Thursday 3 September 2015

Post No. 752 - Reading

These links are, in part, to pass on useful or potentially useful information to help others learn and grow and develop, as I have been helped by others doing the same for me. If nothing else, some of these at least might stimulate some useful thought – and disagreeing intelligently with something can sometimes be a useful exercise.

However, there is more to it than that – particularly as most of these links, in my more recent readings posts, are news links.

As you may well know from Psychic Weather Reports, Dear Reader, every ‘bad’ news story is something that, in general, 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 the ‘bad news’ stories which I may have provided links for 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 healing, energy, inspiration and encouragement –
   every
   single
   good
   news
   story.

Also, keep in mind that reading these stories may well stimulate links you personally have to similar units (energies, links, etc). Immediately, that gives you a chance to improve both yourself and the world by dealing constructively with any nonBPLF units through good shadow work, and by strengthening any BPLF units.

I now lump these links into three broad categories:
   Links on spiritual/metaphysical/psychic/Pagan matters;
   Some other links I consider relevant to consideration of spiritual/moral/ethical and related matters;
   Links on other matters.

As you read these, I wish you good hunting, good working, and the odd bit of fun :) , so let’s begin.

G'day, hello, howdy, hi, zdravstvujtye (some of my work colleagues are Russian), guten tag (where I have connection owing to a recent past life), sveiki, czesc (I have friends, not just colleagues, at work who are Polish), bonjour (colleagues at a former workplace were French, and we practised and tried to extend my woeful and limited range of this language), selamat pagi (one of the best junior engineers I ever worked with was Malaysian, and she taught me a few words), annyeonghaseyo, pryvit, bitaem, como vai (a friend of mine a few years ago, although not Brazilian, had Portuguese ancestry), ¡Hola (a former work colleague and friend, a VERY talented artist - with a Mexican sensibility to her artwork, particularly around the Day of the Dead - used to teach me Mexican Spanish), Selamat pagi, ni hao (ah, my work trips to Asia, and the many wonderful, wonderful people I have met there - and some excellent work colleagues and friends here, as well), bongiorno (my current home city of Melbourne has lots of Italians, who have made our culture far richer - and made us coffee snobs :) ), hoschakal, hejsan, ciao, jo napolt kivanu, chào bà, chào ông, yiassou (from the city which has, I understand, the largest collection of Greek people outside of Greece), ceau, salam wa aleikum, sawas dee ka, dia duit, hoi, hei, namaste, marhaba, dobry den, hej, konnichiwa, kihineh, hæ.

WARNING: some of these links may contain triggers around issues such as violence, sexual assault, discrimination.

Links on spiritual/metaphysical/psychic/Pagan matters:


   an excellent article on what I would refer to as self discipline: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2015/07/pagan-discipline.html

   I’ve written elsewhere on this blog about my views on Deity (e.g., that they help manifest something into physical reality, and that we should not look at them or their deeds from a human perspective; I’ll also add that their function is NOT popularity/awareness amongst humans), and here are a couple of posts on how to handle people who view Deities as fads, http://www.patheos.com/blogs/allergicpagan/2015/07/09/your-goddess-is-not-a-fad-but-you-may-wish-she-was/, and on the offensiveness of suggesting Deities are fads;

   good post which brings to mind a Yoda-ism about doing or do not-ing, rather than trying: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2015/07/differences-matter-and-trying-isnt-enough.html (the post that led to this post is also well worth reading);

   excellent post http://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2015/07/honoring-fearsome-gods.html, https://krasskova.wordpress.com/2015/06/30/loving-savage-gods/ - and I can relate to both particularly because of my love of wild weather ;



   I particularly like the line in here that “Islam is not monolithic”. The next time I hear someone ranting about Muslims, I may point out that if I took their attitude, I would have to argue that every neochristian is a child abuser –which is as patently false as the view that all Muslims are terrorists, although, in both cases, a very small number are: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2015/07/religious-diversity-hospitality-and-a-muslim-cemetery-in-texas.html;


   Zoroastrian priestesses in Iran;


   fascinating and very informative interview with an Irish folklorist about Irish fairy beliefs;

   whilst not solely my spiritual practice, social justice is certainly a major part (the environment is another major part as well, but also not the entirety, nor are the two): http://wildhunt.org/2015/08/column-social-justice-is-my-spiritual-practice.html;

   I may have posted this before: http://wildhunt.org/2014/05/guest-post-teens-alternative-faiths-and-misperceptions.html, which suggest that the difference between problem hearing of voices and psychic ability is whether or not one can control it. That’s not quite correct, as some psychics can’t control their ability, but combine that test with whether or not one can live normally or not, and one starts to get a fair basis for differentiation. There are some good comments on the ‘everything is always nice’ mentality.

   a very interesting post – especially the comments about the changes in energy: http://wildhunt.org/2015/08/kemetic-wiccan-builds-temple-dedicated-to-the-goddess-hathor.html;




   from the Correllian YouTube channel: parents and control, although I also state that the option of walking away from that relationship is also your right (I have been blessed in that both birth and adoptive families have not been problematic, but I am aware from people I know that such is not always the case – and can be from siblings, friends [family of choice] and others);    the response of energy to exercise, dance, and movement generally;   the limitations on teleportation and time travel, which I do not entirely agree with;   thoughts on “low spirits“ (aka sadness), including an alchemical perspective;   Pagans and the term “angel”;   sigils;   animals as ancestors and guides;   a healthy scepticism on guidance;   “blessed be” vs. “merry meet”;   conscious and unconscious ways of working with energy – such as grounding;   determining how much is too much;

Some other links I consider relevant to consideration of spiritual/moral/ethical and related matters, including environmental and human rights:




   a touching and hopeful story arising from the tragedy of MH17;

   email a Melbourne tree;

   a very good friend – an honorary sister, really – wrote this excellent series of articles on advocacy. I’d forgotten that some cretin of an MP had claimed we were being paid: given the amount of money I wound up out of pocket, and the fact that I used up most of my long service leave on this, I’m tempted to sue the bastard for defamation … but I don’t have the money: http://salgoldsaidso.blogspot.com.au/2015/04/trans-advocacy-in-victoria-and.html, http://salgoldsaidso.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/trans-advocacy-in-victoria-and.html, and http://salgoldsaidso.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/trans-advocacy-in-victoria-and_7.html;






Links on society generally and other matters:


   this is good, but another issue that needs to be addressed is discrimination, which actively causes suicides amongst marginalised groups: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-26/australian-suicide-rate-could-halve-with-european-strategies/6574110;


   this is concerning – warning: triggers around sexual assault and child abuse. Kids have possibly “always” played doctors and nurses, but this has resulted in too much information too early, and thus some truly appalling consequences: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/online-porn-lures-young-children-into-problem-sex-mother-warns-20150627-ghys1k;

   this is not bad: http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/;