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Conversations with God

In my first movie review for this newsletter, I find myself compelled to write about a new film that is very close to my heart. Conversations With God, from the best selling books by Neale Donald Walsch, and produced and directed by my good friend Stephen Simon (disclosure: he’s also my boss!) opened in October in theaters around the country.

I had the privilege of reading and commenting on many versions of the script as it was carefully crafted by Eric DelaBarre, during pre-production. I was so close to the project that the first time that I saw the completed film, all I saw were the people I knew, the scenes that had been deleted, the weather I knew had come straight from God, and the credits that included all of the incredible people who made the movie happen. Oh, and did I mention my daughter and I have a walk on bit in the film? It took me three screenings to be able to really see the movie. And I was blown away.

The film is not a movie version of the book, though the book does come through loud and clear. It is about the time leading up to the writing of the book, the most challenging time in Neale’s life. Five years before Neale published that first book, (“Conversations With God”) he was homeless on the streets of Ashland, Oregon, asking for change from the people walking by. How does that happen? Could it happen to me? Is God part of a time like that in a person’s life? What does it take to turn the experience around? This is the epic story of one man’s journey as he turned his life around. And God definitely has a lot to do with it.

There are funny times in the film, although I’m not sure how funny they really were when Neale was living them. There are sad times that about break your heart, and I’m sure they were much worse in real life. And through it all, way before God starts talking in the film, God is communicating.

It just takes Neale (played by the brilliant Henry Czerny) a while to be able to listen. Once he starts listening, everything turns around, and the film starts flying. Neale’s propulsion through his life is infectious and we are catapulted into our own sense of potential and greater purpose. It’s an amazing ride, one that I found myself quoting from constantly in casual conversation for weeks. In fact, I still hear myself saying “Always. In All Ways.” You’ll understand when you see it.

For more information about Conversations With God, go to CWGthemovie.com.

Anna Darrah is a movie reviewer and director of acquisitions for the Spiritual Cinema Circle, signing more than 50 films each year. She has produced two documentaries that have aired on the Sundance Channel. She has a BA in theater from Guilford College, Greensboro, NC. For more about Anna Darrah and the Spiritual Cinema Circle, go to spiritualcinemacircle.com.  

  
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by Peter Melton

The internet has really changed the way we “spread the word.” It is also changing the way we promote books, movies and ideas. This is where Pass Along Concepts comes in.

If you heard of the amazing Go Gratitude experiment, then you know why there is so much energy around this new marketing strategy. Pass Along and Go Gratitude created an “almost overnight” online sensation that resulted in the sales of over 10,000 books and over 250,000 Pass Along promotional cards and posters.

Pass Along has also created campaigns with Best Selling Author Neale Donald Walsch and Peace Troubadour James Twyman.

Lately, Pass Along has become a full time messenger of peace. They are working with SF based Pathways to Peace and the UN sanctioned International Day of Peace and also have co-created the “Peace Wave” campaign with Earthdance, the Worlds Largest synchronized Dance for Peace.

There upcoming peace project is called Unified Peace. Set to launch formally in late October, Unified Peace is a campaign designed to re-invent the symbols we use to express peace in our world.

After researching the history of our two finger peace signal and the round, three pronged peace sign, Unified Peace founder Peter Melton realized that the energy that was behind the creation of both of our “peace” signs, was far from the kind of peace he was visualizing for the world.

The two finger “peace” signal began as a “V” for Victory signal and still stands for that in many countries. The round peace symbol is made up of the nautical symbols for the letters “N” and “D” standing for Nuclear Disarmament. So as you can see, the two signs we use to express our peace to the world come from the conscious energy of “victory” and the plea of “no nukes!”

www.UnifiedPeace.org (Still in early stages of development) offers a fresh new variation of the two finger signal and a new peace logo. The logo (shown above) originates from the infinity symbol, representing the infinite life energy that we are.

The center line represents the “illusion of separation” that our human consciousness has dreamt up. We have imagined that we are separate from each other, separate from our mother Earth and somehow separate from our infinite source. The outer oval and the black and white quadrants represent the fact that although there appears to be separation, that there is a larger balanced unity that surrounds us all.

Pass Along Concepts is an Ashland, Oregon based Promotions and Publishing company Learn more at www.PassAlongWebsites.com

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