The Matrix Part Two
Yesterday I began talking about something mentioned in The Matrix and got a little off tangent. I apologize for that. It’s beginning to become a bad habit of mine.
Back to the main topic:
In the Matrix trilogy – the second movie, I believe – there is a conversation in which it is said that, basically, humans as they are could not tolerate paradise, heaven, Eden, whatever you would like to call it. Humans define their lives through their suffering.
Is this true? What does it mean for humanity? What does it have to do with spirituality?
Simplified, what your answer is to the first question could just be a matter of whether you are an optimist or pessimist. That’s simplifying it quite a bit, but it works.
With a world with such emphasis put on hard work and working to earn what you need, it’s easy to say that it is true. However, in the past decades, we have shifted into such a world of haves and have-nots that a life of hard work get truly get you nowhere.
So do we truly define ourselves through our suffering or is that merely the biggest label we have been given to define ourselves with?
What does this have to do with spirituality? Think of the mind maps. With the mind mapping you are trying to figure out the inner, subconscious beliefs and where they come from. Now, if a small group of ‘big haves’ in the world are telling you that you have to work hard for your whole life, told your parents that, told their parents that…
If you haven’t seen The Matrix trilogy, I recommend you give it a try. If you can watch it and take a step further into the area of critical thinking, you might just start thinking of some interesting possibilities when it comes to the source of what makes you, you.
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