Wednesday, April 14, 2010

The Question (A Review)

Trinity: It is the question that drives us, Neo. It is the question that brought you here. You know the question just as I did.
Neo: What is the Matrix?

There are three main characters in the movie series "The Matrix":
Neo, Morpheus, and Trinity.

Each of the three movies has a specific question that leads to more questions.
The question in the first movie is, "What is the Matrix?"
But this leads to the core question, the true question in the movie: What is reality? or What is real, as Morpheus put it to Neo. And this question of reality leads to a powerful statement by Trinity: The matrix cannot tell you who you are.
Neo replies, "But an oracle can?"

Indeed, who can tell Neo the reality of his identity? This is the question of the first movie. This is the answer of the first movie: Neo is "The One." Morpheus is the one who finds The One. And Trinity is the one who loves The One.

On to the second movie...

This is the question of The Matrix Reloaded, "What is purpose?" Or from Neo's perspective, "What is my purpose?" What is "The One" supposed to do? The answer to this question unravels all of the answers in the first movie concerning reality and Neo's identity. He is not "The One" who will save the Matrix and Zion, but the one who preserves the Matrix and Zion. Morpheus no longer knows who he is or what his purpose is. But Trinity still loves Neo. And Neo still loves Trinity, which leads to the question of the final movie.

What is love? Is love "just a word" as one of the programs said in the movie? No. Love is reality and identity. Love is the purpose of reality and identity. It was the love of Trinity that revealed Neo's identity in the first movie. It was Neo's love for Trinity the drove Neo's life in the second movie, giving purpose to his identity. And it was his love for trinity and all humanity that defined Neo's purpose and identity in the third movie. Love is self-sacrifice; to lay down one's life.

Love is the answer to the question.

God
is
Love.

He is the ulitmate answer to every ultimate question.

There is a question that drives me. There is a question that brings me to you.
Every blog I have written answers the question.
Every blog that will be written will answer the question.

Is this the question that drives you? Is this the question that brings you to me? You know the question just as I do.

Where
is
God?

No comments:

Post a Comment