Official Into Great Silence US Trailer

However, I DO like this video very much. A devout spirit is still an important part of every person who has a religion, and these monks have really kept the most pure form of asceticism without being affected or tainted by a modern changing world. Nowadays, even clergymen can be tempted to sin for material gain. The Order is one of the most precious treasures of the world and should be a model for everybody. Even with our secular lives, taking time off to pray will help us be closer to our God.

Also, mysticism is actually discouraged from being practiced in meditation as truly, as you say, can be actually harmful as it clouds the mind from attaining the true goal of enlightenment due to the attachment for POWER. What matters is the intention when meditating and when the heart is pure and intentions are good, peace can definitely be attained, which i think is also the basic principle of Christianity, although we do not believe in the same God.

elijah, for your information Buddhism is not a pagan religion but a religion to find an enlightened being within oneself. Their meditation techniques are used to clear the mind and improve concentration and focus so that in our daily life, the teachings and that concentration can be used to improve our standard of life. Please do consider your words as they may be misinformed.

sick movie - it's got a gr8 cast of actors. i found a copy at "bigmovies4free" - hope they make another :P

@Daisyhotchy:
Daisy, the world should be happy that this film was created...The director had to wait for permission from Grande Chartreuse (The Great Charterhouse, main monastery of the Carthusian order) for 16 years and they gave him the terms I described below. Carthusian order still remains connected with the rest of the world and the Church... If you would like to chat or else, just send me a private message.

We should thank God for the Carthusian order. Daisy, and do you know something the terms given to the director? Only one camera and him, no one else could be there.But the result is excellent... I was looking for that film four years and was really happy when I finally got it :-)

There is peace and beauty here. Watching these Monks on their journey to become one with Christ is truly inspiring and refreshing in a modern world based in finite pleasures, noise and strife. It is a challenge for us busy with life to take a moment and experience a little bit of this peace. One should take time out for meditation, centering prayer of just silence. This is a reminder to stop and focus inward on the infinite power that exists, for this power is for all who seek it.