Post No. 509 - For tonight's meditation: people change [Content Warning: death, war & violence, bigotry, change]

Ariel Sharon [2] is dead. Sharon was someone who, for much of his life, was so focused on Israel that what is euphemistically is termed 'collateral damage' was of little apparent concern to him - whether that was an Egyptian Army, or Palestinians displaced or otherwise affected by Israeli settlement programmes, killed in reprisals against fedayeen attacks or massacred in Lebanon (which is claimed to have led to reprisals against the USA) ... and yet he unilaterally pulled Israel out of the Gaza Strip.

The former president of the Central African Republic resigned, which may or may not yet be a good thing.

People are all capable of change - for the better and for the worse, and that is a theme (i.e., changing for the better) that I will be focusing on in tonight's meditation.

Furthermore, most people are not all good or all bad. I have major concerns (as do some Russians, it seems - see here) about Putin; in my case, I am particularly concerned about Putin's apparent erosion of democracy, political and other aggression and bigotry (specifically, towards LGBTIQ people), and yet he was instrumental in the plan which is slowly getting chemical weapons out of Syria, and the improvements in the Russian economy under Putin's first two Presidential terms - whether due to Putin or not - are possibly why he was elected for a third term: ordinary Russians just want a better quality of life.

I posted here the following:

As I am inclined to do after such films, I did some research on it, and that led me to some interesting pages on authoritarian personality types (see also here, here, and here [3] ). I hope to use that information to fine tune the work I am attempting to do in order to better the world, but a point that came out of this period of history was an initial impression - from my reading - that the excuse for the coup d'état was tied up with the social chaos, including violence of left and right wing groups, and the thought which came to mind was a view attributed to the main character in Marion Zimmer Bradley's "Heartlight", that the effect that attempts to violently impose change have is to only create conditions which are a breeding ground for fascism.

What I am aiming at is perhaps more eloquently expressed in the Cherokee legend of the two wolves inside a human, and the one that dominates is the one that wins. Hence, if you want to change someone, you have to feed the good wolf - you may, at times, have to focus on containing people's influence if they are harming others (which is the attitude I have when rescuing uncooperatives) who, by definition, are actively harming others and are continuing in their refusal to stop the harm after trying to get the message across 'nicely'), but, eventually, the good wolf has to be fed and nurtured.

I would also like anyone who takes part to spend some time thinking of protection for whoever else is taking part. On a personal note, I will be seeking to find a BPLF [1] (which means it will ethical, and more) way to persuade these two men to find a broader, more inclusive view on life acceptable, and a bit of work on everything else I have been working on this last week, and that I may do in the coming week.



[1] BPLF = Balanced Positive (spiritual) Light Forces. See here and here for more on this.

[2] Please see here and my post "The Death of Wikipedia" for the reasons I now recommend caution when using Wikipedia. I'm also exploring use of h2g2, although that doesn't appear to be as extensive (h2g2 is intended - rather engagingly - to be the Earth edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"). 

Love, light, hugs and blessings

Gnwmythr 
(pronounced "new-MYTH-ear"; ... aka Bellatrix Lux? Morinehtar? Would-be drýicgan ... )

My "blogiography" (list of all posts - currently not up to date) is here.  

I started this blog to cover karmic regression-rescue (see here and here), and it grew ...  See here for my group mind project, here and here for my "pagans for peace" project (and join me at 9 PM on Sunday, wherever you are, to meditate for peace), and here for my bindrune kit-bag. I also strongly recommend learning how to flame, ground and shield, do alternate nostril breathing, work with colour - and see also here, and be flexible.

• One size does NOT fit all. 
• Don't be mediocre - seek to excel.  
• Gnwmythr's Stropping Strap: Occam's Razor only works if  the simplest solution is actually recognised as being the simplest, rather than the one that best fits one's bigotries being labelled 'simplest'.
• May the world of commerce and business be recognised to be a servant, not a master, of the lives of people.
• Ban the dream interpretation industry! 
• A home is for living in, not feeling, becoming or being rich or a “better” class than others.
• Housework is for ensuring a home is comfortable to live in, not competing to outdo or belittle others.
• Like fire to the physical, emotions to the soul make a good servant, and a bad master. 
• Expertise at intimacy and emotional happiness is generally not the same thing as spiritual growth.
• "Following the crowd" is not "going with the flow".
• Armageddon is alive and well and happening right now: it is a battle between the indolence of "I only ..." and/or "I just ..." and/or "Everyone knows ... " and/or "they can ..." and what Bruce Schneier [2] calls "security theatre" on one side, and perspicacity and the understanding that the means shape the end on the other. Indolence vs. perspicacity, and expediency vs. honour.
• The means shape the end.  
• As words can kill, the right to freedom of speech comes with a DUTY to be as well-informed, objective and balanced as you can be.
• My favourite action movie of all time is "Gandhi", although I've recently come across "Invictus" and might put that one in to that category. However, I loathe the stereotypical action movie - and, for similar reasons, I loathe many dramas, which are often emotionally violent, more so in some cases than many war films. 
• All of the above - and this blog - could be wrong, or subject to context, perspective, or state of spiritual evolution ... 

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger [people]. JOHN F. KENNEDY (who was quoting 19th century Episcopal Bishop Phillips Brooks)

Jesus loves you.  Odin wants you to grow up. (Facebook meme, according to John Beckett)

Females, get over 'cute'. Get competent. Get trained. Get capable. Get over 'cute'. And those of you who are called Patty and Debby and Suzy, get over that. Because we use those names to infantalise females – we keep females in their 'little girl' state by the names we use for them. Get over it. If you want to be taken seriously, get serious. JANE ELLIOTT 

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good [people] to do nothing. (based on writing by) EDMUND BURKE

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." EINSTEIN

We didn't inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we only borrowed it from our children ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY

Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Those whom we cannot stand are usually those who we cannot understand P.K.SHAW

Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, and the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change." SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY (US Attorney General 1966 Speech) 

Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our gross national product ... if we should judge America by that -- counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. ... Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages; the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage; neither our wisdom nor our learning; neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country; it measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile." ROBERT F. KENNEDY 1968

Tags: attitudes, change, peace, rescue, uncooperative,

First published: Sunnudagr, 12th January, 2014

Last edited (excluding fixing typo's and other minor matters): Sunday, 12th January, 2014