The Blue Pill

Well if you went for either of my suggestions, you're close but you're not right. But then if you were paying attention, I told you that in paragraph four.

If you stick to your original matrix and ignore the vast scope of the universe, then that won't work.

You can live a lie but you can't keep living a lie.

You can plaster over a crack, but you can't keep plastering.

Subsidence will guarantee it reappears.

You can paint over the rot but, well.... you get the idea

There are problems that can't be solved with decorators caulk.

I am talking about concepts a little more global. We need to recognise kernels of truth in daily life when it presents but it is a disorientating exercise. Looking up at the universe makes your eyes hurt when the sun is shining.

We may choose to find it exciting. Or it may be painful. It may put you in your place. How much more comfortable to be the expert in an artificial wrongness! Better that, than to try to work out what matrices everyone else is jumping in and out of. Working out how they really see the world. Working out how to find... them.

People construct different matrices to get them through different tasks, different relationships. If they enter your life, you need to work out what their matrix looks like. It's work, at least it takes effort, but you can season the game with play. At least then we will all be joining in, taking a step or two closer to where the truth really is.

We'll be playing the same game.

We'll share the joy of taking part.

Half of us will win.

And if we put our win to good use, we can drag the other half up.

Or stick to your old ways.

Join the flat Earth Society, if you feel so inclined. But eventually something will happen that makes you slap the heel of your hand into your head repeatedly and scream "what was I thinking of?"  (Or if you've been brought up classically "of what was I thinking?")

We all live in a little healthy denial. Nothing wrong with that. (Or is there?) But too much and you need guarantees. Guarantees that things won't change. I'm not confident enough to follow you on that.

Dance in and out of your matrix. And dance in and out and on everybody else's.

If you dance into mine then 'Welcome'.

Come say hi.