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A spiritual journey in search of the answers to life's universal questions.

The Art of Being

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About the Film

This is the story of an Australian woman, Shraddha and her quest to find answers to life's universal questions. Who am I ? Who is God? Where do we come from? And how can we find peace?

The film documents Shraddha’s journey, spanning over two decades, as she travels from her home in the Australian rainforest with her husband and growing family on an epic pilgrimage to the four corners of the earth, meeting and interviewing indigenous elders and spiritual masters from many cultures.

This is a story of courage, a search for truth, a journey of faith and a quest for answers.

Have you ever wondered;

Who You are and Where You come from?

Well Shraddha always has and that’s what takes herself, husband and three children on this Spiritual journey.

During these amazing years we watch this family grow and change as they travel back and forth from their handmade home in the Australian Rainforest, to the Four directions of the planet.

Reaching the source of the Ganges, in the Himalayas of India. Findhorn in the north of Scotland,

the Indian tribal land of North America and into the   heart of the Australian Desert.

Enduring landslides & floods, diving below the ocean and rising into the sky in a hot air balloon.

 
In Innocence, what starts out as a vision to make this film after attending an event one evening of chanting monks from Tibet.

This journey becomes a epic pilgrimage revealing itself as they are guided by spirit or an inner calling to meet Religious leaders, politicians ,Indigenous elders of many tribes and cultures, Spiritual masters, medicine men, enlightened beings, peace workers, doctors and scientists all sharing their knowledge and wisdom with us.

During which time we feel the families humanness, share their joy and despair, disappointments and triumphs on this journey of trust, which takes them full circle back to their home in the rainforest to discover “The Art of Being”.

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Vision Statement

Dedicated to World Peace and our connection to nature and the environment
and survival of Planet Earth.

May all Beings Be Happy and discover the one truth of who we are,
to discover the art of being.

Through the medium of film and sound, touch the spirit of the audience
and all who ask the meaning of life.

To call on voices from the four directions of mother Earth and the wisdom of the Spiritual Masters and Indigenous Elders.

To search for our connection to spirit and nature,
experiencing humanity’s pilgrimage to god.

To discover the beauty of life though the self and find true peace from
birth to death and beyond...

Dedicated to World Peace and our connection to nature and the environment
and survival of Planet Earth.

May all Beings Be Happy and discover the one truth of who we are,
to discover the art of being.

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Synopsis

Have you ever wondered who you are?
Where do you come from?
How we can find World Peace?

I have…..

…and that’s what took me and my family on this journey to discover

“The Art of Being”

For over two incredible decades, we travelled back and forth from our home in the Australian rainforest to the four corners of the planet, reaching the source of the Ganges in the Himalayas of India, Findhorn in the north of Scotland, the Indian tribal lands in North America and the heart of the Australian desert, enduring sandstorms, landslides and floods, diving below the surface of the ocean, and rising into the sky in a hot air balloon. We travelled by foot, train, plane, boat and automobile, to find universal answers to the eternal questions,

Who are we? Who is God? What happens when we die?

Where do we come from? …and how do we find peace?

During what became an epic pilgrimage we met religious leaders and politicians, indigenous elders of many tribes and cultures, spiritual masters and medicine men, enlightened beings, peace workers, doctors and scientists, who all shared their knowledge and wisdom.

Even whales, dolphins and other animals and birds shared their environmental message, of how to live in harmony with us.

Music is a big part of the film with a musical score composed by professional local and international musicians, with a mix of traditional and modern instruments, including live recordings on location.

Currently in post production, we are seeking presale to an Australian broadcaster to facilitate international distribution and funding, to bring this film to completion.

Mentors and crew in the industry guiding and supporting this project are Jenny Kendall, Kim Kindersley, Peter Simon and Wim Wenders.

Gito von Schlippe, co cameraman, sound recordist and stills.

This film is current right now, as World Peace and global warming issues are increasing in priority, and global consciousness is expanding to incorporate facets of many spiritual and cultural traditions.

With strong Australian content and made by an Australian woman, this film will attract a wide audience both young and old, as it follows an Australian family as we search for answers to the questions many of us are asking in our lives, sharing our humanness, our joy and despair, success and failure, disappointments and triumphs.

I see this documentary as a feature film, broadcast via television, screened in cinemas and at film festivals around the world.

This documentary narrative is seen through my eyes, taking the audience on a crazy, wild, wonderful adventure, weaving the story through inspiring music, profound interviews and extraordinary images.

A journey of trust with a rare depth of honesty, humour and hope.

Shraddha Star

Director,
Art of Being Films

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“The Art of Being”

Production Schedule

 

Australian wildlife, nature and family life in the rainforest of Australia between 1995 and 2015
Lucknow India, 1994, filmed over 6 months
Journey to the Source of the Ganges River, Northern India Sept 1994
Home Water birth of our son, Mahto in Rainforest of Northern NSW, 1997 Interview with Kawohi’onapua’ikai’ulani, hawaiian homebirth midwife
“Nude ain’t Rude” Rally, North Coast, NSW 1997
filmed in Byron Bay 1999
Dorothy Maclean, Co- founder Findhorn Community, Northern Scotland Peace Conference, Findhorn Community, April 1999
Pitjantjatjara People of Central Australia, Indigenous Custodians of Uluru, Inma Dance, Nov 1999
World Rainbow Gathering 2000 held in Boonoo Boonoo NSW, Australia, filmed over one month, 2000 Peace Totem Pole carved and raised with support of hundreds of people.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet, Refugee Community Dharamsala, India, filmed over three months, 2001 Press Conference & Australian Tour “Happiness in the material world”, Sydney Entertainment Centre, 2002 Noble Peace Prize winner
Chief Arvol Looking Horse of the Lakota people of North America, the 19th generation keeper of “The White Buffalo Calf Womans Peacepipe” and founder of World Peace and Prayer day, filmed at WPPD, Australia, June 2003
Brambuk Aboriginal Cultural Centre, Grampians Victoria, Australia, World Prayer and Peace Day, 2003
Chris Griscom, Founder of the Nesconi School of Global Consciencness and Light Institute, Santa Fe USA, 2003
“Peace Rally”, Byron Bay, pre-Iraq War Rally, 2003
Scott Taylor, author, film-maker, founder of the Cetacean Studies Institute based in Australia, 2003
Hervey Bay, Fraser Island Expedition, 2003
Bunna Laurie, Whaleman of the Mirning People of South Australia, 2005
Jose Arguelles, Ph.D. Author of “The Mayan Factor”, South America, 2004/08
Gangaji Mata, American enlightened woman holds Satsangs, public talks, U.S.A and abroad, 1996/2007
The Dreaming Festival, Australia’s International Indigenous Festival, 2007/08
Byron Bay, 2008 J. Reuben Silverbird, Apache Native American Sowing Seeds of Love Oz Tour, 2011 Peace Ambassador for UN
Sri Ramana Maharshi, Arunachala, India Spiritual Master, 2011 + archival footage
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Aztec Founder of EarthGuardians.org 21.12.2012 End of Mayan Calender, Uplift Festival, Byron Bay
Osho, contemporary mystic, International Ashram, Poona, India, archival footage
 
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Shraddah Star
Gito Von Shlippe
Vasumi (aka Corina Macdonald)
Kim Kindersley

 

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