Raise Your Vibration to Receive ∞The 9D Arcturian Council,
Channeled by Daniel Scranton
“Greetings. We are the Arcturian Council. We are pleased to
connect with all of you.
We are setting the bar very high for humanity because we think
very highly of you. We are impressed by all that you are able to face and feel
in your lives, and we are certainly impressed by the fact that you are all
still there, as hard as it is to be on Earth. We want you to know that we are
not alone in holding all of you in very high esteem. We discuss humanity with
other high-frequency beings and collectives all the time, and the consensus is
that you all deserve a lot of respect for being able to endure the harsh
reality of your circumstances.
We also want you to feel for the amount of compassion that there
is coming to you from the higher realms, because it is immense. We all listen
to your cries for help and your prayers, and you give us the opportunity to
feel even more compassion and love than we could otherwise. So we are grateful
to humanity, and we want you all to know that the help you have asked for is on
its way. The prayers that you have sent up into the heavens have been asked and
answered, and all that we ask from you is that you let go of your problems, and
your fears and worries long enough, to be in the high vibration you need to be
in to receive what is coming, what has already been sent.
This is a group effort, and there are beings whose job it is to
soothe all of you, to give you a reason to feel good. Take your spirit guides,
for example. They do everything in their power to get you to look at that
sunset or to spend time with your loved ones. They are doing everything that
they can to keep you out of despair so that you can receive all of the higher
vibrational energies that are coming in in answer to those prayers and cries
for help.
The next time that you feel the weight of the world on your
shoulders, just remember how much help you have. And the next time you are
worrying about someone that you love very much, remember all the help that your
loved one has. Some of you are perhaps scoffing at this assertion of ours that we
and others have been answering those prayers and those cries for help, because
you don’t see it. You look around at your reality, and you wonder where it is.
But please hear us when we say that you need to slow down
enough, and relax just a little bit, so that you can open yourselves up to
receive, so that you can let yourselves be in that higher vibrational state. Feel
for the presence of your guides, and listen to that intuitive hit that you’re
getting to go and have fun, to do something that is just for the sake of
feeling joy. And watch how all that you have asked for becomes a part of your
experience, effortlessly.
We are the Arcturian Council, and we have
enjoyed connecting with you.”
Once Sold Into Prostitution, These Girls Became Lawyers To Bring Justice To Others Like Them
Keshav Khanna, Indianwomenblog.org, Aug. 17, 2019
https://tinyurl.com/yxkxja6e
Survivors of the crime of Commercial
Exploitation of Children (CEC) are today aiming to become top-notch
lawyers. They have different stories. Some were child brides sold into
prostitution by their husbands, some were sent away by their families as
domestic helps into unknown houses.
But they all seem to have one thing in common, the one thing that pushes them to aim for the best.
They want justice.
They want to study law to become public prosecutors to stop crimes against our girls. They are backed by the School for Justice.
This is no ordinary school. They’ve collaborated with the top law
colleges in the country. I spoke over the phone with their incredible
and candid Francis Gracias, the CEO of Free a Girl Movement India.
How distressful is the picture of the Commercial Exploitation of Children in India?
Francis Gracias: There’s this study
by ECPAT which was conducted in 2014 that tells us how 1.2 million
children are the yearly survivors of this crime in South Asia. And the
strangest thing is that the number is increasing year after year! But
there’s only a fractional number that gets reported. In 2014, there were
3345 cases reported out of which only 384 went to court. Of the 384,
there is a minuscule 10%-14% conviction rate. Would you believe that?
There’s no fear of this crime. When this
negligible punishment is doled out, impunity develops around the crime.
Had there been more cases and convictions, there would’ve been more
distress in the criminals. Unfortunately, that doesn’t exist currently.
When it comes to convictions, enforcement
of the law is the problem. Laws like the POCSO, ITPA are in place, but
their implementation is not good. Sometimes it is due to the lack of
will of the police, sometimes it is the genuine lack of resources.
Can you explain it with an example?
Francis Gracias: There
are these specialized units that are supposed to be deployed in each
district called Anti-Human-Trafficking Units. On paper, they are
supposed to be cracking down on Human Trafficking – but they are not
funded or well-equipped. To further reduce their specialty, they are
given regular cases, too. In many districts, they aren’t deployed at
all!
Thankfully, they do exist in major urban centers, but there, they have to deal with political pressure.
Infrastructure dedicated to CEC is in very
bad shape. There is an immense lack of resources, a backlog of pending
cases, overburdened authorities and a lack of specialized courts.
Did you have to face risks and threats as you challenge this massive trafficking and prostitution mafia?
Francis Gracias: In my early days, before I founded the School of Justice,
I did. Especially when I was involved in the ground investigation, when
I visited the Red Light areas I ruffled a lot of feathers. I had to act
as a whistleblower against their owners and I got into some trouble.
But I, sort of, was aware of the
consequences of what I was doing. I knew that usually when I was
intimidated, it was an empty threat. They couldn’t attack men, they
could only try and scare me. And that wasn’t going to work.
Thankfully, since we’ve founded the School
of Justice, I’ve never faced any threats. But, I am sure as we enroll
more girls and make a lot of noise; we’re going to get into all sorts of
troubles.
The stories of the survivors are
just heartbreaking. Tell us about the trauma the girls are going through
and how they are dealing with it?
Francis Gracias: Well, the good part with the School of Justice
is that most of the girls we’re working with had been rehabilitated.
Especially, since we’ve been providing them education and vocational
skills, they are looking forward to the future. Trauma is usually the
most intense during two stages. One is during the rescue operation and
the other is during the trial.
The girls with us are very positive in
their outlook, but they still have a hankering for justice. That is why
they are so passionate about wanting to be a part of the solution. They
want to help other victims. The system has failed them but instead of
being repulsed by it, they are actively working to become a part of it
and amend it.
Tell us a little about how the
classes for the survivors work. Are these like regular college classes
or are they special classes?
Francis Gracias: We wish
to enroll them in regular classes at good colleges. Now see, they come
from different backgrounds. Some, we help to appear for the CLAT exam
(Common Law Admission Test), while some we encourage to pursue
University exams. CLAT is a little more challenging because there’s a
lot of time required to prepare for it. Those who cannot clear CLAT are
admitted to the Law Department of State Universities.
I sit down with our Law experts from
across the country to map the skills of each girl. Then we talk to the
Law Colleges and tell them, “Our girl has cleared your entrance test.
But she’s a survivor of Child Prostitution and we want to partner with
you to get her a good education.”
How do you meet these girls? What is the process for enrollment?
Francis Gracias: Currently,
there is a problem with funding so we have to stick to a strict
filtration process. We scout our children at protective homes and
shelter houses. We work with their probation officers and counselors. We
spend a lot of time counseling them, guiding them through the entire
process and ensuring they really want to pursue this.
We’ll certainly expand the filtration process as time passes by. Right now the lack of funding restricts us quite a bit.
The identity of girls has been revealed on the website. Are you sure that doesn’t pose a threat to the safety of the girls?
Francis Gracias: That’s a
great question and many people are concerned about this. See, we’re a
bold initiative that way. The whole point is to dismantle the stigma
that the survivors face. However, we’re only revealing their identities
with their consent. We talked to them for hours and made sure they were
as onboard with this as we were. And, they were! I remember what one of
the girls told me.
She said, “I’ve gone through so much already that this (identity revelation) doesn’t bother me.”
But, hasn’t revealing the identity
opened up the girls to an array of discrimination in a society that
often considers them accomplices in the crime.
Francis Gracias: Oh,
we’re certainly endeavoring to inform the society on the whole against
this perception. Many people see these women as prostitutes who did this
willingly. They aren’t seeing them as survivors of a crime that
happened against them. Leave teachers, the police themselves aren’t
sensitized enough. One Hawaldar, that we were trying to work with,
called them prostitutes right to our faces. So we’re working with Police
officers, Lawyers, Judges, and others to try and change their opinions.
Bring about more acceptance for these brave girls.
Is there any sensitization program designed for the teachers and professors?
Francis Gracias: Now as
the first batch is getting into colleges, we’ve started talking to the
administration. We negotiate with them and sensitize them towards the
struggle of our girls. We’re increasing their awareness about the risks
that they face but also trying to encourage them to be a part of the
revolution. We want them to support our girls a little more.
Do you think families are often inadvertently involved in this crime? If so, how can the awareness be increased?
Francis Gracias: That
certainly seems to be the case. In our first class itself, 50-60% of the
girls were sold by their immediate family. They either personally sold
them off or colluded with criminals. In many cases, the girls are
married at a young age and then sold off by their husbands. So, these
girls want absolutely nothing to do with their old family.
In around 40% of the cases where the
family is innocent, we try to contact them and reconcile. In that case,
we involve the family in our School of Justice, too. We tell them everything and work with them to educate the girls.
The School of Justice boldly shows you
the faces behind numbers and statistics. When we hear that 12 lakh
children are being sold into prostitution every year in India, it is
scary. But when we hear the individual stories of the girls from the
school, it becomes much scarier. These girls are working hard to someday
become public prosecutors to serve a society that wronged them. We
salute both the spirit of life of the girls and the foundation that Gracias’ School for Justice provides them.
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