1. Corrupt abusive dictatorships, are always created & sustained by the women. From Hitler's ardent girlie fan clubs to Stalin & Putin's babushkas, its the distorted inner emotional world of the women in that population, which is the dark-material out which abusive dictatorships are forged.

To have allowed things to get this bad. Americans are so weak.

Ordinary everyday folk have this very basic idea that its simply great for everyone to do stuff thats harmful, as long as government can protect us from feeling the negative effects. Let someone else far away suffer for it! We don't even need to think of it or look at it But birds come home to roost

Something is going on in Russia. I’m not sure what EXACTLY it is, and it could be several different things. But they seem worried.

EU enlargement requires real commitment from Brussels, otherwise candidates will simply drift away. We saw this in Georgia, and after today's announcements I am increasingly worried that we are seeing the same in Ukraine. More thoughts below 🔗👇

Nature is the most efficient technology possible Nature goes far beyond the sensory world & contains everything necessary for human enlightenment - which is the highest attainment of the human being The highest accolade that any man-made technology can have is to say that it is almost natural

There needs to be a special international statute that creates the grave offence of aiding & abetting a wanted criminal while in public office.

Alexander S. Vindman@avindman.bsky.social · last yr.

Just like Trump inviting the Taliban to Camp David, inviting Putin to Alaska stinks. The only legitimate reason for Putin to set foot in the U.S. is to arrest him as a war criminal and send him to The Hague for trial. Trump looks like a weakling trying to “Reset” with Russia.

The remaining democratic Western power - the EU, UK, Canada, Japan & Ukraine - need to declare asap that Trump has no mandate to negotiate on behalf of or on Ukraine. Anything agreed between Putin and Trump in Alaska on Friday must be declared nul & void before that meeting.

Realistically, to stop the ongoing infiltration & corruption of Europe, by the far-right kleptocracies based in Russia & the US -- And to prevent Europe's eventual collapse, Europe must achieve the following 9 goals in the Ukraine war. This is just to survive over the next 30 yrs of mayhem 🧵1/10

As things stand, Ukraine and Europe are on the verge of being confronted with exactly the kind of Faustian deal they feared would emerge back in February. The fact that Europe hasn’t moved to block such a deal in the past six months is a failure of leadership and diplomacy. /1

Before its too late, Europeans really do need to take an independent aggressive military stand against the Putin-Trump axis. Europeans have been maneuvered into a corner by Trump & Putin. We must fight for our freedom. If we do not break free from the trap, the consequences will be truly terrible.

Phillips OBrien@phillipspobrien.bsky.social · last yr.

The truth came out for even the most deluded people who really thought Trump would help Ukraine and punish Russia. Trump and Putin have been maneuvering for this all summer, a summit which will result in a horrific deal for Ukraine and Europe: a win-win for Putin. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

1. If we are to protect the natural world, ecology has to leave its academic paradigm and become a human way of living, one that permeates human activities. 2. Ecology as a shield against a humanity that is basically living a harmful way of life, not any kind of solution and will lose the fight.

1. The human body provides a nice analogy for how important right connection is in human society.

The European Hermitages Project@tehp1.bsky.social · last yr.

2. "These are dislocated societies in the sense that the natural connections are missing and the wrong connections are formed. This connecting up of society in the wrong way produces fear, which produces greed, which produces exploitation & inequality, which produces loss of trust."

1. "Societies can be organised naturally or against the natural order. When they are organised against the natural order, there is a progressive dulling of the mind of the population, a loss of contentment and a rise in superficiality, because of inner restlessness."

People need to understand the unavoidable link between the economics of gratification on the one hand, and the degradation of large numbers of the human population on the other. The consumer lifestyle (ie gratification) people are trying so hard to live, inevitably degrades the lives of millions

The people followed here on Bluesky are among the most highly educated in society. So, I wonder: How many of you have a practical understanding of the immense potential for finer inner development that all of you have?

The European Hermitages Project@tehp1.bsky.social · last yr.

1. "There are seven steps or phases of inner development. The lowest or most primitive level of human inner development is known as gratification.

It's time for action against plastic pollution. ⚠️ Only 9% of plastic is recycled. ⚠️ If current trends continue, plastic production will triple by 2060. Today, a new negotiation begins toward a global agreement to end plastic pollution. Our priorities for the agreement ↓

"No one at a low level of inner development wants to stay there, once they understand that the higher levels of inner development exist and are available to all. Our society is built on the denial of this knowledge. This is why even our most educated & wealthy are at the lowest level" Satyamuni

1. "There are seven steps or phases of inner development. The lowest or most primitive level of human inner development is known as gratification.

Our technological flab 😀 "Today there urgently needs to be a shift of focus in society to the inner development of humanity and away from the pointless, mindless, endless multiplication of external stuff. We need to stop producing all the technological flab, which is engulfing humanity"

1. "There are phases in human inner development. Lower phases when completed open out into higher phases. To reach the higher / finer phases of inner development it is necessary to complete the lower /grosser phases.

If you think of plastic as, what it actually is, oil - it suddenly becomes more insidious. But if you follow science & realise your kid is eating it with every meal - it becomes terrifying. It should be banned completely from contact with the food chain. There are substances that are safer.

RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · last yr.

Countries have begun ten days of negotiations in Geneva aimed at hammering out a landmark global treaty on combating plastic pollution

📌 One of the really interesting points made in the talk was that in natural societies ( non-harmful societies), there is a point where this non-dependence on externals becomes visible in the finer & upper strata of society, by the fact that those people don't need wealth & are not interested in it

The European Hermitages Project@tehp1.bsky.social · last yr.

6. This process of this finer inner development has nothing whatsoever to do with cars, houses, bank balances, entertainment, food or sex. That stuff is all oriented around the aim of immediate gratification on demand.

1. "It is important to check if what you are living in is civilization. Are the people around you, and the people in charge of the society pursuing civilization or something else?

Evolution as an origination theory, is like an Egyptian mummy. It has already died. Its form is just lingering on, for a little time, mainly because it serves as an authority-structure. No need to jump into creation-ism.

1. It is so important that people really come together in an organised way to uproot the insane narrative that technology can provide solutions to humanity's problems.

The purpose of life is not to find scientific and technical solutions to enable humanity to continue to do all the foolish things we have been doing. That is no solution at all. If as a scientist or techie you are working for that, you are wrong side.

Everyone is aware that a great reorganization of our society is coming. Institutions, systems of wealth & finance & the basics of government are all in slow motion collapse. But the proper reorganization of society can only come about if it is based on practical knowledge of finer inner development

The denial, by the educated & wealthy strata of our society, of the essential human need for higher inner development, their absolute refusal to understand this aspect the natural world, will bring about immense levels of suffering & violence, which will engulf them, their children & grandchildren