Interview
with Vadim
Zeland
Could you explain the origins of the term ‘Transurfing’?
The word came to me spontaneously, straight from the informational field, like all the principles associated with Transurfing. It felt like the word was ‘inserted’ into my mind. Naturally, I wondered what it meant at the time. Interpretations like ‘surfing the wave of success’ or ‘surfing through the (trans-) variants space suggest themselves, but I’m not aware of the precise origin or meaning of the word; it’s something transcendental.
Do you ever attend international ‘Transurfing Reality’ gatherings?
I am not someone who likes media attention so I don’t take part in public events. About 10 years ago, I was invited to seminars in France and Italy. Back then, I accepted the invitations, but I soon realised, it was not for me. I don’t like publicity.
Have you ever experienced an Induced Transition? Could you share what you consider to be the most effective method for emerging from one, based on personal experience?
In the early 90s, when the Soviet Union collapsed, many Russians lost their jobs, myself included. Exactly what happened and why is a long story, but basically, it was a complete catastrophe. Imagine what would happen if the United States collapsed and you’d have some idea of what it was like in Russia then. I was working in quantum physics
but to support my family, I took a job in security. I used to walk around a railway depot carrying a big, black pistol.
Then there were major wage cuts and I found myself having to retrain fast. I ended up working in banking software development. In the end, I probably knew more about banking than I did about software development, because you can’t write banking software unless you know ‘the kitchen’ inside out and back to front. At one time, I was even giving lectures on credit operations at a school of banking. In the late 90s, Russia was hit by a major banking crisis; many banks were ruined, and I was back in a hole for the second time. By then I was totally disillusioned with my profession. I could not bring myself ever to sit at a computer again. I literally threw mine in the trash. After that, I got a job in a factory doing low-skilled work at woodworking machines. I don’t know why I took that job particularly. I was probably just tired of all the intense intellectual activity.
But, the job paid a pittance, and eventually, reluctantly, I went back into to the IT industry. I was, after all, a top professional in the field. I took a position working as system administrator in a large enterprise. I was in charge of an extensive computer network. Things were pretty hectic. One minute, I’d be sitting doing nothing, and the next, the phone would ring, and I’d be rushing off to solve a problem somewhere. It was at that time, in early 2002, while I was flying up and down the floors at work like a squirrel, that certain ‘insights’ started to come to me. They came spontaneously, as if ‘out of nowhere’, like they were ‘piecing themselves together’ in my head. It was like an understanding of something greater was coming to me in parts — things worldly and philosophical at the same time. It all started after that mystical meeting with the Watcher, which I describe in Transurfing Volume 1. To this day, I still wonder why that meeting took place and why they chose me.
Strangely, these fragmentary thoughts and ideas started to come to me, while I was flying up and down the floors at work. I started to write them down in spare moments as I sensed they were coming to me for a reason. After a while, I had quite a few fragments and set about putting them systematically in some kind of order. Fortunately, I have an analytical brain and so by August 2003, the first three volumes of Transurfing were complete. How I managed it in between all that constant racing about is a mystery.
I wrote the next few books at home in a more relaxed atmosphere, as by then, I was able to leave the company and devote myself to writing full time.
So, you could say, my entire life has been made up of induced transitions, either upward or downward, and that’s still the case, today. The motto ‘never give up’ is probably what I find most effective in emerging from an induced transition. It’s Donald Trump’s motto, too, I think. As far as I’m aware, he, too, has experienced many highs and lows in life. I have his book of the same title on my bookshelf at home. I have not read it yet, but the message is clear.
What are your plans for the future and ‘Transurfing Reality’? Do you have new books, films and translations in the pipeline?
Yes, of course. I am writing new books and we’re planning to shoot films & documentaries based on the books. We’re also intending to make animated films suitable for children and adults. We already have a team of enthusiasts. In the meantime, we’re looking for sponsorship. Once that is in place, we’ll be able to move things onto a professional level.
Priestess Itfut,’ is my forthcoming book, which has already been translated into English. It is a fictional version of ‘Tufti the Priestess.’ It tells the story of the amazing adventures of the priestess and her friends in metareality — the world of dreams. It’ll be available on Amazon very soon. I’ll let you know when it’s out.
Do you have any thoughts you would like to share about the extraordinary times we are living in? Do you think people are experiencing a collective awakening?
No, I don’t think so. It’s more like a collective dream. Most people are falling into an even deeper sleep. If you’ve watched ‘The Matrix,’ then you’ll know what I mean, only instead of suction tubes, people are attached to information channels. Since the appearance of computers, the Internet, smartphones and social networks, people have been drowning in an information-ocean. The capacity of the brain is very limited in this regard. It is not designed to receive and digesting that much information.
Picture a person who is overweight. It’s exactly the same, only now everyone is weighed down, satiated with information. If the brain works more on receiving information than on generating it and being creative, it suffers a kind of ‘consciousness obesity’ and falls asleep. That’s when people lose their clarity of thought. It becomes difficult for them to concentrate, they get lost in a brain fog, and many are literally living their days in a state of reduced awareness, as if they were in a dream, acting out of habit, constantly on autopilot. There’s more on this in the books ‘Tufti the Priestess’ and ‘Priestess Itfut’.
To avoid falling asleep in the matrix, you have to significantly limit the incoming information flow. A dietary eating plan is a good analogue. You can’t just gorge yourself on anything and everything indiscriminately and except to stay well. It’s important to spend less time on gadgets and more time out in nature and on creative activities. It is much easier for the mind to generate information than it is to absorb it, like, it’s easier to teach than it is to learn and it’s much more enjoyable and productive to create than it is to consume. If you have a livelihood that requires you to be creative then, you can consider yourself lucky.
How much time did it take you to reprogram yourself in alignment with the Transurfing model, once you had the foundations of the concept in place?
Well, I would not say I programmed myself exactly. It was more the case that as knowledge of the Transurfing principles came to me, I began to see the mistakes I had made in my life and how I should have acted in any given situation. And, believe me, I have made my share of mistakes. I’d basically spent my entire life practising a kind of anti-Transurfing. That was probably why I was able to find the words to express how a person needs to think and act in order to achieve their goals.
Which of your books has greatest personal significance for you?
All my books are personal because I have lived through and experienced everything they describe. But the two most recent books, ‘Tufti The Priestess’ and ‘Priestess Itfut,’ particularly so.
The knowledge Tufti carries represents a significant addition. It’s Transurfing at a new, higher level. Tufti’s practices cut through many Gordian Knots that even Transurfing could not untangle. For example, Tufti solves the issue of finding your true goal, your mission very simply. When you embark on the path of self-development, no matter what area you choose, the path automatically leads you to a mission. The book ‘Tufti The Priestess’ goes into that in more detail.
The weakness of Transurfing is that when you strive (and one way or another, you always end up striving) to control your own reality, you end up controlling material reality, that is, existing reality. The only problem is that you cannot change circumstances that already exist on a material level.
It is impossible to control reality in the sense that you cannot change reality either in the current frame or even in the current film roll. What you can do though is set the course of a future reality by focusing a light on the upcoming frame in a different film roll. Tufti manages to eliminate this confusion. Her worldview and practice direct the mind in such a way that you avoid slipping into the habit of trying to control your reality in the current frame. You begin acting more effectively, almost automatically, by following the algorithms, if you follow Tufti’s recommendations that is. The intention plait that features in Tufti’s practices is no abstract metaphor either, but a real energy centre. Most people have stopped using it, so it has atrophied. Nevertheless, the plait can be reactivated and developed.
Whereas the Watcher was the channel by which I received Transurfing, Tufti was the channel for these most recent books. It was a kind of channeling in the sense that she is not a character I just imagined or made up. In the period 970-911 BC, Tufti was a priestess of the Egyptian Temple of Isis. Like the Watcher, she still exists in the same form as she did then, just not in this dimension of our physical reality. You can find out more about her in ‘Priestess Itfut’.
We know that you choose not discuss your private life, but people would like to know a bit more about you. What can you share with us about your daily routine?
I am just an ordinary person so I can’t say anything unusual or surprising. I don’t think of myself as the creator of Transurfing or of Tufti. I am simply retransmitting their knowledge. The knowledge comes to me and I pass it on. It’s true, I prefer not to talk about my personal life except to say that it is totally ordinary. Very few people know me as the author Zeland. My close relatives know, of course, but my friends from school and university for example don’t know. I have never told them what I do.
Why Not?
I don’t want the relationship between us to change. This way, to them, I’m the same person I always was.
Do you like ice-cream?
Chocolate, sometimes.
What kind of music do you like?
I grew up on the Beatles, the twist and rock ’n’ roll. In the 60s, when I was about 4 or 6 years old, my mother worked as a school teacher and she often took me with her to student parties, where they would dance to that kind of music. Then I was into Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Creedence, Abba, a mix of everything really. I like music with a melody, and good lyrics. I love Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock operas, as well as operettas by Kalman and Strauss.
Do you have any pets?
Yes, a cat. She’s 16 but still alive and kicking.
What do you do to relax?
I used to enjoy reading. Now for some reason, I watch movies instead.
Do you have any tattoos?
No, I’ve always thought that if I got a tattoo I’d regret it later because tastes change and then you’re stuck with the tattoo forever.
Has anything surprised you recently?
Yes, all this inflated hysteria around the virus, of course. But that’s another story, not for this interview.
If you could share a meal with anyone from the past or the present, who would it be?
I had lunch with Rene Garcia once in St. Petersburg. I remember, all she had to eat was pears and she drank water with lemon. I assumed she was putting herself through some kind of diet, and I think I told her she ought to eat more. I hope she obeyed me.
But your question is about who I respect and admire. I don’t have any teachers or gurus but I am impressed by anything that is ambitious and brilliantly done. Since I was a child, I have enjoyed science fiction and adventure stories. My favorite authors were Carl May (stories about the Wild West, the heroes Old Shatterhand, Old Surehand, and Winnettou), Herbert Wells, Conan Doyle, Jack London, Mine Reed, as well as Russian folk tales.
When it comes to films, however banal it might seem, I mostly prefer Hollywood films – science fiction, adventure, and westerns. But my all time favourites would have to be Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, Avatar, The Hunger Games, Star Trek, and Marvel Universe films. I especially like American movies of the 1950s and Russian movies of the 1930s, 40s and 50s. They show real people not yet spoiled by the matrix. The heroes are natural, direct and sincere. Masterpieces like Hello Dolly, Singing In The Rain, and films starring Elvis Presely — he’s different on screen, straightforward and naive, not at all like his stage persona.
As you can see, my hobbies are quite unglamorous. I don’t want to give the impression that I’m only interested in American culture. First and foremost, I am a patriot of my homeland, although, there is more in common between our two nations that people might think.
Thank you, and good luck.
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