At this moment, on my other computer, i am downloading an archive, of all video’s I made the last three years from YouTube (it is over 100 Gb big .... :).
I have had a channel on YouTube under my name (Erik van Ravenstein) for 4 years, but I decided now was the right time to leave and let them be a part of the new world that is arising here. My last few years have been a journey, that I have not been able to share yet, it is a journey that started with a bright light and incredible happiness, but after that confronted me with almost everything that was wrong with our world (was!)
Over here I want to share my story behind al those videos (there’s some 320 of them) my personal story, of big changes. I need to write down what all happened to me to get it out of my system. But I also think it gives anyone a insight on why the world fell apart and now is coming together again.
In short: I actually lived through all kinds of situation that were caused by corruption in al kinds of places. From local government, police officers, criminals, liars, actors ... I have met them.
Before all this happened I was the proud owner of an IT company, that had customers in Ministries, energy Companies, telecom companies and had a wonderfull range of software services to offer. I lived in a nice apartment and drove a beautiful BMW. Right now I live in a small room, somewhere in the Netherlands. My sister Ilse, is paying for it and the food I eat. At this point I have no income, and find it really difficult to step into the next phase of my life.
But the real reason I want to write this all down: I feel more alive than ever. I want to share my falling from a golden cage, ending up in the mud. Now, sitting in a small room, in the middle of a big city, hearing one bird sing, causing me to smile from ear to ear. Live is great.
I want to make my story interactive with you: I want to upload a video every day and write an accompanying blog on what happened. So please follow me, and ask me questions, I am good at interacting, I am not so good at writing it all by myself like some kind of a writer.
This is a 2006 picture of me, in the vigeland park in Oslo. I was completely naieve running around all this art, thinking I knew it all :).
Finally, I want to say I got inspired to do this by a guy, a man, called Ed. He has a YouTube channel on which he talks about all kinds of stuff he finds across the web. Although the content is sometimes horrible, facing all truth, bringing all the facts, but still being able to smile, gave me a connected feeling. You can find Ed here: https://steemit.com/@theouterlight