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  • Scene 1 by atemporaryguestcalled_moses A person walks in the bar in hospital clothes carrying a sense of awe, relief and surprise. Options: 1) He/she is having a "near death" experience while undergoing a surgery, and reaches Bar Karma. 2) In the case of option 1, there is some Karmic connection between this person and the surgeon or nurses participating in the surgery in past lives. 3) He/she is having a "lucid dream" while in the hospital bed. 4) He/she is actually (already) dead, and reaches Bar Karma as a disembodied "soul."
  • Scene 2 by atemporaryguestcalled_moses A few moments before the new patron (who is actually a woman in her 60s called Lucy) comes into the bar wearing her hospital gown, Dayna (the bartender) had just played a mysterious Indian-based electronic song in the Jukebox, in which the word “Karma” is repeated as a chorus with a mysterious echo tone (song “Voices in the Wind”, from the album Mystic Voyage by Bernd Scholl). At that moment, Doug looked at Dayna with a certain surprise in his eyes. He tells her in a sarcastic tone, waving his hands like a magician: Hey “Fairy”, I didn’t know you had this “new age-y” side on you.. Dayna replies sarcastically, bouncing back with a sharp remark: That’s not “new age”, Mr. “businessman”! It is about time for you (especially you) to know the difference between what some people call by “new age” and the “real stuff”!.. James joins the dialogue with a professorial but light attitude, acting like a conflict resolution master: Yes, Doug, that’s part of our job here, especially yours, buddy! He takes a quick look at his galaxy of cards and makes a quick comment, almost as if talking to himself: “That’s going to be a wild ride!..” He then offered Doug and Dayna a drink, shouting: “Cheers! In name of the old age “mysteries of life and death!” James blinked his eye to Doug and Dayna, while piercing with a fierce look at Doug followed by a laugh: “Buck up the belt, ‘Mr. business man’”!! At that moment, the new patron enters Bar Karma..
  • Scene 3 by atemporaryguestcalled_moses Lucy (the new patron) slowly walks trough the bar, looking around everything with a foggy look, almost as if sleepwalking or "walking on eggs"... Dayna, the bartender, quickly comes into her direction, manifesting her usual welcoming, supporting, and cheerful attitude. She says: “Can I help you with something?” Lucy looks at her, at first vaguely with a “lost look”, and then she finally focus her attention and get mote grounded. She starts to speak frantically with no pause: “Wow, it was so bright outside!!.. That light almost blinded me.. I tried to look for my sunglasses, but had a vague memory that they might be at home.. or in my purse at the hospital..
  • Scene 4 by atemporaryguestcalled_moses Then the next think I saw was a door, and I decided to open and come in..” She looks at the bar again and sees an eclectic mix of people at the tables. Lucy inquiries in an anxious tone: “Hey, what is this place?.. Is this somewhere in the hospital, or am I in some kind of “lucid dream” She then have a further insight: “Oh my God, could I be dead?!!” Dayna replies: “It seems you may need some rest. This is the ‘Bar Karma’. You are not in the hospital anymore.” Then she speaks with a mysterious tone: “At least, not right now…” Lucy repeats, slowly, almost as if chewing the words: “Bar Karma…?” Dayna glances at Doug and James, who have been observing the scene from afar. Dayna pauses a bit, then asks: “What’s your name?”. Lucy replies: My name is Lucy, but you can also call me by Maya, my spiritual name..
  • Scene 5 by atemporaryguestcalled_moses James shouts in a joking tone: “Lucy, I one thing I guarantee you is that you are (still) not “in the Sky with Diamonds”..! Doug complements: “although ‘angel’ Dayna has a nice one in her ring!” Dayna looks at him charmingly but fiercely. She adds: “Lucy, we are glad to meet you! I see you are wearing a hospital gawn.. Do you want me to bring something you might feel more comfortable to wear?” Lucy looks at herself with a sense of surprise, and suddenly feels more vulnerable and shy at her odd situation: “Oh my God! How embarrassing!.. I feel like I am in one of those dreams where we are naked in front of people. Yes, darling, please bring me something more appropriate to wear!.. What can you give me?” Dayna quickly runs into a room at the back. Lucy looks around the bar walls again and initially sees a picture from the Beatles album “Lucy in The Sky with Diamonds”. She smiles at the “coincidence”.
  • Scene 6 by atemporaryguestcalled_moses Then she sees another big picture in the wall. It is a colorful Tibetan Mandala theme, full of detailed figures integrated with geometric shapes resembling an intricate labyrinth. She stares at it with curiosity and a sense of joy. Dayna finally comes back with a nice pair of black paints and a white shirt. Lucy likes her taste: “Oh, that’s wonderful, darling! It looks like my daughter’s outfit..” Dayna invites Lucy to go to the restroom and change her clothes. Lucy comes back looking really good, more self-confident and shiny. Doug and Dayna invite her to sit with them at a table and drink some wine.
  • Scene 7 by atemporaryguestcalled_moses Doug gets an opening to finally introduce himself, Dayna and James, who cheerfully waves from afar. Lucy starts talking again: “Wow… This is all so strange..” Then she starts asking, again in a frantic mode: “Where did you get that Mandala picture? It looks like a picture from a meditation temple I used to go in the past.. My spiritual guide used to call that picture by “The Wheel of Time”, and said it represents the “Cycle of Life and Death”, which is punctuated by periods “in between lives” called by ‘Bardos’. Doug asks: Bar… what? Lucy repeats: ‘Bardo’, the ‘place’ Tibetan Buddhists believe we go after death, until we can come back to a new life again. James shouts from afar, using an ironic and an enigmatic tone as he shuffles his deck of cards: “It seems like your ‘Master’ might really know what he is talking about!…”
  • Scene 8 by atemporaryguestcalled_moses Suddenly, Lucy starts to look very apprehensive and sweat profusely. She asks them: “Wait!... Are you all hearing this annoying beep sound?” Lucy leans back on her chair, and experiences a quick glimpse (like a flashback) of being still in the midst of a surgery procedure in the hospital. She listens to an repeating beep sound, which keeps buzzing in her ears until the noise becomes more intense and almost steady.. Somehow, she sees herself observing the scene from above the operation bed. Her perception moves back and forth from above the bed, and from the bed, looking at the faces of the doctor and nurses. Then, a weird recognition comes to her mind. Strangely, the doctor’s face start to look a lot like Doug, from the Bar..
  • Scene 9 by atemporaryguestcalled_moses In a flash, Lucy sees herself in the bar again, looking confused at Doug’s face. The beep sound is still in the background, but faded. Dayna gives her a compassionate look and a brief warm hug. Lucy seems distressed. She says: “Oh my God, I am in the middle of my surgery! And now I am here!!??” What is really going on? Are you angels? James come closer to the table and makes a joke? Angles or Demons! He stares at Lucy’s expression and say? Just kidding! He then proceeds in a comforting tone: “That’s life, sweetie.. We all live in many parallel realties.. You are just experiencing one of them. As you may already know form your ‘master’, it is always up to us to chose which one to take..” Lucy seems to not take him too seriously, and keep asking questions in a nervous tone: “Where I am? Am I dying? Am I dead? Is this the “Bardo”, or is this just one of my weird “lucid dreams”?
  • Scene 10 by atemporaryguestcalled_moses Dayna starts pointing into the TV in the Bar in a frantic way: The News is showing a concerned reporter giving some “breaking news” from a hospital in San Francisco, California. He says: “…although there is still a lot of speculations around the underlying circumstances of her health emergency, the doctors said that probably the actress has now a 50/50 chance of survival…” A recent photo from Lucy is then shown in the screen during a recent celebrity charity event. Lucy stares at the TV, in state of shock. She says: “Oh boy, I might be really dreaming!”
  • Scene 11 by atemporaryguestcalled_moses James approaches the table and join the conversation, as if trying to add an extra layer of purpose and order into the talk. He starts by giving Lucy more details about “Bar Karma”. He then gives the word to Doug, who complements his explanation. They tell Lucy her situation is a little bit different from others, and that they too are a bit confused. Dayna touches Lucy’s hand on the table in a loving and comforting way. Lucy is thankful for the clarifications, although she does not seem too happy with their apparent uncertainty. James adds: “ We may have some heavy duty work to accomplish here, ladies and gentlemans”.. Let’s see if we can figure out what ‘needs to be done’ next. At this moment, his cell phone (with an AT&T’s sponsor logo) rings and he moves quickly to grab it. He listens quietly and attentively to what probably one of his ‘mysterious bosses’ is saying, with a humbling and disciplined attitude. “OK, it that’s what you want...” Then he adds: “You know, there has been a very long time since we had some many things at stake like what you are asking us to do for this job, and I think that will be worth an extra bonus! .. or at least an extra of that thing we all know about..”
  • Scene 12 by atemporaryguestcalled_moses James looks at Doug: “Right, ‘Mr. Businessman??’” We might have a good one for you going on here!.. But it will be mostly up to you to figure out what to do next, as this will be part of your ‘skill level’ preparation! Sorry, I can not say too much at this moment… But perhaps Dayna can give you some help.. Dayna goes to the Jukebox and says: I think we need to spice up a little bit the things here, this subject is getting too ‘heavy’ for me.. She then plays a somewhat thoughtful song from the heavy metal band Iron Maiden called “Wasted Years” with a chorus that says… “But now it seems, I'm just a stranger to myself…And all the things I sometimes do, it isn't me but someone else…I close my eyes, and think of home…Another city goes by, in the night…Ain't it funny how it is, you never miss it til it's gone away…And my heart is lying there and will be til my dying day…Chorus: So…understand…Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years…Face up...make your stand…And realize you're living in the Golden Years…” - followed by a sharp solo of an electric guitar..
  • Scene 13 by atemporaryguestcalled_moses Doug listens to the song and shouts: “Wow, I used to love this song in my teens, that’s cool!” This ‘omen’ tells me this can be actually a significant work to do.. OK James, I’m taking the challenge! He also blinks at Dayna: “Thanks for the song!” She smiles back, bowing while expressing a flirting look. Doug decides to get more information from Lucy in order to better fulfill his new mission: “Lucy, do you know why you are in the hospital?” Lucy replies “I had to rush to the hospital in an ambulance after having a seizure during my sleep. For my utter surprise, they did a scan and found a tumor in my brain, and I am now just being operated! I hope I can survive from this surgery, and have no negative consequences and side effects from it. It is weird to know that part of my brain will be gone, but I am hoping that I will be all OK, thanks to the “Neuroplasticity” of my brain.. Hey, have you heard about Neuroplasticity? That’s part of some amazing new scientific discoveries about brain functions that have been seen as ‘miraculous’ by science.. Doug and Dayna look a bit lost. Lucy adds: “Yes, do you know our brains can reorganize themselves pretty much like a software? Science is ‘discovering’ that our brains can work internally much more like an ‘intelligent software’ than a ‘complex hardware’, as they have previously thought.. Anyway, Doug, that’s why I am at the hospital.. But everything has happened so quickly that I am still trying to fully grasp my whole ‘health situation’. And now, to make things even weirder, I am now here with you all at ‘bar Karma’!..
  • Scene 14 by atemporaryguestcalled_moses Doug continues his line of inquiry: “Lucy, is there anything in your life that you think you could have done differently than you had in the past, which could have caused a major impact in the world?” Lucy changes her posture and gets more serious and thoughtful.. “Me? Who am I? A simple actress, but fortunately, a ‘famous one’! But even then, how would I be connected with any ‘major event’ in the world?” James comments, sneaking into the conversation: “Well, we are much more connected than we can even conceive, and many of our acts can have broader and deeper consequences we can not imagine even in our wildest dreams!” “Hey, that’s Karma!!” – Lucy replies, laughing. My Tibetan Buddhist teacher (Tensang) usually say things like that.. James replies with a smile “I told you he might really know what he is talking about!.. You know Lucy, I am a well travelled man.. In one of my lives, I used to hang out with monks like your ‘Master’.. So much that I even became one! But that’s another life, very, very different than now… but with almost the same degree of responsibility. As a bartender, I have my own ‘serious duties’! Speaking about ‘serious duties & responsibilities’, what else do you wanna drink? How about a ‘Sky on the Rocks’”?
  • Scene 15 by atemporaryguestcalled_moses Lucy decides to take Doug’s inquiry to heart, and after some moment of deep introspection, she tells Doug: “Interesting, I just had an insight about my son… I had a vision of him older, being a prominent philosopher who proposed a big change in the way we currently see the world.. I which he was alive though, and that I had been more open and wise about his own choices, which might have prevented that awful tragedy.. Tears start falling from Lucy’s eyes. Doug asks: What happened with him? Lucy replies: “My son, Troy was a very sensitive boy very interested in spiritual matters, but unfortunately my husband and I did not ‘see him’ as he was and could not support him to follow his heart and dreams, mostly because we were afraid he was going to be a ‘nobody’ in life by following this path. Unfortunately, he ended up feeling quite lost and surrounding himself in the midst of ‘bad company’. Eventually, he ended up becoming overly externally oriented and materialistic as if to compensate his inner loss, and got involved in some ‘shadowy business people’. Poor Troy, after many trials, he eventually managed to kill himself with an overdose of drugs, and then it was already too late for us to do anything of help.. I wish I could have done something by then. I am quite a different person today! If was not by him, I would not be interested in pursuing those spiritual subjects myself, and bringing them to my own life..
  • Scene 16 by atemporaryguestcalled_moses Doug has a weird recognition. The name “Troy” had a vague resonance in his memory, connected to a young ambitious guy he met a long time ago.. He tells James and Dayna that he already knows what to do in the ‘real world’! Doug gives a ‘last look’ to Lucy, saying he will try to straighten things out this time, for the good oh her son, for himself and the world. James turns to Doug: “’Mr. business man’, it seems that you don’t have much choices right now, and you are at one of the most important crossroads of your life”. Now, it is a matter of grabbing this rare opportunity, or not…” Go back, make different choices this time, and we can have a talk soon!” Doug moves out of the table in the direction of the exit door. Next scene he is opening the door of his office and moving to his desk in order to talk to Troy, who is already waiting for him. Doug first witnesses himself saying: “My boy, for some weird reason, I see myself in you. Ambitious, fearless, smart, and willing to do anything to get what you want in this ‘shitty world’! I will put you in a mission with one of my best ‘field teams’, and see if you can keep their pace. Consider this as a ‘initiation test’.. Then, Doug suddenly ‘enters’ the body of his ‘alternate reality past self’, and then proceed to change his speech and the course of events.. He gets more thoughtful this time, breath deeply and makes a deliberate pause.. He continues the dialogue: “But.. first, let’s take a ride in my new car. I would like to know a little bit more about your true intentions and expectations with our partnership..
  • Scene 17 by atemporaryguestcalled_moses Doug and Troy get into the New 2011 Mazda 2 and drive through a scenic sea shore at a beautiful sunset time. Doug asks Troy: “What really motivates you, my boy?” Troy says: “Money, power, get everything I want and deserve!” Doug replies, feeling weird about himself, almost as if speaking the words of somebody else: “What makes you think you know what you want, Troy? Did you always wanted that in your life?” Troy gets a bit sad and introspective: “Well, not actually.. I used to be interested in those silly stuff, spirituality and all, but realized that’s not for me. I would not be ‘anybody’ in that path, and not get what I wanted..” Doug: “But it seems to me that’s what you wanted..?” Troy: “Well, I guess so, but I did not know anything about the world, it was just a naïve dream of mine” Doug: “Did you ever tried to pursue this dream with the sense of purpose and tenacity I see you wanting to be my ‘business partner’? Troy: “Actually not…” My parents, especially my mom, would never allow it. Doug: “I know your mom. Lucy, right? I am sure she would love to see you making your stand in this path, holding your dream accountable!” Troy looks at Doug with a confused look, as if thinking he became insane. Doug says: “Troy, I may be letting go one of my best potential partners and loosing one of my most profitable gigs ever, but I have to tell you: “I am not hiring you for this groundbreaking job, and I don’t want to see you in my office anymore from now on.. At this moment, consider yourself ‘fired’and out of mny team! You, your mom and the world are going to be quite happier (and better) with my decision! Doug gives Troy a smirky and mysterious smile. He stops the car at a beautiful beach spot and asks Troy to take the direction. They change their seats and Doug, already in the passenger seat, opend the door wishing Troy good luck in his path. “Follow your deepest dreams, Troy. They are the most real thing you can have in your life!” Doug opens the door of the New 2011 Mazda 2. The next moment he is entering Bar Karma again.
  • Scene 18 by atemporaryguestcalled_moses Back to the table, Doug, Dayna and James startys watching Troys life’s unfolding in the TV, after the groundbreaking encounter in the car. Troy becomes a prolific philosopher and practicioner of Tibetan Buddhism, and ends up creating a body of work that changes the worldviews of a whole new generation. He brings all the lessons he had learned from his brief ‘shadowy’ dealings with people like Doug and other unethical business ventures he was involved with, and the awful path some of his friends and colleagues unfortunately ended up falling into, such as loss of the ‘meaning of life’ causing life upheaveals, addictions, overdoses, suicides, etc. Being already smart with numbers and sciences, he promotes a groundbreaking integration of the worlds of rationality and spirituality, which end up spreading into many fields of human thought and activity. For many people, Troy became a real ‘game changer’ in the world, by the way he invited people to look deeply and broadly at themselves first, and then into the world they live in..
  • Scene 19 by atemporaryguestcalled_moses Suddenly, a wind blows into the bar, and they see in the TV a very old Tibetan Buddhist master (Kelsang) entering Lucy’s surgery room, carrying a big flash light in his right hand. Lucy looks at him, appalled. She vaguely recognizes him as being the mentor of her current teacher, based on a photo she saw one time at his desk. She looks at him from the bed, in a reverential attitude. He gently giggles. His eyes show an unusual mix of benevolence, wisdom, fierceness and lightness. He says, in a “warrior-like” but still soft tone: “Lucy, I am here to help you to get free, as you asked your teacher and as we agreed in your past life (if you still remember)” … But this time, as you get free, you and your son Troy are also going to help others: That’s part of your current path, the path that you have chosen! I am just here to remind you and give you an extra ‘push’.. Lucy thinks: “But Troy has died a long time ago..?” Kelsang reads her thought and replies with a big smile: “Not in this new reality”, and shows her two papers to read (they are the diplomas of a coach and a therapist, stamped by the state of California – all with Lucy’s name!) Kelsang proceeds: “Go back, Lucy, go back, you are now in better hands (at the same time Kelsang is holding his big flashlight in the hospital surgery bed, a nurse is using a small flashlight to check Lucy’s eyes, while she observes some electronic instruments with a concerned facial expression…) Kelsang says with s solemn and compassionate tone: “It is not time to get ‘liberated’ yet, there is much work to be done here”. Lucy accepts his suggestion. She sees herself walking through a tunnel, in the inverse direction of the bright light at the end. She opens her eyes. There is no beep noise anymore, and everything looks calmer and more silent.
  • Scene 20 by atemporaryguestcalled_moses Lucy is inside her office room, looking healthy and happy. In the wall, there are the diplomas her teacher gave showed her in the paper at the hospital. A book in her shelf has an intriguing esoteric symbol. A client comes in, almost the same age as Troy when he died. He is facing similar problems, and Lucy proceeds to help him get in touch with his true self and nature, as Doug did in the car.
  • Scene 21 by atemporaryguestcalled_moses Lucy is having a lucid dream on her bed at home. She decides to visit “Bar Karma”. She sees the door, and open it. James is the first to see her. Doug and Dayna seem a bit oblivious to her presence, until James salute her: “Hey, look who is here! You look great, Lucy! Congratulations! Lucy smiles at him, and says her thanks to all of them. Kelsang and Tansang (Lucy’s teacher) are laughing loud at a joke, sitting at a table at the end of the Bar. Another bald headed person is sharing the table with him, also laughing with very innocent and simple attitude. It is her son Troy. Lucy comes in the direction of Doug and say thanks for helping her son, exchanging a look at Troy and the Tibetan monks at the other table. She asks Doug: “Do you know anything about Tibetan Buddhism?” He chucks: “Nope!” But I know that Richard Gere and the father of that actress… He tries to remember her name.. (Uma Thurman!) are really into this ‘stuff’, and that ‘Dalai Lama’ seems to be a nice, thoughtful guy.. Lucy asks: “Then, why your Bar is called ‘Bar Karma’”? Doug looks at James as if looking for help, James just waves his shoulder. He replies to Lucy apologetically: “Oh Lord, this may take too long to explain..” Doug says: “Now you are really making me confused with this subject! First of all, what is all this stuff about? ‘Bardo’ lucid dreams, and all this weird ‘woo woo’ stuff? James, who is now sharing the table with the other three, shows a smirky smile.. He comments: “I remember hearing about this stuff in some of my “past lives”, but have not heard much about it for a long, long time..” Dayna seems a bit perplexed, but quite curious. Lucy replies: “As I said, Bardo is the ‘place’ or ‘transition time’ between lives, according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. There is even a classic book written about it, called by the “Tibetan Book of the Dead”, which is supposed to bring some guidance and support to people who are recently deceased or dying to go through this “transition”. I especially resonate with a more recent Western version called “The American Book of the Dead”. I got this book recently and loved it!” And then she curves with a sad face: “ I just feel a bit sad that I could not help my son when he died in that other parallel reality…
  • Scene 22 by atemporaryguestcalled_moses Doug comments: “Speaking about ‘dreaming’, what did you mean by ‘lucid dreams’? James smiles again, as if hiding something, waiting for the others to ask... Lucy, with a smirky smile in her face, explains (showing an attitude of reverence mixed with excitement): “I am lucid dreaming right now, Doug! Lucid Dreaming is an ancient shamanic practice common in the Bon Tibetan Buddhism, a shamanic branch of this tradition. It is also a practice common to other shamanic traditions in the Americas which has been also proven to exist by our science. When you have a ‘lucid dream’, you basically “know” that you are dreaming, while you are dreaming. Things you experience can be as bright (or brighter) than in “real life”, which might make you question about ‘what is ‘really’ real?’ The Tibetan Buddhists also believe that the practice of "lucid dreaming" can be also seen as being some kind of advanced training or preparation for ‘liberation’ from the seemingly perpetual ‘Cycle of Life and Death’ through the window of opportunity brought by the ‘Bardo’, the period ‘between lives’. This could be also seen as being some kind of ‘Purgatory’, ‘Judgment time’ or even a mandatory ‘recapitulation’ of ones’ life experiences and Karma, as believed by some religions or spiritual traditions. According to this ancient knowledge, the acquired knowledge, experience and practice engaged by a person within that ‘altered state’ of lucid dreaming can predict the nature of its further experiences and outcomes, both in life, in between lives, and even after life.. (either as a ‘liberated being’ or a new incarnation). Anyway… you all may think I am kind of crazy, right? – just by seeing these weird “looks” in your faces!” Everybody but James seemed intrigued and curious. He had a special introspective smile and a shiny blink in his eyes… He says: “Time to close the bill!” Lucy gets a “dreamy-shiny” credit card (AMEX card) and put it on the table. “I am covering the bill today, as a heartful appreciation for all your help!” Troy looks at her and comes to the Jukebox. With some help of Dayna, he manages to choose a new song (song Imagine, from John Lennon). The Jukebox starts playing: “You may say I am dreamer, but I am not the only one.. I hope one day you will join us, and the world will be as one..” Lucy says good bye to all. Her image slowly fades, as Troy and the other Tibetan monks (they were all lucid dreaming). They finally disappear from the scene one by one, leaving the Bar Karma trio looking at each other in awe.. (end)
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31 comments // Finalize the story of the man in the hospital gown. - A pitch from mosessilbiger.

  • atemporaryguestcalled_moses
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      atemporaryguestcalled_moses  

    • For those who are interested in knowing more about the subjects I included in my credited Story (winner) for the 3rd episode of the upcoming “Bar Karma” TV show, I am posting below some of the main references related to the content my Story (i.e.: books, movies, websites, TV shows, video games, etc.). Hope you can enjoy this info and make (or support others to make) good use of it! :)
      Moses
      (+ detailed info ordered above in the posts below..)

    • 1 year ago
  • atemporaryguestcalled_moses
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      atemporaryguestcalled_moses  

    • Hope you can enjoy this info and make (or support others to make) good use of it! :)
      Best wishes,
      Moses

      * PS: Translation of introductory messages in Portuguese (Brazil) will be posted soon (although most references are in English..)

      * PS: Traduções das mensagens introdutórias serão postada em breve em Português (Brasil) (embora a maior parte das referências estão em Inglês..)

    • 1 year ago
  • atemporaryguestcalled_moses
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      atemporaryguestcalled_moses  

    • *** 5) Related to “Butterfly Effect”, Chaos Theory, Quantum Physics & Parallel Universes/Realities

      *** 5a) Books:

      The Butterfly Effect: How Your Life Matters, by Andy Andrews

      The World As I See It, by Albert Einstein (Science)

      Einstein on Cosmic Religion and Other Opinions and Aphorisms, by Albert Einstein and George Bernard Shaw (Science, Spirituality)

      The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett III: Multiple Universes, Mutual Assured Destruction, and the Meltdown of a Nuclear Family, by Peter Byrne

      Parallel Worlds Explored, by E. J. Gold (Fourth Way, Esoteric Science & Traditions)

      Life in the Labyrinth (Labyrinth Trilogy), by E.J. Gold (Fourth Way, Esoteric Science & Traditions)

      Spiritual Gaming, by E.J. Gold (Technology, Gaming, Video Games, Fourth Way, Esoteric Science & Traditions,)

      Press Play to Grow: Designing Video Games as ‘Trojan Horses’ to Catalyze and Integrate Human Development, by Moses Silbiger (Technology, Science, Psychology, Spirituality, Integral Theory, Video Games) (Article SUNY Press, Journal of Integral Theory and Practice vol. 5, No.2)

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      *** 5b) Movies:

      The Butterfly Effect

      The Butterfly Effect 2

      The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations

      Star Trek: Alternate Realities

      Parallel Universes BBC Documentary

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      *** 5c) Websites:

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Everett_III

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Michio_Kaku

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrocausality

      newscientist.com/article/mg19626311.800-interview-parallel-lives-can-never-touch.html

      bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/susanwatts/2010/09/how_far_have_we_got_in_the_sea.html

      spiritualgaming.com

      pressplaytogrow.com

      current.com/studios

      current.com/studios/story/final-hospital/

    • 1 year ago
  • atemporaryguestcalled_moses
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      atemporaryguestcalled_moses  

    • *** 4) Related to Integration of SCIENCE (Mainstream & “Esoteric”) + SPIRITUALITY ( + Philosophy + Psychology)

      *** 4a) Books:

      Integral Spirituality: A Startling New Role for Religion in the Modern and Postmodern World, by Ken Wilber (Integral Theory, Spiritual, Science, Philosophy, Psychology)

      The Integral Vision: A Very Short Introduction to the Revolutionary Integral Approach to Life, God, the Universe, and Everything, by Ken Wilber (Integral Theory, Spiritual, Science, Philosophy, Psychology)

      The Marriage of Sense and Soul: Integrating Science and Religion, by Ken Wilber (Integral Theory, Spiritual, Science, Philosophy, Psychology)

      Quantum Questions: Mystical Writings of the World's Great Physicists, by Ken Wilber (Spiritual, Science, Philosophy, Psychology)

      Integral Psychology: Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy, by Ken Wilber (Integral Theory, Spiritual, Science, Philosophy, Psychology)

      Grace and Grit, by Ken Wilber (Spiritual, Science, Philosophy, Psychology)

      All and Everything Series, by Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff (Spiritual, Science, Philosophy, Psychology)

      The Human Biological Machine as a Transformational Apparatus: Talks on Transformational Psychology (Consciousness Classics), by E.J. Gold (Spiritual, Science, Philosophy, Psychology)

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      *** 4b) Movies:

      The Matrix Trilogy

      The Fountain

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      *** 4c) Websites:

      integrallife.com

      integralnaked.com

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Integral_theory

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Way

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Wilber

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurdjieff

      wikipedia.org/wiki/E.J._Gold

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenzin_Wangyal_Rinpoche

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Castaneda

      spiritualgaming.com

      pressplaytogrow.com

      integraleye.com

      current.com/studios

      current.com/studios/story/final-hospital/

    • 1 year ago
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    • ‎*** 3) Related to Science: Brain’s Neuroplasticity

      *** 3a) Books:

      The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science, by Norman Doidge

      Rewire Your Brain: Think Your Way to a Better Life, by John B. Arden PhD

      The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force, by Jeffrey M. Schwartz and Sharon Begley

      Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves, by Sharon Begley

      ------------------------------------

      *** 3b) Movies:

      Brain Fitness Frontiers

      The Brain Fitness Program

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      *** 3c) Websites:

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroplasticity

      normandoidge.com/normandoidge/MAIN.html

    • 1 year ago
  • Tartan10
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    • Just read.... thank you for that Mosessilbiger..... will be a thrill to see it on the show.... accolades well deserved mate... and yes the land Downunder.... way oer yonder... and we are just as hot as Texas.....

    • 1 year ago
  • atemporaryguestcalled_moses
  • atemporaryguestcalled_moses
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    • *** 2) Related to Lucid Dreaming:

      *** 2a) Books:

      The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep, by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and Mark Dahlby (Spiritual, Tibetan Buddhism)

      Lucid Dreaming, by Stephen LaBerge (Science)

      Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming, by Stephen Laberge (Science)

      Dreaming While Awake: Techniques for 24-Hour Lucid Dreaming, by Arnold Mindell (Spiritual, Science)

      One Taste, by Ken Wilber (Spiritual, Science, Philosophy, Psychology)

      The Power of Silence: Further Lessons of don Juan, by Carlos Castaneda (Shamanism, Spiritual)

      Journey to Ixtlan, by Carlos Castaneda (Shamanism, Spiritual)

      Tales of Power, by Carlos Castaneda (Shamanism, Spiritual)

      Being-in-Dreaming: An Initiation into the Sorcerers' World, by Florinda Donner (Shamanism, Spiritual)

      ------------------------------------

      *** 2b) Movies:

      The Matrix Trilogy

      Inception

      The Thirteenth Floor

      Dark City

      Enter the Void

      What Dreams May Come

      Dark City

      Donnie Darko

      Fight Club

      Mulholland Drive

      The Wizard of Oz

      Alice in Wonderland

      The Wizard of Oz

      Camino (by Javier Fesser, Spain, Christian)

      Waking Life

      ------------------------------------

      *** 2c) Websites:

      ligmincha.org

      lucidity.com

      integrallife.com

      integralnaked.com

      idhhb.com

      youtube.com/watch?v=piuof8Hz27I (What is Spiritual Gaming?)

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dreaming

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-body_experience

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel

      current.com/studios/story/final-hospital/

    • 1 year ago
  • atemporaryguestcalled_moses
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    • *** Main Themes & References related to subjects covered in the Bar Karma's Story "The Man in the Hospital Gown"...

      *** Related to After Life, Near Death Experiences, Mysteries of Life & Death, and the “Bardo”:

      *** 1a) Books:

      American Book of the Dead, by E. J. Gold, Claudio Naranjo (Fourth Way, Tibetan Buddhism, Esoteric Traditions)

      The Tibetan Book of the Dead (The Great Book of Natural Liberation Through Understanding in the Between), by Padma Sambhava, Robert Thurman , The Dalai Lama, Karma Lingpa (Tibetan Buddhism)

      The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day, by James Wasserman (Esoteric Egypt)

      Nosso Lar - An Account of Life in a Spirit Colony in the World of Spirits, by Francisco Cândido Xavier (Brazilian Spiritism, Kardec Spiritism)

      The Messengers, by Francisco Cândido Xavier (Brazilian Spiritism, Kardec Spiritism)

      Kardec's Spiritism: A Home For Healing And Spiritual Evolution, by Emma Bragdon (Kardec Spiritism)

      The Power of Silence: Further Lessons of don Juan, by Carlos Castaneda (Shamanism, Spiritual)

      Journey to Ixtlan, by Carlos Castaneda (Shamanism, Spiritual)

      Tales of Power, by Carlos Castaneda (Shamanism, Spiritual)

      Grace and Grit, by Ken Wilber (Spiritual, Science, Philosophy, Psychology)

      Parallel Worlds Explored, by E.J. Gold (Fourth Way, Esoteric Science & Traditions)

      Lazy Man's Guide to Death and Dying, by E.J. Gold (Fourth Way, Esoteric Science & Traditions)

      Life in the Labyrinth (Labyrinth Trilogy), by E.J. Gold (Fourth Way, Esoteric Science & Traditions)

      The Great Adventure: Talks on Living, Dying, and the Bardos (Consciousness Classics) by E.J. Gold, Iven Lourie, Patricia Elizabeth, and Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (Spiritual, Science)

      On Life after Death, revised by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and Caroline Myss (Spiritual, Science)

      Life After Life: The Investigation of a Phenomenon--Survival of Bodily Death, by Raymond Moody and Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (Spiritual, Science)

      Life Lessons: Two Experts on Death and Dying Teach Us About the Mysteries of Life and Living, by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, David Kessler (Spiritual, Science)

      Tunnel and the Light: Essential Insights on Living and Dying, by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (Spiritual, Science)

      On Death and Dying, by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross (Spiritual, Science)

      Death: The Final Stage of Growth, by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (Spiritual, Science)

      Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll

      The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

      The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

      The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold

      ------------------------------------

      *** 1b) Movies:

      Hereafter

      Ghost

      The Sixth Sense

      The Matrix Trilogy

      Inception

      Enter the Void

      Beetlejuice

      Dragonfly

      Defending Your Life

      Flatliners

      Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

      The Lovely Bones

      Camino (by Javier Fesser, Spain, Christian)

      What Dreams May Come

      Chico Xavier, The Movie (Brazilian, Spiritism)

      Nosso Lar (Brazilian, Spiritism)

      Dark City

      Donnie Darko

      Fight Club

      Mulholland Drive

      The Wizard of Oz

      Alice in Wonderland

      The Little Prince

      The Thirteenth Floor

      Waking Life

      ------------------------------------

      *** 1c) Websites:

      ekrfoundation.org

      integrallife.com

      integralnaked.com

      idhhb.com/abd.html

      theclearlight.com

      bardotraining.org

      youtube.com/watch?v=piuof8Hz27I (What is Spiritual Gaming?)

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardo

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardo_Thodol

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_dead

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Xavier

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritism

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritualism

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_death_experience

      wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-death_studies

      current.com/studios

      current.com/studios/story/final-hospital/

      ------------------------------------

      *** 1d) TV Shows:

      Being Human

      Afterlife

      Dead Like Me

      Six Feet Under

      Bar Karma

      Video Games:

      Afterlife (Best-seller)

      Alone in the Dark Series (Best-seller)

      Night Journey (Artistic, Experimental)

      Bardotown Death Run (Spiritual Practice)

    • 1 year ago
  • atemporaryguestcalled_moses
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      atemporaryguestcalled_moses  

    • Main Themes & References related to subjects covered in the Bar Karma's Story "The Man in the Hospital Gown":

      (1) Related to After Life, Near Death Experiences, Mysteries of Life & Death, and the “Bardo”
      (2) Related to Lucid Dreaming
      (3) Related to Science: Brain’s Neuroplasticity
      (4) Related to Integration of SCIENCE (Mainstream & “Esoteric”) + SPIRITUALITY (+ Philosophy + Psychology)
      (5) Related to “Butterfly Effect”, Chaos Theory, Quantum Physics & Parallel Universes/Realities

    • 1 year ago
  • atemporaryguestcalled_moses
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      atemporaryguestcalled_moses  

    • For those who are interested in knowing more about the subjects I included in my credited Story (winner) for the 3rd episode of the upcoming “Bar Karma” TV show, I am posting below some of the main references related to the content my Story (i.e.: books, movies, websites, TV shows, video games, etc.). Hope you can enjoy this info and make (or support others to make) good use of it! :)
      Moses
      (+ detailed info ordered above in the following posts..)

    • 1 year ago
  • atemporaryguestcalled_moses
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      atemporaryguestcalled_moses  

    • For those who are interested in knowing more about the subjects I included in my credited Story (winner) for the 3rd episode of the upcoming “Bar Karma” TV show, I am posting below some of the main references related to the content my Story (i.e.: books, movies, websites, TV shows, video games, etc.). Hope you can enjoy this info and make (or support others to make) good use of it! :)
      Moses

      ----------------------------

      Main Themes & References related to subjects covered in the Bar Karma's Story "The Man in the Hospital Gown":

      (1) Related to After Life, Near Death Experiences, Mysteries of Life & Death, and the “Bardo”
      (2) Related to Lucid Dreaming
      (3) Related to Science: Brain’s Neuroplasticity
      (4) Related to Integration of SCIENCE (Mainstream & “Esoteric”) + SPIRITUALITY (+ Philosophy + Psychology)
      (5) Related to “Butterfly Effect”, Chaos Theory, Quantum Physics & Parallel Universes/Realities

    • 1 year ago
  • atemporaryguestcalled_moses
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      atemporaryguestcalled_moses  

    • I realized that I said my thanks to everyone who voted on my Story line (friends and community members), but did not specifically expressed my thanks to the creators and producers of Bar Karma. I think I somewhat took that "thanks" for granted, but today I felt the drive to do it..

      So, besides all friends and community members who voted for my StoryMaker pitch, I would like to express my sincere thanks to to the creators and producers of Bar Karma for recommending it from the earlier stages, and mostly for creating this amazing space and opportunity for many people to share their creativity in a more accessible (and fun) ways! (even if some ideas are somewhat "out of the box" like mine, all in name of the collective creative drive!.. You showed that you do "walk your talk", and I really appreciate that.. :)

    • 1 year ago
  • ebunn
  • atemporaryguestcalled_moses
  • ebunn
  • atemporaryguestcalled_moses
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      atemporaryguestcalled_moses  

    • THANK YOU for your positive feedback, Rebecca!
      I see that you have been very active, and hope seeing one of your pitches being credited too! ;)
      PS: Yes, I will keep myself involved (especially with this positive response). Now it is a matter to manage some "burning" priorities, since I have been traveling a lot..

    • 1 year ago
  • Tartan10
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      Tartan10  

    • You did real well Moses... and you will do it again I am sure no doubting that....Congrats mate from the land way oer yonder....

    • 1 year ago
  • atemporaryguestcalled_moses
  • atemporaryguestcalled_moses
  • Rebecca_Phillips
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    • Moses, i loved your conceptualizations from the outset on this one...i will be looking for more of your storylines! Thank you for adding you creativity here CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

    • 1 year ago
  • atemporaryguestcalled_moses
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      atemporaryguestcalled_moses  

    • Thank you very much to all my friends and community fellows who VOTED!! :)

      My deep thanks and appreciation to Catherine, Moacyr, Karina, Magali, Michael, Eric, Scott, Geoff, Tracey, Rebecca, Emanuel, Jamie, Peggy, Italo, Christin, Eugene, Eileen, Patricia, Kimberly, Katia, Lisa, Elizabeth, Laurie, Camille, Claramae, Maria Renata, Terry, Beth, Ludmila, Juninho, Scott Anderson, Jake, Vania, Evelyn, David, Bridget, Colleen, Borris, Margarida, Simon, Jacqueline, Daniel, Theo, Bruna, Ruth, Jeanette, Jason, Celeste, Marcela, Adriana, Fabio and all the other unknown Current's "username nicknames" and other fellow community members of Creation Studios for your votes!! ;)

    • 1 year ago
  • Jody_Bryant
  • Laurie_Callihan
  • atemporaryguestcalled_moses
  • ebunn
  • ebunn
  • michaelhighland
  • atemporaryguestcalled_moses
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      atemporaryguestcalled_moses  

    • ‎*** The FINAL VOTE phase closes January 5 at 5 pm PT/8 pm ET ***
      Please support my Storyline "A man walks into a bar in a hospital gown" to become the official third episode of the upcoming interactive TV series BAR KARMA, filmed by a Hollywood studio.
      If you like my Storyline option, please click "VOTE ME!"

      1) *** HOW TO VOTE:
      If you like my new Storyline and are willing to "VOTE" in it, you will be asked first (if not already subscribed before) to join the CurrentTV/Creation Studios website as a new member. After you vote (by clicking the BIG BLUE button "VOTE ME!" with a thumbs up located above the story box at right), you will see a "GRACIAS!" in a BIG GREEN button.

      2) There are 2 ways to subscribe as a member. One by filling the form with your info, the other by using your Facebook profile, linking it to the website (this is the quickest option).

      3) Once subscribed, just go click the "VOTE ME!" at the same page you accessed by this link (the BIG BLUE button with a thumbs up located above the story box at right). After you vote, you will see a "GRACIAS" in a BIG GREEN button. It would also help (secondarily) if you click the small Facebook "like” by posting your vote to your Facebook page (the little thumbs up" from Facebook, located below the story box around middle-left).

      4) With your VOTE and support, this story can move further into the production phase and become the 3rd TV episode of the interactive TV series BAR KARMA, which will be further edited and produced by a Hollywood team CurrentTV/Creation Studios.

      5) More info about my initial Pitch and Storyline:
      My NEW STORYLINE has already passed 3 PHASES in the pitch process, THANKS to all your support plus the recognition and support of CurrrentTV/Creation Studios community!
      Here is more info about BAR KARMA http://current.com/studios/get-started/about-bar-karma/ and the PITCH PROCESS http://current.com/studios/get-started/pitch-process/
      Bar Karma is part of a new technological/social/cultural concept of Interactive TV, created by Will Wright, one of the most renowned video game designers in the world (designer of the worldwide best selling video games ‘The Sims series’, ‘Sim City’ and ‘Spore’)

      6) The current title given yo my initial Pitch and Storyline by the producers is "A Man Walks into a Bar in a Hospital Gown". The Pitch/Storyline is about a person (woman) that walks in the Bar Karma in hospital clothes carrying a sense of awe, relief and surprise. The woman (Lucy) could be either (1) having a "near death" experience while undergoing a delicate surgery, or (2) having a "lucid dream" while in the hospital bed; or (3) be already dead, reaching Bar Karma as a disembodied "soul.

      My Storyline includes significant existential, scientific and spiritual subjects such as ancient (and timely) mysteries of “Life and Death”, Bardo (period ”in between lives” as believed by Tibetan Buddhist Traditions and others), lucid dreaming (being aware while in a dream and controlling its direction), Neuroplasticity (new scientific paradigm about the human brain’s capacity of re-adaptation), Philosophy (Integration of Science and Spirituality), etc., all mythology of Bar Karma background story, sponsors and characters.

      7) For those of you that are curious or interested about these subjects, let's grab this window of opportunity and make this "lucid dream" to happen by VOTING on my Storyline!.. ;)

      *** What happens next is up to you and others!..
      The vote closes January 5 at 5 pm PT/8 pm ET ***

      Please spread the news to family and friends, so we can gradually bring more deeper and significant information (awareness, health, human development) to the medium of TV through this groundbreaking interactive entertainment tool of Creation Studios and the show Bar Karma!.. ;)

    • 1 year ago
  • ebunn
  • atemporaryguestcalled_moses
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      atemporaryguestcalled_moses  

    • This is an update of my initial pitch + StoryMaker story line "The story of the man in the hospital gown", this time adapted to the Bar Karma mythology, marketing sponsors and the 22-frame structure.

    • 1 year ago