Sempu

Originally Posted by Sempu

Part of the picture that occurs to me is a contrast with virtually every other popular movie today, which provides (over-)stimulation that creates a state of stress inside the viewer. I don't like action-oriented video games for the same reason: what they do to my physiology.

But what Avatar -- action sequences aside -- does is to take you into the quiet space inside where your soul grows. It gets your brain to shut up for a moment so you can experience the universal flow of energy

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Originally Posted by Sempu

Right on, madman. The energy is moving in you, in all of us. We are no longer stuck! And when something unsticks, it hurts a bit, like pulling off a Band-Aid (sticking plaster for those outside North America). Ouch... why does that hurt? Because something ancient inside of us that we had sealed up and labeled "Forget it... the world doesn't support this thinking" had the dust blown off it and that seal torn off by a movie that demanded that we look at it again, insisted that we reconsider

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Originally Posted by Sempu

ThePandorian, thanks for being so vulnerable. Being that open is a prerequisite for change and many people won't go that far. And if you are being that open then it means you have not given up hope.

So may I suggest you start by looking at your language because that is where I think you can make a difference? When you say you hate the human race, well, that includes yourself, and all of us, and everyone else who is like you or wants to help you.

And that's a broader

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Originally Posted by Sempu

Modern society - and I hate to use the profiling cliché "Especially in the USA", but it is unfortunately true, except I could now add, "and the UK" - has gotten so twisted in its values that we can no longer sort out cause from effect. Is the cops' attitude a cause or an effect? It's like a tangled ball of yarn where pulling on one thread just yanks on all of them.

Eventually we just learn to accept the twisted way of life as though it's normal. The cops have

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Pay attention to what takes you off balance. Avatar was like a wakeup call for me and many of you; it showed us that we have been missing something. But what? I have been paying close attention to where my energy goes, and it really opened my eyes to how much of what we commonly do or are surrounded by takes us off balance.

Reading the news, for instance: the vast majority of news has content that is disturbing and is written in a way that causes inner discordance. Not deliberately; ...