oneword - 2006-02-21 1:11 PM
Ah, Morpheusisms!
To know the path, you must walk the path.
Do you think that's air you're breathing?
Morpheus/Matrix rocks, I might have to load up the dvd! More morpheusisms:
If real is what you can feel, smell, taste and see, then 'real' is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.
The body cannot live without the mind.
Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.
The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, 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 inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.
Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony.
I imagine that right now, you're feeling a bit like Alice. Hmm? Tumbling down the rabbit hole?
I see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, that's not far from the truth. Do you believe in fate, Neo?
I know *exactly* what you mean. Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?
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?
Welcome to the real world.
This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.
I didn't say it would be easy, Neo. I just said it would be the truth.