To establish a framework of analysis, lets begin with an examination of the polarity always exerting itself in our lives. The spiritual and material, masculine and feminine, liberal and conservative are inseparably linked together. This reality is reflected in the polarity of America between the symbolic orientations of left and right. The right coast (more material) exerts the most physical power, having assembled the material weapons capable of controlling (through fear) or destroying humans by the billions.  The left coast (more spiritual) exerts the most spiritual power, having assembled the spiritual tools with potential to compel through love, the transformation of humans by the billions.

Because the domain of the spiritual is in the internal realm, the material seeks to exert its power over everything external. The material and financial capital of America is on the right coast with Wall St. as symbol of financial power and Washington D.C. along with the Pentagon as symbolic hub for political power and the military industrial complex. This is the side that controls the populace with legislation geared to ensure the continuation of their power; the people are forced to pay taxes even for wars and policies they disagree with.

The left coast is the spiritual capital of America, with film industry headquarters as the symbolic hub of Hollywood and the electronics industrial complex creating machines not to destroy but empower the populace and challenge material corruption while promoting its greatest potential through the guidance of spiritual foundations. For contrary to first appearances reflecting only surfaces, it is the spiritual side with the potential to wield the greatest power through the transcendent depths of true vision. And this vision is capable of compelling the right coast to reign in its corruption, using its material dominance not for ill, but to empower and protect the good intentions of the left.

And these good intentions find their form through subtle messages conveyed in their art. Because a blatant challenge to the power of the right coast would find more opposition then cooperation and fail to inspire effective change, the spiritual messages transmitted in films, games and the art of the left, must take the form of metaphor and analogy in order to raise the spiritual consciousness of those who are enslaved by material corruption.

Not all films and artistic endeavors of the left coast are infused with the true depths of spiritual vision, but for those that are, we often feel liberated and empowered after experiencing their beauty. And the influence of the hope they promote, hold a greater sway over us than the fear generated from the other side.

Part of the idea for the film group I wish to start is connected to a desire of analyzing movies and extracting the hidden messages within, pointing us towards the greatest possibilities of our individual and collective full potential. For it is the spiritual side where we will find those seeking to empower us by dispelling suffering through the infinite possibilities at our disposal.