Category: People In Need Of Help

Worldwide Meditation/Visualization for Rain in Australia

 

Hello all
Worldwide Collective Prayer Invitation for Australia: 🙏💛🙏🏻
Currently there are out-of-control fires in 4 States of Australia. Human and animals lives are at risk– with both human and many animal fatalities already. They need a miracle to bring on the rain.
The power of people praying together is very powerful.
You are invited to partake in a 3 minute prayer/intention where we collectively see/feel/hear:
A massive gathering of monsoon rain, falling on the affected areas (see map below), lasting for days. Gentle consistant rain, soaking into the land, all fires are put out. See/feel/hear the people celebrating, full of joy and gratitude. All animals too are grateful !
See/feel/hear this in 3D, colour, present time, NOW.
Collectively praying!/ intending together at the same time, has a much more powerful effect than when we pray individually. Please feel free to post this invitation to any friends or groups in your community 💛
Whatever faith or spiritual belief you connect to, enlist the Grace of this to come to Australia’s aid. The Compassionate Grace of the Divine will hear our calling!
You have two time options, depending on what suits you (cities/countries in alphabetical order, enough examples to figure out your time zone ) :
Adelaide: Fri 3 Jan 5.30pm, or Saturday 4 Jan 5.30am
Auckland: Fri 3 Jan 8pm, or Saturday 4 Jan 8am
Beijing : Fri 3 Jan 3pm, or Sat 4 Jan 3am
Berlin:Fri 3 Jan 8am, or Friday 3 Jan 8pm
Cape Town: Fri 3 Jan 9am, or Fri 3 Jan 9pm
Chennai: Fri 3 Jan 12.30pm, or Saturday 4 Jan 12.30am
London : Fri 3 Jan 7am, or Fri 3 Jan 7pm
Malaysia: Fri 3 Jan 3pm, or Saturday 4 Jan 3am
New York: Fri 3 Jan 2am, or Fri 3 Jan 2pm
Perth: Fri 3 Jan 3pm, or Saturday 4 Jan 3am
San Francisco: Thurs 2 Jan 11pm, or Fri 3Jan 11am
Singapore: Fri 3 Jan 3pm, or Saturday 4 Jan 3am
Sydney: Fri 3 Jan 6pm, or Saturday 4 Jan 6am
Tokyo: Fri 3 Jan 4pm, or Saturday 4 Jan 4am
Turkey: Fri 3 Jan 10am, or Fri 3 Jan 10pm
Ukraine: Fri 3 Jan 8am, or Fri 3 Jan 8pm
Vancouver: Thurs 2 Jan 11pm, or Friday 3 Jan 11am
Vladivostok: Fri 3 Jan 5pm, or Saturday 4 Jan 5am
Many thanks for your love and care, rich blessings to you all. 💛🙏🏻💛💦💧💦💧💦💛🙏🏻💛
Author Brigeeta Ligh

‘Everything is Burning’: Australian Inferno Continues, Choking Off Access to Cities Across Country and “These fires are likely to continue to spread well past Christmas.”

 

editor victoria’s comment ~ let us use our creation abilities and powers and manifest RAIN to our friends and family in australia.  We Are SOURCE and we command RAIN NOW to put out these fires.  It Is Done.  Please share the piece below on your social media pages.  thank you.

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Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Australia is on fire.

The country on Saturday saw delayed flights on the second day of a national state of emergency due to raging brushfires near every major city and choked out smoke conditions.

Australian reporter Saffron Howden used a map from the Government of Western Australia to show how the blazes have ringed the entire continent.

“My god,” Howden tweeted.

The fires in Australia’s southwestern state of New South Wales (NSW) were at the “catastrophic” level on Saturday, according to the BBC.

“These fires are likely to continue to spread well past Christmas,” said NSW Rural Fire Services Inspector Ben Shepherd.

Photos shared on social media showed hazy skies around the country.

“Everything is burning,” said one Twitter user.

As Common Dreams reported Thursday, Australia just endured a heat wave that broke records for temperature in consecutive days.

“I think this is the single loudest alarm bell I’ve ever heard on global heating,” said Kees van der Leun, a director at the American consultancy firm Navigant.

Temperatures dropped on the back of a cooling wind on Saturday, but, as The Guardian reported, the wind brings with it other problems:

A southerly change swept through at 5pm, making the fire even more erratic and changing the fire direction. Around this time, NSW authorities began warning of a bushfire-generated thunderstorm that had formed over Currowan and Tianjara fires in the Shoalhaven area, on the NSW south coast.

The fire service said this would lead to increasingly dangerous fire conditions. Such storms, known as pyroCB, can produce embers hot enough to spark new fires 30km from the main fire.

While his country was on fire, right-wing climate-denying Prime Minister Scott Morrison was on vacation in Hawaii. Morrison returned to Australia on Saturday after two firefighters died fighting one of three huge blazes near Sydney. Morrison’s absence during the crisis pprovoked outcry from constituents.

One Twitter user posted a picture showing from above the blazes around Sydney as Morrison was arriving in the city, reportedly after circling for an hour due to runway closures.

A map of the city showed only two routes out of Sydney due to the fires.

 

Fitzsimmon added that the fires were largely out of any meaningful control barring nature taking a hand.

“We will not get on top of these fires until we get some decent rain—we have said that for weeks and months,” said Fitzsimmon.

According to Reuters, the Australian Bureau of Meterology has reported there will be no significant rainfall in the country for at least the next two months.

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Some local photos of what’s going on in my city

 

i’ve been doing this on twitter for awhile now and thought i would share here.  it is very sad.  dismaying.  disgusting and enraging.  for YEARS people here, myself included, have been very vocal in supporting and demanding more shelter space.  there is a huge lack of mental health help as well.  we have one hospital with inpatient and outpatient services.  getting someone admitted as an inpatient is very challenging – and even at that – what is needed are those hospital’s we once had that began being closed starting in the 70’s.

i have deep compassion for those who suffer such mental illness.  i have the same compassion for those who are homeless and addicts.  but i also have compassion for locals who respect their neighbors and their community. when the safety of ANY people is threatened by those engaged in ANY sort of power-over – mentally ill, high or sober (in this case – harassing, assaulting, threatening the people, relieving themselves in public, camping on bike ways and walking paths and dumping their trash anywhere they want including the local rivers) then something drastic needs to be done. isolation from society so the rest of the community can enjoy their city SAFELY.  if they want help – this needs to be provided.  if they refuse – then the isolation continues until they choose to be good community members.

these “trash dumps” are all over the place now.  and once people pick up the trash, those doing the dumping do it all over again.  local elected officials have more compassion for those engaging in this behavior.  why they are letting this filth continue – well only they can answer to that.  i saw where our downtown area now has a port-a-potty to give them another place to do their business (aside from the public restroom’s along the waterfront).  this weekend is a big football game at the big university.  i wonder how many out-of-towner’s will drive through downtown and get the visual appeal the local’s are privy to each day…

NOTE:  these are not my photos but those taken by others in a private local social media page i belong to that is addressing this issue and tagging city officials and putting the pressure on them to do what they are paid to do.  

this first photo was taken right next to a local creek today…….i am told it has since been cleaned up (for now)….

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“NO PARKING” – but hey dump your trash here whenever you want.  the police won’t do anything about it.  they have been told to stand down and go light on these people…..(and when locals do pick up an area – another area of trash pops up)

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and this is our (once beautiful) downtown….just read where earlier this evening there was an assault down by the post office….the homeless who live down there were involved…..early this week one of these mentally ill folks head-butted a man downtown – just because….such occurrences also happen by the once-considered-a-skatepark-for-kids-now-taken-over-by-the homeless addicts….

just feet from this first picture is a wonderful fountain that used to be safe for children and families to visit and play……we used to take our girl there often during the summer months…..fewer families are visiting there now……one local mama said earlier this week she was meeting another mama there for a play-date when one of the better known around town mentally ill homeless women approach this mama and began verbally accosting her – accusing her of “stealing” her clothing……just another day in paradise….

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and this is what greets people as they enter our town from the north….

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see this guy?  he decided he wanted a solar panel from the roof of a local business so he climbed up and took it.  he was later arrested – and released.  that happens a lot as well.  some of these folks, when arrested, often have warrants (outstanding) from other areas.  and some of them fail to show up for assigned court cases.

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bikes disappear a LOT around here…….

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graffiti – something one usually sees in big inner cities – is seen throughout our city now – the nearest “tag” about 5 blocks from here….

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End of May Needs

 

hi everyone.  i did not think i would need to do this but my colloidal silver generator unit is no longer working.  it stopped just as i was making another batch tonight.  i’ve had it about 5 years.  i use this machine regularly.  my mate is also currently having some rashes and other skin-related issues so he has been using this topically and orally.  my child is also battling a cold so i began giving it to her today.  when it rains sometimes it pours.

anyway i can get another basic unit (w/o the extra’s) for $70 (which includes shipping).  if any of you wish to help me out with this purchase, i would be deeply grateful!  please follow the paypal link below.

thank you.

much love,

victoria

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No End in Sight to Venezuela’s Blackout, Experts Warn

 

editor victoria’s comment ~ wow!  day 4?   i had not heard of this.  how horrible! smells like d/s and maduro….especially considering he’s blaming the U.S. for this (via cyber attack)…maduro and d.s. are likely doing this to draw us into war….will keep on top of this one…holding the people of venezuela in my heart – not that this does anything…this is just shit!….Trump and team are doing some political maneuvering in this: “On Monday, the United States imposed new sanctions on a Russia-based bank that it accused of helping Mr. Maduro’s government circumvent earlier American sanctions.”  all part of this ugly game to remove the creatures and restore freedom for ALL….

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Sunday was the fourth day since Venezuela’s power system went down, plunging most of the country, including Caracas, the capital, into darkness. Credit: Meridith Kohut for The New York Times

By Anatoly Kurmanaev and Isayen Herrera

VALLE DE LA PASCUA, Venezuela — Sporadic looting and spontaneous protests. Desperate patients begging doctors to be kept alive. Residents bracing for wider attacks on markets and restaurants after the sun goes down.

Sunday was the fourth day since Venezuela’s power system went down, plunging most of the country, including Caracas, the capital, into sporadic darkness and dampening hopes of imminent resolution to a devastating blackout that has brought the country to the verge of social implosion.

“We’re going to arrive at a moment when we’re going to eat each other,” said Zuly González, 40, a resident of Caracas’s Chacao neighborhood.

The blackout is the latest crisis to befall a country in seemingly perpetual crisis. Venezuela has been devastated for years by hyperinflation and a failing economy that has led millions to flee. But the country has been further torn since January, when opposition political leaders refused to acknowledge as legitimate the re-election of President Nicolás Maduro.

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Trump Sees ‘Unbelievable’ Tornado Damage in Alabama Visit

 

BY STEVE HOLLAND

BEAUREGARD, Ala. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday visited communities in eastern Alabama devastated by tornadoes that tore through homes and businesses, killing 23 people.

Trump and his wife Melania Trump took a helicopter tour of the area before going to the homes of some victims in the tiny and especially hard-hit community of Beauregard, near the border with Georgia.

Their motorcade passed trees knocked down like kindling and homes scattered in pieces.

“This is unbelievable,” Trump said as he and Alabama Governor Kay Ivey surveyed the devastation. He said he had seen “unbelievable” destruction from the air, too.

Relatives of one victim, Marshall Lynn Grimes, showed the president the 59-year-old’s cherished motorcycle vest and Bible. Trump hugged members of the family.

The president and Melania Trump then visited a disaster relief center at the Providence Baptist Church in Opelika, the county seat, to meet with survivors, volunteers, and first responders.

Tables at the church were piled high with donated clothes, toiletries and other items. Twenty-three crosses were set up on a lawn outside.

Trump met privately with more victims’ families inside the church. He said he talked with one woman who lost 10 people in the storm.

“I said how did it go, and she said I lost 10,” Trump said. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”

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Michael Wesley Collins, who took his life recently, gives a beautiful perspective on being homeless.

 

editor victoria’s comment ~ this is an issue i have been passionate about for over 20 years.  my thoughts have remained the same.  housing is a right.  no one should be homeless unless he/she makes the full conscious choice to do so.  there are plenty of vacant homes and buildings in our area alone that could easily be provided for the homeless.  ridiculous “regulations” (power over games) and immature interactions of city officials who lack the ability to compromise keep new buildings (including tiny homes) from being built. deny people love and all that goes along with love long enough and they can turn violent – on others or on themselves.  period.  and yes the shelters are not adequate.  people NEED space – and quiet – peace.  dignity.  enough of this “well at least they have a roof over their heads from the elements”.  the needs of the human are much deeper and complex than that.   and having had experience with social services, where the majority of the people who work at these agencies are very well meaning, i KNOW the rules in place and the $$ allocations are NOT designed to lift people out of poverty.  it’s intentional, my feel, to keep people stuck and dependent upon the system.  it’s sick.  THAT is the disease – not the victims who seek help through them.

please share this one so his story and words won’t be in vain.  thank you.

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R.I.P Michael Wesley Collins, he took his own life Wednesday, this is what he wrote about homelessness at the end of November 2018.

Homelessness is no joke. Taking a journey through being homeless and penniless has given me a new perspective on what hardships homeless people endure. Once you’re in it, it’s very, very difficult to escape. You run into chicken-egg problems again and again and it leads to an inevitable downward spiral. For example, you can’t get a job because you’re homeless and you’re homeless because you can’t get a job. Imagine having no car, being filthy and trying to show up to a job interview. It’s impossible, and you come into a hopeless downward spiral. The homeless shelters are awful places where they pack people in like sardines in bunk beds, and everyone there is in a dark state of hopelessness.

The social services in the USA are a joke and they don’t provide enough support to even live, let alone give you an opportunity to dig yourself out of a hopeless hole. Welfare amounts to almost nothing, not even enough to buy food, let alone establish an apartment or residence, and it’s quite difficult to get as well, and the system is unforgiving for missed appointments, which can happen quite easily when you don’t have a home or money for transportation. Again, it’s part of the vicious cycle.

Often there is a waiting list to even get into a homeless shelter. In San Diego for example, the wait list is 1 month, so you must sleep on the street for a month before being considered to sleep in a crowded room. To receive government-assisted housing, the wait list is 2 years! If you become homeless in the richest country in the world, you would wait 2 years for relief!

People are immensely cruel to the homeless as well, many of whom suffer from a psychiatric condition that they cannot help. Often families reject people with psychiatric conditions with the misunderstanding that they could be dangerous in some way, but most often they are sensitive souls who also often connect with higher spiritual energies. In old days, these people would be seen as prophets, medicine men, and spiritual leaders, but today they are derided as mentally ill and very often wind up homeless. They are most often victims of human cruelty and miscomprehension, rather than a threat.

I am still homeless, though I’m continuing to fight my way out, but thankfully I still have some generous friends and haven’t yet sunk so low that I cannot escape, though I remain on the precipice. I will say that I will kill myself before I fall into that level of despair, and I fight daily to keep myself from this fate, but often I must choose between difficult options. I have also endured an immense amount to trauma during this experience, and the idea of taking time for healing is ridiculous considering that I must navigate getting basic needs met like food and shelter with the onset of winter coming.

Please keep me and all other homeless in your prayers, but action is needed even more than prayer. If you see homeless, or know of someone on the brink of homelessness, please have compassion for them and give to them generously. You have no idea of the circumstances that led to their condition, as this world can be a cruel and unforgiving place.

I have a master’s degree, high intelligence, and a variety of high-value skills, but I still wound up homeless and if you understood the story and reasons why, it would make perfect sense, and you would also understand that I had no control of the events that led to this place. It was a complex series of events that caused it, and it can truly happen to anyone.

Have compassion for those who have fallen into this horrible state of despair.

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Emergency Request from Me (Victoria)

 

Hi everyone~

I called our local energy assistance office to inquire as to my application for electrical assistance.  It has not arrived which is very perplexing.  We did have a package disappear a couple of weeks back (had to get a refund for that) so I am concerned someone may have taken the filled out application. The office is unable to take further appointments until December 17th and they no longer prioritize (due to the state’s new rule) shut-off notices, which we are facing.

As I said – our income took a hit this month – rent increase, insurance premium increase plus a source of income dropped.  We are doing the best we can and yes – I am very weary of trying to get ahead – keeping up has been the challenge.  Normally we work for our neighbor next door raking his leaves but we were too sick this month so he took care of it on his own.

The bill is $275.50.  ANY assistance would be wonderful.  I have a paypal account for those new to the site or not knowing I have one.  The link is below (thank you to one of you for letting me know I did not include this – I was a little stressed when I originally put this up and forgot).  Thank you.

That is all for now.

Love,

Victoria

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Israel pummels Gaza with airstrikes in response to rocket attack (PHOTOS)

 

Israel pummels Gaza with airstrikes in response to rocket attack (PHOTOS)
An explosion is seen during an Israeli air strike in Gaza City October 27, 2018. © Global Look Press / Nidal Alwaheidi
Israeli military aircraft have been pounding the Gaza Strip since Friday, hitting 80 alleged Hamas targets in response to what they say were 30 rockets launched from Gaza.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) say they launched a large-scale bombing raid after some 30 rockets were fired at the area near the Israeli city of Sderot on Friday evening. Some 10 of the rockets, which the IDF said were flying from Gaza, were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile-defense system.

The IDF said it destroyed 80 Hamas targets. No injuries or deaths have been reported on either side of the Gaza border.

An Indonesian hospital in the northern Gaza Strip has reportedly been damaged by the retaliatory strikes. Images from inside of the hospital show that its ceiling ruptured and one of the windows in the patients ward was broken. Small piles of debris can be seen lying on the floor.

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