Now I Know What the Bleep

My friend Laurie screened "What the Bleep Do We Know!?" for me today, and I had an out-of-consciousness experience. My friend Ron, a dedicated Buddhist, raved about the movie when it was in theatres last fall. The film broke into double-digit millions during its theatrical run, extraordinary for a documentary. The Washington Post said the picture might have even more buzz as a DVD:

When the DVD of "What the Bleep Do We Know!?" hit the market [in mid-March], it did so after earning more than $10 million in theaters over the past year and a half and trailing only "The Incredibles" among preorders on Amazon.com.

So Amazon got my $20.99 today, because the movie is deep with ideas about what we think of as reality. Too many to recount here, but my favorite was this one:

"I take a few minutes in the morning before I get up to create my day in my mind. I infect the Quantum field with these thoughts. Then I see how my world can show me a sign today that it's paid attention to any one of the things I created, and bring them to me in a way I won't expect — so I'm surprised, and have no doubt next time I can create my day."

Laurie, Larisa and I spent three hours watching the 107-minute movie, rewinding to hear things again and talking about it. Some call it pop science, others propaganda as pointed as Farenheit 911. But any movie that can combine dance-hall favorite "Zombie Nation" with a Polish wedding has got to be worth a look. Quantum physics can really rock, and rock your world.