Thursday, October 4, 2007

Community

Most religions rely on a community gathering in order for the leadership, people designated as "experts" or "links to the deity," to keep the masses in line with the interpretations of their holy text.

I've summed up nearly all religions (accepted major religions) in the entire world.

Morpheism is a slap in the face to every single one of those religions because not only is there no need for a community gathering, but I am actually ENCOURAGING a lack of community. Why? If there is no community then there is no need for leadership, which usually only worries about putting forward the agenda of... wait for it: the Leadership.

Study your beliefs on your own. Can a community help? Sure, but Morpheism (as I have conceived it) would be valid only as a solitary or a mentor-apprentice situation. Why the second option? Because Morpheus taught Neo before Neo became the savior. That was a mentor-apprentice situation. Not everyone can study alone and in that situation, the second option gives an opening to those looking for guidance without submitting to the corruption of a large scale community setting.

Each of the three movies (The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, and The Matrix Revolutions), the style of "discovery" is different but the one thing that is constant is the solitary nature of most of that learning. Each person learns on their own in a different way and Morpheism has been conceived to follow that exactly.

Anyone else can interpret their own meanings... especially in Morpheism.