With an evening flight, I was able to squeeze in a movie this afternoon. And it was the magnificent Insurgent (the sequel to Divergent). Although panned by the critics, I LOVED this movie. It didn't have a sequel-y feel to it and could (within reason) stand on its own as a film. For me, it has beaten Hunger Games!
So, if you're not familiar with it. It's basically a distopian era where you are divided into one of 5 groups based on your personality and choice of lifestyles (there are those who are brave, intelligent, truthful etc). So our hero and heroine don't fit into one sole category. They are a mix, i.e. 'Divergent.' The premise is that Kate Winslet's (Jeanine) baddie character is trying to contain and demolish them as they are dangerous and a threat, a bad ting Ms Winslow could do without lol.
Anyhoo, after a load of fighting and such which, there is a key message which Jeanine wants to unlock and use to destroy the Divergents. Tris (played by the fantastic Shailene Woodley) is pivotal in accessing this message. She has to undergo a mix of tests- the final one being a fight with her greatest enemy. No, not Jeanine but herself!!! She passes the test using self love (nobody's going to love you Tris cos everyone around you gets hurt or killed! At which she cries 'But I will!' (love herself I'm presuming she means...) Therefore passing the amity challenge (nothing to do with Amityville horror, which is what I think when hearing that word!).
After a big hullabaloo they finally unlock her magical box (oh er!). And the message played states that their society was experiment and that those who are Divergent are not bad, not cursed (as they have been trained to believe), but they are the key to brilliance! They are told 'Mankind waits for you with hope beyond the wall.'
They finally realise that being different, not fitting the norm- that which society tells you you should be doing, is not bad but indeed the key to salvation.
Which brings to me to my spiritual message du jour (see there is a point to this blog- it ain't just a film review lol), that although you may be different, have been made to feel bad, not worthy through your life. It is you that the world needs!
To have those people focusing on feeling good, bringing themselves into alignment, not holding anyone else responsible for their personal power, this is what mankind is looking for, in one way or another.
Throughout the films, the Divergents are hounded and persecuted, but they are actually the most powerful.
So don't let anyone in your past, present or future take your power away from you. You may be different, but you will run that shit! Just bring yourself into alignment with you. That is the most powerful thing you can do...
At this moment I am at the airport waiting for my flight to Asia! How exciting! I am doing my best to appreciate as much as I can (I usually am mentally on the plane when I'm on land or at my destination when I'm on the plane!), but I shall now breathe and relax.
Happy divergent-ing!!! Bye bye London!!! Hello Asia!!!
All my love, Nick Xxx
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