Obviously, I have hard time following my
schedule. A month just went by. When I started this, I haven´t envisioned my
blog as a random pop up happening. I wanted for it to be a regular thing, but
as I am the proof of how life takes us roads we haven´t anticipated, it should
not come to me as a surprise, that yes, a month can go by just like that and that
I cannot follow my own plan. Anyways, today it happened again. The need for me
to write something down has emerged. It was triggered while I was watching a
show on TV, Enlightened. You know it? Well for those who do not, just a little
summary. It is about a woman who, after
a nervous breakdown at a job (love issues and betrayal), goes through months of
soul searching journey in some Hippy Dippy camp, only to return back home to
work at the same company with newly emerged need to help change the world
around her. The show is a delight, smart and funny, but I am not here to give a
review. Actually, I was intrigued by the thought of doubt about sincerity
behind her actions in order to do “Good” and feeling genuine love (read
acceptance) for people around her. What is more, I asked myself on what
conclusion one can decide what is good for others?
The character in the series is supposed to be
the enlightened one. I still haven´t figure out, if the series is about her
actually being enlightened or she is yet to become that. If the second is true
I have no problem with it, however, if the first holds, than I cannot stay calm
at this disfigurement of what being enlightened is supposed to mean. I can
deduce from it one single fact, that there is a difference between acting and actually
being enlightened. See, I cannot get rid of the feeling that her character is
acting upon what she perceives as good and is not what actually IS good. Her
actions are walking on a thin line between revenge and justice. Speaking of the
latter, we do lean on it way too many times when we reason our actions. So my
question here now is, does the perceived correspond with actual reality? Or,
for that matter, what is reality?
