Apologies for a somewhat truncated post this week, owing
to family events.
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 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 more Æther;(d) the counter to fear is genuine EQ and clear thinking, expressed through calm, de-escalating speech;(e) 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;(f) 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;
- Events warranting particular attention, or fitting into
too many categories:
The big news for this week is the unexpected - to most people – election of Donald Trump as President of the USA by a quarter of the population of US voters (another quarter voted for Mrs Clinton, and just under half stayed away). This raises a stack of concerns – around climate change and other matters I have touched on here, (where I mention the coming failure of Trump’s trickle down style of economic policies [remember Reagan] and that this will further alienate his current supporters, see here), but it also reveals a few truths – ranging from the somewhat trivial (to me) revelation of the inaccuracies of polling, through the failure to “sell” (i.e., adequately explain) issues ranging from the benefits of globalisation (which I personally have reservations about, in terms of how it has been implemented, but see also here, here, and here, for instance) on one side to failing to “sell” unearned advantage (aka “social privilege”) on the other hand (which has always been advocated, in my experience, without any understanding of how difficult life is for allegedly privileged people: the benefits of privilege are still there, but the communication has been arrogant, patronising, lacking in human understanding, and thus ineffective [the people you want to sell a message to are not the enemy]) to the problem of growing social inequality (see also here, here, here, here, and here, for example) and workplace pressures , and the many, many, many angry people who are being left behind (see also here, here, here, here, and elsewhere) as the world stumbles into the future with leaders (and their advisors) who are focused on votes in a few years, rather than on what is actually best for the world in the long term –and Trump is definitely in that category, no matter how well he tuned into the anger of the disaffected.
There are going to be a stack of political actions and responses to the fact of Trump’s ascendancy, including protests (which, concerningly, have included some violence), but this blog is about psychic and spiritual matters. From the point of view of this blog, it is absolutely VITAL not to feed the psychic trolls who surround the angry and disaffected, and Trump: if you do, you simply perpetuate the current blocks to finding constructive, balanced, and mature solutions to our problems. Don’t hate Trump, nor his supporters – aim to feel compassion for them, and understand their situations and their fears, and then and only then apply the techniques I’ve written about in this blog.
Incidentally, on political measures, I’ve often considered the world view of those who advocate for right wing politics to be flawed: the solution to that is credible education – with the emphasis on credible: it is not good enough for left wingers to get up and accurately describe the state of the world, there must be a educative and awareness increasing process that is credible to right wing people, starting with how their parents raise them. I am also now convinced that the only means by which we can move to a sustainable future (rather than being one of the many civilisations that shine briefly in the Universe and then wink out) is a living wage. - With regard to democracy (which requires protection of minorities and the vulnerable), freedom
and governance (e.g., here, here, here and here):
- analyses this week include: the US electoral system includes many very strange things, but this is another that I have some concerns about, no matter how well intentioned it is: vote trading; some parts of the USA are stumbling towards preferential voting; an article on the problems in the USA, based around a young man who died unexpectedly: “Having savings to buffer sudden emergencies, or even a plan for a more secure future, is a story from Fantasyland for this family, and for up to nearly 70 per cent of Americans, according to a recent survey.” … “The IMF warned in June of social strains if the US fails to address soaring rates of poverty” … “When a persistent cough started nagging, he put it down to smoking. When the hacking began, a doctor's charges and medicine costs were off-putting”. See also here;
- of concern this week: Turkish police have used water cannon and tear gas to break up a protest in Istanbul against the arrest of leaders of the pro-Kurdish HDP party; Luxembourg's Foreign Minister says the Turkish Government's handling of dismissed civil servants reminds him of methods used by the Nazis, and that, sooner or later, the EU would have to respond with sanctions; a US sports presenter has been flooded with online abuse after being mistaken for Brexit campaigner Gina Miller; an assessment of the state of democracy in Turkey; the president of Bulgaria has said that Russia is trying to divide and weaken Europe; China's top legislature has – hypocritically - effectively barred two democratically elected, pro-independence politicians from taking office in Hong Kong, marking Beijing's most direct intervention in the territory since the 1997 handover and leading to protests where police used pepper spray;
- in the grey area this week: tens of thousands of people have rallied in the South Korean capital Seoul to demand the resignation of President Park Geun-hye over an explosive political scandal; hundreds of hooded anti-government protesters have clashed with Italian police in Florence as they demonstrated against a constitutional referendum aimed at giving Italy a more stable government; South Africa's embattled President Jacob Zuma has said he is not scared of going to prison, days after an investigation found evidence of possible government corruption; the USA has said it is "deeply concerned" about the electoral process in Nicaragua after Daniel Ortega, the left-wing leader, won a third consecutive presidential term; thousands of public workers have stormed the Rio de Janeiro government in protest at austerity plans to deal with the Brazilian city's financial crisis;
- good news this week includes: the UK’s Lord Chancellor has backed the independence of that nation’s judiciary; an article on US citizens who are pleased to finally be able to vote for a woman; South Korea’s President will cede selection of the Prime Minister to Parliament, in an effort to defuse the current crisis;
- and in my home nation this week: Australia is continuing down its path to being even more racist … - mind you, I consider the lab should have been signed: see here for a view that this shows problems with the 18C process, and here for a Liberal politician’s view that Section 18C should be left alone. Also, the Australian Human Rights commission, which is open to a review of Section 18C (e.g., replacing the words "insult" and "offend" with "vilify" would be seen as a "strengthening), terminated the case re QUT students in August 2015, and had NOTHING to do with the subsequent legal case; Australia's scientists say the "innovation nation" is crumbling with a study revealing more scientists are considering leaving the profession because of limited career prospects; a monthly newsletter from an economist who also happens to be an Australian politician has some (links to) thoughts on the problem of markets being concentrated into just a few companies, rising inequity, and the benefits of cooperatives; two thirds of a citizens' jury deliberating the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission does not want South Australia to store high-level nuclear waste "under any circumstances"; a government Minister in my home state has resigned after admitting to misuse of his chauffeured car;
- this week’s atrocity alert at R2P lists the Central African Republic, Iraq, Syria and Eritrea; - 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/acts have occurred this week in Iraq, Afghanistan, Iraq (2nd), the Philippines, Nigeria, Iraq (3rd), Afghanistan (2nd), and, according to this Wikipedia page, 4 attacks in Iraq (out of a total of 15);
- a suspected key ringleader of recent major violent extremist attacks in Europe has possibly been identified in Syria as a former detainee of Abu Ghraib; Iraqi forensic experts are investigating a mass grave discovered by troops advancing towards Mosul; the Philippines and Malaysia will cooperate (e.g., on “hot pursuits across borders) to counter kidnappings by violent extremists; - With regard to refugees (noting the New York Declaration):
a win-win project has seen African refugees settled in a rural Australian town help to revitalise that town; Australian Labor MPs have unanimously agreed to oppose proposed legislation for lifetime ban for refugees. See also here; Hungary's parliament has rejected an attempt by that nation’s Prime Minister to block the settlement of refugees; Nauru will continue its 19th Century stance on abortion; Australia may have shoved its responsibility for refugees onto the USA; - With regard to human rights and discrimination (including
associated violence / crime):
- on homophobia/transphobia this week: a Canadian academic is trying to kill trans/gender diverse people; another article on internalised homophobia; unconscious bias in medical staff leads to lower care for LGBT patients; Europe’s homophobia may be paving the way for an increase in HIV; homophobia in sport; the free and independent nation of Taiwan is set to legalise Equal Marriage;
- on racism this week: Australia is continuing down its path to being even more racist … - mind you, I consider the lab should have been signed: see here for a view that this shows problems with the 18C process, and here for a Liberal politician’s view that Section 18C should be left alone. Also, the Australian Human Rights commission, which is open to a review of Section 18C (e.g., replacing the words "insult" and "offend" with "vilify" would be seen as a "strengthening), terminated the case re QUT students in August 2015, and had NOTHING to do with the subsequent legal case; Kalgoorlie has started to address its problem of endemic and extreme racism; the trials of Amerindians in Guyana; US courts are now considering possible racism in predatory loan schemes offered by banks; the UK Prince Harry’s girlfriend has been subjected to racist and other forms of abuse by media and trolls; the number of indigenous children in care may triple over the next two decades if current approaches are not improved; Nauru will continue its 19th Century stance on abortion; the US elections have shown a problem of racism in US women;
- on sexism this week: the double standards of sexism placed US Presidential candidate Clinton in a Catch 22 type situation; the use of video evidence has reduced the number of times victims have to relive domestic violence; more on sexism in Australia; a rape victim who reported her rape to police in Afghanistan was then raped by police; after braving the long lines at polling booths, thousands of US voters have queued to visit the grave of suffragette Susan B Anthony to place flowers and "I voted" stickers, on the day the country could elect its first female president;
- on other forms of human rights this week: a call for recognition of a right to housing; a model has been charged over a body-shaming photo; Luxembourg's Foreign Minister says the Turkish Government's handling of dismissed civil servants reminds him of methods used by the Nazis, and that, sooner or later, the EU would have to respond with sanctions; “the caricature of Abramović as an occultist is a parodic reductio ad absurdum of a longstanding conservative obsession”; a report that “ "clicktivism" was only really effective if it attracted the attention of traditional media organisations”; a French watchdog has called for the suspension of a database that could end up holding the biometric details of 60 million people; - With regard
to crime, judicial matters and policing:
a Philippines mayor accused of links to drugs has been killed in his cell by police; a model has been charged over a body-shaming photo; Queensland appears to be mucking up its attempt to remove time limits on victims of child abuse making claims; a rape victim who reported her rape to police in Afghanistan was then raped by police; a home owner could – quite rightly, I consider – be charged for attempting to shoot a fleeing home intruder with a bow and arrow; - 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):
Australia is continuing down its path to being even more racist … ; a report that “ "clicktivism" was only really effective if it attracted the attention of traditional media organisations”; the UK Prince Harry’s girlfriend has been subjected to racist and other forms of abuse by media and trolls; - 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?):
- recent extreme temperatures will be the new normal in a couple of decades (which is why, Australia, we need to build BETTER HOUSES!!!); a call for a less confrontational, more pragmatic approach to managing the problem of whaling; company directors who don’t properly consider climate related risks could be liable for breaching their duty of due care and diligence, a new legal opinion has found; two thirds of a citizens' jury deliberating the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission does not want South Australia to store high-level nuclear waste "under any circumstances"; natural disasters are affecting some of Australia’s most disadvantaged communities; the possibility of commercial high altitude balloon flights, which may increase our appreciation of this planet (I’d go on one of those, if I could afford it); radical action is needed to counter the current sixth great extinction event; concerns over the delayed removal of soil containing some asbestos which was dumped near a dam in Queensland, and the adequacy of operations; toxic fire fighting chemicals have been found near a naval base in Western Australia;
- a report that “ "clicktivism" was only really effective if it attracted the attention of traditional media organisations”; a French watchdog has called for the suspension of a database that could end up holding the biometric details of 60 million people;
- some common sense comments about housing, saving and wealth (including the destruction of national wealth by focusing on houses); a monthly newsletter from an economist who also happens to be an Australian politician has some (links to) thoughts on the problem of markets being concentrated into just a few companies, rising inequity, and the benefits of cooperatives; a whistleblower has spoken out over safety concerns in the construction industry; US courts are now considering possible racism in predatory loan schemes offered by banks;
- women in the UK swear more than men, gosh darn it; an article on the problems in the USA, based around a young man who died unexpectedly: “Having savings to buffer sudden emergencies, or even a plan for a more secure future, is a story from Fantasyland for this family, and for up to nearly 70 per cent of Americans, according to a recent survey.” … “The IMF warned in June of social strains if the US fails to address soaring rates of poverty” … “When a persistent cough started nagging, he put it down to smoking. When the hacking began, a doctor's charges and medicine costs were off-putting”. See also here; - With regard to education:
Indian schools have been closed because of air pollution; - With regard to China and East and South East Asia:
- China's top legislature has – hypocritically - effectively barred two democratically elected, pro-independence politicians from taking office in Hong Kong, marking Beijing's most direct intervention in the territory since the 1997 handover and leading to protests where police used pepper spray;
- the Governor of Jakarta is being questioned by police over blasphemy allegations linked to last week's violent protests in Indonesia's capital – which is being blamed on “political actors” by Indonesia’s President; Indonesia has shown an ill-informed, judgemental attitude towards the two victims of a violent murderer;
- the free and independent nation of Taiwan is set to legalise Equal Marriage;
- the Philippines and Malaysia will cooperate (e.g., on “hot pursuits across borders) to counter kidnappings by violent extremists; - 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):
- retreating violent extremists in Iraq have abducted hundreds of former soldiers and over a thousand families; Iraqi forensic experts are investigating a mass grave discovered by troops advancing towards Mosul;
- and the Iraq Body Count project reports 316 people killed in the last week; - With regard to South and Central America:
the trials of Amerindians in Guyana; Mexico is prepared to discuss, but not to renegotiate, the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with US President-elect Trump; - With regard to South Asia (aka the Indian
sub-continent), The
Hindu and other sources have:
- Indian schools have been closed because of air pollution; large denomination notes have been withdrawn as part of the campaign against corruption, which has resulted in confusion and concern and a need for banks to call in police; - with regard
to the conflict in Syria, where Assad’s regime has, in my opinion, lost all
claims to legitimacy, and it is time to consider partition (see here, here, here and here):
- another article on the regional complexities affecting the operation to free Raqqa; - with regard to Turkey:
Turkish police have used water cannon and tear gas to break up a protest in Istanbul against the arrest of leaders of the pro-Kurdish HDP party; an assessment of the state of democracy in Turkey; Luxembourg's Foreign Minister says the Turkish Government's handling of dismissed civil servants reminds him of methods used by the Nazis, and that, sooner or later, the EU would have to respond with sanctions; - With regard to West Asia / the Middle East and North
Africa, the Middle East Eye and other sources have:
- Israel has formally rejected France’s invitation to take part in peace talks (which says nothing good about Israel, nor the prospects for peace without a [democratic, peaceful – in response to a change of heart of the people] change of government in Israel); controversially, some Arabs are choosing to serve in the Israeli military; - With regard to natural and other catastrophes:
natural disasters are affecting some of Australia’s most disadvantaged communities;
and from a range of other sites:
- some excellent ideas to help elderly people live at home, and some interesting candidates for disability awards;
- a family-owned station in Australia’s Top End is giving troubled kids a second chance, teaching them pastoralism, and in one instance, how to catch wild bulls;
(Dear Reader, please remember, I expect you to think when
reading this blog, and reserve the right to occasionally sneak in something to
test that)
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. On more
physical level, there is the United
Nations Online Volunteering page.
(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.
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.
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 ...
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