I am hosting a f.r.e.e Teleconference with Viki King on how to market inspirational and conscious books, movies and Web sites. Viki is a consultant and the best-selling author of How to Write a Movie in 21 Days – The Inner Movie Method. On our Teleconference, Viki will be talking about:
- How to Build It So They Will Come
- Beyond Social Networking
- The Magic of Cosmic Marketing
*YOU* can participate on this Teleconference by asking Viki a question related to any particular marketing dilemma YOU are having. If you would like Viki to answer YOUR question on the Teleconference, please email Viki your question(s) before or during the call by visiting her Web site at:
If you would like to speak with Viki during the actual Teleconference, we will open up the line and Viki will work with you directly to help you resolve your marketing dilemma during the actual Teleconference.
The Teleconference will be Wednesday, January 18, at 6PM PST / 9PM EST. If you would like to participate, please
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Spiritual Warriors takes a courageous look at all aspects of our Spirit by showing the internal and external struggles of a troubled actor, Finn (Jsu Garcia) trying to make it in Hollywood. Throughout the movie Finn meets with an elderly man, Roger (Robert Easton), who helps Finn learn how to awaken to the insights of his soul.
From a cinematography perspective, this is no easy task. But, the filmmakers boldly use stunning visuals and exquisite special effects to demonstrate such ideas as the transcendence of the soul, past lives, destiny, light versus darkness, and spiritual awakening. Using words to accurately describe these concepts is difficult enough. However, the movie successfully uses remarkable images to capture the essence behind these deeper realities. Additionally, since the film primarily takes place in Los Angeles, there is enough subtle humor and contemporary examples of everyday life to provide a fun, exciting and relatable context to examine some of life’s most important questions.
The cinematography provokes the viewer to ask their own questions as opposed to the dialogue simply giving answers. For example, the movie asks what role darkness and evil play in our own spiritual quest. What impact do our past lives have on our current relationships and circumstances? How much of our destiny is predetermined?
My favorite message from the movie is that when we begin to view life from the perspective of our soul, our life and eventually our destiny take on a much more fulfilling meaning. This is echoed in the beginning scene, when the following quote is flashed on the screen,
“Spiritual Warriors are people who confidently make choices about where to focus their internal attention, even when the external realities of their everyday lives are chaotic, troublesome or just plain annoying.”
I had a chance to interview the filmmaker and star of Spiritual Warriors about the challenging and rewarding aspects of making the film. You can listen to that interview by clicking the play button below.
According to the film’s web site “In the Fire of Grace: Dancing Rumi’s Journey of the Soul”, Banafsheh Sayyad interprets five stages of the soul’s archetypal journey to union with the Beloved in movement that marries as Rumi’s mystical vision does, the serene peace with the fierce gorgeous passion of the divine. She is accompanied by Andrew Harvey as the voice of Rumi, summoning her deeper into the flames of death and rebirth.
Born in Iran, Banafsheh’s electrifying and wholly original dance style fuses together Flamenco, Tai Chi, Gurdjieff Movements and the sensuous ecstasy of Persian Dance with the austere rigor of Dervish whirling.
“As an embodied mystic of the divine feminine, her presentations are not performances but transmissions which transform your vision of dance forever. Dancer and dance become one initiatory flame of grace.” – Andrew Harvey
In the video below Caroline Myss talks about how when people cling onto their past wounds, it causes them not to heal from them. According to Myss, people cling to their past wounds because it gives them a sense of power, control and social identity; however it damages their psyche and biology. Alternatively, Myss says the past is over and we must bury it in order to move forward and heal ourself.
Do you ever ask yourself “why am I still single?” You’re not alone. This is one of the questions we hear most often from people in our community.
If you’re like most spiritual people, you want to find a true soulmate — a best friend, a loving partner and companion on your journey of spiritual growth and self-development. You want to find a deep and genuine connection, and you want to find it sooner rather than later.
You don’t want just any relationship. You want to find “The One.”
That’s why I’m excited to be writing to you today to tell you about your chance to discover a powerful, proven process to help you “call in” your true spiritual soulmate and create a committed, loving partnership.
It’s a free live online seminar called Calling in “The One”: How to Release Your Hidden Barriers to Love and Become Magnetic to Your Soulmate. And it’s hosted by two extraordinary women: bestselling author Katherine Woodward Thomas and acclaimed women’s transformation expert Claire Zammit.
At the age of 41, Katherine created a process to manifest her soulmate in just 7 weeks. By the age of 42, she was married and gave birth to her beautiful daughter, Alexandria, at 43.
Pretty soon, word of her miraculous process began to spread around the country and before long, she was receiving hundreds of requests to write down her process so that others could use it as well. Random House gave her a book deal and she quickly became a national bestselling author.
Katherine then went on to partner with Claire, an acclaimed expert in women’s transformation (who also used the process to “call in” her husband!).
With Katherine’s proven approach and Claire’s transformation expertise, they’ve refined a proven process to call in “The One”.
Marianne Williamson, Deepak Chopra, Neale Donald Walsch and Debbie Ford are just a few of the luminaries who RAVE about the Calling in “The One” approach.
For more information on how you can register for this free online seminar, please click here.
The reason the Calling in “The One” process is so effective is because it starts in a place that just about no other approach to finding love does — on the inside.
You see, what most of us don’t realize is that the real obstacles to genuine soulmate love are within us. If you’re still single, then there’s a good chance that you have unconscious barriers to love. The good news is that once these barriers are identified, they can be easily transformed.
It’s this process of personal and spiritual transformation that is critical for us to engage to create the true conscious, committed relationship that we’re seeking.
Find out more about this unique online event by clicking here.
Already, thousands of people who’ve gone through the Calling in “The One” process are experiencing a love they never thought they would have, such as this one:
“After so many disappointments, I had all but given up on the possibility of ever having love in my life. Luckily, my best friend turned me on to the Calling in “The One” approach. I followed every step of the process faithfully and met my soulmate a short time later. It’s truly a match made in heaven. I couldn’t be happier!”
~ Jeanne Millbrae, Ilinois
So if you’re a conscious person committed to attracting and sustaining a powerful, loving and spiritual partnership, join Katherine and Claire for their free live online seminar, Calling in “The One”.
They’ll send you the recording, so you can listen at your convenience.
With Love,
Matthew Welsh, Esq.
Creator of Spiritual Media Blog
PS: Let’s face it, the average dating service will not understand the spiritual match you need. And friends who play Cupid may not get it right either. But Katherine and Claire are transformation experts who know how to help you make the internal shifts you need to start becoming magnetic to “The One” you’ve dreamed of. So don’t miss out on this turning point in your life!
I just watched an interesting trailer for A Shine of Rainbows and posted the synopsis of the movie from its web site below:
“Maire O’Donnell is a loving woman as rare as a double rainbow. Joyful, warm and caring, she adopts a young orphan named Tomas and whisks him off to a new home on remote Corrie Island, off the coast of Ireland. Maire shares with Tomas the joys of her island home and introduces him to the whimsical local folklore, including the secret of the seals, and teaches him that everything you need is inside of you- if you really look.
But Maire’s stern husband Alec silently disapproves of Tomas’ timidity and halting speech. He can’t hide his disappointment that Tomas isn’t the kind of child he was hoping for and his reluctance to get to know the boy makes Tomas unsure of whether he really belongs.
Soon though, Tomas too falls in love with his home, befriending local children, descending into a secret bat-filled cave, and saving a stranded baby seal.
When tragedy strikes however, Tomas is faced with his greatest challenge yet. He’ll lose everything unless he can find- and share- the unique gifts inside of him. Risking all, Tomas embarks on a perilous journey where he will need to call on his ability to see joy and color even when in the darkest place, in order to triumph and come home.”
While some experts might tell us not to sweat the small stuff, we all know it is the little things that can chisel away at even the best of relationships. Before those granular irks lead to the Big Bang in our partnerships, we need to develop relational safety nets to catch us before we fall. You can consider these strategies to be a quirk-turned-perk energy shift, if you will. A key aspect of Wabi Sabi is learning to move our focus from what makes our partners so annoying to what makes our partners so unique.
At its heart, this transition is about gratitude. Gratitude can be a marriage-saving emotion, especially if you tend to easily slide into feelings of annoyance about your partner’s daily habits. Little rituals of thankfulness can sustain you as you struggle with the thing he or she did—again.
For many years I began each day with a prayer as a way to center myself and receive divine guidance. I would make a gratitude list that often looked like this: Today I am grateful that I have fresh air to breathe and clean water to drink and for the many friends and family members who love me.”
So far so good. Then I got married and my prayers changed.
Dear God, Help me. I have married a man who refuses to answer the phone, but he will walk across a room to hand me the phone so I can answer it.
Okay. I’m stretching the truth just a bit here, but like all couples, Brian and I each had quirks and odd behaviors that we had to learn to love and appreciate. A daily practice of offering prayers of gratitude (whether you believe in a higher being or not) for your beloved mate—flaws and all—will keep your mind open and your heart receptive to remembering how much you love him or her. For it’s really the cracks in our partners that we will someday miss the most.
Mrs. Lee’s Story:
This story is based on a YouTube video that can be viewed at www.wabisabilove.com/video It could not be determined whether this is based on a true character or not. The truthfulness of Mrs. Lee’s words, however, overshadows the detail of fact or fiction.
The cool, quiet room was overflowing with the grieving faces of friends and family as the funeral director invited Mrs. Lee up to the podium to speak. The petite, elegant widow walked slowly to the front of the small chapel and calmly began her eulogy.
“I am not going to sing praises for my late husband. Not today. Neither am I going to talk about how good he was.” Mrs. Lee’s eyes flashed.
“Enough people have done that here.” She took a deep breath, allowing the air to fill her lungs before she continued. “Instead, I want to talk about some things that will make some of you feel a bit uncomfortable
Several people stopped fanning themselves and sat up a little straighter. “First off, I want to talk about what happened in bed.” She paused dramatically, shifting her weight from side to side. “Have you ever had difficulty starting your car engine in the morning?” She carefully studied the faces about the room. With a loud, grinding sound, she snorted and rumbled, violently shaking her tiny frame.
“Well, that’s exactly what David’s snoring sounded like.” A cough rose up from the center of the audience. “But wait,” she continued. “Snoring wasn’t the only thing.” “There was also this rear-end wind action as well. Some nights it was so forceful, it would wake him up.” A child giggled into her hand while her red-faced mother stifled a grin.
“ ‘What was that?’ he would ask.
“ ‘Oh, it’s the dog,’ I would say. Patting his back and smoothing the covers, I would urge him to go back to sleep.” She touched her hair as if remembering the way her hands felt as they placed themselves on her husband’s gasping body. “Oh, you might find this very funny,” Mrs. Lee offered the whisper of a smile..
“But when his illness was at its worst, these sounds provided comfort and proof that my David was still alive.”
Silence washed over the room. Even the birds outside seemed to be listening. Mrs. Lee looked heavenward as her voice began to crack.
“What I wouldn’t give just to hear those sounds one more time before I sleep.” A single tear wandered down her face, landing noiselessly on her lapel.
“In the end, it’s these small things that you remember the little imperfections that make them perfect for you.”
“So, to my beautiful children,” Mrs. Lee swept one hand toward the front row, “I hope that one day you, too, will find yourselves life partners who are as beautifully imperfect as your father was to me.”
Mrs. Lee’s eloquent tribute to her husband left the entire audience in tears. With just a few heartfelt words she summed up the mystery and magic of a lifelong marriage built on the foundation of love, imperfection, and acceptance that knows no bounds.
Wabi Sabi Love is … the practice of accepting the flaws, imperfections, and limitations— as well as the gifts and the blessings—that form your shared history as a couple. This is sacred love, not infatuation, or love that is convenient. …
Can you imagine what the world would look like, feel like, be like if the foundational premise of romantic love and deep intimacy were based on the art of loving one’s imperfections rather than the illusionary fantasy that your relationship is fabulous only when each person is acting perfectly? Imagine a world in which imperfection is the accepted norm and is actually cherished.
Anyone who has found this highest level of Wabi Sabi Love knows that it comes in one way and one way only: through exploring, embracing, and actually falling in love with the cracks in each other and ourselves.
♥♥♥
Arielle Ford has spent the past 25 years living and promoting consciousness through all forms of media. She is the author of the international bestseller, THE SOULMATE SECRET: Manifest The Love of Your Life with The Law of Attraction. Her new book Wabi Sabi Love: The Ancient Art of Finding Perfect Love In Imperfect Relationships offers a groundbreaking shift in perception showing couples how have a deeper, more loving, and more fulfilling relationship. She lives in La Jolla, CA with her husband/soulmate, Brian Hilliard and their feline friends. www.wabisabilove.com
I’ve heard good things about War Horse. According to the movie’s web site, “War Horse” is an epic adventure for audiences of all ages. Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, “War Horse” begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets — British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter — before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No Man’s Land.
The First World War is experienced through the journey of this horse—an odyssey of joy and sorrow, passionate friendship and high adventure. “War Horse” is one of the great stories of friendship and war— a successful book, it was turned into a hugely successful international theatrical hit that is arriving on Broadway next year. It now comes to screen in an epic adaptation by one of the great directors in film history.
DreamWorks Pictures’ “War Horse,” director Steven Spielberg’s epic adventure for audiences of all ages, is a tale of loyalty, hope and tenacity set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War.”
Michael Bernard Beckwith: Spiritual Liberation – Fulfilling Your Soul’s Potential follows Rev. Michael Bernard Beckwith (founder of Agape International Spiritual Center) for an actual day of his life. We come along with him as he shops for groceries, walks his dogs with his wife, Rickie, and shares a meal at his home with friends and family.
The beauty of this film is that we see how our daily routines can become fulfilling, meaningful and joyful in their own right simply because they give us an opportunity to share our self with others and to experience the Divine in the middle of the ordinary. Or as Michael Beckwith says at the beginning of the movie,
“We’re not trying to fit mediation into our busy life, with our ‘to-do’ list, with all the things that need to be done. No. Little by little, we make a discovery that our life begins to revolve around our meditation.”
As we walk with Michael throughout his day and listen in on his conversations with friends, family and associates, we hear light-hearted jokes, profound insights and genuine solutions to the challenges of our time. Michael also talks about how a lucid dream inspired him to unconditionally say Yes to the Divine, after he had previously outwitted It’s attempts. That moment Michael said Yes, his life was forever changed.
This is a powerful message for all of us. Everyday, no matter how glamorous, mundane, or difficult our circumstances might be, we have the free choice to say Yes to the Divine. And, when we say Yes to It, we can awaken to our life purpose and a field of possibility that is often far greater than anything we can imagine for ourself.
Other bonus features on the DVD include interviews with USC head football coach, Pete Carroll, producer of Crash, Mark Harris, international speaker Lisa Nichols, the premiere performance of “You Can Dream’ by APL.DE.AP of Black Eyed Peas, 8 performances by Rickie Byars Beckwith and the Agape International Choir, supplemental interviews about love, forgiveness, living on purpose and meditation, and a talk with Michael Beckwith and the filmmaker Mikki Willis on the genesis of Spiritual Liberation.
After taking this intimate look at Rev. Michael Beckwith’s daily life, you will see firsthand why his teachings have empowered thousands of spiritual seekers for more than two decades and also gain a deeper understanding and appreciation for your own life purpose.
Spiritual Liberation DVD and the book it is based on Spiritual Liberation: Fulfilling Your Soul’s Potential is available for purchase on Amazon by Clicking Here
I am hosting a f.r.e.e Teleconference with Viki King on how to market inspirational and conscious books, movies and Web sites. Viki is a consultant and the best-selling author of How to Write a Movie in 21 Days – The Inner Movie Method. On our Teleconference, Viki will be talking about:
takes a courageous look at all aspects of our Spirit by showing the internal and external struggles of a troubled actor, Finn (Jsu Garcia) trying to make it in Hollywood. Throughout the movie Finn meets with an elderly man, Roger (Robert Easton), who helps Finn learn how to awaken to the insights of his soul.
follows Rev. Michael Bernard Beckwith (founder of Agape International Spiritual Center) for an actual day of his life. We come along with him as he shops for groceries, walks his dogs with his wife, Rickie, and shares a meal at his home with friends and family.
