UJames Arthur Flowerdew wayeyindoda enamalungu amabini. Kwakhona wayeyindoda eyayikholelwa ukuba yakha yaphila ngaphambili. Enyanisweni, uFlowerdew—indoda eliNgesi eyazalwa ngoDisemba 1, 1906—yathi inenkumbulo eneenkcukacha ngobomi bayo bangaphambili njengalowo wazalelwa kwisixeko esidumileyo samandulo.
Kodwa kwakungaphelelanga apho. NgokukaFlowerdew, wazalwa ngokutsha njengaye, kwiminyaka engama-2,000 kamva, nazo zonke iinkcukacha zitshixelwe ngaphakathi entlokweni yakhe kwakhona.
Kwixesha apho abantu abambalwa babeza kuva ngeembono ezinjalo, okanye bazibuze ngokuthe ngqo nangokuphandle kangako, esi sibhengezo kumele ukuba sabothusa kakhulu abo babemngqongile ngelo xesha.
Ngelishwa kuthi, nangona kunjalo, kuncinci okwaziwayo malunga noJames Arthur Flowerdew namhlanje - kwaye uninzi lwento esiyaziyo ivela kumanqaku athile akwi-intanethi.
Imeko engaqhelekanga kaJames Arthur Flowerdew
Kwakukho indoda esele ikhulile eNgilani egama linguArthur Flowerdew. Wayephile ubomi bakhe bonke kwidolophu engaselwandle yaseNorfolk, kwaye wayemke eNgilani kube kanye kuphela, esiya kunxweme lwaseFransi. Noko ke, ubomi bakhe bonke, u-Arthur Flowerdew wayekhathazwa yimifanekiso yasengqondweni ecacileyo yesixeko esikhulu esirhangqwe yintlango, netempile eqingqwe eliweni. Zazingenakuchazwa kuye, de ngenye imini wabona umboniso kamabonwakude kwisixeko samandulo sasePetra eJordan. Wamangaliswa kukuba iPetra yayisisixeko awayesibhale engqondweni yakhe!
Kungekudala iFlowerdew yaduma
UFlowerdew wathetha nabantu ngemibono yakhe, kwaye, ngenxa yoko, i-BBC yeza ukuva malunga no-Arthur Flowerdew kwaye yabeka ibali lakhe kumabonakude. Urhulumente waseJordan weva ngaye, waza wacela ukumzisa ePetra ukuze abone ukuba uza kusabela njani kweso sixeko. Abembi bezinto zakudala benza udliwano-ndlebe naye ngaphambi kokuba ahambe kuhambo lwakhe, kwaye babhala iinkcazo zakhe ngengqondo yakhe yesi sixeko samandulo.
Abembi bezinto zakudala babedidekile
Xa iFlowerdew yaziswa ePetra, yakwazi ukubona iindawo ezigrunjiweyo nezingagrunjwanga ezaziyinxalenye yesi sixeko samandulo. Ukuthi, wasichaza esi sixeko ngokuchane okumangalisayo. Wayeneenkumbulo zokuba ngumlindi wetempile, kwaye wachaza isakhiwo esasiyisikhululo sakhe somlindi nalapho waye wabulawa khona.
Ukwacacisile usetyenziso olucace gca lwesixhobo ingcaciso yaso eye yadida abembi bezinto zakudala, wada wachaza ngokuchanekileyo iindawo zeendawo ezininzi ekuseza kugrunjwa. Iingcali ezininzi zithi iFlowerdew yayinolwazi oluninzi ngesi sixeko kuneengcali ezininzi ezisifundelayo.
Umvubukuli oyingcaphephe kaPetra wamangaliswa, waza waxelela iintatheli ezibhala ngohambo lukaFlowerdew:
"Uzaliswe kwiinkcukacha kwaye uninzi lwayo luhambelana kakhulu neenyani ezaziwayo zenzululwazi ngezakudala kunye nembali kwaye kuya kufuna ingqondo eyahluke kakhulu kweyakhe ukuze ikwazi ukugcina ilaphu lenkohliso kubungakanani beenkumbulo zakhe - ubuncinci ezo azixeliweyo. kum. Andiqondi ukuba uyarhwaphiliza. Andiqondi ukuba unaso amandla okuba lirhwaphilizo ngolu hlobo.”
Iinkokeli ezininzi zokomoya, eziquka iTibetan Buddhist lama Sogyal Rinpoche, zikholelwa ukuba amava kaFlowerdew anika ubungqina obunobungqina bobukho bokuzalwa ngokutsha okanye ukuphindukuzalwa.
Iingcamango zokugqibela
Amava kaJames Arthur Flowerdew yenye yezinto ezininzi ezinikezela ngobungqina bokuba kukho ukuzalwa ngokutsha okanye ukuvela ngokutsha. Nangona izazinzulu zingekayifumani indlela ebambekayo yokuyifunda le nto, amabali abo baye bajamelana nayo anamandla yaye adla ngokutshintsha ubomi. Ukuba unomdla wokufunda ngakumbi malunga neemeko ezifana ne-Flowerdew's, jonga ezinye zezibonelelo ezikhankanywe ngezantsi. Kwaye ukuba wena ngokwakho ube namava okholelwa ukuba anokucebisa ukuvela ngokutsha, singathanda ukuva kuwe!
Ukuba ukonwabele ukufunda eli nqaku, ke funda amabali angaqhelekanga okuphindukuzalwa UDorothy Eady kwaye i Amawele kaPollock.
