Welcome to my next reading links post :)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.
- http://www.theage.com.au/comment/build-your-kids-character-dont-just-give-them-stuff-20150204-135p2v.html;
- incarnational choice, with mention of clearing (by the name karmic disentanglement): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9Go1wOtBqo;
- planes of existence, with an excellent comment that it is really a continuum, and some parallels to my concept of living in chakras, and “being in the right place”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YB8tCs0YYg;
- good - this had shades of SLAPP: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-05/tasmania-ditches-defamation-law-changes-after-public-backlash/6071438;
- http://scout22.com/news/4-jails-2-sewage-plants-40-living-poverty-one-dedicated-teacher/;
- http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/4/7982099/twitter-ceo-sent-memo-taking-personal-responsibility-for-the;
- some surprises about the racist origins of the so-called ‘War on Drugs’, and the deliberate breaches of law by its main architect, the little known but notorious, unscientific and, in my view, probably evil Harry Anslinger, who was supported by the equally appalling source of ‘yellow journalism’, sensationalist Rudolph Hearst: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/end-of-the-war-on-drugs/6080656;
- http://www.creativeminer.com/humans-thinking-like-machines/;
- some interesting links in this - and I will have to check out the claim that Jung originated the term “the Shadow” (it certainly matches what little I know of Jung). With apologies to those who cannot access LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/social-peacocking-shadow-caterina-fake;
- seemingly untrained abilities, probably from past life work, and some balancing comments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9laD9CdATDM;
- magickal associations with fingers (i.e., - digits, including thumb :) ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMY3BG7TKWI;
- http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/questionsformen-why-i-started-the-pushback-against-sexist-double-standards-20150206-13762p.html;, and http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/women-managers-paid-up-to-45-less-than-their-male-peers-new-data-20150217-13gx8t.html;
- http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/doctors-speak-out-against-conditions-on-nauru-20150208-137xwd.html;
- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/speaking-while-female-sheryl-sandberg-adam-grant?trk=pulse-det-nav_art;
- this article is a perfect example of the problems of sites being focused on the USA. I recall the survey in question, and being disappointed that I could not contribute to it. The implication seems to be that the rest of the world is different to the USA – which, if true, makes the article and the referenced article basically useless to the rest of the world … so … why did an INTERNATIONAL magazine publish it? US people, you need to get the blinkers off, and deal with this USA-centrism! http://wildhunt.org/2015/02/what-do-pagans-do-an-interview-with-dr-gwendolyn-reece.html;
- http://www.watoday.com.au/comment/why-almost-every-parent-falls-prey-to-smacking-their-child-20150211-13b80q.html;
- on judgementalism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTijwBflyJ0, which reminds of the P. K. Shaw saying “Those whom we cannot stand are usually those who we cannot understand”. That also applies to oneself, and I have often thought that the rabid howls of people wanting criminals punished harshly is because they do not understand themselves (they have not done any shadow work), and thus fear that they could be lie that, and their howls are a form of diversion – “look over there”;
- the IDGAF tradition (warning: language): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB-BuqOmBUw;
- this has another wonderful saying by the great Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: http://www.anotherpaganblog.com/2014/10/darkness-cannot-drive-out-darkness-only.html;
- http://www.anotherpaganblog.com/2013/09/pagan-blog-project-s-is-for-smugness.html;
- http://www.anotherpaganblog.com/2014/12/just-typical-infj.html;
- http://windthroughtrees.blogspot.ca/2014/12/whats-in-face.html;
- potentially good idea: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-17/homeless-study-suggests-interventions-for-young-people/6122590?WT.ac=statenews_vic;
- this is very interesting: http://www.theage.com.au/technology/sci-tech/discovery-of-brain-pathway-could-lead-to-ways-to-prevent-blindness-20150216-13g4za.html;
- I take this latest definitive with a grain of salt: http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/why-you-should-never-eat-a-bacon-sandwich-what-you-can--and-cant--eat-20150217-13fk6l.html;
- http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2015/02/17/4181481.htm;
- http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-03/scientists-seeking-to-save-world-find-best-technology-is-trees;
- when I read this, I gave a resounding YES! – although meditation is also a pathway to knowledge and perspective: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/daughtersofeve/2015/02/meditation-the-path-to-spiritual-activism-or-escapism/. Likewise for these: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/daughtersofeve/2015/01/magical-beginnings-begin-again/, http://www.patheos.com/blogs/daughtersofeve/2014/12/memories-apologies-and-veneration/;
- http://wildhunt.org/2015/02/around-the-world-frances-billinghurst-and-the-australian-sacred-wheel.html;
- http://www.theage.com.au/queensland/cyclone-marcia-orange-sky-cleans-up-after-the-storm-20150221-13l7gr.html;
- http://www.upworthy.com/admit-it-you-wanted-to-act-just-like-her-wait-till-you-see-her-all-grown-up?c=hpstream;
- the suggestion in this that ‘misery loves company’ is the reason parents carry on about the alleged selfishness of others has, in my opinion, considerable validity. I have found many parents - including step parents - resent the apparent freedom and lower stress of those who choose not to have children. Furthermore, our world population is too large: it needs to reduce, and I have the horrible feeling that reducing the population by natural decline may be faster than changing our lifestyles and technologies to be more environmentally friendly: http://www.theage.com.au/comment/stress-the-hidden-cost-of-having-children-20150221-13k6cr.html;
- http://www.theage.com.au/comment/im-gay-and-i-want-my-kid-to-be-gay-too-20150222-13lg98.html;
- http://theconversation.com/we-need-women-on-boards-for-many-reasons-ethics-isnt-one-37472;
- http://www.theage.com.au/comment/were-doing-this-to-ourselves-ladies-20150222-13kfj3.html;
- http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/when-women-are-expected-to-take-care-of-the-office-housework-20150222-13lp48.html;
- so … are we now going to look at the pressures in society’s lifestyle?: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-25/anger-linked-to-heart-attacks-study-finds/6260490;
- the allegation that people need to interact with candidates is rubbish - I’ve never, ever seen a candidate at one of my polling places, in four decades of voting … but the procedural question is valid: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-25/palmer-united-party-election-challenge-sausage-sizzle-earlyvotes/6261478;
- some interesting comments on hair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daTqpJ9r50k;
- and thoughts and cautions around what are known as Genius Loci – spirits of a place: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxMGlmae9Vg;
- I like sunflowers – and they’re spiritually uplifting, for me. Good community project: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/sunflowers-in-full-bloom-in-the-middle-of-morwell-in-the-latrobe-valley-20150225-13oi5w.html;
- GOOD! http://www.theage.com.au/world/greek-leaders-ditch-ties-raise-eyebrows-among-europes-elite-20150204-136fgv.html;
- the allegations of not having an reason for failure to approve a plan is disingenuous at best, and at worst a blatant attempt by a private company to interfere in the workings of an elected government – which is a problem of Free Trade Agreements: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/link-consortium-plays-hard-ball-on-payments-20150210-13b000.html;
- this is a good example of why I will never visit the USA: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/comment-in-america-bias-wears-a-badge/article6902414.ece?homepage=true;
- http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/improved-security-behind-dropping-crime-rate-say-crims-20150211-13c8go.html;
- http://www.thehindu.com/elections/delhi2015/in-a-first-all-delhi-mlas-clean/article6883461.ece?homepage=true&utm_source=MostPopular&utm_medium=Homepage&utm_campaign=WidgetPromo;
- http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/pedestrian-killed-by-garbage-truck-at-intersection-of-collins-and-spencer-streets-20150217-13gokb.html, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-17/pedestrian-killed-by-truck-at-busy-melbourne-cbd-intersection/6125980; and http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/experts-search-for-answers-as-pedestrian-deaths-rise-in-melbourne-20150217-13h2cs.html;
- http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-17/maggot-therapy-makes-comeback-as-medical-treatment-in-kenya/6077088;
- http://www.theage.com.au/comment/performance-reviews-get-rid-of-them-20150217-13gozk.html;
- http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/train-driver-stops-work-after-unauthorised-persons-on-track-near-toorak-20150222-13lncx.html;
- http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-22/thousands-of-australians-underpaid-denied-entitlements/6189802;
- http://www.theage.com.au/comment/national-security-measures-or-a-government-of-stalkers-20150223-13m68r.html;
[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
(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
between 8 and 11 PM on Sunday, wherever you are, to meditate-clear 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.
- 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'.
- I mourn the desecration of the term 'Light Worker' by commercial interests, and the warping of the word 'Light' away from 'Clear Light' by the "(Fluffy) White Lighters".
- Presuming that everyone has, or wants, a smartphone is discriminatory, unspiritual, and downright stupid.
- 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.
Gnwmythr
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: adaptation to Australia, children, climate change, discrimination, meditation, psychism, reading, Sabbats, seasons, selfishness, shadow work, society, trees,
First published: Thorsdagr, 26th February, 2015
Last edited (excluding fixing typo's
and other minor matters): Thursday, 26th February, 2015