Amani Gems Amani Gems is a space for discovery—where experiences, stories, and ideas meet the principles of yoga. Each gem is a spark of inspiration, inviting you to see differently, feel deeply, and find light in unexpected places.
The Field (1990 Film)
Bull McCabe is a man who cannot let go. He holds on to his land, his living son, his dead son, his memories and his past with a compulsive brutality which strangles the future.
His life has been full of loneliness and suffering, and though he has survived life, he has never won at it. He is a man tortured to exist, but, never, to live.
His faith teaches forgiveness, but, he cannot forgive the priests who gorged whilst his family and people starved. He resents no one more, than, the Irish travellers who move freely and lightly, holding on to nothing and nowhere.
What is the difference between ‘forgiveness’ and ‘letting go’?
What is the cost on our lives, and those we claim to love, of not letting go? And why can’t McCabe see it?
The Sultriest of Sounds
Surrender to afrosonic infinitism with SteamDown. Every Wednesday at 8.30pm the music starts. Imagine an acidic extravaganza of genre-less jazz, blues, drumming and rap melting into your ears and captivating your soul.
Nurturing Friendships
You meet, you vibe … you never see each other again.
Each person expects the other to take initiative, set dates and make plans. Each person doesn’t want to appear needy or look too demanding. So, instead of coming together, you stay limited and apart.
This Amani Gem, belongs to a sweet friend of mine who told me that when she wants to keep someone as a friend in her life, each time she sees them she schedules in her diary the next time she is going to see them. That way the people she cares about are always integrated into her life, because, she has taken the time and care to nurture herself and others.
Friendships don’t happen by accident. Next time you find yourself enjoying someones energy … why not give her method a go?
DogVille (2023 Film)
Community is sold as the answer to modern life’s woes.
Except, a community that has no walls, which has places for people, but, no real structures to keep them in line – is no place for a woman like Grace.
In a faustian bargain that exploits her vulnerabilities, Grace becomes the town’s one true villager. She gives and gives whilst Dogville takes and takes, and we learn that kindness given to dogs is as wasteful as pearls given to swine.
A beautiful tale on the necessity of boundaries and the danger of ‘communities’ that eradicate the spirit rather than uplift it.
How much is it right to give a high demand group, religion, culture, tradition? What is the correct response if they take away from you more than they ever give?
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