The title makes reference to an obvious one – Star Wars (the archetypal hero’s journey, co-authored by the late great Joseph Campbell). But some of the titles are movies I would never have expected to have messages. Seems the truth will out, no matter what!

And if you’re trying to remember where you know this name from, he directed the amazing “What Dreams May Come” with Robin Williams some years ago.

These days he has an online club where you can get spiritual movies. Details at http://www.spiritualcinemacircle.com/ – and no, I’m not on commission – actually not even a member (blush…)

Just thought some of you might find this interesting.:-D

Janette’s last blog post..The Universe loves me!

The fact is, it’s very difficult to feel the way one should when the wrong feelings are running rampant. A very realistic-feeling sense of hopelessness is especially onerous. Sure, I can tell a good story (I say to myself), but it’s still just a story. So it goes, with a slight sense of panic lurking behind it all.

Sandler’s character (by all accounts – I haven’t seen it yet) has a similar sort of problem: his halting attempts to shape his world have collapsed around him in a fashion so bland that he doesn’t even have the satisfaction of grandiose failure. (My world isn’t that bad; but it hangs by a thread.) It’s not that he did anything heinous, it’s just that what he thought would happen didn’t. Didn’t he think/feel he was doing the right thing, seeing the outcomes he wanted? How could it have fallen apart?

Because there’s a difference between Allowing and Not Paying Attention.

I have the day off, tomorrow. I see a matinee in my near future.

Cheers!
Leigh

PS – thanks for being such a strong advocate of the PRJ process. I sometimes don’t toot that horn as much as it deserves (because I don’t want to sound like I’m pushing a book sale), but it really does deserve a spotlight as a powerful manifesting aid.

Thanks again, Kate!

Lately I have been back to the PRJ and I can see how this plus the idea of story telling your goals is a tremendous way to motivate and dispel the idea that you are unrealistic for having the beautiful vision for your life.

Totally cool!!

And to your point about how things get complicated as we get older, I think our opportunity is to turn that around. Maybe that’ll be a fun story to tell ourselves, huh?! lol

Thanks for joining the conversation, Michaela! (I can’t help but wonder what YOU were dreaming about between the ages of 8-11?)

This power of storytelling never ceases to inspire me!

I tell stories for a living now and more and more the scenes I write in my novels come walking straight into my life!

I wrote a scene about forest ravens only to have one adopt me a few weeks later, doing the same antics as the one in my book! Last week I wrote about a particular rare lily and this week there is a clump of them growing on my path to the beach. Not kidding! ‘m still wrapping my mind around that. They aren’t even native. Where the heck did they come from?

My thoughts?

I wonder when the Sword Master Rowan An’ Lawrence is going to knock at my door I think I’ll tidy up, just in case.

I love deliberate creation!

Kim

I remember reading that children between the age of 8 and 11 are particularly sensitive to their inner voices and actually know exactly what their real dreams and ambitions are. They know instinctively what’s good for them. So if you are looking for your life purpose, you should always go back to that exact period of time and remember what you really loved to do back then – and what your dreams were. So maybe kids intuitively know that the “impossible” dream might be possible after all because they are still open and receptive to dreaming “big”? Does this make sense?

JM, I completely agree with you: I love to learn from “kids’ stuff”, too! I’m still very fond of childrens books and movies and often wonder why things have to become so complicated when you get older.

Glad I’ve got such great company in appreciating and learning from our professional storytelling industry.

Thanks for posting, Flavia!

And I also enjoyed “Yes Man” very much. I highly recommend it!

Talking about movies, I also saw “Frequency” on Netflix Instant view and I thought it was amazing. There’s a little mention of Quantum Mechanics and then through a series of “coincidences” he manages to contact his father from 30 years ago and help him stay alive by making a different decision. But by entwining the past, present and future, he gets much more than he bargained for. …Really fascinating!