Baraka

Here is some cool facts about Baraka!

• Baraka was the first film in over twenty years to be photographed in the 70mm Todd-AO format, an extremely high definition wide-screen film format developed in the mid 1950s. The previous film filmed in this particular format was The Last Valley (1970).
• Baraka is an ancient Sufi word, which can be translated “as a blessing, or the breath, or the essence of life from which the evolutionary process unfolds.”
• Was filmed by a five person crew over a period of 14 months in 24 countries across 6 continents.

To those who have not seen this terrific movie, it is across between Planet Earth on the Discovery Channel and Aborigines in loin cloths you might see on National Geographic! The movie demonstrates how even though we are all very different human beings, we all move to the same beat, and represent the same themes in a different cultural context! You can check out the trailer below:

I highly recommend you see this! It is one of those movies you can see over and over again and still see new things each time. Plus there are so many themes within the underlying material worth talking about, such as: Connection, Rhythm, Suffering, Religion, Ritual, just to name a few.

~Shaun

Sacred Women’s Circle

We had an awesome birthday celebration having a sacred women’s circle.  We all shared what it was like to turn 40.  We shared our insights, changes, fears and accomplishments.   Turning 40 is becoming in tune with yourself as real and OK just as you are.  It is knowing that to contract and turn within is good.  We read poems, lit candles, honored the 4 cardinal directions and earth, fire, water, air and ethers.  We meditated and then made a rose petal infinity sign (8) and the birthday girl walked the labyrinth of candles.   We shared our spiritual paths and insights.  What a blessing.    Thank you wonderful friends.

Feeded and Locked!

I just linked the bernhardtblog to all of my other social networking accounts! I am more connected than a pope is to the catholic church.