Know Thyself

“Do you know what that means? It means ‘know thyself’. I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Being the One is just like being in love. No one can tell you you’re in love, you just know it.” [Oracle, The Matrix].

Know thyself. That is one of the most important things that are conveyed in The Matrix. We all limit ourselves far more than others limit us and something that is important to understand about spirituality is knowing oneself. I know the ways that I limit myself and I realize that I have taken an important step with that knowledge.

Neo knows himself, too. In The Matrix, the Oracle tells him what he needs to hear and only later, in The Matrix: Revolutions, does he realize that he was the one that limited that information, not the Oracle. This all leads to the other big revelation in The Matrix: Reloaded: “No one can see past the choices they don’t understand.” [Oracle, The Matrix: Reloaded].

Simply put, we would all be able to see into the future limitlessly if we just understood why we made the choices we did. For instance, I know that I am choosing something off of the dollar menu today for lunch because I can’t spend anymore. Am I able to see past this choice into the future? In a way, yes. After I get done with lunch, I come back to work. Sure, this happens everyday, but I have a good feeling about this afternoon. Would I be able to know this if I didn’t understand that choice? I don’t think so.

But I digress.

The most important thing in anyone’s life is to understand yourself. Without a working knowledge of what limits you have, what limits you place on yourself, and what you are capable of, you cannot possibly free your mind. The whole point of Pathism is freeing your mind from the control around you.

I am flighty and I am well aware of this fact. Something will keep my interest for a time, fail to keep my attention, then be back as potent as ever later on. You will see a form of this in my posting trends. Yesterday, I posted three times. Today, I might only post once. After today, I might not post again for a week. Since I know myself, I know what to expect.

Currently, I am working to lose weight. My eating habits are the main issue, although I could use a little more exercise. Specifically, portion control is my problem. I still eat like I am 300 pounds. After starting with the Post Office, I have lost 75 pounds (with a burst of physical activity only about once a week) and if I increased my physical activity during the week (which is going to be happening this summer), I could lose even more. However, if I don’t cut down on this portion control issue, I won’t be able to maintain the weight loss over the winter. I know myself, and this will be something difficult to overtake. Starting today, though, I am limiting what I eat. Period.

Is everything I’ve written so far just to give all of you more information about me? No, the intent is to get you to evaluate yourself. Sure, you can hire someone to investigate your habits and mannerisms to determine what it is that is limiting your ability to achieve your personal goals, but when you can do that yourself for free, why spend money on someone else?

My goals in life will be accomplished because I am taking steps to see them through. One of those goals is being accomplished as I sit and write this because The Matrix is not understood by the masses they way it should be. Sure, there are those who claim to know the real truth behind The Matrix, but those same folks will turn around and criticize the movies for lacking a “twist ending.” Why do you need a twist ending? There was, in fact, a twist ending, but that ending did not satisfy the doubters. That is fine by me, but don’t break down what you don’t understand simply because you wanted a different ending. Accept the “bible” of The Matrix for what it is.

Free your mind.