Spoiler Alert!
"Listen."
The Fundamental Truth Disclosed
in Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day”
Essay from July 2026 edition of "Loving Intention Connection"
Whether the topic of aliens and what the government may be doing to suppress this information from the public interests you or not, Steven Spielberg’s recent release, “Disclosure Day” is a wild ride. If you have seen the movie and have read reviews, you’ve probably noticed how polarizing it has been in terms of people loving it or hating it.
After seeing it last week, I have been listening to a variety of podcasts about it. Yesterday, I listened to “Sound, Light, and Frequency” and one of the hosts made an interesting point. He said that he attended the movie with a group of seven other people and has a theory based on the division of the group’s responses. His theory is that whether or not a movie-goer loved it or hated it was directly tied to the expectations that they had going into the film. Those knowing little about it, generally left loving it and those expecting actual disclosure of government secrets were among the most disappointed. I scoffed when I heard that last bit, wondering who would expect that from a work of fiction? And then, just as quickly as that judgment came upon me, I remembered that there IS a fundamental truth about our reality being disclosed in this film.
If you haven’t yet seen the movie and plan to, this is where you should pause and come back to this later, because I am about to spoil the ending and what kind of friend would I be to do that without fair warning?
So now that it’s just those of us who have seen the movie, what was your interpretation of the ending? Did you love it, hate it, find it confusing?
Let’s talk about it:
The two protagonists, Daniel and Margaret, were both abducted as children and were imbued with special skills to be activated in the future when the time was right. At the time of their abduction, the two did not know each other, but found one another as disclosure day became imminent. Daniel was provided with the knowledge that the language of the universe is math based and therefore, was able to serve as translator for the extra-terrestrials. Margaret’s skill was profound empathy. This lit me up inside because with true empathy comes an understanding that we are all one. There is no separation. With this skill, she was able to walk in and out of dangerous situations by looking into another person’s eyes and into their heart. Doing this, she so fully connected with the love in their hearts that when they looked at her, she appeared to have transformed into the person they loved best. She literally shined away the darkness with love by being directly tapped into the unified nature of the collective consciousness, and by doing so was able to escape all manner of fearful situations. This ability also allowed her to speak other languages. At the onset, neither character fully understood what was happening and the occurrences were erratic and confusing. (Sounds a little like life on earth, doesn’t it?)
At the end of the movie, as all of the previously hidden footage is being disclosed around the world on live television, a living alien is wheeled onto the set to give its message to humanity, Daniel receives the message and relays it to Margaret. Empathetic Margaret is glowing with understanding and love, as she shares the simple message, “Listen.”
FADE TO BLACK
Wow. I’m pretty sure that I quietly but emphatically said aloud in the movie theater, “Yes!”
Listen? Yes, please! Because what is required for true, active listening? Empathy. To be truly empathic means to be able to put yourself into another person’s shoes, to connect with their emotional experience. Empathy is a bridge for love.
Love. Double-yes, please.
In our truest divine nature, the one that we have forgotten, we are love and we are one. The collective consciousness doesn’t just apply to humanity. The collective consciousness is the consciousness throughout all of creation. Aliens included. Weird, right?
Now that is not to say that I expect E.T.s to show up singing kumbaya. I expect that all of life in this universe is experiencing the same duality of fear and love, and we see what a mess that can be. I just find it fascinating that this beautiful universal truth is the real disclosure in this movie.
Early on, when Margaret has no awareness of what is happening to her, she is on live TV and begins speaking in this universal math language of clicking noises. Daniel sees a clip and due to his understanding of the universal math code language, hears it as if she is speaking English. This first message is, “Don’t be afraid of what you don’t know.”
Fear is the forgetful-making shadow that befalls us in order to convince us that this human experience is more real than our divinity. Not only does that fearful voice inside of us get in our way, but it’s also how governing powers, both religious and political, have kept us from collectively recognizing just how powerful we actually are. When (not if) Love rules this planet, when taking care of one another is second-nature to each and every one of us, when we realize the creative power of our own thoughts, this world will be transformed.
In the meantime, please pass the popcorn and shine that glorious, curious, joyful, empathic, loving, playful light of yours.
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