Saturday 24 January 2015

Post No. 644 - For Sunday evening's Meditation



For everyone’s convenience, I’ve shifted the reminder / explanations about Sunday’s meditation to the end of this post.

However, I will put one part of that here, as it is new.

Ongoing military conflicts are listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_military_conflicts, and include:


This can be viewed as a map at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ongoing_conflicts_around_the_world.svg (keep in mind that nations involved have been coloured in completely, whereas the conflict may be in only a part of that nation).

As this is the first time I’ve mentioned this, I’ll paste a copy of the current version for your convenience, Dear Reader:

Now, the themes that comes to mind for my work this week after I review all this news are:
(a) the need for jobs and a healthy, legal and SUSTAINABLE economy, as well as strong and capable instruments of civil society, to maintain peace, and that international actions to achieve this so far seem to be fairly limited and ineffectual - but they ARE there, and they are doing what they can, which is good work, mostly; 

(b) the personal flaws of too many individuals, who are failing to accept others’ rights to live as those others choose, rather than in conformity with the flawed individual’s wishes which ranges from the evil of busybodies and gossips, through discrimination and human rights abuses to starting civil wars for the nonBPLF reasons (whilst the former are less pronounced than the latter, their ubiquity results in them contributing DIRECTLY to the latter). Another complication here is the apparent conflict between wanting to have self determination that is part of many violent movements, and agreeing to international justice/insight, which is about recognising one’s personal limitations, and accepting the guidance of those who have learned from such problems previously, which ranges from kids needing to agree to learn from teachers, through accepting International Courts of Justice to accepting interventions such as those led by ECOWAS; 

(c) the need for homelands for some people, and perhaps generally a rethink of boundaries of modern nations, too many of which are set where Western armies stopped – and it is this issue that the UN is inherently limited on;

(d) the good role ECOWAS appears to be playing in Africa, along with the continued efforts of the UN, flawed though that organisation is;

(e ) the failure of some to learn from past mistakes, leading to cycles of reincarnation for some and avoidable political mistakes for others (some of the lessons of history are still valid, despite being hundreds of years in the past).

Don’t forget the ”Shield of Hope”, and the importance of clearing nonBPLF units, as well as thinking about people and places that are most in need of help through tomorrow evening’s meditation.

News and other matters from this week include the following (opportunities are shown in green; good news is shown in purple; WARNING: some of these links may contain triggers around issues such as violence, sexual assault, discrimination, etc):

  • permanent issue: may all actual and potential BPLF [1] Leaders be kept safe against any/all attempts to divert them away from effectively fulfilling their role of Service to Life by being effective BPLF Leader(s), including keeping them undetectable to the nonBPLF and keeping all their Significant Others inviolable against being used for indirect psychic attack (including also being kept undetectable to the nonBPLF), all as is for the Highest Spiritual Good;

From the UN’s Daily Briefings (and other sources):

  • the Secretary-General told a Security Council meeting on inclusive development that 2015 is a year of action on sustainable development, and he noted the efforts to complete the work of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), to launch a new post-2015 sustainable development agenda, and to reach agreement on climate change;
  • the Deputy Secretary-General spoke at a special event to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp, and stressed the need to reflect on how we can better prevent and protect our world from becoming, once again, the setting for horrific crimes that took place during the Holocaust, as well as in Cambodia, Rwanda and Srebrenica. He added that genocide can only happen when we ignore the warning signs and are unwilling to take action;
  • the Secretary-General announced the nomination of members of the Advisory Group of Experts on Peacebuilding following up on a request by the Presidents of the General Assembly and the Security Council;
  • the Secretary-General has said that he is alarmed by the severe escalation of fighting for control of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine, “which has already caused numerous casualties and threatened to completely unravel a hard-won September 2014 cease-fire. He implores all sides to make good on their commitments under the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum, with the first step being an immediate and full cessation of hostilities”. However, according to the BBC, the ceasefire ‘never was’. There have subsequently been reports suggesting progress towards “another” ceasefire. The Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, has briefed the Security Council on Ukraine, which he said was confronting the worst hostilities in eastern Ukraine since the cease-fire and Minsk Protocol were agreed on 5 September, and that encouraging signs of progress, such as the exchange of hundreds of prisoners, are quickly being overshadowed by renewed fighting and a deepening political stalemate;
  • Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have all reported their lowest weekly number of cases of Ebola in months, but the UN is urging those taking action to “stay engaged” and estimates that $1.5 billion in financial aid is needed;
  • a high-level delegation of the UN Mission in Mali have visited Kidal to show their support and solidarity with MINUSMA personnel following the attack on the Mission’s camp in which one peacekeeper was killed and four others wounded. The Secretary-General strongly condemned the attack and said that this only highlights the urgency of reaching a political settlement to end the conflict (in which the MNLA claims to seek to create an independent homeland for the Taureg people [who expanded southward from the Tafilalt region into the Sahel under their legendary queen Tin Hinan, who is credited with uniting the ancestral tribes and founding the unique culture that continues to the present day, in the 4th or 5th century], but there have been divisions as a result of their Islamist allies imposing strict sharia law … perhaps another example of the means shaping the end – which also applies to the 2012 coup d'état which ousted the government until the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) negotiated a solution) and enable the full restoration of State authority across the entire Malian territory (is the Taureg desire for a homeland fair? Is it justice? See here). Other violence has occurred since then;
  • in the Central African Republic, on Saturday, 17th January, peacekeepers from the UN Mission in the country (MINUSCA) arrested the anti-Balaka leader Ngaibona Rodrigue known as "General Andilo" in Bouca, Ouham province;, and the UN has appealed for $331 million when the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and its 18 partners presented the Regional Refugee Response Plan to assist more than 460,000 refugees from the Central African Republic who have fled to the neighbouring countries;
  • the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has issued statements welcoming the ceasefire declaration made by parties in Libya as well as an announcement in Tripoli by Spokesman Omar Humeidan to join the second round of talks, but the ceasefire has subsequently been breached;
  • the UN-backed mine action programme in Afghanistan has reported that a record number of its personnel have been killed or injured in 2014 (34, with another 27 injured in 37 security incidents) which is almost equal to the total number of de-miners killed over the previous four years combined as he mine action programme continues to help clear landmines (from over 23,000 hazardous areas in the last 26 years, resulting in a decline in the number of civilian causalities by almost 80 per cent) in remains one of the most heavily mined countries in the world;
  • the Secretary-General has expressed grave concern about the deteriorating situation in Yemen, and deplored the heavy fighting between Ansarallah armed groups and Yemeni presidential guards throughout Sana’a, but there have subsequently been reports that the Yemeni President and the Houthi’s have reached an agreement to end the fighting, and now reports that the government has resigned, leaving the nation leaderless, and causing the Secretary-General to express further concern;
  • the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has said that the Shari'a courts being run by Da'esh (aka ISIL) are unlawful, and is continuing to document human rights abuses and violations taking place in Iraq and will present a report to the Human Rights Council in March. On a positive note, US Secretary of State Kerry claims that Da’esh’s momentum in Iraq has been halted or reversed;
  • heavy snow is slowing food aid delivery in Syria, but aid agencies are responding to a flood emergency in Malawi and the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, has allocated $100 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to boost life-saving relief work in Syria and 11 other countries where humanitarian needs are high but financial support is low;
  • senior Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander Dominic Ongwen has been transferred to the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is a step forward for justice and civil society;
  • the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) expressed deep concern about reports that a hospital operated by the international humanitarian organization, Médecins Sans Frontières, in South Kordofan State in Sudan was directly targeted in an aerial bombardment incident on 20 January. A patient and an MSF staff member were reportedly injured in the attack, which also forced the suspension of medical activities and is the second such attack. On the other hand, the Secretary-General welcomed the Agreement on the Reunification of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) signed by the South Sudanese parties, in Arusha, on 21 January;
  • Jeffrey Feltman, the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, briefed the Security Council on Burundi this morning, saying that the country has made substantial progress, overcoming formidable challenges since the end of the civil war;
  • the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) says that it is concerned by the repeated unrest – and by the violence of the past few days –following the debate in the Parliament over the draft electoral law The Secretary-General has also expressed concern, deplored the loss of lives and injuries caused, so far, and calls on the national security forces and demonstrators to refrain from further violence and exercise maximum restraint;
  • the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that more than 18,000 people have been newly verified as displaced in El Fasher, Shangil Tobaya, Tawila and Um Baru areas in North Darfur, according to humanitarian partners;
  • the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns that it is running out of funds to fight locust infestation in Madagascar - a serious plague that could relapse during the upcoming rainy season;
  • the U.N. encourages D.P.R. Korea’s global engagement to improve human rights and living conditions of its people, which is an approach shown to have worked well with China and elsewhere, but I have published a link to a War of the Rocks article which showed that that was not always the case;
  • poison of hatred loose in too many places, warns Secretary-General in message to anti-Semitism meeting;
  • marking ten years after the adoption of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction’s (UNISDR) Hyogo Framework for Action, the Secretary-General has said that early warning systems, improved weather forecasting and greater understanding of the dangers posed by natural disasters have helped to save thousands of lives.

The “Wronging Rights” blog has a link to an article about the recent Sri Lankan election which appears to have been a peaceful transition of power – as is supposed to be the case in a democracy - which is an excellent article, an article which also refers to an excellent, posthumous editorial, and another article about the poor hopes for justice, which ends with an encouraging comment of the possibility of a South African style Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which could potentially be a good thing. 

From other sites:


and, from other sources:

Remember that, in general, every ‘bad’ news story is something that requires:
   (i) clearing of all negative energy associated with the event directly (e.g., pain, fear, etc on the part of the direct victims) or indirectly (e.g., fear, overreactions, inappropriate reactions, or seeking to outdo others’ reactions in others reached via the media);
   (ii) healing of those harmed;
   (iii) that those responsible be found through BPLF [1] means and brought to BPLF justice (if otherwise, as the means shape the end, the result will a society that is lessened and a strengthening of the so-called ‘law of the jungle’ [2]); and
   (iv) that BPLF inspiration be given to enable all to rise above this, and take BPLF actions that will ensure a BPLF prevention of a recurrence, in the sense that USA President John F Kennedy talked of “true and lasting peace”.

Thus, every one of these ‘bad news’ stories is an opportunity – but, furthermore, so are many of the ‘good’ news stories, which often requires nonBPLF units to be cleared to prevent blocking of improvements, to help those who are busting their guts and becoming exhausted trying to make good things happen, and to provide some much needed BPLF inspiration and encouragement –
   every
   single
   good
   news
   story.
Don’t be complacent :)

As a reminder, I started this meditation programme based on the idea of generating the energy of peace, as set out in the channelled teachings of “The Nine” in Phyllis V. Schlemmer's "The Only Planet of Choice" (see p. 279 - well, in my copy at least :) ), which was the follow up to the brilliant "Briefing for the Landing on Planet Earth" by Stuart Holroyd [2]. “The Nine” proposed getting twelve (or a minimum of three) people to meditate for eighteen minutes (or a minimum of nine minutes) at 9 PM Sunday in Jerusalem, which is based on using the Magickal Principle of Harmony (of time), from the Watery Magickal Law of Frequency, and the Magickal Principle of Effect, from the Earthy Magickal Law of Strength and Common Sense. In other words, get everyone working together, at the same time, and as many people as possible, for as much impact as possible.

Now, that is valid, but getting people to work at the same time across the world is an incredibly difficult proposition – and, in my experience (including for multinational companies in my day job), leads to fewer people taking part. That experience also includes my time at the Correllian Shrine of the Crystal Web, where one member (not me) pointed out that they had found that having people perform work at the same hour by their local time can build up a wave of energy going around the entire planet, which is the Magickal Principle of Dynamism from the Fiery Magickal Law of the Taijitu. That worked well there, and so I have adopted it for these meditations. I also am happy for every person who wants to contribute to do so, rather than waiting until there is a group of a minimum size, which relies on harmony of focus being a way of overcoming physical separation (which is the Magickal Principle of Magickal Distance, from the Airy Magickal Law of Distance).

“The Nine” are the first source I can remember talking about Balanced Positive, which is where I get the term BPLF [1], but:
  • I also include the use of clearing, so there is more than one difference to the original proposal.
However, I agree that the more people who join in, the better.

I would also like to point out that other people have been working on the use of coordinated, group meditation for beneficial effect, including the Lucis Trust's Triangles network (which has been running for many decades, since before World War Part Two, I think), the Correllian Tradition's 'Spiritual War for Peace' (begun in 2014), the Healing Minute started by the late, great Harry Edwards (held at 10Am and 10PM local time each day, and one can pay to be officially registered. This also has been running for decades); and a Druid ritual for peace, to be performed at each Full Moon (begun in 2014, I think).

To further set the mood for this work, here are a couple of quotes from this surprising article:
Ongoing military conflicts are listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_military_conflicts, and include (as of Wednesday 21st January, 2015):
This can be viewed as a map at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ongoing_conflicts_around_the_world.svg (keep in mind that nations involved have been coloured in completely, whereas the conflict may be in only a part of that nation).

Finally, don’t forget the Shield of Hope. This area is formed by (part or all of) the South Atlantic Ocean, Southern and Eastern Africa (including both sources of the Nile), the Indian sub-continent (including the Himalayas) and the Indian Ocean, shown in gold on this week’s energy map, and the aim is to ensure this area consistently has BPLF energy at or above 7 by the time Neptune leaves Pisces, on around 30th March, 2025 (a date which has an eclipse the day before). If you wish to do a little more coordinated action on a positive strategic front, I'm also planning on routinely sending BPLF energy to Hong Kong, Tunisia, and Mexico, which show potential as "outposts of the BPLF”, and I wish to encourage their change for the better. Furthermore, I am currently sending BPLF energy from that area through the Red Sea and Suez Canal, into the Mediterranean, and thence to the connected Black Sea.
 

[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, Wéofodthegn 
(pronounced "new-MYTH-ear"; ... aka Bellatrix Lux … aka Morinehtar … Would-be drýicgan or maga ... )

My "blogiography" (list of all posts and guide as to how to best use this site) is here, and my glossary/index 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.

I am a Walker upon the Path of Balanced Positivity, seeking Spiritual Maturity.
  • neither eloquence nor inarticulateness inherently indicates correctness, but, 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.
  • 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'.
  • Our entire life experience, with all the many wondrous and varied people, places and events in it, is too small a sample for statistical reliability about Life. 
  • May the world of commerce and business be recognised to be a servant, not a master, of the lives of people.
  • Being accustomed to interacting via certain rules makes those rules neither right nor universal.
  • Like fire to the physical, emotions to the soul make a good servant, and a bad master.
  • The means shape the end.
  • 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 ...



Human dignity is the inherently cumulative holistic combination of human rights, wellbeing and potential, and all actions or interaction which promote, realise or facilitate same. The converse also applies: whatever degrades, diminishes or robs humans of dignity, is inherently undignified.
Gnwmythr

The “purpose” of spiritual evolution is not the attainment of “spiritual perfection” - not in the sense of not having to evolve further, at any rate, since there is no such thing. We need to evolve in order to grow - but we can take rest breaks (hopefully well earned :) ) along the way. No, the “purpose” of evolution is, rather, to perfect our ability to learn, and thus grow.
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Our greatest struggle with, to borrow from pop culture, the Jedi-Sith scale, is not with the Sith, whether they are hiding or not: it is with the annoying, snotty-nosed, heroine/hero-worshipping little kid who keeps intruding, stopping us from being cool enough to be with our heroines/heroes, the big kids ...
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

We didn't inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we only borrowed it from our children
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry

There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.
John F. Kennedy

Tags: activism, discrimination, energy work, magick, meditation, nonviolence, peace, society, violence, war,
First published: Laugardagr, 24th January, 2015
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