I saw the movie Gravity with some members of my community
a few days ago. Fascinating to see: "zero gravity" equals supreme
lightness, silence, beauty; “distracting beauty” of the universe and space. One
can simply stay there, live there, die there, especially if one has “zero
motivation” to stay in mother earth – like Ryan (Sandra Bullock), the medical
engineer who had to hurdle one obstacle after another. In the process, we also
come to understand her emotional core – the depression that has eaten her being
after the death of her daughter… and since then, she simply drove… kept on
driving… with nowhere to go.
Providence (she learned to pray in space) sent her Matt (George Clooney). Matt was the head
of the space team who sacrificed his life so Ryan could go back to earth and
tell the story. Matt woke her up from “slumber”
and taught her the first lesson: let go. Then the second: use interconnectivity - get into the Russian
satellite (which has a St. Christopher icon in its inner capsule!), then use
that to move to the Chinese satellite (which has Buddha statue inside!). Lastly, he reminded her that the "landing
process” is the same as the “launching process”. That is, if she wants to go
back to earth, recover “gravity,” and enjoy a new found "freedom".
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