READ: ‘The Iron Lady’ reveals how ‘what we think, we become’

At its metaphysical core, “The Iron Lady” showcases one individual’s efforts at practicing conscious creation, the philosophy that maintains we each create our own reality. This theme is perhaps best summed up by a quote from the protagonist: “Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become your character. And watch your character, for it becomes your destiny! What we think, we become.”

READ: ‘A Better Life’ shows how expectations govern outcomes

“A Better Life” provides an excellent illustration of the power of expectation in governing the outcomes we experience. As conscious creation practitioners well know, expectations are based on our beliefs, the driving force in what materializes in the reality surrounding us, and that concept is clearly on display here.

READ: ‘Contagion’ explores fears, connections, probabilities

We’ve all heard about videos and other internet phenomena that have “gone viral.” They spread across the web like wildfire, getting into email boxes and social network walls everywhere, with an almost infectious efficiency. Beliefs can work like that, too, for better or worse, in the reality they help to shape, an impact seen in myriad ways in the new disaster drama, “Contagion.”

Judgment: The Invisible Prison

Most people think that they are not nearly as judgmental as they truly are. Yet, my finding is that we all hold onto some form of judgment, at an unconscious level and that we find ways to rationalize having this judgment on a daily basis.

It’s never too late for love, even for ‘Beginners’

Love can be a funny thing. Sometimes it feels like it tricks us, at other times it seems like it hides from us and at still other times it cleverly camouflages itself while audaciously parading itself around right before our eyes. But as much as we might like to think it’s some capricious force outside our control, it’s always something that manifests based on what we think and feel about it, a notion explored in the new indie film, “Beginners.”

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