To Commune: to confer, consult, converse, a mental or
spiritual exchange, sharing, holding in common, community, fellowship, honoring
social contracts, communication…
In one of my favorite movies of last year, “The Cloud
Atlas” explorations of reincarnation and responsibility are put to narrative
form. One is afforded the
opportunity to see six or seven character interacting with one another over
lifetimes, cultures and sexual identities. It is not the neatened up version of karma.. If I do bad,
bad things will happen to me, but more the idea that our energies commune, and
there is ritual in communion among us.
One character, Somni-451 is asked about her philosophy
following some choices she made with her life that will have fatal
consequences. In part she answers
“Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb we are bound to others,
past and present. By each crime
and every kindness, we birth our future.”
In this she refers to the collective future of us all. An interesting idea don’t you think? My karma, so to speak is the world's karma. Check out the film. Don't try to follow each character so much as let the life of all the people in the movie wash over you as a whole.
What if all sentient beings, right now, in this moment
knew that the next 10 things they did would greatly impact the future of our
planet, our culture, our children and children’s children? How would it change the world?
What if we each know right now.. this next thing,
and the thousand that follow will bring us all forward into communion with our
future…possibly our future selves, but surely our communal future? What if we knew that?
Peace. Inner
peace is great. Outer peace is
nice too. More soon, Misty
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