Post No. 926 – For Sunday evening’s meditation-clearing

Things are easing a little on the work front, and will soon ease up (we hope) around my father’s estate (basically, the sale of his house – that was all he had, basically), so I hope to be able to resume a more regular “service” soon – including going back to regular, weekly Psychic Weather Reports.

For everyone’s convenience:   the reminders / explanations about Sunday’s meditation-clearing are here;   a simplified blogiography of posts related to this work is here,   a list of themes I have identified here;   my changing the personality of oppressors and other world leaders post is here;   (see here for some investigation into evidence of the effectiveness of this type of work … 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 has excellent, helpful insights on generational transmission of harm, the cost of war, and ways to heal our hearts;   and   this post reminds us to be patient and persistent, like a “speeding oak” (and I like the comment about a sudden “shift” being just another form of apocalyptic thinking).

Now, the purpose of posting these news links (and, incidentally, these posts are the equivalent of a re-tweeting service, or, at best, a commentary site: I am NOT a journalist, and make NO claims to objectivity or freedom from bias or trying to cover all [there are often more than two] sides of an issue – see here) 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, so that you can do the clearing / strengthening that is required.   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.

Further to that, 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.

There are some notes at the end of this post about other options for those who do not like this way of working, opportunities for healers, and the default plan for any time I am late getting my Psychic Weather Report up.

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)   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 more Earth;

(d)   nuanced learning, understanding and empathy/compassion are still desirable and needed attributes;

(e)   the issue of balance extends also to temporal power – both as a concept, and in its distribution;

(f)   all actions, good and bad, have consequences, good and bad: these also need to be taken into account, especially when they take time to become manifest;

(g)   security needs to improve for people in the world, including security of personal and broader homes, jobs/survival, and personal in and through change, good and bad;

(h)   equity helps with security, as well as the visibility of justice;

(i)   transparency and accountability also help with justice and the visibility of justice – particularly crimes that are not normally visible, such as domestic violence;

(j)   having a voice is important – none more so than for those who do not have a voice, such as the disposed or powerless;

(k)   the counter to fear is genuine  EQ and clear thinking, expressed through calm, de-escalating speech;

(l)   peace is powerful, but it is a process requiring patient (not impatient!), persistent and nuanced nurturing, and a blend of conventional spiritual work, clearing nonBPM units, and physical world activism;

(m)   where problems exist, advocating for BPM responses, and being as BPM as one can be, and constructive solutions - as is clearing nonBPM units;

I also take this opportunity to emphasise 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):
     -   the connection between inequity and health problems, and a call to understand the “cause of causes”;   an assessment of the situation in Uzbekistan;   a Freedom of Information (FOI) request has become a protracted fight;   the G20 shows Russia and China are feeling emboldened;   “Redressing, not exacerbating, inequality is the real moral challenge for this government”;   an assessment of what led to the decline of poverty;   an assessment that the electoral stalemate in Gabon underscores the challenges facing the continent;
     -   Amazon and Starbucks pay less tax in Austria than a local sausage stall, and an assessment of the possible significance of the tax finding against Apple;   concerns over the possibility of groupthink at Australia’s Reserve Bank;   Italy’s Prime Minister is trying to “streamline” that nation’s political institutions … ;   70% of children in Papua New Guinea suffer abuse, and fears are held for the entirety of the next generation;
     -   Mexico’s Finance Minister has resigned following the visit of US presidential candidate Donald Trump last week;
     -   Australia’s first indigenous woman elected to Parliament has been sung to her seat;
     -   what Australia could have learned from Norway in relation to managing sovereign wealth;   an Australian MP has opened himself to criticism of undue influence from the China, and has lost his role as a shadow minister as a result;   legislation to ban foreign political donations may start its way through Parliament next week – see also here;   an assessment of the problem of foreign influence;   a revolutionary cancer drug has been given fast tracked approval in the USA, but not Australia, where it was develop;   concern over the extent of foreign ownership of Australian agricultural land, although Chinese ownership is shown to be small;   a call for clearer bans on hate speech in Australia;   criticism of an alternative policy ideas institution;
• 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 violent extremists 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. As a final point, I am deliberately avoiding the use of specific names of violent extremist groups as much as possible to reduce the publicity they get – I’m not a primary news source, and thus consider I can do so: any names that are needed are in the articles I have provided links to):
     -   violent extremist attacks have occurred in Syria, Afghanistan, France, and, according to this Wikipedia page, 19 other attacks including 5 in Iraq;   violent extremist threats are or may be developing in Australia (maybe), southern Thailand ;   prevention has or may have occurred in Thailand, France ; and actions have occurred against violent extremists in Yemen, Syria;   the growing problem of discrimination (by people who are doing the work of violent extremists for said violent extremists) against Muslims on planes;   a rhetoric of hate is emerging on all political sides in Croatia;
     -   the importance of considering politics when managing/promoting evidence-based policy;   an assessment of the price paid by the USA for making itself safer after 9/11 (which misses a few points, in my view);
• With regard to refugees:   the person who played a key role in designing Australia’s refugee gulags is now expressing regret … but what is he doing being part of a group against torture? Has he always been clueless, or are his claims genuine?;   the problems facing teenagers and children in refugee camps have contributed to other problems such as child soldiers in Mali;   calls for the international community to urgently scale up its support for the war-torn country so that it can meet the rising humanitarian needs of more than one million people who are on the move, either internally displaced or returning from neighbouring countries;   a camerawoman who was filmed kicking and tripping up refugees near the Hungary-Serbia border has been charged with breaching the peace;
• With regard to human rights and discrimination (including associated violence / crime):
     -   an explanation of some of reasons the proposed Australian plebiscite on equal marriage is not wanted;   a media presented who indulged in transphobia on-air has been given an award for the sincerity of his apology;
     -   the connection between inequity and health problems, and a call to understand the “cause of causes”;   an early childhood program driven by elders and the local Bininj community is trying to improve the education, health and wellbeing of their young people, and thus divert them from the child protection and justice systems;   male victims of domestic violence;   the human story of a racist killing in Western Australia;   US police are trying to force a football player to stop protesting for Black Lives Matter;   a Chinese airline’s magazine has cast racist slurs against parts of London;   two former neoliberal prime ministers have outright rejected a treaty with Indigenous Australians, as public debate continues about the merits of holding a referendum to acknowledge Australia’s indigenous people (I support both proposals);   the Australian government’s “healthy welfare card” could be fuelling an illegal market for cash;   the death of an indigenous man occurred after jailers ignored his pleas and medical procedure;   Airbnb is taking action to address discrimination;
     -   a march against victim blaming;   some notorious military rape cases will not be investigated;   a well-deserved backlash against a body-shaming female model may see her jailed;   pay discrimination;   a Canadian judge is facing a disciplinary hearing over controversial comments he made while presiding over a sexual assault case in 2014;   an Indian grandfather has advised his granddaughters to become independent women;   a bearded woman has won a Guinness World Record;   the problem of child marriage in Nepal;   a former UN peacekeeper from Niger has been presented with the inaugural UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award for her work in integrating gender perspectives into peacekeeping activities while serving in Mali;   calls for a whole-of-society approach to address the double burden of malnutrition which affects populations across south-east Asia, particularly women and girls;   a death sentence for an Indian man who used acid to kill a woman who rejected his marriage proposal (whilst this may be a major legal step forward for women’s rights in India, the imposition of the death sentence taints it, and creates a future life problem);  Hollywood continues to discriminate;
     -   the unemployment “netherworld” of the older unemployed;   a new (monetary) note will be tactile, for visually impaired people;   Paralympians are sick of the condescension of being called "courageous" for competing and want the public to focus on their performances;   the USA’s State Department has urged Bahrain to immediately release the prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab;   cystic fibrosis is not stopping a successful jockey;   butchers selling halal meat have been abused;   a call for the UN to do more of the many actions it can take against slavery;   a stupid decision over the definition of “free range” has led to a new definition of “pastured” to cover what was previously meant by free range (this is actually an animal rights issue, but it is still a rights issue);   a Brisbane brotherly duo are advocating for greater awareness of autism and depression by building and maintaining gardens throughout the river city;   a child has been endangered by parents who overdosed on drugs, with a photo released of this by police (the release of the photo is, I consider, justified);
• With regard to crime, judicial matters and policing:   there have been a number of incidents, including a death, at a prison in my home state;   concerns that children could be coerced into the sex industry in Queensland;   the death of an indigenous man occurred after jailers ignored his pleas and medical procedure;   a woman was murdered over a lost public transport card;   Zimbabwe’s dinosaur-in-charge has been interfering with the justice system;   prisoners are refusing early release to avoid parole conditions;   the problem of time limits on child abuse cases in the US judicial system;
• With regard to press aka the media, and freedom of expression (keeping in mind that claims of presenting “both sides” of a debate can be WRONG if the other side is RUBBISH –as is the case on LGBTIQ issues):   Russia is continuing to crackdown on freedom of speech;   a US-based call for “scholars, academics, and journalists interested in the Middle East to join us in sending a powerful message to the autocrats of the region and to our own government that enough is enough”;   journalists continue to be abused in Afghanistan;   a call for police abuses during recent protests to be investigated;   concerns that trumped up charges are being used to punish a journalist for reporting on Chechnya;   a call for clearer bans on hate speech in Australia;
• With regard to overcrowding and “modern” lifestyle issues (is YOUR smart phone free of conflict  minerals, environmental harm and child labour? I was recently pleasantly to find IT manufacturers now making at least some effort in this regard. Do you suffer from FOMO? Are you being duped by modern mantras? Does your AI use ethics? Does your corporation misuse mindfulness as a distraction from working conditions? Do you understand embedded emissions?):
     -   China has ratified the Paris agreement on climate change – and the USA (now if only my nation, Australia, can catch up with China … );   vandals are trying to sabotage attempts to save trees;   an argument in favour of culling brumbies;   more environmental vandalism / stupidity in the USA (I hope the perpetrators are caught and punished according to the law – if a friend of theirs was injured, he had broken the law and ignored common sense to access the site);   a court case over a Chinese coal carrier which grounded and damaged the Great Barrier Reef has commenced, with the ship owner’s giving a good impression of trying to weasel out of responsibility;   one of the chemicals in sunscreen is damaging the Great Barrier Reef;   solar power in Australia will triple;   an examination to falling cost of renewable energy;   the price of fossil fuels;   the company responsible will not have to pay compensation to children who it exposed to asbestos, despite the company’s knowledge at that time of the dangers;   the environmental damage of planned obsolescence and other consumption techniques for so-called “smart” phones and PCs;   our planet has had a loss of 10% of wilderness over the last 2 years;   a call to design and build houses to last throughout a lifetime;   Japan and South Africa are trying to support the continued poaching of elephants;   a report on the World Conservation Congress;
     -   personal behaviour still remains significant in trying to maintain good online security (and I note another report indicated military personnel’s use of facebook in a military exercise would have comprised the real thing … );
     -   despite the opinions of some idiots, the increased casualization of work is a disaster - and see here, about a protest over another appalling decision against workers;   the problem of guilt at having flexible/short work hours in nations that have been cursed with the “protestant work ethic”;
     -   a modern apartment block from the 1960s (the lack of shared walls and green terraces make this a place I could consider living in – unlike every other apartment building / block of flats I’ve seen);   an Airbnb horror story;   concerns over the side effects of a childhood anti-asthma medicine;   abuse of emergency department nurses is also occurring outside the workplace;   the national mental health commissioner has said workplaces rely too much on “1970s-style” HR programmes to help staff in distress rather than implementing comprehensive mental health policies;   punks in Burma are looking after the homeless;  heading soccer balls may be causing dementia and early onset Alzheimer’s;
• With regard to education:   a child has died after accidentally falling on stairs at a school;   adult learning and education can improve health and well-being, employment opportunities and develop local communities;   11,000 Turkish teachers have been suspended for alleged links to Kurdish groups;   attempts to move Singapore’s education focus away from efforts have led to discussion;   an article on the anti-drug programmes that work best in schools;
• 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):   journalists continue to be abused in Afghanistan;   calls for the international community to urgently scale up its support for the war-torn country so that it can meet the rising humanitarian needs of more than one million people who are on the move, either internally displaced or returning from neighbouring countries;
• With regard to Africa, the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (and other sources) also has:
     -   Zimbabwe’s dinosaur-in-charge has been interfering with the justice system, as the nation’s military fractures (does this make a future civil war more inevitable?);
     -   the problems facing teenagers and children in refugee camps have contributed to other problems such as child soldiers in Mali;
     -   a former UN peacekeeper from Niger has been presented with the inaugural UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award for her work in integrating gender perspectives into peacekeeping activities while serving in Mali;
     -   Nigeria is facing a famine “unlike any other”;   an assessment of the Nigerian President’s attempt to impose discipline;
     -   an assessment of a single economic market for Africa;
     -   Sudan, Chad and Central African Republic leaders have held talks over the deployment of joint border monitoring units;
     -   claims that the leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo is preparing for “war against his own people”;
     -   an assessment that the electoral stalemate in Gabon underscores the challenges facing the continent;
• With regard to China and East and South East Asia:
     -   China has ratified the Paris agreement on climate change (now if only my nation< Australia, can catch up with China … );   abandoned children in China, which has been trying some small-mindedness against US President Obama (one Chinese official clearly needs lessons on manners – especially towards women!);   an Australian MP has opened himself to criticism of undue influence from the China, and may lose his role as a shadow minister as a result;   a court case over a Chinese coal carrier which grounded and damaged the Great Barrier Reef has commenced;   concern over the extent of foreign ownership of Australian agricultural land, although Chinese ownership is shown to be small;   a Chinese airline’s magazine has cast racist slurs against parts of London;   India and Nepal say a lack of information from China about glacial lakes and rivers in Tibet could hamper their ability to plan for flash floods;   Hong Kong is showing that it hasn’t forgotten about democracy;   another examination of the relationship between India and China;
     -   the UN has expressed concern over tensions on the Korean Peninsula and in the South China Sea;
     -   North Korea is rattling its missile sabre again;   there is a "high possibility" that North Korea has conducted a fifth nuclear test;   speculation that North Korea could be being hardline over fear of going the same way as Saddam and Gaddafi;
     -   the US President may not meet with the Philippines foul-mouthed president (I hope not);   one of the few advantages of the Philippines new president was that he could end the violence in the south: he now appears to be stuffing that up, as he continues to kill 44 Filipinos a day … ;
     -   Indonesia’s anti-drugs chief wants to follow the Philippines approach of kill ‘em all and let god sort them out … ;
     -   the insurgency in southern Thailand may be expanding;
     -   the US President has apologised for the legacy of the US bombing of Laos during the Viêt Nám war;
     -   attempts to move Singapore’s education focus away from efforts have led to discussion;
     -   calls for a whole-of-society approach to address the double burden of malnutrition which affects populations across south-east Asia, particularly women and girls;
     -   punks in Burma are looking after the homeless;
• With regard to the conflict in Iraq (noting that Iraq was once a peaceful and prosperous society, before the UK / USA / CIA backed revolution – see here, and that it needs an emphasis on a secular society and citizenship – but also here, although based in Syria and here):
     -   the Iraq Body Count project reports 200 people killed in the last week;
• With regard to Russia:   Russia is continuing to crackdown on freedom of speech;   Russia’s head-in-the-sand attitude on HIV is failing;   more tension between Russian and US warplanes;   concerns that trumped up charges are being used to punish a journalist for reporting on Chechnya;   an article arguing that US President Obama is right on Russia’s weakness;   Syria has shown the limits of Russian air power;
• With regard to South and Central America:   a call for police abuses during recent protests to be investigated;
• With regard to South Asia (aka the Indian sub-continent), The Hindu and other sources have:
     -   an Indian grandfather has advised his granddaughters to become independent women;   India and Nepal say a lack of information from China about glacial lakes and rivers in Tibet could hamper their ability to plan for flash floods;   a death sentence for an Indian man who used acid to kill a woman who rejected his marriage proposal (whilst this may be a major legal step forward for women’s rights in India, the imposition of the death sentence taints it, and creates a future life problem);   another examination of the relationship between India and China;   India is planning to actively engage with dozens of other nations;
• With regard to Sudan and South Sudan:
     -   Sudan, Chad and Central African Republic (CAR) leaders have held talks over the deployment of joint border monitoring units;
     -   the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has expressed concern at reports of harassment and intimidation against some civil society members who met with a UN Security Council delegation;   criticism of politics in South Sudan;   reports that one faction’s troops have fled South Sudan to the Democratic Republic of Congo in “very had shape”;
• with regard to the conflict in Syria:   Turkey is attacking terrorists in Syria, on a new front;   the military risks Turkey is facing in Syria;   another chemical weapons attack in Aleppo;   some refugees have, after years, been able to start returning home because of Turkey’s belated military actions;   an examination of current efforts to find peace in Syria;   the continued use of cluster weapons in Syria has been condemned;   more than 70 aid groups have suspended cooperation with the UN in Syria and have demanded an immediate and transparent investigation into its operations in the country because of concerns the Syrian president has gained “significant and substantial” influence over the relief effort;   Syria has shown the limits of Russian air power;   the US and Syria are still talking about a ceasefire in Aleppo;
• with regard to Turkey:   the military risks Turkey is facing in Syria;   11,000 Turkish teachers have been suspended for alleged links to Kurdish groups;
• with regard to the conflicts in Ukraine, particularly in the east:   a formerly imprisoned Ukrainian pilot is being the mouthpiece of anger against political elites;
• With regard to West Asia / the Middle East, the Middle East Eye and other sources have:
     -   an assessment of religious stability in Iraq;
     -   a US-based call for “scholars, academics, and journalists interested in the Middle East to join us in sending a powerful message to the autocrats of the region and to our own government that enough is enough”;
• With regard to the war in Yemen:   Houthi landmines are claiming civilian victims;   an assessment of the situation in Taiz (which had so much success in the early days of the war with nonviolent resistance);   some US Senators are now calling for a block on arms sales to Saudi Arabia;
• With regard to natural and other catastrophes:   as part of the rebuilding after Cyclone Winston, Fiji is shifting entire villages to safer locations (as happened just over a century ago to a town in my birth state);   Nigeria is facing a famine “unlike any other”;
• With regard to peace and/or spirituality generally, and the occasional nice story:   “pay it forward” has reached far north Queensland;   the US Congress is attempting to block a weapons sale to Saudi Arabia;   a call for better management of UN peacekeepers;

and from a range of other sites:

• German car manufacturer Porsche has shown it does not care about the road toll;
• a problem in the way Uber operates has been shown by a recent incident where a driver suddenly realised he had the wrong passengers and tried to dump two elderly women in a dangerous situation (on the rise of Uber, I consider the history of many problems with taxis has contribute to its rise: as with the decline of check out jobs in supermarkets, those driving the taxis contributed to their demise and the rise of Uber);
• the film “Sully” about the forced water landing on the Hudson River shows what can go right, which is now acknowledged as a field for new investigation – and the stupidity of some reactions to such events;
• an article on improving military culture has a few points that business / commerce and other areas of life can learn from;
• facebook has backtracked on its decision to censor an iconic Vietnam War photo of a naked girl escaping a napalm bombing, after its block on the historic image sparked outrage (this photo does show some of the difficulties in balancing competing needs/demands, particularly in the puritanical USA, but I would EXPECT facebook to know about such an iconic photo);
• an article on a child who is a child abuser (and, as someone who has been abused by other children, I find it extremely difficult to have any sympathy for the child concerned – which means others should make any decisions on the matter, not me);
• the possibility that the counter-culture of the 60s led to neoliberalism … (my concern with this proposition is that society NEEDED to change, and thus much of the intent of the counterculture was not only good but necessary: the PROBLEM is: “how do we ensure reaction to change is good, without backlash [which is actually how I view neoliberalism, which is supporting corporations] or throwing the baby out with the bathwater?”;
• Saudi Arabia I taking more care with this year’s Hajj, following the disaster last year;
• an old “milko” is still going in Canberra (I had an uncle who used to do this in Queensland, with a horse drawn cart: the horse knew where to go, and my uncle would run off to each house, swap the [glass] bottles over and back, and it all worked well until he was injured, and the horse wouldn’t slow down for him because it wanted to get back its nice warm stable :) );
• evidence that our personality emerges when we’re young is, in my opinion, evidence suggestive of rebirth/reincarnation.

(Dear Reader, did you note and reject my use of pejorative terms? If not, please re-read this and do so – remember, I expect you to think)

Now, some relocated notes and other comments/information.

Remember that many others are very capably 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 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 10 AM and 10 PM local time each day, and 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), there are online groups (e.g. here and here – which I’m not members of, and thus do not know the quality of) and even an app. 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. I also point out that more than just psychic work is required – activism in the physical world, even if it is “only” writing letters to politicians / the media will help, as will a whole range of other stuff. To stimulate some ideas on this aspect of service, see here , here and here, and, of course, here.

(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.)

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.

I apologise for publishing these posts twice, but Blogger keeps changing my formatting. I can either publish it and then correct the altered formatting and re-publish it, or save and close the post and correct it when I reopen it prior to publishing it, but that leaves an extra copy in my "drafts" folder which I then have to clean up ...

Regular sources include the Daily Briefings of the United Nations, Human Rights Watch, the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, “War on the Rocks” (a very US-focused site which also has articles I have concerns about, but also a surprising number of gems),  the Early Warning Project blog, the Justice in Conflict blog, the Political Violence at a Glance blog, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, the International Crisis Group, the Middle East Eye, The Hindu, the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, the BBC, Spiegel International, The Conversation, John Menadue’s blog, Wikipedia’s current events portal, Wendell Williams’ blog, George Monbiot’s website, the Campaign Against Arms Trade, the “Cure Violence” blog, the Inter Press Service Agency (IPS), the Lowy “Interpreter” blog (which occasionally has good links about what is happening in the Pacific), and others.

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