Cempaka Belanda: Typically Dutch? The expat view

"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. …”

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Typically Dutch? The expat view

Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 31 March 2010 - 1:17pm, by John Tyler

(graphic RNW/Clipart)

What are the Dutch really like? Are they rude and stingy, as one stereotype would have it, or are they polite and hospitable? And what of the famed Dutch tolerance that has been brought into question by the rise of anti-immigrant sentiment?

Who better to ask than foreigners living in the Netherlands? Radio Netherlands Worldwide spoke recently to three expats - at a prize ceremony for Expat of the Year - about typically Dutch characteristics.

Direct

The Dutch have a reputation for being direct and expecting others to be just as direct back. German Thiel Jansen has lived in the Netherlands for four years. He says part of being direct also means being open, especially about yourself.

“Dutch people want you to trust them. You have to be open, and not be afraid to show who you are or to talk about your private life. Then you’ll often earn their trust and feel more at home.”

Unspontaneous

The Dutch are known for making appointments for everything. There is little spontaneity. Sarah Harvey moved here from Australia nine years ago and had to learn to make social appointments.

“Now I make appointments for everything. While in Australia it’s not like that, at least not for social engagements during the weekend. We don’t need to write social appointments down in a calendar. You just do what you feel like on a Friday evening. But since I’ve been here, I’ve learned to plan ahead.”

Individualistic

The social structure in the Netherlands is loose – the boss should not look or act much differently from the workers. Sueli Brodin was raised in France, but was born in Brazil to a French mother and Japanese-Brazilian father. She has lived in the Netherlands since the early 90s and has just won the Expat of the Year award.

“Sometimes you simply have to speak up for yourself. I didn’t do that at first, given my French background. In France, it’s much more hierarchical. Here, everyone can just be themselves. I learned to do that – I have become a stronger person here in the Netherlands.”

International

This country invented international trade as we know it today. For hundreds of years, the Netherlands has been open to foreign products. But don’t let that international involvement fool you - appearances can be deceptive.

“It’s funny because on one side, the Netherlands has become much more international. For instance, you can find all sorts of ingredients for cooking foreign foods in the supermarket. That has changed since I moved here. When I first came, zucchini (also known as courgette) was an unusual vegetable. Now everyone eats it. But, on the other hand, I read things in the news sometimes which are disturbing. This country is scared to look beyond its borders.”

Geert Wilders (Photo: ANP)

Tolerant

Finally, the famous Dutch tolerance. The reputation for tolerance has taken a dent recently, with the rise of anti-immigrant populists Geert Wilders (see photo) and Pim Fortuyn (who was killed in 2002 by an animal rights activist). But, as Thiel Jansen observes, the so-called black-stocking Christian communities (strict, if not fundamentalist Christians) have always been there.

“The Netherlands is well known, certainly in Europe, as a very tolerant society, very modern. But when I came here and I first heard about the black-stocking communities and listened to the Dutch news, then I saw that the image outsiders have of the Netherlands doesn’t match 100 percent with the reality.”