At the start of the Great Depression (circa 1930), Adele is trying to recover her family's lost fortune by holding a four-round, two-day exhibition match between Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen, the best golfers of the era, with a grand prize of $10,000, at a golf resort her father opened as the Depression struck. However, she needs a local participant to generate local interest. The young Greaves speaks up for his hero, Junuh, prompting Adele to ask her estranged lover to play.
Junuh (Matt Damon) is approached by a mysterious traveler carrying a suitcase, who appears while Junuh is trying to hit golf balls into the dark void of the night. The man identifies himself as Bagger Vance (Will Smith) and says he will be Junuh's caddie. With Greaves as assistant caddie, Bagger helps Junuh come to grips with his personal demons and play golf again.
When the match starts, Jones and Hagen each play well in their distinctive ways, but the disengaged Junuh plays poorly and is far behind after the first round. With Bagger caddying for him and giving advice, Junuh rediscovers his "authentic swing."
Bagger Vance: (to Rannulph Junuh) Put your eyes on Bobby Jones... Look at his practice swing, almost like he's searchin for something... Then he finds it... Watch how he settle hisself right into the middle of it, feel that focus... He got a lot of shots he could choose from... Duffs and tops and skulls, there's only ONE shot that's in perfect harmony with the field... One shot that's his authentic shot, and that shot is gonna choose him... There's a perfect shot out there tryin' to find each and every one of us... All we got to do is get ourselves out of its way, to let it choose us... Can't see that flag as some dragon you got to slay... You got to look with soft eyes... See the place where the tides and the seasons and the turnin' of the Earth, all come together... where everything that is, becomes one... You got to seek that place with your soul Junuh... Seek it with your hands don't think about it... Feel it... Your hands is wiser than your head ever gonna be... Now I can't take you there Junuh... Just hopes I can help you find a way... Just you... that ball... that flag... and all you are...
FROM DREAMWORKS PICTURES: The Legend of Bagger Vance
Much of life is all about remembering our own "authentic swing." After all, each of us are spiritual beings having a human experience. And part of the agreement in order to secure one of the precious "Tickets to Ride" in this earthly extravaganza is temporary amnesia. That's right! We actually forget who we really are in order to have all the juicy experiences that can only come from the magical making matrix of illusionary SEPARATION that this world affords us. For instance, you can only have the transcendent experience of "making someone laugh," if there is The Other in your experience who is not laughing. The Illusion of Separation is actually a great gift. But once the illusion becomes your reality, the gift becomes your greatest nightmare! For you start to believe that everything in life happens TO YOU and not FOR YOU, which is the truth of the matter.
And that's exactly why all of us "SUPERHEROES" choose to incarnate into this dense realm which is certainly NOT for the faint of heart. Think about it. Being told you will have to "forget who you really are," in order to take full advantage of what the power of illusionary separation extends to you is Ethan Hunt (Mission Impossible) level, master spy stuff. Right?!
Cue the tapestry laden tape recorder: "Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is as follows- You will incarnate in the "Realm of Revelatory Wisdom" on the 3D planet known as Earth. Upon entry, you will forget anything and everything you now KNOW! Your job is to expand your own level of consciousness through expressions of loving service to yourself and all others. Through daily acts of random compassion and kindness. During this time you may be betrayed, abandoned, badly maligned; become disillusioned, lose everything, forced to both suffer and struggle, and the daily ass kickings will NEVER stop. These jolts of "shock and awe" will greatly assist you in your re-awakening toward TRUE PERCEPTION; to your own "authentic swing." Your own unique Super Heroic Higher Self.
But oh how much you will grow! For in this experience, the more you KNOW, the more shall you grow. And eventually you will remember all that you already KNOW. Which is a ton! Your powers will grow to levels that will eventually allow you to BE and DO anything in the entire set of multi-verses! And it's all in your contract!
But oh how much you will grow! For in this experience, the more you KNOW, the more shall you grow. And eventually you will remember all that you already KNOW. Which is a ton! Your powers will grow to levels that will eventually allow you to BE and DO anything in the entire set of multi-verses! And it's all in your contract!
To assist you on your mission, you will be encoded with a "Spiritual Guidance System."
Your very energetic essence will be connected to it at all times! It is called a Sub-conscious Mind. It is 1 million times more powerful than the "Conscious EGOIC Mind." The one you will be tempted to use as your default system. And through this subconscious Mind, we will be in constant communication with you. It is non-verbal in nature, so your words will have absolutely no power over it. It is activated through your thoughts, feelings and emotions. We will send you daily remembrances of "Who You Really Are", through intuitive hunches, synchronicities, pre-conceived plans, and the insertion of people, places, and things in the exact perfect timing they are of necessity. You will not be doing any of this alone! This planet is in desperate need of Superheroes. And pronto! In fact, its very existence depends on this group of Super Friends we will be organizing and called The Legion of Love.
And for your efforts, you will all become Galactic Legends! For since the illusion of time and space were conceived, never has there been such an opportunity for greater loving expansion throughout this Universe! You will create a permanent state of HEAVEN ON THIS EARTH! For billions of other souls to bask and play in for eons to come! You have exactly 30 seconds to accept this Mission Possible before this tape self destructs. What do you say?"
And I KNOW all you New Age Nerds said, "Hell yes!" And so it is! And so it ever shall be!
So please remember. Especially when funds are low and your bills are quite high. Life is completely rigged in your favor. The Universe has got your back. Just as Junuh had Bagger Vance, you have your own set of Spiritual Super Friends at your side, ALWAYS! To help guide you on your own Superhero's Journey. All to remember the one of kind CALLING you came here to fulfill, and forever change the entire Universe as a byproduct of its completion! Gotta run, my tee time is up next. See you out there on the cosmic golf course. Never stop creating with that conscious club to find your own "authentic swing."
BE SUPER HEROIC!
LOVE - SERVE - INSPIRE
Nerdmaste,
Jeffrey Louis Martinez
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