Moving Pictures

I do plan to go into some actual concepts soon, and would like to compare and contrast some of the assorted books mentioned (such as Seth and ACIM) but right now I'm still doing my quick submissions which may at times appear to be nothing more than a splog.

Last time I promised I’d say something about movies which have a spiritual or metaphysical message, so here’s a few blurbs.

As I’ve said, I enjoyed What The Bleep Do We Know mostly because it was refreshing to see a film that dealt with stuff that I think about all the time. I have not seen the new version which came out recently, but I hear it’s got some new commentators and more footage with the great Fred Alan Wolf (as “Dr. Quantum.”) Honestly, I have not been so concerned lately with that whole “Bridging Science & Spirit” meme and I’ve already said I’m not a huge fan of Ramtha BUT I’m pretty sure Dr. Wolf (and the various scientists in the film) are probably smarter than I am (or at the very least more educated)

I rather enjoyed the charming film called Millions which includes a bit of a metaphysical sub-plot in that the protagonist (an Irish kid) has conversations with various Catholic saints. These scenes in the film are presented in a way that is at once humorous and thought-provoking.

At about this same time, (early spring of ’05) I also saw and enjoyed the film St. Ralph, which deals with aspects of faith and miracles in the life of a young man coming-of-age in 1950’s Canada. This film is one of many that makes use of the song Hallelujah, written by Leonard Cohen but usually performed by others.

Two other films that I also liked during this period of unusually frequent (for me at least) film-going were: I *Heart* Huckabees and Miranda July's You and Me And Everyone We Know. The former includes a humorous look at two possible approaches to philosophy/self-help, while the latter follows the intertwining lives of some quirky and creative types in Los Angeles. One common element in all of these is that I found them generally uplifting and probably got a little bit weepy too.

I’d like to see the recently released film Illusion, though I’ll likely wait for the DVD.

I did get the DVD for Indigo, a fictional story that follows one of the Indigo children as she helps to transform the thinking of her curmudgeonly grandfather and estranged family. It starts a little slow but proved to be a subtle and moving story IMHO. Of course, your mileage may vary. (YMMV) The grandpa in this film was portrayed by author Neale Donald Walsch of the Conversations With God books (he and several other spiritual types live in Ashland Oregon) There is also a film version of Neale’s books in the works (expected Oct ’06)

Speaking of Indigo Kids, there is a documentary about the Indigo phenomenon available on DVD. All of these films (CWG plus the 2 indigo features) have some involvement by producer/ director Stephen Simon (who also heads the Spiritual Cinema Circle) as well as peaceworker/lightworker James Twyman and the aforementioned Mr. Walsch.

Oh yes, they finally made a film of the big-selling book The Celestine Prophecy with what looks like a good cast. Yes, I know the book was rather cheesily written but if it gets folks thinking a little different about the nature of reality then I’m all for it.

Speaking of slightly cheesey best-sellers, I also wanna see the film of Dan Brown’s DaVinci Code. I've not read the book yet but I did read Angels And Demons (including a few chapters while standing in the huge crowd waiting to get into the Vatican to see Pope John Paul II)

I’ve read both Foucault’s Pendulum and Holy Blood Holy Grail and I’m not terribly interested in all that kinda stuff but, once again, I’m hopeful that it will get people to look into these types of subjects and question the “official story” of reality.

For updated versions of the story of Jesus I suggest Gary Renard's Book, or the Urantia Book, or The Gospel of Thomas or even The Jesus Path.

Quick Take: My pick for the most accurate film about earth’s relationship with ETs—of course it’s The Day The Earth Stood Still.