The Fractal Genius of THE SHINING | A Film That Captures the Expanding Patterns of Reality

The Shining is one of the greatest horror films of all time: not just because it tells a great story, but because it exposes the depths of human life, addressing psychology and alcoholism alongside the mysteries of the supernatural, blurring the lines between family dynamics, class conflict, and metaphysical questions like the nature of time and being. The failure of rationalism fosters a crisis of morality. The nature of evil and innocence are seen in the light of assimilation and the loss of self vs. the individual who acts on his own responsibility. The way we act shapes the way we PERCEIVE the world itself. A man comes to delight in the very things which once horrified him; a family you might encounter in daily life will find themselves reliving history. SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Instagram:   / empire_of_the_mind   Facebook:   / empire-of-the-mind-102111168633434   Twitter:   / _empireofmind   RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/c-1405986 PATREON:   / empireofthemind   Email: [email protected] CHAPTERS 00:00 3:51 Telling a Story by Seeing Into the Future 11:16 Father & Son Walk the Same Path 17:19 A Man Becomes a Kipling Poem 27:53 How Desire Changes a Man 38:01 Evil Masks Itself & Throws a Party 48:20 Salvation and Self-Sacrifice 52:36 Suffering Is the Key to Understanding Reality 57:52 The Nature of Evil: Imitation, Assimilation, Incoherence 1:12:54 Innocence: The Power of Becoming Like a Child 1:18:06 Fractal Patterns: The World Is a Story of Imitation