The Sevens Tag: eastern

The Sevens Tag: eastern http://lookforthenines.com/forums/ The Sevens Tag: eastern en Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:24:07 +0000 visualaspect on "My Explanation (SPOILER)" http://lookforthenines.com/forums/topic/my-explanation-spoiler#post-315 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:50:05 +0000 visualaspect 315@http://lookforthenines.com/forums/ I believe that this movie is an allegory for what many of the Eastern ideas call enlightenment, oneness, Self realization, etc. Here is how I have come to this conclusion: PART ONE: THE PRISONER In the Eastern ideas, mainly Hindu & Buddhist a recurring theme is that we are "prisoners" to the trappings of the mind and all of it's creations including, but not limited to, the very world which we perceive as reality. In PART ONE Magaret/Melissa/Mary tells Gary/Gavin/Gabriel that he has created everything around him and that he can destroy it with a thought. This very closely follows the idea(s) that the world is an ilusion created by the Ego and that what we experience is purely sensual (interpreted & perceived by the senses) and therefore subjective to the experiencer. It should also be mentioned that in PART ONE, Gary/Gavin/Gabriel is very lost and self-destructive. Many people reach this state just prior to embarking on a spiritual journey that leads to realization of Self. Gary/Gavin/Gabriel makes the decision to take that journey when he crosses the line. PART TWO: REALITY (TELEVISION) In this portion Gary/Gavin/Gabriel has to face the hard truths about himself and his subsequent "new" life. In all spiritual journeys, the seeker must take a much needed look at himself and his actions to determine what needs to be repaired/cut away. The life before the journey is so superficial (hence the life of an Hollywood actor), but there are always clue (hence the note "look for the nines", the software titled "knowing", the sign and the little girl at the bus stop, and the people around him). In PART TWO Gary/Gavin/Gabriel must face his greatest adversary to enlightenment...himself. Within him are characteristics of the Ego we all struggle with: vanity, pride, materialism, etc. He is at a pinnacle and his wolrd must come crashing down before he can make the necessary changes to reach the level of enlightenment. PART THREE: KNOWING In part three, it becomes apparent who the two women in the film symbolize. Maragret/Melissa/Mary represents the trappings of the world. As Gary/Gavin/Gabriel says, "I loved you the best". She stands for all that is hard to seperate from even when there is a "knowing" of who/what we are. Susan/Sarah/? is the depicition of The Guru. The Guru is the one who leads the seeker away from the trappings and out of the disillusioned state. It is often said in Eastern ideas that "when the student is ready, the teacher will appear". InPART THREE, Gary/Gavin/Gabriel has come to that point and is walking alone when Susan/Sarah/? suddenly appears. In PART THREE Gary/Gavin/Gabriel has attained enlightenment and his Guru leads him away from the worldly things. He comes to the realization of Self at that point and the numbers signify this. THE NUMBERS: The numbers seem to be a system of explaining where one is in the spiritual journey. Gary/Gavin/Gabriel is a 9, meaning that he need only destroy the ego "with a thought" and he would end the cycle of reincarnation. He is openly defiant in PART ONE and therefore has to be re-born into Gavin. He still doesn't quite get it right in PART TWO so now he must become Gabriel. So the 9 means the highest level of spiritual attainment possible before returning to what Eastern ideas call "oneness" or the all-pervading consciousness. The 10 is just that...is is the all, te everything that has always existed and always will. We are all 10's to some degree, yet we cannot fully attain it until we destroy the Ego and renounce it' trappings. It is interesting that Gary/Gavin/Gabriel does not have to leave the world during his journey, in other words he does not have to become a monk and give up all of his possesions, he merely just needs to see the world for what it is, or more importnantly what it is not and become what he has been all along.