Jan 14
Lets do it in space!
Rape another planet of its natural resources… “The reason why we are here is this little grey rock, it sells for $20 million a kilo!”
Pandora is the planet somewhere out of the beyond, a lush green rain forest, perfect and beautiful, pregnant with possibility, full of the most fantastic flora and fauna, a naturalist’s dream, a biologist’s paradise, an army commander’s nightmare… the locals are evolving “savages”, humanoids who have developed language, art and culture but who are still on the bow and arrow stage. The little grey rock will solve earth’s energy crisis. Too bad that their entire village of a few thousand is sitting right on top of the biggest deposit on the planet. The humans come up with an attempt to a diplomatic solution, trying to get them to relocate… but right from the start you know that the attempt is an eye wash, and force will be used when it inevitably fails…
The diplomatic solution consists of a body which is created using human DNA mixed with the DNA of the locals of Pandora, thus creating a link between the two (don’t ask me how… the link is there). So when the human counterpart is sealed inside a hi tech box, his awareness is transferred to the corresponding body and he takes it over. This body becomes his Avatar in Pandora so that he can mingle with the natives and seek out some compromise with the locals…
Marine Jake Sully has lost the working of his legs, his twin brother who was a brilliant scientist whose DNA was used to create a local body manages to die in transit from Earth to Pandora. Conveniently Jake’s DNA matches his twins and so he can take control of the local body… It can become his Avatar. The commander of the marines has no doubt that force will be eventually have to be used and so bribes Jake to become his man… give him tactical knowledge about where what is, so that when the time to strike comes, its smooth, efficient and he can be back to the base in time for dinner. The bribe? A very expensive operation that will bring back the use of his legs to Jake in his human body…
The commander had not counted on the power of Love, the sheer joy of being in the alien body and the tremendous inspiration that can come to anyone who utterly believes he is doing the right thing. The commander was going to be very late for dinner 
The story is quite predictable after the first 15 minutes or so but absolutely brilliantly executed.The music will have your pulse pounding and the action, the drama, the tragedy and the triumph against unbeatable odds will have you spontaneously clapping and cheering, at least it did for me… This is a wonderful feel good movie that must be watched on the big screen, preferably in 3D… though truth be told, the 3D technology has not really been exploited much and you will miss almost nothing if you watch it in regular 2D…
There are many scenes in the movie that seem to be inspired by Art of Living. There is a particular group Kriya scene that’s unmistakable :)… there is also some group chanting that could have easily been a type of Satsang … It’s wonderful to see popular media being influenced positively by Art of Living and becoming a run away best seller
Go see it with many people
Jai Gurudeva!
love
bawa
(11 votes, average: 4.27 out of 5)
Saw the movie and was moved by the imaginaion,music et al.
Nice post ..esp the last para…you can relate almost everything in this world to Art Of Living :)..I would like to do that too..but a long long way to go…
Keep posting.
JGD
Yeah even I felt that the whole plot had lots of stuffs from Indian history/epics.. The arrival of Jake in the Biggest Dragon is like one of the avatar of Lord vishnu and the war against human with all animals in the plantes was like Ramaayan.. Its a must watch for its graphics n effects Im watching it ONCE MORE..
Ditto.. Ditto… Ditto….
Jai Gurudev !!
Art of Living in Avatar!!! Unbelievable!!!
Jai guru dev!
Everybody is using Art Of Living points in movies its an important ingredient to the movies success
thx for d review.
Btw, 1 of our YES+ teachers explained in a session, that watching one movie creates impressions so deep, that require 20 meditations to remove them.
if this is true, how do you people manage
is it that, sudarshan kriya has effect far stronger that that of 20 meditations to remove the impressions.
no idea
i have no idea where that teacher came up with that
Indeed the story is predictable…
Its a nice movie though!
Jai Gurudev!
Madhu
Hey Bau,
Can you do a post on the meaning of Avatar (Sanskrit, Hindi, English) - the word is used everywhere including your “Yahoo-Avatar” etc - but few know the true meaning…
Hi Bau,
) and today is last day of the course (Antarnaad YES+ in Pune) …
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I have seen this movie also.. (and three idiots).. i totally agree with you.. graphics is cool and they have presented the story too well..its a visual treat..
and, our course is just fantastic (as usual !
Hats off to you and your knowledge and way and style of speaking!!
Jai Gurudeva!
(comments for 3 idiots are still awaiting moderation
Bawa,
This was such an intensely good movie that I went back and saw it a second time (on an even bigger screen too!)
The movie left me with a deep sadness, for what we’re doing to our planet, and what has happened to lead hundreds of beautiful tribal/first nations cultures to extinction. Everyday this film haunts my emotions.
With so much of Guruji’s knowledge in mind, Ashtavakra Gita every week, Kriya every day, Sahaj Samhadi every day, I still feel such a deep deep pain… something I haven’t felt since I was 14, sad, angsty and depressed.
I recommend everyone see this movie, it caries with it a very powerful message! But for those of us who sink into the depth of sadness, remorse, regret, and shame for what we’re doing to our own planet what to do Bau?
Get peple to stop eating non veg food … many of our planets problems will go away just from that … and of course make many people come and do some Art of Living course
Even I noticed that scene and told my wife… See they r doing kriya. Even in 3 idiots they have shown the girl doing short kriya
I think she was just doing Kapalabhatti, not Kriya
I thought avatar characters was inspired by lord shiva..the athletic look, the divine blue and just a certain virility about the characters- strong and potent and so much movement of the body.
and there is the destruction and creation.
Another lovely movie.
A must watch!
aliens doing kriya, now this one I have to see. Wasn’t planning on watching the movie but now I am.
The movie is simply superb…and true it is, I actually missed nothing although I seen it in 2D
People being together practicisng, satsangs are not exclusive to aol everyone from sai baba to osho used to do it. There is a movie called halla bol which is very close to AOL and influenced by guruji.
JGD Bawa,
first of all Group sadhana and group satsang happens in many places apart from Art of Living. The entire pandavas army used to do group sadhana during the kurukshetra war…. another thing which you have missed in your review is that the connection which is shared by the navi’s with everything that exists on pandora.. the director might have shown the physical bond being made with trees, animals, dragons.. etc.. but the subtle message is from hindu philosophy which says “madAtma sarva bhUtAtma” meaning my self is a microcosm, its a miniature universe.. and we are always connected with the energy of the space….
Regards,
Pradeep
Great Movie.
But, talking that it was inspired by AOL, is a big joke.
Sawan ke Andhe ko sab hara hi dikhata hai.
Wake Up.
laugh then
During the movie, I was momentarily messed up by most of the similar things that were been mentioned here, overall, I forgot them as my enjoyment continued. Even the over zealous depiction of capitalism or the over controlling were accepted as being a important section of the story.But there one technical thing that (oddly enough, I guess) upset me. I had no way to go back and view it again, but I’m pretty sure that when the Colonel was killed, he took his hands off the robot controls, trying to remove the arrow/bolt. Yet, with the Colonel’s death, the robot TOPPLED OVER! I would have expected such a machine just to simply stop moving and stand there.
Can you guys please cut out all the saccharine and gooey emotions ? I’d like some sharp intelligence please ..