Stranger Things is a story about a group of closer then close adolescent friends set in the mid 80's. They live in the unassuming town of Hawkings, Indiana, battling supernatural forces that threaten to destroy not only their beloved town, but the entire planet. While the larger stakes of total world annihilation is always looming in the engrossing narrative, it's the smaller moments of true emotional love and connection that drives this absolutely engrossing Netflix show past its recent rivals. As is profoundly represented in this love letter from an adopted father to his "SUPERHERO" daughter"
Police Chief Hopper, to Eleven (his step daughter SuperHero in a letter he wrote before his death): I know this is a difficult conversation but I care about you both very much and I know that you care about each other very much and that’s why it’s important that we set these boundaries moving forward so we can build an environment where we all feel comfortable, trusted and open to sharing our feelings. The truth is for so long I’d forgotten what those even were. I’ve been stuck in one place, in a cave you might say, a deep dark cave. And then I left some Eggos out in the woods and you came into my life. For the first time in a long time, I started to feel things again. I started to feel happy. But lately, I guess I’ve been feeling distant from you, like you’re pulling away from me or something. I miss playing board games every night, making triple decker Eggo extravaganzas at sunrise, watching westerns together before we doze off. But I know you’re getting older, growing, changing, and I guess, if I’m being really honest, that’s what scares me. I don’t want things to change. So I think maybe that’s why I came in here, to maybe try and stop that change. To turn back the clock, to make things go back to how they were. But I know that’s naïve. It’s just not how life works. It’s moving, always moving, whether you like it or not. And yeah, sometimes it’s painful. Sometimes it’s sad. And sometimes it’s surprising, happy. So you know what? Keep on growing up, kid. Don’t let me stop you. Make mistakes, learn from them and when life hurts you – because it will – remember the hurt. The hurt is good. It means you’re out of that cave. But please, if you don’t mind, for the sake of your poor old dad, keep the door open three inches.(referring to the burgeoning relationship between his adopted daughter and her new boyfriend, Mike.
From Netflix Studios: Stranger Things Season 3
During my four decades on this planet, I have come to experience many disparate experiences. Heaps of joy, happiness, glory, enlightenment, and yes, PAIN!
I used to sit and wonder about the "purpose of pain." There seems to be so much of it circulating the planet. And if allowed, can simultaneously numb our collective senses and cause us to "look away" from its ugly undercurrents if we choose to engage it in such a manner. Or, it can be both a magical gateway towards the strength of our collective SPIRITS and the uncovering of our ability to both forgive ourSELVES and all others. Pain assists us to melt away any notion of "separation" as we lean into the powerful notion of complete acceptance to ALL THAT IS! The Super Heroic notion that absolutely No Thing happens "to you" but rather "for you." Such a challenging conception, especially when the bills are high and the chips are low! I get it! Trust you me, I get it! True transparency- I have had a long haired man knock at my door in the twilight of the evening to "discuss" a financial obligation. Never truly frightening until they call out your name from the other side of the well sealed apartment door! Just sayin'! ;0)
If we could just somehow always re-member that each and every moment of this Universal gift called life is not permanent. But rather a transitory experience that is in constant movement toward the HIGHEST GOOD FOR ALL CONCERNED. Oh how it would shift our individual perspectives from the FEAR of making mistakes, toward the understanding that MISTAKES ARE A COMPLETE FALACY! Life is so favorably rigged in your favor. Like 100%! (Please read that sentence again, and again!) With the complete knowingness that we are each perfect emanations of GOD, than how could we possible make a "mistake." While "missteps" are crucial and a very important part of our growth, there is no mistaking our daily faux paus are simply learning opportunities. GOD DOES NOT MAKE MISTAKES..... Capiche!!
Most of our pain comes from unhealed TRAUMA. Collected hurtful events in our lives that have found a resting place within our spiritual space to continue wrecking havoc in all our present moments; not to mention most of our personal relationships. The list of such events are many; the emotional absence of a parent, sexual and/or physical abuse, the scarring of emotional bullying, being forced to "play" the role of an adult figure way before that duty is usually called upon, the mocking of somehow being "different" from the collective whole (i.e. skin that shimmers in less than a bright, white hue - not to mention being gay, lesbian, or transgender) Yes, I know I need more than one hand to count the number of sovereign ships that have left my personal port due to unhealed personal trauma. I have tended to keep keep the "soul filled ships" God has sent my way far at bay. All in the hopes that they will never see the parts of me that still need healing from Love and Light that my own personal Trauma's are still fragile to the touch.
That's why in my blog I constantly refer to PAIN as the "perfect professor." Listen, I'm not saying that confronting our traumatic suffering and the pain that is the residue of its manifestation is easy. Quite the opposite my New Age Nerds!
That's why so few of us go down that path. It takes the courage of a SOUL whose pain of NOT engaging its deep traumatic pain is greater than staying stagnant in a purgatory of constant chaos and unwanted life experiences on many levels! And the frustrating re-living of the same patterns of experiences and relationships such reticent actions produce! It seems the exact same people and places continue to "show up" like a never ending Fun House that lacks any notion of the word "fun."
Just as police Chief Hopper tried to imbue to his step daughter in Stranger Things, hiding from our PAIN IS NEVER the answer! It means you are still hesitant to trusting all the emotions that spring from this experience called Life! Which will often bring with it various forms of pain and suffering. In fact, the quicker you realize that "Pain is your Friend," the faster your suffering will disperse into the "Eternal Wisdom" of why it came. It's true purpose for being!! The Universe arrives no joy from anyone's suffering. Only in the Universal understanding that is a byproduct of your healing. The whispers of Wisdom that come from a life lived with courage and free from FEAR! So your own SOUL can expand into the birthright of its eternal birthright! Further expanding the Universe into the growth it so greatly desires. From our current 3rd Dimension into the Collective Consciousness of the 5th Dimension.
I've said it many times and I will say it again. EVERYONE IS A SUPERHERO! Every single SPIRIT on this planet was bestowed with a unique set of Super Powers that are to be used as a loving force for good! I will NEVER stop my own personal MISSION of helping this world and every SOUL who chose to take refuge here in this Re-membrance. You are far more powerful than you currently imagine! Believe it or not, kindness, compassionate, intuition, joy, and LOVE are far more powerful than you may know!
You have a unique, individual CALLING that only your set of Super Powers can fulfill! And this CALLING was a promise you agreed to upon manifesting into human form. One that will be needed to save this planet from the path of destruction it currently faces. This is absolutely NO JOKE! I strongly suggest you take it seriously.
It takes a simple subscription to your local cable channel to see the cacophony of brutal fires, current hurricanes (Barry), juxtaposed with a lack of rain to grow much needed food crops, and earthquakes that threaten our very way of life! Just this week, Southern California was hammered with an earthquake that has top scientists pondering the chances of "the Big One" completely devastating the surrounding area with an ever growing possibility that surmizes the most pragmatic of Vegas Gamblers! Scary stuff indeed!
I share this information NOT to scare you. I promise! But it is meant to shaken each and everyone of you out of your collective slumber! It's all so that you realize the important part you each play in the continued health and well being of this planet.
Too many of us have Super Powers that are lying dormant within our being. Because we have allowed our EGO to become the compass toward our sense of eternal happiness. And No Thing could be farther form the truth of what constitutes SOULFUL BLISS! Which is what every Spirit on this planet desires.
If our current political administration is oblivious to the brick wall we are heading towards (which they are) then it is up to the SuperHeroes of this planet to wake up, and shower the planet with the magnificent gifts that supercede the current greed, short term pleasures of individualistic materialism, and reframing of basic human rights and dignity for ALL that plague our very way of being! And creating Heaven on Earth! Which is the very purpose we all share!
This evening, my prayer is that we allow the deep pain and suffering that any soul residing on this planet may find the hope and light to keep their soul afloat during this time of turmoil and deep disconnection from the Unity that is the very essence of our Collective Consciousness....
AMEN!
BE SUPER HEROIC!
Nerdmaste,
Jeffrey Louis Martinez
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