If you have ever wondered what role your choices, love and free will have in shaping your destiny and romantic relationships, then you have gotta see Adjustment Bureau.
The movie stars Matt Damon, a rising politician who falls in love with a talented ballerina…
The only catch is that right after he meets her, an Angel comes to him and tells him that it is NOT part of the Chairman’s “PLAN” for Matt Damon’s character to see her again. The Angel explains to him that if he violates the plan, then there will be negative consequences for both him and the woman he has fallen in love with.
Matt Damon adamantly questions the Angel’s logic that his “plan” is set in stone and asks him:
“What about free will? All that I am is my choices!”
This sets the stage for a metaphysical love story where Matt Damon’s character spends the rest of the movie questioning whether he should follow some divinely orchestrated plan and never see the woman he fell in love with or if he should follow his heart and use his free will to chase after the woman of his dreams, even though the “PLAN” tells him not to.
This movie is very inspiring because it prods us to ask what role we have in shaping our destiny while simultaneously acknowledging that external forces beyond our control, whether that may be Divine Guidance, uncontrollable events or serendipity can have an influence on our life. However, this movie seems to be indicating that our choices and free will have a far greater effect on our life and romantic relationships than we may realize. If you are interested in getting direct advice and counseling on how to improve your relationships, please visit https://www.regain.us/advice/therapist/couples-therapy-cost-is-it-worth-it/ for more information.
More importantly, this movie suggests that while there may be some Divine Plan for us, our “Plan” is fluid and that there may even be multiple “Plans” for us depending on the decisions we make. We can change our “Plan” moment by moment through our freely made choices. Adjustment Bureau also seems to point out just how important it is to honor and act on what we believe in our heart to be true rather than just playing the part of a fatalistic puppet who is at the mercy of some preordained plan.
I really like this idea because I happen to believe that our lives can be shaped by serendipitous encounters, moments of grace where we feel a transcendent presence of love reaching out to us, and that it is even possible to receive inspired intuitions that can help us make life-affirming decisions. However, ultimately we are responsible for how we respond to these forms of external guidance. And, more importantly our response to these external forms of inspiration can then influence what seems to be some preordained plan beyond our control.
continues to touch people’s heart and soul year after year with its message of love. Many movie critics ripped it apart when it was released. But, it is arguably the most successful movie ever made. The director of the film, Frank Capra, believed in the inherent goodness of life and humanity. This was not easy considering his career as a filmmaker took place during the Depression and World War II. His belief that people are basically good inspires hope.
takes a courageous look at all aspects of our Spirit by showing the internal and external struggles of a troubled actor, Finn (Jsu Garcia) trying to make it in Hollywood. Throughout the movie Finn meets with an elderly man, Roger (Robert Easton), who helps Finn learn how to awaken to the insights of his soul.
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Jonas Elrod was leading an ordinary life until he woke up one day to a totally new reality. He suddenly could see and hear spirits of dead people, angels, auras and extraordinary energy fields.
I went to the theater with high hopes and low expectations: A movie about the afterlife from mainstream Hollywood? How much could I expect? I loved the movie. It was almost more than I could have hoped for: a solid cast, brilliant director, and understated realism. 
didn’t fall into the sensational traps that make stories about the afterlife either ridiculously spooky or impossibly sentimental. It was, like its subject, real. The leading characters encounter the ridicule and rejection that seem to come up whenever the subject of life after death is broached. So the millions of family members, hospice workers, and ordinary individuals who experience such phenomena keep silent, just as Matt Damon’s protagonist in Clint Eastwood’s film did. They keep the secrets to themselves.
