The Book

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

IVDAVRA: Instruction for Participating in Virtual Reality Earth

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.

About the book

The theme

We are on Earth to learn, to develop our consciousness, to see through the false illusion of separation. Many topics are covered: reincarnation, the principle of unity, life as a learning experience, karma, consciousness development, the origin of the cosmos and humankind, quantum physics, the digital revolution, epigenetics.

The surprising perspective

The reader looks through the eyes of the consciousness figures Stu, Erv, and Maestro at our planet, humanity, nature, the God Principle, and our behaviour.

The interludes

These sections of the book are autobiographical. Marc makes himself vulnerable in them. Moreover, they are a beautiful illustration of how the computer simulation Earth works in practice: as a learning environment. It was Carl Jung who said: ‘What you resist, persists.’ Do not resist what comes your way, it will keep coming back until you have learned the lesson it contains. The author also shares a socially critical view, which many will share, or which may cause a light bulb to go off for some people.

The underlying message

Enjoy life. Find the right path to your personal truth. I wish everyone a life filled with love, prosperity and ever-growing wisdom.


Where to buy

Available in Dutch en English via Amazon.nl.

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Buy a Dutch hardcover version at Boekenbestellen.nl.

Data

Language: Dutch and English
Binding: Paperback and Hardcover
Print: 1st edition
Publication date: November 2021
Number of pages: 257 pages
Illustrations: No

Author: Marc Sijm
Text agency: De Letterbrug, Ria Schopman
Translator: Yoff Kau
Publisher: Marc Sijm
Photo: George Terberg
Printer: PUMBO and Kindle Publishing

EAN (Dutch paperback): 9789090353449
EAN (English paperback): 9789083277301
EAN (Dutch hardcover): 9789083277318

Moved

I treated myself to IVDAVRA today and read it in one go. Lovely, and I was moved to tears because it resonates so deeply.

Saskia – The Hague

Great!

I read your book. Great! It took some effort to get through the beginning, but after that I couldn't stop. What a good book! I also like how you place your own story in the context of IVDAVRA. There are so many parallels... it can't be a coincidence.

Martin – Almere

A Different Perspective

You are guided to see things from a different perspective. With the author's personal vision. And then the pieces of the puzzle fall into place. Or you realise that you already knew but didn't want to see it yet. As far as I'm concerned, this leaves me wanting more.

Yosefien – Healer, Trainer

Thank you for your book!

Thank you for your help in the form of IVDAVRA, which enabled me to put many pieces of the puzzle that I was still missing into place! The picture of my visit (participation) to VRA (Virtual Reality Earth) has now become clearer. The content of the book broadens the world that I have made my own so far.

Mary

Look at your life differently

What a creative and surprising view of life. It could give you new insights. It makes you question things you would otherwise take for granted. Valuable, a first step towards purification and growth, in my opinion. Read it! It will definitely bring you something. Surprising, accessible, spiritual

Hexje01 – The Hague

Amazement

I enjoyed this book from beginning to end. Especially because it was such an unexpected treat. A very beautiful vision of how we currently stand in our “world”. And what we might be able to change in our current lives. In any case, it ensures growth in consciousness.

Topsy (rates the book 9 out of 10) on 16-11-2023

I finished it within a week!

What an incredibly cool and beautiful story! For me, it was a wonderful simplification of a theme that is often told in a way that is too complicated. Your story made a lot of things clear to me that I only really felt now! Also because the story was told from the participants' perspective instead of the human perspective, which is what usually happens. Thank you, thank you! And I've already lent the book to someone else.

Caroline

Enjoy life, don't take it too seriously

Marc has written a fantastic book. It is written in a very accessible and understandable way, explaining how it all works. How we, as souls, are prepared for our human experience here on earth. Reading this book makes you more aware of life. Enjoy life, don't take it too seriously. Definitely recommended if you want to learn more about how life works. Thank you, Marc.

Naomi Frangie – Coach

Just a quick note

I am reading your book IVDAVRA and you asked me to let you know what I think of it. First of all, I respect your original way of dealing with unusual “material” in a storyline involving a participant and an avatar, interspersed with interludes about your growth from child to adult, with all the ups and downs that entails. I found these interludes enjoyable... a break from the storyline of Stu and Maestro's virtual reality to your life story.

anonymous

A book that stays with you, touches your core values, offers light

Curious about the content, I was triggered by the cover and started reading. And then I was silent for a moment. That didn't last long, because the book lets you see things from an unexpected angle, taking you on an amazing journey. Where you go from being a spectator to a participant. The book inspires, makes you look again at being human, life on earth, your loved ones, your choices, your purpose. It offers a perspective that allows me to experience light and space. And in the hustle and bustle of the day, even long after I have read the book, it resonates with me and I think about the book for a moment. And then the hustle and bustle becomes less hectic and I am reminded of my higher purpose.

Jennifer Heuvel – Chemist, Yoga instructor

I have studied your book

...and was often moved to tears. Yes, I am critical, inquisitive and open-minded, and I do not accept anything you say at face value. I have not merely read your book, but studied it. As an engineer and former management consultant, I have seen many models (= simplified representations of reality) come and go. Only a few proved to be valuable. Your book presents a perspective that really helps me to understand the earthly realm and what we are doing. It gives me a context and perspective that is extremely valuable for leading a meaningful life. My gratitude is almost beyond words, but I will do my best to express it in writing: thank you, Marc, your book has helped me enormously to give meaning to my life.

Alex

Captivating

A fascinating book. Contemporary science, the new view of humanity, consciousness and quantum physics. It captivated me because it is written as a personal story, is profound and yet also very readable thanks to its practical approach and refreshing view of our reality. I found it an inspiring boost in these times! A captivating and fascinating story about life, in which you are taken into the reality of the author, or is this virtual reality perhaps the reality? A surprising journey of discovery through the world of Being, the laws of physics, ancient wisdom, awareness, light and dark, personal development, appropriate for these times, in which many people are searching for inspiration versus embodiment. Fascinating to the last page, beautiful design and font, Booster!

Helma Robbers – Coach, Trainer, Cantaloupe

Inspiring

In his book IVDAVRA, a story is told based on insights from new scientific discoveries and illustrated with personal events from Marc's life. Together, this provides insight into how our reality works. Marc Sijm has clearly studied the scientific theories of Thomas Campbell and Bruce Lipton and then thoroughly processed and digested them so that they become accessible to a wider audience. Very interesting for anyone who likes to look at reality differently and wants to find a new perspective. While reading the book, I felt an intense flow of Love and Truth wash over me. I expect that many people will have this experience and that it will be supportive and empowering as we move through these times towards a world with more space for what is truly important in life and between us humans.

Marie-Thérèse – Coach

Amazing

What an amazing book! The book is the world I love to be in. Fascinatingly written. Beautifully told. What this book describes is the realisation of what life experience on this earth is. A validation of “love conquers all” and “one with everything”. Thank you for sharing this with the world. I have learned from it. What I have experienced in my own life, I can now, partly thanks to your written energy, appreciate even more, understand better, articulate and refine even further in the future. When we discover who we really are, are aware of it, life is magical at every moment of existence. When we recognise and acknowledge who we truly are, and are fully aware of this in all aspects (hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, feeling, thinking, perceiving), life is a magical experience at every moment of existence.

Euvie Tyani Karijoredjo –Entrepreneur, Associate Pranic Healing Instructor

Wonder

Who am I, really? When you read Marc's book, you are swept away at full speed into the world of early consciousness, and how energetic Beings developed themselves through learning, by evolving into humans, with our Earth as a training ground for learning. This reversal of the “normal” path of inquiry, starting from being human, and including meditation and self-inquiry, but now with the Greater  Consciousness and Its many offshoots as the starting point, is new to me. It is fun and surprising, and perhaps even a good way to give your daily spiritual “maintenance” a new impulse. The book leaves you in awe. Marc wove his own personal life story as a “human being” as an example and test of his insights through the storyline of the development of the Beings. That makes it very readable. Refreshing!

Marciel Witteman – Editor-in-chief of Yoga Internationaal, Yoga & meditation teacher

A bird's-eye view of what we are experiencing here

Hi Marc, on this quiet Boxing Day, I just read the last words of your book, so I have now finished it and feel the need to send you a message about it. I was very curious to see what you had written after our conversation a few months ago. I found the first chapter difficult to get through, but after that it flowed nicely. In my opinion, you have written a bird's-eye view of what we experience here and why that is so. And in the personal chapters between the story, I recognised a lot from my own childhood and later life. The last chapter, with its summary and your overall goal of making us aware again of HOW to live a pleasant and happy life, away from the slavery habits we grew up with, gives me a light and happy feeling. Thank you for summarising the discoveries that free-thinking people have made so far and for putting into words the very clear perspective that we can focus on. It was already clear to me, but now I know for sure that the next book I am going to read is Bruce Lipton's book. Warm regards.

Kit – Artist

Is this world real, or is it just a dream?

Marc Sijm understands the art of turning a challenging thought experiment into a compelling story: Does this world really exist, or are we living in a computer simulation? The author lets us look at Earth and humanity through the eyes of Stu, an incarnating unit of consciousness. This surprising perspective shows us the higher function of our lives: a learning experience. We are here on Earth as consciousness to develop ourselves, to see through the false illusion of separation. By including a number of personal chapters, the author gives us a glimpse into his own path to consciousness development. He presents himself as very vulnerable and shows once again that what you resist will keep coming back to you until you have learned the lesson it holds. The recurring theme of illusion or reality evokes associations with the film The Matrix and Plato's allegory of the cave, but it reminds me most of all of that popular English children's song: Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream... Row gently with the stream, enjoying the journey, life is but a dream...

Ria Schopman – Copywriter, De Letterbrug