Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds

Inner Worlds is a beautiful and intelligent film about meditation, the nature of existence, and spiritual evolution. It is presented in 4 parts so you can watch it in segments which is good because the information is dense. The music and fractal images make it artistic and the commentary on nature, mythology, science, culture, quantum physics, philosophy and world religion brings the themes together in an educational and enlightening manner.

This film is a must see for anyone who is curious about the nature of existence. It is complex yet easy to comprehend so I feel it can be understood by people of all ages and diversities.

Inner Worlds Outer Worlds creates in the viewer a feeling that one is going down a rabbit hole, deeper and deeper until one realizes that we have ACTUALLY been down the rabbit hole all along. Our eyes have been closed as we have missed the sublime essence of nature, as we have created endless distractions for ourselves. The film juxtaposes ancient spiritual teachings with cutting edge science, beautiful fractals and observations about modern society. The main premise of the film is that we are asleep, moving in endless cycles of craving and aversion which are perpetuated by a pathological egoic or thinking mind. One needs to still the mind to "wake up". The truth is conveyed gently without offending or crushing any belief systems, and at the same time showing how all spiritual system have one common source. As we move from the head to the deeper realizations of the heart, one is left with a profound sense of the beauty and sacredness of life.

I am a practitioner and teacher of Archetypal Pattern Analysis, which links the patterns in nature (or patterns in form) to the patterns in our psyche, expressed through our behavior. We study how form comes into existence through patterns and repetition and then apply these principles to human systems. Both the individual and organizations. Inner Worlds, OUter Worlds is now being used in our trainings, as the first one half of this movie is an extraordinary explication of how the underlying structures of existence emerges into form through patterns. After having studied Dynamical Systems Theory, Chaos Theory, new biology, Complexity Theory and patterns in nature along with the philosophical systems of Buddhism and Hinduism since 1995, I can easily say that this film is an amazing synthesis of all these fields of study. The amount of research that has gone into this film must have been staggering and acquiring the photography must have taken years. All I can do is say "Hats Off to the film makers!", you have made my job of teaching so much easier!

I've been making documentaries for over 40 years and watching them even longer. It's extremely rare for me to sit through a film twice, but that's exactly what I did with Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds. The ideas presented in this excellent film will stir you, ignite (or reignite) a sense of wonder at the sacredness of the everyday and send you on an inner journey to the ultimate source of all being. Daniel Schmidt's script is exemplary and the cinematography is often breathtaking. This four-part gem is vastly larger than the sum of its exquisite parts.

Schmidt posits that scientists are discovering that the universal force of which the mystics spoke -- chi, ka, prana, the Holy Spirit, etc. -- might correspond to the so-called dark energy. The more we learn about physics, the less primitive some of the ancient teachings appear. Schmidt makes a compelling case for meditation as a vehicle for accessing sacred energy. If you don't come away from Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds with your pulse racing, you may not have one.

This documentary will make sense to you if you're on a spiritual journey and have done some preliminary self research about the ideas of consciousness presented by various esoteric cultures over the years. It will make sense to you if you're an artist, naturally creative and have wondered "why does the shape of a circle exist" or "why does a zebra have the patterns that it does". It amalgamates several facets of consciousness together and presents it to you in the form of a narrative. The creator himself likely went through the enlightenment journey and researches a lot and put it together using many concepts and references from different experiments, realized beings and encourages self inquiry.

It is EXACTLY what I needed at this point in time in my journey and when I realized it was answering all the questions I had in my mind, I couldn't help but bawl my eyes out, out of gratitude toward the universe, that was trying to answer questions that have plagued me since childhood.

Just like they say "no two people read the same book", no two people watch the same documentary, for the amount of learning or conceptualization you will take back will depend on the depth of your container or your antenna.