For the sake of my health, until I retire or change to an
easier day job , I have cut back these posts.
Throughout 2019, these posts are likely to be cut back even further as a family illness is dealt with.
Throughout 2019, these posts are likely to be cut back even further as a family illness is dealt with.
Information and Summary of News with Opinion / Advocacy / Analysis:
Notes:
(1) I am NOT a journalist (this blog was created for spiritual reasons, including a course), and make NO claims to objectivity or freedom from bias.
(2) Furthermore, I do NOT hold copyright to any of the articles I link to, nor do I claim authorship, except for those links to material I have written for this and my related blogs, and my commentary in these posts. (I try to make sure quotes are shown using quotation marks.)
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.
As part of that, note
that there are key uncooperatives
to be cleared (rescued):
you should ONLY address those that are within your ability – if you get a
sense (e.g., through meditation) or are told by your BPM Guides/Higher
Self to back off, do so, and content yourself with clearing the smaller
nonBPM units within your capability – which will weaken those
uncooperatives. More importantly, there are many people doing this sort of
work, and others are quite likely to be able
to clear the uncooperatives concerned.
That is also one of the
many reasons it is OK to take a break or cut back this work if you need – in
fact, doing so will help you deal with the next point, which is …
… the energies we use and manifest in our daily lives contribute to the larger soup of energies that influence world events, so it pays to address those as well, to the extent that one can, or to at least stop oneself projecting them into the psychic soup.
… the energies we use and manifest in our daily lives contribute to the larger soup of energies that influence world events, so it pays to address those as well, to the extent that one can, or to at least stop oneself projecting them into the psychic soup.
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”.
There are some notes at
the end of this post about other options for those who do not like this way of
working.
Finally, one of the biggest concerns I have about spirituality in the
world now is that the concept of agape type love has been perverted into both a
quest for emotional warm fuzzies, and an excuse to avoid doing the hard work of
improving oneself and
all that one does. See also here
and here.
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 Uranus in Aries contributing to fresh and possibly radical starts (until March 2019), 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:
(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) dealing with the 45th “President” of the USA 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 his mind-set, and strengthening that person’s BPM Guides and giving those BPM Guides whatever BPM help they need to present a BPM alternative to promote a change of heart,
2. lifting the nonBPM influences from the shoulders of that person’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. physical world activism (especially education) – e.g., this. 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);
4. Ensuring opposition to POTUS45 is unified, cohesive and FOCUSED, NOT fractured or divisive;(d) the major events this week are:
(i) as attraction to violence continues to be inadequately addressed, the search for humans rights abusers continues, and further to the current map of genocides, this week there are risks of mass atrocities in Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan,
(ii) ongoing violent conflicts and crises in Syria, Afghanistan, Mexico, Iraq, Burma, Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Libya, Sudan (Darfur and South Kordofan), Yemen, Egypt (Sinai), Kurdistan, the Philippines, Ethiopia, Mali, DR Congo, Burundi, Kashmir, Baluchistan (Pakistan and Iran), India (Maoist and other insurgencies), the Maghreb (Africa), Ukraine, and elsewhere;
(iii) refugee and humanitarian crises; - the political madness of regimes with authoritarian leaders – and all who put or keep them there; - and, specific to this week, new, more frustrated / desperate climate change activism, and ongoing work; discrimination – some violent, including to the point of being fatal - against the vulnerable, but some holding to account and improvements, some in surprising places; a call for more thoughtfulness and caution around technology, as some throw all morality to the wind; continuing attempts to impose ways of thinking / viewing the world, both by the powerful and by those who, seeking to make the world better, have been overwhelmed by the struggle and slow pace, but there is some push back, and attempts to hold on to power by any means, but some holding to account has commenced; violence continues, sometimes with abuses; abuses and misuses of power and actions in excess of legal / proper / authorised power; greed and “dirty tricks”;(e) may all people have the BPM courage, patience and persistence to work like a glacier - slow, unstoppable, and persistent;(g) may al people see the same essential humanness in others that they have, and thus refrain from taking advantage, actively harming, or denying assistance, and commit to exploring what CAN be done to aid;(j) may all people take the long term, broadest perspective on everything, and be prepared to go without for the greater good;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 past week follows:
news items are presented in the following sections (there is overlap, and items may appear more than once; those without news deleted each week):
- Permanent Issues and Thematically Arranged News:
permanent issues; particular attention;
democracy, freedom, governance, and ethics; the USA and POTUS45;
violent extremism; refugees and migrants; human rights
(including homophobia/transphobia, white supremacism, trafficking
and children’s rights, sexism, religious rights, workers’ rights, animals’ rights,
and privacy, differently abled and other rights); war, violence and hate;
peace; spirituality and psychism; natural and other catastrophes;
modern lifestyle (including climate change and environment, technology
and science, economic and financial, housing, health and medical); media;
education; crime judicial and police;- Location-based News:
Africa; South and Central America;
mainland China, East and South East Asia, and the Pacific; Europe;
Ukraine; Russia and Central Asia; Afghanistan; South Asia;
West Asia and northern Africa;- Other Sites;opportunities/good news (in my opinion) are shown in green;comments (by me) are shown in purple; andWARNING: some of these links may contain triggers around issues such as violence, sexual assault, discrimination, etc.
Permanent Issues and Thematically Arranged News:
- Permanent issue: may all actual and potential BPM Leaders and their Significant Others be kept BPM safe, undetectable and inviolable against indirect psychic attack, and may they have all the BPM resources (including an assured income), opportunities and assistance for them to be BPM effective, 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 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 actual and potential BPM Violence Interrupters (and Interrupters of hate / fear / anger) of be kept BPM safe, and may they have all the BPM opportunities and assistance for them to be BPM effective at containing and stopping – along the lines of the Cure Violence model - the spread of violence (and hate / fear / anger), all as is for the Highest Spiritual Good;
- 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, and may we all exercise our human characteristics of reason, self discipline and improvement to overcome the often evil flaw of seeking social status;
- Permanent issue: may all humans be in better communication with the better parts of their nature – especially those who need that more than other, better people;
- Matters warranting particular attention:
this week on reversing the deliberate, well-funded, long-term strategy (from about the 70s) to make self-interest seem normal and a commitment to fairness (such as former US President Franklin D Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms) an aberration (see also here, here, and here): the entirety of this blog and all other spiritual work and physical activism I and many others do;
on other matters requiring particular attention:
- this week I found nothing in the news on the Rohingya;
- a new (started by academics), nonviolent climate change activist organisation “Extinction Rebellion” has commenced its plan for “demonstrations planned in 80 cities across 33 countries in the coming days” with thousands blocking roads in the UK’s capital, London . . . and that is now impacting people to the extent where it could be becoming counter-productive; “the operator of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant has begun removing nuclear fuel from one of the reactors that melted down after the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami”; an examination of the proposed US “Green New Deal”; some animal activists have been charged with trespass; “a new, ambitious environmental treaty (with “clauses that establish the right to a clean environment and commits parties to creating judicial processes and other means to hold polluters accountable”) is expected to be ready for a vote when the United Nation's annual summit begins in September” (may it be successful); Thailand is trying to evict native people from a forest it wants to make a World heritage Site; “the poorest 50 percent of the global population are being hit hardest by climate change”;
- powerful photos of some of the sites where indigenous Australians were massacred;
- evidence from Afghanistan shows the importance of education and literacy in enabling women to access their human rights (“we don’t need someone to tell us our human rights, we know our human rights, but we need education to access our human rights”), and the inclusion of women in peace agreements – and, as the presenters states, human rights are universal (and there are, as the speaker suggested, essential aspects of being human tied to universal human rights): anyone who doubts that should read this book or, at the very least, this; a Bangladeshi woman was burned to death for making a complaint about sexual harassment; different sentences raise concerns about whether courts are viewing domestic violence (a leading cause of homelessness) seriously;
- “homophobic attitudes fell significantly as same-sex marriage was legalised across the United States”;
- a call to be responsible digital citizens; a talk by the famous security expert Bruce Schneier (look at the Wikipedia link in particular) on computer and internet security as we move into “AI” and “a world of physically capable computers”; privacy concerns of a new so-called “smart” phones super zoom; a social media platform “allowed a man charged with threatening to kill [a US] congresswoman . . . to post violent and racist content for years, and took no action to remove his posts when he was arrested”; a man has been jailed for using “3D” (additive) printing to make guns;
- China wants global governance to be in accordance with its techniques – a Communist hegemony . . . ; China’s wealthiest man wants workers to work 12 hours a day, six days a week; Japan has, for seven years, been actively competing against China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” with its own “quality infrastructure” initiative; an opinion that China will decline, owing to factors such as an aging population, and that this may also pose additional questions (I’m not so convinced that a decline will necessarily occur, but others have also made similar predictions); in China “public outrage and concern over increasing mass surveillance”, triggered by surveillance of garbage workers; the Philippines is pushing back against China near disputed islands in the South China Sea; the implications and missed issues in a recent exposé of Chinese influence in Australia; “the Indian Navy has sent two ships to take part in the International Fleet Review to be held in . . . China,. . . as part of the 70th anniversary celebrations of the People’s Liberation Army Navy”;
- children are particularly at risk as fighting in Libya escalates, with allegations of war crimes being raised;
- an examination of the reaction by Turkey’s ruling party to recent local government elections, which make clear “that the ruling party can be defeated at the ballot box only if they agree to the defeat”;
- as organisers of mass protests call for “the full dismantling of the ‘deep state’ left behind by [the] ousted leader”, despite the military councils arrest of former government members (the former President may have been moved to jail), an opinion piece that “Sudan’s courageous protesters need more than words. They need strong international action for real change to have a chance” – see also this similar call; violence in Darfur is back on the rise following the recent military coup;
- as POTUS45 is criticised for misrepresenting a Muslim Congresswoman’s remarks and attacking her over 9/11, his gloating (and misdirection) over the report of the Special Prosecutor into alleged Russian interference (collusion is not illegal in the USA, some of the content is here, and it can be read in full here (no, I haven’t) - it links his campaign to “11 instances of potential obstruction”), in the 2016 US Presidential election may be premature (this comedian has some relevant comments) - see also here, here, here, here, and here; “a video has emerged of armed right-wing militia members stopping over 300 migrants as they cross the Mexico border into the US”;
- this week, commentary on the arrest of Julian Assange after Ecuador removed his asylum include a comment that the “case makes it clear women’s rights are still secondary to political games”, and that “Ecuador's claims about his behaviour are “outrageous allegations’ “;
- “Australia has been accused of ‘siphoning’ millions of dollars a month in oil revenue that should belong to Timor-Leste, because the government is yet to ratify last year’s maritime border treaty” (I’ve expressed my views on this for many years now, and consider this utterly unconscionable) - see also here, on the health problems in Timor-Leste;
- France, lovers of architecture and heritage/history, and members of at least one religion have united in their desire to rebuild the iconic Notre Dame cathedral, partially destroyed by fire during a renovation (the bees in the roof survived) – and a possible copycat arrested, but the Yellow Vests movement (mouvement des gilets jaunes) will protest at the high donations (which is a fair point –where are these people’s pockets when there is so much humanitarian need – or do they think caring is not part of their religion?);
this week’s atrocity alert at R2P lists Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan; - With regard to democracy (which can be measured [as can goodness], requires protection of minorities and the vulnerable - and are you fighting to change things [by 198 nonviolent methods], or to
punish), freedom, governance (e.g., here, here, here, here, here) and ethics:
Note: I have a section specifically for POTUS45 below
analyses, research and commentary this week include:
- an examination of the two historical camps in US foreign policy, and the recent emergence of a third, progressive approach; the role of “informal spaces” in political buildings (parliament, etc); an examination of Australia-New Zealand tensions over deportations of New Zealanders from Australia; following recent elections in the Netherlands, an analysis suggests “the nature of the Dutch electoral system and voter antipathy towards incumbents may have more to do with the fragmented result than a rightward shift in the Dutch political landscape”; increasing pressures on younger people is shrinking the middle class; an examination of the self-immolation of a lawyer last year in an attempt to spur action against climate change;
of concern internationally this week:
- shocking anti-Semitism in Romania has been condemned; Russia has “has sentenced a 63-year-old Norwegian . . . to 14 years in a strict-regime labour camp for [allegedly] spying on Russian navy submarines”, which he denies; as the anticipated Brexit-related problems in northern Ireland claim their first life from suspected violent extremist violence, the UK’s main opposition party “has been warned . . .that the party will be deserted by millions of anti-Brexit voters if it fails to clearly back a second referendum the USA “has decided not to disclose the current number of nuclear weapons . . . [which] reverses the US practice from the past nine years and represents an unnecessary and counterproductive reversal of nuclear policy”, but has released “thousands of newly declassified records concerning Argentina’s former military dictatorship and the ensuing human rights violations”;
of concern in my nation (Australia) this week:
- an apparent lack of collective will to end poverty; the “homophobic, anti-women, climate-change denying“ neoliberal government “stopped welfare payments to 55,000 homeless or at-risk jobseekers in six months”; criticism by the Ombudsperson of my home state’s traffic fines department for errors; more concerns about environmental approvals for a controversial coal mine after some evidence suggested changes wanted by scientists were not all accepted; “Australians greatly underestimate the level of wealth inequality . . . One of the more common mistakes is to confuse income with wealth”; “the [soul destroying] stress and stigma of being a single parent on welfare”; a “controversial and unprecedented” court case under controversial investor-state dispute settlement provisions in the Australia-US free trade agreement has collapsed, leaving Australian taxpayers with a bill – again; “botched renovations approved by the NDIS have come close to breaking . . . a recent widower and father of a daughter with a disability” (the failure to get approval is a massive error);
- other concerning events have occurred or are developing in: Indonesia (undemocratic voting in West Papua), Australia, South Africa, Peru, Brunei;
good news this week includes:
- another major company will back those trying to be ethical;
- other good news has occurred: Ukraine;
on development (in an “end poverty/thirst/hunger” sense):
- an analysis of evidence shows that technology is causing major improvements in poor nations; an examination of the cash transfers vs. public services debate; a discussion on the future direction of the World bank;
and democracy/governance/political matters in my home nation this week:
on the Royal Commission into banks, and similar matters:
- allegations that an aged care company has been charging fees for no service will be tested in court; one bank’s compensation bill will exceed one billion dollars;
on the Commonwealth election:
- with “voter turnout at the 2016 federal election was the lowest recorded since compulsory voting was introduced in 1925”, a warning that “racist language can disengage and alienate voters”; an indigenous woman has pointed out the reasons not to vote (including fewer elections because of lower life expectancy) and why she will and wants others to vote anyway; neo-nazis are planning to influence the election;
- poverty in Australia is being forgotten by both major parties; horsetrading on environmental policies – which are of greater concern to voters than economic matters; the conditionality of one party’s “fair go” mantra; one candidate is trying to distance herself from homophobia . . . – see also this: “when news about the Liberal party’s usage of Chinese social media . . . to spread misleading information about marriage equality and the Safe School program within the Chinese-Australian community . . . , I remember speaking to some of my LGBT friends explaining the misrepresentation of Chinese culture, traditions and values”; “Liberal governments use tax cuts for high-income earners to hide the simple truth that they love taxes - just not on their friends”;
- although there is a trust deficit in Australians views of politicians (e.g., see here on the “brazenness” of lies), there is evidence that policy promises are increasingly being kept; a notorious conservative MP has apologised for his slur against one of his opponents who has a disability (given his notoriety, I find it difficult to accept that as genuine, rather than being a reaction to political pressure); “political parties' postal vote mail outs spark concerns [that] voters could be misled”;
on other matters:
- to get over the stupidity of how statistics are used, I will re-phrase them as “any work at all” is down to 95%, whereas underemployment is stuck at 13.2%;the Reserve Bank of Australia is “baffled by the 'tension' between a weak economy and strong employment (What about wages? Any bafflement about them being low? Could this all be just greed of the elites / bosses?); Australia is struggling to use digital diplomacy – and a call for better infrastructure diplomacy; two illegal land clearers – who claim they are exempt from law for reasons religious – have been fined; - With regard to the USA and their
schoolyard BULLYING, unpresidential, uncomprehending, murdering, lying, dishonourable, delusional 45th “President” (POTUS45) (see here on actions
for US residents, and note that the VP is at
least as bad):
- US Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has won over a critical, conservative audience;
- a Category 5 Tropical Cyclone is approaching the USA; - With regard to violent
extremism (VE) (aka, terrorism)
(ALL people advocating hate or discrimination in response to
violent extremism are actively doing the work of violent extremists. This will be countered, in part, by “Cure
Violence“,
real and perceived disempowerment as
well as acknowledging the variety in what provides genuine, BPM fulfilment as a counter to fanaticism as a source of meaning, and good
old fashioned police work. Also,
I don’t name groups in order to reduce their publicity):
- according to this Wikipedia page, there have been 1 attacks in Iraq, 3 attacks in Afghanistan, and 1 attacks in Syria (out of a total of 13, causing at least 128 deaths and 115 injuries);
- a reminder that women can actively be violent extremists; a call for children to be recovered from former violent extremist held territory – see also here; - With regard to refugees (noting the New York Declaration), and remembering Haiti, Ethiopia, Madagascar, DR Congo,
and the Philippines), people seeking asylum and migrants:
- “the former president of Nauru has . . . regrets [about] a deal . . . to establish offshore processing on his island . . . which “turned our country upside down . . . deaths still occurred, not at the sea, but on my island” “; “a group of LGBT+ Syrian refugees launched a legal challenge against [the UK], saying it offered them asylum but left them in Turkey, where their sexuality puts them in danger”; - With regard to other human (and other) rights and
discrimination (incidentally,
bigots clearly have flaws of observation and thinking – shown by the fact that NOT all people choose to
discriminate [and there’s this]):
- a commentary on the lost opportunity of the ICC’s recent decision not to pursue cases of crimes (particularly torture) in Afghanistan;
- opportunities to take action on human rights here, here, and, this week, here;
on HOMOPHOBIA/TRANSPHOBIA (including heteronormativity and cisgender-normativity and noting that trans kids are the same as cis kids of the trans kids’ true gender):
- grave concerns about homophobia, transphobia and staggering levels of ignorance (including about Australia, Australian law, and even China, which has LGBTI people) in the Chinese community in Australia; my home state is improving access to health care for gender diverse people; a reminder that the sports star who has been sacked for homophobia could have been dealt with more efficiently a year ago, when his attitudes first came up – see also this commentary (I disagree with the final comments about religious freedom: there limits, and not so long ago neochristianity was openly brutal and killing people – the abuse , intolerance or hate of LGBT people is unacceptable);
- other homophobic/transphobic (and heteronormativity / cisgender-normativity) matters have also occurred in: Australia, TERFs;
on white supremacist and other forms of RACISM / CULTURAL DISCRIMINATION and Indigenous matters generally this week:
- the fears of (“white” / European) colonisers and racists are being (mis)portrayed as invasion or white decline; the need for culturally sensitive indigenous data in higher education;
- other white supremacy / racism problems have also occurred in: sport;
on TRAFFICKING, and CHILDREN’s and associated human rights this week (from Thomson Reuters Foundation, Freedom United, and other sources):
- a staggering admission that a school principal knew of child abuse in the 1970s; in the USA, “couple who inflicted years of torture and abuse on 12 of their 13 children have been sentenced to life in prison”; “calls for a ban on targeting under-18s with ‘nudge techniques’ - features that push users to share more personal data or spend more time on a website or app”;
- also on child abuse, including institutional, this week: India (good news), a church, the Philippines, Nigeria;
- also on slavery / human trafficking this week: Australia, USA, Ethiopia;
on SEXISM this week (keeping in mind the overblown influence given to testosterone, and the potential value to women of using anger):
- misogynistic trolls have spoiled a scientific team’s achievement; two make ballet dancers who denied that they were part of a group that shared intimate photos of a woman without permission have been reinstated; “the first woman in the world to complete U.S. astronaut training in the early 1960s, has died at the age of 88”;
- on sexual harassment/misconduct/violence this week, see: Chile (good news);
- other sexism matters have also occurred in: Malaysia, South Korea;
on WORKERS’ rights this week:
- a “restaurant business which allegedly [keep in mind this is not proven yet] underpaid migrant workers by more than $400,000 has had its assets frozen”; “stress, excessively-long working hours and disease, contribute to the deaths of nearly 2.8 million workers every year, while an additional 374 million people get injured or fall ill because of their jobs”;
on PRIVACY, AGED, DIFFERENTLY ABLED, AND OTHER forms of human rights this week:
- the experiences of a filmmaker couple with their autistic children; two weeks after going to the media after two years of red tape delays, a disabled boy will finally receive a suitable wheelchair; rude, invasive questions for a woman with an assistance dog; - With regard to war (noting that
economic ties do NOT prevent war), violence
and hate generally:
- an opinion that the withdrawal of the USA and Russia from a major Cold War treaty need not be catastrophic, as, based on history, other approaches to containment exist . . . (but is POTUS45 or anyone in his team smart enough to know that, let alone savvy enough to take it?); lessons on peacekeeping from the Rwandan genocide – including what can be accomplished through dialogue, etc (but overall, I consider the genocide shows that there is a need for a properly resource and appropriate level of any peacekeeping, and that, as was demonstrated in Timor-Leste, where the rules of the intervention were informed by the FAILURES in Rwanda, it must not be hamstrung); after an active search - willingly aided by the teenager’s family - and lockdown of hundreds of schools, a US “teenager believed to be armed and ‘infatuated’ with the Columbine massacre has been found dead” by suicide; an ongoing series of retaliations has now included an attempted murder by gun at close range - which shows how hard it is for many people to actually kill another human being, something the military knows and that gun nuts – particularly in the USA - should think about when advocated more guns “for defence”; in my home city, “a second man has died almost a week after a shooting outside [a] nightclub”; a call for corporal punishment of children to be banned; - With regard to spirituality, personal growth, and psychism generally (including empathy, revolutionary
love, survival after death, good religion, UFOs, being single / asexual / off-grid / non-conformist / true to yourself):
- some thoughts on career change; a statement of the obvious “being friends with an ex is possible” with a condition “if your intentions are pure” (and how do they define “pure”?); distraction and the equivalent of “binge watching” has existed for centuries – or longer; a journalists quest for a more meaningful life has led to a book and connection to “Weave: The Social Fabric Project”; - With regard to natural and other catastrophes:
- “measles cases worldwide rose by 300% during the first three months of 2019 compared with the same period last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, amid growing concerns over the impact of anti-vaccination campaigns, particularly spread through social media”; at least 28 dead from a bus crash in Portugal; a wall collapse has killed 13 people in South Africa; Cyclone Idai killed over 1,000 people, displaced hundreds of thousands, and left an aid bill of around $2 billion; Iran will “up to $2 billion from the country's sovereign wealth fund for relief and reconstruction after devastating floods” left two million people in need of aid; - With regard to overcrowding and “modern“ lifestyle issues (such as conflict minerals,
environmental harm and child labour in smart phones, FOMO [which can be overcome], addiction or unthinking pro-technology bias [new is NOT always good – see here],
social media making people miserable or envious, work and lifestyles causing depression and burnout,
being duped by modern mantras and management fads,
“failing“ at being well, life options,
AI ethics, corporate misuse of mindfulness as
a distraction,
embedded emissions, plane pollution,
bigger, flashier homes/cars and financialisation,
the need for agroforestry,
insisting on busy-ness,
raising Prince Boofheads,
trying to force everyone to have children, the “Earth3” model [SDGs + 9PBs]):
on climate change (our World War III?) and other environmental matters:
- a fish kill in the Gippsland lakes in my home state (the comment about natural cycles of salinity is wrong, as the connection to Bass Strait that allows salty water in is a human construction); criticism over lack of transparency around water buybacks for Australia’s Murray-Darling river basin; a “community-led energy network”; more problems with the invasive European wasp; possible illegal fishing in northern Australia; some restaurants will only serve seafood from sustainable sources; a stupid argument over safety in the solar power industry;
- other environmental matters have occurred in: South Africa, Mongolia;
on technology and science matters:
- “complex legal questions about tricking a computer versus hacking it”;
on economic and financial matters, including consumer complaints:
- a company has pushed five days’ work into four, with maintained productivity – and exclusion of people with child care and other caring responsibilities; two major Australian supermarket chains are fighting their suppliers, who have been hit by increased production costs;
on affordable, sustainable and decent housing and homelessness matters (why are politicians with “investment properties” not admitting a conflict of interest and staying out of housing affordability debates?):
- lower housing prices in my home state are likely to continue; one US state is looking at tiny homes to meet affordable house needs; in the USA (and probably elsewhere), “mobile home residents often are not able to access the post-disaster assistance available to other homeowners”;
on health and medical:
- a debunking of sleep myths; the next “superbug” may be a fungus; a gene therapy cure for “bubble child” disease; “ ‘cuddle beds’ [are] bringing some physical comfort to end-of-life patients”; - With regard to press aka the
media, and freedom of expression (claims
of presenting “both sides” of a debate can be WRONG if the other side is RUBBISH –as is the case
on LGBTIQ issues, and was notoriously so the case with a violent extremist attack. Also, media can be unprofessional, but funding is an issue … ):
- “a US local newspaper has won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of a mass shooting in its own newsroom”; media are attempting to defend themselves against charges of contempt in Australia arising from a recent child abuse case by claiming their reports did not provide specific details; - With regard to education:
- a series on homeschooling; the sacking of a University professor for criticising climate change research has been overturned on the basis of “intellectual freedom” (fair decision, but my intellectual freedom is to ascertain the original criticism by the now reinstated professor as dangerous and unfounded); the vital challenge of getting kids from foster care to uni; “bullied and harassed teachers a significant problem in Australian schools”; - With regard to crime, judicial
matters and policing (noting (1) an
uncle of mine resigned when corruption was not comprehensively cleaned out of
the police force he served in, I have high expectations of police, and I
consider all violence, abuse of power and failure to understand the impacts of
their actions [e.g., see here and here] undermines and weaken all police – who
are under incredible pressure, and (2)
all people charged are innocent until proven guilty):
- police have raised the possibility that the drone problems last year that closed a UK airport may have been “an inside job”; some kids who were convicted of graffiti on an historic site in the USA were sentenced to reading – with evidence of successful outcomes, although the victimised community has been left feeling bereft; police recovered a body but left the grieving family stranded; the trial of a US police officer for murder is continuing; police in northern Australia exceeded their powers when they breath tested a woman in her own home; helping young people in my home state break the pernicious cycle of crime (this meets several human rights obligations) - see also this, in another state.
Location based News:
- With regard to Africa, the Africa
Center for Strategic Studies (and other sources) has:
- as an attack that killed a doctor is condemned, “Ebola survivors [who have immunity] comfort sick and frightened in [the] Congo outbreak”;
- “improvements to infrastructure and services in Kenya's capital are boosting local incomes, reducing disaster risk, and laying the basis for greener development”;
- following a ban on motorcycles to hinder violent extremists, medicine delivery in Mali has gone back to using donkeys;
- the story – and remarkable person – behind “Somalia’s only free ambulance service”;
- environmentalists in South Africa are being silenced; - With regard
to South and Central America:
- a commentary here and here on the transitional justice arrangements in Colombia;
- a compensation deal may have been made with indigenous villagers and a mine in Peru;
- the “first shipment of Red Cross humanitarian aid [has arrived] in Venezuela”, where an estimated ¼ of the population needs aid; - With regard to mainland China (may her
growing middle class bring a love of peace and freedom), East and South East Asia and the Pacific):
on increasingly totalitarian mainland China, and also Hong Kong, the DPRK (North Korea) and South Korea (which need to accept their partition – for now – and sign a peace treaty), Taiwan, and the free but invaded and occupied nation of Tibet:
- “tourists may soon be able to hike on ‘DMZ Peace Trails’ into the demilitarized zone that separates North and South Korea”;
- North Korea - which is “open to fresh talks . . . if [the] US has [the] ‘right attitude’ “ - has tested a new “tactical guided” weapon – apparently not a missile (could this be something like a “Sagger”? This test appears to be – in part – domestic reassurance, but without creating problems internationally); “US authorities have arrested a former US Marine who is allegedly part of a group that raided North Korea's embassy in Madrid”;
elsewhere in Asia:
- some Indonesians are critical of both presidential candidates (the incumbent appears to be leading, and the “real political struggle” is beginning) and rate human rights, rule of law, social justice, and environmental destruction as the most important issues – to the extent that some will “golput” (not vote);
- urban “allotment” gardens in Singapore; - With regard to Europe and the European Union (EU) (which need
to step up, as the USA steps down):
- a backgrounder on the political options in Spain’s upcoming election (this is an opportunity for those who actively practice what is taught on this blog to take action to ensure there is no nonBPM psychic influence/coercion);
- “half of England is owned by less than 1% of its population” (“if the land were distributed evenly . . . each person would have almost an acre”); - With regard to the (forgotten or
ignored and underreported) conflicts in Ukraine, particularly in the east:
- a positive assessment that, after the elections are completed, the “transition of power is likely to be peaceful – regardless of who wins” (although the debate wasn’t); an opinion that the favourite could be able to end the war in the east; - With regard to the conflict in sexist Afghanistan (noting that Afghanistan was once a
peaceful and modern society, even allowing women in miniskirts, before the
Russian invasion – see here):
- Afghanistan is seeking investment as it seeks to recover from war (that is possibly premature . . . ); a violent extremist group – notorious for its misogyny and for continuing its violence during peace talks – will allegedly include women in its team at the talks . . . which have been cancelled over concerns about who Afghanistan would bring; - With regard to South Asia (aka
the Indian
sub-continent), The
Hindu and other sources have:
on India:
- concerns over inadequate resources and will in the authority charged with enforcing India’s election code; a review of women’s participation in one part of India’s election; calls for a more humane forests act; “a three-tier security arrangement has been extended to all centres storing electronic voting machines (EVMs) and relevant documents after the completion of polls”;
on Pakistan:
- Pakistan’s financial challenges; - With regard
to West Asia (aka “the Middle East”) and Northern
Africa, the Middle East Eye, the Times
of Israel, and other sources have:
on Israel and Palestine:
- a musician’s call for other musicians to respect human rights by boycotting Israel;
- on other violent incidents this week, see: here;
- other events concerning Israel/Judaism and/or Palestine have occurred or are developing in: Russia;
on the conflict and the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis in Yemen:
- POTUS45 has vetoed legislation to stop US military support for Saudi Arabia – see also here, and this assessment of lessons for the USA; recovery in one city; “France is a signatory of a UN treaty that regulates the international trade of conventional weapons and bans the sale of weapons that fuel human rights violations or war crimes” - but has been selling artillery and tanks to Saudi Arabia, which stands accused of war crimes in Yemen, where the death toll from fighting has risen by 10,000 in the last five months to 70,000 (and how many from disease and starvation caused by the war?!!!);
on Syria (where the Assad Dictatorship has lost all pretence of legitimacy, and partition is needed):
- “a New Zealand nurse kidnapped in Syria more than five years ago may still be alive”;
elsewhere in the region:
- a critique and criticism of the USA’s policy, under POTUS45, towards Iran.
General Comments/Information
(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)
Many
others are very capably doing
this type of work – for instance, the Lucis
Trust's Triangles network (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 “CE 5 ET
contact“ movement started by Dr Steven
M Greer, which is the one which
appears to me to most capitalise on the teachings of “The Nine”, the “Network of Light” meditations; the 1 Million Meditators
movement, and also see here, 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 – including secular opportunities: e.g., see here,
here and here.
Again, activism in the physical world is also required - see here,
here
and here,
here,
and, of course, here.
(I specifically have a role for (absent) healers on Saturdays [see Psychic
Weather Report]. 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.
I apologise for publishing these posts
twice, but Blogger keeps changing my formatting.
