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BondingXperi ence Connecting People - Issue 4 – www.TouchedbyArt.org - Free

This issue’s Pioneers are: DJ Isis (Night Mayor of Amsterdam),

Conny Janssen (Leading Dutch Choreographer of Contemporary Dance),

Jacque Fresco (The Venus Project), Robert Jendayi (Quantum Realist),

The Lost Children of Babylon (US Rap Group) and Joop Teggelove

(Reiki Alliance Master)

Inside

story:

Conny

Janssen ‘Are

we Human or

are we

Dancer?’

DJ Isis ‘DJ

with Divine

Feelings’

2012 ‘72hrs

of Darkness’

The Venus

Project

‘Fresco on

Love’

Being in the

Zone

Music: Hip

Hop ‘Spirit

of the Age’

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CONTENTS

3 Dear Loved Ones – Message from Richard Voller

30 Totem – The Butterfly for Transformation 33 Reviews: Remember, Remember

CULTURE

4 Bubbles Eco-friendly ideas for Planet Earth.

12 Being in the Zone with Robert Jendayi. 35 Reiki Alliance Master Joop Teggelove talks about Energy and 2012.

MUSIC

9 The Lost Children of Babylon talk about the Venus Project and Spiritual Rap.

DANCE

20 Conny Janssen as seen on ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Dutch TV talks about her work and

her vision in the feature interview ‘Are We Human or Are We Dancer?’.

25 Melvin Fraenk, Urban Hip Hop Choreographer has been interviewed for the second part of the ‘Are We Human or Are We Dancer?’ feature interview.

FILM

29 Focus on Film Director Christianne van Wijk, who is making ‘Conscious’ Films.

SOCIETY

6 Amsterdam DJ Isis talks about the Importance of Love in Today’s World.

17 Jacque Fresco gives us the ‘V’ sign and talks about the Venus Project and the Concept of Love.

31 Losing Your Religion Catherine Buckell talks about God.

ART

16 Voller’s Art and Poetry.

34 Voller’s PlayShops Games, Painting, Yoga and Massage to support the Transformation Process.

39 Voller’s Art Piece ‘Freedom’.

Colofon:

Front Cover photo – DJ Isis being painted by Richard Voller

Editor-In-Chief: Richard Voller

Creative Director: Annemarieke Moes

Interviews & writing: Richard Voller

Photography: Carsten “Lumière” Sasse, Annemarieke Moes

Email: Richard.voller@gmail.com

http://issuu.com/the_bondclub

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Dear Loved Ones,

This is the 4th issue of BondingXperience.

I have to admit that things are changing at such a rapid rate, that it is quite difficult to remember the

person you were only a couple of weeks ago.

I remember seeing a video on You Tube in 2008

by a chap called Ian Xel Lungold about the Mayan calendar and the run up to 2012. According to this

video, we are now moving from the Galactic Cycle

to the Universal Co-Creation Cycle and we will experience more creation than ever before. It all

seemed very far-fetched and a little bit out of this

world at the time, but the amazing thing is that everyday it seems to make more and more sense!

The ancients had an understanding and belief in

the Universe and how to converse with it in order

to manifest their dreams into reality. The basis is LOVE. From this high vibration frequency, you

call the Universal Laws into existence and slowly

everything falls into place. When you get the hang of it, things can move very fast indeed! It really is

quite amazing!

And the more I believe, the more I am being tested to see that I can break through the karmic cycles I

have endured for many lifetimes and actually start

creating my own destiny with my loved ones and

my beloved, dearest Annemarieke.

So this issue is dedicated to pioneers of human

evolution, people who are the driving force of

transformation in their life and their work. They understand the idea that DJ Tiesto coined: “Just

Be”.

So this issue is dedicated to pioneers of Human

Evolution in our time: DJ Isis the Night Mayor of Amsterdam talks about divine love; Conny Janssen the

Queen of Contemporary Dance as seen on the hit Dutch

television show ‘So You Think You Can Dance?’

discusses her powerful creative process; Robert Jendayi Quantum Realist explains what it is like to be in ZONE;

The Lost Children of Babylon spiritual rap group talk

about there new album ‘Spirit of the Age’; Jacque Fresco opens up about love and The Venus Project; and

Joop Teggelove Reiki Alliance Master tells how the

world will be shadowed in 72 hours of darkness come 2012.

On Saturday 20th November 2010, the manifestation

‘Netherlands Screams for Culture’ took place in the

Netherlands. One hundred thousand people took to the streets, getting together, as a unified force to protest

about how the new Dutch government is drastically

cutting the ‘Arts’ and culture budgets, which is an attack on the very nature of human beings.

As more people become empowered and start to love

themselves, more of us start to become aware that these protests are only the beginning! As Depeche Mode

once sang, you are your own ‘Personal Jesus’, but we

no longer have to suffer. In this lifetime we can put

ourselves first and then give to others. This is not Selfish, it is putting your Self-First; when your cup is

full you can then give to others and unconditional love

flows naturally.

When I open my eyes, I realize I do have a Soul and I

have my own star, as we all do. And when pure love

overflows from our hearts, it is our ‘Star’ that shines so

bright within us.

For when we allow our imagination to run free, we start

to believe that we can do anything and we can create

Heaven on Earth! So now is the most important time that we support the ‘Arts’ with our hearts and Souls!

Love & Light,

Richard Voller

Editor-in-Chief BondingXperience

Enjoy the Love Beat from DJ Dimitri Deman: http://soundcloud.com/d-mi3/the-love-the-sun-the-people-sunrise-house-sessions-november-2010-part2

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In this special section we take a brief look at ‘green and sustainable’ things that are

popping up around the world. Our lives are getting better, because the power is in the

hands of the consumer.

Green Driving Stylish cars with reduced emissions

As consumers take on more responsibility for the environment, electric cars become more desirable. The cool new word to know is ‘EV’ (Electrical Vehicle). And as carmakers are scrambling to bring out their all-new EV’s, Tesla is way

ahead of the market with their 4th version of the pioneering Roadster.

By the end of 2010, there will be at least three types of EV’s arriving at the showrooms. These cars are powered by

batteries: instead of going to the petrol pump, you plug them into the wall – preferably a 220 Volt line like your dryer.

These vehicles have almost no emissions and their CO2 footprints

have been drastically reduced compared with their internal

combustion competitors. And these are real cars that you can live with

– all the usual features, roomy and motorway capable. In fact electric motors produce lots of torque, so even those with poor horsepower

can have a fast acceleration.

In the next few years… Nissan Leaf (2010), Ford Focus Electric (2011), Mitsubishi-Miev

(2011), Audi E-Tron (2012), Fiat 500 EV (2012), SMART FORTWO

Electric Drive (2012), Toyota RAV4 EV (2012), Volkswagen (2013),

Fisker Automotive Project Nina (2013), Mercedes-Benz- SLS AMG ‘Gullwing’ E-Cell (2013) and many more…

Green Living Utilize Natural & Eco-Friendly Materials

Green home building, or natural building, utilizes natural and eco-friendly materials instead of man-made construction materials.

Products that do not require considerable energy to manufacture or

transport also qualify as green home building materials. The main tenet of this practice is to use building techniques that do not further

contribute to the pollution of the environment, or use more resources

than are absolutely necessary.

http://www.scienceline.eu/tag/natural-building

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In this issue of BondingXperience we continue our

love affair with DJ Isis, one of world’s top 10 female

dance techno DJ's who also happens to be the Night

Mayor of Amsterdam, supporting the arts. I recently had the great privilege to paint Isis’ heart chakra and

got to interview her about her view on Love and why

it is so important in the world today. Richard: I went to India for three months and it

totally changed my life. Isis: “I did the same thing 5 years ago. Just for the experience, right? I actually found out that I have a

really nice home whilst being away [we laugh]. I was

just fed up with the same situation, having lived the

same life for 10 years in a row and not knowing what was going on in the other side of the city. Everybody

just comes to your place and you don’t have to go

anywhere. We call it the ‘Canal Belt Syndrome’, which means that everything else is far away if you

live within the canal belt.”

“This thing got a hold of me and I though I needed to

break out. To break free! [She suddenly pushes her

hands up in the air]. So basically, I asked friends of

mine to look after my home whilst I traveled. I went back into my home every now and then, but not on a

constant basis. I literary lived in anti-squat places and

my boyfriend’s home. This way I was learning a lot about the world, whilst looking at the world from

another perspective.”

Like the idea of Buddha then?

“Yes, learning to live without anything. And I found

out that everything you need is there! Everything you

need is coming to you. You don’t need to be desperate. If you are desperate, it might not come to

you. But if you have a positive vibe and open mind,

together with a respectful attitude, then you are going to get everywhere you want in life.”

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wwwiiittthhh DDDiiivvviiinnneee FFFeeeeeellliiinnngggsss Above: Richard Voller and DJ Isis, after having her heart chakra painted on the streets of Amsterdam.

All Photographs by Carsten “Lumière” Sasse

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I completely agree with you. As soon as I gave up

everything, the whole world opened up to me.

Someone said to me: “The truth is that you are

supported by All that Is”, that is basically it.

“Exactly. As soon as you open that door, it’s there for

you. If you love something a lot or if your focus on it,

it will resonate with you. That is the law of attraction basically. And that’s a good thing actually. Having

nothing made me a very rich person.”

Rich inside?

“Yes”

Above: DJ Isis in her Amsterdam home.

“People think I have a lot of things, but that’s

because I get given lots of things. I don’t own a car

or a house, they are rented. I never collected enough money in a way to buy a home. I always give it away

because I need just a little myself.”

I think that a lot of people are living in a material

world and thinking: “I need this car to show

people who I am.” What do you think?

“Yes, true. It is very easy to judge people by the

outside. Everyone can see it instantly. It takes a lot

more effort to go under the skin of a person and find out whom he or she really is. Now I think this,

because there are so many impressions that we get as

people, especially living in the city (loads of people,

traffic, heavy competition and little nature). All these impressions scare people away from each other,

because they get so many things put in their faces.

They prefer to keep their mind tidy, by categorizing people by look, because it is easier and more safe they

assume. I am quite sure the biggest crooks wear suits,

you know what I mean?” [and we both laugh again].

Yep!

“It’s simple, but I guess a satisfying means of keeping

some structure in people for those who are not willing

to go into the depths. By keeping it simple and superficial, it keeps life conveniently arranged.”

So do you think our environment has an effect on

us?

“Well, it’s no coincidence that children of Muslims

become Muslims, just like children of Christians

become Christians. Yes, of course the environment that you are brought up in has an effect on you. When

you realize that ‘All is One’, then Holism would be

the ideal religion in ‘true religion' (religion meaning

reflecting your existence in the greater unity).”

The ancients believed that people used to be aware

of a total infinite consciousness and we experienced

life as being God in Richard and you being God in

Isis through our five senses. Do you think this

viewpoint is coming back into the world again?

“Yes, it should. It makes the circle round.”

Yes, I realize that there is ‘I’ in you. And you are

also in ‘me’. So in that sense, I shouldn’t be

fighting with you. Because I am only fighting with

me!

“There are roughly two types of people. There are

those ones who always feel best for others; they will

try to improve themselves by accelerating above their earlier achievements. Other people do not feel the best

for others, so they will try to push them down in order

to seem better, but in reality they haven’t grown at all,

they just pushed somebody else down.”

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“This is what is happening a lot in commercial

activities. And the worst thing is that it is seen as an achievement to do it. I think this is horrible. We need

to change this quickly. I think it is really bad if we

keep thinking of everyone as competitors. Because there is only one competitor in you life, and that is

you.”

Yes, because you always want to be a winner!

“Yes, you have to win for your own standards. You have to keep on growing. This is the only true growth

you can obtain in this world. The other is just fake! It

is imaginary and evil too, I think.”

Yes, the imaginary world keeps people enslaved.

“Yeah, true. But what if the imagination becomes

reality? So that is also an option.”

“I think that our world is consciously still like an infant child, but we all have these possibilities. It’s

like giving an infant a bazooka and saying have fun!”

“We are not in harmony with our inner selves and our outer selves. That is what is lacking in the world and

also an imbalance between male and female. I do

think there could be some more motherly love in politics for instance.”

What does love mean to you?

“Coming from Holism, I see entities and the planet

itself, everything that is on it as part of the greater wholeness. So some people call that God, I believe.

And to me that is what God is all about. And coming

from that perspective, you can try to destroy God’s

work, for instance NATURE [she gives me a sharp look], or you can love other living creatures and

creations of nature as being part of you, because you

are part of the bigger wholeness. And once you see this and you are able to give love without expecting

anything in return, because that is the difference

between conditional love and unconditional love, then a whole new world opens up.”

“And I thought this was the normal world! My parents

raised me like this, so I was so confused when I grew

up to find out about other people’s conditional love. It really hurt me. It taught me that I need to express

myself way better for people to understand me,

because if I said something they would not directly understand, they would be … hang on … can’t think

of the English word…”

“It is ‘Gereserveerd’ … so do you know what that

means?”

Sorry, don’t have a clue! Maybe reservations?

[She reaches for her dictionary.]

“Mmmm…. Let me look… reserved behaviour.

That’s it! They’re used to other people abusing their integrity… or they [she reaches for her dictionary

again]… or they mistrust each other because they are

already traumatized in a certain way or they are not

convinced by the power of love at all. Not in the way that you are.” [she looks straight into my eyes.]

“So to communicate with those people, wow, that’s

difficult. For instance, when you give a lot of love to those people and they misunderstand it for something

completely different because of how they have been

raised. Wow! It shook up my world, realizing that people were not the way I thought they would be.”

“And now, all I can do, is share my spirit with the

world in order to show that there is an alternative. I

believe that people won’t change until they see a better alternative. I see it as my duty to share this

information, because I become a happier person if I

can light up somebody’s life. I think that there is no greater thing than to promote love!”

Brilliant! I think so too! This is it then. Thank you

for being so open and I love you very much.

DJ Isis being interviewed by Richard Voller

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These Aren’t the Droids You’re Looking For...

Exclusive interview with American rap group ‘The Lost Children Of Babylon’

I remember hearing a terrible rendition of rap song on ‘YouTube’ about the Venus

Project earlier this year; even the singer

had written a statement saying that he was

aware how awful his singing was and to please ignore it. He was trying to find a

new medium for sharing an important

message with the world. Anyway, I remember wishing that one day a real rap

group would make music about the Venus

Project. And then, as if by magic, one day it happened!

I was contacted by Heather Odom about

the Lost Children Of Babylon (LCOB) and

their forthcoming album ‘Zeitgeist: The Spirit Of The Age’; it is about the Venus

Project. After a few months of hot pursuit

on the heels of LCOB, I finally managed to connect with Cosmic Crusader and Rasul

Allah to uncover this exclusive

BondingXperience story. This is it!

THE

INTERVIEW:

Richard: Hi guys, so tell me, when was

Lost Children Of Babylon formed?

Cosmic Crusader: “LCOB began as a vision

manifested by Our Founder, Rasul Allah between 1995 and 1997. After appearing on ‘Jedi Mind

Tricks'’Amber Probe Ep, Rasul brought together like-

minded Emcees to create music largely based around concepts highlighted by the teachings of Dr. Malachi

Z. York.”

And was there a cause behind this formation?

Cosmic Crusader: “Yes, there was. Much like the European Freemasons who banded together to escape

persecution for their true beliefs, so we formed an

Alliance to protect what we value as a true artistic expression of our beliefs amidst the Heathenism Of

Popular Modern Rap.”

Above: The Lost Children of Babylon spiritual rap group.

“The group's original incarnation consisted of Rasul

Allah, Breath Of Judah, Ancient Kemet, Richard Raw And Cosmic Crusader. Along With DJ Man-E, this is the

Crew who recorded the debut album ‘The Equidivum:

Where Light Was Created’, originally released in 2001.

Since then, we've adopted new members, like Atun Sen Geb, Amun Sen Hotep Re, and most recently Jon

Murdock and Lex Starwind of Foundation.”

OK, so the group is growing and evolving, great! On a

personal note, Rasul, what has music brought into

your life?

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Rasul Allah: “Music is a vibration that taps into higher planes of awareness. Music brings a glimpse

of an existence beyond the material realm. From the

beginning of time, teachers have harnessed the power

of music to help their students climb the ladder of consciousness.”

And how would you like to inspire the music

industry through your music?

Rasul Allah: “The word ‘industry’ is defined as an

‘economic activity concerned with the processing of

raw materials and the manufacturing of goods in factories’. As followers of the Venus Project, we

understand that the music industry is doomed to fail

in the long run. However, we do hope to inspire our

fans to search for truth in all things and to reach beyond what is handed to them in the interest of

obtaining something more valuable than physical

wealth.”

So you mention that you are followers of The

Venus Project, so why did you decide to create

music that supported this?

Cosmic Crusader: “Well we clearly see that the

current path of material culture will lead humanity

into ruin. We believe in the vision of The Venus

Project and want to help others realize that vision.”

So how has it been received compared to your

previous albums?

Cosmic Crusader: “The album hasn’t actually been released yet, though eight songs were leaked

throughout the internet. The response is

overwhelmingly positive! It seems many people were

craving anthems promoting solutions to the woes of the modern era.”

So how does LCOB translate spirituality into

music?

Cosmic Crusader: “We tell the tale that has been told

for ages, that of the Mystic - we just choose to use

music as our medium. It’s important that the tale be available for those with ears to hear, that they may do

so.”

The song ‘The Venus Project’, opens with “We are

the sunshine, we are the Light, elevate your mind”

... What message are you trying to convey with

these lyrics?

Rasul Allah: “Light is the creative force of the Universe - without it, all would be dark. Light moves.

We are urging people to unleash the creative force

within them, this is the inner Deity.”

It then goes on to say: “It’s our time to rise” …

What do you mean by this?

Cosmic Crusader: “We say do not succumb to The Darkness which surrounds you. As a whole, we can

create a new day just as the sun rises and obliterates the

night. It’s up to us as a race to rise above ourselves and

conquer the outdated ways of selfishness and greed.”

What does 2012 mean to LCOB?

Rasul Allah: “The End Of An Age.”

What is LCOB's point of view on the Venus Project?

Rasul Allah: “The imaginative glimmers that Jacque

Fresco has given us all, are truly powerful. It seems so

natural and intuitive to head in the direction of a Resource Based Economy. All the signs currently staring

us in the face, clearly show that the modes of power that

have been allowed to operate for far too long are Not

Sustainable. As a people, there is no limit to what we can achieve if we adopt the basic premises of The Venus

Project.”

Do you think that the people of the world are willing

to give up a Monetary Based System and replace it

with a Resource Based Economy? If so, why?

Rasul Allah: “Generally speaking, the majority of people in the world have little to no money as it is and therefore

would most likely not argue if they were told that their

basic needs for energy could be provided for ‘free’.

Moreover, it is the rulers of the world who are not prepared to abandon their greed for currency.”

Do you think that the power elite will ever allow such

change to take place in the world?

Cosmic Crusader: “The easy answer would be ‘No’, but

it’s difficult to predict what will happen in the future.

One of our fundamental problems as Human Beings is

our tendency to view earthly power and authority as above and beyond ourselves. Once we fully grasp that the

ability to change lies within each and every one of us, we

will be heading in the right direction. Much as Lovelock suggests with The Gaia Principle, we are one huge

organism in which The Power Elite is a minority virus –

it’s time for us to purge the disease.”

I believe that ‘Divide & Conquer’ will be replaced by

‘Love & Light’. What does ‘Love and Light’ mean to

LCOB?

Cosmic Crusader: “As we said earlier, Light is The Creative Force Of The Universe and Love is the

nurturing component which allows life to thrive and

procreate. Both are essential to our existence on this plane.”

So how has your spiritual path transformed your life?

Cosmic Crusader: “Our spiritual paths transcend the boundaries of this ‘Life’. We have chosen to be vessels

for The Spoken Word and have chosen to support each

other's creativity in doing so. When each of us assumed

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the role of The Messenger, we turned to face the only vanishing point there has ever been. Earthly events

pale in comparison to those of celestial and existential

Nature.”

OK! And how are you helping your fans learn

more about living from their hearts?

Rasul Allah: “By helping them abandon earthly

treasures in exchange for esoteric ones. We hope that our listeners are inspired to place more value on what

the heart is capable of than the wallet.”

Love it! So what role is LCOB playing as part of

the global ‘Awakening’ Consciousness that is

currently taking place?

Rasul Allah: “We play the role of The Catalyst,

carrying the torch of ancient consciousness, igniting the minds and spirits of the people who are ready for

positive change.”

And what message would like to give our

BondingXperience readers?

Rasul Allah: “To wake up and be aware of The

Global Agenda at play today. To realize that we hold the majority and it’s up to us to make a difference in

the world. To harness your personal power and to

influence your realm of existence to facilitate

change.”

Cosmic Crusader: “Don’t hesitate and never doubt

yourself or underestimate what you and your brothers

and sisters are capable of!!”

WoW! So what dream are your trying to create in

the world through your music?

Rasul Allah: “Not so much a dream, but a reality of

self-awareness and harmony among all people.”

OK Rasul and Cosmic Crusader, I just want to

thank you very much for your time and I’m

looking forward to meeting you on your European

Tour. Maybe one day I get to paint your heart

chakras as well... Because the Love & the Light is

certainly shining from LCOB!

Details about the ‘Spirit of the Age’ album release:

Music videos from ‘Spirit of the Age’ album (linking to

the Venus Project) are being planned for completion by

this Autumn (Fall).

LCOB are planning to leverage ‘YouTube’, the second

largest search engine in the world, to reach the masses.

European Tour Plans

The LCOB are currently working with the Snow Goons

to setup a European Tour, something they have wanted to

do for a long time.

For more information please visit:

http://www.myspace.com/thelostchildrenofbabylon

And http://www.lcobproductions.com

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Above: Robert Jendayi at One with Nature. All Photographs by Carsten “Lumière” Sasse.

Being in the Zone Exclusive interview with Robert Jendayi

We arrive at the station near Nunspeet and wait to meet Robert Jendayi, a Dutch Producer, Quantum Realist and ‘Light Worker’ for lack of a better expression. Robert was formerly an employee of the Frontier Sciences Foundation and

Frontier magazine in Holland.

Robert is a tall, striking looking man with a shaven head, holding a staff in his left hand. He has the air of an ancient Soul reincarnated and ready for his final mission. He takes us into town and we do the interview in the open air at an

Italian Ice cream salon. Funnily, it serves the same special coffee brand that Carsten shared with a friend in Greece. We

feel many synchronicities.

THE INTERVIEW:

Robert: “My life slogan is:

“Spreading love and Touching People.”

Richard: How do you know

when you are on track?”

Robert: “I have this really amazing

feeling inside that I can’t really

describe in earthly terms or words. I just know. I am just in the flow.

Sports professionals and musicians

have this feeling. It’s called being in

the ZONE. It applies to life.”

“In life you can aim to be in the

ZONE all the time, but of course

you will drop out of it once in a while, this is only human. But it is

very obtainable in every moment.”

How does it feel, being in the

ZONE?

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“For me it is a slightly tingling feeling, I feel like my whole

heart chakra area is pumping. I

feel shivers going up and down my spine. Just the sheer peace of

mind that comes over me, almost

like a Zen Buddhist. Then you know that when all the turmoil

inside you stops, you've made

the decision, and then you know

you are on the right track (and Robert clicks his fingers!). This

is my frame reference anyway.”

So why the shaven head?

“I did lots of parties and raves

back in the 90's, I used to be a

real raver. I suppose I needed

that phase in my life to realize stuff. Later it was more of a

tribute to the Tibetan and Zen

monks in the Far East. I feel very connected to the Shaolin

monks, Buddhism and Zen, and

I feel very much empowered when I shave my head. I have

had it shaved for over thirteen

years now and it is part of my

‘persona’. A ‘trade mark’ if you will.”

Richard: Great coffee!

Robert: “There's a secret.”

Richard: What is it?

Robert: “One vanilla ice and one mocha.”

Carsten: “If you drink this in

Athens, it’s even better!”

Richard: “But then, when you

were drinking this in Athens, I

would say you were in the Zone

(we all laugh). When you are in

the Zone, everything is completely

different.”

Robert: “It enhance the experience amazingly.”

Richard: “I feel that when I am in

the ZONE, it feels like this flow of

Divine Energy or something.

When you are in that flow and you

look around, music will start

playing that you love and

everything starts to connect with

you.”

Robert: “Yes, I feel this with the ‘Tribe of Many Colours Movement’

that I am currently involved with.”

Is this how you setup your event?

“Yes, this is the Dutch branch of the

worldwide movement. It is about

becoming one people, but not

through the Utopian new worldwide order vision, but a Plutonian vision.

Utopia is still one vision, but

Plutopia is everybody's vision. That is something I would like to help

manifest into the world.”

What exactly do you mean

by Plutopian vision?

“A ‘perfect’ society of

empowered individuals

who express their uniqueness and passion to

benefit the whole, many

visions brought together, unity through diversity,

instead of the utopian

worldview where all people gather under one

vision. The latter seems a

bit narrow minded to me.”

Utopia = New World

Order

Plutopia =

New World Harmony

What is the difference between a

tribe and an organization?

“An organization holds it’s roots in what I would like to call the

Matrix from Babylon to deal with

all those rules. A tribe, this is just an entity of connected human

beings that use the internet to

spread messages and come

together in a non-commercial informal gathering to heal

themselves and also in the same

process to heal the Earth. To give love to it and come into contact

with new ways of looking at

things, of experiencing things and

where people can share their talents.”

Like?

“Some people have very amazing healing abilities, but will never

open a practice for themselves,

even though they would love to offer it! At gatherings like this, we

have music, healthy food, people

offering massages, Reiki, tarot and

so forth, for the whole spectrum of human psychology, so you can

connect the dots of all this

specialization that has been going on.”

BOND 14

So you are offering an open

platform for a bonding

experience at your events?

“Yes, because many people have this closed outlook on life.

If you only go to parties, you

miss a very nice bit of wellness experience that can really help

you enjoy your partying with

less dependence on artificial stuff to get you into a certain

mood. The more you are

connected with frequencies by

people, with love, you only need yourself to be in that

ZONE that we were talking

about earlier. I've really seen people open up at these parties,

in a way I didn’t see before,

because they are completely accepted.”

The Message from Little Grandmother

“The big message from ‘Little Grandmother’ is to accept every

one and see their struggle. You

can't judge a poor homeless guy on the streets, who is drunk all

the time. What type of traumas

has he experienced before? How did he get there?”

“I am on a very spiritual,

metaphysical path, but I am still

dependent on a bit of tobacco and sometimes I really enjoy

the ‘Santa Maria’. But you

should not be to hard on yourself.”

“And allow yourself the gradual

detachment of these earthly things and not force yourself.

The Buddhist monks say, the

worst thing you can do is go

cold turkey because your system has been trained into it.

Just open up, let there be a

possibility to let go, and you feel it slowly saying goodbye to

you.”

This is nice because a lot of people

who are on their spiritual journey,

want to become a pure being. I

have to let this and that go to

become pure, and I have to do it at

break neck speed, and that causes

a lot of problems with the

transformation, don’t you think?

“Yes, some people come to a

complete halt. I look at myself. OK

spiritual life; no more smoking, no more drinking, no more this or that.

Within two months I was miserable.

It is a big challenge in my opinion

and my experience here on Earth is to integrate all these things. Not to

assimilate, because with assimilation

you just become part of something, like Star Trek’s villains ‘The Borg’

would say: “Prepare to be

assimilated, resistance is futile.” And they want you to become part

of this hive mind without any

individuality whatsoever. Whereas

with integration, you become part of the bigger whole, but you keep your

individuality, the same thing as with

the multi-levels of your Being. Everybody has a ‘naughty’ girl or

boy within him or her; everybody

has a saint inside as well, we are all

very much alike in this way. If you can identify those different aspects

of yourself, communicate with those

‘separate parts’ of your being and allow them their expression, at least

within you and without harming

others of course, accepting your ‘schizophrenia’, if you will

(everybody has more than one

‘voice’ in their head and that’s not a

bad thing, you’re not crazy, trust me) then you become a whole being.

It is as simple as putting them

together at a chessboard and allowing them to play as a team by

using their individual strengths. for

the game sake and the fun of it, not the sake of winning.”

“We are multileveled and inter-

dimensional beings, and non

acceptance of this and forcing yourself to maintain a singular

expression or ‘personality’ within

this life (especially if copied from a

role model) can lead to madness/ dementia, and to depression and

periods of very sad inner dialogue

of all the voices trying to make

sense of the state you’re in.. Trust me, you don’t want that, life is

meant to be fun too!

So just enjoy the experience

basically?

“Yes, don’t beat yourself up over

it. You have a set of genes, DNA, and also parental and cultural

programming. It is your choice

what to do with it. Nobody out

there is going to judge you on what you did, because that would

be silly. It makes no sense that

there will be something at the end of life to judge you. A review and

some advice perhaps, but no

judgment.”

So many people want to be

judged, don’t they?

“Yes, look at scientists. The whole

science community wants to be judged by their peers who are their

gods that decide their fates. They

are waiting to judge them on what they are bringing out into the

world.”

Carsten: “It’s all creating fear!”

Richard: “Again, it is creating

the illusion as a wall to freedom.

How do you break through to

this freedom?”

Robert: “A lot of mushrooms!!!!!

Hahahahaha. I have to be honest

about that, it really opened my mind. It has been an intense

Shamanic journey for me. I have

been to the edges of the cosmos

and back. I've seen things inside and outside myself. I have been in

people's heads literary, where I

could see their distorted view of life. Once I was in the head of a

heroin junkie. I was sitting next to

him and all of a sudden I was sucked into this Hell raiser

scenario. His mind was this pillar

of distorted bodies!”

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“I was completely shocked that a form of life, a form of

this type of consciousness can

exist and maintain itself was

amazing to me. It was a very amazing and life changing

moment for me as I realized

that there are people who are living in such pain. Living in

complete horror in there own,

inner worlds. That was also a big part of my transforming.

The acceptance of darkness.

Mind you, there are many ways

to reach these states of consciousness besides using

mushrooms and is not (yet)

recommended for everyone to just dive into, exploring your

own shadow can be a very

unsettling and scary experience and turn your life inside out, so

make sure you are properly

prepared before doing so.”

What would you describe

‘darkness’ as?

“Everything you don’t want to

look at. Our shadow, if you will, I don’t want to label it too

much. The night is also a

beautiful thing, yet, it is still

darkness. Since the dawn of time people celebrate in the

darkness and dance in the night.

Why is that? Because there is beauty in there. There is a

mystical, magical thing about it,

it’s a place where our light can be seen extra clear. I would

prefer to call it Light and

Heavy, because what people

experience as darkness is what they experience as something

being very heavy. It is holding

them back, so it is not necessarily a negative or evil

thing. But it definitely is heavy.

To allow it, broadens your horizon and gives you more

tools to interact with this

‘virtual’ reality at the same

time.”

FREEDOM

One thing that I am learning now,

is that the more perspectives you

get on the reality, the more your

view broadened. You expand

yourself to see more. What is your

view on the 5th

dimension?

“To be honest, I see the 5th dimension just as a bigger cage. This

whole ascension story that is going

on, where people want to ascend to this 5th dimension, I really don't have

much affinity with it. I would say

that the 5th dimension is a gate that

leads to even greater consciousness and is not something you should

remain in, it’s a tunnel, a gateway to

freedom, don’t stay in that tunnel!!! I do appreciate the amount of people

it inspires to broaden their horizons

and I love that people move beyond that vision. Don’t just blindly trust

all that stuff and don’t get to

distracted by Angelic beings and

ascended masters, it is beautiful they are among us, but don’t turn this

phenomenon in the base for your

reality.”

“Of course it feels good, loving and

warm. On Earth we have been

devoid of many expressions of love due to our society’s structure, so

when a loving guide or angel

appears before us we are

overwhelmed by their love and immediately put all our trust and

faith in them. This is a dangerous

trap and could lead to many dramas when the spirit has moved on, most

people tend to fall in a gap after

such an experience.”

Equals, not Gurus or Masters

“When you use a more academic

approach to this ‘new age’ information and that’s what a lot of

spiritual people refuse to do, it’s like

they abandon their logical reasoning, you start to see patterns that are

normally clouded by that burst of

love, you see the deeper meaning of

their visit, they are our equals and not our guru’s or masters.”

“I prefer to integrate that logical

side of me. When I see a lecture by

David Alan Wolfe about Quantum Physics, it helps me to understand

a piece of esoteric knowledge I

have come across that I didn’t understand yet. You can feel the

significance of certain things with

your intuition and go with the flow of the ‘river of life’ and let it guide

you, but the moment you

understand it with your logical

mind, you master it and you can start riding the wave instead of

merely going along with it. These

times ask for conscious co-creators, and invite each of us to

become the architects of a new

paradigm. Using and combining your infinite intuition with the

power of your logical intellect is

the key.”

“A lot of people in the spiritual realm or in the new age field, are

going completely into the intuitive

side and seeing all these signals in life and they follow them, these

chains of events are beautiful and

empowering to a degree. Yet there

is always a form of decline once the experience has past, few people

realize architect of life, you also

need to know the basic structure and dynamics of how to build

something. Your left-brain needs

to know about sacred geometry, certain math, frequencies and

dimensions. For someone who is

combing logic with intuition these

fields of knowledge are easily accessed and easy to comprehend;

no real study is required, just a

complete observance. Just another way of saying what being a

spiritual being really means.”

Thank you Robert, I think we

have found the answer for living

in the ZONE.

For more information, you can visit Robert Jendayi’s website: www.jendayi.nl

BOND 16

‘Divine Trinity’, hand-painted by Richard Voller (2010) The Missing Glove

One day I found a glove,

A colourful glove,

Very warm and protective.

I offered it to many friends,

But no one wanted it.

I couldn't understand why?

Then freedom came my way.

Again I offered the glove, but now with love.

And wow what a surprise, within no time at all,

Both my hands were warm and snug.

For I had found the missing glove.

***

Written by Richard Voller (Feb 2010)

Buy his Poetry Book: https://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/love-poems-from-source-february-2010/6419759

BOND 17

Jacque Fresco gives us the ‘V’ sign! Interview with Jacque Fresco and Roxanne Meadows, co-founders of The Venus Project.

This was a monumental day in my life; I am going from one leap of faith to another. The more I experience freedom and

share it with you, the faster and higher we all climb.

I recently had a private meeting with Jacque Fresco and Roxanne Meadows at the International Centre of Sustainable

Excellence in Eindhoven to learn more about the Venus Project and help them promote their Lecture Tour in the

Netherlands.

Jacque Fresco is a 94-year-old social engineer, who could easily pass for a 60 year old. Jacque lived through the Great

Depression of the 1920’s and was inspired to make sure that it never happened again. So with Roxanne by his side, over

the past 35 years he has dedicated his life to the Venus Project. But it was not until 2008, and the creation of the highly

successful online documentary directed by Peter Joseph ‘Zeitgeist Addendum’, that things really started to fly.

Now Jacque and Roxanne are on a global mission; holding lectures in key countries throughout the world and spreading

the good news. But time is running out. Within me, I heard them calling and asking for my help. I answered.

What struck me most about Jacque and Roxanne was their compassion. They are two passionate, open and loving people. They really care about humanity. They have vital and important information to share with us, to help us reach

our full potential. This is it folks!

THE INTERVIEW: So what is the Venus Project all about?

Jacque: “With the Venus Project we bring all nations

together and take care of everything on earth, we pledge allegiance to the environment and all the

world’s people. The end of separate nations, the end

of artificial boundaries that separate people, a sharing

of all the world’s resources by all the world’s people.

Anything less than that will create the same problems

over and over again.”

“We have to maintain a population within the carrying

capacity of the earth. We are proposing the intelligent

management of the earth’s resources for the benefit of all

the world’s people.”

Photographs by Carsten “Lumière” Sasse

X-clusive!

All Photographs by Carsten

“Lumière” Sasse

BOND 18

A REAL ALTERNATIVE?

Our children are our future, but they feel that the

older generations have made a big mess of things.

Why should they trust and listen to a 94 year old

man?

Roxanne: “Jacque is talking sense. Although many people complain about the state of human affairs, no

one is suggesting a possible alternative. They try to

fix thing within the establish systems that cause the

problems in the first place.”

Jacque: “No new system came in smoothly, man is

the dumbest animal. He pollutes the air, rivers, the

atmosphere and people. Man has put himself on a pedestal and said we are the highest point of life.

That is an ego trip. We are not civilized yet. As long

as we have prisons, police, armies and navies, we are

not civilized.”

“Until the world starts to live together constructively,

then we will be in the beginning of a scientific age.

We are not there yet.”

“I am afraid of the direction that man is taking. We

have bombs now that are a thousand times greater

than the one that was dropped on Hiroshima. How stupid can that be! What can we accomplish with

that? A burned out, radioactive planet. You won the

war!”

“It is much better to bring nations of the world together, not to kill those who do not agree with

you.”

“If I took every soldier, I would educate him to become a problem solver, not a killing machine. Man

is stupid, but only because he has not been educated

properly!”

This sounds like communism, is it?

Jacque: “Communism has war machines, prisons,

money and banks. The Venus Project does not have

any of these. There is nothing in common. We are proposing a social system that benefits the people

with fair distribution of goods without money,

servitude, trade, barter or taxation.”

So what is wrong with society today?

Jacque: “The system creates corruption, exploitation,

separation and scarcity. The public thinks that they

are in control, but in a monetary system everything is controlled by the corporations and the power elite.

Politics was great 100 years ago, but today it is

obsolete. All governments throughout history are corrupt.”

Well many people say that the elite will never give up

their power, so things will never change. What do you

think?

Jacque: “All over the world banks and financial

institutions have failed, but who bailed them out? We did. We bailed them out with our public funds. So it was not

about the elite not giving up their power. It is up to us to

make a choice to continue to support this corrupt system

and continue being shafted. Or do we take personal responsibility for our future? Do you understand me?”

“If few nations control most of the earth’s resources, then

you are going to have territorial disputes, going to have war and all the problems we have always had. That is

why people think it is human nature. They think that man

is basically greedy. And they think that this is why we have problems. This is rubbish!”

“A gangster, a serial killer, a banker and a priest are made

by the environment. It’s the environment that we come

from that generates our human behaviour. We are victims of culture, and that is why we have a distorted view. We

believe that some are good and others are bad, that some

are creative and others less creative. That is BS (Bad Science)! Everyone can be creative!”

ALL CIVILISATIONS ARE ESTABLISHED

TO KEEP THE POWER IN PLACE

But this goes against what we have been taught

throughout our lives.

Jacque: “Yes, it does. All the things that you have been

taught, teach you to fit in with this culture. All

civilizations are established on the basis that they keep

those in power, that where in power, so they still run the show.”

“You think within the context of the way you were

brought up. It’s very hard for so called ‘normal people’ to think outside of the box, to step outside of their

environment.”

“But in the future, you will be raised in a society that understands human behaviour so you do not have all

these variations. Through the direction of the Venus

Project you can receive the education to live

constructively together. We will move from an Established society (which serves the interests of the

leading, controlling group) to an Emergence Society.

With this there is no Utopia and nothing is fixed. In this society there are no great men or women, rather all

people are creative and able to achieve their highest

potential.”

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So how do we get to an Emergence Society?

Jacque: “The Venus Project is proposing a new direction for humankind where the shared resources

of the earth are available to everyone without a price

tag. We have researched human behaviour and set out plans for how humanity can constructively live

together with the intelligent management of earth’s

resources to benefit everyone.”

OK, what does this mean if I want to buy a cheese

sandwich? There is no money, so how do I buy it?

Roxanne: “In the future there will be communal

eating places where food is freely available for everyone. You can if you wish make your own

cheese sandwich at home, but this is not an efficient

way to manage your time, because there will be so many exciting options to choose from, that having to

cook everyday will probably something one would

not want to continue doing.”

Great! So how can everybody help with the

transition process?

Roxanne: “You have to get involved. Visit our

website www.thevenusproject.com/ and download free information and films. We also have a web store

where you can get other books and videos. If you

identify with this direction, join The Zeitgeist Movement www.thezeitgeistmovement.com , which

is the activist arm of The Venus Project. Here you

will find many chapters throughout the world,

various activities to participate in, and meet others of like mind.

To go to a Resource Based economy is a giant

step. What happens in between?

Jacque: “Yes first one must acquire considerable

information about the direction of the Venus Project.

No new system came in smoothly. But we do have

the knowledge to help you get there. There is no doubt the transition will be difficult. With world

economic systems on the downturn this is the time to

get the information out there. How soon this will happen depends on the effort people put forth to help

bring it about.”

“Unfortunately for many people it may take economic and social hardship before people begin to

look for other alternatives. Things have to get really

bad before people finally realize that things have to

change. The system will break down; it is only a matter of ‘when’ not ‘if’. So it really is best to be as

prepared as you can and know which direction to

take – The Venus Project.”

So are things going to get really tough, before they

get better? Is this why more people are choosing

love over fear? And why spirituality is increasing?

Roxanne: “The Venus Project is about taking care of our

planet and fellow human beings.”

“As you know, politicians are there to perpetuate the

established systems and serve those in positions of

differential advantage at the cost of many and the environment. They are not there to serve the needs of

majority of the people. Many people are searching for

spirituality but sadly in today’s world this can only be a

verbal hobby. The Venus project is the closest thing to putting the ideals of spirituality into a working reality. I

don’t know how much more spiritual one could get than

helping to create a world with no war, hunger, poverty, homelessness, and unnecessary human suffering. So Yes,

The Venus Project is spiritual.”

Above: Jacque Fresco and Roxanne Meadows in Eindhoven, the

Netherlands.

JACQUE ON THE CONCEPT OF LOVE

So what does love mean to you?

Jacque: “The concept of Love can often confuse and hurt

people. Often people are looking for ‘unconditional love’.

But Love is not a fixed thing. For instance do you Love

everything you’ve ever done? I’ve never gotten a yes to this question. So sometimes you love yourself, sometimes

you don’t. If you lived with a replica of yourself, how

long do you think you would be together? This is the same thing when you take on a partner. You don’t love

everything about them. Sometimes you love them,

sometimes not as much; sometimes you wonder how you

ever got in this situation. When we understand this, we can better understand what we may love about others and

what we do not identify with. It is when we are looking

for a fixed notion and absolutes with the term ‘love’ that we often get confused when we don’t find it. This is an

honest evaluation the meaning of Love.”

BOND 20

In this feature interview, BondingXperience speaks to three dance choreographers who are all interconnected. First, we speak to Conny Janssen, the Netherlands’ leading choreographer of contemporary dance; and then to Melvin Fraenk,

Hip Hop choreographer and one of few urban dancers who got into the School for New Dance Development at the

Amsterdam School of Art. And in the next issue we will be speaking to Daniel Renner, who is well known for his

‘Round Corner’ technique.

A Warm Human Welcome As Carsten and I walk into the Conny Janssen dance studios in Rotterdam, Conny’s administrative team of

beautiful and happy girls warmly welcomes us. We

instantly feel at home. And then the woman herself,

the Dutch Queen of Contemporary Dance, Conny Janssen enters the room. She is radiating with

positive energy. I crack a joke and the room suddenly

fills with laughter.

Sitting in Conny’s office, which used to be a

classroom, I feel very much at ease as we get to know

this remarkable woman and learn about her vision

and her life’s work. I explain how we are also interviewing Melvin Fraenk and Daniel Renner, who

are inspired by her work.

Conny: “They are inspired by me? Great! I look forward

to meeting them! It is nice that when you teach, it is more than just a nice hour. It is that things develop in a way

that goes further than just in the moment of what I did.”

That is what I like about the BondingXperience, what

we do in our lives has a whole knock on effect. Our

love opens doors for others, and others through them,

and on and on…

Conny: “Yes”

That is why it is wonderful to inspire others. All these

people who we interview, I call them pioneers.

Because they are standing with a vision and they are

going for it! And they have absolutely nothing around

them to hold them in place. They are doing it because

they believe in it. They are doing it through dance,

music, film, cooking, education, therapy, and all sorts

of things.

So Conny, please tell me about your journey. How did

you become a choreographer?

X-clusive!

All Photographs by Carsten “Lumière” Sasse

Interview with ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ choreographer, Conny Janssen

Are We Human or Are We Dancer?

BOND 21

In the Beginning…

“Actually I never had a wish to be a dancer. It is not about achieving the final result, it is about the

process. It was the process that made me become a

choreographer.”

What do you mean?

“First I started with ballet, as lots of young girls do. It

is good for posture, physicality, development,

musicality, it was not a decision that was made by me, it was something that my mum did for me. But

when I was there, I liked it. After a while, I think

when I was in puberty I got curious and I wanted to experiment with other things. I stopped dancing and I

learned about classical guitar, classical singing, and I

was always very fond of sports. So I was searching around for different things. At 18 years old, I saw a

picture of a girl in a ballet school, something inside

of me exploded! I had forgotten about it.”

You forgot it?

“Yes, I was so busy searching for other information, I

forgot about dance. When I saw the picture,

something came alive in me. I wanted to dance again.”

Do you know what that was?

[Conny goes silent for a few moments as she really thinks back about it.]

“Yes, difficult, no. I think it had to do with me

moving and expressing myself. I didn’t realize it at

that moment. I just felt that something inside of me opened up. I had to do ballet again.”

Do you think that this had more to do with your

Soul?

“I think it must have been. Because I don’t know

why it was so strong for me that I wanted to dance

again. I just reacted instinctively.”

Carsten: “You follow your intuition.”

Conny: “Yes, you follow your intuition.”

And you went on to become a teacher?

“Yes, there is something in me that wants to teach others, to guide, to coach. It is something very natural

in me.”

So what was happening inside of you on your

journey?

“I had the feeling that I wanted to express who I was

in dance. Before I could teach other people, I had to

explore myself. On my journey things happened within me, dance opened up doors in me. These

closed doors first had to open and then I could

become me.”

“It helped me to become richer in my teaching experience

and discover why dancing made me feel so free.”

This is quite fundamental really, because the richness

is within.

“Yes, the whole road that I am walking, it is always

based on that.”

So why did you start choreographing?

“I noticed that I found myself trying to understand

choreographers, how their mind works and why they

make certain choices. The only way to experience it was to take a chance and dive off into the deep end! So I did. I

created something. It was performed in the theatre on a

very low budget, based on a workshop idea.”

How did it feel?

“When I was sitting in the audience, after working so

hard and seeing everything come together, I really felt

very excited and vulnerable at the same time. I felt very naked. I had nowhere to hide, because I was responsible.

In every aspect I felt like I was coming home. I felt I

should go on with it.”

Above: Conny Janssen being interviewed by Richard Voller at her

dance studios in Rotterdam.

BOND 22

In the Eye of the Storm It’s beautiful, because when you said: “… it is I”,

your hands expressed the feeling from your heart.

It really is you! Beautiful!

“It is from the heart and you want to share it. So often when I create I am not sure about what it is yet.

Because I am in the eye of the storm, it is often that

when it is done and I get a little bit of emotional distance that I start to realize what I was doing and

then maybe I can also see what I should not have

done. That is why it is always important that you go

on and try to find the way that fits you the most.”

What makes a good performance then?

“The performance is the sum of so many choices. If it

is going well, then you don’t see the choices any more. Then it just happens. It looks like it just fell

down from the sky. Hahahaha. But it’s not!!!! It is

manipulated, it is searched for, it is broken and it is turned around…”

This is really interesting because I always think

that life is like theatre.

“Yes, I am somebody who works out of inspiration from so many people. The last performance I created

was ‘Common Ground’ and my next one is ‘Zout’

(‘Salt’). I like to work on location because I have to face a completely different reality than being in a big

theatre. And because it is a different reality

everything that might have become a habit breaks down.”

Dutch Weather… ‘Common Ground’ was on top of a railway station

in Rotterdam, so how did that inspiration come?

“I love to place dance in a different context, where

the location becomes the stage. Thomas Rupert, the Stage Designer, showed me this place. It was such a

weird experience because we were standing on the

roof of a railway station, it is in the heart of a city, and there is no sign of life. But if you look at the

environment, it is piled up; flats were people work

and live. And in this spot it is an abandoned spot, but it had so much potential. I found it scary working

outside with the Dutch weather!”

Well, you had God on your side because the

weather was amazing.

“Yes, I had a Guardian Angel on my shoulder. I felt

that I wanted to conquer this abandoned place. Step

by step, I wanted to inhabit it. It gave me the freedom to create my own story on it.”

Like an island, you were going to put all the life onto it?

“Yes. But the difference was that although it was an island,

I felt there was still a city living around. That’s what I loved about the performance; I felt the city being alive

around it. People talking, shouting and singing, a dog

barking and trains passing by.”

Yes, because of the football World Cup and people

were singing in the streets.

Carsten: “It felt like it was part of the performance.”

Conny: “Yes, there were moments where it really looked like I had choreographed it! It was coincidence…”

But do you believe in coincidence?

“I believe that I am open to see it.”

What do you mean by that?

“Things are happening. Life is going on. We can try to

ignore it or we can try to embrace it. And I embrace it!

Then if you can react like that, everything that happens is not an enemy, it is enriching the performance. The basic

idea of the performance is that people are meeting each

other on this common ground, to share something for that moment.”

“So they arrive and think, I can get something from the

other and the other can get something from me, otherwise I

would not come here. And while they do this, they make there own little habitat, while this whole world around

them is going on.”

“Slowly in the process, I wanted to open up and have more magic, have more fantasy. I wanted it to become more

unpredictable and poetical. That is the process of creation,

that I start somewhere and then break my first impression loose to become more free.”

BOND 23

Open up your fantasy

“Our imagination is bigger than reality. Instinctively I felt like I have to open up the first macabre

impression of this place seducing me to make a dark

introverted performance; I have to make my own world. If you are able to open up your fantasy and

create, the world is much bigger and many more

things can happen. My fantasy influences every

choice that I make, from colourful costume design to lighting.”

“Eventually I wanted ‘Common Ground’ to appear as

an Italian Square on a summer’s evening as the atmosphere transforms from day to night. And in this

twilight zone, the audience goes from looking at a

formal closed setting in the daylight gradually into the performance as darkness falls; full of emotions.

In the darkness often emotions become more

extreme. Everyone can become more free, open.

People can fantasize and bring magic into their lives.”

So this is a vision in you?

“Yes, because when you open up your mind without judgments, you create the chance to discover new

magical things. An open curious mind brings one

further than a mind full of fear and judgment. So for me, being able to create dance performances is a tool

for me to do this.”

I liked the whispering effect in ‘Common Ground.

“Yep, you don’t have to know exactly what is being said, it is the curiosity to see and the wanting to know

what is going on. You may think ‘Oh! I missed

something’. This is good, because you always miss things. [We all start to laugh again – so true Conny!]

And when the audience arrives at the location on the

roof, they see all those chairs in front of them and

they are so confused.”

Yes, we were thinking were do we sit? How many

people are coming?

“Yep and also it gave the idea ‘Is it now abandoned?’ ‘Are we too late?’ or is it still to come? And then the

questions come, ‘What is happening, is it happening

in the city?’ because all the chairs are focused towards the city… And then slowly the dancers come

in and they conquer the space.”

It was the first time I had watched a performance

where I had to actually move my head from left to

right to watch it.

“It was almost like a tennis game. It makes it very

difficult to make the performance in the open air because you have no framework. The environment,

the skyline is part of the experience of the performance,

so it is difficult for the audience to stay focused. The

performance started in the twilight, as the atmosphere transforms from light to dark. As it gets darker,

everyone’s feelings, dancers and audience, transform.

Magical things start to happen.”

Making a Mark in Time Are you experiencing a massive change in human

consciousness on your journey?

“Yes. I would never make a performance about the war.

Who am I? I never experienced the war. I would feel a

little bit embarrassed to do it. But I can make a piece about the conflict in you. So with big themes I always

bring them back in perspective of the person. And I work

with so many different types of dancers, that I can create a sort of mini world on stage.”

You say different?

“I don’t want you to go away after the performance with

the feeling that you saw 10 Conny’s; the dancers are different in everything but they do have a common

ground.”

They are not clones of you!

“I am already 24 hours a day with myself, that is

enough!”

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So it’s good to be different?

Conny: “Yes, I always tell young dancers who

come here that it is good to be different. It is only more interesting. It is good to find out who you are

and at the same time we have one common aim.

We can create something and it’s teamwork. So

within the difference we have to search; so I use the difference and at the same time underneath it, I

try to find something in common!”

“We have to find something in common, ‘Common Ground’. But not by loosing our personality. And

that is what you see in every creation of mine.”

Carsten: “This is what I love about your

choreographies, the dancers are all individual beings, human, flesh and blood.”

What do you want to do with your work?

“Everyday I want to create the best work I have ever

made. And I have to recognize that maybe it could be better. I like it when you said that Melvin Fraenk and

Daniel Renner were inspired by my work, that is

actually what you want!”

So who has inspired you?

“It can be anything! It can be somebody on the street, a

painting or a sculpture I see in a museum, it can be a poem, a song I hear from a window when I pass by…”

Carsten: “… a T-Shirt!”

[This brings a lot of laughter into the room because both

Carsten and Richard are wearing the Heart Chakra T-Shirts.]

“And of course the dancers, anything they say or do can

trigger a creative spark in me! I could even be reading something in the newspaper that starts of the thinking

process. I do not realize in that moment, it is so intuitive

and there are so many lines at the same time.”

So you need to trust your intuition.

“When I started as a choreographer, I used to plan and

prepare everything. I needed to because of security. But I

eventually found that I was creating my own prison where I had no chance to experiment. I had to force

myself to stop following old habits, otherwise I

disconnect a lot of possibilities because I have the whole frame already in my mind. The more I trusted and I

allowed myself to let go, the more I could open up in the

moment.”

“But of course there is always something in the back of my mind. When I start the rehearsal period I have a bag

full of ideas, I could make 10 performances so I have to

make choices. I have to communicate with the dancers and they have to communicate with me. In this dialogue,

I can start here and expand outwards. If it goes well, I can

come back to my backbone again. That is how I create.”

“I go into the studio, alone and I begin to create

movement material out of what I think I am looking for.

Should it be round, should it be square, should it be

aggressive. I create an amount of phrases, and in the first two weeks of the rehearsal period, I just teach the dancers

the phrases. To observe the dancers, is part of the creative

process, I have to see how they eat my material. How they digest the material. So does it stay with copying me?

Or am I able to get so deep in their system that I can see

something coming through from their individuality.”

“I need two weeks for this process. In this period I get

them in my system and I get into their system. And when

I feel that the first seeds are sown, then we can start to

create.”

(Photographs by Carsten “Lumière” Sasse.)

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Photograph by Annemarieke Moes

In this second interview in the series ‘Are we Human or are we Dancer?’ about three inter-connected dance choreographers at different stages on their career path, BondingXperience speaks to Hip Hop Choreographer, Melvin Fraenk, who has been inspired by both Daniel Renner and Conny Janssen.

You said that your father’s death had an influence

on becoming a choreographer?

“It was a very personal experience that I had with my

father. My father died from HIV, for me it is difficult

to talk about it. So I have really kept it to myself. But yes, it was the main motivation that created my

passion for dance.”

“I use it as a process to

deal with it, because I

was very young when it happened. I was only

13 years old. My father

actually left when I was

two and then I saw him one time when I was 13 and

then then three days after it he died.”

How come he left?

“He was a player. After the relationship with my

mother, he had a relationship with two other women.

So I now have three brothers and two sisters. And then after that he slept with an African woman and got

HIV from it. So I really didn’t know him at all. It was

unreal for me.”

That must have had a big effect on your foundation?

“Yep, that’s true but in another way I didn’t know better.

My mother raised me. But then after a while the questions came: “Did my father love me?”, “Why is it

happening with me?”, “How can I deal with the

situation?”, “It’s HIV, I can’t tell anyone!”. And then I started to let it go in my dance and choreography.”

So all of these things are very strong emotions?

“Yes, these are very strong emotions. If you see my

professional work or conceptual work, it is always based on emotions in my past life experience. And that is from

my father.”

“At this moment, this age, I have the balance of it. Before that, I was really searching.”

So all of your emotions where released through dance?

“Actually I started with choreographing. I never danced in a company. I was 14 years old and living on my own,

when I was sitting in the living room and saw a video clip

Melvin

Fraenk

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of Missy Elliot and Timbaland. And suddenly I stood

up from the couch and I started to dance. And then I

thought, OK, maybe I can make a phrase of it.”

Wow, what happened next?

“Well, I had a lot of friends that would come to my

home and one time I just said: “Hey, shall I teach you

a dance?” And then it started like this.”

So it started from just copying the TV?

“Not just copying TV, Missy Elliot was at a time of

great innovation. She was doing something totally different than what was happening at the time. And I

was so intrigued that she dared to do that, that

automatically I started to dance.”

“So I taught it to a few friends of mine and then we

decided to do it every week. I developed it like this.”

OK, so then you got into the International Dance

School?

“After 5 years, I felt I could do something more, but I

didn’t have the ability to develop it because I didn’t

know how to do that. And then suddenly we applied for a competition at the Muiderpoort Theatre.”

When you say “We” who do you mean?

“The groups ‘Dance Control’, ‘Ilmelas’ (Mela was

my short name from Melvin, and Ill means like sick crazy!) and ‘X=IQ’.”

So you are a sick crazy Melvin!

“Hahaha, yes sick crazy Melvin! And the third group was ‘Ordinary Illusions’. We won the competition

and then I got a workshop from Daniel Renner. So

we had four sessions with him.”

You won a Daniel Renner workshop?

“Yes, it was great. And through his ‘Round Corner’

technique, he opened my vision.”

What is Round Corner?

“It is difficult to explain, but it is a technique that he

created by himself by using elements from outside to

deconstruct your body. For example, you make words on the ground and then you place your body

limbs in the positions of the words and you can create

movement from there. He gave me a lot of concepts within his ‘Round Corner’ technique. Then I thought,

that is the way to develop and explore your own

movement. I thought: “If I really want to achieve

something, I need to do something!” I was really afraid to go to a professional school, because I didn’t

have technique and I never went to dance classes. I

thought: “You know what, fuck it! I will apply, do the audition and they will take me.” And so I did.”

“It was also an escape from the ghetto where I was

living. It was always dancers from the neighbourhood

who where doing criminal activities, they were smoking,

doing drugs, which I never did. I felt I was stuck in that,

but I also felt I was smarter than that. And then I needed to make that step to escape from it.”

So you were actually seeking this foundation?

“Yes! So I got into the Amsterdam School of Arts, a

choreographers education that is focusing on professional and conceptual art in relation to your own style. So for

example, if I am a Hip Hopper, I get tools from the

school to develop and explore my style to create something new in the dance scene.”

Above: Hip Hop Choreographer Melvin Fraenk.

Photograph by Annemarieke Moes

So you where one of the first urban dancers to get into

the school?

“Yep. I am one of the first really urban dancers who

came from the streets and started out of himself and

developed it into a professional education. And that is why I am also a big role model for the people in

Amsterdam South East because I really did it by my

passion and by self-belief. I am also a person who does

not have technique. But still I managed to accomplish my dream… or it is still being accomplished!”

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So you have actually broken the mould!

“Yes, I want to inspire people to go to an art school. The African based culture is more grounded and the

dance culture at this moment is more a Western

Culture based on contemporary and classical ballet.

A lot of people do not want to neglect their roots. So they think: “I am not a white person” so this creates

the gap at this moment.”

So how where you inspired by Conny Janssen?

“The first week that I was at the School of Arts, we

made a trip to Conny Janssen’s dance company in

Rotterdam. We saw one dance performance of hers and then she invited us to see the realization process

of a piece. So she was on the spot creating

movement, showing her working methods. Wow!

That really opened my professional eyes on how you use the body to create a professional choreography.”

OK!

“Conny was one of the first to really open them; Daniel Renner did it from the streets, how to develop

and explore your street styles in a deeper way, and

Conny Janssen did it on a professional level. I really

adore her and the way she works, because she has a kind of ‘freedom of movement’ … I call it.”

So freedom is important to you?

“Yes, freedom of the body. Not being deconstructed or labeled by a style or technique. Just create and

then afterwards use your professional knowledge or

skill to deepen it. Not to work from a structure but to be free. Yes that is my goal for X=IQ. That is why

this group is called a movement group and not a

dance group, because it is not limited by a style. As a

movement group it gives me more freedom in my mind to create as an artist.”

Maybe it is a more personal thing?

“Hahaha, yes a Melviness thing!”

So you want to show that Hip Hop is a style?

“Yes, Hip Hop is not a style yet like classical ballet

is, but I am trying to achieve that by combining all these techniques. I want to build in all the theory to

give it grounding. It is a long-term achievement of

course, but I feel that is my mission to do.”

So what are you trying to do with X=IQ?

“X=IQ is a continuation of what I started in my own

living room.”

So it is evolution?

“Yes, it is, but also with education. Even through my

education, I still want to create things without being

judged. I just want to create things. That is why as a

choreographer I started X=IQ, so I could express myself,

inspire people, give them opportunities to be on stage.”

Why did you choose the name X=IQ?

“IQ is my nickname and X is the group, so we are equal

to each other.”

Who are the people in X=IQ?

“The main goal for me was to create a platform for

amateurs, semi-professionals and professionals. Because

most of the professionals don’t work with amateurs, they think: “I am to high for that!” But I really wanted to erase

all this thinking and just have a platform where people

can come together and get inspired by each other to create something. So part of the group comes from the

School of Arts, from the teacher department and the jazz

musical department, and another part comes from the

Amsterdam Dance Centre. I just pick the best of them.”

This is progressive then,

you are actually saying:

‘Take down the

borders, let’s support

each other to create.’

“Yes, I am. Because in

making art or living for dance there are no

borders. We live it,

without fear of judgment.”

How do you deal with

the judgments?

“Yes, I’ve been through a

lot. People were judging

me “You should be doing

more technique” or “No, it’s bullshit” or they

didn’t understand because

it is new or something different. I would be crying in my home, but I just went

on. Just go on. That is how I achieve it. And still today, I

find that people’s criticism can be very painful. It really affects me. I am dancing with my life. So if someone

says something to me, I really think about it. But at the

end of the day, I am still keeping my dream. I want to be

an Innovator, I want to be the choreographer who creates new dance. And I want to be in the history books!”

OK Melvin, you will be remembered, that is for sure!

(Photo above: Annemarieke Moes, during a performance of the X=IQ

Movement in August 2010; Photography by Carsten “Lumière” Sasse)

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YOUR SPACE

When you feel it, you know

this space is for you.

That’s all that matters.

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Who Am I? In each issue of BondingXperience we put the spotlight on a special creative person that inspires others through their creative work. This time we

recognise Christianne van Wijk for her talents. Christianne is a Dutch

filmmaker and owner of ‘Art of Life Films’ Film Company. She is a Sister of the Light and is helping to create ‘conscious films’ to engage the masses.

In 2009, Christianne manifested a full-length feature film, on an incredibly

tight budget with the whole cast working on a deferred payment scheme.

Film Showing

Christianne is in the final stages of editing the film, ‘The Scandalous

Four’ which will be shown at the BAFTA cinema in the UK. With the

money raised from this project, Christianne is planning to buy land to build an eco-village community.

TRAILER: http://www.vimeo.com/12174100

About Christianne van Wijk

Some people aspire to become filmmakers because of the glamour and fame. But Christianne decided to become a filmmaker when she realised how many people could be reached through conscious media. She explains: “I have

devoted my life to the creation of films to help with global awakening. This is not always an easy path. With my

Business Studies degree I could have chosen a path of 9-5 work and a regular income. Instead the Universe had a different plan. I went to Film School and never looked back. Ever since, I have been living a simple life so any

financial means can be invested in my projects.”

Many films are being produced at the moment with conscious and/or spiritual

content. In these changing times, Christianne believes it is important to create

entertainment that contains messages that can help with our collective awakening. She believes that Planet Earth is moving from a 3rd dimensional

reality to a 5th dimension via a bridging 4th dimension. She expresses: “Most

people will look at you as if they have seen a ghost when you start speaking in ‘spiritual’ jargon. Therefore I believe it is important that the masses need to be

shown films that are not ‘airy-fairy’.”

Art of Life Films is specialized in communicating visions and ideas in a way that

everyone can understand without being moralistic. Their aim is to empower, not

to disempower.

What on Earth is Going On?

Her latest project ‘What on Earth is Going On?’ is a documentary which looks at

the change in consciousness leading up to and beyond 2012. Christianne has

interviewed three specialists in their field; Geoff Stray, Chris Bourne and Patricia Cori.

Investment Opportunities

If you own a private company or are an individual who would be interested in investing in the project ‘What on Earth is Going On’, then please email Christianne at christianne@artoflifefilms.co.uk for further details.

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The Butterfly Totem Butterfly: Symbol of change, transformation and love

Butterfly is a powerful symbol in myth and religion. For Early Christians, it represented the soul itself. In China, it symbolized conjugal bliss and joy. American Indians call upon the butterfly for guidance in change, colour, and happiness.

Butterfly Dance

The ‘dance of the butterfly’ can teach you not to take things so seriously. The butterfly has taste sensors on the front legs, enabling them to experience life through motion (dancing, walking).

Butterfly brings colour and lightness to your life. Colour is an important part of our daily life and can affect how we respond to various situations.

Change and Transformation

All change is good - even if it may not seem so at the time. Change is what life is made of and is necessary for growth and accomplishment.

For more information: http://crystal-cure.com/protection-butterfly.html

The Butterfly is a symbol of change, joy, love and metamorphosis.

Photograph by Annemarieke Moes

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Losing Your Religion?

Interview with Catharine Buckell (below).

Catharine is a 24-year-old student, studying language and culture, majoring in Religion and Culture. From the first

time that I met her in December 2009, there was something about her energy that intrigued me to want to know more about her life and what she has experienced.

Today, with my trusted friend Carsten at my side, we went to visit her in her home and find out more about this

inspiring individual. We were not let down. In the wake of massive change in the world, here is a woman who has experienced more change than most of us could imagine. She has lived through it to share her story with us.

My Mormon World Fell Apart

Richard: So what was it that made you decide to

choose religion as a topic to study?

Catherine: “I was brought up a Mormon, which meant that even though I was living in England, it

was like being brought up in a different culture. For

example, we could not drink alcohol, or even tea or coffee. We had our own set of values as we lived by

the church. However, at the age of eighteen I had an

epiphany moment and realized that what I believed in

didn't make any sense to me anymore. At that moment it felt like my whole world had fallen apart and after that I

found it difficult to accept any ready-made value systems

anymore.”

So how did it feel?

“I like to describe it like a card tower. When you pull

away the card at the bottom the whole thing collapses into nothing. That was what it felt like at that moment.”

Catherine Buckell receiving her third eye at her Birthday party.

All Photographs by Annemarieke Moes

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How did you cope with this?

“Well some people, when they lose their faith, go to the other extreme and turn to drug abuse or

prostitution. They lose their morality completely. I

wanted to keep a sense of control in my life,

however, and I managed to gradually acclimatize to the new situation. I do think, though, that I still feel

a little bit of guilt deep inside somewhere.”

Guilt, what guilt?

“It’s the small things like having tea or coffee.

Every day I do something which is against the rules

of the church and I think deep down inside I probably still feel bad about it in some way even if I

have managed to erase all the conscious guilt.”

So since everything collapsed, it’s taken six years

to rebuild your life?

“Yes, six years of freedom. By now, though, I feel

like I have more or less rebuilt a system of moral

values. I have kept what I want to believe in from the beliefs of the church, but only follow it if I’ve

chosen it myself.”

So going back to your studies, many people say

that religion causes conflict. What do you think?

“I think that corrupt politicians, for example Hindu

Nationalist parties in India like the BJP, use religion

for their own purposes as a way to control people. Especially when large groups of people are illiterate

and don’t know much about their own religion, it

can be easy for religious leaders or political groups to stir up violence between religious groups as a

way of gaining power. This is known as a weak

religion, when people have a lot of feeling, but not

much knowledge. Certain groups have even been known to rewrite the religion to suit their own

purposes. The idea then that religion itself causes

violence is debatable.”

How is religion helping on a grass routes level

then?

“Well, later this year I am going to be completing an internship with The Henry Martyn Institute in

India. They work with people from different

religious backgrounds who have social problems.

They encourage different religions to work together to solve these social problems and through that

discover that they have more in common than they

previously thought.”

“And there is ‘Engaged Buddhism’ where

Buddhists are encouraged to get involved with

society and share their wisdom and knowledge

rather than only living a life of isolation and meditation. This is practiced all the way up to the

Dalai Lama.”

What do you believe in?

“Good question! Whatever makes you happy enriches you as a person. I want to believe that there is a force that

balances things out. You create your own positive energy.

Although sometimes I doubt and just take things the way

they are. I am constantly changing; it depends on the day and how I feel. One day I can be an agnostic and the next

an atheist.”

An old man sitting in the clouds

Do you believe God is within you?

“We all create our own God. You shouldn’t just take what

your parents believe as God to be God. Everyone should have the freedom to create his or her own God. Whatever

God is and however much I change my mind about that, I

certainly don’t believe in an old man with a white beard

who lives in the sky.”

What is your God?

“I guess positive energy. In the end though, it doesn’t

matter if God exists. What matters is the idea that you have, how it guides you and affects you. I believe in

myself and what I want to achieve.”

[Carsten suddenly interrupts and says: “This sounds just like you Richard.” I agree.]

“I realised one day that my life was boring and I decided

that I really wanted to enjoy myself more. I decided that

from then on, I would live my life the way I wanted to.”

As I write up this article, I am aware that I had the privilege, once again, to sit before the energy of God.

And I am inspired.

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ReMemBeR,

ReMemBeR… In this section, we review memorable

events that we have been involved in

since the last issue was published.

Photograph by David Aizenkott

Temporary Art

Space Exhibition

Although ‘temporary’, this art exhibition organized by Visual Artist / Wearable Art Designer / Video

Maker Marlijn Franken, had a wonderful and

contagious effect on the people who attended and

the artists who took part in this memorable event. The love flowed naturally throughout the day with

spontaneous and random acts of love; from free

gifts of food to people taking to the stage to sing or play their music. Artists included Marlijn Franken,

Ferry Reijnders, Mirjam de Nijs, Yola Galinsky,

Frank Porcelijn, Meta Joanknecht, Richard Voller, Marjolein Innemée, Piet Linnebank and Carsten

“Lumière” Sasse.

The event organizer, Marlijn Franken recently one

1st Prize in the OBA Amsterdam Film Contest for a short video about the Amsterdam library:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOed3uIOQSA.

In cooperation with the artist Bosch, she is now working on organizing a new monthly art video

event for Amsterdam; each 3rd Thursday in the

Kunstkerk, Prinseneiland.

http://www.marlijnfranken.nl

World Day of

Interconnectedness

On 10/10/10, the people of the world celebrated ‘oneness’

in 170 different countries around the world; Leo

Sonneveld and Robert Westerhout organized the highly successful Dutch event in Doorn with hundreds of people

attending creative and spiritual workshops for the full day

of interconnectedness.

Many independent events are held on ‘The World Day of Interconnectedness’ around the globe, connecting all that

‘IS’. For more information please visit:

http://www.interconnectedness101010.org

Niels Moes’ 25-Year

Symposium

‘Life & Profession’ (TU Delft University)

In October, the Symposium ‘Life & Profession’ of Dr.

Niels CCM Moes was held to celebrate his 25 Years

service in various academic positions at the Delft University of Technology. In the next issue of

BondingXperience magazine, we speak to a number of

key spokespersons that attended this important occasion

where science, spirituality and art intertwined. To some, this combination may have seemed strange, but to Dr.

Niels Moes it was completely ‘normal’.

Delft University of Technology is a modern university with a rich tradition. Founded in 1842, Delft University of

Technology is the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive

technical university in the Netherlands.

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In 2010, Richard Voller performed live at DJ Isis ‘All is One’ summer festival in Ruigoord, at the

‘World Day of Interconnectedness’ in Doorn on 10/10/10 and at the ‘Temporary Art Space’

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Photography by Carsten “Lumière” Sasse

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A New Era i s Dawn ing

Left: Reike Alliance Master Joop Tegelove shows were the energy is coming in on our crown.

The Universe opened up, giving me

a window of opportunity, to

uncover the truth about our essence

and to bring it to the surface to share with the world in this

exclusive feature interview. Joop

Teggelove, owner of Centrum ‘De Ruimte’ in Vierhouten, the

Netherlands who is a member of

the Reiki Alliance, consisting of only 800 Reiki Masters worldwide,

had a message to share with the

world. This is it!

Carsten and I had planned to be awake at 6am, catch the train at 7.37am, do the interview and be back in Amsterdam

by lunchtime. But things started to change, things were moving out of our control. It felt that there was a greater force

at work here, separate incidents merged together to form a day of quite extraordinary outcomes. The only thing we could do, was to keep centred and go with the flow, otherwise we would be spinning out of control like wet clothes

hanging on to the walls of a washing machine.

We eventually arrived at Zwolle around lunchtime and Joop arrived a little bit later than expected to pick us up. But

everything was changing, so we just went with the flow. As we arrived at Centrum ‘De Ruimte’, Joop explained about

the wires around the complex where to stop the pigs getting in and the huge wholes in the ground where from the

mice. This was really living in Mother Nature. I noticed the higher wire above our heads and joking said that must be for giraffes. Laughter suddenly swept through and positive energy erupted as we walked through the front doors.

Once inside we took of our shoes as a sign of respect and quickly were introduced to his loving partner Titia. I had so many burning questions about the essence of life and I had the feeling that this Being was here to help me on my quest

for the Truth. Joop had mentioned that I must have misheard his directions yesterday over the phone, as there was a

closer railway station than Zwolle. But rather than getting angry with us, he just accepted what had happened. That is

why it took so long to pick us up.

X-clusive!

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The Interv iew :

Richard: There is so much change happening in

the world today, how can we explain to people

that it is not personal?

Joop: “Since 1987, civilization has moved into a

new period of time. The 4th dimension into the 5th dimension. This period is a time of transformation.

A lot of people are being touched.”

Touched? What do you mean?

“They are being touched by the Universe, by energy; it comes in here at the back of your head.”

[Joop points to the crown of his head]

What at your crown?

"Yes, the monks in the Catholic Church would shave

their heads here, because this is the place where the

Holy Ghost, the Spirit, comes in. Nowadays, we will all be touched. The question is, what do we do with it? Do we

listen to ourselves? Do we transform ourselves? We can go

on the old way, or we can listen to ourselves.”

So what is transformation?

“Transformation to me, is that you listen to yourself, to

the message and do something with it. Feeling the love in

your heart and living out of your heart.”

Many people are doing spiritual workshops, but how

can we ensure that when we are tested in the real

world, we can still put into practice our spiritual

work?

“OK, you are touched. That is the beginning. A few

weeks ago I met a 40-year-old woman who was

celebrating her Birthday; this was her point of Awakening. She said that in the coming 40 years, she

wanted to live in a totally different way. But then you

start looking at how can you change your life? How can I forget everything that was a problem for me? And then it

can happen that you go to a workshop for a weekend and

in the workshop you are absolutely certain that this is

what you want.”

Yes, just like it is here at Centrum ‘De Ruimte’, it is a

really relaxed and comfortable place.

"Yes exactly and then you go back home with perhaps somebody else who is watching television, saying no, no

not now. He or she is drinking something, perhaps

looking football. That can be a different world. And Monday you go to work and it is different again.”

So there is a lot of pressure, just to give up?

“Yes there is! You realise that everyone is looking at you

and saying: “What are you doing? Is this some kind of sect you are involved in? Are they really trustworthy?”

So there's a lot of attention on you.

“Yes, and it’s good to receive so much energy and have such good contact with the Universe so that you can go

on.”

But it’s very difficult!

“Yes, but you can go on. People see you have changed.

It’s just like when you drop a stone into the water. It

causes ripples, one after another.”

[We move into the meditation room and Joop jumps onto the chairs to pull back the curtains. He seems like

Superman, as fit as a fiddle at the age of 70 years. And

then Carsten asks us to climb into one of the chairs for a photo. Joop enquires: “Richard that is a great name!

What does it mean?” I reply: “It’s the name of Kings,

King Richard the Lion Heart!” [Laughter erupts again!]

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So what's your belief in re-incarnation?

“I believe that we are all from one big family group.

Everyone is a Brother and Sister of the world. In the

beginning there was one family and from this we have created 6 billion people. It can happen that you

can meet someone and you have a heart connection,

you hug and you feel a deep bond.”

[Just then I think of meeting with a person, where I

felt this explosion in the heart - my heart went boom!

And then Carsten mentions that Joop was at his

Dance Performance at the DanceStreet Studios in

Amsterdam a few years ago. And then I suddenly re-

membered that I had met Joop before. Carsten:

“Yes, it’s all falling into place.”]

“When we are open, we start connecting on deeper

levels, as if we have met before.”

I respond: “Yes, I am noticing that I am meeting

people who are literary speaking my own words.

Recently I had a meeting that was cancelled at

the last minute and the person said:”

“Well think positive, at least you have the whole

day free to yourself now.” It really made me

laugh, because these are the exact words! How

could she possible know them? Then I think,

don’t take it personal, because what I am saying

comes from a higher place and now it’s coming

through someone else's mind as well! I used to

find these things shocking, but now I experience

them more and more everyday. Now I just accept

them and have fun every time is happens!

What is the most important thing about being a

Reiki Master?

“It’s important that you can deal with everything

that comes your way; emotions of fear, rage, anger, jealousy, guilt, lust. You are the person who has

been inside with yourself. Once you have cleared up

as much as possible of your own life, and then you

can help others.”

Do you think that natural disasters are another

sign?

“It’s difficult to say to everyone that we need earthquakes, Tsunami's and we even needed people

like Hitler in our lives, otherwise we will never

change. Never. The earthquake in Haiti has pulled us all together, for the goodness of humankind. In our

time, the world is getting smaller and everything is

melting together.”

“In England they opened up the prisons and migrated people to Australia and New Zealand. And

said OK, this is our country now. And today,

different races are coming back to Europe and we say: “What are they doing?”

“Stop!” But it’s just the same, except they’re now coming

to us and we are melting to each other, we cannot change it, even if we want to change it, they are coming in boats

loads, so we have to integrate.”

I met a girl the other day, who said that people in

Holland seem to be talking about energy all the time,

and where she comes from in Norway, people don’t

really talk about energy. What do you mean by it?

“Everybody has energy points in there body, meridians. We have a lot of energy lines that go through our body

and so does the Earth. In nature when you are walking

through the woods you can see this. Yesterday we did a

walk for 15 km...”

15 km????

“Hahaha... Yes it was just for exercise”, explains the 70-

year-old Reiki Master. “When you see a tree on top of an energy line, you have not one tree, but from this same

place are coming several trees. Churches used to always

be built on energy points and the same is true of Stonehenge and Avebury Rings in England.”

[I suddenly remember when I had a route canal filling. It

was really painful and was very complicated because I

have five roots instead of the normal three.]

“I didn’t believe about the Crop Circles. We had read

stories in the newspapers, talking about how it was just a

hoax to increase tourism in England. But then one day we came across one and went for a closer inspection. We

thought: “How do they do it?!” Hahahaha?”

Richard comically interjects: “Can we copy it?” and

everyone laughs.

“We both sat in the middle and meditated for about 30

minutes. Then we went, had dinner and then went home.

It was incredible, we were so full of energy, we couldn't sleep for hours and hours.” [Again the laughter erupts

like sparks through the space in Centrum ‘De Ruimte’.]

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OK, I wanted to talk to you about your interest in

the Mayan Calendar and 2012, as this is a very

hot topic at the moment. There are a lot of

stories, some people think the world will be

destroyed and others say it will be a new

beginning. So what do you think?

“I think that something special will happen in the

Universe. The Sun and Earth in our Solar System

will align and the earth will experience 72 hours of darkness, which will seem impossible to some. And

maybe, we might also experience a Polar Shift.”

72 hours of darkness?

“Yes, the planets are aligning and the sun will be

blocked out completely.”

So what's 2012 all about?

“It’s about forming a new consciousness, a new way

of thinking. It’s a transformation.”

When did this start?

“Well in June 1997, 400 Shaman met in the Amazon for a meeting to send a message out into the world

that was recorded in a film called ‘The Year Zero’.

In the documentary, they interviewed two real sjayamnes, Don Cirilo and Don Julian; you know

the ones with only half a tooth! They told a lot about

the calendar and the inscriptions on the temples.

They predicted the financial crisis way back then, so the people who were aware of this knowledge where

not shocked. We just accepted it.”

Do you think the Mayans where given privileged

information from aliens?

“I think that in earlier times they had a different

connection with the Universe. They were people from nature and they had a different connection with

nature.”

[This suddenly reminded me of the film Avatar and

the Na'vi]

Have you heard of Planet X? Will it destroy Earth?

“This Planet is called Niburu and comes around on a

3,650 year cycle. It will pass around the Earth and then leave us. But as it comes closer, we will feel its affect.

Much like the effect of a full moon on our oceans. I think

it is already having an influence on our planet with the Tsunamis and earthquakes. But I really don’t believe that

it will destroy the planet. Other people think it will bring

us in contact with outside forces.”

Why is Niburu coming?

“All planets have a meaning. Niburu means ‘Openness’.

This planet is coming because we need more signals

before everybody knows that “I have to transform myself. It’s not only my neighbour, it’s me too!” When this

planet comes, everybody will see the Light.”

What do you mean?

“All the financial failures, corruptions, etc, are all coming

to the surfaces. 50 years ago everyone could do what they

wanted and get away with it. Nowadays, everything

comes out in the open. So until this planet comes, maybe we will have some heavy years.”

Do you think that what is happening will make people

become aware that they are living in a co-created

reality?

“Absolutely. More and more people are transforming in

Holland every week and month. That is why we have

more spiritual festivals and magazines than ever before in the last 20 years. Everyone knows that we cannot go on

like this any more.”

“Everyday, worldwide, thousands of people are killed in traffic accidents, but no one speaks about it. When I was

a child I was in a Catholic family, I stood outside church

on Sunday's collecting money for Africa. And today, we are still collecting money for Africa.”

“Last year the United Nations reported that it only needs

$70 billion to make Africa wealthy and healthy. America

has already spent $700 billion for the recovery of the banks. The question is “Do we want to make the world a

better place? Or not?”

I shake hands and thank him. Joop drops us off at the local railway station. We cross over the tracks and

purchase our tickets. As we turn around he is waving us

goodbye and points to the distance. We see the train arriving. Perfect time.

“Our future has a past, but the past has, if you

want it, no future!”

BOND 39

‘Freedom’

Hand-painted by Richard Voller (2005)

www.TouchedByArt.org