Collective Awakening: We Are Unbreakable

M. Night Shyamalan's trilogy, Unbreakable, Split, and Glass, is not just cinema: it is a mirror of humanity in these times. Beneath the guise of superheroes, a profound message awaits: we are not broken, we are in transition towards our true greatness.

In Glass, there is a line that resonates as prophecy: Believing in oneself is contagious. We give each other permission to be superheroes.

This is the key. Awakening was never a solitary act. It is a domino effect. When one person remembers what they truly are, it ignites a spark in others. Self-confidence does not remain confined within a single body: it vibrates, expands, reflects. The true superpower is not just personal, it is collective.

This is precisely why those who prefer a sleeping humanity work so hard to keep us distracted, divided, polarized, convinced of our smallness. Asleep, we are easier to program, to pit against each other. But when we embody our gifts and recognize that our neighbor also carries the extraordinary within, something shifts. We become impossible to manipulate. Not through resistance, but through remembrance.

One of the most moving moments of the saga occurs when Mr. Glass teaches the Beast to embrace a purpose.

Until then, the Beast was raw force, instinct without direction, animal power that instilled fear. But Glass, with his fragile body and visionary mind, whispers another truth: Your purpose is to protect the broken.

That instant changes everything. It is no longer about power for power's sake, but about strength in service of something greater. The Beast ceases to be a monster and becomes a guardian. Trauma ceases to be chaos and becomes a mission. The wound ceases to be shame and transforms into a wellspring of compassion.

This is the perfect metaphor for what happens within us: when we align our inner potential with a sacred purpose, we stop wandering aimlessly and become immense, luminous, invincible.

Each film in the trilogy carries a specific revelation.

Unbreakable reminded us that the extraordinary dwells within the ordinary, that the hero we seek has always been here, hidden in plain sight.

Split showed us that what is broken can become a seed of evolution, that our fractures may contain dormant powers waiting to be integrated.

Glass proclaimed that this remembrance is contagious: when one person ignites their gift, others begin to remember theirs.

Together, the three films form a map: individual recognition, personal integration, collective ignition.

The message is clear: no one awakens alone.

Individual awakening is the first spark, but collective awakening is the bonfire that transforms an era. We are mirrors of each other. When a brother embraces his sensitivity as a gift, he shows us that we can do the same. When a sister heals her wound and turns it into guidance, she opens a path for others. When someone uses their strength not to dominate but to protect, they inspire the entire community to rise.

Mr. Glass declared in his final moments: Whoever these people are who don't want us to know the truth, today they lose.

They lose because the truth can no longer be hidden. We are more than what we were told. We are stronger than the structures that sought to divide us. We are seeds of the divine, destined to awaken each other until all of humanity remembers what it always was.

 Myriam V.