.

Chokyi, who lives in Eskdalemuir inScotland, feels she has been called bythe I Ching itself to undertake the

task which took, in all, 13 years tocomplete.

In an exclusive interview with theFGshe said: I feel I was called [by theI Ching] to do it. I came up with asequence which starts with earth andends with heaven.

Its a very geometric sequence. Itfollows the same pattern througheach line so you can track it all veryeasily. Then I found out thats actuallythe same way that the Mayans dotheir calendar.

It starts with the pure feminineand ends with the pure masculine.

The I Chingor Y Jng is one of theoldest of Chinese classic texts.

The book contains a divinationsystem accessed by the throwing ofcoins, yarrow stalks or, morerecently, by pressing a button on-line.

The answers to questions, whichcould be life-changing or trivial, areread using a coded system ofhexagrams - six short lines writtenfrom the bottom up. Combinations ofbroken (feminine/yin) or solid(masculine/yang) lines make up thebooks 64 hexagrams which claim to

interpret most states of the humancondition on a global as well as anindividual level.

I do really revere where it comesfrom. The roots. And thats what Imtrying to connect with, Chokyi said.

Chokyis highly idiocyncratic work iscalled Zhouyi Zuvuya, a mixture ofthe name for the I-Ching itself and aMayan term for the way in which allthings come back to themselves.

I started doing illustrations of whatI feel to be the image of the individualhexagrams and Ive given them titles.

Some of the titles show the waythrough. The I-Ching is all about that,she explained.

Chinese classic gets a fresh look as artist called to give hexagrams a facelift

NEW VISION ON

ANCIENT TEXTS

FRIENDS

GAZETTE

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Whats a butchers granddaughter doing in a vegetarianrestaurant in Londons west end? - Find out on page six

THE BOOK of Changes, or I-Ching, has

undergone a major revamp after an author and

artist felt it was time to widen its visual appeal.
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No more socks and knickers

now its mobiles or chargersThings have changed at Samye Ling as technology replaces underwear in lost property boxTHOUSANDS of hungry spiritual seekers

from all over the world flock to a Buddhist

centre in Scotland every year - often leaving

behind more than they bargained for.Around 300 to 400 a week arrive at the doors of the Samye Ling

centre in Eskdalemuir, Dumfries every week. The centre is reputedto be the biggest of its kind in Europe.

The seekers come from as far away as Australia, Africa and Asia

and some stay to form part of the 70 strong, live-in, lay community.One, known only as Joseph, has lived at Samye Ling for 30 years.He is originally from Spain.

He told Friends Gazette: Things have changed. People used to leavesocks and knickers behind, now its mobile phones and chargers.

We are open to everyone. You can just come and stay for asshort or as long as you like. As long as you stick to our five preceptsthere are no rules. Communal lunch in the large refectory is takenwith the monks every day from 12.30pm. (See picture left).

To be sure of a seat its best to book. A 5 donation is normal.Go to: http://www.samyeling.org
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A TODDLER was left

o r p h a n e d w h e n h e r

parents were killed as

their vehicle plunged into

a roadside ravine.The 18-month-old girl, known only

as Guddu, miraculously survivedwhen the car she was in overturnedon the Mehtan-Mehli-Phagwarabypass between the Indian cities ofChandigarh and Amritsar, plunginginto a roadside ditch.

Tragically the horror came justweeks before a multi-million rupeescheme aims to fix roads in the area.

The incident happened just 60kilometres from the Radha SoamiSatsang Dera at Beas, where, it isbelieved, the car was heading.

Mum, Madhu and husband Gupreet

as well as a passenger called Bahadurwere all killed outright in the crash.

Local police said: Gupreet andothers were on [their] way to DeraJaimal Singh, Radha Soami Satsang,Beas, about 45 km from Amritsar,when the driver lost control of thevehicle and it fell into the nullah(ravine). Guddu and the driver,Sharanjit Singh, were seriously

injured and taken to thePostgraduate Institute ofMedical Education andResearch (P IMER) inChandigarh.

The child was laterrushed to hospital in

nearby Jalundhar wheredoctors fought to save herlife.

A worker at PIMER toldFriends Gazette: It is a verybusy road. It has a lot ofaccidents on it.

The current condition ofthe child or who is takingcare of her since theaccident, which happenedin June, is not known.

India has been criticisedby the World HealthOrgan i s a t i o n f o r un -acceptably high road deaths.

A massive 1.24 million peopleperish on Indian roads a yearcompared with 70,134 in China and36,499 in Brazil. Poor enforcementof helmet and seat belt wearing,speeding and inadequate ambulancefacilities in India has pushed up thetotal fatalities, the WHO said.

The Punjab in the north westpart of India, where the accidenthappened, is set to get a facelift of itsroad network in the next two years.

Deputy Chief Minister SukhbirSingh Badal has said that IR137,400m (1.4bn) had been setaside for four to six laning of allhighways including intercity roads.

Roadworks too late to

prevent toddler plight

TO drive on the five km stretch ofPhagwara-Banga roadlinking Mehli-MehtanPhagwara bypass is a painin the neck.

The road links very importantand busy Phagwara-Banga-Chandigarh state highway with theNational Highway No1.

But it is so pockmarked that it

gives the impression of a field raked by a farmer.Some of the pits are so wide and

deep that they look like gapingcraters and are enough to breakthe bones and vehicles ofunsuspecting drivers.

Those using light vehicles likecars and scooters jerk, wobble and

vibrate as if they were pebbles ona crusher-belt.

Ludhiana Tribune reader

A stretch of the Mehtan-

Meli-

Phagwara bypass

Local reader slams state of danger bypass

Gaping craters enough

to break the bones . . . ofunsuspecting drivers.

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Published by Stephen WardPublications, London, England.

Informative, witty . . .

great photosHi Steve,Loved reading Friends Gazette.

It's informative, witty and greatphotos. (FG August)

Lovely to catch up with what'shappening in the big wide world.

Teach Mor in Conamara is soisolated, although beautiful.Thank you, Steve.

Helena Abrahams,Republic of Ireland

Humanity jumpsoff the pageHi Steve,I'm on a train into southSomerset for some gardeningwork and I've just read half of[the] August edition ofFG.

Another uplifting combinationof articles on food, history,

spirituality and friendship.I love Friends Gazette and lookforward to reading the newedition each month.

Its combination of well-researched articles aboutalternative subjects reported in agrounded, humerous and lighttone provide the perfect tonic tothe anxiety-driven mainstreammedia.

Key to my enjoyment I think isthat the majority of stories comedirectly from real people'sexperience - the humanity jumpsoff the page.

You can quote me on that! Warm wishes,

Jonathan Barnett,Bristol

Frankenburger?

No thanks!Hi Stephen,Thank you for the magazine. (FGAugust). I passed it on to our[vegetarian] sales manager tohave a look at!

With regards to the burgermade in a laboratory, it does notappeal to me at all! Lara LaMonte,KeatonsHackney,London

Now I can fly straight home!Dear Editor,Thank you so much for informing me about the new Air India flight. (FGAugust). I can now fly directly from my home in Wolverhampton toAmritsar [in the Punjab] where my family live.

My brother who still lives there will soon be coming over to Englandto work.

But we will still need to go home regularly to see our parents and oursister and other family members who are there.

I cant tell you how excellent it [will] be to be able to fly directly toour familys home city from Birmingham airport which is not far away.

Thank you once again for informing me about this.I enjoy reading Friends Gazette. It helps me a lot.

Inderjit SinghWolverhampton
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MARTIN Luther King

Jrs dream of a just and

racially equal society has

yet to be fulfilled, a top

Baptist preacher has

said.

The comments come on the 50th

anniversary of Kings I have a dreamspeech, in which he spoke of theproblem of racisim in US society.

King, a Baptist pastor and icon ofthe civil rights movement, made thespeech before leading a march onWashington where he established hisreputation as one of the greatestorators in American history.

He was assassinated in April 1968,on the balcony of the Lorraine motelin Memphis, Tennessee.

In an exclusive interview with FG,the Reverend Stephen Keyworth,

faith and society team leader of theBaptist Union of Great Britain, said:

We are still far short of his vision.It still remains to be fulfilled.There are still areas where thebreath of that visionary speech, thedream speech need to beaddressed.He challenged traditionalexpressions of the church and theirconcerns. He challenged theirbehaviour in the light of racial

injustice at that time in Americaparticularly, and in the world.The church has changed but it stillhas a lot of changing to do.King who is said by some to have

foreseen his own death was anadmirer of Mahatma Ghandi.

He followed the Indian leadersexample of non-violent protest.

King was Christened Michael King.His father, also prominent in theAmerican Baptist movement, had thesame name.

He changed his and his sons to

Martin Luther King in honour of theGerman protestant reformer, aftervisiting Nazi Germany in 1934 toattend a Baptist congress in Berlin.

Baptist core values include:

confronting evil, injustice andhypocrisy;

challenging worldly concepts ofpower;

transcending barriers of gender,language, race, class, age andculture.There are more than 2,100 churches

in the Baptist Union of GreatBritain.

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Thats the message from anidealistic and dedicated Britishbusinessman keen to challenge thestatus quo and clothe the nation.

We need to develop a new

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Referring to the recent financialmeltdown he said: We bought intoa lie, we personally financed the lie.

And his T-shirts carry the messageloud and clear. Subversive slogansinclude: Dont steal: the governmenthates competition! and Stop Warsin Star Wars-style lettering.

Business is going well and his stallsat well-known street markets like

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Sometimes people come up andsay: I used to wear T-shirts, hereveals. The corporate model isunsustainable. Its all about localcommerce and supporting it, heemphasises.

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MartinLuther KingJr speakingin

Washington

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HER grandfather may have been a

butcher, but when it comes to lunching

in town it seems Oscar winning actress

Helen Mirren (pictured right) forsakes

convention and chooses a veggie eatery.Known as one of the most fashionable haunts in

central London, Mirren was recently spotted in Tibits inHeddon Street, just off Regents Street, in London's WestEnd enjoying Sunday lunch with the locals.

Mirren who won an Oscar for her part as the Queenin the eponymous movie was born Helen Lydia Mironoffon July 26, 1945 in Chiswick, England.

She was raised in Ilford and Southend-on-Sea by herRussian migr father, Peter. Her mother, Kathleen, was ahousewife and a butchers daughter.

A Tibits manager, Magdalena, 29, originally from Polandand a vegetarian since she was 14, said: I'm pleased butnot surprised.

We get a lot of stars in here. They come aftershopping in Regent Street. Helen usually comes in after

clothes shopping in Gap. (dont tell M&S - ED)Tibits has recently introduced extra vegan puddings

like sticky toffee, panna cotta and lemon drizzle cake

after requests from customers. We are getting moreand more requests for vegan options, said Magdelana.

The restaurant operates as an up-market self-servicecafe where items are laid out on a central buffet-style

island.Customers are charged by weight of helpings rather

than per item.

HELEN FILLS

THE GAP ATVEGGIE CAFE

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AN ORGANIC drinks

company and a high

street giant are pulling

some products from shop

shelves amidst fears

about breaking glass andmouldy rice.

Bottles of Fentimans GingerBeer, Curiosity Cola, andDandelion & Burdock, have beenfound to display signs of weaknesswhich may cause some bottles to

break, the Food Standards Agencyin the UK says.

And Tesco is recalling a numberof its own brand products includingBalti Vegetable Curry because therice element can go mouldy during

storage.In an official statement the

watchdog says: Fentimans isrecalling some of its Ginger Beer,Curiosity Cola, and Dandelion &Burdock, because some 750ml glassbottles have been found to displaysigns of weakness, which may causesome bottles to break.

And it continues: Tesco isrecalling various own-brandambient meals, because aproduction fault means the rice in

some packs could become mouldyduring storage. These productsshould not be consumed but

returned to the point of purchasefor a full refund.

A spokesman for Fentimans said:We are doing absolutelyeverything we can in order toeradicate risk. A spokesman for

Tesco was unavailable when FGwent to press.

The FoodStandards Agencywas set up in2001.

It has an annualbudget of159.7m(2009-2010) andis headquarteredin Kingsway,London.

See warning onfat burners on

page 7.

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IN BRIEF

Crackdown on illegal

sales of fatburnerDIETERS and health fanatics usingfat burners to help them reducecould be putting their health indanger, the Food Standards Agencyhas warned. Users could getfevers, feel sick, vomit and sweatamong other symptoms. Theirnervous systems and blood couldbe affected and they could getsores on their skin.

The culprit is industrial chemicalDNP, which is easily available,particularly over the internet andis supposed to burn off the sparepounds. FSA boss, Rod Ainsworth,said: If people are offered DNPthey should not take it.

Still time to helpboost charity doshDEDICATED trekker, Robin Tait,(pictured below) who hiked overAmerica on the John Muir Trail,despite fire warnings on parts ofthe route, has raised over 300 for

St Johns Hospice in London. Afriend and fellow hiker was caredfor by its wonderful staff. In lastmonths Friends Gazette we toldhow Robin decided to go aheadwith the trek even though his latefriend couldnt make it.

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When something

goes bump in themiddle of the nightTHE UK is experiencing thelargest number of sightings ofghosts and ghouls for 25years, according to Canadiannews site, CanCon.

The number of reports, claimsCancon, is the same now as it was in

medieval times!Cavaliers,

beheaded queens,and phantom dogsall make ghostlyappearances upand down thecountry, it says.

The site quotesa study carriedout by DanielFanthorpe anAnglican priestand author whoclaims there havebeen nearly 1,000sightings in all inthe UK.

According toFanthorpe,Yorkshire has thedubious claim tobeing the countywith the highestsightings with 74 in the last 25 yearsand Devonshire coming in secondwith a spectre(al) 57.

Even the tenth on the list,Lincolnshire, had 24.

Fanthorpes report claims thatdespite modern technology andscience the British, who remain, deepdown, very superstitious andreligious, still refuse to dismiss thepossibility of [supernatural beings].

Down-to-earth father of modernpsychiatry, Sigmund Freud, called thephenomenon the uncanny and put itdown to not having come to termswith death.

Many people experience thefeeling [of the uncanny] in the highestdegree in relation to death and dead

bodies, to the return of the dead, andto spirits and ghosts . . .

There is scarcely any othermatter, however, upon which ourthoughts and feelings have changedso little since the very earliest times,and in which discarded forms have

been socompletelypreservedunder a thindisguise, asour relationto death.

Parents inthe Westoften bring uptheir childrento fear thebogie manunder the bedand fairystories andtales aboundwith ghostsand witchesfrom SnowWhite toHanzel andGretel.

Hollywoodhas made millions with ghostly andsupernatural blockbusters like Lordof the Rings and its prequel The

Hobbit.One of the most haunted places in

the UK according to Fanthorpesreport is Blicking Hall in Norfolkwhere the headless ghost of AnneBoleyn is said to appear with herhead held on her lap.

The apparitions at the hall, whichinclude a 15th century knight, SirJames Fastolfe and a grey lady, oftendecend the main stairs in the buildingand then disappear into the wall.

Sir Thomas Boleyn, Annes father,also prowls the place feeling guiltybecause he did nothing to save her.

Bring up the Bodies - review, page 9.

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BELIEF in God could be

down to a lack of

intelligence, a study has

claimed.The study was headed up by Miron

Zuckerman for the University ofRochester, New York, US.

It analysed 63 previous studies andannounced its results last month.

Those reports showed a significantnegative association betweenintelligence and religiosity, it said.

And it went on: Three possibleinterpretations were discussed.

First, intelligent people are lesslikely to conform and, thus, aremore likely to resist religiousdogma.

Second, intelligent people tend toadopt an analytic (as opposed tointuitive) thinking style, which hasbeen shown to underminereligious beliefs. Third, several functions ofreligiosity, including compensatorycontrol, self-regulation, self-enhancement, and secureattachment, are also conferred byintelligence.Intelligent people may therefore

have less need for religious beliefsand practices.

What do you think? Are intelligentpeople non-believers? Do you have to besimple to believe in God?

Let Friends Gazette know.Email:[email protected]

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A veritable

feast forthe senses- a review ofBring up the

Bodies by Hilary Mantel

A SIMPLE retelling ofAnne Boleynscatastrophic fall fromgrace would not alone

distinguish a bookfrom others; it isMantels meticulousrendering of the talethat elevates thisstory above themultitude of other

Tudor fictory. - writes JuliaRoutledge (above left).

The climax, which the reader has beenanticipating throughout the book, does notfail to shock, regardless of its inevitability: thisis testament to Mantels ability to dismantlethis oft-told story and renovate it in a fresh,unique form.

Like the title of the novel, the skeleton ofThomas Cromwells legacy is also exhumed,and Mantel places the kings elusive andmisunderstood right-hand man in a cage ofwords for the reader to observe as an eye-

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witness. Henry too is intricately portrayed, laid out forexamination with all his insecure caprice and doubts onfull display: his body is like an island building itself oreroding itself, and somewhere within are dark mireswhere only priests should wade, rush lights in theirhands.

Mantels observations are razor-sharp; her narrative is atonce muscular andeconomical.

Writing in a fluent, yetpungent style, her proseis punctuated withstartling originality, andweaves a rich tapestry ofTudor life.

She holds up the crisplight of language toilluminate the past forher audience; they are

like travellers beingwelcomed into thecapable hands of a guidefrom the turbulentstorms of court in 1535and 1536.

She even addresses her reader as we, thus heighteningthe intimacy. Nonetheless, Mantel is both involved andconcealed from her readers.

At times, phrases seem to verge on Eliotic in theirambiguity and mystery; at other moments, the repulsionor affection she entertains for her characters is evident.

So intensely immersed is she in her writing that sheconfessed in a Radio 4 interview to feeling in danger myself.I felt a kind of moral contamination creeping over me.

In addition to the protagonist and those close to him,the sprawling, glittering array of dramatic personae intowhich she breathes life cannot be overlooked, for they

jostle for attention, as though at a courtly masque.

Mantel presents a veritable feast for the senses: thereader is shown the world envisioned by the author, butis then able to select the finest descriptive morsels tonourish their own imagination, in this second instalmentof her Thomas Cromwell trilogy.

Bring Up The Bodiesis so sumptuous with tantalising

historical trimmings that the reader more often than notsuccumbs to the platter of delectable delights on offer.

The novel is suffused withquotidian minutiae, andMantel embellishes the mostmundane details withexquisite language toenhance their tangibility:from Anne Boleyns famouspearls wrapped around herneck like little beads of fatto a glance that slides awaylike a piece of silk overgrass.

Mantel thus captures thezeitgeist of 1536, and distillsit into words, and in sodoing, brings the Tudorworld closer to the minds of

readers than it has ever been before.

Hilary Mantel wasthe first woman to

win the prestigousMann Booker prizetwice with herhistorical novels

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AS AMERICA prepares to launch

a military strike against Syria

church leaders advise caution.

Rev Stephen Keyworth, faith

and society team leader of theBaptish Union of Great Britain

toldFG: Torespond to violence

with violence is not the answer.

International Catholic peace

organisation Pax Christi pleaded

with nations to recognise the

responsibility and authority of the

UN security council. And the

Melkite Greek Catholic Church

warned of disaster if a strike wentahead. The US Congress is set to

vote on whether to retalliate to

Syrian president Bashar Assads

allegeduse of chemical weapons

against his own people soon.

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