10 Spiritual Lessons from James Cameron's Avatar

Recently when I saw James Cameron's movie Avatar I was blown away with the messages of this movie. Even more intriguing was that James Cameron wrote the script in the 1990s long before many of these concepts were known by collective consciousness.

In this lens I share the top ten metaphysical lessons that I saw in James Cameron's Avatar, along with 10 books that explore these themes in greater depth. Enjoy the beautiful images from Avatar as well as the theme song.

In James Cameron's Avatar, the scientists were fascinated to discover that the roots system of the forest were completely interconnected and acted as one nervous system for the planet Pandora. This premise is supported by recent scientific breakthroughs such as discussed in the following book by legendary physicist Fritjof Capra.

Part of Jake Sully's training as a Na'vi was the ceremonies performed when taking a life. This then balanced they cycle of life and kept the harmony with Nature. Consider bringing back ceremony into your own life...

On Avatar, mental telepathy was used to connect with the animals and enhance interaction with them. Communicating with animals here is easy with a few good tips such as offered in this book.

In the journey of Jake and Neyteri, both must listen to their own intuition versus their social conditioning. Everyone is intuitive and developing it can deeply enrich your life.

The Na'vi handled death with acceptance knowing the soul was returning to Eywa, the divine Mother of the Na'vi. A death was supported with ceremony. In this classic book, the Buddhist practices of accepting and preparing for death are every pertinent to us. It is true...to live well includes dying well.

The concept of the Avatar is an intriguing one...the consciousness shifts into an alternate body. This pretty much describes what happens in reincarnation. Through this concept Jake Sully experienced a miracle in his life. In this book, the same possibility is unlocked for the reader.

On Pandora, the world of Avatar, everything is bioluminessent. But we, too, radiate light through our energy fields. People with higher sense perception are able to perceive this light and science is beginning to be able to measure it as well.

The Na'vi interpreted signs as presented to them by Nature and Eywa, their Divine Mother. Whether you believe you are talking to guides, angels, your higher self, the Divine or just your subconscious, interpreting signs can help you navigate more easily on your soul's path.

The study of universal laws is a deeply spiritual one. The scientists of Avatar were having spiritual experiences as they explored the universal laws on Pandora.

Namaste is a Hindi phrase used as a greeting that means, "the divine in me sees the divine in you." In Avatar the phrase, "I see you" was a special greeting similar to Namaste that meant the the seer was recognizing the divine in the other person. The greatest expression of love possible is when two people connect from this level of "seeing." In this book Chopra discusses how we are hardwired for recognizing the divine.

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