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New E-Course - Sign up Today: • Catalysts for Change Daily Practices: • Spiritual Practice of the Day • More Spiritual Practices • Spiritual Reading of the Day: Joyce Rupp on letting go • More Spiritual Readings 12/21/09 Winter Wonder for the Solstice Announcing: The Most Spiritually Literate Films of 2009 Your Tributes: Honor someone or something on your "Best-of-the-Year" list 12/18/09 Now in Theaters: Avatar, The Messenger, The Young Victoria, NoBody's Perfect 12/17/09 New Book Reviews: city living, climate crisis, prayer, spiritual memoir, forgiveness, Advent, service, relationships, theology 12/16/09 Opening today: Crazy Heart 12/15/09 New DVDs: District 9, The Other Man, Taking Woodstock, (500) Days of Summer 12/14/09 Spiritual Literacy Blog: United States' Shameful Land Mine Policy 12/13/09 2009 End-of-the-Year Tributes: Share your Bests list! 12/11/09 Opening Friday: Invictus, A Single Man 12/09/09 Tomorrow: Human Rights Day John Dear: Our New War President 12/08/09 New Award-winning Books: Kent Nerburn on Native American wisdom, the spirit of service, memories of Muhammad New DVDs: The Cove, Julie and Julia, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12/04/09 Now in Theaters: Everybody's Fine, The Last Station, Gigante, Brothers, Up in the Air 12/03/09 Spiritual Literacy Blog: We May Be Born with an Urge to Help 12/02/09 Opening today: Before Tomorrow, an Inuit film 11/24/09 Opening in Theaters: Me and Orson Welles, Home, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Spiritual Literacy Blog: The Interfaith Amigos 11/23/09 New Book Reviews: happiness, fear, dualistic thinking, gratitude, simplicity, prayer, beauty, worship, silence, Sufism, Hinduism, and more 11/20/09 Opening Friday: Mammoth, The Blind Side, The Twilight Saga: New Moon 11/17/09 Spiritual Literacy Blog: Japan's Pop Culture 11/17/09 New DVDs: My Sister's Keeper, Angels & Demons, Star Trek, My One and Only, A Christmas Tale, Funny People, Four Christmases, Humpday, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Is Anybody There? 11/16/09 Spiritual Literacy Blog: A Tribute to Pema Chodron 11/13/09 Now in Theaters: Fantastic Mr. Fox, Pirate Radio, The End of Poverty? Uncertainty, Oh My God? 11/10/09 New DVDs: Up, Enlighten Up! A Skeptic's Journey into the World of Yoga 11/07/09 New Children's Books mittens, jungle animals, snow, and monsters 11/06/09 Opening Today: The Men Who Stare at Goats, The Box, That Evening Sun, Precious 11/04/09 26 Ways to Practice Thanks-giving 11/03/09 New DVDs: Lemon Tree, The Dead, Unmistaken Child, The Answer Man, Food, Inc. 10/30/09 Now in Movie Theaters: Storm, Skin Naming the Days Tomorrow: Halloween Naming the Days Sunday: All Saints Day 10/27/09 Spiritual Literacy Blog: Must We Have Bad Music in Public Spaces? New DVDs: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Nothing Like the Holidays, Medicine for Melancholy, Perestroika, Il Divo 10/26/09 New in Books: Eckhart Tolle on animals, the Dalai Lama on happiness, John Shelby Spong on eternal life, Debbie Ford's consciousness cleanse, and more 10/23/09 In Theaters: The Wedding Song, Amelia, Motherhood, New York, I Love You 10/21/09 Robert Fulghum: Shines of the Times 10/18/09 At the Movies: Where the Wild Things Are 10/17/09 Naming the Days: Divali - A Celebration of Our Inner Light 10/13/09 New DVDs: The Proposal, Beauty in Trouble, Every Little Step, American Violet, Adoration 10/12/09 New Book Reviews: mindfulness practices, discernment, prayerfulness, community, everyday life, AIDS-free world, green collar economy, and more 10/09/09 At the Movies: Peter and Vandy, The Damned United, The Yes Men Fix the World, An Education 10/08/09 New DVD: Liberation Day / Munyarangabo Spiritual Literacy Blog: A Short Manifesto on the Future of Attention |
Films of 2009 Mary Ann Brussat Every December we look back through our reviews of the several hundred films we've seen in the year, revisiting some of them in theaters or on DVD, to choose our own version of the critic's best list. We look for the films that have enriched our spiritual journeys, that reveal the search for meaning and purpose, whose characters demonstrate the application of spiritual qualities in daily life, and whose themes raise our consciousness to a fuller engagement with our world. These are spiritually literate films that reflect the 37 practices featured on this website. So here are our choices in five categories. We are grateful to the producers, directors, writers, actors, and everyone else who contributed to the 45 most spiritually literate films of 2009.  See the See a summary of the Most Spiritually Literate Films of 2009
See the Ten Most Spiritually Literate Films of 2009
See the Ten Most Spiritually Literate Foreign Language Films of 2009
See the Five Most Spiritually Literate Animated Films of 2009
See the Ten Most Spiritually Literate Documentaries of 2009
See Ten More Spiritually Literate Films of 2009
Honor someone or something on your "Best-of-the-Year" list
New E-Course with Practice Circle
 Catalysts for Change is a new 21-day program especially designed for the start of the New Year when our intentions often focus on beginning anew. Change is a fundamental premise and promise of the spiritual life. Sometimes this transformation is dramatic, but more often it comes through small steps. What are the best catalysts for change? Daily, simple, and consistent spiritual practices. Start 2010 by joining us on the path of change. Each day you will receive an email with a short reading from a spiritual teacher and a spiritual practice to do to help you change your life. Then login to our online Practice Circle to share your progress, get support, and enjoy the insights of a community of spiritual companions. January 4 - 24. $19.95. Sign up here.
Charter for Compassion
 On November 12, 2009, a new Charter for Compassion was unveiled to a global community poised to embrace this spiritual practice as a way of transforming ourselves and our world. You are invited to join us in affirming this important cooperative effort to restore not only compassionate thinking but, more importantly, compassionate action to the center of religious, moral and political life. We've updated and expanded the section of this website devoted to the spiritual practice of compassion with lists of the best books, book excerpts, teaching stories, films, spiritual practices, and much more. There is also an extensive collection of quotations on compassion from all the world's religions.
See our collection of resources on compassion
Read and affirm the Charter for Compassion
Map to Happiness
 This fall marks the 10th anniversary of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's bestselling book on happiness. His subject seems to be more on our minds than ever, especially during these difficult times. So we've gone through our reviews archives, pulled some of the best books on the subject off our shelves, recalled favorite movies, and created a mini-course of quotations on happiness. See our Map to Happiness
Read our review of The Art of Happiness - Tenth Anniversary Edition by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Find more resources on happiness on the homepage for the spiritual practice of Joy
Best Spiritual Books of 2009 (So Far)
 These books are so good, we already know they will be on our end-of-the-year list — so there's no point in postponing the announcement. We congratulate the authors and publishers of these exceptional contributions to today's spiritual renaissance.
Read our list of the Best Spiritual Books of 2009 (So Far)
Living Spiritual Teachers Project
 Byron Katie
The Living Spiritual Teachers Project profiles teachers we think you should meet on your spiritual journey. Byron Katie is the developer of the self-inquiry method known as The Work. Our profile includes a biography, quotation sampler, and links to reviews of her books and other resources. Meet Byron Katie
See all the teachers
Visit the Remembering Spiritual Masters Project
Spiritual Literacy on YouTube
 Spiritual Literacy: Reading the Sacred in Everyday Life, based on Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat's bestselling book, is a six-volume DVD series consisting of 26 meditative and soul-stirring half-hour films. Award-winning filmmaker David Cherniack has married aha! passages by teachers of all spiritual traditions to sense-luscious visuals and emotionally vibrant music to reveal the sacred meanings in todays world. We've just created a YouTube channel to showcase clips from all the episodes — plus five extra clips from the episode on "Forgiveness." Visit the Spiritual Literacy channel on YouTube
Visit the Spiritual Literacy Project to read more about this innovative series and to take advantage of our Special Offer. |
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