guess what, friends?!?! amma's USA summer tour is posted on the web! go get a hug!
http://www.amma.org/tours/amma-tours/namerica-jun09.html
seriously though, whenever i feel confused about what my project is or what i am trying to do or what i am going to do, i watch amma. it just makes so much sense!
Showing posts with label mystic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mystic. Show all posts
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
"Meetings with Remarkble Men" - A Film About Gurdjieff
this little gem is brought to you by, blair. i'm gonna miss you, friend. may your spirit find peace and wholeness.
from the youtube description:
Filmed in 1979 by Peter Brook. A classic spiritual movie of G.I. Gurdjieff struggles beginning with his childhood until his discovery of The Fourth Way, an ancient spiritual tradition that used sacred movements as meditation. The story in this film is based on Gudjieff's book with the same title, which is the second book of his trilogy: "All and Everything".
During his long career, director Peter Brook has conducted a wide range of theatrical experiments, pushing audiences and performers well beyond their typical experience of theater, in an effort to achieve not a temporary catharsis but a transcendent, transformative event. As the narrator of THE MAHABHARATA says, "If you listen carefully, at the end, you'll be somebody else."
This interest in transformation that has characterized the latter part of Brook's career continues with this adaptation of the autobiography of famed mystic G.I. Gurdjieff, which stars Dragan Maksimovic. Driven by a sense of unwavering dedication to unraveling the meaning of human existence, he journeys throughout the most unattainable areas of the East, encountering an array of Hindu fakirs, Buddhist monks, whirling dervishes, and gurus of every stripe.
In search of enlightenment, he climbs the Himalayas, walks across the desert on stilts, and uncovers evidence of an ancient order, guards of an arcane wisdom. Most fascinating, perhaps, is the form of dance he created as a form of meditation and later taught in the West. A film that may be best appreciated by those already familiar with the work of Gurdjieff, MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MEN features spectacular photography and a highly evocative score, incorporating various indigenous musics.
- you can watch the whole movie on youtube! this is just part 1! get some popcorn!
in love,
ge
from the youtube description:
Filmed in 1979 by Peter Brook. A classic spiritual movie of G.I. Gurdjieff struggles beginning with his childhood until his discovery of The Fourth Way, an ancient spiritual tradition that used sacred movements as meditation. The story in this film is based on Gudjieff's book with the same title, which is the second book of his trilogy: "All and Everything".
During his long career, director Peter Brook has conducted a wide range of theatrical experiments, pushing audiences and performers well beyond their typical experience of theater, in an effort to achieve not a temporary catharsis but a transcendent, transformative event. As the narrator of THE MAHABHARATA says, "If you listen carefully, at the end, you'll be somebody else."
This interest in transformation that has characterized the latter part of Brook's career continues with this adaptation of the autobiography of famed mystic G.I. Gurdjieff, which stars Dragan Maksimovic. Driven by a sense of unwavering dedication to unraveling the meaning of human existence, he journeys throughout the most unattainable areas of the East, encountering an array of Hindu fakirs, Buddhist monks, whirling dervishes, and gurus of every stripe.
In search of enlightenment, he climbs the Himalayas, walks across the desert on stilts, and uncovers evidence of an ancient order, guards of an arcane wisdom. Most fascinating, perhaps, is the form of dance he created as a form of meditation and later taught in the West. A film that may be best appreciated by those already familiar with the work of Gurdjieff, MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MEN features spectacular photography and a highly evocative score, incorporating various indigenous musics.
- you can watch the whole movie on youtube! this is just part 1! get some popcorn!
in love,
ge
Friday, November 14, 2008
"The Mystic" - Stoil Vatev
i found this little gem searching on vimeo.com. do you folks know about this site? it is a really awesome complement to youtube, and i have my friend, kim, to thank for introducing it to me. the videos are of a higher quality, often created by professionals or at least very talented amateurs. they also have projects that you can do. it also tends to be more international.
what i love about this particular video is that it is magical realism on film. i often dream of fantastical and mystical things taking place in normal life: flowers under someone's hat, a door that leads to the cosmos, an inconspicuous prophet in an alley. all of these things are actually happening, though. we just don't recognize them when they are happening...
in love,
ge
The Mystic from stoil on Vimeo.
what i love about this particular video is that it is magical realism on film. i often dream of fantastical and mystical things taking place in normal life: flowers under someone's hat, a door that leads to the cosmos, an inconspicuous prophet in an alley. all of these things are actually happening, though. we just don't recognize them when they are happening...
in love,
ge
The Mystic from stoil on Vimeo.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
"What Was Said to the Rose" - Rumi (Read by Coleman Barks)
this is a simple video, just a gradual close-up on a rose.
but when these words wrap around my heart, i start to see more than the rose. i see my mother and my father. i see my heroes and sheroes, alejandra, carl, and stacie. i see my first love. i see my hardship and yours. i see my friends that i've known since grade school, and i see the woman working at the desk next to me. i see the universe and the heart. i see the rain and the earth.
but most of all, i see that rose unfurling, opening itself to the beckoning flirtations of the sun, sighing "ahhhh...." just under its breath.
this is where we live.
this is where we come from.
but when these words wrap around my heart, i start to see more than the rose. i see my mother and my father. i see my heroes and sheroes, alejandra, carl, and stacie. i see my first love. i see my hardship and yours. i see my friends that i've known since grade school, and i see the woman working at the desk next to me. i see the universe and the heart. i see the rain and the earth.
but most of all, i see that rose unfurling, opening itself to the beckoning flirtations of the sun, sighing "ahhhh...." just under its breath.
this is where we live.
this is where we come from.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Amma, the Divine Mother
known as the "hugging saint," amma is beyond words...
the first video is the best introduction to her that i could find on youtube. the second video is a trailer to a documentary of her 50th birthday. amma hugs EVERYONE that comes to her. EVERYONE. the powerful, the weak, and all of us in between. we are all equal in her affection.
as far as i know, she's the real deal and living proof that a good hug is divine.
i hope that you're getting enough hugs.
at the camp i used to work at, we would say that people need at least 15 hugs a day for optimum health...how many have you had today?
amma is inside of all of us. at least, that's what i think.
the first video is the best introduction to her that i could find on youtube. the second video is a trailer to a documentary of her 50th birthday. amma hugs EVERYONE that comes to her. EVERYONE. the powerful, the weak, and all of us in between. we are all equal in her affection.
as far as i know, she's the real deal and living proof that a good hug is divine.
i hope that you're getting enough hugs.
at the camp i used to work at, we would say that people need at least 15 hugs a day for optimum health...how many have you had today?
amma is inside of all of us. at least, that's what i think.
This Life - Mystic
this is a gem that i found tonight and inspired me to start this blog. aside from the somewhat surprising profanity at the end, this video exemplifies a big heart...
Thanks, Mystic!
Thanks, Mystic!
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