The 1993 film “Groundhog Day” with Bill Murray is a fun movie with many lessons for the seeker of enlightenment. The first few minutes show the character and personality of the egotistical meteorologist Phil Connors before his transformation.

The opening scenes allow Murray’s character to begin teaching the first law of attraction lesson the film offers. Murray’s character is assigned to cover the Groundhog Day festivities for the fourth year in a row and he obviously hates it. He doesn’t want to go. He talks about how stupid the event is and expresses his desire to end it as quickly as possible and go home.

The story shows Murray’s character reliving Groundhog Day over and over again. The first lesson is, “What you resist, persists.” Groundhog Day, Murray’s character, really lingers for the rest of the movie as he keeps reliving the same day.

The weatherman goes through what some seekers might call the long night of the soul. The pain is so great that he tries to commit suicide several times, but he keeps waking up the next morning and it’s Groundhog Day all over again. Like many who go through this phase on the path to enlightenment, nothing seems to help.

As he relives the same day over and over again, Murray’s character always knows what’s about to happen. He knows when the road will close, when a disheveled tray of food will be dropped, and even when a child will slip and fall out of a tree. This is the way many people live their lives. They just go through the motions as they go to the same job every day. Events tend to lose their uniqueness.

For many of us, life is too fast. We are so busy surviving, making a living and caring for our loved ones that we are unable to look inside ourselves. For the weatherman, life has slowed down to a pace where he can determine exactly what he wants in life.

Throughout the film, Murray’s character transforms from a selfish, self-centered jerk to a man who genuinely cares about others. He realizes that his coworker, Rita, has been that kind of person all along. The meteorologist embarks on a journey of self-improvement to become Rita’s perfect man. Eventually, Murray’s character is aware of everyone who needs help and spends the day helping them.

During the night of his last Groundhog Day, Murray’s character hugs Rita and tells her, “No matter what happens tomorrow or the rest of my life, I’m happy now because I love you.” With those words, the weatherman has activated the law of attraction.

He had decided what he wanted and took all the inspired steps required for his transformation. Now, finally, she’s gotten over the frustration and even the agony of reliving the same day. She declared his happiness and released her attachment to what he wanted. She declared that he would be happy no matter what happened next.

Murray’s character declared his happiness and in doing so sent his positive vibes out into the universe. Those positive vibes match what he wanted with all his heart from him at that moment. When the vibrations matched, the weatherman finally pushed off along with Rita into the next day. and the beginning of the rest of their lives together.