Monday, 18 August 2025

TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

I will not be here for long, so today's news report and daily comment will be an abbreviated version of our usual coverage. I wish I could say the same about TRUMP, long live the orange slimeball and may he 💩 many diapers. 🙏

Now that the garbage has been taken out, let us pause for a moment to send prayer and meditation for *We, The People*, the freedom fighters.

☮️ ~ VIVE LA RESISTANCE ~ ☮️

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

- Google Search -

Spiritual Evolution:

Spiritual Evolution: Spiritual evolution refers to the concept that consciousness or the spirit undergoes gradual development over time, potentially mirroring the evolution of biological systems. It suggests a journey from a more basic state of being towards a higher, more enlightened or spiritual state. This concept often explores the idea that individuals and potentially humanity as a whole are on a path of growth in their understanding and experience of spirituality.

*My Personal Opinion:*

This is how one should have come to understand spiritual evolution. Physically, with the aid and advancement of science, we have evolved into a more disease-resistant species.

But what about growing and evolving psychologically in a lifetime? Excluding Alzheimer's and dementia, I have noticed and personally learned from observing the growth or decline of others that the pattern is similar: overconfidence can blindside you, and making bad choices can set you back in the physical world, but the psychological aspect is that you have just learned a lesson. Or not.

If they are mentally unable to know and understand within their heart where they went wrong and how to correct it, perhaps there is redemption. Once over the stumbling block, they continue to grow and evolve towards the, for lack of a better description, the light at the end of the evolution of consciousness.

And that sums up the discussion for the day. I hope that at some point in the future, I will have the privilege of exploring this topic further. I pray that the thoughts I have shared with you above are helpful in understanding spiritual evolution. The following discussion will explore spiritual evolution in its various phases, from the biblical gods and legends of ancient historic times to the latest concepts in quantum mechanics.

Most scientists prefer not to mix science with spirituality. Still, since I don't have a doctoral degree, I need to worry about Harvard revoking my affiliation, so I can express my theories using both.

Trump tells Zelensky to give up Crimea and never join NATO ahead of White House talks

What We're Covering:

• Zelensky in Washington:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Washington, DC, where he will be joined by key European leaders at his meeting with US President Donald Trump this afternoon. Trump says Zelensky must agree to some of Russia’s conditions — including that Ukraine cede Crimea and agree never to join NATO — for the war to end.

• Potential security guarantees:

• On the ground:

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4 min ago

Zelensky slated to meet with European leaders ahead of White House meeting

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is slated to meet with some of the European leaders ahead of his meeting with US President Donald Trump on Monday morning, two sources familiar with the matter said.

The meeting is expected to take place at the Ukrainian embassy in Washington, DC, the sources said. One said the meeting had been planned for several days. It is expected that the leaders will continue coordinate positions before they sit down with the US president and his delegation.

See the schedule for today’s meetings here.

5 min ago

Donbas: The object of Putin’s desire and the crux of the war in Ukraine

Much of the discussion around a potential deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine has centered around a part of the country’s east that has long been at the heart of Russia’s goals.

The Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk – collectively known as Donbas – were an industrial powerhouse in the Soviet era, a place of coal mines and steel mills. But the region also has rich farmland, important rivers and a coastline on the Sea of Azov.

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57 min ago

Trump says it’s a "big day at the White House" ahead of Zelensky and European leader meetings

17 min ago

What's happening on the frontlines as Zelensky and European leaders prepare for Trump talks

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Updated 10:40 AM EDT, Mon August 18, 2025

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MORE TO COME:

CANADIAN NEWS:

Federal labour board deems Air Canada flight attendants' strike 'unlawful'

Air Canada employees and union members protest outside the airline's headquarters in Montreal on Sunday. It comes after the federal government intervened in the labour dispute between the airline and the union representing Air Canada's flight attendants, ordering binding arbitration and operations to resume

The independent tribunal that administers Canada's labour laws has deemed the strike by Air Canada's some 10,000 flight attendants illegal and is ordering workers back to the skies. In a decision released Monday morning, the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) said the defiance of a back-to-work order on Sunday by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is "unlawful."

The order calls on the union to "cease all activities that declare or authorize an unlawful strike of its members and to direct the members of the bargaining unit to resume the performance of their duties" by noon ET...