Theos-Talk Archives (February 1999 Message tt00076)

Just in addition to our discussions on the after death states - Last night
I saw the film 'What Dreams May Come' with Robin Williams and Annabella
Sciorra.

To summarise for those that haven't seen it (don't read on if you don't
want the film ruined) - Williams and Sciorra are married with 2 children.
One day the children are killed in a car accident - the Nanny was driving
after the kids had asked there Mum - so Sciorra is not only overcome with
grief, but thinks it's her fault for not driving that day. She has a
breakdown but Williams manages to get her out of it and they start to
rebuild - until he is also killed by a car.

We follow williams then through the after death states...

At first he is  a disembodied spirit watching his funeral and then trying
to 'channel' his wife a communication. Then he is transported to his own
subjective heaven (devachan?) where anything is as he wills it. But he
doesn't want heaven he wants his love. At this point however his wife
decides to take her own life in despair. As a suicide she is confined to
her own subjective hell. 

In the meantime Williams searches for his children in the 'common heaven'.
After making contact with both of them he enlists Max Von Sydows help in
passing Cerberus and entering Hell (which is sudden;y a 'common hell' and
not subjective) to retrieve his wife even though he is told this is
impossible.

Of course their love conquers all and they are bothe returned to Williams
subjective heaven along with their kids. But here's the twist, they decide
to reincarnate. 

I think this film is definitely mixing up it's belief systems in an effort
to make Christians and "new agers' happy. It fails to address so many
issues that in the end it becomes another hollywood love story. For
Example, is this their first incarnation - if not what about the children
etc from previous incarnations? What about the differential in bodies
available to spirits wanting incarnation? I could go on...but you get the
picture.

Anybody else seen the film and have a comment?

Darren








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