While the desensitization process I just described is for
undesired emotions, a similar approach can help you increase
and learn about your desired emotions as well. With such
increased awareness, you will experience positive emotions
more intensely as you watch a film. Most people go to the
movies to enjoy themselves. Now you will enjoy your movie
experience even more. While watching a movie with conscious
awareness, you will become sensitized to desired emotions.
This helps you understand how to increase the frequency and
intensity of these feelings in your real life.
The following examples show how a positive movie expe-
rience made me more determined to bring the same positive
qualities into my life that I felt while viewing a film.
I first discovered how amazingly helpful it is to watch a
movie with conscious awareness when I saw Il Postinoor The
Postman.Movie Preview:Il Postino (The Postman) (1994)
Mario’s undiscovered talents and passionate heart
never had reason to show themselves. His life on a quiet
Italian island had been simple, carved out for him as it
was by his fisherman father. But when renowned poet
Pablo Neruda is sentenced to political exile there,
Mario takes the job of delivering his daily fan mail and
gradually becomes friends with the famous man.
Neruda introduces Mario to poetry and helps him win
the heart of a local beauty that had never given Mario a
second thought.For two hours, I fell under The Postman’s spell and became
completely enchanted. There is much vitality and genuine pas-
sion in this film.
I noticed while I watched with increased awareness that the
stunning nature scenes and the simplicity in the characters’
lives made me feel joyful and relaxed. It felt as if I could48 E-Motion Picture Magic