Cempaka Culture and Tourism: Indonesia's Java Jazz festival gets into swing

"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, March 8, 2009

Indonesia's Java Jazz festival gets into swing

By Olivia Rondonuwu, Sat Mar 7, 2009 12:07am EST

JAKARTA (Reuters Life!) - Indonesia's capital has opened one of the world's biggest jazz festivals, with up to 80,000 visitors expected to cheer 220 local and international acts over three days, organizers say.

Any concerns over the impact of the global financial crisis on the 5th annual Java Jazz festival appear to have been misplaced, with some visitors complaining about the crowds at Friday's festival launch.

"It's the renowned jazz artists that are on the line-up," said Dinesh Sharma, 28, a Malaysian music fan who flew in from Kuala Lumpur to attend the event.

This year's line up includes international acts like Jason Mraz, Laura Fygi, Dianne Reeves, Swing Out Sister and Brian McKnight, as well as 150 local acts.

The chaotic Indonesian capital is not usually known for hosting many major concerts or other events, and some visitors complained of difficulties getting to the venue in a city notorious for bad traffic and little public transport.

"There are too many people, I had to go round and round one-and-a-half hours before I found parking, but the artists they offer were great," said local fan Yulvia Suman at a performance by Matt Bianco.

The festival is spread over 19 stages with 70-80 performances a day in the cavernous Jakarta Convention Center.

The price of a three-day pass that excludes many of the international acts is 850,000 rupiah ($70.89), prohibitive for many in a country where millions live on less than $2 a day.

"The appetite is amazing. We didn't expect it," said Eki Puradiredja, the festival's program coordinator.

He dismissed concerns over security. Indonesia has been hit by bombings by Islamist militants in the capital and in Bali but there have been no major attacks for more than three years.

Another Malaysian fan, Martin Dass, praised the festival.

"I've been coming here since 2005 (and it) never fails," he said. "To put all this sound together and there are so many bands. It's awesome."

(Editing by Ed Davies)

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