Cempaka Culture and Tourism: Obama 'good for tourism'

"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. …”

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Obama 'good for tourism'

Andra Wisnu, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar | Fri, 11/07/2008 10:52 AM

Citing Obama's four-year stay in Menteng, Jakarta, and his political party affiliation, U.S. President-elect Barack Obama carries the hope for Bali's tourist industry that his election will bring more visitors to the island.

Head of Bali Tourism Board Ngurah Wijaya said Barry's election -- Obama's nickname when he lived in Jakarta -- would make Indonesia more well-known among the U.S. and other countries' citizens.

"Now that he is elected, maybe more people will want to visit Indonesia -- including Bali -- just to see the country where he grew up," Wijaya said Thursday.

Obama lived four years in Menteng with his U.S. mother, Ann Durham, and Indonesian stepfather, Lolo Soetoro, during his childhood.

He was sent to Hawaii to live with his grandparents in 1971, eventually graduating from Columbia University and Harvard Law School before becoming a Junior Senator from Illinois and President-elect.

In his book, Dreams from My Father, Obama describes his childhood in Indonesia as "one long adventure, the bounty of a young boy's life".

He recalled being troubled by the poverty around him, "the empty look on the faces of farmers the year the rains never came", and "the desperation of the disabled beggars who came to the family's door".

Wijaya invoked Obama's experience in Indonesia, saying his affiliation with the Democratic Party might have been influenced by his stay in the country.

"And I'm glad that a Democrat has been elected, because they are usually more open to the outside world, which is evident by Obama's call for more dialogue as opposed to Bush and his Republican Party's shoot-first-ask-questions-later attitude," he said.

"It's finally nice to have someone who knows what this country is really like."

Head of Executive Bali Hotel Association Djinaldi Gosana hoped Obama's election would shift U.S. foreign policy to Indonesia's favor.

"Such as the travel warning that was issued after the Bali bombings -- we hope his election would not have such a warning stretch out as long as it did during Bush's term," Djinaldi said in Denpasar, as quoted by Antara.

Djinaldi further urged the Indonesian government to intensify its tourism campaign in the United States, saying Obama's election and his stay in the country had presented a great opportunity to introduce Indonesia.

Secretary General of the Association of Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants Perry Markus agreed that Obama's election would be good for tourism.

Perry hoped that Obama's election could alleviate the effects of the U.S.-led global financial crisis.

"I think the politicking should be over now and it is time we focused on the real issue which is the financial crisis," he said.

"I hope that when Obama gets to the White House, he'll create real change and help us get through this tough time."