The word “Film” refers to the chronological sequence of motion pictures putting the impression of movement of contents of pictures in human mind through eyes. This word has come in use from photographic Film (also called film stock) which is the primary medium for recording and playing motion pictures. Some additional terminologies are also used for film such as big screen, silver screen, cinema video and movie.
The process of making a film is the art of science. Before a film making starts some other arrangements are also required to make a traditional entertaining film such as story/plot, dialogue/screen play, characterization/ cast and of course so many other things. There are some essential roles required for a film like Director, Producer, Story Writer, screen Play Writer, Actors, Poets, Musicians, Singers, coordinators, Assistants, Camera man, Editing / Dubbing Engineers, Animators, Dance Masters etc.
The traditional way of producing a film is to take snap through a video camera. A person who operates camera (known as camera man) records the scene in the tape mounted inside the camera. Once the process of taking snaps is completed editing process starts (by editing engineers) in which some scenes are deleted and arranged in a way as mentioned in the story of film. Today some new technologies are also involved in making a film such as inclusion of animation and special video effects which are also known as ‘post production’. The recorded film consists of a series of individual picture frames when executed in succession gives the illusion of motion to the viewer due to persistence of vision in which eye retains the visual image for a fraction of a second (normally 1/16 second) after the previous visual image has been removed. The human mind perceives this phenomenon as moving the contents of the pictures in a sequence giving the sense that ‘a film is playing’.
The primary purpose of making a film is entertainment but due to the power of visualization in film it has become the most powerful media setting the new media trends worldwide. Today film is not only a mean of entertainment but is also use to create new trends in society particularly in fashion and cultural norms. Being the powerful weapon in media, film is used to change the public opinion in global issues but can also create new controversies on religious and political issues. Overall film is attracted by every person of any age, sex, religion, nationality because of its immense powerful visualization sense and glamour.
As human societies are growing and advancing with time, the film has become more than a film as was considered in recent past. Now film is not limited to a big screen of cinema with a traditional film concept but has become the integral part of modern daily used instruments. Now in medical instruments, films are made during / before complicate heart operations to educate medical students and to judge the proficiency of medical team. Similarly the process inside the court of law are recorded to keep the history of case for future references and even films are made during the war to update the world about current situation and for history as well. Film is traveling from the big cinema screen to small television screen and to computer screen and even today one can see a small movie in one’s cell phone with capturing features. The days are not far when a film / movie will become an integral part of our daily life like a pen, calculator or a watch. 21st century is referred to as a century of telecommunication and film as a media is proving its power of influence over society for communication and entertainment as well.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Thursday, April 10, 2008
mind and Brain!
The mind does not act directly on the brain, but uses the subtle bodies as medium. Before going deeper into the subject, let it be clear to the reader that the human being consists of seven layers or seven bodies, which are explained in more detail in my previous works. They are the physical, the etheric, the astral, the mental, the spiritual, the cosmic and finally the Nirvanic bodies. In this context, we will deal with the first four bodies and basically the mental body, which is the fourth one. The mind stands as an exit between the first three bodies (physical, etheric and astral) and the last three layers, the spiritual, the cosmic and the Nirvanic. Hence this diagram or yantra, as it is called in the Eastern philosophy.
The point represents the mind through which one may go downward on the ladder of evolution to the grosser level of existence or upward to the higher rungs that represent the higher levels of consciousness. Each triangle represents the number three. The inverted triangle represents the downward pull of matter while the other represents the upward pull towards the Divine.
This article aims to show how stress, tension and many illnesses are formed. The mind can be compared to a bucket of water in the depth of which there are mud and litter. When the water is calm and undisturbed, the mud and the litter remain at the bottom. There is neither any ripple nor dirty water and everything seems calm, cool and clean. However, if a single pebble or any object is thrown into the water, ripples will be created. If the ripples are big, depending on the size of the object thrown, the deposited mud and litter will be disturbed and will emerge on the surface. The water, which was cool, calm and placid, no longer appears so. Similarly is the mind of man. The mud and litter are the unconscious layers and the evil that they conceal in their depth.
We experience the world mentally through our ten senses. These are firstly the five motor senses comprising of hands, feet, sexual organ, anus and mouth, and secondly, the five sensory organs through which we acquire knowledge, namely feeling, vision, taste, hearing and smell. Messages from the outer world have as media these senses. Once they reach the mind, our intelligence uses its discriminative power to react. For example, if I see a beautiful car, the image goes to my mind via the sight instrument, which consists of the eyes. The mind or the intellect will start reasoning using past knowledge: “This is a car, it is beautiful and runs fast.” In this way, daily events enter the mind through the senses and create impulses, which in turn do not touch the brain directly, but pass through the astral nerves of the astral body to affect the astral brain, and from there to the etheric body then to the brain. The impulse or the message that the mind sends to the physical brain is too powerful to be received directly. This could cause great damage to it.
Psychological as well as physical illnesses arise when impulses that emanate from the mind as feelings or thought-waves are not transformed or expressed. In such cases, the feelings or thought-waves, which are electrical and powerful impulses, are blocked in the nerves of the physical or subtle (etheric and astral) bodies, thereby causing much damage. Thus, the psychic layer of the person becomes blocked or suppressed and the latter will know a very difficult evolution or none at all. Most of the problems of the world today are based on that science. Sexual obsession, schizophrenia and many other illnesses are a result of suppressed emotions and thoughts. It has been proved scientifically that if a child who is plucking a flower is suddenly prevented from doing so (and this type of foolishness is normally done by parents!), that may result in cancer at a later age. This may appear foolish and ridiculous. In fact, by performing such a simple action, the child may have deployed much energy in the form of love, enthusiasm and other feelings. If all these are suppressed, then the impulses triggered for performing the action will not return to their source, but will be blocked in the physical or the subtle bodies. Try to imagine how many feelings, thoughts and desires have been suppressed in us from birth! And mystics say that we have been carrying the burden of these blockages since many births. This has made our body, mind and heart sensitive from one angle.
Furthermore, we can choose to suppress our ambitions and feelings in which case we may become neurotic because that will definitely affect our physical nerves and psychic centre’s. Some people say, “I have consulted so many doctors, yet nothing has been found to be wrong. Then why do I continue to suffer?” Many people who suffer from nervous problems manifest strange symptoms, which lead people to say that they are possessed by a spirit. The cause is subtle. Psychology, psychoanalysis and psychotherapy can and are helping much, but it is not enough. These types of therapy and analysis help to cure only to a certain extent. There are specific mental and physical exercises that may help substantially in curing stress, tension and the illnesses connected to the mind and body.
The point represents the mind through which one may go downward on the ladder of evolution to the grosser level of existence or upward to the higher rungs that represent the higher levels of consciousness. Each triangle represents the number three. The inverted triangle represents the downward pull of matter while the other represents the upward pull towards the Divine.
This article aims to show how stress, tension and many illnesses are formed. The mind can be compared to a bucket of water in the depth of which there are mud and litter. When the water is calm and undisturbed, the mud and the litter remain at the bottom. There is neither any ripple nor dirty water and everything seems calm, cool and clean. However, if a single pebble or any object is thrown into the water, ripples will be created. If the ripples are big, depending on the size of the object thrown, the deposited mud and litter will be disturbed and will emerge on the surface. The water, which was cool, calm and placid, no longer appears so. Similarly is the mind of man. The mud and litter are the unconscious layers and the evil that they conceal in their depth.
We experience the world mentally through our ten senses. These are firstly the five motor senses comprising of hands, feet, sexual organ, anus and mouth, and secondly, the five sensory organs through which we acquire knowledge, namely feeling, vision, taste, hearing and smell. Messages from the outer world have as media these senses. Once they reach the mind, our intelligence uses its discriminative power to react. For example, if I see a beautiful car, the image goes to my mind via the sight instrument, which consists of the eyes. The mind or the intellect will start reasoning using past knowledge: “This is a car, it is beautiful and runs fast.” In this way, daily events enter the mind through the senses and create impulses, which in turn do not touch the brain directly, but pass through the astral nerves of the astral body to affect the astral brain, and from there to the etheric body then to the brain. The impulse or the message that the mind sends to the physical brain is too powerful to be received directly. This could cause great damage to it.
Psychological as well as physical illnesses arise when impulses that emanate from the mind as feelings or thought-waves are not transformed or expressed. In such cases, the feelings or thought-waves, which are electrical and powerful impulses, are blocked in the nerves of the physical or subtle (etheric and astral) bodies, thereby causing much damage. Thus, the psychic layer of the person becomes blocked or suppressed and the latter will know a very difficult evolution or none at all. Most of the problems of the world today are based on that science. Sexual obsession, schizophrenia and many other illnesses are a result of suppressed emotions and thoughts. It has been proved scientifically that if a child who is plucking a flower is suddenly prevented from doing so (and this type of foolishness is normally done by parents!), that may result in cancer at a later age. This may appear foolish and ridiculous. In fact, by performing such a simple action, the child may have deployed much energy in the form of love, enthusiasm and other feelings. If all these are suppressed, then the impulses triggered for performing the action will not return to their source, but will be blocked in the physical or the subtle bodies. Try to imagine how many feelings, thoughts and desires have been suppressed in us from birth! And mystics say that we have been carrying the burden of these blockages since many births. This has made our body, mind and heart sensitive from one angle.
Furthermore, we can choose to suppress our ambitions and feelings in which case we may become neurotic because that will definitely affect our physical nerves and psychic centre’s. Some people say, “I have consulted so many doctors, yet nothing has been found to be wrong. Then why do I continue to suffer?” Many people who suffer from nervous problems manifest strange symptoms, which lead people to say that they are possessed by a spirit. The cause is subtle. Psychology, psychoanalysis and psychotherapy can and are helping much, but it is not enough. These types of therapy and analysis help to cure only to a certain extent. There are specific mental and physical exercises that may help substantially in curing stress, tension and the illnesses connected to the mind and body.
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