Author Dan Millman’s occasional email newsletter contains some information on venues for the new Peaceful Warrior movie. Here’s the snippet:

“It’s been quite an exciting time of late, with the opening of “Peaceful Warrior,” the movie — on the west coast, from Seattle down to Phoenix. As with the book when it first came out, some critics love it; some do not — but audiences are loving the film. I can’t wait for you to see it!

“This uplifting movie’s fate will be determined by your enthusiasm, heart, and word of mouth. On June 23 - and again on July 14 - it will open in more and more cities across America and Canada - and after that, overseas. I’ll keep you posted. For now, you can check upcoming theater listings (updated weekly) through our home page: www.peacefulwarrior.com – click on movie site trailer — theater listings.”

In the North-Indian Buddhist scripture, The Flower Garland Sutra, there’s a description of the masters of enlightenment, or Bodhisattvas, who come into the world to bring others to spiritual knowledge. Described in Thomas Clancy’s translation as “enlightening beings”, they are often not what they seem:

“Some appear in the form of mendicants,
some in the form of priests,
some in bodies adorned head to foot with particular emblematic signs,
some in the form of scholars, scientists, doctors;
some in the form of merchants,
some in the form of ascetics,
some in the form of entertainers,
some in the form of pietists,
some in the form of bearers of all kinds of arts and crafts — they are seen to have come, in their various guises, to all villages, cities, towns, communities, districts, and nations …
(They) are lamps shedding light on the knowledge of all beings …
for the purpose of leading people to perfection.”

Dan Millman has contacted his fans again about the new Peaceful Warrior movie. Here’s part of the info:

Here’s more information and some new items:

(1) If you’ve looked at the official “Peaceful Warrior” movie
site: www.thepeacefulwarriormovie.com LOOK AGAIN!

Note: you may need to hit your browser’s “Refresh” button to be
sure that you see the new page.

You now have a choice of two sites:

o The Official Flash Site
o The Community Blog Site - a fun site where you can express
yourself and read others’ comments. It contains:

* Socrates’ Blog: quotes from Socrates (Nick Nolte) in the
movie - add your comments!

* Peaceful Moments: share yours, and add a photo and bio of a
peaceful warrior you know (or see in the mirror)

* Free first chapters from three of my books:
o Way of the Peaceful Warrior
o The Journeys of Socrates
o The Peaceful Warrior E-xperience: a multi-media online
ebook

Be one of the first to drop in and visit the new Community Site!
Bookmark the site or simply go to our home page and click on “The Movie” button.

Andrew Cohen’s EnlightenNext organization is offering an MA in Conscious Evolution. Here’s the crux of it:

We are excited to announce that we will begin our third offering of an MA in Conscious Evolution in collaboration with the Graduate Institute of Milford, CT this fall.

We aim to provide not only an intellectual understanding of this emerging interdisciplinary field but also an experiential one: our focus is on the evolution of consciousness in real time. To accomplish this, you will study and interact, in person, with a veritable who’s who of today’s leading thinkers. We also teach skills to elicit direct, awakened engagement to bring about individual and collective evolution.

Classes begin on September 22, 2006. Have questions? Call the Graduate Institute at [USA] 877-63-LEARN or email at info@learn.edu. Ask to speak with a current student if you would like hear someone’s firsthand experience.