Alternate Realities

I recently watched the movie "The Vow" on Valentine's Day starring Channing Tatum and Rachel Mcadams with a girl friend of mine after work. I was getting ready for such a cheesy romantic chick flick but then I was surprised at how honestly good the movie is, really crafted storytelling. The beginning brings you to the point of the present reality of the couple and then the accident happens. Its pretty good in that it does describe all the moments of "impact" as the character Leo describes it. The ending of the movie presents a reality and not your average happy ending. I really enjoyed Channing Tatum's acting and the character he played, he's unbelievably a great actor and he has so much character in the movie. You would fall in love with his character!

There were a few thoughts I had about the message of this movie, and I'm sorry if I ruin it for some of you who may not have seen it yet! But it is interesting to note that "Paige" played by Rachel Mcadams didn't remember the last four years of her life that she spent with her husband Leo. She had lost most of her short-term memory and could only remember up to the point where she left law school and made a sudden change in her life, which included following her passions to pursue art. Okay, I'll stop right there and not give away the rest of the story.

And it also made me think about the movie Sliding Doors with Gwyneth Paltrow and the idea that life can have alternate realities based upon what we decide to choose in our paths. In some far-fetched realm of higher consciousness, we can fantasize about the idea that we can live in many different ways and choose different ways of living. The sum of our experiences have made us who we are today, positive or negative. That each experience taught us an important lesson that brought us to an expanded awareness and consciousness. I'd like to think that each experience in our lives help us contribute to a higher and elevated mind state, either through works of art or a contribution to an evolving society. If you are open, aware, and carefully observing the world around you-- we can tap into these higher states of consciousness through the universal mind. It is open for anyone to tap into, but are you open? Opening up to this level of consciousness can bring about creative works of art, not just visual art, but also through writing, film, and books...

But in the end everything comes together to form the present you, that everything we do is out of love. Love and Joy are the highest form of vibration and the moment you tap into this yourself, the more the world pours love onto you! I believe the world is better when you have found the love inside of you first and are open to giving that love to the world around you. You have to give to receive. That is a universal law. And living in gratitude brings so much love into your life.

Believe in love it is a grounding force.


xoxo
Diane