One day a fellow blogger and friend sent me an email about an interview she had done with James Sinclair, the director of the new “What IF?” movie.   The movie’s title drew me right in because I love exploring “mysterious possibilities” so I went right over there and read both parts of her interview with him.

I found it to be so compelling that I ended up contacting him myself and eventually asked if he’d like to be interviewed at Adversity University to which he replied, “Yes, I’d be honored.”

You will recall that I first introduced you to James and his movie a couple weeks ago in one of my weekly gratitude posts where I provided links to Jennifer Mannion’s interview with him.  Today is the first of two parts.  What I’ve done was to take her interview and move it in a different direction by expanding on what he told her.

Okay, let’s call James from the “green room,” shall we?  It’s truly my pleasure to introduce you to him!!

JAMES, WE’RE ALL WAITING FOR YOU OUT HERE, COME ON OUT AND GREET US!!!!

1.  I came to find out about you through an interview you did with Jennifer Mannion and was fascinated with the fact that your mother gave you the book “The Power of Your Subconscious Mind” when you were young.  At what age did you get that book and how has it changed your life?

My mom gave me that book at age 16.  The profound truths that we create our lives with our thoughts resonated with me and I was able to apply the principles to effectively change my life.  I realized that every detail of my life was designed by me consciously and often unconsciously and that I created every person, place, thing, time and event and this realization gave me the empowerment to create a new life and I did.  Everything changed and the most important change for me was that it gave me a glimpse of my true self.  For the first time ever I loved myself and I realized that this peace is what I was looking for my whole life.  I lived this glimpse for about a year and then the limiting core beliefs that I was still holding on to blocked me from experiencing this longer.

Feeling that place of Divinity and living it became my primary goal.  I enjoy making money, creating projects, being in relationships, living life, etc., but without this knowingness, this experience of Divinity, it’s all worthless.   With this experience I can play and enjoy it all.

Stephen’s Response: James, when you first mentioned that book during your interview with Jennifer, I knew immediately I had to get it for myself.  I literally rushed to the bookstore and got myself a copy and loved it!  In a way, this book has helped me reawaken what I’ve known all along and that is the power of my subconscious mind.  I loved how this book made a small handful of references to various scriptures to make a point.

Like you, I also seek and enjoy the experience of Divinity.  It’s a most wonderful, reassuring feeling to know that we are divinely connected to God, the universe and all that is.  I love the idea that our subconscious mind is where infinite intelligence resides.  I highly recommend this book for those who haven’t read it.

2.  For those who don’t know you, you are the director of the “What If” movie.  I’ve heard it’s similar to “The Secret” but it goes deeper.  Can you tell us the main difference between the two movies and what viewers can expect to get out of “What If”?”

Sure.  I feel “The Secret” did a phenomenal job with conveying the law of attraction.  Basically saying that what we think about materializes into physical matter.  This is a powerful truth and I think it became a hit because people resonate with truth.

Many viewers interpreted “The Secret” to say that in order to be happy we need to create material things.  There is nothing wrong with creating material things of course but “What If? The Movie” suggests who we are is much more valuable than what we can create.  We are unlimited, unbounded beings.  We are more than just our bodies, we are the Divine expressing through our temples (bodies).  Once we realize this all things will be added to us by the law of attraction.

Our viewers tell us that this really hits home for them.  What If? The Movie also shows us how we learned the programs that limit us.  These programs come from our birth experience, negative religious teachings, past lives, school, etc..  Once we realize that we created these programs we can then change them.

Stephen’s Response: This is why I’m so excited about the movie because it goes deeper than “The Secret.”   It’s true how programs we were taught while growing up have placed limits on our ability to express magnificence in the way God intended for us.  Looking back, I can count on my fingers the number of limiting programs that were placed upon me by authority, religious, academic and other figures, especially religious.

I call myself a recovering Catholic because my experience of it was so oppressive.  But after much research and study, I’ve learned that, for example, there is much misunderstanding about the teaching of Jesus, the master metaphysician.  Religious doctrine would have us believe that Jesus was the only real healer, while Jesus told us in one way or another that we are all healers.  In other words, if we believe in and act from his perspective that not only could we heal others as he did but we can heal ourselves.  From the earliest times to now, Church authorities would have you believe that.  If you did, then you were excommunicated from the church because that line of thinking was a threat to their position of authority.

Most of us seek to connect with a God separate from us because that’s what religious doctrine has taught us.  But here’s the thing, there is no God separate from us - He’s inside us!  I believe he’s in my subconscious mind.

God is our Highest Self found only within. This is an important distinction to be made, for as long as we hold a God outside us as the Truth, we will be investing our energy in dualism and thus unable to reach the real Truth of our Being.

All those man-made rules and regulations!  UGH!

3.  How did the concept of “What If” get started?

About 4 or 5 years ago I was creating a TV program that focused on all of the positive headlines that occurs in our world everyday.  We realized that what people focus on effects every aspect of their being from emotional to physiological and more.  This lead me into creating “What If? The Movie.”  As a child I would always ask What If?  about everything so the title seemed to fit for a film that only wanted to suggest truths instead of telling what we think the truth is.

Stephen’s Response: I love your approach with this movie it invites people to consider “What If?” rather than pushing the possibilities in their faces.    You’ve released this movie with a sense of detachment.  If people want to see it and they order a copy of the movie, great.  If not, that’s okay.  It’s a great way to “go with the flow.”

What’s interesting is that you’ve released this movie at just the right time, I feel. Why?  Because the world has reached a different level of consciousness to the point where more and more people are ridding themselves of those limiting religious, educational and other programs.  They’re now more then ever eager to find out who they really are and what their capabilities are.  More minds are opening up to “What If” possibilities so your timing is impeccable!

I believe your movie will help this level of consciousness reach critical mass over the next several months.   It will guide those sitting on the fence to the other side where they can go within and listen to their intuition, connect with Divinity by communicating with the God of their choice and make a difference to humanity.  They’ll “remember” what they came here to do.

I’m so grateful you had the courage and fortitude to come forward with the making of this very important movie!

4.  Making a movie of any kind, especially for the masses is a challenge for anyone.  How did you put it together financially?  How did you find the people in the movie?  What were some of the biggest challenges you had to do with and how did you overcome them?

All was done with intentions and not giving up!  We only accepted investors who really resonated with the message of the film and wanted to support the vision. The featured interviewees in the film came about as I had a list of people that I really wanted to be in the film by studying their work over the years.  Again, I set the strong intention for the films purpose and just knew that the ‘right’ people would participate.  Some guests were not planned and became an amazing ‘surprise’ that fit the overall intention of the film perfectly.  The greatest challenge was to stick to the vision no matter what and surrender the ‘how’ to the Universe.

Stephen’s Response: It goes to show when you make a firm decision to do something, everything you will ever need comes together almost effortlessly.    That’s how I became an award-winning Wall Street stockbroker, the first deaf instrument rated pilot in the world and a national motivational speaker.  I’m now poised to take my life to a different level where everything I do will be Divinity-based.  I’m thinking of going back to school and getting a metaphysical or Divinity degree.  I’ve begun to get involved with healing-based modalities like Reiki (I’m already certified at Level I - I may go all the way to the Reiki Master level).  I’m also researching different methods of mediation like Transcendental Meditation.   In short, I know I’ve come here to do more - much more and it has everything to do with connecting to my Divinity.

Getting back on track, I wanted to say that we’re trained to think everything has to be hard, especially when it comes to money.  It’s one of those programs where we were taught that “Money doesn’t grow on trees,” or that “We can’t afford this.”   Now it’s up to us to reach into the subconscious where they’re all buried and somehow find a way to remove them with the help of infinite intelligence (God, the universe, higher power, etc.).

5.  What were the darkest moments during the making of the movie and how did you deal with them?  For instance, did you encounter any doubters or naysayers?

I wouldn’t say we had any dark moments as I view everything as a challenge and an opportunity to for growth and letting go of limitations.  Of course we had some naysayers and skeptics but we didn’t give them any energy.  People always seem to oppose the new ideas but we mainly attracted the ones that were supportive.  The greatest challenge again was sticking to the vision.  Our cast members said many brilliant things and we could have made many movies out of the many topics they talked about so we always brought it back to the vision and this certainly translated to the editing room.

Stephen’s Response: I love asking this question because of how people react differently.   You see, the way you view it is of paramount importance.   While some of us would refer a situation as being dark or “bad,” you see it as a challenge instead.  Big difference!

Not giving energy to naysayers and skeptics, especially critics who try to win you over to their point of view or try to change yours (so that it matches their viewpoint) is of critical importance.   I’m actually dealing with a woman right bnow who has been challenging me on my spiritual viewpoints because they don’t jibe with her Christian beliefs.  This individual has implied on that I was actually being disrespectful to God/Jesus, even blasphemous!  It got to the point where I just had to set my foot down and draw the line, telling her that I was not interested in pursuing the discussion because I no longer wanted to give her energy.  You are right - there are people out there who are fiercely opposed to new ideas, especially if they have to do with religion.

6.  Take us deeper and give us a peek about some of the what if questions that the movie will answer.  For example, I read in Jenny’s interview with you that a prison inmate was able to regrow his teeth after having them knocked out a few times.  There’s a man in the movie who was once bald and he was able to regrow them without any outside intervention.  HOW?  How were these people able to do that?  What’s the secret?

Thought creates reality period.  If there’s any secret it’s that our unconscious thoughts are often the most powerful.  We can’t just say: “I’m rich, I’m rich.”  We have to live the feeling of becoming rich so strongly that it becomes our new vibratory frequency or our new knowingness.   When it’s our knowingness then it will become our reality.

The beliefs society rarely question such as: “Life is hard,” “Death is inevitable,” “We are powerless,” “We are not good enough,” “The dis-ease is incurable,” etc., is our knowingness of what we truly believe therefore we live in this reality.   And when we truly believe something with every fiber of our being then those beliefs will manifest and become our reality

The prison inmate who re-grew his teeth was never given the idea that you only get two sets of teeth.  Without that limiting program, he was naturally and effortlessly able to allow the infinite intelligence within him to do it’s job and rejuvenate and heal his body.   And his teeth re-grew after having them knocked out each time in the prison fights.

Lou Gauthier was told by medical doctors that he could never re-grow his hair after losing it completely.  This inspired him and he came up with a method to re-grow his hair back completely and even better than it was.  He says the key is changing the programs we learned.  He now works with others and helps them and many are now re-growing their hair.

Stephen’s Response: Hey, I want to meet Lou!  I sure need to learn how to regrow my hair!  LOL.

While you were responding to this question, I was reminded of a YouTube video I  had seen from China.  A man was able to cause bricks to fall over (in either direction) because of his thoughts!   Of course, some people watching this video will probably think, “there’s some sort of trickery involved here - it’s impossible to do what he claims to do.”

But, what if?  Take a look at this:

Come to think of it, this really isn’t so amazing after all because our thoughts do have that kind of power.   Weren’t we blessed with them for a reason?

7.  Tell us more about yourself.  Did you ever think you would be director of a movie?  Share with us your philosophy about life and how you came to be who you are today.

Well, my biggest goal in life is to realize my own Divinity.  Underneath this umbrella it’s my joy to do my part with contributing to the awakening of all to the glory of who we are if that is the desire.  My dream was not to be a filmmaker but rather to express the truths that I feel inside me.  The film is only a tool of course.  I feel that everyone is Divine and as we all go within the answers for our unfoldment are their waiting for us.  What resonates and really feels right for us is what we should follow…our own inner guidance.

Stephen’s Response: I can identify with your desire to recognize and ultimately connect with your inner Divinity.  Me too.  It’s taken me a long time to realize that this was what I really came here to do.  To “remember.”

We have the ability to self heal so why aren’t enough of us doing it?  Because of what you said earlier, the limiting programs we grew up with.   Isn’t it time to help ourselves break free from them and live magnificently?

You know what’s ironic?  We really do know the answers because because they’re within us.  Inside the subconscious mind.  God gave that to us for a reason.  He didn’t want us to shrink and become less then, didn’t He?

But here’s the challenge.  The subconscious is like the cellar of your house where the first floor is the conscious mind.  It is protected by a trapdoor separating the two.  It needs to be swung open for us to have access.  We need a way to open that trapdoor and so that we can feed the subconscious with empowering pictures, images, ideas and thoughts that have to do with what we desire for our lives.

The subconscious is a powerful but neglected place.  That gives rise to the quote we often hear where it says something along the lines of how we are only using 10 percent of our minds.   The “What If” movie will surely remind people of this powerhouse!

8.  If I’m not mistaken, I believe you have a series of “What IF” movies coming out - like a trilogy of sorts.   You have another one coming out and then a third.  How will subsequent movies be different from the first?   Who is your main target audience?

Yes, we are planning three.  The first one is called What If? The Movie-Awakening.  The second is What If? The Movie-Becoming where we delve into the healing techniques and look at the how of it.  As part of the film we plan on following  individuals where we can watch their processes and see them change.  Currently, you are being considered for one of them.  The third film is What If? The Movie-Being.  This is unwritten as we feel the information will come at the right time.

Stephen’s Response: How very exciting!  I am thrilled to see you have more in the works and even more so to learn that I am under consideration to be a part of the next movie coming out.  Wow.  That’s so exciting!

Awakening, Becoming and Being.

Millions are now awakening to the truth of who they are and why they are here.  Once they “wake up,” they’re then in a position to become whatever they came here to do.  And all they have to do is just be.  There’s nothing they have to “do.”  The act of being a spiritual being is all that is required of us.  Because when we’re “being,” ideas will come to us from infnite intelligence to take action on.  The art of being is exactly that - an art.

9.  What is your biggest dream or vision that you see happening with your involvement with “What If?”

Excellent question!  The intention for the film is that it reminds everyone of who they really are and that we help create what we like to call the Roger Bannister effect.  Medical science and physicians once said that it was a physical impossibility for man to run a mile in under 4 minutes.  When Roger Bannister did that he opened the way for many others to follow.  Now it’s much more common.

I think eventually people will be re-growing their hair, teeth and limbs and this will be as accepted and normal as the horseless carriage.  And when we start doing this we touch more deeply into who we really are which is unconditional love and perfect joy and as we start to experience this within we will create a peaceful world.

Stephen’s Response: The reason why we call regrowing hair or teeth a miracle is because it doesn’t happen often enough but once the collective consciousness reaches the “critical point,” where enough people believe it can happen, then that sort of stuff will become commonplace.

Yes, “What IF”?

10.  Look back over your life and share with us a defining moment that forever changed your life.  I call this a spiritual revelation or an “AH-HA” moment.  Was it something someone said to you or was it a major tragedy that turned things around? Tell us about it.

I have had many moments like that but the greatest is living the glimpse of my true Self.  It was the most profound experience.  I saw light in myself and the same light within everyone and everything.  I was at peace, I felt no lack, no insecurity, no pain, only unconditional love.  With every limiting belief I release I feel more of this.  This is my greatest joy.

Stephen’s Response: In the comment section below, please elaborate what “glimpsing your own true Self” was like for you.  What did you mean by that?  In other words, I understand you saw light in yourself but did you actually see yourself immersed in the light or was it a feeling/sensation?  Was it a visualization that came to you where you objectively saw yourself bathed in the light?  I’m very curious.

11.  Since I’m very much into health and wellness, I noticed in your interview with Jenny that you were once a Director of an Alternative Health and Wellness Center in the Catskill Mountains, NY.   You were into holistic healing.  Tell us more about that.  Also, how did you become involved in health and wellness?  What was it like running an alternative health center?  Did you teach things like yoga or were you into raw foods or vegetarianism or anything like that?

The center attracted people from all over the world and they would come and do a program anywhere from a weekend to a month or longer and many would come for 1 week.  The power of the mind was a big part of the program and intuitive breathing which, next to sungazing, has been the most powerful technique for me to let go of negative limiting thoughts.  Some people came for 30 days with terminal diseases and left without any symptoms.  At the center and in my own personal practice I saw people transform in front of me and what most call miracles became quite normal.

Stephen’s Response: I’m not at all surprised that people went to the center for 30 days with terminal diseases and left without any of the symptoms that they came in with.  I’ve been seeing this reported on the news, online and in countless of books and magazines.   These stories always puts me in a state of awe.

Well, we are done ladies and gentlemen!  Did you enjoy this one?  I am committed to bringing you interesting people of different backgrounds and disciplines.  My goal is to help raise the consciousness of the human race to see the possibilities that were never before considered.

May I recommend that you buy the DVD or download the movie by visiting the “What If? The Movie” website.   Let me know what you thought of it.

A week from now will be Part II of my interview with James.    THANK YOU JAMES for coming out to Adversity University.  It was an honor and thrill to have you with us today.  I can’t wait to see you again next week!

Until then, cheers!

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