Well, Mr Putin is digging in his heels and threatening to invade
another nation - again. So be it. He has made his choice and declared himself
to be a bully and would-be Emperor on the world stage, a bit like a latter-day Kaiser Bill [2].
Therefore, I will actively clear as many of the negative units around him and
his inner circle that are influencing and being used by them, as I can - for
the Highest
Spiritual Good (look the term up,
using that link: it may mean I am helped in this, but it may mean I am also
hindered - for instance, if others should be doing something).
I note that Mr Putin is not openly invading eastern Ukraine - for
instance, at least one military convoy into that area went after nightfall,
using back roads (see here). Why? Is he concerned about the extent of any backlash? Could it
be that he is aware - on some level - that he is not right in what he does? Perhaps
this is something that the BPLF can use and build on …
Of course, at the same time, I am also working on other situations - I have
spent quite a bit of time and energy on trying to help the Yezidis escape from
the mountain they had been trapped on by the evil organisation ISIL (which, concerningly, appears to be moving
in to Indonesia – see here – despite that nation’s acknowledged actions against terrorism, more
effective actions than most other nations, I understand), for instance –
and the USA has done some work on this in line with President Obama’s ‘Don’t Do-Stupid-S***’ philosophy ...
And there are other situations, of course:
- Azerbaijan;
- this
article provides an interesting and potentially useful viewpoint on Israel;
and
- this
news article suggests things may shift from the heavy handed, authoritarian,
over the top approach (arresting
journalists?? Tear-gassing TV crews??? Posting snipers????) which
has been used in the town of Ferguson, USA - an approach, I suspect, favoured
by too many police (the selection process
favours that type of personality just as business management selection process
risk favouring psychopathic personality types: I think I came across a link
about that recently, but haven’t been able to find it - yet) - to a more
appropriate form of engagement, the sort of engagement promoted here by former
Commissioner Christine
Nixon. My previous
comments on changing the personality of oppressors applies to those
authoritarian police as well. (On that,
see this news article.)
Unfortunately, I’ve also had to deal with some everyday rubbish which
has been a distraction at the worst possible time - things like an idiot who
through it was alright to impugn my honour as part of putting on a show about being concerned about a
friend of the idiot’s, things like bigots who think misgendering trans people to
their face is OK if it is done in private
(which is like trying to befriend an African, and then thinking using the N
word around them is OK if it is done in private – I wonder if such people have
the delusion that being otherwise pleasant makes the whole situation acceptable;
this article is more positive, however), things like young adults struggling
with the karma they created as it comes back to them - and more, including more
family health problems.
Life can be exhausting.
And it doesn’t have all that many pleasures, at the moment. One of the
things I’ve found is that people living aboard boats – which is, when they have
a holding tank and/or on-board wastewater treatment plant - infinitely more
sustainable than living in houses - is now being actively discouraged. A large
part of that is bigotry (hatred
of difference),
irrationality at having the inadequacies of one’s consideration around life choices
shown up (see here,
and consider child
--
free
people,
for instance – which is all about the attitude “I’m suffering with a
mortgage so you should as well so I don’t feel as bad about having made a
mistake”), the stupidity of boat
owners who resist things like environmentally-friendly (ablative) antifouling
or marine wastewater holding tanks, and … the so-called ‘Nanny State’.
Now, in many cases, I am actually in favour of actions which apply
under the label of the ‘Nanny
State’. I’ve been a workplace health and safety officer or representative
several times, including - during the 80s - in what was technically a mine site (no mining occurring at the time – nor later,
as the drilling programme showed it wasn’t economic - PHEW), and know that
there are valid needs for education (although
I am inclined more to people being educated, rather than banning activities,
but sometimes the most pragmatic solution is a ban .. maybe while education is
implemented, but things like speed limits will always be needed to cover the idiots who think their driving ability is better than it is, or who think others should drive as aggressively/impatiently [no difference there, actually] as they do) and proper design, warning signs and labels (I don’t consider the warning about coffee
being hot in that category), but there is a valid need for people to be able
to take informed risks without having cowards impose their own fears
and insecurities on top of that valid need.
The need is connected with the evolutionary need for individuals and
societies to test their limits – that’s part of finding new ways to live,
finding new improvements to be made. And it is part, for some people, of
overcoming inappropriate
fear. Any person who acts against people taking an informed risk in a way
that does not impact on any dependents that is guilty of committing the evil of
control.
That is where the ‘Nanny State’ becomes wrong.
And stopping people living on boats with marine wastewater holding
tanks and environmentally friendly anti-fouling is a perfect example of that
sort of wrongness.
As a final point on this topic, in order to be truly spiritually
evolved, it is absolutely essential to break free of the social conditioning
one goes through. Living on a boat, or living in a way that is radically
different to that of one’s parents, may be necessary as part of that. Taking
informed risks in a way that does not impact on any dependents is part of that.
Don’t be one of– and, much thought I hate the word, it is apt –the ‘sheeple’.
Ah well, I’ll just console myself with this week’s label for myself
that I’m considering: Pagan Western Mystery Tradition.
Now, the Western Mystery Tradition has had a greater influence on
modern magick than many people realise, and it can trace its influences back to
the Ancient Greeks - although, sadly, it was neochristianised to some extent
during the barbarity of the Dark and Middle Ages, when the Middle Eastern
religion of neochristianity was making its violent way through Europe (together with a tiny remnant of Christ’s
originally intended religion of Spiritual Love). This is a point which is
worth a whole series of posts, not just a paragraph or two, but in the context
of what I am writing about here, my psychic work and practice owes much to that
Tradition, including its interpretation of the Qabbalah … and also to shamanism
and the mental disciplines and meditation of Buddhism and modern versions of
Paganism.
Incidentally, the wonderful T. Thorn Coyle has a pagan mystery school
called Morningstar – see here. It’s not
inherently inconsistent with Paganism.
On other matters, South Sudan, torn apart by a civil war, has been
described as ‘the hungriest place on earth’.
On the positive side of things, Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s
president, has tweeted a photo of Maryam Mirzakhani,
winner of the Fields medal,
a mathematics award, without a head covering. See here.
Also, this
report shows that consumers can have an effect …
Now, the coming week, beginning with some links from the UN.
·
the Summer Youth Olympics
are in underway in China;
·
“the Secretary-General and education advocate
and the co-founder of the Malala Fund, Malala Yousafzai, will hold an
interactive conversation on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to mark the
500 Days of Action for the MDGs”;
·
“United States Mission and the Navajo Nation
will hold a special event on Protecting and Preserving Indigenous Sacred
Sites”; and
·
“World
Humanitarian Day” is on Tuesday.
I think I’ll leave it at that – I’ve been going for long enough on this
post.
Now, let’s turn to a few reading links - and, oh, why not, I’ll start this
bit with my Reading Post Intro:
G'day, hello,
howdy, hi, zdravstvujtye (some of my work colleagues are Russian, including an
absolutely invaluable administrator who has recently taken maternity leave -
may she and young one and family be blest), 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 Greeks and 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, .
I’m going to begin with a link to a Druid ritual for peace, intended to
be performed at each Full Moon: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8737E6dExXWc2Q0Y2I3Q2ptaXFObHlvSFdVZEgxZ1BISGVN/edit?pli=1
It is wonderful to see this initiative –may there be many more such.
This link is Brendan Myers talking about loneliness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=e4TFYAFzmPA;
what a great idea!: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/better-out-than-in-westgarth-bush-kindergarten-plunges-kids-back-into-nature-20140717-ztyxx.html;
I've seen this for prolonged or frequent absences, so can vouch for it.
The cause, however, could also be things like bullying at school, and attending
under those circumstances is an even worse alternative: http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/no-safe-level-of-missing-school-study-finds-20140802-zzq00.html;
this article shows the cost of our materialistic, over technologized
lifestyles, and, contrary to what the author claims, the solution is actually
to head towards simpler, slower paced lifestyles. The less connected I am, the
more in contact with spirituality I find myself. Slow down! Simplify! Don’t
build stupid McMansions that are environmentally unsuitable and are
unsustainable! http://www.theage.com.au/executive-style/management/performance-matters/why-worklife-balance-is-an-outdated-myth-20140814-103uyx.html
And while I’m having a whinge, this article has some good comments on
historical development of suburbia (in Australia), but the author’s grasp of
incomes in the inner suburbs is as strong as that of
Joe Hockey’s on the proportion of incomes spent on driving expenses by the poor:
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/tax-inner-suburbs-to-service-the-outer-20140815-103y3d.html.
Now, if only we can get a time machine, and go back and address the idiots who
believed developers claiming that houses encroaching into a green belt would be
as green (at around 20% tree cover)
as a natural green belt (at around 50 –
80% tree cover) …
this article and Mr Swan’s book are about nothing new: there have been
increasing, valid concerns about the ultra-wealthy and their associates for
some time: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/15/wayne-swan-warns-rise-business-oligarchs-new-book-good-fight;
As a final point, I’m working on a post on the topic of Human Dignity.
I suspect that will be the next area of human advancement, and will help us
finalise the resolution of some current human rights abuses. It’s interesting,
but I’m finding coming up with a definition/explanation quite difficult (no, its not challenging: it’s just simply,
plain old ordinary ‘difficult’).
[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? … Morinehtar?
… Would-be drýicgan
... )
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.
- 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'.
- 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.
- Ban the dream interpretation industry!
- A home is for living in, not feeling, becoming or being rich or a “better” class than others.
- 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.
- Expertise at intimacy and emotional happiness is generally not the same thing as spiritual growth.
- Any person, male or female, who has neither a serious health issue, dependents nor an agreement about study. yet expects their partner to work to support them, is, spiritually speaking, little more than a parasite.
- The means shape the end.
- BPLF restraint of uncooperatives is NOT an opportunity for revenge or getting even - even unconsciously.
- 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.
We make our decisions. And then our decisions turn around and make us.
F.W. Boreham
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.
Albert 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.
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
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
If we could change ourselves, the
tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so
does the attitude of the world change towards him. … We need not wait to see
what others do. (Often degraded to “Be
the change you want to see in the world” – see here)
Gandhi
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First published: Sunnudagr, 17th August, 2014
Last edited (excluding fixing typo's and other minor matters): Sunday, 17th August, 2014
