Blue or the red pill?
Sometimes, I have to remind myself that I’m attached to the image that isn’t the real me. It’s so easy to get lost in all the facades of existence in the matrix.
I believe that soul cannot extinguish, and it can, simultaneously because we have to let go of everything when the time comes. So attachment to an image of what appears in front sometimes is just an illusion.
I have to remind myself, like Neo, that I am a creature of multi-dimension. And can exist in different realms simultaneously while having a thoroughly everyday life but a much more complex, vibrant life within that.
Blue pill or the red pill?
Red Pill = Truth escaping the matrix
Blue Pill= Continue existing in the matrix
Matrix= Rules which are there for us to follow to exist in a community.
It is hard to pick the red pill when all you know is about the Blue pill.
In the movie matrix, the Analyst (villain) tells Neo that everything he has been through is just an illusion and that Neo cannot fly anymore. Neo is trapped by his mind. His past is a distant memory and a forgotten dream. He needed one person to believe in him and remind him of his greatness.
The character Bugs offers Neo the freedom and the opportunity to do that exactly. Bugs tells Neo that she saw him flying and that’s how she was able to escape the matrix.
The storyline of the matrix movie fascinated me and it brought me here to write about it. It struck a chord while watching the movie.
I also needed Bugs in my life who believed that I could do the things again that I had done and forgotten about it, for reasons I cannot comprehend.
During the holidays when I went to the Berkshires to meet my Sensei, I hadn't met him for the longest time, and to be there in his presence was a familiar comfort. I told him that living in Berkshires felt like another lifetime. He said it was in another lifetime. At that moment I felt the time shift with a whiff of sadness. Like Neo, I saw my old self who wasn’t me anymore. A version of myself that had my shell. My mind had a peek at what the karmic thread represented. I, an individual perceived both past and present life in a moment.
We need people like Bugs in our life to remind us of our glorious days. And how we maneuvered through the impossible to reach somewhere bigger than us.
And choice. A beacon of hope, towards freedom and escaping the matrix.
I still have the privilege of having someone like that in my life at present. A privilege to have someone who keeps reminding you of your greatness and helps you bring your vision into reality. Believes in a purpose. That’s why it’s crucial to have good people around for reasons more than one.
