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What the "Bleep" Do We Know?by George Ziemann -- August 6, 2010 I'm not a big movie person, so I am shocked to find myself reviewing a second film in a week. But this one can change your life. Forever. This is not something I say lightly. While Ghetto Physics is a new release, it led me to another film produced by William Arntz, who had previously joined forces with Betsy Chasse and Mark Viscente to create What the Bleep Do We Know, which was released in 2004. (Yes, the real title is What the Fuck Do We Know, but there were obvious drawbacks to releasing it with that name.) While Ghetto Physics is a figurative whack on the side of the head that provided me with a timely lesson on personal empowerment, What the Bleep is life-changing on a much deeper level. I am surprised (not to mention a little disappointed) that Bleep has been out for 6 years and no one I know has pointed me to it in the past. This just means that I am compelled to expose all of my friends to the concepts contained within it. You all need to know this shit. I'm a musician. For years, I have been aware of the power of your thoughts to change reality. For instance, I know that when I get ready to step up on the stage, my perception and the feelings that I project can effect the audience's perception. I know that a song can change your emotions instantly, especially if it is one already deeply implanted in your brain. I know that if I can see myself doing something, I can accomplish it, but if I cannot imagine myself doing something, it is beyond my ability to achieve. One of the things that has driven me throughout my entire life is the mere exercise of proving people wrong when they tell me I cannot do what I have already visualized as a possibility. Had I listened to any of them, I would not still be a musician, I would never have stepped up to do concert sound, I would not have produced a record (much less be on the third), and I would have never embarked on my mission to educate independent musicians about the reasons that we do not need a major record label for success or some of the steps you can take to achieve this. I certainly wouldn't have my music on iTunes, Amazon and the rest. I had been told that all of these things were beyond my grasp, that I should stop wasting my time and get a "real" life. Fortunately, my response has always been, "Fuck you. I can do anything that I set my mind to." The only problem with harboring these beliefs is that it seems to approach insanity. When you begin to know that it works, it seems even crazier. But what if there's a science-based, biological reason for it all? As I watched What the Bleep the first time through, it kept making me cry. There was a raw emotion that it touched, several actually, but the greatest, most intense of them all was just the realization that what I have been feeling and acting upon for so many years was not insanity, it was not crazy, and that there were a horde of physicists, mathematicians, theologians, psychiatrists and other learned scholars who were already doing it. If all these people can do the same thing, then it's not crazy at all. It only seems like that because the people around me think it's crazy. The basis for all of this is quantum physics, which is a pretty daunting place to go. It involves things like superposition, entanglement and the scientific fact that the mere observation of the behavior of electrons in a laboratory setting can change their physical properties and alter the natural, seemingly pre-determined result of their behavior. What the Bleep explains it all in terms that anyone can grasp. I am out to change the world. But the first step, and the hardest one to take, is to change your own world. Change means modifying your own personal behavior long enough that it becomes permanent. Breaking those internal molds can definitely be uncomfortable. However, you must do it to evolve. We are all creating the future. Each one of us, every day. Knowing it makes all the difference. Knowledge is power. If any of this makes you think, if any of the simple statements I've made here strikes a chord inside of you, triggers an emotion, or simply makes sense, you owe it to yourself to see What the Bleep Do We Know. The links to find it are in the right column, but it's up to you to click on them and follow through. If the Down the Rabbit Hole clip doesn't make you want to know more, then this is not for you and I mourn your lack of intellectual capacity. However, if it does, it's going to lead you to more answers, and follow-up questions, than you can imagine, especially if any of these ideas has occurred to you before. It's that damned good. But be warned. Once you go Down the Rabbit Hole, you will never be the same again. Of course, that's the entire point. |
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