Baptist De Pape: The Power of the Heart
Continuing his story, Baptist de Pape went to bed after hearing those words, and the next day went into nature. While walking, he meditated on the question, “What does life want from me?” He did this for about an hour and nothing happened. As thoughts of doubt filled his mind, it began to rain very hard, and he forgot about the question. Finding shelter from the rain under some trees, Baptist thought he was having a heart attack as he felt that he had a bone in his heart and that it broke. The feeling was so strong that he started to cry, yet he had an overwhelming feeling of clarity and love.
Experiencing a very powerful feeling of coming home, the idea came to him that he had to make a movie about the heart. He knew then what Eckhart meant – that you can’t get it [the answer] through thinking. He acknowledges that this is how the journey [of the book and movie] started, while at the same time his mind was protesting immediately with thoughts of “You’ve gone crazy. You’re a lawyer. You don’t know anything about the heart. You don’t know anything about film production. How are you going to tell this to your family and your friends?” Instead, he decided to go with that feeling of coming home – that feeling of aliveness.
From the moment that you are following your heart, your life will be full of wonders. ~ Paulo Coelho
Directed by Drew Heriot, director of the movie The Secret, and produced by HeartWorks Entertainment in association with the Dutch film production company NL Film, comes this unparalleled and life-changing film about the astonishing power and intelligence of the heart. Featuring some of the most inspiring and influential icons of our age, including Paulo Coelho, Maya Angelou, Deepak Chopra, Isabel Allende, Eckhart Tolle and many others, The Power of the Heart presents fascinating evidence that our heart is much more than a physical organ; it can actually transform our views of money, health, relationships, success and other aspects of life.
