While I am
trying to survive the chaos of moving and trying to help my sister resolve some
issues around my father’s estate, I can only do a very cut back version of this
post. My apologies.
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 and other world leaders post 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 and here are interesting.) A range of information on emotions is here,
and suggestions on how to work with emotions is here.
This
copy of a speech to one of the Parliament of World Religions also has
excellent, helpful insights on generational transmission of harm, the cost of
war, and ways to heal our hearts. This
post reminds us to be patient and persistent (and I like the comment about a sudden “shift” being just another form
of apocalyptic thinking).
The purpose of posting these news links is
not only to inform: it is also to stimulate a connection to nonBPM units that
need to be cleared and BPM 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, it is absolutely VITAL that this psychic / metaphysical / spiritual
work be performed non-violently and as is for the Highest Spiritual Good – which is
part of being BPM – on all levels and in all ways. Always
remember (see here): Do you fight to change things, or to
punish? See also here,
here,
here, here,
here,
and my comments about “authentic
presence” in this
post.
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; on that term, see also here
and here), 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); the “Network
of Light” meditations; and
also see here and here –
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.
(Please
note that I now specifically have a role for (absent) healers on Saturdays, as
explained in the Psychic Weather Report posts. Anyone who wishes to be
protector has a role every day :) , including – perhaps particularly - the
first permanent issue I list below. At all times, on all levels and in ways, BOTH must ALWAYS be
BPM in the way they perform such roles.)
Now, if
I am ever late getting my Psychic Weather Report up any week, the default plan is to build up energy in the “Shield of Hope” on Sunday, send energy to West Asia / the
Middle East on Monday, and then extend that to include Europe on Tuesday, the
USA on Wednesday, East and South East Asia on Thursday and Africa on Friday.
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 nonBPM 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, this week we need a combination of BPM Water and BPM Air to allow clear thinking to be connected to, and BPM guide, what the heart feels;(d) good, BPM political solutions – which require an inordinate amount of hard work – remain the best path to true and lasting peace, and the social equity and justice that is founded on, that the world currently has. Those of us who are capable of using skills such as clearing to help that, are inherently honour bound by the fact of having such skills, to use them for that end;(e) fear remains a major problem;(f) a failure to listen (to those fearing disempowerment) led to the rise of Trump; a failure to listen (to genuine, credible explanations and warnings of where Trump would lead the USA – and the world) are keeping Trump going;(g) failure to think things through properly and avoid – or acknowledge and manage - fear (mainly, in the context of this remark, on the part of decision makers and security force personnel) are tainting too much of what is being done to counter violent extremism and making such inherently unsound – and thus prolonging or even expanding the problem;(h) there are times when firm or forceful action is needed (for instance, Israel’s and China’s current bullying and colonialist/imperialist expansionism): such must ALWAYS be BPM;(i) failure to think things through properly is a MAJOR problem – especially in terms of environmental action, where some people seem to have no concept of embedded greenhouse gases;(j) we do not need the superficial clutter we acquire in the West – and we need to look more at solid foundations, just as buying or building a house needs to consider strong construction as much or more than layout and surface finish – which is emblematic of our problem with superficiality of thought and feeling;(k) we need to learn to recognise and listen to BPM visionaries, and ignore those deluded fanatics who aren’t … ;(l) we need to learn more generally – particularly from past mistakes (both recent and distant);(m) achieving success at the Syrian peace talks could help change the whole region;I also take this opportunity to repeat that it is absolutely VITAL that this psychic / metaphysical / spiritual work be performed non-violently and as is for the Highest Spiritual Good – which is part of being BPM – on all levels and in all ways. Always remember (see here): Do you fight to change things, or to punish? See also here, here, here, here, here, and my comments about “authentic presence” in this post.
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 BPM [1] Leaders be kept BPM safe, including keeping them undetectable to the nonBPM and keeping all their Significant Others inviolable against being used for indirect psychic attack, and may they have all the BPM opportunities and assistance (so-called “good luck”) for them to be BPM effective at influencing the world’s direction, development and unfoldment, all as is for the Highest Spiritual Good;
- Permanent issue: may all humans recognise, irrespective of the appearance of difference, the essential shared humanness of other people, the inherent resilience, the dynamic power, the strength of BPM collaboration, and the opportunities of having a diverse, inclusive and welcoming population, and may all people choose fairness, when such decisions are before them;
- Permanent issue: may all humans choose to live modestly – to forgo outdoing others, or trying to have more than they need - for the sake of an easier, more manageable life, if they cannot do it for the sake of the planet;
- With regard to democracy, freedom and governance (e.g., here and here):
a critique of governance and change in Australia; a cautionary article about democracy’s retreat behind walls; good, common sense comments about productivity, including that it is often confused with profitability; a rebuttal of the claimed need for labour “reform” in Australia; concerns over gerrymandering in the USA; challenges facing Papua New Guinea’s next generation of leaders; the imperative of governments addressing income inequality; Indonesia’s forgotten political prisoners;
growing concerns about violence at Crazy Don (aka Trump) rallies – including by large men in Crazy Don’s camp against smaller women - has led to the cancellation of one and chaos at another, as US President Obama correctly points out that the Republican Party is now reaping what it sowed, and even Crazy Don’s supporters want him to dial the rhetoric back; an assessment of the violence at Crazy Don rallies – particularly towards the media; Crazy Don has been assessed as a greater risk to the world than war in the South China Sea; to counter the threat of Crazy Don, current US President Obama is likely to become the most active President ever in this US Presidential election campaign;
Myanmar's parliament has elected a close friend and confidant of San Suu Kyi as president on Tuesday, the first head of state since the 1960s who does not hail from a military background; US President Obama has nominated a replacement Supreme Court Justice who could make it less partisan – if the candidate can get through the nomination process; Brazil’s current President has – tried to - shielded her predecessor from possible prosecution over corruption; activists and dissidents are attempting to run for Parliament in Viêt Nam; tensions are building ahead of the Presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) – see here, for an article on the current entrenched strongman, and here for the opposing candidate; Niger’s opposition says it will not recognise the election result; concerns Zanzibar’s opposition’s boycott of elections could deepen the political crisis;
an outbreak of “Relevance Deprivation Syndrome” amongst Australian pollies and ex-pollies; - With regard to violent extremism (aka, terrorism - e.g., Da’esh) (and, incidentally, I consider ALL people advocating hate or discrimination in
response to violent extremism to actively be doing the work of violent extremists. This PARTICULARLY includes those cretins [including in
the media, and Amnesty International] who use the acronym ISIS (see also here), which is actually the Greek name of the Egyptian Goddess Aset – and others (see also here and here) - and actively perpetuates the
patriarchal and sacrilegious evil that terrorists are trying to accomplish in
this world – which will be countered, in
part, by the sort of approach advocated by “Cure
Violence”,
and, in part, by addressing real and perceived disempowerment and acknowledging
the variety in what provides genuine, BPM fulfilment as a counter to fanaticism as a source of meaning. I also am
inclined, personally, to include here the last two millennia of neochristian
and colonialist social engineering, which has led to suppression of women,
child abuse, the Crusades, the Inquisition, etc, as violent extremism, but that
would take too much explaining.):
terrorist attacks have occurred in Turkey, the Ivory Coast, Pakistan, Nigeria, Algeria, (incidents in Palestine and Israel, listed below); in an example of cross-border cooperation, Belgian police are hunting terrorists in Paris; - and Cameroonian troops have killed alleged terrorists in Nigeria;
despite gains against it, a terrorist group is resurging in Somalia; a terrorist group is turning to child soldiers to fill the gaps after desertions; defectors from a terrorist group – including top commanders and a child groomed to be a suicide bomber – have described their experiences including slave markets, drugged soldiers and promises of sex and money as recruitment incentives, accusing their former group of being liars and hypocrites; a terrorist group is committing genocide against minorities;
Turkish leader Erdogan wants to widen the definition of terrorism to include people such as journalists; amid increasing anti-Muslim rhetoric in the United States, an Olympian was asked to remove her hijab for a photo on her ID badge by the staff at a cultural event in Texas; the lack of counter-narrative and reasoned discourse in discussions on countering violent extremism (which includes this quote from John Cleese: “Democracy basically depends on having a reasonably well-informed, reasonably intelligent electorate — and we don't have one — so what next?”); concerns that Nigerian military are undermining free speech; the head of the United Kingdom's prison service has rejected speculation that a top Muslim adviser stands to lose his job for recruiting extremist chaplains, and criticised media reports suggesting that Deobandi chaplains held views that were “contrary to British values and human rights” as "inaccurate, misleading and disgraceful coverage”; - With regard to refugees: the "human misery" being endured by refugees has reached a deplorable peak at the overcrowded Idomeni camp on the Greek border with Macedonia; the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that armed conflict that erupted in early February in Myanmar’s northern Shan State has displaced an estimated 4,200 people (UN daily briefing); the Australian government is attempting to remove another level of protection for refugees as Iran refuses to accept forcibly returned refugees, and – validly - criticises Australia’s refugee gulags; some pro-refugee writing by William Shakespeare; an opinion piece arguing that the German-Turkish plan for refugees could work; Papua New Guinea is resettling hundreds of asylum seekers from neighbouring West Papua as part of its deal with Australia to host the Manus Island detention centre, asylum seekers who, after waiting up to 30 years for recognition, have said they are getting a raw deal compared to asylum seekers from the Middle East;
- With regard to human rights and discrimination (including
associated violence / crime):
a former opponent of equal marriage has finally twigged to the possibility that his kids might turn out to be gay, and thus is now a supporter; the proposed plebiscite on equal marriage in Australia will “do more harm than good, leading to high levels of social tension, discrimination, mental health and mood disorders, and will cost taxpayers and business far more than previously understood” – about half a billion dollars; the political conflict over the programme supporting LGBT kids in schools is growing, with so-called “Liberal” MPs peddling lies and distortions, that, in my view, make them morally guilty of attempted murder. I’m glad at least a few Liberal MPs are standing up to the bigots – see also here, and here, for an independent commentary on the changes made by this government of lunatics; if Indonesia’s President does not speak out soon for protection of LGBT people, he will share the blame; the insanity in the USA has extended to anti-trans legislation;
the meritocracy myth; more sexist stupidity from facebook; a call for less superficiality with regard to education for girls; at the opening of the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the UN Secretary-General called on everyone to step up for gender equality; a decent female role model in Disney’s latest offering;
interesting insights arising from a sermon on “white grief”; the problems of the “white bubble of colour blindness”; Australia’s Prime Minister is expected to meet with the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples within weeks, following a sustained public campaign; an Aboriginal leader has said that political instability has held back progress on Closing the Gap over the last decade; the AFL has made a belated apology for the racist abuse of Adam Goodes last year – which has been criticised as being FAR too late;
Myanmar's powerful military has released 46 child soldiers from service in what would be the latest move towards ending a scourge that has long beset the nation;
an interesting perspective on how “when you’re used to privilege, equality can feel like oppression”; - With regard to crime, judicial matters and policing: an attempt has been made to firebomb a police station in my home state of Victoria, and a couple of gangs have brought violence to a major festival – police have admitted they ignored credible warnings, and there is an ethnic element to these gangs - more background here, and here; children facing deportation from the USA are not being given legal representation; a call for better training of police in relation to identifying and responding to enquiries about children being “groomed” by abusers; calls to subpoena the neochristian catholic church’s secret files on its child abusers; a call for politicians to stop referring each other to police for investigation for political purposes; in a continuation of a debate that goes back to westerns at the start of the television era (which I’ve posted about elsewhere on this blog), police in Victoria have attributed a rise in burglaries and theft to a rise in youth crime led by the "Grand Theft Auto generation" – see here for an independent commentary (evidence shows a short term link, but found, in the long term, violence needs other triggers as well);
- With regard to overcrowding and “modern” lifestyle issues (is YOUR smart phone free of conflict minerals? I was recently pleasantly to find IT manufacturers now making at least some effort in this regard. Are you being duped by modern mantras? Does your AI use ethics? Does your corporation use mindfulness as a distraction from working conditions?): the United Kingdom’s largest supermarket chain will now give all leftover food to charity; an EXCELLENT critique of corporate mindfulness and the nefarious motivations of those campaigns; the planet is losing the battle against climate change; negative and damaging responses (i.e., stigma) from (hypocritical) front-line medical staff are a major reason why Australian youth self-harm rates are at "unacceptable" levels; Indonesian cities could side-step decades of developmental struggle and skip straight to world's best practice water technology and institutions under a new research program; as water is released into the Murray River to reduce the impacts of a Cyanobacteria (aka “blue-green algae”) bloom, another bloom is starting in Western Australia, and pressure is building for an enquiry into how the Darling River is managed; a surprisingly interesting article about renewed / recycled fashion in Sierra Leone’s capital; concerns over the inability of artificial intelligence (AI) to be ethical;
- 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 better accountability of security forces;
- With regard to Africa, the Africa
Center for Strategic Studies (and other sources) also has:
an assessment of the importance of maritime safety and security for Africa – see here for an article on problems in African ports;
an emerging crisis in the Horn of Africa;
post-election violence in Uganda has killed over 20 people;
the European Union has shifted funding from the Burundian government to directly to aid organisations;
a call for Congolese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release two activists who were arrested one year ago during a pro-democracy youth workshop;
Ethiopia is seeking one of the non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council;
Kenya has released a new plan for improving women’s rights, but has failed to give attention to survivors of rape and sexual violence in Kenya’s 2007-2008 post-election violence;
in Zimbabwe, the World Food Programme (WFP) has announced that for the first time ever, its assistance programme will continue running throughout the year and into next year;
a Western Sahara group has warned of war if the UN leaves the area; - With regard to China and East and South East Asia: consideration of the use of limited, carefully targeted sanctions against China to “shape” China’s behaviour; China is giving military aid to Bolivia; Argentina has sunk a Chinese fishing vessel that was indulging in the usual aggressive near miss / ramming tactics and thereby putting other peoples’ lives at risk; at China’s farcical annual pseudo-parliament, some rare signs of genuine dissent – quickly hidden; some interesting thoughts by US President Obama on China – including that a weakened China feeling threatened is more of a threat;
- With regard to the Indian sub-continent, The Hindu and other sources
have:
an editorial on the obvious: why marital rape must be a crime; criticism of the Aadhaar surveillance bill in India, which was allegedly optional, but has been set up with considerable coercion; an editorial on the politics of intimidation;
a call for local government to be empowered to deal with India’s expected surge in urban population from 400 million to 800 million people; a call for a credible clean up in the Kodaikanal mercury poisoning case, which came to light 15 years ago and recently reached a legal settlement; a call for relief for farmers who have suffered crop losses due to the recent rains and hailstorm in north and central States;
a setback in the process of establishing a government in Jammu and Kashmir;
India and the Maldives are in the process of finalising a “cross-border counter-terror mechanism” to deal with radicalisation, and to tackle the spread of citizens trying to join terrorist groups;
Pakistan is – credibly - reconsidering its approach to security; - 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): military operations in Iraq’s Anbar Governorate have displaced around 35,000 people since 11th March, making a total of 53,000 displace people (UN daily briefing);
- With regard to the Libyan civil war: lessons from the Libyan intervention five years ago;
- With regard to the Russia (see also Syria): Russian and Russian-aligned trolls are now attacking a female Finnish journalist who is chasing the truth about their behaviour; Russia has closed the UN’s human rights office in Moscow, claiming it has human rights (LOL at that one); an update on Russia’s campaign against human rights groups; Russia is continuing to attack human rights – including activists;
- With regard to Sudan and South Sudan: the UN has said that South Sudan allowed soldiers to rape women as a form of payment; the United Nations Children’s Fund has received a $4.9 million grant from Japan to address the basic needs of children in the conflict affected states of South Darfur, East Darfur, South Kordofan and West Kordofan; a call for the UN to create a human rights monitor;
- with regard to the conflict in Syria: the UN Special Envoy for Syria has convened talks among the Syrian parties in Geneva and spoke to correspondents, noting that the talks are taking place while the fragile cessation of hostilities has been holding; a Syrian government jet has been shot down by rebels, using advanced portable missile technology (where did that come from?); Putin has allegedly ordered the withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria (which could be a cover, depending on how it is combined with rotations, for no change or increase) - see here for an assessment of Putin’s possible motivations, which could possibly be to force Assad to be genuine at the negotiating table; aid delivery is continuing (UN daily briefing); a reminder of what the Assad regime is; a Federation of Northern Syria has been declared; abuses of Syrian refugees in Turkey and Jordan;
- with regard to Turkey: academics who signed a peace petition have been jailed;
- with regard to the conflicts in Ukraine, particularly in the east: the experiences of Ukrainian soldiers; an interview with a senior official from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe on the situation and options in Ukraine;
- With regard to West Asia / the Middle East,
the Middle
East Eye and other sources have:
the violence is continuing in Israel and Palestine – see, for example, here, here, and six Jewish vigilantes were jailed in Paris on Friday over a "savage gang attack" targeting attendees at a fundraising event for Gaza in 2009; Israel’s parliament approved a tough new law to keep out Palestinian workers, as a measure to quell a five-month wave of violence; Israel has expelled the family of a Palestinian who injured two soldiers - after first making “lewd” suggestions to two girls; concerns that Palestinian children can no longer play outside because of the risk of being shot; Israelis are repeating the mistakes of the British in Kenya by pathologising the Palestinians;
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says she will raise Iran's human rights record in meetings with her Iranian counterpart in Canberra; Iran executed 1,000 children and adults last year; a reminder that Iran is an extremist state;
a call for Egypt to reverse blasphemy sentences against Christian children; independent trade unions are fighting for their existence in Egypt;
the likelihood of more change in Arab nations;
the tiny nation of Djibouti – a nation about which there are human rights concerns - is growing in strategic significance; - With regard to the war in Yemen: the Houthis have banned travel by a human rights advocate; aid delivery is improving (UN daily briefing); a Saudi air strike on a market has killed more than 100 people – the UN has criticised the Saudis for being by far the biggest source of civilian casualties;
- With regard to natural and other catastrophes: a warning that severe drought and salt intrusion in the Mekong Delta is affecting 39 out of 63 provinces in Vietnam; the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that around 60 per cent of Mongolia has been affected by dzud or near-dzud conditions since December 2015 (dzud is a cyclical slow-onset disaster unique to Mongolia, consisting of a summer drought followed by a harsh winter, where temperatures can plunge to - 50°C, and a spring season where the shortage of pasture and water leads to large-scale death of livestock);
- With regard to peace and/or spirituality generally, and
the occasional nice story:
a call to “do no harm” when responding to tragedies; thoughts on changing society;
the rising toll of wars on returned veterans – around three quarters of Australia’s 60,000 Viêt Nám war veterans have a disability, with 21,000 totally and permanently incapacitated – compared to 521 dead and 3,000 wounded during the conflict (and the cost to the USA of its war in Iraq and Afghanistan is increased to between US$4 and 6 trillion when the cost of disability support is included);
Thailand is starting to grab its neighbours water from the Mekong;
From other sites (note that
articles from these sites may have already been provided):
- 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: the history of “the green men” (aka deniable soldiers), which goes back to 1919, when Finland used it against Russia, and the need to directly attack those forces without challenging the deniability fiction;
and from a range of other sites:
- the EPA will join occupational health and Safety authorities in laying charges over a mine fire in the Latrobe Valley a couple of years ago;
- some sensible appraisal of numbers in the US gun debate;
- criticism of Mother Teresa’s imminent elevation to sainthood – to which I would add that she was an anti-LGBT bigot;
- calls for regulation of insurance industry investigators;
- SeaWorld’s recent decision to stop breeding orca and end shows featuring them has been credited to the Blackfish documentary maker;
- a reimagining of Disney’s princesses if they were Filipino (I liked the image of Cinderella missing the ball because of traffic);
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