Living Luminaries (on the Serious Business of Happiness) — a powerful new motion picture featuring the insights of the consciously evolved A-list of stars in the Cultural Creative movement. Here are some of the people you will meet:

  • Best selling authors: Marianne Williamson (A Return to Love, Illuminata), Eckhart Tolle (The Power of Now), Don Miguel Ruiz (The Four Agreements), Gary Renard ( The Disappearance of the Universe), and Matthew Kelly (Seven Levels of Intimacy.)
  • Religious and spiritual leaders: Nachum Shiffren ("The Surfing Rabbi"), Rev. Robert A. Schuller (of the Crystal Cathedral), the Venerable Tibetan Lama Chodak Gyatso Nupka, Michael Bernard Beckwith, Don Jose Ruiz, Rev. Mary Manin Morrissey, and Dr. Harry Morgan Moses.
  • Outspoken advocates of civil rights: Geronimo Ji Jaga (Black Panther – aka. Geronimo Pratt) and Marc Emery (Canadian marijuana activist.)
  • Contemporary thinkers and enlightened teachers: Obadiah S. Harris, Ph.D. (of the University of Philosophical Research), Dr. Robert Frager, Rabbi Yitchok Adlerstein (of Loyola University) and Rev. Dr. William S. Epps

Our young seeker’s quest takes him to some of the foremost, most inspirational individuals of our day. Change your life, Now, and join him on the journey...
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MEET THE LUMINARIES
  

Eckhart Tolle: Author of The Power of Now, a #1 New York Times best-seller widely recognized as one of the most influential spiritual books of our time. Born in Germany and educated at the Universities of London and Cambridge – at age twenty-nine a profound spiritual transformation virtually dissolved his old identity and radically changed the course of his life. The next few years were devoted to understanding, integrating and deepening that transformation and marked the beginning of an intense inward journey.

Marianne Williamson: Internationally acclaimed author and lecturer. She has published nine books, including A Return to Love and Everyday Grace - which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers. Her titles also include Illuminata, A Woman's Worth, and Healing the Soul of America.

Don Miguel Ruiz: Author of The Four Agreements (5 straight years on the New York Times bestseller list), The Mastery of Love, Voice of Knowledge, and Prayers.

Michael Bernard Beckwith: Founder and Spiritual Director of the Agape International Spiritual Center, a trans-denominational spiritual community. He is also co-founder of the Association for Global Thought, an organization dedicated to planetary healing and transformation. Dr. Beckwith’s achievement as a humanitarian and emissary of peace have been widely acclaimed: he is the recipient of numerous humanitarian awards, including The 2004 Africa Peace Award and the Humanitarian Award of the National Conference for Compassion and Justice. Dr. Beckwith founded Agape in 1986 with the vision to take a stand for love, peace, and being a beneficial presence on the planet. Since it's opening, Agape has expanded into a community of 9,000 members, with 1,000,000 friends worldwide.

Geronimo Ji Jaga (Pratt): High ranking member of the Black Panther Party. Ji Jaga was sent to prison in 1972 for a crime that he was later acquitted of. He spent 27 years in prison including 18 months on death row before being freed after his retrial in 1997. He is also the godfather of rapper Tupac Shakur
Matthew Kelly: Author of The Rhythm of Life, The Book of Courage, Rediscovering Catholicism, The Shepherd, A Call to Joy, and Mustard Seeds. With a keen sense of humor and heartwarming charm, Kelly seems to effortlessly elevate and energize people to pursue the highest values of the human spirit and become "the-best-version-of-themselves." He clarifies the hazy path of right-living in our world of compromised values with a message that is too clear to be confusing and too persuasive to be ignored. "Who you become is infinitely more important than what you do, or what you have."
Dr. Obadiah S. Harris, Ph.D: President of the Philosophical Research Society and author of The New Consciousness: The Next Stage of Human Development, a book that delineates the evolution of religion, philosophy and science, and how they integrate themselves into the process man should follow to develop further. Through the illustration and interpretation of Eastern philosophies, and the psychological and spiritual dimensions of the Bible, new horizons for both the individual and societal achievement are opened.
Gary Renard: Author of The Disappearance of the Universe and Your Immortal Reality. Gary was born in Massachusetts and became a successful professional guitar player. In the early 1990s he underwent a powerful spiritual awakening and was instructed to write The Disappearance of the Universe. Gary lectures internationally, and serves on the faculty of the Omega Institute, considered by many to be the world's premier spiritual teaching organization. Combining a disarming sense of humor with radical metaphysical insights and experiential exercises, Gary has been described as one of the most interesting and courageous spiritual speakers in the world
Dr. Harry Morgan Moses: Moses is the founder of the New Thought Center in San Diego, cofounder of the Affiliated New Thought Network, and the Senior Advisor of the Emerson Institute, from which he received his doctorate.
Rev. Robert Schuller: Regularly seen on the internationally televised Hour of Power, Dr. Schuller delivers approximately twenty messages annually to the Crystal Cathedral television audience of over twenty million viewers.
Dr. Rev. Mary Manin Morrissey
Minister, counselor, teacher, aurthor and speaker
Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein: of Loyola University, Los Angeles
The Surfing Rabbi, Nachum Shifren
Venerable Lama Chodak Gyatso Nubpa: Resident lama of T'hondup Ling, a center for teaching and practice of Vajrayana Buddhism in the Tibetan Nyingma tradition.
Rev. William Epps: Pastor of the historic Second Baptist Church in Los Angeles. In addition to his responsibilities as pastor, Rev. Epps is also one of the most significant civic leaders in the Los Angeles community.
The Benedictine Monks of St. Andrews Abbey
Brandi Kelly: Voodoo Princess, New Orleans
Marc Emery: Canadian marijuana activist, currently facing extradition to the US for selling marijuana seeds over the Internet.
Dr. Robert Frager – Sufi Sheikh: Founder of the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. Dr. Frager is a sheikh in the Halveti-Jerrahi Order and has written three books on Sufism, Love is the Wine; Heart, Self, and Soul: The Sufi Psychology of Growth, Balance and Harmony; and Essential Sufism.
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