We all need to recognize we are the energy that drives the motor, we are not the motor. We are the energy that feeds the mind, we are not the mind. We are the energy that feeds the thoughts, we are not the thoughts. We take a ride on the carousel of life, but we must remember not to go round so fast or it will make us sick and dizzy

Why Not Bring in the Clones?

Michael Levy is the author of eight inspirational books. He is a prominent speaker on health maintenance, stress eradication, wealth development, authentic happiness and inspirational poetry.
Most people looking for success on planet earth – with only a physical self-image of who they believe themselves to be – may never locate true success, no matter how much money they accumulate and/or how much notoriety they achieve. At best they may earn a lot of money, own a big house, a big car and a big identity crisis later in life, when the so called luxuries no longer satisfy their desires. Pitiable are people who are looked up to by the entire world and yet are strangers to their true selves. Therefore, why don’t we do some soul searching in a way that is different from the norm, pinpointing answers that will elude most people dwelling in a scientific, hi-tech, media driven world.

“Very soon we will have robots that can think for themselves”

Controversies abound over the science of cloning human beings. Scientists have successfully cloned sheep and other ani mals, therefore it is only a matter of time before we have walking, talking replicas of ourselves. Science and religion have always been at loggerheads. Too many wars are caused by strong beliefs that rely on the ego’s view of the world. The more people seek the truth, the more it seems to elude them.
The question asked here is: Will clones have a soul? I guess the answer depends on how we define a soul and who we think we are. It is a deep probing question, and many philosophers of the past have come up with a variety of answers as to the identity of the soul, but humanity as a whole has not settled on any meaningful answer to date that will satisfy everyone.
Indeed, can any answer be found that will satisfy everyone? Well, how about looking into the future with the following scenario: An atheist by the name of Will is fifty years old. Would you say Will has a soul? If you ask him he will say no, because he does not recognize any image of God cultivated by other people, as his reality. However, that does not necessarily mean that God does not exist in Will’s world, by another description and unknown to Will. Likewise, Will – the atheist – may not know if a soul is his true identity when he sees himself in the mirror of life as just flesh and blood.
Will is very wealthy and decides he would like to create a clone of himself. So a clone is composed and is physically identical to what Will looks like in the natural. The clone studies hard, is very religious and becomes a priest. Does the minister not have a soul? Can religious people say: “God is going to disown the clergyman because his human double does not believe in souls and he has not been born naturally?” Is Will the atheist, the same as ‘Will’ the clone – apart from their beliefs?
What about the advancement in microchips? Very soon we will have robots that will think for themselves. They may be solar powered, or they may even generate energy by inhaling oxygen. Science fiction is fast becoming science reality. Androids may well look just like human beings, but that is artificial life, and a machine does not have a soul – but can it?
It may well be that machines are made exactly like human beings in every detail, with live cells that have the ability to acquire the means to access universal intelligence in the same manner as naturally born humans (although most well educated human beings on planet earth will disagree that they have that ability). Radical thoughts are possible sometime in the future as science fiction becomes scientific reality.
Now more than ever, people need to understand who they are and the reason why they exist. If human beings go through life with no idea of who they truly are, they will get more and more lost in the high-tech revolution. Humanity requires a truthful, sound, solid foundation upon which to build its life.

“Every life-form is energized by something so why not universal intelligent energy, that encompasses love & joy and acknowledge it s a soul”
Every life-form is energized by something, so why not call it the universal intelligent energy that encompasses love & joy, and acknowledge it as a soul.
Therefore, if we characterize our life’s energy as soul, a clone with a life-force will be energized by a soul, once the breath of life is infused in the body. To reiterate, the life-force, the true identity of all life forms is the soul, which is another name for intelligent energy manifesting love & joy. As time goes by, we may not be able to distinguish between a natural born and a clone.
Spirit is another name humans use that has many definitions and can describe anything that is not physical. Why not call the source that forms intelligent energy and which is in all life: spirit. Religious, pious people may think their religion has an exclusive contract with the spirit of their god. They may feel anger and hatred towards the thoughts of cloned humans. However, if they cannot distinguish a clone from a naturally created human, they have nothing to fear.
Many people who do not understand what intelligent energy is, may declare that a clone has no soul, and therefore is not really human. Many religious people think they are superior to a dog or a cat when it comes to God’s creations. They believe a soul is located somewhere in the human brain. They may well believe animals don’t possess a soul; however, if they possess intelligent energy, how can they not have a soul if it is defined as a life source?
Blind faith and dogma has been programmed into human beings for thousands of years. That could be the reason why many religious people can’t be happy. They say that the afterlife is where they will find heavenly peace. They believe God is exclusively in their camp of ownership just as they safeguard their personal possessions. Their belief system detaches them by denomination from other human beliefs, that are also mostly misinterpreted pathways to God and to all other species of life.

Some people go as far as to think that other humans are not in God’s camp at all. Many different schools of thought, lined up in divisions of the ego’s blind thinking, and so much time wasted worrying and hating others. Millions of people have been slaughtered by religious dogma and what has it proven? Nothing but the fact that human beings are still living in the realms of primitive ignorance.
Oh! by the way, did I mention genetic engineering? I hear that today they can put genes in our food to make us fit and well. And maybe also to control our minds in case we feel like protesting against the clones! Some doctors who believe they know best because they have academic papers to prove it, pressurize school children with high spirits, to take mind-dulling drugs that can become addictive and also induce devastating side effects.
On another note, athletes are experimenting with all kinds of stuff to make them compete faster. One-hundredth of a second can make the difference in big sponsorship money, and athletes will try anything to become winners.
With such competition in sports, how long will it be before gene therapy is introduced and injected into sportsmen. We will be able to tailor-make our bodies. Maybe we will re-manufacture a human being to suit a trend… maybe we will become designer beings in the same fashion as designer clothes.
Stem cells which are cloned cells, may be injected into human beings to fight disease. Does this mean they will lose their soul because the cells are cloned? The possibilities of modern science boggle the mind. The cures for many diseases maybe just a few years away. Can the planet cope with a population explosion?
This is just a brief glimpse into the future. How do you think the folks who lived two hundred years ago would comment on today’s lifestyles?
Science is advancing at a warp speed and the way humans are destroying the earth, humanity’s very survival may well depend on modern science and technology.

“Now more than ever, people need to understand who they are and the reason why they exist. If human beings go through life with no idea of who they truly are, they will get more and more lost inthe high-tech revolution”
Before we get too carried away, we need to acknowledge that moments in life are precious and few. We are on earth to enjoy our lives; to enjoy the wonderment in a sunrise; to hear the birds sing; to gaze at a sunset. The things in life that are free are enough; simplicity in all things is the answer in any era – everything else is just the icing on the cake. How big a slice do we need?
We all need to recognize that we are the energy that drives the motor but we are not the motor. We are the energy that feeds the mind; we are not the mind. We are the energy that feeds the thoughts; we are not the thoughts. We take a ride on the carousel of life, but we must remember not to go around so fast that it makes us sick and dizzy.