Saturday, June 20, 2026

Generating Compassion

 This is likely a Buddhist Concept even though it can lead to complete enlightenment in a person anywhere on earth or even on other planets out in space or between planets.

Most people learn to generate compassion by using Mantras or initiations but usually both.

My first Tibetan Buddhist Initiation was in 1980 in Ashland Oregon above what is called now "The Green Leaf Restaurant" where a son of my best friend used to be the head cook there. He is now a CPA living in that area still.

The Tibetan Buddhist Initiation I received first from Gyaltrul Rinpoche there was "The Sword which pierces all Defilement" also known as the "Thousand Buddhas Empowerment".

I had been having a time trying to get to "Non-dualism" which is something that is a part of Tibetan Buddhism and Buddhism in General.

The best way a western mind can encompass this would be to say I believe:
 

Descartes philosophic premise which is also my life experience as a human physical being here on earth which is:

"There is nothing so good that no bad can come of it and nothing so bad that no good may come of it."

 

This truism helps me a lot in my life and basically takes me to:

"There are no problems only opportunities" which saved my life in 1994 and 1995 by taking this to heart.

My best friend from childhood in Church who was a teacher and had a Master's degree in Psychology gave me this truism and when I took this to heart in a deep way I saved my own life as well as my children's lives then too. And then I had another daughter and this saved her life too as well as all my children who are now 30 to 52 years old (my biological children) because I have step children as well 53 and 55 years old too. 

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this is what the code looks like on my last links page on June 18th 2026

However, you cannot use this code the way it is because you have to be in an HTML computer language mode in your computer. Because for it to run (execute commands) it would all have to be red,  blue, black and green print not all black like here. So, this is generated by a a text and HTML Encoder here at Blogger.com (blogspot) called "Compose"  

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How can I remember the angels who saved my life at age 2?

 I think it was so astounding to me to see them come in this extremely bright ball of White Light into the room with my Scottish Grandmother who was singing to the Angels to heal me from whooping cough "Hark the Herald Angels Sing".

So, my grandmother who was very Christian invoked the Archangels with their swords of flame and jeweled Armor into our room where I was laying at age 2 on my grandmother's lap while she sang "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" to me. So, it likely was around Christmas I believe but it's also true it could have been any time of year too. I was 2 so this is the earliest normal memory of my life that I still remember today at age 78 as clear as a bell.

By God's Grace 

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Writing

 I believe it's important to write what you think and feel down whether you publish it anywhere or not.

When I first wrote about Arcane and the Galactic Sentience (leader of our Galaxy) I never intended to publish this anywhere. 

I was writing to heal myself from Traumas of my life.

However, I didn't know until 1998 when I believed I was dying (and so did my cardiologists) from a heart virus because I was the ONLY one in California in 1998 and 1999 that I knew of who survived a heart virus of the kind I had.

So, writing starting in 1980 about Arcane was a way to heal myself. So, finding out that in 1998 and 1999 that these were memories of my past, present and future was a revelation to me.

It wouldn't have made any sense to me in 1980 to tell me this because I wouldn't have believed it possible.

However, as I was preparing for my impending death in 1998 and 1999 until May when I was told I wouldn't die but could likely live a normal lifespan by my Doctors I knew that I had to fulfill my promise to God to create a blog to share God's and his Angels saving my life again and again throughout my life starting with the Angels who saved my life from whooping cough that I saw in 1950 who came to keep me alive then when I was 2 years old. This is my first adult memory in my life of my life being saved then at age 2.

By God's Grace 

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Friday, June 19, 2026

March 2026 article: There are growing signs of Russian Discontent regarding this war in Ukraine

 Of course. 30,000 to 35,000 Russian soldiers are being killed 24 hours a day every month now in Ukraine if they even walk around in Ukraine outside of a bunker or armored vehicle of some kind. Ukraine is a killing field for Russian Soldiers just like Iran would be a killing field for American soldiers from drones.

If any soldier sees a drone he is basically already dead because it is flying at them and into them at around 50 to 100 miles per hour before it blows them up dead with pieces all over the place. They are pretty much dead instantly. This is also happening to Israeli Soldiers from Lebanon from Hezbollah too which is why the war hawks of Israel want to burn Lebanon to the ground.  (All of it). 

It's like some Americans have said to Israel: "You won't be able to survive just by killing everyone you want to." Which is completely true. Partly this is true is that there are only 9 million Israelis to begin with and there are 92 to 93 million Iranians and the Israelis cannot kill every Iranian and every Lebanese person whatever their inclination is. It just isn't going to work.

Netanyahu (IS ONLY) the suicide of Israel fast or slow and that's all at this point. Like Trump said: "Without the U.S. Israel would already be gone."

However, there are ONLY 5.8 million people in Lebanon so it's possible that Israel will cut its own throat by killing all 5.8 million Lebanese people by destroying every building in Lebanon. But, at some point Shia Terrorists will also find revenge on Israel. It's a long term losing war for Israel with drones like today existing including the fiber optics drones being used to kill Israeli soldiers much like Ukraine is killing 35,000 Russian soldiers with drones every month now 24 hours a day which night vision and infrared senses to sense the warm bodies of soldiers. So, at night (maybe it's merciful) but they won't even know they are going to die because they won't even see the drone killing them until it hits. So, maybe this is a mercy to both Russian Soldiers and Israeli soldiers to be killed at night with a drone they cannot even see in the pitch black of night.

So, we are witnessing the nightmare of modern drone and missile warfare where soldiers are not really fighting each other on the battlefield so much as they are being killed just while walking around anywhere in a battle zone.

My biggest concern is that drones and missiles will be used more and more places just on civilians to end world economies one by one until there is nothing left of civilization at all anywhere. 

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As Putin takes Russia off the grid, there are growing signs of discontent

“Putin really wants every Russian citizen to feel alone and rejected,” IT specialist Alexander Isavnin told NBC News. He was among those who tried — and failed — to get approval for rare public protests over the weekend as an internet blackout fuels frustration.
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Passengers try to browse the internet on their smartphones while riding the metro in Moscow on March 21.Getty Images
By Yuliya Talmazan

Russians might be getting fed up with the Kremlin making their lives harder and more isolated in the name of security.

A rare call for protests over the weekend followed mounting signs of anger and ridicule aimed at authorities, with pro-Kremlin influencers and newspapers joining a growing wave of public frustration at the government’s approach.

A major mobile internet blackout in Moscow and the throttling of the popular messaging app Telegram, both justified by ambiguous security considerations, helped fuel the rare public criticism over this erosion of digital freedoms and connectivity. It comes against the backdrop of soaring prices and an ailing wartime economy, with little sign of major battlefield progress in Ukraine.

Memes on TikTok and Instagram ridiculed Russians resorting to paper maps and pagers in the absence of mobile internet, or walking around the capital with satellite antennas strapped to their laptops.

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Others went beyond satire, calling on their compatriots to gather in protest over the weekend. While authorities did not approve any public rallies, at least 20 people were detained for protesting digital restrictions across Russia on Sunday, a rights group said.

President Vladimir Putin "really wants every Russian citizen to feel alone and rejected,” information technology specialist Alexander Isavnin said.

“He wants them to keep their discontent inside and feel like they are the only ones not happy about what is going on,” Isavnin, 49, told NBC News, explaining why he was among those who tried — and failed — to get approval for protests in the capital and the Moscow region.

“We basically live in a digital concentration camp,” he said.

Engaging in any form of protest has become increasingly dangerous since a crackdown on free speech was intensified following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Even before the war, mass gatherings had to be sanctioned by local authorities. Most are still denied on grounds like Covid restrictions, which don’t seem to apply to government-approved events.

Still, the increasing limits on digital freedoms appear to have hit a nerve with many Russians, despite the Kremlin’s long-standing drive for greater control of their lives.

With state television and media heavily censored, the internet is one of the last bastions of freedom and a source of independent information for millions, although many foreign sites have been banned since the war.

Activist and political strategist Dmitry Kisiev was among those calling for mass gatherings March 29, a symbolic reference to Article 29 of the Russian Constitution, which guarantees freedom of thought and speech.

The Kremlin dismisses reports about Russia sending drones to Iran as "lies".
A woman walks along a bridge in downtown Moscow on Thursday in front of the Kremlin and St. Basil's cathedral. Alexander Nemenov / AFP via Getty Images

Kisiev, 31, said local activists had submitted applications to hold rallies in 17 regions across Russia. They were all denied, he said, including some that were initially given the go-ahead. Despite that, the OVD-Info protest monitoring group said Tuesday that at least 25 people were arrested across Russia for protesting digital restrictions Sunday, 18 of them in Moscow. The group also reported detentions ahead of Sunday of people who tried to apply to hold a protest.

Protests could show those who don’t agree with the restrictions “that there are other like-minded individuals,” Kisiev said.

NBC News reached out to more than a dozen Russians to ask what they think about the calls for protests. Most did not respond, while some declined to speak, without providing a reason.

Earlier this year, some Russians said they feared the Kremlin was preparing the public for a “North Korea” model of the internet, heavily controlled and censored by the state. “I don’t think the Russian public will accept this,” Kisiev said, given how central the internet has become to the lives of millions in the country.

Russian authorities have said that mobile internet outages are necessary to stop attacks by Ukrainian drones, and that Telegram is turning into a breeding ground for terrorism.

These justifications are “absurd,” Kisiev said, adding that the real motivation seems obvious. “The government is intentionally killing the internet so that users don’t use foreign resources and get alternative information,” he said.

‘Bring back the internet’

Russian authorities have touted the merits of a life without the internet, arguing it’s an opportunity for a “digital detox” and more face-to-face interaction.

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A popular game show that aired on a Russian state TV channel as calls for protests grew earlier this month featured a children’s choir, with members dancing enthusiastically and singing about how they don’t need the internet. “The monitor’s blue screen won’t ruin my dinner,” they crooned.

But despite this effort from the Kremlin, there is a huge appetite from the public for a way to vent frustration about the mounting restrictions, said politician Boris Nadezhdin, who tried to run for president against Putin in 2024 and whose campaign was overseen by Kisiev.

Nadezhdin said in a phone interview that he supported the protests and had personally applied with authorities in the capital and the wider Moscow region for gatherings of up to 10,000 people. All his requests were turned down citing Covid concerns, he said.

“The slogans are clear,” he said. “Bring back the internet, bring back Telegram, we don’t need your MAX,” he said, referring to the so-called national messenger increasingly imposed on Russians by the Kremlin. Critics say the app could be used for mass surveillance.

Taxi driver Alexey Popov applied for a protest against internet censorship in his Siberian town of Yakutsk. It was originally sanctioned for Monday, but that permission was later withdrawn, Popov, 27, told NBC News. The refusal letter from the municipal authorities, viewed by NBC News, stated that Popov could not hold a rally on any date because of “considerable attention” to the event from “destructive individuals.”

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Plainclothes police officers question people gathered at a protest against internet restrictions in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sunday.Andrei Bok / SOPA Images via Reuters

Popov said he was under no illusion that the protests would persuade the Kremlin not to further crack down, but said he didn’t want to give “silent approval” to what the government is doing. “We don’t agree with what is going on and we want to express that,” he said.

Popov said on a Telegram channel he runs that he was detained Saturday and then released Monday. He told NBC News he was detained for disobeying police, a charge he disputes.

‘Wall of mistrust’

The indignation has also been expressed by those either aligned with the Kremlin or normally not politically involved.

The growing restrictions have come in parallel with outrage over the mass extermination of livestock in Siberia, which has wreaked havoc on local farmers, due to what authorities said was an infectious pasteurellosis outbreak.

A lack of communication by the government appears to be at the core of these complaints.

“The wall of mistrust and misunderstanding between the people and the government is growing,” pro-Kremlin journalist Anastasia Kashevarova wrote in a post on Telegram last week, as she warned that public revolt was the “fastest way to destroy Russia.”

A well-known Kremlin loyalist unexpectedly turned against Putin earlier this month, then landed in a psychiatric hospital. Ilya Remeslo cited the Kremlin’s “strangling of internet and media freedoms” as a sign the Russian leader had lost grip on reality.

Famous Russian blogger Victoria Bonya, known for fitness videos shared with nearly 13 million subscribers on Instagram, also complained about official communication on internet restrictions, as well as the livestock crisis and soaring prices affecting ordinary Russians. “Is the commander-in-chief, Vladimir Putin, aware of what is happening with the country or not?” she questioned in one of her videos earlier this month, in rare public criticism of the Russian leader.

And a pro-Kremlin newspaper recently came out with an unusually critical editorial. “The number of meaningless bans per capita is already off the charts. And again, no sensible explanations,” Moskovsky Komsomolets said earlier this month. It questioned whether authorities “consider us to be small children, unwise enough to explain anything to us and trust us.”

 

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Ukraine unleashes biggest drone attack in years into Moscow, Russia setting oil refinery ablaze: full article

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Ukraine unleashes biggest attack on Moscow in years, setting a key oil refinery ablaze

Waves of drone attacks disrupted flights and sent thick clouds of black smoke rising over the city.
 

Moscow refinery ablaze as Ukraine launches biggest attack on Russian capital in years

Waves of Ukrainian drones hit a major oil refinery for the second time this week, disrupting flights and sending thick clouds of black smoke rising over the city Thursday morning.
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By Yuliya Talmazan

The Russian capital was shrouded in thick black smoke Thursday after Ukraine launched what appeared to be its largest attack on Moscow since the Kremlin invaded its neighbor more than four years ago.

Waves of Ukrainian drones hit a major oil refinery in the city for the second time this week, sending smoke and flames rising over the city through the morning. Local commercial flights were also disrupted.

Kyiv cast the attack as revenge for strikes on a historic monastery that had drawn global condemnation. It comes as President Donald Trump signals renewed engagement with the conflict, boosting Europe’s hopes that he may back tougher action against Russia to try to force it to the negotiating table.

A video geolocated by NBC News showed a drone flying into a plume of smoke over the Kapotnya refinery, which is in the southeast of Moscow and just 10 miles away from the Kremlin.

The facility is seen already engulfed in flames, as air defense rockets are fired at the drone before it crashes, throwing up a ball of fire.

Ukraine has been striking oil facilities deep inside Russia after a leap in drone capabilities, an intensifying campaign that Kyiv’s allies say has given the country “new momentum” in the war. It has led to widespread damage to energy infrastructure, helping spark a fuel crisis centered in occupied Crimea.

Moscow was fending off a "large-scale" drone attack from Ukraine, with several drones reaching an oil refinery, the city's mayor Sergey Sobyanin said early on June 18, 2026.
Black smoke rises from the area of the Moscow oil refinery Thursday.AFP via Getty Images

Successful attacks on Moscow remain rare, however, with the capital protected by layers of air defense.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 190 drones were shot down on approach to Moscow overnight, with several reaching the oil refinery. State news agency Tass called it “the most massive drone attack on the Moscow region in two years.” Sobyanin later said that the fire at the refinery had largely been put out and that no one was hurt.

Some 17 people were injured across the Moscow region, including two children, according to Gov. Andrey Vorobyov.

The Moscow region’s ecology and nature management ministry said in an advisory that air quality was being monitored in several communities. The air was fine, it said, but it still advised residents to stay indoors and wear masks.

The capital’s major airports went into temporary shutdown Thursday morning “to ensure flight safety,” the Russian Transportation Ministry said.

A day earlier, Russia’s aviation authority announced restrictions on flights by light ​private aircraft and drones in ‌Moscow and surrounding regions — a possible sign the Kremlin is looking to ramp up protections for the capital. Ukrainian drones first attacked the refinery Tuesday.

Aftermath of a Ukrainian drone attack in Moscow region
An apartment building damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack in Zhukovsky, near Moscow, on Thursday.Reuters

The attacks come at a tricky time for the Kremlin, which is facing growing internal discontent with President Vladimir Putin’s leadership and handling of the war.

A game developer in Moscow said she was surprised to learn about the attack when asked by NBC News on Thursday, explaining she had been busy with work and not checking the news.

Still, the resident, who did not want to share her first and last name to speak on a sensitive security topic, said she felt “horror and fear” about the attack.

She said that despite the capital’s air defenses, she had been listening to the skies “more anxiously” of late.

A psychologist in Moscow, who also did not want her name shared, told NBC News she was considering leaving the country if attacks start being felt closer to central Moscow.

Thick plumes of smoke with flames rise from an oil refinery following a Ukrainian drone attack in Moscow
Moscow came under one of the largest Ukrainian drone attacks since the start of the war Thursday.via Reuters

Kyiv has been open about what it calls its “long-range sanctions” against Russia.

“This is a fully justified response to Russian attacks on our cities and communities, and another important result of our warriors’ work against facilities that sustain Russia’s war machine,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday on X, sharing a video of the Russian capital burning and covered in smoke.

All of Ukraine’s partners “have noted the precision and effectiveness of our mid-range strikes and long-range sanctions” in recent days, he added, signaling that the U.S. is now on Ukraine’s side.

“If Ukraine burns, your Moscow will burn too,” Zelenskyy said later Thursday, in an audio note shared with reporters.

Washington-led efforts to settle the war have been stalled by the Trump administration’s focus on the Iran war in recent months.

But with a peace agreement now signed with Tehran, Trump said he would refocus on Russia’s war and appeared newly aligned on the issue with allies at the Group of Seven summit this week. Just hours before the refinery strike, Zelenskyy said he held “an important coordination call” with Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron “that can bring about significant change.”

Moscow was fending off a "large-scale" drone attack from Ukraine, with several drones reaching an oil refinery, the city's mayor Sergey Sobyanin said early on June 18, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
Black smoke rises on the outskirts of Moscow.AFP via Getty Images

The stunning video of the refinery fire appeared on social media Thursday despite the ban on sharing videos and photos showing “results of drone strikes” that came into force in Moscow last month to “prevent disinformation.” In most videos, people behind the camera can be heard gasping and swearing at what they are seeing.

Other video showed Moscow residents seemingly unfazed by the smoke in the background. Some casually rolled down the sidewalks on their scooters, as others talked on their phones and waited at bus stations.

“One of the most popular questions asked by Muscovites this morning is ‘What is going on?’” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on X.

“I can answer. Your country started a war of aggression against ours,” he added. “For years, it has been killing our people. Now that you know what’s going on, ask Putin when he is planning to end it.”

 
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It's been a tough week for our family around the world

My son who is married with a 12 year old son here in Portland has Myasthenia Gravis which is an Autoimmune disease brought on by Covid which has almost cost his life since he had covid about 2 or 3 years ago now. So, this week he has been in the hospital mostly because one of the medicines that keeps him more alert can be Steroids. However, I think he was taking too many steroids and almost died. So, the hospital has been backing off his steroids but they have to do this slowly so he doesn't die. My wife explained it to me and it has something to do with how your heart cannot have flight or flight reactions while on this level of prescribed steroids. The first danger sign was him going to S Korea for medical Tourism because he believed he could get help there. However, this turned out to be a mistake because they had never seen a case as bad as his of Myasthenia Gravis there. So, his Medical Tourism risk to stay alive backfired and he almost died in S. Korea and had to go through the airport on Incheon back to Seattle and Portland in a wheelchair. So, it has been going badly for him. But he sounds a lot better on the phone lately and less confused by the Steroids he has been prescribed. So, the hospital realized he had been overdosing by accident to feel stronger but now without the steroids he has to use a walker to get around. So, hopefully he can eventually get on one of the experimental plans that modify your T cells and stay alive more than just a couple more years. The other medicines make you incontinent which is hard to deal with too. So, being only 52 years old (I'm 78 and he was born when I was 26) it's hard to watch my son go through all this and I hope he is still alive 5 or 10 years for now for the sake of his son and wife and the rest of the family.

By God's Grace 

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Extreme Heat Watch returns to Portland early next week

Today it was 86 in the Portland, Beaverton, Hillsborough areas of northern Oregon today. However, it is supposed to really heat up this coming week and people here aren't used to the really hot weather yet because a good portion of the year it is cloudy or raining from Portland Oregon up through Seattle. Even though Seattle gets more Rain than Portland by a lot including Vancouver Canada and Victoria Canada and the San Juan Islands. I love to ride the Ferries from Anacortes into Canada when they are operating in those routes. We used to stay a lot in Victoria Canada on the Island there with my two biological daughters when they were little. however, now they live in Austin Texas and in Austria with their spouses and are 30 and 37 years old at this point. 

By God's Grace 

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