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Monday, 24 February 2025
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What Breathing Can Teach You About Relationships
When talking about relationships, sometimes people have trouble grasping what it means to let go. If that’s the case, I have a metaphors. Letting go is as simple as breathing; exhaling, to be precise. The entire breathing cycle can be seen as a metaphor of relationships. You start off in need. You have desires. You believe that if you do not have this person, you will die. That’s like inhaling. You expand yourself to take this person in. You incorporate him or her into your life. You feel full. Once you inhale, try to hold your breath. Fresh oxygen inevitably becomes suffocating carbon dioxide. You get dizzy, confused, desperate. If you persist, you’ll pass out. If you still don’t inhale, you’ll die. The very person you desired will sooner or later becomes the source of aggravation. That thing that you once found so charming will drive you nuts. The personal quality that you did not possess, but thought your partner could provide, will not be as important as you once thought. It never really was important to you. If it was, you would’ve developed it in yourself. There will be meddlesome in-laws, misunderstandings, mismatched goals, competing careers, money problems, poor timing in sex, squally children who may not even be yours, incongruent tastes, all the foibles that never become evident until two people live together. There will be minor betrayals and maybe major ones. There will be things to forgive. You’ll act dizzy, confused, desperate. If it persists, you’ll be out of there. If you don’t leave, something will die inside. Exhale. Expel. Forgive. Let go. It feels good, doesn’t it? You were tense, holding it in, and you may not have even known it. Now you’re ready and able to desire again. There are some who believe they can avoid this cycle in their relationships. They believe that if they find the perfect person, the relationship will never sour. They think that, if they can change their partner, everything will be all right. You might just as well wish that oxygen never will become carbon dioxide. By the way, oxygen does not become carbon dioxide by itself. It’s you that does it; and it’s you who turns what she does into aggravation, resentment, anger, and hurt. They’re your emotions. You made them. To be sure, just as there is poisonous air, there are also poisonous relationships, affiliations that should be avoided. Your relationship might be making you sick. If that is the case, it may need to be ended. Even if that’s the case, even if you are in a poisonous relationship, like poisonous air, you still need to exhale. Let go, let the poison out. You might even desire another again. You're currently a free subscriber to The Reflective Eclectic. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription.
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Thursday, 20 February 2025
The “BRICS Sovereigns” vs the “Globalist Oligarchy”
By Nicholas Jones [Originally published on Nkrumah’s Africa]The current state of the world has cause for serious optimism as we bare witness to the arrival and reprisal of new and old actors on the global stage; actors that are capable of changing the present, somewhat drastic reality, into a shared future for humanity that will bring about more economic prosperity and faces the very real chance of eradicating major conflicts and poverty on planet earth for all citizens.
Open vs Closed SystemsThe names above are pretty obvious in their setting, but we need to open up the major differences that separate the truly “sovereign” nations from the NATO Hegemon and its Vassal states. Initial factors that divide these two powers are easy to highlight; One seeks development while the other seeks domination, One aims to enslave and ensnare others into its economic system, while the other aims to cooperate and embolden one another in economic projects seeking win-win results. We continue – One uses its military might to corner and threaten weaker actors on the world stage, while the other uses its military for defensive obligations, scientific research and for civilian technological developments. This increases its ability to defend from the Hegemon, practicing a policy of restraint, while conflicts caused by these external actors, arise on their borders. By now we should be getting a sense of what nations represent which system – China, Russia and Iran represent the Sovereigns while the U.S.A and its NATO vassals represent the closed minded Oligarchy, that has its roots firmly entrenched in the dark age mentality of the crusades – a world war battle of might makes right – not forgetting using faith based mythology as the literature for the war cry. Hardly the image of man that Jesus Christ or Plato envisioned. The path is closed for the HegemonNATO or the Anglo-American five eyes surveillance state, created it seems in the image of Sauron – the all-seeing eye of Mordor – stands exposed at the top of the world alter from which it has lectured others for so many years now. Since 1991 when this observer was born, there have been over 20 major conflicts initiated by the Anglo-American-Zionist hydra state and this has set the stage for the change we see today, a change, that if one truly believes that his fellow citizen is endowed with the same image that his creator bestowed upon himself, was inevitably going to arrive sooner rather than later. The Global South (Africa, ASEAN + South America) were never truly in lockstep with the Hegemon, but realized after many assassinations, regime change operations and outright invasions, that resisting the attempts of the Anglo-Americans to financially recolonize their nations, was futile, until an actor capable of challenging that closed system thinking of colonization and extortion, arrived on scene. China arrived with much speed and grandeur thanks to her enormous population rooted in Confucian philosophy, while Mao’s CCP incorporated the imagery of socialism and not forgetting a Deng Xiaoping inspired economic renaissance, to bring about a rising tide that would lift all boats. This was not in opposition to the true western culture rooted in Platonic philosophy, but certainly opposed to the overly individualistic Aristotelian image presented by the Western Oligarchy, where democracy masks the overtly oligarchic intentions of our elite and has everyone divided into parties that achieve very little in the realm of physical development. One only need compare the almost Soviet-like bureaucracy of the E.U using Green politics to squander every economic breakthrough, with the ever expanding and scientifically developed economy of China that is largely responsible for most of the real intrinsic wealth creation in the world since the millennium. This is certainly true for Africa, hence why the path of colonization and extortion for economic gains, is now almost closed for the Anglo-American Empire. (Below we have an image of the destruction of Libya when Hillary Clinton infamously cackled – “We came, we saw, he died” when talking about Muammar Qaddafi, the Pan-Africanist. This woman almost became president of the land of the free.)
A Paradigm of Lies, Extortion and TerrorThe image above paints an extraordinary picture of chaos, deceit and fear; all with the aim of controlling the largest stand alone continent with arguably the most valuable resource base in the world. NATO has been rampaging across the planet using the methods mentioned above to bully smaller nations into behaving as the hegemon wishes. Libya was a tragic ending to the second act, where most thought everything was doomed and no actor (Qaddafi) would ever be able to challenge the hegemons mindset, even if at first working hand in hand with them. Even if you helped us, we are still master and you are still underlings. No other civilization or culture is allowed a seat at the table. Though the atrocities that were handed out to China and Russia under the guise of two world wars and prior wars such as the Opium wars in China’s case and the Napoleonic wars in Russia’s case, were tragic beyond all measure, they have still succeeded in navigating their respective populations to heights not seen in their history. China today has yearly GDP growth from 4-6% and has pulled over 800 million people out of poverty during 40 years, while Russia, under the west’s self-harming sanctions policy, is actually witnessing 3-4% GDP growth this year, while its EAEU regional neighbors are standing in the 4-6% growth rate margin. A good time to be friends with such powers. For all the might and power of the Anglo-American-Zionist NATO military state, it is not enough to maintain the smoke and mirror narrative bending in the information sphere. Now the physical reality is changing given that the illusion of power is rapidly melting away.
The Saharan G5 ends with the AES taking the reinsThe policy of NATO in Saharan Africa has actually ended in being kicked out of the region. The situation with terrorism is far worse off than before the G5 was created in 2014 to combat that very threat. We will list some common sense conclusions by which the newly formed AES leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger also arrived at, due to years of stagnation in ridding their territories of extremism.
Conclusion: the G5 under the occupation of American and French forces saw a ten fold increase in terrorist activities when initially the rate had fallen. This concludes that it was the intention of those forces to oversee the expansion and proliferation of terrorism in the Sahel. In the years 2020-23, after a decade of stagnation in the fight against terrorism, economic devastation due to the latter and ever increasing political instability in the three nations of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger; we saw a rapid transition to military rule and the leaders General Assimi Goita, Captain Ibrahim Traore and Brigadier General Abdourahamane Tchiani rose to the fore and began to reorganize the states of their nations. Mali was first to bring in military rule in 2021, while the others followed suit in 2022 and 2023. You could be right in thinking that these coup d’états were somewhat coordinated but that is speculative at best for now. What certainly was coordinated was the arrival of the AES – The Alliance of Sahel states. This alliance was formed in 2023, first and foremost to combat the rebel and terrorist forces seeking to divide and conquer these once fragile states and to create a stable foundation for increased economic activity while increasing societal stability. As you can see in the map below, all three nations share borders and by creating this union, surely stand a greater chance in defeating the scourge of terrorism.
BRICS enters the stage – from a Great Game to a Great vision for the Global SouthSince the Millennium, the world has seen some rapid and genuinely progressive change. Though the western populace was still very much under the illusion that all was well and good, even though wars, famine and poverty were still spreading like wildfire across the planet; BRICS and especially China and Russia, were preparing a new vision for the future. In 2000 we saw the creation of FOCAC – a forum for China-Africa relations to discuss all matters from Economic development to cultural ties to social development. That forum takes place every 3 years and we have just concluded the 9th summit this year in Beijing. Then in 2009, we saw the creation of BRIC and South Africa’s participation was sealed in 2010 turning it into BRICS. These nations represent the leaders of the Global south and anti colonial nations for they have all experienced significant upheaval during the colonial period of history. They stand united in that experience but that is not enough to overhaul the hegemonic ambitions of the Anglo-Americans. Then in 2019, following Chinas lead, the Russia-Africa summit was founded and a repeat summit went ahead in 2023 with much success. These summits represent the organizational framework, that is essential in ridding the Global South of the colonial structures that have laid the ground for continued economic extortion in the 21st century. After decades of broken promises from western leaders, the Global South finds partners in China and Russia that seek win-win economic relations and seek to increase their coordination in fostering a just world order that enhances the prosperity for even small nations like Burundi and Malawi for example. No one is left out and all have a red carpet laid for them leading to the table of civilizational nation states. Sovereigns seek the rejuvenation and rebirth of their neighbors while Empiricists seek the capitulation of their subordinates. We enter the 3rd and final act, which will in turn lead to an entirely new play.
Economic progress since 2000It is clear to most who have a clear definition of national economics under the teachings of Alexander Hamilton and Lyndon Larouche; that it is China that provided the intervening incentive for economic rejuvenation of the Global South since the millennium. We list some of the achievements:
(China’s FDI into Africa) And so while China has an extraordinary need for energy resources, due to her lack of hard commodities within her borders, Africa can plug the gap for China’s rapidly growing economy while China provides long term loans with low interest for the development of continental infrastructure in the form of Transport, Energy, Ports, SEZ’s, Telecommunication, Housing, etc. In terms of Trade, China provides Africa with low cost but high quality technology, fabrics, automobiles, and other consumer retail, helping African citizens increase their standard of living while also receiving new infrastructure that already has increased Africa’s own export potential. Russia on the other hand, though a more recent partner to Africa’s future prosperity, has equal importance. Security and Military technical assistance for African nations is essential if they wish to rid themselves of their former colonial masters. African militaries long in need of serious investment, training and organization now have a partner that has proven its effectiveness in resisting the Hegemons Globalist intentions. In terms of Energy assistance, Russia is at the forefront already for they are currently constructing the El-Dabaa NPP in Egypt that upon completion will provide some 4.8GW of power to the continent. Nuclear assistance is also ongoing with other nations such as South Africa, Ghana, Burkina Faso and the Republic of Guinea while 21 nations in total have Nuclear agreements with Russia.
65 years of Pan-Africanism turns towards BRICSThe Pan-African renaissance aided by John F Kennedy in the 1960’s was the final chance for the West to hold on to the Promethean torch and provide the quantum leap forward that African so longed for, but as history shows, that moment was lost on us and fear won the day. Martin Luther King alongside other martyr figures like Malcom X, Kwame Nkrumah and Paul Robeson successfully championed the future image of a free Africa and we now bare witness to their dream. The plaque of John Kennedy on the Akosombo Dam in Ghana (a project he managed to singlehandedly get of the ground) must be wondering what on earth happened to his civilization. Such promise turned on its head provided the space for some other nation to pick up that Promethean torch and that nation was China. Though China has a modern history that most westerners perceive as purely red and communist, few understand the role that Sun Yat Sen and Deng Xiaoping played in incorporating the very best of Western civilizational roots, based in the Philosophies of Plato, Leibniz and Hamilton, into the Chinese economic system that we see today. A great martial artist once said – “Be like water” – “water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend“. The Chinese have certainly mastered this fluidity.
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