Art and Music
What if the Beatles didn’t exist? What would the world be like without the music of the Beatles? I’ve been looking forward to seeing the new movie that raises this question called Yesterday, since several people told me this past month that it featured reality shifts and the Mandela effect. Imagining a world without the […]
Currently 1000 unaccompanied children are stuck in Greek refugee camps. The rock group, Queen, asked the public to show their support by recording a short video on TikTok showing them lip-syncing the Queen classic, “Is This The World We Created” (written by Freddie Mercury and Brian May), and tagging it with #InThisTogether. This beautiful music video is the result.
In a powerful indictment of violence and cruelty to #migrants, a new song by The Killers’ titled “Land of the Free,” was released Monday with a devastating music video directed by Spike Lee. It decries the proposed #borderwall, the dehumanization and abuse of asylum-seekers, mass incarceration, institutional racism, and more.
Cannabis, better known as marijuana, has been used for its medicinal properties for thousands of years. Historical remnants from all around the world reveal the importance of cannabis in medicine and spirituality. The earliest written references to cannabis are found in the Chinese Materia Medica, written by Shen Nung around 2800 B.C. Nung documented 100 conditions that responded well to cannabis, including gout and rheumatism. For thousands of years, cannabis remained one of the 50 essential plants used in Traditional Chinese Medicine. The Vedas, the sacred text of India, also lists cannabis as one of five sacred plants. The ancient Egyptians, Persians and Greeks also used cannabis in a variety of ways, including medicinally and for spiritual upliftment.
The Solfeggio Frequencies are a series of 6 electromagnetic musical tones that the Gregorian Monks were said to use when they chanted in meditation. Rediscovered in 1974 by Dr. Joseph Puleo, these six Solfeggio Frequencies are said to deeply penetrate the conscious and subconscious mind, stimulating inner healing.
Buddhist Music can bring many health benefits to your child’s brain and inspire them as they discover and open themselves to understand the world; fostering their ability to make kind and compassionate choices that will eventually influence their practice on compassion, happiness, and ability to experience joy.
Film has the power to illuminate, to make us feel deeply, essentially taking us to a place beyond ourselves. As a medium, it opens hearts and minds, and our response to it is both visceral and personal. Underneath this response lies the unspoken connection between us all, and nowhere is this more evident than at the ILLUMINATE Film Festival. Renowned for their groundbreaking immersive approach to the film festival experience, the 5th annual ILLUMINATE Film Festival returns May 30th-June 3rd. The premier conscious film festival, which some have referred to as the Sundance of the conscious film industry, ILLUMINATE is dedicated to elevating awareness and inspiring lasting transformation through cinema.
The industry component of the Illuminate Film Festival, the Conscious Film Convergence (CFC) is geared to filmmakers and offers attendees an invaluable opportunity to learn from and interact with speakers both at sessions and nightly parties. True to the mission of the festival, the goal off the CFC is to elevate global consciousness through cinema by supporting emerging voices in the field of conscious entertainment.