I hate it when I realize that huge chunks of my life have been spent under the sway of wild misapprehensions. But that seems to be the case more and more.

Star Wars was a great example of that forms. (Caveat – I’ve only seen the first movie (1977) two times. Once was in the theater in 1977 and the other was 3 years ago, also in a theater, but with a full orchestra performing the musical component…I’ve never seen any of the others – I don’t want to ruin the memory of the first one.). When I was 4 it was a story about two robots trapped inside someone else’s fight.

When I was a bit older – 10 – it was a sci-fi movie about intergalactic conflict.

Much later in life it morphed into a story about zen masters who were in touch with a way of seeing and understanding things that transcended what ‘regular’ people tap into on a daily basis… “The Force” was like a SAP track that gave an overlay of detail and nuance that enriched the thoughts of Jedi.

(Then later I tried to mix some of Star Wars and some of Carlos Castaneda to form a grand unified theory of introspection … I’ll get back to that at a later date.)

For now what I’ll say is: what if there were a whole additional layer of information / energy that was right in front of our noses that could tell us so much more about they how and why of the when and where of life… maybe it is there. Maybe we haven’t picked up the scent.

(All that from a move I saw 44 years ago !!)