Last night we watched the movie Gone With The Wind from start to finish. It was nice because Anthony is studying this era in American History. He was able to tell me things about the history that in all my years of watching the movie I never knew. For example, what happened at Fort Sumner was that it was a North fort in the middle of Confederate area. The South didn't believe the North when they said they were sending in food to keep the men alive. They thought it was guns and ammunition. So they fired on the fort.
It started the war.
And to end the war, General Sherman blazed a scorched earth path from Savannah, Georgia to Atlanta, Georgia, splitting the Confederacy right down the middle. The brutal tactics were to affect the people psychologically, to seal in the military win.
In the movie, Tara the plantation Scarlett O'Hara grew up on, was near Savannah, and Aunt Pitty Pat's home was in Atlanta.
The whole point of the movie, is to illustrate a time that once was, and never shall be again. In effect, it was 'gone with the wind'.
The narrative of the movie and the book is the opposite of the Mainstream Narrative, which is 'pro-Lincoln' and was penned by someone I can't remember the name but many years after the fact.
What I've learned was that Lincoln had taken away the writ of habeas corpus, and was able to put political insurgents/confederates in jail without any reason, and keep them there as long as he wanted. No explanations. No recourse for the jailed.
He wasn't exactly popular. Not back in the day.
What we see in the movie, are timeless archetypes. Miss Melanie Hamilton Wilkes, is there very best of what their culture was, kind, supportive, gentle feminine energy. Scarlett, was the more 'service to serve' aspect of the Divine Feminine, but still charming in her own way. Ashley Wilkes was the Divine Masculine of the Old South, the best of his kind, with others in mind. While Rhett Butler was the more 'opportunistic' Divine Masculine archetype.
Even if you notice, their names are similar, with Scarlett and Rhett...
In the movie, there are layers and layers of conflict to notice and set aside. There's the hullabaloo from the war, beginning, middle (bombs and Yankees arriving to Atlanta), and end (Scarlett kills a Yankee who is in her house and ready to assault her). The story line has a good plot over the background of historical reference.
If you look further, you can the the wounded child, the ego, and psychological flaws of Scarlett and Rhett. Rhett saved Scarlett from burning Atlanta, even stealing a horse and carriage, but also, leaves her to sign himself up with the Confederate Army.
What I wonder about, is who created that war, and why?
At any given time, there are rooms of people who decide who lives and who dies, who wins the war, and how resources and banking systems play out.
They can even decide if, for example, OUR current way of living is on pace to ultimately be Gone With The Wind...and a New system will take its place. And our lives, what we take for granted, will be gone the same way the big hoop skirts and crinolines and hats disappeared from Fashion.
Back in 2010, 2012, it was easy. I felt like I could DO SOMETHING to Bring It On! (the changes). Now, around ten years later...I realize more and more the only thing I can change is myself. My reaction. And even if people are wanting to 'bring on the Civil War' like in the movie, and the masses are parroting whatever the mainstream media tells them to believe/think--I can be like Scarlett saying that the war isn't a good thing (Rhett felt that way too).
I see more clearly the only way to get through whatever changes may occur, is to be yourself. And to do the best you can with what you have.
It's my hope and faith that one day, the whole of TWDNHOBIAH will be 'Gone With The Wind'--completely out of the picture.
Until then, keep showing up. Keep being loving. And remember to include being kind to yourself too.
Ross wants to say something...he's talking about how some changes are fast and others are slow. Fast would be how news travels over the internet....those kinds of stories, exposures, and facts travel at the speed of light online.
But for really loving yourself, and others, they are both one and the same. No matter how you slice it. And you wants your brother or sister to do well.
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Aloha and Mahalos,
Namaste,
Peace,
Ross and Carla
The Cookies (he's teasing)
