Trip to Dortmund

A few days ago we got out of silence. It was a nice experience although it was a bit hard for me to shut up for about 2.5 days. I think I need to do this sometime again later, when I feel like doing it.

Cause silence is not just about being silent, it's about breaking any communication with a source outside of yourself.

So that also means no eye contact or reading books, internet, text messaging and so on.

Just being with yourself and nature, we did alot of meditations which were definately nice and we went out for walks to connect more to nature.

The thing is that during this time of silence I met this girl so we had some non-verbal communication so to say. To be honest, for me the only reasons why going back to the ashram was worth it was because of the recording, the concert and this girl.

If I hadn't been there it would've never happened after all. It was a bit weird to start a certain relationship in silence, but it does have it's charms I must say.

On the last day I wrote on a piece of paper that I would really like to talk to her, on which she replied "why? this is fun!". I giggled, it was fun indeed.

After silence all the groups who were out there, came back. Including my group who I left in Hamburg. It was really nice to see them again and hear about the successes.

A few days later the other half of the group, who stayed in the ashram during this whole time, would be sent to other cities, for 1 week. Because I came back earlier and had my silence course, they decided to send me again aswell. 

So now I'm going to Dortmund, leaving tomorrow morning! Never been there, so I'm very excited. I'm going with people that I know pretty well, so I have a good feeling about this.

This time we're going in groups of 4 though, instead of 9 what was done before. 

We should be back in a week because after that the TTC2 course will start. This is an advanced teacher training, which only a part of the group will be following. I would really like to do this myself, because then I can teach people the real workshops and not just Health & Happiness as they call it. But there will also be an artist group, traveling around to give performances. If I would be able to do my own thing within this group, I will definately consider doing that instead, cause it would be a great practice for my rapping.

But that's the future, let's focus on Dortmund first. The goal is to make preparations for a multicultural musical event in Dortmund. This means getting a location, partners and raising funds mainly. 

Isaac won't be coming with me though, I figured Iva needed him more, so I told him to take care of her since she'll be going to Holland, also for a week.

We had nice goodbye and next week I'll see her again. Plus my homie August will be back then from Iceland so I'll hear about all his crazy stories and I'll add a few of my own to that.

I also wrote a couple of new songs, one of them in like 2 hours and it's so good! Really, new experiences give me so much inspiration. I also feel like I've finally got a taste of something that's been absent in my life ever since I inhaled my first breath. And I have to say it's pretty much how I imagined it to be, Fuckin' A!

Seriously though, alot of cool things are going to happen in the coming months on all levels. Including the one mentioned above, it's really all a big process and I'm starting to get more and more insight into these things so I can actually steer these processes more consciously.

It's so important to communicate with eachother, lack of communication is the cause of all conflicts. Once you know about eachother's needs it's so much easier to share with eachother and be aware of what is happening. Then you really feel connected and that makes everything so magical. 

I'm talking a bit cryptic about things perhaps, it's just because there are things that I don't want to share in detail, but only in concept. So bear with me, I respect the wishes of others. 

Anyway, I'm out of here, still need to pack the car for tomorrow, get my laundry and pack my own bag. Like I said no Isaac this time, but he'll be fine in Holland with Iva.

Besides, I gave the condition she had to make pictures of Isaac, so his wish for becoming the world's most famous monkey will still be granted. He told me he eventually wants to meet Obama, and why not? Yes We Can!