--- In [email protected], "llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How about "Moments in film or literature that, for > > you, encapsulate some important spiritual principle > > or teaching." In other words, a scene in a film or > > novel that just *nails* some aspect of the spiritual > > process, and that never fails to get you high, every > > time you see it or read it. > > -----Great topic. I always liked the wishy washy moodmaking of > Brother Sun, Sister Moon, and the deemphasis of materiality via > the contrast with The Church. That always made me wanna drive > direct to the Social Security office. Just kidding.
You had me going for an instant there. Brother Sun Sister Moon has to be one of the most "faux" spiritual films ever made. *Especially* if you know anything about the real Francis, and have read his writings. :-) > But I guess the worst thing I ever experienced and the most > transformative was tripping on acid and watching Rosemary's > Baby. Now *that's* more like it. :-) > That one freaked the living shit out of me making me feel > possessed by the Devil, and after I was looking to purify > my evil roots and get to a good state. I was fourteen. The > basic bad trip that catalysed my TM experience for a few years. Polanski...what can ya say? He was good at that "dark side" stuff. I figured you'd "get" what I was talking about, more than most here. What the film is "supposedly" about doesn't really have much to do with whether it can convey a spiritual lesson or not. One of my favorites, on the spiritual subject of "Running away from your fears only makes things worse," is "The Hitcher."
