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You\u2019ve probably heard about an important movie with spiritual implications that\u2019s based on a best-selling novel and made an impressive opening this past weekend. Only this one didn\u2019t have anything to do with lions or witches, though wardrobe was front-and-center.<\/p>\n

\u201cMemoirs of a Geisha<\/a>\u201d features a Chinese actress playing a Japanese character in an American author\u2019s fable from the fascinating and exotic geisha world of pre-World War II Japan. The tale is Cinderella-esque but with a more poignant d\u00e9nouement. The book<\/a> managed to stay on The New York Times bestseller list for two years. The lavish movie opened this past weekend to the third highest per-screen audience take of all time among non-animated movies, averaging $84,184 per screen in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Toronto. It opens in wider release this weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cGeisha\u201d is the story of a poor girl who\u2019s taken from her family to be a servant in a geisha house where she encounters perfidious rivalries that nearly break her spirit. As an adult she achieves the status of a gorgeous and powerful geisha, but the prestige of having the attention of society\u2019s most powerful men can\u2019t erase her desire for the man she truly loves.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s left with the dynamic questions that move from the reflective to the downright perplexing (especially if we\u2019re bold enough to ask them to ourselves):<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is my highest and best purpose in life?\u201d
\u201cWhat is most fulfilling to me?\u201d
\u201cWhat if what I really want is something different?\u201d
\u201cWhat if what I thought I\u2019ve wanted all this time isn\u2019t enough?\u201d<\/p>\n

For those willing to be engaged, \u201cGeisha\u201d poses the compelling questions of destiny vs. desire, achievement vs. attraction, and commitment vs. discovery–questions, in other words, that should weigh deeply on the hearts and minds of the authentic spiritual seeker.<\/p>\n

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