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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. …

Friday, June 18, 2010

Ambon celebrates links with ‘Der Oranje’

M. Azis Tunny, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 06/18/2010 9:51 AM

Indonesian soccer fans pledge allegiance to their favorite teams at the World Cup for various reasons. But only those in Maluku, the country’s northernmost islands, claim to have an emotional link with the Dutch team.

It’s been Orange Fever from the start of the 2010 World Cup in Ambon. The city has turned orange, with Dutch flags fluttering on every corner. Residents are strong supporters of Dutch coach Lambertus van Marwijk’s side.

When the Netherlands beat Denmark 2-0 in a Group E match, jubilation broke out with hundreds of soccer fans promptly parading around the city in cars and motorcycles.

They sported Dutch paraphernalia and flags, setting off fireworks to light up the night.

Ronny Samloy, a local soccer fan, said the huge number of fans of the Dutch soccer team in Ambon was attributable to the fact that three players in the Dutch team — captain Giovanni van Bronckhorst, John Heitinga and Demy de Zeeuw — are of Maluku descent.

Dutch team - captain Giovanni van Bronckhorst

John Heitinga

Demy de Zeeuw

“This may have led many Ambon residents to become fans of the Orange Team,” Samloy, a sports editor at a local daily, said.

He added that the people of Maluku were emotionally close to the Netherlands as the Dutch once colonized Indonesia for 350 years.

During the period, many Maluku people worked for the colonial administration and some became soldiers under the Dutch. The emotional ties intensified following the exodus of more than 12,000 Maluku residents to the Netherlands at the end of the 1940s due to political issues.

Giovanni’s father, for example, is a Eurasian, while his mother, Manuela Sapulette, is said to hail from Ulath village, Saparua district, in Central Maluku regency. She was among those who moved to the Netherlands.

“This is also a factor that has made many Ambon residents, and even the people of Maluku in general, feel closer to the Netherlands,” he added.

Samloy said many Dutch citizens of Maluku origin in the Netherlands were active in the fields of music and sports, especially soccer, as many Dutch people of Maluku descent played in soccer clubs from the first to third division.

He added that Ajax soccer club legend and former Dutch soccer team member Simon Tamata came from Ambon. Samloy said the coach and the entire squad of Dutch third-division club SV Jong Ambon were Dutch citizens of Maluku descent.

Vox Populi Institute director Almudatsir Sangadji sees the fanatical support for the Dutch team as an emotional tie not only with some squad members but also with people of Maluku descent living in the Netherlands.

He said there were more than 70,000 Dutch citizens of Maluku descent living in the Netherlands.

“The first generation of Maluku residents emigrated en masse to the Netherlands at the end of the 1940s. Now the third generation of Maluku people living in the country stands at more than 70,000,” he said.

Sangadji, however, said the show of support for the Dutch team tended to be excessive, with giant Dutch flags on display in a number of areas in Ambon.

“They probably won’t hoist the Indonesian flag on Aug. 17 [Indonesia’s Independence Day], but if the Dutch team plays in the World Cup and wins, even if it’s in the first round, the streets would be filled with jubilant people.

“A number of areas would also be filled with the Dutch flags. This phenomenon has occurred for a long time and is not unique to the current World Cup,” he said.

Netherlands' Wesley Sneijder (2nd L) celebrates with teammate Robin Van Persie (1st L) during their 2010 World Cup Group E soccer match against Japan at Moses Mabhida stadium in Durban, South Africa, on June 19, 2010. (Xinhua/Liao Yujie)


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