We Are Supermen

We are Supermen! In my last post I was reminiscing about childhood memories (positive ones) and listening to theme songs from my favorite childhood films - Raiders of the Lost Ark and Supermen. I idolized both of the heroes of the film, and fell madly in love with their theme songs. I remember feeling all powerful while imagining the theme song and running around pretending like I'm Superman, or Indiana Jones.

It occurred to me that Superman is a great allegory for what we are, who we are forced to become. We are forced to become Supermen, or die.

How do I see this? (I'm listening to the theme to Superman right now as I type this - here is the youtube link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9vrfEoc8_g )

Our home planets were destroyed by disaster (our childhoods were ripped apart from us).

We had no identity (we are aliens), and we're forced to hide (Clark Kent) behind a self imposed veneer of ridicule and shame and embarrassment. We stumbled around mankind attempting to awkwardly fit in by mimicking others. Interestingly, we're seekers of the truth (news reporters @ the Daily Planet).

But we discover, sooner or later, that we have super powers. We have incredible insight. Incredible empathy. Incredible understanding of the depths of the human soul. We'll see things about humanity that most people will never see (X-ray vision).

Unfortunately, we must battle all these evil creatures, and endure through them. We must fight, we must be Supermen. It is our destiny.

I proudly claim this as my own heritage. I AM SUPERMAN!

I Survived Hell. My little one made choices the resulted in my SURVIVING. I'm alive, and now I'm waking up to who I really am. The incredible stregnth, the incredible passion, the incredible insight. 

I spent most of my life thinking I wasn't human. I was sub-human. Now I'm starting to see it -- because of my abuse, I am destined to become a Superhero.

I forged through the depths of hell alone, and came out ALIVE! I'm HERE! I somehow navigated through the psychological labyrinth of mayhem and confusion and can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I CAN CHANGE! I HAVE POWER!

I AM SUPERMAN! (YOU ARE TOO!)

PS: I wonder now if the creator of Superman had abuse and its affects on a human being in mind when he created the idea of Superman the Hero. For me, its turning out to be a perfect analogy, and extremely beneficial to visualize and meditate on.


-Magellan-