Commonly, the world employs cinema as a fleeting diversion—a way to dull the senses or escape the turbulent waves of the carnal mind. Yet, when we surrender our worldly perceptions to the Holy Spirit, every image becomes a sacred tool for the soul’s homecoming.
By re-consecrating the cinema to the singular purpose of Awakening, movies are transformed into modern-day parables. They serve as luminous reflections, pointing us beyond the screen of time and space toward the eternal Peace of the Christ Mind.
In this light, movies become an act of “saving time.” They allow us to bring every unloving thought and hidden shadow of the ego that arises while watching the movie into the Light of Truth. We may release them at the altar of our hearts, undoing the need to suffer their consequences in our own lives. Through this divine shortcut, we cut the time needed for our return to the unchanging Joy of the Father.
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Beauty and the Beast (2017)
The Alchemy of Mind: From Shadow to Spirit
As the mystic Rumi once observed, our task is not to seek for love, but rather to uncover every barrier within the soul that we have constructed against its Divine presence. The experience of Inner Peace is recognised through an undoing of the seeming blocks to the ever-present Radiance of God.
The Call to Remembrance
Belle—whose name signifies the inherent Beauty of the Mind in Christ—dwells initially in the “small town” of worldly consciousness. Misunderstood by the collective mind for her devotion to the Truth, she is beckoned on a pilgrimage of self-discovery. Her quest is to break the “spell” of the Beast, the egoic shadow and all of its unloving thoughts and emotions that keep the heart in bondage.
Driven by an innate longing for the Infinite—a holy restlessness shared by all—her journey begins with the desire to find her Father. She seeks him within a castle lost to the “Great Amnesia,” representing the mind’s fall into a state of separation where the Father’s House has been forgotten.
Facing the Beastly Nature
In this sanctuary of shadows, where egoic illusions reign, Belle must courageously confront every “beastly” projection and judgement that arises in her field of awareness. By traversing the Dark Night of the Soul, the false self and its misplaced allegiances are surrendered to the Light of Christ. Here, the illusory nature of the ego is exposed, and the mind is raised from the tomb of perception into the life of Spirit.
While the mind remains tangled in the false self—characterised by fear, lack, and the turmoil of separation—it mistakenly claims ownership of unloving thoughts and grievances. We take a false responsibility for the “whispers of the adversary,” forgetting that our true Mind abides eternally in the Wholeness of Love.
The Discernment of the Spirit
Before the Fruits of the Spirit can blossom, one must practice the gift of discernment—distinguishing the temporal from the Eternal, the ego from the Holy Spirit. Through the “still, small voice” of Divine intuition, we learn to lay aside the counterfeit to embrace the True. Fear is revealed as a mere shadow; when brought before the Altar of Love, it dissolves into the nothingness from whence it came.
The Resurrection of the All
Supported by her Mighty Companions, every judgement is brought to the level of the mind to be questioned and released. In this sacred space of doubt, the false falls away, and Love is chosen wholeheartedly. The “Forgotten Castle” of the Kingdom of Heaven is remembered by all; the veil is rent, and the full majesty of Spirit is revealed, untarnished by the projections of the past.
The Prince and his household are finally beheld in their Essential Glory, stripped of the beastly masks they once wore. The renewed mind awakens to Unconditional Love—not as a sentiment, but as the very Ground of Being—recognised as the only Reality that Is.
Before I Fall (2017)
The Sacred Loop: An Invitation to Awakening
Should you ever find yourself questioning the purpose of your daily hours, this film offers a profound allegory for the mind’s journey—a practical demonstration of hallowing every moment unto the Divine.
Echoing the timeless themes of Groundhog Day, Edge of Tomorrow, Happy Death Day, and ARQ, we meet Samantha. She is adrift in the “sleep of death,” wandering through the hollow repetitions of a world built upon the sand of the status quo. Her life is a conflict of shadows, unfulfilled and fractured.
However, what appears as a temporal catastrophe is, in truth, a Call to Awakening. Samantha finds herself held within a “holy instant” that repeats without end—a loop of time designed by Grace to exhaust the ego’s frantic search for peace where it cannot be found.
The Undoing of the World
After the initial dark nights of the soul—marked by disillusionment, terror, and the futile attempt to find release through the body’s death—Samantha perceives the vanity of all worldly striving. She recognises that no shift in the realm of perception, nor any change in external circumstances, can bestow the lasting Joy that belongs only to the Kingdom.
As she yields to the Stillness, she is gently led to the realisation that Wholeness—our true Identity in Christ—is not an external acquisition. It is not found in the “out there,” nor is the “problem” of existence resolved by the casting off of the flesh.
The Question of Purpose
By questioning the repetitive, status quo motions of her existence and bringing every act to the singular altar of “What is this for?”, the ego’s hidden agenda is brought into the Light of Truth. The ego is revealed as a decision for fear—a denial of the Love that created us. By the law of Divine Logic, an apple tree yields only apples; thus, a mind invested in the ego (a compromise on Truth) can yield only the bitter fruit of suffering.
The false self is but an error in the mind—a circularity of unloving judgements and attack thoughts designed to lure our attention away from God. This is the hidden wellspring of all human sorrow.
The Return to Love
Seeing that fear offers her nothing of value, Samantha undergoes a metanoia—a total change of purpose. She knows, in the sanctuary of her Heart, that there is a more hallowed way to use this loop of time.
Every unhealed relationship is brought to the Altar of Forgiveness. As she transforms each choice from the ego’s fear to the Spirit’s Love, the loop begins to dissolve. Following the intuitive Guidance of the Holy Spirit, she offers every moment as an expression of the Mind in Christ. Freely expressing the Love within, the time loop of suffering ends as the present moment is recognised, which is free of all concerns, worries, and fear that arose with the mind’s investment in the ego.
Through this shift from the world of form to the level of mind, the false identification with the ego is brought to doubt. The Self in Christ is revealed as the only Source of eternal Peace.
When judgement is surrendered and the ego is looked upon with the Holy Spirit and overlooked, the mind awakens to the Happy Dream of non-judgement. When the self-imposed blocks to Love are removed, Love floods the awareness as one’s very Being.
There is no need to seek for what You already Are.
I Feel Pretty (2018)
The Vision of Beauty: A Parable of Remembrance
The film I Feel Pretty serves as a modern parable, revealing that Enlightenment—the holy experience of Inner Peace and contentment—is not a modification of the world, but a total shift in prayerful recognition. It is the falling away of the scales from one’s eyes.
The Veil of Separation
Whilst we remain tethered to the false identity of the ego—that shadowed belief in separation—we wander through a wilderness of anxiety and lack. In this state, the soul seeks for Love where It cannot be found: in the fleeting mirrors of the world, in comparison, and in the restless pursuit of external validation.
The Inward Turning
Driven by a sacred yearning and the soul’s innate remembrance that “there must be a better way,” one begins to turn their gaze inward. By bringing the darkness of unloving thoughts into the Light of Truth, the ego’s illusions are raised to doubt, allowing the Grace of God to dissolve the barriers we have built against Love.
The Miracle of Perception
The protagonist’s deep longing to know her own worthiness is answered by a “happy accident”—a moment of Grace that facilitates a sudden shift in perception. This is the Miracle: a transition from the sight of the body to the Vision of Christ.
Seeing Through the Single Eye
This shift offers a profound contrast between the heavy burden of the false self and the effortless radiance of our true Being. When the mind is emptied of its idols and judgements, we are restored to the “Single Eye,” where all that is seen is reflected in the Beauty of God.
How would you experience the world if every thought of judgement were replaced by a blessing?
What remains when the “unreal” is finally surrendered?
The Return to Innocence
In this state of Recognition, we see that all judgement was merely self-judgement. As the world offers witnesses to doubt, the awakened mind responds only with a Call for Love. By overlooking the errors of the world to behold the innate Innocence in every brother, we find our own.
Though the ego may attempt to reclaim the mind with its flickering shadows, the Truth eventually dawns: everything of value has forever resided within us as our very Self in Spirit. We are invited to rest in the “carefree glee” of Being—as one can change everything without changing anything at all. Enlightenment is a recognition and not a change at all.
Arrival (2016)
The Dawning of A Mind in Christ
The “arrival” of the awareness of your true Reality—the Self in Christ—is initially perceived by the fragmented mind as alien, and even terrifying. Whilst one remains misidentified with the egoic shadows of thought and emotion, all perceived fear is merely the projected terror of Who One truly Is. Because the Light of unconditional Love and the darkness of the ego cannot coexist, the false self perceives the dawning of Grace as a threat to its very foundations.
The Union of Mighty Companions
Louise and Ian are brought together as Mighty Companions, joining in a holy relationship to collaborate and open to a higher form of Communion. Through the lens of the ego’s unloving thoughts—rooted entirely in the dead past—time is misperceived as a linear progression from what was to what shall be.
As Louise begins to yield to this higher Communion, the grip of fear is loosened, and the disorientation of the world is released. Here, True Communication commences. All cherished concepts of linear time are uprooted as the Holy Spirit provides insights into the “non-linear” nature of Reality.
The Eternal Now: “Before Abraham Was, I Am”
As the mind opens to the Reality of Spirit, it touches Timelessness. Linear time is revealed as nothing more than a denial of the Eternal Present, a state of Being that the ego seeks to obscure, being of God. These egoic thoughts are perpetually tethered to the “past” or the “future,” serving as a shield against the Stillness of the Present Moment, the Stillness of God.
The Present, or God, is prior to time; it is the Reality that precedes the false belief in separation. This is the living truth of Christ’s words: “Before Abraham was, I Am.”
The Ego’s Defence Against the Light
Symbolised in the movie through the scene where there is a massive reaction to the given gift that, “There is no time,” the messages and teachings that point to Christ, point to the experience of Inner Peace, will always be misperceived, distorted, and interfered through the lens of fear and limitation that is the seeming ego. The messages of the Holy Spirit will always be distorted by the ego’s lens. The carnal mind can never comprehend the limitless nature of Spirit; it will attempt to sever communication, become defensive, or attack to avoid being seen for what it is: an unreal appearance that needs one’s faith in it to be sustained.
The Non-Linearity of Healing
All healing is not linear, meaning something gained in the future. Enlightenment is not linear, meaning something to be gained in the future. All of these false ideas of future enlightenment, happiness, love, peace, or healing are all based on a false belief of linear time, suggesting it will come in the future where it is never found or experienced, as there is only now. Peace is a present experience.
Symbolised in the movie by Louise’s intuitive visions, as linear time gives way to non-linear time, one realises that the script is written. What has happened, is happening, and is yet to come is all past—it is all written. This is another way of stating that, in this experience one knows that there is nothing to control, save the direction of faith towards God or ego, and opens to the realisation that: what is to happen will always happen and what is not to happen will never happen.
The realisation that the script in written is a stepping stone that allows one to springboard into non-judgement and Divine Rest. The Holy Spirit guides one in every moment—represented by Louise’s non-linear visions—to the realisation that if what is to happen will always happen and what is not to happen will never happen, one can sink into Divine Rest, the Safety of the Present and of God.
Louise and Ian’s collaboration is not just for them. Louise’s awareness of the given gift is used to save the entire human race. There is one Self in Christ. As one awakens, all awaken. Love begets Love, making it unconditional. It has always been about the Present Peace that is the Timeless, Stillness of God!
Peaceful Warrior (2006)
The Journey from Exile to the Peace of God
No soul entering the realm of perception was provided with a manual for this temporal experience. Consequently, one wanders through a seemingly interminable wilderness, seeking lasting joy, inner stillness, and Divine Love within the shadows of the world. One pursues the idols of form—goals and worldly treasures—only to find the heart remains parched and unfulfilled.
The Obscuring of the Spirit
This search is epitomised by the pursuit of fleeting pleasures: the craving for physical sensation, the rush of adrenaline, and the hunger for status. When we seek validation in the “without,” the awareness of Spirit—the ever-present Truth of our Being—is veiled. In this state of self-imposed exile, anxiety, sorrow, and a sense of lack become the hallmarks of our experience. We have simply forgotten who we are in God.
The Call to Awakening
Yet, deep within the sanctuary of the soul, there remains a holy spark—a quiet remembrance that there is a “Way” beyond the weary motions of the status quo. As this intuitive Grace rises to the surface of consciousness, our perception of the world begins to shift. The Holy Spirit begins to use the very symbols of our lives to point us back toward the Kingdom.
The Role of the Mighty Companion
When an event occurs that shatters our identification with the “false self” and its hollow values, a Mighty Companion is given to our awareness. This is a gentle symbol of the Awakening. In the story of Dan, this messenger appears as Socrates. Together, they enter a holy relationship—a collaboration designed to unravel the ego’s tangled web and dissolve the misidentification with the small, separate self.
The Great Sorting: Mind over Matter
With a foundation of trust and a willingness to bring every cherished belief into question, the seeker enters a period of “sorting.” This is the sacred process of withdrawing our investment from the world and returning our attention back, back, back to the level of the Mind. It is only within the Mind that the discernment between the ego’s illusions and the Truth of the Spirit can occur.
“Purge from your mind everything that hinders your awareness of this Holy Instant,” Socrates counsels.
This is the spiritual practice of bringing every unloving thought and egoic grievance to the Light. As we surrender the false, only the True remains. As the “rubbish” of the ego is discarded, one sinks into the Presence of Being—the Stillness of the Self.
The Practice of the Holy Instant
As true humility dawns and we accept our inherent Worth as a Child of God, every breath becomes an act of prayer. All desires for control and worldly stature must be washed from the mind to experience a Peace that passeth all understanding. This Peace is reflected in the realisation: “This moment is the only thing that matters.” This Holy Instant—a state of Being beyond the reach of time—is the destination of all our journeying.
Surrender to the Holy Spirit
All that is asked of us is a “little willingness” to show up. Everything required for our journey will be providently supplied: what to do, where to go, and what to say. We are led by the Holy Spirit that knows we cannot truly fail, for our theocentric reality is eternally secure.
In a state of non-judgement, we see that “all things work together for good.” We offer gratitude for every circumstance, recognising it as a mirror reflecting the hidden corners of our mind that still require healing. The world we see is but an outward representation of an inward condition.
“I call myself a ‘Peaceful Warrior’ because the only battleground is within,” Socrates declares. Both the perceived problem and the ultimate Solution have always resided within the heart. What a cause for profound joy!
Knowing (2009)
The film Knowing serves as a profound allegory for the soul’s total lack of dominion over the temporal world. When the mind is caught in a false sense of “I,” it clings to the vanity of control. To the unawakened heart, the world appears as a chaotic theatre of chance. Yet, this discord is merely the projection of the ego—that unloving thought-system of the enemy which birthed the illusion of separation and the fearful emotions that follow in its wake.
As the soul begins its awakening in Grace, the Light of Christ begins to illuminate the subconscious. In this divine radiance, the ego’s frantic need for control is revealed as a phantom. We come to recognise that we have never held the reins of the world.
To the ego, this surrender is terrifying. Its very foundation is built upon the shifting sands of fear. This is symbolised by the catastrophic car crash in the film; to follow the ego’s dictates is to choose “death”—not merely of the body, but a denial of the Life Eternal. It is a turning away from the Abiding Peace, Joy, and Unconditional Love that is our natural inheritance. To compromise on the Joy of the Lord is to invite the only possible alternative: the suffering of the self-made man.
The Cinema of Time
Consider the pre-recorded cinema reel. The film has already been acted, edited, and completed within a controlled environment. The projector casts this finished work onto the movie theatre screen. Though we sit in the audience and shout at the screen—imploring the characters to turn back or change their fate—we forget that we are merely reacting to that which is already fixed.
What is ordained to happen shall happen; what is not, shall never be. As we surrender our fractured desires for specific outcomes to the Holy Spirit, the frantic “shoulds” and “what-ifs” of the past and future dissolve. The mind, once a bustling marketplace of anxiety, finds its Sabbath rest.
The Innocence of the New Heart
Having overlooked the “original error” of separation, the Holy Spirit perceives only the perfection of God’s Plan. Resistance to “What Is” was never truly about the world; it was a veiled fear of the Light—a fear of waking to the Love of God.
In this sweet rest, there is no longer a desperate need to “fix” the world, to alter perception, or even to “save” others. We recognise there is but One Mind in Christ. As the One awakens, the Whole is redeemed. The ego, which cannot comprehend this Divine Logic, is simply exposed as nothingness.
As demonstrated by the daughter of the protagonist, it is the “little children” who lead the way into the Kingdom. Innocent of the world’s conditioning and guided by the Inward Whisper (the Holy Spirit which the ego perceives as a threat), they return us to the Presence where we have always dwelt.
True communion is not a matter of bodies or crude verbal symbols; it is a Living Experience of the Mind of Christ. As the devil is transcended, the “Peace which passeth all understanding” reigns supreme, known at last as the very essence of our Being.
The Truman Show (1998)
The Exodus from the World of Shadows
Placed upon a stage fashioned by the illusions of the world, we find the journey of Truman—a mirror for the soul’s own pilgrimage. Just as the Light of Truth begins to pierce the veil of the mundane, anomalies arise; a “falling star” from a manufactured heaven serves as a divine nudge, suggesting that the reality we perceive is but a hollow façade.
We all harbour an innate, sanctified longing—a “divine discontent”—that whispers of a life beyond the hollow traditions of the status quo. As this inner yearning takes root, the Holy Spirit orchestrates “miracles” within the world of form to facilitate the mind’s expansion into Grace.
The Dissolving of the Script
When the “dead” father and the “lost” love reappear, they act as messengers of the Real, beckoning Truman to step beyond the pre-ordained script of the world. This awakening is perceived as a direct threat by Christof, (Christ off) the symbolic ego-mind. Like the Wizard behind the curtain, the ego conspires through fear and manipulation to keep the soul bound to the stage, desperate to prevent us from looking upon the Nothingness that sustains the illusion.
The egoic mind will always seek to “explain away” the Divine. When the stage light falls, the world offers a rationalisation: “A satellite has crashed.” This is the voice of the adversary, directing the narrative to ensure the soul remains unaware, never questioning the flickering shadows on the wall.
The Oneness of the Divine Choreography
There is a profound moment of revelation when the “radio cues” are intercepted. Here, we see that the world of perception is merely a projection of internal beliefs. Nothing is autonomous; nothing exists apart from the mind that conceives it. In the stillness of God, we recognise that every word spoken and every gesture made is “right on cue.”
The world is but a mirror. If we perceive a realm of fear and lack, we are merely seeing the projection of a mind that believes itself separate from God.
“The world thou seest is but the shadow of thine own heart; if thy heart be full of Light, the world shall be transformed into a Cathedral of Joy.” Shakespare
Facing the Deep and Taking the Final Bow
As Truman confronts his deepest terrors—symbolised by the dark waters of his past—he arrives at the threshold of Liberation. It is only by questioning the validity of every unloving thought and every egoic belief that the false identification is broken. We do not find God by adding more to the story, but by seeing the stories of “the adversity” inherent falsity.
By looking upon the ego with “holy non-judgement,” we recognise it has no power. We do not exit the stage through the death of the flesh, but through a resurrection of the mind. We find a gentle, abiding Joy in accepting our True Identity in Christ—the only Reality.
In this state of Grace, Gratitude becomes our only breath. We see every “actor” in our lives as innocent, for they were simply playing the parts we assigned them in the stage of life. Every trial was a blessing; every character was a guide. The stage only stood because we believed in it; in the Light of Truth, the curtain falls, and we walk out into the Infinite.
“If he truly wanted and desired to, Truman could leave at any time. We accept the reality in which is presented, but we are not forcing him to be here.”
~ Christof, Truman Show
The Shack (2017)
The Way of the Forgiven Mind
The Shack serves as a profound contemplative tool, a mirror for the soul to witness the necessity of forgiveness. It invites the viewer to discern the unreality of the egoic shadow, allowing the false self to be transcended in favour of our true essence: Unconditional Love.
There is no divine requirement to endure a life fettered by anguish. This cinematic journey follows Mack, a man wandering the wilderness of his own suffering, as he is led back to the Sanctuary of the Heart.
In a world preoccupied with the suppression of the Spirit, one must become willing to abide with whatever arises in the stillness of awareness. To experience the Kingdom one must first traverse the “dark night” of the mind’s illusions to reach the Radiant Love that dwells beneath.
At the onset of this perceived pilgrimage, we mistakenly attribute our tribulations, angers, and lack of grace to external perceptions. We believe the world is the cause of our sorrow. Yet, as we offer our vulnerability unto the Holy Spirit, desiring only to see through the eyes of Christ, the Holy Spirit begins to guide us, moment by moment, through holy intuition.
As the desire for Awakening intensifies, it is revealed that perception is but an effect of emotion, just as emotion is the fruit of the mind’s hidden beliefs. By withdrawing our grievances from the world and returning them to the level of cause—the mind itself—we bring our misidentifications into the Light of Truth. Here, the ego’s foundational dogmas are finally called into doubt.
This is beautifully symbolised in Mack’s journey. He is brought to the startling realisation that his suffering is not born of circumstances, but of his own attachment to judgemental thoughts and the egoic tether to a vanished past.
Guided by Mighty Companions and the whispering of the Spirit, Mack reaches the point of Holy Release. He recognises the utter impossibility of judgement within the Wholeness of God. For what can be judged in Oneness? Where can fear find a foothold in the Presence of the Infinite? To dwell in Love is to witness the total absence of condemnation.
When the illusory nature of the separate self is recognised, the Self in Spirit is revealed as It Is—eternally present, here and now. Pain was merely the shadow cast by the belief that these unloving thoughts and perceptions belonged to us.
Through Mack’s singular devotion to Peace, the ego’s preferences and its mental images of “good and evil” are dissolved in the Light of Perfection. In the non-judgement of Pure Spirit, all pain is surrendered and all of creation is set free.
A forgiven mind perceives a forgiven world, for the world is but a mirror of one’s internal state. Without the filter of judgement, all things are seen as “All things work together for good to those who love God.” Romans 8:28 Love does not judge; it overlooks error to behold only Itself. You are that Love, and Love recognises only Its own likeness.
Be of good cheer; Christ has overcome the world.
IT (2017)
The Illusion of Fear
“That’s why you couldn’t do anything to Beverly, because she wasn’t afraid and we aren’t either. Now you’re the one that is afraid because you’re going to starve.”
~ The Lover’s Club to Pennywise
This movie is a fantastic mind-watcher which gives the viewer a raw opportunity to go deep within to look at and face any fear that is being misidentified with in awareness, for the purpose of seeing its nothingness before the Power of God and opening to consistent peace of mind.
A group of friends (The Losers Club, later renamed to The Lovers) must join together to collaborate in facing their fears and guilt which are being projected from the mind onto their experiences.
The Shape-Shifting Voice of Adversary
Resembling themes from Star Trek’s, “The Thaw,” Pennywise the clown (symbolic of the voice of adversary) enters their experience. Pennywise symbolically shape-shifts to meet and feed off their fears and lack of faith, also influencing the minds of those residing within the town in attempts to lead them all to death.
As the Lovers collaborate and have willingness to look and expose the evil in mind, is when the unreality of the ego and its false effects of fear is realised. Fearlessness and consistent peace is experienced when the Light of Christic inquiry has come and fear is seen as causeless, thus, dissolves. This is symbolically shown when The Lovers look upon Pennywise in fearlessness, where It dissipates into the nothingness in which it came from.
The Fallacy of Attack
The purpose of the ego, on the mind level, is attack. Being defined as the false, separate-self attack rests on the basis of duality or two, as there is nothing to attack in the Wholeness of the Self in Christ. Therefore, when the mind is misidentified with the ego, the darkened glass of the ego views perception as fragmented and divided.
The intense fear the ego feels when watching “horror” movies can be traced back to the core fear of being attacked and needing to defend a false self-concept. The mind that is misidentified with the ego views its identity as a separate self—a collection of past memories, opinions, preferences, and conditioned beliefs (referred to as the persona, mask, man-made self or self-concept) that walks around in the body, rather than the renewed Mind in Christ. Because what is separate is open to the illusion of attack, the ego, in mind, offers a false solution to its false idea of attack prompting the mind with, “defend this self-concept, and you shall be safe.”
The ego seems to prompt the mind with hypothetical ideas and images of being attacked, and uses these imagined scenarios to justify its mental terrorism in order to get one to side with its purpose of attack and defense. The idea of attack and being attacked are one and the same. What is done comes from what is thought and believed. This is why Jesus placed so much emphasis on the mind level, saying things like, “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” Matthew 5:27-28.
Raising the perception of attack and defense back to the false ego-belief on the mind level, one has the opportunity to question it with guidance of the Holy Spirit, and observe its unreality. As the mind opens to the correction of the false idea of attack, the purpose of the Holy Spirit is realised. Just as the ego’s purpose is attack. The purpose of the Holy Spirit is forgiveness, as a stepping-stone to the Peace of God
When the mind is open to mind-watching, observing the ego in non-judgement, it can be overlooked. The purpose then becomes observing everything as Love or a call for Love, rather than attack and defense. If everything is either Love or a call for Love, Innocence behind false worldly appearances is recognised, and Love becomes the only response.
Reinterpreting the movie’s phrase, “You’ll float too,” can be re-seen as a wonderful invitation to float high in the rediscovery of one’s true, fearless Being in Spirit. The Self in Christ is the only constant, unchanging Presence amongst all temporal, unloving thoughts, emotions, and perceptions of the ego.
All objects of fear in this world dissolve when we dare to doubt the voice of adversary’s authority. There is no fear in Perfect Love, for in the Absolute, Perfect Love casts out all fear. Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the ever-present, unbreakable Peace of God that is your True Identity.
Let Them All Talk (2020)
The Path of Holy Surrender
“AS YE SOW, SO SHALL YE REAP.” ~ GALATIANS 6:7
When the soul finally consents to relinquish its cherished grievances and the wearying pursuit of worldly perfection, a profound stillness enters. In this release, the heavy shackles of the ego fall away, making room for the Spirit of Truth to abide within.
The Mirror of Prayer
The world we behold is but a shadow of our inner prayer. If we pray for the fleeting treasures of this world—for retribution or the ego’s hollow triumphs—we shall find ourselves lost in a labyrinth of form, forever seeking but never finding. This is the prayer of the “voice of adversary,” which judges its own problems and then demands external idols as a cure.
The Flow of Grace
Yet, should we pray for the Wholeness of the Heart, to be truly authentic in Christ, and to share in the radiant joy of Divine Love, our experience is transformed. The day unfolds as a seamless flow of Grace; the circumstances of the world lose their power to disturb the deep waters of our peace. When the heart’s true cry is for Forgiveness, the Father answers with the immediate experience of His Presence, providing all means necessary to follow the whisper of inspiration.
Awakening from the Dream
As a scribe might cast aside a flawed manuscript upon realising it serves no holy purpose, so may we abandon the ego’s script of habits, needs, and worldly anxieties. We let go of the “story” of the self to awaken to the Self in Christ, which remains forever untouched by the conditions of time and the illusions of upset. In every moment, we have the power to choose the Peace of God over the “voice of the adversary.”
MAUDIE (2016)
The Flowering of the SELF in Christ
As the soul begins to surrender its limiting grievances and unloving perceptions unto the Light of Truth, even the most hardened heart—the “toughest nut”—is cracked asunder by Grace. In this sacred release, we rediscover the true Self in Christ dwelling behind the veil of worldly belief. We become like the cedars of Lebanon: steadfast, expansive, and in perpetual harmony with the Divine Presence that breathes through all things.
The film Maudie serves as a profound allegory for the unwinding of the mind through holy relationships. It is within these shared interests that our resistance to Love’s presence is brought to the surface to be sanctified. The “special relationship” is transformed into a “holy” one—the swiftest path to dismantling the false identity and waking to our reality as pure Spirit. This story is the visual fruit of a deep, interior prayer: “Lord, open my heart that I may receive Thy Love.”
The Gift of Apparent Misfortune
The journey commences with a “misfortune” that is, in truth, a divine appointment. When Maudie’s brother sells her home and casts her aside, we witness the ego’s judgment of “loss.” Yet, in the economy of the Spirit, nothing is ever lost. This upheaval was Maudie’s greatest benediction, proving that no circumstance occurs outside the Divine Orchestration. Driven by a quiet, God-given determination, she enters the service of Lewis, a reclusive fisherman. She steps into his tiny, two-room dwelling without fear, for she is a vigilant beam of the Father’s Sunlight, committed only to the expression of the Beauty within.
The Alchemy of Grace
Maudie’s life is her prayer, and her paintings are her liturgy. Her art is a testament to the Life-Force that cannot be contained by physical frailty. As she adorns the walls of their humble cottage with colour, we witness a literal transfiguration of the mundane. With every stroke, the bitterly aggressive Lewis begins to soften; the house, once a dark cell of isolation, becomes a sanctuary of Light.
Lewis’ encounter with Maudie is his initiation into the Heart of God. He is confronted by a passion for Life he has never known, and through her, he learns the sacred art of selflessness—placing another’s needs before his own. The master becomes the servant, and the housemaid becomes the catalyst for his salvation.
The Dawn of Remembrance
She entered his world like the sun at matins, dispelling the long night of the soul. Just as the eyes must adjust to the brilliance of the day after a deep slumber, Lewis is slowly restored to true vision. He opens to Life like a flower turning toward the East, eventually devoting his days to the care of the one who saved him.
Maudie’s path was one of Inner Listening. By heeding the “still, small voice” of the Holy Spirit, she remained unmoved by the world’s disapproval. She realised that the aggression she faced was but a shadow of her own fleeting doubts—and as she withdrew her faith from those shadows, they simply vanished into the nothingness from which they came.
In the end, Maudie stood in the full remembrance of her Perfection and Worthiness. She proved that the Self in Christ remains untouched by the conditions of the world, ever-radiant and eternally whole.
MY OCTOPUS TEACHER (2020)
The Sacred Union of the Deep
This documentary invites us into the interior life of a seeker who, for one full year, surrendered to that which truly enlivened his soul. His descent into the underwater wilderness became a profound pilgrimage, transforming his consciousness and gently guiding him back to the Heart of Hearts—the ultimate grace bestowed upon the weary soul.
Craig Foster was a filmmaker of great passion, yet he found himself shackled by the ego’s demand for control and the heavy burdens of the world. He was left desolate, feeling “worn out and alone.” Upon completing his final secular project, he felt a divine exhaustion with a life built upon competition, the seeking of human approval, and the crushing weight of worldly obligation. He began to ask the soul’s essential question: “Can there be a life free from the pressure of the status quo?” As he relinquished the “shoulds” and “coulds” that bred his depression and disconnection, the Spirit brought to his remembrance a vision of primordial freedom.
Guided by a childhood memory of the sea, he returned to the kelp forests of False Bay. In diving beneath the surface, he was not merely entering the water, but was being immersed in a New Creation.
The Alchemical Journey
Every element of this environment served his purification:
- The Cold: A means of adapting the senses to a higher reality.
- The Release: A letting go of the ego’s fear of bodily harm.
- The Stillness: A contemplative study of the intricate details of Life.
It was here that he encountered a “holy messenger” in the form of an octopus. This was no mere chance encounter, but the beginning of a Holy Relationship. In the mystical tradition, such a union serves the sole purpose of bringing the shadows of the unconscious mind into the Light. The Divine reaches the mind through the power of attraction; when the heart is stirred by inspiration, it opens to receive and extend Love. Craig’s fascination was the “divine lure” used to draw him back to the God daily, allowing his worldly worries to dissolve into nothingness.
The Death of the Small Self
This journey was a masterclass in the Development of Trust. As the octopus gradually revealed herself, Craig was required to practice a deep, prayerful patience. Though his heart began to overflow with a “rejuvenating joy,” he was soon confronted with the “dark night”—the deep-seated fear of loss.
Watching his companion face the sharks, he had to exercise the spiritual willpower to “let be,” resisting the egoic urge to interfere with the Divine flow. When the octopus finally transitioned, surrendering her life for her offspring, Craig was flooded with the realisation of her sacrifice. The gift had been given; the Love was eternal.
The Extension of Light
In this communion of joy, Craig realised that to receive everything, one must give everything. The Love in his heart naturally sought to extend itself, mending the once-closed relationship with his son. The bond became a conduit for Grace, deeper than he had ever imagined.
This transformation serves as a testament to the mystic path: when one surrenders to their true calling to be “truly helpful,” the little self (the ego) cannot survive. In that sacred surrender, the darkness is consumed, and only the Light of Christ remains.
One Silent Mind 