It looks purposefully placed for a split second as Sayid stops struggling in the healing spring. It has to represent the Grim Reaper and Death.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
S6E1 THE REAPER
It looks purposefully placed for a split second as Sayid stops struggling in the healing spring. It has to represent the Grim Reaper and Death.
S6E1 NIGHT AND DAY
Since we know that MIB could not directly kill Jacob, Flocke was used to trick an old friend, Ben, in stabbing Jacob to death inside the Tawaret foot. However, when Bram's men went inside the chamber, they tried to kill MIB but failed. The bullets bounced off Flocke, who then went around the corner, turned into Smokey, and killed four men. The question is why could Jacob be killed by a metal knife while MIB/Flocke could not be killed by a spray of metal bullets?
Here are possible variables:
1. Jacob was killed at night, and MIB attempted assassination took place at night. This could mean that Jacob was the ruler during the day and MIB at night. Each is only open to attack/death during the opposite part of the day: Jacob at night, MIB during the day.
2. Jacob was in a "human" form, with a body and blood. MIB was in the form of Flocke, which was a mere shape-shifting reproduction of Locke, whose body laid outside in the sand. However, when Smokey took Rousseau's crew through the temple wall, we saw the remains of the men. When Rousseau confronted the crew and her husband on the beach, she killed them with rifle bullets (in the day light hours). If one was consistent with the events shown, even though MIB forms replicated bodies of humans, those forms can be destroyed during the daylight by conventional arms.
3. Is the place of confrontation important? Jacob died at night inside a sacred structure. But MIB's form Flocke was also inside the same structure. MIB's other human forms were killed outside on a beach. With the Temple Others spreading gray ash around the grounds could be evidence that MIB's destructive powers can be used within sacred places.
4. When Jacob was stabbed to death, and he admitted that "he died one hour ago" to Hurley, Jacob turned into a ghost. Was this because he was killed and/or because his body was cremated? We have seen evidence in the past that the inhabitants were paranoid about having dead bodies lying around the island. Are dead human bodies the needed vessels for Island spirits such as Jacob and MIB? Well, MIB creates his human forms without inhabiting their bodies (example Locke). We are not sure about Jacob - - - that is why some have speculated that Jacob now possesses the long-dead Sayid.
Then there was the 180 shift of power at the end of the season premiere. When Flocke returned from the statue into the daylight of the beach, Richard Alpert saw Flocke in a totally different light, like a "mask" or veil of identity had been lifted: Alpert was going to say "is that you?" when Flocke greeted him with the "glad to see you without your chains" reference before beating him up. But the really odd piece of that exchange was the fact that Richard clearly shouted out to the Others not to fire their weapons at Flocke. Why not? He just killed Jacob. Was he worried about collateral damage? Probably not, as Bram's crew in the chamber were not hit by their own bullets. No, Richard's outburst was to stop anyone from killing Flocke!
Flocke used Richard as a punching bag to return to island alpha dog status. "I am extremely disappointed in all of you!" Flocke said as he started to march back into the jungle with Richard as his prisoner. Why was MIB-Flocke angry at the Others? Was it because they did not recognize him? Or that they did not recognize him earlier? Or that they did not have the guts to challenge him at that moment?
Other theorists speculate that in the black-white, night-day context of the characters, MIB appears to be the dark lord of this saga. The evil one who plotted to kill Jacob, the apparent Island ruler of the Others. Yet, there is a concept of a vengeful good god, too. One who is upset with his followers for taking the "wrong" path or taking direction of evil sins or not worshipping their true god properly. So it is still a 50-50 proposition on who is good and who is evil.
Here are possible variables:
1. Jacob was killed at night, and MIB attempted assassination took place at night. This could mean that Jacob was the ruler during the day and MIB at night. Each is only open to attack/death during the opposite part of the day: Jacob at night, MIB during the day.
2. Jacob was in a "human" form, with a body and blood. MIB was in the form of Flocke, which was a mere shape-shifting reproduction of Locke, whose body laid outside in the sand. However, when Smokey took Rousseau's crew through the temple wall, we saw the remains of the men. When Rousseau confronted the crew and her husband on the beach, she killed them with rifle bullets (in the day light hours). If one was consistent with the events shown, even though MIB forms replicated bodies of humans, those forms can be destroyed during the daylight by conventional arms.
3. Is the place of confrontation important? Jacob died at night inside a sacred structure. But MIB's form Flocke was also inside the same structure. MIB's other human forms were killed outside on a beach. With the Temple Others spreading gray ash around the grounds could be evidence that MIB's destructive powers can be used within sacred places.
4. When Jacob was stabbed to death, and he admitted that "he died one hour ago" to Hurley, Jacob turned into a ghost. Was this because he was killed and/or because his body was cremated? We have seen evidence in the past that the inhabitants were paranoid about having dead bodies lying around the island. Are dead human bodies the needed vessels for Island spirits such as Jacob and MIB? Well, MIB creates his human forms without inhabiting their bodies (example Locke). We are not sure about Jacob - - - that is why some have speculated that Jacob now possesses the long-dead Sayid.
Then there was the 180 shift of power at the end of the season premiere. When Flocke returned from the statue into the daylight of the beach, Richard Alpert saw Flocke in a totally different light, like a "mask" or veil of identity had been lifted: Alpert was going to say "is that you?" when Flocke greeted him with the "glad to see you without your chains" reference before beating him up. But the really odd piece of that exchange was the fact that Richard clearly shouted out to the Others not to fire their weapons at Flocke. Why not? He just killed Jacob. Was he worried about collateral damage? Probably not, as Bram's crew in the chamber were not hit by their own bullets. No, Richard's outburst was to stop anyone from killing Flocke!
Flocke used Richard as a punching bag to return to island alpha dog status. "I am extremely disappointed in all of you!" Flocke said as he started to march back into the jungle with Richard as his prisoner. Why was MIB-Flocke angry at the Others? Was it because they did not recognize him? Or that they did not recognize him earlier? Or that they did not have the guts to challenge him at that moment?
Other theorists speculate that in the black-white, night-day context of the characters, MIB appears to be the dark lord of this saga. The evil one who plotted to kill Jacob, the apparent Island ruler of the Others. Yet, there is a concept of a vengeful good god, too. One who is upset with his followers for taking the "wrong" path or taking direction of evil sins or not worshipping their true god properly. So it is still a 50-50 proposition on who is good and who is evil.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
S6E1 SEEDS OF REBELLION
Another critical observation has to deal with the interconnection with Jacob, MIB, Smokey and the Temple.
In Season 5, Jacob and MIB were on the beach. They appeared to be equals, but with differently viewpoints on why human souls were being brought to the Island. MIB was so angry with Jacob's unending cycle he wanted to kill him, but he could not directly do so.
We know that Smokey had been called a "security system" by the Others. Ben said he could summon it but not control it. We found that for at least 16 years, Smokey lived inside the outer Temple wall, and had ingress/egress from a hole in the wall's foundation. Through that opening was a hallway into an underground chamber which had Egyptian hieroglyphs, including one depicted opposite the god of Anubis, the god of mummification and protector of tombs. It was unclear whether this image showed the two as foes or both representations of protectors of the Temple.
It would make more sense that if Smokey did live inside the Temple walls, and the Others occupied the Temple, that they existed in some form of harmony. To do so, Smokey had to distinguish between friend (the Others) and foe (the damned). We were led to believe that Smokey was its own entity, but we were told that Smokey is in fact MIB when he takes an attack mode. If MIB was so upset with Jacob, why did he not (as Smokey) wipe out Jacob's followers (the Others)? The Others were afraid of him when they heard the news from Hurley that Jacob was dead. They immediately spread ash around the Temple to ward off Smokey. They fired an ancient rocket into the sky to warn Alpert and the others about the danger of Jacob's demise. It was then that Alpert recognized that Flocke was MIB. And everything was about to change because Jacob was not around to protect them.
There has to be power structure on the Island. Jacob appeared to be the power, and MIB his near equal. They may have initially had the same purpose or mission on the Island. The Others had been called the original inhabitants of the Island. They appear to serve Jacob. They tell the Dharma folks and the 815ers that "this is our island." That means they have a deep connection to it. It also appears that Jacob allowed human souls to come to the Island to live, research and co-exist with the Others.
The power structure pecking Order:
Jacob , then MIB, as a ruling class.
The Temple priests, in charge of the island magic.
The Island "leader" of the Others, who in some way is considered "special."
The Others, who are the "blessed souls" of the underworld.
Outsiders, human souls who have been brought to island. They are considered beneath the Others.
Outsiders can become Others if they die and they are blessed by the Island.
Which leads to a perplexing problem. What level of dead is dead. Now, Alpert was keen on receiving a Dharma leader's dead body in return for the breach of the truce. And after the purge, the Dharma were not buried, but thrown in a ditch. Was that like an inventory of some sort? Afterward, if an Other was killed (like Colleen), they had a Viking burial. When outsiders died, they were buried. There appears to be a rule that an unburied body can be "used" by the island spirits such as MIB as Flocke and Rousseau's crew mates. Buried people do not reappear as manipulated forms. However, Alex reappeared to Ben inside the temple wall (too shallow a grave?)
So who are the Others? Inhabitants of a spirited realm, the dead souls who have yet to judged? Indentured souls to serve the gods? Prisoners in a hell or purgatory existence? It could be a combination of all of the above. But at some point in time, some one down the power chain decided that they wanted to move up the ladder. Alpert, in order to be released from his chains, pledged allegiance to Jacob, and was rewarded an advisor position over his prisoner peers. Maybe MIB was tired of being the head security guard for low life souls, and wanted to change the rules and get rid of the warden so he could "close" the prison and "go home." In order to do so, he would have to recruit traitors among Jacob's followers. To overthrow the existing order, one has to start a rebellion. The seeds of that rebellion could have been with the arrival of the Black Rock, a pirate/slave ship, which carried the lowest form of human behavior that MIB abhorred.
In Season 5, Jacob and MIB were on the beach. They appeared to be equals, but with differently viewpoints on why human souls were being brought to the Island. MIB was so angry with Jacob's unending cycle he wanted to kill him, but he could not directly do so.
We know that Smokey had been called a "security system" by the Others. Ben said he could summon it but not control it. We found that for at least 16 years, Smokey lived inside the outer Temple wall, and had ingress/egress from a hole in the wall's foundation. Through that opening was a hallway into an underground chamber which had Egyptian hieroglyphs, including one depicted opposite the god of Anubis, the god of mummification and protector of tombs. It was unclear whether this image showed the two as foes or both representations of protectors of the Temple.
It would make more sense that if Smokey did live inside the Temple walls, and the Others occupied the Temple, that they existed in some form of harmony. To do so, Smokey had to distinguish between friend (the Others) and foe (the damned). We were led to believe that Smokey was its own entity, but we were told that Smokey is in fact MIB when he takes an attack mode. If MIB was so upset with Jacob, why did he not (as Smokey) wipe out Jacob's followers (the Others)? The Others were afraid of him when they heard the news from Hurley that Jacob was dead. They immediately spread ash around the Temple to ward off Smokey. They fired an ancient rocket into the sky to warn Alpert and the others about the danger of Jacob's demise. It was then that Alpert recognized that Flocke was MIB. And everything was about to change because Jacob was not around to protect them.
There has to be power structure on the Island. Jacob appeared to be the power, and MIB his near equal. They may have initially had the same purpose or mission on the Island. The Others had been called the original inhabitants of the Island. They appear to serve Jacob. They tell the Dharma folks and the 815ers that "this is our island." That means they have a deep connection to it. It also appears that Jacob allowed human souls to come to the Island to live, research and co-exist with the Others.
The power structure pecking Order:
Jacob , then MIB, as a ruling class.
The Temple priests, in charge of the island magic.
The Island "leader" of the Others, who in some way is considered "special."
The Others, who are the "blessed souls" of the underworld.
Outsiders, human souls who have been brought to island. They are considered beneath the Others.
Outsiders can become Others if they die and they are blessed by the Island.
Which leads to a perplexing problem. What level of dead is dead. Now, Alpert was keen on receiving a Dharma leader's dead body in return for the breach of the truce. And after the purge, the Dharma were not buried, but thrown in a ditch. Was that like an inventory of some sort? Afterward, if an Other was killed (like Colleen), they had a Viking burial. When outsiders died, they were buried. There appears to be a rule that an unburied body can be "used" by the island spirits such as MIB as Flocke and Rousseau's crew mates. Buried people do not reappear as manipulated forms. However, Alex reappeared to Ben inside the temple wall (too shallow a grave?)
So who are the Others? Inhabitants of a spirited realm, the dead souls who have yet to judged? Indentured souls to serve the gods? Prisoners in a hell or purgatory existence? It could be a combination of all of the above. But at some point in time, some one down the power chain decided that they wanted to move up the ladder. Alpert, in order to be released from his chains, pledged allegiance to Jacob, and was rewarded an advisor position over his prisoner peers. Maybe MIB was tired of being the head security guard for low life souls, and wanted to change the rules and get rid of the warden so he could "close" the prison and "go home." In order to do so, he would have to recruit traitors among Jacob's followers. To overthrow the existing order, one has to start a rebellion. The seeds of that rebellion could have been with the arrival of the Black Rock, a pirate/slave ship, which carried the lowest form of human behavior that MIB abhorred.
We know that Smokey's (MIB in another form) lair was inside the Temple wall. That's where Rousseau's crew was taken and transformed; and where Sayid was taken to be healed. Also occupying the Temple are the Others. The Others had no problem running around the underground passages, capturing Sayid's MASH unit and bringing them to the Temple. This shows that the Others and Smokey were living together in harmony at the Temple.
Now, after the Others at the Temple heard Jacob was dead, the immediate reaction was PANIC. Ash around the grounds to ward off Smokey's attacks.Firing off rockets and grabbing arms: The reaction was like defending the palace from a coup.
And as tangent in looking up the word, there is a historical North American Indian word "coup" which means the act of touching an armed enemy in battle as a deed of bravery or an act of first touching an item of the enemy's in order to claim it. Add another item on the Jacob "touching" theory pile.
S6E1 SAYID
The best way to describe Sayid's rebirth in the Temple:
ONE HAS TO DIE IN ORDER TO LIVE ON THE ISLAND.
The Island is a spiritual realm.
The Kung Fu master of the Temple is named Dogan. In an odd twist, dogan in Turkish means "falcon." The Egyptian falcon god was Horus, the god of the sky in life, and Osiris, the lord of the dead. Dogen also means "who/what is about to be born," and "who/want is about to rise." Osiris is the god of reincarnation, from which the dead are reincarnated to eternal life through magic. Osiris was called the ruler of "the blessed dead."
Dogan must be the high priest of the Temple who answers to Jacob, the Horus character in the ancient religion. Depending on each kingdom's belief system over the centuries, Horus was the single entity for both life and death, and in other passages merely the god of light (Ra) while his father, Osiris, was the lord of the dead. In the muddled context of the Lost mythology of combining religious and civilization subtexts, it is clear that Jacob was the ruler of the Island realm, and Dogan was his Temple priest. Alpert, a man once confined with chains, was an "advisor" to Jacob, which I now infer to be like a prison "trustee," who serves as a liaison between the warden and the prisoners. MIB/Flocke may be grossly disappointed by the Others (prisoners) not rebelling against Jacob (warden), which led to MIB's continued nullification of power. Flocke does appear to have taken on the featured scorn of Satan when discussing his sole purpose to Ben: he wants to go home. That has to mean heaven, and in a biblical conflict, revenge against those who had banished him from paradise. (The parallel is Widmore being banished from the island and his life long pursuit at any cost to return.)
What does Sayid's reincarnation mean? When young Ben was taken to the Temple because of Sayid's mortal gun shot wound, Alpert told them that Ben "would lose his innocence" and that resulted in Ben become one of them (an Other). He would not have a memory of what happened to him (like Sayid awakening), which means that he may be re-programmed to be one with the Island. An indentured servant who has to work for the Island or its rulers.
ONE HAS TO DIE IN ORDER TO LIVE ON THE ISLAND.
The Island is a spiritual realm.
The Kung Fu master of the Temple is named Dogan. In an odd twist, dogan in Turkish means "falcon." The Egyptian falcon god was Horus, the god of the sky in life, and Osiris, the lord of the dead. Dogen also means "who/what is about to be born," and "who/want is about to rise." Osiris is the god of reincarnation, from which the dead are reincarnated to eternal life through magic. Osiris was called the ruler of "the blessed dead."
Dogan must be the high priest of the Temple who answers to Jacob, the Horus character in the ancient religion. Depending on each kingdom's belief system over the centuries, Horus was the single entity for both life and death, and in other passages merely the god of light (Ra) while his father, Osiris, was the lord of the dead. In the muddled context of the Lost mythology of combining religious and civilization subtexts, it is clear that Jacob was the ruler of the Island realm, and Dogan was his Temple priest. Alpert, a man once confined with chains, was an "advisor" to Jacob, which I now infer to be like a prison "trustee," who serves as a liaison between the warden and the prisoners. MIB/Flocke may be grossly disappointed by the Others (prisoners) not rebelling against Jacob (warden), which led to MIB's continued nullification of power. Flocke does appear to have taken on the featured scorn of Satan when discussing his sole purpose to Ben: he wants to go home. That has to mean heaven, and in a biblical conflict, revenge against those who had banished him from paradise. (The parallel is Widmore being banished from the island and his life long pursuit at any cost to return.)
What does Sayid's reincarnation mean? When young Ben was taken to the Temple because of Sayid's mortal gun shot wound, Alpert told them that Ben "would lose his innocence" and that resulted in Ben become one of them (an Other). He would not have a memory of what happened to him (like Sayid awakening), which means that he may be re-programmed to be one with the Island. An indentured servant who has to work for the Island or its rulers.
S6E1 NEW 815
A critical observation or two about the premiere's parallel universe split time line events. The story line clearly states that Juliet did in fact detonate the H-bomb. Instead of vaporizing herself, killing everyone in the vicinity, and having radioactive fallout destroying everything else on the island, we are lead to believe: the island moved forward to 2007, to sync up with the 316 crew; Juliet did not die in the explosion; everyone was in their pre-explosion condition (except for ringing ears).
The apparent explosion was similar to the Desmond fail safe key explosion, which is the debris crater where the 1977ers found themselves. If one is going to be consistent with the mythology within the show, this type of EM explosion, moving the Island time would mean that there would not be one "flashsideways," but at least four parallel universes: 1) the original 2004 time line; 2) the Desmond fail safe key explosion; 3) the Locke turning the FDW and moving the island; and 4) Juliet exploding Jughead. We are only seeing the New 2004 815 universe compared to the Old 2007 815 universe. It also comes to mind that all the parallel universes (the flash backs, flash forwards, past off-island events) are immaterial filler to the main core story line. It does not take five seasons of jumbled editing to show us that the lives of the 815ers would not have been much different if Flight 815 did not crash.
And this episode puts into doubt the statement that Desmond's failure to input the Numbers caused the original crash of Flight 815. I think the new Flight 815 was also going to crash on the Island - - - if it had a dead body on board. Jack Shepard's body was not in the cargo bay of the plane. The turbulence was caused by Charlie choking down heroin in the lav. If Charlie had died on the plane, then the island's tenacles would have sensed a dead person and grabbed the plane toward it. This could be the protocol of the island (Jacob) bringing people to the island (as a station towards the afterlife). This could also fill a need for Jacob and/or MIB to replenish their inventory of the dead so they could use, manipulate or control the dead bodies as part of their personal battle.
The New 815 flight is mostly a throw-a-way look at the lives the characters would have absent the crash in the alternative universe where individual free will decisions are like a roll of the dice on the board of life: it was a 50-50 chance that Boone would have convinced Shannon to leave her boyfriend - - - in the first roll, it worked; the second roll it did not. Same goes for Jack getting his father's coffin on the plane: the first attendant said it could not get on the plane but Jack convinced him it had to be done; the second time the coffin was lost in the terminal and it never got into the cargo bay. The writers had cornered themselves in the time travel problem of paradox. The solution was to create parallel universes which negate any paradox issues in the original time line. So the New 815 time line should have no bearing on the original 815ers who have returned to 2007 (main story line).
The apparent explosion was similar to the Desmond fail safe key explosion, which is the debris crater where the 1977ers found themselves. If one is going to be consistent with the mythology within the show, this type of EM explosion, moving the Island time would mean that there would not be one "flashsideways," but at least four parallel universes: 1) the original 2004 time line; 2) the Desmond fail safe key explosion; 3) the Locke turning the FDW and moving the island; and 4) Juliet exploding Jughead. We are only seeing the New 2004 815 universe compared to the Old 2007 815 universe. It also comes to mind that all the parallel universes (the flash backs, flash forwards, past off-island events) are immaterial filler to the main core story line. It does not take five seasons of jumbled editing to show us that the lives of the 815ers would not have been much different if Flight 815 did not crash.
And this episode puts into doubt the statement that Desmond's failure to input the Numbers caused the original crash of Flight 815. I think the new Flight 815 was also going to crash on the Island - - - if it had a dead body on board. Jack Shepard's body was not in the cargo bay of the plane. The turbulence was caused by Charlie choking down heroin in the lav. If Charlie had died on the plane, then the island's tenacles would have sensed a dead person and grabbed the plane toward it. This could be the protocol of the island (Jacob) bringing people to the island (as a station towards the afterlife). This could also fill a need for Jacob and/or MIB to replenish their inventory of the dead so they could use, manipulate or control the dead bodies as part of their personal battle.
The New 815 flight is mostly a throw-a-way look at the lives the characters would have absent the crash in the alternative universe where individual free will decisions are like a roll of the dice on the board of life: it was a 50-50 chance that Boone would have convinced Shannon to leave her boyfriend - - - in the first roll, it worked; the second roll it did not. Same goes for Jack getting his father's coffin on the plane: the first attendant said it could not get on the plane but Jack convinced him it had to be done; the second time the coffin was lost in the terminal and it never got into the cargo bay. The writers had cornered themselves in the time travel problem of paradox. The solution was to create parallel universes which negate any paradox issues in the original time line. So the New 815 time line should have no bearing on the original 815ers who have returned to 2007 (main story line).
S6E1 THE RULES
In the premiere of Season 6, we get some confirmation of the Rules of the Island:
1. Jacob and MIB cannot directly harm or kill each other; they need an outside agency (using that person's own free will) to kill each other.
2. Flocke is MIB who is also Smokey, the black smoke monster who can kill or destroy.
3. A ring of ash is a protective barrier against Smokey. It keeps the monster outside the ring. (Seen before around Jacob's cabin - - - but the ring was broken and Jacob fled to the statue foot.)
But there are some troubling inconsistencies, too.
1. Jacob could be killed by a metal object(knife), while Flocke could not be killed by a metal object (bullet) by Bram's machine guns. The exception could be that Jacob (as RA) was powerless at night (when he was killed) but MIB's power has been shown both during the day and night.
2. Christian's body was missing after the 815 crash, but his ghost roamed the island speaking to various people. Locke's body was not missing after the 316 crash, but MIB used it (shape shifter). MIB as Smokey killed Rousseau crew, then reconstituted them on the beach where Rousseau killed them because of their sickness. It infers MIB can mold multiple, mortal bodies but someone can mold one bullet proof Flocke body.
1. Jacob and MIB cannot directly harm or kill each other; they need an outside agency (using that person's own free will) to kill each other.
2. Flocke is MIB who is also Smokey, the black smoke monster who can kill or destroy.
3. A ring of ash is a protective barrier against Smokey. It keeps the monster outside the ring. (Seen before around Jacob's cabin - - - but the ring was broken and Jacob fled to the statue foot.)
But there are some troubling inconsistencies, too.
1. Jacob could be killed by a metal object(knife), while Flocke could not be killed by a metal object (bullet) by Bram's machine guns. The exception could be that Jacob (as RA) was powerless at night (when he was killed) but MIB's power has been shown both during the day and night.
2. Christian's body was missing after the 815 crash, but his ghost roamed the island speaking to various people. Locke's body was not missing after the 316 crash, but MIB used it (shape shifter). MIB as Smokey killed Rousseau crew, then reconstituted them on the beach where Rousseau killed them because of their sickness. It infers MIB can mold multiple, mortal bodies but someone can mold one bullet proof Flocke body.
Monday, February 1, 2010
THE FINAL THEORY PART THREE
In parts One and Two, I have set forth the background information as the foundation of my final theory to the keys to the LOST story line. This is my personal opinion, if I was structuring the story to a mind-exploding conclusion.
The Lost Experience can be best summarized as human beings taking a long journey of good, evil, faith, science, redemption and final judgment. The Lost Souls (the 815ers, the Others, Dharma) are all caught in a layered spirit world. It is the merger of ancient religion and science which created the pyramids and Temples. The need to prepare in one's lifetime for the journey through the afterlife is a key component in the ancient texts. Speculate that the ancient civilizations actually found the technology portal(s) to the afterlife as a means of helping their rulers and gods journey through the afterlife. This puts the characters in a supernatural world, where our known concepts of science, physics and technology become immaterial.
There are various levels in the afterlife, according to a person's beliefs and final judgment. Many could toil in the pagan-secular world after death, which may be tilling ancient fields, or living in a parallel earth civilization. It could be real or an illusion to test one's free will or faith. Many could be found worthy of eternal paradise in heaven, or in reincarnation into a higher life form. Many of the unworthy, evil or damned could be found on the road to hell, chaos or non-existence. There is no right or wrong answer to how the road map of Death could play out.
But most literary civilizations have common touchstones for which morality creates the mortar to create a solid society.
I believe that the characters are dead. Dead before we even saw them in S1E1. But dying once on earth does not mean that you cannot die multiple times more during one's journey through the afterlife. Dead is Dead but the Dead could be Alive in another plane of existence. One could compare it to running through levels of an action video game. Each one of those levels is managed by angels or guardians, whose sole mission is to sort out the souls for judgment, rehabilitation or demise. It can be levels of existence: earth life, to a faux earth existence in another plane like earth, to a pagan paradise (toiling in the fields, working for the gods), to an underworld where souls are tested, to various levels or hell to various levels of spiritual enlightenment, to the final way station before final judgment. It would function as a pre-heaven Eden and a pre-hell Pit of Destruction. The Island is like an airport terminal, with various gates or portals to different dimensions, different times, different realms of existence. The Guardians bring souls to the Island in a collective manner, in order to retain their human beliefs, instincts, experiences, fears, weaknesses and strengths, in order to see if one's human instincts (destruction, deceit, corruption, deadly sins) have been reformed in order to pass on to the next level of the afterlife.
The island is controlled by supernatural beings (angels, lesser gods) whose sole job is to open and close the gates, guide souls through their journey, test them and wait for rulings from the higher authorities (archangels, higher gods). The concept of a heaven-hell dynamic comes to mind when Widmore was "banished" from the island for having relations with an outsider. Just as angels who went to earth to guide humans fell from grace when they had relations with mortals, they were banished from heaven and stripped of their positions in the eternal guild. If there is enough of those banished angels and rebellious counterparts who have snuck onto the island as soul hijackers (demons, Satan's minions). As one could imagine, banished angels and demons who have been left to toil in the materialistic groveling world of mortal human beings would be like be sentenced to live in a pig sty as a pig. How one comes to reconcile redemption with revenge is the key element of the stated War.
The island contains workers who have been sent to the way station to maintain the portals, and to be players in the passion plays of the deceased souls through their journey to final judgment. They may or may not know that they are merely small gears in a large cosmic machine. They may know the Rules and are content to play their roles. Their leaders may know the Truth of the existence. For in all states, knowledge is power. Workers seeking to change their lot in life (and in death) could conspire with fallen angels and demons to take paradise by force. This is a biblical aspect of the final battle between Satan and God for the throne of Heaven. The Island, as the nexus point between the worlds, will the the final battleground for the forces of good and evil. That is why the statement "this only ends once," is a preview of the struggle.
Jacob and MIB are equal gatekeepers. One continues to do his job and brings souls to the Island for final judgment. MIB has grown weary of the human beings, and that they are unworthy of everlasting grace or immortality. Initially, this is viewed as a political or philosophic debate between to the two gatekeepers. But over time, one or both become weary of this vocation and turns to the dark side (the sealed gates to forehell and hell) to gather forces. Since the "good" guys are in charge, the "bad" guys have been looking for ways to gain the high ground. Example, Ben's obsession (and possible instructions) to find a cure for the island infertility problem was an attempt to create new corruptable souls in a place that cannot give birth to souls (the underworld). It is like creating superbeings that should not exist as a means of overthrowing the existing order, as Germany tried to do with its genetic experiments in World War II.
At the same time, those higher beings may have grown weary of the lack of respect to the ancient gods and traditions. Think the Eye of Ra story, where mankind had fallen into their own materialistic, sinful self-absorbed lives. The gods sent a beast to destroy all mankind as the ultimate punishment. There may be a simple problem of strength in numbers: more and more human beings do not pass through the gates to heaven, thereby growing the ranks of the demonic realm. Jacob bringing more and more souls to the Island is a desperate mission to find more "good" people to off-set the growing forces of evil. So both Jacob and MIB could be playing the same "recruitment" game to find characters who are willing to sacrifice themselves for the cause they believe in (good or evil). Only great sacrifice can lead to great reward (higher powers).
Some one will open the gates to create the final battle. Free will of individuals caught in the cross fire will control their fate. Choices will have consequences. It will be shown that everyone we have seen (The Others, Dharma, 815ers, ect.) started at the same position, had the same choices to make, but cast their souls to good or dark side. If the dark side wins, there is no hope for humanity - - - the gates would be closed and mankind on earth would be treated like mortal animals. Chaos would reign on earth and throughout the universe. If the good side wins, with the help of the imperfect human souls, there is hope for mankind and there will be a place for those souls in the eternal paradise promised to them.
The climax prediction is that the forces of good and evil, whether represented by angels, demons, supernatural beings like Smokey, Egyptian gods with part human-part animal bodies, in a clash of the ages. Winner takes all.
In the end, there will be bodies littering the beaches and jungle clearings. A bird is startled from the brush as an exhausted Hurley stumbles forward to the clearing as night begins to fall. Standing in front of him is the leader of the evil forces. "You are the last," he will say. "Last what?" Hurley pants. Then with his final labored breath, Hurley asks the man to show "his true form." The man smiles with pointed teeth, and his body transforms into a devil. The devil shouts "I am the victor! I am the true - - -" when he is hit by a massive bolt of lightning, which sends Hurley hurling back into the brush. Then a heavy rain falls upon the Island. Bodies hit by the rain turn into black smoke that rise upward.
Next scene, there is a modern ship on the horizon off the island. A man in a suit and tie is walking down the beach and sees the craft. He yells to a person (off camera) "Did you bring more people here?" He gets no answer. He comes closer to the camera. He is frustrated. "Answer me this: why do you keep bringing people here?" The camera pans toward Hurley, sitting on the beach. He looks up at the man and says "Dude, to save them." Then the camera zooms into Hurley's right eye, and faintly superimposed thereon is quick flashes of all the 815ers . . . then dissolve into the LOST logo.
The Lost Experience can be best summarized as human beings taking a long journey of good, evil, faith, science, redemption and final judgment. The Lost Souls (the 815ers, the Others, Dharma) are all caught in a layered spirit world. It is the merger of ancient religion and science which created the pyramids and Temples. The need to prepare in one's lifetime for the journey through the afterlife is a key component in the ancient texts. Speculate that the ancient civilizations actually found the technology portal(s) to the afterlife as a means of helping their rulers and gods journey through the afterlife. This puts the characters in a supernatural world, where our known concepts of science, physics and technology become immaterial.
There are various levels in the afterlife, according to a person's beliefs and final judgment. Many could toil in the pagan-secular world after death, which may be tilling ancient fields, or living in a parallel earth civilization. It could be real or an illusion to test one's free will or faith. Many could be found worthy of eternal paradise in heaven, or in reincarnation into a higher life form. Many of the unworthy, evil or damned could be found on the road to hell, chaos or non-existence. There is no right or wrong answer to how the road map of Death could play out.
But most literary civilizations have common touchstones for which morality creates the mortar to create a solid society.
I believe that the characters are dead. Dead before we even saw them in S1E1. But dying once on earth does not mean that you cannot die multiple times more during one's journey through the afterlife. Dead is Dead but the Dead could be Alive in another plane of existence. One could compare it to running through levels of an action video game. Each one of those levels is managed by angels or guardians, whose sole mission is to sort out the souls for judgment, rehabilitation or demise. It can be levels of existence: earth life, to a faux earth existence in another plane like earth, to a pagan paradise (toiling in the fields, working for the gods), to an underworld where souls are tested, to various levels or hell to various levels of spiritual enlightenment, to the final way station before final judgment. It would function as a pre-heaven Eden and a pre-hell Pit of Destruction. The Island is like an airport terminal, with various gates or portals to different dimensions, different times, different realms of existence. The Guardians bring souls to the Island in a collective manner, in order to retain their human beliefs, instincts, experiences, fears, weaknesses and strengths, in order to see if one's human instincts (destruction, deceit, corruption, deadly sins) have been reformed in order to pass on to the next level of the afterlife.
The island is controlled by supernatural beings (angels, lesser gods) whose sole job is to open and close the gates, guide souls through their journey, test them and wait for rulings from the higher authorities (archangels, higher gods). The concept of a heaven-hell dynamic comes to mind when Widmore was "banished" from the island for having relations with an outsider. Just as angels who went to earth to guide humans fell from grace when they had relations with mortals, they were banished from heaven and stripped of their positions in the eternal guild. If there is enough of those banished angels and rebellious counterparts who have snuck onto the island as soul hijackers (demons, Satan's minions). As one could imagine, banished angels and demons who have been left to toil in the materialistic groveling world of mortal human beings would be like be sentenced to live in a pig sty as a pig. How one comes to reconcile redemption with revenge is the key element of the stated War.
The island contains workers who have been sent to the way station to maintain the portals, and to be players in the passion plays of the deceased souls through their journey to final judgment. They may or may not know that they are merely small gears in a large cosmic machine. They may know the Rules and are content to play their roles. Their leaders may know the Truth of the existence. For in all states, knowledge is power. Workers seeking to change their lot in life (and in death) could conspire with fallen angels and demons to take paradise by force. This is a biblical aspect of the final battle between Satan and God for the throne of Heaven. The Island, as the nexus point between the worlds, will the the final battleground for the forces of good and evil. That is why the statement "this only ends once," is a preview of the struggle.
Jacob and MIB are equal gatekeepers. One continues to do his job and brings souls to the Island for final judgment. MIB has grown weary of the human beings, and that they are unworthy of everlasting grace or immortality. Initially, this is viewed as a political or philosophic debate between to the two gatekeepers. But over time, one or both become weary of this vocation and turns to the dark side (the sealed gates to forehell and hell) to gather forces. Since the "good" guys are in charge, the "bad" guys have been looking for ways to gain the high ground. Example, Ben's obsession (and possible instructions) to find a cure for the island infertility problem was an attempt to create new corruptable souls in a place that cannot give birth to souls (the underworld). It is like creating superbeings that should not exist as a means of overthrowing the existing order, as Germany tried to do with its genetic experiments in World War II.
At the same time, those higher beings may have grown weary of the lack of respect to the ancient gods and traditions. Think the Eye of Ra story, where mankind had fallen into their own materialistic, sinful self-absorbed lives. The gods sent a beast to destroy all mankind as the ultimate punishment. There may be a simple problem of strength in numbers: more and more human beings do not pass through the gates to heaven, thereby growing the ranks of the demonic realm. Jacob bringing more and more souls to the Island is a desperate mission to find more "good" people to off-set the growing forces of evil. So both Jacob and MIB could be playing the same "recruitment" game to find characters who are willing to sacrifice themselves for the cause they believe in (good or evil). Only great sacrifice can lead to great reward (higher powers).
Some one will open the gates to create the final battle. Free will of individuals caught in the cross fire will control their fate. Choices will have consequences. It will be shown that everyone we have seen (The Others, Dharma, 815ers, ect.) started at the same position, had the same choices to make, but cast their souls to good or dark side. If the dark side wins, there is no hope for humanity - - - the gates would be closed and mankind on earth would be treated like mortal animals. Chaos would reign on earth and throughout the universe. If the good side wins, with the help of the imperfect human souls, there is hope for mankind and there will be a place for those souls in the eternal paradise promised to them.
The climax prediction is that the forces of good and evil, whether represented by angels, demons, supernatural beings like Smokey, Egyptian gods with part human-part animal bodies, in a clash of the ages. Winner takes all.
In the end, there will be bodies littering the beaches and jungle clearings. A bird is startled from the brush as an exhausted Hurley stumbles forward to the clearing as night begins to fall. Standing in front of him is the leader of the evil forces. "You are the last," he will say. "Last what?" Hurley pants. Then with his final labored breath, Hurley asks the man to show "his true form." The man smiles with pointed teeth, and his body transforms into a devil. The devil shouts "I am the victor! I am the true - - -" when he is hit by a massive bolt of lightning, which sends Hurley hurling back into the brush. Then a heavy rain falls upon the Island. Bodies hit by the rain turn into black smoke that rise upward.
Next scene, there is a modern ship on the horizon off the island. A man in a suit and tie is walking down the beach and sees the craft. He yells to a person (off camera) "Did you bring more people here?" He gets no answer. He comes closer to the camera. He is frustrated. "Answer me this: why do you keep bringing people here?" The camera pans toward Hurley, sitting on the beach. He looks up at the man and says "Dude, to save them." Then the camera zooms into Hurley's right eye, and faintly superimposed thereon is quick flashes of all the 815ers . . . then dissolve into the LOST logo.
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