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Sunday, December 25, 2005

Enter the Matrix

Sometime back, it occured to me that Cypher, the 'guy' who cheats Neo and hands over Morpheus to Agent Smith - that guy was right.

He, like most of us, decides to LIVE in The Matrix. He is entrapped in the delights of the world- wealth, wine and women. Gorging on culinary delights, when he knows that its only in his mind. Looking to become the CEO of a big company, when he knows that he is actually a mere crop in the energy cultivation fields of the machines.

The point is, is there an escape from The Matrix? After all, as Morpheus says - even in order to destroy The Matrix, one has to enter The Matrix.

But why should The Matrix be destroyed? People are happy when they are in The Matrix - atleast happier than what they would be, if they found out that life here is just an illusion. That I am being used as an energy source, being farmed and 'cultured' and 'cultivated'. :)

Would I be able to wake up to a reality that is even more terrifying, despairing and frustating? No. The sense of balance, propriety and justice would be lost. Suddenly, its a new world once again, and I dont know how it functions!

WHAT is the chance, that things are real this time around -when I see myself being farmed and used- WHAT is the chance that the machines have just decided to change the program operating in my mind in order to obtain better utilization?
If real is only this real, is there some reality in the imaginary too.....
Its a new fight. I would feel like a 'baby', born into The Matrix, crying its bowels out at being 'switched' to a new reality...
WHY should I come out of The Matrix at all?
Am I happy here? No. And that is the only reason.
And I may not be happy even after I come of The Matrix, and then comprehend reality - or another Matrix. If I manage to come out of that too, I might have lost all interest in Reality. I would not be 'chasing' Reality anymore. I would either keep myself alone - away from Reality, or I would choose to Fuck myself up into some Reality or the other, and lead the life I led before I knew what was amiss...
Funny, how these last lines sound with respect to Love,Relationships and Marriage... :)