Lao Tsu said:
I dreamed I was a butterfly. Now that I am awake I wonder, am I a man who dreamed he was a butterfly or am I butterfly dreaming that I am a man?
This wonderful quote reminds me of the following quotes from the movie
The Matrix. I love this movie as excellent philosophy is finely intertwined with superb special effects in it.
Morpheus: 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?
Morpheus: If real is what you can feel, smell, taste and see, then 'real' is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.
Morpheus: 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, or when you go to church, or when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Morpheus: That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else, you were born into bondage, born inside a prison that you cannot smell, 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.
[This is after Neo notices blood coming out of his mouth after an encounter in the Matrix, the imaginary world]
Neo: I thought it wasn't real
Morpheus: Your mind makes it real
Neo: If you're killed in the matrix, you die here?
Morpheus: The body cannot live without the mind
3 comments:
Gopa, thanks for this nice article and cool photos.
Was also quite intrigued by The Matrix, till they start imputing dark reasons for the Matrix and its creation. Lost interest in the movie after that part.
Am more impressed by the comments of our Masters:
* God created the world in sport—Sri Ramakrishna
* It's not the Universe that is vast; it's the mind that is vast—Ramana Maharshi
* Life is a game; play it—Sri Satya Sai Baba
If one plays this game called life according to the rules:
* Do you work as worship and don't worry about the results
* Follow fun, have misery; follow knowledge, have fun
then one can come out of this game nicely. Then, the whole of one's life will indeed be the preparation for one's death!
Actually it was Zhuangzi who said the thing about the butterfly.
;o)
Thanks for the clarification; just checked Wikipedia. You are correct. My original reference could be wrong.
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