My ex used to be obsessed with The Matrix. I think he somehow saw himself as Neo, an invulnerable character who was able to manipulate reality and was the one chosen to save the human race. I grew tired of the movie after so many repeated viewings and so, after my ex left, I pushed the series out of my mind.
Until today, that is, when an article referenced it in passing and made me remember one scene from the first movie in particular.
For those not familiar with the movie, the majority of humans are so-called bluepills who live their lives hooked up to a machine where a virtual reality is fed into their minds to keep them placid and peaceful while the machine uses their bodies for power. They are glorified batteries. Happy, but enslaved.
Some of the humans are able to break free from the illusion. These are the redpills. They are independent and aware, but also have to face the harsh realities of the world dominated by evil forces. They are fully sentient yet also fully responsible for creating their own realities.
In the scene above, Neo is given a choice: take the blue pill and re-enter the contented slumber of the ignorant or ingest the red pill and learn the entirety of the truth. Whichever choice he makes, there is no going back.
In my first marriage, I was taking the blue pill. I was as ignorant and prone to suggestion as those that are slaves to the Matrix. Within days of his leaving, it was as though a red pill was forcibly shoved down my throat, reality body slamming me to the floor. And there was no going back.
I’m not generally one for what-ifs, but I find it interesting to ponder what I would have chosen if I had been given the option at some point in my marriage to see the whole truth or to remain blissfully unaware.
Now that I’m a redpill, I can’t imagine going back. I want to live my own reality on my own terms and deal with the consequences.
But when I was a bluepill, I don’t know if I could have imagined the other option. After all, life as I knew it was good. Why risk it?
How about you?
Red?
Or blue?
oooohhhhhh, what an interesting thought…pondering…I think I had been given a redpill, but I kept wanting to believe the bluepill was reality and that “if I could just get back there…”
I can see the allure.
I like you was for so long taking the blue…but after everything that has happened I love where I am at and now it’s all red…
Here’s to red!
Ah, yes. The Matrix. My STBX’s whore likes to pretend she’s Trinity and has christened him her “Neo”. What color is the delusional pill?
Blue
Wow.
I can imagine it did feel that way. I chose to take mine. But you’re right, I wouldn’t go back. Ever.
No way! Can’t imagine willfully going back!