People Don't See It - Anthony Hopkins On The Illusion Of Life

I had a moment when I decided to change my

life

when I was little I dreamed where I am now and I remember telling my father one day I will show you certain moments in our

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we ​​receive little signs, little flashes. I may have had a vision I don't know well They told me it would be a failure They told me I wouldn't amount to anything I didn't have much hope but it all happened for me now maybe at that moment L I'll show you maybe that lit a spark, no I know, maybe something Divine sparked in me and I don't know how that happens, but that happened to me and from that spark, Anthony Hopkins has created one of the most iconic careers in the history of cinema since his career began. 74 years ago has racked up two Academy Awards, four BAA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Lawrence Oliver Award throughout his vast career in film, theater and television, there's something everyone can relate to. .

He has lived a life that one can only dream of and that is fitting. considering his deep philosophy that life is an

illusion

whether you are a Christian or believer or Catholic or Protestant Muslim or Hindu it is the same life is a dream and this is beyond religion or spirituality is that all this is a Mayan

illusion

because my life has been like this now I'm not sure where reality is, but when you look at our own lives, we don't know what reality is, we don't know what life is, we don't know what time it is, we could be dreaming. at this point we don't know, the self is a kind of fiction, none of it makes any logical sense on the left side of the brain to me, books have been written about it, Yung WR, that there is something in us that we deeply understand , this is how the human race is asleep, our entire history has been a dream.

Everything we see, our appearance is nothing more than a dream within a dream. It's a dream Within the dream, to quote Ed Galmo, the days of victory and the roses of a misty man are not long. dream a path emerges for a time and closes within the dream in this dream within a dream we call Life Hopkins credits something within us that extends far beyond all religions something that is always within us all but still it's so easily overlooked I think there is a higher Consciousness in all of us that we sometimes touch upon I don't know if I believe in anything, I mean I'm a deity but I believe whatever it is that we've been talking about for centuries , I think it is within us, I read someone.

I don't remember if it was in the Old Testament or I think it was a shaman maybe Carlos Gasta but the shaman said it was a drought the cattle were dying the

people

were dying in a desert and the shaman said build the ditches dig the ditches but the rain and they said it doesn't rain dig the ditches and the rain will come notable things have happened in my life just by wishing or asking for something for a little help if I can and I don't think it's not a I am agnostic. I guess there's some way you can help me or whatever and there's something inside of us that will respond.

I think, I really believe that we have to make our lives because life is hard, we have to believe in the power of life. Now you non-believers can say: Oh, that's nonsense. They believe what they want. That is the rational mind. I don't think the rational mind is working very well right now. It is the irrational mind. Subconscious The subconscious mind is a tool we can use to our advantage and is certainly one of the great mysteries of life, however Hopkins takes this a step further by expressing everyday existence as a profound miraculous mystery. All I know is that there is a bigger mystery in my life than I can understand, I don't know what.

I am, I am, I don't know where I come from, I don't know where I'm going, I have no idea what made me of my father, my mother, my grandfather, but Jerry, I don't know what it is, I have I have no idea, but I think There is something underneath this that is miraculous. I feel it every day as I get older. Anyway, it's all a miracle. I mean, my heart beats, my lungs breathe, that is an extraordinary phenomenon, an extraordinary phenomenon with all these years of delay. 82 My heart keeps beating. Mhm, as far as I know, my body is working.

I feel relatively sane, but what I do know is that I know nothing now. I have no idea why I have lived to such an age that I realize my knowledge is meaningless about myself. I am nothing that we are not special once you start believing in you know, terminal uniqueness, absolute specialness, then your life is not worth living because we are not special, we are just ashes in the end, that is the great freedom to me to quote. TS Elliot or Oden I have seen the moment of my greatness Flicker and I have seen the lackey Eterno hold my coat and Snicker and in short I was afraid that was the wonderful thing, oh God, you know there was a door that I didn't have. key there was a veil through which I couldn't see small talk for a moment about you and me and then nothing more about you and me that is the greatest spiritual ethic of all.

You know nothing if you are certain that you are dead certainty destroys

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Hitler destroyed 40 million people because he was sure Stalin destroyed millions of his own people certainty CU that he knew no one knows maybe then it is because Hopkins There is no certainty in life that you can live such an extraordinary life through this methodology of uncertainty with which you grow. Living in the present moment, when we stop remembering the past or seeking happiness in the future, we can fully embrace where we are. now, believe in the Life Force. My philosophy is to move forward, enjoy it, I just take it easy and think carefully about what will be.

I have one thing that helps me. What I'm saying today is that tomorrow I was so worried about yesterday. Tomorrow does not exist. The next hour. Does not exist. Everything is potential. I know people who live in the past. They just live there all the time talking about something that happened to them 30 years ago and then like zombies and I can't hang out with those people. I know them but I can't spend more than 5 minutes with them because I feel very guilty. about being happy when they feel so miserable because it's a you know, life is in session for so many years.

I thought life was a big rehearsal for a big event and someone in Los Angeles said Tony, this is the big event, life is in session, you know? He spent so much time thinking it's a rehearsal for the big event, the big red carpet in the sky, and it's not, and it's no secret, Hopkins' life has been a huge event; in fact, he recently accepted the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Joy Awards for his immense success. in the film industry despite his undeniable success, he is cautious and does not let his ego get the better of him during his speech about his life achievements, he said at this point in my life I am simply happy to wake up in the morning and realize that I'm still So how do you explain the fact that you reached the pinnacle of your craft?

I have no idea, like I say, I can't take credit for anything. You see, the ego is the most dangerous part of us. The ego is the enemy. You have to have some. a little to keep moving but you let that get out of control then you have the monster of power you see them in the newspapers every day the corruption of corporations greed power the belief that they are gods I know people who can't communicate they have bodyguards around them, you know, and they have an entourage and no one is allowed to talk to them, well, okay, if that's what they want, but it's a terrible life.

I think CU, you can't, you can't function, you can't function and that's the way it is. all about the ego the most powerful force is the ego and it is a killer, you need it, it is the strawberry under the chair that keeps you going, but you have to be in control of it and constantly be on guard against it, it you know, and don't make demands, but make requests and um be respectful, I think that's it and if I'm cruel or disrespectful to someone I'm going to pay the price for it, so I've learned over the years slowly and I'm a sinner like everyone else.

I have learned over the years to respect people to be kind and if I am angry about something good, I am angry because I am only a human being and a remarkable human being, he is, he has proven to be not only a successful actor but also a deep source. Of wisdom there is something we can all learn from the immense intellect of Sir Anthony Hopkins who