Exploring Consciousness Films and Premières
| YES! Alice
Walker is in town for the Steve Biko Foundation. Her schedule is fully booked – BUT! You can come and see her on the big screen in conversation with Pema Chödrön. A heart-warming film. |
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| ALICE WALKER & PEMA CHÖDRÖN IN
CONVERSATION Daily at Labia on Orange at 12.15pm and at 6.30pm Friday 10 – Thursday 16 September Tickets: R30 with usual Labia discounts Book with Labia on 021 424 5927 Running time: 60 minutes |
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Watching these two brilliant authors exchanging deeply on the meaning of suffering and the mystery of joy is very moving. The film is heart. How can human suffering become good medicine? Through an ancient Tibetan meditation that transforms pain into compassion on the medium of your own breath. This practice is revolutionary in that you breathe in all suffering and unhappiness, and you breathe out all happiness and joy. Their personal and humorous experiences share how compassion helped heal their lives – two hearts and minds forged in very different cultures. It is front-row seat listening to Alice Walker (Pulitzer Prize winner The Color Purple) and American born Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön (When things fall apart). Says Alice: “Through this practice I met another tribe of ancestors coming to my rescue.” One comes away with a light feeling of limitless positive possibility. |
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| Presented by Debbie
Ford With Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson, David Simon and more. Hay House 2009 |
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Extended screenings:3 - 9 September
Screening times daily at 2.15pm and 6.15pm
At Labia on OrangeBook with Labia at 021 424 5927 Ticket R40 includes a glass of wine or juice in between screenings Running time 70 minutes |
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| ‘The unclaimed darkness and the unclaimed
light in you: either you are going to use it or it is going to use you.’ |
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| The Shadow
Effect is a docudrama that
reveals why suppressed emotions and unresolved internal conflicts lead
to behaviour that continually unseats politicians, destroys celebrity
careers, destabilises the economy and affects the lives of millions
each year. Just as our own unrecognised shadow, whether light or dark, affects each one of us every day. As Chopra says, we each contain within us both sinner and saint. In this age of public humiliation and huge-scale corruption, the work of New York Times best selling author, Debbie Ford, exposes the opposing forces of both light and dark that compete for attention within every human being. In her film debut, The Shadow Effect, Ford presents the hidden power of ‘the Shadow’ alongside some of today’s most provocative thinkers including Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson, Mark Victor Hansen, James Van Praagh and others. In this life-altering journey, individuals who have transcended child abuse, racism, the Holocaust, war, and wounded upbringings, share their remarkable stories. Meet those who have learned to face their terror, heal their wounds, and embrace their higher, heroic selves to overcome the shadow effect. For more information about the film and the additional workbook, please visit: www.theshadoweffect.com |
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| Where
the Two Seas Meet An Introduction to Sufism Presented by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee Tiburon, California, 2009 |
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| Book with Labia at 021
424 5927 Ticket R30 with usual Labia discounts Running time 104 minutes |
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| The Sufi Path of Love and the Secrets of
Mystical Oneness Exploring Consciousness is privileged to screen the first in a series of five talks on Sufism. The balance of four talks will be screened at Erin Hall* as detailed below. |
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In a way that is sparklingly
clear, harmoniously gentle, and firmly unmistakable, this talk evokes a
response from deep within; a response that calls to what is real . .
. Enjoy the metaphors: |
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| This inspiring film includes a brief
description of Sufism’s historical beginnings and some of the early
Sufi saints, including Rumi and Shams. Questions from the audience
cover topical issues such as 2012, the mystical path and the dark night
of the soul. |
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| 1. What is Sufism? 38 min 2. Historical Beginnings 26 min 3. Audience Questions 40 min |
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For more information about the Golden Sufis, please visit: http://www.goldensufi.org/about.html Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee is a Sheikh of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order. Born in London in 1953, he has followed the Naqshbandi Sufi path since he was 19. In 1991 he moved to Northern California and became the successor of Irina Tweedie, author of Daughter of Fire: A Diary of a Spiritual Training with a Sufi Master. In recent years, he has focused his writing and teaching on spiritual responsibility in our present time of transition and the emerging global consciousness of oneness. He also specializes in dreamwork, integrating the ancient Sufi approach to dreams with the insights of modern psychology. Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee lectures throughout the United States and Europe. He currently lives in northern California. |
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*Screenings 2-3-4-5 at Erin Hall, Erin
Road, Rondebosch on Sundays at 2.30pm
For information on these Erin Hall screenings, please contact: Henry Scott at 021 790 5117 12 September: The One Quality Necessary for the Path 26 September: Meditation 10 October: From Separation to Union 14 November: Sufism’s Contribution to the West |
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Exploring Consciousness regularly screens new films on the last Sunday of every month, as well as other bonuses, at the Labia on Orange in Cape Town.
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| Through the Corner of His
Eyes A perspective on Swami Venkatesananda Sunday 12 September at 6.30 pm At Labia on Orange Book with Labia at 021 424 5927 Ticket R30 Running time 58 minutes Introduced by Swami Vidyananda from Ananda Kutir Ashrama |
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| Exploring Consciousness is privileged to screen the first in a series
of seven talks on Yoga and Vedanta. The balance of six talks will be
screened at Ananada Kutir Ashrama* as detailed
below. |
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| Both a renowned Sanskrit scholar and
yogi, Swami Venkatesananda - like his master, Swami Sivananda - can be
regarded as a sage of practical wisdom. This film is a tribute to Swami Venkatesananda’s life based on his statement, “The Lord looks at the devotee through the corners of His eyes. Then there is only love.” The film beautifully depicts Swamiji, an influential spiritual luminary who graced the Cape Town community from 1961-82 and founded Ananda Kutir Ashrama, Cape Town. This film is the first in a series of Inspiring Talks given by Swami Venkatesananda. The screenings hereafter will take place at Ananda Kutir Ashrama in Rondebosch East (24 Sprigg Road) on the following dates on Fridays at 7.30pm 17 September: The Spirit of Yoga Vol 1 22 October: The Spirit of Yoga Vol 2: The Blazing of Insight 12 November: October: Not I But the Father In Me 19 November: Does God Need My Prayer? 26 November: From Darkness to Light 3 December: The Blessing of Pain |
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| For more details contact Ananda Kutir
Ashrama on 021 696 1821 or email info@anandakutir.org.za For more information, please visit the websites: www.swamivenkatesananda.org www.anandakutir.org.za |
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