I've been watching this series again, and y'know the reviewer from Tricycle is right on...it really *IS* a spiritual series, and a *consciously* spiritual series at that. Its brilliance is that it managed to suck the general public in on the surface plot level, while on a more subtle level it gave them some very high dharma talks indeed.
Nice series, highly recommended, and even friendly to the eyes. It's filmed on the Big Island of Hawaii, for those who have been there...one of the more beau- tiful spots on the planet. For the women Matthew Fox, Naveen Andrews and Josh Holloway provide bablicious eye candy. And for the guys, Evangeline Lilly and Yunjin Kim are both To Die For. :-) My favorite episode so far in this re-viewing is called 'Tabula Rasa.' Look up the term on Wikipedia to get an idea of the mindset of the creators of 'Lost.' They're interesting people. The series is, from one point of view, a mystical-adventure- soap opera that takes place in the Bardo. Everyone on the island has a past, and carries some baggage (samskaras) with them. But at the same time, they have been given a new chance to push the Reboot button, to leave the past behind them and Start Over. And Start Over is exactly what they get to do, every episode. :-) The mystery doesn't really ever resolve itself. Instead, it gets deeper and deeper. The writing reminds me of a line from the Tao Te Ching: "From wonder into wonder life will open." --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Last Christmas my brother gave me a DVD set of the > first season of the TV series 'Lost.' Evil bastard. > > It's a weird soap opera, but as addicting (and as > revelatory) as any other soap opera, if you allow > it to be. I allowed it to be. I have a weakness > for soap operas because they tend to portray the > reality of most people's everyday lives *much* more > accurately than the "great works" do. The "great > works" are all about pretense and trying to see > nobility in the stupid shit we do; soap operas are > about *accepting* the stupid shit we do, laughing > at it, and thus learning a little from it. > > Besides, 'Lost' is a TV show for which the 'pitch' > was probably something along the lines of, "Well... > it's basically 'Survivor' meets 'X Files'...we'll > get them hooked on the basic concept in the first > season, and then *really* fuck with their minds in > the next seasons..." > > Their marketing ploy worked, at least on me. I've > been waiting with 'bated breath for the second > season to run in France, and unfortunately need > to keep waiting, cuz it doesn't seem to be on the > horizon anytime soon. But it is showing in the > US, for those of you who need a good addiction to > add to your lives. Here's a good review of the > series, from (of all places) Tricycle, a respected > Buddhist periodical: > > http://tricycle.com/issues/editors_pick/1899-1.html > > The reviewer's book, "Cinema Nirvana: Enlightenment > Lessons from the Movies," sounds worth looking into, > too... > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
