Saturday 30 May 2015

Post No. 713 – 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) I have been reviewing some outer planet astrological influences, and, based on my interpretation (click on the links to see theirs) and summation – in my words - of the information at http://www.cafeastrology.com/ and http://www.trans4mind.com/personal_development/astrology/LearningAstrology/signsPluto.htm, we have:
     Jupiter in Leo contributing to an expansion of opinions, beliefs and perceptions
(until 11th August, 2015);
     Saturn in Sagittarius contributing to finding an authentic balance
(until 20th December, 2017);
     Uranus in Aries contributing to fresh and possibly radical starts
(until some time in the Year 2018); and
     Pluto in Capricorn contributing to a transformation of power and business (and careers)
(until some time in the Year 2024);
so, conditions are ripe for a change for the better in world politics;

(b) the history of Cyprus gives an idea of how much time can be required to both create problems, and to move towards peace (the following is based on the Wikipedia article I just gave a link for):
    with humans present since the 10th millennium BCE, the island was part of the
Ottoman Empire from the 1500s (after raids by Muslims from the 600s CE; the Ottomans changed rule from a feudal system to one where people were ruled by their religious leaders – setting the scene for some amazing, to outsiders such as myself, scenes last Century of Archbishops being involved in political matters) until “administered” by the British Empire in 1878 (which came about after a war), and annexed in 1914 as part of World War Part One. During this period, Greek-Turkish tensions began, with hundreds of Greeks executed after some Greeks left to support the Greek War of Independence in the early 1800s, following which Greece called for Cyprus to be part of Greece (see here, which is reminiscent of this, to me);
   following nationalist violence in the 1950s, Cyprus was granted independence in 1960, as a single nation, with Turkish Cypriots fearing union with Greece, and some wanting partition of Cyprus;
    in 1963, the 11-year
intercommunal violence between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots started, which displaced more than 25,000 Turkish Cypriots, and led to a coup d'état by Greek Cypriot nationalists in July 1974, which was responded to by the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, which led to the capture of the present-day territory of Northern Cyprus the following month, after a ceasefire collapsed, and the displacement of over 150,000 Greek Cypriots and 50,000 Turkish Cypriots and, in 1983 separate Turkish Cypriot state in the north;
   these
events and the resulting political situation in the 1970s, which were preceded by hundreds of years of violence building up enmity,  are matters of a continuing dispute., with international police / observers (I recall media film of violence along the border, with people killed), attempts by the UN to broker an ongoing peace and ongoing legal battles (including over the loss of property as a result of the conflicts), the European Union making some significant progress from the late 1970s after announcing that Turkey could potentially become a member. This week negotiations have started to address issues such as those missing as a result of events in the 1970s. According to the Wikipedia article, “[a] number of observers increasingly suggest partition is the best solution”, but “critical peace scholars suggest that a solution to the Cyprus conflict can only be found by including society on a broad base, as political elites started to abuse the conflict as a source of power and resources”. In any event, there is real anguish and suffering, and unresolved hatreds and anger, and thus a need for BPLF work;

(c) for decisions and actions to be long lasting (self-perpetuating, in a sense), there has to be an adequate basis for them – actions taken in support of ideology or convenience are rarely going to exist without massive, self-defeating efforts at control;
(d) when considering political events, don’t forget the environment – for instance, George Monbiot credits a drought which drove one and a half million people from the country into the cities as a major factor in Syria’s uprising in 2011;
(e) always look for the shades of grey;
(f) as with bluffing, sabre rattling is dangerous – for the sabre rattler. China is muscling up to a bigger nation (the USA) as it threatens smaller neighbours, and, basically over a grab for resources and materials -irrespective of whose they actually are. That is not the behaviour of a truly great nation;

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 war in Yemen:   the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that many basic services in Taiz in southern Yemen have ground to a halt;   the World Health Organization has said that, as the conflict in Yemen is entering its 10th week, almost 2,000 people have been killed, 8,000 injured, including hundreds of women and children, and almost 7.5 million people are in urgent need of medical help. The Secretary-General has asked his Special Envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, to postpone the consultations in Geneva following a request from the Government of Yemen and other key stakeholders for more time to prepare. The Secretary-General is actively working to convene the talks at the earliest possible time, and reiterated that the only durable resolution to the crisis in Yemen is an inclusive, negotiated political settlement;   a team of lawyers in Sweden is seeking to gather evidence that could see Yemen’s ousted president and others face trial in the northern European country;   a review of the tensions in that nation which shows that it is, perhaps, more shades of grey than black and white (except with regard to killing and violence);   the Houthis are attempting to violently suppress the media;
  • with regard to the conflict in Syria:   breakaway fighters from Hamas's armed wing are using their expertise to assist Syrian rebels with tunnel building and rocket making;   the World Food Programme (WFP) has called for humanitarian pauses in the fighting in Syria so farmers can safely harvest and transport crops within the country to reach all Syrians in need;   an article on the despair and sense of abandonment felt in Syria;
  • with regard to the conflict in Iraq:   Iraq has rejected accusations by the US defence chief that its security forces dodged battle in Ramadi and lack the will to fight the Islamic State group;   a critique of the discriminatory practices of the Iraqi government, and why that is causing problems;   an article on a mine clearer;   an analysis of the political fallout from the ongoing conflict in Iraq, as felt in the USA and UK;   85,000 people have been displaced since May;
  • with regard to Da’esh and violent extremism generally (note: I generally won’t add links to mainstream stories here, if I consider you, Dear Reader, should be aware of them anyway):   an article pointing out that civil disobedience is not violent extremism;   a senior member of the Qatar royal family has warned that Muslims are being "dehumanised" by the coverage of violent extremism in the Middle East;   a critique of the Western response to Da’esh;   the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported that more women and children have been used as suicide bombers in Northeast Nigeria in the first five months of this year than during the whole of 2014;   thirteen Kenyan police are missing following a night ambush by suspected al-Shabaab militants in the northeast of the country close to the border with Somalia;   the UN Secretary-General has said that no country can fight terrorism alone;   gunmen in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province have attacked two buses, killing at least 19 passengers;
  • with regard to the conflict in eastern Ukraine:   the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported that sporadic fighting continues at Donetsk airport, as well as in Shyrokyne, Avdiivka and Shastia. Many civilians continue to seek refuge in underground shelters, the number of internally displacd people has increased by 44,000 in the last three weeks, and the number of people fleeing Ukraine for neighbouring countries is also on the rise – another 23,000 in the last two weeks;
  • with regard to China:   a report of threats of war from China if the US doesn’t back down (in my view, this is serious enough to warrant some effort at sending BPLF energy and clearing nonBPLF from the key players – the Chinese military [and government] and the US government);   Chinese objections to US flights over their new artificial islands;   an Australian slant on the tensions around the South China Sea;
  • with regard to the natural and other catastrophes :   a heat  wave in the Indian states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh has claimed over 1,200 lives (this photo shows how severe it has been);   floods in the USA states of Texas and Oklahoma;   the UN has called for more aid to Nepal;   a tornado has killed 13 people in Mexico;
  • with regard to refugees:   more mass graves, this time in Malaysia;   the harm done by Australia’s refugee policy to our foreign policy options;   an opinion that Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand are still avoiding taking real responsibility;   the Royal Australasian College of Physicians has released a position statement on asylum-seeker health;   an article on the kindness of Tunisian fishing people, who have rescued many refugees;   a review of the plight of the Rohingyas, and what that shows about Burma and other nations, including key players;   this shows the downright stupidity, in my opinion, of some peoples associated with Australia’s treatment of refugees - accepting the word of a nation known to have human rights problems;   reports on the treatment on refugees in hidden “death camps” appears to have been appalling – torture and murder for criminal gain;   Australia has - correctly, in my view - been accused of being xenophobic on this issue;   Qatar promises to help Indonesia cope financially with Rohingya refugees;
  • with regard to democracy, freedom and governance:   Spain's new anti-corruption movements have made gains in local and regional elections, at the expense of traditional main parties;   although faring better than other former Eastern bloc nations, dissatisfaction with not being like Sweden or Germany appears to have led to Poland adopting a more right wing stance in Presidential elections;   German officials have said they cancelled an upcoming visit to Berlin by Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi because there is “no democratic evolution” in the country;   a former Israeli Prime Minister has been jailed for corruption;   the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has called on the Government of Kyrgyzstan to ensure that the freedoms of expression and association are protected in line with international human rights law and standards, and urges a review of this draft law on “foreign agents”, which could negatively affect the work of numerous civil society organisations working on human rights and delivering services in Kyrgyzstan, to ensure that it does not restrict the important work of civil society organisations in the country;   an article on democratic backsliding and authoritarian resurgence, and what to do about it;   nearly 65,000 Guatemalans gathered to express their anger with a corrupt political class on 16th May in a continuation of a wave of popular indignation that has already forced two high-ranking government officials, including the vice president, to resign;   the Deputy Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson, has expressed the UN's support for the Prime Minister and for Lebanon's stability after one year without a President of the Republic, and urged Lebanon's leaders to put national interests above partisan politics for the sake of Lebanon’s stability, and to show the flexibility and sense of urgency needed to resolve this issue;   a possible abuse of power;   a review of approaching elections in Mexico;   on Burundi, the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region and facilitator of the political dialogue, Said Djinnit, said that, despite persisting divergences on the core issue of the presidential term, the parties agreed to pursue their dialogue and have exchanged views on confidence building measures and mutual commitments regarding the management of the electoral calendar, guarantees and measures for the holding of free, transparent, inclusive and peaceful elections, and Constitutional political rights and freedoms;
  • with regard to discrimination:   when the UN Secretary-General gave the Iveagh Lecture at Dublin Castle, and said that the same-sex marriage referendum means that Ireland has decided to fully include members of the LGBT community in the life of the nation;   Egypt's Shia minority has alleged that they face discrimination despite there being no legislation that prohibits their religious activities;   a good article on “privilege” (unearned advantage) and discrimination;   another backward step here in Australia;   in my opinion, the evil John Howard, who tapped in to Australia’s xenophobic strand and, rather than managing it, exacerbated it with his politics of fear, is directly and personally responsible for this dual attack. That point made, I am glad this commuter stood up to the bigots, and I hope they are caught, charged and jailed;   women have been banned from voting is some parts of Pakistan;
  • with regard to education:   an opinion that most education is not as universal as it claims;
  • with regard to police and policing:   police pellets may have blinded a Kashmiri teen during a protest;   HRW has expressed concern over police accountability in Jordan;   my local police service has appointed a new head who is “talking tough”;   an editorial on the killing of protestors in Kashmir in 2010, and the inadequate response;   a German police officer is being investigated for abuses of refugees, in a case which may have wider ramifications;   a necessary precaution to protect the safety of police and their families, in view of terrorist threats;   “federal investigations and consent decrees like the one in Cleveland have become increasingly common, and many experts say they’re one of the best chances troubled police departments have for taking on the daunting task of reform, addressing police misconduct, and improving relations with a distrustful community”;   an article on why the South African police’s attempts to re-recruit former members may not work;
  • with regard to media and freedom of expression:   the trial of a Washington Post journalist in Iran has been closed to the public;   the UN Security Council has adopted a resolution reaffirming its commitment to the protection of civilians in armed conflict as well as to the protection of journalists, media professionals and associated personnel;   Indonesia appears to be continuing censorship in Papua after all;   India has denied pressuring a Swedish newspaper;   the internationally renowned Angolan investigative journalist Rafael Marques de Morais has been given a six-month suspended sentence after the Luanda provincial court found him guilty of criminal libel against generals of the Angolan military;   China is cracking down on artists who use humour to mock leaders;   the Houthis are attempting to violently suppress the media;
From the Daily Briefings of the United Nations (UN) (and other sources):
  • the Secretary-General has expressed his disappointment at the inability of the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to reach consensus on a substantive outcome (this is a setback - I share the disappointment);
  • the UN Secretary-General has received the Tipperary international peace prize in Ireland and, in his acceptance speech, said that this is a time of test, that the past 70 years would surely have been far bloodier without the UN, and yet conflicts continue to exact an unacceptable toll. It is time for an era of stronger cooperation and action to respond to the millions of people around the world who look to the UN to uphold its obligation to maintain international peace and security;
  • the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, has said that Burundi is a country with deep and terrible knowledge of the potential consequences of outbreaks of violence, adding that following a decade of growing recovery, and prosperity, the recent violence is a significant setback, but he remains encouraged by the mobilisation of the African Union, the International Conference on the Great Lakes region, the East African Community, the European Union and the UN, and by the priority they have given to human rights concerns. The Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman met with the chargé d'affaires of the Prime Minister of Burundi this week, and underlined that the government must take concrete steps to prevent and investigate political violence and killings, as well as violence targeting journalists and other civil society representatives;
  • the Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Geert Cappelaere, has expressed concern over reports of large-scale displacement in Sudan, including possible forced relocations;
  • at a pledging conference on the Central African Republic (CAR) in Brussels, the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Kyung-wha Kang, has said that it is crucial that the level of response and commitment by donors, and humanitarian actors in the country is maintained - an estimated 2.7 million people out of a population of 4.6 require humanitarian assistance and protection, and the 2015 Strategic Response Plan is just 21 percent funded so far;
  • according to the latest annual UN hunger report called “The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015,” the number of hungry people in the world has dropped to 795 million;
  • the World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that about 4.6 million people, or 40 percent of South Sudan’s estimated population, face acute hunger in the next three months and will require urgent lifesaving food or livelihoods assistance;
  • the Department for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) reported new firing outside of its compound in Malakal, injuring one peacekeeper. The Mission is deeply concerned that despite reassurances given by both parties, such an incident occurred this afternoon and reiterates its strong call upon all the parties to respect the sanctity of UN installations and staff;
  • the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has reported that two peacekeepers travelling in Bamako in a UN vehicle were injured by gunshots and that one of them subsequently died. Later in the week, a UN convoy hit a landmine. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported today that renewed fighting between armed groups in northern Mali in the past four weeks has led to some 57,000 people fleeing their homes, according to Malian authorities, joining some 43,00 already displaced;
  • the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Kosovo, Farid Zarif, has commended Serbia and Kosovo for their ability to work together on subjects of common concern, which has been of fundamental importance in overcoming the legacy of hostility and conflict. He thanked the Security Council members for their sustained and constructive support with both parties, which he said remains essential for encouraging full implementation of the April 2013 agreement, and supporting progress on other challenging issues including the establishment of the Specialist Court to try cases from the findings of the European Union Special Investigative Task Force;
  • the Deputy Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson, spoke at the annual Economic and Social Council Partnership Forum on the post-2015 development agenda, and, on behalf of the Secretary-General, stressed that no single entity, nation or organization, can solve global problems alone. He said that the world needs a new model for problem solving today – one that puts problems at the centre and mobilizes all actors to achieve effective change. He urged the international community to establish inclusive partnerships at all levels - local, national, regional and global – in order to achieve ambitious agendas, including on climate change and sustainable development;
  • the Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, Robert Piper, gave a press conference today in Geneva, saying that conflict and displacement have escalated dramatically in the Sahel in the past year;
  • the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser for Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, welcomed the next latest steps taken by the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders towards fulfilling their joint vision for a united federal Cyprus, which includes five concrete steps moving forward, including to work towards opening more crossing points. They have also agreed to make a strong joint appeal on the crucial humanitarian issue of missing persons;
  • a new partnership was signed today in Budapest between the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Union of Wholesale Markets aiming at developing best practices for reducing food waste;
  • the Secretary-General has noted with concern the 2015 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Needs and Priorities that was presented today in Geneva by the UN Country Team in the DPRK. He appreciates the engagement between the DPRK authorities and the UN in its preparation. Urgent humanitarian priorities remain in the country this year in the areas of food and agriculture, health and nutrition, water and sanitation, as well as disaster preparedness;
From other sites:
  • Human Rights Watch has:   a call for Germany to explain what it hopes to achieve by talking to China;   an opinion piece that a judicial crisis unfolding in Swaziland has “laid open the rot at the heart of a country run by absolute monarch King Mswati III, [but] the crisis can also be an opportunity for change and for Swaziland’s authorities – and its African neighbours – to demand courts that operate outside of the king’s influence”;   a review of Nigeria’s situation, following the peaceful transition of power;   Turkey has started jailing judges who defy the county’s leaders;
  • the Middle East Eye has:
     - Israel has thanked the USA for opposing Arab plan for nuclear-weapons-free Middle East, as Gaza faces an imminent water catastrophe (lack of water will increasingly be an issue in a number of places around the world, and has already been a factor in at least one war, I understand);   an opinion piece that the Oslo Accords  sowed the seeds of an intra-Palestinian schism from the outset, including the security provisions and other “practical measures ensuring that a unified Palestinian stand, strategy, and vision would remain unattainable”, and that “created classifications and established divisions. It segregated and stratified the people of Palestine and led to the radical subdivision of the remaining 22 percent of Palestinian land still inhabited by these people”;   another “Freedom Flotilla” is preparing to attempt to sail to Gaza;
       a report by Amnesty International that Hamas tortured and executed other Palestinians during the 2014 war;
     - a report that Saudi Arabia’s king has pledged that anyone linked to the killing of 21 minority Shiites will face justice for the "heinous crime", as the minority Shiite community refuses to be provoked and asks only for justice – and there is a report that yesterday two young men heroically stopped a suicide bomber entering a mosque, and thereby saved around 1,000 people from the bombing – although they themselves were killed, along with two others;   an article on the death penalty in Saudi Arabia;
      - an interesting review of political relations between Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey;
     - reported calls for an investigation into the United Arab Emirates’  role in Tunisia, after a high-profile Tunisian broadcaster accused the UAE of attempting to us;
     - an investigation of the villages where the New York Times claims people are being turned into human shields for Hezbollah weapons which concludes that, by using Israeli army intel without verifying its claims, the NYT is helping to legitimise Israel's next war;
       an article on some of the women working in Egypt;
  • the Nonviolent Conflict site has links to:   documents have come to light that implicate President Robert Mugabe in mass killings of Ndebele people in western Zimbabwe in January 1983;   Malaysia has denied a Hong Kong activist entry;   a review of the human rights movement in Egypt over the last five years;
  • 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 the possible role of ASEAN with regard to managing China’s growing power and influence, and another proposing a course of action which looks reasonable (these articles are the 3rd and 4th in a series on this topic - links to the others in the 4th);
and, from other sources: 
  • The Hindu has:   an editorial that Mr Modi’s government has, after one year, failed to live up to expectations domestically, but has been a success in foreign relations;   an opinion piece on the Modi government’s “war on welfare”;   a report of claims that no religious riots or attacks have occurred on religious minorities in the last year, contrasted with a report of a woman taking action for discrimination because she was evicted from a flat for being Muslim, which was followed up by an editorial on endemic discrimination against Muslims;   an opinion piece on caste, education and the rural-urban divide;   an article on the emerging civil war between Sufis and Salafis;   a report that the US Pentagon has accidentally shipped live samples of deadly anthrax to the country’s private laboratories in nine states and bases in South Korea;   the de-recognition of a student group for criticising India’s Prime Minister is being protested;   hundreds of fishing people from the vicinity of the proposed Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP) have staged the first-ever ‘sea rally’ against the project;
  • the BBC has:   a report that the Colombian army and FARC guerrillas have begun working together to clear landmines sown during 50 years of war;   the USA has removed Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism;
  • an Australian opinion on the alliance with the USA;
  • a review of the problems associated with social inequality;
  • International human rights groups have condemned the Nauruan government’s recent attempts to criminalise political protest and censor web access, and urged it to lift restrictions;
  • signs the US military has learned to try to avoid civilian casualties;
  • I recently wound up looking up peacekeeping on Wikipedia, and the article there is very limited: it doesn’t address the orders that prevented so-called “peacekeepers” taking properly effective action during the Rwanda massacre, orders that I consider result in those people keeping NOTHING and being just bloody observers (I’ve written letters about such troops standing around while women were sexually assaulted and then killed in Somalia, for instance). The appalling limitations and flaws in Rwanda were the reason that Australian officers insisted on rules that allowed them to take effective actions in East Timor – without such rules, they would have stood around watching people be slaughtered yet again (although I do recall hearing of a US officer who stopped an Israeli tank advance into a peacekeeping zone in the Middle East by threatening to shoot the commander of the tanks [see here – the 2nd February incident involving US Marine Captain Charles Johnson, and here]), this time by pro-Indonesian militias, after the referendum. At least the articles on peace building and nonviolent peacekeeping are better; 

[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, 30th May, 2015
Last edited (excluding fixing typo's and other minor matters): Saturday, 30th May, 2015