Cempaka Belanda: Immigrant shopkeepers, saviours of the Dutch inner cities

"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. …”

Friday, January 22, 2010

Immigrant shopkeepers, saviours of the Dutch inner cities

Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 22 January 2010 - 12:42pm, by John Tyler

Yildis at his bridal gown shop - RNW/John Tyler

Immigrants running their own businesses in the Netherlands are doing well. They are the fastest growing group of all small businesses, and they have been an integral part of revitalising a number of inner city neighbourhoods. Like the Schilderswijk neighbourhood in The Hague, where Yildis runs a bridal gown shop.

"I was born here in The Hague. We're a family business and things are going well at the moment. So we're a happy family. It's a good business and satisfying work. After all, you only get married once and you want it to be a special day. The shop is called Saray Brides Fashion and we charge between 500 and 3,000 euros for a wedding dress, depending on how you want it. I like working and I like to work hard. If I have to work long hours, then so be it. I'm not complaining."

Long hours

Yildis and his brother do work long hours, especially in the past year when the recession has hurt their sales. Long hours tend to be the norm among small businesses. But immigrants are ready to give it their all to keep their business afloat.

"My name is Jasmin and we have an administration office. We recently opened a debt collection agency as well. We've seen how when businesses suffer setbacks they just work harder. People from ethnic minorities just keep carrying on."

Jamal at his supermarket - RNW/John Tyler

Down the street from Jasmin's office is a small supermarket which has been run by Jamal and his father for nearly two decades.

"I'm Jamal and I'm 27. I took over the family business from my father. We've had this supermarket for 19 years and I've been working here for nine years. I work from nine in the morning to seven in the evening, six days a week. Long days and hard work. You won't see Dutch people doing it. No, I'm just joking."

No joking

But Merdan Yagmur from the Dutch small and medium enterprises association, doesn't think Jamal is joking when he says immigrants work harder.

"One in eight business entrepreneurs come from non-western backgrounds. And that number is growing. There are one million independent businessmen in the Netherlands, which means 122,000 are non-native Dutch. Many of them also do business with their country of origin, which makes them international entrepreneurs."

Merdan Yagmur - RNW/John Tyler

But immigrants are not just important in the world of small entrepreneurs on the whole. They are also revitalising inner city neighbourhoods around the country.

"Many native Dutch shopkeepers have left the inner cities. Looking out my window I can see perhaps 30 different shops to the left and to the right. Only two of them are run by native Dutch businessmen. I can't imagine the major Dutch cities without shops, without entrepreneurs, without people with the ambition to make something of their lives. We can't live without those people."