Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Korean history dramas: dream for a nation

One of the resounding theme which I could notice in these dramas was their hero's' (and heroines') strong insistence in realizing a dream to bring one nation in which people can live in peace and prosperity with whole family together and without any wars and conflicts. To build (or to restore) such nation, they are even willing to risk their lives, even to sacrifice their most beloved to bring such nation. And those who love each other so intimately, and deeply somehow holds the same vision of bringing that nation.

This means centered on the same higher vision to bring that nation, a man and a woman longs for each other so deeply. Intimate love between a man and a woman was expressed, but they are willing to sacrifice that precious love for the sake of higher purpose/mission. That makes that man-woman love even more beautiful. (sometimes so deeply sad, too) There are so much deep emotion involved surrounding higher vision and sacrifice. I believe these are in Korean terminology called "han" (deep anguish, pain, grudge, sorrow, etc.) This, though, helps us to live our lives better by learning how to deal with our daily difficult situations, painful situations, with deeper heart, with higher vision to bring our "dream". This helps us to see our lives from some higher perspective.

This "dream" and the penetrating "vision" to achieve the dream is something powerful. This surely will help us to reflect on our lives and make some changes on them.

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