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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. …”

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Out with the old 'bajaj,' in with the new



The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 05/08/2008 11:03 AM




OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW

Two officers arranged parts of old two-stroke bajaj (three-wheeled pedicab) at a vacant lot in Pulo Gebang, East Jakarta on Wednesday.

 

In the background, hundreds of other bajaj were piled high, awaiting a similar fate. The city administration would later press the bajaj parts using a steamroller. 

The measure was made as part of the city administration's bid to replace the old two-stroke engine bajaj with its newer CNG-fueled successor. 

The city planned to demolish as many as 250 bajaj starting Wednesday. 

"I believe this conversion can benefit bajaj owners and drivers. This will also have environmental benefits because we hope to reduce the amount of pollution these vehicles cause," Governor Fauzi Bowo said Wednesday while witnessing the demolition. 

The phase-out program could serve at least three purposes, he said. 

First, it would help reduce air pollution because CNG engine emissions are considered less polluting than emissions from two-stroke gasoline engines. Second, it would help bajaj owners and drivers to increase their earnings because CNG was cheaper and CNG-based bajaj are quieter, thus more preferable. 

Thirdly, he said, it would reduce the government's spending on gasoline subsidy; the city had estimated that for every 500 bajaj replacements, the government could save up to Rp 6.3 billion (US$684,782) every year. 

The administration first introduced the CNG-based model last year, targeting to replace a total of 5,000 bajaj by the end of this year. 

Latest data showed there were 14,424 bajaj operating in the capital, 500 of which were the CNG model. 

The price of the new bajaj, sold by PT Abdi Raharja, is Rp 38.9 million, while an old bajaj costs around Rp 17 million. 

Jakarta Bajaj drivers association chief Tarjono said he expected the administration would give bajaj owners a subsidy to help pay interest on their bajaj loans. 

"I agree with the bajaj replacement but the current bank interest, which is 23 percent per year, is too steep for us. 

"We expect the interest to go down to around 12 percent," he said. (ind)


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