Asean Summit, Malaysia on Nov 21, 1015

Asean Summit, Malaysia  on Nov 21, 1015
Asean Establishes Landmark Economic and Security Bloc
"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)

“….. Here is the prediction: China will turn North Korea loose soon. The alliance will dissolve, or become stale. There will be political upheaval in China. Not a coup and not a revolution. Within the inner circles of that which you call Chinese politics, there will be a re-evaluation of goals and monetary policy. Eventually, you will see a break with North Korea, allowing still another dictator to fall and unification to occur with the south. ….”

“ … 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.)
(Subjects: Who/What is Kryon ?, Egypt Uprising, Iran/Persia Uprising, Peace in Middle East without Israel actively involved, Muhammad, "Conceptual" Youth Revolution, "Conceptual" Managed Business, Internet, Social Media, News Media, Google, Bankers, Global Unity,..... etc.)









North Korean defector criticises China in rare Beijing talk

North Korean defector criticises China in rare Beijing talk
North Korean defector and activist Hyeonseo Lee, who lives in South Korea, poses as she presents her book 'The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story' in Beijing on March 26, 2016 (AFP Photo/Fred Dufour)

US under fire in global press freedom report

"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. …

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Sunday, May 2, 2010

Asia Watch: Single-Asia Currency Doomed by Greeks

Jakarta Globe, William Pesek, May 02, 2010

Funny how Asia’s biggest idea, a single currency, is suddenly a taboo topic.

Take Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who came to office in August with big talk of an Asian euro. His push reinvigorated longstanding dreams of strong regional cooperation and Europe-like stability and peace.

Well, try finding a senior official in Tokyo making that case nowadays. Scandals have befallen Hatoyama’s government, the latest involving the indictment of his party’s No. 2 official, Ichiro Ozawa, over campaign-finance allegations.

The rest of the region is focused inward. Reining in the stimulus of the last two years is the issue of the day. So is keeping inflation from setting back living standards. Political challenges abound from Beijing to Bangkok.

Yet history will show the real culprit behind Asia abandoning its single-currency dream is Greece. If Asia does consider adopting its version of a euro in our lifetimes, here are four lessons it should learn from the chaos in Europe.

One: Be careful what you wish for. Asian policy makers have long had a romanticized view of Europe’s efforts to join economies. One central bank, one set of banknotes, open borders, honest-to-goodness free trade, peace and prosperity as far as the eye can see. Until just a few months ago, it was possible to ponder the wonderfulness that could be if only Asia had a euro.

That was until Greece, whose economy is smaller than Iran’s, pulled the rug out from under Asia’s prototype. A cut in Greece’s credit rating by Standard & Poor’s to junk this week quickly drove up borrowing costs in Italy, Portugal and Ireland. Debt woes in Spain, whose economy is bigger than Canada’s, also are unnerving markets.

Far from taking care of an economy’s problems — such as chronic budget deficits, low tax collection, bloated pensions or rigid labor markets — monetary union may exacerbate them. Were it free to, Greece could devalue and deflate a bit of the negativity plaguing its outlook. Asia’s challenges dwarf Europe’s and this region needs maximum flexibility with which to react to any and all shocks.

Two: Odd bedfellows should never pool their money. Thirty years of planning, negotiation and hard work presaged the euro’s introduction in 1999. It was built amid relative trust after World War II, when the continent was endeavoring to maintain peace and spread prosperity. Political will overcame economic hurdles that cropped up along the way.

Asia lacks anything approaching that trust. Three of its major economies — China, Japan and South Korea — are barely on speaking terms. Officials can’t seem to agree on whether India, Asia’s third-biggest economy, would be invited to the party.

And talk about disparate. Consider the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The living standards and governing styles of the members aren’t remotely comparable. Within Asean, you have Singapore with per-capital income of $34,760 and poor Myanmar. Its income levels are so low that the World Bank doesn’t even list them.

“If there’s a problem with this in Europe, then to me they can’t even think of a euro in Asia,” Bill Hubard, London-based chief economist at MIG Bank, said.

Three: One size never fits all. A single interest-rate apparatus can be a disaster. Tensions fly when an economy such as Germany’s needs lower borrowing costs while another, say Ireland, needs to clamp down on credit growth. Differing fiscal trajectories are another obstacle.

Europe has a monetary union; it needs a fiscal one, too. The European Central Bank’s mandate just isn’t big enough to maintain calm. If Asia were to resume enjoining monetary policies, it should also do so in the government- spending realm. A fiscal authority needs to be created.

That means a high level of statistical honesty and a bigger loss of economic sovereignty than Asians might be willing to consider. Once Greece was exposed cooking its own budget data with the help of Goldman Sachs, investors wondered about other weak links. Asia won’t have the kind of patience that investors have shown Europe.

Four: First things first. An Asian euro should be about economic realities, not come in spite of them. Politics are an important aspect, though. Asia lacks a European Union-like structure to push integration. Asean has a checkered track record, and the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group is little more than a talkfest.

The first step is creating a free-trade zone. Asia has been working on that. Like all trade agreements, though, officials cherry-pick easy industries for liberalization. In Asia, agriculture and textiles are often third-rail issues.

Given Europe’s troubles, you have to wonder why Asia would even try. Thanks to Greece’s woes, it might not — certainly not in my lifetime.

William Pesek is a Bloomberg columnist.

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