by Susanne Sims
Enlightened Entertainment
 Our mysterious existence in this utterly astounding,
magical universe just keeps getting better and better. If
you haven’t seen the independent film hit What the Bleep
Do We Know? It’s time to
take a peep at the bleep.
This mind-bending
movie—part documentary,
part animation and
part drama—pushes
the boundaries of filmmaking
and has created
a virtual phenomenon
all its own.
During its theatrical
release, Bleep drew
record numbers and
played to sold-out
audiences across the
country, including fiftyfour
weeks in Tempe,
Arizona. What the Bleep
has inspired books, a
heavily trafficked Web
site, as well as hundreds
of study groups nationwide meeting in private living rooms, town
halls, churches, and over the Internet. Many fans have seen the
film three, four, even five times, claiming that it has profoundly
changed their lives and the way they look at the world.
Described as a modern day Alice in Wonderland, the film
attempts to answer life’s fundamental questions such as why am
I here, what’s the purpose of my life, and where am I going? What
the Bleep stars academy award-winning actress Marlee Matlin
and a team of 14 visionary scientists, scholars and mystics. While
the scholars grapple with quantum physics, sub-atomic particles,
string theory, consciousness, and spirituality, Matlin’s character
Amanda struggles with
her own confused state
of existence, a downward
spiral of negative emotions
and anxieties.
“Science is now telling
us that we need to change
the way we think about
who we are and how we
think about the world.
Instead of reality happening
to us, the notion
is, we’re happening to
reality,” says director
Mark Vicente.
Together with producers
William Arntz and
Betsy Chasse, Vicente
dedicated three years to
the making of this film
and to delving deeply into spiritual and scientific definitions
of reality.
The notion that we create our own reality may be one many
of us are familiar with. Similar philosophies are imbedded in
many of the world’s spiritual texts. But how do we create our own
reality? Science now has a language with which to explain.
Heisenberg, the co-discoverer of quantum physics, tells us
that atoms are not things, they are only tendencies. Reality is
simply possibilities of consciousness; thus, quantum physics is
the physics of possibility. Human beings bring awareness to life
by participating as the “observer.”
We live in a quantum field of possibility, poised at the intersection
where atoms, electrons and nuclei come together to form
reality, through our thoughts and observation. Indeed, it is our
very consciousness that focuses matter in time and space, making
particles appear solid when we observe them. (In fact, these particles
are constantly appearing and disappearing even though they
appear solid to us, but that is another mind bending story.)
At our core, the film tells us that we are “reality generating
machines.”
What’s happening within us creates what’s happening outside
of us. How and what we think impacts the outcome of our
lives and the collective to an even greater degree than we might
have imagined. In addition, “at the deepest, sub-nuclear level of
reality, you and I are also one.”
What the Bleep does provide some concrete examples of how
our consciousness changes reality. For instance, it details a meditation
experiment conducted in 1993 in which 4,000 individuals
focused their minds on creating non-violence in Washington,
D.C. The result was an astounding 25 percent drop in the crime
rate in our nation’s capitol during and immediately following
these meditation periods.
Through the use of spectacular animation, this movie also
explores the chemical reactions created within our bodies when
we experience positive or negative thoughts, feelings and emotions,
proving that eliminating negative thoughts and emotions from our
minds is just as important as removing poisons from our food and water.
As a breakthrough movie experience, What the Bleep invites everyone to become a scientist and inventor in their own lives.
If you missed witnessing this piece of moviemaking history in your local theatre, you can now rent or buy the film on home video and DVD.
To order call Watermark Publishing toll-free at 866-900-BOOK.
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