Post No. 497 - Holden out of, and democracy in, Australia

Well, today Holden announced that they will pull out of Australia in about 4 years time ... so ... what does that have to do with spirituality?

A MASSIVE amount - mostly, the opportunities that it creates to care.

Such an announcement creates a massive blow to morale, and - contrary to the Liberal government's claims - is not necessarily going to reduce stress and worry by creating certainty that jobs will be lost some years down the track. Workers AND THEIR FAMILIES now KNOW that they are going to be forced into a period of change, most probably against their will and quite possibly into choices that are not good. As an example, relocating a family to chase jobs causes a MASSIVE loss of social capital - I've known young people ("teenagers") who were getting by as a result of help who, if they'd been forced to relocate would probably have committed suicide before they found a counsellor they could relate to effectively (for counselling, as with many other similar skills, it is not just a case of doing a course and then you can work effectively with absolutely anyone - and anyone who thinks otherwise is an idiot - a dangerously moronic cretin, in fact). Hence, I have sent the following to my local Member of Parliament:

"Dear Member for _,

I was most disturbed to hear today that Holden has announced it will pull out of Australia, and my thoughts go to the workers at Holden and the support industries who will be affected by this. Based on previous experience (e.g., when BHP pulled out of Newcastle), is it possible to assess how many suicides/other mental health problems/family break downs/etc could happen, and thus plan accordingly in terms of the provision of services?

Media commentary has already turned to the issue of retraining workers. I am extremely sceptical of the likely success of that for older workers, or for workers who are oriented to working with their hands, a group who are often completely misunderstood and/or ignored by some, but again, some information may be available from the experience at Newcastle to indicate how many can be retrained successfully, and how many will be "underemployed" (I use this term as the official definition of unemployed is highly questionable) until they go on to a pension - or suffer self harm or the like.

I look forward to your response, and am content to wait for any research/questions in Parliament/etc that may be necessary."

I have also lit candles in my online runic shrines of Fehu (for resources, particularly financial), Uruz (for strength), Thurisaz (for breakthroughs both personal and larger), Ansuz (because people will need all the talking skills they can muster, and that isn't often easy for blue collar workers [6] ), Raidho (because there will metaphorical and literal journeys to be made), Hagalaz (for comfort during times of chaos), Naudhiz (because the need-fire will be very needed!), Eihwaz (for assistance with choosing a direction), Perthro (so the hidden can become known), Sowelu (for wellness), Tiewaz (for courage and social justice), Berkana (for nurturing), Ehwaz (for strength and management loyalty to workers), Mannaz (that the best of individuals and communities can be manifested), and Dagaz (for transformation to a better state, and dealing with mental health issues), with the following message:

"May all those affected, directly and indirectly by the announced future closure of Holden's car manufacturing / assembly factories in Australia, and their families, friends and social networks, be granted the strength, courage, fortitude, calmness, resources INCLUDING FINANCIAL to transition to a healthy, sustainable, rewarding / fulfilling lifestyle that is at least equal and preferably better than their current lifestyle, and all without any increase in loss of homes / evictions, bankruptcies, mental and other health related issues, family break ups or disruption to social capital (i.e. social networks)."

(My ongoing candles on this will be Fehu, Eihwaz, Mannaz and Dagaz.)

All large events - and this one goes beyond the few thousand workers at Holden to the tens of thousands of other jobs affected - are an opportunity to care, which is an argument I have having all the way back to Olympics in the 80s, and more recently about the opportunity created by having lots of communication going through a few servers ...

I have to say that I am also gravely concerned in general about the state of democracy in Australia [3] . In Queensland, the disgraceful Campbell Newman [2] has made a mockery of Parliamentary process with his ill-advised, injudicious and downright foolish laws against bikies / bikers - which have already led to major problems including strip searches. The absurdity of these laws is well illustrated by this: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/09/knit-your-revolt-why-my-tricycle-gang-is-taking-on-queenslands-bikie-laws.

Nationally, the situation isn't much better. The 'Liberal' Party is struggling with the transformation from rabid, slogan-ranting, obfuscating opposition to actually having to form and run a Government and actually do things ... Probably the most clear cut policy they had was to stop asylum seekers, and that had some appallingly stupid ideas, things that hadn't been thought through very well at all, as they were always likely to offend and not be accepted by Indonesia. More concerningly, it is a direct continuation of the politics of fear that the evil John Howard used to great political effect.

Creating fear and demonisation of a helpless minority bear parallels to what happened in Germany in the 30s - although we're unlikely to see see same situation of dozens of large, openly existing and active, private armies. We have had violence, of course - for instance, the Cronulla riots [4] , which I doubted had been properly dealt with, and then I read this showing that others share my view: http://www.theguardian.com/world/postcolonial/2013/dec/11/still-capacity-for-cronulla-riot. My nation, Australia is also, of course, notorious for its "White Australia" policy, which I understand actually influenced the apartheid policy.

In all of this, we do have people arguing for better observance of human rights, particularly the international obligations we have signed up to [5] - and this also happened in Germany in the 30s. Recently, I saw a film about Hans Litten, who subpoenaed Hitler to appear in a court case in the early 30s and grilled Hitler to the extent that Hitler could never bear to hear Litten's name mentioned. (Sadly, Litten was arrested in 1933, sent to a concentration camp, and tortured until he committed suicide. Appallingly, after World War Two, neither the USA nor the USSR would acknowledge Litten as he didn't fit into their Cold War nonsense ... )

We have people who are doing their best along the lines of Litten's attempts (the activist organisation GetUp is particularly good, and the Greens are doing what they can), but who is trying to inspire people to lift their views to the extent that they are spiritually 'bigger' (more BPLF [1]) than any taught racism or fear, and start calmly acknowledge, accept and welcome  asylum seekers? Where is our Gandhi, our JFK, our Nelson Mandela? We had Bob Hawke stand up to Maggie Thatcher at the 1986 special CHOGM to push for economic sanctions, and a few others have been inspiring either in their day or afterwards, but where is our uplifting leader now?

Well, in the meantime, I'll light more candles - in Tyr, for every Australian to have courage, understanding and perspective to rise above racism / sexism including challenging it when a witness, and also in Kenaz,  Ansuz and Eihwaz.

When I started planning this post I was going to research quite a few links (I'll still read quite a few), but now will only give the following link for now: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/10/asylum-seekers-former-chief-justice-condemns-politicians-approach

And now, time for the Hope, Peace, Love and Prosperity Ritual.


PS I will also be clearing all negative units that could interfere, hinder or block the accomplishment of these goals - including things like discarnate, earthbound entities who are influencing people towards more hard line attitudes or lack f awareness (social blindness!). 




[3] As I flippantly said to my partner when she asked what I writing about, democracy had last been reported scurrying through Bourke Street a couple of years ago ...

[4] We have had other notable experiences of violence as well - the Hilton Bombing, assassinations, the sniping attack on a picnic party in World War One, the Eureka Stockade / Rebellion, the Irish riots, attacks on Chinese and the wars and mass murders committed against the indigenous people of this land.

[5] After the appalling Tampa affair, I would be embarrassed to ask for assistance if I got in to trouble while cruising overseas.  

[6] I know blue collar workers who are quite fluent, but the OVERWHELMING MAJORITY ARE NOT - and whether that is due to lack of education or opportunity is IRRELEVANT. Acknowledge and deal with the reality! Help them as they are, not as you wish them to be!!!


[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 
(pronounced "new-MYTH-ear"; ... aka Bellatrix Lux?)

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.

• One size does NOT fit all. 
• 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.
• Like fire to the physical, emotions to the soul make a good servant, and a bad master. 
• "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.  
• Sometimes you just can't argue with a biped that is armed with a sharp stick, a thick head and not too much in the way of grunts.
• 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.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger [people]. JOHN F. KENNEDY (who was quoting 19th century Episcopal Bishop Phillips Brooks)

Jesus loves you.  Odin wants you to grow up. (Facebook meme, according to John Beckett)

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

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: discrimination, economy, racism, society,

First published: Wodansdagr, 11th December, 2013

Last edited: Friday, 13th December, 2013 (added postscript)

Post No. 496 - A weekend's speculations

I'd like to begin this post with two links.

The first is to a post on The Wild Hunt about some evil abuses of legal process and the media as a result of bigotry. In response, I have lit candles to the following effect, and will continue to do so regularly:

"may the evil bigots behind the false imprisonment and the abuse of the Kellers and "San Antonio 4" be exposed and publicly brought to full, fair and impartial BPLF justice, whether in this life or the next, and may their victims and any others who are of the same ilk as those evil bigots see the justice being done and know that it is justice in this matter, and may justice be extended to all who have or are suffering under similar circumstances of so-called “moral panic”. "

Please consider doing the same.

The second link, also from a post on The Wild Hunt, shows someone having the courage to stand up and 'do the right thing' as a result of the inspiration of Nelson Mandela: http://www.thorncoyle.com/blog/2013/12/05/mandela-and-me/. Bless T. Thorn Coyle as well as Nelson Mandela.

And that's a good lead in to the first speculation I wanted to write about today: why meet famous people?

I know quite a few people have thought and written about fame and glamour, and such issues, but I would like to put a personal slant on this, which is: why am I so ambivalent about the possibility of meeting famous people? Well, upon thinking this through, my first reaction is that I couldn't think of what to say - and that is because I feel I would have to justify my presence in their life - which, in turn, is because I see privacy as more valuable than fame.

On the other hand, being in the presence of a truly spiritually evolved person can lead to getting a boost from their aura, just as one would from a sacred place.

In the case of Nelson Mandela (I do not consider it appropriate that I use his clan name), he was human and had flaw, yes, but he was still a great human being - in part BECAUSE of his flaws, and the changes he went through in his life as he learned to become who he was at the end of his life. Those changes and lessons for me include the topic I struggle most with - forgiveness.

And, as an example of perhaps not being forgiving :) , I recently went - for about the third time - to a new local bakery to get my wholemeal bread rolls for lunch (plus another for brekkie - fresh out of the oven, with no butter or margarine, even better if it is still warm, it is wonderful). Sad to say, their service was poor again, for the third time, so I probably won't go there much again. What was most noticeable, however, was the amount of noise - someone had a radio turned up so loudly at the back of the shop that I couldn't hear or be heard properly, and that got me thinking about the issue of noise pollution.

A lot of people are aware of pollution of air, environment and water, and problems such as littering; some may even be aware of what is termed 'light pollution' [2], which is why astronomers locate telescopes away from cities; fewer are aware of the problem of noise pollution, in the sense of excessive background human sounds. As I write this, I have the occasional car go past, a car door just slammed, dogs bark in the distance (which then sets off 'our' dog, laying a few feet away on the floor), and from time to time I hear people or passing planes - and a helicopter flew by half an hour ago. There are a few birds, but it's building up to a thunderstorm, so they're a little quieter than usual. In other words, for a city suburb, it is remarkably quiet. Quiet enough that I - as an experienced meditator - could probably meditate, but I wouldn't want to try learning astral travelling. Ah  and there is a car horn sounding, probably from someone too lazy and inconsiderate to get out, walk to a door and knock - and, here in Victoria, at least, they're breaking the law which says a car horn can only be sounded in an emergency.

I've lived in places that were worse - the constant hum of traffic, in particular, can be a problem. And, of course, at work there is a constant background hum of voices, air conditioning, traffic, and so on. (Mind you, it is the constant psychic pressure of four million leaky auras that really gets to me here.)

It all adds up, you know, and contributes to the constant level of stress that humans in modern Western 'civilisation' live with, stress that, in many cases, is akin to the seasonal famines and risks of death that our biology evolved for (which I've written about previously). Hence, although we've greater food security than ever before (in the West), many of us are living in physiological states akin to the risk of death of starvation during a famine season.

Going back to noise pollution, I enjoy quiet, but one of the reasons I enjoy getting out into the countryside (apart from the reduced psychic pressure as I leave the situation of having four million leaky auras around me) is that human-made sounds are replaced with the magickal sounds of Nature - birds, the winds in the trees ... if I was sailing, there would be the sound of the waves and the wind, albeit in the rigging and around the hull of a human-made 'machine', a boat (sail powered of course :) ).

When I was younger, particularly when I was a teenager and up till I was in my mid to late 30s, I enjoyed having music around me. As I matured, I got past the stage of needing sound around me (or perhaps, particularly when I was a teenager, that was either a need for stimulation to give my inner energy a direction, or an external energy to match my inner?), and started quietly reflecting more. Now, and since my early to mid 40s, I positively enjoy peace and quiet - but still need the occasional dose of music :)

So ... noise pollution: is it age related?

And on age, I would like to have a little whinge here about World Bank funded projects. Whenever I've been involved in bidding for such projects, the emphasis seems to be on certified copies of qualifications - which discriminates against trans* people - and "relevant projects in the last three years".

Are they stupid? Or lacking in life experience? Did they get a recent graduate to come up with that?

First off, while I agree that people should have the appropriate qualifications to prevent fraud, and it should be possible to verify them, certified copies of testamurs are not the way to go: such things can be faked so contact the institution directly, and think about the discrimination that such a policy enacts! More importantly, getting a qualification is just the START of gaining experience. As I recently wrote, there is an argument that it takes 10,000 hours of practise to master something, which means that graduates possibly need around five years of experience before they start to become effective - and that certainly matches experience in the engineering profession, where people with less than five years of experience are considered graduates.

Experiences counts - but not only the last three years! There are projects from over twenty years ago that gave me lessons that are still valid! So, again, was this emphasis on the last three years' worth of projects written by someone from the smartphone generation who thinks fashions and fads cause a replacement of sound engineering principles every few years???

Now, that rant is not quite justified: what the World Bank is seeking to do, perhaps, is make sure that people are fully and presently conversant with current thinking in their field - and you saw that flaw in previous paragraph, Dear reader, didn't you?

Nevertheless, the focus on experience is not the way to go - as a professional, I have to keep myself up-to-date through ongoing professional development, and get audited on that every three years. How about checking that, and how about acknowledging that relevant experience goes beyond the last three years? As an example of that, I did some work to help implement sewer mining in Victoria which was invaluable to an project involving that - but I did it back in the 90s ...

Next, I'd like to consider the issue of unelected officials and advisers. Those people are not subjected to any sort of scrutiny or accountability, and were problem under Rudd, and now seem to be being a problem under Abbott. Such people need to understand the collaborative process of parliamentary democracy, and that it is the elected representative, not the machinery behind the representative, that matters - not the manipulative or power-focused or party-focused unelected officials and advisers.

I've often advocated for electing policies first, and then MPs second, which might go part of the way to addressing this issue. Ah well, in the meantime I'll just light a lot more candles, and do a lot more clearing (see the second and third posts I ever did on this blog, at http://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2007/06/workshop-on-past-lives-part-1-working.html and http://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2007/06/workshop-on-past-lives-part-2.html) of any negative units which are either being used by, or are using, or are influencing/supporting such people ...


Finally, the SEEK Safely campaign which I mentioned recently. I consider it an excellent campaign, justified and justifiable, and one that raises issues everyone should think of. However, I'm not convinced that it applies to Australia (as I indicated at the time; see also http://www.gnwmythr.com/ethics.html, http://gnwmythr.blogspot.com.au/p/blog-page_1.html, http://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2012/02/ethics-is-not-county-in-england.html, http://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/, and even http://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/sites/SWA - which I would argue applies to anyone helping in such ventures, and it would be reasonable to consider that such standards would be applied as a minimum to any paying participants. Nevertheless, I am considering - from the richness of my few hundred dollars a year 'business empire' - signing it. Why? Because it sets an example for others, and sends a powerful message that everyone has a right to expect reasonable protection and safety - ESPECIALLY from someone who professes to be concerned about that person's wellbeing.

The only fly in the ointment remaining is that they do not appear to have a privacy policy complying with the Privacy Acts in Australia, so I am reluctant to give them a copy of my signature ... seriously.


[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 
(pronounced "new-MYTH-ear"; ... aka Bellatrix Lux?)

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.

• One size does NOT fit all. 
• 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.
• Like fire to the physical, emotions to the soul make a good servant, and a bad master. 
• "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.  
• Sometimes you just can't argue with a biped that is armed with a sharp stick, a thick head and not too much in the way of grunts.
• 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.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger [people]. JOHN F. KENNEDY (who was quoting 19th century Episcopal Bishop Phillips Brooks)

Jesus loves you.  Odin wants you to grow up. (Facebook meme, according to John Beckett)

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

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: abuse of power, attitudes, courage, discrimination, economy, environment, examples, experience, governance, Nelson Mandela, privacy, stages of life, stress,

First published: Sunnudagr, 8th December, 2013

Last edited: Sunday, 8th December, 2013

Post No. 495 - A Rangers of the Inner Place technique: connecting (attuning) chakras

I've posted about this technique previously, but it feels that I am supposed to elaborate on that, so here goes.

The principle is simple enough, and quite probably many other people have found it, and it is done for the purpose of attuning chakras in different people to each other, so that they may be in greater harmony, and thus better able to work together.

• as always, establish protection, including doing (psychic) flaming to cleanse my aura and the space I am working in (see http://gnwmythr.blogspot.com.au/2011/07/expecto-patronum-flaming-and-bursts-of.html); 
• activate solar plexus and higher chakras - that is:
  solar plexus, heart, throat, "third eye" (forehead), and crown, if you're using the seven chakra system, and
  solar plexus, connection between solar plexus and heart, heart, connection between heart and throat, throat, "third eye" (forehead), crown, Causal Star, Soul Star, and Stellar Gateway, if you're using the thirteen chakra system,
  (see my posted workshop notes here and here, and here); 
•  ask your BPLF [1] Guides/Patron Deities to give you:
  (1) an impression of a colour to represent the frequency of a selected chakra (start from highest frequency chakra - crown or Stellar Gateway, and work downwards), and then
  (2) an impression of a colour to represent the frequency it "should" be in order to be best tuned in to others working, or to accomplishing this particular task, and then
  (3) an impression of a colour to add to your selected chakra (via colour breathing or a similar technique) in order to change it's frequency to that which it "should" be; 
• do the change of frequency; and 
• check that you feel tuned in correctly.

When you are working with others physically present, that last step should include things like finding evidence of enhanced ability to communicate psychically, and better being able to get the same guidance. It is the key to a group of Rangers being able to work together - initially, in a group of three called a Triangle, and then of getting groups of Triangles to work together, with each Triangle having a particular task - for instance, one Triangle being focused on protecting where the assembled group is working from, one Triangle protecting the area where the rescues and/or clearings are being performed (which basically is intended to stop those who are being negative from being able to draw in other negative energy, entities or objects - collectively termed negative "units), one Triangle scouting the area, two Triangles doing the work, another Triangle in reserve, and another Triangle directing what is happening - yes, that is seven Triangles, or twenty one people ... If you want to do some serious spirit rescue and clearing, you may well find yourself having to take on very strong entities, and it is safer - since I am assuming neither you nor I is a great "Master" :) - to have a group of trained, practised ("drilled"), cooperative people to work together ...


Oh, and, when trying this out, see my comments about practising here ... it gets faster with practise.

[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 
(pronounced "new-MYTH-ear"; ... aka Bellatrix Lux?)

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.

• One size does NOT fit all. 
• 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.
• Like fire to the physical, emotions to the soul make a good servant, and a bad master. 
• "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.  
• Sometimes you just can't argue with a biped that is armed with a sharp stick, a thick head and not too much in the way of grunts.
• 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.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger [people]. JOHN F. KENNEDY (quoting 19th century Episcopal Bishop Phillips Brooks)

Jesus loves you.  Odin wants you to grow up. (Facebook meme, according to John Beckett)

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

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: chakras, energy work, frequencies, Rangers of the Inner Plane, 

First published: Laugardagr, 7th December, 2013

Last edited: Saturday, 7th December, 2013

Post No. 494 - The passing of a Great Soul: Nelson Mandela. Adieu, Great Soul, adieu.

The world has lost a great person today, with the death of Nelson Mandela. Mr Mandela's grace, poise, dignity and wisdom, won at great cost as he struggled for peace, freedom and dignity for all people, have and will continue to inspire me, and many others for a great many years to come - as will the personal changes he underwent on his personal journey.

Nelson Mandela, your legacy is outstanding, honourable and honoured - it goes well beyond acheiving freedom for South Africa, with organisations such as The Elders and the Nelson Mandela Foundation. May those of us left behind continue to honour your legacy, including projects such as giving 67 minutes to the community on Nelson Mandela Day.

Wherever you are in the astral worlds, may you be blessed, may you have the rewards you have well and truly earned, and may you allow yourself to appreciate, acknowledge and enjoy your accomplishments and all they have earned you.

Adieu, Great Soul, adieu.

Post No. 493 - A coupla thoughts ...

When I was learning, as a scrawny runt of a teenager, how to be a skipper a sailing dinghy, one of the exercises I initially struggled with was that of keeping the boat moving in a straight line when on a broad reach in a quartering sea. So, what all that means is that we were travelling with and across the wind (typically, at about a 30 to 45 degree angle to the direction that the wind was blowing), and the waves generated by the wind would approach the boat at a about a 45 degree angle. As they did, the rearmost corner of the boat that was reached by the wave would be lifted and pushed a little by the wave, the opposing side of the bow would dig in, and the boat would tend to swing across the wave front, and then I would pull on the tiller and get the back back on course - resulting in a corkscrew course that would have - as my skipper, who was teaching me, said - broken the back of a snake :) (No, he wasn't being nasty - we both had a good sense of humour and understood each other's humour.) That corkscrewing isn't good - it can be dangerous in rough conditions, but as I was learning, this was all happening in relatively smooth water the waves were only a couple of feet or so high. In those conditions, it mainly meant we were slower than the other boats we were racing against, as we wound up sailing a longer distance (yes, my steering those first few times was that bad - but, mind you, we could win or lose races by a few inches, so every little bit counted). What was supposed to happen was that I should have pulled on the tiller earlier and harder, to keep the boat travelling in a more less straight line. It wasn't that I actually had to pull on the tiller all that hard, it's just that I had - again, to quote my skipper, good ol' Bert, my arms had the muscles of chicken legs. (I later developed a fair bit of strength in my arms through weight training, then regretted that from time to time as I was too bulky to be fashionable ... so stuff the fashionistas - I'll take being strong any day!) I eventually did learn to keep the boat travelling in a straight line, and then I found that, if I pulled on the tiller even earlier and harder, I could get the boat surfing - and suddenly I was competitive on the downwind legs of races.

Life can be like that in many ways: you struggle to accomplish something, and then when you have managed to get that something to the equivalent of steering a straight course, you may well find that you can apply that technique "even harder" to make major gains. I suppose an example of that is working with colour. It can be a struggle to do that initially (see my post on colour healing, at http://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2007/08/colour-healing-example-of-my-early.html), but then it becomes easier to use the technique, and THEN you can use the technique to cleanse or heal rooms, places or even whole regions.

Another example is developing the skill of clearing by doing what I term karmic regression-rescue (see the second and third posts I ever did on this blog, at http://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2007/06/workshop-on-past-lives-part-1-working.html and http://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2007/06/workshop-on-past-lives-part-2.html): it can be initially a major accomplishment to work with one aspect of one life, but then it starts to become easier and you wind up dealing with the same issue in multiple lives at once, and other advanced techniques I won't go into here.

Now, I'd like to move on to another topic, and I'll begin with a question: what is Buddhism about? In essence, happiness.

Surprised? No doubt some would be! The thing is, Buddhism doesn't conflate fleeting sensory indulgences with true, lasting happiness. As an example of that, consider the baby whose absolute pleasure is to get fed when hungry ... bliss ... until hungry again, and howling because the baby cannot feed itself - better to become mature enough to be able to feed oneself (all of which assumes one is free of poverty and malnutrition - and too many people on this planet are not).

As another example, get a drug hit and you'll probably feel high as a kite for a while, but then comes the down ... If you're taking drugs to escape from something, maybe face up to that, including making whatever unpleasant changes and doing whatever grieving may be necessary, and then face life afresh - calmer, and stronger for the knowledge of having overcome a problem. Goddess that's a patronising little rant - never mind, I actually intended it to be, knowing that the reasons people take drugs - and I include alcohol in that - are complex, and often include pressure from society (peers are the LEAST of it), and quite commonly, trying to cope with having been abused or assaulted. Nevertheless, the principle still remains: if you're having trouble coping with having been abused, get some help that will be lasting help - counselling, a genuinely supportive friend, meditation, whatever genuinely works best for you; if you drink alcohol because it's the only way you know how to interact socially, try something to broaden your mind - study, meditate, etc.

It is important to be aware what it is that we really want, when we are seeking happiness. Failing to understand that can lead to things like staying in a situation that is abusive - it's a bit like the kid who misbehaves, knowing that they will get into trouble, because being punished is better than no attention at all. After I started this post, I came across this article http://www.seeksafely.org/2013/11/09/seeking-happiness/ [3] (courtesy of The Wild Hunt), and there are some very good comments in there about our TRUE motivations for doing things.

Buddhism takes that sort of approach: looking deeply, and also takes into consideration a view that life extends beyond this current physical incarnation.

To expand on the first point a little, I found I couldn't have any sort of effective (intimate) relationship until I could relate properly to myself, which basically means I had to face up to and resolve some fairly deep personal issues first. Those young women at high school, on the other hand, who were always involved with someone else and had contempt for anyone who didn't share their obsession with sex and "being hitched" (note that none of it had to do with either love, a genuine relationship or even an honest meeting of sexual desires), are basically just an older version of toddler screaming for a feed ... as are at least some people taking drugs or alcohol.

Now, it is acceptable to indulge a little with things like alcohol, but do so for the purpose of enjoying that pleasure, that sensation, not for some hidden and unacknowledged reason (the number of people I know who can talk knowledgeably about wine, for instance, but only do so because they want a sense of belonging to a social elite! - on the other hand, probably the best appreciation of wine I've had since I left my parent's home was with a wastewater treatment plant operator) - and never allow the alcohol to control you, or turn you into a violent or abusive monster. [4]

The same applies to spiritual growth. Are you pursuing this for peace, a sense of value, some other reason? It doesn't matter what the reason is (well, up to a point - studying to gain knowledge to enable control over others is dodgy, in my view), but it is important to UNDERSTAND. One of the things I encountered during the time I was Buddhist, was a stage of growth where one was supposed to become comfortable with personal oblivion. That is very confronting, and contrary to my opinion of what Reality is, but going through the exercise does give you the chance to find out quite a bit about yourself, and to become calmer about many other things in life.

So .. why do you want to be happy?



[3] I'm quite possibly going to write about that website at some stage in the near future. I quite like the pledge they are asking people to sign up to: you can read more about it (beginning with the Wild Hunt article) at http://wildhunt.org/2013/12/what-should-we-learn-from-james-arthur-rays-return.html, http://www.seeksafely.org/, http://www.seeksafely.org/2013/10/31/can-hay-house-conference/ and http://www.seeksafely.org/the-promise/. Note also that, here in Australia at least, everyone who takes money is subject to laws - see http://www.gnwmythr.com/ethics.html (and everyone everywhere is subject to laws when physical injury happens - as the person responsible for the deaths found out when jailed [although the articles give me the impression that the sentence may have been inadequate, in some people's views]; one of the best parts of my day job has been the various safety roles I've taken on over the years, including on a mine site, and I have applauded most of the changes to safety laws in the last few decades - especially the ones that prevent Principals evading their responsibilities for safety when engaging people to do work under a Contract).

[4] One of our cats is quite a pleasure puss: he licks my coffee cup after I've had it, is first for food and pats - and has absolutely no hesitation whatsoever in putting himself forward for either ... but he also, as a result, takes a greater interest in what we're doing. Whenever there's a complicated (or nice smelling!) meal being prepared, he'll often be in the kitchen sitting on a chair, taking a great interest in the details of what is going on. In fact, we've often joked that he's preparing himself for a life as a human (although I don't accept the change of evolutionary line theory in incarnation on human - apart from a limited change from humans to dolphins, perhaps). What this boils down to is that, in addition to the enjoyment of pleasures that do not harm others (spectacular, excessive consumption is out as it takes resources away from others and may be being indulged in to rub other people's faces in it, but the Christian guilt around sex is rubbish - just make sure there is free, informed consent) for their own sakes, an interest in pleasure can lead to, if not spiritual growth, then a stimulation of the mind. Think about it :)

[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 
(pronounced "new-MYTH-ear"; ... aka Bellatrix Lux?)

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.

• One size does NOT fit all. 
• 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.
• Like fire to the physical, emotions to the soul make a good servant, and a bad master. 
• "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.  
• Sometimes you just can't argue with a biped that is armed with a sharp stick, a thick head and not too much in the way of grunts.
• 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". 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.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger [people]. JOHN F. KENNEDY (quoting 19th century Episcopal Bishop Phillips Brooks)

Jesus loves you.  Odin wants you to grow up. (Facebook meme, according to John Beckett)

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

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: about me, attitudes, Buddhism, happiness, learning, life lessons, motivation, self awareness, self indulgence, self knowledge,

First published: Thorsdagr, 5th December, 2013

Last edited: Fryrsday, 6th December, 2013 (added note 4)

Post No. 492 - Peace ... and the disputed Senkaku / Diaoyu / Tiaoyutai islands

There have been some very concerning escalations around the disputed Senkaku / Diaoyu / Tiaoyutai islands [2] of late. I've been working on this for some time, and I suppose one woman doing her little bit of work can't outweigh over a billion people, many of whom want to - basically - feel good about themselves.

That is what a lot of it boils down to, you know - nationalistic jingoism, a desire to feel good about oneself, and, for many people, feeling part of a powerful nation is considered an acceptable way of having what - falsely - passes for good self esteem. Doubt that? Think of the critics of wherever you live ... feel OK about that criticism? If you do, you are, sadly, part of a minority. Most people lack the self reflection to be aware that such things are an external distraction from an inner lack; combine that with an ignorance, naiveté or - even worse - glorifying fervour about war, and you have a situation where people will think saber rattling is good ... maybe they even fool themselves that it won't come to war.

Perhaps they're like our dog, who has just been barking at the yappy little dog next door ... the dogs are reacting out of instinct, showing territorial aggression without any thought (thereby making life very unpleasant for everyone who has to listen to the bloody barking): if they were able to face off, they wouldn't think about discrepancy in size, they'd just react out of instinctual possessiveness and exclusion. Well, to some extent that's OK with dogs (although they should be trained out of such behaviour), but it is completely unacceptable in humans.

We're suppose to be creatures with the ability to think. So ... think! Is the threat of taking lives and causing massive economic, physical, mental, emotional, environmental and spiritual damage over a small area really worth it? The sane answer has to be "no". If the Chinese take military action, the USA will respond - they're on tenterhooks about Chinese power anyway! And that will drag others in ... The Chinese need to remember, from their many past times when they were the most powerful nation in Asia and, at times, the world, that the way of true power in this situation is to not resort to physical violence.

The islands are disputed - that is a fact. So ... work out an adult way of discussing or resolving the dispute - take decades of talking if you want. I understand that no-one lives there, so it's not as if there are people whose future is at stage or in limbo (if there were, it would be an issue for genuine, free, uncoerced self determination). Talk! And THINK about war really means and costs ...

And now, let's look at the matter from a metaphysical / spiritual point of view.

There is no question that the USA is a powerful nation, and has been for much of its independent existence. There's also no question that it has been uncomfortable with that power, most of the time - the times it has withdrawn from the world and adopted an isolationist stance come to mind in particular. Well, people, use it or lose it: if you cannot exert the power you have responsibly and in a BPLF [1] manner, be prepared to lose it. That is not a threat: it is a spiritual principle. I tell my students that they have a responsibility to use the knowledge they are gaining from me and others. Otherwise, they are like a person with a rope walking by a river and ignoring someone who is drowning in that river and within throwing distance of the rope.

There are a few more mundane aspects of this: basically, to stay fluent with a skill one needs to practise that skill. If I tried to resume sailing now, I would be at nothing like the level of skill that I had previously: I would have to practise as intensely as I used to in order to regain that level of skill. With clearing, I drilled my students in repetitious routines to develop and maintain skill levels.

In terms of political power and skill, one practices for the world stage by learning responsible, caring and BPLF use of that power within one's borders - and that is where I consider the USA has been sadly let down by its leaders. This view is partly formed by rereading Marion Zimmer Bradley's "Heartlight",which expresses concerns over the use of power within the USA in the late 20th Century. I also have similar concerns, but my concerns are about the lack of social equity and justice - the massive discrimination which has existed and still does against minority groups such as the poor, women, ethnic groups, non-Abrahamic religions, LGBTIQ people, and anyone else who can usefully be tarred and feathered as a simultaneous target and stimulus of fear - the USA's George Bush's were much the same as our John Howard, and the politics of fear has done many nations an enormous disservice in the last few decades.

I do NOT consider the USA an exemplary bastion of freedom or democracy because of its failure to be socially inclusive and responsible (their first failure of the exercise of power, I would suggest, with the right to "do others over" in the interests of greed and a failure to achieve a mature balance of rights and responsibilities around economic matters being the outcome of that failure - and much of the USA's insistence on free-market laissez-faire capitalism is a continuation of that failure), but the other options in the situation I am considering are worse. Japan is possibly experiencing a resurgence of the nationalism which led to its war of expansion in the 30s and 40s (see here), and China - which is the one of the places my work has taken me is still a totalitarian state. It is moving towards democracy, but it is not there yet, not by a long shot. On my first work trip there, in the 90s, a few years after the Tiananmen Square massacre, we had secret police trying to bait us about Chinese activists: it was scary. There have been quite a few changes since then, but activists and those agitating for freedom are still being 'disappeared'. In all three nations, a war abroad would potentially seem like a good way to distract people at home from their internal problems.

So ... what is the best option here? Well, probably that would be for the best of the USA to drown out its flaws and come up with something (or for someone else to do so) in this situation that is akin to what the USA was key in getting started around Iran's nuclear ambitions - which was a major, admirable accomplishment, notwithstanding Israel's concerns - and what Russia helped initiate around Syria's chemical weapons. I rather suspect, however, that the USA's fear of sharing power with China (oh for compulsory lessons on history - how many US Presidents since Kennedy have had the same appreciation of history) makes that less likely, so we're back to what can be done spiritually / psychically / metaphysically.

The first thing would probably be to work towards having a breakthrough of a similar nature made manifest in relation to this matter- clear negative units that are obstacles, manifest positive energy by lighting candles and meditating (remember: tonight at 9PM your time). As you do so, be aware of the human issues involved - particularly the fact that much of this is lack of awareness around what war really costs, and around what is really required for true, mature, responsible freedom ...

I consider it likely that the forces who oppose the forces of Balanced Positive Light are seeking to strengthen that short sightedness, with a view to it leading to the chaos of war and the rage that leads to cycle of revenge from some (it only has to be a small percentage for this cycle to become self perpetuating) of those who have lost loved ones. The response? Help people become comfortable with personal inadequacies and faults to the extent that they don't need an external distraction ...

Peace is a long, slow process requiring everlasting vigilance. Oh - and if this dispute is resolved peacefully, there are some very nasty wars already happening elsewhere ...



[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 
(pronounced "new-MYTH-ear"; ... aka Bellatrix Lux?)

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.

• One size does NOT fit all. 
• 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.
• Like fire to the physical, emotions to the soul make a good servant, and a bad master. 
• "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.  
• Sometimes you just can't argue with a biped that is armed with a sharp stick, a thick head and not too much in the way of grunts.
• 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". 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.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger [people]. JOHN F. KENNEDY (quoting 19th century Episcopal Bishop Phillips Brooks)

Jesus loves you.  Odin wants you to grow up. (Facebook meme, according to John Beckett)

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

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: emotions, nonviolence, peace, personal responsibility, self awareness, self esteem, self knowledge, violence, war, 

First published: Sunnudagr, 1st December, 2013

Last edited: Sunday, 1st December, 2013