tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post11340914658762055..comments2023-07-31T04:12:15.594-07:00Comments on Random Thoughts: Great Teachings At The Moviesstuartresnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16879896068458013439noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post-28902920189378111822007-11-25T11:44:00.000-08:002007-11-25T11:44:00.000-08:00Thanks, Athenor. And let's not forget TV either. "...Thanks, Athenor. And let's not forget TV either. "My Name is Earl" is about the best exposition of Buddhist "cause and effect" teaching that I've seen.stuartresnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16879896068458013439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post-68569976521383588702007-11-24T17:00:00.000-08:002007-11-24T17:00:00.000-08:00Teachings at the movies can come from the oddest p...Teachings at the movies can come from the oddest places. I reached quite intense spiritual states in such low-grade fare as Ghost and The Doors.<BR/><BR/>My own list of 'Grail Films', ones which carry (by design or not) a spiritual message for me runs to cartoons (Batman Mask of the Phantasm, works by Jan Svankmeyer, Iron Giant), old SF classics like 'Altered States' to obscure arthouse fare suchUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376284271222580361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post-65029829030327120142007-08-11T12:50:00.000-07:002007-08-11T12:50:00.000-07:00So he does violence to himself and unkindness to h...So he does violence to himself and unkindness to her in an attempt to undo what he sees as bad. maybe he should just stop doing things, because either way he creates Karma. Even christ did not escape his fate. You are saying in your multi-dimensional model that maybe all these things happen. So can you just tune into the Jimmy Stewart dimension where solutions are simpler? Cause it seems like ol Peggy Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05294844007826976076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post-83563445369511711672007-08-11T01:15:00.000-07:002007-08-11T01:15:00.000-07:00aumeye said... I love your photo.Glad you like the...aumeye said... <BR/><I>I love your photo.</I><BR/><BR/>Glad you like the new image. I'm not sure, but I think I found it on http://www.trippyapps.com/ <BR/><BR/>There's a bunch of cool visuals on that site. The one I use for my blog photo blew my mind; it reminded me of a vision of infinite time, space, and possibility that I've seen a few times on Salvia Divinorum trips.<BR/><BR/>anony said...<stuartresnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16879896068458013439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post-54704113513741757022007-08-08T20:49:00.000-07:002007-08-08T20:49:00.000-07:00stuart;Contra-point to the Director's Cut of Butte...stuart;<BR/><BR/>Contra-point to the Director's Cut of Butterfly Effect is It's a Wonderful Life; i.e., we cannot escape conditioning reality, not even by escaping reality.<BR/><BR/>clydeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post-17114302768129996532007-08-08T18:56:00.000-07:002007-08-08T18:56:00.000-07:00Thank you for your reply. I have to say, your desc...Thank you for your reply. I have to say, your description was so powerful that it almost compels me to see the film. I know myself, though, and the animal scenes would be too upsetting for me to fully appreciate the rest of the film. That said, your telling of the premise, outcome and, especially, the original screenplay version actually gave me chills. Fantastic.<BR/><BR/>Not related . . . I aumeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276658115780033650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post-82863784313776803842007-08-08T13:12:00.000-07:002007-08-08T13:12:00.000-07:00can you explain a little bit about what Ashton Kut...<I>can you explain a little bit about what Ashton Kutcher's character does at the end of the film that you feel were acts of selflessness?</I><BR/><BR/><B>**********<BR/>SPOILER ALERT! DON'T READ ON IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE ENDING OF "THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT"!<BR/>**********</B><BR/><BR/>Thanks for your posting, aumeye.<BR/><BR/>In the movie, Kutcher plays Evan, who has a strange ability to stuartresnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16879896068458013439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30354654.post-58440062764593327022007-08-07T18:05:00.000-07:002007-08-07T18:05:00.000-07:00I prefer not to watch Butterfly Effect because, em...I prefer not to watch <I>Butterfly Effect</I> because, emotionally, I cannot handle scenes depicting too much animal suffering. I've been told this film contains much of that. However, your observations have me curious. If it's not too difficult, can you explain a little bit about what Ashton Kutcher's character does at the end of the film that you feel were acts of selflessness? As I have no aumeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276658115780033650noreply@blogger.com