Watching movies has been a powerful tool in my process of awakening.
The Matrix, The Trueman Show, Fight Club, Being John Malkovich…
Movies like these broke through my encrusted programming and showed me the truth of this reality in a way that I could no longer ignore.
They caused me to question the programmed reality I was raised in and become eager to see more of what’s true.
These movies were agents of awakening and change in my reality.
Since this time, I’ve watched as popular movies have slowly but increasingly changed into tools that broaden people’s awareness rather than simply program them to stay asleep.
I now use popular movies as a measure of the state of consciousness of our world and how much awakening is breaking through into reality.
When I see movies like: Lego Movie, Everything Everywhere All at Once, and Inside Out, it gives me increasing hope that this reality IS actually changing and more people are waking up all the time.
I see these enlightening movies as a measure of how many agents of change are operating in our reality and how bold these forces are becoming.
Barbie, seriously?
I kept feeling this draw to go see the Barbie movie, though my brain was like, “Really? You’re going to go see a movie about plastic dolls?”
Eventually, I relented and went to the theater.
I was BLOWN AWAY!
From the beginning, I could feel this movie did not follow the normal mold.
Multiple times I laughed out loud with how brilliantly the movie played on pop culture.
Then the tears came as the movie playfully began to reveal the truth of just how distorted our reality is.
And the movie didn’t go lightly, it went for jugular issues like patriarchy, consumerism, repression of the feminine, corporatocracy…
Even Mattel, the maker of the Barbie doll and co-producer of the movie, was making fun of itself as a silly corporate “institution.”
This movie was NOT business as usual.
I was touched so deeply and profoundly by this movie, that I cried, and cried and cried through the second half of it.
I’ve never seen any movie so skillfully use polarity and humor to cut through social programming and call out the truth.
In multiple scenes, they were even deprogramming Barbie characters with verbal downloads on the many mind-fuck’s women are culturally subjected to on this planet.
And I cried and cried tears of joy as more and more of the illusions of this reality were skillfully and lovingly cracked open and dismantled.
I left the theater full to the brim with hope for the future of our world.
For many hours after I would tear up thinking about how profound the message in this movie was.
If movies are a measure of awareness in our society, the Barbie movie is a 10 out of 10 for me.
Our world IS changing for the better!
Oh, and my favorite character… “Weird Barbie”
She was the only Barbie in the beginning who actually saw the truth, held space, and was a refuge for other Barbies to become more aware and accept themselves.
It so reminded me of the role you and I play as the aware ‘weirdos’ who see the truth but are not yet understood or accepted by the masses.
Weird Barbie was the safe haven for any of the rejected Barbies to go to and find comfort, clarity, and guidance.
Like you and I, Weird Barbie was the truth holder that unconscious people shunned, but awakening Barbies would go to for support and encouragement.
She let herself courageously be herself and stand out. Then those who felt similarly out-cast would seek her out for moral support and direction.
What if our willingness to stand out and be ourselves creates the space for others to find solace, clarity and guidance?
What if as we be our true selves, we become a beacon of light to inspire others to also awaken?
What if you are NOT weird after all?(Just ahead of your time!)
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I love how the outcast Barbies stuck together and supported each other.