Introduction

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Freeing the Mind:

“Training” in the Simulated “Matrix”

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Wikipedia:

“Morpheus and his crew belong to a group of free humans who "unplug" others from the Matrix and recruit them to their resistance against the machines. They are able to use their understanding of the Matrix's nature to bend the simulation's laws of physics, giving them superhuman abilities within the virtual world.”

And that, in this chapter is what we shall be exploring, more or less directly, yet by simulated application- and practical approach through diverse methods of actual practice- training of the mind, the muscles of perception.

Before moving forward, some preparatory notations and necessary warnings:

[a] In the first case what has already been said regarding balance against glitches in the “Matrix” applies no less to the activity of exercising the muscles of perception, regardless whether the impetus has been deliberately induced or not;

[b] Nor in any way is encouraged the arbitrary, recreational or ‘heroic’ ingestion of any entheogen without a degree of responsible preparation, whether that involves adjustment of dietary habits, attention to personal chemistry i.e. allergic and/or metabolic reaction, a period of repose and isolation from worldly affairs i.e. leaving one’s worldly baggage at the door, and if not able to efficiently enough then should revise consideration, and certainly not go on altering one’s perception with the expectation of dissolving any emotional hang-ups or environmental stresses. And above all else, the presence of a conscientious and informed sitter, otherwise ensuring one’s environment adequately removes the possibly of harm, either to oneself or of others.

Not otherwise is such indulgence anymore than suggestively noted here as just that – a method.