The DEEPER meaning behind Past Lives

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Rory Martin

Rory Martin

Күн бұрын

I made this video essay about Past Lives (2023) - an American romantic drama film written and directed by Celine Song in her feature directorial debut. Starring Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, and John Magaro, it follows two childhood friends over the course of 24 years while they contemplate the nature of their relationship as they grow apart, living different lives. The plot is semi-autobiographical and inspired by real events from Song's life.
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@RosieSotomayorDelacruz629
@RosieSotomayorDelacruz629 6 күн бұрын
Last year I bumped into someone I first met over 47 years ago. We live in different countries so for us to meet in the same remote Andean town at the same time is incredible. We never professed our love for each when we knew each other as teenagers. I didn't say anything because I thought it would be cruel to say "I love you" and end the relationship. I always thought he didn't say anything because he was shy. We've kept in touch for the last year. A couple of weeks ago, he told me he didn't say anything to me as a teenager because his mother read his diary and discovered that he was in love with me. His mother gave him a stern warning. She reminded him I was a gringa (a foreign girl) and a close family relative so he was never to pursue me. He obeyed his mother and loved me in silence for many years. I forgot about him and just wished the best of life for him. So you can imagine my mixed emotions when we reconnected last year. We got together a couple of times but then we realized we didn't really mesh together as a couple. We are also in committed relationships so it's not easy to quit them and take a gamble on a new one, especially at our age.
@AW_7_7_7
@AW_7_7_7 2 ай бұрын
Wow, mine is the first comment? There are dozens & dozens of reviews and commentaries on this hugely popular movie. It got me thinking about the concept of In-Yeon. Your video is the first to speak about the role our Lord Jesus and His all-powerful hold on the history of mankind. Nice to know that everything fits together. Thank you for this video. 😊
@marshan1690
@marshan1690 2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much. I appreciate your feedback!
@user-jy8et3gh8p
@user-jy8et3gh8p Ай бұрын
I'm sorry to say I'm only the second comment! Sorry to say, AW, that your Lord Jesus hasn't had a lot to do with all this. As Nora tells us, it's a Buddhist thing. And Rory Martin, did we really see the same movie? In this wonderful movie it is more She, not He, that makes the decisions. A good thing. What a great movie this was! The best American since Moonlight, Greta Lee playing the best female role since Jessica Chastain in The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby. She didn't get a Oscar nomination either so we know for sure they did their jobs really, really fine. I really hope to see her more in Dutch cinemas.
@marshan1690
@marshan1690 Ай бұрын
Thank you for your reply. I do know Buddhism was behind it. My aim was to try to connect these to Christ and Christian concepts around choice and free will. In my opinion, the ideas Christianity presents are greater and truer than those presented in Past Lives. It raises the right questions, but I didn't feel I wish this was actually true in my life. Maybe there was something I missed or could explain better? I agree with you. We don't get enough of these films. I would love to see more of Greta Lee.
@user-jy8et3gh8p
@user-jy8et3gh8p Ай бұрын
@@marshan1690 Well, maybe I was a little too defensive anti-Christianity. I'm not that fond of that, I'm not that sorry to say. But I will listen another time to your story again. For now we find each other in this truly beautiful movie, so that is already a big okay!
@marshan1690
@marshan1690 Ай бұрын
Alles is gezellig. I like strong opinions. So be more Dutch! I guess the sense of transcendence is the cross-over point. E.g. "Eternity is set in the hearts of men" and "There is a season under heaven"
@bee7549
@bee7549 Ай бұрын
Forget Christianity for a moment and focus more on the Christ Consciousness which at its core is Divine Love that we should identify in All Creation, in all people...and this is present throughout all Light based spiritual teachings including Buddhist principles... Love! We are all both masculine and feminine and should embrace both energies without 'competing' with which does what. The source of our 'separation' as genders, racially, culturally, as a species lies in the inability to see that we are One.
@marshan1690
@marshan1690 Ай бұрын
Hmm. Thanks for sharing your perspective. As I see it, there is more than just the oneness in the world. There's God's threeness (Father, son, holy spirit), twoness (God and Man), one (Christ). Creation and creator are distinct. Heaven (male) and earth (female) in a pre fallen world ought to be united. Great summary in this video. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kNSgiJmfuq7egpc.htmlsi=miLIRCM_qH5h9ZtB I wonder what you think?
@KentAPeterson
@KentAPeterson 23 күн бұрын
Beautifully said, @bee7549. You identified the core of Love present in all of us and connecting all things. Thank you. Your words help point toward the Oneness beneath all of the dualisms that the ego sees and finds so limiting.
@bee7549
@bee7549 22 күн бұрын
@@marshan1690 Thank you, will let you know 🌼
@bee7549
@bee7549 22 күн бұрын
Thank you @@KentAPeterson 🏵
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