Saturday, 5 July 2025

Post No. 3,168 - Reflections on the past week, and some interesting reading/viewing [Content Warning - oppression/bigotry/hate/violence/abuse/war. Reader discretion is advised]

I have swapped the structural order of these posts, and am now starting with the reflections section before I get into the news sections. 

 Matters for reflection :    

  • Ed’s commentary can be a bit hard to follow, I find, as he doesn’t give necessary context for his comments, and it can sound like he is advocating for something that he is actually explaining. The discussion is wide ranging and comprehensive (I could write several blog posts on the topics covered, but easier just to refer to this video), and I don’t agree with everything, so keep your thinking caps on:   “Witch Wars Special Edition: Spiritual Warfare in Iran v Israel”   https://www.youtube.com/live/1_XcMsjiDy4   “Today Krys and Ed look at the spiritual abuse of the war between Israel and Iran”       

 

 Some llinks that might be of interest or value:

  • “What Patriarchy Has STOLEN From Woman's Spirituality | No Nonsense Spirituality”   https://youtu.be/G2v80bINymA   “In this video, you’ll explore how patriarchy has shaped spirituality and how to reclaim a more balanced spiritual path. You’ll discover how traditional religious teachings often excluded women's voices, leading you to internalise limiting beliefs about what it means to be spiritual. By integrating the wisdom of female mystics and breaking free from rigid spiritual practices, you can redefine your connection to the divine in everyday moments, from relationships to routine tasks. You’ll learn that spirituality isn’t something you "do," but a state of awareness that can be woven into your life. As you de-patriarchy your spirituality, you’ll find new ways to connect, expand, and thrive without needing external validation”      
  • I came across this podcast after listening to an interview Whitley Strieber did with Simon Bown (at https://youtu.be/hXPtq9sWaW0); this was the first episode. I am still assessing Simon Bown, but this was quite a promising interview:   Our Paranormal Afterlife : Finding Proof of Life After Death - “Exploring Life After Death: Dr. Backman’s Insights on Reincarnation and Our Higher Self Journey”   https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/our-paranormal-afterlife-finding-proof-of-life-after-death/id1354455555?i=1000715112490   “Have you ever wondered what happens to our consciousness after we take our last breath?  Join us in this riveting episode of “Our Paranormal Afterlife: Finding Proof of Life After Death”, where host Simon Bown engages in a profound conversation with Dr.  Linda Backman, a seasoned psychologist and regression therapist with over 45 years of experience in the field.  Discover the insights from her groundbreaking new book, “Soul Design: A Regressionist's Guide to Past Lives, Origins and Purpose”, which dives deep into the mysteries of past lives, the higher self, and the ultimate purpose of our souls in this human experience. ...  This episode is a treasure trove of knowledge, as we explore the nature of the higher self, the role of spirit guides, and the various types of souls—Earth-based, interplanetary, and angelic realm souls.  ...  Throughout the conversation, we delve into critical themes of life after death, near-death experiences, and evidence of past lives ... In 1997, Dr. Backman and her husband, Dr. Earl Backman, established The Ravenheart Center (www.RavenHeartCenter.com), a Mystery School in Boulder, Colorado, dedicated to guiding individuals to discover their soul path. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DHPPYDNQ   https://www.ravenheartcenter.com/   https://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/   https://www.patreon.com/ourparanormalafterlife   My book ‘Verified Near Death Experiences’  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXKRGDFP”      
  • “Extraordinary Evidence: ESP Is Real | Episode 2: Institute for Experimental Religion”   https://youtu.be/z_jRZjTAuy8   “As the twentieth century dawns, parapsychology is divided between ghost hunters—like Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle—and psi seekers—like a young Sigmund Freud, who takes deeper interest in ESP and telepathy than is commonly understood.   Early parapsychologists made strides with the British and American branches of the Society for Psychical Research. William James and colleagues probe mysteries, expose fakes, and generate controversies. But they function largely on mediums’ own turf: lace-curtain settings of Victorian séance parlors.   Enter two young, driven, and deeply ethical clinicians: J.B. and Louisa Rhine. “It would be unpardonable,” J.B. announces in 1926, “for the scientific world today to overlook evidences of the supernormal in our world.”   Wooed to Duke University, the Rhines in the late 1920s inaugurate the Institute for Experimental Religion, later called the Parapsychology Laboratory. The lab formally introduces psi research into academia. The Rhines’ efforts—involving “guess” hits on Zener cards—prove simple, rigorous, and extraordinary. They make extrasensory perception or ESP a household term. Stats and studies from the Parapsychology Lab, including evidence for psychokinesis, withstand decades of withering scrutiny.”        
  • also from YouTube:
    • from YouTube and elsewhere on neurodivergence (noting asymmetrical bifurcation but also synaptic  (under)pruning and neuroplasticity with regard to autism): 
      • Autistic Women Oversharing “S01 E09 - Oversharing”   https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s01-e09-oversharing/id1810047385?i=1000714305574   “Buckle up, terrible autistics, it’s the season finale! Sara, Elsa and Sarah put on their Very Special Episode hats and ruminate on the concept of oversharing: what it feels like to spill our guts, staying well fed during an accidental orgy and what to do if your haemorrhoid becomes sentient (stay calm and open Snapchat)”   I found a lot of this very relatable - especially the variability of support needs from day to day, and the problem of support needs being hidden by masking in public       

      • “How Buddhism Helps Autistic Adults Thrive in a Neurotypical World”   https://youtu.be/8I_Mn96WwGg   “Hi! I'm Orion Kelly and I'm Autistic. Can ancient Buddhist principles help autistic adults survive and even thrive in a neurotypical world? In this video, I explore the surprising ways Buddhist wisdom has helped me navigate late-diagnosed autistic life, from letting go of perfectionism to managing sensory overload and emotional shutdowns with more gentleness.   We’ll look at powerful principles like mindfulness, non-attachment, radical self-acceptance, and the Middle Way, not as abstract concepts, but as practical tools for living more peacefully inside a brain that doesn't always fit the world around it.   This isn't about religion. It's about reclaiming calm, building resilience, and creating a life that works for your autistic mind, not against it.   🌱 Whether you're exhausted by masking, overwhelmed by sensory chaos, or just looking for a quieter way to be, this one’s for you.”   This is something I have written about previously as well - for instance, at   https://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2024/06/post-no-2802-main-benefits-of-buddhism.html      

      • “Autistic Not Alien | Masking”   https://youtu.be/LXDo17tZmec   “Autistic masking is about surviving in a neurotypical world, and it's very, very tiring.”      

      • “Autistic Elopement in Adults Explained”   https://youtube.com/shorts/356wy2SdFbk    (elopement in the sense of wandering)      

      • “Impact of Online Communities and Autism”   https://youtube.com/shorts/whjz5TEWQaA    


For the news sections: 

Note: CONTENT WARNING - some of this content is about upsetting, disturbing or triggering events & attitudes. Seek competent help - including professional - if you need it. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that linked articles may contains names and/or images of deceased people. 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/. 

 

Remember:   #PsychicABetterWorld   and   may all that I do be of value and actively BPM used for and by the nonphysical  BPM  because   #KindnessIsThePoint   - and actively practice   nonphysical health, strength and wellbeing   

 

The purposes of this post’s news section include:   

(1) to provide information, including news, which may be of interest, value, or use to Readers;   

(2) to identify both BPM and nonBPM opportunities to do the work of this blog (particularly clearing nonBPM nonphysical  units,   BPM  healing,   and   BPM  strengthening of BPM units - the news items helps draw in/helps me find those people and other units in need of any of the help I can provide);   and   

(3) to help engage and frame my emotional, mental, and other nonphysical (psychic, spiritual, Higher Self, BPM  Guides, etc) aspects both for doing my weekly PWR and for doing the work that flows from the PWR - which may also occur for some others. 

Some of the news information will likely be distressing - hence the content warning, to allow people to choose times they have high energy and/or are in a good state to view these, or to ensure they have access to support resources if they may be triggered, or to choose to either temporarily or permanently skip viewing this post or the “News” sections, as is best for their health and wellbeing. 

Within the news section, I generally try to identify what is considered “good” news in green, possibly also with green background, but owing to time, energy, and health limitations, may not always be able to do so. Similarly, I generally try to show editorial comments by me in this shade of blue (quotes are in this shade of blue) - and for the times I miss doing so, you should keep your thinking cap on.

URLs of sources of news and/or information are often included as in-text hyperlinks.  


 News :   

As a first point, I have found an excellent daily aggregation of global news links at   https://everythingbriefing.substack.com/    

On the existential climate crisis and nuclear threats this week:  

the UN is pushing nations to defossilise their economies;      an examination of how heatwaves will kill more people as a result of the climate crisis;      infectious diseases are spreading due to the climate crisis;      notorious poaching gang leaders have been pardoned in Malawi, raising fears that a return to large-scale poaching could spread disease;      a report finds droughts around the world are “pushing tens of millions towards starvation”;      “Human Rights Watch (HRW) voiced concern ... that some European Union (EU) member states may be retreating from their human rights and environmental commitments, following an agreement on a proposal that could weaken an EU directive aimed at safeguarding rights in supply chains by easing sustainability requirements”;      


In the global war against f_sc_sm (and “producerism”) this week: 

  • “There is a chasm at the heart of politics across the West”   https://www.thenational.scot/politics/25274543.chasm-heart-politics-across-west/   “HOW we perceive the future is central to how we organise society, government, democracy and power. Thinking about the future has always been part of being human, since we first began organising and living in complex civilisations and cultures.   However, there is now a growing feeling that the very idea of the future – how we think, imagine and act upon it – is in deep crisis affecting how we reflect and behave in the present and see our capacity to bring about change.”      
  • “Iran, Israel, and American Hegemony”   https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2025/06/iran-israel-and-american-hegemony/   “The international order today is no longer shaped by classical geopolitics defined by territorial boundaries, military alliances, and traditional warfare. Instead, global power is increasingly exercised through what can be described as networked geopolitics. In this emerging paradigm, influence flows across interconnected systems of information, infrastructure, ideology, finance, and digital communication. Power now resides in the ability to shape, control, and disrupt these networks rather than merely possessing military strength or territorial size.”       
  • “A humane welfare system benefits every one of us” - note also:   “Welfare reforms are in reality a redefinition of responsibility”   https://www.thenational.scot/politics/25282127.welfare-reforms-reality-redefinition-responsibility/   “The founding idea of the welfare state wasn’t that people deserved pity, it was that they deserved protection. It recognised that hardship is rarely just about effort; it’s about health, background, geography, family circumstances, and luck. And it made a simple promise: you won’t face those risks alone.   Welfare was not supposed to be a reward. It was a guarantee – a baseline of dignity, because we owe that to each other.”       

Overreach and hypocrisy by the UK government;       

Items of concern/note (and associated resistance/actions) in/regarding the USA include: 

the USA’s autocrat-in-chief (AIC) has threatened a progressive Democrat candidate and the city he is seeking to represent if the candidate is elected and doesn’t submit to the will of the AIC ... and used Islamophobia against him;      in a move straight out of the USSR, the USA’s AIC is threatening to force journalists to reveal their sources;      in further major evidence (in addition to attacks on courts, slow/non-compliance with other orders) of non-compliance with the rule of law and thus the inherent untrustworthiness of the USA, including for business, ““We Don’t Answer To Courts”: [the current us regime] Refuses Compliance With Trans Passport Court Order”   https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/we-dont-answer-to-courts-trump-admin   “A government source indicates that they believe the administration is intentionally delaying compliance with a ruling allowing trans people to change their passports”;      yet  more  lies, bullying, and revenge from the AIC;      statistical info on the US dollar shows the decline of the USA;      class actions have been filed in response to one of the US supreme court’s decisions;      another media platform has cowardly and cravenly caved in to the current US regime, with their payment being described as a bribe;      an assessment that the USA’s AIC is helping Putin - and being surprised by Ukraine’s successes (and domestic events/attitudes in the USA);      US citizens are losing pride in their nation (which I consider understandable, given the evil that is being committed there [and elsewhere] by the current US regime and its agents);      a caution that Democrats may not be able to ride anger at the savagery of the budget bill back to power (I agree with this caution - Democrats have been so passive they are viewed by many as enablers of the currents destruction of democracy in the USA - they need to show moral courage and commitment to values NOW, or votes will go to independents or possibly a new party [as is happening in the UK]);      in an appalling act of authoritarian revenge, 139 US EPA employees who spoke against the AIC’s policies have been put on leave;      a US state (possibly racist or white supremacist? Their actions are opening them to such accusations, IMO) group is taking legal action against a truth-telling history exhibit;      

§   On migration, border control, rendition, deportations, and associated legal matters,  a Canadian citizen has died in ICE detention - and now a fifth detainee has died;      ICE has illegally been using a notorious prison contractor to make arrests;      ICE actions have erased US citizens from the US records;      the current US regime “‘Turbocharges’ Denaturalisation Efforts in New DOJ Memo”;      an examination of the US supreme court decision to allow renditions despite a lack of due process in a “shadow docket” described as “a perversion of justice”;      another below-the-AIC’s-scotus judge has ruled against the AIC’s “proclamation of an “invasion” at the US-Mexico border”, but paused the decision for 14 days to allow the AIC to appeal it - and it will inevitably be taken up to the level of the AIC’s scotus so probably doesn't mean much until that happens;      hard numbers show the increased assaults on ICE agents - ALL of which are wrong - has been overblown into justifying destruction of trust and allowing abuses of the victims of ICE;      a recently returned detainee “says he was beaten and subjected to psychological torture in El Salvador jail” - which has been denied by that nation's head of state;      

  • “in an effort to fulfill the Trump administration’s daily immigration arrest “quotas,” federal agents and deputised local law enforcement are racially profiling and snatching people off the streets without due process. These arrests, carried out by armed and masked agents, are sowing terror and confusion in communities across the United States”   https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/2/ice_abductions_masked_men_andrea_velez       

 

Items of concern/note (and associated resistance/actions) in/regarding Ukraine/Russia (et al) include:  

confirmation of economic problems in Russia from Putin;      as Ukrainian sanctions are synchronised with those of the EU and G7 and Ukraine seeks EU sanctions against Bangladesh for importing Ukrainian grain stolen by Russia, “EU ambassadors have failed to approve the 18th package of sanctions against Russia due to opposition from Hungary and Slovakia”, with Slovakia even suggesting forgiving Russia and resuming talks (which was described [kindly, I thought] as naïve) - and the USA has lifted sanctions against Russia that were restricting expansion of a Hungarian nuclear power plant;      Ukrainian has returned to pre-2022 invasion electrical power export levels (mostly to Hungary);      Russia may have occupied one of the smaller of Ukraine’s four lithium deposits (which was expected, and will not affect the deal with foreign investors);      North Korea is sending more troops to Russia;      Russia is using more cluster munitions against civilians;      “‘Ukraine is biggest landmine challenge since World War II’, says head of world’s largest demining organisation”;      

a series of Russian provocations of NATO since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine have been extended with German fighter jets recently being scrambled to intercept a Russian spy plane over the Baltic Sea, and Norway will send advanced jets to Poland to protect a transportation centre;       Russia - which has lost almost 11,000 tanks so far - is reportedly using  outdated 1970s Soviet era T-62 tanks;      Ukraine’s new 18-24-year-old recruits are reportedly performing well in military situations so far (I am mindful that one of the key differences between US forces of World War Two and the Việt Nam war is that the former were largely in their mid-20s and the latter mostly in their late teens, when those sections of the brain relating to good decision making are still  being  developed) (and Denmark is now recruiting women into its military);      the USA has stopped some shipments of air defence missiles previously promised to Kyiv allegedly out of concerns over the (inadequate) size of US stockpiles (but they could deplete their stockpiles by 20% for Israel ... ) - see this examination of how Ukraine could adapt to this;      


On other international affairs/political news matters this week:

Items of concern/note (and associated resistance/actions) in/regarding West Asia include:  

as, amidst “unbearable” suffering (Gazans are still being killed by the Israeli military in large numbers) and the fighting by militants, clans, H___s and criminal gangs over aid supplies causes “post apocalyptic” medical chaos, tens of thousands of Palestinians flee Gaza City in response to a warning by the Israeli military - who, despite whingeing by Israel’s Prime Minister (whose corruption trial has been delayed  after US pressure) about media reports on this, have acknowledged civilians “were harmed” - slaughtered, according to others - and ordered an enquiry into “possible” war crimes ... and France wants to make the aid distribution safer;      

Israeli occupiers in the West Bank have attacked the Israeli military who limited their violence;       

in Australia, the “Federal court [has ordered a] Sydney Muslim cleric to remove ‘racist and antisemitic’ lectures from social media”;       

§   On Israel and Iran,   Iran - whose uranium stockpiles may have survived the recent US and Israeli bombing (although possibly buried) - could resume  enriching uranium within months ... but the metallisation facility which is part of converting enriched uranium to bomb core material is claimed to have been destroyed;      Israel’s bombing of a prison in Iran holding “numerous political prisoners and foreign nationals” killed 71 people;      a second media report that Israel denied non-Jews access to bomb shelters during recent Iranian attacks;      the recent war between Israel and Iran has shifted the regional geopolitical balance towards Israel, at Russia’s expense;      Iran has arrested hundreds of alleged Israeli agents;      European nations have criticised threats against the head of the IAEA after Iran alleged Israeli intelligence links;      Iran reportedly “loaded naval mines onto vessels in the Persian Gulf last month, intensifying concerns in [the USA] that [Iran] was preparing to close the Strait of Hormuz” (but note commentary at the time that such an action would have harmed Iran’s export of oil);      Iran has admitted “the US bombing of Iran's key Fordow nuclear site has "seriously and heavily damaged" the facility”;      an analysis of the recent Iran-Israeli war;     

Rwanda and the DRC have signed a US mediated peace agreement;      China is replacing Russia as Cuba’s main backer;       Azerbaijani-Russian relations are declining;      police violence to suppress anti-corruption protests in Serbia;      five years of Hong Kong’s national security law is reported to have seen the end of Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy party, the “dismantlement of freedoms ... from China pressure”, and research suggesting that the “majority of Hong Kong national security convictions wrongfully issued”;      diplomatic efforts to end the over two year long proxy  war  in  Sudan have been announced;      “Haiti’s gangs have gained “near-total control” [including “establishing “parallel governance structures””] of the capital and authorities are unable to stop escalating violence”;      tensions are growing between Colombia and the current US regime;      

I have just found an international survey of nations that includes assessing which nation is most likely to “do good” - which is annoyingly limited as to which nations it assesses for that, but the survey is of some interest: see here and here;      

 

On human rights matters: 

“two east African activists say they plan to sue Tanzania’s government for illegal detention and torture [including sexual] during a visit in support of an opposition politician in May”;      

the ACT will be Australia’s first jurisdiction to break the punitive national trend, by raising the criminal age - will include exceptions for serious offences such as murder - to 14, in line with modern expert knowledge;       

my home state has put its true history (including genocide) on public record as the Yoorrook Justice Commission completes its truth telling task, and the First Peoples’ Assembly — initially established to negotiate Treaty on behalf of Indigenous Victorians, with the creation of Yoorrook Justice Commission one of its first major actions — set to become a permanent body;      a police killing in WA was NOT preceded by ANY attempt to de-escalate;      

strong  resistance to anti-LGBTQIA+ hate in Hungary;      in the USA malicious transphobic insinuations of FGM against gender affirming medical centres and transphobic anticipatory compliance by lesser courts have been slightly offset by allowing Medicaid for trans care to remain;      a US state governor has vetoed “anti-DEI and transgender rights bills, calling them ‘mean-spirited’”;      “the foreign ministries of Canada, Australia, Brazil and a host of European countries issued a statement on Saturday celebrating LGBT rights to coincide with Pride Day”;      

“gender equality in developing countries underfunded by $420 billion annually”;       

“given the strength of feeling about the harm that the welfare bill would cause, the months of warning from disability charities and campaigners, and the mounting private anger of MPs which was communicated forcefully to the whips and then to the closed ears of No 10”, the UK government has been forced to abandon an bill that would have been an act of such severe harm against people with disabilities that it verged, IMO, on being an act of hate - see also this assessment;        


On societal and governance matters: 

a call to place “Australian workers at the centre of the AI revolution, with a right to guide the way it is used, the capacity to develop and enforce redlines and guardrails on an ongoing basis”, and to note that doing so “is not some gratuitous nod to union power, it is the hard-headed path to national prosperity”;      “the questions we should be asking our politicians”;      “one in six people are affected by loneliness, with significant implications for health and well-being [“every hour, 100 people die of loneliness-related causes”], according to a new report from the UN World Health Organisation”;      another cyber hack has shown the danger of phishing - another the danger of digital vulnerabilities;      the Dalai Lama says he will reincarnate, continuing that office (although China is trying to control the process);      “Brazil to reopen National Museum destroyed by fire in 2018”;      a suggestion to split up the UK Treasury which, I consider, raises principles that should be considered elsewhere;      I have not been following the legal case this refers to (and more charges are apparently being considered), but this commentary about responsibility and performative justice (my words) bear thinking about;      an audit has found that the Australian Department of Defence failed to properly investigate bribery allegations against contractor officials;      risks to artistic independence in Australia;      leaked messages show the neolibs are still blind to reality - especially their own privilege;      

 

⇒ ✰✰✰ From a spiritual perspective:   Do NOT allow the extraordinary abuses being committed now to sink the level of being normalised - continue to react, as a way of resisting, and of holding to your humanity;   ✰✰✰

 

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Remember: we generally need to be more human being rather than human doing, to mind our Mӕgan, and to acknowledge that all misgendering is an act of active transphobia/transmisia that puts trans+ lives at risk & accept that all insistence on the use of “trans” as a descriptor comes with commensurate use of “cis” as a descriptor to prevent “othering” (just as binary gendered [men’s and women’s] sporting teams are either both given the gender descriptor, or neither).
 

#PsychicABetterWorld   and   may all that I do be of value and actively BPM used for and by the nonphysical  BPM  because   #KindnessIsThePoint   

 
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