True: we are all different, at one level. Equally true: we are all the same, at some other level. And that is where opportunity lies. In general for all of us. But also specifically with 5WiW. Because it means that 5WiW can do to you what it does to me, and to others before you: letting us experience downright magic in a very peculiar and perhaps unusual context.
Help to explain what exactly that magic is, is coming from an unexpected though wise source: Eckhart Tolle. He gives words to what I tend to experience when traveling with or being in the van; or when riding the Onewheel (fifth wheel):
“connectedness with being” (rather than doing).
It is the sensation of feeling deeply at home which, he continues, is fundamentally different from the “normal” state of consciousness in which most people carry around a continuous sense of un-ease.
(Clip starts at intended place — 1 minute message from there)
The apparent overlap with moving around in a van, or on a Onewheel: even though you are moving around, at some point it starts feeling as if the world is moving around you, while you are standing still. 😳 Very liberating. Very peaceful. And it is exactly that sensation which 5WiW aims to share with anyone invited into its sacred space. (One minute clip, key at the end)
I may elaborate later on tangible components that I believe may contribute to this magic, but Arne and Hanneke have a lot of experience with traveling with a van and may be referring to exactly the same phenomenon. Even if they are not explicitly describing it as a level of consciousness, they are referencing “home” on their Instagram post from which I copied the intro photo of this blog post. And that happened not by chance?
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What a beautiful quote - resonates unbelievably well