Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Do we Live in a Matrix?
After the release of the movie “The Matrix”, many people
felt they had discovered the secret to life – it was run in another dimension
by people with dubious intentions. Angry
people quit the “Why me God?” reference and instead interjected “Damn you
people in control.” So after a few
references to The Matrix in the Reading Room, I decided that was a good
question to investigate on U-Predict.
The first thing that
was fascinating was how old this idea is in philosophy. It is NOT just an idea that took hold after
the first movie’s release; for centuries, different philosophers and
theologians claimed that control of the world was completely and totally out of
our hands, and that we needed to determine who had control. It was an open
question to the philosophers, or determined to be God by the theologians. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis
) The outcome decision between the
Reading Room and the Project TAROT card synchronicities is even more thought
provoking.
The Reading Room included: IvyLieberman, Jean Hamilton-Fford,
Patti Phare-Camp, Mary Nale, Deb Frueh, Jean Maurie Puhlman, Anita Perez,
Marnie Heart, Maggie MoonTarot, ReeNee Cummins, and Dax Carlisle.
The first question was “Is the Universe a giant computer?” Mary Nale threw out a show stopper when she
asked “Is this why I dreamed I was walking on a circuit board?” Dax added to
the mystery by stating "My Kingdom is not of This World..." is a clue
to the multiple realities. Then the cards began answering. Synchronicities were
the High Priestess, The Emperor, and the Lovers. Looking at this, the Reading Room said there
was an overriding intelligence that was beyond our comprehension. However, when it comes to this dimension, Ivy
IvyLieberman stated “we are alone and create our own controller and are really happy
that way.” The Lovers was the
interesting card – what choice needed to be made? A few more cards uncovered the concept that
many people don’t want to know how it really works. Some people are happy with the idea that God
makes all the decisions. Others want to
believe in a randomness that is beyond their control. Only a few people ask these kinds of
questions to the universe.
The second question was “Is reality a dream?” This brought up the idea that is popular in
Eastern religions; nothing we see or experience is real. The follow-on question gave us a more
fascinating answer “Is reality a simulation?”
The Reading Room came back with a mind-blowing answer; it is a
simulation for those who choose not to learn or to realize
self-responsibility. ReeNee’s comment
was that this would explain the clients a tarot reader sees over and over again
with the same problem. It may also give
us the wisdom to stress the importance of self-responsibility in future
readings. Of course, the natural follow-on
to that question is “People believe “You create your own reality” is that true?” The answer was a strong yes from the Reading
Room – both from personal experiences as well as what the cards had to
say. Even if there is an over-riding
intelligence within the Universe, it wants to interact with us, wants us to
understand what our thoughts and actions truly mean.
The next question is one of the hardest and most painful to
ask “If it is interactive, how come bad things happen to people - is it bad
thinking?” The cards and Readers gave a broader interpretation than just “bad
things are caused by stinkin’ thinkin’ “.
The information that poured forth is that, yes, negativity and the
stress it causes hurts people. Mary Nale intuited that “the mind creates the
drama.” And Deb Frueh reminded us that “people like drama - no two ways about
it.” In addition the cards also said
that things happen when people are completely stuck. They may have a very complacent life, but
there is no growth, no challenge. Then
the Universe may take over and hand the person the challenges they need to grow
or come to greater understanding.
The final question set was about defining what we are. Are we just one’s and zero’s? Are we just a string of data? While discussing the string of data idea, Dax
brought up "Morphic
fields" and "Torsion
Fields" – to scientific theories to explain who or what we are. The cards and readers both agreed that we are
much more than a data string or a string of information. Anita Perez stated that we are “energy and
consciousness but that information by itself is not conscious.” Becky Graywolf
added “Yes, we are way more than ones and zeros. We are also information and
experience for our souls.”
The overall Project TAROT moment cards further clarified and
strengthened the messages the Reading Room contributed. The most often read cards were the Chariot
and the Lovers. On first glance, this
looks like a strange pairing and an impossible read. But considering the subject, and the answers
to the questions it interprets as we are all driving our own chariots on our
own journeys the decisions we make (The Lovers can represent choice) determines
if our journey is pleasant, bumpy or if we overturn the cart (our lives)
completely. The Universe is a feedback
loop. What we put out comes back until
we can exist harmoniously with the world and Universe around us.
We also had a Lenormand moment, when Jean Hamilton-Fford
pulled cards multiple times. When asked
for an in-depth explanation, Jean offered “The Golden Bear [card pulled
multiple times] refers to putting on the mask we need to wear for whatever part
of our journey we are on. We become one with the Sun and have the key,
the strength and the playfulness to find joy and wealth and happiness.”
Mary Nale gave a beautiful intuitive reading on the concepts
that we discussed during this week’s show “When the moon shines its light on
us, in the deep hours of night we travel to the place where we receive the
knowledge we need to survive. What we do
with this knowledge is a matter of how advanced we are in our personal journey.” Are you aware of the information to improve
your “matrix”? U-Predict!
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