Themes: Pain and Pleasure

The lures of the world glimmer and tempt toward a better life of more status, more money, more power, more…

Anything perceived as happening in the world need not be judged.

El comandante Sisko, el personaje principal de este episodio maestro de la serie Star Trek, siente un fuerte disgusto en…

This is a classic tale of the seeming fall from grace. As the film opens we see Lexi happily figure…

Grievances go beyond the person, beyond the specific personal memory. We have a memory problem.

The game of the ego is to make us think we need something from the outside to fulfill us.

Addiction seems to bring temporary pleasure, but as it is a denial of Self, it is also a cover over…

Getting in touch with one’s “higher power” is the answer.

This movie is a composite that exposes the futility of attempting “relationship” without divine purpose. Relationships without a divine aim…

A man is given a universal remote control that can speed up or eliminate undesirable life situations. He attempts to…

This is a stream-of-consciousness movie in which a group of women spanning the ages of early twenties to sixties attend…

This movie, filled with music and passion, is a modern-day rendition of the story of the prodigal son.

Ambition leads to folly and pain. At any moment we can make the decision to rest from worldly goals and…

Slumdog Millionaire and A Course in Miracles