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26 Jun

Bhutan: Temples in Bumthang

Here is a video I put together of a Saturday hike we had with Wangchuk.

20 Sep

Dr. John Hagelin – The Effects of Group Meditation on Crime

Dr. John Hagelin, one of the teachers from the movie “The Secret” and “What the bleep do we know” http://www.lifesecretblog.com talks about “A New Science of Peace: The Effects of Group Meditation on Crime, Terrorism, and International Conflict” at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) conference on February 18, 2007 This is one of the [...]

16 Sep

Tibetan Book of the Dead

I thought it was important to get back to the spiritual element of a discussion on politics, environment, animal usage, etc. This film talks about the Tibetan book of the dead. It discusses some of the beliefs Tibetan Buddhists have about the dying process and what comes after death. I think my interest in Buddhism [...]

13 Sep

Earthlings – Animal Use Documentary

EARTHLINGS is a feature length documentary about humanity’s absolute dependence on animals (for pets, food, clothing, entertainment, and scientific research) but also illustrates our complete disrespect for these so-called “non-human providers.” The film is narrated by Academy Award nominee Joaquin Phoenix and features music by the critically acclaimed platinum artist Moby. With an in-depth study [...]

10 Sep

Zeitgeist – The Movie

I saw this movie a while back and it really got me to question a great many things. I’m very skeptical by nature so a lot of this was hard to accept, but I must admit I had to at least consider the possibility that this could be true. All media is a form of [...]

10 Sep

Chögyam Trungpa – Surrendering Your Aggression

Get the Flash Player to see this video. var FO = { movie:”http://www.shambhala.org/media/video/flvplayer.swf”,width:”320″,height:”260″,majorversion:”7″,build:”0″,bgcolor:”#FFFFFF”,flashvars:”file=trungpa-02-art.flv&image=http://www.shambhala.org/media/video/jpeg/trungpa-02-art.jpg&showfsbutton=true&fullscreenpage=http://www.shambhala.org/media/video/fullscreen.php&showdigits=false&autostart=false” }; UFO.create(FO, “trungpa-02-art”); I thought it would be good to add another video that has a more spiritual grounding. This one talks about “Surrendering Your Aggression”. Chögyam Trungpa is a Tibetan Buddhist.

10 Sep

Noam Chomsky – Manufacturing Consent

I wanted to make this post because Noam Chomsky has influenced me, as well as many others, considerably. This full length documentary covers much of Chomsky’s career and core philosophical as well as political viewpoints. I find Chomsky to be very direct, uncomplicated and to the point. I may not agree with all his viewpoints, [...]

10 Sep

Jiddu Krishnamurti

This is a rather lengthy interview (16 parts) with Jiddu Krishnamurti and David Bohm. I thought it was important to start any discussion of politics by first addressing the inner self. I think that in order for any of us to analyze or make any kinds of judgements or assessments of the outside world, we [...]

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