YOU'RE ALREADY HERE

 

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I AM AN ACTOR. THE MOVIE I WAS IN JUST “WRAPPED.” I PLAYED A SCOUNDREL, BUT I KEPT “BREAKING CHARACTER,” SO I’M TAKING A BREAK. I KEEP GETTING OFFERS, BUT I’M NOT READY TO PLAY A “NEW ROLE.”

“WHAT AM I?”

“YOU’RE AN ACTOR IN A MOVIE.”

“WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DIE IN THE MOVIE?”

“YOU’RE ROLE IS OVER.”

“WHERE DO I GO?”

“NOWHERE. THE MOVIE HAPPENED IN YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS.”

“SO I AM A CONSCIOUSNESS?”

“YES, YOU ARE A CONSCIOUSNESS.”

“WHAT IS MY CONSCIOUSNESS DOING WHEN I AM NOT AN ACTOR?”

“LIKE BEING ASLEEP NOT THINKING, NOT DREAMING, NOT IMAGINING. SOME CALL IT ‘ZERO POINT,’ OTHERS CALL IT ‘THE STILLNESS OF SILENCE.”

“SOUNDS BORING.”

“DOES SLEEP SOUND BORING WHEN YOU NEED SLEEP?”

“NO. WHEN WILL I BE AN ACTOR AGAIN?”

“WHEN YOU ARE REFRESHED, INVIGORATED, RE-ENERGIZED. WHEN YOU ARE READY.”

“WHY IS LIFE THAT WAY?”

“NO ONE KNOWS. IT’S JUST HOW LIFE IS.

“HOW COME WHEN I AM ACTING, I THINK I AM THE ACTOR AND FORGET I AM A CONSCIOUSNESS?”

“BECAUSE, REMEMBERING YOU ARE A CONSCIOUSNESS BREAKS CHARACTER.”

“WHEN A MOVIE IS OVER AND MY CHARACTER IS DEAD, CAN I VISIT THE CHARACTERS?”

“YOU CAN VISIT CHARACTERS ANY TIME YOU WANT, AND YOU CAN EVEN RERUN THE MOVIE. PLUS, YOU CAN MODIFY THE MOVIE, OR WRITE AND DESIGN A WHOLE NEW SCRIPT, MORPH THE CHARACTERS, CHANGE THE SET, REDESIGN SCENERY.”

HOW?

YOU USE YOUR CONSCIOUSNESSES’ MEMORY, YOU VISUALIZE. YOU USE YOUR IMAGINATION.

“WHAT IF, WHEN I’M RE-ENERGIZED AND MOTIVATED, I DO NOT WANT TO REVISIT THE PAST, BUT INSTEAD, I WANT TO EXPERIENCE A WILD ADVENTURE MOVIE. I DON’T WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE MOVIE, DON’T WANT TO KNOW WHAT PART I’LL PLAY, AND I DON’T WANT TO KNOW HOW IT ENDS?”

“TOO LATE. YOU’RE ALREADY HERE. WELCOME TO EARTH.”