Have you ever seen your dreams literally come to life? It can be a truly eye-opening experience and in more ways than one. To find out more, read my latest VividLife post, ‘Ruby Sparks’ explores the power to create, available by clicking here. And to find out more about the film, click here ...

Happy Second Anniversary, Master Heart Magazine! Congratulations on your monthly delivery of thoughtful, enlightening and informative content on the web! All the best on your “Best of Master Heart” issue this month, and thanks for reposting my submission, Integrity as a Way of Being, available by clicking here.New to Master Heart? Take a few minutes to check out the site’s August vlog by clicking here, featuring a celebration of Master Heart’s many talented and committed contributors. And be sure to click on the tab on the site’s home page to find out how to receive its free, downloadable ebook, HeartWorks.All the best for many more years of great content! ...

In a world beset by peril, resolving the prevailing issues depends on those stepping up who possess the requisite qualities for tackling them. Find out more about those attributes in my latest VividLife post, Choice, hope, service themes drive ‘The Dark Knight Rises’, available by clicking here. And to find out more about the movie, click here ...

Getting our intellect and intuition in order is essential to properly manifest the reality we desire. Find out more about this in my latest Master Heart Magazine post, “Conscious Creation’s Balancing Act,” available by clicking here. And be sure to check out Master Heart’s latest vlog on this month’s theme, Balance, available by clicking here ...

“We Need to Talk About Kevin” (2011). Cast: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell, Rock Duer, Ashley Gerasimovich. Director: Lynne Ramsay. Screenplay: Lynne Ramsay and Rory Kinnear. Book: Lionel Shriver. http://kevin.oscilloscope.net/ Many practitioners of conscious creation (also known as the law of attraction) like to believe that it’s a purely positive force aimed only at improving the state of mankind. And, to be sure, it can be employed to work wondrous miracles. However, as those who are well-acquainted with it know, conscious creation is essentially a force based on one’s mindset, which essentially means that it can be put to use for manifesting our existence for better or worse, depending on the beliefs driving one’s worldview. A film that frankly and expertly explores this notion from conscious creation’s “dark” side is the gripping drama “We Need to Talk About Kevin,” now available on DVD and Blu-ray disk. Eva Khatchadourian (Tilda Swinton) is struggling to put her life back together after “the incident.” The once-successful travel writer now works as a file clerk in a travel agency and lives a dismal existence, haunted by the tragic events of her past. As for what got Eva to where she ...

“Ted” (2012). Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane (voice), Joel McHale, Giovanni Ribisi, Aedin Mincke, Patrick Warburton, Matt Walsh, Jessica Barth, Bill Smitrovich, Bretton Manley, Ralph Garman, Alex Borstein, Ryan Reynolds, Patrick Stewart (narrator), Sam J. Jones (himself), Norah Jones (herself), Tom Skerritt (himself). Director: Seth MacFarlane. Screenplay: Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild. Story: Seth MacFarlane. www.tedisreal.comWe’ve all no doubt wished that something seemingly improbable would come true. And, amazingly, there are times when that, in fact, happens, despite the odds being stacked against it. In some instances, those materialized wishes live up their billing in every regard, while, in others, there are unanticipated consequences, as an idealistic lad turned confused adult finds out in the outrageous new comedy, “Ted.”John (Bretton Manley) is a lonely little boy. As a youngster growing up in the Boston suburbs in the late 1970s, he’s largely ignored, sometimes taunted, by all the neighborhood kids. Which is why he’s so excited one Christmas morning when his parents (Ralph Garman, Alex Borstein) present him with the gift of an adorable teddy bear whom John names Ted. John’s so taken with his new toy that he quickly comes to see him as his best ...