The Matrix Is Real – When It Goes Down, You Are On Your Own…

The Matrix Trailer
(image: Warner Bros)

Do you remember the movie “The Matrix” with Laurence Fishburne, Keanu Reaves, and Carrie-Anne Moss?

It released way back in 1999. I recall enjoying the movie and its underlying message — One’s “reality” is not necessarily what you think it is. The movie plot line seemed (is) fairly analogous to life as we know it (think we know it), and the perceptions thereof…

Real World versus Perceived World

The film: People who think and believe that they are actually living in the “real world”. Though in reality they’re living inside “pods”. They are hosts to a parasitic “system” which literally feeds on them. All while a false world (reality) is projected upon them / within them — they don’t even know that they’re enslaved inside “pods”.

Red Pill – Blue Pill

And then there was the red pill – blue pill scene. A choice. If you took the red pill your eyes would be opened to the uncomfortable (even frightening) truths – the “real” world. Though if you did take the red pill, you could never go back to the fake world (which was cushy and comfy by design).

On the other hand, if you took the ‘blue pill’ you would return to the phony cozy false reality.

Of course the protagonist took the red pill.

The Matrix is Real

The thing is, The Matrix is real, in so much as being somewhat analogous to living within today’s “system” and the false realities purposely being projected upon/within us. Everything is “plugged in” to the system. We are its hosts.

However if and when the system goes down, you will be on your own…

 If you’ve seen The Matrix, you know what I’m trying to say.

“A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.”

The Matrix Trailer

What is the matrix?

“It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes – to blind you from the truth.”

We are living in a modern world in which there is a system of sorts which has been cleverly designed (or evolved) such that much of what you see and hear (your views, your truths) is filtered through a veil. The veil is the matrix.

the-veil-of-the-matrix

The matrix affects/alters (filters) what you perceive and even what you do. Your reality.

For the matrix (the system) to survive, it needs YOU to survive.
Why? Because it feeds on you – just like in the movie.

 
The Matrix Pods
the-matrix-pods

For most, the dependencies upon the matrix have evolved into a requirement for modern day survival. These dependencies fuel the matrix itself.

Watch out for the Agent Smith’s

Be warned… If you step outside the matrix (e.g. take the red pill), there are armies of “Agent Smith’s” out there who are empowered to get you back ‘in line’, or worse, to eliminate you (again, movie reference…).

If and when the matrix goes down, all those hundreds of millions in their pods will be on their own as the veil drops to reveal a hard wall of reality. Their pods will open and they will suddenly be faced with the horror of their ‘real’ reality.

They will be on their own.

The question is, what will these pod people do? What will their reaction be? What will be the sequence of events for them and consequently for us who are already outside the pod (so to speak…)?

If the veil does drop, the only concern they will have is how to get back into the matrix. They will desperately be looking for the ‘blue pill’. But none will be found.

The thought of all those pods popping open at once and imagining an analogous outcome with today’s realities – makes for an interesting mental exercise… perhaps more motivation to prepare??

[ Read: What Is The Truth? ]

[ Read: Preparing for the conflict of Societal Chaos ]

50 Comments

  1. Today’s subject is fear and the selling of more fear? There is not one person on this site who is not aware of today’s problems. So what is the purpose of today’s article, more fear – more stress? Ken, Please explain!

    1. While most of us here already knew this. I think the point is that all the normies are going to be shocked when it happens…and we need to be ready for that.

    2. It’s always amazing how difficult it can be to have a message noticed, taken in whatever the medium, understood as intended, and acted upon if necessary. Allegory, satire, how to, and so on serve this purpose. Maybe the message delivered a different way was skipped or not impactful, but today’s is received and understood. If the message is important, it’s worth repeating. And the message isn’t as much be afraid as be informed, be prepared and help others see another perspective.

    3. Interesting to me that most people follow the programming and call awareness “fear,” when it is something else entirely.

      I do not have to be afraid to recognize a threat. I do not have to be afraid to respond to that threat.

      Ignorance is fear. Awareness is freedom.

      1. Lauren, very astute observation. Perhaps one’s response to the article topic is an indication of one’s own preparedness attitude. The idea of fear never occurred to me when reading it. I remember a time when I would’ve been.

      2. Great point Lauren. Can’t say anything Ken has ever posted has made me feel “fearful”. To me articles such as this are good reminders as to the state of the world and give me a kick in the a$$ to keep down the path of self sufficiency and NOT to fully depend on the system. All that being said a think a small dose of fear once in a while is a good thing. Fear can be a very good motivator if you Are able to handle it properly.

        1. Personally,
          Im not fearful of much, i am prepared for all sorts of things, pretty confident we can make do, but you know how some of these trolls are, they come in ant put words in everybodies mouths to get a reaction, i will be happy when this internet thing goes dark and the lights start going out, they can troll that.
          You got to bust some eggs to make an omelet, lets get crackin

  2. Not a complicated article. What we are “told” and “helped” to understand by the people who “know what is true” is the programming we live in, either red pill and reject, or blue pill and ride along. Difficult for some to even make a decision, or be aware a decision is needed, some simply won’t decide.

  3. The purpose of this article is to get us to look at our perception of Reality, which is based upon our past experience, but which no longer may apply.

    Because many of us are seasoned citizens, our conceptions of the mental state and composition of our fellow citizens, their common creeds and values, are based on a Reality, which no longer exists. Those under 40 will have been subjected to the full Marxist propaganda machine from their first day at school and their first TV sitcom, where most of us experienced only the beginning stages of this deliberate destruction of youthful intellects.

    As a result, America is not what we think it is. A majority of Americans could be so damaged by their mental abuse, their absorption of irrational philosophies, they have adopted the values of collectivist/tribal subjects, not free, independent, individuals.

    Prep now…only for war.

  4. I got red-pilled in late 2008 during the financial collapse when I lost over half of my retirement account because this dummy was too busy working and not paying attention. If the veil does drop, some might react like I did – in stages – initial shock, a period of paralysis, then seeking out information to answer the question “why?” and self-education, then anger that much of what I had been taught and believed about the world was false, and finally, committing to taking productive action to prepare myself and my family.

    I never really experienced a real denial stage, but I expect that many will react that way and just park themselves there, regardless of the circumstances. Better to deny reality than embrace it, because understanding and accepting the truth about the ways things really work is just too much for some people to bear.

    I understand the scenario of a system collapse is what you are suggesting in the article, so I won’t go off on a tangent and try to argue why I don’t think the Matrix will go down all at once and everyone’s pods will open.

    But regarding the questions you pose – again, perhaps many people will react by going through stages similar to the ones I went through. That being said, I think there will always be those who, no matter what, will deny reality until the bitter end. It seems many folks’ brains have an amazing ability to do just that regardless of what the circumstances are.

    My real concern is that if and when the Matrix does go totally down, people will be bewildered and angry and very susceptible to having their anger intentionally manipulated and channeled in all the wrong directions by the powers that be to fit their own agenda. We’ve seen that happen throughout history and it is certainly happening today. False narratives will be spun, aided and abetted by the main stream media, and people’s anger will be misdirected into fighting each other for whatever reason (culture, race, etc.) instead of where it really should be focused. We are in the midst of that now and where it all leads, I don’t know specifically, but I don’t think it’s anywhere good, at least in the short term.

    1. Gunnar,
      I too was too busy working and not paying attention in 2008. I lost more than half my retirement, along with my job. That is when I really started to think about where I was and what could really go down there(I was living in a city at the time). That is when I started out with a BOB wagon. My child was a baby then and I got scared out of my mind, at the possibilities.
      That was 10 yrs ago. We no longer live in a city, but a small town (and we know our neighbors). I got my wife on board with prepping. I have started a small prepper group. My Preps are closing in on a years worth. Ya, it doesn’t seem like much after 10 yrs of “getting ready” but I’m not rich and it is slow going. I do what I can, when I can, with what I have. I have made a wood stove, I have some solar (100 watts).
      We can bug in as long as it is safe and I have a place to bug out to, if it isn’t safe.

  5. “The thought of all those pods popping open at once and imagining an analogous outcome with today’s realities – makes for an interesting mental exercise… perhaps more motivation to prepare??”

    That is something I never want to experience.

    Just to start off there would me mass suicide( lefty dreams smashed)
    and the weak/unstable.
    People in mass barricading in their homes.
    Children left to fend for themselves (can be especially vicious)
    but many preyed upon by those unleashed by no ROL.
    If a world wide event, global war would ensue.
    There would be mass groups dealing out personal justice right or wrong.
    City’s, literal shooting gallery
    Medical care, near impossible to fined or utilize.
    Drug overdoses rise dramatically.
    Everything ratcheted up several notches when trucks stop, they would.
    Personal vendetta’s fulfilled.
    I can easily see many state reps vanishing, forever.
    Civil open war between left/right.

    Things to do.. imagination going.

    1. I could only think of negative results, I’m sure there would be a couple positives, possibly
      1.
      uh

      Well if it did happen there would be no going back.
      I don’t know how anything would function after that.

      Just imagine all the information being revealed to the masses of what the US government has done to it’s population over the years.

  6. I know for certain it is difficult and a constant battle Once you take the red pill,
    Everything is setup to keepyou plugged in, once you unplug, everything changes.
    Our world today, is falling apart, the illusion is being destroyed, those of us who took the red pill have seen it coming, its here, when these people who are plugged in like so many obedient little ants finally wake up it will be a rude awakening indeed, bedlam IMHO.

    1. Kula

      Yup, the pressure on the citizens to remain “plugged in” by government and corporations is to the point where no motivations are off the table. Use that plastic card to get what you need and follow the arrows on the supermarket floor.

      People will someday realize that, if all the employees simply said “NO” to the corporation, the power would no longer exist for them to rule them. Same with the over regulation by government, if we all said “NO” for just a short time, we could take back the freedom stolen from us.

      1. Hermit,
        Its one thing when its a corporate plugged in, we have a definite choice,
        But the one that really chaps my arse is the government, i understand there is a need, but they make it a follow our orders or else,,,,
        Most of the plugged in will defend and even make excuses why everyone needs to go along, but i can tell you first hand, you call into question all or any of these demands to comply or else no matter how big or small and you find yourself in the same situation as Neo,,,,,

        1. Kula

          As to the corporate plug in, I was thinking more about employees that work for mega corporations like internet companies that demand their people censor freedom of speech on their platform. Not much choice there.

        2. Ah, got it,,
          But again, they chose to work there, nobody holding a gun to their head.
          Not like the IRS or DOJ

      2. hermit us,

        Yes, if everyone stood together we’d outnumber the scoundrels. The challenge is that no one wants to be the first to ‘go’, lest they end up standing alone.

        I remember being taught Game Theory, sometimes known as the Prisoner’s Dilemma. The challenge of getting everyone to stand firm is well-represented by Game Theory. Don’t want to write a long post, but standing together requires trusting everyone else to stand with you, and them trusting you. tptb have done all they can to destroy that kind of connection between people, knowing it makes it easier to rule.

        1. Lauren,
          People dont want to upset their cushy little lives,
          I dont blame em, but really who believes they can keep it all together the way things are going,
          6 mos? 1 year? Till Nov?
          Honestly, it wont matter at some point, everybody will need to pick a side and deal with it, there will more likely than not be no exceptions

        2. Exactly Farm Girl! United we stand, divided we fall. We are falling right now. I blame many things for that, one thing is cell phones.

  7. Most folks live in what I call “an alternate universe”, that is, a world created for them, as opposed to reality. While they walk around, almost in a “zombie” state, eyes and consciousness glued to a digital device in their hand, oblivious to those around them, sealed off from all other senses, they are held captive to a stream of information designed to prevent them from making their own decisions or questioning the validity of what’s being fed to their brain. Discouraged from independent thought, they act out on emotion, not reasoning. They analyze only through the lenses of the propaganda they’ve been fed, not by experience from trying and failing….or triumphing.

    Sadly, this is reality for so many. Morality is no longer measured against God’s definition of good and evil…….but rather, by people who hate the concept of an all loving, all powerful, omnipresent God. These same people who deny such a God, ceaselessly promote an all powerful, all loving, omnipresent government…….that is, of course, only looking out for your well being.

    1. Amen Dennis-Amen!
      There is but one reality, everything was created and is sustained by Him. As the Son said, ” I am the Way, The Truth, and The Life”. Amen, and again I say AMEN!

  8. Who the hell wants reality?

    That means,

    seeing injustice,
    being responsible,
    working,
    morals and ethics,
    the family unit,

    Okay okay, I do not take pills but in addition to the list of realities, I still need to face the world of weeds in my garden because of all the rain this year. Sometime reality bites, but the freedom is worth every bit of it.

  9. “It is the world you see to blind you from the truth”

    ~Morpheus

  10. Lets start our own Matrix. We could start a virtual exchange of corporate stock companies and play fantasy trades of value with each other. We could leverage that risk and use other people’s borrowed money to make more fake money. Then we could brag about how much we made and what genius gurus we are. Then we can make more virtual money and push the value of our fake companies higher by having them buying back their own stock. Lets allow people to remortgage their house and take credit card loans so they can buy into this fantastic fantasy game at no cost like a real corporate Robinhood. BTFD and buy those bankrupt companies on that dead cat bounce. It is an election year so the Feds will buy those equities of to big to fail companies and corporate bonds with their plunge protection teams. Bet everything on what you got because this can only go up!

    1. There is no reality in the stock markets, so just borrow to the max and invest in thin air – but the secret is when to cash out. Not my game to that extent, but several billionaires have become rich that way. A little insider trading does not hurt either especially for politicians.

  11. I have had several friends lately who must be beginning to see the pods opening. I have been getting calls from them asking where they can get Freeze dried food. A little late, but better late than never.

  12. I’m not worried the Left eats its own. The current cancel culture will be something to behold when the music stops.
    Remember the record gun sales and background checks ? Yeah, I’m not worried at all.

  13. The Pod people waking and and being afraid will be looking to return to their pods…enter the anti-Christ and more false promises.

  14. It’s all about choices and consequences. When I was young, this was one of the happy bible verses:

    Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
    Luke 6:38

    Thought the whole meaning was “Do good and good things will come your way.” It took some living to understand that this is one of those universal truth verses. One interpretation is “Go looking for a mirror and you shall surely find one.”

    The stories are suppressed of course but some are trickling out. Like that young woman who Tik Tok-ed that she would stab anyone who said “all lives matter.” Deloitte saw it and cancelled her internship. Her next video was of her curled up and crying that it’s just not fair. What she’s missing that others get is that it’s perfectly fair, even running over with justice.

    Seattle, for example, is not alone in having wasted hundreds of millions on programs to deal with homelessness only to end up with a bigger problem than they started with. Not long ago the city decriminalized a lot of the bad behaviors closely associated with chronic homelessness. Crime skyrocketed. Will they be able to prosecute most of the CHAZ/CHOP participants? Probably not, as so many individual actions were decriminalized. Will it happen again? Count on it. Gonna be a long, hot summer for those cities that decided that crime should have no consequences.

    And that’s what’s ultimately behind the defund/abolish the police part of the BLM movement. Creating an environment where the oppressed don’t have to rise up collectively to take back from the oppressor. They can do it chaotically and individually as they are motivated, and society as we know it will crumble. And the neo-Marxists will take their rightful place as the American oligarchy. At least, that’s their plan.

    Were I a twitterer I’d like to see #blacklash trending. Good, honest people taking their country back. Consequences.

  15. Hm. Reality. My reality is certainly different than some snowflake on a college campus somewhere.

    Thank God.

  16. “Illusions, Mr. Anderson. Vagaries of perception. Temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose.”

    We are living a battle between good and evil, yet many attempt to blur those lines. They don’t really want to risk getting scalded, so they add a trickle of cold to temper that risk and settle for living life lukewarm. They can’t really commit to which side they want to be on, so their feeble mind creates an illusion that they can just order a custom made swirl from the a la carte menu and safely be purple.

    “I wouldn’t say I like socialism, but it does come with a healthcare plan that fits my needs. And if it will pay off my student loans and allow me to decide whether or not I want to work….well, I’ll vote for it. Because after all, I’m just one person. What difference does it really make whether I fulfill my duty to God, or country, or fellowman?”

    “I’m a man, so I really shouldn’t involve myself in a woman’s right to choose abortion. That’s her decision alone and we should support it any way we can, even if that means allowing podiatrists without hospital admitting rights to perform them. It’s a shame that the baby may be born healthy and left off on a table to the side to die. But really, it doesn’t involve me.”

    I don’t need an a la carte menu. There is no swirl of good and evil that I will choke down apathetically. My feet were put upon this earth at this particular moment in history to validate that He still lives and His truths still matter. I am who He says I am. I have what He says I have. And I can do what He says I can do. So I shall fight the good fight until the darkness recedes from this nation.

    1. The dark will recede, although I don’t know how long it will take. Only He knows.

  17. I know WAY too many people who are content to keep taking the blue pill.

    People who will never be satisfied with the material possessions they have – who will work themselves to death to pay for their over-spending lifestyles. Like the proverbial hamsters on wheels.

    Then there are those who have fully bought in to the propaganda on the MSM. They are so comfortable in their beliefs they will never acknowledge that they are being used and manipulated.

    A snippet of a recent text trail with a childhood friend of DH’s:

    Her: okay, I looked it up and read about the BLM founders being gay black women, but you are wrong about them being Marxists. Did you get that from Fox or something?

    Me: I’m linking 2 articles from news sources you read. Both are interviews where a founder is quoted as saying they have Marxist training. There are direct quotes. Take a look and let me know what you think.

    Her a few minutes later: “Well, whatever. I’m more worried about COVID than this.”

    She and many like her are (in the words of Pink Floyd) comfortably numb. Deny, deflect, ignore and/or dismiss. It’s not just a blue pill, it’s a 24/7 blue drip from an I. V. Bottle.

    These folks have no clue or any desire to be clued in. Snug and comfy in their beliefs and lifestyles.

    It’s true that once you’ve accepted the red pill there’s no going back. You cannot unsee the truths, only do your best to prepare – to brace yourself – for coming events. And hope you have enough TP on hand for a reasonably soft landing (hat tip to NRP for TP metaphor I now live by).

  18. The Matrix is basically that veil that we all call civilization. We cannot even fathom how incredibly thin that veil truly is.

    The Matrix crashes when we all collectively decide to no longer be civil. It’ll never come to that though because there’s too many people that rely on civilization.

    Anyone that goes off grid is basically taking the red pill. That’s why TPTB (Mr. Anderson) fight back by passing laws that prohibit collecting rain water, growing a garden, and even solar power if it’s not connected to the main power grid.

    The worst thing humanity ever invented was cities. There never should have been anything bigger than villages. Maybe a town, but never a city.

    So what’s the answer?
    42.

    1. Grits
      The real answer is Jn.3:16.
      That opens the Door to the real reality. All else is deception. Designed to lead humanity into the kingdom of iron and clay.

      1. Jn.3:16,
        That’s the answer to the next life. The answer to this life is 42.
        The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.

        1. Grits
          Let’s hope:
          1. That they don’t have to wear masks at the Restaurant at the End of The Galaxy.
          2. That, white eating their lunch, they contrived a way to keep someone from eating ours.

  19. We humans have sunk very low into the pit of materialism. We are blinded by our need to ‘have’. At the same time we ‘need’. The balance is hard even for the spiritually minded.
    For an eye opener see if you can find and watch Apocalypse Stalin, a mini series 2015. Very informative and so many real movies in the documentary. How does the saying go, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme” Mark Twain. A Matrix can be disguised by many factions.
    One of the 1st thing he did was demolish old Russia, buildings, monuments etc. He was the dictator. Now we have less than 20% of the population deciding our history for us.
    The Matrix indeed. Something like that will occur. The young people immersed in their 5G world will never see the Matrix just like Neo didn’t for a time.

  20. These Matrix folks have terrible trigger finger gun safety discipline.

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