How the 1985 Movie Legend Holds the Secret to Understanding Life, Love, Innocence and Darkness

Do you have an all time favorite movie?

Mine is the 1985 Fantasy Movie, Legend with Tom Cruise. I loved it as a child and I still love it today. If 

During the summer 2017, I continued my spiritual search and expansion, but this time exploring  Christianity. For some reason, Christianity has been the most grounding spiritual knowledge and wisdom I've ever read. It grounds me and connects me to God and the ethers that no other spiritual practice has done.

I guess I've been on this quest to discover the spiritual warfare between the light and the dark and between heaven and earth. What the hell is going on with people here on earth? They are constantly being pulled away from the light. Even those who think they're "heavenly," dance with the devil through drugs, infidelity, lying, greed and power control. 

Anyways, last summer my intuition guided me to watch Legend. I headed to Fremont to one of the last remaining video stores and rented Legend. At the age of seven, I watched this movie enchanted with the unicorns and imagining I was Lily who would meet her forest man when she grew up. Now at 32, watching this I have a different set of eyes, through the lens of a researcher or scientist, that made me shout, "Holy shit, the answers to spiritual life have been here the entire time." 

If you don't know anything about Legend, it's a fantasy romance movie where Princess Lily is in love with a forest man, Jack. The forest is beautiful and snows glitter, and it's basically my dream sanctuary. Anyways, the light rules the earth and the holders to that power are the last two unicorns. However, for darkness to rule the earth, they need the power of the unicorns. 

Jack and Lily adore each other and Jack showed her the majestic unicorns. Blinded by innocence, Lily touches the unicorns which opens the gateway for darkness to enter. 

Within the first five minutes of the movie, I began to tear. Everything made so much sense. Darkness roams the earth  to lure, blind, take advantage of and steer the innocent off the path of lightness. 

As seen in the clip above, Lord Darkness sends Blix to capture the unicorn horns, but Blix is confused on how. Lord Darkness says, "There is only one lure for such disgusting goodness. One bait that never fails."

Blix questions, "What be this bait? Please you teach me."

Lord Darkness replies, "Innocence. Innocence."

You have to keep reading to catch my point....

Without spoiling the movie, basically Lily gets captured and sent to Lord Darkness's kingdom. He is so enchanted by Lily, he consults Father Night on what to do. She brings something out in him that triggers his desire for her. 

Father Night says, "She fascinates you because her soul is pure. To make her one of us charm her, woo her, change her spirit. Hypnotize her. Set her free and bring her to you." 

So how does Lord Darkness do this? With glittery jewels and materialism of course, duh! A diamond is a girl's best friend, eh?

In the clip above, Lily roams the cave and magically, a table filled with glittering jewels appears, It lures her to the table and you can tell Lily is biting the bait. 

To push her further, a "beautiful" lady dressed in darkness appears and dances around here. From here, Lily dances with the devil and once intoxicated, her spirit shifted from the light to the dark. 

2 Corinthians 11:14
And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
​New International Version (NIV) 14

We are always being lured and tested by darkness (probably everyday). We see this in everyday mundane things to collective global shifts. 

We see this in the temptation of infidelity, experimenting with drugs to vanity and materialism. Women who are charmed by the man who has it all, materially, is blinded and lured to that man for the wrong reasons. 

I've seen this in relationships where a man and woman fall in love, but then the universe tests one of them and enters an ex or someone else who maybe more exciting but doesn't serve them/their soul anymore, to tempt them from real love or their next progression in life. 

I've worked long enough coaching and training people who work in the corporate world to know that corporations are the darkness masked in light. They pump their employees with a good paycheck and some cool benefits all while linking their wrists with golden handcuffs aka modern day slavery. And slavery has existed in nearly every culture since the dawn of man, but this time people are actually earning a paycheck. 

Matthew 10:16
 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves."

I am so happy that women are exposing the Hollywood and Silicon Valley elite. But, remember it takes two to tango. Some women are innocent and are pushed into a bad situation but others seek out these opportunities. Why do women do this? Job Titles. Career Advancement. Financial Gains - you name it. 

As seen in the movie clip above, you have to sacrifice something beautiful in order to gain power or advancement that is dirty to the soul. 

Why not develop the divine feminine that is within? Grace. Beauty. Nurturing Love. Maternal Wisdom.

​It's the Maya, or illusion, and we are here to develop our souls (inner world) not our earthly pleasures (outer world). Now, this doesn't mean we can't enjoy money and materialism, but I believe once we develop thyself, the rest follows. The point is that we don't have to plow through life as a tyrant or an asshole, using people, wrecking emotions, seducing bank accounts or placing the ball and chain on people. 

​The point is not to be fooled. There are many wolves in this world who want to slaughter the lamb.Be wise like a snake and innocent like a dove.  

I won't spoil the movie's ending in case you haven't seen it, but one must question, does darkness take over, or does the light have enough power to override the dark?

​Keep reaching for the light that is within you and everyone. 

​What do you think? Have any thoughts on this topic? 

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