Cempaka Culture and Tourism: Car-free day breathes life into Old Town

"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, November 15, 2009

Car-free day breathes life into Old Town

Indah Setiawati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sun, 11/15/2009 8:34 PM

A schoolgirl plays egrang (bamboo stilts) during a car-free day at the Old Town in Jakarta on Sunday. (JP/Indah Setiawati)

Hundreds of visitors enjoyed a variety of activities held to mark the Car-Free Day in Old Town (Kota Tua) in West Jakarta on Sunday morning.

“This event has been really interesting because there are many different activities in different places around Old Town. I will come back tonight to see the fireworks,” said Ahmad Qurtubi, a visitor, displaying a bowl of crab noodles he had just bought at a culinary exhibition that was part of the event.

Fitri Kurnia Rahim, another visitor, said the Car-Free-Day gave her a chance to enjoy a variety of traditional performances.

“For me, the best part of this event was the Betawi Ondel Ondel [giant puppets] dance and Chinese traditional music performance,” she said.

The two performances were staged on Jl. Kali Besar Timur, at either end of a row of white tents offering various delicious traditional dishes, drinks and snacks.

Across the river on Jl. Kali Besar Barat, a number of visitors cheered on two groups playing futsal, and dozens of passing cyclists.

In front of the Jakarta History Museum, children and adults played traditional games such as congklak (a game of dexterity and speed involving shells or pebbles) and stilts (made from bamboo). A group of young boys wearing colorful costumes were a hit, demonstrating tricks on the stilts.

Also on display were antique items including old watches, film posters, newspaper advertisements and cassettes.

The Jakarta Environment Management Board (BPLHD) used the event to raise awareness of its smoking ban in public transportation, and worked with several scout groups who distributed stickers to minivans and minibuses passing in front of the Bank Mandiri Museum.