Step Outside of the Matrix and Become Awakened

Have you seen "The Matrix"? Besides Keanu Reeves being my all-time favorite actor, I have come to realize that perhaps this was one of the best movies ever made. By now, everyone should have access to the Bible and the teachings of Jesus. He tells us that if you stay in the matrix, and live a comfortably, blissful life of self-indulgence, then it will be the complete opposite once you've died and awakened to the truth of who you are. He tells us that if we take the difficult path towards self-sacrifice, obedience, and service, then we will be granted access to return to the paradise that once was before man rebelled against him. The matrix, itself, is a perceived reality of the world in which one lives. And Keanu Reeves, the main character, is given the option of taking two different colored pills: the red pill (hell) that awakens you to the truth, and the blue pill (heaven) that allows you to remain oblivious to it.

I would prefer to stay inside the matrix and live a comfortably, blissful life; not knowing that anything else exits. It's relatively pain free and easy breezy. But I've already taken the red pill, and I've been awakened. I've stepped outside of the matrix and now traveling on the difficult path; and have come to realize that all that appears normal and blissful is simply a distraction from the real reason we are here in this dimension.

We are in this dimension to be developed and empowered spiritually. It's bootcamp for the soul and resistance training for the "spirit" mind. To take the pill that awakens you, is bittersweet. It hurts to turn the other cheek when offended, to bless those who curse you, to be obstinate by choice, to love those who are undeserving, and to forgive those who have offended you beyond measure. But that's what comes with being awakened—you know that our present existence is not the truest reality. It is not until we die that we truly wake up. And while it is wonderful to be in a position to enjoy life; let us never forget the real reason we are here, because our time in this matrix is limited. One day, there will be a day of reckoning, or a day of blessing. It all depends on which pill we took. Did we choose the blue pill to remain asleep and completely oblivious to who we truly are, where we are, and why we are here. Or did we choose the red pill to step outside of the matrix and become awakened.