I just finished watching the first season of "Heroes" on DVD and was quite impressed with the story line, the character development and even some of the narration that tried to sum up the undercurrents of the story as a whole. Maybe the concluding narration mirrored most closely the sentiments of our current Western culture regarding the meaning of life:
"We dream of hope. We dream of change. Of fire, of love, of death. And then it happens. The dream becomes real. And the answer to this quest, this need to solve life's mysteries finally shows itself. Like the glowing light of a new dawn. So much struggle for meaning, for purpose. And in the end, we find it only in each other. Our shared experience of the fantastic. And the mundane. The simple human need to find a kindred, to connect. And to know in our hearts... that we are not alone."
While the last sentence may indicate that "we" as individuals may find the answer to our quest and struggle simply in each other and the way we connect, I'd personally like to think of that "we" also as the corporate "we" of mankind. Unless we all together are not alone, the hope to share and to connect may never see that dream and hope of finding true love and purpose beyond ourselves fulfilled. And what experience of the fantastic (and of the mundane as a gift as well) could be more profound than the experience of God?
