I like the analysis (or breakdown) of the movie the matrix - especially its name "mother-tricks." That is interesting. Especially after you pointed out the scene where Neo travels down the tube (i.e. birth canal) and is re-born. That movie is amazing in how deep it is. It was probably one of the most influential movies I've ever seen. I'll have to check out the "Golden Wed" movie at some point. Sounds interesting as well.
To add to what you are saying I personally believe that the idea of truth is just another illusion - another layer of the matrix.
As humans, we view reality through a lens of our own subjectivity. The brain filters our sensory data and gives meaning to it by analyzing how it relates to our previous experience, information that we have gathered in our lifetime and a variety of cognitive heuristics (shortcuts). Therefore everything we believe to be true is merely a judgement, based on our brain interpreting the reality it encounters. When an individual looks deep enough at the information, they can usually find examples that disprove their theory of truth - if not objectively then surely subjectively by sampling other viewpoints. However, because of the psychological heuristic called confirmation bias, we typically only pay attention to ideas that confirm our theory. As such, we get stuck believing that our interpretation of reality is truth. Often we believe that because we have been exposed to new information (that others are not aware of), we begin to believe that we ourselves hold the answer and that we alone are enlightened. Some people say that they have been "woken" to the truth for instance. But this is just a trick of the mind - a shift in ego to a new sense of self.
The only truth is unfiltered (i.e. non-interpreted) sense data. Once the brain interprets the sense data (i.e. puts words, meaning and judgement's to it) it is no longer a truth - it is merely an interpretation based on our own biases.
With all of that in mind - truth is an illusion. The only truth is silence (uninterpreted sense data).
That's just my way of thinking about things. It may not even make sense to others though hahaha.
Well said! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. :)
I can vibe with that though I don't know if it's true or not.
I tend to agree but once again can't absolutely claim such and be able to prove it.. However.. What if there was truth in all of the illusion as well? Maybe it's a mix.
Yes I agree. I should have mentioned that though I am stating this in a way that sounds very "matter of fact,"I am actually just philosophizing and that they are just ideas or different ways of thinking.