The Drop (2014). Metaphysical in Film

The Drop ( 2014)

Metaphysical Movie Review by Jacklyn A. Lo – The Drop" (2014).

Director:  Michael R. Roskam. Writer: Dennis Lehane.

False Pride

The key phrase in this film is False Pride.

Bob's current life is realized in the harsh environment of Brooklyn, infested with low-level mafia gangs. Bob makes a reasonable living working as a bartender in a pub that was previously owned by Cousin Marv.
At first glance, Bob is a humble guy who is doing nothing but pouring drinks to clients and obeying whatever comes to him. For example, Bob is willing to pay ten thousand dollars to Eric Deeds for Eric's ex-dog's well-being.

Own Value

Simultaneously in the film, we follow the life story of Cousin Marv, a large, unremarkable middle-aged man.

Both protagonists open up in private conversation when Cousin Marv tells Bob of his own great value and the meaning of his "boss chair". His speech is full of pride in himself, which shows him as an undeveloped soul.

In opposition, Bob shows himself to be a mature soul.  He has a different idea of who Marv is. Bob clearly realizes that this pride has no value because it is based on Marv's zero accomplishments. And Bob's answer is very short and clear - the chair, which is of great importance to Marv, is just a chair, nothing more. This plot's situation deserves more than 10 points!

Separate the Tares from the Grain

After all, this episode shows the difference in the energy potentials of the protagonists' souls. One is a young soul full of false pride, and the other is a more experienced soul, able to separate the tares from the grains and draw clever conclusions.

Who am I?

Life is not easy and Bob had some blunders.  And at the end of the film, he wonders if he belongs to God or the Devil, that is, he asks: "Who am I?"

Well, he has a soul, which is definitely moving towards the Light. Because those who have given their souls to Satan have no sympathy or compassion for others, be they humans or animals, but Bob has.

On the topic "Who am I?" the film is similar to such films as Father Stu (2022), Requiem for a Dream ( 2000), Kyle XY ( 2006-2009), and others.

Conclusion

The Drop" (2014) is a thought-provoking movie about human pride, recommended to watch to any independent thinker!

Notes:

• Find more about false pride in the screenplays "The Return of Melissa" ( Nathan) and Heaven (Cora) 
• Learn about multiple spiritual choices toward the Light in Redemption novel.
• Picture in the article:  ©IMDb 

 

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Father Stu ( 2022). Spiritual Movie Review

 Illustration to the film "Father Stu" (2022)

Spiritual review by Jacklyn A. Lo of the film "Father Stu" (2022).

Faith in God

Father Stu (2022) is one of the best biopic films about the hard path of a man to Faith in God.

Stuart ( Stu in short) is a professional boxer with a father who is a drunkard living for his own pleasure and a loving mother, without a spiritual spark

Change

His life destiny brings him to a change¹  - leaving boxing. He tries to become an actor but to no avail. In the meanwhile, he meets a Mexican girl who is Catholic.

To move on to a relationship with a girl, he is baptized.

Despite this new life curve, he continues to solve problems in the same way as before - with his fists. Even in confession, Stuart's speech is full of profanity.

However, our Higher Brothers see that Stuart has a good potential for Spiritual growth. For this reason, they decided to create a problem in Stuart's life.

Predictions

Before that, to attract attention, a messenger is sent to him.

We do not know the details of whether this is a real person or a talking hologram, but he predicts to Stu the further development of events in his personal life. The stranger also warns Stuart not to drive that night. However, Stu ignores the weird guy's warning and gets behind the wheel.

Holy Virgin

A series of strange coincidences on an almost empty road leads Stuart into a serious traffic accident. Again, our Higher Brothers are using their valuable resources to send Stu a message via the image of the Holy Virgin. The short conversation with the mother of Jesus should encourage Stu to move on with his life script no matter what. 

In addition, the supernatural events help shape Stuart's Faith in God and his deeds.

Challenges

Coming out of a deep coma, Stu decides to become a Catholic priest. (The courage² and adventurism of this guy, using every opportunity, is stunning).

But on the way to his further life goal, Stu faces a new obstacle - his physical health is threatened by a terminal illness. His flippant mother recommends that he spend the rest of his life in pleasure, but Stu has the guts to refuse this worthless idea. This challenge works for him as a Spiritual Choice toward Light.

A Choice toward Light always requires inner Spiritual Strength. The reward for this is improved consciousness.

Goal

He prefers to continue following his goal - to become a priest. During this troublesome journey, Stu constantly improves his consciousness. Besides other spiritual revelations, this enables him to understand not only the purpose of suffering but also its value.

Conclusion

"Father Stu" (2022)   written and directed by Rosalind Ross is a great Faith-based movie to watch and recommended for any Spiritual Seeker.

Notes

¹  Any change is formed by the Universal Law of Change

² Courage is one of the Values of Light

 Picture in the review:  ©IMDb 

Learn more about the Spiritual Choice towards Light and its consequences in the novel Redemption.

 

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Dolores Cannon: Finding Your True Self

It's a great feeling when you know that someone is talking about the same thing as you do 😀

What was it like for the people who sold their souls, and what did they gain from it?

This is another fascinating soul question on Quora.

Soul selling is a simplified name for the complex process of transferring Free Will from a person to Satan*.

The process of selling the soul is well described by a number of authors, including Goethe in the tragic play "Faust";

Faust

Oscar Wilde, in his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the film "Dorian Gray" 

The Picture of Dorian Gray

and me, in the novella Tomo and The Soul Catchers, which became a base for the screenplay Heaven**.

Tomo and The Soul Catchers

In each of these cases, Satan is ready to satisfy any desire of the victim in exchange for his/her soul.

For example, due to such a deal, Faust got limitless knowledge, Dorian - eternal youth, and Cora - seductive beauty.

So, in principle, we can say that these guys got what they wanted from earthly pleasures. However, is everything so simple? Or are there side effects?

Yes, they are.

The soul becomes a slave of the Head of Darkness*, losing its own "voice", the freedom of further choice and decision-making.

The good news is that the soul will not be punished for its "bad deeds", meaning it avoids karma. On the other hand, it will forever lose the opportunity to become the Creator, "produce" souls, and the opportunity to become "first", since Satan (which the soul eventually become) is always "second" to God.

Also, for a short time, the soul avoids Degradation and the risk of spiritual death for the loss of energy. On the other hand, it will run the risk of spiritual death as a punishment for cruelty.

A young soul might say, "I enjoy earthly pleasures, I hate making decisions and don't like karma at all, so this might be great for me." But in fact, Satan's "kindness" is a well-disguised evil, and in all of the stories listed, the protagonist encounters side effects shortly after the deal and is deeply disappointed in what he/she has done.

After the soul's Earthly existence, Satan will continue to “work” on it sending it to study or labor in the hardened worlds to achieve the energies and goals that He wants.

The soul will not have the opportunity to choose a planet, body, etc., and the habitat and shell of the body can be really terrible.

One way or another, the process of selling the soul or the temptations of Satan stretches over hundreds or even thousands of incarnations and does not necessarily end with a deal, since the majority of souls still choose the direction to the Light, leaving Satan empty-handed. This case of Satan chasing the soul for five incarnations, is well described by me in the screenplay Redemption**, based on my novel Redemption.

novel Redemption

Note:

*Satan = Head of Darkness

** We are looking for an experienced producer and director

How does real-life karma work, and why does it affect some people but not others?

This is another major lighting theme that appeared on Quora.

Why is it important? Because some young souls may mistakenly think that everything is permitted and that there is no punishment for crimes.

So how does karma work in real life and why does it affect some people but not others? 

Short answer

Karma only works for souls with Free Will.  

FREE WILL

Karma does not work for souls without Free Will.

 NO FREE WILL

Longer answer

All young souls incarnating in a human body receive a precious gift from our Creator¹  — Free Will.

Free Will

Having this gift, they can choose the Spiritual Direction of their movement - towards Light² or towards Darkness³. There is also a sub-direction - Degradation, which is the worst case scenario and should be avoided.

The Universal Law of Karma (karma for short), like any Law, helps people correct their mistakes and move on.

Because most young souls are unwilling to study voluntarily, they are forced into what we would call punishment.

If the soul does not learn well and continues to make the same mistakes, the punishment will be tougher. At the same time, by the Universal Laws of Change and Evolution, it will be given the Choice of a further direction towards Light or Darkness.

In the case of the Choice of Light, which is more challenging than the Choice of Darkness, the soul will receive a renewal of its consciousness and "automatically" gain an understanding of what has been done wrong in the past. In other words, the person will receive a vision to voluntarily correct his/her mistakes.

Brad Anderson in his movie The Machinist (2004) skillfully described the mechanism of karma for a soul moving towards Light. Find my review of the movie.

 © Wikipedia

However, in the case, if the soul will choose a direction toward Darkness, its consciousness will be brutalized and it will continue to develop its bad doings further, i.e. will become more skillful in "bad" deeds.

The Head of Darkness, Satan, is especially attentive to all those who have a tendency to constantly choose Darkness. Satan is the direct beneficiary of the soul's choice in favor of Darkness, as it receives a potential member of its Hierarchy.

But how practically Satan will drag the soul into His pool?

To catch the prey tightly Satan drops some earthly treasures in front of his prey. At this stage, the goal of the Head of Darkness is to make the soul become addicted. Whether, it's drugs, money, power, sex, etc. Everything goes.

However, even with the number of addictions, but with Free Will in hand, the person still has a chance to turn to the Light. Therefore, Satan's goal is to take this Will away from the soul.

At some point, a strongly addicted soul becomes so weak that it is unable to resist the next temptation of Satan and gives up its Free Will for the sake of another treasure. Now, this soul is fully belongs to Satan and Satan's Will.

The soul still keeps its personality, but feels, that a "someone" or "something" beyond his own intentions pushes him/ her for doings.

As the soul doesn't have its own Will and follows orders of Satan it doesn't have any Karma anymore. 

Therefore, from the outside it seems that the person who does evil to another does not bear any punishment.

Another group of souls without affect by karma are mature souls - missionaries. They made their Final Choice towards Darkness long time ago. They incarnate in the materialistic worlds like our Earth on the order of Satan. They move in the physical reality fast, without hesitation and thinking.

Summary

1. Karma works for souls moving towards Light, i.e. having Free Will. If they make a mistake they have to fix it

2. Karma doesn't work for souls that made their final Spiritual Choice towards Darkness, i.e. who lost Free Will. As the soul doesn't make any decisions, there is no punishment for its doings.

Notes: 

1. Creator¹   - God, Head of Lights

2. Spiritual Direction towards Light²   - the Direction of following Values of Lights

VALUES OF LIGHTS

FREEDOM

LOVE

PEACE

COURAGE

TRUTH

JUSTICE

HOPE

HUMANITY

HARMONY

GENEROSITY 

3. Spiritual Direction towards Darkness³  - the Direction of following Values of Darkness

VALUES OF DARKS

SLAVERY

HATRED

WAR

COWARDICE

FALSE

INJUSTICE

DESPAIR

CRUELTY

CHAOS

GREED

I’m really scared of reincarnation. I’m worried that I will be reborn as a prey animal.

I’m worried that I will be reborn as a prey animal, farm animal, or a new human, with no memory/experiences of me. Do you fear this?

 Ⓒ Reincarnation and Karma

Tom T Moore excellently answered this question on Quora (see below).

"You will not reincarnate as an animal. That option only happens when your soul is ready to begin living on Earth but would like to “get the feel” of Earth. In my case, I incarnated as a panther, before my first life as a human living in a jungle. After that, it is always as a human.

It may seem like you are a “new human,” as our souls agreed to be veiled from knowing about our past lives as part of what is called the “Earth Experiment.” 

All of our souls volunteered to be veiled in all of our lives on Earth. Why? Because several million years from now, our souls will merge into a creator and take over running this universe, allowing Creator to go to a higher level. Creator will not turn over this universe to us until Creator is sure we can handle the work. But we have to learn how to make trillions of decisions a second, which is what we are collectively doing during our lives on Earth.

We are only fragments of our souls, which are having 500,000 to over 1,000,000 lives across the universe at the same time to learn about all the life forms that exist on the trillions of planets. We are having 600 to 800 lives on Earth for each fragment. 

Each fragment is given a different soul interest. As an example, my soul's interest is in religions and advising world leaders (the latter not in this life), while another soul fragment in my “cluster” of eight fragments has a soul interest in exploration and designing and laying out towns and cities..."

Continue reading on Quora

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From my side I'd like to add, that reincarnation is not a thing to be afraid of as it's only a way for humans to move forward on the Evolutionary path. But what you have to be aware of is the Universal Law of Karma, which says that each action has its consequences. 

What is Karma?

In other words, if you do mostly good deeds, the collective consequence for you will be positive with a great reward, for example, a beautiful body, a prosperous life script, etc. However, if you spread bad deeds you might be punished by blindness, an ugly body, or difficult living conditions.

Also, there is no sense to worry about the old memories and experiences as you will gather new ones in your new incarnation.

And as far as I know, the incarnation of human souls into animal bodies is no longer performed.

As for Tom's theory about the fragments of our souls, the easiest way to understand it is through the telecommunications theory.

In the early days of the telephone, there was only one conversation on one pair of wires. In other words, one high-frequency signal carried only one low-frequency signal.

At present, thanks to advanced technologies, one high-frequency signal is a carrier of thousands of audio conversations.

If we apply this model to our soul, where a soul is a high-frequency carrier and our physical bodies are low-frequency signals, then we can get an idea of ​​how our soul can carry up to 600-800 lives at the same time. 

However, Tom's breathtaking concept is too high for most people, at least for the Western world, since here most people, unfortunately, do not even believe in the soul, and also in reincarnation.

Find a story of reincarnation of one soul, gathering positive karma, and an amazing consequence of it in the novel Redemption.

Is reincarnation real? Are we all reincarnations of our previous lives?

Is reincarnation real? 

I found a good answer to this question on Quora which I would like to share with you.

Ⓒ Reincarnation

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( By 

NAMIT BATHLA

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I think I can answer it because I have a living proof with me.

My mother’s elder sister’s (masi) husband could remember his past life when he was just 3 years old.

Today, He is a reputed Orthopaedic Surgeon in Ludhiana, Punjab.

When he was 3 year old he would tell his parents about his past life.

He told them-

I used to live in a village in Gujarat. I died because of a disease. I want to go back to my family.

He told each and every detail- His past life parents name, His past life wife’s name, his occupation etc.

Then without telling him, his father went to that village out of curiosity and was shocked to know that each and every detail was correct.

He (his father) didn’t tell him about this and after some time, my uncle eventually forgot about it.

But his father told this incident to my uncle’s wife (my masi) and warned her to never ever talk to him (my uncle) about this as this will cause him severe depression.

Now it’s up to you to believe in it or not. But I believe in this.

Note- Uncle’s parents weren’t uneducated or the ones who would believe in anything without using their knowledge. They first went for the proof, after that only they believed in it.

Also there are many other incidents about Rebirth.

SOUL IS AN ENERGY. AND ENERGY CAN NEITHER BE CREATED NOR BE DESTROYED but Can be transferred from one medium to another.

Some of You won’t believe in it because it hasn’t happened with someone close to you. But that doesn’t mean its a fake thing.

It's fine, had I been in your place, I would have reacted in the same way.

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The ideal proof of reincarnation is the law of conservation of energy.

We spend our whole lives learning, processing situations, solving problems, making decisions, etc. It is impossible to believe that all this huge energy potential disappears with the death of a person. It is more natural to think that the best energies slowly but steadily are collected in our soul, which will work as a carrier also for our next body.

Also I would like to add that there are plenty of proofs of the past lives.

The most famous "case" proving reincarnation is, perhaps, the experience of one of the greatest teachers of our planet - Gautama Buddha, who lived two and half thousands years ago.

Gautama Buddha © Jacklyn A. Lo

He saw all his "countless" incarnations at the moment of his complete enlightenment. He saw his past lives in such detail as who he was in life and how he struggled in his attempt to find the path to full liberation.

Gautama was a real person, prince, who left a golden palace of his wealthy parents for the gaining a liberation from the materialistic world.

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Why War? Part IV: The Price of Free Will ⚖️

Free Will

In Part IV, we will look at what will happen to Free Will if a spiritual entity constantly chooses Darkness, as well as who and how tests and tempts us and why.

Free Will as a key for freedom

As we learned in Part III, Free Will is given as a gift that allows us to enjoy individuality and freedom.

However, do we have any obligations to Our Spiritual Father who gave us this gift? The answer is Yes and No.  Let's deal with this.

Free will and spiritual direction

A  Spiritual entity moves towards the Light

In the event that the spiritual entity moves more or less towards the Light, Free Will remains with it until the final exit¹ from the physical world.

B.  Spiritual entity moves towards the Darkness

However, if the spiritual entity repeatedly makes  Spiritual Choices towards Darkness and crosses the point of no return², Free Will is taken away ( illustration 1).

Illustration 1.

The logic of this step is simple - if you follow the Values of Darkness, where SLAVERY is the main value, you do not deserve freedom, which is given by Free Will.

VALUES OF DARKS

SLAVERY
HATRED
WAR
COWARDICE
FALSE
INJUSTICE
DESPAIR
CRUELTY
CHAOS
GREED

Selling soul to Satan

The loss of Free Will is often compared to selling the soul to Satan, since the soul, which originally belonged to God, consciously or subconsciously choosing the priorities of Darkness and rejecting the values of Light, becomes a SLAVE of SATAN.

The process of giving away his Free Will is the last will of man.

Who tests and tempts us

But who is interested in depriving a person of Free Will and why?

As we already mentioned, the most interested party is the CEO of Darkness - Satan. Having taken away a person's Free will, Satan replaces his will with his OWN WILL and subjugates the man to himself. 

Loss of control

The man can no longer control his own decisions.

From the point of view of outsiders, it looks like the person has acquired an irrational pattern of behavior.

 

This can be compared to how a person drives a car to a certain place and knows the route well, but suddenly, he makes an unexpected turn in an unnecessary direction, not understanding why he is doing it.

Beneficiary of free will loss

Satan is the direct beneficiary of man's renunciation of free will.

He not only becomes the full owner of the soul that lost Free Will, but now he can use this soul as His own when and where he wants it.

Satan's tools and tricks

In order to lure more and more people into his bondage, Satan has developed several seductive tools to help him achieve his goals (Illustration 2.).

Illustration 2.

Sex, money, drugs, power

Tools such as sex, money, drugs, power, etc. help Satan test and tempt people. Very often, He affects a person through his arrogance and false pride.

The first step for Satan is to hook a person on one of His tools and then on to the next one. 

Human pride

Human pride is a premise to become hooked by Satan. 

Making a person more and more dependent, Satan forces him to step over the values of Light, delving into the Values of Darks.  

As a result of this process, a person makes a Spiritual Choice towards Darkness, not realizing the danger of this step.

Find the Spiritual Choice towards Darkness, its consequences and the role of Satan in the screenplay "Heaven".

Summary

• Free will is a gift given to us by our Spiritual Father (CEO of Light). 

• We can exercise Free Will as long as we move more or less towards the Light.

• Once a Spiritual entity has made its Ultimate choice in favor of Darkness, free will is taken away and replaced by the will of Satan, the CEO of Darkness.

• Satan is the direct beneficiary of the loss of man's free will because, in this case, he can lead man to where He wants

• Therefore, Satan has developed some tools to push man to make a Spiritual choice towards Darkness.

Notes: 

¹ Final Exit - is a liberation from the physical world, no return.

² Point of no return - a point of the Final choice towards Darkness

Spiritual Choice concerns not only an individual but also a group of people and even a nation.

In Part V, we will look at the Spiritual Choice towards Darkness by the Russian ruler Nicholas II in 1914.

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Why War? Part III: Can Creativity Survive? 💡

We must understand that the souls of the "Treasury Fund" having a higher consciousness see all flaws and imperfections of the physical reality and truly want to improve our world. 

Idea

But, in order to develop their ideas or implement a project, the Artists need money, at least to cover the cost of living.
So, some of them find part-time jobs, which are normally low-paid manual labor ( migration A).  

Low consciousness

In this process, the sophisticated souls face the primitiveness of the low consciousness and suffer. Many can't stand this and give up the development of their own ideas. 

They go to learn a profession that could provide them with a predictable monthly income ( migration B).

Physical world

Understanding the primitiveness and falsity of most of the knowledge of the physical world, the souls of higher consciousness rarely enter the magistracy or doctoral studies (migration C).

Those souls who lose their hope get depressed and end up in a mental hospital and, in the worst case, commit suicide (migration D).

Life project

The interruption of a life project by premature death is harmful not only for the soul itself but also for the Higher Ones since they invest a lot of resources both for the incarnation of the soul and for maintaining it on Earth. 

A return on Their investment runs in minus, and They start questioning the practicability of Their project on our planet.

High-quality energies

Someone might say, “I don't believe it's that bad. There must be other ways to make high-quality energies, not only through the daily energies of sophisticated souls of Treasury Fund.” 

Well, that's partly true. And now we come to another significant point - Spiritual Choice.

Choice

To be able to make any choice, including spiritual choices, you must have free will.

Free Will

Free will

Free will is given by our Spiritual Father to a soul at its first incarnation, i.e. to a young soul entering the human world from the animal kingdom ( illustration 1).

Illustration 1.

Heavenly programmers

This gift of free will is quite expensive for our God because instead of one direct program, Heavenly programmers need to make three - according to the number of directions of choice - a choice to Light, Darkness, and Degradation.

God

God goes to this extra expense because He wants to see us as diverse and individual. 

Spiritual Choice

Spiritual Choice plays the main role in the diversification of our souls.

Illustration 2.

Spiritual directions

At the moment of a Spiritual Choice a person faces two main spiritual directions - towards Light and Darkness ( illustration 1).  Degradation is a sub-direction and this is the worse case scenario for any soul.

Spiritual test

Spiritual Choice is a spiritual test for any person or group of people. The size of a group can be as big as a nation. 

Values

The guideline for spiritual choice is always a set of VALUES. The values of Darkness are opposite to the values of Light. 

Negative karma

Making a conscious choice towards the values of Darkness, a spiritual entity* acquires negative karma.  As a result, it receives a program and a guide from the Dark Ones, which brings suffering. 

Light Ones

In the event that the spiritual entity works off mistakes (the negative karma), the leader from the Dark Ones is replaced by the leader from the Light Ones, who introduces into her existence the values of Light and prosperity.   

                                          

VALUES OF DARKS

SLAVERY
HATRED
WAR
COWARDICE
FALSE
INJUSTICE
DESPAIR
CRUELTY
CHAOS
GREED

VALUES OF LIGHTS

FREEDOM
LOVE
PEACE
COURAGE
TRUTH
JUSTICE
HOPE
HUMANITY
HARMONY
GENEROSITY 

Who tests us  

In Part IV, we will consider what will happen to Free Will if a spiritual entity constantly chooses  Darkness, and also who tests and tempts us and why.

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