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Promotes Lying Apr 14, 2010
I was excited to get this DVD to show to my son (and to watch it myself!)
We have the Little Soul and the Sun book, and have benefitted greatly from the wisdom of Neale Donald Walsch (in fact, he's a fellow Hampton Roads author).
The CGI graphics aren't bad at all on the DVD and the animation is bookended by a brief introduction by Neale, and then a 30-minute follow-up discussion.
I was surprised when, early on in the story, there was a "flashback" of the little boy, Max, and the school bully, Karl, in a Wild West showdown where guns are fired (unexpectedly and scarily), they die, and their spirits rise up. Because I'm familiar with the message, I knew it was referring to a past life where they were rivals. But this wasn't explained as the mother was describing a simplified idea to her son, Max, in order to help him cope with the bully.
What REALLY bothered both me and my husband (OK, angered) is that when it came time for Max to forgive Karl for shoving him around repeatedly in an empty bus, pushing him into the controls, resulting in the bus hurtling down a bumpy road--that Max outright LIED to the school teacher. She asks, specifically, "Karl, were you getting in trouble again?" (paraphrase).
Classmates gather around at the spectacle (they saw the whole bus accident), looking angrily at Karl. Max then steps forward and LIES to the teacher, saying "No, he didn't do anything. It was just an accident."
Since WHEN does forgivness entail interfering in someone else's karma--the consequences for their action--ESPECIALLY in the form of lying?! I mean, Karl is then grateful, later asking Max why he covered for him and Max replies mushily "Because I forgive you".
GAG
You have GOT to be kidding? What kind of message is this to send to kids? My 11-year old recognized that you don't LIE to get out of trouble (for yourself or anyone else) and we had to talk him through some of the message.
I don't understand why Neale didn't demand that part to be redone. Outright lying and covering for bullies isn't "forgiveness", it's stupidity. And it's a bad message to send to kids on many levels--including the idea that forgivness equals staying silent in the face of aggression or violence.
You can forgive a person, even recognize they are playing a pre-incarnated "script" with you for your soul's higher purpose, but that doesn't mean you lie for them and help shield them from consequences!
By all means get the book of the same name...but I'd avoid getting the DVD.
- Janet Boyer, author of Back in Time Tarot
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