http://blog.beliefnet.com/onecity/2010/05/lost-finale-the-dharma-initiative.htmlLost Finale: The Dharma Initiative
Tuesday May 25, 2010
It's over. Lost is over. But happily for us fans, our constant perplexed analysis continues bravely on! Today I'll put my shoulder to the wheel (no, not the wheel of time down in that cold subterranean place--the wheel of dharma) and offer my reflections on how I felt the show well expressed some dharma.
1. Regard all dharmas as dreams.
If anything, this basic teaching of the Buddha was abundantly evident throughout the entire show. Especially considering the ending, which called into serious question the "reality" of the entire alternate "sideways" reality. In a way, the entire show, all the time our beloved characters spend on the island, reflected the impermanent and dream-like nature of reality. One can painstakingly tease out each and every scene, each and every flashback, flashforward, and flashsideways, each and every hallucination and vision, but in the end, the simple truth is that all of our experience is composed of dharmas, momentary appearances that follow one another in rapid succession. There is nothing solid or permanent about our experience. Rather, it's best to regard it all as a dream. Which is exactly what so much of Lost felt like, and exactly why it was so damn alluring and life-life
<SNIP>