大象传媒

Good morning.

A colleague I work with is a fellow lover of movies. We both run trainings and as a bit of creative fun, share ideas about how we could include our favourite films, by presenting them as educationally relevant.

In 1982 the much loved movie 鈥淓.T. the Extra-Terrestrial鈥� was released. I was 15, but didn鈥檛 see it until my late 40s. It is a firm favourite with me and my colleague. Sometimes a storyline or scene in a film offers a perfect example to explore more abstract concepts, or deeper meanings about life.

On a recent training, exploring the journey of the soul, the realms above and below, death and dying, being human, ET offered some lovely interpretations.

ET is other-worldly, like the soul or spirit is often described, and from a vaster dimension that is 鈥渉ome鈥�. After arriving on earth and becoming stranded, ET befriends a boy and his family, enjoying adventures and often forgetting about going 鈥渉ome鈥�. ET learns what it is to be human. But the time comes to leave and there is only a small window of time to get back on the departing spaceship. Waved off on a wave of love, ET leaves with many precious experiences, while those on earth keep their own memories of how ET touched their lives.

From the spiritual perspective, the earth is often referred to as a guest house. We are guests, and have a period of time to experience life on earth.

Dear God, I pray we can lovingly acknowledge one another as fellow travellers, each equally having our own experience of being human. May I always remember to be tolerant, compassionate, wishing others well until it鈥檚 time to go home, then offer a prayer for each soul鈥檚 journey to continue in peace.

Sat Naam.