To blog or not to blog? (A few thoughts on the Celestine Insights)

Just recently came upon the film "The Celestine Prophecy" and was surprised after watching it that I hadn't seen or heard anything about the movie or the book before.  It was pretty good, if you're into the whole new age/spiritual journey genre, which I usually overlook.  I always like movies that get you thinking about things in a different perspective, even if it's not in your original line of thinking.  Although I haven't read the book, the movie (and the insights) attempted to link psychology, religion, sociology, and philosophy to explain the human condition and the meaning of life.  It's seems simplistic, but it's enjoyable to follow and try to twist your mind around the insights.  It also tends to satisfy almost any opinion by attempting to avoid a single perspective, religion, or philosophy.

Anyways, it got me thinking about the things that I'm passionate about, particularly the psychology of the mind, and why people are the way they are.  Why are there so many perspectives but so little patience?  Why is there so much fighting with so much in common?   Why do we hate each other when we love the same things?  Can't there be a middle ground?  Is it that hard to look into ourselves and see in others what we know in our hearts?  But then I think about myself, and how easy it is for my mind to get distracted with the little things.  Seriously.  Stuff that I would have never thought I would fret over when I was in my teens.  It's so easy to become numb; lose ourselves in the mindless hum of the everyday mundane.  Then we forget ourselves, forget our core.  The passions that dizzied our minds when we had endless time to sit and think about what it would be like to be grown up.  No wonder kids glow and buzz and daydream and laugh.   When we get those same impulses, we fight it or attempt to hide them from our "adult" peers.

It's becoming harder to find an excuse to focus on ourselves, heal our hearts, and nurture our minds.  We slowly let our heart's cries for freedom get lost in the buzz of traffic.  Our intuitive nature gives way to our doubting thoughts.  And if we let it, the routine drums of our everyday lives drown out our purpose, our passions, and our patience. 

So, maybe the movie came at the right time (exactly as it would have you believe in the movie I might add).