Cempaka Culture and Tourism: Muslim Leader Laments Ignorance of Those Who Are Intolerant of Christians

"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, January 24, 2010

Muslim Leader Laments Ignorance of Those Who Are Intolerant of Christians

Jakarta Globe, Dessy Sagita, January 22, 2010

Christians attending Katedral Mesias in Jakarta. (Reuters Photo)

The head of Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization admitted on Friday that a report stating that Christians were the most frequent victims of religious freedom violations here was true.

Said Agil Siradj, who heads the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), said that sometimes a minority of Muslims are intolerant towards other religions, particularly Christianity. Said said such intolerance by extremists was based on limited knowledge about Islam.

“They [the extremists] don’t have enough understanding about what Islam is all about,” Said said in response to a report issued on Thursday by the Wahid Institute, a non-governmental organization focused on promoting pluralism. The report said that of 35 cases of religious freedom violations lodged with police in 2009, 28 were against Christians.

Said added that Christians should help maintain religious tolerance by being more sensitive towards Muslims. “It is fine if the Christians want to build a church. It would, however, be best and wise if they discussed it first with the people living in the neighborhood, so there will be no misunderstanding,” he said.

The Wahid Institute is the brainchild of late former President Abdurrahman “Gus Dur” Wahid, who was a leader of the NU and the grandson of its founder, Hasyim Asy’ari.

“The report is true. Even though legally Christianity is a religion recognized and protected by the state, still so many violations and even attacks occur,” Rev. Gomar Gultom, executive secretary of the Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI), said.

Gomar said the violations were sometimes quite obvious as when some groups oppose the building of churches, or even try to prevent Christians from conducting religious rituals in accordance with their beliefs.

“A church in Sibuhuan, South Tapanuli [in North Sumatra] was burnt down this afternoon,” Gomar said on Friday, adding that there had been incessant complaints about the existence of the church for a month.

Even though Christianity is “legal” in Indonesia, there were still many who treated believers of “traditional religions or sects” better than they would treat Christians, he said.

“People who believe in Kejawen in Java, or Sunda Karawitan, are treated better than Christians, even though legally they are not acknowledged by the state,” Gomar said.

“The government has no excuse for letting such tragedies happen,” he said.

Father Dani Sanusi from the Indonesian Bishops Conference said that church burning and attacks against Christians have resulted in deep trauma for many Indonesian Christians.

“A lot of Christians are deeply traumatized and are reluctant to attend Christmas mass, or any other religious ceremony because they are afraid for their safety,” he said.