Yesterday, after work, I snaked my battered little car up into the mountains above Boulder, bringing with me a single DVD and a heart full of anticipation. I was visiting a friend for a specific reason: I had a copy of the first volume of
The Global Oneness Project, and everyone I knew who'd seen the films told me I shouldn't watch them alone.
"They're powerful," strangers told me. "They're beautiful," my friends said.
They were right.
The Global Oneness Project is a film project that resulted in me staying up way past my bedtime, watching and reflecting and talking far into the night about meaning and purpose and transformation and hope. And though I can't come visit each of you, DVD in hand, to sit and watch these incredible short films together, I can do the next best thing: point to where you can find these films online, and encourage you to grab a friend, or two or three or four, and sit down to see them yourself.
The films from The Global Oneness Project are available for free on their website. (Or, if you'd like to show the movies to a group,
you can ask for a DVD.) I had my own favorites—
Bob Randall, a Yankunytjatjara elder from Ayer's Rock, reflected on the interconnectedness of every living thing;
Orland Bishop's message about the way our economic system undermines the values of oneness and connection rings like a clear bell; the Buddhist nun
Tenzin Palmo's impassioned questions were transformative in themselves—but all of the interviewees shone in their own way.
You'll see. :) The trailer alone is amazing. And if, after viewing these movies, you want to help, there's plenty you can do.
The Project needs people to
host screenings, to hold discussions, and to help translate subtitles (there's an easy tool to use on their website). Just witnessing these films, though, will go a long way toward shaping a beautiful future. I'm bleary from sleeplessness, and I still feel bright with inspiration.
Love, as always and as usual,
Siona PS.
If you feel like writing back and sharing your favorites, I'd love to hear. Again, I only wish I could come talk about these with each of you... and I think after
watching a few you'll understand why.
