The Riddle of Here

A Soul Biography about the nature and whereabouts of Joy

I cannot remember whether I shot this film first then wrote the riddle (below) as part of it, or if I wrote it beforehand and then made the film. Either way know this, that the fascinating thing about riddles is that you can stare at them intently and completely miss their point. And often, a riddle will fool you into the illusion of an understanding. This is a short film about the nature and whereabouts of joy. I remember my time with Charan Anand as if it were now, yet I believe it might have been 2006. It has not screened in a long time.

The Riddle Of Here

We're looking. For something so simple.

So simple, that we can't hold it in
our hands. Or in our heads.

So we look to him. To her.

To them. To there.

We look to everywhere
but here.

To when. To then.

But not to now.

It's hidden just beyond
our cleverness.

So we presume it's
out there.

But perhaps it's in here.

Free Nothing

Another 30 minutes alive with the mystery of the nothing I speak about often. On Zoom. You are most welcome. Come for nothing. Obviously. Wednesday 19 February at 12pm US Central. You will need to register. Which is easy enough.

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England

7th March - a Friday. A full day immersed in the experience of this. Inner View. A personal and direct experience of the Tree of Dreams (in the New Forest). What you seek is seeking you. The camera, consciousness and nothingness. Details here.

2nd - 6th March. A full blown small group nowhere to hide immersion experience, in which you’ll learn to witness the interior landscape of people with awareness (and not the mind). The Human Soul. Along with the significant contribution that will make to your work in the world. One place remaining. Details here.

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Anywhere

The unyielding experience of 1-1 Inner View with all that such an experience of presence may bring. In-person AND on Zoom, which has proved to work profoundly well. Details here.

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‘... the moment I think I’m above something that engenders its opposite immediately. You can’t have above without below. It causes a split in the psyche. I think the source wound of modernity is supremacy.’ Natureza Gabriel

43 seconds from a film coming soon - ‘The Underlying Human Ailment’. This is the first time I’ve ever insisted that a film subject remove their shoes and socks and bury their feet in the earth. It seems Gabriel was speaking on behalf of the earth, so this seemed appropriate.