Saturday 21 November 2015

Post No. 787 – 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 … and also here is interesting.) 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, so, if you don't like what I am suggesting here, but want to be of service, there are many other opportunities for you.
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 20th 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)   there is an enormous need to clear nonBPLF energy – the thought forms, unattached energy and scars of the collective unconscious created by millennia of violence. This need includes rescuing those who have been trapped by that history, and healing the warped views, seemingly “inherent” biases, and other damage done by the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual violence committed on scales large and small in that timeframe;
(c)   viewing the overall emotional state of the world from an elemental point of view, BPLF inward focused Air and BPLF outward focused Water are needed;
(d)   inclusivity, and finding a way to co-exist, remain vitally important matters;
Specific energy related suggestions are also provided below, in the R2P section on the Lake Chad Basin, and, this week, in the Da’esh section. 
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:   protestors in South Korea have demanded the resignation of the conservative President;   Burma’s President Thein Sein has promised a smooth transfer of power to Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party following last week's election;   a pleasantly surprising result from Burma’s elections is the low vote for anti-Muslim parties;   violence at a local council meeting in Victoria may change how such meetings are conducted;   the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General has said that he is following with concern the increasing tensions between the ruling party and the opposition in Cambodia;   the UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has launched an operation in Bangui to ensure security in the capital, restore freedom of movement and protect civilians, and the UN Mission in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) has said that 250 Senegalese peacekeepers from its Quick Reaction Force will be re-deployed to the MINUSCA from 25th November 2015;
  • with regard to Da’esh and violent extremism generally:   a call for balance in consideration of terrorism - not only Paris has suffered major attacks recently, as is well shown here;   the climate talks in Paris will proceed despite the tragedy there;   a call for a level-headed response to the tragedy in Paris – and see also here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here;   several people have commented on the decades long problem of alienation of Muslims – many of whom are currently fearing a backlash – see, for instance, here, here and here;   a former French hostage of Da’esh says they fear our unity more than our bombs;   an article on Da’esh’s aim of sowing discord - and see also here;   a call to stop making pejorative demands of Muslim leaders;   “the purpose of war is to give yourself a strong position at a peace conference”;   a reminder that Da’esh is also targeting Middle Eastern / West Asian civilisation;   the new Canadian government has ended the attempt to ban the niqab;   a sound assessment of lessons from the Paris bombings, including comparison to the UK response to the London bombings (address alienation – but there is criticism as well) and experience with “containment” of al Shabaab – which led to similar events because of its success;   most of the attackers were European or even French;  warnings about Molenbeek in Belgium, where a significant number of the Paris attackers came from, had been ignored for years;   an article on the Muslim victims of the attacks in Paris;   failures of the French intelligence and security services – and see also here;   the origins of the “Peace for Paris” symbol;   a review of responses to the Paris attacks at the G20 summit, and see here for the Australian Prime Minister’s basically fairly reasonable response – and also here;   the responsibility that the Saudi Kings have in all of this;   a call to cut off terrorist funding;   an opinion piece which includes the contrast in Western responses and those counselled by the West to other nations;   the so-called Syrian passports are reported to have been fakes made in Turkey;   accusations that Turkey is being disingenuous – or hypocritical – with regard to taking realistic action against Da’esh (and I recall articles pointing out that Da’esh’s main funding some time ago was illegal oil sales in Turkey);   11 people have been arrested for the bombings in Lebanon last week that killed 44 people, as inappropriate and extremist responses emerge;   a claim that the head of Da’esh in Libya has been killed;   mass graves have been found in Sinjar after it was liberated, as claims emerge of Yazidi retaliations against Muslims;   Turkey suspects a jihadist detained there was planning a similar attack to those in Paris;   the UK claims to have stopped 7 terrorist attacks as it plans to expand its intelligence services;   an assessment of airport security;   a call for the Afghan government to reject a new law that permits indefinite detention of security suspects without trial;   Toby Lanzer, the United Nations Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, said that activities by Boko Haram in the Lake Chad basin and the counter-insurgency operations have displaced more than 2.5 million people in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger;   a terrorist attack by al-Qaeda on a hotel in Mali has left at least 27 people dead;   the UN Secretary-General has condemned terrorist attacks in Israel and the occupied West Bank, which killed 5 people;   an explosion in Nigeria has killed 32 people;   a Malaysian has been killed by terrorist in the Philippines, where Abu Sayyaf Group terrorists have demanded a ransom for the release of two Western hostages;   4 security guards have been killed outside a mosque in Pakistan; Chinese security forces have killed 28 people allegedly responsible for a deadly attack on a coal mine in Xinjiang;   some Australians show the depths of their stupidity - and well done Optus for handling it so well (although Optus needs to fix its website contact forms - not everyone uses phones as their preferred contact, and has had problems in the past);   Honduras has arrested five US-bound Syrians with stolen passports;   in Victoria, a man has been arrested after police received intelligence that several people were planning to bring weapons to an anti-immigration rally on Sunday, which is an appalling escalation of this issue domestically – and an idiot with a submachinegun in NSW has been arrested;   another example of the sorts of problems caused by idiots using the acronym ISIS for Da’esh - in addition to the fact that such people are agreeing with Da’esh’s claim that they are a state … and every person who responds with hate towards Muslims should admit that they are doing Da’esh’s work for them - see also here;   a reminder that Da’esh is a network, and thus is a complex interaction of different people;   some common sense comments on refugees;   concerns over “hacktivist” group Anonymous’ activities against Da’esh;
  • A few energy based thoughts arising from reading this assessment:
     - containment can lead to change of methods – it is important to think of potential consequences for actions, and be prepared for all possibilities. Where possible, learn from other situations, and do not underestimate one’s opposition – in all aspects of life, for one’s own sake, as well as for the sake of trying to have a constructive influence on these sorts of world events;
     - prevention vs. detection: in general, prevention is better than cure, and avoiding problems such as social isolation is well known to be important in a wide range of areas of life: is there somewhere, Dear Reader, that you can be more welcoming/inclusive? If so, doing so will help there, and also contribute elsewhere to prevention of problems – but, note that the UK strategy also took action to address actual threats;
     - return of “foreign fighters” and those who cannot get to where they want to fight: there are actually effective programmes addressing both of these issues – for instance, the Danish job-focused programme. In any case, it is important not to compound problems by excluding or further radicalising such people – and this is something that applies to criminals     released from jail, those who have wronged us personally, and the struggle generally between justice – including seeing that justice is done – and mercy, and the issue of training others how to treat us (see here and here). Another way of considering it is dealing with people one is stuck with – for instance, relatives, work colleagues, housemates – who do something that harms oneself: if you lash out in anger, you may compound the situation, and so you have to be disciplined and restrained – which often leaves one dealing with a lot of pain that the cretin who caused it cannot really comprehend, and one has to heal that as best one can while showing as much forbearance as one can (and I am dealing with a few such situations right now, so write from personal experience).
  • with regard to refugees:   concerns that talk of development may be rhetoric to cover implementation of border control;   Russian military action in Syria is increasing the number of refugees trying to reach Europe, European Council President Donald Tusk has said;   Toby Lanzer, the United Nations Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, said that activities by Boko Haram in the Lake Chad basin and the counter-insurgency operations have displaced more than 2.5 million people in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger;   at least 11 people, some refugees queuing for food, have been killed in Mogadishu after rival Somali security forces argued over who was in charge;   the UN Secretary-General has briefed the General Assembly on refugees, noting that a record 60 million people have been forced from their homes and that tragedies are multiplying – especially for the Syrian people, and stressed the need for a new approach to manage the challenges of global mobility, built on equitable responsibility sharing;   in a joint statement this week, the UN Refugee Agency, the UN Children’s Fund and the International Organisation for Migration voiced concern over restrictions put in place by Governments against movements of refugees and migrants from Greece through the Western Balkans and further northwards, which include profiling on the basis of nationality, which the agencies say is becoming increasingly untenable from every point of view – humanitarian, legal, and also safety related, not least in light of falling temperatures and the risks for children and others with specific needs;   some common sense comments on refugees;
  • with regard to human rights and discrimination (including associated violence / crime):   gender training in India to change the culture of sexual assault;   1,500 Mormons have resigned in protest over an anti-LGBTIQ policy;   signs that Indonesia may be beginning to hold its military to account for abuses in West Papua;   a reminder that Australia is a nation of white unearned advantage;   Ukraine has banned workplace discrimination against LGBT people;   the World Economic Forum says it could take the world 118 years to close the economic gap between men and women;   evidence of Australia’s human rights crisis;   the UN Human Rights Office expressed its alarm today at reports that nine nationals from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), including an infant and a teenager, were arrested in Viet Nam – which is seeking to stifle dissent - last month and transferred to China, and fears that they may be, or may already have been, repatriated to the DPRK, where the Office said they would be at risk of very serious human rights violations;   the UN Human Rights Office is deeply concerned over the deportation of two Chinese activists, both of whom are recognized as refugees, by Thai authorities;   the World Health Organisation proposes to re-frame "gender identity disorders" as "gender incongruence" and to move the diagnosis from the chapter on mental disorders to one on sexual health; ;   the Indian Railways' decision to be inclusive and hire more disabled people has backfired when candidates were called to sit for a test in a building with no lifts or ramps;
  • with regard to crime, judicial matters and policing:   an appalling interference with travellers’ luggage in the Philippines – which brings to mind problems experienced elsewhere previously, which is why many people choose to get their luggage plastic wrapped;   illegal hacking of facebook posts by police in NSW;   in an appalling example of stupidity and mismanagement / incompetent management, a policeman accused of harassing and bullying two female colleagues has been transferred to the same station as one of the alleged victims, despite most of the complaints being upheld by Victoria Police;   Interpol has introduced a new system of international alert titled “Silver Notice”, on a pilot basis, to assist member countries in locating and seizing criminal assets;   protests have occurred in the US city of Minneapolis over the police shooting of a black man – who later died - who witnesses say was unarmed and handcuffed at the time;   Pakistani police have been abusing Afghan refugees;   anger over a police beating in the USA;   a US state has raised the age at which criminal matters are dealt with by juvenile justice, based on scientific evidence that adolescence has become longer, and is considering raising it further (which, while good for justice, is a sad indictment of society’s raising of children);
  • with regard to media and freedom of expression:   concerns over free speech in Malaysia;   an analysis of the disproportionate coverage given to the attacks in Paris – and see also here;   media-led crucifixions;
  • with regard to overcrowding and “modern” lifestyle issues:   economists and “phishing phools”;   a call for phones and other “devices” to have a “bed mode” to protect sleep;
  • with regard to education:   consideration is being given to ending the accursed “publish or perish” mentality in Universities;
  • 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):   a call for the Afghan government to reject a new law that permits indefinite detention of security suspects without trial;   the inadequacies and gross incompetence of auditing of US Aid in Afghanistan;   concerns over the extent of Taliban influence;
  • with regard to China:   an assessment of the possibility of escalation of conflict in the South China Seas, and options for managing this risk;   a review of China’s attempts at “rejuvenation” over the last three years;   US President Barack Obama has put a firm focus on the South China Sea dispute, as APEC begins in Manila; a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the G-20 summit, the Indian Army reported members of the Chinese army entered into Indian territory on November 14 and were reportedly shown banners to go back, and expressed concern about the spike in such incidents whenever an important event involving the two countries is under way;   Japan and the Philippines have agreed in principle to expand defence equipment and technology links in a bid to “enhance regional maritime security”;   Chinese security forces have killed 28 people allegedly responsible for a deadly attack on a coal mine in Xinjiang;
  • 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):   mass graves have been found in Sinjar after it was liberated, as claims emerge of Yazidi retaliations against Muslims;   the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported that recent military operations in and near Iraq’s Sinjar District have displaced over 4,000 people, most of whom had to flee rapidly and have no belongings, some are receiving or being assessed for assistance;
  • with regard to the Libyan civil war:   the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the UN Human Rights Office have issued a report documenting indiscriminate shelling of civilian areas, abduction of civilians, torture and executions, and other serious abuses and violations of international law in various parts of Libya from 1st January to 31st October this year;   an assessment of the problems in Libya, including those created by the UN;   an assessment of “transitional justice”, and how to achieve it in Libya;
  • with regard to Russia:   an assessment that activism in Russia will grow in 2016 (incidentally, I do not have access to the full articles on that website: I'm basing my inclusion or not of those articles mostly on the basis of the abstract);
  • with regard to the conflict in Syria:   a timetable has been agreed for elections in Syria (in 18 months), as tensions continue over Assad’s future;   Russian military action in Syria, which has intensified but given the Syrian government just 0.4% territorial gains, is increasing the number of refugees trying to reach Europe, European Council President Donald Tusk has said;   US air strikes have destroyed over 100 of Da’esh’s oil trucks (which will hopefully cut down some of their funding);   Stephen O’Brien, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, has briefed the UN Security Council on Syria, and said that the pace of displacement there remains relentless;   the continuing need for civilians to be protected;   an inside view of Assad’s army, which is claimed to no longer be Syrian;   talks are underway for a 15-day ceasefire in the Eastern Ghouta region east of Syria’s capital;   an assessment that foreign ground forces are not sustainable in Syria, based in part of the USA’s disastrous experiences in Iraq;
  • with regard to Turkey:   Turkey suspects a jihadist detained there was planning a similar attack to those in Paris;   the Turkish Army has said a Da’esh militant was killed and 21 people were detained while trying to cross illegally the border from Syria;   accusations that Turkey is being disingenuous – or hypocritical – with regard to taking realistic action against Da’esh (and I recall articles pointing out that Da’esh’s main funding some time ago was illegal oil sales in Turkey);
  • with regard to the conflict in eastern Ukraine:   the World Food Programme (WFP), together with a partner organisation, has started distributing food to some 7,000 patients in hospitals and students in schools in conflict-affected areas in Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine;
  • with regard to the war in Yemen:   Houthi officials in Yemen have barred a prominent women’s rights advocate from traveling to preparatory peace talk meetings in the region;   Houthi forces in Yemen are using banned antipersonnel landmines, causing multiple new civilian casualties;   the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, has visited Iran and reiterated his support for a political solution to the conflict in Yemen to the Iranian Foreign Minister and Deputy Foreign Minister;   Patriot missiles deployed by the United Arab Emirates are claimed to have shot down two missiles (did they miss others, and where are the Houthis getting ballistic missiles from?);   the Director of Operations of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), John Ging, has, following a visit to the country, warned that the health and education systems in Yemen are at the brink of collapse;   dozens have been killed in clashes in eastern Yemen – which are claimed to have been committed by both Da’esh and al Qaeda;
  • with regard to natural and other catastrophes:   floods in south India and Sri Lanka have killed over 70 people and affected over 100,000;
Also from the Daily Briefings of the United Nations (UN) (and other sources):
  • the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Šimonovic, has concluded his visit to Somalia, and said that Somalia still faces a series of serious human rights challenges – he condemned the numerous abuses committed by Al Shabaab - as he called for greater international assistance;
  • the World Food Programme (WFP) has said that, due to timely contributions from key donors, it is able to continue food distributions for more than 1.5 million people in the Somali region of Ethiopia;
  • the Secretary-General welcomed, this week, the fiftieth anniversary of General Assembly Resolution 2028, the historic resolution that established the five principles for a Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1965;
  • the Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, is traveling to N'djamena, Chad, to take part in the summit of the G5 countries (Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Mali, Chad and Niger) of the Sahel (the transition from the Sahara to sub-Saharan Africa), where nearly 4 and a half million people have been uprooted from their homes across the region, highlighting the extent of humanitarian needs caused by natural and human-made crises (e.g., desertification) across the region. In advance of the summit, the second report of Secretary-General on the implementation of the Sahel Strategy was published, in which the Secretary-General expresses his "concern about the dim prospects facing millions of young people in the Sahel", and noted notes that the security situation in the region remains volatile due to the continuing crises in Mali and Libya, the presence of extremist groups like Boko Haram and Al Qaeda, and drug trafficking;
  • with just six weeks left until the deadline of the Millennium Development Goals, the sixth goal – reducing the malaria burden – has been achieved - in fact, surpassed, with more than 6.2 million malaria deaths averted since the year 2000, more than 100 countries free of malaria and at least 55 countries are on track to reduce malaria case incidence by 75 per cent by the end of this year;
  • on Universal Children’s Day, a new report by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says that the world remains a deeply unfair place for the poorest and most disadvantaged children despite major advances since the adoption of the Convention on thethe Rights of the Child in 1989;
From other sites (note that articles from these sites may have already been provided):
  • Human Rights Watch also has:   the Philippines have arrested hundreds ahead of an international summit;   an investigation into one of the massacres in Sri Lanka;
  • the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) also has:
      - a call for a coordinated global response to the escalating crisis in Burundi;
      - an assessment of nations response to actions aimed at preventing mass atrocities;
      - an occasional report, aiming to give background, offer analysis, track international response and suggest necessary action, for five nations in immediate crisis (“mass atrocities are occurring and urgent action is needed”: Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, Lake Chad Basin, and Burma), one nation 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”: Burundi, South Sudan and the Central African Republic), 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”: Democratic Republic of Congo, Libya);
       Recommended actions from the occasional report for the nation of Lake Chad Basin, where Boko Haram has killed over 3,000 people this year and 10,000 last year, and a military coalition is active against Boko Haram (I will work through other nations from the report in coming weeks) are:
        - regional and international cooperation is crucial to defeating Boko Haram and holding perpetrators of mass atrocities accountable. The Multinational Joint Task Force should be made fully operational as soon as possible. Governments involved in military operations against Boko Haram need to ensure they mitigate the risk to civilians and strictly adhere to IHL and international human rights law;
        - families of Boko Haram members, as well as captives living in Boko Haram camps and child soldiers, need to be adequately protected and carefully reintegrated into society. There is an urgent need for the Nigerian government and humanitarian organisations to assist IDPs in host communities. The return of refugees and IDPs should be conducted on a strictly voluntary basis;
        - captured Boko Haram leaders should be held accountable for crimes against humanity committed in areas under the group's command and control;
        - the UN, African Union, Economic Community of West African States, and Economic Community of Central African States should urgently assist Lake Chad Basin governments in meeting humanitarian needs of affected communities and provide technical and military expertise to help combat Boko Haram;
        - the UN, African Union, Economic Community of West African States, and Economic Community of Central African States should urgently assist Lake Chad Basin governments in meeting humanitarian needs of affected communities and provide technical and military expertise to help combat Boko Haram;
        - with international support, the Nigerian government needs to urgently undertake security sector reform to ensure that the army and police are trained to protect civilians and prevent mass atrocities while respecting human rights. The government should conduct thorough investigations into all abuses, including alleged extrajudicial killings committed by the military.
       To the above, I would add it is important to also address the economic problems and, in particular, the unemployment in the region.
        - From an energetic point of view, this region needs the responsibility and social justice of the God Tyr / Tiw, the community energies of the rune Mann Mannaz, the compassion of outward focused BPLF Water, and the inner strength and resilience of inward focused BPLF Earth.
  • 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 the problem of “victory disease” in the US military, and what to do about it;
  • the Justice in Conflict blog has:   an independent Africa-International Criminal Court Expert Panel has been established;   a report on the International Criminal Court’s “Report on Preliminary Examination Activities”, which includes criticism of the USA’s inadequate investigations into torture it is responsible for in Afghanistan;
  • the Institute for War and Peace Reporting also has:   Cubans are disillusioned by the lack of change under the new Castro, Raúl, and an article that media freedom does not exist under Raúl Castro;
  • the International Crisis Group has:   an assessment of the problems in north-east Kenya, including the undermining of “devolved government” by clans, and the need for social services;
  • the “Wronging Rights” blog has:   some common sense comments on refugees;
  • the Middle East Eye also has:
        - 11 people have been arrested for the bombings in Lebanon last week that killed 44 people, as inappropriate and extremist responses emerge;   Lebanon's transport minister Ghazi Zeaiter has said that Russia has asked for flights from Beirut airport to avoid an area over the eastern Mediterranean for a few days, and that Beirut had "reservations about the Russian request and was studying it";
        -  a key tribal group in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula has spoken out against attempts to bring about a “security solution” to the region’s insurgency, warning that they will only lead to more violence;
        -the decision by the Israeli government to outlaw the country’s main Islamic Movement marks a dangerous turning point in Israel’s relations with its large Palestinian minority, Palestinian leaders in Israel have warned (and see also here), as many Israelis express a view that France “had it coming”;   a call for more accurate language in the context of Palestine;   “Israel no longer cares what the world thinks of it”;
        - Iran has begun dismantling parts of its nuclear programme an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report has showed;
        - Saudi Arabia has condemned a Palestinian poet to death for doubting the existence of God;
  • Also on West Asia / the Middle East:
       the Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, Robert Piper, today called for an end to punitive demolitions in the occupied West Bank;   for more than a decade, a Rabbi has helped shield the Palestinian olive harvest from extremist Israeli violence and tried to ensure that the Israeli Army protects the Palestinians;   the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, has informed the Security Council today about the continuing violence between Israelis and Palestinians, which includes 35 reported attacks, including stabbings or attempted stabbings, shootings, or car-rammings, by Palestinians against Israelis in the past month, and, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 11 Palestinians have been killed and over 3,500 injured in clashes across the West Bank and Gaza in recent weeks;   the UN Secretary-General has condemned terrorist attacks in Israel and the occupied West Bank, which killed 5 people;
       Egyptian security forces have killed 24 militants and captured 8 near where the Russian airliner was shot down, and also have killed 15 Sundanese refugees and injured 8 as they were trying to enter Israel;
       “The context within which Arabs and Muslims live their lives really matters”;
  • The Hindu also has:   Indian security organisations claim Da’esh is unlikely to become established there, which ignores the numbers of disaffected and the religious and other tensions in India;   concerns over Bangladeshi “infiltrators” obtaining fake Indian passports;   India and Australia have come to an agreement over uranium sales;   an excellent analysis of tensions in Jammu and Kashmir;   India has called for a strategy to break the connection between religion and terror (apart from this being slightly ironic, given the intolerance in India, I question whether this link is real, or actually perceived);   India’s President has called for dissent to be expressed through debate;   an opinion piece criticising Prime Minister Modi’s conduct of Indian foreign policy;   a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the G-20 summit, the Indian Army reported members of the Chinese army entered into Indian territory on November 14 and were reportedly shown banners to go back, and expressed concern about the spike in such incidents whenever an important event involving the two countries is under way;   an editorial calling for an end to the brinkmanship in Indian-Nepali relationship;   an assessment of the State’s role in increasing intolerance in India;   the Brazilian External Affairs Minister has indicate willingness for Brazil to mediate between India and Pakistan;   former judges have been shocked by the poor rehabilitation of those displaced by the Narmada dam;   calls for coherent national policies on water;   violence has occurred at women-only trains – trains which, given the problems with sexual assault in India, are, in my view, an essential until gender attitudes change;   a working group of the UN has called for the prosecution of all cases of enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka;   “Former [Pakistan] External Affairs Minister and senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid [has] said that his lecture in Islamabad that drew the ire of the BJP was ‘reasonable’ and the people disparaging him hadn’t heard his ‘entire’ speech, in which he had also asked Pakistan ‘to give back Kashmir’ “;   the Maharashtra State government will demolish all illegal religious structures across the State built after September 2009, in accordance with the September 2009 directive fom the Supreme Court to States to initiate action against illegal shrines;   a deradicalisation scheme in the Dadri district in Western Uttar Pradesh, which last month saw the public lynching of Mohammad Akhlak over rumours about beef;
  • Also on the Indian sub-continent and region:
    an Indian court has put on hold an order cancelling Greenpeace India's registration to operate in the country;   the Indian Railways' decision to be inclusive and hire more disabled people has backfired when candidates were called to sit for a test in a building with no lifts or ramps;
  • the BBC also has:   one of the buildings which was attacked in Mumbai in 2008 was one of those lit in red, white and blue in response to the Paris attacks;   Franco’s legacy is continuing in Spain;
  • Spiegel International also has:   an opinion piece expressing profound concerns over the changes in Germany in response to refugees;   Chancellor Angela Merkel may be being forced into a turnaround on refugees;
and from a range of other sites:
[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.

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(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
  • If your “gut” (your instinct/intuition) is telling you something is wrong, but logic and the available evidence is saying otherwise, the proper conclusion to draw is that you need better, more personally credible evidence. Your “gut” could be wrong, right, or missing the nuances / “shades of grey” . So could the available evidence.
  • All of the above - and this blog - could be wrong, or subject to context, perspective, or state of spiritual evolution ...
Tags: activism, discrimination, energy work, magick, meditation, nonviolence, peace,  society, violence, war,
First published: Laugardagr, 21st November, 2015
Last edited (excluding fixing typo's and other minor matters): Saturday, 21st November, 2015

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