In this inspirational talk, Wim Hof outlines his "Garden of Eden" project, a prototype wildlife reserve where humans coexist peacefully with lions, elephants, giraffes, and other animals without fear or cars. He describes the core aim of demonstrating that the perceived aggressor, the lion, can be approached safely through mental mastery. To fund the initiative, Hof plans to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, raising money to dig wells in the Sahara and support harmonious interactions between Maasai communities, tourists, and wildlife. He recounts his childhood ambition to save animals and create wells, linking it to his broader mission of restoring happiness, strength, and health by freeing people from industrialized, money‑driven systems. Hof critiques modern society’s alienation from the soul, advocates love and inner freedom, and invites listeners to join the movement through personal empowerment or donations. The talk blends concrete project details with philosophical reflections on purpose, belief, and the possibility of creating a real‑world Garden of Eden.
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Welcome back! Ask Wim, let's go! What is the dream I have, I want to achieve, I still want to achieve? That is the Garden of Eden. The Garden of Eden project is where people live in harmony with the lions, with the elephants, with the birds, with the giraffes, with everything around them in harmony, no fear. No cars in that national reserve. A prototype. A prototype where we show that the aggressor, the lion, is not to be feared. Because we have the power of our mind. Right here and now. The Garden of Eden Project. There's one thing I want to achieve, I'm into it. For that, we are going to climb the Kilimanjaro. Raise a lot of money to get all the wells going. To get a different type of wildlife living in peaceful interaction with the Maasai and the tourists coming in. No cars. You will walk through the land of the lion without fear. That is one thing I want to achieve as a prototype which can be copied everywhere in the world. We should be able to not fear the nature outside, but to feel that we are there to bring peace and respect and live in harmony with that nature. What did I want to be growing up? A discussion I had with my friends in the street where I lived. I was 12 years old and I told them I want to save the animals in the Sahara and create wells over there. Now I'm doing it. It was my goal then. It's still my goal. My goal also was to make happiness, strength, and health. To bring that to the people. To bring the soul to the people. That the soul has it all. Not our thoughts. Our thoughts have abstracted so much into money systems, into pharmacies, into food industries, industrialization, monetizing systems have alienated us from ourselves. And this needs to stop. Love needs to come in. Feeling needs to come in. That what makes sense needs to come in and never go away anymore. If I could be God for one day, what would I do? I would wipe all the petty asses from this planet and put them on Mars. Here we want peace. Here we want happiness, strength, and health. It's the Garden of Eden. God, the Garden of Eden, the Bible, all this. Is it fantasy or is it real? We can make it all real. For that, you do not need to be God. You need to be in charge of your belief, of your purpose, of your love. Inside. What can you guys do together with me to help build up, develop more strength, power into this movement of freedom, of the soul, of breathing, of being happy, strong, and healthy? What can you do? Realize that you are already there, and from there it will ascend. Be no longer encaged in this society, thinking that you are not able to get out of there and to maintain or guarantee freedom, guarantee happiness, strength, and health, because then you are into these thoughts. I want you to be free. And if you are free, when you feel the freedom, then you help me at best. This movement is a movement of freedom. It's a movement where we are able to recognize who we are, what we are. And there is the sanity, there is the happiness, strength, and health. And if you want to donate, here's my number. No, just feel free to do anything, but feel free. Thank you very much for all the questions. It was great answering it. It's like the blues. Amazing. I love it. Thank you. Mm-hmm.
