Thought For The Week
Exploring Truthfulness
Does the electorate really want our politicians to value and employ the Truth, instead of the old, unconscious habits that have traditionally relied on non-truth? And if that’s the case, what responsibility to the Truth does that require of me as a citizen and voter? If I hold my politician to a high standard of truth, am I not bound by the same standard in my own personal relationships?
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The American Meditation Institute is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization devoted to providing comprehensive training in Yoga Science—the world’s oldest holistic mind/body medicine and the core principle of every spiritual tradition. Yoga is the sacred science that provides proven benefits by facilitating the union of the superconscious mind with the physical, mental and emotional elements of everyday life. Founded in 1996 by Leonard and Jenness Perlmutter, AMI combines ancient Eastern wisdom and modern Western science in a practical, empowering curriculum. The foundation course of this curriculum is AMI MEDITATION.
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When you base your actions in the world on your Inner Wisdom - a process called Meditation-in-Action - you are able to remain calm even during stressful situations. Traffic jams are no longer an obstacle but a means to your spiritual growth and well-being. bit.ly/2GQ7EuM1#AMIMeditation
Explore Jesus' struggle to be fully united with the Divine. Tickets at bit.ly/2EQIA4M
The Last Temptation of Christ is an important yogic film brilliantly directed by Martin Scorsese. Without question it is one of the most serious, literate, complex, and deeply felt spiritual films ever made. The movie script was adapted from Nikos Kazantzakis’s imaginative retelling of the life of Jesus the Christ. Martin Scorsese, a Catholic by birth, began attending the Cathedral College Seminary in New York in 1956 at the age of 14. His intention was to enter the priesthood. During that period of time, the Kazantzakis novel became an inspiration to the future Academy Award winning director. During his early filmmaking years Scorcese began to see The Last Temptation of Christ as an opportunity to create a religious epic like no other––a “Passion project” if ever there was one. The Last Temptation of Christ, according to Kazantzakis himself displays the “part of Christ’s nature which was profoundly human and helps the reader [and now the movie viewer] to understand and love him and to pursue his passion as though it were our own. If he did not have within himself this warm, human element, he would not have been able to touch our hearts with such assurance and tenderness; he would not be able to become a model for our lives.” And so instead of portraying Christ as a remote icon, Scorsese’s film explores what it meant for Jesus to be fully human––valiantly struggling with his animal nature in order to be fully united with the Divine. With this journey to Christ-consciousness as the central focus, other familiar figures from the story—particularly Judas and Mary Magdalene—can now also be seen in a fresh yogic light. As for the work’s title, the “last temptation” is simply the human desire for a normal life. #Christ
![Explore Jesus struggle to be fully united with the Divine. Tickets at http://bit.ly/2EQIA4M
The Last Temptation of Christ is an important yogic film brilliantly directed by Martin Scorsese. Without question it is one of the most serious, literate, complex, and deeply felt spiritual films ever made. The movie script was adapted from Nikos Kazantzakis’s imaginative retelling of the life of Jesus the Christ. Martin Scorsese, a Catholic by birth, began attending the Cathedral College Seminary in New York in 1956 at the age of 14. His intention was to enter the priesthood. During that period of time, the Kazantzakis novel became an inspiration to the future Academy Award winning director. During his early filmmaking years Scorcese began to see The Last Temptation of Christ as an opportunity to create a religious epic like no other––a “Passion project” if ever there was one. The Last Temptation of Christ, according to Kazantzakis himself displays the “part of Christ’s nature which was profoundly human and helps the reader [and now the movie viewer] to understand and love him and to pursue his passion as though it were our own. If he did not have within himself this warm, human element, he would not have been able to touch our hearts with such assurance and tenderness; he would not be able to become a model for our lives.” And so instead of portraying Christ as a remote icon, Scorsese’s film explores what it meant for Jesus to be fully human––valiantly struggling with his animal nature in order to be fully united with the Divine. With this journey to Christ-consciousness as the central focus, other familiar figures from the story—particularly Judas and Mary Magdalene—can now also be seen in a fresh yogic light. As for the work’s title, the “last temptation” is simply the human desire for a normal life. #Christ](https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/54006175_2774418389265023_1272555125692432384_n.png?_nc_cat=102&_nc_ht=scontent.xx&oh=18eea132a1679f3bd9e607c9e5192cd7&oe=5D46762A)
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