Comments on: Lost “316” on Leaps of Faith & The Cycle of Life http://www.docarzt.com/lost/lost-%e2%80%9c316%e2%80%9d-on-leaps-of-faith-the-cycle-of-life/ Everything Lost found here. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:20:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lost In Myth: How “The Lighthouse” Can Enlighten Us. | The Layman's Answers to Everything http://www.docarzt.com/lost/lost-%e2%80%9c316%e2%80%9d-on-leaps-of-faith-the-cycle-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-59923 Lost In Myth: How “The Lighthouse” Can Enlighten Us. | The Layman's Answers to Everything Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:17:08 +0000 http://www.docarzt.com/?p=4915#comment-59923 [...] it, live as though it’s already happened (there’s that leap of faith theme again mentioned in “Lost ‘316’ on Leaps of Faith & the Cycle of Life”). Do this and you just might begin to experience this reality, while your current reality will [...] [...] it, live as though it’s already happened (there’s that leap of faith theme again mentioned in “Lost ‘316’ on Leaps of Faith & the Cycle of Life”). Do this and you just might begin to experience this reality, while your current reality will [...]

]]> By: When Falls the Coliseum » Lost in myth: How “The Lighthouse” can enlighten us http://www.docarzt.com/lost/lost-%e2%80%9c316%e2%80%9d-on-leaps-of-faith-the-cycle-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-59909 When Falls the Coliseum » Lost in myth: How “The Lighthouse” can enlighten us Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:35:33 +0000 http://www.docarzt.com/?p=4915#comment-59909 [...] as though it’s already happened (there’s that leap of faith theme again mentioned in “Lost ‘316′ on Leaps of Faith & the Cycle of Life”). Do this and you just might begin to experience this reality, while your current reality will [...] [...] as though it’s already happened (there’s that leap of faith theme again mentioned in “Lost ‘316′ on Leaps of Faith & the Cycle of Life”). Do this and you just might begin to experience this reality, while your current reality will [...]

]]> By: Marc Oromaner’s Lost In Myth: How “The Lighthouse” Can Enlighten Us DocArzt’s LOST Blog http://www.docarzt.com/lost/lost-%e2%80%9c316%e2%80%9d-on-leaps-of-faith-the-cycle-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-59898 Marc Oromaner’s Lost In Myth: How “The Lighthouse” Can Enlighten Us DocArzt’s LOST Blog Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:01:14 +0000 http://www.docarzt.com/?p=4915#comment-59898 [...] it, live as though it’s already happened (there’s that leap of faith theme again mentioned in “Lost ‘316’ on Leaps of Faith & the Cycle of Life”). Do this and you just might begin to experience this reality, while your current reality will [...] [...] it, live as though it’s already happened (there’s that leap of faith theme again mentioned in “Lost ‘316’ on Leaps of Faith & the Cycle of Life”). Do this and you just might begin to experience this reality, while your current reality will [...]

]]> By: Marc Oromaner http://www.docarzt.com/lost/lost-%e2%80%9c316%e2%80%9d-on-leaps-of-faith-the-cycle-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-27759 Marc Oromaner Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:01:03 +0000 http://www.docarzt.com/?p=4915#comment-27759 Hurley is ruled by fear. His redemption IMHO, would be to embrace challenges along with his positive qualities and focus on what he can do rather than what he can't. He has no business being in an institution. He is there because he is afraid of the world. He is the cowardly lion of the "Wizard of Oz" myth. Hurley is ruled by fear. His redemption IMHO, would be to embrace challenges along with his positive qualities and focus on what he can do rather than what he can’t. He has no business being in an institution. He is there because he is afraid of the world. He is the cowardly lion of the “Wizard of Oz” myth.

]]> By: Marc Oromaner http://www.docarzt.com/lost/lost-%e2%80%9c316%e2%80%9d-on-leaps-of-faith-the-cycle-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-27758 Marc Oromaner Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:55:37 +0000 http://www.docarzt.com/?p=4915#comment-27758 "Back on course" is referring to the current state of our world economy. I think most people would agree that our world could use a course correction right about now. So you believe in Heaven but not Hell? Perhaps you aren't as cynical as you think! “Back on course” is referring to the current state of our world economy. I think most people would agree that our world could use a course correction right about now. So you believe in Heaven but not Hell? Perhaps you aren’t as cynical as you think!

]]> By: Marc Oromaner http://www.docarzt.com/lost/lost-%e2%80%9c316%e2%80%9d-on-leaps-of-faith-the-cycle-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-27757 Marc Oromaner Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:46:45 +0000 http://www.docarzt.com/?p=4915#comment-27757 Yes, we're all like necessary gears in one big clock. Yes, we’re all like necessary gears in one big clock.

]]> By: Handsome Smitty http://www.docarzt.com/lost/lost-%e2%80%9c316%e2%80%9d-on-leaps-of-faith-the-cycle-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-27025 Handsome Smitty Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:52:04 +0000 http://www.docarzt.com/?p=4915#comment-27025 So if I want to save the planet does spitting in the oceans contribute!?!?! ROFLMMFAO. Your Jedi mind-tricks will not work on my, friend! And "back on course" implies there is a "correct path" by connotation. Do you think they let cynics in Heaven? If not, since I know there is no Hell - where will I go!!! So if I want to save the planet does spitting in the oceans contribute!?!?!

ROFLMMFAO.

Your Jedi mind-tricks will not work on my, friend!

And “back on course” implies there is a “correct path” by connotation.

Do you think they let cynics in Heaven? If not, since I know there is no Hell – where will I go!!!

]]> By: Handsome Smitty http://www.docarzt.com/lost/lost-%e2%80%9c316%e2%80%9d-on-leaps-of-faith-the-cycle-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-27023 Handsome Smitty Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:47:15 +0000 http://www.docarzt.com/?p=4915#comment-27023 Anger? Passion! The eye of the beholder, my friend, eye of the beholder. Because I contest does not make me a terrorist (paraphrase from "Ten Things I Hate About You adapted from "The Taming of the Shrew"). Anger?

Passion!

The eye of the beholder, my friend, eye of the beholder.

Because I contest does not make me a terrorist (paraphrase from “Ten Things I Hate About You adapted from “The Taming of the Shrew”).

]]> By: Handsome Smitty http://www.docarzt.com/lost/lost-%e2%80%9c316%e2%80%9d-on-leaps-of-faith-the-cycle-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-27021 Handsome Smitty Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:42:28 +0000 http://www.docarzt.com/?p=4915#comment-27021 Being a ghost is a continuation of the spirit, not a resurrection of the body. I'm not sure the Island is about eternal life or not. We have seen many people come and go, only Alpert seems anything close to eternal since it's obvious everyone else seems to age off-Island. We can't know that Jack is meant to be Alpert-like or someone just meant to resolve the issues around the Island (which we still don't know for certain). All for redemption, though. But what would Hurly's redemption be - to accept good fortune, not see everything good as a potential curse? Even hope Ben Bad Bad Ben finds his salvation and redeems himself. Being a ghost is a continuation of the spirit, not a resurrection of the body.

I’m not sure the Island is about eternal life or not. We have seen many people come and go, only Alpert seems anything close to eternal since it’s obvious everyone else seems to age off-Island. We can’t know that Jack is meant to be Alpert-like or someone just meant to resolve the issues around the Island (which we still don’t know for certain).

All for redemption, though. But what would Hurly’s redemption be – to accept good fortune, not see everything good as a potential curse?

Even hope Ben Bad Bad Ben finds his salvation and redeems himself.

]]> By: Handsome Smitty http://www.docarzt.com/lost/lost-%e2%80%9c316%e2%80%9d-on-leaps-of-faith-the-cycle-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-27020 Handsome Smitty Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:36:19 +0000 http://www.docarzt.com/?p=4915#comment-27020 Yes, MO, the Universal Truth existed long before Literature. But it is through Literature - and Lost is just that - that one is able to reach the multitudes (sorry, 'masses' is a word for collectivists and not in my vocabulary)! If we can learn that yes, we are all connected but individuals essential to that connection, then great. Yes, MO, the Universal Truth existed long before Literature.

But it is through Literature – and Lost is just that – that one is able to reach the multitudes (sorry, ‘masses’ is a word for collectivists and not in my vocabulary)!

If we can learn that yes, we are all connected but individuals essential to that connection, then great.

]]> By: Handsome Smitty http://www.docarzt.com/lost/lost-%e2%80%9c316%e2%80%9d-on-leaps-of-faith-the-cycle-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-27018 Handsome Smitty Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:29:43 +0000 http://www.docarzt.com/?p=4915#comment-27018 "Fiction as a means to become introspective." All fiction should be this, at the minimum. Seem deeper than others, obviously. Some more consistent than others, yes. All a piece of the Universal that connects with the reader, gives some impact, some catharsis! Lost is probably like nothing else on television before it, one complete story that contains many small one, all connected. Complete Universal Truth. “Fiction as a means to become introspective.”

All fiction should be this, at the minimum. Seem deeper than others, obviously. Some more consistent than others, yes. All a piece of the Universal that connects with the reader, gives some impact, some catharsis!

Lost is probably like nothing else on television before it, one complete story that contains many small one, all connected.

Complete Universal Truth.

]]> By: Mack http://www.docarzt.com/lost/lost-%e2%80%9c316%e2%80%9d-on-leaps-of-faith-the-cycle-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-26999 Mack Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:49:56 +0000 http://www.docarzt.com/?p=4915#comment-26999 Well written and thoughtful. Thank you for your contribution,Marc Well written and thoughtful. Thank you for your contribution,Marc

]]> By: dolce http://www.docarzt.com/lost/lost-%e2%80%9c316%e2%80%9d-on-leaps-of-faith-the-cycle-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-26988 dolce Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:13:47 +0000 http://www.docarzt.com/?p=4915#comment-26988 English grammar and composition have never been a strong point of mine, apologies for anymistakes. English grammar and composition have never been a strong point of mine, apologies for anymistakes.

]]> By: dolce http://www.docarzt.com/lost/lost-%e2%80%9c316%e2%80%9d-on-leaps-of-faith-the-cycle-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-26987 dolce Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:11:58 +0000 http://www.docarzt.com/?p=4915#comment-26987 I'm probably showing my geek-hand here, but as a fiction and television junkie, few stories have impacted me the way this one does. Actually, let me ammend that: no story has ever impacted me the way this one does. If there was ever a more powerful character study, I have yet to come across it. There is no ( modern ) story that has had such a profound effect on my perspective of life as far as fictionalised drama ( though Battlestar Gallactica is way up there ). It does make you think about the bigger picture, how the simple incidents of everyday life may be part of a bigger picture. Fiction as science. Fiction as religion. Fiction as a means to become introspective. That's great storytelling. It brings an emotional response and makes you think. about things differently. And maybe, just maybe, you begin to appreciate that bigger picture around you that you are, in fact part of. I’m probably showing my geek-hand here, but as a fiction and television junkie, few stories have impacted me the way this one does. Actually, let me ammend that: no story has ever impacted me the way this one does. If there was ever a more powerful character study, I have yet to come across it. There is no ( modern ) story that has had such a profound effect on my perspective of life as far as fictionalised drama ( though Battlestar Gallactica is way up there ). It does make you think about the bigger picture, how the simple incidents of everyday life may be part of a bigger picture. Fiction as science. Fiction as religion. Fiction as a means to become introspective.

That’s great storytelling. It brings an emotional response and makes you think. about things differently.

And maybe, just maybe, you begin to appreciate that bigger picture around you that you are, in fact part of.

]]> By: Marc Oromaner http://www.docarzt.com/lost/lost-%e2%80%9c316%e2%80%9d-on-leaps-of-faith-the-cycle-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-26985 Marc Oromaner Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:56:58 +0000 http://www.docarzt.com/?p=4915#comment-26985 Yes, I AM saying that Lost contains wisdom that existed long before literature. The show is reflecting and explaining these truths. So, yes, it is not the show that should be a religion as much as the combination of ideas it presents within the mythological framework of its story that we can remember. Thanks for clarifying that. Still, I do believe he had every right to that post. I don't think he was telling me not to write it, just that I stepped over the boundaries, and in doing so, in his eyes, the other things I was writing about that may have made sense, now seemed to have been tainted. Yes, I AM saying that Lost contains wisdom that existed long before literature. The show is reflecting and explaining these truths. So, yes, it is not the show that should be a religion as much as the combination of ideas it presents within the mythological framework of its story that we can remember. Thanks for clarifying that.

Still, I do believe he had every right to that post. I don’t think he was telling me not to write it, just that I stepped over the boundaries, and in doing so, in his eyes, the other things I was writing about that may have made sense, now seemed to have been tainted.

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