Originally posted by solomon1983:
http://www.matrix-explained.com/php/about-the-matrix-movies-4881.html
[b]The Real Meaning behind Martix movie
It is no secret that the W brothers are followers of the
Gnostic faith, which is a belief that the God of
Abraham is actually a flawed inferior being called the Demiurge.
Demiurge came from the womb of the one true transcendant God's
wife, Sophia (knowledge) as a result of her passion to truly know
the transcendant God. When born, Demiurge was cast from the Pleroma
(heaven and home of the transcendant God). He did not retain
knowledge of the Pleroma or the transcendant God. Thus, he believed
himself to be alone as the Almighty. He created for himself this
universe from existing matter, in his own flawed image. In this
universe he created for himself a home, known to us as heaven,
followers known as Archons (angels), the earth, and life on earth,
so as to amuse and worship him. In humanity exisits a divine spark,
a trace of the transcendant God, which wishes to ultimatley return
to the Pleroma. Knowing this, the Archons created the circumstances
on earth, sin and the like to trap the divine spark (souls) on
earth for eternity. Only through Gnosis can a soul attain the
knowledge necessary to outwit the Archons following bodily death
and return to the Pleroma. Gnosis is attained through the help of
Aeons, deities that exist in the Pleroma and momentarily return to
earth to help free the divine sparks. The biblical figures like
Jesus are Aeons. It is here that the stage is set for the Matrix
movies. One misconception is that the Matrix stories are told from
the aspect of the human plight. This is incorrect. The actual
struggle is within the machines.
The "Real" World: Pleroma
The Matrix: Earth
The Source (big building where the architect resides): Demiurge's
Heaven.
Architect: Demiurge or flawed creator. He creates the Matrix to
"mathematical perfection", except of course of the anomoly which he
cannot get rid of. This exhibits his own imperfection as his model
of perfection is imperfect.
Oracle: Barbelo, Demiurge's consort who was born as Demiurge's
first thought. As the Demiurge creates his imperfect "perfect"
world and is passive in its maintenance, except to "balance the
equation" from time to time, Barbelo is his active, energetic,
complement. She sees that the Demiurge is flawed and works within
his system to break down the barriers that he has constructed to
trap the divine sparks. In Reloaded, the Architect told Neo that it
was the Oracle who helped him set up the system to control the
anomoly to suit his purposes, ie., the role of the One to reboot
the Matrix. In Revolutions, she herself stated to Neo that her job
was to unbalance the Architect's equation. These two are the Ying
and Yang of the universe, working for and against one another at
the same time.
For the remainder of the characters, I will be switiching to
traditional Christian Biblical names.
Merovigian: Adam, the first man. Merv was described as the "first
exile", cast out from the Demiurge's heaven, when he sought and
received "too much" knowledge. Gnostic teachings tell us that
Sophia manifested herself as the serpent and brought the knowledge
that the creator was untrue and that they themselves were of holy
origin in Pleroma. Persephone described him as "once like Neo". But
once, he had the knowledge, that the Matrix was a barren reality of
pain, suffering, and "causation". Emotions such as love and the
like are illusions to keep him trapped. He now wishes only to
survive, to outlast the Architect. One misconception about this
character is that he was an adversary to Neo. He was not. He
actually helped Neo along the way (and had a bit of fun in the
process). THink about it; HE was holding the keymaker, who was
being stalked for deletion by the system agents. HE trapped Neo in
the train station, protecting him from Smith's growing power in the
Matrix. HE made it possible for Sati's parents to bring her into
the Matrix and allow her father to explain much to Neo. HE allowed
Neo to be saved when the time was right. And, HE led Smith to the
Oracle so as to end her meddling and facilitate the end.
Persephone: Eve, keeper of hidden secrets.
The One of the 5th Matrix (Morpheus' teacher): Seth, the
descendants of which are the gnostic followers. His knowledge was
passed down from his father Adam and mother Eve. The movies don't
elude to a connection between Merv and the prior One, except that
Merv "survived" him. However, it is clear that the origin of the
human resistance was Morpheus' mentor, as he chose the 2nd door to
rebuild Zion, reboot the Matrix, and begin freeing new minds.
Morpheus: Moses, liberator of the Hebrews. Clearly Morpheus serves
the purpose as freer of the enslaved human minds.
Neo: Jesus Christ. Christ is viewed by the gnostics as an Aeon sent
down from the Pleroma, who takes human form and teaches humanity
the secrets of gnosis. He teaches, is crucifyed, and returns from
the dead to lead his flock to salvation, do battle with the Satan,
and usher in a time of unheralded peace. In the trilogy, Neo is
killed by Smith, then an agent, comes back to life to defeat the
system, and then fights Smith for supremacy over the system. He is
neither human nor machine, but a mixture of both. He possesses
super abilities inside the Matrix. He frees more minds in six
months than in the prior 6 years. He eventually bucks the
traditional role of the One, ending the Architect's control over
the system. He subsquently saves the Matrix from Smith and ushers
in peace between the machines and humans. Most importantly, he
saves the exiled programs from deletion as negotiated by the Oracle
at the end of Revolutions, shows the Architect his flaws, and
preserves the ability of individuals to attain gnosis or a higher
sense of being (purpose).
Agent Smith: Satan, a fallen Archon who wishes to replace the
Demiurge as the God of the Universe. In the trilogy, Smith was a
fallen "agent of the system" whose job it was to track down and
eliminate freed minds and return exiled programs to the source.
After being rendered obsolete by Neo, Smith refused to return to
the source for deletion. Thus, he became a rogue program whose
mission was to destroy the Matrix and take his place as its God.
Some believe that he may be the actual good guy, as he tries to
bring down the Architect's perfect world. However, he does not wish
to free the programs, he only wants to take the Architect's place
as ruler over them. Therefore, even though Neo saves him by giving
him purpose, he remains Neo's adversary as Neo is attempting to
save ALL from the Matrix while Smith wishes to continue the
enslavement with him as the leader.
There are more characters that follow this suit, like Cain and Abel
(sons of Adam who do his bidding), Seraph (seraphime, a choir of
angels or aeons sent to help free the Matrix, Trinity (Mary
Magdalene), the Kid (the apostle Paul), and many more. However, my
fingers are tired. But after this post, you can get the gist of
it.
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lol.. i wouldnt be surprised.
Matrix incorporates not only Buddhism but a number of
philosophies.. namely Christian, Hindu, and more.
