Post No. 3,503 - Some (hopefully) interesting reading / viewing / listening - Saturday 8th August, 2026

I recently found the following interestingoand/orouseful, and am posting them here inocase anyoneoelse does asowelll.  

 

• “El Niño is already here. But there’s still a ‘window of opportunity’”   https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/el-nino-australia-bushfire-preparedness/wjnv3gc02   “With the climate pattern shaping up to be one of the strongest on record, what could it mean for Australians?”    

 

• “The Occult View of Identity in The Neverending Story”   https://matauryn.substack.com/p/the-occult-view-of-identity-in-the   “Alchemy, Jungian Shadow Work, and Thelemic Philosophy   ...   To me, this is one reason so many occult traditions place such a strong emphasis on developing the practitioner alongside developing power. We are almost always our own greatest obstacle. Without self-awareness, humility, and a willingness to confront our own flaws, the pursuit of power can become the very thing that undoes us.”   

• “ET Contactee SHARES Messages From the Lyrans & Her NDE!”   https://youtu.be/En28AUVs-hk   “Near-death experience and UFO Podcast guest is Ash Banta, near death experiencer, psychic channel and ET Contactee that reveals messages from the Lyrans and More!”   An interesting - unusual, compared to my experience, but still interesting - perspective.   

• “Can You Belong To Two Religions at Once? | A Quaker Perspective”   https://youtu.be/K4GvD2llhC8   “In this video, I talk about 'hyphenated Quakers' - Quakers who identify with another faith tradition. I talk about why this can happen in Quakerism, what the history of it is, the advantages and disadvantages and, if I were to be a hyphenated Quaker - which one would I be and why?”   Wow - I could be a Quagan :) FWIW, I started attending Quaker meetings (a) out of respect for Quakerism, and (b) for a regular gathering of a spiritual type, as I have constraints on my physical mobility, and online Pagan events are a bit rare. I view myself as a Pagan visiting in to Quaker space at those times, and don't consider I could, for instance, talk about Quakerism (apart from some historical matters such as involvement in abolition - and that only from the public history aspects), and I certainly DON’T see Christ as my saviour or anything in particular. However, after watching this video, I’m going to think about all that a bit more.   

• “Jacques Vallée Spent 70 Years Investigating UFOs. His Final Journal Says the Mystery Is Bigger Than Aliens.”   https://rmmclaren.substack.com/p/jacques-vallee-spent-70-years-investigating   

• “Fruit and honey fuelled the early evolution of the human brain”   https://theconversation.com/fruit-and-honey-fuelled-the-early-evolution-of-the-human-brain-289026   NOT animal meat protein!!!   

 

I’ve decided to throw a few smalll personaloobservations (and/or vents/rants) into these posts - the sort of passingocomment that doesn’towarrant a note onoSubstack, let alone a complete standalone post here. And my next such comment is:    

I have changed my breathing exercises: I no longer work up to the final visualisation from a basic starting point, I just go straight to the final visualisation - which saves time and energy, and helps preserrve motivation  

 

On neurodivergenceoand associatedomatters:    

• “How AI Is Automating the Exclusion of Neurodivergent People”   https://eredford.substack.com/p/how-ai-is-automating-the-exclusion   

• “The Hidden Link Between AUTISM and Family Estrangement”   https://youtu.be/7tlewoQSUxo    

 

On society, governance, humanorights, etc:    

• “‘Mirage’: Voice architect Noel Pearson breaks silence at Garma on referendum defeat”   https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/mirage-voice-architect-noel-pearson-breaks-silence-on-referendum-defeat-at-garma/bqx5oiuzr   “It marks the first major public speech by Pearson since the referendum was defeated nearly three years ago.”    

• “Patriarchy in action”   https://youtube.com/shorts/bsWz5eIz4hU   “Women are not the problem ... stop participating in the system”   AND ALSO   “The idea of the ‘company man’ was forged decades ago. Its problems still haunt leaders today”   https://theconversation.com/the-idea-of-the-company-man-was-forged-decades-ago-its-problems-still-haunt-leaders-today-288731   “...   This history helps explain why greater representation has not delivered equality.   ...   Rather than asking how we can get women to “lean in” to the typical corporate leader, the future of corporate leadership may well depend on leaving the company man behind.”   Yep: but that last sentence should read MUST, rather than may ...   AND ALSO   “Virginia Bell rejects suggestion Palestinian group’s counsel ‘hijacked’ commission, inquiry hears”   https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/aug/05/bell-rejects-suggestion-palestinian-groups-counsel-hijacked-commission-and-condemns-abusive-emails-ntwnfb   “Antisemitism royal commission also hears from former n_o-N_zi who discovered ‘brotherhood’ was a ‘load of lies’   ...   Life in multi-ethnic Australia helped decouple a former skinhead from neo-Nazi groups as he discovered the brotherhood was “a load of lies”.   ...   He suggested early intervention and openness to other cultures could have changed his course as a younger man.”   The witness’s (expert, on the basis of lived experience) comments are worth noting, and are similar to remarks from others who have reformed (becoming a parent is also a major influence)   AND ALSO   “Reflecting on the NolanoXavieroWells Tragedy: Why White [Racist Hierarchy] Hurts Everyone”   https://youtube.com/shorts/soDikyYToTc    

• “One of science fiction’s greatest writers warned us about AI. Could his ideas help us avoid a dystopian future?”   https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2026/aug/07/science-fiction-warned-us-about-an-ai-powered-dystopian-future-does-it-also-hold-the-remedy   “What might a modern day equivalent of Isaac Asimov’s laws of robotics look like? Guided by the author, I propose the three laws of AI”   The biggest problem would actually be defining harm - it has to include emotional wellbeing and thriving and mental health, and inclusivity (especially of asymmetric bifurcations that hard righters don’t like - variations of sexuality & gender, and neurodiversity, and nonapparent disabilities/differences, etc). But having made that point, I like the proposed three AI laws - they’re probably an excellent starting point for discussion    

• “Big US-style trucks are killing more pedestrians in Australia – our research proves it”   https://theconversation.com/big-us-style-trucks-are-killing-more-pedestrians-in-australia-our-research-proves-it-289034    

 

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlightopossible flaws / issues youoshouldoconsider: 

• there mayobe flawedologicaloarguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ freeoonline course “Clear and Present Thinking”;  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinkingocaps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.

 

 

Gnwmythr 

teaching the "good" (balancedopositive and spirituallyomature) 
safer ways to counter the "bad" (outoofobalance, spirituallyoimmature) 

 

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Remember: we generallyoneed to be more human being rather than human doing, to mind our Mӕgan, and to acknowledge that all misgenderingois an act of activeotransphobia/transmisiaothat 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 descriptoroto prevent “othering” (just as binary gendered [men’s and women’s] sporting teams are either both given the gender descriptor, or neither).

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Note that I am cutting back on aspects of my posts - see here, and Gnwmythr is pronounced new-MYTH-ear  

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Post No. 3,124 - A few miscellaneous thoughts

This is a post with a few brief, random points. 

 

The first is based on something from this week’s coming reflections and news post: 

GLAAD has reported on how dangerous (see here for some commentary on that) social media platforms are for LGBTQIASB+ people - and what those platforms should do to fix the matter;     

The recommendations GLAAD provide cover, IMO, the bare minimum that is required - and that includes training everyone. 

In addition to that, my opinion is that, if people will not complete that training, or do not do so genuinely, then they are a bad fit for the company, and the company should dismiss them (or maybe give them the option of resigning, although that does cover up their determination to be bigots). 

That does mean the company will lose some talent, which will be a short term hit to their performance, but in the longer term, they will be able to create a workplace where people can bring their authentic selves, and that is known to boost creativity and productivity. 

To some extent, this is perhaps a harder version of former US President Barack  Obama’s “don’t do stupid s**t” foreign affairs philosophy and a similar philosophy adopted by an AFL club and some businesses. 

If DEI policies had been given harder enforcement, it is quite possible that we would not still have so much racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination in workplaces.

Linked to this, I want to re-emphasise, regarding forgiveness of bigots/abusers, when those people have genuinely overcome their flaws of character, they MUST back off and allow time for their victims to grieve those who did not make it, and to heal. 

Insisting on celebrations is continued abuse, forces toxic forgiveness onto the victims, and will kill the future of such measures. 

On workplaces (and other situations - noting, in particular, a comment about political candidates being based on whose turn it is next, rather than merit, in some parties), I think I am going to start using the term “my turnism”, which mucks a lot of things up. 

 

Something else I might see if there is a catchy term for, or make one up, is the problem of those people who are so focused on their own priorities and what they consider important that they don’t notice more pressing issues - such as, to invent an example, the person focused on getting a valve closed who refuses to heed warning that the tank is splitting on the other side, or who is so focused on profit numbers they don’t notice the discrimination and abuse that will lead to a court case that will cost the company all its profits and possibly its very existence.

 

Another matter I have been thinking about is political party’s policy platforms. 

Nominally, these are important - in principle, they’re supposed to be complied with, but that may not happen for sometimes valid reasons (things like the GFC, or the COVIC-19 pandemic, or wars, etc - things that are major, but not good), and sometimes for shallow, superficial, contemptible political expediency - and Australia’s worst ever Prime Minister once invented a post-election division into core and non-core promises. 

In my opinion, those labels are not quite right:   

• non-core policies are those that will cost more votes than they will win - usually (in Australia’s past) as a result of being too progressive, but with younger voters coming through in increasing numbers, doing enough on things like climate change will have to become core, rather than non-core policies;
  

• “core” policies can also be those that can be snuck past voters without losing too many votes - or perhaps not losing a number of votes that cannot be made up by increased funds from corporations who like the “core” policies and have perhaps captured the party concerned. 

The big key here is that the dividing line is moving - it has to, if humans are to survive, or a reasonable number of us with a reasonable quality of life.

The next few points are, to quite an extent, related to children, and should be considered in light of this:

“The Propaganda We Teach Our Kids”   https://usamomingermany.substack.com/p/the-propaganda-we-teach-our-kids   “How Glittering Generalities Create Blind Loyalty”   from “USA Mom in Germany”     

The points are: 

• Critical thinking should be taught in schools (and the adults who are willing to learn - especially if they have been caught out by a scam), and the success of that teaching should be measured by the rate of people caught in scams (who have had the training, obviously). If the rates are lower in graduates of the critical thinking course, the course is probably good; if not, then tweak the course, rather than throw it out, until it does start to work.
  

• Children should also be taught flexibility regarding life aims and goals. They should be emotionally and mentally able to adapt, including giving up old goals when circumstances change - such as new, transformative inventions. This will help to future proof them and the jobs market.
  Examples of past changes that required such adaptation are the domestication of fire, agriculture, the invention of telephones, shifting from horses to cars (a lot of horse experts lost their careers), the Internet, smartphones, and AI.
  Older children should be taught that their children may have disabilities or differences, and they should be prepared for that if they are thinking about having children. (And their children may choose to have different values/worldview/life choices, which they should also be comfortable with.)
  

• On that, everyone needs to accept and be comfortable with diversity - which, for the sake of the benefits that DEI brings business, needs to be taught at school. 

 

And as a final, personal point, I am finding alternating nostrils with my breathing exercises is no longer as crucial as it once was: I get good results just from using the cycle. 

As a postscript, I have just written a poem:   The night cat café  

The experience that led to that poem, of sharing affection with one of the neighbourhood cats, was a good reminder for me that the purpose of life is spiritual love, and there are countless acts of kindness everywhere that express that purpose and lead to joy.

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(Gnwmythr is pronounced new-MYTH-ear)  

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  

Copyright © Kayleen White 2007-2025     NO AI   I do not consent to any machine learning aka Artificial Intelligence (AI), generative AI, large language model, machine learning, chatbot, or other automated analysis, generative process, or replication program to reproduce, mimic, remix, summarise, or otherwise  replicate any part of this post or other posts on this blog via any means. Typo’s may be inserrted deliberately to demonstrate this is not an AI product.     Otherwise, fair and reasonable use is accepted under Creative Commons 4.0 on an Attribution-ShareAlike basis https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/