Gravity



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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