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Rebellious Flower (2016)
Spiritual Pointers and Signposts. ZEN.
"the map is not the territory'' - general semantics.
All spiritual pointers point beyond themselves, they are maps. All maps point to the territory.
In this case the territory is 'enlightenment/moksha/nirvana/self-realization/no-self,anatta/' whatever you want to call it.
''the word is not the thing'' as OSHO once quoted the general semantic song in 'Nirvana : The Last Nightmare'.
This movie has some extraordinarily striking spiritual pointers. I'm not sure many people will understand it, it is indeed very rare to understand Zen.
I've never written a review, probably will never write a review all my life.
But if you're a spiritual practitioner, or a 'sannyasin', you will understand the movie. OSHO once said 'by Sannyas I mean TOTAL SURRENDER'. So a sannyasin simply means one who surrenders, who says YES to the present moment.
If you're familiar with Eckhart Tolle's teachings, this movie will show you the ''GRACE'' OSHO experiences as a child, his 'crucifixion',metaphorically speaking, in the form of adversities or calamities he faced, but they are calamities or adversities only on the surface, go a little deeper and you will understand they are 'Grace'. Out of the suffering arises Surrender.
And through surrender one goes beyond the form, one is transformed. TRANCE-FORM. Transcending form. And knows oneself as the formless.
OSHO continuously had his sannyasins 'on the cross', for their 'growth'. growth happens through surrender.
Sannyas is total surrender.
This movie points to the obvious : surrender.
So there are 2 significant things in the movie : Surrender, and spiritual pointers or Signposts of enlightenment. the spiritual pointers are extraordinary.
Particularly one in which he drinks out of an empty cup. Drinking emptiness.
"space consciousness'' as Eckhart Tolle would say. Consciousness of the UNMANIFESTED dimension. remarkable. This was VERY POWERFUL. There are a few more very powerful pointers.
OSHO is invaluable to the spiritual awakening of humanity. Without him I would have had no chance.