Cempaka Belanda: Equal under the law, unless...

"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, July 19, 2011

Equal under the law, unless...

RNW, 19 July 2011, by Angelo van Schaik

(Photo: Angelo van Schaik)

“Italy is just a Vatican colony," says Luigi Tosti, an Italian judge who was fired for removing a crucifix from his courtroom in the Marche region.

In 2003, Mr Tosti took down the crucifix in his courtroom and refused to hold any sittings in a court with a crucifix on the wall. The move cost him his job. After almost a decade long legal battle, Mr Tosti has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

The judge's refusal to preside in a courtroom with a crucifix had enormous consequences: he lost his job, his pension rights, and he was sentenced to 5 months in prison after being convicted of ‘damaging state property’.

“It's the law”

Dutch Euro parliamentarian Sophie in 't Veld invited the former judge to Brussels to tell his story to fellow Euro MPs and journalists. In a large room in the European Parliament building, Mr Tosti addressed the group.

“I've been fighting this case for eight years; I don't receive a salary and because I was fired, I lost my pension rights. The economic damage is enormous and I can't even begin to tell you about the moral, emotional and physical damage."

When Mr Tosti removed the crucifix eight years ago, it was hanging over the words ‘everyone is equal in the eyes of the law’ (La legge è uguale per tutti). The clerk of the court replaced the crucifix, informing Judge Tosti that Italian law mandated that a crucifix be hung in every courtroom.

Menorah

After researching the matter and discovering that a crucifix was only mandated by a 1926 circular issued by the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, the then-judge again removed the crucifix. A reprimand followed. He then hung a menorah (a seven-branched candelabrum used in the Jewish rite) next to the crucifix. He was fired.

Mr Tosti contested his dismissal; as a result he was offered a courtroom without a crucifix on the wall. He refused.

“I don't want to work in a ghetto; it infringes on my right to freedom of religion as it makes it crystal clear that I am a nonbeliever."

The judge continued his legal battle all the way to the Italian Court of Cassation but lost in every instance. Although the court ruled that Mr Tosti was right in principle – the presence of a crucifix in the courtroom infringed on his freedom of religion – he should have accepted the opportunity to work in a court without a crucifix and therefore his dismissal was legal.

Symbols on the wall

Mr Tosti says that as a non-Catholic, he feels like a second-class citizen in Italy:

“This ruling shows that the Italian government regards Catholics as a worth more than non-Catholics. A circular issued by a fascist dictator is enough to put a crucifix on the wall of every courtroom, but parliament would have to create a special law in order to allow someone to put another symbol on the wall."

The vast majority of non-Catholics in Italy, including Protestants, Muslims, atheists and agnostics, support Mr Tosti's fight. They all have the same problem with the power and privileges enjoyed by the Catholic Church in Italy.

Binding on us all

“Freedom of religion and freedom of conscience are in jeopardy here," says Euro MP in 't Veld, adding, “it's not just about Mr Tosti or the situation in Italy because a ruling by the Human Rights Court in Strasbourg is binding throughout Europe."

But it will be a while before Mr Tosti's appeal is heard; the ECHR has a long waiting list.

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