The Principles Inside the Lion King Movie

From a real life angle

Let’s get right into this! This will be fun! A lot of us grew up with adults giving us “lessons” from the Lion King movie story. I am here to bust the bubble they all put over our heads. I wish I was not manipulated like that. Look at the picture above. Just look at that creature.

Anyways, I have watched lion documentaries from National Geographic and many others. The movie The Last Lions was a freaking tearjerker! I just realized this past week how the “principles” I was taught about the Lion King were just wrong and infantile at best. That agitated me, that parents really find something good to talk about in it.

I have a passion for personal, professional, and family development. I don’t have time for inhaling garbage. I want to give you gold! And here it is!

There are no life principles in the Lion King. It is a How-To-Not book. There are no Christian Values in the Lion King, either. Parents, please stop. For the love of God, don’t waste your children’s time.

There are two things that happen in the Lion King — and only two things.

1. Mufasa is not a real lion

2. Simba’s dead — like father, like son.

Any questions?

The following are the true life lessons of the Lion King. Once you read this, watch the Last Lions Documentary, too. You will find the key of life in that documentary if you are paying attention. What that mother lion has is godly! Pure gold. When you see the cover, you will know it is the right one. Do NOT watch it with kids, please. It’s too real; you will crush their childhood brain.

But —

The lessons are NEVER too early!

Lesson One:

Excommunication

Male lions are territorial. Strong male lions need to kick out other males (for the most part) who seem to not be submissive to their leadership. Human men would be the ones to complete this task. They will fight and the loser will make a choice. There’s a hundred reasons why they get tossed out. Scar, in the Lion King, would have been one of the ones eaten by hyenas or prairie dogs, killed by the males, or fled. Those are the only choices in REAL lion kingdoms.

Another side note: There are prides with only two males, as Mufasa and Scar could have represented. But, Scar wanted the crown, so that still would not have worked and Mufasa would be a lone territorial lion. Not good.

Male lions will ambush other males in the middle of the night and annihilate them. 4 males on 1, 7 females on 1— nature doesn’t care. A lot of “kings” who have been dethroned and who did not die, sat and starved themselves to death. I think a lot of women have identified with that statement — they feel their husbands are in that mindset, the quitting mindset (that’s an easy fix, it’ll require sacrifice, but it’s doable). But, real males would have killed Scar, injured him and left him for the hyenas, or Scar would have ran.

Side note: Mufasa would have had more scars than Scar. You know what I’m saying, ladies? You want those Spartans. Scars mean they were victors or mere survivors, but they did not die. Victors are men with scars and are still warriors. Survivors are medically retired soldiers by accident or lack of training.

So, Mufasa was a crap king and leader in comparison to all male lions who lead a pride in actuality. Do you want fiction principles or raw ones? Mufasa freaking died! He did not get a scar and survived and he sure as heck did not have scars and walked in victory. No, Scar killed him… You don’t kill kings, kings kill you.

Mufasa ran into the buffalo, yes. That was a fluke on the writer’s part. A leader doesn’t go back and forth, from losing to winning his kingdom. At least not in statistical significance.

Large male lions who are too old will lose, yes (more so, they will give up the crown instead of dying), that’s common sense, thank you for pointing out common sense. Very intellectual in the observation — that old crusty lions are not strong anymore. Remarkable revelation and keen sense of life. That reminds me. I’m adding a really neat story at the end about a wolf pack.

The principle again: EXCOMMUNICATION. This is a biblical principle and a male principle. When other males try to obtain our place come along, women will not fight them off — that is true for human women, too, for the women who are not truly linked to a man for life, but has a weak link. However, when I verbally leave those men for the hyenas, snap a leg, or have run them off, just know that is a male trait of kingship. Don’t get mad, ladies. They had no reason to say “hi” to you or you to them, aside from them trying to take my place and you giving space to create division. Leave with them if you want. Leave for a man who f’s up marital covenants and pretend he will change for you (you, as someone who left theirs for a loser). If you read my last article about male friends, you know I am not stupid enough to fall for that BS. If a male does not want my place, they have an issue — developmentally. Or, that says something about my girl, and it’s a red flag. Or, we are brothers who are building a large pride (no, women, your guy friends are not my brothers). Make no mistake, my covenant will always be more important than brothers. I’m still a male lion and they can’t have you. Sorry brothers, but you are not pretty and pop babies out.

Teach your child how to excommunicate or they will be a GD Mufasa and Scar will take his family. And teach your daughters how to find — well, I can’t use a a movie character because there were no men… Um, we’ll just say a real man who has won battles and has wisdom and understanding.

Christians: When Scar takes over, that is called “Egypt”. That is called, “Not God’s design”, “you lost the land God promised you”, or “You should have bought an AR”. For women and children, Egypt is hell, their worst nightmare. For men, Egypt will infuriate you by what you will witness, but have no strength to change anything. Pray all you want. As you are praying for God to give you favoritism, think of Congo; maybe you will realize you are just selfish and not a male lion of a pride, but a lone lion.

Good will rule or evil will. You pick. But, if you were men, you never would have ended up in Egypt. After Egypt, you will have to spill real blood to obtain back what you screwed up. So, don’t lose what God gave you or you will pay to get it back — if you are lucky God will let you win it back. But, more than likely it will be your grandchildren (well, not your biological grandchildren. Lions kill other male’s offspring). If you’re American, you’ll just be priveledged and call 911.

Lesson Two:

The Lone Male Lion

The lone male lion is usually smaller than pride lions. They don’t eat big game usually. They can’t hunt as well as a pride, their tactics suck. They have never fought for territory and won. When he shows up to fight for a pride, some of the huntresses remained asleep. They are quitters. Women don’t want them. If women give them a chance, they will be creeped out by them. Nala, or whatever her name was, just gave Simba a male jolt of testosterone for the first time. That will make males fight, yes. And Simba dies, foolishly, as Nala just moves on like nothing happened (women… ha-ha!). Even wolves who are solo will be smaller and more pathetic. I’m not saying small men are pathetic, please stay on point or ask questions before putting words in my mouth. I am using the term “pathetic” as in “not a winner of their ANIMAL species, psychologically.”

It is known that single men die less healthy, than married men — even if the marriage sucks. Look it up. Lone lions, lone wolves, all crap. Simba — crap. Took after his father. As my pastor, Whitman Toland says, “what walks in fathers, runs in sons.”

Scar was not the little weirdo anymore. Still a horrible leader, but strong. He would have been a large territorial lion with all the females. Simba would have been cut to shreds by all the younger males Scar would have had that were a couple years younger than Simba.

To teach anything good about Simba is to teach your child witchcraft. Just pray and show up and boom all the women fight for you when you have shown them nothing except your gender, but you’re a king! YAY!!! WOOHOOO!! No development needed. One day you are eating bugs, the next day you are legislating — because, stupid. Just magic. Summon Harry Potter!

Do not confuse Jesus with Harry Potter. Jesus was a king. For Jesus to walk on a fisherman’s boat in His time is like us walking up to a bike club today. Jesus walked onto the boat while they were cleaning. Do you know history? Do you how long it took to clean all the gunk off those boats and scrub the nets back then? Anyone touches your boat, you hit them with a large piece of wood over the head. Especially if you did not catch anything! No fish, no food for your family that day. Jesus walked up on that boat with authority and with fishing experience or sheer gifted wisdom! Jesus’ masculinity was attractive. People in Jesus’ time would not have followed a passive man. That’s why the Pharisees hated Him — His ability to influence.

Simba had no development. He had no mentor. AND no, “visions” are not mentorship — especially by someone who lost. There is no “me and Jesus” crap. Jesus designed Ephesians 4:11 (apostles, prophets, teachers, pastors, evangelists) to build and EQUIP the people. I don’t mean the little titles, I mean a spiritual gift. “Me and Jesus” will result in me dead.

There is your Lion King lessons: Do not go back to Egypt — women will not enjoy it. And magic is not real.

Develop your men. Or they will die (also observed by the men who stalk women, manipulate, narcissism, guy friends, etc.).

How awesome would the Lion King have been if Mufasa was a real lion? Imagine all the little men that it would have created? What a great world. A world where people highlight greatness.

One can dream…

Anyways, here’s some good male development:

BONUS

Wolf Pack:

I’m not sure the lesson in this, but one of you might get insight into it and I’d love to hear it!

There was a video documentary of a wolf pack. In this specific situation that was documented by helicopter, the male wolf pack leader begins to bolt in a direction — I mean bolt! One by one, the wolves followed. The wolves more trusting of the leader left first. You could tell the wolves were confused at the behavior of the leader. But, you seen the true colors of each of the wolves by the order they left. After literally miles of sprinting, they come to a pond. The leader calmly walks over to a buffalo and drinks beside him. The wolves who were strong and followed first got to see this. The others missed it. After the drink, the Alpha Male looks at the buffalo. There were other buffalo in the area who peered on. In a moment of nature and unspoken communication, the other buffalo began to jog back to the herd after what could be perceived as defensive behavior. The Alpha Male and the several wolves who made it in time, watched the buffalo lay down in front of them as a sacrifice or it knew he could not move on with the herd anymore. It turned out to be an old buffalo who freely gave himself.

Now, how did the Alpha Male know? This buffalo was a couple miles away.

It was male development. It was a sense that runs in leaders with massive experience. A real leader is someone you WANT to follow, someone you desire to follow.

So, I am curious on if someone got any spectacular revelation about the situation? This was a magnificent once-in-a-lifetime nature catch. Raw life.

Footnote: In wolf packs, as spoken by a National Geographic wolf tracker (forgot his name), there are Alpha Males & Alpha Females in ALL healthy wolf packs — a mother and a father of equal headship. Grammatically that makes sense, too. If there was only one Alpha, you wouldn’t say “Alpha Male” or “Alpha Female”. So, saying “alpha male” is showing that someone is just identifying their gender (as if we did not already know), or they have no idea what they’re talking about — unless, someone wants to challenge a 30-year wolf tracker. I mean, it’s your life, I’m just in it. You do you. This same guy actually followed a single wolf pack for 10 or 12 years. He got to see the pups become mature adults and lead. He said the larger the pack, the healthier — I wonder if that corresponds with human families, ha-ha!! I’m joking. But, am I?

Who’s got the grit to raise a wolf pack?