“You have to understand – most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.”
- Morpheus, from The Matrix
I am stuck inside The Matrix. So are you. It wraps around us. We breath it in and out. But you have no idea what I’m talking about.
No, it’s not exactly the same as that Matrix movie. That movie got a lot right but there’s not a bunch of machines living off the body heat of humans.
They got one part right: we are imprisoned in our minds within an artificial reality known as The Matrix. Most people don’t call it The Matrix, though. The say “the world” or “reality.” But I like that term, The Matrix.
We are born into The Matrix. Born kicking and screaming into it! (We know we belong somewhere else.)
But we are trapped here, at least for a time. We don’t want to think about where we’re really going. You won’t stay in The Matrix forever. But he doesn’t want you to know that – the person that runs The Matrix. He’d rather you focus on yourself.
Every day The Matrix tries to bend our mind. It wants you to think about what stuff you can buy; what pleasure you can find today; how other people can help you get what you want. Anything other than what’s outside The Matrix.
But we will all leave The Matrix sooner or later – even he can’t control that part. That’s what this book says about it. But you don’t want to read about that, do you?
So many people going about their lives stuck inside this Matrix, not thinking about leaving it until it’s too late. It’s better to focus on yourself than think about this Matrix. Anything but to think about the Matrix.
So you watch television. Get into remodeling your home. Go buy another car. Go fishing. Play golf.
But ever so often, someone leaves The Matrix. Today and tomorrow, I’ll go to a ceremony for someone I knew who has left The Matrix. We’ll talk about his life, how well he served others and his family – and he certainly did that.
But we won’t talk about The Matrix. We’ll leave and go about our lives, refusing to think about the elephant in the room.
I’m not buying into it. I will continue to talk about leaving The Matrix. I will continue to read this book that lays it all out – how The Matrix was really a great place until we messed it up. I’ll continue to talk about it.
It takes a lot of mental practice not to get sucked into The Matrix. So I keep at it. But you don’t want to hear that, do you?
You need to get back to your computer.
You need to get back to buying that flat-screen television. Check the sports scores.
But The Matrix won’t last forever.
You will leave it.
Are you ready?
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