Illuminate Film Festival, June 1-5 in Sedona, Arizona

Change your movies, change your life! View the human journey from many lenses and immerse yourself in the stunning images of conscious cinema at this year’s Illuminate Film Festival. Held in the beautiful, scenic desert city of Sedona, Arizona, the festival features five world premieres and opens with “Maya Angelou and Still I Rise.”

The festival includes new films for families with children and those interested in mind-body-spirit healing. The well-being of our veterans gets a close-up look in “Thank You for Your Service” – a gripping documentary which follows the journey of four Iraq War veterans struggling with PTSD as they explore the healing power of meditation, native ceremony and equine therapy.

“Illuminate is at the forefront of a paradigm shift that is transforming the way the world experiences film,” says Anna Sirotin, director of film programming. “Catalyzed by the moving image, our audiences are discovering deeper meaning in life, spiritual connection and a sense of purpose that transcends normality.”

Who Has Time to Pray?

Work hard, play hard – that’s the American dream. But pray hard? Who has time? In his book “The 15 Minute Prayer Solution: How One Percent of Your Day Can Transform Your Life,” writer Gary Jansen provides a fresh voice that speaks to those who long for spiritual connection but who are pressed for time, don’t know how to pray or were alienated by the methods taught to them in church.

"Think you don't have time to pray? You'll reconsider after reading this gentle but persuasive invitation to a Spirit-led life. Gary Jansen blends evocative imagery, intimate personal stories and concrete suggestions to help even weary seekers rediscover the joy of finding God in all things," says Colleen Carroll Campbell, author.

Senior editor at Penguin Random House, Jansen has edited books by Pope Francis and Deepak Chopra. You can learn more about him at www.GaryJansen.com. You can also experience a simple, powerful visualization exercise for letting go of life’s burdens, problems and scary stuff in Jansen’s article “The Hand of God” in the June 2016 issue of Guide for Spiritual Living: Science of Mind magazine.

How to Avoid the Top Regret of the Dying

According to the book “The Top Five Regrets of the Dying,” written by palliative nurse Bronnie Ware, the number one regret is, “I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.” Other regrets include working too hard and losing touch with important friends.

Are you living a life true to yourself? Watch Ware’s two-minute compilation of her findings. CLICK HERE.

Find great ideas and help for living more fully in Ron Fox’s article “You Are A Spiritual Powerhouse” in our June issue.

I Am Not Bound by Any Mistake
—Ernest Holmes

There is nothing we have done, said or thought which rises up against us, which has power over us or which limits us; there is no memory of fear, no condemnation for previous mistakes. With the desire to free ourselves from the further indulgence in the mistake, the effect of the previous mistake is wiped out, just as light dissipates the darkness.

The Universe holds nothing against us. It can hold nothing against us because It can know nothing unlike Itself. Therefore, It only knows us as Perfection. Today, the perfect Law — the Law of Freedom — is the only Law there is in our experience.

We are guided into the knowledge of happiness, of certainty, of wholeness and of freedom, and we know that there is that subtle Essence of the Spirit, which emanates from us at all times, healing everything It contacts.

This is an excerpt from “The Science of Mind,” written by spiritual visionary Dr. Ernest Holmes. Read more in the June 2016 issue of Guide for Spiritual Living: Science of Mind magazine.

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