909:到底什么是生活?
《救命解药》观影冲击: 安度晚年? 事业为重? 执子之手?
今天下午回宿舍一躺,惯常来到大家都来玩的446,随便打开了一个电影《救命解药》A Cure for Wellness就看了下去,一个下午就此度过。
电影内容大概如此:
他在一家全球五百强公司里事业正蒸蒸日上,虽日日加班但雄心勃勃,刚解决完一桩公司里的棘手事件,却发现同事因心脏病猝死,老板去水疗院休养,公司里却时刻离不开人,董事会决议让他去找回老板。
他去后发现这里简直如世外桃源,却发现自己父亲逝世的缘由,以及一系列奇怪的事情,关于这个地方的传说,以及一个女孩。
院方绕弯子不让带老板走,他还听说从来没有人离开过这里。当晚回去路上遭遇车祸,醒来发现腿部骨折,就此住下,这里的老人都曾叱诧风云,现在都如同孩子一样天天玩耍,院长也劝你就当放假。
可是后来探查到医院内幕,那些成排的尸体标本,有寄生物的水体,那些实验,镇上的人们,以及逐步探明真相被院长将近洗脑和虐待的经受——电钻穿过他的门牙正中,被灌进药液进行所谓的疗程,以及你压根就没骨折,腿部完好,只是包上了石灰。
在他似乎臣服于安静无意识地生活时,母亲刻给他的芭蕾,又从女孩手里送给他,几经辗转,他终于明白这里是干什么的了。
院长就是百年前的男爵,他精心经营疗养院,持续着用人做实验,为了找到让女儿初潮的方法——女儿是他和妹妹所生,幸运地活着,为了实现他要完成纯系血统的执念。
最后,仍是好莱坞大片时的结尾,疗养院再次被烧,他们为爱而逃。
抛开这里简单叙述的故事情节,我只是再次开始怀疑生命的意义:
安度晚年?
事业为重?
执子之手?
是就简单找个职业,一生了得,钱够花,酒可喝,饭管饱,在世界一隅,如同大部分普通人一样,生儿育女,年岁渐长?
还是要打拼出一番天地,在某个领域叱咤风云,掌管几百人命脉,动辄成千上万,可自己却顾不上家人,甚至自己的身体?
亦或者,崇尚浪漫情怀,只希望这一生爱足一个人就够,看着TA笑就好,然后抚养孩子,无论财产,只要有个陪伴,此心安处,便是吾乡。
从电影来看,主角被迫跳出了原本的职业上升轨道,破解一桩阴谋,也遭受命悬一线和身体摧残,最终,再次选择之间,他找到了自己所要的生活。
还是不想再回到原本的轨道?
那么我们的惯常轨道呢?
生活不是电影,不会时时惊恐,只有着deadline,有着重大选择,有着无可惋惜的悲伤,有着不会致命却能遗憾的错误。
看场电影,经历一下假想的惊险,或许这就足够,原来的生活不足以打破,毕竟那还只是虚幻。
该为一餐一饭奋斗的,该为看得见日期的事宜去努力。
要知道,所有的事情都是有成本的,这些建立耗资, 总的有人去还。
每个人的经历都不同,给出的答案也不会一样,或许你的经验之谈,对他人来说只是言之无物。
以死亡为终点,似乎我们没什么好怕的,也逃避不了终该面对的事情。
看电影,有声音有图画,相比身临其境,在最后故事结束的时候,你能够跳出来审视自己,这是自己的生活么?
相比电影中的颇多磨难,我们似乎总是一潭死水,有着现实的问题要面对,虽比不上那些时刻受死亡和阴谋威胁的灾难,却如温水煮青蛙一样逐渐令人绝望。
每件事情总是试图告诉我们前进的方向——多赚钱,多陪家人,开心最重要,安全最好,不能光学习...........
但人生是自己的,每天的时光都唯一而不可犹豫,那些错过的人和事也就此不再,更不知未来会遇到什么。
或许是按部就班有固定的烦恼,漂泊不定也怕未知危机吧。
彼岸花开开彼岸,奈何桥前可奈何。
千天计划之第909天
It is truly a great cosmic paradox that one of the best teachers in all of life turns out to be death. No person or situation could ever teach you as much as death has to teach you. While someone could tell you that you are not your body, death shows you. While someone could remind you of the insignificance of the things that you cling to, death takes them all away in a second. While people can teach you that men and women of all races are equal and that there is no difference between the rich and the poor, death instantly makes us all the same.
The question is, are you going to wait until that last moment to let death be your teacher? The mere possibility of death has the power to teach us at any moment. A wise person realizes that at any moment they may breathe out, and the breath may not come back in. It could happen any time, in any place, and your last breath is gone. You have to learn from this. A wise being completely and totally embraces the reality, the inevitability, and the unpredictability of death.
Any time you’re having trouble with something, think of death. Let’s say you’re the jealous type, and you can’t stand anyone being close to your mate. Think about what will happen when you’re no longer here. Is it really all that romantic that your loved one should live alone with no one to care for them? If you can get past your personal issues, you’ll find that you want the person you love to be happy and to have a full and beautiful life. Since that is what you want for them, why are you bothering them now just for talking to someone?
It shouldn’t take death to challenge you to live at your highest level. Why wait until everything is taken from you before you learn to dig down deep inside yourself to reach your highest potential? A wise person affirms, “If with one breath all of this can change, then I want to live at the highest level while I’m alive.”