Do you want to be inspired? Then I suggest you rent the documentary Ram Dass, Fierce Grace. It chronicles the life of Richard Alpert following him through his spiritual work as Ram Dass and later with his experiences after being "stroked". His work with meditation and spirituality started while working as a Harvard professor alongside Timothy Leary, the famous research advocate for psychadelic drugs, among other things. Ram Dass has written one of the best-selling books of all time, Be Here Now in 1971. Eckhart Tolle obviously ripped this guy off!
However, please note that one should be in the mood to see this movie as it is deeply thought-provoking and emotionally draining at moments. I'm all about that, though, so I throughly enjoyed it. And because it's a Zeitgeist production, you can be sure you'll be getting some good food for thought!
