Post No. 1,006 – For Sunday evening’s meditation-clearing

Note: I am NOT a journalist, and make NO claims to objectivity or freedom from bias: the purpose of posting these news links is not only to inform:   it is also to stimulate a connection to nonBPM units that need to be cleared and BPM units that need to be strengthened, 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. Also, the energies we use and manifest in our daily lives contribute to the larger soup of energies that influence world events, so address those as well. The reminders / explanations about Sunday’s meditation-clearing are here;   see also here,   here,   here,   (here and also here and here are interesting),   here, here,   here,   and   this post reminds us to be patient and persistent, like a “speeding oak”. Finally, there are some notes at the end of this post about other options for those who do not like this way of working.

The themes that come to mind for my work this week, after I review all this news, are:

(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, including spirit rescue, and healing the warped views, seemingly “inherent” biases, and other damage created. Also, remember that:
        1. the counter to fear is genuine  EQ and clear thinking, expressed through calm, de-escalating speech,
         2. where problems exist, advocating for BPM responses, and being as BPM as one can be, are constructive solutions,
        3. peace is powerful, but it is a process requiring patient, persistent and nuanced nurturing, and a blend of conventional spiritual work, clearing nonBPM units, and physical world activism;

(c)   viewing the overall emotional state of the world from an elemental point of view, this week we need more of the empathy/compassion of BPM Water;

(d)   for this week’s work I have selected the rune Berkana:

(e)   dealing with the current US President, for whom I use the alias Voldemort, requires:
        1. eroding (i.e., slow, patient and persistent clearing of the little bits one can SAFELY cope with – remember, you are but one of many) the nonBPM influences feeding his arrogance and mind-set, and strengthening Voldemort’s BPM Guides and giving them whatever BPM help they need to present a BPM alternative – for which my “changing the personality of oppressors” post is useful – with a view to promoting what would seem to be a change of heart,
        2. lifting the nonBPM influences from the shoulders of Voldemort’s marginal supporters, allowing them to “come to their senses”, which may result in them feeling bewilderment/shame, and simultaneously strengthening the BPM influences around them (e.g., their BPM Guides) to counter them backsliding,
        3. to address the others, physical world activism (especially education) is required. As well as doing what one can there, help those who are doing this work (e.g., sending them “positive vibes”) and look for nonBPM blockages that can be cleared (e.g., setting up a BPM vortex above meetings to draw away external nonBPM influences/energies/units, so that the audience can listen as they are, without any obsession/possession);

(f)   the major events this week are:   the disasters in Syria, Yemen, Libya, North Korea and places in central and east Africa, including famines that are being ignored, have continued;   discussions about the nature of the EU;   continuing intransigence in West Asia;

(g)   the need for good education, including teaching people to think, to counter lies/propaganda is very apparent this week;

(h)   discrimination, bigotry and hate continue to be problems (particularly in the USA’s Deportation War), as well as the fragility of egos when it comes to matters such as education o overcome these;

(i)   the problem of the bias of self interest and one’s own culture affecting the media;

(j)   ongoing attacks on human rights (especially privacy);

(k)   reluctant implementation is making the change to more sustainable electricity generation and lifestyles, at times, chaotic;

(l)   the has been some good governance and accountability;

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;
• Matters warranting particular attention:
     humble people make better decisions;   science is claimed to have shown being kind is good for one’s health, and that Nature makes us both happier and kinder;   a warning that cutting foreign aid makes the USA less safe;   a review of the world’s “pressure points” (hot spots);   a call for a more radical form of feminism;   teaching philosophy could help to combat violent extremism;   a call for “historical sensibility” when considering the attacks on liberalism;
• 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 a section specifically for the current US President below
     -   analyses this week include:   the state and history of populism;   an article on “framing leaders as ‘entrepreneurs of political ideas’ ”;   the development of a “three sectors solution” for delivery of government services;
     -   of concern this week:   despite their claims to the contrary, Australia’s neoliberal government has bowed to pressure from the far right and watered down protection against racism;   Mauritania is considering abolishing its Senate;
     -   in the grey area or neutral this week:   “A US diplomat has been expelled from New Zealand”;   in Zimbabwe, a call for “presidential elections next year [to] be conducted by a committee set up by the United Nations and African Union”;   Canadian Muslims are joining the conservative party to prevent a Trump-like candidate being elected;
     -   good news this week includes:   a German candidate is taking an anti-populist line;   “The days of debt crises and the World Bank telling African nations what to do are over”;   The Gambia will set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and offer reparations to victims of the former government;
     -   and in my home nation this week:   sexism and ageism in politics;   underemployment has hit 11%;   the Reserve Bank is increasingly concerned over the risky state of Australian households;   Australia is more restrictive on the ILO recognised right to strike than the USA or the UK;   Australia’s Commonwealth Parliament House will get some bee hives;   a review of Australian-Chinese relations;   another warning that Australia has a housing price bubble;   a politician who rorted his allowances may be investigated by police;   “A controversial work-for-the-dole scheme in Aboriginal communities will come under parliamentary scrutiny amid concerns it is punishing vulnerable Australians”;   Australia’s neoliberal Government has made another step in its campaign to turn Australia into a heartless, uncaring mini-USA;   Centrelink and a US contractor it uses appear to have erred severely in their “management” of the case of a boy dying of cancer (the comments about an individual worker’s alleged harassment are irrelevant: the company is meant to know what its staff are doing – after all, the company IS responsible, legally);   legislation to improve child care options has progressed, as one MP gave an emotional and well received speech about the struggles of single parents;   a regulator needs to do more in the life insurance market;
     -   this week’s atrocity alert at R2P lists Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan and Syria;   “the imperative for transatlantic cooperation to prevent and stop mass killings”;
• With regard to the current US President (who I consider seriously dangerous, and NOT at all a buffoon) this week:
  I deliberately avoid using the current US President’s name for valid psychic reasons: however, to both simplify my typing and remind people that he is dangerous, I will use “Voldemort” as alias.
     -   the US White House is reported to have installed political aides at Cabinet agencies to be Voldemort’s “eyes and ears” (from a comment on this on LinkedIn: “… warned against plans to install a general system of spying on agencies whose heads are not considered as Trumpist-at-heart. One way this would be enforced … was for the WH to choose the deputy of each of the suspects. ... This is a Soviet-style system of political commissars where Steve Bannon and his new ally Reince Priebus will likely call the shots”);
     -   the US House intelligence committee says it has seen no evidence to show the former US President tapped Voldemort's phones during last year's election. The FBI has also debunked the claim, and confirmed that it is investigating links between Russia and the campaign team of Voldemort;   the Republican head of the US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee has apologised for the way he handled sensitive allegations about US spy agency surveillance of Voldemort's team
     -   the “sanctuary” movement is fighting on in parts of the USA against the wave of hate led by Voldemort, as the Deportation War steps up;   an analysis of legal aspects of Voldemort’s travel ban;
     -   concerns that a foreign affairs advisor to Voldemort has Nazi links;   a warning that cutting foreign aid makes the USA less safe;   inflammatory statement made in the past by the USA’s new Ambassador to Israel;
     -   Voldemort has claimed Germany owes the USA money, which is disputed by Germany;   an interview with Voldemort has included that he relies on “gut instinct;
     -   Voldemort’s nominee for the vacant position of the US Supreme Court has said some reasonable things during his confirmation hearing, but opposition is growing;
     -   Voldemort is reportedly being hardline about repealing Obamacare – which led the repeal bill being withdrawn– see also here, and this article on the lesson on the differences between politics and business that this constitutes;   Voldemort has met with a group of all male advisors to consider women’s health benefits … ;
     -   an examination of Voldemort’s war against the media;
     -   a call for the “adults” in the US administration to show integrity;
• With regard to violent extremism (VE) (aka, terrorism - e.g., Da’esh) (ALL people advocating hate or discrimination in response to violent extremism are actively doing the work of violent extremists, including those who use the acronym ISIS (see also here, which is actually the Greek name of the Egyptian Goddess Aset) and actively perpetuates the patriarchal and sacrilegious evil that VEs are trying to accomplish in this world (see also here, here and here). This 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 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):
     -   violent extremist attacks/acts have occurred this week in the UK (by a home-grown extremist, not a refugee - which led to some gung-ho haters Rambo-ing in over a photo of a passer-by apparently being indifferent, but there was a good response, including from the photographer, but also a response from an idiotic far right extremist politician in Australia that has quite rightly been ridiculed … see also here), Nigeria, Egypt, Somalia, Chad, and, according to this Wikipedia page, there has been 1 attack in Iraq (out of a total 17);   prevention has or may have occurred in Belgium;
     -   the USA has banned electronics in carry on luggage from some nations (which has, when tried before, led to an increase in thefts). The UK has joined this – see also here;   Canada has apologised to Canadian men who were tortured in Syria;   an Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade review into World Vision funding in Gaza has uncovered nothing to suggest any diversion of government aid funding to Hamas;   “In a sign of Germany's hardening attitude to security issues, a federal court has approved an order to deport two men … despite the fact that they have not been convicted and were born in Germany”;   internet privacy protection rules in the USA are heading towards a roll back;
     -   teaching philosophy could help to combat violent extremism;   another examination of the link between cutting aid and violent extremism;   an article of what counter violent extremism should avoid;   criticism of the UK’s counter violent extremism strategy’s focus on religion rather than violent extremist ideology;
• With regard to refugees (noting the New York Declaration):
     Canada’s (supportive) response to refugees crossing its border;   aid is needed for 370,00 internally displaced people in the “Democratic” Republic of Congo;   the experiences of the refugee who founded “Students Against Racism”;   Uganda is at breaking point as South Sudanese refugees pour in;   200 refugees have drowned in the Mediterranean;   a call to read “They Cannot Take the Sky”, about life in Australia’s refugee gulags, to counter Australia’s toxic politics;
• With regard to human (and other) rights and discrimination:
     -   on homophobia/transphobia this week:   “Homophobia is costly to workers and the businesses that employ them, research shows. Unfortunately, it's still prevalent in Australia”;   changes for the better have happened in one Australian state;   with the support of some government Ministers, Australian business leaders are continuing to support Equal Marriage, despite the criticism of some bigots in the government;   an interesting article which points out that the term heterosexual used to mean an “abnormal or perverted appetite toward the opposite sex”;   a "homophobic, archaic and outdated law" that allowed gay panic as a partial defence for murder has been FINALLY been removed in Queensland – after lobbying by a Catholic priest;   Germany will quash 50,000 convictions for homosexuality, which were made under a Nazi era law;   a fascinating before and after duet;   Japan has adopted an anti-bullying policy aimed at protecting LGBT students;   YouTube has been censoring LGBT videos;
     -   on racism this week:   indigenous families are fighting to stop a second “Stolen Generations” happening;   an interview with an award winning poet whose writings include work about the Stolen Generations;   despite their claims to the contrary, Australia’s neoliberal government has bowed to pressure from the far right and watered down protection against racism – see also here Almost all the debate about repealing Section 18C in Australia misses the fact that it will send powerful messages out into the community: encouragement of bigots, who don’t care about the legal technicalities, and fear to their victims, who see little point of trying to use a system which is advertised as being against them;   the Aboriginal Legal Service was not allowed to speak to a Senate committee examining the government’s bill designed to … [water] down race hate laws;   some sharing of Australian indigenous words;   a reborn ceramic venture;   “A controversial work-for-the-dole scheme in Aboriginal communities will come under parliamentary scrutiny amid concerns it is punishing vulnerable Australians”;   a warning that UK schools are segregated along class and ethnic lines;   another reminder of the indigenous links to Aussie Rules – extended to also include the violence of the Frontier Wars and the colonial mentality;   the experiences of the refugee who founded “Students Against Racism”;   an article on “long grassers”;   the problem of indigenous suicides continues;
     -   on sexism this week (keeping in mind the overblown influence given to testosterone):   sexism and ageism in politics;   the stories of child-free women, including the bigotry they face (population growth is a problem, so there needs to be more people choosing not to have children);   there is a need for better court – and media - procedures in my home state around sexual crimes;   a global review of “the glass ceiling”;   the Northern Territory has FINALLY decriminalised abortion;   Australia's world-renowned Rape and Domestic Violence Services Australia phone counselling centre is facing possible closure;   a private organisation is stepping into the gap left by police in Spain to ensure victims of domestic abuse are protected;   the medical system is oblivious to the pain of the 10% of women who have endometriosis (the work system is also oblivious);   a call for a more radical form of feminism;   the story of the first woman to officially run the Boston marathon (why wasn’t the appallingly bigoted official who tried to tear of her number charged? He had nearly been charged for assault before!);   “the dark side of gender segregation in the military”, and “the war for the soul of the [US] Marine Corps”;
     -   on other forms of human (and other) rights this week:   a human rights activist has been arrested in the UAE, leading to fears he could be tortured;   Australia is more restrictive on the ILO recognised right to strike than the USA or the UK;   a prominent Brazilian land rights activist has been murdered by gunmen at a hospital in Brazil where he was recovering from a previous assassination attempt;   Pakistan has reinstated secret military courts, despite criticism from human rights activists;   the need for better management of disabled people in Tasmania;   the value of work done by (unpaid) mental health carers;   a fast food company in the USA has been sued for not including available features in its menu technology to make it accessible for the vision impaired;   the 2017 Corporate Accountability Index has been released;
• With regard to crime, judicial matters and policing:
     a report on problems drug which has the backing of former police commissioners, … a former Supreme Court Judge … has noted that despite more than 80,000 arrests in Australia each year, there has been a continued rise in diseases, injuries, crimes and social costs, and therefore recommends decriminalisation, harm minimisation, and other measures;   there is a need for better court – and media - procedures in my home state around sexual crimes;   gravely concerning allegations that a youth worker gave a child drugs;   as four youths win a court case (although some claims were rejected) for their treatment after being tear gassed, the horror stories from the enquiry into youth detention continue;   a suggestion to learn from those successful US measures used to fix their formerly broken youth detention system;   a warning to young people in NSW that, if they receive illegal material on their phones, they must speak up immediately;   a drug-affected man who set his children on fire has pleaded not guilty because of mental impairment: from my perspective, he and the doctors could be correct, and he could have a mental illness, or he could have been possessed/obsessed, but, in any case, it was his conscious decision to smoke dope, and spiritually he is responsible for that;   prejudice over skin tone in Asia;   appallingly, some leaders of a religious group in my home city thought reporting child abuse to the police was a sin, and ostracised those who did;   the ICC has, for the first time, ordered a war criminal to pay reparations to victims of his atrocities;
• 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: having an “equal say”, or a “right to respond” MUST be assessed in the context of what is happening overall in society – NOT solely in one limited incident):
     Australia’s trust in the media is lower than in overseas nations, although lower than which tends to vary a bit;   an examination of the current US President’s war against the media;
• With regard to overcrowding and “modern” lifestyle issues (is YOUR smart phone free of conflict  minerals, environmental harm and child labour? IT manufacturers are making some effort in on those. 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 and contributing to the problem of financialisation?):
     -   the sad history of electrical power generation in my home and an adjoining state, and concerns over the effect of closing a major coal-fired power station – see also here for similar problems in the gas industry, here for a longer term view, and here for a call for more stability (from my point of view, it was sad that government forced, in the 50s, the closure of anything outside the Latrobe Valley that generated power – I saw a boiler from a biogas-driven electrical generator at a wastewater treatment plant that had been the victim of that approach: it is ironic that we are now reinventing that exact same past technology);   new technical standards for windfarms to reduce the risk of supply stability problems;   a possible move to land-based salmon farming;   one of the options being considered to reduce the environmental impact of surfing is lemon grass foam;   the stories of child-free women, including the bigotry they face (population growth is a problem, so there needs to be more people choosing not to have children);   advice for urban fringe dwellers on how to avoid harming wildlife;   on World Water Day, concern over the impact of population growth, warnings of scarcity and calls to recognise wastewater for the resource it is;   the UN has called for better wood-energy conversion technologies;   the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation has warned that 2016’s extreme weather is continuing into 2017 (report is here);   yet another report that planting trees has benefits;   trials of a new approach to generating hydrogen;   healthy soil is essential for a healthy life;   three rivers have been recognised as legal persons;
     -   a man has been arrested for planning and sending a tweet intended to cause a seizure – which it did (if true {not proven until found guilty in a court of law], this is incredibly concerning. Those who jumped on the bandwagon later are also in questionable territory … );   some people are still experiencing problems with mobile phone bills, largely over a few apps;   indigenous people in Guyana are using phone apps to help protect their land;   recycling of “e-waste” (as with all such schemes, this is good in terms of recovering material, but there is some energy usage/GHG generation – e.g., the shipping the components overseas for further processing);   use of a plasma flame to prevent mould may reduce wastage of food;   a DNA discovery could pave the way for anti-ageing and anti-cancer medicines;   internet privacy protection rules in the USA are heading towards a roll back;   Kenyan technology is being used to gather data to fight the East African famine;
     -   a teenager’s petition has led to a – much needed - cut in car parking fees at hospitals;   allegations that “Americanisation” of Australia’s workforce may be leading to safety and other problems;
     -   micro-apartments;   changes to help the aged live at home for longer, as concerns are expressed for an elderly veteran who has been denied a visa (after years of waiting);   a car park will be replaced with open space in my home city;   the UN has invented a term for one of the key problems I see with housing: financialisation – with some suggestions about what to do about this;   an article on the oft-neglected “Generation X” (I always felt more like Generation X than a Baby Boomer – except for the drugs [on that – which has been a problem through all recent generations - and older ones - I was, in the words of the 60s, born “square”]);   an unusual suggestion for “personal user manuals”;   a small country town in Queensland that I spent my teenage years and early adulthood in is finally starting to deal with mental health issues;   concerns that the shift to the NDIS may cut life saving mental health programmes, but an article here on the housing benefits;   as retirees are increasingly forced to use their superannuation to pay off mortgages, my home state wants the Australian government to do more for affordable housing;
• With regard to education:
     an alleged rape in a school in the USA has triggered a range of other issues, including anti-refugee sentiments: the school seems focused on student safety, however, which is good, but no-one has made any comments about the rapes committed by non-immigrants;   a warning that UK schools are segregated along class and ethnic lines;   a young philanthropist in my home city has started a series of “schools for peace”;   a call for better training of teachers in Tonga after physical discipline of a child led to hospitalisation;   claims that poor behaviour in schools is “not taken seriously enough”;   armed groups in the Central African Republic are occupying schools, thereby stopping education;
• 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):
     the aftershock of a recent attack on a hospital;   an assessment of US options with regard to Afghanistan;
• With regard to Africa, the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (and other sources) has:
     -   “The days of debt crises and the World Bank telling African nations what to do are over”;
     -   “Stressing the importance of remembering [the horrors of] slavery and slave trade in human history, the legacy of which “resounds down the ages,” [the UN] Secretary-General [has] highlighted the contributions that people of African descent have made and are continuing to make to their communities and to the world” (to which I would add that slavery is still continuing … );
     -   a polio vaccination campaign has been launched across Africa;
     -   experiences from a Comic Relief trip to Africa;
     -   Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter considers that South Africa’s ANC has lost its way;   a high turnover of senior management is hobbling South African companies;
     -   aid is needed for 370,00 internally displaced people in the “Democratic” Republic of Congo (DRC);   an examination of an insurgency in the DRC;   the ICC has, for the first time, ordered a (DRC) war criminal to pay reparations to victims of his atrocities;
     -   the UN has approved $22 million in agricultural aid to prevent famine in Somalia;   “Ten years after its creation, the African Union Mission in Somalia is still grappling with low troop levels and inadequate funding and equipment”;
     -   a hacker stole tens of millions from Kenya’s tax authority;   Kenya will reopen its border with Somalia;
     -   armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) are occupying schools, thereby stopping education;   20 people have been killed in fighting between militias in the CAR;
     -   Uganda is at breaking point as South Sudanese refugees pour in;
     -   not enough aid has been raised to stave of famine in East Africa;   Kenyan technology is being used to gather data to fight the famine;
     -   The Gambia will set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and offer reparations to victims of former President Jammeh’s government;
     -   the Southern African Development Community has declined to accept applications from Burundi and Comoros;
     -   Mauritania is considering abolishing its Senate;
     -   in Zimbabwe, a call for “presidential elections next year [to] be conducted by a committee set up by the United Nations and African Union”;
• With regard to China (may her growing middle class bring a love of peace and freedom) and East and South East Asia:
     -   a review of Australian-Chinese relations;   China has - stupidly – denied it is militarising the South China Sea;   bigotry against AIDS in China;
     -   a North Korean missile launch has failed;   40% of North Koreans are undernourished, and 70% rely on food aid;   the UN has moved closer to investigating human rights crimes in North Korea;
     -   the UN has criticised the sale – recently stopped by the Cambodian government - of Cambodian breast milk in the USA as a form of exploitation;
     -   a mass trial has commenced in Papua New Guinea (PNG) of dozens of people who committed a murder of people suspected of committing sorcery;   portable technology is being trialled which may help the fight against malaria in PNG;
     -   the UN will investigate allegations of ethnic cleansing of Rohingya in Burma;
     -   an article arguing for closer ties between Japan and Taiwan;
• With regard to Europe:
     -   “The European Union [has] imposed sanctions … against four senior Syrian military officials accused of using chemical weapons on civilians”;   a call for the EU to rebrand itself as the protector of its nations;
     -   a German candidate is taking an anti-populist line;   the current US President has claimed Germany owes the USA money, which is disputed by Germany;   Germany will quash 50,000 convictions for homosexuality, which were made under a Nazi era law;   “In a sign of Germany's hardening attitude to security issues, a federal court has approved an order to deport two men suspected of planning an attack in their home town despite the fact that they have not been convicted and were born in Germany”;   an interview with Germany’s intelligence chief which includes the current US President, Turkey’s use of the coup as a welcome pretext, Russian interference, and violent extremism;
     -   Ukraine has barred Russia's Eurovision contestant because of a visit she made to Crimea after it was invaded by Russia;
     -   a warning that UK schools are segregated along class and ethnic lines;
     -   a private organisation is stepping into the gap left by police in Spain to ensure victims of domestic abuse are protected;
• 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 militia leader says he now wants all militia – including his – disbanded … ;   the experiences of those fleeing Mosul – where hundreds of thousands are trapped, and “the worst is yet to come”;   a call for the US administration to learn from previous mistakes;   another assessment that Iraq may “lose the peace” after it recaptures Mosul;
     -   and the Iraq Body Count project reports 669 civilians violently killed in the last week;
• With regard to the Libyan civil war:
     East Libyan forces have exhumed and abused the bodies of enemies, and committed other war crimes;   the USA is concerned over growing Russian influence in Libya;   women and tribal leaders have called for a balanced peace process;
• 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’s media appears to be less enamoured with the current US President ("As the saying goes, you need to be drunk to understand the true position of America's president");   Russia is cooperating with Kurds in Syria;   Ukraine has barred Russia's Eurovision contestant because of a visit she made to Crimea after it was invaded by Russia;   a Russian opposition figure has been defiant after his face was covered in green paint;   Turkey’s partnership with Russia in Syria has forced it to accept Kurds in Syria;   concerns that “unfriendly forces” may be trying to disrupt Indian-Russian relations;
• With regard to South and Central America:
     -   a corruption and quality scandal has affected Brazil’s meat exporting business;   a prominent Brazilian land rights activist has been murdered by five gunmen at a hospital in Brazil where he was recovering from a previous assassination attempt;   an examination of Brazil’s prison policies arguing that they effectively facilitate gang recruitment;
     -   Venezuela is on the brink of disaster;   Venezuela increased exports of fuel as a domestic fuel crisis loomed;
     -   indigenous people in Guyana are using phone apps to help protect their land;
     -   the UN says environmental recovery is key to post-conflict recovery in Columbia;
• With regard to South Asia (aka the Indian sub-continent), The Hindu and other sources have:
     -   an Indian MP is being investigated for assaulting an airline employee;   concerns that “unfriendly forces” may be trying to disrupt Indian-Russian relations;
     -   Pakistan has reinstated secret military courts, despite criticism from human rights activists;
• With regard to Sudan and South Sudan:
     -   the UN has urged a political solution in South Sudan;   Uganda is at breaking point as South Sudanese refugees pour in;   South Sudan’s government is ignoring the conflict-caused famine;
• 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 cooperating with Kurds in Syria;   Turkey’s partnership with Russia in Syria has forced it to accept Kurds in Syria;   “The European Union [has] imposed sanctions … against four senior Syrian military officials accused of using chemical weapons on civilians, after Russia and China blocked similar measures at the United Nations”;   fighting in Damascus;   a review of the history of conflict in Syria, which shows “no sign of stopping”;   a call for child rights to be at the centre of peace talks in Syria;   the quagmire that a Lebanese group has created for itself by acting to save Dictator Assad;   civil society groups are still struggling on in Syria;
• With regard to Turkey:
     Turkey’s partnership with Russia in Syria has forced it to accept Kurds in Syria;
• With regard to the conflicts in Ukraine, particularly in the east:
     Ukraine has barred Russia's Eurovision contestant because of a visit to Crimea after it was invaded by Russia;   Ukraine has accused Russia of "state terrorism" after a former Russian politician and key witness in a treason case against former Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovich was murdered. Ukraine also suspects Russia or its proxies blew up a warehouse storing tank ammunition;
• With regard to West Asia (aka “the Middle East”) and North Africa, the Middle East Eye and other sources have:
     -   “the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories [has] charged Israel with "the subjugation of humanity" in Palestine and intensifying a crackdown on human rights campaigners”;   “Right-wing Israeli politician and Minister of Education Naftali Bennett called on the international community to recognise Israel’s authority over the annexed Golan Heights”;   an Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade review into World Vision funding in Gaza has uncovered nothing to suggest any diversion of government aid funding to Hamas;   the USA and Israel have not reached an agreement over Israel’s illegal settlements;   a humanitarian crisis is facing Ethiopian Jews stranded in repatriation centres;   Germany has reaffirmed support for a two state solution;
     -   concerns over the possible barbarity of a future war between Israel and Lebanon, based on recent comments and past massacres;   the quagmire that a Lebanese group has created for itself by acting to save Dictator Assad;
     -   a human rights activist has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates, leading to fears he could be tortured;
     -   the ongoing economic problems and crises facing everyday Egyptians – see also here;   criticism of a trial in Egypt for breaching due process requirements;   anger at the freeing of former President Mubarek;
     -   an article on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards;   how Iran is attempting to justify domestically its intervention in Syria;
• With regard to the war in Yemen (unlike Iraq, 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):
     commenting that the conflict was targeting children, food trucks and even fishing boats (over 100 civilians have been killed in just the last month [and I have read reports of hundreds of deaths per week of children from preventable causes as a result of the conflict]), the UN human rights chief has urged those fighting to work towards a ceasefire and to allow humanitarian aid to get through to millions of people in need;
• With regard to natural and other catastrophes:
     a polio vaccination campaign has been launched across Africa;   not enough aid has been raised to stave of famine in East Africa;
• With regard to peace and/or spirituality generally, and the occasional nice story:
     humble people make better decisions;   science is claimed to have shown being kind is good for one’s health, and that Nature makes us both happier and kinder;   the essential work of clearing land mines;   a young philanthropist in my home city has started a series of “schools for peace”;   the UN Security Council has adopted an historic resolution condemning the destruction of cultural heritage;   the US administration is considering cutting $1 billion from peacekeeping.

and from a range of other sites:

• a coronial enquiry is looking at ways – such as monitoring - to reduce deaths from children being left in cars;
• approaches to anxiety;
• the United Nations atomic agency and the international community have held high-level discussions on how to get more funding and support for treatment of cancer to parts of Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, where it can be a death warrant;
• possible lessons from the past: here and here;
• my home state has dithered over safe passing distances for bicycles;
• an act of gross disrespect has occurred at Auschwitz.

(Dear Reader, please remember, I expect you to think when reading this blog, and I reserve the right to occasionally sneak in something to test that)

Now, some general comments/information.

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' (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 (running for decades);   the “Network of Light”  meditations;   and   also see here and here – even commercial organisations (for instance, see here), online groups (e.g. here and here – which I do not know the quality of) and even an app. Thus, if you don't like what I am suggesting here, but want to be of service, there are many other opportunities for you. Again, activism in the physical world is also required - see here, here and here, 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 :). 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, there is a default plan.

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