German
Chancellor Angela Merkel has addressed the recent Paris attacks, describing the
freedom of the press as one of society's greatest treasure. She also said that
Islam belonged to Germany as much as Judaism.
Deutsche Welle, 15 Jan 2015
Opening her
address to the German parliament on Thursday morning, Angela Merkel said that
the Germany stood alongside France in solidarity in their time of loss.
"In
the terrible hours, during which Paris and the French suffered between Wednesday
afternoon and Friday afternoon last week, the subject was two of the great
evils of our time, which not always, but often go hand in hand: murderous
Islamist terrorism and anti-Semitism - the hatred of Jews. We remember here
today in the Bundestag the 17 people killed in these attacks people,"
Merkel said.
Ten
employees of the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo were killed last
Wednesday after gunmen Cherif and Said Kouachi opened fire at the publication's
Paris headquarters. They were heard to have shouted, "We have avenged the
Prophet." Two police officers also lost their live s in the attack.
The gunmen
fled the scene and led police on a three-day manhunt before taking people
hostage in a kosher supermarket and print shop on Friday. Four hostages were
killed before the three suspects were shot dead by police. A policewoman was
also killed in a related incident on Thursday.
Press
freedom one of 'greatest treasures'
Referring
specifically to the Charlie Hebdo attack, which was seen by many as a direct
attack on the media, Merkel said that freedom of the press was "one of the
greatest treasures of our society."
"Freedom
of the press written down on paper isn't worth anything. In far too many
countries, there is no real freedom of the press," the Chancellor added.
She went on
to say that the prerequisite for such freedom is tolerance, a "demanding
virtue, not to be confused with sitting on the fence."
Merkel vows
protection of Muslims
Merkel's
speech on Thursday also came in light of a recent growth in xenophobic
sentiment in Germany, propagated mainly by the anti-Islamization group PEGIDA.
"Many
people would find it difficult to say that Islam belongs to Germany,"
Merkel said on Thursday. "People ask me, which Islam do I mean?"
"They
want to know why terrorists have so little value for human life and why they
always link their deeds to their faith," she said, calling on the urgent
need for the Islamic clergy to clarify these issues.
Demonstrations
by the so-called "Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the
West" have appeared in cities across Germany where they have predominantly
been outnumbered by counter demonstrations.
PEGIDA
marches in the eastern German city of Dresden continue to pull in numbers,
however, with a record 25,000 people turning out onto the streets on Monday
evening for the city's twelfth rally by the right-wing populist group.
Merkel also
said that as chancellor she will protect Germany's Muslim community.
"Every
exclusion of Muslims in Germany, every general suspicion is forbidden,"
Merkel said, emphasizing that the free practice of Islam was protected under
the German Constitution.
"We
will not let ourselves be divided," the Chancellor added.
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There's too much information to give you in one channelling, in one sitting, so I refer to past messages for you to better understand and reference the information in order to get the bigger picture. So I wish to remind you of something I also told you in a recent channelling called Do Not Despair. You're winning! It's because you're winning that the dark consciousness on this planet is feeling it, and the humanity that represents darkness is pulling out everything it has to survive.
It Has Always Been There
Let's look at it, because it's all over the news. Are you shocked at the sudden existence of the organization that will remain unnamed [for this channelling]? Where did it come from? How could it be so organized? How could it be so well funded? This organization could have its own country soon! They might as well name it, “The Old Energy Dark Country”, for that's what it will represent.
The barbaric past of humanity comes forward to show its face. It has always been there, hiding under the rocks and between the cracks of civilized humanity. It couldn't show itself until now, but now it has to. It's ugly and it's not for the faint at heart, is it, dear ones? Seeing evil personified in Human action is abhorrent. It is so ugly and so dark that you cannot look upon it with a gentle heart. God is not a part of it and this is obvious.
You're winning! Light is winning! The uprising of dark consciousness would not have shown itself with this strength, or this quickly, if this were not so. This is exactly what I told you to look for, and it is proof that those representing this dark consciousness are in trouble. Dear ones, dark consciousness has always had a tried-and-true system. It lurks in the shadows and influences all the power places of the planet - government, commerce, finance. Suddenly, it can't hide there as well anymore and it's out in the open.
Where is the funding coming from? It is coming from a storehouse that has always been there, dear ones. It uses income that has been generated from low consciousness acts, collected for a very long time. Funding didn't just appear. It has been stored, waiting to be used in order to spread fear and darkness to save what they believe is their way.
Who Will Win?
Dear ones, they haven't got a chance! But it looks like they do, doesn't it? Everything that they are doing is calculated to scare you into submission. Are they winning? Now, that's a question I want you to take from here and examine every day.
Fear is black. If you're in fear, there is no light. You can be the grandest Lightworker, or even be the channeller, but if you're in fear, it doesn't matter how many years you've done light work, or how much light you've accumulated personally. It all goes away with fear, and then they've won the battle for your mind. Do you understand this?
The Strength of the Old Soul - YOU
Old souls, Lightworkers reading this, the experiences you have had over lifetimes and lifetimes are incredible! The old soul knows fear. I don't want to be too graphic, but I want you to understand! What was it like when you put your head in the guillotine because you talked about God in a way that was inappropriate? What was it like to be bound hand and foot when they lit the match at your feet? Old soul, that's fear! You carry those experiences in your Akash.
I want to tell you they haven't got a chance to scare you! You absolutely know what fear is, and they haven't got a chance as long as you cling to that part of you that is the strength of God. You've been through it all. That means you've got the weapons of truth, wisdom and light. Don't forget it. Don't forget who you are!
Do you see how fast they assembled? It seemed like only yesterday that there was no organization at all. Where did they come from? Have you noticed a certain hesitancy to fight them? Why is it that the citizens of the lands that they are invading are hesitant to fight them? Instead, these leaders are calling on others to help. Why is it that the others are also hesitant? I want to show you that there are some anomalies of logic that are not making sense, because this is a battle you have never seen before on this planet. We've expected it, but you haven't. It's about consciousness, not land or resources.
How to Win?
We gave you the secret before of how to defeat them without taking even one life: Simply take away their funding. They cannot exist without their funding. The funding has to be organized, stored, and distributed. It has to be generated in such a way that it must also go through institutions. Did you hear that? All you have to do is stop the system. Winning won't be done with bombing. It's going to be done with intelligence, clever thinking and financial forensics. It's time to get smart on some of these things and not to be afraid to look at this puzzle differently than you have before. Do not apply the energy they are using in order to fight them, because you won't win. Figure it out. It's the last bastion of organized darkness and evil thinking on this planet coming together to try to survive the assault of your light. Don't be afraid to look at the funding trail, no matter where it takes you.
Fear is Their Weapon
I want you to know something as you look at your news. It may appear that you are unable to stop them. In many places, they will gain strength as they create fear. The fear is easily created in those who are not old souls and who don't know fear like you do and who don't have the armor of your spiritual experiences. This puts you in the front line, dear one. Did you realize that? But you don't have to go fight them on their terms. All you have to do is broadcast light. High consciousness will beat fear any day.. .”
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“. New Tolerance
Look for a softening of finger pointing and an awakening of new tolerance. There will remain many systems for different cultures, as traditions and history are important to sustaining the integrity of culture. So there are many in the Middle East who would follow the prophet and they will continue, but with an increase of awareness. It will be the increase of awareness of what the prophet really wanted all along - unity and tolerance. The angel in the cave instructed him to "unify the tribes and give them the God of Israel." You're going to start seeing a softening of intolerance and the beginning of a new way of being.
Eventually, this will create an acknowledgement that says, "You may not believe the way we believe, but we honor you and your God. We honor our prophet and we will love you according to his teachings. We don't have to agree in order to love." How would you like that? The earth is not going to turn into one belief system. It never will, for Humans don't do that. There must be variety, and there must be the beauty of cultural differences. But the systems will slowly update themselves with increased awareness of the truth of a new kind of balance. So that's the first thing. Watch for these changes, dear ones. ...."
Eventually, this will create an acknowledgement that says, "You may not believe the way we believe, but we honor you and your God. We honor our prophet and we will love you according to his teachings. We don't have to agree in order to love." How would you like that? The earth is not going to turn into one belief system. It never will, for Humans don't do that. There must be variety, and there must be the beauty of cultural differences. But the systems will slowly update themselves with increased awareness of the truth of a new kind of balance. So that's the first thing. Watch for these changes, dear ones. ...."
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