After they trimmed her character from later versions of the script (finally removing her entirely from the film), that plotline made no sense, so they seem to have decided to simply leave it as an un-resolved question: The second draft of the script states that Phil was cursed by his ex-girlfriend. The ending is him literally breaking out of Maya (illusion), as the Hindus say, and leading a wholly Activated, Enlightened existence, without the need of further reincarnations. In this sense, the movie is a clear indication of the cycle of Reincarnation, albeit one where this individual did not have to be reset continuously inorder to progress. wise sage - a state near enlightenment where only Today mattered and all his desires were overlooked for the benefit of others and the betterment of the world.adult - trying to make things right, seeking Enlightenment (piano playing, learning foreign languages, etc.),.teenager - hedonistically having fun, robbing banks, dying, etc.,.child - innocent child trying to figure things out,.infant - not knowing what the heck is going on,.It's like conscious reincarnation, each day being a new life, only with him starting out as a 45 yro instead of an infant.Īfter thousands of days, he had successfully traversed from It was a miracle of God intervening in his life.įor whatever reason, he was permitted to experience reality over and over and over again, while fully cognizant and fully remembering everything prior. I wonder if reincarnation was originally an analogy for the same concept: to invest in today for a better tomorrow is to attain greatness. I know little of Buddhism (and half of that from just now reading Wikipedia) but the lesson reminds me of the Buddhist concept of liberating oneself from the endless cycle of suffering and rebirth. Those represent pure and simple investment today into a better tomorrow, and so form a part of the escape from each new day being no better - being indistinguishable - from the last. So is empathy as an antidote to solipsism. When today is invested in tomorrow, only that breaks the monotonous cycle of days. For me the answer to the original question comes when the movie is taken as allegorical, an analogy for one of life's deepest lessons. It's about more than overcoming selfishness or solipsism (all about me) or even insufficient solipsism, as keen an insight as that is. While I like wbogacz's and DVK's answers very much, I humbly suggest they are incomplete. If you take the movie as allegory this question - and the movie - become sublime.
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