Thursday 1 July 2010

Blogiography - post details: Vol. 7 (posts 218 - 250; Feb.- Mar. 2011) [Content Warning: some posts may have content warnings - reader discretion is advised]

Content Warning -  the posts titled "for Sunday evening's meditation-clearing include news links, which may be to news articles on distressing topics. Other posts address issues related to conflict, violence & war, and matters such as changing the personality of oppressors. As I work through updating these posts,. I will try to add CWs here, but that will take some time.  

An acknowledgement of a change of attitude I have, away from always engaging with the world to manifest one’s spirituality to admitting the importance of having a rest occasionally, which means withdrawing, to some extent, from the world. 

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Tags: psychic development, psychic health, retreats, self defence, society, withdrawal
First published: Sunnudagr, 20th March, 2011
Last edited: Sunday, 20th March, 2011

Another rant instigated by the nongs on The L Word (although some of the characters later in the series are not nongs at all), expanded into a consideration of why we all say, at times, foolish things (such as telling a diabetic that honey is healthy).

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Tags: psychic development, psychic health, retreats, self defence, society, withdrawal
First published: Sunnudagr, 20th March, 2011
Last edited: Sunday, 20th March, 2011

My experience is that more people than are acknowledged want to be helpful, or want to even be some sort of hero. This brief post points out ways to do so in everyday mundane, warfare-free life. 

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Tags: Psychic attack, protection, responsibility, personal responsibility, helping others,
First published: Laugadagr, 19th March, 2011
Last edited: Saturday, 19th March, 2011

Carlos Castenada wrote about a series of exercises called ‘tensegrity’, which he explained as stirring energy that had become stagnant and sunk to the lower parts of the aura. I consider it may actually be effective (where it is effective - presumably, as with all things, it won’t work for everyone) because it stimulates the earth Star Chakra. 

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Tags: shamanism, chakras, Castenada, tensegrity,
First published: Laugadagr, 19th March, 2011
Last edited: Saturday, 19th March, 2011

As a first point, please make sure you’ve read the title correctly: the beginning of the beginning, not the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end :)
(As of 2014, I have doubts … ) 

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Tags: peace, United Nations,
First published: Laugardagr, 19th March, 2011
Last edited: Saturday, 19th March, 2011

Begins with a response to an example of elitism, and then some reading links including a hilarious article on “how to talk to a ghost”. 

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Tags: attitudes, society, Christianity, Judaism, happiness, rescue, protection,
First published: Frysdagr, 18th March, 2011
Last edited: Friday, 18th March, 2011

An exploration of the topic of holding oneself back, mostly because one considers others are ‘better’ than oneself, ending with a few thoughts on bullying. 

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Tags: aggression, violence, school, children, learning styles, education, communication, personal characteristics,
First published: Thorsdagr, 17th March, 2011
Last edited: Sunday, 20th March, 2011

A reminder to do what one can to help, and how the lead up to this affected me psychically. 

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Tags: disasters, caring, love, Japan, personal characteristics,
First published: Laugardagr, 12th March, 2011
Last edited: Saturday, 12th March, 2011

A media report about possible life in a meteorite - and a mention of a past post about possible scientific proof of precognition - not yet verified at that time. I’m not aware of any further work on either of these as of early 2014 ... 

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Tags: aliens, science,
First published: Manadagr, 7th March, 2011
Last edited: Monday, 7th March, 2011

A personal thought: maybe I’m helping prepare the way for future religious / spiritual changes … 

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Tags: evolution, religion,
First published: Manadagr, 7th March, 2011
Last edited: Monday, 7th March, 2011

I use the ‘cargo cult’s’ from a few places in the world as a tool to examine relationships and love. 

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Tags: love, personal responsibility, personal characteristics, responsibility, maturity, 
First published: Manadagr, 7th March, 2011
Last edited: Monday, 7th March, 2011

My thoughts on the modern expression of asceticism (in the sense of a simpler lifestyle), the purpose of art, getting to know one’s parallels / unconscious, a film relevant to the topic of forgiveness, the thought that when we die we may well find the answers to many ‘mysteries’ that intrigue us (especially the conspiracy theory adherents) in life, is the word ‘change’ more appropriate than the word ‘learning’, the leavening of civilisations, does the word ‘greed’ better express to the modern world what Alice A Bailey was trying to describe with the word ‘glamour’ almost a century ago, and the control that can be exerted over people by leaving short and useless phone messages. 

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Tags: lifestyles, asceticism, art, Qabbalah, Yesod, unconscious, forgiveness, death, growth, evolution, greed, glamour, materialism, consumerism, Alice A Bailey, Maslow,
First published: Thorsdagr, 3rd March, 2011
Last edited: Sunday, 6th March, 2011

In the days when I was still sailing, I had a personal “no idiots” policy: I declined to crew for people who I considered idiots - which is not about the knowledge they do or do not have, but about how open they are to learning, and about their behaviour towards me. I consider the majority of the characters being portrayed in this drama series to be idiots - more in the schoolyard sense, though, which is appropriate as much of the behaviour was, in my opinion, infantile - what would be found on a school yard. I do not know ANY lesbian who is like any of the idiots in this series. 

I end the post with a summary of what I consider relevant spiritual principles. 

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Tags: sexuality, purpose, discrimination, society, Christianity, extremism, self indulgence,
First published: Thorsdagr, 3rd March, 2011
Last edited: Thursday, 3rd March, 2011

My response to a media article saying that a carbon price would change our lifestyles (basically, it is meant to!). 

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Tags: environment, climate change, responsibility,
First published: Wodansdagr, 2nd March, 2011
Last edited: Wednesday, 2nd March, 2011

Acknowledgement of the commencement of the Kulin’ people’s eel season’, and a link to a Wiccan-style ritual I wrote for the season. 

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Tags: Kulin, indigenous, seasons, rituals, Iuk,
First published: Wodansdagr, 2nd March, 2011
Last edited: Wednesday, 2nd March, 2011

Following listening to a radio programme about “room for improvement” in the way that disasters are managed, a few thoughts of mine, influenced also by the emphasis on households preparing for cyclones when I was a kid growing up in Queensland. (Sadly, it appears those public announcements were scrapped because the bloody tourist industry was scared that tourists would be put off coming … which is another case of dollars being put ahead of lives and wellbeing, in my opinion. 

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Tags: personal responsibility, responsibility, society, nature, disasters, collective,
First published: Tysdagr, 1st March, 2011
Last edited: Thursday, 3rd March, 2011










Some thoughts triggered by a reasonably good film about reincarnation (including a note that the late, great Dr Ian Stevenson was critical of hypnotic regression, and a criticism that the film failed to acknowledge Netherton – possibly because Netherton wasn’t American?). 

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Tags: reincarnation, past lives, past life regression,
First published: Laugardagr, 26th February, 2011
Last edited: Saturday, 26th February, 2011

The benefits of professionalism when providing any form of service in the psychic/spiritual field. 

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Tags: professionalism, attitudes, personal characteristics,
First published: Laugardagr, 26th February, 2011
Last edited: Saturday, 26th February, 2011

A review of various factors attributed to being ‘the greatest’ fault / cause of problems facing the world, in which I eventually suggest that perhaps it is due to a combination of factors … 

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Tags: personal responsibility, personal characteristics, self indulgence, selfishness, psychic health, energy work, society, socialisation, war, thought form, groups, family, prejudice, children,
First published: Thorsdagr, 24th February, 2011
Last edited: Thursday, 24th February, 2011

Some brief thoughts on mine on dimensions (including more pursed lip disapproval of the inane crap spouted about fourth, fifth etc dimensional), more inane views being expressed by others on weight gain, divorcing one’s old age from being focused on family, working to help others affected by ‘natural disasters’, group karma, the Akashic Record, and the benefits of meditation. 

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Tags: dimensions, evolution, growth, about me, aging, suffering, catastrophes, down to earth, karma, groups, physical attributes,
First published: Wodansdagr, 16th February, 2011
Last edited: Wednesday, 16th February, 2011

This is a key note post on my struggle with forgiveness – not so much the desire for revenge, as the notion that we train people on how to treat us by the sorts of behaviours we accept. 

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Tags: forgiveness, holding on, not letting go, change, immaturity, family, life lessons, personal responsibility, personal characteristics,
First published: Sunnudagr, 13th February, 2011
Last edited: Sunday, 13th February, 2011

Many of us tend to absorb that which is around us (depending on how self aware we are). This means that those in a teaching situation need to be extra aware of the cues set by their behaviour – the example they set in mien and manner, not just what was meant. This also applies if others see you as an example, whether you want to be that or not … 

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Tags: attitudes, aura, interactions,
First published: Sunnudagr, 13th February, 2011
Last edited: Sunday, 13th February, 2011

Scaling one’s spiritual and psychic efforts so they do not waste time or energy, much as one would do for housework. 

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Tags: effort, practice, energy work, common sense, appropriateness,
First published: Sunnudagr, 13th February, 2011
Last edited: Sunday, 13th February, 2011

The difference between a mature manifestation of spirituality, and a stultified, ossified ‘old’ manifestation of what purports to be spirituality, as found in some spiritual paths. This is somewhat of a keynote post. 

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Tags: maturity, spirituality, love, peace, joy, honour, respect, affirmations, chant,
First published: Sunnudagr, 13th February, 2011
Last edited: Sunday, 13th February, 2011

Some brief comments on Laya Yoga / the technique of ‘generating self as the Deity’. 

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Tags: evolution, personal characteristics, change, yoga, laya yoga, Lobsang Rampa,
First published: Laugadagr, 5th February, 2011
Last edited: Saturday, 5th February, 2011

A good definition of the term ‘earthbound’, from a web site that I quite respect, especially for its description of the technique of ‘scene rescue’, which is one of the techniques that I use. 

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Tags: earthbound, rescue,
First published: Laugadagr, 5th February, 2011
Last edited: Saturday, 5th February, 2011

This post is about my view that much of what we do aims to entertain us out of desperate fear of being bored, including the extremely high placement that family is given by many people in our societies – and officially, by many cultures. Is this a case of negative attention or occupation of time is better than being bored?! Or is it fear of hearing the Universe … 

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Tags: aging, maturity, patronising others, boredom, attitudes,
First published: Wodansdagr, 2nd February, 2011
Last edited: Wednesday, 2nd February, 2011

Some (disapproving! Think oldie with purse up lips :) ) thoughts on attempts to manipulate or even blackmail the Universe and misusing or abusing personal characteristics such as ‘prettiness’ or attractiveness. 

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Tags: attitudes, personal responsibility, personal characteristics, laziness, needs,
First published: Wodansdagr, 2nd February, 2011
Last edited: Wednesday, 2nd February, 2011

Without realising it at the time, this post, where I look at taking responsibility for one’s feelings and past deeds (good and bad, I should point out), was part of me moving towards the path of Balanced Positivity. 

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Tags: karma, past life regression, past lives, personal responsibility
First published: Wodansdagr, 2nd February, 2011
Last edited: Wednesday, 2nd February, 2011

Inappropriate reactions ranging from murdering people of a different sexuality to misinterpreting agape-type love as romantic interest. 

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Tags: love, personal responsibility, perceptions,
First published: Wodansdagr, 2nd February, 2011
Last edited: Wednesday, 2nd February, 2011

The experience of being on the receiving side of judging people, from someone with limited life experience, which was seen through the prism of improved clairvoyance, and how one’s parallels (aka soul parts, often interpreted as one’s unconscious) can hinder or help attempts at changing oneself. 

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Tags: about me, change, clairvoyance, energy work, objective psychism, parallels, preparation, subjective psychism,
First published: Wodansdagr, 2nd February, 2011
Last edited: Wednesday, 2nd February, 2011

Some reading links, a childhood experience of mine when I saw ‘ball lightning’, and some techniques for cleansing crystals. Hmm … much as the title says :) 

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Tags: crystals, energy, UFOs, about me, Wicca, magic, karma, ethics, past lives,
First published: Wodansdagr, 2nd February, 2011
Last edited: Wednesday, 2nd February, 2011

The thought that one can use the ‘pulsing” or ‘breathing’ of one’s aura (e.g. to help fall asleep). 

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Tags: aura, energy work, breathing, visualisation, colour, frequencies,
First published: Wodansdagr, 2nd February, 2011
Last edited: Wednesday, 2nd February, 2011