However different the manifestation, the foundation of every proven spiritual discipline, from the East as much as from the West, revolves around the same recognition: sure, holiness dwells in our hearts, but between us and that heart is our ego. And unless we hand over the reins of that to outside “sacristies,” rituals or disciplines, that heart will be the dwelling place not only of our sacred, but also of our unholy. And thus a battleground.
Now that was unfortunate: the groups’ viewing dune turned out to create a “viewing” situation for the individual guests of the new retreat studio. What to do if you don’t want to put up a fence or hedge, but want a landscaping solution? The landscape architects at Landscape North Holland knew what to do.
In 1989, Walter Meijles, then 16 years old, spent a short weekend at ZeeVELD. Visually, he revives Ton de Nooy, the founder of Jan XVII, in this recollection.
John XVII then and now. In Volzin, a conversation with Thomas about over fifteen years of Jan XVII. Features include Liber and the “Servant Hermit” vacancy.
Our lives end in one great ‘disappointment’: our death. Which is more relevant now? Our opinion about that death, or the real fact of it?
‘Welcome to paradise’. Imagine a world where the news starts every night with these words. After which we only start to relate to the other things of the day in a second instance, and then from that consciousness.
“You have to be willing to be called crazy by everyone.” Click on the image for the interview with Thomas in Puur Magazine.
‘It is precisely setbacks that can put a person on the track of inner renewal’. An intriguing thought, right now. Click and read what Thomas says about it in Klooster magazine.
‘…that I don’t coincide with what I think and feel: thanks to Liber I now understand.’ Click on the picture and read what Elke says about Liber.
When we build a house, we start at the beginning. Against all the laws of gravity, we start with our house of life at the roof. Not with the question marks, but with the exclamation marks of our existence. Click on the image to read more
“Libert does not help you realize your desires, but to learn to evaluate them detached. In the process you move from delusion to reality. You discover that life is not a must, but a lover who wants to love you.” Curious about what Liber is and does? Click here to read the summary…
This is the extended version of Exercise 2. The exercise takes just over an hour, which will allow you to create an additional word cloud and have more time and space to relate to…
If you stand with your nose on the ‘Night Watch’, you see a blob, a smudge, a stroke. Certainly not a painting to write home about. It only becomes that if you distance yourself from it…
Liber teaches you to live on two motors: the motor of your thinking, doing and letting go, striving, finding, feeling, wanting to know and expecting, AND those of your completely silent awareness of this…
Transitium ZeeVELD facilitates transition processes. The specialty of the house: the Liber detachment method. Lake…
