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In fact, it was my beloved
mother who taught me to shape the pastry with simple, flowing, rhythmic
and uniform pinches around the pastry dough!
I enjoyed making them,
with the hope of you enjoying them!
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or more HEARTs!
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“HEARTizen & ‘U’” The Summary
By: Bahereh
Aug. 1999 PA
From the Desk of the artist, Bahereh the Mama
HEARTizen!
“Only a HEARTizen can heal the world!”
And you are ONE!
Hello!
My name is Bahereh. You can call me Mama HEARTizen!
Here is the story:
A few months ago, I wrote a story. I called it: HEARTizen! And
I dedicated to All the ‘HEARTizens’ of the World! When we are born, we
are considered a citizen of any country we happen to be born in. I was
born in a country that one can find it in the rain! It is called: IRAN.
Subsequently, I am a citizen of Iran. Over 20 years ago, when I came to
this country (USA), I was considered simply a FOREIGNER. Later on, when
I became a permanent resident of the USA, I was called: An Alien, A
Legal
Alien! I even have a card to prove this claim!
My eyes tell many stories (have a story to tell), and what I am
about to share with you, here, is one of them. It is called:
“FINDING THE ALieN
IN ‘U’”
Who is an ALIEN
Who is Not?!
Perhaps Everyone!
Perhaps Not!
I am an ALIEN,
So R U.
I have IMAGINATION,
So do You!
If I can THINK,
So can ‘U’.
If I create,
You can too!
Put all you’ve got together,
That is ‘U’.
Unique & Special
as
I am too!
By the ALIEN ARTIST, Bahereh Khodadoost
Copyright June 28, 1999
PA
* So, my friends, that was when I decided to become a HEARTizen
and have a duel citizenship! In this way I can become part of the whole
universe, and enjoy the beauty & the immensity of it all. I hope
you
do the same!
HEARTizens of all sizes and shapes have one thing in common,
their
ever-glowing HEART! Get your magical CRYSTAL Lens out, and watch your
HEART
glow, too!
I strongly believe that only a HEARTizen can heal the world!
I TRULY LOVE ALL COLORS! I wish to believe that the
rainbow
is the COLOR of ME, and perhaps IT is the COLOR of ‘U’, too! It is the
color of Humanity!
*********
HEARTizen! Prologue
All my life, I believed in MAGIC! Grown ups were telling me
that
I need to GROW UP, and give this crazy thought up! And many times I
tried
to do that, but the THOUGHT only got stronger & stronger inside of
me, and I started believing in it, even more so!
I stayed as a believer, as long as I can Remember, and as long
as ONE can Imagine!
Then, one day, I had this extraordinary experience! An
experience
of a life time! So, my friend, give me your heart-shaped hand, and I
will
take you with me, through a journey that you would never forget.! I,
myself,
am not the same from the very day that I had This EXPERIENCE!
At the beginning, there was only HEART(s), in between, there
was
only HEART(s), and at the end, there was only HEART(s)!
IS HEART/LOVE the center of the Universe, and the only
reason
for the whole EXISTENCE of the Universe?!
****
HEARTizen, A Summary
Here is the short version of my ‘HEARTizen’ story, which by the
way is dedicated to All the ‘HEARTizens’ of the World!
When I was 9 years old, one day, I went to my yard, and
went
on my yellow swing that was on a big branch of a tree, with blue
ropes.
As I was going higher & higher on the swing, I felt that I was
getting
closer to NATURE! Everything started touching me more, and more. I
heard
IT playing its music, the most wonderful music I have ever heard! The
air
was fresh, and the sound of the waves of sweet water in the creek
running through my yard, was adding even more to my love for
nature!
There was lots of vibrations in the air, the leaves were dancing, and
making
a wonderful sound, the birds were singing, the flowers had their own
dance,
with a wonderful aroma, the nature was just FANTASTIC. I said to
myself,
that maybe I should call this place, FANTASIA! At this point, I became
part of nature, and I started to sing the love songs that nature had
sung
forever!
I closed my eyes, and lots of shapes and lots of colors started
appearing before my very eyes! These shapes started warming up my
HEART,
then I felt as if my heart was getting so big, that it could no longer
fit inside my body. At this point, I closed my eyes even tighter, and I
saw my heart going inside a pot, a miniature pot, small enough to
fit inside a young child’s hands. Somehow I knew that the pot was made
out of clay, and it contained the Essence of All Things, The very
Essence
of ‘U’! There was something very SACRED about it. As I watched my
HEARTapproaching
the clay pot, the lid came off, and my HEART entered in! I noticed that
the lid had a stopper. The stopper was also made out of clay, which was
adorned with textures taken from nature. I could not believe my eyes!
How
can I be sitting on my swing, going higher & higher, up in the sky,
yet watch my HEART to travel into this pot? Does this pot possess any
magical
power, I questioned that?! Then The writing below started appearing in
front of my closed eyes:
“Ashes to Ashes
Dust to Dust
Rainbow to Rainbow
Life to Life”
“Sacredness is the reality in every human being.”
I kept on repeating this poem like phrase. Next I knew, the
clay
pot started shaking, rattling, and the most beautiful & melodic
song
came out of it, I HEARD THE ANGELS’ SINGING! At this point, I noticed
that
the stopper on the other side of the clay pot came off. I realized that
this stopper was made out of CRYSTAL! As it was coming off, the most
exciting
RAINBOW appeared all around it, it got bigger and bigger, until I saw
myself
inside of the rainbow. While being wrapped in the rainbow, I saw my
HEART
coming out of the clay pot in two pieces. It was divided into Two
Tear-Drop
shapes, made out of crystal, already had all the colors of the rainbow,
even the pot of GOLD at the end of the Rainbow! They came out as two
tiniest
wings of spirit(s), and flew in front of my very own eyes, to start
life
anew! This Was LIFE ITSELF! I said to myself, What is this?! Is
this
Life After Life?! Is this a HIGHWAY to HEAVEN?! Although, I had many
questions
about this unusual experience, but I really didn’t care anymore as what
to call it, I felt that I was in heaven, and that was good enough for
me!
Yet, I did question the life I had here, and the other lives. I
questioned the significance of my heart dividing in two, and then
flying
away. Their flight was like the ULTIMATE Flight, soaring so high, and
carrying
the rainbow with them. All I know it was the most beautiful flight that
I have ever seen, or experienced! Their flying had a ribbon shape, and
I knew that, because I could see the line of rainbows that they were
making
all around!
Then I opened my eyes, and everything was gone, except the
CRYSTAL
STOPPER! I picked it up, and I looked through it. Everything started to
look more colorful, and prettier! I decided that I like LOOKING THROUGH
A NEW LENS!!!
I carried the crystal inside my pocket, and went inside my
house.
From that day on, I did not let go of that little crystal, that
had
changed my life forever!
While inside the house, the Sun Set, and the Night fell. While
in my bed, I got the crystal out, and I looked at every light around my
room that I could think of! It was a beautiful site! How come I didn’t
know about this life before!
Next day, I put the Crystal Stopper by my window, and I went
about
my business. The Sun was shining. In the middle of the day, I came to
my
room, and I saw the most beautiful rainbows appearing on the walls, and
on the ceiling of my room. Some of them were dancing around! Then, one
large rainbow kept on moving, until it reflected on the large mirror in
my room. It was so great, because now this luscious rainbow was
projected
even once more on the opposite wall. I decided to get up, and go in
front
of the mirror, as I was moving around, the wonderful rainbow was
touching
different parts of my body. I loved the feel of it on my skin, on my
face,
and then on my hair. I could not tell what part of it I liked more! I
had
never felt that beautiful in my entire life. I did not know what to
call
it, I decided that It can be called: The Rainbow & ME!, I
decided
that I TRULY LOVE ALL COLORS! It is the COLOR of ME, and perhaps IT is
the COLOR of ‘U’, too!
I started dancing and dancing, and the rainbow(s) started
following
me around, and once again I heard the Angels Singing!
Now, having the crystal in my life became part of the routine,
although I have to admit that I continued loving the world that it
created,
and continued creating for me. I felt that, any more, nothing is
ORDINARY, and I have found SACREDNESS in the Ordinary! I looked at
everything
in life through this LENS! And LIFE became more and more exciting to me!
I said to myself that I should continue believing in:
KEEP THE CHILD ALIVE IN ‘U’!
Enjoy the Rainbow/ Enjoy the Butterfly/ Enjoy the Bird/
FREE the BIRD!
And I did!
*********
I continued looking through this new LENS of mine, day after
day,
and night after night! Until one day, while looking through the crystal
lens, I felt something very exciting was going to happen, and so IT
DID!
The night was approaching, and I could feel the movement in the air!
Finally
it was pitch dark, kind of a deep, deep, blue-black outside, and
inside.
I looked up at the sky, and I admired the beauty and immensity of it,
once
more. There was FULL MOON, which only added to my fascination, and I
started
my routine star gazing ritual! It was that night that it all happened!
As I was looking through the window, up in the sky, I got my
crystal
lens out. I did not have a specific target, I was just wandering
around,
in the vast universe of mine! Then, all of a sudden, as I looked up in
the sky, I noticed something very unusual! I have no idea, what this
planet
is called. Out there in the sky, through my very tiny lens, in all
rainbow
colors, appeared this environment, that had a familiar shape, yet
I have never heard of it in schools, nor in any books, or from any body.
There it was, a place that was made out of HEARTS! It can be
called
‘THE GARDEN OF NINE HEARTS’! Its shape was based on the Flow of Energy,
called ‘Love’, the Ultimate, the Absolute. It was shimmery, and clear
as
crystal, and that is because of the waves of sweet water (representing
the positive thoughts) running through it. The overall design was just
as Sensual as it was Intellectual.
I said to myself: Is this a meeting place?! A Secret
Garden?!
Is it there just for its outer beauty?! Is it there to encourage
harmony
which in return can bring joy to ALL?! Whatever it was, it was
extremely
exciting!
I continued this adventure, until dawn, it was at this time
when
something even more amazing happened! I saw a BEING, in a shape
which
was made out of nine various sizes of hearts, came out of the
Garden
of Nine Hearts environment, and like a feather, full of graceful
energy,
like a gentle breeze, flew towards me! At this point, I was in Awe!
“Extraordinary!”,
I exclaimed!
It had a HEART on the right side of its body, it was as if it
was
the MIRROR IMAGE of us, PEOPLE! It was as GOLD as it could be! It
glowed
in the dark, and the whole sky was lit by it! A Wondrous sound filled
the
air, and communicated with me: “I Am The First HEART Class HEARTizen!”
IT entered my room, and filled my whole room with its magical beauty,
with
its purity, and with its mysterious power! Somehow I knew that
this
creature was the product of the experience I had, in relation with my
heart
traveling through the miniature clay pot. This was the other tear-drop
shape, taken from my very own heart!
The creature was shimmering in the darkness of the night,
crystal
clear, and this was due to the presence of the waves of sweet
water
(representing the positive thoughts) that was running through it.
So this was the story of the 1st HEART Class HEARTizen! Now,
when
you look around, see if you can find any more of these Rare, yet
Familiar
creatures!
I have seen many of them in my life time. I have seen them
mainly
in the groups of 19 coming together in their Garden of Nine
Hearts,
joining their heart shaped hands together, and singing love songs!
Amazingly,
they do not need to have MOUTHS to sing! I usually see them, while nine
of them are standing on top of each HEART in their Garden, and another
nine smaller ones, sitting down next to them. Regardless, in the middle
of the GARDEN, there stood the 1St HEART Class HEARTizen! Standing
THERE
with all its Grace, and all its Hearts! It was standing on top of a
raised
circle, identical to the shape of the miniature clay pot that I
experienced
sometime ago, in my yard! The Entity had the appearance of a MAMA
HEART!
They all seemed to have one thing in common, and this was their magical
shimmery look, clear as crystal, due to the waves of sweet water
(representing
the positive thoughts) running through them, and the smallest parts of
their bodies, their phenomenal HEARTS, which were located on the right
side of their bodies. The MAMA HEART’s Heart glow in the dark, and lit
the whole GARDEN. As this phenomenon happened, all the others’ hearts
started
responding, and it went back & forth, back & forth, and
twinkled
forever. Somehow I was convinced that that was the way these entities
communicated
with each other. They were moving around in a soft, gentle, flowing,
circular
motion, so rhythmically, as if their heart-shaped bodies were musical
notes!
Interestingly enough, their world responded in the same motion, and
they
were ALL Harmonized, as if this GARDEN OF NINE HEARTS was floating in
space,
and its inhabitants were floating along with it! Or visa versa! It
looked
like many tiny bubbles floating inside a larger bubble, while the
larger
one which was the Garden of Nine Hearts, floating in a rotating
fashion!
I said to myself: “What an amazing site to witness!” Their hearts
jingled
and caused the clear, sweet water inside of them flow & flow, until
it all turned into a BEAUTIFUL ENERGY called ‘LOVE’! The younger ones
were
moving around somewhat differently, their movements were more joyous,
and
child-like. They were moving around almost like Fairies, joyful and
light
like tiny butterflies. Their atmosphere was filled with the sound of
their
laughter, which was beautifully synchronized with the melodious sound
of
the rest of the inhabitants. I NEVER KNEW THAT LAUGHTER HAD SUCH A
WONDERFUL
SOUND, before! They were all in perfect harmony, and they synchronized.
The ring of their hearts was adorned with a SACRED SOUND, and the WHOLE
UNIVERSE was filled with its wondrous power, and its beauty.
At this moment, I felt something running through my body, in
the
inside, and on the outside! As if this was not odd enough, the window
of
my room flapped wide open, and the 1st. HEART Class HEARTizen entered
in,
again like a gentle breeze, only this time IT was accompanied by all
the
others I was watching from a distance in their Garden of Nine Hearts!
They
all entered in, and used their musical-note-like bodies, lit my room so
bright, that I can never ever explain it to you! This light came from
the
Waves of Sweet Water, their Life Force, that they all carried inside of
their bodies. It dawned on me that that was the way they nourished
their
HEARTS! I believe that I have already told you about it. Now, I,
myself,
was completely saturated with the Clear Substance! As their Angel-like
singing started filling up my entire room, the room itself started
vibrating,
just like the miniature clay pot that I have told you about earlier, it
started shaking & rattling, then all at once it came to a halt!
Everyone
was in a still motion! I looked at myself, and I saw my own HEART
framed
in gold, glowing brightly in the dark! It was just as bright as the
1st.
HEART Class HEARTizen’s Heart! No wonder! Wasn’t it my very own heart
that
some time ago went inside a miniature clay pot, and came out as in two
tiny tear-drops?! Now, I have found my very own TWIN! (Who knows, may
be
someday, every one of ‘U’, and I mean it when I say, EVERY ONE OF YOU,
can find your very own TWIN!) Together, we can change the world! Or
maybe
one can change one world for the better, and the other one can change
another
world for the better! Now, getting back to the story, as my HEART
started
glowing, I felt that my TWIN smiled at me, the sweetest smile you can
possibly
imagine, and we communicated our HEARTS with each other, and
poured
our hearts out by glowing back and forth, and then the rest joined us!
This spectacular light show was accompanied by ALL Singing the Ultimate
LOVE Song of the Universe, including me! At this point, I realized that
this is the way these creatures HEARTS’ Beat! Wow! How Awesome! And I
am
included among them! I realized that this is the way they grow, from
their
Heart, like a Seed! They all start from that ‘Miniature size Heart’,
and
no matter what size they may grow into, it is that tiny heart that
gives
their life MEANING! So, Aren’t THEY like U?!, Are We like
THEM?!,
ARE WE ALL THE SAME?! At this moment, all I was concerned about, was
the
fact that I have never sung before, and now I am singing so
beautifully!
I was elated! I felt the ANGEL inside of me!
THERE WAS MAGIC IN THE AIR, and it all came from the
core,
the center, the essence of these HEARTful beings!
Their message was: Only HEART Can Set ‘U’ FREE!
May Every Day be a Valentine’s Day!
*********
The Epilogue
And B.Sacred HEARTizen continued the journey as long as the B.
Sacred HEARTizen lived in the world of so many worlds! Somehow B.
Sacred
HEARTizen knew that everything B. Sacred HEARTizen had experienced in
the
HEART physical world will be traveling along with the B. Sacred
HEARTizen,
EVEN on the other side of the CURTAIN SHIELD or THE VEIL of RAIN, where
ONE can see EVERYTHING, yet never quite sure if s/he can see it
ALL!
HEARTizen just loved the beauty of it, the never-ending essence
of it all. HEARTizen knew that the ENDING is only when ONE wants to
call
it an ENDING, THERE IS NO END! And YUP, There Is No Beginning, there is
only HEARTS! Anyone who has flown with, and traveled through and over
the
rainbow(s) knows what I am talking about!
The River Will Go On, and the Memories Will Last Forever!
The End!
To Be Continued, MAYBE!
*********
Copyright 1999 PA
The HEARTizen Anthem, is a song written by me, with the musical
notations written by my 9 year old daughter, Sienna Mae Heath.
No one could convince me to sing, EVER, until I wrote
this
short HEARTizen Song! It came as a result of my 9 year old daughter
(Sienna
Mae) & I, playing around, on Saturday March 13,1999 (the
lucky
number of twelve plus one!) in our studio, when these words came to me,
and I started singing it to Sienna, and she joined in, and the rest is
history (or maybe HERstory!). I love to hear a large group of people
singing
it in a big auditorium!
Are ‘U’ interested in singing it?????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Below is the HEARTizen Anthem:
HEARTizen Anthem
Oh my HEARTizen!
Come to me.
Open your heart,
you are my only guest tonight/today.
Come to me! Come to me! Come to me for a FLIGHT!
By: Bahereh
Copyright March 13, 1999
HEARTizen on-line!
* Dedicated to All the ‘HEARTizens’ of the World!
NOTATION
Mi So Mi Re Do
Mi Re Do
Mi Re Do Do
Mi Re Do Mi Re Do La Do
Mi Re Do Mi Re Do Mi Re Do La La Do
OR
Lettering Notation
E-G-E-D-C-
E-D-C-
E-D-C-C-
E-D-C-E-D-C-A-C-
E-D-C-E-D-C-E-D-C-A-A-C
Notation By: Sienna Mae Heath
copyright 1999
P.S. The audio tape of the HEARTizen Anthem is available. You
can
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