What Dreams May Come

An incredible journey of one soul. The movie "What Dreams May Come" starring Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr. brings to light many different aspects of philosophy that might have otherwise been too obscure to grasp.
At Sierra College the Philosophy teacher often suggests movies to better understand his subject matter- for learners like me this is the perfect strategy. The first movie he assigned was the original "the Vanishing" which explores morality and human psychology.
Then we watched "Donnie Darko" which is about the idea of free will, time travel, and the role God plays in all of these.
The most recent movie blew my mind away "What Dreams May Come" contains the human capacity for love and philosophies of the afterlife and consequent rebirth. The afterlife described to me in the movie appealed to me on so many levels. Of course this is only one of the cultural afterlife philosophies- there are countless more. Not only did I learn about philosophical views of heaven and hell, but I had a good long cry. The movie was about two hours and i think I continuously wept after the first 25 minutes. It was beautiful- both heaven and hell are illustrated with the most magnificent imagination. Heaven is colorful and glorious. Hell is even beautiful in it's own right- at first terrifying but after a while the most gloomy and depressing place imaginable.
In the film soul mates are separated; one in heaven and one in hell. I had not really considered rebirth. the idea that after heaven you can go back to earth is not something commonly preached at church unless of course you are Jesus. Everyone should watch this movie as it broadens our common horizons and illuminates our daily lives.