The Archetype of Suicide Two famous movies about suicide are: “Groundhog Day” and “What Dreams May Come!” Today is the Global Anti-Suicide Day It is a difficult world to live when the main model is “The Wall Street” and who has the most money is the most successful. Everyone is welcoming China as part of the new global economics and unfortunately, by embracing of capitalism, there is also the embracement of the philosophy of having, instead of the philosophy of being. Since China Economic reform, suicides have increase 60%, per year 287,000 commit suicide (source: Freakonomics and China Daily USA). If one options for atheism as a philosophy, it is very difficult to argue against suicide; on the other hand, giving some credit to the possibility of souls and God, one should take into consideration the Socratic method. If we are individuals with souls, then wouldn’t life be a spiritual test? Wouldn’t a suicide then be a way out of this spiritual test? Using logic, what would happen to the suicidal soul? In modern archetypes two recent movies cover the archetype of suicide, Groundhog Day and “What Dreams May Come.” In one, Robin Williams’ character died, and he learned that his wife committed suicide, he spend the whole movie trying to rescue her soul from the depths of despair. On “Groundhog Day,” the character of Bill Murray commits endless suicides to wake up on the very same day. It was only when he changed his spiritual attitude that he was able to escape from the cycle of reincarnations. Chico Xavier was a famous medium from Brazil and he mentioned that he would see souls who committed suicide reincarnated; unfortunately he mentioned the pain of the previous life injuries would follow to the new body. In Hindu philosophy, they believe that people with physical defects were very likely reincarnation of souls who committed suicide. As you finish this short essay, one person just committed suicide, worldwide one suicide happens every minute. If you see a friend in despair, try to use the Socratic method if that does not work, then “Groundhog Day” and “What Dreams May Come” will provide an insight to the architectural structure of suicides, which is basically that the problems don’t stop when a person gets to the other side, the despair will continue. We need to help our brothers and sisters find a better way now. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day_%28film%29
Posted on: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 10:22:38 +0000
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