Monday, March 24, 2014

Matrix: the awakening or how neo stop thinking and transcence into a cybergod


the matrix is a movie about a bunch of human regenade fight again the machine that have put most of humanity into a illusion of life. the movie can be compare to the symbolism of buddahism and his road to enlightenment. the meaning of Buddha is the "enlighten one" it show Buddha journey from a prince to a person who understand the suffering and pleasure of the world. and break free from this illusion. the matrix we have Morpheus and neo both from the same world, except one is enlighten but the other is still "sleeping". this can be compare to the Buddha when he was young and when he met the prophet that have experience the suffering of the world. neo was just that guy he was normal in the world he live in never knowing it real or not, and here come morpheus who just come and tell him the world he live in wasnt real.

the journey to transcendence for Neo is also comparable to buddha while he was still looking for englightment, there was many obstacle. for one he didnt think he was the one, as you can see how he act in the movie. people have try to hint him on the path to enlightment. it is until near death, like buddha  when he was starving, did he finally reach transcendent hood of cyber god, or enlightenment if you will. he finally understand that the world around him isnt really thus broke the chain of order that have bound him from the beginning of the movie untill now. he was trully free. FREEDOM. you can see it when he stop the bullet and destroy agent smith and also you know fly at the near end of the movie.


Neo birth is also almost like buddha birth, what i mean is that both of them have one unique birth. for buddha he was born when a elephant tusk touch his mother side, he emerge from a lily pad as a baby, he was able to walk when he first born. for neo he was born well we didnt know but i assume he is born from the tube that he was in, that one with the wire that connected to him. and the day he take the red pill is the day he was trully born and welcome to the world of the living. this conclude my essay on the similarity of buddha and the matrix


Monday, March 10, 2014

Blog #15


in groundhog day the movie, the main character a weather man is stuck in a time loop  reliving the day of the annual groundhog day over and over again. at first he was like thinking everyone was crazy, then it was great for him for he can do thing with no consequences then it started to become his nightmare. he started to try everything to stop it but he don't know how. in this way it does show the five states of grief. first come denial then anger follow by bargaining, with a slice of despaired to mix it up and to finish it up it was accepting of his fate.

at first in the movie he started to wake up and he never believe it was true and he thought everyone was just screwing with him, not believing what is happening he just go on with his days this represent the state of denial.

 after a while he try to make it stop and he started to act aggressively even yelling at a person who say good morning to him. he insulted the annual groundhog day represent anger.

after his anger impulse. he started to calm down and started to help alots of people. including an old man that is going to died on the groundhog day. this show that he is bargaining in hope that if he do good then something will change on this day. Bargaining.

In the near end of the movie we started to see Phil the main character started to go through his day with no emotion at all. he been doing this for so long untold many repeat that he specialize in many subject. he look like he is lost his will to live, he even try to kill himself over and over again, jumping down a church hit by bus etc. this represent depression.

the last stage is acceptance. he accept his day he goes on and help a lot of people, old lady car tire is broken he fix it. an old man is dieing he try to help him through the day. a couple who is having a wedding he pick the wedding for them. he did many thing that make him a better person then before.