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Woman who spent 23 years on US death row cleared (Photo: dpa)



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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, December 15, 2008

Islam must be a blessing, solution: SBY

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, The Jakarta Post, Padang | Mon, 12/15/2008 10:33 AM  

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has reiterated newly declared national hero Mohammad Natsir's teachings that Islam serve as a blessing and a solution for Muslims and non-Muslims alike. 

Yudhoyono was speaking at a thanksgiving ceremony organized by the West Sumatra society for the awarding of the national hero title to Natsir, held at Indarung on Saturday evening. 

"We long for the emergence of Islamic figures who will eradicate misunderstandings about Islam. Islamophobia must be eliminated: that's what Natsir taught us," he said. 

Yudhoyono added that Natsir, who served as prime minister in 1950, embodied the true values and traits of Islam. 

This, he went on, was the third of four heroic values that could be learnt from Natsir, the first being Natsir's stance, right from the start, against imperialism and colonialism. 

Such a stance, Yudhoyono said, was needed in developing a just world order free from the control of a single world power. 

The second trait, Yudhoyono continued, was Natsir's integral motion that formed Indonesia into a unitary state, the importance of which was not merely tangible, but could also be actualized into development equality. 

Yudhoyono said the fourth heroic value Natsir embodied was his accomplishment in maintaining harmony between cultures. 

"We are still witnessing clashes of culture in many places. We need a bridge to develop a dialogue with a clear mind and heart," he said. 

The government named Natsir a national hero last month, although he had been nominated since 1994. 

Many believe the tardiness in approving the status was related to Natsir's involvement with the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia (PRRI). 

The U.S.-backed PRRI was a regional military faction based in Bukittinggi, which from 1956 to 1958 advocated rebellion against the central government and first president Soekarno's rule. 

Yudhoyono admitted there were pitfalls in awarding national hero status, but added the decision was based on a detailed study that included recommendations from historians. 

"We have to respect the ins and outs of history. Let's leave it as it is. We must not judge it, much less give it an outrageous judgment," Yudhoyono told some 1,000 attendees at the ceremony. 

The President and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono were in the province to officially open the Batanghari Dam and oversee the harvest of hybrid rice in Dharmasraya regency, 200 kilometers from the West Sumatra capital of Padang. 

Also in the President's entourage were Agriculture Minister Anton Aprianto and Public Works Minister Djoko Kirmanto.

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