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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. …”

Monday, March 16, 2009

Cyclists take over city streets

The Jakarta Post ,  JAKARTA  |  Mon, 03/16/2009 11:47 AM 

 

 Second to none: Suyati sits next to his decorated 1926 batik bike at a bicycle contest at Bung Karno Sports Complex in Central Jakarta on Sunday. (JP/Hasyim Widhiarto)

Suyati, 50, rode his vintage 1926 bicycle leisurely behind a swarm of cyclists zipping down Jl. Jend. Sudirman in Central Jakarta on Sunday morning.  

Despite its slow pace, Suyati’s bicycle turned heads as all of its parts, including its tubes, forks and fenders, were wrapped in batik fabric. 

“I spent no money for the bike’s decor,” Suyati, the grandfather of three, told The Jakarta Post.

“I just asked my wife and neighbors for their leftover batik cloth.”

The retired security guard boasted that with the new décor, his bike was now second to none at Sunday’s bike contest, held by pharmaceutical company PT Darya Varia Laboratoria in the eastern parking lot of Bung Karno Sports Complex in Senayan, Central Jakarta.

“Just compare it with other, newer bikes. It is still cooler, isn’t it?” Suyati laughed. 

Along with Suyati, more than 3,500 cyclists took part in the event. Assembling at Senayan, the participants pedaled down city thoroughfares, eventually looping back to their point of departure. 

Sandy, another participant, said he enjoyed joining in the fun as he could show off his rare, pink mountain bike. 

“Not many people, especially men, have a pink bicycle,” the 24-year-old man said. 

Sandy said he had to spend more than Rp 5 million (US$420) to make his dream bicycle.

“I also spent a lot to modify the [bike’s] suspension,” Sandy, who works at a bicycle store, said.

Adi Rahman, 28, a member of the city’s folding bike club, met up with other members during the event. 

“Most of the time, we only contact each others through an Internet mailing list. Now, we can meet,” the banker said.

Adi, who rides his bicycle from his house on Jl. Fatmawati to his office on Jl. Kapten Tendean every Friday, said he used to ride a motorcycle, but later bought a folding bike because it is easy to carry. 

“I can fold it and bring it aboard the busway,” he said.

Chairman of the Indonesian Folding Bike Club, Azwar Kusuma said that the club had 1,000 members across the country, 700 members are residents of Jakarta. (hwa)


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