The seventh Zen Ox-herding picture or the seventh stage on the road to enlightenment in Zen Buddhism is called “Ox Forgotten, Self Alone.” Note that the phrase “Self Alone” refers to the seeker as self or himself (herself) and not to the seeker’s deeper Self. Hixon writes: “There is no twoness. The Ox is his […]
Seeing through the Trading Matrix: Searching for the Ox (Zen Ox-Herding Picture 1-B)
The Choice Soon Neo will be confronted with a choice of paths. On Neo’s computer screen green-lit words appear, “Follow the white rabbit… Knock, Knock.” Simultaneously, Neo hears two loud knocks on his apartment door. This coincidence is a simulated synchronicity. The definition of synchronicity is an acausal, numinous pairing of an inner and outer […]
Seeing through the Trading Matrix: Searching for the Ox (Zen Ox-Herding Picture 1-A)
Near the beginning of The Matrix, Neo is asleep with his head lying on his right arm on top of his computer desk. His computer is automatically searching for information on Morpheus. Searching… Headline page after headline page comes up while Neo lies asleep. Later, Neo is in a club with Trinity. Trinity says: “Please […]
Seeing through the Trading Matrix: Taking the Red Pill
Before offering Neo a choice between taking the blue pill or the red pill, Morpheus replies to Neo’s question, “What truth?” by saying: “That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else, you were born into bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. A prison for your mind…. Unfortunately, […]
Seeing through the Trading Matrix: Consciousness
I like the Gnostic concept of creating consciousness by gathering sparks of light from the darkness. The light could be gathered from the dark experiences in this world or one’s own psyche and used in soul-making or creating the Philosopher’s Stone. Creating light from night. The Shadow with the Golden Eyes I had a dark […]
Seeing through the Trading Matrix: Wheels within Wheels
1. What is behind the trading matrix? 2. Is it out to get you? If you feel it is out to get only you, consult the DSMIV-TR code 295.3 for a definition of paranoid schizophrenia. If this definition doesn’t apply to you, watch The Matrix series and/or The Minority Report. Why watch The Minority Report? […]