After having won an internet quiz with a main prize in a form of a 48-hour free access to an online film base, I am spending 2 days glued to my laptop screen, using the free access code up to the limit. As a result of that I have broadened my cultural horizonts and got to the level of intellectual enlightenment. And so I will tell you about an interesting documentary from 2010 I have just seen.
David Wants To Fly is a story of a German guy - David Sieveking - who wants to make films, but is not quite sure where to start from. As David Lynch is one of his idols, he takes part in Transcendental Meditation course organized by the acclaimed director. After having spent a few thousand Euros on seminars, he meets the leaders of TM movement and carries on meditating in order to calm down his crazy mind and pursue with the filmmaking career. He travels to India and meets religious gurus living high in the mountains, wearing orange robes and meditating on the real pursue of life. By some point he starts asking a question: "Where is the line between spirituality and business?".
The film is a documentary on TM organization and religion on the whole, but also the author's love life and spiritual journey. It ends with an interesting sentence: "When someone shows you the way, he may as well lead you astray". David Sieveking introduces us into the amazing world of spirituality, but then tells us that a bit of skepticism is not so bad at all.