Julian Assange – Page 4 – ThinkCareBelieve

We are being challenged to be more balanced as a human family in order to rise up and claim our future. When men and women work cooperatively, the balance in the masculine and feminine is greater than the sum of its parts. Those who experienced friction and abuse by male or female have an interesting challenge here. Even after extensive therapy, there can be bits and pieces still remaining. It can be a struggle to break the memory of unhealed wounds and remnants of old programming. To disconnect the pathways of reacting to threats defensively and filling in those channels with forgiveness and compassion is the key. We are being our own healers and patching Love into what we’ve cleaned out. Being free of all that to be able to consciously create our lives into the life we want. Instead of waiting for the world to fix itself, we can dream it and create it into reality. Those who are most stubborn to waking up, and are the loudest complainers, perhaps the roots of the problem lie in the stuff they cannot or will not face. Understandably, there are those who will deal with their shadows and those who will not. There are those who have been facing their fears, and clearing their demons, whilst accepting that this is not a process that will end at a certain point, but a life-long or multi-life-long journey. They are settled and ready to work together, no matter what. Self-actualization through self-realization of the power that we have in working together. Having hope without being addicted to hopium, chronically looking for the next fix of something hopeful to sustain us. Self-sustainable hope must be based in faith and come from the strength of one’s conviction and connection to God. We were programmed to become dependent on hopeful stories by our media. The carrot being held out in front of us in the stories they put out, that we never reach but keeping us hopeful and easily lead in the direction that they want us to go. If I may suggest that we stand strong... eyes wide open, mindfully awake and aware, emotionally balanced and working together, being the carrot for our own selves. We cannot let our previous wounding keep us from discussing hard truths. Societal etiquette warns us off subjects that are polarizing, but is avoidance the answer though? From my own experience with my husband and his aversion to any kind of discussion about his health, not talking about the elephant in the room means rapid decline. Does that mean we should not have difficult conversations though? Are we to be scared off certain sensitive topics because the powers that be try to deter us? What is happening to Julian Assange is a metaphor for what is happening to us. Although he has great support, he is still imprisoned for publishing uncomfortable truths about the governments that seek to keep him locked up. Once we stop feeling safe to talk about the truth, then tyranny sets in. One of the greatest threats to our safety and well-being is not a virus, it is when the vast majority of people are kept from hearing the full gambit of information. When some information is intentionally suppressed and conflicting information purposely hyped, there is a vast injustice occurring. Joining our voices and working together no matter what, is the key to being heard. More voices speaking in unison, more volume… more volume, more power.

First of all, I’m just a lady with a garden. Not a political scholar, nor a watcher of current events. I’m just a gal that gets little insights while she goes about her day and shares them with people who might enjoy her positive take on things. Nobody listens to me, not even my family.

What a roller coaster ride this unshackling of human consciousness has taken us on. This is the shift, ladies and gentleman. Hope you’ve had your seatbelts fastened. God is the ride operator and in true form, God is revealing truths in surprising ways.

I noticed something just this last week. Several independent journalists have done an about face and have taken a completely different stance. At first, I thought they were waiting to see which way the wind blew and got caught up in the current. But something occurred to me this morning.

These journalists are terrified. If events are being so reshaped and distorted, and anyone not following along gets called a criminal, who do you think is next? You see, without upholding the people’s rights to free speech, the independent and investigative journalists are the first to go. Pressure applied to fall in line. And what is the threat? Imprisoned journalists and whistleblowers.

You see, without journalists freely investigating and publishing, there is no government accountability. Without journalists shining the light on what is hidden from the public, allowing the public to question their government, resulting government transparency is unlikely to occur.

Take journalist Julian Assange for instance. Mr. Assange put a light where it needed to go and that gave us a picture of what was actually going on. What we learned gave us the ability to question our governments, and just in doing so, Mr. Assange helped the level of transparency around the entire world. He lit up what was happening in the shadows for all to see. For his work, he has just been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Before Julian Assange, we the average working people who consistently pay their taxes would never know how governments secretly work because it was always kept top secret for security purposes. They have been acting in secret, with little or no input from the people who paid for them. If Mr. Assange was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, it would send a strong message that we the people of the world stand for global peace.

But, Mr. Assange currently sits in a UK prison. Many people don’t realize this. Worldwide awareness is growing, and people are becoming vocal, in fact, this issue is the only one right now with true bi-partisan support. Both liberal and conservative are joining forces. Because, according to his family, Mr. Assange is in freezing conditions, with heat that frequently breaks down, and the warm winter clothing that his family has sent for him, is not being given to him. His partner, the mother of his children, states that he has to pile books in front of the windows to keep out the draft.

This is not the treatment one would expect of an eloquent journalist nominated for a Nobel Prize. This is the treatment that terrifies all other independent journalists. When you watch the news and ask yourself how this reporter can skew the truth so badly, or spout what you know are blatant lies, this is the reason. Tow the line… or else.

Since his arrest almost 2 years ago, Mr. Assange has been medically diagnosed with Asperger’s and depression, along with several other co-occurring mental impairments. I am in no way an expert, but treating someone this way, knowing their family has sent them warm winter clothing, which are not being given to him, in freezing conditions, while the US and the UK keep batting back and forth an endless appeals process… is like slow torture and neglect.

When I take my compost out to my snowy garden, I think about him. These are the conditions he is in, right now. I think of what will happen to us if he should not survive, and what it means for journalism and free speech… everywhere. Our compassion and our humanity are our greatest strengths. There are several groups making their voices heard calling, emailing, writing, speaking, tweeting, posting, etc. You can search and find one of these groups and add your voice, it matters. A friend of mine sent me some information to call the prison and request that his warm clothes be given to him. Perhaps, if we join together, we can make a difference, for the better.

“Operation Clothe Julian”