My thoughts and feelings about the world of Pandora

[apache_blanca]

Pandora is perfect because it is in balance. All creatures, from Atokirina to Thanators, live within the natural equilibrium. Even when a Na'vi dies, their dead bodies go to earth, & become food for plants, those for animals - & in the end for the future generations of Na'vi; the energy is returned, & the cycle completed. They respect the balance of life that Eywa maintains, and are part of it.

The Na'vi make tools, too, to compensate the lack of claws & fangs - but I imagine their tools can be naturally recycled, & I won't be surprised if a Na'vi says thanks to its knife for a long service before burrying it when it is, finally, broken.

Here on this poor planet we got carried away with making tools... & there are different sorts of predators here: accidents, gangsters, terrorists, corrupt governments etc. I prefer Pandora jungle to it - but if, imagine for a second, I had a chance to go there, I would prefer to get first into a friendly clan to learn their ways!

But going back to the OP, my inner feeling (when I see Pandora in Avatar or meditation) is exactly this: perfect.

Hey, I met - by mysterious ways of Eywa - a native Amazonian woman, who got a big piece of land in the jungle, so it is private, no one can touch it, & she wants to set up a study centre/museum for local cultures & botanics ('(Grace) literally wrote a book on Pandora plants - she likes them more than people!") When her webpage is ready, I'll post it. Her grandma still lives in a tribe, she is a full native. I would love to meet her

Originally Posted by allroock123

... few people are realy willing to dig deep enougth and truly ask "Why is this so ?" Why is Pandora seen as such a paradise ? Why do people reflect on the Na'Vi Life way presented in the film and find it so attractive ? Why do I have such deep strong feelings and emotions pulled too the surface after seeing this film ? What is the "true source" of these feelings and emotions ?,, Why will we listen to the voices of Na'vi, but not the voices of our own native peoples ? I beleve Cameron was trying to Build a Bridge of understanding as well as create an entertaining film ,....

I keep asking these questions ever since I saw this *just a movie* & still have Pandora Homesickness after what? three years? One answer I regularly get is 'Bridge the worlds together'. Heck I am trying to See Pandora on Earth, but ... ah well. It's a hard work!