Divyaraaj Jadaun (Raaj) joins ElephantTribe.org – and within a week – has an immediate amazing positive impact here by analyzing and recommending some major changes to our oval online presence. Raaj is now part of working on a overall strategic – and organizational – plan – to further ElephantTribe.org’s ability to take our films to the viewers. Stay tuned for more to follow …..
“To me dreams are part of nature, which harbors no intention to deceive but expresses something as best it can.”
– Carl Jung
Awakening
by Henrik
Wakening
my
conscious self
accessing my
sub-consciousness
thru
the realm of
my dreams
enlightenment
being in the now
flowing thru the past
into the future
my light is still
burning
with
passion
and love
it’s invisible by
the naked eye
although
you can feel me
inside yourself
by Henrik
I have love to give
will you
be mine
A super interesting and inspiring visit to Martha Graham Dance Company’s performance and lecture “2 Parterre”. It’s obvious why Martha Graham sometimes are being called the “Picasso of Dance”.
We spent the afternoon in Malibu, CA – capturing the magic light of the golden hour – filming a scene for our upcoming film “Roots & Wings”. You can watch the film’s trailer by clicking Roots & Wings
A wonderful day spent at the Malibu Pow Wow together with our Native American Friend and Board Member Dale Benson. Dale’s mother was a full blooded Comanche Indian. With the blessings of the mystery spirit, Dale shared his Native American Spirituality and Wisdom with us on this important day.
“It does not require many words to speak the truth“ – Chief Joseph, Nez Perce
We were happy to partake in our own Dale Benson’s in person appearance of the opening of the. Dale was one of the three persons with Aphasia that were featured in the video part installation. We have posted an excerpt of the video part of the art installation project below. This was truly a beautiful and humbling evening with all our Stroke and Aphasia Victim Friends. You can find ElephantTribe.org’s books created together with Dale Benson by clicking Our Store
“By weaving our opinions, prejudices, strategies, and emotions into a solid reality, we try to make a big deal out of ourselves, out of our pain, out of our problems. But things are not as solid, predictable, or seamless as they seem.
In sitting meditation, our practice is to watch our thoughts arise, label them “thinking,” and return of breath. If we were trying to find the beginning, middle, and end of each thought, we’d soon discover that there is no such thing. Trying to find the moment when one thought becomes another is like trying to find the moment when boiling water turns into steam. Yet we habitually string our thoughts together into a story that tricks us into believing that our identity, our happiness, our pain, and our problems are all solid and separate entities. In fact, like thoughts, all these constructs are constantly changing. Each situation, each thought, each word, each feeling is just a passing memory.
Wisdom is a fluid process, not something concrete that can be added up or measured. The warrior-bodhisattva trains with the attitude that everything is a dream. LIFE is a DREAM,; death is a dream; waking is a dream; sleeping is a dream. The dream is the direct immediacy of our experience. Trying to hold on to any of it by buying our story line only blocks our wisdom.”
– Pema Chödrön, Comfortable with Uncertainty
ElephantTribe.org is honored to have new talented and inspirational Tribers as part of our growing team.
UCLA film students and international documentary film makers Maiya Ait and Martina Albanelli have already made a powerful and heartfelt impact.  Their love of the world and unique ideas have contributed passion on all fronts. Relentless sharing and expertise through multiple projects; from  our Inspirational Film Productions – including current production of our full feature film “The Good Life” and recent published David Lynch Wisdom Remix “Beautiful Thing to Think about” – to our Out-Reach Programs.
And a special thanks to Kevin De León for referring these talented students from the UCLA film program. Kevin is in charge of Entertainment studies and is the Internship Coordinator & Academic Advisor for UCLA.
