The movie the Matrix starring Keanu Reeves as Neo, depicts the Matrix as a place by which people are trapped within pods, hooked up to devices, living within a virtual reality platform, interacting with others in a similar condition. Each person within the pod is alive, though in a comatose, vegetative condition, by which all their bodily organs are kept functioning through the support of AI devices managed by complex squid like machines. Because their mental faculties remain intact they are engaged in a world filled with make-belief scenarios aimed at convincing them that they are living a real existence.

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This movie depicts the real condition of Source Souls as being within a mind/body prison. Within the movie, Neo awakens to realize that something about his reality doesn’t feel right. He begins to notice anomalies in his life and deeply senses that something is not right. This leads him to explore the nature of his reality and the rabbit hole of manipulations and lies quickly unfold. He is informed by Morpheus that he is being used as an energy source, a type of battery, to support alien life.

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Those around him aim to support his new awakening and attempt to steer him in all types of directions, with the ultimate goal of trapping him into believing that he is special and that he alone can save their civilization; hence, keeping him playing the game and remaining trapped within the Matrix.

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The movie attempts to convince the viewer that the outside of the Matrix is the true reality, chaotic in nature and rigged with violence, however, it is just another program by which both the virtual reality matrix and the “supposed” real world converge into one. This setup is meant to fool Neo into believing that he is truly free, as he stays connected to the Matrix, plugging himself in and out to interact with it. Zion alludes to a real place in the movie, yet it too is under the control of authority and rulers who aim to keep Neo engaged in fighting within the Matrix for its salvation giving rise to hero worship.

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The Neo character begins to resonate the Jesus persona commonly depicted in biblical texts. Jesus too was led astray by countless people, made to believe he had special powers and that he was The One, the Savior, unique and special. Yet, many people just seemed to want to antagonize him and hurt him. Analogies of Neo and Jesus can be observed within the movie, Neo is even depicted at one point as healing the ill. He is also equaled to superman, able to fly and catch bullets with one hand. All this alludes to him living in a virtual reality context, as in dreams, everything is surreal. 

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Within the Matrix there are beings who only exist to provoke and stimulate the protagonist. Some are artificial intelligence, others play key roles like Morpheus, Trinity, the Architect, the Merovingian and the Oracle. These are true entities playing roles who also exist outside the Matrix. They interact with Neo as real beings, ensuring he continues to adhere to the game rules and is kept in a perpetual convoluted mental condition, chasing false prophets and false messages. Namely, these beings are “warewolves”, “vampires” and “aliens”. These three entities are mentioned more than once in the movie and are depicted in sculptures.

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Neo’s character also hints at gender reversal. He develops a love interest in Trinity, who appears androgynous and exhibit mainly masculine traits. This love bond is symbolic of his dual reality condition; one living as a male within the Matrix, the other being a female, trapped in a real body living in an induced dream world in gender reversal. When Neo revitalizes Trinity from a death state, he pumps her heart, alluding to a sexual act and a heroic male, but this is for the uninitiated watching, what he is really doing is performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on himself, attempting to  get his heart beat back and gain sovereignty over his real physical (female) body.  

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He also wears long cloaks (dresses) and dark sunglasses only when he is performing in the Matrix. This indicates how he is under the power of the evil dark forces and can’t see the truth of his reality. When he is outside the Matrix, he looks more natural, yet, his clothes are ragged and his surroundings indicate a decaying world. This is his “fake” afterlife, alluding to the idea that there is nothing to really look forward to and that one must live between the dreaming and non-dreaming world.

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Yet his true homeland is alluded to in the second movie of the series by which he is inexplicably transported to foreign and distant mountains. As he leaves the mountains in his superman style, indicating that he was regaining his true essence and strength, an amazing castle was shown ever so briefly. This was a vision of his true homeland.

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The Matrix therefore is a place within the mind by which souls interact seamlessly within a virtual reality platform, perceiving and feeling as if they are actually living. They exist in this condition because they have been captured, and in essence are prisoners of mind and body. As they look around their world, they see only what has been designed for them to see. The reality folds and unfolds around them, as per their needs. This is similar to a video game, by which players only sees the areas and characters they are interacting with.

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Within the Matrix, no one is born, they simply awaken. This is why Neo is seen waking up at the beginning of each movie. So does Truman, from the movie The Truman Show and many other characters depicting the Matrix reality. Source Souls are not born to real mothers in the Matrix, they only awaken to them. This is because they have already been born, to real mothers elsewhere and it is impossible to be born to a digital mother.  The sleeping metaphor also alludes to the condition of Source Souls living in a dream world.

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As Source Souls awaken within the Matrix, they are quickly informed by those around them of who they are and their names and gender are quickly reinforced by these people. It is not by chance that children are often celebrated when they first say “papa” and “mama”.  This helps them adhere to their virtual reality parents. These entities within the Matrix act out pre-scripted roles which carry hidden agendas. Their aim is always to keep Source Souls adhering to playing the Matrix game.

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The underlining sub-text of the movie:

The trilogy does carry a very powerful and positive sub-text. Though it mainly focuses on the Matrix and its labyrinth of entrapments, the subtext is really about how ONE soul is released from it. ONE also being an anagram for NEO. In the end a Source Soul will need to detach from everyone he knows, offer himself up to be released by his Masters, who are machine like – the Archons. The Archons are entities described in the Nag Hammadi texts as being the rulers of the world and creators of false realities. Most likely they have created the Matrix platform by which the entire game is played upon. Though most would assume Neo died at the end of the trilogy, he died only within the matrix as his homeland is alluded to in the lights which appear overhead which also symbolize the ascension of his soul.