Isle of the Sky

After an intense period i am proud (again!) to present to you my very own band!

Isle of the Sky is the result of the transformation of my book into music.

All songs are about dreams & visions, other worlds & dimensions and the Big Frequency Shift we are all witnessing on a daily basis.

Isle of the Sky suggests that all life has emerged from the invisible and has transformed into the physical realms. 

In order to be able to live in a better world, we have to realize that we have to look up again, to the cosmos, where (in-)visible forces work together with us as one.

Talk/see you soon!

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Animal Perfume

Here it is! I am very proud to be able to present you my new song and videoclip!

I don't really know what came first: the song or the clip. They both came into my mind at the same time, in an enlightened or in-spirational moment. Needless to say i am very happy i was able to grab that moment and hold tight to it, and work with it so it could slowly evolve and finally become a real 'thing'.

The clip was shot at the home of Tim & Kathleen, and on location in Antwerp... during the winter so you can imagine i gave the crew a hard time. But i think it was worth it. The light in the winter is very special. It is somewhat harder and therefor more intense. The winter is also a special time for Nature as it folds itself back to itself. It is a time for reflection, to go to the core of things, where it is still warm. Off course insights can come at any time, but when Nature becomes this silent, sometimes it is easier to hear the whispers of your soul.

After some nice scouting-walks in the area, i decided to shoot on two places. At first there is the little beach of St. Anneke where the skyline is dominated by the iron buildings of the harbor on the other side of the river Schelde. It is both a sweet and apocalyptic place. The second place is on the other side, at Noordkasteel, and holds a connection with the (i believe second) World War because of its old deserted bunkers, next to the little lakeside.  

When i walk or am at those two places, there is always a moment i imagine i can still hear the loud sounds of steel rubbing against steel, of hundreds, thousands of men working and marching like slaves for invisible bosses who hide behind the concrete. When i turn away again, when i close that window, the contrast between those loud sounds and the silence of the Nature makes the silence even more holy then it already is. 

The third player in the clip is both visible and invisible. The Schelde is the river that runs through Antwerp and divides it into two parts. Without this river Antwerp would not have become so big. It connects us with the bigger waters, the greater ideas. 

I hope that both places will continue to exist as they are, and that one day the Schelde will be as clear as crystal water again.

As for the music: i think it speaks for itself. Hope you enjoy!

Song: written by Ilse Wanten. Jorg Strecker - guitar, bass. Jon Birdsong - trumpet. Ilse Wanten -  vocals, synth (everything home recorded). Alfredo Bravo Ebner - drums, recorded by Youri Van Uffelen. Mixed and mastered by Bart Delacourt. Clip: directed by Ilse Wanten. Camera, editing by Tim Michielsen & Kathleen Steegmans. Thanks to Eva Wens & Pascale Geens. Made in Antwerp © 5/5/2015 Production Ilse Wanten. http://www.ilsewanten.com

The Goddess

is returning, influencing many of us people with her radiating, beautiful energy to build bridges where they can. That means that the connection between the Heavens, the Planets, the Stars and the Earth will once again start to work as it should. For too long we have lived in a world dominated by people - mostly men - who had great problems feeling their feelings. In order to feel alive, these men believed they had to fight and feel great pain and tremendous loss. They also made the huge mistake to see women and children as their possessions who carried their name and were respected according to their usefulness. And so it has gone for many, many centuries. But no more! 

The era of growing through feeling pain and loss is coming to an end. The Goddess - the sacred and divine femininity - is a bright and shining light that gives us the power to raise from our old graves. When we shake down the dust of the past and open ourselves for this incoming bright light, we will hold the key once again for a better life in a better world.

Did you know that the structures of many temples, cathedrals and other sacred monuments are masculine and in fact build upon feminine constructions such as hidden caves and spring wells? Like the female womb is 'hidden' in the female body so are these caves and spring wells hidden underground. And like the male (erected) phallus is very visible, so are these visible structures.

Like a man and a women making pure, ecstatic love, it is of the greatest importance that both 'systems' work together in the best possible way. How can this be achieved? In one phrase: through complete surrender to one another without loss of their identity. Let me explain this.

At the heart of both male and female 'systems' lies the realm of the crystals. Many people nowadays are still afraid of crystals because of what happened to us all in Atlantis. Back then, at the end of the Atlantic era, the crystal was not treated well which caused big disturbances in the Earth's magnetic field. You see, the magnetic field of the Earth is build around her crystal core. The relation between the core and the unified field is of such a delicacy that the greatest care and awareness needs to be given to both. In other words: it is of the greatest importance that people connect themselves daily with the Source within themselves trough the heart-beat of the Earth and that of the surrounding Universe, with the Sun as the centre-point and doorway to other, greater Suns.

We can live on this planet, and even live of Her, but in return we need to give life to the Earth. We need to connect with Her, feel Her heart beat under our feet. We need to become so quiet that we can  hear Her voice when She softly speaks to us… because She does you know. When She is treated with respect you will come to see that She stretches and dances with the Winds. She want to lift us up so we can see for ourselves who we really are. If we deny ourselves and Her this Love, we will both become restless and sick…

What we need right now, is to return to the Unity - the Garden of Eden - we once were granted and which now seems to be lost. Despite our problems, this is not as difficult as it might seem. Millions of Crystal- and Indigo(-children) are leading us the way. They have been diagnosed as strange, weird, a-social, hyper-sensitive, autistic, etc. and have been labeled with ADHD and what else, but are in fact bridge-builders. They are not 'lacking some of the essential human parts'. They don't have less but have in fact downloaded more consciousness. A lot of them have memories of past lives and a sense of 'knowing things' that cuts like a sword through the current paradigm. They are old souls and a lot of them have a warrior attitude. They are here to help this world shift and start again a New Golden Era. They are in fact liberating the Goddess from the ropes that have tied her down for too long.

These are exciting times! Enjoy them as much as you can while you open your eyes for what is really happening inside and outside (y)our cave. It's better to know the Truth. Life is all about Love: to love and to be loved will create a better world. Instead of letting all kinds of fears misguide you, you better start facing them now. If not, you'll miss all the excitement! And after all: without taking any risks, how on Earth could you be free?

     

Dr. Eben Alexander.

The afterlife is something that has been experienced by countless people since recorded history. Like myself, many have returned to tell their personal/cosmic story. One, with the most noteworthy account experienced first-hand, is by Harvard trained brain neurosurgeon of 25 years, Dr. Eben Alexander. 
Before his experience, Alexander did not believe in the existence of a non-physical spirit. Trained in western medical school and surrounded by medical colleagues who are deeply invested in the materialism view of the Universe, he thought that the idea of a soul was outlandish. Dr. Alexander changed his mind however after he was in a coma for seven days caused by severe bacterial meningitis and experienced a vivid journey into the afterlife. 

Eben's neo-cortex was completely non-functional during the time of his coma, so there is no scientific account for why he experienced this. In fact, he gives refutations to 9 different possible scientific explanations for his experience in his book. In my book, i give only one explanation and that has to do with the fact that evolution (from dusk until dawn) has always walked together with involution (from dawn until dusk); an image so beautifully captured by Sokrates/Plato allegory of the cave (and handed over to them by the Atlantean's.)

In short. Alexander was guided by 'an angelic being' and shown 'the Divine Source', which he referred to as 'Om'. He then returned to his physical body, experienced a miraculous healing and went on to write the NY Times # 1 best selling book "Proof Of Heaven". What Dr. Alexander confirms is that our life on planet Earth is a 'test' of personal growth, and that the way to make progress in this test is to overcome evil while spreading love and compassion. 

Here are a few other notable points he made:  

-The experience of the afterlife was so 'real' and expansive that the experience of living as a human on Earth seemed like a artificial dream by comparison.

-The 'fabric' of the afterlife was pure LOVE. Love dominated the afterlife to such a huge degree that the overall presence of evil was infinite small. 

-If you wish to know the Universe, know Love. 

-In the afterlife, all communication was telepathic. There was no need spoken words, nor even any separation between the self and everything else happening around you. All the questions you asked in your mind were immediately answered to you telepathically as well. 

When asked what he wants everybody to know about the spiritual realm, Dr. Alexander nowadays always answers saying that each and every one of us is precious and infinitely loved more than he/she can possibly imagine. 

Dr. Alexander: 'You are always safe. You are never alone. The unconditional and perfect Love of God neglects not one soul. Love is without doubt, the basis of everything. Not some abstract, hard-to-fathom kind of love but the day-to-day kind that everyone knows. The-kind of love we feel when we look at our beloved ones, our spouse and our children, or even our animals. In its purest and most powerful form, this love is not jealous or selfish, but unconditional. 

This is the reality of realities, the incomprehensibly glorious truth that lives and breathes at the core of everything that exists or will ever exist, and no remotely accurate understanding of who and what we are can be achieved by anyone who does not know it. '

I am still digging into all of the interviews and readings Dr. Alexander has given (of which some can be found on You Tube) so i'm not able to recommend a particular one at this moment. 

What Dolores Cannon presents

here in this documentary, i can confirm totally. But where Dolores talks about 'they' or 'the ET's' i simply say 'we' and talk about 'my people'. What she calls 'The Source' i sometimes call it that too ;) Or i say God. Or The Light. The Highest Light. All of Nature. Spirit. In Dutch: het AL. 

A very long time ago, i'm talking hundreds of thousands of years ago, me and my husband were asked the question if we wanted to come to here, to this planet to help it  - and it's inhabitants - evolve towards a higher state. We answered that call, became volunteers and went down to this planet. As you can imagine - or not - since then many fantastic adventures took place.
Nowadays i am able to capture parts of this story so some of them already ended up as a testimony in my first book which will hopefully appear in English soon. In the mean time and as an introduction to 'the real me' you can watch this presentation. Let me tell you: this is the perfect food for the mind in changing and puzzling times like these…

Let's have a talk...

...about your up-coming death. Jip... that's right :) Let's talk about your death because if there is one thing you can be sure of, it is that one day you will die. Just like you entered this planet when you were born, you will leave it again by using the exit when one day, you will die. The reason why i want to talk to you about this mind-blowing, upcoming event, is simple: no one else will. So many years of so called 'civilization' and something so important as death is still a taboo. Let's face it, at school, you were never told about how to handle your life, let alone how to handle your death.

A while ago i saw the science-fiction movie Lucy from director Luc Besson starring Scarlett Johansson as Lucy, in which her character states very simply (as if she was talking about the shape of a specific table or chair) that 'death doesn't exist'. Finally, i cried hysterically through my tears. What did i care this was expressed in a movie. As if all movies are filled with stories made up by people that believe in fairytales. Anyway, let's not get carried away by movies now. I wanted to talk to you about death. Your death.

Death does not exist. You will live forever. You see, there is something in you that lives forever. That is the little spark of light in your soul that mirrors the Big Light - call it God. Just like the Big Light, the little lights - us people - have also been living since and even before(!) the very beginning of the Universe. And we will be there when it transforms again in the distant future.
People have been saying you will not be able to take things with you when you die, and that is true when you think about physical objects like money, a house and your favorite jeans. But you sure as hell can take your consciousness with you. 

So, what about your consciousness? Let's be realistic here. If you have never - not ever - thought about the true meaning of life, had questions about yourself and searched and found their answers, you'll be in for a surprise. You see, the whole dying-thing can be quite a shock. Just think about it. When in the end you finally die and you come to realize you are still living it puts a whole lot of other things immediately in a very different perspective too.
Someone once said that death is like closing one door and opening an other. I think that's eloquently said. On the other side you'll be still you. But without your physical body you'll look smaller and more transparent. You'll feel really naked too.

My experience is, that no matter how hard i try to explain this to people, if they do not have had the same experience themselves, they will have the greatest difficulty listening to this or even become upset and mad. Nevertheless, i think these things should be known and taught to everyone at schools and such. And just for the record: not in a religious way but in a spiritual one.  

Now, it is very important that you learn to see very clear that this whole dying-thing is not something to be afraid of. Although, when you do not have a prepared exit-plan, your soul can become very 'lost' in the sense that it literally does not know where to go when it leaves your body. So, in order to have a good, clean transition, you need a solid exit-plan. 

First of all, it is a very good idea to realize LOVE is everywhere. No matter what you think or might believe: love is the basic ingredient of our Universe. No matter where you are: you are being loved. Even though sometimes, in the darkest hours, you may think no-one loves you on this planet, you are very, very wrong. There are always enlightened beings that practice pure love and that surround you. They may be invisible to you, but they are there. 

When the soul leaves the bodying in a soft and gentle way, usually it's being welcomed on the other side by beings it already knows. You can imagine how joyful it can be to actually meet with people you thought you would never see again! In some cases however, when death came as a shock and unexpected (like as a result of some kind of accident), it can occur that no-one is there to welcome the soul. It is good to stay calm at such a point and to realize then and there that LOVE is everywhere. No matter where you are, enlightened beings are everywhere around you. And not only is it their duty to love souls, but to help them with their necessary insights to be able to make new choices and to guide them towards their new realities. Nevertheless, like it is the case here on Earth, there are beings that are not so enlightened but still which to help you. Make sure you then ask for the highest of guidance. Do not be afraid, just ASK for the most enlightened beings to support you and then they will. Sometimes, you will have to wait a little while, which can be quite stressful because you are finding yourself in a time/space-frame you are not familiar with and sometimes it can be quite dark there. But never think you were abandoned or something like that. Someone always will come. And if you do not like who is coming to you, remember to ASK for the highest of light guidance. Like i said, normally you will have time to prepare your death and so will 'the other side', but sometimes - due to some sort of accident - there is no time and things go very fast. Then you need to stay calm and remember what i just told you. 

So, first of all: know that love is everywhere. When you're time naturally comes, be unafraid and try to wrap things up here as good as you can. Second: when there is not much time and death comes as a sudden 'surprise', do not be afraid and ask for the highest guidance possible. That's it. The rest will become clear once you're out there, surrounded by love.

From quantum-physicis the scientific community already learned that reality is not as simple as it seemed and that there is still much, much to be learned. The whole idea of reality to be this or that simply does not exist. One plus one is not two. What they thought to be 'real' or 'reality' is in fact one of many, many possibilities. What makes it even more complex (and interesting!) is that all these possibilities are happening at the same time.
Every so called 'particle' is at the same time a wave. Meaning: every human being is not only living here on this Earth, in this particular dimension, but is living in many, many different dimensions. When you do not realize this, you'll act as a particle and will dwell in this realm without ever being aware of your own 'wave'. If you, however, open your mind/soul/heart to the multi-verse within you, if you connect the little spark of light in your own soul with the Big Light, you will start connecting yourself with yourself on many different levels, thus becoming who you really are. I can assure you: the result of such a process is in fact called LIFE and who doesn't want to know anything about this, might as well be death already.

After all these long years,

the story about that cave is still one of my all-time-favorite stories. Written by that Greek guy Plato but handed down by his tutor Sokrates, it is truly amazing how one so simple-looking story can tell you just about everything you need to know. It even holds an eternal warning, meaning it stretches out above the time and space dimensions of the 3th dimensional level.

Let me fresh up your memories. The story tells about these people who are a sort of prisoners in this dark cave where there is a man-made fire and where they do nothing but sit and stare at the shadows at the walls. Because they don't know anything else, they think these shadows are the real world but in fact they are the shadows of objects that other men carry around with them. Can you imagine this situation? It's very strange, no? 'No, not really', the person in Plato's text says, because these prisoners don't differ that much from us. 

What Sokrates/Plato meant to say is that very few people are independent thinkers. They don't make up their own minds but chew on concepts other people keep feeding them. They don't stand in their own light but in that of others. They don't know their own strenghts. They don't know what they're capable of or who they really are.
If you think about this situation a little bit more yourself, you'll come to understand that the danger in this situation is that they will never find out what true freedom is all about. They just live their lives in this sort of vegetative sleep-state and don't even realize they are in this state. You see, that's why there are prisoners in the story. Prisoners, not only in a physical sense but in a mental and moral sense as well.

Does this already remind you of the Matrix-trilogy of the Wachowski-brothers? Good!

So, what happens when one day someone does 'wake up' and succeeds to escape the big, dark creepy cave? Obviously, when he stands outside and in the bright light, his eyes will not see immediately because of the simple fact that they are being blinded. It will take some time for the escaped prisoner to adjust his eyes to the light and then to the real world. Can you imagine how this must feel? The shock can be compared from living in a black and white 2-dimensional sphere to living in the Light and then returning from the top-levels, all the way down to the 5th Dimension where time and space are added to the techni-color 3D surroundings and finally back to the 2-dimensional world.  

What follows next is that the-escaped-prisoner-turned-enlightened-free-human-being deliberately returns to the cave in order to help the other prisoners. After all, they are his own people and therefor his family and friends. But when this free human being wants to free his friends down in the cave, it turns out to be not quite that simple… First of all, the enlightened one himself suffers great difficulty returning in the darkness of the cave because now his eyes need again to adjust themselves! Think about it: you finally felt alive, breathed some good air and saw the whole world bathed in all sorts of Light and now you have to live again amongst the shadows of a world that's practically more death then alive…
And if that is not difficult and disturbing enough, while in this process, the enlightened-one also comes to realize that it's not so easy to find the proper words to communicate his message. Maybe he can express himself but that is not the same as trying to deliver the most important message of all.

The enlightened-one wants to scream because he's so excited: 'You're making a mistake! This is not the real world! There is a world outside! You all need to wake up, stand up, free yourself from your shackles and go and look and see for yourself!' But the screaming does not really help. On the contrary.

How can he describe the beauty of the Light and the wonderful world outside when his friends have no clue what so ever what he's talking about? They watch the enlightened-one and even think that they are better of in the cave if going outside only means you end up with wasted eyes and a scrambled mind… The more the enlightened-one tries his best to make himself understandable, the more his friends laugh with him and call him names. 'Look at him (or her)! What is he so excited about!? He must have lost his mind! Hahahaha… the poor thing… the stupid, pathetic creature… Look at him…Hahaha…'
'Oh, if only they would listen', the enlightened-one thinks. 'Or if only i could free them so they could see for themselves!' 

But when the enlightened-one tries to free the prisoners, things get seriously out of hand and in the end he's being killed. By whom he's being killed is not very clear but that is no coincidence. If you start using your own mind, you can start to imagine what had happened. All the ingredients are there. You just have to start using your own mind and then in the end you will learn to see. It's all about a learning process. That is the essence which makes this a truly great 'story'. 

So let's see. We start with the black and white version first. It does make sense that all the people in the cave would rather have the enlightened-one out of the way, no? Just think about it: the people who are carrying the objects around and thus creating the shadows on the walls, would not want their 'prisoners' to go outside because what purpose in their life would then remain? Who will look at their statues and think they are representing the real world? And the 'prisoners' who are used to their normal way of living think it's better to stick to the old then to go outside and live with painful eyes and a scrambled mind. Why change a good thing? The life they lead is not that bad after all... No, better to get rid of the enlightened-one and not to be bothered with the whole subject is much better and is what they all think.  Never change a winning team. In this case, as you can imagine, the story ends sadly. For everyone.  

But there is more. Does this story not remind you of a certain enlightened person that tried to free his people and got killed trying to do so? And second: if Sokrates/Plato wrote the story about the cave long before someone like Jesus Christ entered the world stage, does this mean that they knew what was coming? The answer is yes, of course. Those wise men already freed themselves. They had seen the Light and watched the cave from outside. Standing there, looking at the world from a much higher point of view, they saw all things connected. The way they understood the One-ness came out of a deep spirituality in which the word 'spiritual' literally means 'SpiritYouAll'.

You see, the story about the cave tells the story of the Light and of its Rays of Light at the end of which there are us, souls. Every man and women on this planet is free - is born free - but has got to realize what it means to be free. The deep spirituality of what the concept of freedom means, is like taking a journey into the unknown. Every step of that road will take you not only outside the cave but inside yourself, more and more closer to the true essence of You which is at the same time the true essence of All. Deep down or high above, there is only One Truth: WE ARE ONE.

Don't mistake. It takes guts to free yourself from the shackels that keep you imprisoned. To take the Road less traveled, is to change yourself in the first place (which is the you sitting in the cave) and ultimately ending up in changing the world around you (which is the you standing outside the cave and connecting with the ones in the cave and deciding to go back in to help them). The idea of the shadow on the lowest level of the staircase and the Sun on the other end leads ultimately to the understanding of the multi-dimensional Self but i will be talking about that some other time soon. Where were we?
Everyone that tries to become an independent thinker will discover that the Road is long and covered with many obstacles. People who do not want to see the truth for themselves, will simply not like you telling them about it.

Then, after the black and white version, we make room for some other ideas. For example: what happens when some of the prisoners start to doubt? What if some start asking themselves if the enlightened-one is in fact right? What if some believe the enlightened-one, free themselves and start making the trip outside the cave? Will they be held back by the ones that don't want (them) to leave the cave? Of course. There will be a lot of pushing and pulling. There will be fights. There will be wars.

And here's another idea: will some of them stay outside without wanting to go back inside and help the others? Of course. There will be some that will make that choice too. Free will = free will.

And another idea: also, there will be some who will decide to go back into the cave but not to help. They are the ones who will join the ones who carry objects around, creating thus a shadow-world for others to believe in (them).

Incredible no? How many layers we find back in this story! And there is more! These layers, that uncover all of our dimensions or ways of existence, are being held together by the greatest concept of All: the concept of the Ultimate One-ness or the Sun (the Light).

The fact that Sokrates/Plato talks about the enlightened-one who feels it as his duty as a human being to go back to the prisoners and to help them free themselves, states a moral position of the highest kind. This is what everyone of us should in fact be doing, Sokrates/Plato says. We need to first, free ourselves, and then second, go back in (or not) but always help the others. This is what we all should be doing to create a better world. Each and everyone of us need to make up his own mind and see for him/herself what Life is truly all about.  

Do you notice the circle that is being made here? Recycling is not just something that you need to be doing as a part of a more ecological way of living, no, recycling - on a deep spiritual level - is all about understanding the true meaning of Life. The circle is being made round as is the way of all things in the Universe. What comes around, goes around. What you learn, you need to pass to others. All the other decisions are in fact the results of a lesser think-path and lower Gods, such as the ones who carry around their statues, creating the shadows other believe to be real.  

Another message Sokrates/Plato and all the other Light-workers such as Jezus the Christ, the Boeddha, etc, etc., wants to pass on to us is this one: 'Let the Light in! Have a Heart! Have compassion! Do not judge but always understand and then hold people responsible for their actions.' The situation in which the eyes are 'waisted' and 'the mind all mixed up', does not only apply on the one who went up but also on the one who went down again. In other words, these two situations are so much the same, no one has the right to feel more or less important. We all have the same power and knowledge laid out before us. It's up to each individual to disconnect from the cave and to step into the Light and then to return (or not). Whatever it is you'll do - stay outside or go back in - remember: always hold the Light high (and become a statue of liberty, why not?).

And then last but not least: see how important it is to learn about the bigger picture? All the different aspects of the Road can only be understood if you have knowledge of that bigger picture: the cave of Sokrates/Plato. Oh, i do love this story!

Have a wonderful day :)