Comments on: Remembering http://dhammaseeker.com/2006/01/08/remembering/ You get what everyone else gets - you get a lifetime Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:19:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: orgo http://dhammaseeker.com/2006/01/08/remembering/#comment-40 orgo Mon, 09 Jan 2006 18:08:24 +0000 http://dhammaseeker.com/?p=206#comment-40 I didn't remember the film by its title until I looked at the imdb link. I recall seeing it at home but not with my full attention (I believe I was packing to move to Atlanta at the time). The last hour of the film I recall most...it was a profound sequence. Robin Williams I remember for his raw, painful character as he journeyed through the afterlife looking for his wife. This is random but I watched the Extended edition of Gladiator last weekend (an excellent film btw) and the one quote that stands out in my mind and makes my mind ponder is from the beginning of the film. Maximus is speaking to his calvary before they charge the Germanics and says "What we do in life echoes in eternity." That's an ancient philosophy of the afterlife and unsurprisingly the basis for Pope John Paul II's theory that (paraphrasing): Hell is the result of one persons own creation...the deeds and actions that brought the most guilt to one's own soul. The fear of the tangible consequences un-suffered in life comes to great fruition in the afterlife. I don’t know but I truly believe that your actions in life are very pivotal to the afterlife somehow. I didn’t remember the film by its title until I looked at the imdb link. I recall seeing it at home but not with my full attention (I believe I was packing to move to Atlanta at the time). The last hour of the film I recall most…it was a profound sequence. Robin Williams I remember for his raw, painful character as he journeyed through the afterlife looking for his wife.

This is random but I watched the Extended edition of Gladiator last weekend (an excellent film btw) and the one quote that stands out in my mind and makes my mind ponder is from the beginning of the film. Maximus is speaking to his calvary before they charge the Germanics and says “What we do in life echoes in eternity.” That’s an ancient philosophy of the afterlife and unsurprisingly the basis for Pope John Paul II’s theory that (paraphrasing): Hell is the result of one persons own creation…the deeds and actions that brought the most guilt to one’s own soul. The fear of the tangible consequences un-suffered in life comes to great fruition in the afterlife.

I don’t know but I truly believe that your actions in life are very pivotal to the afterlife somehow.

]]> By: Euge http://dhammaseeker.com/2006/01/08/remembering/#comment-39 Euge Mon, 09 Jan 2006 13:06:11 +0000 http://dhammaseeker.com/?p=206#comment-39 I enjoyed more the second time I watched that movie, as well. It got more into me, even though I only watched it with days between. I think it's the one movie that could really emotionate me. But I disagree with you, the visuals are a huge part of the story, they atonished me. There are images of it still burnt in my memory. I enjoyed more the second time I watched that movie, as well. It got more into me, even though I only watched it with days between.
I think it’s the one movie that could really emotionate me.
But I disagree with you, the visuals are a huge part of the story, they atonished me. There are images of it still burnt in my memory.

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