I will post the news links I’ve collected
so far now, and will do the summation etc on – probably – Sunday.
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.
Finally, remember that many others are
doing this type of work – for instance, the Lucis
Trust's Triangles network (which has been running for many decades), the Correllian
Tradition's 'Spiritual
War for Peace' (begun in 2014, and the website was recently updated
to include many more activities),
the Hope, Peace, Love and Prosperity Spell
(also from the Correllian Tradition, in around 2007 or 2008), 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 also
see here
and here,
and even commercial organisations are getting involved (for instance, see here).
No doubt there are many others.
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
democracy, freedom and governance:
a critique
of one of the stupid and dangerous comments by former Australian treasurer Joe
Hockey, which shows some of the deceptions and misleading simplifications that
some people may use; the UN
Secretary-General has strongly condemned
reported violence, which has resulted in an unconfirmed number of deaths and
injuries, against civilians in Burkina Faso. He is following closely the
ongoing regional mediation efforts towards the resolution of the crisis. Later
in the week, demonstrators
took to the streets of Burkina Faso's capital to protest a proposed compromise
solution which they consider too lenient;
the leader of the coup in Burkina Faso has claimed he will hand over
power to a transition
government; tourists have been kidnapped in the
Philippines; an explanation
of how the Westminster
system works in Australia;
with regard to
Da’esh and violent extremism generally: the UN Secretary-General deplores the
multiple bomb attacks at a mosque and nearby areas in Maiduguri, capital of
Borno State in Nigeria, by suspected Boko Haram elements that reportedly led to
the killing of at least 50 civilians and injured scores of others; a few
dozen former fighters have left Da’esh as they were “disaffected by the killing of fellow Sunni Muslims, including innocent civilians,
and the group's failure to confront the government of President Bashar Al-Assad”; a car bomb
has killed six people in Somalia;
with regard to
refugees: a rebuttal
of comments by the Hungarian Prime Minister regarding refugees; a call for Human Rights Council member
countries to help victims of human rights violations fleeing persecution in North
Korea; a call for the Tajik
government to either release or charge the opposition activists it has
detained; in a statement, the UN
Secretary-General says that he is extremely concerned about the deteriorating
situation facing refugees arriving across Europe, and called on all European
States to ensure that they abide by their international obligations, including
the right to seek asylum, and the prohibition of refoulement; at the end of his first official visit to
Jordan, the UN Emergency
Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien, said
that a disproportionate burden of the response to the humanitarian crisis in
Syria has fallen on the neighbouring countries, including Jordan. Syria’s
neighbours are reaching the point where the rest of the world urgently must
share more of the responsibility in responding to the humanitarian needs caused
by the crisis; a report that Macedonian
police are abusing
refugees; allegations
that US Border Patrol officers are not following the procedures designed to
prevent refoulement; the UN Secretary General has met the Minister
for Foreign Affairs of the State of Eritrea, Osman Mohammed Saleh, and
discussed refugees; the UN Secretary-General’s
Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has met
with the facilitators appointed by the Secretary-General to head the
intra-Syrian thematic working groups;
the European Union has agreed on a refugee resettlement
programme; Australia’s new Prime
Minister has hinted
at changes to our deplorable current approach, but I suspect he has to take others
in the party along the road to decency;
with regard to
human rights and discrimination:
an excellent reflection
on social attitudes and responsibility;
ongoing racism
persists amongst the AFL’s supporters – see also here; complaints
against a stalker being published on twitter led to police in the Indian state
taking action after nine months;
despite the achievements of the last few decades in particular, there is
still discrimination against women, and a major problem of internalised
stereotypes;
with regard to
crime, judicial matters and policing: Australia has used what I consider to be secret
detention on an island – until a judge ordered the suspect to be returned; misconduct
by (stupid) jurors is costing millions;
errors
in training, planning and execution led to the death of a police officer in NSW
5 years ago; complaints
against a stalker being published on twitter led to police in the Indian state
taking action after nine months; police
in Arizona, USA have arrested
a suspect responsible for at least 4 over the 11 freeway shootings, which was
marked by a relatively calm response by the public; a report that Macedonian police are abusing
refugees; thousands of prisoners
have been evacuated
from Pollsmoor prison in South Africa after a prisoner died as a result of a
rat infestation; the Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights has launched a social media campaign in
support of removing the death penalty. The campaign, #EndExecutions, comes on
the back of an ongoing advocacy on this issue;
with regard to
media and
freedom of expression: a
call for US tech firms, which have led the fight for online freedom in the USA,
to stop
enabling censorship in China, which may use sophisticated censorship for
its leader’s visit to the USA to help cover up his increasing abuses; Turkmen authorities are unlawfully
preventing a 14-year-old girl and her aunt from leaving the country to join her
parents abroad, as a “guarantee” of their return (i.e., as a hostage); an explanation
of “objectivity” as it applies to and is used by journalists; an editorial
that freedom of speech in India is a “wobbly concept”;
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):
with regard to
China: a call for US tech firms, which have led the
fight for online freedom in the USA, to stop
enabling censorship in China, which may use sophisticated censorship for
its leader’s visit to the USA to help cover up his increasing abuses;
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): militia abuses
are marring the fight against Da’esh;
the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that in Iraq
over the weekend the number of cholera cases are expected to increase in coming
days and that Iraq’s health authorities are working with WHO and other health
partners to manage this situation; car
bombs have killed
13 people in the Shia areas of Baghdad;
with regard to
the Libyan civil war: a suggestion
that focusing on the fight against Da’esh could unify Libya;
with regard to
Russia: an assessment
of the likely limits and outcomes of Russia’s moves in Syria – including a
caution to Assad based on Russia’s similar moves a few decades ago in
Afghanistan … ; Russia has started drone
surveillance in Syria;
with regard to
Sudan and South Sudan: the Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
has said that thirty-four children under 5 years of age died from malnutrition
in the civil protection site in South Sudan’s Bentiu, Unity State, in the first
week of September; a report
accuses a government force in Sudan of going on atrocity rampages;
with regard to
the conflict in Syria: 75 US-trained
rebels have entered Syria from Turkey – and were temporarily arrested
by another group, with later reports they gave
their weapons to al Nusra; the
civil war in Syria has led to the first ever withdrawal
of seeds from the Svalbard
Global Seed Vault (created to
preserve crop seeds against catastrophes such as nuclear war or disease),
to replace seeds lost in Aleppo; at the
end of his first official visit to Jordan, the UN Emergency Relief
Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien, said
that a disproportionate burden of the response to the humanitarian crisis in
Syria has fallen on the neighbouring countries, including Jordan. Syria’s
neighbours are reaching the point where the rest of the world urgently must
share more of the responsibility in responding to the humanitarian needs caused
by the crisis; an assessment
of the likely limits and outcomes of Russia’s moves in Syria – including a
caution to Assad based on Russia’s similar moves a few decades ago in
Afghanistan … ; partition
may be the only way to peace; the UN
Secretary General has expressed
his concern at the continuing
allegations of the use of chemical as weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic and
reiterated his condemnation of any use of chemical weapons; Russia has started drone
surveillance in Syria;
with regard to
Turkey: a description of the very concerning violence
in Cizre, Turkey, with scenes that remind me if Syria – does Mr Erdogan want to be the Turkish
version of Mr Assad?; an assessment
that the PKK will lose the current hostilities, for which they are described as
having culpability;
with regard to
the conflict
in eastern Ukraine: foreign
born fighters have been joining the rebels (the article shows some very strange perceptions of reality, and some
disturbing claims);
with regard to
the war in Yemen: the Houthis have released
six foreign hostages; Leila Zerrougui,
the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict,
has called
the situation in Yemen “beyond tragic”. She said that the scale of killing and
maiming of children has increased dramatically in 2015 – 400 dead and 600
injured between 26th March and August, more than triple the number
of children killed and injured during the whole of 2014. the Secretary-General has
expressed
extreme concern over the escalating ground fighting and airstrikes that have
caused further devastation to Yemen’s cities and an ever-growing number of
civilian casualties in recent days; the USA has failed
to object to use of cluster bombs in Yemen;
an assessment of the causes of the war in Yemen
(identified as predominantly Saudi paranoia over political changes), and
the need to address the tribal nature of Yemeni society;
with regard to
the natural and
other catastrophes: bushfires
in California, USA have destroyed over 1,000 homes; flooding
has killed 16 people in Algeria, and 10 in Iran;
the
2015 Millennium
Development Goal (MDG) Gap Task Force Report has been launched, which is
the last such report, as Member States are moving towards adopting and
implementing the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development. Despite gains towards a number of
targets, major gaps remain in reducing vulnerabilities for developing
countries;
the Secretary-General welcomed the report
of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri
Lanka;
on
the International Day of Peace,
the Secretary-General rang the peace
bell, and said that by ringing the Peace Bell today, we are expressing our
resolve to continue until we realize the vision of the UN Charter - to save
succeeding generations from the scourge of war;
the
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has said that aid
organizations are reporting a sharp increase in the number of people suffering
from Kala Azar disease in parts of Hiraan and Bay region, Somalia;
From other sites (note that
articles from these sites may have already been provided):
Human Rights Watch also has: a questioning
of the world soccer body, FIFA, which has yet to sanction Iran for banning
women from stadiums, is allowing abusive governments like Russia and Qatar to
host future World Cups, and has long turned a blind eye to authoritarians
committing gross human rights abuses, over its proposed harsh response for Hong
Kong spectators objection to the Chinese but not the Hong Kong national anthem
being played; Australia needs to do
better in its own back yard before ascending to a seat on the Human Rights
Council; the appalling experiences of Japanese
who were lured
to despotic North Korea by false promises;
an activist has been beaten
in Armenia; a call for Ethiopia to drop
charges against activists and a translator; Thailand
has become the first nation in South East Asia to offer some protection to
trans people
(I find that very surprising, given the existence of the junta);
the Political Violence at a Glance blog has: non-violent
Palestinian protestors are being repressed by both Israel and Palestine;
the Institute for War and Peace Reporting
also has: complaints that food in
Armenian prisons is unfit
for human consumption; the Tajik
government is continuing
its efforts to drive the opposition out of existence;
the International Crisis Group has: a report
on the causes of violence in the Central African Republic, and what should be
done to address those;
the Middle East Eye also has:
- the crisis in Lebanon is continuing; the 33rd annual remembrance
of the Israeli-protected massacres
in Sabra and Shatila has been held;
- the Palestinian Authority has fired on Palestinian protestors, allegedly with live ammunition; clashes over the Al-Aqsa mosque are continuing, with concerns that Israel’s actions may lead to a 3rd Intifada; 3 Israeli sisters, originally from Yemen, have topped Israel’s music chart with a song in Arabic (catchy tune, and interesting video clip);
- an Egyptian general has been killed in the north Sinai, where thousands have been evicted;
- people are returning to a destroyed Kobane, which is not receiving aid – allegedly because of Turkey;
- the Palestinian Authority has fired on Palestinian protestors, allegedly with live ammunition; clashes over the Al-Aqsa mosque are continuing, with concerns that Israel’s actions may lead to a 3rd Intifada; 3 Israeli sisters, originally from Yemen, have topped Israel’s music chart with a song in Arabic (catchy tune, and interesting video clip);
- an Egyptian general has been killed in the north Sinai, where thousands have been evicted;
- people are returning to a destroyed Kobane, which is not receiving aid – allegedly because of Turkey;
Also on West Asia / the Middle East:
- the Secretary-General has condemned the recent rocket attacks by extremist Palestinian militants on Israel from Gaza;
- the Secretary-General has condemned the recent rocket attacks by extremist Palestinian militants on Israel from Gaza;
The Hindu also has: a report that India has concerns
over Nepal’s new constitution,
and India has recalled
its ambassador over those concerns and violence (see also here); an assessment
of caste and policies; complaints
against a stalker being published on twitter led to police in the Indian state
taking action after nine months; a
call for the government to listen
to farmers; India, the USA and Japan
are set to raise their trilateral engagement to the ministerial
level; India and Pakistan will both
lose out if conflict escalates; the
UN has defended
its report into humans rights violations in Sri Lanka against concerns it does
not mention genocide; another court
decision has stayed
another foolish decision by the government of the Maharashtra state; controversy
over a former covert intelligence group;
Darul-Uloom-Deoband, the influential Islamic seminary, has declared that
practice of ‘talaq’ (divorce) of a wife because she gave birth to a baby girl
is ‘illegal’ and ‘haraam’ (strictly
prohibited by Islam);
the BBC
also has: the head of the global
nuclear watchdog the IAEA has visited Iran's Parchin military site,
long suspected by military intelligence of conducting nuclear research; Venezuela and Colombia have agreed to
gradually reopen
their border;
the (South African) Mail &
Guardian also has: white
farmers evicted from their land in Zimbabwe were celebrating a symbolic victory on Monday
when a Zimbabwe government-owned house in Cape Town was sold to pay
compensation, a lawyer involved in the case said; rhinos are being fitted with GPS trackers,
heart-rate monitors and spy cameras, all embedded within their horns, which could
be a game
changer for anti-poaching efforts in Africa;
and from a range of other sites:
cash
incentives to fight gun crime in the US west coast city of Richmond;
the
Australian defence force will commission a project looking at how “moral
injuries”, or events which jar with the ethical and religious beliefs of
military personnel, impact on mental health;
a
new online
tool aims at enabling better prediction of mass atrocities;
the importance
of what is termed “south-south
cooperation” in achieving sustainable development goals;
[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
(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.
Tags: activism, discrimination, energy work, magick, meditation, nonviolence, peace, society, violence, war,
First published: Wodansdagr, 23rd September, 2015
Last edited (excluding fixing typo's
and other minor matters): Wednesday, 23rd September, 2015
