tive internal stance. This is called surrender. Our passive
receptivity experienced while watching a movie supports this
inner shift.
With our habitual, often externally oriented and logical
approach to problems, we sometimes stand in our own way. We
forget to give the deeper layers of our soul, our intuition, more
room to guide us; the source of our inner wisdom and creative
solutions for our problems often lie there. New possibilities can
emerge; new ideas pop up as we get out of the way and let our
deeper soul have more say in how we live. There are many tools
available to make this internal shift to access our inner wisdom,
such as writing, drawing, praying, meditating, yoga, walks in
nature, hypnotherapy, psychotherapy, and many more. Watching
certain films, especially if done with conscious awareness can
serve as another important instrument for this process.Sally’s perspective changed when she remembered a
movie scene in which a character modeled an inner posture that
she wanted to adopt. This was possible because she was able to
see herself as the character. Sally already carried the capacity
to own her mistakes and show vulnerability inside herself.
Otherwise she would not have recognized this strength in the
character, Helen. But before she remembered the movie scene,
Sally was unable to access this latent capacity on her own. In
times of emotional stress we are often not aware of our assets
and the means by which we can reconnect with them.
Identifying with Helen helped Sally to recall her forgotten
resource and to find the right opportunity for this capacity to be
applied.YoungCindylearned from television and movies that fam-
ily life can be different from hers with an abusive, alcoholic
mother. This understanding might have played a major role in
preventing Cindy from perpetuating the dysfunctional pattern
with her children in her own family. As an adult, when she
faced challenges again, Cindy continued to use films because“The artist is the one who
communicates myth for
today.”
Joseph
Campbell26 E-Motion Picture Magic