As I've watched Lost these past six years, and especially during this final season, I've often thought of The Day and Night of Brahma, as the show begins its Pilot with the full-screen opening of Jack's eye. Now that we have seen the ending I am reminded of my long-ago thought that this show has encompassed a full Day of Brahma.
"During the Night of Brahmâ, Brahmâ sleeps and there is no world. All karma sleeps with Brahmâ. When Brahmâ awakes, the world is created as he opens his eyes. The other cycles, as worlds are created and destroyed, are when Brahmâ blinks. After a Life of Brahmâ, all karma is annihilated. But Brahmâ is reborn," (quoted from http://www.friesian.com/gods.htm"
Today, after a gradual unfolding of the finale, and just the beginning of time to absorb and reflect on the banquet in which I have partaken, I look to find sources for some of the symbols of greater and lesser power that have integrated this experience with other models I look to about the cycle of life and consciousness. This means a great deal to me. To try to put into words the connections I've had the opportunity to think, feel, dream about along with the characters, plot, and setting of Lost. Here are some of those that bubbled up for me today in addition to the Day of Brahma, and I will discuss each in successive posts: Joseph Campbell's Monomyth, Osiris and Seth, Kierkegaard's Ethical Mr. B and Knight of Faith, the Biblical story of Jacob's Ladder dream, the movie Jacob's Ladder, Cain and Abel, Jacob and Esau, the Yoni and Shiva Lingham, the reality TV show "Survivor," Kurt Vonnegut's 'Slaughterhouse Five,' and I'm sure the list will continue in coming days.
There is also the issue of which is preferable and why: the means justifying the ends OR the ends justifying the means... I think both were exemplified - in the other 'Mother' and 'Hurley as good examples of two extremes... Ben tells Hurley that that(the past) was Jacob's way and you can do it your own way now. There was the iconic structure of the yearly arcs: flash back, flash forward, flash who knows where (we do find out, in the end)First of all: Did I like the conclusion of the series and the series as a whole?
"Absolutely yes, I did."I've thought about doing something like this before, but I'm glad I waited until The End to begin.