Post No. 3,360 - A past life of mine, and some reading/viewing

One of my past lives was as a mother a few centuries ago in the north west of what we now know as the USA. 

It was a ... “close to nature” sort of life, a polyamorous relationship, and I had three surviving children (some had died of illness) when I died in childbirth. 

That life was also when I realised - deeply, viscerally - that there were times and circumstances when it was not enough to “just” be a parent - I could love and care for my children to the best of my ability, but that would have no impact on the sort of experiences and events that my children would go through. 

That life was when I realised (during my post-life review) that it was an essential part of being a good parent to care what was happening in the world, and to act as best one can to fight against the larger, harmful influences and for the larger, more helpful influences. 

That included social movements, being prepared for climate and weather variations, and getting involved with things like politics - to prevent wars, to be prepared, and promote broader minded changes. 

And in this life, that has included not having children myself, so I can better continue my task of being a better parent - but for ALL children. 

And after that, here is some reading/viewing that may be of interest: 

• “This Christmas, peace won’t come from the politics of envy. It will come only by building a more equal Australia”   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/24/christmas-peace-a-more-equal-australia-cost-of-living-wealth   “Wealth is shifting upwards, basic universal services are outsourced and improving the lives of the Australians doing it toughest is being ignored. So where can we find hope?”   

• “Every economy runs on light”   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9fhIFH9wCA   “Every economy runs on light. That is not a metaphor – it is physics.   Without light, there is no life. Without life, there is no labour. Without labour, there is no economy. Yet modern economics behaves as if energy, health, and human limits do not matter.   In this Boxing Day video – part three of my Christmas series on light – I explain why labour is transformed solar energy, why burnout is an energy failure, why infinite growth on a finite planet is impossible, and why fossil fuel capitalism is about power, not necessity.   Light reconnects economics to life itself – and forces us to rethink wealth, growth, and what an economy is actually for.”   and   “Light, entropy and why care keeps us alive”   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5A_28igS5Y   “In this video, I explore light through the lens of entropy and explain why care, maintenance, and public services are not optional extras, but are survival mechanisms.   Austerity withdraws energy from our systems. Neoliberalism assumes self-maintenance. Both are wrong.   If we want societies to endure, we must invest in care, because entropy never rests.”   and   “Economic questions: the Schrödinger question”   https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12/24/economic-questions-the-schrodinger-question/   “Why have I included Erwin Schrödinger? That is because his work underpins three things that have been of significance for me this year. One is the work I have been doing with Jacquieline on quantum economics, which should restart in the new year. The second is that his thinking directly contributes to and informs my concept of the politics (and economics) of care. The third is that this informs my Christmas video series, which starts today.   Schrödinger was a physicist, and not an economist. But in his book, What Is Life?, he showed himself to be a multidisciplinary thinker, creating ideas that crossed boundaries because of the universality of their application. They most certainly belong in the sphere of political economy, and it would be very much richer, more appropriate, and focused on human needs if that were the case. That is why he belongs in this series.”   More excellent thoughts from Richard J Murphy   

• “Toxic Witches Behaviours that make me CRINGE 😾 Trans Inclusive Witchcraft”   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmYrGmKq7cA   “Join Raven as they spill the tea on their personal witchcraft journey discussing their witchcraft icks, all those witchy behaviours, especially online on instagram and tiktok, that are making witchcraft worse for everyone”   and   “when white people feel cornered they will show you their privilege and use it against you”   https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ppqI5lLL-3w   More excellent content from the Activist Witch channel   

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider: 

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

 

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Post No. 1,400 - Parenting, and no PWR

Events and time have again gotten away from me for a range of reasons (anyone got a job in their back pocket for a old, slightly burned out ex-engineer? ☺ ), so there will be no PWR this week.

The other thought I had that I wish to post is, just as soldiers have a tendency to make the mistake of fighting a current war as if it was the last one, in this era of rapid and accelerating change parents must also take care not to raise this generation as if it was the previous one.

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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).

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Post No. 791 – Monday’s Maunderings

Well, now that my partner is out of hospital and recovering in a more bush-like suburb, I thought I’d put a few thoughts down on my Monday “off”, before I feed the cats in a couple of households and then head up to see her. I’ll begin with the limitations of family.

Now, I’ve mentioned a few times on this blog that not everyone is blessed when it comes to family: that view is based on the notion that families are capable of being beneficial – “good”, in a sense. Of course, that sense varies from person to person – some treasure the emotional support of a good family, others find their life’s meaning (which becomes unhealthy and harmful if it becomes obsessional, or to the exclusion of other families and individual humans) in families, some a way to pass the time.

Sadly, there are also grey areas, where a family that is superficially “nice” may be a hotbed of guilt trips for control, or the family – much as, in the Deverry series, slavery is described as “bad” because it accustoms people to being cruel – accustoms people to conflict, aggression and control, or family values that are nonBPLF (e.g., criminal conduct, which I have seen in some families).

Those, however, are topics for another time.

(Conflict in a family, incidentally, is not necessarily a bad thing, as it can – if done constructively – be a resolution of past conflicts / karmic issues – which is often best resolved when both sides agree calmly to let the other be.)

The main thing I want to cover here is that some otherwise genuinely good families can be a constraint on individuals - which is nothing to do with idiocy along the lines of people "not being good enough" for others. As an example, when studying metaphysics / spirituality in a serious way, it is often necessary for people to focus their time and energy on that. Now, this is NOT the problem of trying to deal with being “born on the wrong side of the tracks”, as that is a manifestation and exercising of society’s bigotry and prejudices, and thus is nothing healthy; but there are times when other interests validly supercede those of family.

Such circumstances are also a test of that family: if they are genuinely BPLF loving, they will not only accept, but embrace that individual moving on to something greater.

Unfortunately, in real life, such situations are often cursed with lack of vision / selfishness, or things such as people planning on being supported, rather than making a genuine effort to be an independent adult. Too often, some people make the mistake of assuming that THEIR need to learn in a family environment means everyone should learn in a family environment, which is a mistake that I have written about before.

Next, I’d like to move on to the possible use of education as a preventative influence.

The background to this is that I was watching the UK TV series “House of Cards”, and in one episode a group of thugs decide to run the Prime Minister off the road and bash him (which is a little improbable, but then, this is TV, and the shooting of the thugs afterwards is even more improbable). Now, I can understand the frustration, pain, isolation and desperation of people who have been devastated by that sort of government, but expressing it violently actually undermines society as well as making a constructive resolution of what is harming them less likely. From there, it was but a small intellectual hop, skip and a jump to note that the violence at anti-Muslim / pro-humanity rallies is counter-productive, and that the cretins spouting hate are doing the work of Da’esh (as mentioned in an article on a senior counter-terrorism police office, “bogans with slogans” do not help).

Clearly, however, these people do NOT understand that they are doing harm. So … what should be done about this (apart from the staples of energetic work)?

Well, to some extent, the topic has been partially considered in the debate over what to do with those who have become or are becoming violent extremists (e.g., see here and here), and, at those stages, the options can probably be simplistically summarised down to educate them - if they’ll listen and someone with eloquence will teach, or otherwise do some form of harm minimisation.

However, in my view, we ideally would cast our view further back, to when these people are being raised, and their characters are being moulded.

Now, we’re born with  our basic character, as a result of what we have done, learned and developed, and what we have failed to do, learn or develop, in our past lives – as well as a few things we take on or block temporarily for specific incarnations, but that is shaped by our experiences in this life. In a sense, what we bring into this life is the clay, and this life is the shaping and firing.

Families are one of the shaping influences, and this where “bad” families can be such a problem, but, in today’s world, peer and other influences are probably at least or even more significant. I think some neochristian once made a statement along the lines of “give me the child until seven, and I will give you the adult” – which is a chilling allusion to the last two millennia of neochristian social engineering.

What if, on the other hand, education also addressed students’ character? They are well placed to do so, and it has been done before – “classical” education in recent centuries, as well as in other eras - and those past experiences are good examples of why it won’t and, under current circumstances, shouldn’t happen.

Past examples have effectively been passing on the values and mores of society – e.g., militarism in ancient Rome and Sparta, neochristian “values” in the last two millennia, dedication to imperialism in British “public” schools over the last few centuries, etc.

Furthermore, many parents have the tragically wrong “mini me” approach to parenting, where they – incorrectly - think children exist to promulgate their own personal world view and values, and thus they would oppose anything even if it was genuinely BPLF “good”.

Nevertheless, in an ideal world (you know, the one so populated by unicorns there is a Department for Recycling Unicorn Droppings :) ), education would pick up the inadequacies of parenting, and would also correct the errors, in a BPLF sense. It would be something which avoids the “one size fits all” flaw of so much current thinking (e.g., this review is, in my opinion, probably fatally flawed by the assumption that something is only of value if it can be applied to a majority  whereas it SHOULD be more like this [thank you, A :) ] ), and would focus on the individual and their spiritual needs.

And, since that doesn’t exist now, all people can do is turn to their BPLF Guides – who have always been available, for those who care to listen, throughout the existence of this Universe …

For more on this, see here and here.

I was also going to discuss the fact that emotions are not more important than principles, but that is large topic, and will require its own post.

[1] BPLF = Balanced Positive (spiritual) Light Forces. See here and here for more on this. 

[2] Please see here, 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").

[3] I apologise for the formatting: it seems Blogger is no longer as WYSIWYG as it used to be, and there are a lot of unwanted changes to layout made upon publishing, so I often have to edit it immediately after publishing to get the format as close to what I want as possible.

Love, light, hugs and blessings

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(pronounced "new-MYTH-ear"; ... aka Bellatrix Lux … aka Morinehtar … would-be drýicgan or maga ... )

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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 for a few minutes at some time between 8 and 11 PM on Sunday, wherever you are, to meditate-clear 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.

The real dividing line is not between Christianity and Islam, Sunni and Shia, East and West. It is between people who believe in coexistence, and those who don’t.

Tom Fletcher, Former UK Ambassador to Lebanon

• If your “gut” (your instinct/intuition) is telling you something is wrong, but logic and the available evidence is saying otherwise, the proper conclusion to draw is that you need better, more personally credible evidence. Your “gut” could be wrong, right, or missing the nuances / “shades of grey” . So could the available evidence.
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Tags: anger, children, control, education, emotions, family, growth, history, love, neochristianity, one size fits all, parenting, personal characteristics, stupidity,

First published: Manadagr, 30^th November, 2015

Last edited (excluding fixing typo's and other minor matters): Monday, 30^th November, 2015