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"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Sutiyoso's transportation policies queried

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Do you like living in Jakarta? If the answer is no, you are probably one of the thousands of Jakartans who are largely dependent on public transportation or ill at ease when faced by the poverty in our midst.

A survey conducted by the Youth and Student Network for Democracy (JPMD) suggested the performance of the Sutiyoso administration has been far from satisfactory in all sectors, resulting in the poor quality of life in the capital.

The majority of the 1,000 respondents said his record in tacking poverty and social exclusion, improving the public transportation and combating corruption in the last five years of his tenure had been poor.

Central Statistics Agency data for 2005 showed the number of people categorized as poor had doubled within a year to 675,700, or 7 percent of the city's population.

Urban planner Marco Sastrawijaya said the weaknesses in Sutiyoso's policies were the result of the current bureaucratic system.

He cited inconsistencies in Sutiyoso's transportation policies such as replacing the slow lanes of Jl. Sudirman and Jl.Thamrin in December with fast lanes, despite the administration's commitment to reducing air pollution in the city.

The administration earlier this month placed road separators on the same main thoroughfares to demarcate slow lanes for motorcycles and public buses in an effort to change the behavior of road users.

"If he is really committed to reducing air pollution, he must say no to additional road expansion projects and reject proposals to build more parking facilities and gas stations," Marco said in a discussion on the survey Wednesday.

Governor hopeful from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) Adang Daradjatun said the city had to create partnerships with its neighboring cities and regencies to overcome its poverty and transportation problems.

"The city is undeniably overcrowded and needs other regions to help it accommodate its surplus population, including newcomers to the city," he said during the discussion.

The Jakarta Population and Civil Registration Agency reported recently that despite the presence of 8.7 million people in the city, only 7.5 million had registered themselves as residents.

Adang said it was also important to empower small and medium enterprises as this was the key to strengthening the city's economic structure.

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