TWILIGHT: A Spiritual Interpretation

In the 2008 movie, "Twilight", based on Stephanie Meyer's best selling fictional Twilight series books, Kirsten Stewart plays Bella Swan, a high school junior who moves to the small town of Forks, Washington in the Pacific North West to live with her father who is the town Police Chief. She chooses to move in with her dad so that her mother can travel with her new husband. She is a quiet, introspective teenager who feels different from the local teens. She meets Jacob Black, played by Taylor Lautner, and they become fast friends. Jacob's heritage is Native American of the Quileute tribe in La Push, Washington.
Once in school, she encounters Edward Cullen, played by Robert Pattinson, who is a "vegetarian" vampire because he feeds on the blood of animals and not humans. Edward rescues Bella from a collision with a van and demonstrates inhuman strength. Then Bella realizes that Edward is a vampire after a conversation with Jacob, who is a shape shifter or werewolf. The ensuing story includes the two falling in love and Edward fighting his vampire instinct and desire to kill her.

"Forever Love" This matching anklet & 3D toe bling creation was inspired by the lasting love shared between Bella & Edward. It is perfect for the Mother/Daughter connection and is designed from a silver heart with red crystal center, white seed pearls, hematite hearts, aurora borealis Swarovski crystals, and sterling silver. The 3D toe bling is adjustable, and the anklet comes with an extender chain that can be adjusted to any length needed. Contact me or my Ishvara Jewelry facebook page for pricing and availability.

The idea of vampires and werewolves is spiritual because both are immortals. This parallels the eternal life of the Soul, the Divine, God, Buddha, the Creators of the Universe, or whichever name you prefer to use. Man has fantasized throughout the ages about these creatures in a quest for enlightenment. In these stories, we figured out the immortal part and then tainted it with evil such as in the vampire drinking the blood of humans. The evil is symbolic of man's ego, the mental overbearing part that criticizes, accuses, and blames.

With an open mind, we can see that Edward Cullen's family has set the intention, however difficult it may seem at times of instinct rearing its ugly head, to evolve away from entertaining the evil, egoic part of themselves and relishing in the Divine as protectors of human kind. And here we have the eternal battle between darkness and the light. Where there is light, the darkness cannot hide. So Edward's love for Bella enables him to save her life while drinking the toxins out of her blood, and by being able to overcome his bloodthirsty instincts.

This statement reveals what Edward believes to be true about him, that he is not good enough to be loved. It is part of his false belief system, which he acquired as a child or the early years of being a vampire. This belief is false because it does not reflect the Divine Self, inherent within each and every person. Rather, it reflects the ego, the judgmental part of himself or of someone close to him like a parent.

When we are young, we trust that what we hear from others is the absolute truth and we take on unhealthy thought patterns. These thought patterns become our internal remote control audios as we get older and we usually do not even realize they are playing. When we become quiet and centered we can feel that they are not our truth. With intent and focus, they can be replaced with a positive, life affirming belief system that feels good to hear inside our heads.

This is another example of Edward's false belief system. He is stating that he is guilty of evil deeds. He feels self-loathing and unacceptable. This is what the ego will attempt to tell you with increasing fervor once you set your intention to change your false belief system. The ego is uprooted and fights like a demon to gain control of your mind again. If you expect this to happen then you will not be surprised when it does happen. You will recognize it as false information, re-center with positive, loving thoughts and resume your wonderful feeling day.

Try a soothing visualization or picture a loving face (like that of your pet or child or best friend) in your mind to help your re-center.

Here Edward is explaining that he feels such love for Bella that he cannot deny it any longer. It is symbolic of the deep, pure love, which is at the heart of all mankind, of all the energies in the Universe. This love has been named agape and crosses all boundaries known to man. Thus, a relationship between a mere mortal woman and a vampire man is possible. It's far fetched, yes, but in the realm of love anything is possible.

Bella believes she is dying to save the life of her mother and she is willing to do so. The parallel to Jesus Christ is easily apparent because he sacrificed his own life for the life of mankind. Bella describes a peaceful trance that came over her in the moments before she presumed to be killed. This is similar to stories from people who have had close to death and out of body experiences. Most of these people have lead more spiritually enhanced lives once they recover from near death.

This statement describes addictive thoughts, including addiction to food, drugs, nicotine, alcohol, sex, caffeine, etc. These thoughts occur to block you from your true, loving inner Self. Once you give in to the addictive behavior, your senses are dulled and your body is separated from your spirit so to speak. You are disjointed, not whole.

Addictive thoughts begin with man's search for love. The person wants to experience inner love from the Divine, but instead seeks outside himself for the answer and ends up using substitutes to give a false sense of feeling "good". When the heart and body are pure of these substitutes, the experience of feeling "good" provides you with clarity, focus, understanding, forgiveness, and love. Your entire person vibrates at a higher frequency and attracts what you truly want in your life's purpose.

This statement reveals Bella's worst fears: fear of being alone and fear of death. These are the biggest fears that lie beneath most people's anger, revenge, guilt, and hate. This fear drives the ego's lies. When you deeply consider the topic with an open heart and mind, you will realize that the fear is unfounded. Nobody is alone because we are all connected on a spiritual level.

Try deciphering your anger the next time it rears it's ugly head. Why are you feeling so angry? Think about it and consider your past history then release it and feel your inner love by focusing on something positive in the situation.

Edward is torn in this statement because on one hand he wants to be with Bella for the eternal life of the vampire and on the other he does not want her to experience the dark side of being a vampire. He fears this will drive them apart.

I couldn't imagine being alive as I am now for centuries, much less eternity, could you? I would be watching history change while living in the dark recesses of life, ewww! Many stories are written of vampires that become bored with their unchanging lives. We incarnate into human forms specifically to learn life lessons and to evolve into master spiritual beings over the course of many, many lifetimes. Although at times this seems difficult and painful, this learning process is challenging, fun and exciting once you understand the big picture.

Ishvara Jewelry is a spiritually based jewelry design company located in Portland, Oregon of the Pacific North West. We are close to Forks, Washington, with the same topography and climate. We glean wisdom from the ancient trees to the East in the Gorge and to the West in the Cascades. The giant tree scenes in "Twilight" were filmed in the Gorge. While our town is much larger than Forks, we share a similar love for nature and our connection to it. Oregon is one of the most "green" states in the United States.

Our goal at Ishvara Jewelry is to illuminate every woman's inner beauty through her Divine connection with gemstones. Each gemstone vibrates at a specific frequency, which enables clearing of her chakras, thus healing on a subtle, energetic level. Once the ego's veil has been lifted by the gemstones, she is able to feel the deep, everlasting connection to all things from within. This provides the purest of all love, joy and positive manifestation toward her spiritual evolution in this lifetime.

The special bond between a Mother and her Daughter is related to the balance between feminine and masculine energies as well as pre-lifetime spiritual contracts. Masculine energy is described as directed, focused, logical, productive, goal-oriented and active. Feminine energy reflects our soft, tender and gentle side. It is creative, unstructured, and receptive and connects us to our intuition.

Most Mothers and Daughters have a predominance of female energy simply because they are women. A mother can demonstrate the positive aspects of feminine energy to her daughter and pass on the genetic material to support this. The Daughter can cultivate these principles and grow into her own, independent portrayal of femininity. When this happens, a strong, impenetrable bond between the two is formed. This bond is significant of spiritual connection and will last many unending lifetimes. It will connect their lifetime to the lifetimes that come before and after in a positive, healing way.

Before we enter into an incarnation or lifetime in the physical form, we gather with our spiritual group and determine our life's scenario including parents, background, history, relationships, and more. Many of our current family members have been in lifetimes with us before and have chosen to incarnate as our parent, sibling, or child in this lifetime. We have a deep, loving spiritual bond already with our family. If life lessons provide the intended learning and growth, we are able to develop strong, deep loving bonds between family members in this lifetime. Thus, the spiritual significance of the Mother Daughter relationship! It can be comforting, profound and very enjoyable.

Want to connect with the white light energy of Edward the vampire in the Twilight Series movies and novels? Then try this Hot new toe ring on for size.

~Stone Truth~ White represents clarity, wholeness and completion. Associated with openness and truth. Signifies the beginning of a new cycle in life.

Buy yours today at IshvaraJewelry.com!