Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds - An Excellent Film about Spirituality

Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds (2012)

Director: Daniel Schmidt

Garnering high ratings on all film review sites, I was somewhat surprised that I hadn't heard of this movie until recently.  Normally, high ratings wouldn't be convincing enough, but I felt something drawing me towards this movie, and I'm glad I decided to give it a chance. The final verdict: a well-made, philosophically thought provoking, and, although unclear to me at present, motivating movie (on some indescribable and fundamental level). Most highly recommended.

Summary:
"There is one vibratory field that connects all things. It has been called Akasha, Logos, the primordial OM, the music of the spheres, the Higgs field, dark energy, and a thousand other names throughout history. The vibratory field is at the root of all true spiritual experience and scientific investigation. It is the same field of energy that saints, Buddhas, yogis, mystics, priests, shamans and seers, have observed by looking within themselves. Many of history's monumental thinkers, such a Pythagoras, Kepler, Leonardo DaVinci, Tesla, and Einstein, have come to the threshold of this great mystery. It is the common link between all religions, all sciences, and the link between our inner worlds and our outer worlds." (from http://www.imdb.com/)

YouTube links to Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds:

• "Akasha"
• "The Spiral" 
• "Serpent & Lotus"
• "Beyond Thinking"

Alternatively, all 4 parts combined into 1 video can be purchased from the movie's website. It can be downloaded as well for free at archive.org.

I haven't seen the follow up film, Samadhi Movie, but since it's made by the same folks I'll be watching it in the very near future:

• "Maya"
• "The Hindrances"

 

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Useful Vipassana Meditation Resources

The following are some useful free audio files and tools for meditators:

• Download or stream all 11 of Goenka's official 10-day dhamma discourses (Available in more than 40 languages).  Additional audio files, including discourses from the 3-day and Sattipatthana courses, are available at http://www.pariyatti.org.  Harder to find recordings can be purchased from http://www.sourcevipassana.ca/sngaudio as well. (Note: In order to listen to these files you may have to login using the old student username and password.)

• Time and log each of your hourly sittings using your iPhone with Sati:

• Calculate how many calories you burn while meditating:
  

• Document your food intake, biomarkers, and exercise with CRON-o-Meter (Linux, Windows, Mac, iPhone, Android):

More to come after I sort through my bookmarks!

Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing

1: Breathing in a long breath, I know I am breathing in a long breath. Breathing out a long breath, I know I am breathing out a long breath;

2: Breathing in a short breath, I know I am breathing in a short breath. Breathing out a short breath, I know I am breathing out a short breath;

3: Breathing in I am aware of my whole body. Breathing out, I am aware of my whole body;

4: I am breathing in and making my whole body calm and at peace. I am breathing out and making my whole body calm and at peace;

5: I am breathing in and feeling joyful. I am breathing out and feeling joyful;

6: I am breathing in and feeling happy. I am breathing out and feeling happy;

7: I am breathing in and am aware of the activities of the mind in me. I am breathing out and am aware of the activities of the mind in me;

8: I am breathing in and making the activities of the mind in me calm and at peace. I am breathing out and making the activities of the mind in me calm and at peace;

9: I am breathing in and am aware of my mind. I am breathing out and aware of my mind;

10: I am breathing in and making my mind happy and at peace. I am breathing out and making my mind happy and at peace;

11: I am breathing in and concentrating my mind. I am breathing out and concentrating my mind;

12: I am breathing in and liberating my mind. I am breathing out and liberating my mind;

13: I am breathing in and observing the impermanent nature of all dharmas. I am breathing out and observing the impermanent nature of all dharmas;

14: I am breathing in and observing the fading of all dharmas. I am breathing out and observing the fading of all dharmas;

15: I am breathing in and contemplating liberation. I am breathing out and contemplating liberation;

16: I am breathing in and contemplating letting go. I am breathing out and contemplating letting go.

- from "Old Path White Clouds" by Thich Nhat Hanh