In the 2016 Marvel Cinematic Universe film, Doctor Strange, the story starts with Kaecilius and his followers stealing the pages of a forbidden ritual that will summon Dormammu of the Dark Dimension, where time is non-existent. By summoning Dormammu, he hopes to attain eternal life. Kaecilius was once a devoted pupil of The Ancient One, a powerful sorcerer and practitioner of the mys in a secret compound in Nepal, but he nows sees The Ancient One as a hypocrite after learning that she draws power from the Dark Dimension.

Dr. Stephen Strange in an acclaimed but arrogant surgeon living in New York City. After a car accident, his hands shake and he feels broken but as a believer in modern medicine, he asks for help from every doctor he knows but they all turn him down. After hearing from someone who is able to walk again after spinal fracture, he finds The Ancient One in Nepal. The Ancient One initially rejects Strange because his arrogance reminds her of Kaecilius but later accepts him. We later find out that she foresaw her own death and wants Strange to replace her as the Sorcerer Supreme.

When Doctor Strange, Baron Mordo and Wong go to the Hong Kong Sanctum, they see the Dark Dimension already engulfing Earth. Strange goes to the Dark Dimension and before meeting Dormammu, he creates a time loop using the Eye of Agamotto. Dormammu kills Strange but the time loop starts again and again each time Strange is killed. Once Dormammu realizes he is caught in a time loop, he tells Strange that he will continue to die over and over again. Strange responds that that is alright with him, because everyone on Earth will live. Dormammu agrees to leave Earth if the time loop is broken and takes Kaecilius with him.

The conceptual limitation that Kaecilius, the supervillain, symbolizes is arrogance and the aspect of creation that Doctor Strange, the superhero, symbolizes is humility.

Strange always wanted to be the most important room in any room he was in. But as the Sorcerer Supreme, he would rather experience continuous death than allow for Earth to be overtaken by the Dark Dimension. By allowing himself to die over and over again so that humanity can survive, he now realizes that constant acclaim is not that important and what is important is using his gifts to serve humanity. He becomes a symbol of humility.

Kaecilius summons Dormammu so that he may receive eternal life in the Dark Dimension, even though Dormammu would conquer existence. Kaecilius is a symbol of arrogance because he believes his never-ending life is more important than the laws of nature and the laws of time. He says that time is an insult and death is an insult.

In this imagination story, you are guided to answer the question of “Who are you?” and be killed by Dormammu and repeat this process many times. By imagining yourself being killed by a being of greater power than you while you are recalling one of your self-identification beliefs, you are ending the separation caused by your self-identification beliefs. By ending this separation, you become connected with the larger Universe. You no longer wish to reaffirm your own self-identification beliefs but instead use your gifts for the benefit of society.

Upon completing this imagination story, you attain the spiritual superpower of humility.