The System
2002-08-08 03:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
confliction"Do you want to know what IT IS? The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us, even now in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth."
"Like everyone else you were born into bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. A prison for your mind. Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself."
"Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?"
"How do you define real? If you're talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain. This is the world that you know."
"The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around. What do you see. Business men, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system, and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inert, so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it. Were you listening to me Neo, or were you looking at the woman in the red dress?"
"Sentient programs. They can move in and out of any software still hard wired to their system. That means that anyone we haven't unplugged is potentially an agent. Inside the Matrix, they are everyone and they are no one. We have survived by hiding from them, by running from them. But they are the gatekeepers. They are guarding all the doors. They are holding all the keys, which means that sooner or later, someone is going to have to fight them."
Quotes from Morpheus, in the great film... The Matrix.
Morpheus... a name bestowed to only one person in history to my knowledge...
...the God of Dreams.
Sentient. Another interesting word.
Endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness.
Being Sentient would therefor only imply the basic raw animal traits of humanity.
Bare this in mind.
Anyways, back to the film... those words.
Do they not ring a string within your very being?
Maybe not.
They are but a bunch of cleverly chosen words by a bunch of men who were making a comic book... which then became a film.
They are scripted.
Written by man.
For man.
But why those words?
Out of the thousands of words in the English dictionary and beyond... why those words?
In that order?
To produce that effect?
I can think of many possible reasons, here are but a few:
a) That's just the way it is... the way the cards fell as it were.
b) It was written in the stars... those words were destined to be uttered.
or, and just think for a moment...
c) Some unseen, subconscious force, that intertwines all of humanity... made those words.
I really need more quotes... but you'd be bored to death I'm guessing.
So I'll make do.
Basically... imagine that there is no 'big cheese' of life.
This is the concept I put to you.
The things that enslave humanity are not evil oppressors, or dictators... for they only enslave a few.
Humanity is not enslaved by some God or God's.
We do not, and will not bow to his or her whims, because he or she...
...does not exist.
We are enslaved by our very minds.
Fear.
Doubt.
And disbelief.
And yes... you need to 'Free...your...mind'
Let me explain more about this 'System'.
It's a clever thing.
Much smarter than me, or you...
...or friggin Einstein.
The System is there to preserve itself.
To keep mankind following it's impulses.
But what controls the System?
We do.
We... are the System.
The next time someone does something that breaks the 'norms' of the System...
...just watch the other parts of the System kick them back into shape.
They are ridiculed.
At worst... they are outcast.
But this my friends... will only set them free.
The System exists on many more levels than even I can understand right now.
It's driving forces extend from Greed, Glutence, Revenge and Hatred...
...to possibly misplaced trust, misplaced belief and misplaced knowledge. All positive things, that become negative, because they are mis-used.
Why does it preserve itself?
Because that is the driving force of all life.
The System preserves of Sentience.
The raw element of human nature, that resides within us all.
It wants to survive.
But what, may you ask, is threatening it's survival?
Consciousness.
Ever since man has been able to think for himself...
...he has been at war... with himself.
Before it was survival of the fittest.
Today, it's survival of the richest, greediest, nastiest, scum society can produce.
It's no longer for the species.
It's for a way of life.
Our conscience can set us free.
One must control their 'lower' urges...
...and think for themselves.
In order to be truely free...
...one must not worry about how they are received by humanity.
One must just be one thing.
Be yourself.
Think for yourself.
Live...
...for yourself.
Remember, this is just a concept.
It is therefore open to debate.
If you have any questions, or if anything wasn't clear.
Do not hesitate to ask...
...do not feel that you will be seen as a fool.
Who cares what anyone thinks?
Let them judge you.
Ignore them.
They are just preserving the system.
They depend on the System.
Popular people especially.
Successful people especially.
Please...
...ask questions.
I am not ashamed to post this.
You should help me fight the system.
Ask a question.
"Like everyone else you were born into bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. A prison for your mind. Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself."
"Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?"
"How do you define real? If you're talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain. This is the world that you know."
"The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around. What do you see. Business men, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system, and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inert, so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it. Were you listening to me Neo, or were you looking at the woman in the red dress?"
"Sentient programs. They can move in and out of any software still hard wired to their system. That means that anyone we haven't unplugged is potentially an agent. Inside the Matrix, they are everyone and they are no one. We have survived by hiding from them, by running from them. But they are the gatekeepers. They are guarding all the doors. They are holding all the keys, which means that sooner or later, someone is going to have to fight them."
Quotes from Morpheus, in the great film... The Matrix.
Morpheus... a name bestowed to only one person in history to my knowledge...
...the God of Dreams.
Sentient. Another interesting word.
Endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness.
Being Sentient would therefor only imply the basic raw animal traits of humanity.
Bare this in mind.
Anyways, back to the film... those words.
Do they not ring a string within your very being?
Maybe not.
They are but a bunch of cleverly chosen words by a bunch of men who were making a comic book... which then became a film.
They are scripted.
Written by man.
For man.
But why those words?
Out of the thousands of words in the English dictionary and beyond... why those words?
In that order?
To produce that effect?
I can think of many possible reasons, here are but a few:
a) That's just the way it is... the way the cards fell as it were.
b) It was written in the stars... those words were destined to be uttered.
or, and just think for a moment...
c) Some unseen, subconscious force, that intertwines all of humanity... made those words.
I really need more quotes... but you'd be bored to death I'm guessing.
So I'll make do.
Basically... imagine that there is no 'big cheese' of life.
This is the concept I put to you.
The things that enslave humanity are not evil oppressors, or dictators... for they only enslave a few.
Humanity is not enslaved by some God or God's.
We do not, and will not bow to his or her whims, because he or she...
...does not exist.
We are enslaved by our very minds.
Fear.
Doubt.
And disbelief.
And yes... you need to 'Free...your...mind'
Let me explain more about this 'System'.
It's a clever thing.
Much smarter than me, or you...
...or friggin Einstein.
The System is there to preserve itself.
To keep mankind following it's impulses.
But what controls the System?
We do.
We... are the System.
The next time someone does something that breaks the 'norms' of the System...
...just watch the other parts of the System kick them back into shape.
They are ridiculed.
At worst... they are outcast.
But this my friends... will only set them free.
The System exists on many more levels than even I can understand right now.
It's driving forces extend from Greed, Glutence, Revenge and Hatred...
...to possibly misplaced trust, misplaced belief and misplaced knowledge. All positive things, that become negative, because they are mis-used.
Why does it preserve itself?
Because that is the driving force of all life.
The System preserves of Sentience.
The raw element of human nature, that resides within us all.
It wants to survive.
But what, may you ask, is threatening it's survival?
Consciousness.
Ever since man has been able to think for himself...
...he has been at war... with himself.
Before it was survival of the fittest.
Today, it's survival of the richest, greediest, nastiest, scum society can produce.
It's no longer for the species.
It's for a way of life.
Our conscience can set us free.
One must control their 'lower' urges...
...and think for themselves.
In order to be truely free...
...one must not worry about how they are received by humanity.
One must just be one thing.
Be yourself.
Think for yourself.
Live...
...for yourself.
Remember, this is just a concept.
It is therefore open to debate.
If you have any questions, or if anything wasn't clear.
Do not hesitate to ask...
...do not feel that you will be seen as a fool.
Who cares what anyone thinks?
Let them judge you.
Ignore them.
They are just preserving the system.
They depend on the System.
Popular people especially.
Successful people especially.
Please...
...ask questions.
I am not ashamed to post this.
You should help me fight the system.
Ask a question.
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Re: Fighting the system
Date: 2002-08-13 06:48 pm (UTC)Re: Fighting the system
Date: 2002-08-13 06:50 pm (UTC)AY!
Tequila!
AY!
Tequila!
*cough*
Anyways... I succesfully found myself this very morning when I woke up.
It was a pleasant surprise.
Mirrors are such useful tools...