Here's my Lost love review, and what a great treat that ep was for Valentine's Day, because I LOVED everything about it!
Standard Disclaimer Applies: I'm writing this before I've read anyone else's reviews. Sorry for any repeats!
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Flashes Before Your Eyes )
The idea that those steps off the path are part of the journey itself is one I need to think about.
My post made you think, and now your response is giving me food for thought. That's a good way of looking at life; it's all a journey and even the times we feel lost are necessary steps along the road. For so long, we thought that the question at the heart of Lost was which will win out, faith or science, but I think now we know that it's a question of free will vs. destiny. I'm more interested than ever in seeing how it all plays out.
I'm still pouting that the long email I wrote you yesterday got eaten. You can expect something long and rambly tonight, though!
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Dharma can also refer to religious and legal duty. You have a duty to harmonize your personal nature with the underlying principles at work in nature. In that sense Desmond would have violated the dharma if he chose not to follow the path that leads to the island. The jewelry lady spoke as if he would be selfishly choosing his happiness over his duty if he married Penny. She would probably see his efforts to protect Charlie the same way.
On the other hand, there is also the eastern idea that time and space are illusory, and that we can achieve Nirvana, or liberation, that allows us to move beyond those illusions (but not for selfish, ego-bound reasons). That seems to be the idea behind what the voice in room 23 keeps repeating: “Only fools are enslaved by time and space.” (If this Youtube clip which plays that scene backwards is legit): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7swZaOWO3c
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I wonder if that youtube clip is for real. If so, that's an even bigger piece of evidence that we're on the right track in figuring out what Lost is about. Just think what it means for all of the characters if the Dharma Initiative has found a way to alter time so that past mistakes can be corrected. The possibilities boggle my mind. In the best of all possible ways!
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