The Elephant FILM
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THIS FILM IS PART OF A COMMUNITY CALLED THE ELEPHANT COLLECTIVE, AND OUR PLATFORM CAN BE FOUND HERE:
WE CHOSE THE NAME ELEPHANT INSPIRED BY THE INDIAN PARABLE OF THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT—EACH PERSON, TOUCHING A DIFFERENT PART OF THE ELEPHANT, BELIEVES THEY UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE. ONLY BY SHARING PERSPECTIVES CAN THEY BEGIN TO GRASP THE BIGGER PICTURE.
WITH THE VAST ARRAY OF CULTURES, IDEAS, AND BELIEFS ACCESSIBLE TO US TODAY, HUMANITY IS IN A UNIQUE POSITION TO MOVE BEYOND LIMITED PERSPECTIVES AND GAIN DEEPER INSIGHT INTO THE NATURE OF EXISTENCE. THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED NON-ORDINARY TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES (NOTES). OUR AIM IS TO CONNECT INDIVIDUALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO HAVE UNDERGONE THESE PROFOUND EXPERIENCES, EXPLORING WHETHER A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF REALITY IS BEGINNING TO EMERGE.
MANY WHO EXPERIENCE NOTES UNDERGO A FORM OF HEALING THAT IS UNIQUELY TAILORED TO THEM—A KIND OF TRANSFORMATION THAT NO TRADITIONAL THERAPY CAN FULLY PROVIDE. ONCE THEY MOVE THROUGH THE INTEGRATION STAGE, THEY OFTEN SHIFT TOWARDS A NEW SENSE OF PURPOSE, WHETHER IN BUSINESS, THE CREATIVE ARTS, HEALING, OR OTHER FIELDS. THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY, WE HOPE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND SHARING OF THESE ‘ELIXIRS’—THE UNIQUE INSIGHTS AND GIFTS THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO COLLECTIVE HEALING.
WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE INTEGRATED THESE EXPERIENCES COME TOGETHER AND COLLABORATE, THEY SPARK NEW IDEAS IN ACTIVISM, SOCIAL CHANGE, AND INNOVATION. BY SHARING OUR EXPERIENCES, WE CONTRIBUTE TO MAPPING A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF REALITY AND CONSCIOUSNESS. WE HOPE TO BE PART OF A WIDER COMMUNITY WORKING TO BRING THIS VISION TO LIFE.
IN A WORLD TOO OFTEN DIVIDED, WE SEE THIS EXPLORATION AS A NECESSARY STEP TOWARDS UNITY, SHARED PURPOSE, AND A MORE CONSCIOUS WAY OF LIVING.
