The Real Matrix
Tom O'Connor
In 1999 it blew The Matrix exploded on to the world scene and blew people’s minds.
But while fans loved watching Neo free his mind, little did most watching realise just how closely connected The Matrix mirrored the very same structures that were controlling their lives.
In the movie, Neo is living in a dream world where he thinks he has choice but he’s actually a slave inside the Matrix. A prison he cannot smell, touch or taste.
One he doesn’t perceive consciously until the filters that have blinded him from seeing it are removed.
Here’s the classic scene where Morpheus, Neo’s mentor, is explaining how the Matrix is a system that people will fight to protect it. (Just like many people in real life.)
Now let’s talk about the real matrix. Over to Michael…
Each of us have patterns of attention and patterns of habit that control our lives. These filters operate largely outside our conscious awareness and play a huge role in shaping our lives. What you value, what you do and don’t do, how you decide etc. all are created from these foundational building blocks that operate below most people’s conscious awareness.
And because the matrix of filters has been acquired over a lifetime and operate outside conscious awareness – being able to find and root out unhelpful filters that are having a detrimental effect on your life can be incredibly difficult.
That’s where the Quantum of Awareness can help. Do this simple exercise now:
Far more powerful than any given technique is how you have trained yourself to use your awareness. Your ability to shift and reconfigure your attention and awareness determines if you will be able to create what you want.
So as you go about your day, take a moment to notice where does your attention go when you screw up or make a mistake. What do you notice about how your attention has been configured?
Talk soon,
Tom
P.S. In the next video Michael is going to share a simple heuristic to begin to give you access to the filters that guide and shape your awareness.
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