Episode 14.
Exploration and learning mark Anberin’s journey. Raised in Bangalore India by her mother, a Sufi Muslim who also found inspiration in Buddhism, Anberin was inquisitive and could explore, seeking her spiritual and creative home. The expressive place was filmmaking from an early age, though her spiritual home took longer to find. Eventually, she found it in Eastern Orthodoxy, while filming in Serbia. Anchored by Christ and enveloped by the sounds, scents, the repeated chants pull her deeper each time. Having begun documentary film studies with a passion for activism, her discovery of the ancient Eastern Orthodox tradition and Christ, shifted her focus to love, which remains the driver to this day.
Highlights:
· She explored faith traditions, seeking something holistic.
· Love changes us gradually.
· The Bible is not enough, the Holy Spirit needs to be involved.
· Violence stems from unexamined trauma.
· Hatred is an expression of twisted pain.
Quotes:
“The way I see it is that each faith was teaching me something and it was leading me on. I felt like they were all signs along the way. In retrospect, I realize what I was really and truly seeking was that element of love.”
“How Christ was moving through the world and how he was healing and all of that is powerful. All of it comes from a place of love, and only love can change us.”
“I needed a model and Christ was and is my model for how I live my life.”
“[Eastern Orthodox Christianity is] like a well that has no bottom.”
References:
Lillian Smith, Killers of the Dream – https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/150192.Killers_of_the_Dream
Miss Lil’s Camp – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814217/?ref_=nm_knf_t1
Social Media links for Anberin:
“Love to the End” film – https://www.hchc.edu/holy-cross-student-produces-love-to-the-end-documentary-film/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/lovetotheenddocumentary/
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lovetotheenddocumentary/
Social Media links for Méli:
Email – info@talkingwithgodproject.org
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/melisolomon/
Talking with God Project – https://www.talkingwithgodproject.org
Transcript:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1851013/episodes/10805830-14-anberin-pasha-only-love-can-change-us/edit
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