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Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by DeepSight(m): 7:04am On Jun 01, 2011 |
Any person who does not derive ultimate spiritual enlightenment and/ or edification from that movie is spiritually dead. Gba gbe, na me talk am. |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by Nobody: 7:17am On Jun 01, 2011 |
Deep Sight: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Avatar a.ka. Pocahontas on an alien planet with blue cat people? That movie??!!!! That movie was just aother take on superior powers colonising indigenous people and stealing the indigenes' land and resources. The spirituality that you're so enamored with is based on native american spirituality or any pagan religion that diefies nature (aka mother earth aka EYWA( mother pandora). Even all the blue people were voiced by minorities and that further shows that the movie was about colonisation and how humans are "destroying" the planet after we had destroyed ours. Just like when Europe needed more resources and went to "discover" the new world ( The Americas, Africa). About the spirituality, what's so special about "Eywa worship"? How does one find "spirituality" in a fantasy movie??!!! Like I told Jenwitemi, you also need to hook up with the scientologists. They also found "spirituality" in fantasy. Neytiri is Pocahontas and Jake is John Rolfe, look them up. You just want to believe in something so bad, you will find "spirituality" in anything!!! Gba gbe, na me talk am. ![]() |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by Nobody: 7:27am On Jun 01, 2011 |
At least I hope you saw the 3D version, i didnt see it till it was on hbo lmao |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by Nobody: 8:20am On Jun 01, 2011 |
Jake a.ka. Deep Sight
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Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by Nobody: 8:35am On Jun 01, 2011 |
Does this picture of the "Tree of Souls" evoke that spiritual feeling you've been yearning for? If it does, contact deep sight and y'all can get in touch with James Cameron and maybe he'll allow you to voice one of the Navi' people in the next installment of Avatar. Think of it as a pilgrimage when you journey to Hollywood, California and experience that Avatar spirituality in James' Next up? Star Wars!!!!! ![]() ![]()
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Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by Jenwitemi(m): 8:50am On Jun 01, 2011 |
Martian's shallowness knows no boundaries. Somebody please resurrect him from his spiritual death. |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by Nobody: 8:59am On Jun 01, 2011 |
Jenwitemi: Here comes Robin to save Batman!!!!! SAVE ME from my spiritual death please!!!!!! (funny how he was defending your bullsh_t in another thread) ![]() Don't fret, I found your "Source" too. Jenwitemi's eternal source courtesy of the
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Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by DeepSight(m): 6:23pm On Jun 01, 2011 |
Martian: Expectedly, you have jumped head first in and totally missed the point. You have indeed sadly exposed the shallow quality of your mind. You talk about the obvious parallels with Pocahontas, and you condescendingly speak about "that movie with blue cat people." I am aghast that at some point in time I had credited you with a mind. Indeed, as you have failed to recognise the core theme of both "Avatar" and "Pocahontas" , as my OP states, I conclusively conclude that you are spiritually dead. If you must arise from that death: take the time to listen in all humility: and I start with one line only: Those pictures are essentially about the difference between the[b] intellect [/b]and the spirit; between commercial greed and intuitive connection with the natural world. |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by dare2think: 7:07pm On Jun 01, 2011 |
@deep sight I fully understand the political connotations and historical resemblance. But what similarities has got with spiritual enhancement if I may ask? pls indulge me. |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by JeSoul(f): 7:17pm On Jun 01, 2011 |
Nice topic DS. I've been wanting to create a thread that highlights movies that have spiritual lessons in them. dare2think: http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/films.php?id=19534 |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by lagerwhenindoubt(m): 7:26pm On Jun 01, 2011 |
Avatar! Spiritual!? ![]() ![]() |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by dare2think: 7:28pm On Jun 01, 2011 |
Nice one Jesoul, Kinda understand where the op is coming from. By the way, since we are on the movie thinghy, Jesoul, have you see schindler's list ? That movie made very deep impact to my conciousness. Truly deep. I inclined towards a more humanistic approach to life rather than a theological pathway, which always seem contradictory if we are to be honest. Deepsight and Jesoul, Have you seen the movie, if so what are your assessments? |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by JeSoul(f): 7:36pm On Jun 01, 2011 |
dare2think:Have heard of it but haven't seen it. I'm always intrigued to hear of movies that move ppl like that . . . I will put it on my list. Any other movies that have impacted like that? |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by dare2think: 7:47pm On Jun 01, 2011 |
Crash. ---Racism/discrimination Saving private ryan----Sacrifice Coloured Girls-----Women empowerment/ black women issues Atwone Fisher----Child abuse When I think of more i'll let you know |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by JeSoul(f): 8:03pm On Jun 01, 2011 |
dare2think:Men, I watched 5mins few yrs ago and turned it off. I'm still not sure why lol. Saving private ryan----SacrificeNice one. Forces one to look inward and examine if you posess such a compelling sense of love and devotion and loyalty to anyone/anything that would make you sacrifice your own life. Coloured Girls-----Women empowerment/ black women issuesHaven't seen these two yet. Precious (child abuse) readily comes to mind. Not that one is naive as to the crazy terrible things that go on in this world but gosh, that movie is just plain disturbing. |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by lagerwhenindoubt(m): 8:05pm On Jun 01, 2011 |
JeSoul:Jesoul- where were you when everybody saw Schindler's list - twice the hype Titanic got but far better mileage in thrill/drama Maybe you want to try my all time zonky movies (ones that put you in the zone). I must warn you, most are pretty old, you may not be able to get your hands on them. 1: 2001 A space odyssey (on VHS) - the catalyst that sparked a rash of provoking thoughts in my young mind way back 2: Butterfly effect - If you dig chaos theory 3: One flew over the cuckoo's nest - Jack Nicholson gave a stellar performance only the insane will appreciate 4: Full metal jacket - and I almost missed it cos it was a war movie 5: Apocalypse now!! - If you never saw this movie - you never saw it 6: Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind - A thought-provoking romance movie 7: The shining - Nicholson truly has a touch of insanity They don't make them like they use to, the last movie i thought tried was Inception |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by JeSoul(f): 8:13pm On Jun 01, 2011 |
^ I don't want to derail oga DS's thread. Come and meet me here . . . https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-680655.0.html |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by DeepSight(m): 8:56pm On Jun 01, 2011 |
1. Seeds, trees, animals, insects, water, leaves are all part of the web of life. Everything is alive and conscious and interconnected. Thank you Jesoul for these. I was about to start pointing these out one after the other, but you have preceded me. It is my (vain) hope that Martian will see some value in these. Of particular interest to me is the statement "I see you'. That statement is just so profound that I will not attempt to reduce its power by expatiating on it. Any expatiation will do it a disservice. It is best simply left as it is: "I see you." This strikes a chord with me moreso as many years before this movie was released, myself and a very special friend of mine always used that particular refrain to express our spiritual affinity. |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by kandiikane(m): 2:28am On Jun 02, 2011 |
Wait did you just watch it? Oh yes, I had a spiritual enlightenment. . .I was even having epileptic fits on the floor of the cinema |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by DeepSight(m): 4:57am On Jun 02, 2011 |
kandiikane: No. But saw it again, and was refreshed again. Oh yes, I had a spiritual enlightenment. . .I was even having epileptic fits on the floor of the cinema I suppose that was indeed Holy Ghost Fire. |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by Nobody: 6:47am On Jun 02, 2011 |
Deep Sight: ![]() The movie is just a retread of the same princess and hero storyline that has been beaten to death in Hollywood. Add in some environmentalist ideology and a sh_tload of nature worship/ pantheism/ paganism in a biologically connected and sentient planet ( pandora is actually one of the moons of a gas giant and the model for it is one of Jupiter's galilean moons) and you have people like deep sight having spiritual awakenings. To seal the deal, appeal to their emotions by making the technologically advanced humans the invaders and the Navi the good nature worshiping and peaceful culture who love Eywa (god) and you have a good concoction of spirituality/ colonisation/ environmentalist/ love and war. You are aghast that at some point that you credited me with a mind, nice that you appreciate my thought process ![]() You're right about one thing though, I am spiritually dead. Not only dead but also cremated. I have no reason to believe there is some ethereal or "spiritual" aspect of nature. Nature (the universe) has no intrinsic meaning or purpose that we know of and all these spiritual jargon are borne of man's continued inability to accept his own mortality and his insignificance in the universe. Your spirituality lets you indulge in wishful thinking about spirits and souls and the devine. I just accept reality the way it is without the divine, spirits and other superstitions. Since Jesoul is also a fan, y'all can get in contact with each other and go " I see You", ok Jake? |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by seyibrown(f): 12:24pm On Jun 02, 2011 |
If anything at all, that movie should have reminded a christian that unlike Mother nature 'who does not take any sides', God is for his people! |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by DeepSight(m): 12:35pm On Jun 02, 2011 |
Martian: Does anything have to be new to be inspiring? The greatest truths are actually timelessly old. |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by Jenwitemi(m): 12:48pm On Jun 02, 2011 |
Ain't that the truth? ![]() Deep Sight: |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by Jenwitemi(m): 12:53pm On Jun 02, 2011 |
It should also remind any christian who payed any attention that mother nature isn't parochial and biased. It has to be that way if keeping the balance of all that is is the overarching priority, instead of just taken care of a few people's interests. seyibrown: |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by Nobody: 6:12pm On Jun 02, 2011 |
Deep Sight: Great truths that are timelessly old cannot be found in any supernatural spiritual claims. Old stuff can be inspiring but avatar is based off of the same type of animism that has already be found to be as valid as every other spiritual beliefs on earth. You just got all "enlightened" at the possibility that nature could actually communicate with us consciously. Wishful thinking. |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by DeepSight(m): 6:48pm On Jun 02, 2011 |
Nature does communicate with us every second of every day. One pulsating consciousness. |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by Nobody: 6:54pm On Jun 02, 2011 |
Deep Sight: Yea, I spoke to the tree in front of my house today.It said to tell you, "I see you". |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by Jenwitemi(m): 7:53pm On Jun 02, 2011 |
Deep sight, you waste your time with this shallowest of souls called, martian. |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by Nobody: 8:24pm On Jun 02, 2011 |
Hey Jenwitemi,i saw the "source" in a vision last night. |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by kandiikane(m): 8:27pm On Jun 02, 2011 |
Deep Sight: This was no holy ghost fire but the deep spiritual connection I had with avatar and mother nature. . .I was foaming all over |
Re: Be Enlightened By The Movie "avatar", Or You Are Spiritually Dead. by Jenwitemi(m): 9:35pm On Jun 02, 2011 |
Sure, you did, kiddo. Martian: |
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