meditation teachers be like “i wish to spread the dharma for the benefit of all beings” yet none have ever attempted to make a movie, TV show, or even the most powerful known vessel of culture, a YA fantasy novel. curious 🤔
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thats true but some of the most impactful media properties of the last century are clearly influenced by meditative practices (Star Wars, The Matrix, Dune, etc)
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star wars i’ll grant but i don’t think it really worked at all. i thought the matrix was baudrillard? and idk anything about dune’s influences
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the matrix is a grabbag of various philosophical ideas but other stuff the wachowski sisters has done has pretty strong influence (e.g. reincarnation and karma in Cloud Atlas or the interconnectedness of people in Sense8)
Dune used Zen, Sufi, and, some extensions of Monotheistic mysticism.
The Bene Gesserit are an excellent example of practicioner's of meta-mysticism. :D
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Dune’s influences include Korzybski’s General Semantics so it’s part of a noble lineage