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About this page |
Reach Out |
Nola & Nepal |
Rainbows & Bridges |
Footprints in the Sand |
On Cloning and Being Human |
On Cloning Live Stock and GMO Foods |
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I'm not sure what it is! but he took it anyway.
Travelling light? Not for the faint hearted. Nola sorting out what goes to which orphanage.
This picture is some seven years old and here below is a picture of the tall girl in the middle, all grown up.
See, happy endings and new beginnings are happening a lot also. She is an incredible artist and mathematician, she takes great care and pride in all her endeavours and is very happy to have a new family to belong to.
About This Page
heart & soul @ work is concerned with and dedicated to humanitarian issues and bringing awareness to various corners of the world which most need our attention right now.
This includes where we are heading as a human race and how our choices reflect our responsibilities now and for future generations.
Michele also reflects on death, dying and beyond, and introduces Nola Ainsworth and her important Nepal Appeal.
As Freddie Mercury sings in one of his songs: We're all god's people. Give freely. Make welcome inside your homes. Let us be thankful. He's so incredible.
So let us not delay: Here we go!
Reach Out
On our recent travels to Nepal, we were finally able to meet all the Kids at HURESU in Katmandu. Nepal, being one of the really poor countries of this world, is where you can make a real difference. There are, it seems, endless Orphanages and extreme poverty to be experienced at close range, pretty much everywhere. To find out how, get yourself a nice cuppa, and read on what my friend Nola has to say.
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Nola & Nepal Appeal
Here is Nola with all the little darlings. |
Nola distributing beanies and scarves kindly knitted by volunteers. |
My Projects in
As one of the least developed countries in the world
Tennis balls and toy cars are easy to carry and bring such pleasure to small children. |
'Is this beanie really mine to keep?' The poorer children are not used to receiving gifts. |
HURESU ~ Human Research & Support
–the most needy at this time
We receive a photo of our sponsored child, a calendar & look forward to a Progress Report each year.
Each child has up to three sponsors. They have just received new clothes and are about to have a haircut. |
'Do you have something for us, too?' Two of the poorer children we came across. |
Porters’ Progress
This group “facilitates the safe treatment, education and empowerment of Nepali mountain porters through intimate and appropriate programs in
Sponsorship money of $200 per annum is collected each November for the following year. New sponsors are welcome at any time. People can sponsor individually, as a family or as a group-whatever it takes to raise the $200.
Nola Ainsworth
Rainbows & Bridges
ArcoBaleno come into my life
Two at a time, side by side.
Reaching across the sky
Touching this blessed land
Like colourful, life bringing jumper leads
With the evening light
Just right
Just so
Creating a Visual feast
Bringing at once both Hope and Joy
Reach out your hand in an effort to build a bridge of friendship
A lifeline for a friend – or a friend yet to be
Bridging the gaps between people and places,
Celebrate different ways of being, together.
Celebrating Life and Nature
A lot less pain and confusion would be had in this world
If those who cannot see eye to eye were to take a closer look at each other
See how similar they both really are
Both lacking in trust,
Both greedy, unforgiving,
Yet, capable of great joy
Both yearning for freedom
Made up of similar vital ingredients.
Imagine them all
Together at breakfast
A G20 “Gee only Twenty?” Meeting - gone wrong because of a Power Failure. Ha.
Instead, passing each other milk and cereal, now
Chewing, the fat
Drinking, from the wellspring of good fortune, wisdom and knowledge
Swallowing, the pride
Enjoying the simple pleasure of smelling freshly brewed coffee
Wiping their hands on a napkin, starting over
Learning again
To see with fresh eyes,
That we all share the same needs
We all have the same yearnings for understanding, companionship and loving care
Yes, we are all so very different
But hey, isn’t it great.
What richness and wealth of diversity there is to be had among us all.
How fascinating the different ways of expression,
In language,
Clothing and simply food,
To name just a few.
Why take away the currencies that are our pride and unique stamp of identity?
Making things simpler is not always better.
All this time spent on making time saving devices and gadgets of communications,
We find less people speaking directly to one another
All speaking into cell phones, while with a friend, or playing with our kids at the park.
Why?
What for?
We are missing the moments.
They are passing us by.
We don’t see the rainbow after the rain.
We take no notice of the bridge as we cross it.
For we are busy being busy.
Stop.
Smell the Rose,
See the Rainbow,
Be in awesome wonder of the bridge
And grateful to those who built it,
You can cross it to meet with your friend.
Bring them a rose
And marvel together at all the beautiful colours in the ArcoBaleno.
Footprints in the Sand
We tell our children, to leave only footprints behind when going bushwalking, and to take all the rubbish home.
One day, not long from now, those same children will be feeding us our own words. They are on to those, high up in the ranks, who leave more than just footprints on the face of the earth.
They will not sue for money, for it holds no value when all the resources are poisoned. They will not blame or punish, the shame we have to live with is punishment enough. However, they will arouse within us, the deep desire to change for the better anyway.
We all walk the same surface and we are here for but a brief moment in time. Look what we have allowed to happen.
*'Is this the world we created - What did we do it for? Is this the world we invaded - against the law? So it seems in the end - Is this what we're all living for today - The world that we created. ...
'Is this the world we created, we made it on our own. - Is this the world we devastated, right to the bone - If there's a God in the sky looking down - What can he think of what we've done - To the world that he created. *(Mercury/May. All lyrics 1984 from the album Queen The Works)
On Cloning and Being Human
This is a fascinating and delicate issue that concerns us all, if not right now, then in the long run, for better or for worse. I feel very strongly about this grey area in science, that could ultimately be bigger than the impact of an A-bomb, where our greed and hunger to experiment can slowly self implode on us and still make us disappear in time.
For me it seems there are two main reasons why people would want to clone a human. The first, to bring back a loved one who has died. In an attempt to resurrect the soul that has come to pass. Secondly, as a personal "spare parts" department where organs can be harvested at will, so I've heard.
I am not an expert in this area, however I feel that in both cases the 'not being able to let go' issue is predominant and yet, is never once spoken of. If we are considering going down this path it is wise to develop a greater awareness of our choices and their potential consequences.
The soul of the person that has passed on, was/is very unique. The odds of getting that same soul to incarnate back into the cloned version is very slim. You may get the look but a very different persona. Hence, you will always be lamenting the lost soul, which was so special and radiant to you, because god gave each of us a different face. That was the exciting part of the 'Divinity Game' in the first place.
On the other hand, if we feel we have the right of life or death of a clone for body parts, we are in trouble. By cloning we will have created a time capsule for a soul to enter into being. Using him or her for body parts, is an act of crime. Full Stop. Or as my friend Tracylee put it: 'By treating other sentient beings so thoughtlessly we forfeit a portion of our own humanity'.
On Cloning Livestock and GMO Foods
Our bodies have great defense mechanisms. Much like a fully updated Norton Anti Virus System with built in Fire Wall and Extras, developed and fine tuned over aeons of time, throughout Evolution. I believe that if we are cloning livestock and producing GMO foods, we are also diminishing our natural immune system.
By creating and eating purpose modified foods we give up the need for our Norton Anti-Virus Package and our Firewall. Every time we go on line, i.e. eat and drink these foods, they can no longer update naturally the defenses needed for Free Radicals.
Scientist today appear to assume the right to play with our DNA without telling us about it. By doing so we may quickly become very 'Needy and Dependent' on the Industries that modified all this in the first place, for further artificial update and protection, which we will then have to pay for, and pay for dearly. Not only with money but also in kind.
So our built-in free of charge, top quality, Norton Anti Virus system and Firewall, are no longer getting regular updates, as our subscription slowly runs out and shifts to a new Paradigm, our updates become man made. Just try and imagine the Spam then.
Let me put it another way. When we have not made use of say a mailbox for six months or more, we get an e-mail, telling us that this service is now no longer available to us, has been canceled, as we have not used it for a long time. To modify our foods beyond their own initial divine recognition, I feel we would be doing something like that.
To throw away tried and tested defense mechanisms, which evolution has built for us over aeons of time: just like that, over night, without giving it much thought, I believe, would be a very silly move indeed.
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