CINEMA NONDUALITE FILM SERIES
CALL FOR FILMS
We are looking for exciting, innovative, profound, and humorous films that touch on some aspect of nonduality to be shown during the conference. If you have a film you would like to be considered, send us a DVD screener.
Closing date is July 31, 2009. Entry is free. Download the entry form here.
Movies and Nonduality
To watch a film is to still the conscious mind and enter a trance, and if we could not do that, movies would be completely unintelligible. Fortunately we have little difficulty in accepting a completely artificial representation of reality: still images flash by at 24 frames per second in a two dimensional universe; events seen from multiple angles are accompanied by idiosyncratic music; people pretending to be other people speak words they would never say themselves in entirely artificial situations. This effect is known as the suspension of disbelief, and as moviegoers we take this remarkable mental process for granted. But an extraordinary thing is happening in our brains: in effect we become one with the reality of the movie, and the film’s “consciousness” merges with our own.
Cinema Nondualité is an exploration of this potential for film to elicit a unified altered state, and inquires whether it can direct the viewer towards experiencing a nondual state. The series also includes documentaries on the subject.
The Film Series
Short films under five minutes will be screened at various times during the conference, while feature length films will be shown on Friday and Sunday evening.
We are honored to be hosting the Bay Area premiere of The Quantum Activist, a new documentary featuring conference presenter Amit Goswami (see below)
FEATURES
THE QUANTUM ACTIVIST |
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YESTERDAY WAS A LIE |
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LEAP! Filmmakers Isaac Allen & Chad Cameron set out to explore the ancient spiritual idea that our world is an illusion. As their journey deepened they were taken on a cosmic adventure to the source of reality itself, and through personal breakthroughs to more love, abundance and creativity than they thought possible. Along the path they made discoveries that will change your life profoundly for the better. |
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BLUEPRINTS FOR AWAKENING Blueprints for Awakening is for everyone who has an inner passion to know who they are and what they are doing here as a human being. It is for all who ask the question 'Who am I?' and for those who are looking for guidance on the teaching of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi to 'be as you are'. The film includes sixteen interviews and sets out important aspects of the teachings of the Masters in the extra, vital dimension of their energetic presence. Premananda's familiarity with them, combined with his many years of experience guiding spiritual seekers, create fascinating, lively interactions. |
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WITH ONE VOICE With One Voice brings together mystics from fourteen different spiritual traditions to share their perspectives on the unifying truth that transcends all religions. In this seventy-eight minute documentary, these awakened teachers address profound questions about life and love, the existence of God, the path to spiritual awakening and the way to true peace in the world. Through their words and compelling presence, they ask us to look within our own hearts and listen deeply, so we too can join the conversation and speak With One Voice. | |
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