Savia wrote:My two cents: the nature of the AT field. It is, as rightly pointed out, the "wall of the soul", what seperates Myself from Yourself and Everyone Else. It is the unpassable wall. Only the angels, the Eva / pilot pairings and Rei have the ability to manifest this wall on a macroscopic scale. Otherwise, the "light of the soul" is not visible. Without the field, everyone's consciousness melds into one- the LCL liquid that is the primordial soup from which all life began. This destruction of the AT field is the aim of Instrumentality.
Yup, the purpose was to break down these barriers so we can all be "happy" and "together." Without AT fields there is no hurt and whatnot. However, at the same time Shinji rejects instrumentality and chooses to live "real" life which I found uplifting. Glad we agree
.
savia wrote:The tech people in NERV describe the field in terms of an actual physical phenomenon- it has a corresponding "anti-field", produced by the production series Evas. Unit-01 is observed to 'synchronise' it's field with that of the 3rd Angel. Kaworu's field interacts with the physical world, "blocking out" electromagnetic radiation, subatomic particles, etc. It is the ultimate wall. Philosophically speaking, it could be said that the AT field exists in our world- in Eva, the difference is that it can be seen and measured.
Hey now, I said that earlier
. Basically the "ceremony" or whatever of instrumentality creates an anti AT field which causes us to go "pop!"
.
savia wrote:Episodes 25 and 26 talk at length about how there is "a Shinji Ikari within the mind" of each of the other characters. This is, philosphically speaking again, how we tell what we are like as human beings. We measure ourselves using everone else a yardstick. If you are 'tall' or 'smart' or 'rude', it is only in comparison to someone else. These comparisons, as well as the interactions of people whose souls are seperated by the AT field, is what leads to pain and suffering. Hence the Human Complementation Project, to end suffering, must break down the field.
Yes, in Episodes 25 and 26, we see the character in the center and everyone talking to them, like you said judging them and also us seeing ourselves through others eye (something about there are a number of Shinji's since there is one in each of our minds).
As you also said, this is what separates us via the AT field. As I have said earlier, the Hedgehogs Dilemna is the best analogy. The closer we get to each other, the high the possibility we can of hurting each other (and the hurt being worse). This the reason Shinji closes himself off since if you don't get close, you can't get hurt. However, if AT fields are broken down, we can all be happy. However, as I said, Shinji rejects this and chooses to live "real" life regardless of the pain that can occur. Instrumentality and Human Complementation Project would create happiness, but it's more of a fabricated happiness. True happiness is found in "real" life through our own efforts...or at least that's what I got out of the show.
Glad we see eye to eye.
