All I’m Offering is the Truth | The Philosophy of the Matrix

The Matrix, a science fiction film created by the Wachowskis, is probably one of the most influential movies ever made. The story starts when computer programmer Thomas Anderson, operating as a hacker under the alias “Neo,” discovers the truth about the world he’s living in, as he becomes aware of the existence of something known as “The Matrix.”
The Matrix is considered a philosophical film that contains many existing philosophical and religious themes, like prophecy, love, truth, karma, the nature of reality, and living in a simulation. But there seems to be a particularly close connection between The Matrix and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave.
This video (All I’m Offering Is The Truth | The Philosophy of the Matrix) is a philosophical analysis of the Matrix film. It analyses The Matrix through the lens of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave while exploring the following question: do we, as human beings, actually want the truth?
Please note: this video contains spoilers that reveal the plot.
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00:00 - Intro
02:37 - The journey out of the cave
06:22 - Blind to the truth
09:25 - Rejecting a painful truth
13:30 - Suspension of disbelief
18:39 - Do we actually want the truth?

[@ash8207]

"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." - Marcus Aurelius

[@David-eu1ms]

What is true?

[@theflyingnegro5063]

@@David-eu1ms an opinion that multiple people agree on

[@teamakesgames]

Postmodernism be like: »ALL TRUE IS RELATIVE« * (* except this statement)

[@mykaratejournal2120]

Yet how often do we claim to know the truth in everything we hear and see... It's appalling to even admit to ourselves 😅😈

[@Dialogos1989]

“The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao”- Lao Tzu

[@Siggylove]

"The Matrix wasn't a movie, it was a documentary." - Keanu Reeves ❤️

[@LordBrittish]

Keanu actually escaped the Matrix and is trying to free us all as we speak.

[@ursarotman5718]

No, he never said that. Matrix is a philosophocal concept, ypu sholud not understandi it literally - the same as the Bible

[@mrj2654]

They live wasn't a movie it was a documentary - Roddy Piper

[@Flyingmachines350]

The essence is Bhagavad Gita!

[@guysouthie2899]

@@LordBrittish P

[@Paranormalin416]

I know that feeling. My three best friends I have known since I was a child (I’m now 54) turned out to be my biological siblings. My parents knew, but never told me, raising me as an only child. For whatever reason they gave the other three up for adoption (I was #2, go figure that one!), and by pure coincidence those three families all moved to the same neighbourhood we lived in, without knowing it. Throughout our lives, people would always comment that the four of us looked like siblings, because we did look a lot alike. At first, we thought it was funny, but after a few years, we became suspicious. But then we graduated high school and went our separate ways to university, only to end up, coming back to the same neighbourhood to raise our families, two decades later, and we were reunited. Again, people started pointing out how much we looked alike, so we did a DNA test. We were absolutely in shock that we all have the exact same mother and father, MY mother and father. They all had adopted mothers and fathers, but didn’t know they were adopted. It was as though everything I believed in fell out from under me. We were all in complete shock, and absolutely furious with the people we called our parents. The four of us are closer than ever before knowing that we are actually siblings, but we want nothing to do with the parents that screwed us over, and lied to us our entire lives. Maybe in time we might consider forgiveness, but not right now. What they did was inexcusable! Even though we were friends, we didn’t share that special bond you get with known siblings, and while we can never get it back, we’re trying to make up for lost time, in an entirely different and new reality, one that none of us could have ever anticipated. It truly made me question if anything in my life was actually real, as it did my siblings as well. I thank God I have my siblings, but I’m just so angry at my parents for lying to me my entire life (as a teenager, I asked them several times, if my friends were actually related to me, because people were so insistent, and each time they lie to me, and said no, and told me I was just imagining things) I don’t know if I can ever forgive them for that.

[@unknownpilot4937]

what stories some people have, incredible....

[@filoxeniafilotimo2372]

that u are angry is part of the matrix.

[@Meilk27]

fake

[@x-ray3431]

I would pray and ask Jesus to help you with this dilemma. Because if you don't forgive the sins your parents have done to you, your sins won't be forgiven either.

[@anjanvyas5820]

Cap 🧢

[@rafaelcatarino8372]

As a kid I loved matrix for it's innovative film making, effects, fights, sci FI. Today I love it even more because of the message.

[@CalmPug-ez4zx]

Advaita❤

[@schoolofstevie3015]

I was having this discussion with someone yesterday. It's like we're regressing as a society. The most shocking thing is when you speak the truth people look at you as if you're insane.

[@c.s.charles2102]

Yes, regressing while the prevailing school of political thought tells us that we are progressing.

[@grzegorzowczarek3016]

"The most shocking thing is when you speak the truth people look at you as if you're insane." - and how so you are so sure that your truth is THE truth? For me you are just presumptuous, sure about your superiority. They are for sure wrong, when they think I'm insane.

[@drewfunkassembly]

The vaccinated stare…

[@shawndmartinogrant1576]

Think a mi alone SMH

[@dorcasmacmillian8450]

True! I'm so thankful that some understands

[@joadsupreme]

“It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” ― Mark Twain

[@miaferrari958]

Interestingly, there is no evidence that Mark Twain ever said this.

[@theosas5267]

idiot is = fool ?

[@suchabadkitty1293]

​@@miaferrari958 "How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!"--Mark Twain Others have paraphrased it into the often mis-attributed quote.

[@suchabadkitty1293]

You got fooled.

[@filmwhateverofallthings6513]

Guys the real truth is there is no truth

[@Sean-vh8pm]

I understood most of the movie alagories, but never knew of the Plato story until now. This brings an incredible new dimension to The Matrix and the human condition. Thank you.

[@filoxeniafilotimo2372]

have a look at who else was when plato was around, and find out how he died, u will be extreme suprised

[@Spot-0n]

I had philosophy classes before watching the Matrix. Different order, same result 😊

[@annelbeab8124]

Go beyond, get past concepts. Truth is beyond seeing there is a matrix in the way humans see themselves and live life.

[@tannhauser5399]

@Sean-vh8pm - depends how far you want to go... "Simulacron-3" (1964) > and then "World on a Wire"(1973), or more recent "13th Floor" (1999). Then you have books such as "Neuromancer" (1984), "Simulacra and Simulation" (1981), Snow Crash (2000). Or older one such as Heinlein "They" (1941). Not exacly pure simulation that one, but close enough. So those concepts have been known for a while, it is just Matrix put them together much better, into one good movie. Or the usuall approach of Jung or even Joseph Campbell, Donald Hoffman, John Archibald Wheeler, James Glattfelder, Seth Lloyd, Eduardo Kastrup, Edward Edinger, Gary Lachman, or even approaching people like Tom Campbell and his youtube video: "Anu Physics Experiment and the Implications for Everyone" - or the usual "suspects" of a classic philosophy and old stories: Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Confucius, Homer or even Marcus Aurelius... Hell, even Cicero is pretty good one, as his observations are stil valid to this age (and can easily be applied to the current society). Or you can always go for the research done by Peter Fenwick, Pim van Lommel - as this is a way is also a step to understand our current reality, and especially consciousness. A different kind of research but also interesting one about our reality (as Fenwick did his research at various hospitals, hospices, and getting data from medical professionals, patients, and family mambers; in a way it was the same with Lommel). And all of that is realated to the modern research into consciousness, quantum physics, artificial intelligence (you may love that especially if you know multiple programming languages) - paints a very interesting picture of a current reality/existence, and how we are perceiving it. And that is just a tip of a larget iceberg here. Not enough space to mention all the modern research and books here....

[@stabalotgames6661]

Most people look for something that makes them happy and makes life livable. Truth is harsh and can depress some people. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, ignorance is truly bliss. Once you see the truth you can't unsee it.

[@thegovtdoesntcareaboutyou]

As you know, humans are greedy and power hungry, would you be surpised if they've already had taken over the world? the world is ruled by a small group of powerful people which want to create a totalitarian dystopian new world order

[@thekingofkingsrp]

Your not kidding...

[@chickenlover657]

Truth is only harsh for those unprepared for it.

[@jhariej.5979]

" If you have to be persuaded, lied to, incentivized, coerced, bullied, socially shamed, guilt-tripped, threatened, punished and criminalized...If all of this is neccessary to gain your compliance ~ You can be absolutely certain that what is being promoted is not in your best interest " - Ian Watson

[@Tom-ye5dn]

Antivaxxer!!! How dare you.

[@andrewcayl6318]

@@Tom-ye5dn anti-mRna-er

[@dannypresson4815]

This is exactly what governments around the world are doing especially with the vax and the covid Nazis.

[@TheSpazzle]

Slowly eroding our human rights

[@mariespinosa5395]

Not in every case. It depends on the context.

[@TheMattJacks]

The Matrix broke me in a deep existential way at 17 years old. Trust me. You don't want the truth. There is nothing you can do once you know anyway, so just live your lives and try to be forces for good.

[@OpenheartOneMind]

What is this "Truth" that we don't want?

[@ladidaohoh3168]

@@OpenheartOneMind one reality is how evil the people running the world are, but it’s obvious if you look, war, starvation, child labour, human trafficking, every single one of these issues are easily solvable if someone with power wanted to solve them, but the kind of people who want to solve them don’t have any power, and the people with the power have no desire to solve them, they would actually like to see things become much worse for anyone who isn’t them. There ya go the ugly reality of this world.

[@user-rp7hf1hw1i]

​@@OpenheartOneMindthe truth is how choice is an illusion created by the big business firms the ones incharge, the fact is we don't have a choice and the more you think on it the more you realise it since we all are chasing something in life we tend to forget that this chase is programmed into our minds to control is like the movie, we people who live in constant stress of getting to the top are like the batteries for the top corporates, banks and politicians to fullfill their needs, we are their slave and this enslavement is not seen in real life like the Matrix, we can feel it around us but can't see it cause this is the enslavement of mind..

[@Diyashill7359]

The word " Matrix" came from the Indus valley civilization where it is called " Maya" ,a Sanskrit word , actually " Maya" ,the word mostly found in Sanskrit texts and back then Sanskrit was taught in Indian Universities and in Sanskrit literature the goal of Education is " Get rid of Maya( Matrix) " which is " संसारस्य मायाभ्यं मुक्ति करूत " ❤❤❤

[@AwokenEntertainment]

The more time that passes, the scarier and more normal the reality of the Matrix seems

[@jasperbird929]

I think in a way the media projects a sort of warped reality as the matrix ...

[@SkyePhoenix]

Yep.

[@DR---]

The matrix is communist propaganda. Cultural terrorism, as practiced in the Matrix trilogy, is the exaltation of destruction of cultural idioms. In the Matrix we are not asked by the studios and the film’s creators to imagine a new or alternative reality or illusion (as in traditional socialist realism). Rather, the audience is openly solicited to explore the deeper philosophical meaning of a massive killing spree fantasized about in a drug-induced illusion by the "hero" of the films - the character Neo. That core plot line is designed to draw in audiences with Western mythology and Christian doctrine, including a protagonist in the role of a New Christ figure, only to have the heroes of the film openly reject that programming and engage in a blood-soaked rampage through a Westernized Republican America (symbolizing Chicago ruled by supposedly evil FBI/Secret Service Agents that all look and act the same) that results in the complete and utter annihilation of Western Civilization and restore religious values such as. Luke 14:26 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple." - Jesus Luke 12:51 "Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division." - Jesus "He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes." - Buddha The problem isn't capitalism it's religion.

[@baptizedbyfire13]

Cambridge University just revealed that they have successfully created an embryo synthetically and without an egg or sperm. It is cultivated form stem cells (mouse). This reminds me of "the awakening" scene from the pod and a dangerous prelude to what's to come.

[@jonasrotter2606]

I got out of the matrix

[@sherrilynnnelson703]

When you are able to figure out when someone is lying or manipulating you it's almost like a superpower but it only comes after carefully analyzing and connecting a long series of inconsistencies

[@bryonharrison1978]

It's not the only way but possibly the most ignorant. Try telepathy or ai or even a study in super position or psychology over a long series.

[@fraudABSA]

learning the red flags of narcissism helps speed up one's exit

[@shawnmorrissey1866]

Yep, that goes for cheating & lying. You will catch the person with numerous lies & weird behavior, until your able to put the pieces together. Now that you know the truth, do you except your reality or continue making excuses for someone who is playing you for a fool??????

[@nonyabeezwax8693]

Yeah like my 50

[@xatusound3637]

Why not harness the narcissist? There is a use for everything if you can notice the pattern and (safely) manipulate it for your needs. Ex. If you find a waterfall, build a waterwheel under it and benefit from the natural current. Convert the natural force into a useable form of energy for your needs and let the waterfall rage on. Or not, idk.

[@inis99999]

First time I saw this as a kid I thought it was a fantastic movie. Only many years later have I understood the truth behind the movie and there is nothing that beats it. When people ask me what my favourite movie is: I always say the matrix and people tend to look down as they think of it as action movie, I only smirk back because they wouldn't understand.

[@justaguy-69]

they think of it as action movie??? you need new friends.

[@Stretesky]

@@justaguy-69This person didn’t say the people that asked were friends. Don’t make assumptions that harm or are not kind to people.

[@Spot-0n]

Yeah indeed the movie isn't what will wake you up, but will resonate in your thoughts as soon as you're ready to relate. The moment you understand this movie at its core, your life changes forever and you start to see the trends in every other movies you watched and will watch.

[@Bankai2169]

I don’t know many people that look down on someone saying the Matrix is their favorite film. It has aged fantastically almost 30 years later, the messages are deep and thought provoking, and the action is beautifully choreographed

[@Spot-0n]

@Bankai2169 The movie includes many philosophical truths. The awakening (red pill) mostly refers to Plato's cavern analogy. Many more are present and that is why it will NEVER get old.

[@cgmair3287]

Ive helped people beat depression. Basically what happens is pain and fear create a story which becomes a reality that perpetually creates pain. To break the reality you have to know that the pain and fear are not real, and you are in control of labeling your pain and fear as positive....nothing positive can hurt you. The hardest part for people is letting that idea go. Pain and fear have to be real in the brain and people will fight to keep it. That is why helping someone from rock bottom is easier. They are at a point they realize their reality is not working and are open to change. This video is right. 99% still think what we live in real. People like Ford and Carnegie really understood our Matrix

[@black_sheep_nation]

And you received your complex trauma credentials from....?

[@ScriptSleuth]

More than twenty years later, The Matrix still stands the test of time. Screenwriters can learn a lot from this brilliantly written story.

[@irena7777777]

I’ve never watched it. It’s the kind of film that would go over my head after 5 minutes, like Inception

[@Finlandpro1]

@@irena7777777 its not a complicated film. You should watch it!

[@ScriptSleuth]

@@Finlandpro1 Agreed! It's basically about believing in yourself and striving for something beyond the ordinary. We can all relate to that!

[@gregjones3660]

I'd rather get high with Morpheus and tell him "nah man you take the pills"...

[@laxdotexe481]

@@irena7777777 Nah, I think you've overinduldged. There was also the aspect of it being a great action film.. by all means, sit back and enjoy it as you see it.

[@Dile0303]

"the truth is not what you want it to be. It is wat it is, and you must bend to it, or live a lie" - Miyamoto musashi

[@mykaratejournal2120]

Couldn't have quoted one better than you did - from a man who tried and succeeded more than most others at seeing the world as it is, not as he wanted it to be. Arguably, that's what made him such a successful strategist and accomplished swordsman. 👍🏼👊🏼

[@CRHall-ud9mq]

When I was a child, my Mum once said to me, "There is a piece of truth in everything; even in a pyramid, and in a flower."

[@johnjackson2956]

@@mykaratejournal2120 Miyamoto was ahead of his time.

[@dauntemarieslettebak9215]

CONTD-MIND BLOW! NO ONE IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN AFFORD! AND ARE BY INVITATION ONLY ANYWAY! NO WORKING CLASS SHLUBS OR SLUGS ALLOWED!! THAT IS WHY WE ARE CONSIDERED JUST A NUMBER TO THEM, A WORKER BEE, A CORPORATE SLAVE! WE WASTE OUR WHOLE LIVES BARELY MAKING A LIVING ON LOW WAGES, FEW BENEFITS, LONG HOURS, HIGH EXPECTATIONS ETC! WHILE THEY HAVE SO MUCH MONEY THEY CANT SPEND IT ALL IN THEIR LIFETIME! MONEY TO BURN! ($$$ YOU MADE THEM WITH YOUR KEEN IMAGINATION, NEW INVENTIONS, PRODUCTS ETC! YOUR LIFES WORK, THEY STEAL THE PATTONS FOR WITH THEIR EMPLOYEE CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS THEY FORCE YOU TO SIGN WHEN APPLYING FOR A JOB WITH THEIR COMPANY! THEY TAKE IT ALL! LEAVING YOU WITH LITTLE TO NO RETIREMENT OR PENSION WHEN YOUR FINALLY GET LAID OFF FOR BEING TOO OLD! AFTER 40-50 LOYAL YEARS WITH THE COMPANY! YOU GET LET GO AND LAID OFF UNABLE TO FIND WORK OR EVEN MOVE YOU ARE SO WORN OUT! AND TO THINK IT WAS YOUR INVENTION IN THE FIRST PLACE! YOU MARKETED FOR THEM, OU SOLD, DID ALL THE PAPERWORK FOR! RUNNING THEIR COMPANY! IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOU, RAKING IN THE MILLIONS AND BILLIONS! NOT THEM!! YOU GOT SCREWED AND SKUNKED OUT YO!!) THEY LIVE, WHILE YOU WORK YOUR WHOLE LIFE AWAY! AND THAT IS WHY THEY SET THE SYSTEM UP THE WAY THEY DID! SO YOU WORK, WHILE THEY REALLY LIVE!! ONLY THE VERY KEEN, WISE AND PRECEPTIVE ARE AWARE OF THIS FACT! THE BOEING MATRIX SYSTEM ONLY GOES TO HELP THEM BE ABLE TO MANIPULATE YOU MORE, AND CHANGE WHAT USED TO BE NATURAL! THEY CAN ALTER YOUR REALITY YO! THINK! IF THEY CAN CHANGE PRODUCT LOGOGS, NAMES OF THINGS, TRADITIONAL PUBLICATIONS AND BOOK TITLES AND TEXTS LIKE SONGS LYRICS, HOLY BIBLE SCRIPTURES, NURSERY RHYMES, ALSO HISTORY, YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, YOUR STOCKS, YOUR INVESTMENTS, ETC IMPORTANT PAPER WORK YOU HAND SIGNED LIKE CONTRACT AGREEMENTS ETC! ITS A TOTAL MANIPULATION OF THE MASSES! AND I CAN SEE HOW PEOPLE CAN GET TOTALLY SCREWED WITH THIS BOEING MATRIX SYSTEM, AND HOW THEY CAN USE IT TO CONTROL US ALL! ALL COMPUTER SYSTEMS HAVE GLITCHES, AND I HAVE SEEN THE DARN THING GO DOWN 3-4 TIMES NOW! AND YOU DONT WANT TO KNOW WHAT I SAW! IT AINT GOOD YO! THATS ALL I GOT TO TELL YA! WE ARE BEING SCREWED BY THIS MESS! AND I HATE TO SAY IT....BUT DORTHY I DONT THINK WE ARE IN KANSAS ANYMORE! THIS IS THE DANGER OF THIS SYSTEM, SURE YOU MIGHT THINK WOW HOW COOL I CAN MAKE MY WILDEST DREAMS COME TRUE WITH THIS THING! BUT IN REALITY, IT COULD BE MORE OF A DANGER OF YOU LOSING WHAT ONCE YOU KNEW TO BE THE NATURAL REALITY AROUND YOU...EARTH! FOR A TOTAL FAKE OUT STAR TREK HOLODECK EXPERIENCE INSTEAD! THEY CALL IT LOSING YOUR GRIP ON REALITY, WHEN YOU BELIEVE WHAT IS NOT NATURAL, AUTHENTIC AND REAL! INSTEAD BELIEVING WHAT IS FAKE! YO! TRUTH BE TOLD! WAKE UP!! I HOPE THERE IS A WAY BACK TO REALITY YO! I CANT LIVE IN A BROKEN MATRIX SYSTEM, I WANT WHAT IS NATURAL AND REAL BACK! WE NEED THE TRUTH! OUT WITH IT ALREADY!! D : ) WOW! WHAT A MIND BLOW! RIGHT!!!

[@ortenciahill513]

@@dauntemarieslettebak9215 yes The Holy Bible KJV is our road map. It's like: humans are so intelligent they don't need INSTRUCTIONS. Yet: We shake our heads and hands at each other, then at death's door we look up because now we realize SOMEONE GREATER is in CHARGE! Hoping it's not too late! BUT The Holy Bible KJV instructs IT IS TOO LATE IF YOU DID NOT READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!

[@tushar8529]

The most scary thing about chasing the truth is that all the lies that you are surrounded with will fall first .

[@arbiter8246]

No, it’s finding others.

[@KoolitPnoi]

I gotta stop making comments. 😩

[@homecoder7816]

No sir. Lies will always prevail over truth as people digest lies much faster and better than the truth. Truth has no value in a matrix of lies around you. And we can never escape it no matter what we claim. So i have learned to not fight the matrix this year. Embrace the matrix and be free of all worries. 😇

[@kalxarchive6483]

@@homecoder7816 you're right 👍

[@0Ciju0]

And the fact that you cannot unsee it. You will know more, but it will burden you.

[@jackiec498]

"Could it be that we fundamentally don't want the truth but a story; a story to believe in, identify with, share with others, dwell on, share with others and, perhaps most importantly, to provide us with meaning and belonging." Very insightful. I can't help but have many of today's arguments regarding self‐identity and group identity brought to mind. The idea that many common ways people use to identify themselves or others with are a figment of one's own imagination and therefore can be changed through sheer force of will. We are becoming a society where others must agree with one's own perception of themselves, regardless of obvious evidence to the contrary. This is nothing short of madness.

[@alexandernolting33]

the most crushing thing you have to deal with while 'waking up' is your family thinking you go insane, and starting to loose respect.

[@stevendhuddlesonjr6899]

They are about to be woken up too. So relax you're not insane. Things are about to get crazy. The real Neo is here and about to make himself known. A biker gang is about to belly flop onto the world stage. The leader of the Diablos MC is the new Christ. Listen to back in black by acdc, or Symphony of Destruction by megadeath. Anything by Metallica. Or the song Everybody Knows. Listen to the words. EVERYTHING is about to change. But relax, he's here to help. Queen said his first name at the very beginning of the song Another One Bites the Dust. After it comes out reply to this message and I'll let you meet him.

[@abhishekghosh4384]

The family is a projection.

[@Spot-0n]

​@@stevendhuddlesonjr6899 Steve who? Steve Jobs?

[@Spot-0n]

That's why when Neo goes in the fake Matrix for training purposes for the 1rst time he's having hard time walking in the opposite way of people while Morpheus having less difficulty hands in his back showing perfect control dodging every one. Because he got used to. Then he got distracted by the lady in red, forgetting where he really is and then realizes that losing focus at this point can be costly because when he turns back, Mr Smith waits for him with a gun to his face. So this is the part you are referring to. People will see you as an annoying entity walking in the opposite direction than the whole world. That's why you are so often called a "conspirationist" and if you lose your focus and start to see too many things that might be but aren't, then your done and they win. You have to pretend you're still one of them and learn how to live with the new you. From that moment, you can become what you want and beat the program.

[@black_sheep_nation]

That's simply called complex family trauma. The "woke" one is usually the one who gets mobbed in a sick family. That's why the word "woke" is such a trigger for crackpot media.

[@plerpplerp5599]

People aren't looking for the truth. They are looking for something to believe in.

[@williamwallace3545]

Valeria ♥❤💜💙💗💖💓 meaning unconditional love :) (Also a circle equal sides check out the rice experiments too :) ). Much love in the matrix Xo PLEASE BE CAREFUL BUT YES THE PENTECOSTAL TONGUES CHRISTIANITY BACKWARDS IS THERE DEMONIC LANGUAGE AND SIMULATION HQ. I ❤ love you all who read this and don't:) forever Only in Valeria.

[@arubodykova4271]

well said

[@AwesomeDude216]

The truth will set you free! I am seeker of the truth and I know 50% of it! Most of the truth comes from the bible!

[@AwesomeDude216]

You are full of shit saying people aren’t looking for the truth! People do look for the truth!

[@wayneanderson8034]

I am guilty of both, seeking Truth but hoping there is any thing worth believing in that would make sense of all that surrounds us to salve the pain of reality.

[@142nun]

Masterpiece. We all want to be Neo, but we mostly end up as Cypher because it's more comfortable.

[@rikisuryadi9000]

kita semua neo ,cyper neo yg jatuh

[@garethrevell5873]

Eat your steak and realise that ignorance is bliss 😂fuck that I'm Neo all day long

[@williamwallace3545]

Valeria ♥❤💜💙💗💖💓 meaning unconditional love :) (Also a circle equal sides check out the rice experiments too :) ). Much love in the matrix Xo PLEASE BE CAREFUL BUT YES THE PENTECOSTAL TONGUES CHRISTIANITY BACKWARDS IS THERE DEMONIC LANGUAGE AND SIMULATION HQ. I ❤ love you all who read this and don't:) forever Only in Valeria.

[@williamwallace3545]

Divinity not trinity!

[@ziimo799]

I am really sure that matrix biggest enemy is Islamic religion Couse Anyone in the western are the most people clause to the matrix and what they do any western person who hears Islam thinks killers terrorists and bad people but if you search Islam and truth of it it's totally different so for example when Andrew Tate revert to Islam and said good things about Taliban's who are only protecting there people but matrix shows them as bad people , as soon as you realize the truth they will ban you. than jail you. later kill you

[@mikedevonish3933]

In my youth I took my mom to see the 2 best movies of their time Star Wars and The Matrix, with my young daughter, at a neighborhood theater. Both were wide eyed and amazed beyond words with Trinity's opening scene. I had already seen it earlier in the week so we went on a Saturday.

[@josephgross491]

After watching the extras on the Matrix 4 movie. One of the menu options is to have the actors explain what the movie is about. This video explains it in the Matrix side versus the love story of Neo and Trinity. So, in conclusion you nailed it. Great job and pre congratulations on 2milion subscribers...

[@uchicha666]

"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable" ~ A. Camus

[@spookytwink420]

I think desires in this sense is the distraction from what you really want to do or figure out I think the truth is more like the ultimate desire that is desirelessness in a way because you are in the flow or filling your role or being who you want to be and because you know that you are content in the process to get to your goals.

[@jerryshunk7152]

Yet the promise it renders is very,very much worth it ! Signed Your friendly neighborhood JW !

[@less2worryabout]

Yes hell it is!!!!

[@alejandrorea6876]

That’s why you will always be blind and scared .

[@mikem1006]

He who go to bed itchy butt, wake up.. stinky finger. -Mr. Miyagi

[@johnshields6852]

Plato's friend brought him to the market and Plato's response was "look at all the things I don't want" I always loved that line.

[@ivancatcheway65]

That’s cause we’re getting poisoned with food…

[@Metaphoria_Music]

@@ivancatcheway65 Does someone feed you against your will? Are you not allowed to make/choose your own food? Im not saying that what you say isn't true btw, Im just hinting at solutions :)

[@aleynamutlu4206]

Funny I was thinking today at the mall not so much fun after being wake.

[@theplacebeyondthelies2429]

@Charger Dave buddhism is way too popular, worldly, for my taste, and too much commerce going on around it, to be THE truth. I prefer Jesus, the true teachings as anyone can read them for themselves in scripture, and teach them accordingly, even the big organizations who abuse Jesus name for worldly power are being exposed through that very word, such as the catholic church. You never hear a buddhist call out the evil doers in this world! And that is a huge warning sign. If there are crimes going on next to a buddhist, they'll just sit transcendentally next to it... wouldn't want a buddhist next to me if I'm being raped

[@SamuelBlack84]

The life of the consumer. To buy useless junk

[@Thedesertguy75]

That movie alone i think changed collective consciousness....it was that powerful. The idea of what were doing and where we are heading...

[@Potencyfunction]

I have no idea where you heading but I sure do know where my heading.

[@HansUtFryslan]

Yes, it's really hard to acknowledge THE truth (especially the gloomy truths of the world we live in today), because it isolates us from many of our friends and family members, because they find it too frightening to acknowledge those truths as well. So, very often, nowadays, discovering and acknowledging THE truth, leaves us quite lonely...

[@OpenheartOneMind]

Acceptance is key. You can transform that coldness into warmth with the right understanding. Solitude and loneliness aren't the same. Solitude when met with radical acceptance slowly but surely turns into pure love for everyone and everything. Sending lots of love, you're significantly stronger than you think. ❤️

[@williamerickson520]

I thought it funny that you gave a spoiler warning for a 23 year old movie, then I realized that there are people today that haven't seen it. I remember it being such a massive hit that it seemed that everyone had seen it but then that was 23 years ago. This must be what getting old feels like.

[@mr_jimbo2374]

I am 15 and i just watched it for the first time haha

[@AverageAlien]

I grew up with this movie. I don't remember a point in my life where I didn't know the Matrix. It has been my number 1 movie since childhood. Both shows like top gear and movies like the matrix raised me

[@lilwhitekein7397]

@@AverageAlien but did you see matrix as just a normal movie or did you feel it was description of a dark reality?

[@Eebydeeby2112]

I’ve never seen it

[@AverageAlien]

@@lilwhitekein7397 as a kid, it was a cool sci fi action movie. As an adult, its deeper meanings and themes are appreciated too

[@DemetriPanici]

*“If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” - Jim Rohn*

[@guillermochavez2515]

Sometimes your plan design would entail breaking the rules conveniently made and unfairly imposed on you by those who already planned your life.

[@Tom-ye5dn]

Terrence McKenna said the same.

[@MsSomeonenew]

Don't forget that your plans are just as much a trap as someone else's, life will roll it's own way no matter the best thought out plans.

[@ArisEmriis]

My Dad, a US Marine, has always said, 'take control of your life or someone else will. '

[@TheHeavyModd]

@@MsSomeonenew True, but at least your plans consider your own well-being much better than somebody else's plans for you

[@LordRocco777]

I think this is a wonderful refresher to the idea that we are mislead by so much in our world today. What our world is and who controls It is amongst the greatest. Do people want to challenge the narrative? More than likely not. Eric Dubay also makes some wonderful points on matrix theory, God bless y’all 👍🏽

[@livethemoment5148]

"gOD" bless y'all........OMG ...what an ignoramus....there is no god fool

[@rainbowsixdp6935]

"The world is a beautiful lie,but death is a harsh truth"

[@TheDhammaHub]

The entire movie is a very nice metaphor for awakening!

[@uchicha666]

Yeah but sadly any group of ideologists or conspiracy theorists may interpret it as awakening into their version of reality.

[@ericcartmann]

​@@uchicha666You think your interpretation of "truth" is the real "truth"? Also conspiracy theories are just theory of a conspiracy. A conspiracy theory can be objectively true.

[@uchicha666]

@@ericcartmann no, I didn't say my truth is all real. Just saying how a bunch of emotion driven bunch of neurotics can turn stuff upside down.

[@ericcartmann]

@@uchicha666 "emotion driven" "neurotics" You sound pretty emotionally driven, are you sure you're not neurotic? Don't answer that...many neurotics don't know they're neurotic.

[@uchicha666]

@@ericcartmann wtf is your problem dude? In the same manner I can turn all you say against you. Can't stand what I posted?

[@PratibhaRaut333]

'People are so inured and so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it.-Morpheus Pretty much sums up the analogy of 'truth' and an individual's capability to handle it.

[@JaysonT1]

Hey you

[@billbradleymusic]

Everyone has a quote no-one has a thought.

[@rim157]

No such thing as “the truth”, just your truth. And like @bbm said maybe try expanding on the quote next time?

[@aaliyanzahidofficial]

This is correct... heads up!

[@lordbaiter6997]

Allegory of the cave

[@eatgoodrealfood6273]

Great vid... I think one thing often overlooked in this type of discussion... Is the warped sense of time one gains after freeing themselves of an illusion or finding out the truth... One may move hastily towards a new so called truth or... Procrastinate from making any new decisions in fear of falling for a new lie...in my experience... Formulating a plan if action, and a process that identifies whether you are moving towards truth or constantly falling down the rabbit hole is key... A great way to do this is to just make a decision and on the way keep fact checking whether the decision is right, and never be afraid evr again to change your mind if you find out it was wrong decision!

[@bobbygriffin5805]

What a great video you put together! Thanks for the tremendous work that you did. IMO the Matrix is one of the top five films of all time! I would also include in that mix The wizard of OZ and Back to the future as well. All three with hidden meaning(s) and great storylines.

[@mibtt]

I'm starting to see the truth and now I can't unsee it and you know what? I feel at peace. This video is gold

[@robertsorensenhomeofthefid171]

I agree.

[@robblaettler4589]

You know nothing. None of us do.

[@Lincoln8Echo]

Sadly in my case I feel forcefully blind to it if that makes any sense

[@dmvangel23_]

Jesus is truth it’s crazy how they distract us from God

[@x5ync555]

Neo is a metaphor of Jesus "Christ"

[@elysianfields1671]

Never forget what happens with the one who tries to free the other prisoners in Plato’s cave allegory: they kill him. Same thing happens to Neo trying to save everyone.

[@koanzx1]

Except it’s now over for them. The matrix is collapsing.

[@rainmanjr2007]

It seems to be a job flaw.

[@amoghbarakol4723]

@@koanzx1 perhaps that's the price to be paid for lifting the veil

[@genesises]

@@koanzx1 i guess we'll know for sure when 4 comes out :P

[@BilalHussain-yd6ck]

Well isn't that what happened to Jesus?

[@TK_Prod]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🎬 *Introduction to The Matrix* - The Matrix, created by the Wachowskis, is a highly influential science fiction film. - Overview of the film's plot and introduction of key characters, such as Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus. 01:17 🤔 *Neo's Choice and Philosophical Themes* - Neo's choice between the blue and red pills symbolizes the philosophical theme of seeking truth. - Connection between The Matrix and Plato's Allegory of the Cave, exploring the nature of reality. - The film contains various philosophical and religious themes, such as prophecy, love, and living in a simulation. 03:14 🕳️ *Plato's Allegory of the Cave and The Matrix* - Comparison of Plato's Allegory of the Cave with Neo's journey in The Matrix. - The prisoners in Plato's cave and humans in The Matrix live in illusions, discovering the truth challenges their perception. - Analysis of the symbolism behind the cave, shadows, and the Matrix as illusions. 05:03 🔄 *Ascension and Descent in Reality* - Contrast between Plato's liberated man ascending to the light and Neo's descent into a harsh, machine-dominated reality. - Pleasures in the Matrix vs. challenges in the real world, questioning the desirability of truth. - Neo's initial refusal to accept the truth reflects the common human response to unsettling revelations. 07:22 🤐 *Denial and Resistance to Truth* - People's tendency to deny or resist the truth when it challenges their established beliefs. - The comfort of living in a false reality and the fear of identity-shaking revelations. - The role of mass media and entertainment in perpetuating deceptive narratives. 09:10 🤖 *Responsibility of the Philosopher* - The philosopher's responsibility to enlighten others, even in the face of resistance. - Agents in The Matrix as barriers to truth, drawing parallels with Plato's allegory. - Positive impact of liberation on individuals, paralleling Neo's acceptance of reality. 10:33 🔄 *Cypher's Regret and Different Perspectives* - Cypher's regret and desire to return to the Matrix for blissful ignorance. - Neo's contrasting fulfillment and meaning in liberation. - The impact of knowing the truth on one's perception of reality. 12:52 🤔 *Hedonistic Choices and Ignorance* - Cypher's hedonistic choice to exchange reality for blissful ignorance. - The irreversible nature of knowing the truth and its impact on relationships. - How nostalgia for ignorance persists even when faced with uncomfortable truths. 15:14 🎅 *Nostalgia and Enjoyment in Illusion* - Children's emotional reaction to learning the truth about Santa Claus, highlighting nostalgia for illusions. - The enjoyment of illusions, as seen in characters like the Oracle in The Matrix. - Suspension of disbelief as a common human phenomenon in embracing unreal experiences. 17:02 🤹 *Enjoyment of Fakery and Suspension of Disbelief* - Humans' capacity to temporarily accept and appreciate illusions for enjoyment. - The Matrix as a superior illusion compared to reality, drawing parallels with modern technology. - The philosophical concept of "suspension of disbelief" in human engagement with entertainment. 18:59 🤷 *Ambiguous Relationship with Truth* - Human ambiguity towards truth, depending on its form and magnitude. - Selective handling of facts and the complex relationship between truth and emotions. - Examples from Plato's allegory and The Matrix illustrating the multifaceted nature of human reactions to the truth. 20:23 🌐 *The Subjectivity of Truth and Its Impact* - The impact of truth varies based on individual perspectives and the context in which it is received. - Neo and Morpheus find meaning and purpose in the truth about the Matrix, contrasting with Cypher's cynical view. - People tend to adopt surrogate truths to cope with their realities, either covering up pain or reinforcing dark worldviews. 21:18 🤝 *Group Dynamics and Truth* - The role of shared truth in group dynamics, exemplified by religious, political, and social groups. - Belonging to a group can provide purpose and connections, but dissenting views may lead to ostracization. - Dark side of suspension of disbelief: individuals ignore the truth for convenience, belonging, or fear of exclusion. 22:12 📖 *Truth as Story and Human Desire* - The idea that both truth and lies manifest as stories, raising the question of whether humans fundamentally desire a narrative. - The preference for 'a' truth rather than 'the' truth, emphasizing the subjective nature of reality. - Humans seeking stories for belief, identification, sharing, contemplation, and to derive meaning and a sense of belonging. Made with HARPA AI

[@ReddDimensional]

Videos like this need to be taught in schools, but sadly, we live in a society.

[@citezensane4413]

People with personality traits that are more prone to depression are typically much more able to seek, accept and speak the truth. It can be depressing and many people have no tolerance for feeling depressed so they stay in the matrix, distracted and intoxicated.

[@NEO-gs5di]

Yes and people with personal traits like depression are diagnosed as defective and medicated, almost like a blue pill scenario if one was referring to the matrix

[@eb6935]

Wow that actually resonates, thanks

[@amanekaze]

Literally me, I experience shit when I was 8 years old but somehow, I feel more happy to see the truth. I feel sorry to my friends who would never come out of their comfort bubble shell, I wish I could be honest and tell them more about my deep within personality self, but they all never want to talk about it as if I'm turning crazy just because I'm no longer a human being. Because of that, I won't need them anymore. Living in a bubble life with so many technologies now, I feel completely sad not able to talk about political and philosophy stuff with them, but I knew that they would be questioning me to stop talking about it since they don't want anything to hurt their illusion life. I regret terribly telling him the matrix movie, I wish I didn't say it

[@cristianm7097]

On the contrary, depressed people seek escapism, to avoid being hurt by reality , which is the source of their depression.

[@citezensane4413]

@@cristianm7097 Not contrary. Though both can be true, a mature integrated adult who is higher on trait neuroticism and tends toward depression can tolerate depressive facts when encountered on a pursuit of the truth or goal.

[@Mike-ge7pe]

I think it’s worth saying that the characters who escaped the matrix may never know if the “real world” they escaped to is any more real than the matrix, or simply a higher level simulation. For better or worse, reality is subjective

[@TheGarlicfather]

So what if it would be a higher level simulation what then would be reality or wouldn’t there be a reality and would simulations just be the reality wich makes the simulation they are in reality?

[@Mike-ge7pe]

@@TheGarlicfather I think at some level there’s no way to any definitive answer. Even when there’s an apparent end, there can always possibly be another layer

[@TheGarlicfather]

@@Mike-ge7pe But that doesn’t change the fact that there is a answer and there is the truth even tho you can never know for certain that you are existing in the truth or maybe you will when you arrive to the truth cause the truth has no illusions and mysteries

[@davydoozy1389]

@@TheGarlicfather there cannot be layers of simulations, the matrix is simply a metaphor

[@notacatordog936]

Fuck now I won't ever stop wondering lol thx

[@hayleylalich1229]

Thanks Enzi! This was one of your best videos!

[@infinitelogicmachine8587]

I never really functioned very well in the real world, that’s why I was a daydreamer for so long, I could create anything inside my head and still make a little bit of a difference. But it’s kind of sad and wrong too

[@SE-zc4qc]

I’m exactly the same ever since being a kid I would always imagine and pop in and out of another world and create characters etc

[@kennmart1]

You can judge a person's character by the way he handles The Truth.

[@lisalph8922]

My life isn't better as a result of going down the conspiracy hole. I try to stay positive that us freedom lovers will win but I spend a lot if time feeling overwhelmed and fearful of what the rich and powerful have planned next for us. Perhaps this is a character flaw. After all, everything is only a matter of perception.

[@theactualbajmahal833]

For instance: do they capitalize it?

[@less2worryabout]

No. no you shouldn't.

[@less2worryabout]

@@lisalph8922 perspective wonders if you think there needs to be a fight also would like to know what does free mean. Also hopes your mind is free from religiously.

[@less2worryabout]

@@lisalph8922 what's a freedom lover? Also who is not?

[@francescosorrientino3503]

The painful reality that our health is entirely our own responsibility. The entire world is gaslit into thinking someone else holds the key to healthy living.

[@CRHall-ud9mq]

And, how will we know healthy living unless we know the truth of it? What will you know as consequence...?

[@thomask837]

What of those born into disease? Are they responsible too? The foetal alcohol damaged? The foetal drug damaged? Others born into malnutrition? Not everyone wins in the lottery of life my friend.

[@pcpmendonca]

What's the key to healthy living? My grandpa turned 100, and I'm not sure I want to reach that age, therefore I'm consciously happy I splurge at McD once in a full moon.

[@CRHall-ud9mq]

@@pcpmendonca Dying is not a consequence, but how...

[@pcpmendonca]

@@CRHall-ud9mq Exactly, I'm not afraid of death, but we are all afraid of pain, both physical and existential. A heart attack nowadays seems like a wonderful death, it's quick and relatively painless. Think about it.

[@coeurdelion1193]

"Hatred, is most often the first reaction to truth." Tertullian of Carthage 2nd century.

[@mohamadmamandi]

Thank for the amazing video man,honestly that’s true,we choose to what we believe (truth)that we are comfortable with and make sense to us

[@jonvia]

Ive left the cave and tried to tell the others. Its a very sad moment when you realize your friends and family would rather be shackled to a cave wall than go through growing pains of the reality we actually live in.

[@Venus-kx9hf]

Commentz like this make me genuinely curious of what you wanted to tell those you care about, I'm quite curious and I'm all ears, mind sharing?

[@rhettwilson1558]

@@Venus-kx9hf start with bohemian grove and work your way down the rabbit hole

[@User-ro8dl]

@@rhettwilson1558 lol bohemian Grove isn't shit. None of these "SeCrEt SoCiEtIeS" are shit. If you REALLY want to get a glimpse. Begin meditation and follow it hard. Meditate on your diaphragm in complete darkness and lack of thought(this will be incredibly difficult, will seem impossible in the beginning). You will be charging your yang (this is just level 1 too) which will be actually very beneficial to you, but the things you may see along the way, will be eye opening, and potentially terrifying. There's no point in telling you about the other levels because 95% of ppl will not make it past level 1.

[@steverempel8584]

Not everybody is ready to leave the cave, you have to understand and respect that. But don't let the others stop you from leaving yourself, just don't force them to go with you. It's like a bunch of people playing Dungeons and Dragons, or some other fantasy game, or who are really into a movie or Video Game. Just cause you want to go outside and do something real, doesn't mean they won't get mad at you when you say it's just a stupid game.

[@mileycywuskleiner978]

Lmao just take drugs and let the universe decide what happens to you.

[@TenaciousDmitchell]

I remember seeing this in the big cinema when it was just released in Los Angeles. I knew this was an awesome story, and I was excited to see it portrayed so artistically. Long live those who take the red pill!

[@YahwehhasgivenaservanttoHis]

Morpheus, “What if I told you… That I am a pill 💊 pusher?”

[@bob7975]

What if I told you the Matrix is really an analogy of the trans experience? Or so the author says.

[@absinthealice]

I saw it at a drive in (the last in Las Vegas at the tine.) Relaxing in the back of a pickup truck. The Matrix is just as stunning and thought provoking now as it was then.

[@mr.jamster8414]

@@bob7975 Some people think the original movie was actually mostly written by someone uncredited. I don't mean that one black woman either.

[@abdouramanediallo5068]

I wanna go back to the illusion, life was so much exciting back then😅

[@zodiacfml]

22:30 damn. that was good, on top of the one of the most influential movies of all time. all our quest for the truth and knowledge, alienates. I find myself doing and thinking things differently probably since I got out of college. 20 years later, the knowledge and truth now feels like carrying a load going through life. A lot of things also not impressive or magical anymore. Ignorance is bliss.

[@Stevesguitarchannel840]

When I look back at when the matrix came out in 1999. I was blown away of how far ahead it was of its time is it in 2024 it is still far ahead of its time. Plato’s cave is like being on our phones and social media.

[@inspirisss]

I really feel like the Matrix has a strong connection with spiritual awakening. Like Eckhart Tolle said: 'Prisoner of the own mind, without knowing it.' It's releasing yourself from all the believes and limitations you ever made up about the world and yourself, and at the same time realising your own being in relation to this world, just by feeling it. Suddenly everything is possible. Isn't that just amazing? Blessings to you all

[@ox2215]

I think it’s just for woke people I wouldn’t call it woke more like aware of the things around you the people the greed the hate it’s all around you

[@jeffreystewart7062]

What is your definition of spiritual awakening?

[@cindifranck72]

I love Eckhart Tolle's teachings, also more new to me is Angelo Dillulo MD's teachings.

[@Ryoshiz7T]

💪

[@surya_11]

"We accept the reality of the world with which we're presented." ~ Christof (The Truman Show)

[@mr.jamster8414]

I struggle with doing that I suppose nowadays.

[@sahilsharma_22]

Each line of this video essay is worth meditating upon for hours..kudos🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@machib77]

I've been having doubts about the Earth being round. If we live in a simulation, can you really claim any shape at all? It is designed to seem round, like a videogame, but in videogames they don't render the entire planet. Also: why aren't we allowed to go to Antarctica?

[@tsaqifrizky5276]

Reality is much nicer when you accept it. The fact that you're not being lied to is good enough for me.

[@colinjohn5195]

Let me know when this will happen

[@rusty_rockets]

When are we not being lied to?

[@tsaqifrizky5276]

@@rusty_rockets I have zero idea

[@UniversoSpiritualUnido]

Great you shouldn’t watch this then

[@7Kiddo]

??????????

[@user-qe7bt9dz1l]

This video made me realize even more how such an incredible movie The Matrix really was. It was like one of those movies that was in perfect alignment with its time. Like everyone involved including the actors were at a sweet spot in their lives to make this movie hit the nail on the head the way that it did. I believe in alignment.

[@itsmeharperjacksons6633]

It definitely was, and on top of that it is a defining film for the 21st century. As it came right at the beginning of it, 1999.

[@Logan_Patrick8]

It was a pure moment

[@youaresomeone3413]

It wasn't a movie it was a documentary

[@SupremePerspective]

2 months before my birthday. Music and media was in a good place then it seems

[@rinkinkel]

@@youaresomeone3413

[@dhlml]

The steak analogy is spot-on - it's easier to just eat whatever one was taught before being able to speak or make decisions, and ignore the reality of factory farms, climate impact, health... the matrix is indeed everywhere around us, in the restaurants, in the government subsidies, in the culture >

[@MDJ5]

"brains are survival engines, not truth detectors" - Peter Watts ~ Blindsight

[@bernardofitzpatrick5403]

Brilliant! Yes!

[@priyakulkarni9583]

Brain 🧠 is predictive machine sitting inside skull completely dark inside and pinching 🤏 neuronal electronic messages from senses and building the reality

[@darkfx3208]

Brains are what you train them to be.

[@laxdotexe481]

What are they surviving?

[@tshiamojusticelepale6585]

The problem is we are using our brains in almost everything.Mind you,there is the heart,why not use it as a blue print then the brain as an enabling mechanism..Tha way we will be able to see accept and or act along the trueth..Otherwise the trueth ultimatly overcomes the lie..Good and Evil war..Norwonder there is Ammagideon..

[@KH-fv3vq]

"Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth." - Henry David Thoreau

[@annelbeab8124]

Love of truth is the true love and funnily leads to loving

[@rianmacdonald9454]

Truth is required first in order to move forward.

[@CarlValiquette]

best answer possible IMO for why we neeed the truth

[@ramishady8053]

this is probably the best 23 minutes i've ever spend in whole my life on youtube

[@130VonKleist]

At a point in my youth, I decided for myself that knowing the truth is more important than anything. Since then, I've learned that over 90% of the time I have experienced what is true in life, it would be easier and happier to not know. I stayed the course, and realized you can have better control of your existence knowing what is true. Its a hard and lonely path. But its real. It makes all of the good things you experience more valuable.

[@luhohnel]

What is the truth?

[@130VonKleist]

@@luhohnel objective

[@luhohnel]

@@130VonKleist truth is what you make of it?

[@130VonKleist]

@@luhohnel thanks for talking with the depth of a fortune cookie. Your lucky numbers are 11, 18, 47.

[@luhohnel]

@@130VonKleist bro no fucking way you just said 47😳😳😳😳

[@sophiatealdo9680]

As 'Jesus' once said - I have not come to bring Peace I have come to bring the Truth - Blessed it Be.

[@bluesky7704]

People need to buy a Red pilled Bible where all of Jesus's statements are printed in red and only read his words.

[@dgccccc]

I wanted to find the truth and after 3 years i found jesus.

[@siti1ca]

@@dgccccc religion is the biggest hoax put onto man. There is no contemporary evidence for jesus

[@ANTINATALIST_lewis]

GO AWAY !😂 😂😂😂😂😂

[@flimsyjimnz]

Not quite: Matthew 10:34 Jesus said 'I *am* the truth'

[@spresimarslanoski3048]

Be true to yourself. Say what you feel. A no to someone is a yes to you. Once you are the truth to yourself, the truth comes out. The truth determines each individual.

[@iamcoachmark8327]

So where are u living right now? In the truth? 😅

[@spresimarslanoski3048]

@@iamcoachmark8327 What is the truth? To be who you are or to be someone you are not. Are mostly of the humans like this so they can get confirmation from the outside? And forget about themselves? And yes still in process...

[@pauliethompson3rd465]

My favorite point in this movie later on is that choice is what determines what truth is. Even though agent smith knew the future he couldn't understand why neo kept fighting. Because truth sometimes is subjective and you have to choose what you believe in.

[@tobeed9872]

The world is far weirder than the maddest amongst us can imagine. -TM

[@GTRFREAK17]

"Take it easy, dude, but take it!" - Terence McKenna

[@draingangsussy8066]

the truth requires no belief, it is the truth - Terence McKenna

[@yimmy7160]

The Matrix was a wake up call that proved most people prefer to live ignorant of reality because of the endless tunnel of feelings that can overwhelm you if you don't see it through to the end

[@youknowkbbaby]

What about capitalism?

[@lel1433]

@@youknowkbbaby both capitalism and communism can be used to create and abuse a matrix like reality.

[@lakzerk2344]

Yeah that's my issue w most things in life

[@guliyafayzullina3366]

This is deep. Thank you for your work

[@user-nb6bs7yd7r]

Very well narrated and summarized.

[@TEAforMIND]

"Illusion is the first of all pleasures." - Voltaire Maybe none of us are perceiving the reality/the truth for what it is but rather for what we wish it to be. How much reality can humankind bear? Thanks for sharing the video 🙂 It gave me a lot to think about.

[@eiseneuter2034]

Illusion and phantasy is the seed of suffering. We create worlds in our mind, and after a while we think these worlds are reality, and by doing so we can't see reality anymore, only the now matters. To live fully in the present moment, without any illusions.

[@billbradleymusic]

You have every right to think what you like you have no right to impose your thoughts upon others. It's up to them if they listen or not. Unless of course you're a good little commie and work for daddy government. At that point you lose all privilege of thought and are disposed of.

[@genesises]

@@eiseneuter2034 i don't agree... i can think of many examples where illusions are a required motivator, and many other times where reality presents facts that we interpret correctly only for circumstances to change - practically an illusion just but not in technicality.

[@CRHall-ud9mq]

Truth is for all to see. But, what you seek to manifest is what you wish it to be; "be careful what you wish for". "Seek, and you shall find".

[@Evitasgardenofhealth]

@@eiseneuter2034 yes

[@DF999xo]

I remember leaving the movie theater after this movie was finished thinking their trying to tell us something we aren’t in the real world we’re in the Truman show these two films left an impact on my mind years later well they weren’t wrong ..

[@thelinchi1]

truman show...

[@jacobjorgenson9285]

Only, nobody is pulling the strings. Humanity does it to itself

[@britishtherians4781]

I’ve always felt something strange was watching me or manipulating my life. I’ve been known to say I’m living in the matrix or my life is like the Truman show. I’m telling you my life has been a strange one and doesn’t align with any reality I know. Yet I somehow know it. People seem to know me. Yet I don’t know them. Multiple people act strange and do the same thing at once. One such strange example was that after this never happened to me before, a group of men all unrelated to each other mentioned my boobs were big. When I protested that this was inappropriate to say they all said I had a bad attitude and would never find a man. Never happened since Another example is that every time I wore a certain outfit in my own home. Nobody could see. People would come to tease me. Nobody could possibly know

[@Acujeremy]

Watch Dark City, and the anime, Ghost in the Shell.

[@DF999xo]

@@jacobjorgenson9285 exactly

[@midorithefestivegardevoir6727]

I believe that, in the end, both lies and truths are important; leaning too far into one another is a deadly mistake. Little lies can help make truth become more bearable and add a touch of color to mundane, but it is far too easy to indulge oneself in fabricated lies that their reality strays too far from real, distancing themselves from grasp on their sanity. Truth keeps us grounded, but being too bound by it can result in us being dragged down a rabbit hole too deep for our understanding and cause us great distress at the quite simple and bleak trues.

[@lavagirl6744]

I’ve watched the matrix while on the magic mushrooms and I haven’t been the same since. There was parts of the movie where my body clenched in disbelief because of the accuracy. We really live in a matrix/simulation world. I recommend everyone to try it 🧘🏽‍♀️

[@DoodieSmoothie]

sounds like it will fuck you up. i wont recommend

[@MrMarttivainaa]

I wouldn't recommend that lightly. The biggest red pill there ever was is the truth pretending to be a piece of fiction and it is hard to swallow. Doomed to forever question your existence, wondering if you're insane or right. Both are terrifying prospects, most people are Cypher but you cannot forget once you have seen it with your own eyes. Tread lightly.

[@parzival5884]

​@@MrMarttivainaa i like the way you put it because it does sometimes feel like I'm in hell even though i don't believe in a hell in the religious aspects! repeating myself over and over i find what i think is truth and don't like it so I go back to my comfort. Then it makes me question my own beliefs of existence all over again! like a never ending loop of wanting to know what life is and why im here! I sometimes tell myself its ok to not know the truth because I don't think the mind could fathom the real truth let alone have the capacity to hold all that gnostic (knowledge) They say it is through the fall of man that one finds redemption! The bible tells us we ate from the tree of good and evil (knowledge) instead of the tree of life so we descended into darkness like wandering souls in the abys forever lost some even believe we live in the Age of the damned which is the age after Christs realm for a thousand years this was the (Dark Ages) a thousand years of Christs realm on earth now its time for Satan's realm and we live in it! We live in a enclosed system like a clock 60 seconds 60 minutes in a hour and 24 hours in a day 2+4=6 the 0 is omitted we have 666 6+6+6=18 1+8=9 sacred geometry and mathematics shows a lot of our reality like the 144,000 in the bible 1+4+4=9! There's also a lot we don't know and a lot i have left on this journey to figure out. if this place is a simulation its a very elaborate one and i feel as if this is the base creation and just the beginning of the fall of man wanting to live forever in the body becoming one with Technology AI then it just gets worse and worse! The point of the move (where base creation is complete hell and we cant go back to it!) and even the same in the movie Ready Player One same concept! Its a metaphor of the mind creating its own heaven and hell we are energy and it cannot be created or destroyed only transformed!

[@j.m.b5441]

Our lives are spent constantly going in and out of the matrix, we've evolved this way so we can survive in this world, I don't think existing 100% on either one is healthy or even possible, in a way we take a third pill, a purple one. Great video, as always. Greetings from the US!

[@amoghbarakol4723]

I think Taoism has the answer for this. It describes the 'way' as walking the line between order & chaos ( the line seperating the two halves in the yin-yang symbol). Through my personal understanding, i think balance is key to living fully. By being in harmony, both in body & soul, we can get the best of both worlds- 'the matrix' & "the truth'.

[@amicableenmity9820]

I have the same view. There's a reason things are like this, but if we forget that there's more then we are lost.

[@j.m.b5441]

@@amoghbarakol4723 100%👍👍

[@markprocheska7302]

This is very true. Even the people who THINK they took the red pill take the blue pill in certain aspects of life or they are just miserable all alone with what they think is the truth. The human mind doesnt really want the truth. I wish very often that I was comfortable enough in the matrix not to seek truth. The happiest people on earth and the happiest we have ever been are when we are children and children are completely plugged in and dont seek any truth, they just live minute to minute as if life has no meaning. Only when we seek meaning do we realize that something is not right in the matrix and we seek A truth, not THE truth. And even when we discover it, so what then? The facts still remain, we have a brief existence on earth and there is probably nothing after. Now what? Congrats you miserable bastard you just get to walk around thinking everyone else is living a lie (and many of them happily blissfully doing so) and we have our truth and we get arrogant and pompous in our discovery but what does that really bring us? A superiority over the unawake? I envy the unawake because their ignorance really is bliss.

[@amoghbarakol4723]

@@markprocheska7302 i've been exactly where you are right now. Thinking & feeling the same things. I too felt discouraged by the seemingly perfect, happy lives of the very fortunate/ignorant. My own misfortunes & mistakes caused me to doubt every decision i'd ever taken. It's a trap. Making my way out of it, i peeled back the layers of my mind & my reality. Beneath the envy & frustration you feel there is more of YOU left to be discovered. I encourage you to just take a moment. Be still. Breathe. If you can, start to look within. You'll be surprised with what you'll find. I wish you well Mark.

[@jill5045]

it's a spiritual journey for each person to be able to experience as spiritual beings having a human experience

[@annelbeab8124]

Maybe even without that split,)

[@chickenlover657]

"In a world of phenomena perception is everything." ~ Schelling. Cypher is like Faust - he makes a deal with the Devil: he chooses prosperity and pleasure, the mundane for the price of his soul. But he is this only in the eyes of the (moralizing) beholder who values one above the other. What neither realize tho, is that there are no "lies" and no "truths". There are only different narratives, which are merely a result of perspective, aka perception. One man's trash is another man's treasure. One is not worth more than the other, as all value is comparative, aka relative. The key is not in discerning between "true" or "false"; the key is knowing what you want. In choosing CONSCIOUSLY that which suits YOU.

[@agoodspotheadscratcher]

Thank you for the very interesting video interpreting this aspect of The Matrix; as usual, you cover the topic with subtly. Another aspect of the movie has always fascinated me. The fact that the humans in the matrix provide the power for the matrix doesn't, as far as I can tell, have an analogue in The Allegory of the Cave, though the humans in the cave are called prisoners and seem to be "rewarded" for being skilled at recognizing the shadows, so maybe they do support the cave system somehow. But the fact that humans provide the power for the matrix (like a bunch of batteries) is an apt modern explanation for the underlying/hidden reason the people are in the cave/matrix.

[@makesuperaffiliatepassivei6338]

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." - John F. Kennedy

[@rockergirl6926]

What an eloquent way to say "Actions speak louder than words." This is my guage for everything.

[@dusanpantic792]

Morpheus gave Neo the choice. It was very difficult and hard choice to make. But Neo realizes that the only right way is to follow the path of the truth. It is a chance that have been given to a very few people...

[@invitia901]

But Morpheus never explained what the truth would entail….

[@parzival5884]

Because he himself dont even know hell for all we know they could be in another version of the matrix when they awoke! @@invitia901

[@Bird.__.]

Thanks, that’s a very good explanation of Plato’s Alegory of the cave. I think the movie goes beyond Plato’s Philosophy. We have so to speak an generator of reality inside our heads, a cave that creates illusions - called the brain. The reality itself is a construction, in the Matrix it is a distopia, created by mankind. The only way for humans and programs likewise is to transcend this construction of reality itself - through confidence, courage, compassion and love. Which points in the direction of a multidimensional universe or Buddhist conception of reality and illusion and rebirth, often revered to in other Wachowski movies, like Cloud Atlas.

[@mebetidosso3357]

Thank you very much for this great job you have done. It is really helpful to grab the deep meaning of this excellent movie.

[@kowabonga1263]

I can't believe there was no spoiler alert before telling Plato's cave allegory

[@acanarynamedrobyn4543]

😂

[@spiritlevelstudios]

Lol

[@darylingoteborg3178]

I’m going to use the same indignation to anyone who quotes bible verses at me in the future 😅

[@lauracoelhodesigns]

@@darylingoteborg3178 :D

[@lisatorres8980]

Why so people can remain confused and basically stupid bc they have no knowledge? Just asking

[@dkt2365]

Nietzsche dragged me out of the cave, I'm always angry or at least annoyed I can see why most people prefer lies. It's so frustrating but it's better than being a sucker I guess.

[@julelemaitre]

@Spiritual Stuff Good answer.

[@jonathanohearn3077]

Next step is to work towards radical acceptance of what is. Then you will lose your anger and annoyance. It is not that you have to like what is, just accept what is. Then you can work within that to better yourself and your situation as you see fit.

[@raresmocanu1743]

You know, the theory I love the most about the matrix is that Zion is a nested matrix, Inception style. Because it shows how taking the dude from the cave into an IMAX is still not showing him the truth. Same with Nietzsche. I too thought I saw through the veil with him, only to find it another cage.

[@100ghillie]

@@raresmocanu1743 "only to find it another cage" I find the Russian nesting dolls a good comparison, even these talks still are just another cage.

[@gareth7762]

What was the most prominent thing you learned from Nietzsche?

[@kiplaroy9664]

The matrix is the accumulative consciousness of creation itself. It's an incredible dance between you and all that is around you. It is your interaction with all things that at the same time are interacting with you to make your and its reality. It's not a battle of wills it's the cooperation of consciousness.

[@feim185]

You raised some questions in my head lol. Very well done

[@renatacantore3684]

It’s so amazing how hard it is to accept reality. The truth can be unbearable.

[@jacobjorgenson9285]

Humanity has shown many times that pretend is preferable

[@ox2215]

What do you mean?

[@micixduda]

@@ox2215 Why do you think we have gods?

[@swijii]

@@micixduda You're the one here who needs to prove, not believers.

[@swijii]

"Greatest trick devel ever pulled was to convince the world he didn't exist". You guys are pathetic 😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheStoicApe]

I found this to be very relatable from the viewpoint of WW1 survivors, where young men and boys went to war with knowledge of glory and victory from stories and history, but when faced with the shocking reality and survival an ordeal that strips them from bonds and connections that gave them identity, cost big time in trying to cope survive the peace..

[@guilhermesteinhausdasilva2652]

Who gave you the role of Lieutenant?

[@misstigerbubbles]

And women

[@staggeringsquids]

Man I been watching your videos for years. I actually watched this one multiple times. I appreciate all the knowledge you've given me up til now and the future.

[@tankeater]

THE TRUTH is that NEO was still jacked in!!! Remember the boy with the spoon? Remember him wanting NEO to have the spoon in the "real world?" He said "you'll know what that means."... NEO was too happy in "the real world" with Trinity to realize the truth.

[@cjkalandek996]

After what I've experienced, people are afraid of truth. Because the truth is so horrible that they'd rather live blindly in the lie than come to the realization that they've been lied to their whole life.

[@janetdouglas1272]

Yes, it is painful when all you get is disdain, rejection & humiliation by being mocked and laughed at by the people you trust when you attempt to share the true structures & systems of the world we live in. Sad.

[@silver3149]

@grashrossu It is written: Montezuma said; The people with into the cave; to wait the next light. The system of deception; it starts in childhood. 1. At a child's easiest age, the parents destroy the child's trust by deliberately lying with narrative, such as Santa bring gifts, and the tooth fairy leaves money for a lost tooth. It seem innocent, a white lie, right? Wrong, it is a pattern the establishment sat in motion to deceive the masses. 2. The establishment continue the lies such as racism, age-ism, class-ism and every ism imaginable. Why? To hoodwink the people, and continue covent slavery. The people do the work and the establishment gets the profits. The people pay the taxes, and the businessmen, politicians and clergymen get the wealth. What the system does is divide the people so they can conquer the people with ease. Why you asked? So the establishment can enslave the people for their business and pleasure. Take Santa; is the patron Saint of the merchants, known as St Nickolas. And St Nickolas serves two folds; 1. To enrich the merchants. 2. To create distrust at a child's earliest age. This is done clandestinely and covertly by the very person the child trust. 4. The deception continues with religion. Also introduced at an early age. And this indoctrination is to create fear, another tool to enslave the masses. Such as; you will go to Hell, unless you do what the religious men say. Take notice how the merchants, the politicians get their reward in the now; so does the religious leaders. . While the masses are told when they die they will get their reward in heaven. Open your eyes; There is only one reality. That reality is the Earth, which is why only land is called Real-estate. Male and female were given free will. GENESIS 1:28 You have within the Spirit of Creation; the power to create your life. Your way, what makes you feel happy Your thoughts and emotions empack whàt you speak. Therefore speak that which is desirable into being.

[@eskabanofficial]

@@janetdouglas1272 yeah you should go talk about it to the blind masses. its basically talking to a wall at that point.

[@erdishzane472]

People mostly in my experience don’t want the truth. The main reaction I get from people when trying to open their eyes is anger 🙄

[@user-em4un6to7p]

Ikr😅

[@batfink274]

Probably because they don't believe you.

[@shannonjaensch3705]

It is because truth equals responsibility and most people are immoral. Truth is Consciousness and Consciousness is Truth. Once we become become aware of a truth and we know it as Truth, we become conscious to it and once we are conscious of something, we cannot become unconscious to it. If we do not like that truth (the truth is not inline with our inner moral compass) then we are morally obligated to apply action in order to try to change that truth so that it is inline with our moral compass. Most people do not want the responsibility that truth brings so they will fight nail and tooth their whole lives to avoid becoming aware of Truth as it means they will have to then take ownership of the truth and apply themselves which is hard uncomfortable work. Sadly most people are lazy and very selfish and the hardest truths to change in this world is the ones about ourselves. I personaly see the SEE NO EVIL HEAR NO EVIL SPEAK NO EVIL MONKEYS as being a perfect representation of this. Evil is nothing more then selfishness. If we do not SEE evil acts being committed and we do not HEAR of evil acts being committed then we are unconscious to those evil acts being committed and thus are not morally culpable or obligated to SPEAK out against those evil acts.🙈🙉🙊 Responsibility is hard and it cuts into our play time and sadly most of us are cosmic children who do not want to truely grow up into a cosmic adult as we want to play all the time like monkeys. Hope this helps to give you some perspective as to why people want to fight us when we try to help them by offering truth.

[@buahburke9912]

Yes, the verbal lashings and attacks...I learned to leave people in their womb's demise until/unless they ASK "WTF: Do you see what I see?" Maybe if I were a rich guru, my concern would be heeded.

[@create306]

It's never a good idea to force anything. You can only give them an option to inquire the truth. Artists, musicians, and poets have been doing this for centuries.

[@mallariculp3551]

Holy Moly! I wasn’t awake when I saw that movie. The only part I understood was the red pill. Your lecture was so amazing. Plato!! Wow! Philosophy works for me. 😁. Thank you!

[@rashadb954]

Excellent video essay, I loved it.

[@AnnaDraconida]

What an incredible film. 20+ years later its message and philosophy still resonates strongly and continues to be relevant.

[@gvk3385]

it's "advaitha" philosophy

[@DemetriPanici]

*"In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can." - Nikos Kazantzakis*

[@MichaelSmith420fu]

Trust me, you wanted to be here since before. Have faith. Go straight into the problem and have faith in what you can manage. You're future energy will be there like a magnet, pulling you forward, protecting you.

[@MrHeat1up]

It's amazing to me that the maker of this video talks about accepting the truth and then saying that people who say the earth is flat dont want to believe the truth. When it's the opposite, even you dont want to believe that you have been lied to about the world we live in.

[@ultrahodin649]

The Matrix is real, we live it in our every day lives, it's time to break free.

[@incognito96]

Problem is ppl cant handle the truth.

[@musicsoshiny]

@@incognito96 they are full of shit and participate in the reinforcing of their matrix you speak of

[@phoenixj1299]

The theme of matrix is based on the concept of Maya from Hinduism. Neo is "reborn/awakened" when he come out of the matrix and realise "what is real?". The movie revolves around this theme as well. In Hinduism if an individual comes out of Maya(matrix) the one will be beyond and out of Maya(matrix) which leads them to ultimate "reality" and truth. Also the theme song of matrix movie (Navras) have lyrics straight from Upanishads which is one of the core philosophy of Hinduism and matrix movie. That mantra from the movie sums up all the matrix movies.

[@calmcalm6203]

Y does Hollywood try wake ppl.up with movies with solutions? When Hollywood is part of the elite?

[@Game-qz5su]

@@calmcalm6203 Preemptive/predictive programming, so the people don't look at the things happening as extremly alien to them so they can passivly except all the shit they are beeing fed. It's a hypnotic state they get in and the dystopia in movies and dystopia in real doesn't seem that foreign, so basicly they never become a renegade and do anything against the corrupt system. Just a thought of me and some other people involved with searching the truth since birth until death.