Ina Drew JPMorgan Departure: Bank Expected To Accept Resignation Of Chief Investment Officer, Source Says
By PALLAVI GOGOI 05/13/12 08:22 PM ET
NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase is expected to accept the resignation of one of the highest-ranking women on Wall Street after the bank lost $2 billion in a trading blunder, a person familiar with the matter said Sunday.
The bank will accept the resignation of Ina Drew, its chief investment officer, the person told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to discuss the decision publicly.
Drew, 55, one of the highest-paid officials at JPMorgan Chase, had offered to resign several times since CEO Jamie Dimon disclosed the trading loss on Thursday, the person said. Pressure built on the bank over the weekend to accept.
At least two other executives at the bank will be held accountable for the mistake, the person said.
The casualties come as JPMorgan, the largest bank in the United States, seeks to minimize the damage caused by the $2 billion loss. Investors shaved almost 10 percent off JPMorgan's stock price on Friday.
Dimon has said the mistake will complicate the efforts of banks to fight certain regulatory changes three years after the financial crisis.
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5/16/2012
Ina Drew JPMorgan Departure: Bank Expected To Accept Resignation Of Chief Investment
FREEDOM PROJECT: CNN: NATO invites Pakistan to Chicago summit... FREEDOM FOR HUMANITY IS CLOSER WITH EVERY DAY... AnaShyNa's picture By AnaShyNa - Posted on 16 May 2012
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Yet another supprise... or not... Saga of Freedom for Humanity continue to unfolds... More eyes on G8 Summit than ever...
G8 and NATO-athon, with a possible surprise guest
By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analystupdated 5:40 AM EDT, Wed May 16, 2012President Obama talks with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. NATO has invited Pakistan to attend the summit.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- NEW: NATO invites Pakistan to its summit
- Obama hosts G8 conference at Camp David, then NATO summit in Chicago
- Peter Bergen: The issues will be funding Afghanistan's future and the civil war in Syria
- Bergen: Problems are how to hold Assad accountable and NATO's Afghanistan fatigue
Editor's note: Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst and the author of "Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden, from 9/11 to Abbottabad."
(CNN) -- It's the diplomatic equivalent of hosting both the World Cup and the World Series in the same country on the same weekend.
On Saturday President Obama welcomes the leaders of the world's most powerful countries to the G8 conference at his country retreat at Camp David in Maryland. And the next day he hosts some two dozen NATO heads of state in Chicago.
The challenges of this Diplopaloozaa include some complicated logistics: How do you get eight world leaders and their delegations comfortably situated in the rustic wood chalets that make up Camp David, and which has never hosted this many heads of state before?
And the challenges, of course, also involve trying to resolve some very knotty problems:
-- In a time of contracting budgets, what kinds of commitments are plausible for NATO countries to make to Afghanistan after the alliance withdraws all its combat troops from the country in 2014?
Peter Bergen-- What to do about the civil war in Syria?
NATO has invited Pakistan President Asif Zardari to attend its summit, an important and symbolic development, given that its principal focus will be the future of Afghanistan. A discussion without the participation of its much larger neighbor, Pakistan, is a bit like trying to stage "Hamlet" without having Hamlet ever appear on the stage.
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U.S. ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Looms: Will Lawmakers Heed Bernanke’s Warnings? Posted on May 15, 2012
U.S. ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Looms: Will Lawmakers Heed Bernanke’s Warnings?
Posted on May 15, 2012By Morgan Korn
Daily Ticker
Yahoo.comIn late February Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke started warning lawmakers about the looming “massive fiscal cliff” that would bring the U.S. economy to its knees if Congress cannot agree on long-term fiscal decisions. Bernanke explained that the confluence of events happening Jan. 1, 2013 – the expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts and extended unemployment benefits, the $1.2 trillion automatic spending reductions and the end of the payroll tax holiday — will likely lead to a recession in the U.S.
Neither political party wants this worst-case scenario to come to fruition but lawmakers are likely to “kick the can down the road” instead of addressing these pressing policy issues before the November elections says Greg Valliere, chief political strategist at Potomac Research Group. Bernanke reiterated his concerns to a select group of lawmakers last week, escalating his rhetoric about the necessity of resolving these budget concerns sooner rather than later.
“I think [Bernanke] is worried, and people at the Fed are worried because this is such a dysfunctional group,” says Valliere in the accompanying video. “And there’s talk now of a government shutdown on Oct. 1 when the new fiscal year starts.”
Bernanke’s admonition was not lost on the senators who attended the vis-à-vis encounter. Bernanke probably told lawmakers “you guys got to get your act together because if we do nothing in December…the impact on GDP will be so adverse it will probably lead to a recession,” Valliere says.
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Finding Voices Radio – Freedom Central – Mel Ve Interviews Eric Jon Phelps – Taking On The Vatican – 16 May 2012
(Lucas: I am putting a discernment notice on this information as it can be disturbing or even can be adverse your beliefs or your opinion!!)
This is an in studio recording of one of our regular Sunday night radio shows on Finding Voices Radio. Freedom Central talks to Eric Jon Phelps, researcher and author of the highly acclaimed VATICAN ASSASSINS. www.findingvoicesradio.com
This is the second in our series on our radio show where we are tackling Vatican related issues. Please watch our radio interview with Kevin Annett for part i.
Grant McCool- Reuters – Shareholders Sue JP Morgan Chase Over Trading Loss – 16 May 2012
JP Morgan Chase & Co was the target of two separate lawsuits by shareholders on Wednesday, accusing the bank and its management of excessive risk that led to trading losses of at least $2 billion.
A spokesman for JP Morgan Chase declined to comment on the lawsuits, which were filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, days after Chief Executive Jamie Dimon’s May 10 statement that a “failed hedging strategy” caused the massive loss over the last month.
“What the Company did not reveal was that those losses were the result of a marked shift in the company’s allowable risk model, undisclosed to investors, and the similarly clandestine conversion of a unit within the company that was touted as providing a conservative risk-reduction function into a risky, short-term trading enterprise that exposed the company to large losses instead,” said one of the complaints
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The new global gold-backed financial system is now actively supported by 140 nations and opposed by only 28.
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Hope eternal is rising its mighty head for all to see . . .
Wouldn't it be swell for the stage to be set, by perhaps Pres. O because what appears to be is not always the case!!!!! :-), to allow the global financial/political elite who have participated in 'wrong doing in so, so many sectors' of our Western societies, to be brought to justice?????Let's envision this happening NOW, NOW, NOW. And a plan is in place and we are part of it. We can imagine this happening, our world turning to honest and healthy functions everywhere. Let it be, it is and so be it. We can do this! We are the creators of our own realities, let's create wildly for the good NOW, NOW, NOW.
Two things:
1. go to YouTube, search: Bill Wood and Eva Moore with Lisa Harrison, NEW INTERVIEW - MUST LISTEN2. go to: http://www.blogstalkradio.com, search: Drake Updates NOW, today, May 16, 2012
ReplyDeleteI have been doing this envisioning all day so far and yes, that is what needs to be done. Picture in your minds eye that it is done, say over and over that the arrests and what you want is done. I too will be watching the new bill wood and drake update.
Caught the one with wolf spirit radio last night and david wilcock`s new one, coast to coast, very good stuff! Thank you for the links YouMa. :) The NEW timeline is already set and it is the good one! Nothing can change that now. Think positive people, a lot of negativity floating around out there, it is up to you to change that, do you get it??
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The new global gold-backed financial system is now actively supported by 140 nations and opposed by only 28.
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Hope eternal is rising its mighty head for all to see . . .
Wouldn't it be swell for the stage to be set, by perhaps Pres. O because what appears to be is not always the case!!!!! :-), to allow the global financial/political elite who have participated in 'wrong doing in so, so many sectors' of our Western societies, to be brought to justice?????Let's envision this happening NOW, NOW, NOW. And a plan is in place and we are part of it. We can imagine this happening, our world turning to honest and healthy functions everywhere. Let it be, it is and so be it. We can do this! We are the creators of our own realities, let's create wildly for the good NOW, NOW, NOW.
Two things:
1. go to YouTube, search: Bill Wood and Eva Moore with Lisa Harrison, NEW INTERVIEW - MUST LISTEN2. go to: http://www.blogstalkradio.com, search: Drake Updates NOW, today, May 16, 2012
ReplyDeleteI have been doing this envisioning all day so far and yes, that is what needs to be done. Picture in your minds eye that it is done, say over and over that the arrests and what you want is done. I too will be watching the new bill wood and drake update.
Caught the one with wolf spirit radio last night and david wilcock`s new one, coast to coast, very good stuff! Thank you for the links YouMa. :) The NEW timeline is already set and it is the good one! Nothing can change that now. Think positive people, a lot of negativity floating around out there, it is up to you to change that, do you get it??
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Ex-News Corp. Executive Charged Over Phone-Hack Cover-Up
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Benjamin Fulford---Major purge of US puppets in Japan continuing behind the scenes, Nato terrorist state group being cut off
Weekly Geopolitical News and Analysis20120514: Major purge of US puppets in Japan continuing behind the scenes, Nato terrorist state group being cut offBy Benjamin FulfordThe top US criminal corporate government representative in Japan, Edward Nye, will no longer be welcome in Asia following the release of new information about his links to the March 11, 2011 nuclear and tsunami terror attack on Japan. He is believed to be the author of a February, 2000 CIA report on the Japanese energy sector that stated the following: “In order to prevent Japanese national power from becoming any stronger and to prevent a resurgence of anti-American feeling in Japan it is necessary to put hand-cuffs on Japan’s energy sector over the long term. Nuclear energy now accounts for 30% of Japan’s power production. The most effective counter measure would be to neutralize the main concentration of Japanese nuclear know-how, the Tokyo Electric Power Corporation. TEPCO has Japan’s largest market capitalization and it is a leader of Japan’s corporate and financial world. It is also very trusted by the Japanese people. To prevent Japan from becoming a nuclear power, it is necessary to destroy trust in TEPCO and drastically set back Japan’s progress in nuclear power.” This CIA report was quoted in the November 2002 issue of Zaikai Tenbo, a leading Japanese business magazine.Many of the top Japanese and Korean agents working for the US corporate government in Japan have already been or are about to be purged and now all “Japan handlers,” working for the criminal corporate US mafia government are being advised to get out of Japan and never come back.There was also a meeting last week between representatives of the committee of 300, the White Dragon Society and an Asian secret society last week to discuss the new financial system.(ここから有料)At the meeting, the committee of 300 representative, who we will refer to as J., offered the White Dragon Society a 1200 trillion dollar “Elizabeth Victory Bond.” However, once again, it was not made clear exactly what real world stuff actually backed this astronomical number (remember world GDP is about $75 trillion). The White Dragon Society made a counter proposal which was for an initial donation of $100 million to the White Dragon Foundation to be used to hire experts to begin planning the establishment of a world economic planning agency. Further payments would be contingent on the presentation of detailed, publicly acceptable and concrete development plans.There was also a lot of discussion about Asian gold stashes. J. claimed that most of the gold in the Philippines was removed after World War 2 and that since more than 50 years had passed the statute of limitations had run out and any claims to historical rights to that gold had thus expired.There was some heated discussion between the 3 parties on the subject of Chinese gold that was evacuated to the US in 1938. The Kuomintang government of the time was given 60 year bonds backed by that gold and was given solemn promises the gold would be returned in 1998. In fact the Rockefellers, Warburgs, Rothschilds, Mellons, Morgans, Harrimans and other families behind the US Federal Reserve Board never intended to give the gold back. When Nixon restored US diplomatic relations with communist China in 1972, he gave a chunk of that gold to the Chinese communists. Needless to say a lot of mainland Chinese pockets were greased with that gold and the original owners are not too happy about that situation.A Chinese communist government agent present at that meeting said the communist party considers all that historical gold and treasure in China to be property of the Chinese people. However, he said any Chinese gold taken out of China and deposited in Asia or elsewhere should be used for global economic development and that the Chinese communist government laid no claim on it.There was thus a general agreement the gold should be used to back the new financial system. J. said the committee of 300 would also accept the use of that gold as a backing for any dollars or euros to be created in the future.J. who claims links to the Japanese imperial family also had some interesting history to share. He said Japan’s share of the gold removed from the Philippines after WW2 was handled by a Mr. Shimura (no first name given) who was the real power behind post-war Japanese fixers like Yoshio Kodama and Ryoichi Sasagawa. The now deceased Shimura was able to call Prime Ministers and get them to immediately drop parliamentary business to hurry to his side, according to J.J. was introduced to this writer by the head of a major financial institution who is also a member of an Asian secret society.Shimura, who was the top committee of 300 representative in Japan, hosted, as students, such Asian leaders as Lee Kuan Yew, Aung San the father of Myanmar Western darling Aung San Suu Kyi, Japan Democratic Party power broker Ichiro Ozawa and Chinese politburo member Li Keqiang among others.He also said Chinese paramount leader Hu Jintao had a Japanese mother and spent time at Japan’s Waseda University as a student (this is not mentioned in Hu’s official CV). Hu is fluent in Japanese, according to J.Needless to say, we could not independently verify much of this information and remain wary of the possibility that J. provided this writer with a mix of information and disinformation. However, most of what he said fits in with reports from other inside sources and information available in the public record.In any case, the battle against the financial mafia that illegally seized power in the West is proceeding well. The situation has reached the point where anybody with access to the internet can see that the G5 terrorist countries (the USA, Germany, France, England and Italy) and their shrinking group of slave states (like the Gulf of Arabia monarchies run by Satanists) are being steadily isolated.The non-aligned movement that favors world peace now includes over 140 states including the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). The war-mongering NATO group meeting in Chicago this week, by contrast, only includes 28 countries.These 28 countries as a whole are dependent on financing from the other 140 nations. Jacking up the price of oil sold by NATOs middle-Eastern slave states is just not enough to pay the bills any more. Sabotaging Japan’s nuclear industry and forcing Japan to buy more oil has not been enough either. That is why there is this “world financial crisis,” which is really just a Western world financial crisis.The whole world has a message to the criminal cabal of Satan worshipping oligarchs who enslaved the West: We want an end to war, an end to poverty and an end to environmental destruction. We also want you to release, in a safe and responsible manner, all the energy and other technology that you have been suppressing. We want you to stop behaving like criminals and become responsible global citizens.Benjamin Fulford 古歩道ベンジャミン 090-3439-5558
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Well, Ben, your suggestion to "stop behaving like criminals and become responsible global citizens" makes no sense whatsoever. How many times do these thugs have to 'do their thing' to prove to you and the others involved in this on going 'negotiation process' that THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE OR BECOME RESPONSIBLE GLOBAL CITIZENS? There is ONLY ONE WAY to put a stop to this - THROW OUT THE TRASH - PUT A PERMANENT END TO THEM, INCLUDING THE COMMITTEE OF 300 which is ANYthing BUT a responsible and/or trustworthy negotiating partner. WHY are you wasting your time with these selfish people who are murderers, thieves and liars? Are you people trading one criminal organization only to further enslave and terrorize the world's people with a different one? It's getting to a point where we, the world's people, are seriously questioning exactly WHAT IS GOING ON HERE????? Is there no sanity, logic or honesty at all in this? I think we could put a group together and could get this whole mess straightened out fairly logically and quickly. We know who the bad guys are - there is no negotiating to be done. Get the d--n job done, boys and girls, and let's get on with a better world for the rest of us.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't have said it better. There are no negotiations with these kind of people. Eliminate them.
DeleteTo Ben....A few questions and comments.....First .....Your $75T told worlds gold supply figure appears flawed.... The total GDP of the worlds gold is as per
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(Gold - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaen.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoldCached - A total of 165000 tonnes of gold have been mined in human history, as of 2009.) If you convert this to ozs, a total of 165000 tonnes of gold = 10725000000000 oz have been mined in human history, as of 2009. x $1544 (Todays price per oz) ... If you convert how many ozs. per pound and then per ton.... Ben, your figure of $75T total worlds gold supply is really flawed.... I came up with $16,559,400,000,000,000. The 16 represents Quadrillion.... That was in 2009 and, with all the newly talked about gold hid away in Asia, Russia (below the Kremlin) and the Vatican has, it could be a whole lot more than that..... By the way I was just using Imperial measure so, if this is metric, it is MUCH MORE... Second keep safe after the MI6 threat..... Third ....Sorry Ben as for the committee of three hundred.... just hang them all or send them to the sun.... Fourth.... There is no way you can take these kind of criminals and make them become responsible global citizens. They all need to die for M A S S crimes against humanity including but not limited to murder (of millions of people), stealing, fraud, deceiving the public, drug running, creation of wars, bombing us daily with death chemtrails, prostitution, kidnapping, Banking fraud, porn, human trafficing, genocide, counterfitting and the list goes on and on .... I do not think I want these people breeding on this planet any longer at least while I am still alive....You need to kill every member of the committee of 300. NOW. You are trying to reason with psychopaths who are playing Ben and the world like a fiddle. When there is a lion in a children's nursery do you reason with it, or kill it?
ReplyDeleteTalking to murdering, thieving, lieing, animals is ludicrous. TAlking to The committee of 300 is asking for trouble, trouble and more trouble. The thought of anyone giving them the time of day is sickening, how many more people have to die because of these animals before this madness ends. HELLO, is there anyone left, with any common sense? who hell is making these insane decisions?
ReplyDeleteBen if you read this I would like to tell you I have the sight of dicernment and understanding. In other words...you are full of crap!
ReplyDeleteThe style of writing of this report, and a couple prior, do NOT sound like the Benjamin Fulford reports we are familiar with from the past. The writer does not have the 'style' of the former Ben F report writings. WHO is writing these reports in Ben's name?
ReplyDeleteAccording to this site http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/05/world_gdp Ben is right about the world GDP...Now that said the fact that the amount of the gold in circulation, that is another matter. Same with all the money in circulation (more like sitting doing nothing in someone account) is again perhaps made to devalue and crash everyones monetary freedom capabilities ? Just some thoughts bankers might have ?
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BI launches JPMorgan probe, shareholders back Dimon
By David Henry
TAMPA, Florida | Tue May 15, 2012 1:54pm EDT
(Reuters) – The FBI has opened a probe into trading losses at JPMorgan Chase & Co, stepping up the pressure on the bank after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Reserve said they were also looking into the wrong-way bets that led to the losses.
Yet at the same time, shareholders backed embattled Chief Executive Jamie Dimon at the bank’s annual shareholders meeting in Tampa, Florida on Tuesday, voting against a proposal to split the jobs of CEO and chairman.
Though shareholders mostly gave Dimon a pass, pressure mounted on the bank to reclaim some of the millions of dollars it paid to the executives who oversaw the trades. Dimon said JPMorgan would pursue more disciplinary action against those who were responsible.
“We will do the right thing. That may well include clawbacks,” he told reporters after the annual meeting.
The timing on any such move was not clear, though, and the various regulatory probes could add complications. A source familiar with the FBI investigation, opened by the agency’s New York office, described it as being at a preliminary stage.
The probe was seen in some quarters as necessary, given the ongoing debate in Washington about bank regulation and reform, and one expert said it raised the level of concern around what happened.
“The FBI looks for evidence of crimes and goes after people who it alleges are criminals. They want to send people to jail. The SEC pursues all sorts of wrongdoing, imposes fines and is half as scary as the FBI,” said Erik Gordon, a professor in the law and business schools at the University of Michigan.
After two trading days of heavy losses, JPMorgan shares were up 3.4 percent to $36.99 in afternoon trade. The stock is down more than 9 percent since the trading losses were disclosed, wiping out $14.3 billion of market capitalization.
“It affects my opinion of the entire financial industry,” said Dennis Hong, principal with Altimeter Capital, a hedge fund that manages about $250 million.
“It’s really shocking because JPMorgan has been known as the most conservative in terms of managing their business risk. They may be losing their way,” Hong said at an event in Boston.
AFFIRMS ‘CASE FOR … REFORM’
In Washington, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said JPMorgan’s losses strengthened the case for reform.
“I think this failure of risk management is just a very powerful case for … financial reform,” Geithner told an event sponsored by the Peterson Foundation.
“The test of reform is not whether you can prevent banks from making mistakes … the test of reform should be: ‘Do those mistakes put at risk the broader economy, the financial system or the taxpayer?’”
Protests outside the annual meeting were relatively limited. Half a dozen Occupy Tampa protesters did media interviews and occasionally chanted, “hey hey ho ho, big banks have got to go.”
Nonetheless, retail shareholders expressed incredulity at the size of the losses.
“I am amazed that they think $2 billion is a bump in the road,” said A. Reihl, an 85-year-old shareholder who said she has owned the stock for more than a decade. “This is not the time to be taking risk.”
Father Seamus Finn of the Washington-based Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility described the outcome of the meeting as “pretty poor.”
“I don’t think we got any more clarity out of Mr. Dimon about what he got out of these recent experiences and what they’re going to do,” he said.
CLAWBACKS
New York City Comptroller John Liu, who oversees the city’s $400 million stake in JPMorgan, on Tuesday joined those calling for a “clawback” of compensation from executives responsible for the trading losses, including Ina Drew, chief of the hedging unit that racked up the losses.
She announced her retirement on Monday. Reuters was unable to reach Drew at her New Jersey home on Monday evening.
In its 2011 annual report, JPMorgan said its stock-based compensation awards were subject to clawback provisions. It said in its proxy filing that it could conduct a clawback review “as a result of a material restatement of earnings or by acts or omissions of employees.”
JPMorgan can cancel unvested awards or require that the value of distributed shares be repaid when “the employee engages in conduct that causes material financial or reputational harm to the firm or its business activities,” according to the proxy.
“We don’t know the facts and culpability, but it appears she (Drew) did have a responsibility here along with a number of others,” Sheila Bair, former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, said in an interview with Reuters Insider. “Clearly, the whole purpose of clawbacks is if you make a bad bet that results in losses, compensation should be clawed back.”
SPLIT PROPOSAL REJECTED
While regulators probe the losses, most shareholders at the brief annual meeting seemed more concerned with the bank’s mortgage servicing practices and with the proposal to split the roles of chairman and CEO.
That proposal, which was nonbinding, received 40.1 percent of the votes cast in favor. By way of comparison, 44 percent of AT&T Inc shareholders and 46 percent of Honeywell International Inc shareholders voted to separate the roles at their companies in meetings held last month.
“Obviously, all the media attention, all the political yammering of the past week, undoubtedly had some influence on people who had not voted up to that point,” said Marshall Front, chairman of investment manager Front Barnett Associates in Chicago, whose firm voted against the proposal.
(Reporting by David Henry and Barbara Liston in Tampa, Ross Kerber, Jim Finkle and Ben Berkowitz in Boston, Jed Horowitz, David Randall, Dan Wilchins, Basil Katz, Emily Flitter and Rhonda Schaffler in New York and Sinead Cruise in London; Writing by Ben Berkowitz; Editing byAlwyn Scott and David Holmes)
Related articles – the titles of these articles, alone, suggest something is very wrong in our country! ~J
- Dimon says JPMorgan mistakes ‘self-inflicted’ (tbo.com)
- JPMorgan’s Dimon to face shareholders in Florida (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
- Dimon says trading loss shouldn’t affect dividend (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
- No sign of shareholder revolt against Dimon (suntimes.com)
- JPMorgan’s Dimon gets his $23 million pay package (money.cnn.com)
- JPMorgan Chase shareholders to confront CEO Dimon (csmonitor.com)
- Pay clawbacks for executives would be in order on JPMorgan loss (theglobeandmail.com)
- Dimon wins votes on pay, chairmanship (sacbee.com)
- Dimon keeps CEO, chairman titles (politico.com)
THE COUNCILS OF LIGHT AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL NEW EARTH
Beloved Family of Light, at this time it gives us great Joy to be able to communicate with you again about the shifts and changes that are taking place on your Beautiful and Beloved Earth. Indeed, you are seeing many changes on your Earth, and some seem to be difficult and uncomfortable, but we ask you to know and to celebrate that all is unfolding according to the Divine Plan for the New Earth.
As you appraoch the 2012 Portal of Light and as you align with the Galactic Center, you are being brought fully into the Multi-Dimensional Energies of the New Earth, and the New Structures that will guide the Earth in her next cycle of Evolution are emerging.
From 2013, the Earth will be guided in her journey through Time and Space by two bodies of Awakened and Ascended Beings who will form the "Council of Elders of New Earth" and the "Earth Keeper Council" of New Earth. At this time, the Earth will be fully recognized as the Blue Star, or the Blue Water Star as she truly is, and the partner of the Fire Star Solaris. These changes will bring you to a new perception of your World and your role in the Solar System and the Galaxy.
So, at this time, these two new structures, the Council of Elders and the Earth Keeper Council, are in the process of being formed and individuals being trained to assume their new responsibilities as citizens of the Blue Water Star and co-creators with the Light Beings in the Solar and Galactic Councils that are guiding the formation of the Golden Rose Galaxy and her future role in the Cosmic Evolution of Divine Consciousness through Love and Compassion.
The Council of Elders
This body will be composed of Wise Elders who are invited to join the Council by virtue of their age, wisdom and experience on Planet Earth. These ones will be called by Spirit and will work on the Inner Planes with the Earth Keeper Council and the Higher Councils.
Their role and function will be as a board of advisors, and their wisdom and knowledge will be highly regarded. They will be drawn from all the peoples of the Earth, not just the indigenous races, although the indigenous peoples will have more experience in the ways of honoring the wisdom of the Elders.
Beloved Family of Light, there are many among you who are Elders of the Light, usually beyond the age of 60 years, who have felt the calling to honor yourselves as Elders, as Grandmothers and Grandfathers, and to serve the Earth in this way. You are the ones who will light the way forward with your wisdom and experience and your many years of service to the Earth, her ascension and transformation, and her new path forward. Here in the Higher Realms, we stand ready to work with you and honor your path forward into the New Earth.
The Earth Keeper Council
Beloved Ones, the main responsibility for the Future Evolution of the Earth Star will lie with those who will be called to be part of the Earth Keeper Council. At first, you will not know who these ones are, although they will know in their Hearts and Souls. Their angels and higher self will whisper to them of the path they must walk to honor the Earth and her future.
These ones will be fully awakened beings, filled with Love and Compassion and Wisdom. Some will be courageous and brave, others will be more nurturing and healing. Some will be Spiritual Warriors who will care for the Planet, some will be Teachers and Guides for the many as they transform and ascend.
Beloved Family, even now, many of you are hearing the call to either be part of these Councils or to work with them and represent them in some way.
Those who are Council Members or who are chosen to represent the Councils as Ambassadors of Light, will be taking on the great responsibility of guiding the Earth after the 2012 Portal Transit, when the New Earth becomes a fully fledged member of the Solar and Galactic Councils of Light. They will represent the Earth at the Great Council Meetings where the future courses of the Solaris System and the Golden Rose Galaxy will be discussed and determined in alignment with Divine Will and with the Divine Creative Intelligence that guides Cosmic Unfolding.
Beloved Ones, this will indeed by a great honor, and there are many of you who have spent your lives in "training" for this moment!
The Solar Council of Solaris
That Being and Body of Light that you call the Sun is now known as Solaris, and it is here that the Solar Council is situated within the Great Solar Council Hall.
This is the place where representatives from all the "planets" and Bodies of Light within the Solaris system gather together to determine their mutual course within the Galactic system.
Those of you who work with the Council of Elders and the Earth Keeper Councils will also be given the opportunities to work with the members of the Solaris Solar Council as honored representatives from the New Earth. Beloved Ones, here you will truly need your skills and abilities as multi-dimensional Light Beings in Human Form. You will be taken to meet with the Solar Council, either as individuals or in Group Merkaba forms as delegations to the Council, as is already taking place in parts of your Earth where people are ready for such work.
The Solar Beings and Solar Angels stand ready to welcome this Reconnection and to honor those of you who will be undertaking the work of liasing with the Solar Council. In the future times you will become familiar with the ambassadors of this Council as they work with you. You will come to understand more clearly how the different bodies in the Solar System relate to the Earth and how they work with the Earth Star to determine the energies of the Solaris system.
The Galactic Council
Beloved Ones, at the next level, many of you will also go on to work with the Galactic Council at the Great Central Galactic Council Chamber. Here the ambassadors and delegations from all the Star Systems in the Golden Rose Galaxy meet together to determine their course and the course of the Galaxy in the infinite journey of Cosmic Manifestation.
Those of you who feel called to this work will be trained as part of the Earth Keeper Council, and you will gain experience at the Solaris Council before you work with the Galactic Council and the Beings of Light who work in the Galactic Council Hall. Already, there are individuals and Group Merkaba delegations who are visiting at the Council Hall and representing the emerging Multi-Dimensional Earth in this Council.
Beloved Family of Light, at this level, the New Earth will be fully aligned with the Cosmic pulses of Divine Creative Intelligence and Love, and will join with the Galaxy in determining the frequencies of Light, Love and Compassion that will be built on as the Galaxy moves forward in its Journey through Time and Space.
These are indeed exciting developments for your Earth. So many of you have felt "out of touch" with the political and economic developmemts on the Earth, longing for more positive change. With these new connections, the Earth will align with the creative frequencies of the New Cycle of Time, and the future of Abundance and Peace will begin to manifest through the efforts of the Earth Keeper Council and the Council of Elders. Your governments and authorities will begin to feel the "direction" of the Councils who will determine the future course of Earth through their ability to connect with the Great Councils of Light and to direct and channel creative energy so that the Divine Will manifests on Earth according to the Choices and Desires of the people of the New Earth!
This will be a gradual process with the minimum of disruption to the lives of people on Earth, and will take between five and ten years to fully manifest. By 2017 you will feel the great changes on the Earth as far as evolution and development are concerned, and by 2022 the Earth Keeper Council and the Council of Elders will be fully determing the course of the Earth according to Divine Will and Divine Creative Intelligence.
Beloved Family of Light, many of the Indigo Children of the First Wave of the 1970s will be leaders in the next phase of your Evolution, along with the Elders of Light. They were born for this shift and they know within themselves what is expected. Many of you will also have felt in the last year as though you have completed a phase of your work and your purpose and that it is time to move on to something new, although you may not as yet know what that would be. For many of you, it will be connecting with the Councils of Light and working with them to create the new structures of Light for the New Earth.
Energies in May and June 2012
As the Earth prepares for these deep and exciting changes, there will also be some energetic alignmemnts in May and June that will assist the Earth to prepare for the grand alignment and connection that is taking place this year.
On the 20th of May there will be an annular Solar Eclipse, in which the Solar Light Codes for Connection with the Solaris Light Council will be transmitted to the Earth, allowing for many to awaken to their connections with the Solaris Sun and to her role in the Evolution and Development of the Earth within the Galaxy and the Solar System.
This Solar Eclipse will be at the time of the New Moon in Gemini, opposite the Galactic Center in Sagittarius. The Gemini/Sagittarius combination always highlights the Spiritual Connection with the Galactic and Cosmic energies and the unification of polarities into Unity, which is the "theme" of the Great Shift at this time.
Then, on the 4th of June there will be a Partial Lunar Eclipse with the Full Moon in Sagittarius approaching the Galactic Center. At this time, the Light Codes for the Galactic Council Connection will be transmitted to the Earth and will awaken those whose work is to connect with this Council and to work with it through the Earth Keeper Council.
Then, on the 6th of June you will experience the Venus Transit, or the second Venus Transit that connects with the first Transit in 2004. At this time, the Solar Council on Solaris will be working to transmit the Venusian Light Codes of Beauty and Harmony into the New Earth Heart Grids, to allow for a full awakening and expression of the energy of Love in those who are awakened and whose hearts are open to receive this energy.
Beloved Ones, at this time you will become Messengers and Ambassadors of Love and Compassion, and of the Frequencies of the New Earth. At this time too, the Angelic Realms and the Ascended Masters of Light will work with you, and especially the Dolphin Masters and Angels will work to "tune" the Harmonic of the Earth Frequency to the Higher Vibrational Path that will be needed as Earth moves towards the 2012 Portal and onwards to her Destiny as part of the Solar and Galactic Councils of Light.
We ask you to honor this time in your Meditations and Ceremonies, for it will be remembered in future times as the moment when the Earth was fully Reconnected to her Cosmic Heritage and Destiny!
DIVINE INTERVENTION: ETs Defeating Old World Order
Written by David Wilcock Wednesday, 09 May 2012 11:11
ETs are performing blatantly physical interventions to stop the "Powers that Were" from throwing Earth into war and chaos. Every aspect of the war machine is being systematically blocked -- with a minimum of casualties.
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WE HAVE NEVER BEEN ABANDONED
Divine Intervention is now taking place on a dramatic, unprecedented basis -- worldwide.
This is causing a complete, systematic failure of the war machine on every level.
Guns will not fire. Radio and satellite communications systems are breaking down -- right when they are needed most. Airplanes and tanks will not start. Bombs will not deploy.
Even more surprisingly, dozens of underground bases have now been completely emptied out -- beginning on August 23, 2011.
This is terrifying to the occult Cabal that has seized control of much of the financial system, as well as the governing and judiciary bodies of several of the top nations in the world.
In my epic work "Financial Tyranny" I outline the problems we face, and who is responsible for them -- with an incredible amount of supporting evidence.
THE CABAL IS WELL AWARE OF WHO IS DOING THIS
The Cabal has been directly contacted by the people who are responsible for doing this. These intervening ET groups are human, like us -- in fact, they are our long-lost relatives.
Humans on Earth are, in fact, a hybridized race -- from multiple, independent points of origin during the last 200,000 years.
The Cabal has been told they must stand down -- in order to protect the Earth and its many forms of life, including its people.
The people who are forcing the Cabal to surrender are not evil or negative at all. They are the guardians and protectors of our planet.
There appears to be no accident in why our protectors are intervening now -- and why they have not done anything like this before.
Ancient civilizations were well aware of the cycle that seems to be behind the timing of this unprecedented Divine Intervention. They recorded the evidence in thousands of different forms over time.
The ultimate outcome of this cycle appears to be nothing less than the spontaneous, quantum evolution of what it means to be human.
The Divine Intervention we are now seeing seems to be intended to insure that we will go through this process without being thrown into complete chaos and destruction on a worldwide level.
THE 25,920-YEAR CYCLE
If a portion of our mind functions energetically, rather than strictly biologically, what would happen if that energy starts moving faster?
What if there are cycles that govern these changes in our consciousnes -- on a planetary and even a galactic level?
As I revealed in The Source Field Investigations, dozens of ancient mythologies were "encoded" with information suggesting that a 25,920-year cycle determines the pace of evolution on Earth.
This knowledge became the great secret of all ancient mystery schools -- each of whom believed their teachings were the key to eventually reaching "Apotheosis" -- where humans on Earth go through a spontaneous energetic evolution.
The book reveals a wealth of tangible scientific evidence -- well over 1000 academic references -- showing we are indeed going through a major "quantum leap" in human evolution right now. Here I will highlight a few of the results of that investigation.
For example, human IQ scores have been increasing by 3 points per decade -- for over a century. Advances in literacy cannot explain this, as it is occurring in illiterate countries as well.
CYCLICAL EVOLUTION OF DNA AND CONSCIOUSNESS
Human DNA evolution is now moving 100 times faster in the last 5000 years, according to Dr. John Hawks. The human DNA molecule is now fully seven percent different than it was in 3000 BC -- worldwide.
Furthermore, roughly 25,000 years ago, the Neanderthals spontaneously disappeared -- on a worldwide level. A vast majority of giant animals that threatened human life disappeared during this time as well.
Before this time, tools were only made for survival purposes. After this time, we see creativity, art and spirituality suddenly flourish.
This is not a "conspiracy theory," but a hard, documented scientific fact.
Something happened to everyone on Earth 50,000 years ago that caused a remarkable boost in their IQ -- and their level of spiritual awareness.
The Neanderthals and the giant beasts of the Earth took their exit 25,000 years later. And now, as we approach the end of the cycle once again, our DNA is evolving at an extremely rapid speed -- and our overall IQ scores are consistently increasing.
THIS IS NOT THE ONLY EVIDENCE
The evidence is much more extensive than just what we have seen in the last 50,000 years.
Multiple scientific experiments have demonstrated that one species can be genetically transformed into another species -- strictly by energetic influences. This includes the work of Ciba-Geigy, Pier Luigi Ighina, Dr. Dzang Kangeng and Dr. Peter Gariaev.
This completely defeats the Darwinian model of evolution. Random mutations are corrected by evolutionary influences -- they are not the cause of them.
Furthermore, our entire evolutionary record of fossils, going all the way back to the "Cambrian explosion" of 542 million years ago, shows two key cycles of spontaneous evolution that repeat again and again.
Most creatures on Earth stay roughly the same for millions and millions of years. Then -- suddenly -- worldwide changes occur, and a huge number of new species appear.
These cycles take place in even lengths of time. The oldest, and longest cycle is 62 million years in length. The more "recent" cycle appeared 250 million years ago -- and is roughly 25 to 26 million years in length.
No orbiting objects such as stars or planets could account for cycles this vast in length. We are left with the inevitable conclusion that galactic cycles must be responsible.
In the book I painstakingly identify the physical evidence for these cycles -- where they come from, what they do, and how we can measure them and scientifically prove they exist.
INTERPLANETARY CLIMATE CHANGE
The 62- and 25-million-year cycles are obviously playing out over very long periods of time -- whereas the 25,920-year cycle is of much shorter duration, respectively speaking.
Now that we are at the end of another major cycle, our DNA is transforming. There are measurable energetic signposts we can observe as this process takes place -- not just genetically, but throughout our entire Solar System.
NASA has released a wealth of information proving that climate change is occurring on every planet -- as well as the Sun. They simply never put all the pieces together at once -- and invariably blame it on "seasons" in each individual case.
When we survey the data itself, we clearly see that the Sun and all the planets are becoming brighter, hotter and more magnetic.
The end of this year, 2012, is the moment the ancient prophecies identified as the shift-point of the entire cycle.
Again, this was "encoded" into dozens of ancient mythologies around the world -- all of whom predicted it would usher in a Golden Age.
We do not know whether anything specific will happen during this exact time window or not -- but either way, it appears that all of the ancient prophecies are now coming to a head.
DISCLOSURE MAY BE AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT
Mass Disclosure, and an open revelation that we have never been alone, may well be a very important element of what is predicted to happen as this cycle change takes place.
Any genuine Disclosure will include a remarkable amount of information regarding extraterrestrial archeology that has existed on our planet for many thousands of years.
Our relatives have technology that is very significantly more advanced than our own. Such technology was used to levitate gigantic blocks of stone into "megalithic architecture" found worldwide.
If this were easy to do -- whether a given culture is primitive or not -- we would undoubtedly still be doing it today. Nonetheless, when the Japanese attempted to re-do the Great Pyramid at a much smaller scale, with fully modern equipment, they utterly failed.
Nonetheless, towering pyramids and other gigantic stone structures have been built all over the world. These same cultures inherited the myths that revealed the importance of the 25,920-year cycle.
GIANT SKULLS -- AND THE THIRD EYE
Giant skulls have also been found in many of these locations -- revealing these were not ordinary humans. Even Discover Magazine carried the story of the Boskop skulls that were found in South Africa and elsewhere.
Many of these legends also centered around the pineal gland in the human brain.
My research revealed tangible proof that this is indeed a functioning "third eye", complete with retinal tissue, which is directly wired into the visual cortex.
The pineal gland appears to be receiving impressions from the astral body -- which we experience while dreaming, having an out-of-body experience, remote viewing or in a near-death experience.
This part of us is always out there. We simply are not aware of it most of the time.
The ancient teachings clearly indicated that we would strengthen our connection with this "astral body" as we go through the Great Shift -- into the Golden Age they prophesied to occur.
WE HAVE REASON TO LISTEN
These are some of the clues to what is arguably the greatest mystery on Earth -- and the single most complex puzzle there is to solve.
Who were the ancient "Gods"? Where did they come from? How did they build these great structures? And why did they build them?
The greatest single source I have ever found that addresses these mysteries is the Law of One series.
There have been many imitations -- but out of the many thousands of submissions we have received, I have never seen anything else of comparable quality or sophistication.
I began reading this material in January 1996 -- and studied it in great detail. Very few people are able to successfully do this, due to the inherent complexity of the material.
The Law of One series answered questions that had become a personal obsession of mine for the previous three years -- as I read and absorbed over 300 books on these subjects, including "Fingerprints of the Gods" by Graham Hancock.
PERSONAL CONTACT
Within less than a year of intensely studying the Law of One material, I received personal contact from what appeared to be the same source -- filtered through my own "personality distortions."
On November 10, 1996, I began speaking the words that naturally appeared in my mind as I went into deep states of meditation and followed the established scientific protocols of remote viewing.
The results were spectacular to say the least. Over and over again, I had prophetic statements come through that later proved to be startlingly accurate. Synchronicity events became much more dramatic, and much more frequent, as well.
Achieving full verbal contact with your "Higher Self" is not an easy process, but it is entirely achievable if you understand the techniques involved. Unfortunately, most remote-viewing schools charge thousands of dollars to bring you up to speed.
Although I hesitated for many years in doing this, I have now revealed everything I have to share about how I perfected my own technique, at a nominal cost -- in the Access Your Higher Self video series.
Much like learning to play a musical instrument, you have to go through some basic, repetitive exercises before you get quality results -- but ultimately, we all have this gift, and no special aptitude or skill is required.
THE "MANAGEMENT"
The source in the Law of One series identified itself as "sixth density," and said it was intimately involved in "the management and transfer of planetary populations."
For those looking for Biblical tie-ins, beings at the sixth-density level appear in the Old and New Testament as "Seraphim" or "Cherubim" -- the most advanced entities in the angelic hierarchy.
When they did decide to appear in physical form, they appeared as beings of pure light -- with spectacular abilities.
The Law of One clearly explains that the Earth is a school for spiritual growth. Nothing happens here by random chance.
Our free will must be preserved, at all costs -- and that free will includes the fact that Earth will not be destroyed.
THE BALANCE
At any given time, a balance will be preserved on Earth, making it equally possible for any one person to seek the positive, and see the world as a beautiful and loving place, or the negative -- and see the world as a hateful and terrifying place.
This is the nature of the "illusion" that is carefully upheld -- in the interest of our collective spiritual evolution.
It is your choice as to which path you will take -- and there is no right or wrong answer.
If you choose to focus on the negative, you certainly can -- and can find a wealth of evidence to prove that you are correct.
The same is true for the positive.
By seeking love and peace in your life, you can have an ever-increasing amount of joy, happiness and bliss appear.
This is Universal Law -- and once you begin applying it, you will find out that it does indeed work very well.
THE PERSONAL EVIDENCE HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING
I was already very impressed by what I had been reading -- but once it became a personal, individual experience, the teachings jumped off the printed page and became an intimate part of my own life.
It was extremely difficult for me to "go public" with all of this, knowing the inevitably vast amount of hatred and ridicule it would generate -- but I was told that failing to do this "would be equivalent to a felony in the spiritual realms."
The fruits of this contact included 500 "dream readings" I performed for paying clients between 1998 and 2005, when I finally retired due to what had become an unmanageably high amount of demand.
My satisfaction levels were extremely high -- roughly 99 percent. Many people were told things I simply could not have known from a conscious level.
Despite the fact that I only charged 150 per person, and could not process more than 12 clients a month, this income allowed me to devote the majority of my time to furthering my research.
Invariably, I would receive dreams for the client that were staggeringly accurate, and showed incredible insights into their personal issues. It was quite common for my clients to burst into tears when I shared this data with them.
THERE ARE MANY OUT THERE
Many people claim to be receiving intuitive readings, and put them out across the Internet. Their results are of varying levels of quality.
Some readers have found great inspiration in these works. Others profoundly ridicule them -- and despise their creators.
Over the years, with the inevitable cries of "Prove It!" shadowing my every written and spoken word, I veered away from publishing this sort of material -- and focused in on the tangible means by which the validity of this information could be demonstrated.
I also was fortunate enough to develop connections to many high-level insiders who had worked within classified projects.
Some of these contacts came as a result of my extensive involvement with Project Camelot, and others appeared independently.
Once you meet and become acquainted with a genuine insider -- someone who has actually worked within programs where the existence of extraterrestrial human life is an accepted fact -- you can't help but have a radical change in your outlook.
Everything lined up for me -- the dreams I was having, the contact experiences within my own life and for those of my clients, the research data I was compiling, and the insider testimony I increasingly gathered.
IT'S OK THAT THIS IS NOT VERY POPULAR
I now believe we are rapidly approaching a time of epic change on Earth. The amount of evidence supporting this notion is staggering.
The complexity is so vast that very few people are able to see the full vision.
Without the "overview" perspective, where all the data can be studied in the mind as a full mosaic, it is very difficult to appreciate the scope and depth of the story.
Reading the entire Law of One series alone -- enough to really understand it -- took me about a year and a half, working an average of one or two hours a day.
Nonetheless, as you begin familiarizing yourself with these concepts, synchronicity will "intrude" into your life more and more -- proving that the world you once took for granted might not be as predictable as you thought.
Indeed, very few people realize what is about to take place -- and that's OK.
There is no need to "shout from the rooftops" and try to convince anyone of anything. It truly does not matter whether any one person believes in this or not. These events will happen regardless of what anyone says, thinks or does.
The higher forces are not looking for "numbers or quick growth" -- only to reach those who are ready for the Great Invitation that is coming our way.
WHAT IS THE "GREAT INVITATION"?
We are heading into an opportunity where everyone will be given a choice.
According to the Law of One series, we will be able to choose whether we wish to evolve into the next level of human evolution.
If we do take this "invitation", we will be able to travel throughout the Galaxy, visit and help other cultures, and develop profound intuitive abilities -- allowing us to travel through space and time, communicate telepathically, levitate ourselves, and manifest objects out of thin air.
This is something all of us will do at one time or another. If we do not choose to do it now, we will continue to be human, as we have been -- perhaps for many more lifetimes.
However, at some point we will inevitably take this evolutionary leap. It's written into the basic nature of the Universe.
THE LESS WE KNOW, THE MORE WE GROW
It's quite humbling to realize how much "amnesia" we have within our current human form -- but that is an intimate part of the spiritual growth process.
If we could see the Big Picture, and understand our connection to the Universe, there would be no incentive for us to grow.
This is also why the ETs have not formally revealed themselves to us on a mass level at this point.
As soon as they take this step, it will be much easier for any one person to make that "leap of faith".
This also makes it much harder to proceed to the next level of our evolution -- because now the level of difficulty is much lower.
THE STAGE IS SET FOR MAJOR EVENTS
As you probably already know, I have been covering the story of pending Mass Arrests on this website since last November.
The evidence that this process can and will be done is quite substantial. I have been urged, from the highest intuitive levels, to assist this process as much as I can.
However, I have no direct influence in this process. I cannot decide whether it will be done, when it will be done, or how it will be done. It is outside of my hands. The window in which I was told this would happen has already passed -- but I do still believe it will take place.
Dreams have remained the primary means by which my Higher Self has kept in contact with me over the years -- and it was no accident that I have put this much time and energy into pursuing this story.
I do believe it is important that we solve these problems ourselves, on a physical level, rather than expecting any outside forces to come in and rescue us.
The value for all of us, as a planet, is much higher if we do this ourselves.
A CERTAIN DEGREE OF "MANAGEMENT" IS NECESSARY TO KEEP THINGS ON TRACK
Nonetheless, the Earth is not here to be overrun and destroyed by corrupt, evil bankers.
The ETs of fourth density, fifth density and sixth density assist a planet like ours throughout the course of its development.
The Law of One series also states that seventh-density entities -- known as "Guardians" -- do step in to assist a planet at the end of a cycle.
The role of the Guardians is to insure that the planet passes through this transformation without actually being destroyed.
The Guardians are cleared to make very high-level interventions to insure that we have a stable, survivable world -- even while the "illusion" is that things are totally falling apart, and we are in terrible jeopardy.
This "opportunity" for fear is what creates the greatest incentive for spiritual growth.
Finding that core of Truth within yourself -- that Truth that knows and trusts that All is Well, and that chooses love -- is the greatest spiritual attainment you can ever make.
In this series, I will explore the blatant interventions now taking place to insure the Earth will not be destroyed as we head into this Single Greatest Moment of All Time -- at least as far as our own recorded history is concerned.
GOING ON "COAST" IN A FEW HOURS
I am about to have a full show on "Coast to Coast AM with George Noory" -- the nation's largest nighttime talk radio program.
In this show, I will debut never-before-heard testimony of the exact nature of Divine Intervention that is now taking place on Earth.
Further updates will follow as I am able to produce them.
I have two big events this weekend in Amsterdam, as you can find in the Coming Appearances section of this website. I've written this new introduction to Divine Intervention in the hotel room I'm staying in.
Please be advised that if you wish to attend the all-day Saturday event, there are very few seats left in the venue -- so time is of the essence.
By comparison, the Friday venue is significantly larger in size -- and I will be speaking that day from 7 to 10:30 PM.
I'd like to share a personal section now that is slightly off-topic, but nonetheless important to me as a person.
The article introduction to the new Divine Intervention series is now finished -- and this section is just for people tracking my own personal interests.
PERSONAL SECTION: A LITTLE BLURB ABOUT "INVISIBLE LIGHT"
One of the things I've been patiently waiting to announce is Invisible Light -- a new instrumental ensemble I'm putting together, blending elements of dance, DJ, jazz, rock and deep psychedelia.
This was a concept that was given to me directly by the higher forces -- and they sent the best possible musicians into my path, blatantly, to make sure I would get the message and run with it.
I didn't feel it was appropriate to bring this up in the Mass Arrests series -- but here it finally feels right.
If it is done properly, and skillfully, music can create incredibly powerful visionary and spiritual experiences -- particularly if those who are creating it already know where they can go, and how to get there.
We're already doing that at my all-weekend CONVERGENCE conferences. More recently, we have recorded the results, and offer them here in the Meditations series.
Nonetheless, what I'm planning with the Invisible Light ensemble will take this concept into an entirely new level -- and may well bleed over into everything else I do.
I can't fully jump into this project until I'm finished writing my new book, and have returned from my Europe, New Zealand and Australia tours featured on this website -- but I very much am looking forward to it.
For me, this is more of a recreational pursuit -- but the dreams are telling me it will reach many people on a very profound level.
COMING AROUND FULL CIRCLE
I minored in jazz percussion in college, and had a wonderful time performing avante-garde jazz compositions that we would improvise, on the spot, with nothing planned in advance.
We'd all get together, meditate for a while, turn on the recording equipment, and just start playing -- with absolutely nothing planned out in advance.
Nonetheless, we would end up with a finished musical product -- with no need for overdubbing or re-doing anything.
The jazz program was very competitive, and I was among the top three jazz drummers in the class -- complete with all the pyrotechnics you expect to see in a great drum solo.
For whatever reason, I've never filmed or recorded myself doing a drum solo for the audience I've built up since I went online -- but I very much still have the chops to do it.
I more or less gave up on musical ensemble work in 1996, when I went into this research full time -- but a year and a half ago, I was guided to pick up the guitar, and get back into the scene.
I had no idea where this was going or why I was being asked to do it, but I really enjoyed it -- and have developed some nice-sounding improvisational fingerstyle techniques since then.
"CONSCIOUS GATHERINGS" STILL MISSING SOMETHING
On several occasions now in the last few years, I have attended "conscious gatherings" where people who are "into this kind of stuff" get together and dance.
I found the music at these events to be nowhere near as powerful and evocative as it could be.
One single DJ would be there, running little more than a drum-machine loop -- and then laying various samples over the top of it.
People would get up and dance to this, despite how lacking I felt it was.
This was my original inspiration for Invisible Light. If I don't like what I'm hearing, then why not offer something I feel to be better?
I STILL HAVEN'T PRODUCED ONE OF MY ULTIMATE MUSICAL "DREAM PROJECTS"
"Wanderer Awakening" captured one aspect of my musical interests -- namely vocal music in the 1970s-style idiom. I am very proud of what we accomplished -- in 25 vocal songs and 25 instrumentals that tell a vast cosmic story of soul evolution.
However, I still have never produced this original 'dream' idea -- to marry the stylistic elements of hard rock, jazz fusion and deep psychedelic trance music in a live, improvisational context.
Back when I was 15 years old, my parents tipped me off to the late-1970s Tangerine Dream album Rubycon. My father was getting all the releases sent to him from the major record labels -- as he was working as a rock and roll journalist for various local papers.
Both of them told me how profoundly this album influenced them. Just the moment-to-moment experience they had while listening to it was quite intense -- and deeply meaningful.
They were right -- Rubycon was definitely the best one. I couldn't believe the power of the experiences I would be thrown into when I meditated on that music. I soon also discovered the albums Ricochet and Stratosfear -- and I was heavily influenced by them as well.
Encore, Phaedra and Tangram, and the Detroit and Montreal "official bootlegs" are all somewhat flawed by comparison -- but certainly deserve honorable mentions.
After this time, Peter Baumann left the group and it went in a more mainstream direction -- which somehow lacked the deep shamanic power of their earlier works, in my opinion.
NO ONE HAS EVER TOPPED IT
The analog keyboards Tangerine Dream used to produce these late-70s albums have enjoyed a huge resurgence -- which continues to grow to this day.
However, it is quite surprising that no current-day musicians have even come close to achieving what Tangerine Dream was doing with these instruments in the late 1970s -- despite remarkable improvements in the technology.
My other great musical passion that developed in high school was for jazz fusion music. I was particularly impressed by Brand X, a jazz ensemble with Phil Collins playing drums, during a time where Genesis was in transition after Peter Gabriel left the band.
Brand X also has some very advanced and wonderful soundscapes. The musicians are all extremely technical and extremely talented -- in a way you do not hear in Tangerine Dream. I still greatly enjoy listening to the classic Brand X albums.
In this case, jazz sounds were blended with the harder edge of rock and roll -- and when I listened to this back in high school, I felt it was inevitable that this sort of music would eventually catch on and become extremely influential and popular.
This still hasn't happened -- which on one level is a surprise. On another level, it may simply be that we haven't reached the consciousness level, on a mass scale, to fully appreciate this type of music yet.
My dream was always to fuse those two styles together -- the late-70s Tangerine Dream sound and the late-70s Brand X sound. The key would be to modernize it and put a dance beat underneath it -- so it doesn't sound like "70s retro music," but maintains freshness.
ENTER ELIAH LEVY
This idea had been percolating in my mind for many years, but I'd never really done anything to pursue it since 1996 -- and had almost forgotten about it entirely.
I was thinking it would be nice to produce something like this and offer it at "conscious gatherings," but I really had no idea who to work with or where to get started.
Then, I spoke for an hour at just such a "conscious gathering" in Los Angeles -- where there was a "superfood elixir bar" featuring liquid chocolate and other, perfectly legal delights.
I appreciated the fact that drugs and alcohol were not a part of this event -- at least not openly -- and yet the vibes were still very high, and everyone had a great time.
The organizers told me a "Chapman Stick" player named Eliah Levy wanted to open up for me before I went on stage -- and he was a big fan of my work.
They were not going to allow him to play, but I had just become aware of this instrument and was fascinated by its potentials. So, I told them to give him a shot, and let's see what he could do.
Eliah got up there -- and on a musical level, where it is admittedly very difficult to impress me, I was absolutely knocked over by what he played.
THE PERFORMANCE
On this remarkable-looking twelve-stringed instrument, Eliah was holding down a completely solid bassline with his left hand while playing totally independent melodies and harmonies with his right.
His compositions were incredibly sophisticated -- and yet they flowed so well that no one even noticed how utterly difficult it would be to play something like that.
It did somewhat remind me of an obscure Early Music instrument called a "Theorbo Lute" -- in which there is a very long neck with very deep-sounding bass strings that are plucked, in open fashion, by the thumb as the fingers play a melody.
The audience admittedly didn't seem to pay much attention, at the time -- but I believe this was because the music was of such beautiful quality that everyone just jumped into the richness and fullness of the moment.
GUITAR LESSONS AND BEYOND
I realized that Eliah must be a great guitar player to be able to accomplish something like this on an instrument as obscure as the Chapman Stick -- so I asked him if he'd give me guitar lessons.
He was more than happy to get involved -- and when we did have our first lesson, I showed him what I was capable of playing on the drum set. I was surprised when he told me I was the best drummer he'd ever had a chance to work with!
As we jammed together, I quickly realized that his guitar chops were on par with any of the greatest jazz fusion players of the 1970s -- whether it was John Goodsall from Brand X, John McLaughlin from Mahavishnu Orchestra, or Al Dimeola -- originally in Chick Corea's "Return to Forever" before he branched out into his own group.
The speed was definitely there -- but fast notes alone do not necessarily indicate that someone is a great player. Even at those incredible speeds, he didn't lose musicality -- and that was what impressed me the most.
This was where the idea for Invisible Light was first created. Not long after this, I realized that my long-term friend and colleague Bill Levine, an equally incredible keyboard player, needed to be in the group as well.
We did already have one rehearsal before I headed off on my European tour -- and my next-door neighbor was dazzled by how it sounded, and wanted more.
Just like I was doing in 1996, this was completely improvisational -- with nothing planned in advance. That's often where the real magic -- the alchemy of pure musical shamanism -- can take place.
SEE FOR YOURSELF
Eliah recently recorded a video of himself playing before an audience of 5000 people in Spain. The cameraman never captured the size of the audience, as they didn't all crowd up near the front -- but the quality of the performance is definitely quite evident.
THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN HELP...
Eliah has a series of wonderful CDs on his website that are well worth the cost. His flagship work is Melodia de Luna, which I've got on a repeating cycle now in my car stereo.
It seems almost impossible to believe that he recorded this all in one take -- but that's exactly how it was done. The musical spaces he creates are quite wonderful, deeply healing, and powerfully transformative.
I invite you to head over to his website, eliahmusic.com, and check out the audio samples of this and other albums for yourself. Your orders of his CDs will directly help me achieve a dream I have had for many, many years now.
I want to make sure we can make Invisible Light into a reality -- but until I finish up my other projects, I don't have the time to develop this into a working group where we can play gigs that will pay the bills for the artists.
Nonetheless, I've already built up an arsenal of the best synths on the market, and set it up so I can play drums and synth parts at the same time -- and then jump over to Native American flute or guitar parts, all in a live context.
In addition to ordering CDs, we are looking for people who want to hire Eliah as a live musician for parties, gatherings and the like in the greater California area.
Lastly, I want to again remind you about Graham Hancock's offer -- where you can get his entire book for less than a buck, this week only. Then, in our next installment, we'll be fully back to the "massive download" of new information!
GRAHAM HANCOCK SPECIAL OFFER -- "ENTANGLED" EBOOK FOR ONE DOLLAR THIS WEEK!
Imagine reading a gripping novel, of the very highest quality, that goes into the real story behind the Illuminati -- and discusses all sorts of intriguing subjects -- like time travel, ancient civilizations and massive, occult conspiracies.
A novel so compelling that you literally cannot stop reading it once you get started. A novel practically begging to become a hit movie.
Even though most people think of him as "only" a great scholar, Graham Hancock has written that novel -- and it's called Entangled.
I just found out that Graham is selling the electronic versions of Entangled in the US for just 99 cents -- this week only, starting on Monday, May 7th!
This saves you $9 on Amazon and I-Tunes, almost $10 on Nookbook and close to $11 on Sony. I'm definitely going to get a copy so I can enjoy it on my long flights!
iTunes: http://bit.ly/IExAGFAmazon Kindle: http://amzn.to/ImVoKc
Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/Jg5Cwc
Video trailer for the novel here:
There’s also a page about this special offer on Graham's website here: http://bit.ly/K5LO2v
I honestly didn't know what to expect when Graham first gave me a copy to read for review -- but once I started, I couldn't put it down!
"Divine Intervention" is coming soon -- but in the meantime, this is a ridiculously affordable deal that will throw you into an awesome new adventure of consciousness! Check it out... and let Graham know what you think!
OK... TIME TO GET A LITTLE SLEEP...
I'm about to head off for a few hours sleep before I do the show. This will be the world debut of some very interesting information, and I'm certainly looking forward to it.
The jet lag has me all screwed up -- I sleep at night, all during the day, whenever I can, and often not enough. Probably just about at the time I have to leave, I will have sorted it all out!
Anyway, we'll see you in a few hours. This should be quite an interesting time!
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