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Yesterday, forget it
Tomorrow is, nada
The present is, right here, through the breath, watch it
Atheist Jesus piece, hangin' on a cross
We sit and discuss God on lawn chairs
About how we got here
What it is, what it isn't, shit
Fate versus faith, scrimmagin' with coincidence
Leave out the market and hold up on the business end
Focus on the genuine, and everything else, you can shed the skin
I was a couple moves away from being dead
In that ER overdosin', eyes bleedin' red
I fell in love, made an album, got a buzz
Lost it all, sobered up and guess what?
Now we meet again
And I'm back, finally just laughin'
Expectations are resentments waiting to happen
Studying the Dharma, Karma of a pastor and his practice

Bahá'u'lláh, Buddha, God, to the mountaintop and I'm traveling

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We ultimately have to make that creative effort to think for ourselves and puzzle things out for ourselves. - Karen Armstrong

Once upon a time, animal sacrifice was an important part of Hindu life, Catholic priests weren't celibate and visual depictions of the Prophet Muhammad were part of Islamic art. And soon some churches in the UK may be marrying gay couples. How do religions manage to change their mind?

In 1889, Wilford Woodruff became the fourth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints - more commonly known as the Mormon Church.

As president, he was seen as a living prophet, someone who could receive wisdom and advice from Jesus Christ. And he was certainly in need of advice - his church was in crisis.

For 40 years, Mormons had been at loggerheads with the US Congress over the issue of polygamy, which was encouraged among male believers. The government said it was illegal, and held that religious conviction was no defence.

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Interview on the occasion of the viewing of 'The Gardener/ Bagheban' (2012) on the 42nd IFFR

Filmmaker Mohsen Makhmabaf is one of the frontrunners of Iranian post 1979 cinema. For the viewing of his film 'The Gardener' (2012) which he made together with his son Maysam, he was on the 42nd International Film Festival Rotterdam. There we interviewed them about his film which was made in and around a Bahai Garden in Haifa.

Short Bio: Mohsen Makhmalbaf was born in 1957. Was imprisoned under the regime of the former Shah, became a proponent of the Iranian revolution and was one of the first film-makers that could film under Islamic regime. He was the writer of some 30 books, maker of some 20 highly acclaimed films and teacher in his own Makhmalbaf Teheran Film school. Through the years he became more and more critical of the regime. With the coming of the renewed conservative regime of president Ahmedinejad in 2005 he left the country. Since that time he continues his work outside Iran. Also his wife, their daughters Hana ('Budda collapsed out of shame') and Samira ('The Apple') and his son Maysam ('The Gardener') are known filmmakers.

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