As I predicted last week, the need to earn a living
through my day job has resulted in this week’s news report not being as
comprehensive as I would like. Also, some of these links should actually have
been posted last week – my apologies.
Note: 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: these posts are the equivalent of a
re-tweeting service, or, at best, a commentary site, and are posted for the
purpose of assisting in the clearing of non
BPM (“unbalanced/unbalancing”, or spiritually
immature”) energies.
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, as mentioned above, 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: again, 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 non
BPM 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.
(I
also urge people to simplify their lives as much as is possible.)
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;
(d) I’ve created a bindrune for
this week’s meditation, which is:
(e) the major events this week
are: the current and imminent
humanitarian crises which are being either ignored or given token attention by
the world;
(f) I noted, while meditating on
the world’s energy state, that many of the key blockages causing imbalances in
our world are around fear of losing out or losing one’s personal material superiority
if society is inclusive: that needs to change;
(g) our addiction to change, the
new and flashy, and youth needs to be replaced by maturity and a refusal to throw
the baby out with the bathwater;
(h) our world continues to
struggle with good governance, confusing that with the exercise of power … ;
(i) self indulgence is a
problem;
(j) reactionary backlashes aka revenge – are also an issue this week;
(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;
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:
something I have commented on
previously is that you do not change a political system because you don’t like
the result – thus, for instance, if you are a US citizen you don’t advocate to
change the US presidential electoral college system because you don’t like the
last election result, you do so because it is inherently flawed (particularly since the development of
political parties) and there are better (more
democratic) options available, and you do so knowing full well that this
may result in parties you don’t support gaining power. Similarly, principles
such as the “Goldwater principle” (see here and here), which prohibits psychologists pretending that they are psychic (because they are apparently able to
diagnose accurately at a distance … ), are not abandoned simply because the
current US President appears to have psychological flaws: if you do that, you
open up the can of worms that leads to people who you like (I suspect that is relevant!) and people who may NOT have
psychological flaws (more than the usual
extent, at any rate) also being subject to distant and quite possibly
erroneous “psychological assessments” – see here and here,
which is an evidence-based attempt to develop a risk profile from th field of
“political psychology” (see here); “it’s high time to rethink our
preference for youth and disdain for wisdom. The world needs, and should be
able to make room for, both. Let’s hope it happens in time to help me get my
next job”; a human rights group has criticised politicians
for divisive and dehumanising rhetoric and hate speech, and for actively
legitimising misogyny, racism and homophobia and exploiting refugees for
political gains - particularly the current US President, but also in Turkey,
Hungary and the Philippines;
- With regard to democracy (which requires protection of minorities and the vulnerable – and remember
Gandhi’s question about whether one is fighting to change things, or to punish,
and the list of 198 methods of nonviolent action), freedom
and governance (e.g., here, here, here and here, and see also here):
Note:
I have created a section specifically for the current US President below
- analyses this week include: an opinion
piece arguing that the loss of (educative) union newsletters and a
neochristian newsletter have inhibited the ability of voters to think (I agree on the
loss associated with unions, but not on the loss of a homophobic, transphobic
rag);
-
of concern this week: “Cambodia's
authoritarian government has changed the law covering political parties, in
what some commentators are calling the "final triumph of dictatorship” ”; “A Dutch security official meant to protect [an] anti-Islam politician ... has been arrested on suspicion of leaking his location to a Moroccan criminal gang” – which, if true, does NOT help anything, nor does assassination (the person concerned
comes back even angrier and more set in their ways, and their followers hold
them up as a martyr!!!);
-
good news this week includes: the appointment
of a new Romanian justice Minister is likely to end
a month-long upheaval triggered by a government decree that would have
decriminalized several graft offences and shielded dozens of officials from
prosecution; an Iranian-American who is
a former US soldier is contesting
the leadership of the US Democratic Party’s National Committee;
-
and in my home nation this week: another far right politician may
leave the neoliberal party which currently holds power in the Commonwealth
government so he can go off and do his own extremists thing; on the day that we received an idiotic
notice for a 3 cent additional payment of an $18 hospital bill that we have
already paid, more evidence of Australia’s neoliberal parties being out
of touch (warning: the story includes
reference to a youth suicide as a result of the gross incompetence of the “debt
recovery system); an article on the
concerning abuses
being committed by debt collection agencies;
a refugee returned by Australia to Vietnam has told of the assaults
received after being returned (as was
warned at the time: so much for non-refoulement … ); immigrant unemployment is being tackled in
one area of Australia by a start-your-own-business
mentoring programme; the Medicare
rebate freeze might finally
be removed; “Former federal treasury head Ken Henry has lashed out at the political and media dysfunction that he says has led to reform paralysis”; a far right politician has joined the club
of pollies showing how
out of touch they are – this one on pregnancy; one of Centrelink’s victims had made a
very common sense and obvious suggestion;
-
this week’s atrocity alert
at R2P lists South Sudan and Burma;
- With regard to the current US President this week:
-
more concerns that
abuses of power may be occurring under the current US President’s deportation
drive – see also here; Japanese Americans have been recalling the
pain of being interned
75 years ago; a nasty, reactionary backlash has seen
dozens of workers fired for taking part in the “Day
Without Immigrants” protest (some
teachers also made racist comments); any person
found to have entered the USA from Mexico in any way not to the perfect
satisfaction of the USA will be thrown
back over the border – irrespective of their actual nationality; the
US Department of Homeland Security disputes
citizenship being an indicator of terrorist threat;
-
a climate change denier is now in charge
of the US EPA; California has moved
to protect
the environment ahead of possible attacks by the US administration;
-
the current US President is reprising his
“campaigner in chief” role; “Republican politicians are returning to
their home districts to a barrage of criticism, as many constituents demand to
know how they'll hold [the current US
President] to account” – see also here, this is the
chink in the supporters’ voices that I have been looking for, something that
shows realisation, although I suspect many supporters are still that; more protests
against the current US President on a “Presidents Day” holiday; an article on young
people who support the current US President;
-
a comparison
of the current US President’s “enemy of the people” remark about the media to
similar remarks by tyrants such as Stalin and Mao; more fake
news from the US administration;
-
the current US President’s next
(“iconoclastic”) choice
for National Security Advisor might be OK … , as claims
are made the USA’s nuclear arsenal needs to be improved … ;
- an outbreak of anti-Semitism
in the USA has been condemned
(by the current US President); the current US President has joined his
bosom buddy Putin in trying to kill
trans kids - which has led to protests;
-
the current US President, who has “vowed
to stop U.S. manufacturing from disappearing overseas, will seek job-creation
advice … from at least five companies that are laying off thousands of workers as they shift production abroad”;
-
an article on the five
current US administrations … ;
- 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 Pakistan, the
USA, France,
Niger,
Nigeria,
and, according to this
Wikipedia page, there have been 6 attacks in Iraq (out of a total 25); action against violent extremists in Senegal,
Ethiopia; a
violent extremist has admitted from prison he sees nothing wrong with mass rape;
-
Germany has said it is important to cooperate with Russia in the fight
against violent extremism (terrorism
which is pseudo-Islamic, in my words);
a polygamist Emir in northern Nigeria wants to ban or restrict polygamy
(and modernise gender relations) in one Nigerian state to reduce the number of
abandoned or poorly raised children being recruited by violent extremists;
- a
warning that corruption must be addressed to
enable a proper defeat of violent extremism in West Asia; “Chinese
authorities in part of the western Xinjiang region have ordered all vehicles to
be installed with satellite tracking devices as part
of a crackdown on terrorism” (which raises privacy concerns – yet again, in
that totalitarian nation … );
- With regard to refugees (noting the New York Declaration):
thousands have demonstrated in support of refugees in Spain; a refugee returned by Australia to Vietnam
has told of the assaults
received after being returned (as was
warned at the time: so much for non-refoulement … ); Pope Francis has called
for a radical change of
attitude towards refugees, saying they should
be welcomed with dignity and denouncing the "populist rhetoric" he
said was fuelling fear and selfishness in rich countries; a female Afghan
refugee has become an Australian soldier; any person found to have entered the USA
from Mexico in any way not to the perfect satisfaction of the USA will be thrown
back over the border – irrespective of their actual nationality;
- With regard to human (and other) rights and
discrimination (including associated violence / crime):
-
on homophobia/transphobia this
week: an
LGBT book aimed at countering homophobic bullying has been released; Australia’s soccer body is being tested for
its commitment to ethics, following display of a homophobic
banner by one club’s unapologetic
supporters – which has left the children of the targeted person unwilling to go
to games in future; legalising Equal Marriage has led to a drop in LGBTI suicides; a UK
heterosexual couple want the right to be able to form a civil
union; the current US President has
joined his bosom buddy Putin in trying to kill
trans kids - which has led to protests;
-
on racism this week: gravely concerning
allegations of an appalling sexual assault by French police on a
member of an “anti-negrophobia group”;
a Dutch populist politician has launched his election campaign with racist slurs; my home state
has launched a new anti-racism
campaign;
-
on sexism this week: the UK will
introduce a new anti-domestic
violence law; a violent extremist has admitted from prison he sees nothing wrong with mass rape; allegations of sexism at
Uber are being investigated … by the company (at least they’ve hired
someone with a legal reputation);
sexism in “Silicon
Valley”; east Libya has banned women
travelling on their own; Norway has joined
the move to counter the anti-abortion
push by the USA’s current President; the
club scheduled to host the golf at the 2020 Tokyo Games must allow women to
have full membership or organisers will have to find
another venue; an article on what bystanders can (safely) do when sexual harassment is happening; a US judge has
found a city that banned topless women was guilty of perpetuating
stereotypes, and overturned their ban;
-
on other forms of human (and
other) rights this week: some
Hong Kong police have – quite rightly, but somewhat surprisingly, to me – been jailed for beating
a protestor; Bosnia
will challenge a UN court finding from 2007 which cleared Serbia of
genocide; a judge hearing a further case
against a convicted child abusing priest is “blown away” that the neochristian
church is continuing to fund the abuser’s defence, and that the abuser is still
a priest; concerns about privacy settings on Windows 10 remain; a large bank has ripped
off thousands of its employees on superannuation; an outbreak of anti-Semitism in the USA has been condemned; “Chinese
authorities in part of the western Xinjiang region have ordered all vehicles to
be installed with satellite tracking devices as part
of a crackdown on terrorism” (which raises privacy concerns – yet again, in
that totalitarian nation … ); my home state will create a well funded social
housing growth fund;
- With regard
to crime, judicial matters and policing:
evidence has been found that a lethal
drug may have passed
through a postal centre; an online
new source and journalist have – quite rightly – been
found guilty
of contempt for prejudicing a murder trial; some Hong Kong police have – quite rightly,
but somewhat surprisingly, to me – been
jailed for
beating a protestor; gravely concerning allegations of an appalling sexual assault by French police on a
member of an “anti-negrophobia group”; a comparison of the
current US President’s “enemy of the people” remark about the media to similar
remarks by tyrants such as Stalin and Mao;
a sharp rise
in kids committing sexual assaults in one region; the experience of an albino woman in Malawi who
has been the subject of murder
attempts by people wanting her body parts;
the experience of a female police officer
in southern Mexico; the US Supreme
Court may wind up being split on whether or not to allow a Mexican family to
sue the US officer who killed their son while their son was in Mexico: evidence
about the son’s behaviour is disputed, but, irrespective of the US court
decision, firing into another nation is
subject to international law; a report on an investigation into a
neochristian church’s compensation scheme that has been suppressed will be released
to the Royal Commission; a judge has pointed out that putting youths
in jail does NOT stop them offending; several police in my home state have been awarded honours;
- 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? Is your social media making you
miserable or envious? 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? Do you want a bigger, flashier
home/car than people had 50 years ago – which means you are actively abusing
the environment and society’s cohesion?):
-
the environmental importance of seagrasses (which was an
issue in the Bay where I lived on a boat in the 90s, just as it has also been
known for a long time that mangroves are vital); the
use of chemicals in a newly developing cotton industry has forced the closure of a honey industry, owing to the effects
of the chemicals on the bees; a bee-friendly insecticide is being developed; the kelp forests of Tasmania appear to be
being lost; a (clumsily worded) call for agriculture and
eaters to know “the true cost of food on
the environment, public health, and social welfare and equity”, to enable
better decision making, with a start
towards achieving this; a
surprising assessment that we can cope with 9
billion people on this planet … PROVIDED we deal with climate
change effectively, and do a few other things which I will read about over the
coming days – and a report that one fifth of the world’s food is wasted
… ; disturbingly, some power companies
are choosing
to pay financial penalties rather than meet requirements for renewable energy; fallout from the Chernobyl
disaster has affected a particular type of mushroom that hungry wild boards
in the Czech Republic are eating – making them slightly radioactive; a plan has been developed to save the 10%
of coral reefs predicted to survive bleaching by 2050; another article on walking
softly on the earth; “More than 80 significant trees set for
removal from an Adelaide housing development have been saved for now”; a climate change denier is now in charge
of the US EPA; California has moved
to protect
the environment ahead of possible attacks by the US administration; India has
committed to a major increase
of solar power;
-
an app has been develop to help people not commit acts of
cyberbullying by highlighting when they are writing something that could be
cyberbullying; Germany has banned a doll which can listen to conversations and
respond on the basis of it potentially being a surveillance tool; an article on the people
shortage in IT – see also here; concerns about
privacy settings on Windows 10 remain; a development of the greenhouse has occurred, with a new,
improved “solar
glass” claimed
to allow growth in any season (European winter?); an app for finding
toilets; facebook has very, very
belatedly – and only after media pressure was added – removed a fake news site using stolen photos; changes to cervical screening result from
having a population mostly vaccinated against HPV – although the changes evidently weren’t
explained well enough in advance; bots on Wikipedia squabble
like humans;
-
unpaid
overtime is rampant, and calls into question every claim to be
profitable where it occurs; another
article on the housing
affordability crisis which admits that our economic addiction to growth is part
of the problem – see also here
and here; a sacrifice of some penalty rates may not
result in the improvement employers and Australia’s neoliberal government think
it will – and will hurt young
people the most; a call for a better
deal for renters; Singapore, a keen
early adopter of the sharing economy, has fired a warning shot across the bow
of Airbnb and Uber with tighter rules that could shake up their business models
and growth ambitions in Asia, which is also being interpreted as a sign that
even sympathetic governments have a
hard time striking the right balance between encouraging disruptive
technologies and keeping them in line;
-
a critique
of some of the ideas to improve housing affordability, as more caravan park
residents face eviction; micro house blocks are best sold in Western Australia; Australia’s first “free range pig farmer”
has now left
the industry; a crowdfunding project is seeking to
present a more realistic view of pregnancy
and childrearing; one
couple’s decision to “downsize”
their home; an elderly activist is
pushing for simpler
aged care contracts;
- With regard to education:
one Australian state is returning
to a “hard science” type of approach to education … why not do both??? The loss of context in some cases is actively harmful!; a call for a consistent
policy on heatwaves in Australian schools (this needs to be adapted to suit various places in
Australia – for example, at the 22°C mentioned, kids in Queensland would be
wearing jumpers); personal experience
of widespread physical violence – but no sexual violence - in neochristian
schools in the 70s and 80s;
- 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):
storms
have killed dozens of people in Afghanistan, and forced the US defence secretary
to cancel
a trip; hundreds of Afghani families
have fled
Pakistani cross-border military fire;
military aid to Afghanistan has returned to including grass
roots training;
- With regard to Africa, the Africa
Center for Strategic Studies (and other sources) also has:
-
the link
between food insecurity and conflict in Africa;
-
a polygamist Emir in northern Nigeria wants to ban or restrict polygamy
(and modernise gender relations) in one Nigerian state to reduce the number of
abandoned or poorly raised children being recruited by violent extremists; Nigeria’s President has been in the UK for a month
– with no announcements, explanations or comments; Nigerian protestors have called for South
African businesses to leave, and
the SA Ambassador has been summoned,
in response to anti-Nigerian protests in South Africa;
-
South African police have broken
up xenophobic protests;
-
four UN peacekeepers have been wounded in an ambush in the
Central African Republic;
-
Kenya has been given permission for direct
flights to the USA;
-
soldiers and armed groups have
held joint
patrols in Mali (this was one of the great signs of hope in Palestine in
the 90s … may its potential for good be realised this time round);
-
Ethiopia says it is ready
to “cooperate” with the USA; Ethiopia
and South Sudan are talking
on security;
-
hundreds of protestors have called for the resignation
of Guinea-Bissau’s president;
- With regard to China (may her growing middle class bring a
love of peace and freedom) and East and South East Asia:
-
China has said its economic policies will remain unchanged
by the USA’s focus on domestic jobs;
the USA is increasing
its military presence in the South China Sea;
“Chinese authorities in part of
the western Xinjiang region have ordered all vehicles to be installed with
satellite tracking devices as part of a crackdown on terrorism” (which raises privacy
concerns – yet again, in that totalitarian nation … );
-
a warning that North Koreans see themselves as being in a state of war; China will suspend imports of coal from North Korea as a
measure to implement UN sanctions;
a rebuttal has
been made of a claim that one of the assassins who recently murdered the
brother of North Korea’s leader – using VX
- may have thought she was taking part in a prank TV show, as a number of
people are arrested and warrants are issued for North Korean embassy officials;
-
the Thai police raid on a temple did not find who they were
seeking;
-
thousands
of Filipino Catholics have marched against the death penalty and that nations’ mass
murder “war on drugs” campaign;
the Philippine’s military will join
in the “anti drugs war” (aka mass murders) campaign; the most vocal critic of the Philippines
President has been arrested for allegedly extorting
money from imprisoned drug dealers – which she vehemently denies, claiming she
is being set up;
-
“Cambodia's authoritarian government has changed the law covering
political parties, in what some commentators are calling the "final
triumph of dictatorship” ”;
-
the latest flooding
in the Indonesian city of Jakarta has been very political, given the current
election campaigns; “Indonesia's Child Protection Commission has
demanded the Australian Government pay compensation to a group of Indonesians allegedly jailed in adult prisons while they
were minors”;
-
Singapore, a keen early adopter of the sharing economy, has fired a
warning shot across the bow of Airbnb and Uber with tighter rules that could
shake up their business models and growth ambitions in Asia, which is also
being interpreted as a sign that even sympathetic governments have a
hard time striking the right balance between encouraging disruptive
technologies and keeping them in line;
-
some aid
has finally got through to at least some of the Rohingya;
- With regard to Europe:
- Bosnia will challenge a UN court finding from 2007 which cleared Serbia of
genocide;
- gravely concerning allegations of an
appalling sexual assault by French police on a member of an “anti-negrophobia
group”;
-
the UK will introduce a new anti-domestic
violence law;
-
the current (homophobic and transphobic) US Vice-President has claimed
the USA will continue to support NATO and Europe;
-
Germany has said it is important to cooperate with Russia in the fight
against violent extremism (terrorism
which is pseudo-Islamic, in my words);
-
thousands
have demonstrated in support of refugees in Spain;
-
a Dutch populist politician has launched his election campaign with racist slurs;
-
Greeks are sinking
further into poverty and despair;
-
following the current US President’s remarks last week, a riot has occurred in
Sweden (at
who’s instigation?);
-
Estonia is seeking to better
integrate its Russian speaking minority;
- 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):
-
a violent extremist command post in a hospital complex is claimed to
have been destroyed – which is an example of violent extremists in Mosul using
human shields, the benefits of “smart” munitions, and the limitations of media,
as no comment has been made of civilian casualties (aka “collateral damage”);
leaflets have been dropped to warn
of an imminent assault on western Mosul;
concern that there may have been inadequate
planning for treating civilian casualties in Mosul from a (distressing)
human interest story; another warning
that the battel for Mosul is likely to take months; preparations
are being made for up to a quarter of a million people to be displaced by
fighting in Mosul;
-
and the Iraq Body Count
project reports 215 people killed in the last week;
- With regard to the Libyan civil war:
the pseudo-regime in east
Libya has banned
women travelling on their own, and now has banned all
people aged between 18 and 45 from travelling (stopping potential soldiers fleeing?); an assessment
of how to achieve unity in Libya; half
of a group of refugees fleeing Libya in a shipping container have died;
- With regard to Russia (which is currently supporting an – in my
opinion, based on R2P principles - illegitimate regime in Syria), Russian
influenced nations and eastern Europe, and responses:
-
Russia is finding the path to peace in Syria difficult
(“more difficult than war”); a NATO general has warned that more fake
news stories will be issued by Russia; Russia will veto
sanctions of the Assad dictatorship over chemical weapons; a warning
of a potential new arms race … -see also here; Japan has protested
to Russia over its planned military build up on disputed islands;
- With regard to South and Central America:
- accusations of corruption have been made against Ecuador’s (leftist)
government;
-
the experience of a female police officer
in southern Mexico; any person found to
have entered the USA from Mexico in any way not to the perfect satisfaction of
the USA will be thrown
back over the border – irrespective of their actual nationality; Mexico has expressed its “irritation” with
the USA;
-
a air traveller has been deported
from Colombia for – stupidly – joking about
a bomb threat;
- the peasant leading the fight
against a proposed new “inter-oceanic” canal
through Nicaragua;
- With regard to South Asia (aka the Indian
sub-continent), The
Hindu and other sources have:
-
human rights defenders in an Indian state are being threatened by
government-aligned thugs; a fragrance company in India is using blind people to test its scents; new e-waste
centres in parts of India;
the current pro-Hindu political party has won
key city elections; India has committed to a major increase
of solar power; a call for intellectually
better Universities in India;
-
India will allow
Bangladesh to use some of its border roads to build in remote areas; protests
in Bangladesh over a proposed increase in gas prices;
-
disputed claims
that Sri Lanka is hunting some of its citizens who allegedly sheltered Edward
Snowdon in Hong Kong;
- With regard to Sudan and South Sudan:
-
a famine has
been declared in South Sudan – see also here; Ethiopia and South Sudan are talking on
security;
- 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):
-
Russia is finding the path to peace in Syria difficult
(“more difficult than war”); the Assad dictatorship has attacked
rebels; another round of
UN sponsored talks between the Assad dictatorship and the opposition will
commence shortly to “maintain momentum”;
Russia will veto
sanctions of the Assad dictatorship over chemical weapons; Turkey claims to have achieved
its goals in Syria;
- With regard to Turkey:
Turkey will allow
female soldiers to wear headscarves;
Turkey has increased
scrutiny of Russian speaking Muslims; a
conflict
between archaeology and housing of the poor;
Turkey claims to have achieved
its goals in Syria;
- With regard to the conflicts in Ukraine, particularly in
the east:
Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine agreed
to “use their influence to implement a ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy
weapons from Monday in eastern Ukraine”;
- With regard to West Asia / the Middle East and North
Africa, the Middle East Eye and other sources have:
- a critique of the effects of the current US President’s recent
remarks on the possibility of a “one state” solution – which have been contradicted by the US Ambassador to the UN, and belatedly “clarified”
by the US President … ; another article
on the problem of Israeli squatters (my term); an Israeli soldier who was condemned by his
superior officers for killing an unarmed, injured Palestinian has, following a
divisive court case, been jailed for 18 months; there have been clashes
on the anniversary of a 1994 massacre of Palestinians by a right wing extremist
Israeli squatter; claims by police of
killing a violent extremist have been contradicted
by subsequent police investigations;
-
Iran has called for a Palestinian intifada;
-
on the day that hundreds
of protestors were massacred in Egypt, bystanders
were also arrested and have been held in jail ever since; Christians are fleeing
Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula;
- With regard
to the war in Yemen (unlike Iraq and Syria, I cannot find a
source of regular information on casualties in Yemen, but the hardship and
deaths from food, water and medical shortages that concerns me just as much –
if not more, and I don’t know if such sites would report that; it is also
important to remember that there are multiple sides in this dispute – and
opponents to the government are not necessarily Houthi or violent extremist):
another warning on the health
system crisis and impending
famine in Yemen; a polio
vaccination drive has been launched;
the Saudi-led coalition has cleared
itself of blame for civilian deaths;
Houthi rebels have killed
a senior Yemeni general;
- With regard to natural and other catastrophes:
storms in the USA; hay is being sent to farmers who have been affected
by fire; a famine has been
declared in South Sudan, as an appeal is made
for $4.4 billion for 20 million people in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, and
north-east Nigeria facing famine – and a warning
from the UN that “business-as-usual not
an option with future global food security in jeopardy”; a heavily contaminated creek
in the USA has flooded; storms in the UK have
killed one person; storms
have killed dozens of people in Afghanistan;
and from a range of other sites:
- Tonga
is getting a formal postal
system for the first time;
- a
suggestion that the boards of companies focus on finding
problems, rather than solving them;
- a
book deal by an alt-right leader in the USA has been cancelled
after an old video of him speaking in favour of child abuse surfaced;
- bees can learn from each other.
(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,
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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