High Mesa Happenings & Heartstrings

Ukrainian Story Drawn in Sand

I found neat that this artist uses anew art medium to speak of history and a painful time for her folks. As showing in the clip, many people were deeply touched.

“May all beings and creatures be free of suffering and diseases.”

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Kseniya Simonova's Amazing Sand Drawing
Kseniya Simonova is a Ukrainian artist who just won Ukraine's version of "America's Got Talent." She uses a giant light box, dramatic music, imagination and "sand painting" skills to interpret Germany's invasion and occupation of Ukraine during WWII.

 

Posted by Nadette

United Nations Climate Change Summit

in Copenhagen, Denmark

December 7-18

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Odyssey Networks is following the Climate Change Summit from Copenhagen.

The organization is “the nation’s largest coalition of Christian, Jewish and Muslim faith groups dedicated to achieving interfaith understanding”…read more>

HMHC is “ dedicated to personal & planetary wholeness. To that end we have created a space where individuals can be safe to pursue their spiritual evolution..” HMHC recognizes interfaith in the larger scope of all faith, not solely those embraced by Odyssey Networks.

Thoughts and ideas expressed in the videos offer, in my humble opinion,  opportunities to reflect in many ways of worships, prayers and meditation.

HMHC invites readers to view the video below as an option to follow the unfolding of the world conference. To view more videos on the conference, click Faith at the Summit, where you also will find the opportunity to sign-up for Odyssey Updates.

Video introduction by Odyssey Networks:

“Peace is at the heart of our mission. Our rapidly changing climate is a growing threat to that mission as conflicts over dwindling resources spread across the globe. This is why we are focusing on the world's faith leaders at the most important summit meeting of our time…

The historic United Nations Climate Change Conference has opened at the Bella Center in Copenhagen. The world's faith leaders are in the Danish capital as well to advocate for decisive action on carbon emissions. Join Mark Dowd, producer/presenter of "Faith at the Summit," in a conversation with Reverend Dr. Joan Brown Campbell (Chautauqua Institution), Reverend Richard Cizik (New Evangelicals), and Venerable Bhikku Bodhi (Buddhist Global Relief) as they examine the spiritual crisis that underlies the crisis of climate change. Just click on the video to view. Remember...you can share this discussion with your friends and colleagues…”

 

 

 

Thank you for your time.

Post and Comment by Nadette

Global Prayer Project

Susan A. and Jane Y-B.,  Friends of HMHC who often sent thoughts and wishes for Planetary Wellness, are inviting HMHC readers to become part of the  Global Prayer Project, a project created  by James Redfield and Salle Merrill Redfield. You will recognized the last name as the author’s of the Celestine Prophecy series.

James R. and Salle M-R. write: “Click to watch our Global Prayer video and help us spread the word . . . Let's see how large we can grow, and how much difference we can make!”

Thank you Susan and Jane for spreading the word!

 

Please take a moment to watch the video below, then consider to join the bi-monthly prayer gatherings. Click Global Prayer Project to connect. (If the click directs you to the Homepage, scroll down and click the Global Prayer Project box.)

 

 

Post and Comment by Nadette

Compassion: What it is…

… in our daily lives; moment by moment; from places to places;

from one to another… click below.

 

 

 

by Odyssey Networks:

The nation's largest coalition of Christian, Jewish and Muslim faith groups
dedicated to achieving interfaith understanding
through the production and distribution of media

Posted by Nadette

To All Sisters and Those They Love

Watch    The Home Run

“to see an inspiring example of what a more evolved community might actually look like,  to view women who seem to understand the true meaning of the word "compete" which, at it's root means to "strive together".

If you have not connected yourself to or invited women friends to join

Women on the Edge of Evolution:

Awakening to the power to co-create our lives and shape our collective future

do so now! Click  FREE Teleseminar Series , uniting women all over the world with notorious guests speakers “to create a forum for us to collectively engage the most important and pertinent questions facing us today on our pathway to realizing our collective power to create the future of our world.”

All previous discussions are available to those who join now.

Quilt by Marion Coleman

Sneezing 101

Bless You All !

 

Agora: a Movie Recommendation

Cindy Wilson/Oly of Temple of Hekate's Torch would like to recommend the movie Agora  from famous film director Alejandro Amenabar and recently released in Europe.  Cindy writes:

”The Spanish movie 'Agora' is released this week.  There isn't an American company as yet to sponsor it in the US.  I hope one will soon.  I would very much like to see this history-based movie.”

The movie recounts the story of Hypatia, the last great philosopher and mathematician of the Hellenistic Age, who was brutally assassinated by a fanatic Christian mob in 415 a.D.

Agora was a public place of assembly in ancient Greek city-states. Read more>

Hypatia of Alexandria (350 and 370 – 415) was a Greek scholar from Alexandria in Egypt considered the first notable woman in mathematics, who also taught philosophy and astronomy… Read more>

“Unfortunately,” continues Cindy, “ the nay Sayers  are already out in force:   Civil Groups Protest

The comments seem to fear this movie as an attack upon their religious institution. 

I have a different attitude...history should not be silenced simply to keep ignorance intact.  The movie as I understand it is not an attack on any particular religious organization, but rather the mob mentality which used religion as the excuse and right to murder and destroy. Surely that message is worthy of repeating again so we can learn and not suffer through it again - regardless of religious preference.

Spread the word...let's see the movie Agora.”

Thank you Cindy, for sending this recommendation. I find Amenabar’s choice of a heroine, of the film cultural context, and of religion as the catalyst of the end of an era most interesting and a-propos.

Nadette

 

 

A Click and a Minute for Peace

 

Nancy Bankston and the HMHC Team are inviting all readers and families to consider participating in the A Million Minutes for Peace, on the United Nations International Day of Peace

 September 21, 2009.

It means you click once, right now to pledge your minute, and you pray, meditate or reflect a minute on September 21, 2009 at Noon.

Odyssey Networks is “the nation's largest coalition of Jewish, Christian and Muslim faith groups dedicated to media production, and distribution of media. Odyssey’s membership includes over 40 faith groups and organizations and comprises more than 200,000 congregations with 120 million congregants.” ( Mission Statement)

Visit Odyssey Networks to get acquainted with their mission and work, and opportunities to find bloggers, discussion groups, and young advocates for Peace Movement , films, etc.

To pledge click here on Pledge to Pray for Peace.

Still undecided ? Watch below:

“By working together, there will be peace one day” JEREMY GILLEY

Jeremy Gilley is an actor turned film maker, who in the late 1990's became preoccupied with questions about the fundamental nature of humanity and the issue of peace. He decided to explore these through the medium of film, and specifically, to create a documentary following his campaign to establish a day of ceasefire and non-violence.
In 1999, Jeremy founded Peace One Day, a non-profit organisation, and in 2001 Peace One Day's efforts were rewarded when the United Nations unanimously adopted the first-ever day of global ceasefire and non-violence on 21 September annually - Peace Day.
In 2007 according to the UN, over 100 million people were active on Peace Day, in 192 countries. There were life-saving initiatives in 14 countries, and over 80 activities in Afghanistan alone where 1.4 million children were vaccinated against polio. (YouTube.)

 

Sin By Silence

Join THE NEST of Lincoln County, NM for an evening to raise awareness about the issues of domestic violence in the Ruidoso, NM area. Learn the warning signs and be a part of the movement to STOP THE VIOLENCE by attending a special screening of the documentary Sin by Silence at the Ruidoso Schools Performing Arts Center.

"Sin by Silence is an emotionally packed documentary that examines the stories of women incarcerated for killing an abusive husband. Yet, despite prison walls, these women have learned from their past and advocate for a future free from domestic violence."

A discussion panel will follow the screening featuring a formerly incarcerated survivor featured in the film, as well as the film's director, local advocates and experts.
Learn more at SinBySilence  , where you also can see the trailer of the movie.

This is a free event for the community. Donations are appreciated.

The event is presented Sunday, October 4, 2009,  7:00pm - 8:30pm,

at the Ruidoso Schools Performing Arts Center on Warrior Dr., in Ruidoso, NM.

Divine Friends

Susan A., a long time friend of HMHC, sent this video to share with many of the HMHC friends and families who do love and care for dogs, and other pets.

Then, to celebrate and honor your pup(s,) enter your pet (s) in the

                            Dashing and Divine Dog Contest,

which offers “ owners a chance to showcase their dogs online, reconnect not only with their dogs but with friends and family, and raise money for their favorite charity.” (PRWeb)

The Contest is a caring gesture of  Studio O, friends of HMHC.