Clairvoyance is a developed art. It can be taken away by God or practiced and learned to use for the good of God's kingdom. It is obvious that the writer director, M. Night Shymalan, who also did The Sixth Sense, either has some level of this gift himself, or has gotten counsel from someone who has developed clairvoyance.
Having developed such a gift, one begins to wonder why God lets us see what He lets us see, for often the seer finds out that they really don't like what they are shown. In this film, through psychic powers, the evil lurking within is seen and some of the bad guys are eventually caught by the good guy, David (Bruce Willis) who is "unbreakable" to a very high degree because, although the story doesn't say it, the soul is protected by God. The villain, Elijah (Samuel L. Jackson), was "breakable" from birth, which meant that his destiny was to be a protector of the innocent using his mind, as David was through his physical strength. Unfortunately, the breakable soul, who had progressed his own disease, became distorted in his mind, and any kind of distortion in mind causes continued disease and eventual madness and death. He too could have been like the David character; he could have done more for humanity because of his greater developed mindal experience. Continuing Fifth Epochal Revelation would call Elijah a starseed as opposed to the David character, seen to be a first-light soul or Urantian. The movie could have done without the scene where David saves two children whose parents were already murdered by the madmen who he brushed against at the stadium where he worked as a security guard and foresaw the evil within him.
The story was well-written. It keeps you on the edge of the seat of your mind–where you definitely need to be if you're going to understand this movie. The film is not for the typical Bruce Willis fan who wants blood and guts and shoot-em-ups. There is disappointment in the end, because you always want to give evil the benefit of the doubt and want to see the best come out in all people. It is sad when they turn out to be iniquitous souls. God does not destine souls for iniquity. He destines all souls for goodness, truth, and beauty. Poor choices not only turns us off from clear sight, or clairvoyance, but it also turns us off from true love, which gives freely and demands nothing in return.
~Van of Urantia*MPAA = Motion Picture Association of America
