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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. …

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Dial 113 to call firefighters

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 02/03/2009 3:38 PM  

It was 1974. 

Firefighters at the South Jakarta municipal fire station received a call: A chemical factory at Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, was on fire. 

Sarmadji, now 55, one of the fire unit drivers was sent to the scene, said, "The ships at the port's docks were also caught in the wild fire. 

"We had a hard time finding a water source even though water was everywhere," Sarmadji said. 

"But we couldn't use saltwater because it could damage the pump and fire engine," said the man who has been serving for 36 years and will retire next year. 

The firefighters finally managed to extinguish the blaze at the chemical factory after fighting for nearly one full day, or 22 hours. 

That was only one of many hardships faced by firefighters throughout the city, Sarmadji said. 

"If there are not enough hydrants nearby, we have to find the closest river or other water sources and go back and forth for water," he said. 

One fire engine can hold between 4,000 and 10,000 liters of water, said Kaspul Arman, head of Jagakarsa team at South Jakarta's fire department. 

The 4,000-liter supply could last for 15 minutes depending on the pressure applied to spray water. 

The fire fighters usually work from 11 a.m. until 9 a.m. the next day. 

"We are used to working 24 hours," Sarmadji said. 

Another story about a callout to a blaze: "This time a fireworks factory in Tangerang. It was in 1978, I think," Sarmadji said. "The fire took 115 lives." 

The factory's door was too small, it was the only door, and it opened inward, not out. This problem caused most of the casualties as more than a hundred people jammed in the door trying to escape the inferno. 

Simple things like the size of a door and the direction the door opens are crucial for fire safety. 

Kaspul said some other obstacles for fire included people flocking to watch the fire, looking for water sources and locked residential portals. 

He had one crucial message. 

Not many people know the fire brigade's number to dial in case of fire, he said. 

"It's 113. Anytime you see a smoke coming out of a building, one thing should pop into your mind: Dial 113," he smiled. (iwp)

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