The filmographer waits, in silence, with Carthusian monks who daily enter stillness of mind in laborious rituals of chanting. Read more about the daughters and sons of St. Bruno in their own words -- http://www.chartreux.org/en/frame.html

A 'remarkable' film about 'remarkable' men, whose meetings with G.I. Gurdjieff at the turn of the 20th-century, shaped Gurdjieff's practices of stillness and joyful anticipation. One may note how inward stillness is associated with the borderland(s) among people. Gurdjieff was of Greek-Armenian descent. In addition, sacred dance transports dervishes and audience into inward calm.

Harsh environmental conditions are matched by mercy and consolation in this Russian film released with compelling and idiomatic subtitles by VoxVideo in 2006. The deprivations of one monastery's winter awaken the heart of compassion, which always bears inner calm.

'Shadowlands,' part autobiography and part biography of C.S. Lewis, first appeared as playscript and was staged in London, New York City, and many venues thereafter. Stage and film serve a menu suited for any palate. Viewers need only bring an appetite of willingness to let this spiritual food digest.

Sri Easwaran [Eknath Easwaran] follows Hindu and Muslim traditions concerning the mystical poet, Kabir. Nothing in this heart-to-heart chat with Easwaran,a master of meditation and inner quiet, is 'new age' or 'old age' in this VHS from Nilgiri Press in Tomales Bay, California.

Father +Bede (Griffiths), monk who embodies Western and Eastern sensibilities, guides viewers through a treasure, which is stored in Christ and manifest in genuine dialogue with regional Hindu devotees. His experience of monastic-ashram contemplative prayer is center stage in this Inner Directions release.

The Amazon product description reflects the complexity, intricacies, and relationships of late-medieval (forward) artistic portrayals of Mary, the Mother of God, to multiple effects in western cultures.

Israeli digital-film by acclaimed director, Lior Ashkenazi. Hebrew with occasional English (sub-titled throughout), the miracle of walking on water is foundation and culmination of screenplay. Familiar scenes throughout Israel deepen the inner stillness induced and evoked in viewers.