The Red Pill

-by Matt Leedham

“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’m only offering you the truth…

Nothing more.”

- Morpheus from The Matrix

Consciousness is a funny thing. Once you are conscious, you cannot go back. A bell cannot be un-rung. What has been seen cannot be unseen. The question is, are you up for the challenge?

To explore your own consciousness (i.e. how aware you are of your true self), is a challenging journey. Ultimately, you may discover some ugly things. Not surprisingly though, you will also discover some beautiful things. The challenge is, can you let all of that go in complete non-judgment to accept your authenticity for exactly what is?

No?

What if I told you that your true self is perfect? Your true self must be perfect. It is you in complete form. And whether or not you believe in divine creation or biological evolution, you cannot deny that, logically, you are exactly as you should be. Perfect.

This understanding and realization is the truth. And when you come to grips with the truth, you release all of the imaginary things that hold you back. You just live. And live perfectly.

As always, the choice is yours.

Will you stay in Wonderland and see how far the rabbit hole goes?

The Truth

-by Matt Leedham

Achieving goals and living a life of purpose and meaning is like being in the Matrix.

Boy: “Do not try and bend the spoon. That’s impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth.”

Neo: “What truth?”

Boy: “There is no spoon.”

Neo: “There is no spoon?”

Boy: “Then you’ll see that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.”

I love this scene. I find it a powerful metaphor for a lot of challenges in a person’s life. In the context of this post, the spoon represents rules, social constructs, belief systems and other people’s expectations.

The point being, there is only one rule to living a purposeful, meaningful life: There are no rules.

To be happy, fulfilled, and successful (whatever you define that to be), you cannot live by other people’s definition of your world. That makes no sense. And frankly, you will never meet the expectations of those around you because you are not invested in those expectations, nor do you have a clear understanding of what they are.

When you are grounded in core values that define your existence, it is then that the world becomes a favorable place to be yourself. Then you’ll see that it is not the world, society, or other people’s expectations of you that bends, it is only yourself.

(my apologies for what appears to be Croatian subtitles…I couldn’t find a clean version to embed)