A Change in the Human Operating System
What if life were to live us
the précis: there is an underlying pattern that has become obvious to me after decades of filming the human soul. We speak from just one of two places. From the mind or from a state of being. The second place has a remarkable effect. Life itself follows the same pattern. It's lived by us or it's lived through us. From a state of mind or a state of being. And because this is the underlying pattern - the cause of all movement - it holds the potential for the changing of this world and of our lives.
Start With No-thing and Let It : The Focus of This Now
In the last post I’d mentioned a few changes that were on their way. One was as a result of an evaluation of the underlying pattern of these last two decades of close human attention with the film camera. The possibility of an underlying sea change in life itself with a move from a state of mind to a state of being. In part, these words describe this.
If you’d like to see the words adorned with beautiful photography (monochrome naturally) you can see them here.
I recorded the words, so you can read or listen. Or both.
1. We Must Reconnect to the Intelligence of Being
For more than two decades I’ve been exploring the profound edges of human authenticity and insight. And of how we’re caused to act. Thousands of film subjects. Pioneering the use of consciousness and cinematography. What I uncovered wasn’t just a new perspective, but a whole new starting point. A fundamental insight into how we might see, act and relate differently. One powerful enough to change everything.
2. Two Origin Points
It became clear that we speak from one of two origin points. Either from the mind, OR from a deeper stream of consciousness. A state of being.
When words arise from this second place, they do more than communicate. They connect deeply. They move hearts, open minds and forge bonds that can’t be undone. And they can transform both the speaker and the listener.
This is a universal place. A common ground. And it’s from here that I make films.
3. Life Living Through Us
Life itself follows the same profound and simple pattern. It’s either lived by us OR it’s lived through us. This second way is inspired by something greater than us, that includes us. It’s alive with awareness, possibility, insight, meaning, and a deep knowing that we belong to each other.
When we act from this place, everything shifts.
The impact goes far, and it goes deep.
4 . A Change in the Human Operating System
This state of being is a conscious hinge point from where everything can change. How we see. How we speak. How we create. How we know. How we are.
It’s essentially a change in operating system. A change in where we’re caused to act from. And if we are to successfully resolve the systemic meta-crises of society and the specific predicaments of our own lives and work we would do well to consider the underlying causes. And we would do well to consider the place for our state of being.
This is the work of here. And it all starts with No-thing.
Here, or Not
More fool the man
whose very soul
stands apart
from the life he chooses.
… just three place remaining for How to See the Human Soul on July 19