One of my
favourite fairy stories as a child was ‘Sleeping Beauty’. Apparently my Mom had a choice of
that or Cinderella as my preferred bed time story. My brother loved fact, so
Mom had to read to him from the daily newspaper, and my younger sister liked
poetry, something I have never really understood.
Anyhow, I
was ruminating on my apparent obsession with the world of make believe, fantasy
and the unreal, when it dawned on me that I have always been
drawn to the unmanifest world of spirituality. I have an indescribable connect with
my Spirit being, whatever you choose to call it/her.
It is for this reason
that I am an eternal optimist, believing in the power of good and
the power of love and forgiveness. This connect I have with the spiritual world is the reason I
believe in miracles. I believe in goodness and love
transforming the negativity in this world. I believe as
Nelson Mandela said, that love comes more naturally to the human heart. Evil
has been learnt by our conditioning and our fears. Evil is not our instinctive nature.
Love is.
I watched
the movie ‘Maleficent’ this weekend and was delighted with the clever remake of the
classic ‘Sleeping Beauty’ fairy tale. It is the most magnificent story of fear
and trust and the power of love and forgiveness over hatred. If you haven’t yet
seen it, I strongly recommend you do.
The story highlights the two parts of
ourselves, the human side that is consumed with its fears and self-serving desires, and the magical part of ourselves which is unencumbered by the need for materialism or human
drama.
The story
unravels as most fairy tales do with evil threatening and harming good. Good
rises up against evil in an attempt to seek revenge, but in the process becomes
hardened and bitter, and transmutes into hatred.
Miraculously, good begins
to awaken to the love within and to the barriers and blockages that have
hardened her heart. She realizes her blindness in her all-consuming need for
revenge.
The story is
a triumph for true love, the only thing that is real and
permanent in this fearful and transient world of form.
What I loved
about ‘Maleficent’ is that this fairy tale, unlike all the classics, causes us
to see the difference between romantic love and true love. It is a story about awakening from the unconscious patterns of behaviour
to which we all fall victim, and of triumphing over unforgiveness, bitterness
and hatred.
This movie
might just be the catalyst you need to realize your humanness and your own
potential for love and hatred.
If you are
feeling despondent about the world affairs - politics, capitalism, poverty,
greed, cruelty and war, then snuggle up with this movie and give yourself a
positive boost with faith in the miraculous.
Love always prevails.
I wish you a week of discovering the
barriers within you that are sabotaging you from loving yourself.
Have an
awesome week.
Love
Nicolette
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