Baraka: Breath Of Life
A film of sweeping scope and startling beauty, released in 1992 Baraka is a movie which words cannot justly convey. One must see it to fully appreciate its power. Named after a Sufi word that translates roughly to breath of life or blessing, Baraka is Ron Fricke’s impressive follow-up to Godfrey Reggio’s non-verbal documentary film Koyaanisqatsi. Fricke was cinematographer and collaborator on Reggio’s film, and for Baraka he struck out on his own to polish and expand the photographic techniques used on Koyaanisqatsi. (more…)
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The Drama Of Earth’s Great Delusion
by John McCoy
Earth has been spoken of as the “prison world”. One might also term it the great lunatic asylum! Perhaps some will take this statement wrongly as unfair criticism or judgment of the people of this planet. It is not that the people were psychotic and placed in this asylum so much as it is that the conditions of the planet enforce and propagate the insanity. Of course, we are not on what has been termed by some as “trash can No. 7” for nothing. There are reasons. In reality, however, our plight is not so bad for we are “envied” by many people living on highly advanced planets. To some this is inconceivable. The facts of the matter are this: As we put strain on a muscle—as we use it over and over again to overcome the power of gravity in lifting a mass—we build that muscle. As we bring into play our spiritual and other “muscles” to overcome the tremendous negativity around us everyday, we become correspondingly more and more powerful and developed from this viewpoint. Man on earth has a tremendous opportunity if he will but take advantage of it. Particularly in modern times as we near the end of the age, does man have this opportunity. All things are extremely speeded-up and we may make in a single day, perhaps, the progression that might have required months or even years at a less opportune time. Therefore, we are guilty of great negligence when we permit ourselves to lag behind and not do as much as we can to enable ourselves and others to take advantage of this present condition. (more…)
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Hallucinations ~ Part II
by Ernest L. Norman
One more point that should be strongly emphasized: hallucinations can be, an
d often are, disincarnate entities, or, in other words, dislocated or misplaced astral people, living in one of those nether worlds where, through frequency attunement, they try to live their own hallucinations through some unsuspecting earth person. Mental institutions are filled with such victims who believe they are ‘Josephine’, ‘Napoleon’, ‘George Washington’, etc., etc; they even adopt mannerisms associated with these historical figures. Yes even physical disturbances and diseases can be recreated or vicariously attuned and made manifest in the physical body; even death can be ‘relived’. This is indeed a sad ending for what might have otherwise become a very wonderful person—a person progressively instituted to creatively oscillate with the Infinite. (more…)
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Many Lives, Many Loves ~ Part II
by Gina Cerminara
I remember when I was going to college I saw a little item in the college paper which went like this:
Boy: Do you love me?
Girl: I love everybody.
Boy: Leave that to God. We should specialize.
When other items of far greater importance in my college curriculum have long since escaped me, I cannot imagine why this one should have made such a lasting impression; but the fact remains that it did. (more…)
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UFO Perspective ~ Part I
by George Hunt Williamson
One inevitable question seems to be: “When and where will the UFOs land on Earth?”
To answer this, it is best to give the statements made by space intelligences themselves. When they were asked what they would do to prevent an atomic war on Earth, they exclaimed: “We will do absolutely nothing to prevent or stop such a war!”
They have stated that they do not know whether there will be such a civilization-destroying war or not. However, they point to the fact that all ancient prophecy, whether found in the Bible, in other sacred books, or in manuscripts, etc., definitely indicates that there will be a conflict of such magnitude that our present civilization will collapse completely. (more…)
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Religious Centers In The Spirit World
by Anthony Borgia
‘Do we have religious centers in the spirit world?’ If an ecclesiastical edifice is an indispensable adjunct to religion upon earth, then the establishment of churches would benefit the peculiar state of the ‘afterlife’, whatever it may be. That is what many people think, and this attitude of mind finds outward expression in the spirit world. Yes, there are religious centers (churches) here, and very beautiful they are.
They are, of course, in keeping with all other buildings, being constructed of the same kind of materials, and having the same degree of care lavished upon them. Some people are considerably surprised to find such places here when they make their advent into spirit lands. I can number myself among them. Others, as I have hinted, more or less expected to find churches fully established in whatever ‘heaven’ to which their earthly religion had safely conducted them. The discovery helped to make them feel more ‘at home’ in their new surroundings, and they very soon become active members of the community attached to the church. (more…)
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Zero Point – Messages From The Past
Zero Point is a four part feature length documentary compilation from Vivid Pictures. This is the first volume of a four part series consisting of excerpts from freely available compelling information found online.
Zero Point: Messages From The Past, Volume I uncovers the messages expressed through ancient monuments worldwide, examines various maps, monuments and artifacts which seem to reveal great secrets about the nature of time, our past and our future. (more…)
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Healing Dreams
by Stanley Krippner
Diagnostic and healing dreams assumed great importance among ancient peoples. Many indigenous people believed that dreams represented a domain as important as the ordinary world and that what occurred in the dream world was as real as what happened in the waking world. Many tribes contended that the deities had “dreamed” the ordinary world into existence; in a similar fashion, a human being could “dream” an event into something substantive. Therefore, dreams of sickness and health were carefully scrutinized for their impact upon the well-being of the dreamer. The Ojibway Indians of the Lake Superior region in North America made “dream catcher” nets that hung over the beds of their children to catch unfavorable dreams; only favorable dreams would pass through, and it was assumed that they would facilitate the childrens’ health and well-being.
The Egyptian physician and architect Imhotep, who supposedly lived about 2900 B.C.E., became the patron of the ill. Individuals incubated their dreams at Serapeums or healing temples and reported their dreams to the katochoi, or dream scribe. If the katochoi did not deem the dream to be satisfactory, the patient remained in the sanctuary until an appropriate dream was reported. Patients often reported that Imhotep himself appeared with a diagnosis or a prescription. There is a historical link between the temples of Imhotep in Egypt and the healing temples of the Greek god Asclepius, which were especially popular in the fourth century B.C.E.. In the Greek temples, patients allegedly received diagnosis and treatment in their dreams during a visit from Asclepius or from one of his sacred animals. (more…)
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Of Life And Kindergarten
by William Walker Atkinson
Life a great school—Man a child learning his lesson—Preparing for higher grades—The game-task—What it all means—Things as they are—The rules wise and good—Each task means something—Greeting the Kindergartner.
I see Life as a great school—Man as a tiny child, learning his little lessons, performing his little tasks, playing his little games, enjoying his little pleasures, suffering his little pains, disappointments, trials and sorrows. (more…)
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On Life’s Philosophy From The Other Side
by Carl Wickland
The philosophy of life and descriptions of conditions in the higher realms have been given by spirits who have attained enlightenment and are desirous of helping humanity to an understanding of the spiritual laws.
A friend of many years standing, formerly a Methodist minister, had followed our work with great interest and had been a constant attendant at our circles, in which his daughter took an active part.
Five days after he passed away he came through Mrs. Wickland, and several months later spoke to us again, telling of his experiences in spirit life. (more…)
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The Search For Reality
by Bryant Reeve
There exists in man an irresistible drive to understand himself and life and truth and reality. What is true of life? What is really its purpose and its meaning? Is it just a matter of tinkling symbols and sounding brass? Is it only a vain glorious struggle signifying nothing? Why is man here? Where did he come from? Toward what is he headed? What is the here of life and what constitutes the hereafter? What is the destiny of man? Where may truth be found, and how may reality be comprehended and experienced?
Two thousand years ago a highly placed official of the Roman empire – Pontius Pilate – uttered the agonizing cry of all mankind throughout the ages: “What is truth?” Today the same cry is more potent than ever – the cry of the awakening souls for more light, more cosmic understanding of the mystery of life itself. This inborn, never ending, irrepressible, imperative drive of the evolving soul to understand itself and to reach out for the truth of being – this is what we mean when we speak of the search for reality. (more…)
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Know The Workings Of The Unseen World
by Yada di Shi’ite
“For everywhere that you go, for everyone that you come in contact with, there are endless kinds of vibratory action unseen to the physical eyes; and some can be very detrimental to you. If you walk through your market places, and come in contact with the many people, you may feel when you return that you are weary from your exertion; that you have this weariness through your struggle to get through the crowds. This is not true. Your weariness is brought about by the unseen activity that is going on around you all of the time, but more rampantly and more dangerously so when you are mixing with one another in what is called crowds. (more…)
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The Lowlands Of Heaven ~ Part II
by G. Vale Owen
This volume (what follows is a short excerpt) contains the first of a series of communications from beyond the veil, received and written down by the Rev. G. Vale Owen, Vicar of Oxford, Lancashire.
It should be clearly understood that these messages, while complete in themselves, deal chiefly with the “Sphere of Light” nearest to the earth in which the Vicar’s mother, who is the principal communicator, states that she dwells, and that her impressions are chiefly individual to herself and are thus those of a newcomer and learner whose experiences are limited to a restricted area. Wider regions and greater heights and depths are explored, the interrelation of this and the afterlife is more fully explained, and both narrative and exposition of aims and principles are more vigorous, clear and comprehensive in succeeding messages, contained in other volumes of the series. ~ H. W. Engholm (more…)
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Reincarnation And Religious Tradition
by Gina Cerminara
For us of the Western world the idea of reincarnation is new and unaccustomed; for the Eastern world it is as old as the rising and setting of the sun, as familiar as the household doorstep.
Two ancient traditions in particular, Hinduism and Buddhism, have taught reincarnation; and there is a great deal that we can learn from both of them. Both Hinduism and Buddhism are founded on the authority of ancient books (those of Hinduism being the much more ancient of the two), and they have been subject to varying interpretations on the part of their own followers. In doctrine and in practice they have been colored by the temperament and history of the peoples who have accepted them. For these reasons we must expect that there will be many differences between the two faiths, even as regards the basic teaching of reincarnation. It is important also for us to recognize that their teachings may not be adaptable, in toto, by ourselves because we have a differing temperament, different historical and religious antecedents, and important new scientific horizons. (more…)
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A Sage And His Message
by Paul Brunton
Paul Brunton (1898-1981) devoted his life to the practices, understanding, realization, and sharing of spiritual truths. During his public life he wrote eleven books and lived on every continent but Antarctica—and no doubt would have visited there, were a saint or sage known to be in residence! He also wrote daily thoughts in little notebooks, interviewed hundreds of teachers, fakirs, “fakers,” and saints around the globe. Here he recounts his meeting with one sage, Ramana Maharshi in India, on the meaning of “I”. (more…)
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