Whyte Horse wrote: Like in the Matrix, taking the red pill is an analogy for seeing the world as it really is, rather than the social construct that has been promulgated to keep people inured. That Disney fantasy that we all grew up with vs the reality that we face in our daily lives. I'm curious how many people here took the red pill. Follow on questions are: How did you arrive at it? How did it lead you here? How have you progressed afterwards?
The Red Pill itself is a program for decrypting "the matrix"; a type of sight or vision. Once you see through the matrix, to the code, in one sense, it doesn't mean you are out of the matrix. The matrix is a world within a world and there are multiple worlds within our world; often ones we, our families, our communities, and our societies create.
Even as Jedi, there is a "flow" or direction, that we are going in, both as individuals, and as a community. If our guard is down, it's like being in love. What you primarily see are the good qualities. If our guard is up what we primarily see are the bad qualities. The truth is the combination of good and bad. It is the totality.
Sometimes, "red pill", is code for seeing the bad side of a thing that most people accept as perhaps good or necessary. However, the true red pill is understanding the system and the reasons for it, why it exists, and how it is used for both good and evil.
In the Matrix Neo is put in the position of a judge. He's judging reality. On the one hand, humans are "good". We, being humans, often accept this basic premise without any thought because it is the default. But if you were a machine the default would be that machines are "good". What is the truth? Machines would be correct in thinking that humans, right now, are ultimately bad for the planet and for each other. So then should they conclude humans are simply bad? This simply causes them to do to humans the same thing they believe humans are doing to our environment. And they become the enemies of humans just like Sith become the enemies of Jedi.
In all these different systems, being asleep is simply being blind to our own reality and unaware or unconscious of our role in it. What are we doing with our personal allotment of energy? We're killing plants and animals so that we can have energy, right? So how are we using that energy? If we are only using it for our independent selves then we're acting more like a virus. And in this case, Agent Smith is correct.
But where does this come from? It often is an exaggerated response from lack or scarcity. A person's fear of death, for example, can lead to adopting a religion that erases that fear, even if it steals 10% of their income which makes life harder and death easier. People compensate. The balance shifts. What was once too little is now too much. Neo looked at the whole story. He looked from the perspective of both the humans and the machines and saw through the problems on both sides that each one was creating for the other. So when Neo lost his human sight it also forced him to see in a different way which was another reference to the NT. This is also why the series was DONE prior to the latest movie being requested by the studio which the last movie mocked as a result.
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