READ: Hopes, fears probed in ‘The Hunger Games’ by Brent Marchant

It can be easy to let our fears get the best of us. And it can be even harder to shake them once we allow them to settle in and become comfortable. But rising above these self-imposed limitations is crucial if ever we hope to get by in life, even under the most trying of circumstances, a notion explored in the new cinematic blockbuster, “The Hunger Games.”

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.

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