I’ve always thought deeply about life and I’m grateful that I have because it has saved me so many times but it has also caused great pain and confusion. We’ve heard “ignorance is bliss” so many times but is it really? Is it worth living in ignorance until we die? What price do we pay because there’s always a price to everything?
In the end, the dilemma of the red and blue pills defines all our experiences. Of course, the choice is not simple in practice because we overcomplicate the question and reasoning process but ultimately, it is a choice of learning a potentially unsettling or life-changing truth (red pill) or remaining in contented ignorance (blue pill).
Every moment in life is underpinned by this dilemma and more times than not, we choose the blue pill primarily out of fear. Fear inevitably leads us to the blue pill under the guise of comfort, familiarity and safety (education, marketing, media, politics etc). No wonder we experience what we have because the blue pill is an illusion in my opinion - a never ending torture chamber of ignorance with false promises of safety, happiness and satisfaction. The red pill, with all its disruptive experiences, is the only gateway to ending ignorance and suffering and the bumpy ride is a fundamental part of that journey. The “bad stuff” is filled with insights and wisdom if only we could bring ourselves to see it for what it is by taking the red pill. It’s the only way to get to “the truth”. I’m not a fan particularly of the Matrix movie but its basic premise (red pill/blue pill) couldn’t have been more accurate and insightful.
The Mindfulness Course for Grounding and Awakening that I run, teaches methods that the Rinzai Zen school have used for centuries to penetrate through all the thoughts, feelings, emotions and confusion that we experience with the red/blue pill dilemma. It is 100% possible to learn how to do this no matter who you are and how much meditation experience you have. You can find more details about the course here.
I hope humanity can collectively start to take the red pills more than the blue ones. That decision is nowhere near as scary as we imagine and this becomes clear the more we move towards the red pill and start to see our authentic Selves and the true nature of our pain 🙏🏻 🌏 ❤️.
Wishing you all peace, healing and awakening.
Sean Jimon
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