Saturday 20 September 2014

Post No. 595 – The past week, for tomorrow night’s meditation, and reading



It’s been a good week in some ways. First off, the wonderful T. Thorn Coyle talks about the need to change a Group Mind (using the term egregore) in order to achieve change, in her blog post at http://www.thorncoyle.com/blog/2014/09/01/opposition-prayer/. It’s very affirming to see others talking about this concept / action as well, and makes me feel less like a voice ranting in the wilderness of an inner city suburb … She (Ms. Thorn Coyle, that is) also talks, in another post at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/thorncoyle/2014/09/becoming-leaders/, found via the Wild Hunt, about leadership, and how the characteristics of that match the characteristics of adulthood - which means others are talking about maturity (and have done so long before I started waffling about it - e.g. the Facebook them that John Beckett mentioned, along the lines of Jesus loves you, Odin wants you to grow up).

Incidentally, I am of the view that new ideas often come through to this world independently, and possibly simultaneously, through multiple sources - i.e., many people will genuinely have the idea without having pinched it from someone else, which is perhaps best exemplified by Wallace and Darwin independently coming up with the Theory of Evolution, or something similar – see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Russel_Wallace#Differences_between_Darwin.27s_and_Wallace.27s_ideas_on_natural_selection.

On the downside, I am back working in an overheated, overstressed, air conditioned office on the other side of the city :) , and I’ve been getting some strangely worded candles lit on my online shrines. That’s happened before, when a bunch of gamers somewhere decided to use the rune info and also leave irrelevant and highly disrespectful (offensive, in some cases) messages. With a bit of discouragement, they went elsewhere, and I’ll see how the measures I’m taking about the current problems go …

And on problems, I see that cutting off funds to QSIL (with that acronym, I’m respecting the views of a Muslim cleric who has asked that the group be referred to with acronyms using Q, referring to its source, as the group is clearly not Islamic; on that, see here) is being talked about - e.g., see http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29201319. They get a major source of funds from selling oil from fields in Syria that they have overrun, and allegedly much of that oil is sold on an illegal market in Turkey. See here, for instance: http://www.theage.com.au/world/turkey-fails-to-cut-islamic-state-oil-revenue-despite-us-pressure-20140914-10gpaq.html, Note that there are suggestions Turkey doesn’t want to antagonise a hostile military force on its borders, particularly one that holds so many Turkish people as hostages.

It would be easy for those who don’t live in Turkey to judge that nation, which has been experiencing turmoil on a range of issues in recent years (e.g., see here) as many Turkish people seek to improve their nation and their lives, harshly - possibly out of fear of what would happen to the person doing the judging if QSIL is not stopped … Pot calling kettle black [2], anyone? Or, as they apparently say in South America, a donkey talking about ears, perhaps? There is fear on both sides of that issue.

More importantly, on this point, the people who are taking advantage of the low priced oil are no different to many other people in the world elsewhere who are seeking to live “better” for the amount of money they have . Ever illegally download a movie or a song? Then you’re using exactly the same sort of perspective that is happening in Turkey, and you have NO right to criticise them. In fact, your actions are directly contributing to the sort of energy that leads to other people overlooking unsavoury connections in gods they buy – legal or otherwise. (From a magickal perspective, this is sympathetic magick or “like unto like” – or the “Magickal Principal of Harmony”, as I term it.) The only difference is that the Turkish people are in an unfortunate confluence of geography and events.

Want to do something about QSIL? Then stop doing any illegal downloads, or give up something and make a sacrifice to your quality of life somehow: then you will have (a) taken steps to reverse the energy you have - quite probably unwittingly - sent in support of QSIL, and (b) shown the Turkish people that you have some modicum of realistic understanding of their situation, and a desire to share the loss they would make on behalf of the rest of the world if they stop QSIL selling oil illegally.

Of course, there is the issue of educating people about this, as well, which is similar to the problems of “Blood Diamonds” and “Blood Minerals”. Once people understood what they were supporting, cutting off that source of funds to warring groups became easier – and education is going to be important in fighting QSIL. The military is obviously an essential in this as well, and there has been some debate about “boots on the ground” (see here and here, for instance), but it is important for regional forces to be actively involved. A number of nations have apparently pledged their support, which is potentially good, but regional forces must take a key role if this is to lead to a lasting result.

And on that, this article by the excellent Waleed Aly points that this is a war of ideology and society as much as it is a military conflict. To quote from Mr Aly’s article:

“... a symbol as ghastly as ISIL can only prosper in a febrile atmosphere.

"Right now is a time for calm," urged NSW police commissioner Andrew Scipione. "We don't need to whip this up."

He's entirely right, but even as he says this he must be asking himself a very scary question: is that going to be possible? ”

It is worth reading that article, as it has some excellent insights on the history that led to the formation of QSIL, including what I have referred to previously as the Hydra effect. Here is another article on that.

On other matters, I note that Mr Putin is saying that action against QSIL should stay out of Syria. Wrong Mr Putin, wrong. Time for Russia to stop inappropriately flexing its muscle, and start doing some useful things – as it did with the chemical weapons in Syria. At least there are signs of hope in Ukraine.

There are also signs of hope around the Ebola epidemic in west Africa. Again, education is a key issue, to overcome the distrust many have of medical authorities – an aid team and journalists were recently killed. This can be done – it has, in east Africa, for instance, where people realise the problems around Ebola.

Some of the actions include Sierra Leone quarantining itself. I can relate to some of what that does, having been through something similar recently. Again, you, Dear Reader, can think of something to share the courage of those who do such things (one English village did something similar hundreds of years ago, when the bubonic plague reached them), and the distress of those who cannot farewell their loved ones because they then risk also becoming ill.

Find this depressing? Well, the wonderful T. Thorne Coyle has something to say on that here.

I won’t look at coming events or other sources this week: I have other matters to attend to. But I will provide some reading links I’ve accumulated over the week.

I’ve found a few this week via the good ol’ invaluable Wild Hunt:




[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").

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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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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."
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Tags:attitudes, conflict, energy work, forgiveness, harmony, history, magick, peace, violence, war,
First published: Laugardagr, 20th September, 2014
Last edited (excluding fixing typo's and other minor matters): Saturday, 20th September, 2014

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