Post No. 704 – For Sunday evening’s meditation-clearing

For everyone’s convenience, I’ve shifted the reminders / explanations about Sunday’s meditation-clearing to this post. I have a simplified blogiography of posts related to this work here, a list of themes I have identified here, and my changing the personality of oppressors post, which I am contemplating expanding to include some key people to work on, is here.

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) it is possible for something that is well intended and genuinely (BPLF) spiritually inspired to be warped into something else: therefore, it is always important to think one’s actions through carefully;

(b) attempting to have and keep power by force will, in the long term (which is possibly centuries), be unsuccessful, as the human drive for freedom, truth and love, and the BPLF influences guiding this planet, will eventually find a way to win – evolving as is necessary to do so. The only way to have “power” is to have the BPLF powers of spiritual maturity, freedom, truth and love;

(c) we are here in this world for a reason - several, actually, and one of those reasons is to make it a better place;

(d) respecting and caring  even spiritually loving - people who are different, but not harmful, is part of making this world a better place. Harsh treatment of refugees, subjugating women, discrimination against ethnic groups or LGBTIQ people is as wrong as a politician abusing power or an unjust war - and, in some cases, possibly more harmful;

(e) every act on a small scale reinforces larger scale versions of those acts -psychically, and through their effect on society;

(f) every time you think could not do something "bad" (e.g., that you could never be violent or commit acts of torture), you set yourself up to be thoroughly tested  possibly quite some time later, but it WILL happen. Therefore, be merciful, understanding of human complexities, vulnerabilities and failings, and nuanced in your judgements - both for good and bad;

(g)think about the concepts of “the greater good” and "the Highest Spiritual Good";

News and other matters from this week include the following (opportunities/good news are shown in green; comments are 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 that need to be cleared and BPLF units 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! … including yourself.

• permanent issue: may all actual and potential BPLF [1] Leaders be kept BPLF safe, including keeping them undetectable to the nonBPLF and keeping all their Significant Others inviolable against being used for indirect psychic attack, all as is for the Highest Spiritual Good;

• with regard to the civil war in Yemen, there has been:   a report on concerns that the war could develop a religious aspect;   a report on partial acceptance of the Saudi offered ceasefire (the start of which was later welcomed by the UN) as a call is made for an immediate ceasefire and a UN chartered ship arrives with fuel for aid delivery;   a call by the US for Iran to send an aid ship to Djibouti, to become part of UN coordinated efforts, rather than directly to Yemen;   a report that the Houthis are not observing the ceasefire;   a report that Yemenis are now turning to solar power;

• with regard to the conflict in Syria:   a report on the dehumanising effect of the violence in Aleppo;   a report on the problems that aid cuts are causing;   a report that chemical weapons inspectors have found precursors of toxic agents while investigating alleged chlorine gas attacks;   UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has the urgency of finding a political solution and making every effort to alleviate the suffering of the people and save lives, and has met with senior officials from the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom, the envoy of the Syrian National Coalition of Opposition and Revolutionary Forces, and Syrian activist Samir Al-Taqi, currently the General Director of the Orient Research Centre in Dubai;   the talks for peace are reviewed here;

• with regard to the Libyan civil war:   a report on problems for female asylum seekers detained for long periods in Libya (such reports have been made in Australia’s abusive system);   a reported call for Libya to amend its anti-terrorism law;   a report that a ship off the Libyan coast was shelled by a tank;   the UN Support Mission for Libya has said that armed groups across Libya are responsible for abductions of civilians, including minors based on their actual or perceived origin, opinion, family and political affiliation, who are tortured and, in some cases, killed;   the International Criminal Court is apparently ready to investigate war crimes in Libya;

• with regard to Da’esh:   a report on why plans to intensify Western military action will not work:, the root causes that led to this evil movement must be addressed;   Da’esh has claimed responsibility for a mass prison breakout in Iraq that left dozens of people dead, and a terrorist attack in Pakistan that left 43 people on a bus dead;   Jan Kubis, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General’s for Iraq, has briefed the UN Security Council and said that while major differences of opinion and approaches exist, there is a general consensus on the need for unity and cooperation among all Iraqi society to successfully deal with Iraq’s common enemy, the Da’esh. He said that in his meetings with Iraq’s political representatives, he heard the clear message that a military solution will not be enough to defeat Da’esh, and that the Government of Iraq must also restore the confidence of disaffected communities that they will assume a share in governance and fair participation in society;

• with regard to the conflict in eastern Ukraine:   in a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, the UN Secretary-General discussed in depth the way forward on Ukraine, and agreed that full and good faith implementation by all sides of the "Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements" presented the best opportunity to bring forth a peaceful resolution to the conflict;   claims have been made that Russia has spent US$1billion supporting the separatists;

• with regard to the earthquake in Nepal and other natural catastrophes:   a “super typhoon” has made landfall in the Philippines;   Nepal is focusing on sanitation to prevent illnesses, as aid organisations warn that aid delivery will be hampered once the monsoons begin in the coming weeks, and estimates indicate that 315,000 people live in areas where they cannot be reached by road – aftershocks are continuing to injure and kill people and cause damage. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that children in Nepal are facing an unprecedented emotional toll as they deal with the devastating consequences of two major earthquakes in two and a half weeks. In Vanuatu, two months after cyclone, UN-backed humanitarian efforts are shifting to reconstruction;

• with regard to media and freedom of expression:   Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has lifted restrictions that prevented foreign journalists travelling to Papua;   in southern Egypt, women journalists are keeping the spirit of media alive;   claims that Iran is trying to control the Internet access of Iranians by developing its own search engines;   a journalist has been forced to flee Russia after reporting on a forced marriage of a girl;

• with regard to refugees:   this article presents some facts on asylum seekers, which are ignored in some of the comments – some of which show an appallingly simplistic and inaccurate view of reality, and unwillingness to accept the historical responsibility of Western nations like Australia in creating these problems (I rarely read the comments to articles, and when I do I consider there is a massive need for better education of kids on things like clear thinking   a report that the European Union wants to destroy boats used to smuggle asylum seekers before they are used (possibly including ground troops), and why this will not work, as the UK refuses to accept refugees crossing the Mediterranean;   a report that a boat carrying about 500 members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim community has been rescued off northern Indonesia, and another that Indonesia and Malaysia may be “pushing boats back”;

• with regard to discrimination, there has been:   a report on better parental responses in the USA to trans kids;   a call for objective, balanced debate of human rights in Australia – including responses to refugees;   a defence of free speech as a way to gain understanding of an issue (I disagree with this, after having seen people driven to suicide by speech: there is a limit  hate speech, such as that which led to the evil of Nazism in Germany in the 30s and 40s, is not justifiable);   three days ahead of the International Day against Homophobia & Transphobia on 17^th May, the UN Human Rights Office has launched a new online video, “Faces”, as part of its ongoing Free & Equal campaign against homophobia and transphobia which celebrates the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people to families and local communities around the world. The video features people filmed in their workplaces and homes, including the Secretary-General. The musician Sara Bareilles has lent her song "Brave" as the video’s soundtrack. The Secretary-General has repeatedly spoken out in favour of equality for LGBT people, and his participation in the video underscores the importance of allies in the struggle to overcome centuries of prejudice and discrimination;   this form of sexual assault - and the ridiculous excuse given for it - needs to stop;   Qatar has elected two women;   a report that China has been angered by women feminists;  clerics in Afghanistan are reportedly angered at pressure for human rights from women;

• with regard to police and policing, there has been:   a report on the risks of policing;

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

• following a reported coup, the Secretary-General has urgently called on all parties in Burundi, a country that has suffered so grievously from previous bouts of violence, to exercise calm and restraint. He added that the UN is evaluating developments and that the situation remains very fluid. He has also called on Burundi’s neighbours to be part of efforts on this matter (see also here). Although the extreme violence could possibly be over relatively quickly – and, in fact, is reportedly over and unsuccessful, this situation has been building for some time, (see here, here, here, and here – and the colonisation of this nation and neighbouring Rwanda has done much to contribute to ethnic divisions) is extremely serious, and merits attention. People have been injured, and thus need healing, and killed violently, and thus may need rescue, but the damage done again to peace, democracy and freedom in this nation is also severe – and THAT is the greatest hurt which requires healing;

• during the Security Council’s debate on small arms and light weapons, the Secretary-General said that the diversion of weaponry, including from government stockpiles, is further fuelling conflict, and urged all Member States to accede to and faithfully implement the Arms Trade Treaty, which entered into force recently;

• Valerie Amos, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, has briefed the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Iraq, saying that the number of Iraqis requiring humanitarian assistance has grown to more than 8.2 million people – an increase of three million people in the past five months. She expressed concern about the well-being of millions of Iraqis who live in areas outside of Government control. Funding shortfalls are restricting the UN’s ability to provide services, with only 8 percent of the $1.2 billion required for this year having been received so far. Later in the week, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Iraq, Jan Kubiš, condemned the despicable incident attack on the Sunni Endowment Building in the A’dhamiyya neighbourhood of Baghdad, which led to people being burned to death;

• the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has strongly condemned the killing of at least 17 civilians in two separate attacks which the Taliban has claimed responsibility for, and which may constitute war crimes;

• the Secretary-General has condemned in the strongest possible terms the terrorist attack on a bus in Karachi, Pakistan, which reportedly killing at least 45 members of the Ismaili community and injuring several others;

• a UN report published today reveals that grave violations of international humanitarian law, potentially war crimes, were committed by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a rebel group from Uganda, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo over a three-month period at the end of 2014;

• the African Union-UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Sudan, said it remains gravely concerned about the continued mobilization on both sides despite a temporary lull in the fighting between the Ma’alia and the Reziegat tribes;
• the UN Mission in South Sudan has strongly condemned the fighting that erupted among internally displaced persons last weekend at its sites in Juba, resulting in the death of one person, the wounding of 60 and the departure of an estimated 3,500 people from the protection sites - UN military and police peacekeepers intervened and managed to contain the violence, and the Mission is engaging with community leaders to try to defuse the tensions. Meanwhile, as the main planting season begins in South Sudan, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is accelerating its efforts to get vital seeds, tools and other materials to some of the country’s most vulnerable farmers - in the last few days, almost 100 tonnes of inputs have been flown from Juba to local airstrips, and the FAO plans to reach over 175,000 food-insecure farming families in Upper Nile, Unity and Jonglei states by the end of May;

• the head of the UN Mission in Mali, Mongi Hamdi, has said he was encouraged after the Coordination des Mouvements de l’Azawad, or CMA, initialled the Peace and National Reconciliation Agreement. Initialling does not equate to signing, but it is a positive step in the right direction. The Malian Government, the coalition of armed groups "Platform" and members of the international community will sign the draft agreement shortly;

• the Secretary-General has congratulated the people of the Central African Republic for the adoption of the Republican Pact for Peace, National Reconciliation and Reconstruction at the conclusion of the Bangui National Forum, held from 4^th to 11^th May 2015. Also, more than 300 children, including several under 12 years old, have been released from armed groups following a UNICEF-facilitated agreement by the groups’ leaders to free all children in their ranks. UNICEF and partners have begun to provide psychosocial support and reunify the children with their families, and will be supporting their reintegration into their communities;

• a study published this week by the World Food Programme on the impact of hunger on the economy of Malawi estimates that child undernutrition cost Malawi 10.3 percent of its GDP in 2012;

• the Secretary-General has expressed alarm at the recent violence in the city of Kumanovo in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and extends his condolences to the families of those killed and injured;

From other sites:

• Human Rights Watch has:   a report on abuses against migrant workers during mass expulsions in Saudi Arabia since 2013;   a report that Afghani government negotiations with the Taliban have included women, although it is too early to read too much into that;   a call for the US, EU, and other governments to speak out about human rights abuses in Uzbekistan on the 10^th anniversary of the Andijan massacre and renew their calls for accountability;   concerns that Sudan will prevent human rights experts from doing their job, and a report that government forces are again committing abuses in South Sudan;   a report on growing allegations that Angolan security forces killed hundreds of people;   a call for Germany to look past its legitimate energy and geo-political interests to take a firm, principled stand against the worst human rights crackdown in Azerbaijan in years;   a report on a possible Da’esh style killing of local leaders as preparation for an al-out war (this is very concerning);

• the Middle East Eye has:
    - a review of Iran’s century old struggle between conservatism and modernism (this manifests as a fear of cultural invasion that strikes me as similar to the xenophobia of many Australians), and another on the illogicality of the USA threatening Iran while trying to negotiate with it ( see also: concerns over the ramifications and fragility of the US-Iran nuclear deal, and a contrast of that situation against the situation with North Korea);
    - a report on plans to increase surveillance in Egypt;
     more on concerns about the proposed Tunisian security law;
    - a report on a festival that is being used as cultural resistance to militants in Tunisia;
    - a report that Lebanon has jailed a former pro-Assad minister over terrorism plot;
    - a report on violence of young Jewish extremists against Armenians in Israel, an assessment of the new government as hardline right wing – and Israeli society;
    - a report that the Vatican is preparing to sign its first accord with Palestine, two years after officially recognising it as a state;

• the Nonviolent Conflict site has links to:   a report that Chinese University of Hong Kong has postponed a campus visit of soldiers from the People’s Liberation Army, after students protested;   a call for African human rights groups must embrace social movements to address the distrust many have of government;   a report that nations across the world have blasted the Maldives for its politicized judiciary and expressed alarm over threats to journalists and human rights defenders, at a UN periodic review of human rights in Geneva;   a report that, only one day after police violently dispersed demonstrators in Macedonia with water cannons, smoke bombs and batons, a group of women participating in a second day of protests demanding justice (after leaked recordings seemed to show officials tried to cover up the 2011 murder of Martin Neshkovski at the hands of a police officer) formed a human shield around officers to protect them from provocateurs throwing glass bottles;   a people’s movement in Ireland is driving down water charges (I’d be interested in the engineering and economic aspects of this: what caused the charges to go up?);   claims that the USA’s FBI broke its own rules when it ‘spied’ on nonviolent anti-Keystone XL pipeline protestors;

• 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, unless I want you to think … :) ) has:   an article on attempts to get the Gulf Cooperation Council to cooperate on defences against missiles (there are concerns about Iran’s missile capability);   a review on why people become violent extremists (there have been better reviews – ones with good suggestions about what to do, for instance, see here);

• the Justice in Conflict blog has:   a favourable review of the new “hybrid” tribunal in the Central African Republic, which was created the aim of prosecuting atrocities committed by Séléka and anti-Balaka forces during the country’s latest spate of political violence in response to pressure from international human rights groups and the United Nations;

• the Political Violence at a Glance blog has:   a critique of US security aid to other nations, including its narrow and selective focus, and the potentially impact that can have on recipient nations;   an article on an apparent decline of ‘ethnic politics’ in Northern Ireland shown at the last UK election;

• the International Crisis Group has:   a review of the situation in Kazakhstan, particularly in light of events in Ukraine;

and, from other sources:

• The Hindu has:
   - a review of India and China’s troubled relationship (see also here);
   - a report that India and Pakistan may renew sporting ties, as an editorial responds to Pakistani claims that India has fomented terrorism with a reminder of Pakistani individuals involvement in terrorist activities, and another of a breakthrough in Indian-Bangladeshi relations, and another editorial reviews the attacks on bloggers in Bangladesh;
    - an opinion piece on the risks of living in Pakistan;
    - an editorial on discrimination against Dalits (and other allegations of the  misuse of laws against Dalits);
    - an editorial on the importance of partnering with local communities in conservation efforts;

• the BBC has:   a report that re-elected Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to 'renew sense of fairness';

• Spiegel International has:   an interview with a member of the Saudi royal family on Yemen, Saudi’s actions in the region, learning from mistakes and where Saudi Arabia is heading (see also here);

• a suggestion that prevention is better than aggressive response with regard to cyber warfare;

• a report on polls that may lead Bougainville to independence from Papua New Guinea;

• a call for Australia to address its fear of the US and China in order to develop a truly independent foreign policy;

• a suggestion that the US-Russian relationship may be turning to a more “pragmatic” approach;

• a review of the concept of “the greater good”;

• an analysis of the possible implications of the US sending navy ships to the South China Sea;

• a plea for changed attitudes towards alcohol after a man is bashed to death in south eastern Australia;

[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, and there are a lot of unwanted changes to layout made upon publishing, so I often have to edit it immediately after publishing to get the format as close to what I want as possible.

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.

Tags: activism, discrimination, energy work, magick, meditation, nonviolence, peace, society, violence, war,

First published: Laugardagr, 16^th May, 2015

Last edited (excluding fixing typo's and other minor matters): Saturday, 16^th May, 2015