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.
Starlight By chandula Arsakulasuriya Unce upon a time I dont know what century What decade AD or BC There was a son and father They were in a country I dont know what country Perhaps by the sea Perhaps by the woods Or may be in the country Or the city It was simply noon The son and his father were Looking at the distant The Father said suddenly "The sun is s star, you know ?" How come the sun is A star? Asked the wise boy Stars come at night You are fooling me Nope, said the truthful Father The sun is a star Birth of life There are billions of them The sun is just a star "Hmm" said the confused son So this is not sunlight This is but starlight? Asked the clever boy Father was aghast But he managed to smile And on on on He smiled and he patted his son Yes, you are right It is just starlight It is strange father Why ? Asked the father Now it does not make sense for me I need sunlight not sta...
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