I recently watched the movie The Matrix. I had watched some parts sometime ago but I failed to understand the concept or the plot. This time I watched it at a strech from the beginning to the end. I could not take my mind away from even for a second after watching it. To me The Matrix is a seperate discipline that you can talk for hours. Every scene carries something to think and you can hit the rewind button literally thousands of times. In very simple terms The Matrix is buddhist philosophy. Buddhism teaches us that the world is full of signals (sanskara). The human mind is The Matrix. Passa or the feeling is perceived by the human mind when viggana (I like to think this as a signal) is cordinated by an external object and an internal object. The external objects are the projections in human mind when they are transmitted through signals which are collected by internal objects (sensory organs such as nose, eyes, tongue, ears and body). So when we see a red apple, do we really see a red apple or do we perceive an illusion created in the mind? Does "a red apple" really exist or is that a merely an illusive projection? Those are the million dollar questions that you cannot escape when you watch The Matrix. Personally, it is very disturbing to ponder these queation. After all, the answer to these question is given itself in the film. "Ignorance is bliss". Thinking too much would destroy the simple pleaures that we gain in our Matrix and what we have to do is live and let live as J. K. Rowling has reiterated in her fiction.
Cubicle Buddies: In Honour of True Friends Who Stand with You
The past couple of years have seen a different shape in human civilisation. The speed which human being has tried to run has come to a sudden standstill with the pandemic and things that we took for granted have such a value now ; a walk with your friend, a trip with your friends or at least your freedom to see each other's face or even breathe. The mobility is no longer a comfort as it used to be. I do not want to talk or write about the travel restrictions imposed due to Covid-19, but my being circling back to Covid-19 proves how it has become a shared common reality in everyone's life. What I want write about is true friendship. But why do we need to bother about friendship or friends during a gloomy period like this? What advantages or what benefits a friend can bring to you in a trying time like this? Can they feed you? Can they give you gifts? Can they throw you surprise birthday parties? To what end? I am pretty sure these questions are not yours b...
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