Do you feel connected?

Forests are home to a thick carpet of entwined fungus and roots below ground.
Plant Hyphae, or filaments of fungi, entwine with the terminals of tree roots to build underground
networks that appear to benefit both organisms: the fungi receive a consistent supply of sugar from the
trees, and the filaments break down minerals in the soil that trees can absorb.
Mycorrhizal networks are linkages between trees that allow one tree to move resources underground
to another.

According to this theory, if a tree is cut down, other trees start working to sympathize and help with
the tree that has been cut down. They feed a tree that is separated from its origin.
The people who are living for any reason in other countries feel unconnected, have a sense of
detachment, and feel they do not belong to the new culture. It is like that you are a branch that is cut
down from a tree and quickly dries up and dies. Yes, I felt the same, but some people are doing the
same as trees do to keep us alive. But now I feel abundance because I am with those people who are
trying to keep not only me but also all of us on the right path and guide us in the new culture. It is
good for all of us as a collective consciousness. The helper team proved that we are not separate from
each other.

I know how hard they are trying to support us. It impressed me. Words are not enough to share what I
feel.

What you do touches my heart.

Thank you, Helper Team (Xamk. Mikkeli, Finland).

“Human beings are members of a whole
In creation of one essence and soul
If one member is afflicted with pain
Other members uneasy will remain
If you have no sympathy for human pain
The name of human you cannot retain.”
By Saadi (an Iranian poet

Text is written by Soodeh Zahedshekarabi, who worked as a TET-trainee in Helper-projet in 9.9.-20.9.2024.