I have plenty of friends that greet me with or sig their email’s with Namaste’ “the Divine in me sees and acknowledges the Divine in you.” My last post I mentioned Avatar and have been tempted to write a longer post making observational comparisons to religious imagery so replete throughout. The descent of the “doves” in the “chosen” narrative, the birth/rebirth scenes, the laying on of hands and committal scenes, the neo tribalism of connection to each other…the list is lengthy.
But I will only make one observation and it will probably be the last made on this blog. At the critical turn in the movie there is a deep, dramatic and meaningful exchange of “I see you,” a healing and reconnective statement that reunites, affirms and “changes everything” from there on out not only in the world of the omaticaya but in their personal worlds as well.
Having been in South Africa, Namibia and now back in South Africa I am predicting that “I see you” will be in the short term the new Namaste’. People who know I have seen the movie have unprompted looked into my eyes and greeted me that way. When I reciprocate that opens the conversation to the ways we were deeply touched by Cameron’s masterpiece.
This past weekend Avatar slipped from the first spot in box office sales. Currently 613 million in sales the US…but get this…2.2 billion sales globally…yes that is billion with a “B.” Yes Avatar isn’t a US phenomenon it is global. And the fact that I am being greeted in South Africa and Namibia with “I see you” is just one example from my little world.
I see you…
