Obi Ejimbe and Shamanism — DJP (2026)

 

Mini-course: https://the4dayminicourse.pathsofascension.com/index

The Gaeltacht — DJP (2026)

 

Drugs including alcohol — DJP (2026)

 

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DJP / Sadhguru (361) (2026)

 

Update:

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Obi Ejimbe (74)

 

Great post here by Obi; quote from it below. 

I would add that it can, at times, be difficult to be clear-headed like this even when you don’t drink alcohol or take any other intoxicating substances at all. Conversly when you are intoxicated by drugs, it becomes dubious, and even worse behaviour can occur.

I would also add to the quote below that a lot of people don't think that many big societal problems are their issues too, which is sad. Maybe we cannot feel "connected" to every issue, even where we live, but I believe we should feel connected to many big societal issues, such as trying to overcome poverty, inequality and injustice.

It worries me that a lot of people are oblivious to much of what is going on around them, in their own countries and around the world. And even when they become aware of some things, more often than not, they don't try to help figure the issues out.

Overcoming a lot of issues needs people or more people to use their brains. 

Raidió Fáilte @ 20 — An Todhchaí / The Future — Cuairt Near FM Visit (GA/EN) (2026)

 

Cillian Breatnach, Bainisteoir Raidió Fáilte 

– Belfast's Irish-language radio station

DJP on the challenge of becoming fluent or competent Irish speakers (2026)

 

Demo outside Leinster House Calls for an End to Puppy Farms — Near FM Report (2026) 🐶 🐕

 

Dr. Nicole LePera (106)

 

I agree with this! I would also reflect that I didn't often feel like this when I was sharing houses for 15 

years. And that it is I believe important to have a "safe" home and, for me, live in a safe area as 

reasonable as can be.

People

 

I have loads of pain in the groin people in my life, and have for a long time, and I am inclined to 

believe the below in that such people encourage you on through contrast on to be the person you are 

meant to be.

Potpourri and essential oils — DJP (2026)

 

From my Facebook tonight. I generally get my essential oils in Holland and Barrett or get Oġam Essential 

Oils and I got the potpourri I have at the moment from Wexford Lavender Farm which is great too.

Success vs negative unrealistic bastards — DJP (2026)

 

This is actually a deep thing I learned on my spiritual journey that a lot, maybe most, people don't give 

a seconds attention or thought to, I think.

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:

1. 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.

2. 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."

3. 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.                                    

4. 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.

5. 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

Q: Would it be true to say that there are an "enormous" amount of Latin and French words used in English?

Yes. It would be fair to say that English contains an enormous number of words derived from Latin and French.

The important distinction is that English is still fundamentally a Germanic language. Its basic grammar and many of its most common everyday words—the, is, have, come, go, house, wife, child, bread, water—are Germanic.

But its vocabulary has been massively influenced by French and Latin:

• French: particularly after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Words such as government, court, parliament, justice, army, battle, prison, beauty, and language entered English from French.
• Latin: entered English at several different periods—through Christianity, medieval scholarship, French (which itself developed from Latin), and especially Renaissance and scientific vocabulary. Examples include education, information, communication, individual, society, literature, and science.

Depending on how words are counted, well over half of the vocabulary recorded in large English dictionaries is ultimately of Latin or French/Latinate origin. The percentage is much lower if you look only at the words people use most frequently in ordinary conversation, because those are disproportionately Germanic.

So this would be perfectly reasonable:

“English is a Germanic language, but it contains an enormous amount of vocabulary derived from French and Latin.”

I'd use “an enormous amount of vocabulary” rather than “an enormous amount of words”; alternatively, “an enormous number of French and Latin words.”

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.

DJP (2026)

 

People who don't have a filter? — Darren J. Prior (2026)

 

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)

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. 😊