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For a long time, I didn't consciously understand how my love of performance art and, in particular acting, connected with the other passion of my life, the path of spiritual service.
It wasn't until I started teaching acting and watching the transformation of my students that it became apparent that "acting as if" is one of the grandest and most enjoyable ways to practice transformation.
Safe behind the character, an actor can try on as many lives as he or she cares to try; try them on full out and with fearless abandon with no fear of negative repercussions in the real world. What an exciting tool for exploring consciousness!
Spiritual Cinema Requires Spiritual Artistry
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In the early years of my love affair with acting, I just looked for a juicy role. Later on, as I began to walk a conscious path of spiritual awakening, I was dismayed that movies and television didn't express much in the way of what could be called transformative art.
Thankfully, in the past few years, that landscape has changed dramatically. Michael Landon may have started it all with Highway to Heaven back in the 80's but Hollywood was very slow to catch on to the reality that people want to see transformation in the world of films and tv.
Now, there are almost more shows to reflect this than the ones that don't. Touched by an Angel lived as long as it did on tv because of it's message; a message of hope, of personal responsiblity, of connection with the divine in a practical way on earth and of faith. That show would probably still be on the air today if Della Reese had not decided that her job was done there.
Following those two, very pivotal shows came movies on faith including the massively popular "Passion of the Christ" and "The Davinci Code". Can you imagine a movie on that subject snagging Tom Hanks as lead even 20 years ago?
Now, we are bursting at the seams with all sorts of shows exploring the paranormal, supernatural and spiritual worlds. Medium, Ghost Whisperer, Moonlight (yeah, as interesting an exploration of the dark side as I've ever seen), Pushing Daisies, etc.
They had a healer on Grey's Anatomy one season (by the way, great job by that actress; she is either a healer for real or did a lot of really good homework for that role). Eli Stone is another example of how the tide has turned on what shows up on tv and at the theatre.
Spiritual filmmaking has become hot. Thank God.
If you've ever wanted to explore acting from a metaphysical perspective, you might be interested in my online acting class.
I call this technique "The Power Connection" because the purpose is to connect with something more powerful than the mind or ego self, and let that Higher Consciousness inform your work as an actor.
Course Description for this online acting class
Acting Resources
There are no requirements as far as books go, for taking this class. However, I highly recommend On the Technique of Acting based on the work of Michael Chekhov and To the Actor by Michael Chekhov.
I had already been a professional actor for some time before I came across the work of Michael Chekhov and was astonished at the spiritual and metaphysical principals inherent in his writings. I consider him the father of metaphysical acting.
Acting Lessons for Level One These should be done in order.
Lesson One - Introduction to Acting Lessons
Lesson Two - The Actor's Body
Lesson Three - The Actor's Voice
Lesson Four - The Actor's Emotions
Acting Lesson Five - The Actor's Mind
Acting Lesson Six - Believable Acting Tips
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