I selected Jonathan Livingston Seagull for our film criticism class when I was meditating on the beach and saw a bunch of seagulls flying smoothly and elegantly at the seaside. Then I thought of this film and watched it for the third time.
Jonathan symbolizes a special part in anyone of us, a sense of perfection and thirst for salvation. Jonathan is the driving force behind soaring in the sky and getting better and better. I deeply praise him for not comparing himself with others as an inevitability, pushing the limits, and going an extra mile to fulfill his goals and objectives, no matter what.
Jonathan combated his fear to get out of his comfort zone and become a genuine mentor or guru teaching others unconditionally to redeem themselves.
This inspiring film can teach us this principle that the limit is our imagination or thought. Jonathan was challenging himself all the time, and for this reason, he was getting stronger and stronger. The whole film is the antithesis of the English proverb, birds of a feather flock together, because he was considered an outcast simply because of thinking differently without harming any member of the flock.