Spiritual Enlightenment and Grizzly Bears
November 20th, 2008 | Posted by admin | Category: Movies | Tags: Grizzly Bears, Movies, Spiritual Enlightenment, Timothy Treadwell | No Comments
Imagine a guy living all alone in the wilderness of Alaska.
Now, imagine that this guy spends most of his time hanging out with wild grizzly bears.
Now, add to that fantasy that he has a camera, which he talks to, poses for and films his interactions with the bears with.
If I told you this guy really existed, you might conclude that he is one of two things:
1) Crazy
2) Enlightened
Timothy Treadwell was a nice mixture of both.
The documentary Grizzly Man is made from the footage of Timothy’s own camera, together with interviews with the people that knew him. It explores the Alaskan nature and the lives of the enormous grizzly bears, but even more it explores the nature and life of a very peculiar man. Timothy had trouble with alcohol, trouble with his career and trouble with humanity in general. What saved him was the immense love he had for animals, and this was what drove him to sober up and move out into the wild.
When we see him interacting with the animals, whether it’s a fox or a grizzly bear, we can’t help but be touched by the love, acceptance and sheer wonder this man radiates. It’s his very openness to life that inspires, his excitement of being.
The documentary is done in a very personal way, and is a very honest portrait of a man who was far from perfect, yet able to live with a love that most can only envy him.
You can find it here
Timothy Treadwell died in 2003, aged 46. Eaten by a bear, of course.
Open Your Eyes
November 13th, 2008 | Posted by admin | Category: Spirituality | Tags: King Crimson, Music, Spiritual Enlightenment, The Now | No Comments
Sometimes, we feel that we’re in a moment that is of lesser value. Maybe you’re doing the dishes, or taking the bus, or paying the bills. We feel that the moment is just a means to something else, and not a moment worth paying attention to for itself. But categorizing moments in this manner is a function of our minds, and not a feature of Reality itself. Every moment is a moment in which we are free to exist in the beauty of Creation. You may “have to” do the dishes, but you’re still free to enjoy Existence, free to feel that you are, in this very moment, alive. This state is unconditional, you can access it at all times. And when you do, and you look around, you may find that the moment you’re in was very much worth your attention, anyway.
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In honor of this state, here is a song by King Crimson: Eyes Wide Open
Dreams
November 10th, 2008 | Posted by admin | Category: Uncategorized | Tags: Comics, Slow Wave, Spiritual Enlightenment | No Comments
Slow Wave is a weekly internet comic by Jesse Reklaw where people send in their dreams, and he makes a comic of it. This leads to some wonderfully weird stripes, and a rare peekhole into the subconscious.
Given how unpredictable dreams are, the comics range from the funny to the bizarre, sometimes even being rather beautiful. Check it out here!
Aliens and Spiritual Enlightenment
November 2nd, 2008 | Posted by admin | Category: Spiritual Teachers | Tags: Bashar, Channeling, Creation, Law of Attraction, Spiritual Enlightenment | No Comments
And now for something rather strange! Channeling is a process in which a person lets himself be “taken over” by another being, channeling that being through his own body, so to speak. There are many who claim to do this, producing various, often spiritual teachings coming from the channeled being. Some of them make a little more sense than others, and Bashar is one that makes very much sense indeed. His teachings concerns topics such as Law of Attraction, Abundance and Creation, basically how to best create the life you want. These are some free talks he has given on these subjects:
Finding Your Highest Excitement
Abundance and Trusting What Is
Now, Bashar is supposedly an extra-terrestial being, channeled by Darryl Anka. If that turns you off, then focus instead on what he has to say about your world, and how it works. As for me, I choose to just be neutral to the claim. I simply don’t know. But since what he has to say about alien species sounds absolutely GREAT, I would be very happy if it is so!
If you would like to know more about Bashar and his teachings, you can check out his official site here.