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August 2018

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Contributors Love Traps Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho (Portuguese: [ˈpawlu kuˈeʎu]), born August 24, 1947) is considered one of the most influential authors of our times. He is most widely read and his books have sold more than 195 million copies worldwide, have been released in 170 countries and been translated into 80 languages. He has received numerous prestigious international awards amongst them the Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum. He has been a member of the Academy of Letters of Brazil since 2002, and in 2007 he was proclaimed Messenger of Peace by the United Nations. Paulo is the writer with the highest number of social media followers and is the all-time bestselling Portuguese language author. https://www.facebook.com/paulocoelho/

Hanoi - Culture Capital of Vietnam - Part I Mark Ulyseas

Ulyseas has served time in advertising as copywriter and creative director selling people things they didn’t need, a ghost writer for some years, columnist of a newspaper, a freelance journalist and photographer. In 2009 he created Live Encounters Magazine, in Bali, Indonesia. March 2016 saw the launch of its sister publication Live Encounters Poetry & Writing. He is the author of three books: RAINY – My friend & Philosopher, Seductive Avatars of Maya – Anthology of Dystopian Lives and In Gethsemane: Transcripts of a Journey.

Xinjiang - Where Has He Gone Eleanor Moseman

Eleanor Moseman is a photographer and solo explorer that documents and shares stories of ancient civilizations and disappearing traditions throughout Asia. Focusing her work on women among religious cultures, working class, those enslaved in poverty; she gives a voice to many that may never be heard or recognized. Raised from humble beginnings in Appalachia, she is an activist and storyteller. When not roaming around Asia alone and, living among locals in far-flung regions of the world, she is photographing architecture and interior spaces throughout China.

Tibet

Mikyoung Cha Mikyoung Cha is a graduate in Oriental Painting from Hyosung Women’s University, Daegu, South Korea. She has participated in a number of group art exhibitions in South Korea and Japan. In 2016 she took up photography – the camera becoming her paint brush. This globe trotting photographer is a regular contributor to Live Encounters Magazine.

Antakya’s Kombe Cookie with Walnuts Ozlem Warren

International cooking teacher and Turkish culinary expert Ozlem Warren is a native of Turkey, lived there and extensively travelled for 30 years. She has been teaching wholesome, delicious Turkish cookery in the US, Jordan, Istanbul and England. Her recipes have been published in the local media in England, Hurriyet and Sabah national daily newspapers in Turkey. Ozlem also took part at the “Turkish Chefs of the World”, “Dunyanin Turk Sefleri” TV program aired at TRT, National Turkish TV channel and in 37 countries.

Evening Sky

Andrea Lamberti Andrea Lamberti is a nature photographer and a vegan. As well as supporting his physical health, Andrea found veganism is naturally aligned to his philosophy of living simply and minimally, allowing less packaging, chemicals and processing, and avoiding the unnecessary commodification of animals. Andrea documents the geography and underwater plant and animal species of his local coastline, to explore his relationship with the natural world, and his belief that humans should inhabit the planet primarily as curators rather than as consumers.

August 2018

Dual Citizenship

Celebrating our 9th Anniversary 2010 - 2018

One person, two votes - a mockery of democracy?

On Dual Citizenship David Morgan

David has been a professional editor and journalist for over thirty years beginning his career on the subs desk of the Morning Star newspaper. He is editor of numerous historical publications under the Socialist History Society imprint. David’s interests and research include Turkey and the Kurds, literary figures like George Orwell, Edward Upward and William Morris, British anarchism, the 17th century English revolutionary era and the history of psychoanalysis. He has contributed towards many different publications and writes review articles, commentaries, opinion pieces, polemics and poetry.

On Dual Citizenship Dr Greta Sykes

Poet, writer and artist Greta Sykes has published her work in many anthologies. She is a member of London Voices Poetry Group and also produces art work for them. Her new volume of poetry called ‘The Shipping News and Other Poems’ came out in August 2016. The German translation of her book ‘Under charred skies’ has now been published in Germany under the title ‘Unter verbranntem Himmel’ by Eulenspiegel Verlag. She is the chair of the Socialist History Society and has organised joint poetry events for them at the Poetry Café.

On Dual Citizenship Vivek Mehra

Vivek Mehra is Managing Director and CEO of SAGE India; recipient of the “Sharda Top Rankers Excellence Award for Visionary Leadership” in January 2016; visiting faculty at Ambedkar University Delhi and teaches courses at Post Graduate level; an appointed member of the Editorial Board for the Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers’ (ALPSP) journal, Learned Publishing. Vivek Mehra has an MBA in Marketing from Columbia University, New York and a B.Sc. in Textile Technology from the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York. In 2018, he was awarded a Post Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law from the University of London.

Sri Lanka’s Cannabis Problem: Roots in India

Dr Bibhu Prasad Routray

Dr. Routray served as a Deputy Director in the National Security Council Secretariat, Govt of India, Director of the Institute for Conflict Management (ICM)’s Database & Documentation Centre, Guwahati, Assam. He was a Visiting Research Fellow at the South Asia programme of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore between 2010 and 2012.

Creating Your Life Through Trance Dr Candess M Campbell

WISDOM Paulo Coelho (Portuguese: [ˈpawlu kuˈeʎu]), born August 24, 1947) is considered one of the most influential authors of our times. His works have been translated into 81 languages and are sold in 224 territories. So far, the 1,018 versions of his 29 books have sold more than 225 million books around the world. He was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1947 and discovered early his vocation for writing. He worked as a director, theater actor, composer and journalist. His collaboration with Brazilian composer and singer Raul Seixas gave some of the greatest classic rock songs in Brazil. He has received numerous prestigious international awards amongst them the Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum. He has been a member of the Academy of Letters of Brazil since 2002, and in 2007 he was proclaimed Messenger of Peace by the United Nations. Paulo is the writer with the highest number of social media followers and is the all-time bestselling Portuguese language author. Coelho’s latest book, Hippie, is his most autobiographical novel to date. He takes us back in time to re-live the dream of a generation that longed for peace and dared to challenge the established social order – authoritarian politics, conservative modes of behavior, excessive consumerism, and an unbalanced concentration of wealth and power. https://www.facebook.com/paulocoelho/

Paulo Coelho - Love traps The Caliph and his wife The Arab Caliph sent for his secretary:

“Lock up my wife in the tower while I’m away,” he ordered. “But she loves Your Majesty!”

“And I love her,” answered the Caliph. “But I respect an old traditional proverb of ours that says “keep your dog thin and he will follow you; make him fat and he will bite you.” The Caliph went off to war and returned six months later. On arriving, he called for his secretary and asked to see his wife.

“She has abandoned you,” was the secretary’s answer. “Your Majesty quoted a beautiful proverb before leaving but forgot another Arab saying that goes: “If your dog is tied up it will follow anybody that opens its cage”.

PAULO COELHO © Translated by James Mulholland

Trying to control the soul We often think we can control love. And then we catch ourselves asking the completely useless question: “is it really worth it?”

Love does not bother itself with that question. Love refuses to be priced like some piece of merchandise. One of the characters in Bertold Brecht’s play “The Good Person of Szechuan” tells us about true love: “I want to be next to the one I love. I don’t care what this will cost me. I don’t care whether this will do my life good or bad. I don’t care whether this person loves me or not. All I want, all I need is to be close to the one I love.”

WISDOM

The measure of love “I have always wanted to know if I was able to love like you do,” said the disciple of a Hindu master. “There is nothing beyond love,” answered the master. “It’s love that keeps the world going round and the stars hanging in the sky.” “I know all that. But how can I know if my love is great enough?”

“Try to find out if you abandon yourself to love or if you flee from your emotions. But don’t ask questions like that because love is neither great nor small. You can’t measure a feeling like you measure a road: if you act like that you will see only your reflection, like the moon in a lake, but you won’t be following your path.”

PAULO COELHO Hippie, the lastest novel by Paulo Coelho

www.amazon.com http://santjordi-asociados.com/writing/?livro=20

The contemplative quest Linda Sabbath took her three sons and decided to go and live on a small farm in the interior of Canada, where she wanted to dedicate herself completely to spiritual contemplation.

In less than a year she fell in love, got married again, studied the saints’ techniques of meditation, fought for a school for her children, made friends, made enemies, neglected her teeth, got herself an abscess, hitchhiked in snowstorms, learned to fix the car, thaw out frozen pipes, make her alimony stretch out at month’s end, survive on unemployment money, sleep without indoor heating, laugh for no reason, cry with despair, build a chapel, make repairs to the house, paint walls, and give courses on spiritual contemplation. “And I eventually realized that a life of prayer does not mean isolation,” she says. “Love is so big it has to be shared.”

HANOI Ulyseas has served time in advertising as copywriter and creative director selling people things they didn’t need, a ghost writer for some years, columnist of a newspaper, a freelance journalist and photographer. In 2009 he created Live Encounters Magazine, in Bali, Indonesia. It is a not for profit (adfree) free online magazine featuring leading academics, writers, poets, activists of all hues etc. from around the world. March 2016 saw the launch of its sister publication Live Encounters Poetry, which was relaunched as Live Encounters Poetry & Writing in March 2017. He has edited, designed and produced all of Live Encounters’ 132 publications till date (August 2018). Mark’s philosophy is that knowledge must be free and shared freely to empower all towards enlightenment. He is the author of three books: RAINY – My friend & Philosopher, Seductive Avatars of Maya – Anthology of Dystopian Lives and In Gethsemane: Transcripts of a Journey. www.amazon.com

Bảo tàng Mỹ thuật Việt Nam

Vietnam Fine Arts Museum Hanoi Text & photographs by

Mark Ulyseas

Vietnam is a country of great beauty. Its vibrant ethos continues to shine through the bloody wars and occupations. Hanoi is home to many museums and temples with a book street, lively theatre scene and street musicians. It is truly the cultural capital of Vietnam. The following photographs are just a glimpse into the stunning display of temple artefacts at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, situated next to The Temple of Literature (which will be featured in the next edition of Live Encounters Magazine).

The museum is also home to an extensive collection of artwork, sculptures and more. For a truly enriching experience one needs to spend a whole day at the museum to view all the exhibits. © www.liveencounters.net august 2018

MARK ULYSEAS

Buddha Shakyamuni Ne Chau Pagoda, Han Yen Province, 17th Century Lacquered wood