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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. …

Saturday, February 9, 2008

Awards celebrate Indonesian media

Suherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, Semarang

Five prominent figures from the press will receive lifetime achievement awards in commemoration of National Press Day and the 62nd anniversary of the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) here Saturday.

The recipients are Sabam Siagian from The Jakarta Post; Jakob Oetama, founder of Kompas newspaper; Djafar H. Assegaff, PWI secretary general; the late Atang Ruswita, founder of Pikiran Rakyat daily; and former deputy chief of the Press Council, the late RH Siregar.

Sabam, a member of the Post's board of directors, said the award was a reminder for him to continue communicating to younger journalists why the profession is an honorable one, despite the encroaching effects of capital and the electronic media in journalism.

"The inner core of journalism remains the same, which is to uphold truth and fairness, and always fight for the common people," he said.

Sasongko Tedjo, regional chief coordinator of the 2008 event, said all award recipients had devoted their lives to journalism.

"These five people undoubtedly played major roles in the development of our domestic press. They took part in the building of our nation," he said.

He added that the commemoration would be attended by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who would also launch the Mass Newspaper Reading Movement for some 10,000 high school students.

Sasongko said the movement was meant to increase interest in reading, especially among the younger generation.

"There is a lack of interest in reading among the younger generation ... which is why print media circulation is experiencing a national decline," he said.

This year's commemoration activities, which began Thursday and will end Sunday, are focused on a convention titled "Press perspective of the Indonesia 2030 Vision".

Several prominent figures spoke during the event, including People's Consultative Assembly speaker Hidayat Nurwahid, who said the press should not only criticize but also provide solutions.

"I wish the press did not only sensationalize stories and criticize. The readers are already critical themselves and they don't just want criticism, they also want solutions," he said.

Results from the convention's discussion will be passed on to the President as a contribution from the press regarding the nation's direction up to 2030.

National Press Day was commemorated for the first time in 1985 and dedicated to the PWI, which was founded in 1946.

During the New Order era, the PWI was the only government-sanctioned press organization. An alternative press association critical to the government, the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), was formed in 1994 and grew stronger following the reform movement that put an end to Soeharto's New Order regime in 1998.

There are now more than 20 press organizations in the country.


President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono attends the commemoration of the National Press Day, Semarang, Saturday (2/9). The Head of State asks the media to use language which could help build the national character. He knew that the press` language should be sharp, but it should not be rough. (ANTARA/R Rekotomo/es)


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