enlightenment in indiana jones

[LoveandPurpose]

In the third movie Indiana is in the search for the holy grail which promises eternal life.

There are three traps, three thresholds he has to surpass. He has hints how to achieve that:

First, he was told to 'show humility before God', so he kneels on the ground, dodging blades cutting off his head in the last moment.

Secondly, he was told 'to walk in the name of God', so he walks on letters on the ground, spelling God and dodging falling through some fake steps which he would have fallen through.

And lastly, which really struck me as a very good metaphor for the spiritual path:

The final threshold: 

 

 

“Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick. This is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering it's a feather bed.”

― Terence McKenna

Edited December 20, 2019 by LoveandPurpose

[Bill W]

Nice! See what you mean. And great quote as well.

[cetus]

13 minutes ago, LoveandPurpose said:

This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering it's a feather bed.”

 Transcendence of ego.

[Leo Gura]

There was one final test: he had to choose to drink from the right cup. The simplest cup of them all -- which was the Holy Grail. The greedy Nazi drank from the ornate, golden cup which poisoned him.

And then there was the final, final test: he had to let the cup go. He could not take it with him.

Good storytelling. The kind they don't make often nowadays.

[LoveandPurpose]

@Leo Gura YES!