Whole Again

I read "The Great Divorce," by C.S. Lewis. Why because I watch LOST and everything that is referenced in Lost has roots. Its all relevant. They are clues.

The great divorce is an allegorical piece about heaven and hell. In the story, the narrator moves from hell to heaven on a bus. Everyone who has chosen to board the bus from hell to heaven has a chance to stay in heaven IF they divorce themselves from the "god" they have allowed to rule their lives i.e. grief, guilt, addiction, etc.. Even though guided by beings who have already achieved great joy and realize the folly of their previous "gods," nearly everyone visiting from hell refuses to let go of his or her baggage and prefers to return to hell.

The book is at most a two hour read and the parallels are significant.

If Losties (characters stranded on the mysterious island on Lost) are indeed dead, their struggle is with themselves and the baggage they carry. Why would Kate want to return to a world where she is a criminal, Jack to a world of disappointment, Sawyer to the life of a conman? Yet, these characteristics are what they are fighting so hard to return to.

Some of those who died on the island, Charlie, Nikki, Eko, all released their baggage and have now gone on to paradise. They had their addictions/evil deeds and confessed in some form on the island. If, indeed, the Losties are in between until each makes a decision, that would explain why no new children are born of inhabitants of the island.

The whispers are those who have gone on to paradise. Abbadon (Satan), a bad guy character in Lost, sent in his hench-woman to tempt people back to hell and that is why John Locke killed her. That is also why he asks Hurley if anyone else was still there-more for him.