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I have been writing about improving the world through a range of means on my blogs: this blog has been focused on spiritual and psychic means, including strengthening BPM units and clearing nonBPM units, and meditation to generate BPM energy (and units, if you know enough). This has been done before - particularly during times of crisis. (See also this excellent analysis on the topic.)
World War II was probably the biggest global crisis before our current situation, and during those terrible events, there were a number of people undertaking magickal work, including Dion Fortune - as outlined in the Gareth Knight edited book “The Magical Battle of Britain” (my copy pub. Skylight Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1-908011-45-9), which I reviewed here. Ms Fortune directed her team through a series of 136 weekly and 19 monthly meditations; at the end of this, she was exhausted and that work is considered to have contributed to her death, but a change for the better had been accomplished.
Coming back to the present, the climate crisis has been our World War III for some time, and we also have the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the zoonotic SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus (there are other novel coronaviruses), on top of that.
Now, we already have a lot of people doing a lot of work on making the world a better place (including before the current crises - and I’ve found this group working at following [and adapting] Ms Fortune’s techniques and purposes), but I would like to extend my contribution to also include a series of weekly - or near weekly - meditations along the line of those directed by Ms Fortune, work which goes beyond my initial response.
This post is this week’s contribution.
This Week: No. 70 - “Hedgehog” defence
One of techniques used by military forces for defence is varying defence in depth to create a series of locations where each one can both defend itself and also support others. Their enemy is not stopped, but is allowed to flow around those places, and be weakened by attacks from multiple locations.
In terms of a fairly literal translation of that idea to this work, there are two fairly obvious ways to apply this when under direct (or indirect) psychic attack:
- each triangle forms their own unit to both look after those in the triangle (by clearing nonBPM units involved in any way in the attacking), and also to clear any nonBPM units attacking other triangles; or
- the entire groups forms a defensive unit to clear nonBPM units attacking other groups.
The principle can, however, also be applied more subtly, by considering what mindsets and emotions can sustain people and also be used to boost others.
As an example, when facing a psychic attack causing doubt, those who have a basis for feeling confident can use that to maintain their confidence (making them a hedgehog) and then use that to give encouragement to others - which is a more BPM approach to the concept of hedgehog defence: clear units yes, but also generate and use BPM energy.
A concept from theatre could be useful here: “yes, and …”, where one person agrees to what another has said, and then adds to that - which I’ve seen best employed in some forms of comedy, where a duo feed constructively off each other.
As an example, in a situation where confidence is being attacked, if all the members of a group like ironic or morbid humour, they could use that to get some humour flowing and start building energy.
Of course, that won’t work if not everyone enjoys that humour - and responses trying to coerce or bully others into a form of humour that doesn’t resonate with them is just a form of nonBPM attack.
Also of course, such responses mustn’t be glib. The biggest problem here is the “holier than thou” or dismissive response along the lines of “well, I did my X and I don’t have any problems with Y”.
For this to work, it must be mutually reinforcing, not a tool for point scoring.
And all such things should be discussed and practiced long before they are needed for real.
This week’s sigil is “hedgehog” (I couldn’t think of another word).
Exercise Z- Rotations
Establish and check protection, and then do your initial self-assessment.
Do your combined basic energy work drill, which is, as a broad summary:
- Exercise A - self care (Week No. 46);
- Exercise B - links (self work) (Week
No. 47);
Exercise C - links (partnered - whether physical or nonphysical) (Week No. 48); - Exercise D - objects (self work) (Week
No. 49);
Exercise E - objects (partnered - whether physical or nonphysical) (Week No. 50); - Exercise F - energies (self work) (Week
No. 51);
Exercise G - energies (partnered - whether physical or nonphysical) (Week No. 52); - Exercise H - rescuing cooperatives (self work) (Week
No. 53);
Exercise I - rescuing cooperatives (partnered - whether physical or nonphysical) (Week No. 54); - Exercise J - rescuing uncooperatives (partnered - whether physical or nonphysical) (Week No. 55).
In addition to the skills directly practised, the partnered exercises have practised your ability to work constructively with others. Both sets of skills will now be developed (and pay particular attention to the skills in the lessons on proficiency, countering adaptations, and evolution [which included the “this course as a blog” links] ), but with a focus towards working in larger groups, which in turn have a focus on changing the world. These will be based on the Rangers of the Inner Plane, which is no longer physically active (other than me), but is still working on the nonphysical.
Now, one of the biggest issues in many parts of life is burnout. There are a range of approaches to that, many aimed at prevention by personal actions to maintain health etc, some pure victim blaming, and a few an excellent mix of personal prevention and better management.
The inclusion of management is an important aspect, as many health authorities now consider the occurrence of burnout a failure of management that allowed excessive work demands to occur.
I can relate to that both from day job, and also my psychic work. When I was working in a group in the mid-80s, we had such an intense workload that - particularly when combined with my day job - I got to the point I couldn’t continue, and resigned from the group. Later, I had comments along the lines of “well, if you needed a break, you should have just said so” - which is victim blaming and evasion of responsibility.
In this sort of situation, people need to know upfront that they can take breaks, and to see that there is no underhanded slighting or other shaming of those who do take a break - whether clearly needed or not. In my day job, a couple of years ago the inclusion and diversity committee I was on started promoting flexible workplace agreements, and we actively highlighted examples of senior management using FWAs to make it clear that these were accepted.
In the military during combat situations, groups are rotated regularly through a period of frontline duty, then a recovery period. It’s a bit of a generic system that misses out on individual variations, and it is set aside during times of need, but the idea of a scheduled rest is one good step towards managing problems such as burnout, and the damage that can occur as a result of intense psychic work.
That needs to occur at all levels so people are less likely to feel “guilty” about taking a break.
So, points to consider and discuss in your group could be:
- what is everyone’s reactions to the preceding discussion;
- what are the sorts of limits people might have on how intensely or how long they can do this sort of work;
- the meaning of life is NOT this work, no matter how satisfying it may be;
- what sort of issues affect what is a good work-life balance, and how can those be managed?
- what sort of obvious problems can occur after each episode of psychic work or training? How can the less obvious effects be detected? What are the best responses to those? How would all that change with different circumstances and/or people?
- What the benefits and problems of a fixed schedule for rest?
- Is there a way of having a more flexible schedule to incorporate the benefits of a schedule with the variability of life?
Finally, although this is all for volunteer groups, I consider it well worth staying up to date with the most progressive approaches to burnout and problems such as PTSD.
And also remember to automatically, quietly, without a fuss, clear ALL nonBPM units that you may become aware of during all discussions - or any group work, really.
Do your final self-assessment and restorative work, re-check yourself (get help if you need it), and then close your chakras, centre yourself and close your aura, use the banishing version of the LBRP to close circle, ground and release all excess energy; and make sure you are grounded and closed down - implement your Psychic Emergency Action Plan if necessary.
Previous meditations in this sequence are:
01. Introduction, definition of the problem(s), and Realisation; 02. Determination; 03. Together; 04. Caution, respect and integrity (aka cunning); 05. Momentum; 06. Insight; 07. Preciseness; 08. Progress; 09. Learning;
10. Purposefulness; 11. Conciseness; 12. Measurement; 13. Faith; 14. Proficiency; 15. Alliances; 16. Countering adaptations; 17. Motivations of the nonBPM; 18. The humanness of the flaws that underlay opposition; 19. Undetectability;
20. Evolution; 21. Perspective; 22. Wisdom; 23. Tradition; 24. The outmoded; 25. Persistence; 26. Discernment; 27. Paleo-emotions; 28. Inspiration (bringing out the best in individual people); 29. Inspiration (bringing out the best in oneself);
30. Ally; 31. Inspiration (bringing out the best in groups); 32. Cooperation: the counter to subservience; 33. Humility: the counter to arrogance; 34. Imbalance and balance; 35. Spiritual opportunities from spiritual distancing; 36. The spiritual needs and opportunities of the climate crisis and the environment; 37. The spiritual challenges of entangled issues; 38. Knowing what changes need to be made now and on a long term basis; 39. How to find a direction for a constructive, evolutionary response;
40. Knowing when and how to adopt a chosen direction / action; 41. How to work with the various levels and aspects of oneself; 42. How to work with the various levels and aspects of others; 43. How to work in a group or movement; 44. How to work in a group or movement at a distance; 45. How to work in a group or movement with ethics and integrity; 46. A central, unifying image; 47. How to avoid group think - or a nonBPM group mind / “egregore”; 48. The allure of power; 49. The challenge of servant-leadership in this unevolved world;
50. Managing up - including spiritually; 51. The long term benefits of planting a seed; 52. The short term need of decisive, quick, and strong action; 53. Differentiating between short and long term needs - and finding a holistic solution; 54. Finding a more spiritual solution; 55. Finding a psychic solution; 56. Lessons from war; 57. Gathering intelligence; 58. Astral undetectability; 59. The battlefield - or psychic topography;
60. Preparing - building strengths and numbers; 61. Preparing - planning tactics, strategy and grand strategy; 62. Nonphysical allies; 63. Other aids; 64. Force concentration; 65. Unity of effort; 66. Reinforcement and reserves; 67. Fire and manoeuvre; 68. Clearing and healing in detail; 69. Defence in depth.
The Meditation (see here, here, and here) broadly consists of:
(1) use appropriate
and responsible techniques (see here, here, here), prayer and ritual (e.g., here) to establish and check protection (re-do the protection, or re-schedule the
meditation, if you don’t feel safe and secure);
(2) establish
a personal connection to your Higher BPM
influences;
(3) visualise
the sigil (see above) for this work. Think of what this work
means for you as you do so, then, when you feel you have fully tuned in to the
meaning of the sigil, see it as a portal or doorway (you could open it like
a door [close it behind you], simply pass through it, visualise yourself
shrinking and passing through the centre, or whatever else works best for you),
and travel through to to a place created by the visualisation of yourself and
others for this work. That place should have:
(a) a visualisation of the workplace you
personally prefer - something you can change, if you wish, as you yourself
change; and
(b) a shared visualisation of a device to astrally
share our knowledge, something developed in a previous project (still
active astrally): a visualisation of a large, green,
multifaceted emerald. Large: around half the size of the Moon; multifaceted
- billions, for all people who wish to be part of this at any time; green -
largely tied up with the previous project, but has connotations of nature and
growth. One of those facets is yours - choose whatever location and
shape you wish (and you may change that as you change [grow] over time),
but in the interest of humility and sharing, see it at around human - or human
aura - size;
(4) flush one’s aura with green (R0, G102,
B0), blue (R0, G0, B204) and
purple (R153 G0, B204);
(5) fill one’s
Heart Chakra (and maybe one’s Earth
Star, Solar Plexus, Third Eye and Crown Chakras) with green, blue
and purple; send a weave of three
streams of this colour from the Chakra(s) to the visualised gigantic, multi-faceted emerald through your
facet until you see your energy enlivening other areas of the emerald and can
feel similar energies flowing back to you;
(6) visualise
the rune / bindrune;
(7) generate feelings
of love, peace, joy and respect;
(8) strengthen
those feelings (energies);
(9) radiate
those energies to the world for nine to eighteen minutes;
(10) then, on
Sunday, also perform the additional meditation work for around 15 minutes or so:
contemplate the topic, and the spiritual (i.e., nonphysical)
implications of it, and seek insights and understanding. Do not be distracted
by thoughts of physical actions - those are necessary also, but this exercise
is about the nonphysical, in the broadest possible sense, and the focus should
be on nonphysical actions, energy flows, symbols, and the like, all with the
intention of bringing about a change for the better. As a second stage, if you
wish, you can meditate on any physical actions which may be necessary, but get
the spiritually focused work done first;
Also on Sunday, perform
the exercise(s) as set out in this post;
(11) when you
have finished your work:
(i) send the
thought of any knowledge you wish to store or share through your portal into
the group visualised emerald;
(ii) return
back through the sigil;
(iii) close your
chakras, centre and ground yourself and close your aura, use the banishing
version of the LBRP to open circle, ground and release all excess energy; and
make sure you are grounded and closed down – eat, if you need to, or seek help
from someone capable and trusted; and
(iv) make sure you are yourself again - free of any
lingering attachments or (misguided) ideas of being subservient,
respectful of yourself and your integrity as you should be of others.
WLNGRHDMT
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