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“Original sin” is a lie. Jesus, a deeply profound teacher of Love and Unity, never said a thing about “original sin.” It’s a doctrine invented by Augustine of Hippo over three hundred years later.


While there are certainly issues within institutional religion, upon textual examination and spiritual contemplation; there are also beautiful, enduring teachings of collective harmony and inner transformation. Underneath layers of ego, the real message shines through.


“Truth is One;
The sages call it by many names”
—Rig Veda


In this book, author Bob Peck takes us through his own highlights of the “spiritual buffet line”: from present-embracing Zen Buddhists to insightful Indigenous shamans and compassionate karma yogis. He explores the Avatar doctrine of the Bhagavad Gita, the Work of Byron Katie, new science in relation to spirit, and the true loving message of Jesus.


As Peck articulates, the Bible is not infallible, but in certain moments it does point to the Reality of Who We Are; as does Sri Ramana Maharshi, Carl Jung, Anandamayi Ma, the Gospel of Thomas, Dōgen, and A Course in Miracles.


From psychedelics to ‘the illusion’, to Peck’s own learnings along the way, Original Sin Is A Lie is here to point us to a rich spectrum of mystic wisdom across the spiritual traditions and ultimately help us uncover our True Nature. What else is there to do?


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Bob Peck is a festival award-winning filmmaker, author, lawnmower, meditator, and a spiritual student of Christ, Krishna, the Buddha, and Paramahansa Yogananda. With bachelor’s degrees in Religious Studies & Radio-TV-Film from the University of Texas, he has made ‘conscious films’—spiritual & advocacy documentaries—since graduating in 2011. He’s also a Kriya Yoga practitioner through KYI and a certified mindfulness & meditation teacher. His day job is centered around ads and mindfulness in Big Tech. A native Austinite, he lives with his wife and young son in Austin, Texas.


Original Sin Is A Lie is his first book. Published by Mind Heart Lens LLC.


More info about the book: www.originalsinisalie.com

Contact Bob Peck at bob@originalsinisalie.com

My next feature doc is finished. I have spent the past two and a half years on “Solidarity”, a 70-minute documentary about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

I interviewed three Palestinian-American activists (the brilliant Noor Alahmadi is pictured here) and three Jewish-American activists including a professor of Jewish Liberation theology. After a year and a half of editing, with plenty of found footage, articles, and other interviews, the film is finished.

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The subtitle is “Five Largely Unknown Truths about Israel, Palestine, and the Occupied Territories”, because I think the five points we cover are explanatory and educational to those uneducated about the current state of affairs.
The point of view is from the Palestinian people, as the American media is so heavily pro-Israel, I’m okay with leaning a bit more towards the other direction. Its Palestinian perspective is one of the reasons why my Jewish Voice for Peace colleagues have been such important collaborators—they are sincere Jewish seekers for justice and universal human rights. To be completely clear, my intention is not to malign the Jewish people or the Jewish religion, but rather to expose injustice.

I uploaded it this week and will be sharing to several other outlets over the next few days.

More on the film in this Medium piece I wrote: 

https://medium.com/@bewherehow/were-all-in-this-together-palestine-advocacy-film-fc707fd396b1

I hope you enjoy the film and find it worthy to share. #palestine #israel #gaza #westbank #peaceinthemiddleeast

What a joy to film and produce a short piece starring Prajnananandaji. This new temple in Brenham is straight out of a Miyazaki film.

This 5-part series has been a sincere joy to make. Transfixed by Rumi and the Sufis in college… I’ve wanted to make a film or two about Islam ever since. The recent, unjustified, ignorant re-rise of Islamophobia has been my opportunity: educating interested parties in the reality of the Islamic faith and the overwhelming multitudes of everyday Muslims. It sounds corny but it’s completely true, if the film series Peace Is Boring opens one closed-mind, then it was all worth it.

See all parts here:

https://www.facebook.com/mindheartlens/playlist/1814455495453665/

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