Why Take The Red Pill
Taking “the Red Pill” is becoming a well known metaphor these days meaning to decide to look at and accept the unpleasant truth. The phrase originates from the cult science fiction film “The Matrix” featuring Keanu Reeves in which the character was offered a choice between a blue pill, signifying continuing on with the status quo, or to take the red pill which was to offer the truth, however unpalatable that may ultimately turn out to be.
After a slow start the film quickly went to video and DVD and gradually grew into a cult film over many years to the level where film producers felt it was viable to produce sequels, which as so often is the case, should probably never have been made.
The original film is a true classic, steeped in clever philosophy and parallels with our human existence, and indeed is one of those films where the more times you watch it, the more meaning you find in it. It has spawned possibly as many memorable quotes and one liners as any film can lay claim to, and with stunningly accurate parallels with many situations in the real world today, is in this author’s opinion set to ebcome one of the all-time science fiction classics.
However probably the most memorable of them all is the famous Red Pill or Blue Pill scene where the hero has to decide between the comforrts of “what you know” versus the fear of the unknown, and just how important the truth actually is to him. Of course, being a hero, he goes for the Red Pill, and heads on down his path.
During our lives there are many instance where we are essentially faced with the same choice, the easy head-in-the-sand staus quo, or to confront the unknown, because we have to know. Difficult though it may be, we should always choose the truth, because as a wise man once said:
“The truth will set you free”
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