Consciousness Response
This film gave an insight of what is going on in other people's lives. It was deep and it
connected to it's viewers very well. This film relates to the Perennial Philosophy in multiple
ways. One of the points is spirit is found within. Spirit is everywhere and everyone is one. All
human share the same attributes such as blood and bones. At one point in the movie, the narrator
says he is going to look at everyone's face as himself. This leads to the point that spirit exists.
Spirit is found everywhere and this point in seen throughout the film. Also, there is a dangerous
country previewed where bombs and shootings occur frequently. The people experiencing this, it
brings down their ego and it makes them let go because they are suffering. This leads them into
practicing religion as a form of hope. They are trying to find liberation from their state of
suffering.
Identity and compassion play a role as a theme in the film. There is a man who helps gas
victims for free in the medical centre. There is also a man who goes out that undoes bombs. This
is a dangerous task but he does it because he does not want anyone else to get hurt. He is risking
his life for others. These are forms of compassion because he is performing a good deed for
others in order to help them but he does not expect anything in return. Also, after the incident of
9/11, many people were left in a state of suffering. We see people that come together as a
community to worship those that they have lost. The compassion reveals one's identity because it
shows who someone really is. We are all connected as one.