Post No. 3,405 - Interesting reading/viewing

I recently found the following interesting and/or useful, and am posting them here in case anyone else does as well.  

• “Part of American Culture is to Give Our 110% To Whatever We're Doing. I'm Here to Tell You NOT TO!”   https://youtube.com/shorts/2nY0ZIwYn34   VERY IMPORTANT ADVICE!   

• “triple goddesses weren't maiden mother crones, that's Robert Grave's White Goddess”   https://youtube.com/shorts/yZUqd8VNJIg   

• “Bless them 🤣”   https://youtube.com/shorts/tNMP-qUc17w   On blocking trolls and other problem people   

• “Our Paranormal Afterlife : Finding Proof of Life After Death: Arriving in the Afterlife - What Happens Next?”   https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/our-paranormal-afterlife-finding-proof-of-life-after-death/id1354455555?i=1000754437731   “This episode I am reading from Matt Mckay's book 'Lessons from the Afterlife'. • Offers a step-by-step process to unleash the unconscious and intuitive wisdom held in the awareness of your soul: Deep Knowledge Meditation • Includes guided journal prompts to help you listen to your heart and shine a light on your own deepest wisdom and soul knowledge • Shares channelled lessons from the author’s late son Jordan on the mysteries of human existence, including what the divine or god is, the nature of a soul, the nature of matter and energy, the role of love in our lives, and the origin of the universe Human life is surrounded by mystery. At the centre of this mystery are the questions: Why are we here? Is there a purpose to our existence, a reason why we’re experiencing the beauty and pain of physical life? There is also the mystery of the universe itself. What is it and where did it come from? Religious and spiritual traditions have created complex cosmologies to answer these questions, but each tradition has a different answer, and we are left with profound uncertainty about deeper reality. As psychologist Matthew McKay reveals, we can each discover our own answers to these questions, our own inner truth, by connecting with the wisdom of our souls. In this guided workbook, McKay offers a step-by-step process to unleash the unconscious and intuitive wisdom held in the awareness of your soul. He explains how to use Deep Knowledge Meditation to access all of your soul’s accumulated knowledge, everything you have learned across all of your incarnations. Channelling his late son, Jordan, a discarnate soul who has lived hundreds of lives, McKay shares Jordan’s lessons on the mysteries of human existence, including what the Divine or God is, the nature of a soul, the nature of matter and energy, the role of love in our lives, and the origin of the universe. Accompanying these channelled teachings are journal prompts to be used with Deep Knowledge Meditation to help you listen to your heart and shine a light on your own deepest wisdom and soul knowledge. Guiding you on a journey of self-discovery, this book offers the opportunity to find your soul’s truth about your life’s purpose and the nature of physical reality. Bio Matthew McKay, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, professor of psychology at the Wright Institute, co-founder of Haight Ashbury Psychological Services, founder of the Berkeley CBT Clinic, and co-founder of the Bay Area Trauma Recovery Clinic, which serves low-income clients. He has authored and co-authored more than 40 books, including Seeking Jordan: How I Learned the Truth about Death and the Invisible Universe, The Luminous Landscape of the Afterlife: Jordan’s Message to the Living on What to Expect After Death, Love in the Time of Impermanence, and Lessons from the Afterlife: A Deep Knowledge Meditation Guidebook. His website is seekingjordan.com. After Matthew’s son died, he learned how to communicate with him in the afterlife.”   

• “Mind2Mind: What Science Reveals About Telepathic Bonds | ConnectIONS Live”   https://youtu.be/PbIgeFnXHQg   “Can mind-to-mind connection be measured and amplified? IONS Director of Research Helané Wahbeh, Chief Scientist Dean Radin, and Research Assistant Sitara Taddeo share the Mind2Mind study results and the HALO project exploring technologies that may enhance human connection. This clip is from the ConnectIONS Live webinar, Mind2Mind: What Science Reveals About Telepathic Bonds”    

• “The Most Important Shadow Work You Will Ever Do”   https://youtu.be/E1IL6JiMfro   Some of the shadow can be good characteristics that have been suppressed (e.g., a sense of playfulness)    

 

 

• “The Autism Spectrum: Is Not What You Think It Is”   https://youtu.be/IWxh4A3CTJM   “Most people think autism is a straight line: “less autistic” to “very autistic.”   That’s wrong.   And it’s quietly ruining lives.   Meet Anna: IQ 135, reads Dostoevsky in Russian, forgets to pay bills.   People tell her, “You're too smart to be autistic.”   Her story shows why the linear model fails, and what autism profiles really look like.”   

• “We’re not in a good mood, we don’t trust you”   https://youtube.com/shorts/oTFLMSmG6LU    

 

 

• “Out of the Pan: A panful of women’s history: 21 years of Out of the Pan on IWD2026”   https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/out-of-the-pan/id312435652?i=1000753837741   “A panful of women’s history: 21 years of Out of the Pan on #IWD2026. Before Gender Interactive Gender Map”   

and   

• “Before Gender: Lost Stories from Trans History 1850-1950 - Eli Erlick”   https://youtu.be/AefXgyf2VYM   “As trans communities experience unprecedented targeting in the US and Europe, Eli Erlick's new book, Before Gender, thoughtfully challenges the myths surrounding trans history. She explores the vibrant, never-before-heard stories of trans people before the term gender entered our vocabulary. For this year’s LGBT+ History Month Lecture, Erlick joins Dr. Melissa Oliver-Powell in a conversation that will answer your questions about transgender people, past and present.”   

• “The Net Is There: Shed Your Victimhood and Embrace the Divine Discomfort of Truth”   https://youtube.com/shorts/3v57fPcVBdY   “To truly level up your activism, you must be willing to endure the same discomfort that you have perpetuated onto others and stop looking for a way around the work, because the net will be there only if you act with sincerity”   

• “It’s OK to celebrate the small wins, in fact, it’s crucial…bye Kristi Noem!!!!”   https://youtube.com/shorts/MDSXjB_3L2A   

• “The Iran War Has Sparked a Surprising Global Shift - YouTube”   https://youtu.be/VXYazxCUW3Q   Actually, I don’t consider the shift surprising - and also consider it has been happening at an accelerating rate over the last year and a bit ...   

• “Does power always corrupt in Australian politics?”   https://youtu.be/EF_DVbmlY30   “Can “good people” make change in Australia’s political system, or will power always corrupt? That’s the question that Jo Tarnawsky — former diplomat and chief of staff to Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles — is answering with her series exploring how power protects itself.   Tarnawsky joins the podcast to discuss what it’s like to be “in the room” when big decisions are made, how power is maintained by either weaponising or rewarding silence with gag orders, NDAs and party rules, and the biggest obstacles faced by independent voices attempting to challenge the major parties.   Plus, in light of the robodebt corruption report, how do institutions like the National Anti-Corruption Commission hold us back from good governance?”    

 

 

My article(s) on SubStack: 

• “The Quest for Significance (590 words, ~ 4 minutes)”   https://musingsofgnwmythr.substack.com/p/the-quest-for-significance-590-words   “A personal reflection as I age and life changes”     

 

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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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. 615 - Reading

G'day, hello, howdy, hi, zdravstvujtye (some of my work colleagues are Russian, including an absolutely invaluable administrator who has recently taken maternity leave - may she and young one and family be blest), guten tag (where I have connection owing to a recent past life), sveiki, czesc (I have friends, not just colleagues, at work who are Polish), bonjour (colleagues at a former workplace were French, and we practised and tried to extend my woeful and limited range of this language), selamat pagi (one of the best junior engineers I ever worked with was Malaysian, and she taught me a few words), annyeonghaseyo, pryvit, bitaem, como vai (a friend of mine a few years ago, although not Brazilian, had Portuguese ancestry), ¡Hola (a former work colleague and friend, a VERY talented artist - with a Mexican sensibility to her artwork, particularly around the Day of the Dead - used to teach me Mexican Spanish), Selamat pagi, ni hao (ah, my work trips to Asia, and the many wonderful, wonderful people I have met there - and some excellent work colleagues and friends here, as well), bongiorno (my current home city of Melbourne has lots of Greeks and Italians, who have made our culture far richer - and made us coffee snobs :) ), hoschakal, hejsan, ciao, jo napolt kivanu, chào bà, chào ông, yiassou (from the city which has, I understand, the largest collection of Greek people outside of Greece), ceau, salam wa aleikum, sawas dee ka, dia duit, hoi, hei, namaste, marhaba, dobry den.

• this is actually along the lines of why I also no longer am Wiccan: http://paganinparadise.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/leaving-wicca-with-warm-memories-and.html;
• http://paganinparadise.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/local-governments-regulate-compassion.html;
• this is a series of excellent posts, a series I will quite likely use when I come across this problem yet again: http://aquakerwitch.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/lets-talk-about-ally-behavior.html, http://aquakerwitch.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/lets-talk-about-ally-behavior-derailing.html, http://aquakerwitch.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/lets-talk-about-ally-behavior-white_6.html, and http://aquakerwitch.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/lets-talk-about-ally-behavior-straight.html;
• this was an epochal moment, one I can still remember with amazement and quiet joy: http://www.theage.com.au/world/east-german-officer-harald-jaeger-explains-why-he-opened-the-berlin-wall-20141108-11hlvg.html;
• some really good common sense thoughts in the book reviewed in this post: http://wildhunt.org/2014/11/wh-book-review-seasons-of-the-sacred-earth-by-cliff-seruntine.html;
• excellent continuation of the debate on animal sacrifice that I commented on recently: http://polytheist.com/the-web-of-blessings/2014/11/04/continuing-the-conversation-on-sacrifice/;
• this is a bit heavy, but is worth reading a few times: http://polytheist.com/noeseis/2014/11/04/polytheism-and-metaphysics-ii/;
• some interesting, subtle shades of trance - although these seem to all be consensual to some extent, perhaps, whereas my use of terms like possession is related to lack of consent, and the shades described I describe as depth of trance. Still, it is useful to see what other terms people use: http://embervoices.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/possession-trance-experience-spectrum/;
• a meme which others may be interested in taking part in. I may do so yet as well … : http://krasskova.weebly.com/blog/a-devotional-polytheist-meme;
• this is informative: http://embervoices.wordpress.com/2013/10/02/heathenry-from-a-vanatru-perspective/;
• a good article about Loki: http://readingheathenism.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/4-real-reasons-heathens-hate-lokeans-by-a-lokean/;
• another view on basics, to which I would add (psychic) flaming: http://embervoices.wordpress.com/2014/02/11/basic-spiritual-skills/;
• this article, about the use of typewriters rather than PCs contains a very interesting quote:
  “is characterised by a ‘willingness to slow down, to run counter to the furious momentum of digitised contemporary culture, its speed and its pursuit of sanitised perfection – of sound, image and format’ ”
  This is actually one of the reasons I force myself to write slowly in my work diary. The article also includes this:
  “this slow return to older technologies can actually be seen as progressive, as we are prioritizing content over medium, quality over speed and privacy over pervasive exposure”
  The article is at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/11/12/typewriters-are-back-and-we-have-edward-snowden-to-thank/;
• this post. found through an article on The Wild Hunt, is one I will check regularly: http://shaiferaro.wordpress.com/. The following post relates to other posts I have done, such as : http://shaiferaro.wordpress.com/2014/10/19/the-magical-battle-of-britain-and-haj-amin-al-husseini/;
• http://www.thorncoyle.com/blog/2014/11/06/awakening-healing/;
• http://egregores.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/in-reality-christian-theology-is.html;
• http://caw.org/content/?q=node/65, and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vavE1dNG678&list=UUc8FGWoAdNgs94c-p1g12SA&index=2;
• I once had plans to do a project to try to find types of trees that have similar characteristics to the European trees that are often discussed in Paganism, but … limited time, energy and resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsYDaD4YYOQ&list=UUc8FGWoAdNgs94c-p1g12SA&index=3;
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvixth56E1o&index=4&list=UUc8FGWoAdNgs94c-p1g12SA;
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcZWDj7yaTk&list=UUc8FGWoAdNgs94c-p1g12SA&index=5;
• http://wiccaeducation.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/it-is-appropriate-to-call-contemporary.html.

And more general links:

• this article shows the biases of racism: http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/a-tale-of-two-breastfeeding-pictures-20141107-11i9y2.html;
• a mature survey on sex: http://www.watoday.com.au/nsw/from-a-sexual-odyssey-to-marital-bliss-20141107-11i7ok.html;
• this article shows the importance of password management: http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/fly-on-the-wall-security-footage-from-australia-shows-inside-lounge-rooms-bedrooms-and-shops-20141108-11j2k5.html;
• a warning from an Australian Government website on scams: http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/893614;
• a feel good story: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/roo-rescue-dragon-boaters-hop-to-it-20141108-11j3xh.html;
• this is another example of how insurance companies have too much power, and are dictating how people live. There are better solutions: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/kicktokick-back-in-favour-at-mcg-20141110-11jrmk.html;
• to phrase this more clearly, we’re a nation of thieves. One’s commitment to ethics is always best measured by what you’re prepared to go without: http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/social-radar/were-an-out-and-proud-nation-of-illegal-downloaders-20141110-11jjiz.html;
• this is all the more reason to not waste money by going to gyms for exercise. There are other options, such as exercising at home – you don’t need fancy equipment: http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/exercise-in-air-quality-research-finds-gyms-are-not-a-breath-of-fresh-air-20141110-11jpej.html.

[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

Gnwmythr, Wéofodthegn 

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

My "blogiography" (list of all posts and guide as to how to best use this site) is here, and my glossary/index 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.

• 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'.
• Our entire life experience, with all the many wondrous and varied people, places and events in it, is too small a sample for statistical reliability about Life.
• May the world of commerce and business be recognised to be a servant, not a master, of the lives of people.
• 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.
• The means shape the end.
• 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 ...

Human dignity is the inherently cumulative holistic combination of human rights, wellbeing and potential, and all actions or interaction which promote, realise or facilitate same. The converse also applies: whatever degrades, diminishes or robs humans of dignity, is inherently undignified.

Gnwmythr

The “purpose” of spiritual evolution is not the attainment of “spiritual perfection” - not in the sense of not having to evolve further, at any rate, since there is no such thing. We need to evolve in order to grow - but we can take rest breaks (hopefully well earned :) ) along the way. No, the “purpose” of evolution is, rather, to perfect our ability to learn, and thus grow.

Gnwmythr

Jesus loves you. Odin wants you to grow up.

(Facebook meme, according to John  Beckett)

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

We didn't inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we only borrowed it from our children

Antoine De Saint-Exupéry

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.

There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.

John F. Kennedy

Tags: discrimination, gender, history, paganism, polytheism, racism, reading, society, theology, trance, transgender/transsexual/bigender, Wicca,

First published: Laugardagr, 15^th November, 2014

Last edited (excluding fixing typo's and other minor matters): Saturday, 15^th November, 2014