whats the matrix?, page 1

It seems like it's that corrupt system we are trapped in, keeping us under control, a huge and complex system that is preventing us from unleashing our full potential and truly be free...

"The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around. What do you see? Business men, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still part of that system, and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand that 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

There is also the fact that pretty much all of humanity is unaware that we are actually living in a multidimensional Universe, and many of the systems of control that are components of the Matrix are actually originating from these other dimensions, stuff like frequency fences, dark energy grids, agents in higher dimensions, etheric cables plugged into people, beings from other worlds using humanity as a source of energy, etc, etc...

"We think we live in a "world". In fact we live in a frequency range. That's all it is. We are trapped in a frequency range and therefore trapped in an illusion. This is what the well-known movie calls the Matrix.

The "world" we see around us is merely the tiny fraction of multi-dimensional infinity that our physical senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste can access. The physical world we perceive is like a radio station and our physical senses are tuned to its frequency. So that is all we see. But all around us are the other frequencies or densities of infinite creation -- the ones that "science" has denied exist. They are all around us on frequencies beyond the range of our physical senses. These are the frequencies that can be seen and heard by animals, like cats, when they react to apparently "empty" space, and dogs when they hear sounds far higher than we can. Newborn babies also react to "empty" space until their senses are imprisoned by conditioning. These are the frequencies accessed by true psychics -- the oracles of the ancient world -- who can raise their vibration to tune into these unseen realms."

-- David Icke, "Children of the Matrix"

In my case, I also see many other things as being part of the Matrix, such as corrupt governments, this criminal organization that infiltrated several parts of our society (what some people call the Illuminati), organized religions, the education system, media control, the alien cover-up, mind control projects (MKULTRA, Project Monarch, etc), HAARP, ELF stuff, chemtrails, several kinds of drugs and chemicals, secret underground bases, etc, etc... All kinds of things that are part of this system that many call the Matrix.

Anyway, here's a good link if you want to learn more about that kind of stuff: archive.tc...

Not sure if anyone has already mentioned this, it is a long thread and I haven't read it all. Sorry, it is the rush of excitement I get when I think I can contribute.

The 'matrix' is based on Plato's allegory of the Cave.

I have provided a link to a little diagram that gives a potted description.

As a philosophical concept it works equally well for blockbuster sci-fi movies and any other example of the unwillingness / inability of those who do not know better to accept a reality far different to what they think they know - Perfect for this site and its readers who have taken the red pill (to coin a phrase)

Plato's allegory of the cave

enjoy!

reply to post by Jedi Knight

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Rather than living in a physical matrix (i.e. illusion), we live in a mental/psychological one...

As long as one believes, looks for, and enforces the thought that one is not in control of their own reality, one will be in this matrix.

If you are experiencing pain and distress, your leaders are not the problem...

It's you.

There is a good line in this trailer that speaks of subjective servitude, it can be applied to many paradymns. I find it an example of red pill / blue pill and unplugging from the matrix.

reply to post by Jedi Knight

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The Matrix cannot be seen, cannot be touched, or smelled. The Matrix is everything and everywhere. It is monitoring your every move. What you do, where you do it, why you do it. It is a prison of the mind, a prison which makes you believe you are free when the truth is quite the opposite. A prison designed with such subtlety that not only are its captives unaware of its existence, but will gladly bear arms and give up their lives protecting it. Unaware of exactly what it is they are really protecting.

Originally posted by Question
reply to post by Jedi Knight

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The Matrix cannot be seen, cannot be touched, or smelled. The Matrix is everything and everywhere. It is monitoring your every move. What you do, where you do it, why you do it. It is a prison of the mind, a prison which makes you believe you are free when the truth is quite the opposite. A prison designed with such subtlety that not only are its captives unaware of its existence, but will gladly bear arms and give up their lives protecting it. Unaware of exactly what it is they are really protecting.

Sounds familiar.......

reply to post by EJHoover

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great link...but LONG THREAD?! cmon now! what was it, 5 minutes of reading?

the matrix movies(well, the first two at least) are a great metaphor for the world as we know it, and it brings in many philosophical and mythological traits from all over the world to illustrate the point being made. it's a shame more people did not see it as such, only as sci-fi entertainment. much like the educational "left brain" argument brought up earlier, people are trained at an early age to shut out the possibility of what they can't perceive.

it's the age-old question of reality. is it real, or just an illusion of the senses? are we the coincidence of evolution, or spiritual beings manifested temporarily into a physical form? no one really has the answers to these questions as there's no irrefutable proof, and that's where the inherent problem of human choice comes in(i know "problem" might be a bad word to use, but isn't the humans ability to choose the basis for all arguments and wars?). like it was said earlier in the thread and in the first matrix movie...it's either the blue pill or the red pill.

Icke's claims of other dimensions and frequency fences, etc. seem to be a little outlandish, though. It's essentially a school of philosophical thought, you can believe it or not believe it...humans always have that choice whether they are aware of it or not. i'd agree that there are mind barriers created by the society we live in and the education we are forced into, but to say that there are entities from other dimensions controlling our actions just sounds a little too out there for me. maybe i'll come across this next time i dabble in some fungi, however. i'm pretty sure that's where most religions, or all knowledge for that matter, came from.

[edit on 8-1-2008 by Sacreligion]

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