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27Aug
By James Kiser Festival Organizer Owner of Abraxas VideoAt no point in my life can I remember a time when there has not been at least a half dozen self help philosophies circulating their way through popular culture. From mail order courses teaching you to master the art of the meaningful stare to pick up women, to videos that offer you the car of your dreams through positive thinking, self help has been a palpable force in the market since the early 70s, but recently, thanks largely to the emergent field of quantum physics, some of these programs have finally begun to make sense.The most high profile of this new breed of philosophical works was the cult hit What the Bleep Do We Know?! which burst on the scene in 2004, proving that esoteric discourse on the nature of reality can, somehow, do well at the box-office. Since then, various films have tried to capitalize on this idea including Nova’s Elegant Universe and the phenomenally successful book turned movie The Secret. This last, being the least scientific of the bunch, used the ideas of quantum mechanics with regard to the changeable nature of reality to argue that intention and positive thinking can get you anything that you want in life. It even went so far as to provide a wish-list that purchasers of the film could fill out listing all of the wonderful things they hope to have as a result of the process.Personally, I have never been much for any school of thought resembling those 70s self help plans: there is something suspicious in the idea that, for $30, I can learn a secret that will get me a great car and the house of my dreams. For this reason I was hesitant to watch What the Bleep and The Secret on the chance that they might not amount to more than so much snake oil. While I will keep my views on the latter to myself at this time, I was pleasantly surprised by the former which seemed, rather than an elaborate process for self gratification, to be an earnest attempt at understanding the nature of the world around us. Consequently, I was excited when I discovered that the University of Oregon’s Amit Goswami, one of the theoretical physicists and philosophers featured in What the Bleep, had come out with a new film called The Quantum Activist.The film, which seeks to apply scientific understanding to spiritual subject matter, tackles such weighty questions as “what is the nature of the soul?” and “why do bad things happen to good people?” with sophistication and intelligence. The editing style is a superb blend of archival and pop culture footage, interview and lecture reels from Goswami, and computer generated esoteric symbolism that is as entertaining as it is thought provoking. What’s more, it never once resorts to the questionable tactic of offering an unrealistically simplistic road to ultimate success but deals with spirituality in an analytical and socially responsible way. All of this in a local film from Bluedot Productions out of Yachats, Oregon.While you will not see this film on TV or at your local video store for a while yet, it will be playing at this year’s Cottage Grove Regional Film Festival on Friday August 28th at Centro Del Sol and on Saturday August 29th at Cosmo Café. Viewers are encouraged to get their tickets ahead of time at Abraxas Video at 504 E Main Street in Cottage Grove or call 942-6906 for more information. If you want the keys to all future success for just three easy payments, watch a late night infomercial and I am sure it will be happy to oblige, but if you are interested in a less sophomoric approach to mysticism, try The Quantum Activist: it won’t get you a new car, but it will help you to understand why you don’t have one.
At no point in my life can I remember a time when there has not been at least a half dozen self help philosophies circulating their way through popular culture. From mail order courses teaching you to master the art of the meaningful stare to pick up women, to videos that offer you the car of your dreams through positive thinking, self help has been a palpable force in the market since the early 70s, but recently, thanks largely to the emergent field of quantum physics, some of these programs have finally begun to make sense.
The most high profile of this new breed of philosophical works was the cult hit What the Bleep Do We Know?! which burst on the scene in 2004, proving that esoteric discourse on the nature of reality can, somehow, do well at the box-office. Since then, various films have tried to capitalize on this idea including Nova’s Elegant Universe and the phenomenally successful book turned movie The Secret. This last, being the least scientific of the bunch, used the ideas of quantum mechanics with regard to the changeable nature of reality to argue that intention and positive thinking can get you anything that you want in life. It even went so far as to provide a wish-list that purchasers of the film could fill out listing all of the wonderful things they hope to have as a result of the process. Read more »Category: ReviewsComments: 0 -
16Aug
Science will surely remain one-eyed and lacking in depth-perception until it acknowledges the equal validity of subjective, sensory and spiritual experience. And it will continue to record the letter of mere mechanics, and miss the true spirit that brings it all to life, until it comes to recognize the universal urge to unite ~ even within the molecule itself ~ as being the universal attractive force of love: Allen L RolandThere is a growing consciousness revolution going on in science . While mainstream science remains generally materialist and seeing through one eye ~ a growing number of scientists are supporting and developing a paradigm based on the primacy of consciousness. I’m one of them but I’m concentrating on spiritual psychology and the realm of soul consciousness ~ which permeates the unseen sub-atomic world as well as the world of our physical sensory experience. But there are others ~ such as Dr. Amit Goswami, Ph.D, ( a pioneer of this revolutionary new perspective within science ) who also shares his vision of the unlimited potential of consciousness as the ground of all being, and how this revelation can actually help us to live better. www.quantumactivist.comNo one describes this growing scientific impasse more tellingly than Lincoln Barnett, author of The Universe and Dr. Einstein: “A theoretical concept is emptied of content to the degree that it is divorced from sensory experience ~ for the only world man can truly know is the world created for him by his senses. Beyond that point he stares into the void .”In other words, our consciousness determines what we see. Dr John Hagelin, one of the world’s leading pioneers of theoretical physics also believes we are really talking about worlds of consciousness ~ ” If you scratch below the surface and get to the molecular atomic and sub-atomic levels, you find that these worlds are not material worlds. They are worlds of intelligence and ultimately worlds of consciousness.”
Science will surely remain one-eyed and lacking in depth-perception until it acknowledges the equal validity of subjective, sensory and spiritual experience. And it will continue to record the letter of mere mechanics, and miss the true spirit that brings it all to life, until it comes to recognize the universal urge to unite ~ even within the molecule itself ~ as being the universal attractive force of love: Allen L Roland
There is a growing consciousness revolution going on in science . While mainstream science remains generally materialist and seeing through one eye ~ a growing number of scientists are supporting and developing a paradigm based on the primacy of consciousness. I’m one of them but I’m concentrating on spiritual psychology and the realm of soul consciousness ~ which permeates the unseen sub-atomic world as well as the world of our physical sensory experience. But there are others ~ such as Dr. Amit Goswami, Ph.D, ( a pioneer of this revolutionary new perspective within science ) who also shares his vision of the unlimited potential of consciousness as the ground of all being, and how this revelation can actually help us to live better. www.quantumactivist.comNo one describes this growing scientific impasse more tellingly than Lincoln Barnett, author of The Universe and Dr. Einstein: “A theoretical concept is emptied of content to the degree that it is divorced from sensory experience ~ for the only world man can truly know is the world created for him by his senses. Beyond that point he stares into the void .”
In other words, our consciousness determines what we see. Dr John Hagelin, one of the world’s leading pioneers of theoretical physics also believes we are really talking about worlds of consciousness ~ ” If you scratch below the surface and get to the molecular atomic and sub-atomic levels, you find that these worlds are not material worlds. They are worlds of intelligence and ultimately worlds of consciousness.”
Read the entire article by Allen L Roland at Salon.com
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06Aug
Our Interconnected Universe – The power of integrated action.
The Quantum Activist will be screening at an amazing event September 2 & 3, 2009 celebrating oneness and initiating global transformation.
This Quantum Dialogue launches a series of events culminating in the Power of One 10.10.10 gathering on the Mall in Washington, D.C. and at sites around the world on October 10, 2010. Each dialogue will bring together distinguished panelists, speakers, and invited participants to share visions, perspectives, and ideas leading to Quantum Actions. These actions are intended to empower and support conscious human development and co‐create solutions to the world’s greatest challenges.
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