Introduction: Coming Attractions

1 It’s Just What I Wanted—Sort Of
Understanding and Overcoming “Creation by Default”

The Really Big Bang: “Fat Man and Little Boy” · Computers Don’t Make Mistakes: “Colossus: The Forbin Project” · Up the River: “Heart of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse” · Building the Future: “Under the Tuscan Sun” · Dance Away the Heartache: “The Turning Point” · Bonus Features: “The Fountainhead,” “Gallipoli,” “Zardoz,” “The Last Temptation of Christ,” “Howards End,” and “Apollo 13”

2 Perception Is Everything, Isn’t It?
When What We Think We Know Doesn’t Match What We Perceive

Leading Lives of Quiet Desperation: “Ordinary People” · Seeking Asylum: “King of Hearts” · When Life Doesn’t Add Up: “A Beautiful Mind” · Cynicism on Wry: “Wag the Dog” · The Big One That Got Away With It: “Big Fish · Bonus Features: “Meet John Doe,” “Birdy,” “Three Days of the Condor,” and “The Crying Game”

3 Self-Actualized Cinema
Celluloid Lessons from Metaphysical Masters

Shopping the Catalog of the Universe: “The Secret” · An Evolving Body of Work: “What the #$*! Do We Know?!” · Out of the Minds of Babes: “The Indigo Evolution” and “Indigo” · One Quantum Leap for Mankind: “Contact” · Putting Theory Into Practice: “Mindwalk” · Bonus Features: “Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back,” “Forces of Nature,” and “Enlightenment Guaranteed”

4 Igniting the Flame of Manifestation
Exercising Free Will and the Power of Choice

Choice Personified: “Sophie’s Choice” · Be Careful What You Wish For: “After Hours” · The Perils of Domestic Bliss: “Housekeeping” · The Canvas of Life: “Frida” and “Pollock” ´ The Beauty of Hard Choices: “Brave New World” · Bonus Features: ‘Stardust Memories,” “Cousin, Cousine,” “Far From Heaven,” “Jésus de Montréal,” “Thelma & Louise,” and “Rachel River”

5 Let’s See What Happens When We Do This . . .
Changing Ourselves, Changing Our Circumstances

Staying Tuned: “The Truman Show” · Views from the Other Side: “All of Me” and “Switch” · Stepping into Life: “Zelig” and “The Purple Rose of Cairo” · Bonus Features: “Frequency,” “Sliding Doors,” “Malcolm X,” and “Working Girl”

6 Storming the Castle
Enhanced Outcomes Through Facing Fears and Living Heroically

How To Survive the Dark Night of the Soul: “Signs” · Going It Alone: “An Unmarried Woman” · Scaling the Dizzying Heights: “Vertigo” · Dying To Prove Oneself: “Defending Your Life” · The Three Musketeers: “The Constant Gardener,” “Syriana,” “Good Night, and “Good Luck” · Bonus Features: “Romancing the Stone,” “Fearless,” “Sex, Lies and Videotape,” “Blade Runner,” “The China Syndrome,” “JFK” “Casablanca,” “The Front,” “Hotel Rwanda,” “Schindler’s List,” “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and “The Burning Season”

7 Road Trip!
Journeys of Self-Discovery Through Conscious Creation

Working Magic: “The Wizard of Oz” · Adopting a Fresh Perspective: “Flirting with Disaster” · The Ultimate Quest: “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” · Paradise Found: “Lost Horizon” · The Next Frontier: “2001: A Space Odyssey” · Bonus Features: “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country,” “Into Me See,” “Missing,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” and “Black Robe

8 Connecting the Dots
How Everything Relates to Everything Else

Lost, Lonely, and Oblivious: “Six Degrees of Separation” · Of Dysfunction and Disentanglement: “American Beauty” · A Lot to Swallow: “Hard Pill” · Seeking Engagement: “Grand Canyon” and “Crash” · Ripples in a Global Pond: “Pay It Forward” ´ Bonus Features: “Wetherby,” “21 Grams,” “Magnolia,” and “Short Cuts”

9 Exceeding Our Grasp
How to Stretch Our Personal Capabilities

Afterlife Lessons in the Art of Living: “What Dreams May Come” · Seeing the Light: “Phenomenon” · Filling in the Gaps: “Gattaca” and “Memento” · Touched by the Hands of God: “Resurrection” (TV and Theatrical Versions) · Who Are We, Really?: “K-PAX” · Bonus Features: “Pi,” “Ghost,” and “Starman”

10 When One Reality Isn’t Enough
Exploring Dreams and Alternate Realms of Existence

When Dreams Come True: “The Lathe of Heaven” · Through Another’s Eyes: “Brainstorm” · Clearing the Slate: “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” · Color My World: “Pleasantville” · Respites for the World Weary: “Local Hero” and “Enchanted April” · Bonus Features: “Waking Life,” “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” and “The Lake House”

11 The Joy and Power of Creation
Living Life in Fulfillment

Life Is a State of Mind: “Being There” · Finding Happiness by Finding Oneself: “It’s a Wonderful Life” · Reach for the Stars: “The Right Stuff” · When a Spiritual Existence Isn’t Enough: “Wings of Desire” · As When the World Was New: “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan”

Epilogue

Endnotes

Acknowledgments

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