Film - The Beaver

I am reading now a book on Spiritual Practices and one chapter extols the spiritual power gained from watching movies; an experience where left and right brain are fully engaged both with images and with story. The writer makes the point that whether a film is good or bad, it is replete with opportunities to reflect upon the divine.

And so to Mel Gibson's film "The Beaver". At one level, at some points, the film is simply a "laugh out loud" experience; always good for the soul. And then I experienced movement to a deeper level - reflecting on the ways in which we are seduced into believing the lie that we are alone, that no-one really cares and that we dare not risk being open and vulnerable.

Seems to me that as soon as the depressed person in the film acknowledges the lie, all becomes possible and welcoming in a life that knows it is loved and accepted.