UNITY 2010: A New Champions Campaign

[Virtue]

Thanks for the game notes that will help me alot i really liked that idea

Now for my UNITY fix I don't care if i sound desperate the reason i sound desperate is because I am I need a fix and I need it bad!!

[Virtue]

Keyes-Bill what did we do to you? So that you have forsaken us

I need my Unity Fix

I want to know what is happening to my favorite heros in the Champions Universe

I want to know more about all of them and the other movers and shakers that we are just getting know

[teh bunneh]

I'll try to get an update up sometime this week. I've been swamped so I'm too busy to write anything.

[Virtue]

I will be able to survive its just you got me hooked with such great stories its like when comicbooks use to be good and you were waiting at the comic store to get the book the day it came out

[teh bunneh]

OK, since you asked so nicely...

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UNITY Team C split up to follow multiple leads. New Man, Thich Nat Han, and Red Dragon were in Sharkey's, a seedy bar that caters to ex-patriot super villains and their hangers-on. New Man was told that a man known as "Evil Eye" could help them find who they were looking for, so he approached the man.

He told the wicked-looking fellow that he had a "package" for Amazon – a pair of young men who might be to her tastes. Evil Eye didn't want to talk at first, but eventually New Man convinced him that he was earnest. "If you deliver a package for me, I will tell you where to find her," he said. New Man wanted to know what was in the package, but Evil Eye was reluctant to say, only giving New Man the name of a tavern and telling him to show the contents of the package to the bartender.

New Man and his team headed out and picked up the package from a courier. New Man immediately mind controlled the young man to open the package and peek inside. "It's a costume or a uniform," the courier told them. "It's green and looks kind of like police armor."

Satisfied that it was neither a bomb nor a drug drop-off, the three heroes found the bar. It was a dangerous looking place, filled to the brim with toughs and criminal types, all of whom were armed. When the heroes entered, every eye in the place fell on them, and followed them up to the bar. "I was told to give this to you," New Man told the bartender. "It's from Evil Eye."

The bartender suspiciously opened the package and his eyes grew wide as he held the green costume up. New Man finally saw what he had been carrying – a VIPER uniform riddled with bullet holes. "You'll give Evil Eye a message from me!" the bartender yelled, pulling a bizarre rifle from under his bar. "When I send him your smoking corpse!"

New Man was going to try to talk his way out of the problem, but Red Dragon immediately drew his blades and charged the bouncer, stabbing the man three times. The fight was on. New Man and Thich wanted to get the heck out, but Red Dragon was lost in his rage and refused to leave (despite being shot several times!). Resigning themselves to battle, the heroes wound up defeating an entire nest of some 30 VIPERs. Of course, since they were supposed to be undercover, the heroes merely fled the scene instead of arranging for an UNTIL pickup.

They headed back to Sharkey's. Evil Eye had set them up, and they were intent on finding out why...

Meanwhile, Vilkacis had arranged for a man named Flamedragon to take him to where Caine was supposedly holed up. Mitarbeit and Aurora were surreptitiously following him to make sure he didn't get into any trouble. Despite Mitarbeit's lack of stealth skills, it appeared that Flamedragon was completely oblivious to his shadows.

The young man took Vilkacis to a grungy apartment building, telling him that Caine and his people were just inside. Vilkacis grew suspicious and refused to enter, instead demanding that the young man tell him what was going on. Another fellow – a big guy – came out of the apartment and threatened Vilkacis, and the battle was on!

Aurora and Mitarbeit joined the fight and together, the three heroes made quick work of the villains (despite a third villain joining the fight and covering Vilkacis in a sticky glue). It turned out the three of them were minor-league American criminals named Bulldozer, Flamedragon, and Binder, and they were on the run from the law after knocking over a bank back home.

Mitarbeit charmed Binder and asked him what was going on. He told her that Eurostar had posted a huge reward for the capture of Raising Caine and his allies, and since Vilkacis was acting like he knew them, the three villains assumed that capturing him would lead them to the rest of EuroBlast – and five million Euros cash!

Vilkacis informed them that if they were so easily beaten by him and two girls, that EuroBlast would make mincemeat out of them. He called for a UNITY pickup and LOKI teleported two of the three captured villains away. Binder was told to try to find where EuroBlast was really hiding, and to bring that information back here within 24 hours – or there'd be hell to pay.

The kid was genuinely frightened, but Vilkacis was pretty sure he'd never see him again. However, Mitarbeit decided to keep his glue gun and try to get Straight Arrow to show her how to use it (after she saved up enough points, of course).

Next week: New Man, Thich Nat Han, and Red Dragon go back to Sharkey's to straighten Mr. Evil Eye out. Vilkacis, Mitarbeit, and Aurora are going to join back up with Straight Arrow and Ifrita.

[teh bunneh]

BTW, you'll get another update next week, and then nothing for about a month. My best buddy (Straight Arrow) and his fiance (Aurora) are finally tying the knot (yay!) and then going on their honeymoon (yay!), so there won't be a game until they get back.

I might post some "tidbits" about the game world just to whet your appetites for when the game starts up again. Someone'll have to remind me every once in a while.

[Virtue]

Thanks for the heads up i would like to know more about the world that is for sure

[Scifi_Toughguy]

Such bad news. Such a good reason! I'm torn. Tell them congratulations. Hard work but well worth it.

[Cardinal]

Congrats to Strait Arrow and Aurora on their pending nuptials.

Great adventure (as always). Cold turkey would be quite tough for a month, so please keep giving us the mini-fixes.

[TheRavenIs]

Same here form the Raven. Best wishes on the wedding and many happy years together. Bill we can make it with out real posts with the mini-posts. We all need our Uinty-C fix.

hehehehehehehehehe

[Virtue]

Congrats to Strait Arrow and Aurora

I am also recently married very happy

Please no cold turkey some smalll weekly fixes about the world

[teh bunneh]

Last UNITY Update for a while. The wedding went off without a hitch and the happy couple will be hopping a train to the east coast sometime this afternoon (barring any supervillian attacks, of course).

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Upset at the set-up, New Man, Red Dragon, and Thich Nat Han went back to Sharkey's to confront Evil Eye. However, far from being upset by their presence, he seemed delighted to see them. "I knew who you were from the moment I saw you," he said. "You are here to join Raising Caine's new gang. He told me that there might be people like you coming here, and he told me to make sure you were tough before I sent you to him."

The heroes were taken aback. This was all just a test? "Yeah, just a test. You cleaned up those snakes nicely – we have to put the fear of god in them every once in a while, just to show them who runs this town. You did a favor for me, so I'm going to give you what you want."

Evil Eye told them that they would find Caine and his crew recruiting new members in La Segura Placido at a cantina called El Scorpion Negro. Armed with this new knowledge, they contacted the other teams and arranged to meet. They decided to go into town in small groups, so as not to attract attention. Mitarbeit arranged for transportation, and they headed out.

Vilkacis, Mitarbeit, and Aurora arrived first. Vilkacis went into the bar to scope the place out while the ladies waited outside. He found a very busy, very loud place. He even recognized one or two known supervillains who had disappeared – apparently, they were laying low here until the heat was off. He talked to the bartender, who told him that Caine and his group were eating dinner, and they'd see him when they were finished.

To establish his street cred, Vilkacis chose a supervillain at random and approached him. It turned out to be Radium, who was sitting by himself. Seems that no one wanted to expose themselves to his hard radiation, but as Vilkacis is immune to that sort of thing he sat down with impunity. Vilkacis talked to the villain for a moment before Radium poured a beer into the Russian's lap. Vilkacis, not wanting to start a fight, vanished and reappeared near the bar. "Pay a guy a compliment and get a beer dumped on you," he groused.

The rest of the team had arrived at this point and had positioned themselves around the room, all in disguise. About then, Lyonesse poked her head out of one of the back rooms and summoned the bartender. After a few moments, he came back and told Vilkacis that Caine would see him now.

Vilkacis entered the room and saw Lyonesse, Raising Caine, Amazon, and another guy who he didn't recognize. "Sit down," Caine said. "Have a drink and tell us about yourself."

Vilkacis introduced himself as "Shadowstep," and said that he could turn himself invisible and intangible. He was a loner from one of the former Soviet states and wanted to hook up.

Caine nodded. "Oh, I see I've been very rude by not introducing my companions," he said. "This is Lyonesse, Amazon, and my newest recruit, Psymon. Psymon is a telepath, and he just told me that you're lying, Vilkacis of UNITY."

Lyonesse leapt to her feet and kicked Vilkacis in the chest, sending him crashing through the door. Amazon charged him and smacked him with her swords. The rest of UNITY attacked.

Knowing how dangerous psychers can be, Straight Arrow ordered Ifrita to take out Psymon – which she did with relish, slamming him through a nearby wall. Red Dragon went nuts, ripping off his disguise and charging Amazon. The two of them fought back and forth until Aurora and Ifrita joined in. Together, they were able to take out the Greek villainess. Straight Arrow and Vilkacis concentrated on Lyonesse, beating her down with a withering hail of fire. New Man blinded Caine, who picked up the bar and swung it at Straight Arrow.

Caine then began yelling at the other villains in the room: "This is UNITY! They've come here to arrest us! This is your chance – if you don't act now, they'll arrest everyone in here!" Several of the villains stood up to lend a hand. Then Mitarbeit jumped up on a table. "We're only here for Caine and his friends," she said. "We're not interested in the rest of you, unless you join this fight. If you raise a hand against us, we'll slap you down and haul you back to Hel where you can keep Caine and his people company."

The villains thought about this for a second, then they and everyone else in the bar decided just to leave – this wasn't their fight, after all. There was a mad rush for the door, leaving the bar clear for the heroes to mop up their enemies.

Mitarbeit used the glue gun she had stolen from Binder to entrap Caine – reasoning that this might work against him since it was not applying any kinetic force for him to absorb. Thich Nat Han and New Man then proceeded to pummel his mind into unconsciousness. Even his strong will was not enough to withstand the combined assault.

They wrapped up their prisoners and then called LOKI. "Bring us back home, LOKI," Straight Arrow said. "Mission accomplished."



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New Man wrote:
> They wrapped up their prisoners and then called LOKI.
> "Bring us back home, LOKI," Straight Arrow said.
> "Mission accomplished.

"Bollocks! He knows how this genre works; he'd NEVER say anything that lame! :-)

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Vilkacis wrote:
How about: "Another evildoer discovers what it is like to be skewered on the pointy end of Justice. A warning, to all you who wish to run from Unity, there is no rock you can hide under, or hovel you can cower in, that will keep you safe from the ever-vigilant gaze of STRAIGHT ARROW!"


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New Man wrote:
Hey, he's a bureaucrat, not a thespian! Just 'cause he's probably got a fine arts degree from one of those pommy English upperclass colleges with more history than sense doesn't mean he takes arrogance with his cucumber sandwiches.Or then again....

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Vilkacis wrote:
No no, the English have this sort of prose hard wired into their brains. Just like no matter what you do, even if you toss it at him, tie his hands in position, and threaten to kill him, his little finger will NEVER touch the cup.

The Queen demands no less.

<g>

[TheRavenIs]

OK that was a good one. I'm happy to hear the wedding went well and they are off and running with this new life together.

[Virtue]

Now what for our great heros

Is the invasion coming

Where is Unity Team A

How bad is the coruption in Unitil

Will the Hidden Unity team show up again soon

Will Eurostars come after our heros for all the problems they have caused

I cant wait till i get the answers to all there questions

[teh bunneh]

Since there is no update for the next few weeks, I thought I'd keep interest up by posting bits and pieces of the UNITY world now and again. Today, I'll give you the character history/writeup of Thich Nat Han, the team's resident Tibetan Sorcerer (written by the player, of course). It's told in the format of a radio interview...

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Thich Nat Han Background
Peter Furlong (PF): Good evening, this is Peter Furlong for BBC Radio, and today I have the distinct pleasure of talking with one of the newest members on the United Nations group UNITY, Thich Nat Han. It's a pleasure.

Thich Nat Han (TNH): It is my pleasure to have this opportunity. Thank you.

PF: Let me start with a question I'm sure you get quite often. How does a Tibetan Monk end up with a Vietnamese name?

TNH: (laughing) It is a gift from my mothers father. Many years ago my grandfather Thich Nat Han left Vietnam and emigrated to Tibet. It was there he began to study the arts of Tibetan Magic which had been long lost to much of the world. He also discovered my mothers mother there as well. (laughing) So here I am, with his name and his memory. Of course, I still have my Tibetan names as well. My day name is Pem-ba, as I was born on the day of the week you call Saturday, and my virtue name is Lhak-pa Gyal-tshen, which means courageous speech in your language.

PF: Can you tell us some more details about your grandfather? Why did he leave Vietnam? Why travel to Tibet and take up Tibetan Magic?

TNH: Like many Westerners, you seek many details and facts, which you call knowledge. Yet knowledge does not always lead to understanding. There are many things I do not know. Only the things I understand. My grandfather Thich Nat Han left Vietnam when he was 32. I do not know the circumstances of his leaving, only that it was important he do so, and that he was unable to return to his native land ever. He left behind patents, brothers and sisters, but no wife and no children. He traveled to the Tibetan province Ü, which is north of Bhutan and India. There he settled by the river Kyi-chu, living on a small farm between the city of Lhasa and the Drolma Lhakhang Monestary. The climate there is mild and the land fertile. It was here that he raised some foods for himself and for trade, studied the practices of Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan Magic. Several years later he met Pasang Lha-mo, which translates into female goddess or beautiful goddess. She became his wife and my grandmother.

PF: So your mother gave you the name Thich Nat Han?

TNH: My mother's father was murdered when I was three years old. In fact it happened upon my birthday, although my family did not find out about it until many days later. My mother took this as an omen that I was to follow the way of her father and bring light to the places he was not able to reach. There was a name changing ceremony conducted by a Lama from the Una Monastery Una Monastery was one of three monasteries near Drigung Qu why my family lived.

PF: Your grandfather was murdered?

TNH: Yes.

PF: By who? And why?

TNH: These things are still not clear. Only that he was traveling to Samye Monastery at the time, and carrying something of great value.

PF: But aren't you curious? Do you have any desire to avenge his death?

TNH: Curiosity is cyclical. Curiosity can only be calmed by understanding, and understanding only leads to more questions. To rush forward in the pursuit of empty knowledge is rash. I wait with patience. All I learn, all I experience, will lead me to where I need to be and when I need to be there. The gods, goddess and the Buddha see to it that all pieces are in place when they must be. My part is but to prepare myself for whatever task I may have. Regarding desire for revenge. I have no such desire. This has happened. I accept it. This is my path.

PF: What can you tell the listeners about yourself, starting with your childhood.

TNH: I was a typical child. Very problematic for my parents. (laughter) Perhaps this is why I was destine to follow the path of my mother's father. Just as he was known for having great curiosity, desire for learning and understanding, so too did I as a child show a great need to investigate and seek understanding. After my grandfathers death I became more curious about who he was, having only some vague memories of him, and began to read through some of his books and writings which were in the possession of my mother. There was much there about Buddhism, but also about the art of Tibetan Magic. Being a curious child, I began to try calling upon the powers in these books and much to the amazement of my family, it came easily to me.

PF: Were you able to use your powers to extend you bedtime or distract you mother when you were naughty?

TNH: (laughter) Alas no. The magic did not provide any useful things for a five year old child. As time went by I found that I could sense if something was about to go wrong, especially in quite moments or when meditating. I could sometimes summon a spiritual attack which at this point in my life was more visually impressive than useful. I also found I could heal small wounds.

PF: Healing wounds? How small?

TNH: Simple cuts or scrapes. Still all of these things took great concentration, silence and tranquility of the mind. I also felt very silly performing the chants that went along with the gestures. You know how the mind of a child can be. I was very self-conscious. Later in life as I came to understand the power of chanting and once I incorporated this as part of the magic my ability to control the spells became much more powerful.

PF: Can you tell us something about Tibetan Magic?

TNH: Tibetan Magic relies upon channeling the power of various Tibetan Gods, Goddess, Spirits and the Buddha himself. Formally known as Vajrayana or Tantrayana, it is known commonly as Tantric Buddhism. The originss and practices of tantrism originated in India and are associated with Shaivism, the cult of Shiva, the god of Yogins. In this was alone Tantric Buddhism differs greatly with the ways of Buddhism practiced in most of the world, those being the two schools of Theravada and Mahayana, commonly called the lesser vehicle and the greater vehicle.

Tantrism is profoundly complex, but to try condensing it for you, Tantrism is an alternative route to enlightenment, requiring intense concentration and induction through special rites of initiation, but offering the hope of achieving enlightenment in accelerated time, perhaps even in a single lifetime. The way of Mahayana, the way of the Bodhisattva requires many lifetimes to achieve, whereas Vajrayana, the tantric way, is a faster, although more risky route. It uses mantric formulas, incantation, ritual, and magic to achieve power over supramundane beings and, ultimately, to transcend the self and become one with the deity.

These rituals, incantations and mantric formulas are the keys to Tibetan Magic. However, meditation, above all, is considered the key to reaching transcendent understanding and spiritual transformation, and the great vehicle for meditation is the mandala. Without this understanding and transformation achieving both control and intensity in the practice of magic can not be achieved and it serves only as what you would call pallor tricks.

With the proper control, training and understand Tibetan Magic can be used for the purpose of influencing the karma of individuals and groups, healing, defensive purposes, the reading of minds, exorcism . . .

PF: Exorcism?

TNH: Yes.

PF: Can you elaborate?

TNH: The casting out of a demon from the body and mind of one who is possessed, followed by is banishment or destruction.

PF: Well yes, but I mean, have you ever exorcised a demon?

TNH: No. The all the demons I have met have been in excellent condition and did not require any exercising in order to improve their physical health.

PF: (laughing) Okay, I walked into that one. Seriously.

TNH: I have participated in one exorcism. It is not something to be attempted individually. While casting the demon from the body is not so difficult for the experienced monk, banishing it or destroying it may be well beyond the ability of a single man, even beyond the ability of ten monks. Exorcisms are always performed by groups of monks in the walls of a monetary.

PF: Amazing. Can you tell us about the monastery where you studied? What you did there? What it's like?

TNH: The Samye Monastery is located near the Brahmaputra River, on it's north side, about 80 kilometers from my place of birth, Drigung Qu. The Samye Monastery is the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet. King Trisong Detsen, who acceded to the throne at the age of 13, formally established Buddhist monasticism in Tibet yet there was great hostility to this action, both from demons and spirits opposed to Buddhism and from the Bonpo aristocratic families which until this time had held much political and spiritual power. Trisong Detsen sent Padmasambhava of Oddiyana to subdue th hostile elemental powers of Tibet, both human and spiritual. To make them either amenable or subservient to Buddhism. Padmasambhava traveled the ranges of Tibet, transforming negative forces into Buddhist protectors, teaching the tantras and rituals to all willing to listen. It was on the summit of Mt. Hepori that Padmasambhava crushed the last of the demons and consecrated the ground as the building place of the first Tibetan Buddhist Monastery.

The monastery is constructed as a mandalic representation of the universe. The overall design was based upon the Odantapuri Temple of Bihar in India. The central temple represent Mt. Meru and the templs around it in two concentric circle represent the oceans, the continents and the subcontinents of Buddhis cosmology. At the center of the monastery ground is the Utse. The Utse is the most elaborate of all the building in the monastery. In the very center of the Utse is a pole which represents the core of the universe. Directly north is a Moon Temple, directly south a Sun Temple. Around the Utse are four stupas: red, black, green and white. Samye Monastery has 108 buildings, and 1008 chortens on the circular wall around the monestary.

It is because Padmasambhava subdued the last of the reluctant spirits at this site that Samye has become the home of the most powerful Tibetan Magicians. At this place the spiritual forces drawn upon in Tibetan Magic are most powerful.

PF: How did you get the opportunity to study at Samye and what was it like?

TNH: My parents sent me to Samye at a later age, eight. While my mother desired me to follow the ways of her father, my father was not so certain. He hoped I would abandon my curiosity for magic. When he finally accepted this was not to be, he saw the wisdom in sending me to Samye where I could be taught the correct path to use and focus my powers. I spent 18 years training, studying and working.

PF: What work did you do?

TNH: Translations of text. I have always enjoyed reading and the written word. I view it as an art form which everyone can partake in.

PF: What languages can you read and write?

TNH: In addition to English and Tibetan I know Cantonese, Mandarin, Burmese and Sanskrit.

PF: So you translated books and manuscripts?

TNH: Correct.

PF: By hand copying?

TNH: Correct.

PF: Didn't this become monotonous?

TNH: Not at all. In fact it's very restful. It's a form of meditation in fact. One misconception in the Western world is that meditation is about blocking out the external world. This is not true at all. Meditation is about acknowledging the outside world and letting it go. Each work is acknowledged then let go. Each sentence acknowledged, then let go. Each paragraph, page, chapter, book and so forth. Yet at the same time, each piece of the manuscript that has been let go must also be held within, retained, so that each subsequent piece is translated correctly, with regard for what has come before it. It is a letting go and a holding on. It is both, it is neither. It is meditation.

PF: What about your studies? What does one study to become a Tibetan Monk and Magician?

TNH: I spent 18 years in the Monastery. The first six years were Prajnya parramita, Perfection of Wisdom. One studies the manuscript "The Jewel of Realization", written in the 4th century. This text concerns the nature of nirvana, deep levels of meditation and the wish for enlightenment.

The next four years are Madhyamika, The Middle Way. This is analysis of the quality of emptiness and the ephemeral properties of such emotions as joy, illness and jealousy.

Then two years of Abhidharma, or Higher Knowledge. The text which is central to Abhidharma is "The Treasure House of Higher Knoweldge" written by Master Vasubandhu in 350CE. This text investigates the role and creation of karma, the nature of bardo, which is the intermediate state between death and rebirth, the constituents of time and space and the destruction of the world.

PF: Now all of this study, is this typical for a Tibetan Monk?

TNH: Yes, this sequence of study and these text are what all monks must undertake. The entire process takes 32 years. My process continues even now.

Then two more years are spent in Vinaya, or Vowed Morality. This is the consideration of the nature of monastic vows, both in terms of their benefits and the attendant loss of freedom.

Finally there are two steps left, which can take place concurrently. These are the two steps of learning which I am still experiencing. Pramana, or Buddhist Logic and Lam Rim, The Steps to Buddhahood. Pramana examines logical reasoning and the validity of many arguments at the root of Buddhist faith. If you will it is a testing of the faith by the intellect. "The Steps to Buddhahood" is a 15th century text written by the founder of the Gelug sect which prepairs the student for the ritualistic meditation required along the path to enlightenment. I have a copy of this text with me and read from it each day before mediation.

PF: How often do you meditate?

TNH: Three times a day, for approximately 1 hour, 15 minutes.

PF: Did your study at Samye include physical training?

TNH: Indeed. I am accomplished at yoga and acrobatics. I engage in one hour training each day in each of these arts.

PF: What about your encounter.

TNH: My encounter?

PF: With the Chinese supergroup?

TNH: Much has been made of this. More than exist.

PF: When the Dali Lama chose you to join UNITY, there was a public threat issued by the Chinese supergroup know in the west as Metal Storm. They did mention you by name.

TNH: The story is very simple. I was deep in one of the underground sections of the monastery one day. When I emerged I walked into a battle between my fellow monks and Metal Storm. The battle was waning, with Metal Storm getting the best of the situation. I raised my powers against them and was able to force them into retreat. I only accomplished this due to their exhaustion after battle and my fully charged state. Had I encountered Metal Storm at the height of their power and alone, I would not have stood a chance. I was younger and bolder, or stupider as you might say, at the time.

PF: None the less, an impressive showing.

TNH: If you insist. Most likely it is what you would call "the right place at the right time".

PF: If you insist. (laughter) Can you explain to the listeners how Tibetan magic works?

TNH: No.

PF: No?

TNH: No. I can not.

PF: Can not, or will not?

TNH: Can not.

PF: But if you don't understand it, how can you use it?

TNH: I understand. But I do not have the knowledge of how it works.

PF: Aren't they one in the same?

TNH: Can you explain to me how a computer works?

PF: Well . . . I can explain how . . . Yes and no.

TNH: You can explain how to use a computer to accomplish something, correct?

PF: Yes.

TNH: But can you explain have every atom of the computer is behaving at any given moment?

PF: Of course not.

TNH: There is the difference between understanding and knowledge.

PF: Okay, I'm going to take your word for it. How about this, can you give us a demonstration? Fire something harmless across the studio?

TNH: (laughter) Fire something harmless. Yes, I can give you some pyrotechnics. Could I have quiet for a moment.

(After a brief pause, chanting is heard, then a rustling like wind in trees then a small 'pop'.)

TNH: Was that sufficient?

PF: Amazing. Let me see if I can describe for the listeners what I just witnessed. Thich Nat Han stood up, took a moment to compose himself then began a series of gestures with his hands and arms which chanting in . . .

TNH: A mixture of Sanskrit and Tibetan.

PF: . . . then ghost, spirits, something I can't define seemed to materialize around his body, glowing red they swirled around him, then, directed by his outstretched hand they formed into a globe over his left palm. The globe then flew across the room and left a slight black mark on our wall.

TNH: I will clean that up before I leave.

PF: You don't have to do that.

TNH: I insist.

PF: And I can see that we are almost out of time, so I have to cut the interview here. Thich Nat Han, thank you for your time.

TNH: Thank you for allowing me to speak to your audience. It has been an honor.

PF: All the best to you in your endeavors with UNITY.

TNH: Thank you Peter.

PF: This is Peter Furlong for BBC Radio saying good day until tomorrow.

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