Note: CONTENT WARNING - some of this content is about upsetting, disturbing or triggering events & attitudes. Seek competent help - including professional - if you need it. READER CAUTION IS RECOMMENDED! For anyone distressed by anything in this post, or for any other reason considering seeking support, resources are available in Australia here, here, and here. In other nations, you will have to do an Internet search using terms such as “mental health support - <your nation>” (which, for instance, may lead to this, this, and this, in the USA, or this, this, and this, in France [biased towards English-language - my apologies]), or perhaps try https://www.befrienders.org/.
First and foremost: do whatever urgent work you can do to avoid the risk of an escalation of the conflict in West Asia, as I wrote about here (which linked to here)
Here are some llinks that might of interest or value:
- “How to practice lovingkindness meditation (metta)” https://thequietlife.net/p/how-to-practice-lovingkindness-meditation “You’re not going to invite everyone to move in with you, she said. You’re still going to protect yourself. Not everyone’s going to be your friend. But you can still wish everyone love. ... A heart full of love doesn’t necessarily require physical presence ... “Making yourself feel good is not a nothing”” I haven’t heard of this person before, but I’ve now got a sample of one of her books to have a look at - she seems quite promising at this stage, and her Buddhist influences make it likely that she will not fall in to the trap of spiritual bypassing
- “The French aristocrat who understood evolution 100 years before Darwin – and even worried about climate change” https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/07/the-french-aristocrat-who-understood-evolution-100-years-before-darwin-and-even-worried-about-climate-change “Georges-Louis Leclerc proposed species change and extinction back in the 1740s, a new book reveals ... Buffon postulated that new species must have come into existence and changed over time, while some species must have gone extinct. “That was a very, very radical idea at the time, and Buffon was censured for it by the Sorbonne: he had to write a statement publicly renouncing everything he had written,” said Roberts. Buffon was later formally accused of heresy for implying that Earth was older than the biblical record. ... Since Buffon had to keep undermining his own observations, it was easy for Victorian naturalists to brush aside his contributions”
- this week’s “afterlife report” by the Zammits (see here for zoom meeting opportunities):
https://www.victorzammit.com/April12th2024/
- my recent posts on my political blog:
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the news on: society generally, and broader issues, the climate crisis, environmental issues, and nuclear threats/issues, human rights and humanitarian aid, the war in West Asia, and
politics & democracy, and international affairs;
- “Thirty years after Rwanda, some thoughts on genocide [Note: Content Warning - links to reports on genocide, sexual assault, other extreme human rights abuses. Reader discretion is advised]” https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2024/04/thirty-years-after-rwanda-some-thoughts.html “An activism email for Gaza [Note: Content Warning - discussion of and links to reports on genocide, mass atrocity crimes, violence, and war. Reader discretion is advised]” https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2024/04/an-activism-email-for-gaza-note-content.html “A rebuttal of the so-called “Rapid-onset gender dysphoria” conspiracy fantasy” https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2024/04/a-rebuttal-of-so-called-rapid-onset.html “Academic amathia and gross professional incompetence on gossip” https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2024/04/academic-amathia-and-gfross.html “On Gaza and possible Iranian actions [Note: Content Warning - links to reports on oppression/bigotry/hate, violence/abuse/war. Reader discretion is advised]” https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2024/04/on-gaza-and-possible-iranian-actions.html
- “Department of Defence UFO Dossier: A Glimpse into the Unidentified” https://www.theufochronicles.com/2024/04/department-of-defence-ufo-dossier.html “Following in the footsteps of other countries re transparency regarding unidentified aerial phenomena UAP or UFO’s, Australia’s Department of Defence has released a 10-page dossier detailing its communications and stance on UFOs.” Stance is sceptical
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