We accept the reality of the world in which we are presented. - West World
I questioned once why do we have a habit of associating film with life. Now I have re-evaluated this and concluded that many films subtly highlight real-life issues and realities that we often discount. I also have said that Mowgli from the jungle book and now the movie Truman Show have parallels that speak about consciousness. At least from my view. And as once was (by Alphonso McGriff) said, that at every next level there are fewer and fewer people in each room. Both movies represent our acceptance and adoption of a presented reality and our journey from that place to freedom of narrative and expanding consciousness.
I questioned once why do we have a habit of associating film with life. Now I have re-evaluated this and concluded that many films subtly highlight real-life issues and realities that we often discount. I also have said that Mowgli from the jungle book and now the movie Truman Show have parallels that speak about consciousness. At least from my view. And as once was (by Alphonso McGriff) said, that at every next level there are fewer and fewer people in each room. Both movies represent our acceptance and adoption of a presented reality and our journey from that place to freedom of narrative and expanding consciousness.
This journey often times starts with some sort of trauma (even traumas revisited from the past). A trauma that presents a conflict with our current reality to the possibility of something else, even something greater. This trauma also sets a threshold for our ability to even set out on our journey, as to start one must leave the comfort of the present reality and its narrative. For Truman it was the sight of someone who was dead and for Mowgli, it was the threat of Shere Khan. And I think as for expanding consciousness it may not be the utopia many imagine - but more of a shadowy door. While the warmth and comfort are at our backs, the unknown is a glaring scary dark place. It is a moment filled with hints that our reality is not what we think it is, and to rewrite this narrative comes at a high cost.
It in itself costs suffering. this can be seen in the stories of both Mowgli and Truman. Laboring under an oppressive system that is revealing itself to not only just the prior but also ridiculous. All of us trying to wake ourselves up while stumbling under the pain of doing so.
It is our belief and faith and hope that gives this present reality and following conscious narrative power. And if one is absolutely determined to discover and write our own reality, there would be nothing to prevent us from doing so, but again, this comes at the cost of pain. We hold ourselves in place and also hold ourselves confined within the system that limits us we convince ourselves that it's normal to have faith in this reality. Truman and Mowgli show us the pains of "waking up", and the high costs the journey demands. We can only be hopeful that beyond that dark doorway is a greater expansive authenticity.
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