While growing up, you probably heard of those fake stories about how kids in China were making the Television sets,Laptops,Watches and Radios we save to buy come end of the month.
From Influencers,YouTubers and other Blogs, we can all agree that they are all preaching about the same Motto:Escaping The Matrix.
What is a Matrix?
A matrix is defined as a cultural, political and social environment, in this case, we humans develop.
What does it really mean to escape the Matrix?
From a personal perspective,when we wake up,we have a decision to either swallow the Factual Truth of life pill, or the Truth that is painted for us to believe,the Illusion.
The Gospel of Escaping the Matrix I believe was derived from “The Matrix” film where Keanu Reeves(Actor) was given a choice of two pills that he had to choose in order to swallow.The Blue pill represented the Illusion that everyone else in the world was being made to believe while the Red pill represented the Truth and facts of life.
Besides Keanu Reeves choosing the Red pill,I strongly believe he had the choice of swallowing the two pills at the same time due to curiosity.Why?,you would ask, but have you gone ahead to ask yourself who really came up with the “Escaping the Matrix” quote and his intentions.It is said that separation is the greatest Illusion and this “Escaping The Matrix” for me I believe is another deeper way to separate two groups of people hence an effective matrix all the same.
Authenticity and Dependency
Technology has greatly become part of our lives since we constantly depend on them for various reasons.It’s however interlinked to some of the ways rulers of the land keep people in the Matrix through instilling fear for example through what people watch on these gadgets.This I believe is what people consider to be the authentic self of themselves.This now becomes a loophole that rulers of the land can take advantage of since people need phones to work and to catch up on social life.
Dependency on Technology to be specific gadgets makes it hard to change the perspectives of many people at this stage.
Deprogramming oneself from the web of lies that as a society or an individual have been fed in I really think it requires alot.It’s like teaching an old dog new tricks which I really think requires ample time or a miracle.Many people are already consumed to the believes and lies that has made it their absolute truth.From Social Media Applications that have access to people’s private information and behaviours,I believe it would be hard to tell them to forget the Gospel they have been used to all their lives.
I believe it would be easier to make the Deprogramming goal a long term one for the Next Generations to come.One step at a time,we target the thoughts and how to reduce over dependency on Gadgets.
Or what’s your take ?
By.Vincent Kimathi.
Am Self-centered 