Samsara – 2011 film/documentary

Photo by Peter Wynne of a purple Nodding thistle (Carduus nutans) flower.

RADIATE LOVE ❤️


i received a most welcome and delightful letter from a dear friend recently, letter writing being our preferred mode of communication.

My dear friend commenced her letter by commenting on the 2011 film/documentary that i had recommended she watch; ‘Samsara.’ She used many adjectives to describe all the feelings and emotions she went through while watching it: – disturbed, upset, moved to tears, distressed, a big disgust, beautiful, reflective etc.

Samsara, shot over the course of five years in twenty-five countries on five continents opens the viewer up to a greater understanding and appreciation of the human condition and a reverence for the beauty and power of the natural world. One can not but sense that the healing of self and the healing of the planet are inextricably linked.

Healing being the key word here, for in the unyielding truth of existence, healing stands as the sovereign imperative—one that none may evade indefinitely. For we are each of us vessels of trauma, whether inherited or self-imposed, bound by the chains of unresolved wounds, fear, and disconnection from our own divine essence.

To heal is to reclaim sovereignty over one’s spirit: to sever ties with the illusory prisons of victimhood, to banish the shadows that obscure the light within, and to remember that liberation begins at the altar of personal truth. Without this sacred work, we remain enslaved to patterns—be they societal, generational, or karmic—that perpetuate suffering.

Samsara, is Sanskrit for “the ever turning wheel of life,” or in Hindu-Buddhist wisdom, it embodies the ceaseless wheel of existence, the continuous cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.

Conveyed exquisitely in this warm and beautiful film one can see and feel the shared distress of Mother Earth and mankind.

Samsara is truly a work of art but like all great art, you interpret it in your own individual, personal way.

In one horrific scene involving a ‘warehouse’ full of chickens helplessly being sucked into a large tractor that ultimately slaughters them. Living from birth to death (35 days) in utter squalid conditions and fear.

In Australia alone, over 1.5 million chickens (2023) are killed every single day, reaching slaughter weight in just 35 days to satisfy consumer demand and profit. The breeding of these sensitive animals is only so that they can suffer short, painful lives.

And so after reading my dear friend’s heart-felt lines i thought that it would be wise to rewatch this wondrous piece of art and wow, after this viewing the one overriding chord that struck me, that hit me right in the chest was that we must surely in the collective have accumulated an incredible amount of karma.

It’s time for a new start…

i could not help but make a connection between this film and the present extended cyclical transition out of the Kali Yuga known as ‘Ekpyrosis,’ which is of Greek origin, meaning “purification by fire,” an initiation we must undertake as we transit from the descending Kali Yuga into the ascending arc of the Yuga cycle in which we will move towards an era of enlightened consciousness, a golden age.

Fire not only signifying the internal fire of love and wisdom but also the external fire that cleanses and purifies the environment of all the toxic filth. This filth is abundantly highlighted in the Samsara film.

This transition will be hugely difficult and tough for some. Karma, big time, it would seem is truly arriving where every single individual on the planet will be affected by these new energies, there will no avoiding them, every one will be asked deep questions.

The process has been in motion since March 2025 and nothing can halt nor derail it, no power on Earth can stop it.

i will leave you with a Hopi Elder’s prophecy from June 8, 2000 which encourages us all to recognize our role in shaping reality and to take positive steps towards creating a better world.

“This could be a good time! There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are being torn apart and will suffer greatly. Know the river has its destination. The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above the water.

And I say, see who is in there with you and celebrate. At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally, least of all ourselves. For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey come to a halt.

The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves! Banish the word ’struggle’ from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.

We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.”

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