Cempaka Culture and Tourism: Jakarta’s Catholic history out on display

"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. …”

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Jakarta’s Catholic history out on display

Hasyim Widhiarto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 05/20/2010 10:49 AM

One small piece of yellowed paper has become one of the biggest attractions at the Cathedral Museum, Central Jakarta, for the sinister message it carries: “We will shoot the Pope in the neck”.

The letter, which was sent to Jakarta Cathedral several weeks before Pope John Paul II’s visit to Indonesia in 1989, is among the collection of hundreds of historic items on display at the cathedral’s current exhibition.

Located on the second floor of the Jakarta Cathedral, the museum, which was inaugurated in 1991, tells the history of the Catholic church in Indonesia.

Some of the oldest items include several 200-year-old books on baptismal registration during Dutch-colonial era, a 17th-century clock that also tells the day and date and a series of photos documenting the cathedral’s construction in 1901.

However, the museum’s most famous item may be an image of the cathedral painted on dried banana leaves by Kusni Kadut, a criminal who made headlines in the 60s after committing a series of antique art robberies, including one in 1961 from the National Museum, Central Jakarta.

Kusni, a paramilitary during the Indonesia’s war of independence, was finally sentenced to death in 1980, after robbing and killing an Arab businessman in Kebon Sirih area, Central Jakarta. He converted to Catholicism while in jail.

Despite its extensive collection, the museum has only seen a few visitors due to limited opening hours and a lack of promotion.

According to Hadi Wahyu, one of the museum’s caretakers, the museum is open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Every third Sunday of the month, the museum is open between 12 noon and 2 p.m.

“Even members of the cathedral’s congregation haven’t visited the museum,” Hadi told The Jakarta Post.

The cathedral’s spokeswoman Graece Tanus suggested would-be visitors or tourists groups contact the cathedral if they wanted to stop by in its museum or requesting tour guide assistance.

“Only four people are assigned to handle the museum and the opening hours are tight. So we want to make sure that all visitors receive good service,” she said.

“It’s all free,” Graece added.

Earlier this year, the Culture and Tourism Ministry launched the “2010 Visit Museums Year” campaign to promote the country’s cultural sites.