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Conscious Film Night at Samsara House 2023
D.C. Premier Film:
"The Doctrine of Discovery
Unmasking The
Domination Code"
Friday,
11/20/15, Film Starts at 8:00PM
Background:
It's
time to get real about the real story of “Thanksgiving” --
Humanity
is beginning to realize how the trauma of war, genocide and masacre
equally affect ordinary people all over the world who are just living
their lives as
much as the people and places most directly related to
such events. How could this be?
The more and more we study and dig deeper into the
understanding of ourselves, those working on it are beginning to realize
that there is no true physical separation between any person or thing and
that We somehow seem to share the same conscious mind or one connected
consciousness. The implications of this realization towards global
peace are profound.
It means that at the subconscious level, we each and all
share the collective trauma of war, genocide and masacre committed around
the world, past and present. We, all of humanity alive right now
that is--which includes me, you the reader and everyone you know---cannot
escape this discovery.
However, the "way out" is coming into
view--it involves practices and ways of being that return to remembering
reverence of truths, respect and co-active healing of the Heart. This
capital-H "heart" is the collective, all-inclusive
consciousness which means every-body one and all, as well as the physical
heart beating inside each one of those bodies.
Without first returning to regular ceremonial
reconciliations, key cultural restorations and actively working to heal
of the Heart of humanity, all other external means, methods, or practices
will ultimately fail to live up to our intended outcome: peace,
connection and wellness for and with all people. The hypermasculin
world we are all creating together has pulled us from our roots without
us even knowing it. What the world is now is as a result of what We
were once unknowingly responsible for creating--now is our chance to heal
the world for our ancestors, for us, and for future generations. Come
join the revolution in consciousness.
This disturbingly powerful film is a first step towards
understanding the necessity of reconciliation and restoration to begin
healing our hearts and the Heart of humanity.
[Read more in the evens section of the November
Events Calendar]
Also
scroll down and watch part1 and part2 videos of "Solidarity with
Indigenous Communities"
The Film:
This powerful and landmark
documentary “The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking The Domination Code” is
a result of the collaborative efforts by Dakota filmmaker and Director
Sheldon Wolfchild and Co-Producer Steven Newcomb (Shawnee, Lenape). The
film, based on Newcomb’s thirty years of research, and his book Pagans in
the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery (Fulcrum,
2008), brings to the big screen an amazing and little known story:
The first Christian people to locate lands inhabited by
non-Christians (“infidels, heathens, and savages”) claimed the right to
assert a right of domination to be in themselves. On the basis of this
religiously premised argument, the U.S. Supreme Court has defined the
land title of the Indian nations as a “mere right of occupancy” subject
to a right of domination on the part of the United States. The first
“Christian people” that claimed “ultimate dominion,” said the Supreme
Court, could grant away the soil while yet it was still in the possession
of the “natives, who were heathens.”
Birgil Kills Straight, a Headman of the Oglala Lakota
Nation, provides insight into the traditional wisdom and teachings of the
Seven Laws of the Oglala Lakota. The documentary points out that the
traditional teachings of original nations and peoples form an alternative
to the dehumanizing domination system of Christendom. Run time: 61
minutes.
The film will be followed by a group healing and discussion about
the global movement of Healing Hearts at Wounded Knee.
(RSVP Required)
Cost: Please share
$10/$5 to Samsara House 2023
What to bring: Bring
a potluck, your own dinner or a snack to share (no obligation)
Organic Herbal and
Ayurvedic Teas will be served.
How to get here: Taking Metro is advised.
Parking: 2hr Street parking on R Street NW, Best to
park on Quincy or S Street NW
Metro: NoMa
New York Ave Red line stop or Shaw green line for a short walk, or get
off at Chinatown and take the P6 to Randolph Rd or the 80 to Lincoln and
R Street NE (both stops 1 block from R Street NW).
About Samsara House 2023, (est. 2013)
* "Samsara House 2023" at
36 R Street NW is an Awareness-based shared space where world-shifting
communities are meshworked to
experience and spread what's emerging. Samsara House 2023 rapidly
prototypes models for the new world to ignite a planetary revolution in
consciousness within ten years.
Samsara House 2023’s strategy is to exemplify a gift-economy over the market
economy, one that values giving over having. While all events cost at
least one dollar to cover utilities, any additional contribution will go
towards periodically giving half back to a socially responsible
organization or cause in need that you also help identify. Going together
as a river, we build a thriving community of communities and pave the way
for a new world. Samsara House 2023 is a Holacracy powered
organization founded by Cullen Kowalski at a row house in Bloomingdale,
New Washington, D.C.
You
never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing
model obsolete. ~ Buckminster Fuller
Be the change you wish to see in the world. ~ Gandhi
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