Cempaka Culture and Tourism: Lawang Gintung, Batu Tulis boast historical sites

"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, November 25, 2008

Lawang Gintung, Batu Tulis boast historical sites

Theresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Bogor | Tue, 11/25/2008 11:24 AM

HIDE OUT: Lawang Gintung resident points to a bunker on land belonging to Exim Bank. The bunker, which is believed to be a remnant of the Dutch colonial era, is now almost buried under sweet potato plants. (JP/Theresia Sufa)

After a number of cultural heritage findings in Lawang Gintung and Batu Tulis subdistricts, cultural experts and locals say the areas need to be added to the government's conservation list.

Jajang Suherman, a Lawang Gintung resident, told The Jakarta Post that there were three historical bunkers in the subdistrict.

The people of Lawang Gintung have long known about these bunkers, which are located at the top of a hill, facing the Batu Tulis railway station and the Cisadane River. The distance between each bunker is 300 to 500 meters.

"The bunkers are located on residential properties. Two bunkers are on H. Mulyatna's property. He is now building a restaurant on the land. The other one is on a sweet potato field owned by Exim Bank," Jajang said.

THE TEST OF TIME: A historical bunker is threatened by demolition as a land owner develops a restaurant nearby. (JP/Theresia Sufa)

Aside from the bunkers, a rock shaped like an axe was found at the restaurant construction site in August this year.

In 2005, local residents found antique plates underneath bamboo and frangipani trees after a landslide hit the area. The plates are believed to date back to the colonial era.

"When the landslide hit, the plates were actually still intact," said Sunarto, who discovered the plates. "But when we built the foundations to hold back the landslide, the rocks and mattocks we used collided with the plates, breaking them."

The plate segments are now being stored at a house in the area.

Another suspected cultural heritage site is a well located on a senior official's property in Lawang Gintung subdistrict.

"We reported these findings to the Bogor administration a long time ago, but we have not received a response," Jajang said.

"We are also waiting for the tourism department to make an effort to conserve the historical findings and make the Lawang Gintung and Batu Tulis subdistricts cultural heritage sites."

Sundanese cultural observer Eman Sulaeman said the findings could be related to the nearby Batu Tulis Palace.

He said the bunkers and plates were likely to be remnants of the Dutch colonial era, not the Padjajaran Kingdom of the 15th and 16th century.

Sunarto said some of the plates had the inscription "P. Regeout, A.2. 1836" and some had ancient Javanese text engraved on them.

The fact that the three bunkers are facing Batu Tulis railway station and the Cisadane River indicates the importance of the sites, Eman said.

Besides the railway station, the wide Cisadane River used to be a very important water transportation lane and, therefore, needed to be preserved, Eman said.