The Matrix: a portal to inner transformation

In this video, we look at the Matrix films, its themes of spiritual awakening, and its hidden Gnostic philosophy. We explore its insights about the nature of reality, the world of illusion, the Gnostic perspective, and its hidden doorway to spiritual awakening.
In the Matrix, Thomas Anderson is a computer programmer by day. But by night, he’s a computer hacker known as “Neo.” He feels intuitively, that something is very wrong in the world. He can’t describe what it is, but he knows that things aren’t really what they seem to be. He meets a mysterious man named Morpheus, who offers him a choice between two pills: a red one, which reveals the truth about the Matrix and the nature of reality. And a blue one, which makes him forget everything he’s seen, allowing him to go back to his normal life. And to believe, whatever he wants to believe. This choice is crucial.
Neo takes the red pill, and this, will be his portal to spiritual awakening.
The Matrix is actually a modern retelling of a very old philosophy: gnosticism. One of the central ideas in Gnostic philosophy is that we are all divine sparks. Each of us, in our innermost core, has a piece of the divine within ourselves. It’s also the idea that the material world is an illusion.
According to the Gnostics, what keeps us trapped in the world of illusion, is ignorance. The only way to free ourselves from this enslavement, is to gain direct knowledge of the divine, or “gnosis” which is Greek for “knowledge.” This idea is essential to every kind of mysticism.
We also see this in the work of psychologist Carl Jung. Jung believed that most of the problems we face in life, also come from a kind of ignorance i.e., unconsciousness. He believed the key to healing, growth, and personal development is to become conscious. In other words, to gain gnosis through a process he called Individuation. Jung actually studied Gnosticism in depth, throughout his life. But publicly, he denied being a Gnostic or any other kind of mystic. Instead, he insisted that he was a clinician whose psychology was grounded in science and observation. And yet the influence of Gnosticism is very clear in his work.
In one of his most famous statements, Jung wrote that “he who looks outside dreams; but he who looks within awakens.”
There’s also a basic creation story at the heart of many gnostic traditions, involving the idea that the universe began with the Monad, which gave rise to Aeons, which gave rise to Sophia, which also gave rise to the Demiurge and the Archons. We see the parallels for this story in the Matrix where the Architect is the Demiurge, the Oracle is Sophia, and the Archons are the agents of the Matrix. We also find that Neo represents the “saviour figure” often found in gnostic traditions, and Cypher, who believes that “ignorance is bliss” commits the ultimate betrayal.
CHAPTERS
00:00 - The Story of the Portal
00:43 - The Matrix as a Portal Story
01:52 - The Matrix and Gnosticism
02:12 - The Matrix and Spiritual Awakening in the Gnostic Tradition
04:10 - How to Awaken: The Gnostic Perspective
07:36 - Was the World as Mistake? The Gnostic Perspective of the Matrix
13:47 - Carl Jung’s Gnostic View and the Matrix
15:51 - Cypher and his Betrayal: Is Ignorance Bliss?
17:00 - Bending Spoons in the Matrix: Is the Material World a Cage or a Cocoon for personal transformation?
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[@LisaCulton]

[Spoon] When I first saw the Matrix movies many years ago, they simply didn't mean anything to me... but decades later, after my eyes were opened, so to speak, I watched them with my son and they made 100% perfect sense.

[@ModernIntuitionist]

That's wonderful to hear Lisa, you are an awesome mom! Thank you for your continued support and for watching (all the way to the end). I appreciate you 🥄🥄

[@LauraMarie_LUV1ANO]

My experience was the same as yours.

[@ForeverAmber_1]

Same here! I made both of my kids watch the first one, and they loved it.

[@Ghost-vs3du]

I watched it at 15 and it blew my mind away.... But at that point I was watching Zeitgeist movies which also blew my mind

[@coolbreeze5683]

I had a similar thought as you did. I watched the first Matrix in the theatre as a teenager. I went with a friend who was into sci-fi and I wasn't really into that genre so I went to see it just for the cool special effects. I remember liking it the same way I liked any other blockbuster at the time. Mostly because of the visuals and I didn't think much of the storyline. It wasn't until over a decade later when I re-watched it, I realized there was so much more to that movie. Until today, I have researched more into spirituality and reflecting into my own life experiences, watching The Matrix again, it has a whole other level of nuance and meanings I just couldn't comprehend when I was that teenager watching it for the first time. It's amazing when you can watch a movie multiple times and it keeps revealing new things to you. The movie Interstellar also has that same effect for me.

[@eideardpeschak7546]

Also, the story of the portal is more common than one might think. In my view, every human being on this planet has at least one vice (that's just how our brains are wired: to attach ourselves to things in the pursuit of comfort and security), so overcoming that vice loop that we are stuck in, may feel like we stepped through a portal which drastically changes who we think we are. The portal is our mind and fear is its gatekeeper.

[@ModernIntuitionist]

Wonderfully said Eideard! I completely agree with you, the portal story is a universal one, and learning to overcome one's vices is a kind of "gnosis" as well (and also frees us from unconscious vice loops as you say)

[@eideardpeschak7546]

@@ModernIntuitionist We can never be free from the grip of vices, especially in a world like this, where we are bombarded with small baits every day, that lead us to form new vices. Maybe in the past, the significance of portals was something special, but now, since it's so common, its importance has lost the intensity of meaning to the point where it's cast into ignorance. What is happening now could be described as a war of awareness. The sad part is that no one can lure you to step through the portal. Each of us has to experience it at least once to be able to understand what awareness really is and how it feels. Only then we can say that we have a choice to fight in this war.

[@cc.99.]

Hence, fear underlying what the mind thinks….thus is implemented intuition;)

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Losing your ego on psychedelics can help with that

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BRAVO! In 19min, You perfectly summed up what took me 15 years of research to uncover!!

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[@RenataTheDreemer]

I totally get the message behind the 🥄 bending scene. I’ve often described The Matrix as the adult version of Alice In Wonderland. This is my first time hearing about the Gnosticism and look forward to researching this idea even further.

[@Abrpatel]

woh!! the amount of work you put into this video shows!! Wasn't aware of the Gnostic before this so thank you for enlightening me on this themes and its connection to one of the most successful philosophical movies of all time. Sad that the sequels didn't continue the tradition, as they're more a cash grab them actually creating something transformative for others. I think they should stop and let the original stand on its own and impact the lives of those who see in generations from now. This channel is turning into what I think made WiseCrack great at the beginning; a fusion of philosophy and culture. I think you have capacity and vision to do more kinds of videos like these, and there is clearly an audience for it!

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Thank you for your very kind comments my friend, that's high praise. I'm a fan of the Wisecrack channel as well. I agree with you that the original Matrix was the best one, and after watching the latest Resurrections, it seems to put an end to the story/franchise. Thanks again, I'm very grateful to have your support!

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I got the impression that "Resurrections" put the spotlight on the importance of the Divine Feminine's role.

[@SaleemRanaAuthor]

I agree with you on the sequencies. They dissipated the shock of the initial ideas. The first Matrix planted the seeds of awareness, pointing out that we may possibly be living in an illusory dimension. All the other movies were distracting commentaries on it, overelaborating on sideline philosophical themes.

[@cherylberk4593]

I have spent many years studying Advaita Vedanta, an orthodox school of Hinduism. Far older than Gnositic writings. I believe that The Matrix, as well as other "science fiction" is Vedanta based. An enormous amount of Vedanta writings are available, including on maya, the concept that obscures reality. Further, it addresses that our problems are created by Ignorance of who and what we really are. These ancient texts are written in Sanscrit (the basis for many European languages) Its teaching method, so ancient yet so modern. This is logic, science, intellectual, really not about religion as usually thought about. The ancients had this figured out 10,000 years ago.

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Our beliefs is the illusory cage that keeps us away from what we inherently know. The ego relies on thinking. The self, on feeling. That's why there is so much stuff in the world that influences the way we feel, cuddling us in the numbness of comfort. Awesome video, as usual.

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[@mystikrebel1089]

Brilliantly explained with the deeper spiritual symbolism but I will add The Matrix was also deeply influenced by more older spiritual concepts rooted in Hinduism . The Idea of Maya which also means illusion or a distortion of the reality .The end credits of Matrix Revolutions we hear the soundtrack of 'Asato ma sad gamaya,tamaso ma jyotir gamaya,mrtyor mamrtam gamaya. Shanti, Shanti, Shanti. which near to means 'Lead me from the asat to the sat. Lead me from darkness to light. Lead me from death to immortality Aum Peace Peace Peace.. The three Hindu characters in that movie also have symbolism with their names that fits into that story.So the movie is a mix of various ancient tradititons

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Súper spiritual food. A spoon is a fitting symbol. God bless my friend.🏹 Couldn’t find the spoon. Sent a bow and arrow. You hit the mark; bulls eye

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