Enlighten Up!
Liberated Self’s blog mentions a new documentary film opening this summer in select cities in the US, Enlighten Up! “Filmmaker Kate Churchill is determined to prove that yoga can transform anyone. Nick Rosen is skeptical …
Category: Movies
Slarty’s Wisdom
One of the funniest lines in the Movie version of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is this little bit of philosophy. It speaks nicely to the failings of many belief systems. While an idea may …
The Shadow Knows
In the opening of Within Bliss, I joked about the ‘spiritually positive’. Some New Age and New Thought communities are rife with ‘Think Positivists’, the idea that if you think happy you’ll be happy. Now, …
Peace through Music
Music has a remarkable ability to cut through barriers of language, religion, nationality, and race. It speaks to the heart, to the soul, to the song of our life itself. Last fall, I was sent …
Global Spirit
“Global Spirit is a unique “internal travel” series that brings to light the various practices – spiritual, mental and physical – that help us define who we are as human beings and explore how this …
Isha on PBS
In a recent interview, Isha speaks about the value of finding peace within in the apparent drama of outside change. Notably, they name the first of 4 facets: Praise Love for this moment in it’s …
Your Song
Last night, I saw the film August Rush and it reminded me of the questions – Do you hear the music? Are you listening? Our eyes perceive a rainbow of colors, but it’s a very …
Tulku, the film
Today was the World Premier of Tulku, a film about the practice of recognizing a reborn Buddhist master. Sadly, I wasn’t able to see it, yet. But I thought the description of the film was …
Isha on Duality
Isha speaks about duality vs Love consciousness, from her recent film. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApwcH6XkvT4 Some notes from the release conference. The first movie clip and info about the film Her web site www.isha.com Her blog www.ishasystem.blogspot.com
Messages of Passion
In the move to quiet the mind and release ourselves from the grip of emotion, there is the tendency for spirituality to turn off our passion. To see it as somehow unspiritual. This can be …
Fierce Light, the film
This evening I saw Fierce Light, the second in a trilogy by Canadian filmmaker Velcrow Ripper. The film is about spiritual activism, subtitled “When Spirit Meets Action“. Fierce light is what Gandhi called soul force …
Isha movie launched
I talked a bit about the Isha movie here. (Please also see comments for further developments) The film was officially launched today with her first online video conference. She spent about an hour, first telling …