Movies Worth Watching

Movies Worth Watching

1 Giant Leap 

2001, A Space Odyssey 

A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash 

An Inconvenient Truth 

Baraka 

Before the Rain 

Black Robe 

Born Rich 

Contact 

Conversations with God 

Deliver Us from Evil 

Dogma 

Dune 

Faith and Reason 

(Bill Moyers) 

Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control 

Gandhi 

Gormenghast 

Into Great Silence 

Jesus Camp 

Jesus of Montreal 

Koyaanasqatsi 

Last Days on Earth 

Little Buddha 

Merton: A Film Biography 

Microcosmos 

Mindwalk 

My Dinner With Andre 

Naqoyqatsi 

Natural Born Killers 

Physics: The Elegant Universe 

Planet in Peril 

Powaqatsi 

Powder 

Powwow Highway 

Ralph Nader: An Unreasonable Manv 

Razor's Edge 

Rumi, Poet of the Heart 

Sicko 

Star Wars 

The 11th Hour 

The Believer 

The Celestine Prophecy 

The Corporation 

The Creation of the Universe 

(Stephen Hawkins) 

The Day the Universe Changed Series 

(James Burke) 

The Gods Must Be Crazy 

The Journey of Man 

The Last Temptation of Christ 

The Matrix 

The Mission 

The One Percent 

The Peaceful Warrior 

The Power of Myth Series 

(Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers) 

The Secret 

The U.S. vs. John Lennon 

The Waking Life 

Thin Red Line 

What the #$*! Do We Know!?

Michael's Fifteen Movies

Rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen movies you've seen that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag fifteen friends, including me because I'm interested in seeing what movies my friends choose. (To do this, go to your Notes tab on your profile page, paste rules in a new note, cast your fifteen picks, and tag people in the note -- upper right hand side.) I hope you participate, even if you didn't get tagged!

Koyaanasqatsi
City of God
Gandhi
My Dinner With Andre
Apocalypse Now
The Matrix
2001, A Space Odyssey
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Powwow Highway
Easy Rider
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Thin Red Line
Scarface
Traffic
Blow
Empire of the Sun
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Saving Private Ryan
Kill Bill
The Battle of Algiers
Harold and Maude
Lord of the Rings
The Mission
King Rat
Platoon
Seven Samurai
Natural Born Killers
Bloody Sunday
The Last Temptation of Christ 

More as memory allows ...

How to Build Community

How to Build Community

• Turn off your television

• Leave your house

• Know your neighbors

• Look up when you are walking

• Greet people

• Sit on your stoop

• Plant flowers

• Use your library

• Play together

• Buy from local merchants

• Share what you have

• Help a dog

• Take children to the park

• Garden together

• Support neighborhood schools

• Fix it even if you didn't break it

• Have potlucks

• Honor elders

• Pick up litter

• Read stories aloud

• Dance in the street

• Talk to the mail carrier

• Listen to the birds

• Put up a swing

• Help carry something heavy

• Barter for your goods

• Start a tradition

• Ask a question

• Hire young people for odd jobs

• Organize a block party

• Bake extra and share

• Ask for help when you need it

• Open your shades

• Sing together

• Share your skills

• Take back the night

• Turn up the music

• Turn down the music

• Listen before you react to anger

• Mediate a conflict

• Seek to understand

• Learn from new and uncomfortable angles

• Know that no one is silent, though many are not heard

ª Work to change this

How to Build Global Community

• Think of no one as “them” 

• Don’t confuse your comfort with your safety 

• Talk to strangers 

• Imagine other cultures through their poetry and novels 

• Listen to music you don’t understand 

• Dance to it 

• Act locally 

• Notice the workings of power and privilege in your culture 

• Question consumption 

• Know how your lettuce and coffee are grown: wake up and smell the exploitation 

• Look for fair trade and union labels 

• Help build economies from the bottom up 

• Acquire few needs 

• Learn a second (or third) language 

• Visit people, places, and cultures – not tourist attractions 

• Learn people’s history 

• Re-define progress 

• Know physical and political geography 

• Play games from other cultures 

• Watch films with subtitles 

• Know your heritage 

• Honor everyone’s holidays 

• Look at the moon and imagine someone else, somewhere else, looking at it, too 

• Read the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights 

• Understand the global economy in terms of people, land and water 

• Know where your bank banks 

• Never believe you have a right to anyone else’s resources 

• Refuse to wear corporate logos: defy corporate domination 

• Question military/corporate connections 

• Don’t confuse money with wealth, or time with money 

• Have a pen/email pal 

• Honor indigenous cultures 

• Judge governance by how well it meets all people’s needs 

• Be skeptical about what you read 

• Eat adventurously 

• Enjoy vegetables, beans and grains in your diet 

• Choose curiosity over certainty 

• Know where your water comes from and where your wastes go 

• Pledge allegiance to the earth: questikon nationalism 

• Think South, Central and North – there are many Americans 

• Assume that many others share your dreams 

• Know that no one is silent though many are not heard. 

• Work to change this.

Groupthink

Groupthink

Groupthink is a type of thought exhibited by group members who try to minimize conflict and reach consensus without critically testing, analyzing, and evaluating ideas. Individual creativity, uniqueness, and independent thinking are lost in the pursuit of group cohesiveness, as are the advantages of reasonable balance in choice and thought that might normally be obtained by making decisions as a group. During groupthink, members of the group avoid promoting viewpoints outside the comfort zone of consensus thinking. A variety of motives for this may exist such as a desire to avoid being seen as foolish, or a desire to avoid embarrassing or angering other members of the group. Groupthink may cause groups to make hasty, irrational decisions, where individual doubts are set aside, for fear of upsetting the group’s balance. The term is frequently used pejoratively, with hindsight.

Groupthink
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink

The Science Behind Making Decisions
http://www.pri.org/science/science-behind-making-decisions1407.html

Groupthink
http://www.abacon.com/commstudies/groups/groupthink.html

Groupthink is a concept that was identified by Irving Janis that refers to faulty decision-making in a group. Groups experiencing groupthink do not consider all alternatives and they desire unanimity at the expense of quality decisions. Learn more about groupthink and then complete the interactive exercise at the end of the discussion.

Conditions

Groupthink occurs when groups are highly cohesive and when they are under considerable pressure to make a quality decision.

Negative Outcomes

Some negative outcomes of groupthink include:
Examining few alternatives
Not being critical of each other's ideas
Not examining early alternatives
Not seeking expert opinion
Being highly selective in gathering information
Not having contingency plans

Symptoms

Some symptoms of groupthink are:
Having an illusion of invulnerability
Rationalizing poor decisions
Believing in the group's morality
Sharing stereotypes which guide the decision
Exercising direct pressure on others
Not expressing your true feelings
Maintaining an illusion of unanimity
Using mindguards to protect the group from negative information

Solutions

Some solutions include:
Using a policy-forming group which reports to the larger group
Having leaders remain impartial
Using different policy groups for different tasks
Dividing into groups and then discuss differences
Discussing within sub-groups and then report back
Using outside experts
Using a Devil's advocate to question all the group's ideas
Holding a "second-chance meeting" to offer one last opportunity to choose another course of action

More on Groupthink

Groupthink

http://www.cedu.niu.edu/~fulmer/groupthink.htm

Eight Main Symptoms of Groupthink

Illusion of Invulnerability: Members ignore obvious danger, take extreme risk, and are overly optimistic.

Collective Rationalization: Members discredit and explain away warning contrary to group thinking.

Illusion of Morality: Members believe their decisions are morally correct, ignoring the ethical consequences of their decisions.

Excessive Stereotyping:The group constructs negative sterotypes of rivals outside the group.

Pressure for Conformity: Members pressure any in the group who express arguments against the group's stereotypes, illusions, or commitments, viewing such opposition as disloyalty.

Self-Censorship: Members withhold their dissenting views and counter-arguments.

Illusion of Unanimity: Members perceive falsely that everyone agrees with the group's decision; silence is seen as consent.

Mindguards: Some members appoint themselves to the role of protecting the group from adverse information that might threaten group complacency.

Avoiding Groupthink

The group should be made aware of the causes and consequences of group think.

The leader should be neutral when assigning a decision-making task to a group, initially witholding all preferences and expectations. This practice will be especially effective if the leaders consistently encourages an atmosphere of open inquiry.

The leader should give high priority to airing objections and doubts, and be accepting of criticism.

Groups should always consider unpopular alternatives, assigning the role of devil's advocate to several strong members of the group.

Sometimes it is useful to divide the group into two separate deliberative bodies as feasibilities are evaluated.

Spend a sizable amount of time surveying all warning signals from rival group and organizations.

After reaching a prelimiary consensus on a decision, all residual doubts should be expressed and the matter reconsidered.

Outside experts should be included in vital decision making.

Tentative decisions should be discussed with trusted colleagues not in the decision-making group.

The organization should routinely follow the administrative practice of establishing several independent decision-making groups to work on the same critical issue or policy.

Some Favorite Spiritual Video Websites

Some Favorite Spiritual Videos and Websites

The World According to You ~ with Words by Mooji

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSeV7f332Hk

Still Point

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PUhkNoaBMI

Who Are You … Really?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUtH0DDJorM

Ashtavara Gita

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=159382305911

Song of the Avadhut

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=161130555911

Atma Bodha

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=223265605911

Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897-1981)

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2025475&id=1166861214&ref=mf

Ramana Maharshi

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=113092655911

Ramesh Balsekar

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&&suggest&note_id=120902290911

Satsang Links

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=223264970911&id=1166861214&ref=mf

The Four Agreements

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=90719220911

unASLEEP

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=103947210911&id=1166861214&ref=mf

NPR's 'The Fingerprint of God' Series

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&&suggest&note_id=107524865911

Kabbalah Bnei Baruch Learning Center

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&suggest&note_id=110025595911

lthasar Gracian – The Art of Worldly Wisdom

http://sacred-texts.com/eso/aww/index.htm

The Unified Field

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTdnFoybLQU

Sadhguru on Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jagOYDYACg

Fuck It - The Ultimate Spiritual Way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVdKQ0I35qo

Luther - The Premier Enlightenment Supersite

http://luthar.com/

Do Not Watch This Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ3Hk7AZFT0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fhome.php%3Fref%3Dhome&feature=player_embedded

Michio Kushi's Spiral of Everlasting Change

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrBiLcvnNQQ&feature=PlayList&p=EBE0E72263161CA1&index=0&playnext=1

The Wounded Healer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orxEawi9qro

Random Acts of Kindness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvG1iVw8IjQ

Intentional Silence / The Journey Inward

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAylEuZvn_c

J. Krishnamurti - World Suffering

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhFrZ4-nxa4

I Am Grateful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtoGY6zMXGM

One Minute Shift _ Enjoying All The Differences

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAOBM1fZUW0

Self ~ A Papaji Poem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs4bAt1vDyA

The Way Of The Warrior

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzwmxJrKYRE

Zen Biology Lesson for Enlightenment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9BBy3aidRE

"AS IT IS" - a Short film about Nonduality by Tom Bolton - with words by Jeff Foster

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUmENB19MhA

Bruce Lipton - Try It On Everything

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0aHgkfKKbM

The Pulse Of Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0WYVLoWDHk

Where Science and Buddhism Meet PART 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj_i7YqDwJA

Where Science and Buddhism Meet PART 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlmrHMBW36w&NR=1

Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupToqz1e2g

Before Time and Space

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVsHjnY-o9s

Eckhart, Tiger Woods and the Zen Master's secret...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGXlR9tEt30

Eckhart Tolle – "A New Earth" Selection of Quotes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOTQSbEvxbU

The Thunder, Perfect Mind

http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/thunder.html

Osho - Watching the Breath

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch3qs9PO6j4

We Are All One

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61BCB2-OmRY

'Oneness' ~ Quotations from 'Oneness' by Rasha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0v3a-Z4QhY

Philosophy Generator

http://tommymackay.tripod.com/P.Generator.htm

The Cave: An Adaptation of Plato's Allegory in Clay

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8330282634895801801

Consciousness Drives The Universe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9bVd3BspIQ&feature=player_embedded#t=468

Ego

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ0dcgd1XLg&feature=autofb

Quantum physics and Consciousness ... connected?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqJOIQWkfWA&NR=1

Ken Wilber - I Am Big Mind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA8tDzK_kPI

The Golden Rule

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIpf8JUqLK4

The Meditation Tip of the Day

http://www.deeshan.com/

The Seven Laws

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6-_LD9FPpk&NR=1

Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen! (ORIGINAL VERSION)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfq_A8nXMsQ

Sexuality & Higher States of Consciousness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnamk7-7N2k

Looking For Your Face – Rumi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ1LrJI2U7w

Rumi- A Gift of Love ...Demi Moore

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4hR8d-ZG28

Rumi: Sufi Poem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2nYZSoIMY8

Rumi: Say I Am You (Sufi poem)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqVBGv2hpQ4&NR=1

Love poems of Rumi, My Burning heart & Bittersweet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QYDrd1a0M0&NR=1

Rumi Poems

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SZSWqDL7RA&NR=1

Deepak Choopra, A Gift Of Love - The Love Poems Of Rumi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYfmLpUG_XU&feature=related

The Twilight Zone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qj9L5U7csg

Patton Oswalt - Sky Cake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55h1FO8V_3w

Always Look On The Bright Side of Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlBiLNN1NhQ

Myth of Myself

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d7WlE5D1kk

From Birth to Grave

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s3weEpX5QU

Bodhisattva in metro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jedd2FiZTqM

There is No Limit to Our Love

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=114060571888&ref=nf

Jnana Jyoti The Light of Spiritual Wisdom

http://www.jnanajyoti.com/

'Hell' as an Invention of the Church

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF6I5VSZVqc

World Prayers

http://www.worldprayers.org/

Sarlo's Guru Rating Service

http://www.globalserve.net/~sarlo/Ratings.htm

Namaste!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcgNJ7cgDVs

Names of God

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_God

The Stillness Before Time

http://www.thestillnessbeforetime.com/

The Return to Wonder

http://thereturntowonder.blogspot.com/

The Universe in a Petri Dish

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2018497&id=1166861214&ref=mf