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With a film crew of four, Tom visits some of today’s great minds, including authors, poets, teachers, religious leaders, and scientists (Howard Zinn, Lynn McTaggart, Desmond Tutu, Thom Harmann, Coleman Barks). With them, he searches for the fundamental endemic problem that causes all of the other problems, while simultaneously reflecting on this own life choices of excess, greed and eventual healing. He started by asking what's wrong with the world, and ended up discovering what's right with it.

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Books

The Boy Who Met Jesus: Segatashya of Kibeho
By Immaculee Ilibagiza

It’s the greatest story never told: that of a boy who met Jesus and dared to ask him questions that have consumed mankind for more than 2,000 years.

His name was Segatashya, a shepherd born into a penniless and illiterate pagan family in the most remote region of Rwanda. He never attended school, never saw a Bible, and never set foot in a church. Then, one summer day in 1982, while Segatshya was resting beneath a shade tree, Jesus Christ paid him a visit. Jesus asked the startled teenager if he’d undertake a mission to remind mankind how to reach heaven. Segatashya accepted the assignment on the condition that Jesus answer all his questions about faith, religion, the purpose of life, and the nature of heaven and hell. Jesus agreed, and the young man set off on one of the most miraculous journeys in modern history.

Although he was often accused of being a charlatan and beaten as a result, Segatashya’s innocent heart and powerful spiritual wisdom won over the most cynical of critics. Soon this teenage boy who never learned to read or write was discussing theology with scholars and advising pastors, ambassadors, bishops and presidents. He became so famous in Rwanda that the Catholic Church investigated his story. The doctors and psychiatrists who examined Segatashya all agreed that they were witnessing a miracle. His words and simple truths converted thousands of hearts and souls wherever he went.

Before his death during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Segatashya continued his travels and conversations with Jesus for eight years, asking him what we all want to know. The answers to these momentous, lifechanging questions are revealed in this riveting book, which is the first full account of Segatashya’s remarkable life story. ($19.95)

The Golden Motorcycle Gang: A Story of Transformation
By Jack Canfield and William Gladstone

Have you ever asked yourself why you are on planet Earth? And what the ultimate purpose of your life might be? Well, Jack Canfield asked himself this very question and came up with a surprising answer — part of which included a vision revealing that he is part of a “Golden Motorcycle Gang” — a gang whose intent is to have fun, but also to make significant contributions to the well-being of humanity.

During a joyful dinner many years ago in Santa Barbara, California, Jack told his friend William Gladstone about the Gang. Upon hearing this account, William had an epiphany that Jack’s story held a powerful underlying truth not only explaining Jack’s true purpose, but William’s, as well. For more than 10 years, William encouraged Jack to write a book based on the story of the Gang. They have now collaborated on this work to show you its relevance to this critical moment in the history of human civilization … and also to you, personally.

As you read, you will be introduced to some of the extraordinary members of the Golden Motorcycle Gang, including visionary thinkers such as Barbara Marx Hubbard, the originator to the concept of Conscious Evolution. The mystery and adventure inherent in this book reveal that there is now the opportunity for all of us on planet Earth to make a quantum leap in real time toward choosing the actual course of our evolution. Along the way, we are meant to experience the joy that comes from recognizing who we really are. Perhaps, as you embark on Jack’s journey along with him, you will find that you are also a member of the Golden Motorcycle Gang! So get ready for the adventure of your life! ($14.95)

The Thought Exchange: Overcoming Our Resistance to Living a Sensational Life
By David Friedman

We do not live in the physical world! Where we really live is in the invisible world of experience. It is in this world, and only in this world, that we have infinite possibilities, and are safe and at peace at all times. As long as we don’t realize that this is the world in which we truly live, not only does nothing in metaphysics makes any sense, but no matter what we do, what methods we use, what systems we follow, we will not achieve what it is we truly want.

In this groundbreaking book, David Friedman takes us on a journey that begins where most of us started and perhaps still are: firmly entrenched in the ambitions, strivings and frustrations of the physical world.

It leads us, step by step, discovery by discovery, to this new world, the real world, that has always been right here inside us. In this world, we not only find that we have all that we’ve been looking for, but we discover that the “outer” world has no choice but to reflect the contentment, success and peace that we already have, and have always had, inside of ourselves.

By opening this book you are taking a journey that perhaps you have begun many times, only to get lost, frustrated or sidetracked along the way. This book will lead you, in ways you’ve never been led before, to where you’ve always truly wanted to be. ($18.99)

The Last Testament: A Memoir by GOD
(with David Javerbaum)

Over the course of his long and distinguished career, God has literally seen it all. And not just seen. In fact, the multi-talented deity has played a pivotal role in many major events, including the Creation of the universe, the entirety of world history, the life of every human being who has ever lived, and the successful transitioning of American Idol into the post-Simon Cowell era. Now, as the earth he has godded so magnificently draws to a Mayan-induced close, God breaks his 1,400-year literary silence with his final masterpiece, The Last Testament.

As dictated to his mortal amanuensis, 11-time Emmy Award-winning comedy writer David Javerbaum, God looks back with unprecedented candor on his time in the public sector. He takes us behind the scenes of Genesis, setting the record (un)straight on the real first couple, Adam and Steve, and challenging long-held notions about the viability of containing a phylogenetically complete double bestiary within a 450,000- cubic-cubit watercraft. For the first time, he breaks his silence on Jesus Christ, shedding light on a father-son relationship as heartwarming as Will and Jaden Smith’s. And he reveals his true feelings about his third great faith, Islam, which are nothing but positive and respectful.

But The Last Testament doesn’t just look back. It also offers God’s perspectives on the perennial quagmires of love, marriage, and smiting. And he takes an unfiltered look at contemporary society, addressing such hotbutton topics as: Why he loves America; What he listens for in a good prayer; and Which sports teams he really roots for.

Sometimes preachy, sometimes holier-than-thou, but always lively, The Last Testament is a tale of courage, adversity, and triumph. It’s the ultimate celebrity autobiography, sure to appeal to not only hardcore God fans and “worshipers,” but to anyone who’s ever had total omnipotence. If you place complete faith in the literal truth of one book written by God, make it this one. ($23.99)

Deep Truth: Igniting the Memory of Our Origin, History, Destiny, and Fate
By Gregg Braden

The Crisis: Best-selling author and visionary scientist Gregg Braden suggests that the hottest topics that divide us as families, cultures, and nations —seemingly disparate issues such as war, terrorism, abortion, genocide, poverty, economic collapse, climate change, and nuclear threats — are actually related. They all stem from a worldview based upon the false assumptions of an incomplete science.

The History: The obsolete beliefs of our modern worldview have brought us to the brink of disaster and the loss of all that we cherish as a civilization. Our reluctance to accept new discoveries about our relationship to the earth, one another, and our ancient past keeps us locked into the thinking that has led to the crises threatening our lives today.

The Facts: The scientific method allows for, and expects, new information to be revealed and assimilated into our existing beliefs. It’s the updating of scientific knowledge with the new facts from new discoveries that is the key to keeping science honest, current, and meaningful. To continue teaching science that is not supported by the new discoveries — ones based upon accepted scientific methods — is not, in fact, scientific. But this is precisely, what we see happening in traditional textbooks, classrooms, and mainstream media today.

The Opportunity: Explore for yourself the discoveries that change 150 years of scientific beliefs, yet are still not reflected in mainstream thinking, including: Evidence of advanced, near-ice age civilizations; the origin of, and reasons for, war in our ancient past, and why it may become obsolete in our time; and the false assumptions of human evolution and of the Darwinian theory, “Let the strongest live and the weakest die,” and how this plays out in corporations, societies, warfare, and civilization today.

Deep Truth reveals new discoveries that change the way we think about everything from our personal relationships to civilization itself. When the facts become clear, our choices become obvious. ($24.95)

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