Cempaka Belanda: Doing or thinking?

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"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. …”

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Doing or thinking?

Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 22 December 2009 - 2:54pm | By Michel Rentenaar

Dutch soldiers serving in Afghanistan
(Photo: Michel Rentenaar/RNW)

Most Dutch soldiers serving in Afghanistan are stationed in Uruzgan province. Michel Rentenaar is the civilian head of Task Force Uruzgan and director of Uruzgan’s Provincial Reconstruction Team. He writes a regular article for Radio Netherlands Worldwide.

I was recently standing in the mud under a shelter, hiding from the rain here in Uruzgan. Someone next to me asked if this was a 'doing' or a 'thinking' mission. At first, I didn’t know what to make of the question. Later, a journalist friend of mine asked me how much ‘thinking’ content there was in our approach to the job here.

I very often find myself explaining the civilian-military co-operation involved in our mission. I usually talk about military 'can-do' and civilian 'know-how'. Our military partners display an admirable can-do mentality. For them, problems are just challenges to be overcome: if something doesn’t go right, you haven’t tried hard enough. They don’t want problems, just solutions to be put into practice.

Experience

Alongside the soldiers, civilians from the foreign ministry are also working here on Uruzgan’s administrative reconstruction and development. They may previously have worked with an NGO in southern Sudan or for the foreign ministry in Angola, southern Lebanon or Iraq. They bring with them experience of parts of the world where stability is a problem and where a vision for future reconstruction is required.

Some of them have gone right to the heart of Uruzgan society. They are attempting to get to the bottom of tribal disputes and have gained an in-depth knowledge of Afghan culture. It’s like they’ve been attached for years to an infusion of Afghan tea. These diplomats don’t wear suits, but they are the brains behind the mission. They look below the surface. They are our eyes and ears.

Nothing is what it seems

Back to the question: doing or thinking? Have we found the right mix here in Uruzgan? The doing is certainly taken care of. From early morning to late at night. Seven days a week. It can be exhausting. In Afghanistan, the shortest distance from A to B is actually not a straight line. Nothing is what it at first seems. Behind every example of instability, lies a deep-seated problem. Thirty years of civil war has served to heighten tribal differences. There was a recent operation in an area of Uruzgan where local people were begging for police checkpoints to improve security. As quick as a flash, the doers arranged the logistics of the police posts. The thinkers, meanwhile, warned of the possible consequences of getting the wrong tribal mix of officers manning the checkpoints. The doers provided the extra security, the thinkers made sure we avoided new tribal disputes.

That’s often the story. Long-standing tribal disputes, which have been cynically exploited and made worse from outside, cannot be solved by military might alone. It is, of course, sometimes necessary to launch military operations against groups which terrorise the people of Uruzgan. This approach, however, has to be coupled with an understanding of the deeper causes which lie behind the conflict.

Reconciliation

Every conversation I have with Afghan people starts with the issue of security. The second thing they mention is the need for reconciliation. There is a long way to go on this problem throughout Afghanistan, including here in Uruzgan. But, there are also many hopeful signs. One is the village council I wrote about earlier. Another is the setting up of talks between two sections of a tribe which have been fighting each other in western Uruzgan for years. Yet another is the restoration of order in a town in northern Uruzgan after a series of reconciliation meetings were held. Throughout Uruzgan, things are changing, old patterns are slowly being broken. We Dutch shouldn’t take the credit for this. But the progress does have something to do with the return of a certain amount of peace and some hope of development and a better life.

Dutch soldiers serving in Afghanistan (Photo: Michel Rentenaar/RNW)

In a few days it will be Christmas. A festival of birth and hope. The next day is the Shiite Muslim festival of Ashura. This commemorates the battle of Karbala, an example of supreme sacrifice. Then comes the anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan on 27 December 1979. Everyone knows how that ended. Afghanistan has a sad history. I read somewhere that 20,000 Dutch personnel have already served here. A temporary sacrifice for the reconstruction of another country. Thinkers, doers, people working towards reconciliation, bringing a ray of hope for a better future in Uruzgan.

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According to figures from the Ministry of Defence, at least 80 civilians have been killed by the Dutch Armed Forces in Afghanistan.

The commercial broadcaster RTL gained the information through freedom of information laws.

Most of the victims - 70 - were killed in Uruzgan province during the attack on Chora in the summer of 2007. The Dutch government has awarded a total of 350,000 euros in compensation. The money was paid in dollars. The government awarded 1500 dollars per victim to surviving relatives. That amount is approximately a year's salary in Afghanistan. Compensation has also been paid for destroyed property.
80 civilians killed by Dutch mission to Uruzgan