Guest guest Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 The movie E.T. was loved by millions. When masses of people exhibit such energy for something, there's often some deep archetypal pattern it has stirred up. One scene especially tapped our collective unconscious..... When E.T. whispered, 'Home, Elliot, home', millions of every age of every culture wept. We wept because we are still divine infants in exile. No matter how hard we work to reclaim and champion our 'inner child', there is a level of emptiness and absence in us all. I call it the 'metaphysical blues'. There is surely rejoicing when we reclaim and champion our wounded inner child. For many of us, finding our inner child is like finding home for the first time. But no matter how secure and connected we all become, there is a dark journey we all still have to take. As fearful as it is, there's a longing for it inside us all. For no matter how completely we fulfill our earthly goals and dreams, even when we arrive just where we have longed to be, we always experience a slight disappointment. So much so that even after Dante, Shakespeare, and Mozart, we say: Is that all? I believe this sense of disappointment arises because we have another home where we belong. I believe we came forth from the depths of being, and being calls us back. I believe we came from God and we belong to God. No matter how good it gets, we still are not home. The wounded child Augustine said it well, 'Thou hast made us for Thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless, till they repose in Thee'. This will be our true homecoming at last. --from the New York Times #1 best-seller, " Homecoming " , by John Bradshaw-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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