An existential matter (S01E01)

Sinopse: In October, 2006 some people started a process of self-discovery, manifesting super powers. A cheerleader called Claire Bennet regenerates. Isaac Mendez, a junky painter, is able to paint the future. One of his paintings shows a nuclear explosion in New York. A young japonese employee, Hiro Nakamura, is able to teleport e travel through time. A nurse called Peter Petrelli has visions and he is convinced he can fly. An indian professor and scientist - Mohinder Suresh - travels to New York to deal with the work of his murdered father. A mobster called Linderman sends some men to retrieve a debt from a mother called Niki Sanders, which faints and, after waking up, sees them dead.

A young nurse. A politician days before elections. A confused cheerleader. A mother willing to do anything to support her son. A geneticist that recent lost his father. A mysterious man with a horn-rimmed glasses. A junky painter. A young japanese guy. What they all have in common? They are looking for answers. And which one of us isn’t?

Heroes is more than a series. It has to do with our lives. It has to do with our planet. It shows a world in crisis. The chaos inside and outside of us. The need for salvation. The search for heroes. Heroes that save us.

In this context, some questions emerges: who am I? What do I exist for? What is the purpose of my life? There’s something inside of us that, in some way or another, move us into this quest. A quest to find answers to our deepests longings and doubts that we have.

It’s interesting to notice that the hebrew poetry has an invite for us. It’s an invite to consider the words of a book:

“For attaining wisdom and discipline;

for understanding words of insight;

for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life,

doing what is right and just and fair;

for giving prudence to the simple,

knowledge and discretion to the young –

let the wise listen and add to their learning,

and let the discerning get guidance –

for understanding proverbs and parables,

the sayings and riddles of the wise.”

Proverbs 1.2-6

According to hebrew poetry, the invitation is to consider the words of this book. If so, we’ll gain direction. We’ll experience wisdom. We’ll have discipline. We’ll understand things that we were unable to. Besides all of that, we’ll get knowledge and prudence. When doubts rise, we’ll know how to deal with them. Riddles will be deciphered. Mysteries will be solved. Parables will be comprehended. And even when we need further explanations, we’ll know how to proceed.

After this initial consideration by the writer, it’s valid to think about the way for it that he presents:

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,

but fools despise wisdom and discipline.”

Proverbs 1.7

The author invites us to the truth wisdom. And he says that the key to obtain it is the fear of the Lord. Hear His voice. Think about what He says. Honor Him. Doing so, the answers will come.

Do you have questions? Maybe you can find the basics and fundamentals answers to life in God. Like Peter and Claire, throw yourself from the heights (figuratively speaking, ok?) and discover more about you. Surrender your life to this quest. A purposed quest. An existential quest. You’ll discover someone who saves you from the great fall that involves you. And, before everything and anything else, we need to be salved.

Our existential motivation guides us in our life’s journey. What we yearn in life is defined by what we have inside of us. So listen God. Listen to God. He has the answers that we seek. But we really have to hear. Would it be so bad for us if we start listening to Him today?

NARRATION (S01E01)

Introduction: “Where does it come from? This quest... this need to solve life's mysteries for the simplest of questions can never be answered. Why are we here? What is the soul? Why do we dream? Perhaps we would be better off not looking at all. Not delving, not yearning. That's not human nature, not the human heart. That is not why we are here.”

Conclusion: “This quest... this need to solve life's mysteries. In the end what does it matter when the human heart can only find meaning in the smallest of moments? They're here... among us... in the shadows, in the light, everywhere. Do they even know yet?”