Cempaka Belanda: John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s bed-in for peace returns to Amsterdam

"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. …”

Thursday, March 21, 2019

John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s bed-in for peace returns to Amsterdam

DutchNews, March 21, 2019 - By Senay Boztas

Photo: Senay Boztas

They invited one shy, Dutch photographer to breakfast, they were constantly watched for any untoward activities…and they did pay the hotel bill.

These were some of the memories revealed at the launch of a new exhibition at the Amsterdam Hilton of 50 photographs taken in 1969 of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, the world’s most famous honeymooning couple protesting for peace with a week in bed. \

Turned down by another Dutch hotel, the couple arrived at the Hilton from Paris in a white Rolls Royce, emptied what was room 902 of all furniture apart from the bed and invited in the world’s press for 12 hours a day to record their protest against the Vietnam war.

Now, 50 years later, some of the most famous images of Lennon and his bride are on display at the Hilton, together with an exhibition of Lennon and Ono’s artwork and a video room telling the story of their unprecedented demonstration.

Mick Boskamp, son of Lennon’s friend Hans Boskamp, told DutchNews.nl that Lennon wanted to do something completely different and decided Amsterdam was the place to do it. ‘My father met John Lennon working in London, and when John was going to get married in ’69, he told my father he wanted to do something fun for his honeymoon. Amstel hotel said no, and they still regret it. Then they came across the Hilton, which said yes.

‘The whole week, my father dealt with the press. And the funniest thing my father said was that he had to stay in the room the whole time – and you couldn’t leave them alone because they had just got married!’

Nico Koster, then a photographer for the Telegraaf, and now 87, has 18 images in the new exhibition and said that it was an incredible moment. ‘It was a once-in-a-lifetime happening,’ he said. ‘I’m a Beatles fan, of course, and I was proud as anything to have the chance to photograph it. The atmosphere was very relaxed, John and Yoko were unusually friendly, you could photograph them from all sides – the photos say it all.’

He added that the pack of photographers all had one goal: to capture something different. ‘The aim was of course to get them out of bed,’ he said. ‘They were in bed for the press, but if you got them out of bed, that was a bit of a kick – so we made sure it happened. I don’t think it made a difference to the war in Vietnam, but it did to public opinion: they got something going.’

Events

The photographs range from newspaper-style documentation to amateur fan photos, and also include the last photo of Lennon without his glasses taken by Claude Vanheye, a shy teen who was invited by the couple to breakfast. ‘It was an eye-opener to see it from their point of view,’ said exhibition co-creator Govert de Roos. ‘Yes, it is two people in bed but every photographer has his thing.’

Photo: Senay Boztas

The hotel will run events from 21st to 31st March in honour of the bed-in, including a display of 25,000 tulips, the ‘What happened in Room 902’ exhibition and a show of Lennon’s art which includes a hand-written interview with a young Dutch fan, and images for sale. It’s also possible to take a peek at the room where the loved-up couple demonstrated, now called 702 – with shoes off or shoe guards on. Meanwhile, on 3rd April there will be a jazz and pop concert at the Concertgebouw, Remember Love.

At the time of the bed-in protest, Lennon was in the process of splitting from the Beatles and was busy recording and exploring his other love of drawing, with Ono – things he would develop in the years before he was shot dead at the age of 40 in 1980.

Introducing the exhibition, Hilton hotel general manager Roberto Payer said that at the moment of the bed-in, Amsterdam became a focus for the world. ‘We are the first place in the world where he dared to stand and call for peace in a very beautiful way,’ he said. ‘And they did pay the hotel bill!’

Koster agreed it was an extraordinary moment. ‘As far as getting world peace, we could do with having it again,’ he said. ‘But who would do it?’’

On March 25, it is 50 years since John and Yoko started their Bed-in for Peace at the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam. Photo credit: Guus Pauka via HH pic.twitter.com/2HiTeN0mTo
— DutchNews.NL (@DutchNewsNL) 25 maart 2019