In
the video "Devine Love Is the Only True Love", Master reveals
to us: "The only real thing is positive; the only real thing is
love; the only real thing is that whatever you want, you will get. And
you will get all the good things, because that's what God wants us to
have." I did not fully understand the meaning of this passage until
I saw the movie, "Life is Beautiful," recommended by Master,
when I was deeply touched by the loving heart and noble spirit of the
main character.
"Life
is Beautiful" tells the touching story of fatherly love shown in
a Jewish concentration camp. Its delicate narrative style reveals the
beautiful, pure and God-like heart of the lead character. In order to
encourage his wife and son to live on with love, he retains a positive
attitude toward life even in the terrible and inhumane surroundings
of the camp. With love and sacrifice, he protects his son from the harmful
effects of the cruel reality around him, thus maintaining the boy's
childlike purity in the hellish camp environment.
One
scene in the movie touched me deeply: The lead character's son was of
such a young age that he had to rely on his father's love and teaching
to survive. But he came to a point where he could no longer bear what
he was seeing and hearing in the camp, and almost lost faith in what
his father had told him that the camp was just a big game that they
were playing. One day, the boy said to his father sadly: "I heard
--that they burn people in the ovens. They burn us in the ovens."
The father immediately retorted, "You were deluded. You'd believe
anything! I have only heard of a forge or hearth. Where in the world
is there an oven that burns humans? Don't kid me!" Then the boy
kept asking, "Why are there no other children left but me?"
And the father replied, "We are playing hide-and-seek, and they're
all hiding so that no one can see them." At last, the boy smiled
again, and continued to play, along with his father, the game of life
in the camp.
His
father's positive attitude successfully diverted Maya's cruel influence
on the child, so that they could live without fear of the evil manifesting
around them. They looked upon it as a play, and refused to submit to
the camp's hardships and miseries. As I watched this scene, I felt deeply
how beautiful it was. These wonderful people lived a truly "Beautiful
Life" even under such difficult circumstances. I believe that instead
of ordinary people they must represent noble beings descended from Heaven,
just like the Buddha and our dear Master, coming down to accompany us
and play with us in the vast game of the universe. It is all because
of their boundless love that our lives can become bright and beautiful.
