I think that it is a habit to get into to be inhumane/indifferent to other people's and animals humanity
and sentience.
You can break the habit. I know because I did and I still have a lot to learn.
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07/09/26
Invasions throughout history — DJP (2026)
A lot of Irish people hate the way that the island of Ireland is partitioned with six northern counties
being called Northern Ireland and officially a part of the UK (Donegal is not in NI although it is a
northern county).
A lot of Irish people resent the English invasion and plantation of Ireland centuries ago and this legacy
is still "live" for a lot of people with part of Ireland still being part of the UK.
What I have got to learn of more over the years though is that England was invaded too a few times
before they invaded Ireland.
And as well as having loads of Latin and French words the English language is actually a Germanic
language!
And the impact of Gaelic Ireland on Scotland between c. 400-1000 AD was huge.
From ChatGPT
If we start with the Romans and focus mainly on the peoples who invaded and settled in what became England, the sequence is roughly:
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Romans — AD 43–c. 410
The Roman invasion of Britain began under Emperor Claudius in AD 43. Rome conquered most of England and Wales and at times controlled parts of Scotland. Roman rule lasted nearly 400 years. -
Angles, Saxons and Jutes — mainly 5th–6th centuries
After Roman rule ended, Germanic peoples crossed the North Sea and settled extensively in Britain:- Angles — associated particularly with areas of what are now northern Germany and southern Denmark.
- Saxons — from areas corresponding broadly to northern Germany and the Netherlands.
- Jutes — traditionally associated with Jutland, now mainly Denmark.
They established a number of kingdoms. The Angles gave England its name: Engla land — "land of the Angles."
Vikings — from AD 793; major invasions from the 860s Scandinavian Vikings, particularly Danes and Norwegians, raided and then settled large areas. Danish armies conquered much of England, creating the area known as the Danelaw. England was even ruled by Danish kings, most famously Cnut, from 1016.
Normans — 1066 William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, invaded England from northern France and defeated the English king Harold II at the Battle of Hastings. The Normans were French-speaking, although their ancestors included Vikings who had settled in Normandy.
After 1066, there wasn't another successful foreign conquest of England on the same scale. There were later invasions and attempted invasions — including the Dutch landing of William of Orange in 1688, which successfully overthrew James II — but 1066 is conventionally regarded as the last successful conquest of England.
So, very simply:
Celtic/pre-Roman Britons → Romans → Angles/Saxons/Jutes → Vikings → Normans → modern England
And this history helps explain English itself: its basic structure and much of its everyday vocabulary are Germanic, inherited principally from the Angle*-Saxons, with substantial Norse influence from the Vikings and enormous French/Latin influence following the Norman Conquest.
*Angle > Anglo
Update – Also from ChatGPT
Esther Abraham Hicks on Evolution — DJP (2026)
"There is hope because with each evolving generation they are more intuitive, more filled with the light. There is such a thing as evolution spiritually, physically, on every level."
– The Power of 10
I downloaded the audio of an Esther Abraham Hicks video today (as we are allowed to do because
Esther allows people to reupload her stuff under 15 minutes for each video/podcast) and converted
approx. 2 minutes of it to an MP4 with a photo of her (below).
What she says in this podcast builds and expands on what I have been thinking for a while but
had not found the words for. What first got me thinking about this kind of stuff was something that
Michelle Paisley Reed said to me through her spirit guides, The Power of 10, a few years ago, and it is
something I have been thinking about since. I am encouraged to hear these words below.
05/09/26
03/09/26
Health Referral Scheme for Drug Use. We need a Well-Resourced Health-Led Approach — Cllr. John Walsh (Labour Party) — Near FM (September 2026)
Soundbite 🔊 Can We Provide Full Mental Health, Addiction and Primary Care Services?
– Near FM (2026)
02/09/26
Some evil people in politics in Ireland (2026)
Update – A day after posting the below I found out that the SP have pretty much given up their
identity in recent months. I tried to look at their social media and read a thread on Reddit and
apparently 6 months or so ago they deleted the party's website and other social media. I don't know if
they still exist as a 'network' formally with Solidarity. Their name was toxic to a lot of people I believe.
And on a personal level I am glad to see them give up / give up mostly.
Sadly I think over the longer term, if they survive that long, that their decision might make Solidarity a
degree more attractive to an element of mostly young / younger people.
Any political party or wannabe movement that has a prominent Trotskyist network within it is not my
cup of tea, and I would advise anyone thinking of joining them to first evaluate if they really are
interested in and support all that Russian Revolution Communist kind of shit.
Update –
(I posted the second quote above online on a political website a few years ago)
Enclosed neighborhood streets are linked to better sleep, study finds — PsyPost (2026)
I would well believe it!
01/09/26
Eoin O’Malley: Working in a university, I’ve seen how ideology has overtaken the pursuit of truth (2026)
Good article by Eoin O'Malley in last Sunday's Sunday Independent which I just read today.
Often I think the problem in universities and higher education in general is not crazy "ideology" but crazy
misfitism. I see these people in question as misfits and weirdos more than anything else. There may be a
more hardcore element though.
Ataxia community welcomes HSE decision to fund Skyclarys — Dublin People (1.9.26)
My article this week, it is online-only and not in copy form:
Ataxia community welcomes HSE decision to fund Skyclarys — Dublin People (1.9.26)
Update on Hem incense (2026)
I have recently bought Hem Jasmine incense and find it great. It took burning one or two sticks of it
for me to get used it it though. It is strong and leaves me with or in a deep spiritual state when burning
it.
I cannot say enough for the incense sticks I burn in that sense. They put me in a deep or pretty deep
sense of spirituality while burning them. They are kind of like a drug in that sense but they are not
addictive, although the smoke of them may possibly (I don't know) be carcinogenic.
Darshan are my favourite incense company and Hem are my second favourite and not very far behind.
Darshan incense is not very easy to source I find. It is made in India but not sold a lot
in Ireland or Europe.
Watch out as well – there is another Darshan incense company and I don't know what they are like.
I stick with what incense I know and that is my favourite – Darshan lavender, white rose, red rose,
patchouli – and when I can't get what I want from Darshan I try Hem.
Previous post – Incense for well-being (2023)
31/08/26
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30/08/26
Darren J. Prior
I mean largely in a mental health context but the word is or can be relevant for loads of things. I am just
adding this note to this jpeg in case readers think I might support the Restore Britain party which I do
not. 😊
29/08/26
26/08/26
Glenn Patrick Doyle (31)
Or went to a school or other later environment where there is or was almost no maturity.
Party for Animal Welfare PAW protest at Dalkey Lobster Festival. Cathal Leavy @ Near FM (2026)
🔊 Will the EU Lead on Welfare for Lobsters if Irish Government Won't?
The Ataxia Foundation Ireland AFI @ 10 and Great News about Skyclarys — Near FM (2026)
Maureen Sweeney, Ataxia Foundation Ireland
24/08/26
The “sense of absence” may explain why disconnected teens turn to addictive behaviors — PsyPost (2026)
I agree with this! I believe it is important to keep children's and teenagers' minds stimulated, as distinct
from teaching them brain "tricks". I know loads of people who grew / grow up learning loads of things
that are good for their brains but often not good for their mental and emotional development. What do I
mean? To be blunter I mean that children and teeanagers should be brought up to be holistically
intelligent instead of just nerds who simply know loads of info but who are not creative.
23/08/26
J. Krishnamurti (532)
To discover ultimate reality, as much as we know at the time, or six sensory reality I would clarify.
#Meditation
21/08/26
Barry Cowen MEP, Midlands-North-West, Ireland (2026)
Look at who I met on my journey to Castlerea today on the Westport train! It was my first time meeting
him too!
20/08/26
19/08/26
David McCullough
Update
David is a historian as well as a journalist so I am tagging this post under my History tag too
17/08/26
What in the heck is Joe Higgins doing with himself these last 10 years? — DJP (2026)
I had to double-check the year on his Wikipedia page – Joe Higgins stood down from standing in
electoral politics actually 10 years ago this year! 2016!
What the heck has he been doing for the last 10 years?
So much for him being a lifer to his cause. Does he have any creativity / any much soul?
I realise that he is in his late 70's but many people in their late 70's still have an active life, contributing
to community and humanity.
Some people actually thought he was a colourful politician! He could be on occasion but only on
occasion apparently. I would post a photo of him to go with this post but the image of the old man in
the film Poltergeist 2 comes to mind in a way when I think of JH in more recent years and I don't want
to scare people myself included. 👻🙈🙊
Baclofen for alcohol addiction? — DJP (2026)
Baclofen as a treatment for alcohol addiction mentioned in this new article on PsyPost.
I tried Baclofen for alcohol addiction once, and my brain felt so totally relaxed from taking it at first
that I thought that I could afford to drink again. Which is a frame of mind, if you are addicted to
alcohol, which is not good.
To make matters worse, not only did I drink again over those few days taking Baclofen – I didn't
realise that Baclofen is one of those tablets where you are NOT supposed to drink with AT ALL – and I
nearly had a breakdown!
I think that, given how relaxed my brain felt over the first day or two of taking Balcofen, it should
be researched more for other neurological and mental health conditions though.
I haven't drank alcohol since 2010, but if I thought I could afford to take Baclofen again for a
relaxation point of view, I would, given how relaxed I felt taking it at first. However I would need to
see more research done on the drug. What is the saying – "If something sounds too good to be true, it
probably is"?
Sadhguru (351)
Note the word "ecstasy". From what I remember of doing some of them when I was young is that
people use some legal (I am thinking in particular of alcohol although cannabis is legal in some places
as well) and illegal drugs (like the drug ecstasy or "e" or "yokes" as we called them itself and stronger
drugs) as they believe there is no other way of experiencing real, natural ecstasy.
I have learned that there are ways of experiencing real, natural ecstasy but you have to find it and in my
experience often actually create the experience. I can only speak for my own experience but I
experience this state most usually through spirituality and other things I am passionate about.
16/08/26
Abraham Hicks (311)
This is one of the main things or tricks maybe they could be called I learned from the Abraham Hicks
books I have.
When we feel intense discomfort or rather pain it is often because we are not keeping up with the
rockets of desire as Abraham Hicks calls them we have launched.
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