Esoteric Science and Choir Practice

Hi dear friends
Today was a day of again many new impressions! Yesterday evening I felt a little sad, thinking of the lovely things, or actually people of course, I miss from home. When in search for new experiences I have left behind what has become dear to me, only to exchange it for something I have no idea of yet whatsoever. And of course, the value of new experiences can hardly be compared to beautiful memories. But then again, they are memories... Well, so today. I started with being interviewed by the QdiQ, a magazine whithin Damanhur, I was interviewed to be introduced, about my profession, about where I'm from, and what my reason for visiting Damanhur is. I don't know! I also had to say a few key characteristics of myself, with that I probably answered the first question too: I am curious, eager to learn and creative. Of course I have ideas of what I am doing here, but really, I will have to find out what it is exactly what they do here, before I can think of what it is I could contribute to the community. I had a mind blowing course today! Esoteric Physics! In Damanhur there has been 30 years of research on topics such as time traveling, talking with divine forces, changing the course of time..and more magic. My own education regarding spiritual science, scientifically, started and ended with quantum mechanics. I even brought my book from the University of Technology Eindhoven with me. And today the classes where picked up from there towards being at different places at the same time as a human, astral time traveling and physical time traveling. I bought a Damanhurian book on this topic, can't wait to learn more about their experiences. After that I participated at choir practice. The choir sings in an ancient sacred language, the rest is in Italian.. I just listen very carefully and hope that at one moment..I will start understanding it! I guess I will. My Italian classes start next Tuesday. The monastry is still very relaxed, and today a new guest arrives. Paul. He is also 'new life' and from Chicago, so I am looking forward to someone else in my home vicinity that I can actually speak to with being understood! Next week I'll probably move to a nucleo (living community) and I also found out about a nucleo inhabited by all kinds of artist and musicians. They even have a music studio! I might live there starting May..if they have place.. Well, I'll see what will happen! I'm checking out now, to be in time for diner!
With love!

Guest in Monastry Aria in Vidracco, Piemonte, Italy

Dear all

I am not very sure whether I will write these posts in English or in Dutch all the time, but today I guess I’ll go for English..

Today is Wednesday, I arrived at Damanhur on Sunday. I am staying at a monastry where 3 female monks live. At the moment I’m sitting in the sun with one of the monks, Gheppio, besides me. She is so kind, of course I don’t get to know much of her since her English and my Italian are just as poorly developed. My drive up to Damanhur was wonderful. I passed lovely scenery of course, the mountains and also I felt so grateful that my little van has been loyal to me! Charly, the oldest daughter of my friend Natasha, drew me a nice picture. She actually drew a portrait of me, I decorated my ‘cabin’ with it. I have brought some more small things which make my room here feel like home. Actually I notice that I don’t have so much trouble feeling at home anywhere I am at this moment. I guess I got used to being a nomad already the last couple of weeks!

Damanhur is a community of houses scattered along a valley in Piemonte. I believe the town I am staying at now is called Vidracco. It is a tiny village with small streets crawling up and down the mountain hill. This monastry is just a house, with a nice porch where I am sitting now. The houses that are inhabited by people from Damanhur distuingish themselves with the Damanhurian flag, a yellow flag, with two squares on it representing a fort, and a green infinity symbol (just like the one I happen to be wearing on a necklace since 3 months!). Everyone and everything I have encountered thusfar relating to Damanhur reflects respect for eachother, for nature and everything they do seems to have a meaning or a purpose. Like purifying prayers before dinner, bracelets with prayers on it in an ancient sacred language and sacred patterns of stones that lie in the area of one of the main centres of Damanhur. Whatever you might think of it, while you read this, I experience it to be very positive and loving. On the day of my arrival I went for a pranahealing, that felt really powerful. I felt similar afterwards as when I had the first initiation of my angel healing practice. A strong vibrating energy in my body, causing a little headache even and making me become aware of how tired I actually am. Tonight I slept about 10 hours, and yesterday about 9. In compare to my average of about 6 or 7, I find this rather remarkable. I guess some build up tension of the past months looking foreward to this moment, is releasing now.

Yesterday I cycled around the neighbourhood a bit. I am so happy that I took my bike! The surroundings here are amazing, and it gives a really free feeling to cycle here and have tiny meetings with local people on the street.

I am staying at this monastry probably for a week. Next week I’ll move to a nucleo, a house with 10 to 20 other people with whom I will share my life here. Tonight is my first “new life” activity, sacral dancing (I hope it will be as much fun as I think it will be) and afterwards some information meeting. Tomorrow I will start doing the agriculture work together with other people from the new life program, about 10 i believe.

Talk to you later! 

Some pictures of where I am now. 

 this the monastry Aria

 the small street (and the proof that I really arrived :)

 Gheppio and Enzo (a "Damanhurian" that often visits the monastry)

view from my room

I am already here!

Ik ben hier al! Die simpele realisatie maakte me hardop aan t lachen. Terwijl ik hier langs de kust liep in IJmuiden. Dat was mijn antwoord op m'n vraag om mijn hoogste levensdoel aan me te laten zien. Mijn lichaam is. Dit is mijn vorm hier op aarde. Ik heb alles in me om te doen waar ik voor gekomen ben. Als ik me ga afvragen wat mijn hoogste doel zou zijn dan word ik geleid door mijn normen en waarden en verval ik al snel in een trip van mijn ego. Wat zou ik een goed mens zijn als ik anderen zou helpen, als ik anderen zou vermaken als ik als ik... Het zijn allemaal producten van mijn conditionering. Allemaal oud nieuws. Het enige dat blijft is wie ik ben. Hoe ik het ga toepassen, dit nieuwe inzicht..dat vind ik nog lastig om te verwoorden zonder al te belerend over te komen. Wie zou ik moeten overtuigen van de waarde van mijn inzicht. Ik ga vanaf nu verder met leven vanuit mijn gevoel, mijn kern waar ik mezelf mee verbind zodra ik inadem in mijn buik. Ik ga verder met het danken voor wie ik ben, voor de goddelijke vorm die ik van de hoogste goddelijkheid heb gekregen. In nederigheid. Ik probeer mezelf te betrappen als ik, als viooltje, mezelf dwing om een tulp of een roos te zijn. Ik heb me een tijdje afgevraagd wat aarde energie is. Ik had er niet zoveel mee. Ik voelde me afgesloten van de aarde. Alsof ik hier oneigenlijk verbleef. Onopgemerkt, onbedoeld. Maar ik ben hier, al 37 jaar! Precies zoals ik moet zijn, gezegend met alle zegeningen die aan iedereen op aarde toekomen. Ik ben hier niet per ongeluk. Ik leef precies volgens plan en afspraak.