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Most Amazing Movie I’ve Ever Seen
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by Meryl Ann Butler
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- I drove 140 miles, one way, to see a flick
last night. It was so awesome that I saw it again today. It offered
the most extraordinary experience of the presence of God that I have
ever seen in a movie, a message so direct from Christ Consciousness
that it dove into the deepest resonances of the soul. For the first
time in my life, I felt that I actually saw God on the silver screen.
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- No, it’s not the movie that has topped
the charts the last few weeks, the one that magnifies the dark side of
Christianity, the one that I suspect that Jesus, himself, wouldn’t
recognize as having anything to do with his message.
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- This movie is the other side of that coin,
the lighter, brighter, interconnected-to-All-That-Is side.
Unassumingly titled What the #$*! Do We Know!?
it breaks ground in consciousness, and is the most effective
use of film for the uplifting of humankind that I have ever seen.
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- The movie braids three threads together
into a lifeline thrown to humankind. The first is a story of awakening
consciousness, featuring Marlee Matlin in a stunning performance as
the protagonist who goes from victim to woman of wisdom. (My favorite
scene is the one in which she discovers the secret of loving herself.)
The second strand is comprised of snips of interviews with 14 of the
world’s great scientific thinkers and mystics, from Ph.D’s John
Hagelin and Fred Alan Wolf to
Ramtha and Dr. Marasu Emoto. (Don’t
let that quantum scientific stuff scare ya, these interviews are
short, insightful and entertaining.) The third thread is the stunning,
multi-dimensional special effects and animation that visually describe
the workings of our interior selves. In a perfect example of the
film’s focus on interconnectedness, these strands weave into a
triune whole.
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- The photography is luscious
and the music fills the soul with
cellular memories of deep knowing and bliss. The experience is an
invitation to claim the power of being the creative force in one’s
life. And this sacred
journey is filled with laughter.
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- Last night I entered the theatre stressed
from some of the outer trappings of my personal life, and more than a
little concerned about world events in general. I emerged from the
movie feeling empowered, at one with the Universe, with God, and with
my higher self, renewed and refreshed!
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- What the #$*! Do We Know!?
sails right through the glass ceiling of what cinema is supposed to
be. For info and a great clip, go to www.whatthebleep.com.
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- If you live in Oregon or Washington state;
Los Angeles, Juneau or Tucson, you can see this movie soon. If not,
then you have the opportunity to participate in birthing this movie
into your area. Producer-director William Arntz
was at the theatre last night for a half hour Q&A following the
show. When asked about where the movie could be seen next, he said
that it all depended on what viewers requested. He was unable to get
it accepted into Sundance (Ironically, he notes that they did accept
one on the topic of Scrabble.) And most theatres he contacted
responded that the American public wasn’t interested in a movie like
this.
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- Nevertheless, the Harkin Theatre in Tempe,
AZ was sold out both last night and the night before for the first
time in its long history. There have been sold out showings in other
cities, too. And in two months, in just a handful of theatres, over
42,000 people have seen this award winning film.
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- So Arntz is leaving it up to you. If you
want to see this movie in your area, contact your local theatres. This
is a perfect opportunity for the application of practical mysticism,
keeping in mind that the term “sold out” has greater meaning to
most theatre owners than any gobbledygook about “cosmic
consciousness.”
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- Call and email your friends and invite
then to contact their local theatres, as well. That’s how the film
has gotten into the theatres that it is showing in now. And it’s the
American way, the way that “we, the people” have traditionally
gotten what we want, by voicing our desires, banding together, and
then making them happen.
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- And then you can find your own answer to
the movie’s question, “How far down the rabbit hole do you want to
go?”
Well, maybe the second, if you count George Burns in “Oh, God.”
See Matthew Fox’s insightful essay, Mel Gibson’s Passion and Fascism’s Piety of Pain at
www.matthewfox.org/sys-tmpl/response/
The movie has three producer-directors, Betsy Chasse and Mark Vicente
in addition to Arntz. From a numerological perspective, it is
interesting to note that it is 111 minutes long, which reduces to a
three.
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