Saturday 14 March 2015

Post No. 671 - For Sunday evening’s meditation-clearing



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

Now, the themes – short, medium and long term - that come to mind for my work this week, after I review all this news, are (and no apologies if this repeats the themes of any previous weeks – in fact, given the size of this task, that is to be expected):

(a) the importance of listening, so that addressing a problem in one place does not create a problem in the second – which also obliges those people in the second place to listen to those in the first, and understand that they also have a valid problem which needs a proper solution, and that they probably know what does and doesn’t work there;
(b) sometimes a change for the good leads to, or reveals, matters which make the apparent change less effective than expected;
(c) the indirect costs of conflict, in terms of damage to people and their lives, as well as damage to the economy, is truly massive – appallingly so;
(d) as Sweden has shown this week, there are, however, times when economic damage is acceptable – in their case, when standing up to a human rights abuser … and, of course, international sanctions against aggressive bullies is generally justified, whether that is the former apartheid regime in South Africa, or Putin’s Russia;
(e) there is a massive organisational need in achieving beneficial goals – whether that is the effort against Ebola, getting a relief convoy to in an inhospitable place through often impassable roads, or negotiating a ceasefire or a true and lasting peace. To get a feel for this, consider the most complicated event you personally know – perhaps ,,, a wedding? Scale that up for the numbers of people involved, and then quadruple it for language, cultural and cross-boundary difficulties;
(f)        compassion fatigue is a real issue – as I’ve written about in several other places, achieving effective change, even personal change, takes effort and persistence: doing so on a planetary wide basis even more so;
(g) the wellbeing of many trumps the wellbeing of a few: thus, human rights trumps political ambitions.

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. Also, we are part of a planet of billions: it may take persistent, patient effort to realise the results we are seeking – and doing so in a BPLF [1] way is only effective way to do so.

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). Incidentally, the purpose of reading these news links is not only to inform: it is also to stimulate a connection to nonBPLF units (people, places, objects, concepts, energies, etc) that need to be cleared and BPLF units (people, places, objects, concepts, energies, etc) that need to be strengthened. That only works if you don’t let yourself be overwhelmed by this, so take it in small chunks if you need to, but remember to actively clear and heal!

  • 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;
  • 2nd permanent issue: may all actual BPLF workers create, with the guidance and assistance of their Higher Self and BPLF allies, a reserve of positive (BPLF) energy, links, allies and other units, sufficient to act as a (tactical) reserve for when it is needed and to ensure that all the BPLF support and resources they need continue;

From the Daily Briefings of the United Nations (UN) (and other sources):

  • this week the Secretary-General expressed his outrage at the continuing destruction of cultural heritage by Da’esh, amid reports of the razing of the ancient city of Hatra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the north of the country, and urgently called on the international community to swiftly put a stop to such heinous terrorist activity and to counter the illicit trade in cultural artefacts, as demanded by the Security Council. There has also been this report, on the apparent calm of hostages, and this expression of concern about what could happen to Sunnis after Da’esh is driven out of Tikrit;


  • in four years of war, almost four million Syrians have fled as refugees to Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt, have little prospect of a return in the near future and scant opportunity to restart their lives in exile. Another one-and-a-half million have migrated to find work elsewhere, while over six million Syrians -roughly 40 per cent of the population- have been internally displaced within the country, according to a new report produced by the Syrian Centre for Policy Research with the support of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). UNRWA estimates over 50 per cent of the Palestine refugee population has been internally displaced at least once, and the Syrian economy has lost $202.6 billion. As a result of this devastating contraction, the country is plagued with joblessness and unemployment of 58 per cent, as almost three million people have lost their jobs and more than 12 million dependents have lost their means of living. As a consequence, four of every five Syrians live below the national poverty line, with almost two-thirds of the population surviving in extreme poverty as they struggle to meet their basic needs. The Secretary-General has called on international community to not shirk its collective responsibility to Syria, and senior officials of the UN’s humanitarian system today issued a statement expressing their horror, outrage and frustration as the crisis in Syria enters its fifth year;


  • the Secretary-General condemned two attacks in Mali, one targeting the UN Mission (MINUSMA) in Mali’s camp in Kidal and resulting in the deaths of two Malian children and a Chadian UN peacekeeper, and the wounding of 11 peacekeepers and three civilians , and the other, in Bamako, resulting in the death of five and injured seven others, including two experts working for the United Nations;

  • in South Sudan, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that for the first time in nearly 18 months a humanitarian convoy from Juba arrived in Maban in Upper Nile State. Poor road access due to seasonal rains and insecurity has led to restricted access;

  • in Somalia, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that, according to aid organisations, thousands of people were forcefully evicted from displacement sites in Mogadishu in the first week of March;

  • the Security Council has been in Bangui, in the Central African Republic, on a mission that will also take its members to Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia and Bujumbura, in Burundi;
  • the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein called today for action after a surge in attacks on people with albinism in East Africa;

  • the Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) says it is closely following the judicial proceedings in Mauritania against members of two civil society organisations, and is deeply concerned at the severity of the sentences against Dah Abeid and his colleagues. The three men are appealing the verdict, but they remain in detention pending appeal;

  • the High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein urged today the Côte d’Ivoire Government to focus on justice for victims of serious human rights violations and abuses that occurred prior to and during the 2011 conflict in the country;

  • the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) says that it is extremely concerned about the worsening humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine, particularly in areas not controlled by the Ukrainian Government;

  •  the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has expressed its concern about the arrest of more than 100 students and other protestors in Myanmar following their participation in Tuesday’s demonstrations in Latpadan, in the southern Bago Region. Around 60 protesters have been charged under various laws. On a positive note, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that, for the first time since September 2014, a cross-line international aid convoy has reached areas beyond Government control in Myanmar’s Kachin State. This first convoy to Myitkina is expected to be followed by another seven missions to the area, bringing much need humanitarian supplies to conflict-displaced communities, including shelter and household items, and providing aid agencies with an opportunity to assess shelter, protection and early recovery needs. Approximately 100,000 people have been displaced by conflict in Kachin and northern Shan state, close to 50 per cent of whom are in areas beyond the control of the authorities.  Cross-line convoys had been delayed for the past six months, pending Government approval for travel authorizations for international staff. The latest permissions have been granted for a period from 1 March to 30 April (see also HRW report mentioned below);

  • a new Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs has opened, and the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Yury Fedotov, noted that UNODC sought to protect the health of people, including those suffering from HIV or hepatitis; ensure access to treatment services and essential medicines; promote fundamental human rights; build viable alternative livelihoods and stop criminals from exploiting the vulnerable – but, on the other hand, see this;

  • at the Commission on the Status of Women this week, the Secretary-General in a high-level event of the Every Woman Every Child movement, to reflect on the progress made since the launch of the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health in September 2010. He commented that, since 2010 alone, the world has saved the lives of some 2.4 million women and children, and that this young, dynamic partnership has already developed real momentum. “Our task now is to maintain and build on that momentum and complete the unfinished health Millennium Development Goals” (MDGs), he said. We have also had this, this, this and, unfortunately, this, which perpetuates the idiotic – and wrong - rubbish that art is meant to provoke, this, which appears to be a growing scandal in my nation, and this;

  • the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, will visit the country from 16th to 18th March to meet with the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders and their respective negotiating teams;

  • the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iranian officials have met this week in Tehran and discussed the continuation of the implementation of the Framework for Cooperation;

  • the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are combining their forces in a new partnership in the Ebola-affected countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone;

  • the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said that an innovative partnership spanning five African countries is providing important lessons on how governments can procure food for public institutions, such as schools, directly from small-scale family farmers. The Food and Agriculture Organization has also issued a report on agro-corridors, meaning development programmes fostering promising economic sectors, such as agriculture, in territories connected by lines of transportation like highways, railroads, ports or canals (such as the Silk Road);


  • the UN Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) welcomes the formal proposal of a calendar for elections in 2015 by the electoral council, and is looking forward to the prompt publication so that the electoral council and the relevant government entities can focus on its realisation;. Peter de Clercq, the UN Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Humanitarian Coordinator in the country, presented today the Haiti Transitional Appeal for 2015-2016 to international donors and partners in Geneva, calling for US$401 million in funding;

  • the Office for the High Commissioner for Human (OHCHR) welcomed today the recent adoption by the parliaments of Suriname and Côte d’Ivoire of laws to eliminate capital punishment from their countries’ penal codes;

From other sites:


  • The “Wronging Rights” blog has:   mentions the UK’s mistakes in law regarding its moronic decision that a lesbian wasn’t actually a lesbian, and a couple of examples of stupid things from my nation, Australia;

  • the US-based and centric “War on the Rocks” blog (which I have found may also have other articles that I have concerns with - and thus do not provide links to) has:   an article on ethical problems in the US military;   a review of a book which gives good insight to problems in Afghanistan;   an article on cyber vulnerabilities and how to address them written from the point of view of military use, but with some useful thoughts more broadly;   an article reviewing the dangers of historical analogy, but suggesting that some useful lessons can be drawn from a 1957 lecture which argued that the only sensible approach to nuclear weapons was to keep them out of warfare, and comments on the current crisis in Ukraine – and another article, which draws lessons from the USA’s non-intervention in the Spanish Civil War to propose some lessons to take note of if anyone does try to arm Ukraine;   an article on the human pilots behind drones;   and   a useful review of Turkey’s political situation and policies with regard to Iraq and Syria;

  • the Justice in Conflict blog has:   an article exploring the way that the ICC responds to crises, the problems and risks associated with trying to impart justice globally, and some possible solutions;   

  • the Political Violence at a Glance blog has:   an article on using non-military options to empower communities to act against violent extremists;   allegations of torture against the CPD, the past associations of the CPD with torture, and how to prevent torture happening;  

  • the Nonviolent Conflict site has links to:   an article on the anti-fracking movement in Algeria;   an international request to set free former president Mohamed Nasheed and “desist in all human rights abuses against him”, as the current President claims protesting is not a right;   an article commenting that a new “national security” law in China may stifle civil society;   an article on thousands marching for the release of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim;   an article reporting that President Erdoğan of Turkey is continuing to insist that a woman wearing an Islamic headscarf was harassed during the nationwide Gezi protests of 2013, despite footage from nearby security cameras released months later and police interviews with dozens of people near the scene showing no evidence that such an attack had taken place;  
  • Human Rights Watch has:   an article on “grave violations” against indigenous women in Canada, including reluctance to report violence because of police behaviour, the difficulties faced by women activists in Asia, and particularly in China;   an article on more abuse of LGBT people (including kids, Mr Putin!) and organisations in Russia, and problems with Ireland’s “Gender Recognition Bill”;   an article on the ILO’s belated recognition of the right to strike (very surprisingly, the USA played a constructive role in this), and possible moves to undermine this through another forum in the ILO;   an article on Egypt’s political prisoners;   an article on FIFA’s belated and thus-far minor actions against those who ban women from sport;   an article presenting the case for the USA properly implementing the “Leahy Law”, to prevent severe abuses of power in Afghanistan;   problems with responses to teen pregnancies in South Africa;   articles on problems with police in Burma and Afghanistan;   flaws in US prisons;   a report on human rights abuses in Laos;   a comment that the problems identified in Ferguson are not unique to Ferguson;   and a report on Sweden standing up to Saudi Arabia over the Saudi’s appalling human rights abuses, even at economic costs to themselves, which is possibly the best news I have had all week (or for longer, actually), and sets a magnificent example for other Western nations, who tend to roll over when making a stand for human rights would cost them;
and, from other sources:
  • I can vouch for this, having seen it happen to some kids – although I’ve also seen kids who were not spoiled and overindulged turn out badly, and well, so this influence is not the whole story – the rest of “the story” is our personal character, what we bring into this life from previous lives and our determination to be BPLF and not a victim to circumstances, etc: http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2015/03/10/4193979.htm;
Now, my regular weekly reminder / explanation.

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 :)

Now, keep always in mind that 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 – I hate getting credit where I don’t deserve it) 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 Hope, Peace, Love and Prosperity Spell (also from the Correllian Tradition, in around 2007 or 2008, I think, from memory),   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). This work is neither original nor solitary. Other spiritual paths do this sort of work as well - for instance, see here and here.

To further set the mood for this work, here are a couple of quotes from this surprising article:
“External armed interventions tend to extend the duration of civil wars and even worse, increase the number of civilians killed. A country has a more than 40% chance of relapsing into civil war within 10 years if the conflict is resolved through violent means”;

“Admittedly, a political struggle is not a panacea for every type of violence, but nonviolent organizing and mobilizing against violent actors have proven to be historically twice as effective as and three times shorter than armed struggle, not to mention almost 10 times more likely to bring about a democratic outcome within 5 years after the end of the conflict than its violent counterpart.”
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, but far from least, 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.


I have a simplified blogiography of posts related to this work here.




[1] BPLF = Balanced Positive (spiritual) Light Forces. See here and here for more on this.

[2] Please see here, 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").
[3] I apologise for the formatting: it seems Blogger is no longer as WYSIWYG as it used to be.

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 for a few minutes at some time 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.

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'.
  • 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: activism, discrimination, energy work, magick, meditation, nonviolence, peace, society, violence, war,
First published: Laugardagr, 14th March, 2015
Last edited (excluding fixing typo's and other minor matters): Saturday, 14th March, 2015

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