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This August a new film, starring one of Hollywood’s most popular actresses, Julia Roberts, will be released. The movie, Eat, Pray, Love<\/em>, is based on Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoirs of the same name. Gilbert’s book hit the New York Times Best Seller<\/em> list after becoming well known through Oprah’s\u00a0ardent promotion, in which Oprah calls the book,\u00a0the modern woman’s Bible<\/em>. \u00a0Oprah says that Gilbert is everybody’s guru. The book follows Gilbert in her spiritual journey<\/em>, which takes her to an Indian Ashram and\u00a0to a life of meditation. No doubt, with Julia Roberts playing Gilbert, actor Brad Pitt producing the film, and Oprah most certainly promoting the movie, tens of millions\u00a0of viewers could be\u00a0drawn\u00a0toward Eastern religious outlook. Eat, Pray, Love<\/em> is one of\u00a0a number of\u00a0films over the last few years that have had a strong eastern mystical content.<\/p>\n

A note of interest to illustrate the paradigm shift that organized Christianity is going through: Anne Lamott, who was just featured in Charles Stanley’s In Touch<\/em> magazine<\/a>,\u00a0 endorsed Eat, Pray, Love<\/em>, the book, and has gone on speaking engagements with Elizabeth Gilbert, expressing her resonance with Gilbert’s spirituality, calling the book “rich in spiritual wisdom.”<\/p>\n

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Related Information:<\/strong><\/div>\n

Oprah Show Today: \u201cSilence is the Only True Religion\u201d \u2013 What Do Christian Leaders Think?<\/a><\/p>\n

Mystical Spirituality Paradigm Saw Major Growth in 2009<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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