Top 10 Spiritual Movies
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Top 10 Spiritual movies
Posted by Goddess Leonie on June 22nd, 2009. Filed under: Review Goddess.
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Today is a berry special post… my top ten all-time favourite spiritual movies. As chosen by a
select jury of critics-who-aren’t-very-critical – namely me, myself and I. Oh, and God Chris
too. Because that man is just all flavours of wise+awesome. (+hot, but that’s not what this
post is about!)
1. You can heal your life
Me and my darling friend Sone went to the Australian premiere of You can heal your life. We
wanted to meet Louise Hays and see what she is really like. It ended up being a completely
magical day – I ended up spending time with and photographing the incredible author &
oracle card creator Lucy Cavendish before scooting across the city to meet Sone and get our
Louise on.
I ended up being dropped at the wrong end of the harbour, so Sydney dock-goers got to
witness a very special sight: me hitching up my long blue hippy skirt & legging it down the
docks, blonde hair streaming before me. I got there in time – just – to see Sone grinning at me
from the line, and the cinema on the harbour all lit up with fairy lights. I was all breathless
and slightly sweaty-damp… but I was *there.*
To see and hear Louise was such a joy. That woman is even more luminous in person than her
books or movies could possibly show. She is deeply present with every person around her,
and such a loving embodiment of the wisdom she teaches.
But the best part of all?
When we settled down into the cinema to watch the movie, a man walked to the front of the
cinema. His black cowboy hat and I’ve-been-broken nose looked familiar. Sone looked at me.
I looked at her. And the same words escaped our lips:
Is that Lee fu**ing Kernaghan?
And then we cracked up laughing. The last person on earth we were expecting to see there
was there – the Australian country singer & Australian of the Year – otherwise known as Lee
Kernaghan (his middle name isn’t an expletive, funnily enough).
But there he was – and this beautiful, down to earth man began to talk. About how much You
can heal your life had affected him. About how his mother had healed from breast cancer from
it. About how his and his whole family’s lives had changed from Louise’s wisdom.
And it was deeply touching, and very real. It brought tears to my eyes.
So that’s just how wonderful Louise, and her work, and her movie is. She is a gifted woman,
and this movie is a gift.
2. What the bleep
I know, it’s a little obvious, right? But I’m daring to be obvious with this one. What the bleep
was the first movie I saw that taught the truths I was already in love with. I was so excited
when I saw that movie – I felt like the whole world had changed.
It is still a profound movie. I always think these things are better when you go into them
without hype {i.e. The hype of Eat Pray Love kinda killed it for me}. Having said that, go
check this movie out if you haven’t. It’s my first love.
3. Small Miracles
This is a beautiful kid’s movie {the very best kind of movie} about a 12 year old boy who
decides to become a healer. And, like all souls who decide to take the journey of a healer and
spiritual guide, he learns how having Faith in himself, his gifts, and his world view is one of
the most needed and powerful tools of all.
Considering my word for the year is Faith, this movie strikes a chord with me A LOT.
4. Peaceful Warrior
This book appears on my Top 10 spiritual books too. (LINK) What I adore about seeing
movies made from spiritual books is how they represent spirit in visual form. The Peaceful
Warrior as both a book and a movie is a wonderful story that we can all learn from.
Favourite part of this movie: Nick Nolte as Socrates. Wisdom comes where you might least
expect it.
5. The Secret
Another holy-obviousness one. But I’m totally sticking to my obvious guns here. The Secret
is a powerful movie. I had never heard of the Law of Attraction before The Secret, and it did
such a magnifico job of teaching it to me {and Chris}. I like to describe The Secret as taking
one part of What the Bleep and making it practical.
6. The Celestine Prophecy
Like Way of the Peaceful Warrior, the Celestine Prophecy is another of my favourite spiritual
novels turned into a movie. Fabulous. Watch it.
Favourite part: Seeing how they represent the teachings on energy. I refer back to those
images in my mind often to see where my own energy field is.
7. From Ambition to Meaning: Wayne Dyer
A few weeks ago, my love Chris bought this movie from our favourite bookstore. I wasn’t
really expecting much from it. In fact, I think I even might have muttered “I’m so over the
spiritual movie format right now”. But he was insistent. He had intuition that it was the right
thing for us at the right time.
And, as he usually is, he was right. We spent that afternoon in a spellbound, enchanted, gentle
world of spirit watching that movie – arms and legs akimbo around each other, smiling softly
at each other when things resonated.
It is a beautifully produced movie, and a really nice shift away from the What the
Bleep/Secret format. A beautiful, beautiful experience.
8. Conversations with God
This is another one of Chris’ choices. He was in love with the Conversations with God series
for a phase. It’s a beautifully produced movie, with so much heart in it.
Handy tip: Actually try writing to God. See what comes out.
It can be holy-miracle-batman.
9. The Blue Butterfly
Magical. Kid’s story. About butterflies.
And Faith. And asking. And hoping. And adventures.
And having strength. And hard becoming soft.
And miracles coming true.
10. The Kid
I’m ending on this one, because I think it is a surprisingly amazing movie. It’s a Bruce Willis
movie for kids.
But don’t be fooled by that exterior. It is an incredibly touching story and teaching about
healing, accepting and honouring our inner child.
This is such an important spiritual movie it was assigned to me by one of my spiritual mentors
as required watching. That’s how good it is.
Kid’s movies totally have it all worked out
Posted by Goddess Leonie on June 22nd, 2009. Filed under: Review Goddess.
Hola gorgeous goddess! I see you're new here! Yippee! I'm SO excited! If you want regular
goddess goodness in your life, you may like to subscribe by RSS or get my posts by email.
Thank you for being you dearest heart!
Hola gorgeous Goddesses!
Today is a berry special post… my top ten all-time favourite spiritual movies. As chosen by a
select jury of critics-who-aren’t-very-critical – namely me, myself and I. Oh, and God Chris
too. Because that man is just all flavours of wise+awesome. (+hot, but that’s not what this
post is about!)
1. You can heal your life
Me and my darling friend Sone went to the Australian premiere of You can heal your life. We
wanted to meet Louise Hays and see what she is really like. It ended up being a completely
magical day – I ended up spending time with and photographing the incredible author &
oracle card creator Lucy Cavendish before scooting across the city to meet Sone and get our
Louise on.
I ended up being dropped at the wrong end of the harbour, so Sydney dock-goers got to
witness a very special sight: me hitching up my long blue hippy skirt & legging it down the
docks, blonde hair streaming before me. I got there in time – just – to see Sone grinning at me
from the line, and the cinema on the harbour all lit up with fairy lights. I was all breathless
and slightly sweaty-damp… but I was *there.*
To see and hear Louise was such a joy. That woman is even more luminous in person than her
books or movies could possibly show. She is deeply present with every person around her,
and such a loving embodiment of the wisdom she teaches.
But the best part of all?
When we settled down into the cinema to watch the movie, a man walked to the front of the
cinema. His black cowboy hat and I’ve-been-broken nose looked familiar. Sone looked at me.
I looked at her. And the same words escaped our lips:
Is that Lee fu**ing Kernaghan?
And then we cracked up laughing. The last person on earth we were expecting to see there
was there – the Australian country singer & Australian of the Year – otherwise known as Lee
Kernaghan (his middle name isn’t an expletive, funnily enough).
But there he was – and this beautiful, down to earth man began to talk. About how much You
can heal your life had affected him. About how his mother had healed from breast cancer from
it. About how his and his whole family’s lives had changed from Louise’s wisdom.
And it was deeply touching, and very real. It brought tears to my eyes.
So that’s just how wonderful Louise, and her work, and her movie is. She is a gifted woman,
and this movie is a gift.
2. What the bleep
I know, it’s a little obvious, right? But I’m daring to be obvious with this one. What the bleep
was the first movie I saw that taught the truths I was already in love with. I was so excited
when I saw that movie – I felt like the whole world had changed.
It is still a profound movie. I always think these things are better when you go into them
without hype {i.e. The hype of Eat Pray Love kinda killed it for me}. Having said that, go
check this movie out if you haven’t. It’s my first love.
3. Small Miracles
This is a beautiful kid’s movie {the very best kind of movie} about a 12 year old boy who
decides to become a healer. And, like all souls who decide to take the journey of a healer and
spiritual guide, he learns how having Faith in himself, his gifts, and his world view is one of
the most needed and powerful tools of all.
Considering my word for the year is Faith, this movie strikes a chord with me A LOT.
4. Peaceful Warrior
This book appears on my Top 10 spiritual books too. (LINK) What I adore about seeing
movies made from spiritual books is how they represent spirit in visual form. The Peaceful
Warrior as both a book and a movie is a wonderful story that we can all learn from.
Favourite part of this movie: Nick Nolte as Socrates. Wisdom comes where you might least
expect it.
5. The Secret
Another holy-obviousness one. But I’m totally sticking to my obvious guns here. The Secret
is a powerful movie. I had never heard of the Law of Attraction before The Secret, and it did
such a magnifico job of teaching it to me {and Chris}. I like to describe The Secret as taking
one part of What the Bleep and making it practical.
6. The Celestine Prophecy
Like Way of the Peaceful Warrior, the Celestine Prophecy is another of my favourite spiritual
novels turned into a movie. Fabulous. Watch it.
Favourite part: Seeing how they represent the teachings on energy. I refer back to those
images in my mind often to see where my own energy field is.
7. From Ambition to Meaning: Wayne Dyer
A few weeks ago, my love Chris bought this movie from our favourite bookstore. I wasn’t
really expecting much from it. In fact, I think I even might have muttered “I’m so over the
spiritual movie format right now”. But he was insistent. He had intuition that it was the right
thing for us at the right time.
And, as he usually is, he was right. We spent that afternoon in a spellbound, enchanted, gentle
world of spirit watching that movie – arms and legs akimbo around each other, smiling softly
at each other when things resonated.
It is a beautifully produced movie, and a really nice shift away from the What the
Bleep/Secret format. A beautiful, beautiful experience.
8. Conversations with God
This is another one of Chris’ choices. He was in love with the Conversations with God series
for a phase. It’s a beautifully produced movie, with so much heart in it.
Handy tip: Actually try writing to God. See what comes out.
It can be holy-miracle-batman.
9. The Blue Butterfly
Magical. Kid’s story. About butterflies.
And Faith. And asking. And hoping. And adventures.
And having strength. And hard becoming soft.
And miracles coming true.
10. The Kid
I’m ending on this one, because I think it is a surprisingly amazing movie. It’s a Bruce Willis
movie for kids.
But don’t be fooled by that exterior. It is an incredibly touching story and teaching about
healing, accepting and honouring our inner child.
This is such an important spiritual movie it was assigned to me by one of my spiritual mentors
as required watching. That’s how good it is.
Kid’s movies totally have it all worked out
