My son and I watched the movie /documentary, “I AM” by Tom Shadyac.
Prior to having a life changing experience, Shadyac was living the Hollywood
life many would envy. He directed such movies as Ace Ventura, Liar Liar, The
Nutty Professor, and others before having a mountain bike accident which left
him with a concussion – leading to bouts of depression and occasionally suicidal
thoughts. Desperate for answers he turned to unconventional treatments. He reached
the point where he accepted he was going to die. And once he did, he questioned
what life was really about.
Shadyac embarked on a quest to find out what is wrong with
the world only to find so many things right with it. Watching this movie with
my son was an extraordinary experience because throughout the recurrent theme
was how interconnected we all really are. How our actions can and do impact
everything and everyone because everything and everyone is interconnected. I
want my son to understand how significant he is in this world because what he
does directly affects our global ecosystem so he can think about the choices he
makes with his life. “I AM” provided such a vehicle for him to think and I was
happy to be with him, introducing him to the concept of cause and effect.
“I AM” explored the concept that cooperation and competition
are equally necessary in our lives, with not one being more important than the
other if we are to reach a common balance. We learned that animals operate in a
democracy every single day making decisions where the majority rules in the
pack, not the alpha male. The movie debunked the whole theory about packs
relying on the alpha male for leadership. Instead it highlighted a direct link
between surviving and thriving in the packs to cooperation rather than
competition. How each animal is reliant on the other to do well.
“I AM” is well worth seeing because it is a movie about the
need for us to shift our consciousness if we want to continue to thrive as a
human family. Each one of us has the power to change our world simply by
changing the way we think and live. Every action affects the entire environment
we live in because we are all one. Of the same genetic coding. Of the one
source. As Desmond Tutu says the ocean
is made up of single droplets of water and each droplet has an effect on the
ocean. And the same is true of our human family it is made up of individuals.
Each individual having a profound effect on how we as a human family thrive.
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