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dealing with dark events
Meh:
The killings are getting worse. Reports from people in Ukraine say areas are being "razed to the ground"
all I can say is I didn't fully comprehend the true meaning of blood bath
there are videos of people in mass pools of blood
I can't look away from what is happening
It's Putin's Reign of Terror
Meh:
In Ireland a man rams the Russian embassy so he can distribute photos of bomb victims inside.
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2022/0307/1284925-embassy/
Hopalong:
Mouse, for your sake I'd like to challenge this:
--- Quote ---I can't look away from what is happening
--- End quote ---
You and only you can calibrate how much witnessing you can take, or need to in order to feel compassion and solidarity. (I'm also preaching to myself, daily.)
Sacrificing your own mental stability by filling your mind with nothing else won't help. It won't stop their suffering. It is horror. And human minds aren't designed to take in endless volumes of it. When they do, it changes not just soldiers but observers forever.
Be careful. Recognize all this for what it is. Truth is cleansing but too much exposure to evil is sickening. Don't become sick.
Just...balance. Use distraction when you feel it rising high enough to flood you.
I'm working at that too and it is difficult.
hugs
Hops
Hopalong:
Thank you, CB.
The Sibelius made we weep...in a good way.
One Tweet below said, "The human voice is a powerful weapon against war."
Meh:
Phones being systematically checked in Moscow by police. Police beating protestors with billy clubs.
A report that the Ukrainian staff at the Chernobyl are now being tortured - I assume it's true but I don't know how to verify it at the moment.
The Wagner Group is known for torture.
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