Why was that there, I wondered? And the answer was that it enabled
entities who enjoyed other people’s suffering to feast on enhanced suffering.
That is what many uncooperatives do, feast on negative energy, but this
struck me as being a little more specific and noteworthy. That may have been
because I had been reading a book from the Dresden Files, where
the term phobophage was used to
describe a parasitic entity that fed on fear, and aimed to create circumstances
that fostered fear (I seem to be addicted
to alliteration, of late :) ). As another example of this, my experience of
school yard bullies is that they are psychopaths who sadistically enjoy the
distress they cause (I’m told there are
other types of bullies, and my mind says that such is probably the case, but I
haven’t been picked on by them, only the psychopathic type).
My sense, after last night is that this is serious enough to merit a
specific term. It’s different to psychic attack, although psychic attack may be
part of phagic attack, in that there is that … sick element of feasting on the type
of energy (i.e. emotional response)
that has been created by the attack.
This also gave me a clue to resolving an issue I’ve thought about at
times as I read the Dresden Files
books. In those books, attempting to rile people by upsetting them, or attacking
them in a way that is misogynistic, is often portrayed as a tool for weakening
people, or distracting them from other tasks.
It’s always annoyed me, as I’m an activist from some time ago, and know
that words in the physical can kill, and that such misogyny makes the world a
more negative (i.e. spiritually
destructive) place, one where most (but
not
all) spiritual learning is made more difficult. And ultimately, that is
one of the most important reasons for me to work at lobbying (writing to politicians etc) and
activism to make the world a better place: it makes spiritual growth more
likely, not less (although, as I have
written elsewhere, the world being so negative does present significant
opportunities).
The problem is, sometimes – a very, very, VERY few times, in my experience – it is true. Most times, it
is personal, and thereby ranging from
malicious to evil, and, as the personal is political, in need of lobbying or
other activism to have it changed. If it occurs in the physical world, I will ALWAYS – for
spiritual reasons! - treat this as a matter where the other person’s
actions need to change, not my reactions. I’m having those emotions to show
that something is seriously wrong with that part of reality.
if, on the other hand, thoughts of such matters occur without a
physical stimuli, or when I am in the astral, I will take it as a matter of
phagic attack, and deal with it using clearing techniques.
I’m going to do some thinking and meditating on this point of view.
[3] And other places such as Syria, certain places here in Australia, etc, etc, etc
[1] BPLF = Balanced Positive (spiritual) Light Forces. See here and here for more on this.
[2] Please see here and my post "The Death of Wikipedia" for the reasons I now recommend caution when using Wikipedia. I'm also exploring use of h2g2, although that doesn't appear to be as extensive (h2g2 is intended - rather engagingly - to be the Earth edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy").
Love, light, hugs and blessings
(pronounced "new-MYTH-ear"; ... aka Bellatrix Lux? Morinehtar? Would-be drýicgan ... )
My "blogiography" (list of all posts - currently not up to date) is here.
I started this blog to cover karmic regression-rescue (see here and here), and it grew ... See here for my group mind project, here and here for my "pagans for peace" project (and join me at 9 PM on Sunday, wherever you are, to meditate for peace), and here for my bindrune kit-bag. I also strongly recommend learning how to flame, ground and shield, do alternate nostril breathing, work with colour - and see also here, and be flexible.
I am a Walker upon the Path of Balanced Positivity, seeking Spiritual Maturity.
- One size does NOT fit all.
- Don't be mediocre - seek to excel.
- Gnwmythr's Stropping Strap: Occam's Razor only works if the simplest solution is actually recognised as being the simplest, rather than the one that best fits one's bigotries being labelled 'simplest'.
- May the world of commerce and business be recognised to be a servant, not a master, of the lives of people.
- Ban the dream interpretation industry!
- A home is for living in, not feeling, becoming or being rich or a “better” class than others.
- Housework is for ensuring a home is comfortable to live in, not competing to outdo or belittle others.
- Being accustomed to interacting via certain rules makes those rules neither right nor universal.
- Like fire to the physical, emotions to the soul make a good servant, and a bad master.
- Expertise at intimacy and emotional happiness is generally not the same thing as spiritual growth.
- "Following the crowd" is not "going with the flow".
- Armageddon is alive and well and happening right now: it is a battle between the indolence of "I only ..." and/or "I just ..." and/or "Everyone knows ... " and/or "they can ..." and what Bruce Schneier [2] calls "security theatre" on one side, and perspicacity and the understanding that the means shape the end on the other. Indolence vs. perspicacity, and expediency vs. honour.
- The means shape the end.
- BPLF restraint of uncooperatives is NOT an opportunity for revenge or getting even - even unconsciously.
- As words can kill, the right to freedom of speech comes with a DUTY to be as well-informed, objective and balanced as you can be.
- My favourite action movie of all time is "Gandhi", although I've recently come across "Invictus" and might put that one in to that category. However, I loathe the stereotypical action movie - and, for similar reasons, I loathe many dramas, which are often emotionally violent, more so in some cases than many war films.
- All of the above - and this blog - could be wrong, or subject to context, perspective, or state of spiritual evolution ...
Do not pray for easy
lives. Pray to be stronger [people]. JOHN F. KENNEDY (who was quoting 19th
century Episcopal Bishop Phillips Brooks)
We make our decisions. And then our decisions turn around and make us. F.W. BOREHAM
Females, get over 'cute'. Get competent. Get trained. Get capable. Get over 'cute'. And those of you who are called Patty and Debby and Suzy, get over that.
Because we use those names to infantalise females – we keep females in
their 'little girl' state by the names we use for them. Get over it. If
you want to be taken seriously, get serious. JANE ELLIOTT
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good [people] to do nothing. (based on writing by) EDMUND BURKE
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." EINSTEIN
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good [people] to do nothing. (based on writing by) EDMUND BURKE
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." EINSTEIN
We didn't inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we only borrowed it from our children ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY
Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Those whom we cannot stand are usually those who we cannot understand P.K.SHAW
Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, and the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change." SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY (US Attorney General 1966 Speech)
Too
much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and
community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our gross
national product ... if we should judge America by that -- counts air
pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our
highways of carnage. ... Yet the gross national product does not allow
for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the
joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the
strength of our marriages; the intelligence of our public debate or the
integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our
courage; neither our wisdom nor our learning; neither our compassion nor
our devotion to our country; it measures everything, in short, except
that which makes life worthwhile." ROBERT F. KENNEDY 1968
Tags: activism, bullying, Dresden Files, emotions, phagic attack, Psychic attack, society,
First published: Manadagr, 24th March, 2014
Last edited (excluding fixing typo's and other minor matters): Tuesday, 25th March, 2014 (added note 3)
