Post No. 746 – 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. (Also, see here for some investigation into evidence of the effectiveness of this type of work, which shows variability [and mentions causes] and cycles in the energetic/consciousness response.) A range of information on emotions is here, and suggestions on how to work with emotions is here.

The purpose of posting 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.

Also, in the same way that activists used to argue that “the personal is political”, the energies we use and manifest in our daily lives contribute to the larger soup of energies that influence world events. If you want to, for example, improve the communication of nations, improve yours. To help stop abuses of power, be always ethical in your conduct. Want peace? Then work in an informed, understanding, intelligent and nuanced way for peace in yourself and your life.

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)   based on my interpretation of information here and here with Saturn in Sagittarius contributing to finding an authentic balance (until 20^th December, 2017), Uranus in Aries contributing to fresh and possibly radical starts (until some date in the Year 2018), and Pluto in Capricorn contributing to a transformation of power and business (and careers) (until some date in the Year 2024), conditions are ripe for a change for the better in world politics;

(b)   viewing the overall emotional state of the world from an elemental point of view, externally focused air (i.e., some thinking) is occurring, which is good, but it will need the flexibility of Water to lead to a good result;

(c)   perception – or, as it used to be called, one’s public honour – is an unavoidable aspect of democracy. Sometimes, for the greater good, that means one must stand aside from what one knows one can do well, which relates to several situations in the world this week, ranging from “small” local to world impacting;

(d)   abuse of power remains a problem, as does discrimination against anyone who is “different” from oneself in some way, and, even more concerningly, sometimes those two problems combine. Where abuses occur, those responsible, or responsible for hiding it, must occur - , which also relates to several situations in the world this week, ranging from “small” local to world impacting;

(e)   the chooks of rhetoric against Muslims in the West is about to come home to roost in ways that the original speakers may not, in their stupidity and/or desire for power, have intended;

(f)   “The real dividing line is not between Christianity and Islam, Sunni and Shia, East and West. It is between people who believe in coexistence, and those who don’t”, Tom Fletcher, Former UK Ambassador to Lebanon;

(g)   it is important not to be blinded by one’s aims or attitudes: for instance, more French civilians died on D-Day in June 1944 than allied soldiers, and many of the indigenous people of the Pacific suffered under and fought the Japanese. In the West, there has been a history of media focusing on Western deaths. And it starts, in some ways, with the banishment of people to the “out crowd” in schools … ;

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).

• 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 Da’esh and violent extremism generally:   the USA’s FBI has warned of the increasing risk of Islamophobic violence from right wing extremists;   a call for greater humanitarian aid in the fight against Da’esh in Syria;   an assessment that the biggest threat in the Middle East is that of civil war, not Da’esh;   a bomb has killed 21 and injured over 120 people at a Hindu shrine in Bangkok (events like this, in places where I have worked, increase my concerns because of the personal connection of knowing people there, but all those affected deserve our care and efforts);   the Secretary-General has condemned the bomb attack in Pakistan’s Punjab Province;   Pakistani airstrikes killed 65 militants in two tribal regions along the Afghan border;   a plot by Da’esh uncovered in Indonesia;   reports from Nigeria say as many as 60 people may have been killed after a raid on a village in the north-east by suspected Boko Haram militants, some possibly drowning while fleeing;   a car bomb has injured six police officers in Cairo, Egypt;   a Tunisian police officer has been killed;   passengers have overpowered a terrorist gunman on a French train;

• with regard to democracy, freedom and governance:   some more honesty and common sense, this time on money and politics, from Wendell Williams;   the UN Secretary-General has condemned the assassination of Colonel Jean Bikomagu, the former Army Chief of Staff, and continues to be troubled by the trend of politically-motivated violence in Burundi;   the Australian government’s response to a recent court case is an attack on both democracy and the environment (see here for a disenchanted Australian voter's views);   a wave of arrests raise concerns over the state of democracy in Fiji (see also here);   a call for stronger debate, rather than bipartisanship, when considering defence;   an article on the “deepening (political) disarray” – and violence - in Turkey (see also here);   with apologies for using a social media (LinkedIn) URL, interesting article on employment problems and how to fix them in the USA;   the UN Secretary-General congratulated the people of Sri Lanka on the peaceful and inclusive parliamentary elections held on 17^th August and expressed appreciation for the work of the Election Commissioner;   an article on why politicians (in Australia) are out of touch;   a fight over motions without notice in South Africa;   The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has welcomed the signature of a political agreement in Guinea, and the determination to move towards inclusive, credible and peaceful elections in the country;

• with regard to crime, judicial matters and policing:   an ongoing abuse of power that has been suspected for a long time, by police in Brazil;   legal action has commenced against the French media for allegedly endangering the lives of people during hostage crises;   more on some promising changes to US policing;   police in Western Australia have been rightly found guilty of misconduct in relation to a forcible strip search, assault and humiliation of woman (I sincerely hope they face criminal charges: they are unfit for their position);   criticism of US police militarisation;   a woman has been jailed in the USA for raping a teenaged boy, which is good for the case, and also reminds people that women can and do commit rape;   real life CSI;

• with regard to human rights and discrimination:   a comparison of the response to women and men complaining about sexism;   an opinion piece on domestic violence;   review of a novel which explores what would happen if women externalised their anger at being discriminated, as many men do (also explores fat acceptance);   the struggle for human rights against copper mining in Burma;   an article on nonviolent resistance in Palestine;   consultation has started on recognising Australia’s indigenous people;   the USA has denounced Egypt’s new anti-terror law;   Venice has decided to adopt a discriminatory position on same sex matters;   Black Lives Matter activist have been challenging US presidential hopefuls;   an indigenous person’s rebuttal of an anti-marriage equality petition signed by 30 indigenous people;   the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has released Australia's first policy for advancing the interests of the world's Indigenous peoples, and hopes to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to play a leadership role in boosting a global agenda on Indigenous issues;   as Senator Nova Peris delivered a stirring speech against racism, she was abused on social media by a very blatant racist;   a free hotline offering counselling to victims of domestic and sexual violence in Papua New Guinea has been launched in response to widespread violence against women and girls;   a “one stop” centre for women who are victims of domestic violence will be set up in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states, in India;   Saudi Arabia has finally allowed women to register to vote and stand for office, for forthcoming municipal elections;   an LGBT event in Viêt Nám has gone well;   hundreds are heading to Kalkarindji to celebrate the 49^th anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off, a major event in the struggle for indigenous rights in Australia;

• with regard to media and freedom of expression:   a review of the attacks on free speech in Bangladesh;   an imprisoned Egyptian journalist writes of his experience in a place where being a journalist is seen as being worse than being a criminal;   attempts in Jordan for media to get around censorship;   a newspaper publisher has been killed in the Philippines;   the Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, called today for an investigation into the killing of newspaper journalist Peter Moi Julius;

• with regard to refugees:   a questioning of the world’s lack of morality in relation to refugees;   Israeli mishandling of refugees;   the “poisonous” state of debate about refugees in Australia;   49 refugees have suffocated to death on an overcrowded boat in the Mediterranean (keep in mind that many of these people are being driven out of places like Eritrea, and have a look at this map);   the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said that the number of refugees and migrants arriving in Greece – both by land and by sea – is accelerating dramatically and has now reached 160,000;   Britain and France have announced a new "command and control centre" to tackle people smuggling gangs in Calais;

• with regard to overcrowding and “modern” lifestyle issues:   not quite what I meant to cover in this section, but this LinkedIn post has some good comments on the need to improve energy access to address poverty and environmental pollution (the post was based originally on this speech, for those without access to LinkedIn – and I apologise for having done so, as I know not everyone uses social media). Warning: the speech and post come from the World Bank;   a grieving father is educating students on the dangers of cyber-bullying;   Islamic environmental and religious leaders have called on rich countries and oil producing nations to end fossil fuel use by 2050;   a call to pace ourselves over our longer lives;   Melbourne has been ranked as the world’s most liveable city, but that is disputed;   possibly permanent changes to their biology for the obese;

• with regard to education:   the problems facing children with disabilities in South Africa;   the Secretary-General said that he is greatly relieved that the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) will be able to open its school year, safeguarding the education of 500,000 students in United Nations schools across the Middle East;   sadly, 500,000 children with disabilities did not go to school in South Africa;   good changes to Victoria’s school curriculum;

• with regard to the conflict in Afghanistan (noting that Afghanistan was once a peaceful and modern society, even allowing women in miniskirts, before the Russian invasion – see here):   an article on why people want to leave Afghanistan;

• with regard to China:   an Australian diplomat has said that China’s struggle to reconcile tight political control with reforms needed to open up new and sustainable avenues of economic growth could lead to political instability, and thus growing economic and strategic risks;

• with regard to the conflict in Iraq (noting that Iraq was once a peaceful and prosperous society, before the USA / CIA backed revolution – see here):   tensions in the Kurdistan Region Government over plans to extend the tenure of the current President;   Iraqi politicians have referred a report on the fall of Mosul to the judiciary, but without having properly read the report or voting on its recommendations;

• with regard to the Libyan civil war:   according to the UN, a district in Sirte was reportedly indiscriminately shelled by Da’esh forces during fighting that erupted last week after the killing of a local imam. The mission said that the total number of fatalities is unknown;   the Arab League has called for military support for Libya;

• with regard to Sudan and South Sudan:   the Deputy Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson, is in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, representing the Secretary-General at the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)-PLUS summit on the situation in South Sudan;   a review of blocks to peace in South Sudan, where fighting has resumed;   the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has said that serious human rights violations and abuses that occurred in Darfur in 2014 have largely gone un-investigated and unpunished;

• with regard to the conflict in Syria:   UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has condemned what he called the “devastating” air raids yesterday on a market in the town of Duma, after which the USA said the government had no remaining legitimacy, and a call was made for an arms embargo;   a comparison of the world’s response to the market place bombing in Syria, and that in Bosnia, which led to NATO involvement;   criticism of the USA’s approach in Syria;   a call for greater humanitarian aid in the fight against Da’esh;   an elderly Syrian scholar may have been beheaded for refusing to reveal the hiding place of antiquities that Da’esh wanted to sell;

• with regard to the conflict in eastern Ukraine:   fighting has intensified near the ceasefire line in eastern Ukraine, with both the Government of Ukraine and the rebels blaming each other;

• with regard to the war in Yemen:   a review of the Houthi role in the war in Yemen, and their declining support;   Saudi-led air strikes against rebels in Yemen have left a "bloody train of civilian death", according to a report from Amnesty International;   since the escalation of the conflict on 26 March, the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has said that it has recorded at least 6,221 civilian casualties: at least 1,950 civilians killed, and 4,271 wounded;   a call for the United Nations Human Rights Council should create a commission of inquiry to investigate alleged serious laws-of-war violations by all parties in Yemen since September 2014 (supported by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect – see also here);   an article on child soldiers in Yemen – who insist on fighting;   the problem of unburied corpses in Yemen, which reminds of similar problems in World War Part One;

• with regard to the natural and other catastrophes :   a heatwave has killed 100 people in Egypt;   the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated $6.3 million for drought response in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and UN agencies and humanitarian partners are stepping up their support to national relief efforts in the lead up to the peak of the lean season;   a typhoon is intensifying as it approaches the Philippines;

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

• the UN Mission in the Central African Republic has said that it is determined to investigate fully all allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by its forces in the country and to hold perpetrators of such acts to account. Sadly, a new series of disturbing allegations of misconduct in recent weeks have recently come to light;

• the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura, spoke to the Security Council and stressed that a comprehensive response to conflict-related sexual violence must include proactive and purposeful engagement with the security sector. She added that this is particularly important in settings where security services may have been involved in the commission of sexual violence;

• the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali has condemned the violation of the ceasefire, following armed confrontations today and over the weekend, in the Kidal region. Intense diplomatic efforts are underway to ensure that the ceasefire is upheld and that the parties use the existing mechanisms established under the Peace Agreement;

• the UN Children’s Fund and the Afghanistan Cricket Board, over the weekend, signed a Programme Cooperation Agreement to work together to eradicate polio in the country;

• in a Security Council debate, the Secretary-General said the UN increasingly shares responsibility for peace and security with regional organisations, and counts on them for political leverage as well as civilian and military capacities; is deploying into fragile and remote environments with little peace to keep, and that too often, it lacks the proper equipment, resources and training; and more predictable financing, as investing in prevention will spare the much higher human and financial costs of a crisis. He is currently analysing the report of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations, identifying the recommendations that can carried out immediately, and those that will require action by legislative bodies, Member States and partners. He said that in recent years, we have seen how practical cooperation among the UN, the African Union and the European Union has enhanced progress in Africa, and we need to build on this trilateral cooperation and boost our collective ability to manage, plan and execute peace operations, and be open to different forms of engagement with other organisations;

• the UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Robert Piper, and the Director of Operations in the West Bank of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Felipe Sanchez, have expressed grave concern over yesterday’s demolitions by the Israeli Civil Administration in vulnerable Palestinian Bedouin refugee communities in Area C, near East Jerusalem;

• in his message for World Humanitarian Day, the Secretary-General called on everyone to honour the selfless dedication and sacrifice of aid workers and volunteers around world as well as to celebrate our common humanity (for those on LinkedIn, see also here);

• the Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Peter de Clercq, concluded an assessment mission to towns in Somalia’s Gedo and Bay regions, visiting families in need of humanitarian assistance. With an improvement in the security situation, these areas are now easier for humanitarians to access;

From other sites:

• Human Rights Watch also has:   a call for Burmese authorities to stop using abusive laws on association and expression to halt the activities of land rights activists;   a call for the government of Moldova to ensure that Tajik opposition activist Sobir Valiev is not extradited or otherwise returned to Tajikistan, where he faces possible torture or ill-treatment;   a call for the Southern African Development Community to take concrete steps to improve respect for human rights among member states and strengthen regional human rights institutions;   a call for the World Bank to embrace human rights;   concerns over Indonesia’s proposed reconciliation commission, which may be about to lift the lid on decades of gross human rights violations;   concerns over the Aquino government’s dismal record in ensuring accountability for the killers of activists and journalists;

• the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) also has:  
    - a fortnightly report, aiming to give background, offer analysis, track international response and suggest necessary action, for four nations in immediate crisis (“mass atrocities are occurring and urgent action is needed”: Syria, Iraq, Sudan and South Sudan), three nations at imminent risk (“the situation is reaching a critical threshold and the risk of mass atrocity crimes occurring in the immediate future is very high if effective preventive action is not taken”: Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi), and five nations for which there is serious concern (“significant risk of occurrence, or recurrence, of mass atrocity crimes within the foreseeable future if effective action is not taken”: Central African Republic, Burma/Myanmar, Libya, Yemen and Pakistan);
• Recommended actions are:
•  - in South Sudan (I will work through other nations from the report in coming weeks):
        having read the R2P assessment, I have my own view on what is necessary: after something like 8 ceasefires and agreements have been violated, it is clear that warring sides think (a) they have a chance of victory, (b) that the price does not matter. They need to accept that the damage being caused now does matter, and to be persuaded that, in part because of that, there will never be a victor;

• the Nonviolent Conflict site appears to, sadly, be inactive, gone to social media, perhaps;

• 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 … :) ) also has:   an excellent assessment of what the USA has to do to “win the war of ideas”. The linked “love letter to Lebanon” should also be read - which contains the following amazing, brilliant, wonderful sentence: “The real dividing line is not between Christianity and Islam, Sunni and Shia, East and West. It is between people who believe in coexistence, and those who don’t”;   a criticism of Turkey’s links with a Syrian group;   a rebuttal of Poland’s claims that it is being treated as a buffer state;   an assessment of China’s intelligence gathering, which is apparently superior to its intelligence service;   an article tracing the origins of the current South China Sea disputes to the agreements set in place by the West at the end of World War Part Two;   a review of the International Court of Justice’s “advisory opinion” relating to the legality of the use nuclear weapons (“The court found nuclear weapons’ extreme destructive nature made their use irreconcilable with the requirements of international humanitarian law — the law of armed conflict — but left open the possibility the weapons might be allowable in an extreme case of self-defence in which the state’s very survival is at stake”) in view of current attitudes;   a well-written review of the Iran nuclear deal against the history of US efforts to limit nuclear proliferation;

• the Political Violence at a Glance blog has:   an article on keeping aid workers safe;   a local peacebuilder’s views on the peace talks in Colombia;   an assessment that the biggest threat in the Middle East is that of civil war, not Da’esh;   the use of piracy to fund rebellions;

• the Middle East Eye also has:
   - the region of Kasserine has lodged a complaint of “marginalisation” against the Tunisian government;
   - the International Committee of the Red Cross recently held a three-day workshop in the besieged Gaza Strip with members of Hamas’s armed wing, the Izzedine al Qassam Brigades;   links between protestors in Gaza and Ferguson;   four Palestinians have been kidnapped in the Sinai;   surprisingly, former United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair is involved in negotiations with Hamas over an end to the 8 year siege, as the current PM meets with the Muslim Brotherhood;   concerns over the Jewish settlers who have been attacking Palestinians;
   - the PKK will send fighters to south eastern Turkey if the government does not stop attacking youth activists;   instability and violence are causing economic problems for Turkey;   an article on the “deepening (political) disarray” – and violence - in Turkey (see also here);
   - controversy over military courts in Lebanon;
   - an interview with Sidi Mohamed Dadach, who was imprisoned, for almost as long as Mandela, because of his struggle for a free Western Sahara;
   - Jewish Americans have signed an open letter in support of the Iran nuclear deal;

• The Hindu also has:   Bangladesh has made some key arrests in relation to recent murders of bloggers;   an editorial questioning the USA’s attitude towards change in the United nations’ Security Council;   India and the United Arab Emirates have announced a closer relationship to fight religious-based violent extremism;   the 12^th World Down Syndrome Congress has started in Chennai;   the possibility of a course to make women ready for roles as Directors on Boards is being examined;   a group of women, carrying empty water pots, from North Kotharpatti have protested against water scarcity;   a “one stop” centre for women who are victims of domestic violence will be set up in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states, in India;   more stupid remarks by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav;   an editorial on Thailand;   making and unmaking the myth around “Mullah Omar”;   the need for Western child protection services to take cultural matters into consideration;

• the BBC also has:   Iran wants to work with other powers in the Middle East to promote peace following last month's nuclear deal, Vice-President Ms Masumeh Ebtekar says;   Israel has returned rocket fire after a rocket attack from the Golan Heights;

• the (South African) Mail & Guardian also has:   a South African police commissioner has sent a text message to Members of parliament which caused concern, but was brushed aside;   the ANC has called for a transparent tendering process for the proposed nuclear power plants;   a community has regained land that it was deprived on during apartheid;   the South African Human Rights Commission has released a report into “farm attacks” affecting farm owners and farm workers on Thursday, which found that the SAPS and the National Prosecuting Authority need to step up their involvement in combating crime affecting farming communities;   a questioning of the “the idea that to desire and to be desirable is the acme of fulfilment”;

• Spiegel International also has:   a Dutch teenager has been mapping the conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa;

and from other sites:

• an abuse of power by Victorian ticket inspectors;

• a report on the state of civil society (which I will read and possibly post bits from over the coming weeks);

• some websites are not hosting comments any more as they have become too difficult to manage (which is a position I reached years ago);

• the Israeli military may not be as opposed to the Iran nuclear deal as the politicians;

• an article suggesting that trigger warnings expand freedom of expression;

• a call to remember the indigenous people of the Pacific in commemorations of the end of World War Part Two;

• South Korea and North Korea have exchanged military fire (again). More concerningly, North Korea has apparently put its border troops on “a war footing”;

• an article on how Australian politicians are trying to condition children for becoming future war dead;

• an article pointing out that climate change may overwhelm the conflicts in the Middle East;

[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, Pagan Energy Worker, 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.

The real dividing line is not between Christianity and Islam, Sunni and Shia, East and West. It is between people who believe in coexistence, and those who don’t.

Tom Fletcher, Former UK Ambassador to Lebanon 

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

First published: Laugardagr, 22^nd August, 2015

Last edited (excluding fixing typo's and other minor matters): Saturday, 22^nd August, 2015