I saw this movie with Elna in Newtown. One of the best movies I have seen this year and the most moving. It had the most beautiful interaction between two siblings I have ever seen. The movie stars the incredible Renate Reinsve and is directed by Joachim Trier, the director of another of my favourite movies; "The Worst Person in the World" which also starred Renate.
I was on holiday in Cape Town. Life had sent me some financial curveballs and was I feeling a little distrustful about its benevolence. I got an Uber to Mum and Mike. Without me mentioning my life or predicament at all, my Uber driver told me how a couple of years ago he was financially destitute. Being God intoxicated, he prayed for help. Then suddenly he was contacted by a Joburg company who offered him the chance to rent a car and end up owning it. It just felt right so he spent his last remaining money to get there. When he arrived at the dealership, he was gobsmacked to discover that his tshirt was exactly the same colour as the ribbon on his new car. "It was a clear sign and it gave me the most extraordinary sense of trust and gratitude" he told me. He drove the car home and used it to generate income as an Uber driver. "It has brought me so much financial prosperity" he said. "Life is good. God is good."
The story brought tears to my eyes. It reminded me of the exquisite benefits of trusting Life and surrendering to it. There is an Infinite Intelligence running the show and I am loved and cared for. Life is not meant to make us happy but to wake us up. So not all will always go to plan. But ultimately all is as it is meant to be and all is unfolding for the ultimate benefit of The All. There is nothing but The All. Life is inherently good.
Below is the photo of him getting the car. He was delighted that he had inspired me and I wanted a copy of it.
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I was driving past Milson's Point train station in Sydney, quite close to home. There were a number of people walking along the side-walk. I saw them and felt love. A powerful and sudden gnosis (an indisputable intuitive knowing beyond words) arose in me that each person was God. Each person was God having a human experience. God was looking out into the world through each person's eyes. Everyone was God. Everything was God. There was nothing but God. There was nothing but God Godding.
This mystical state and knowing lasted for several days. There was an immense sense of oneness, connectedness, wonder, peace, love and euphoria. Also, my mind felt it was more connected to universal intelligence than usual. There were a series of deep insights and revelations. There was deep mental clarity.
In the midst of this, I met up with Aimee at The Botanica. There was a beautiful sharing of insights. At times, as I shared, I felt such love and wonder that tears streamed from my eyes.
I went to 5 Rhythms Dancing. Deep insights kept arising and I kept going off to write them down on my phone.
In the days following this experience, I felt inspired to write essays entitled "Life is God's experience" and "Why would God choose to experience objective experience?" The words just flowed through me.
I also started collecting quotes on the topic "Life is God's experience" for Wisdom Trove. This reached its climax in Mauritius.
I was walking to the post office in North Sydney. As I walked down the Princes Highway, my mind turned to my favourite metaphor; "Life is God's movie." I had some beautiful thoughts about how relevant this metaphor is and how life feels just like a movie."
As I neared the post office, a man and a woman walked past me. At the very moment they passed me, I heard the guys saying "It's like a movie, right?" There is absolutely no way I imagined this. I heard it so very clearly.
A sense of wonder at the synchronicity arose in me. Life felt dream-like and pregnant with meaning.
