Normal Behaviour in an Apocalyptic World:
There is no Spoon; there is no Foucault’s Pendulum: “Do not try and bend the spoon; that’s impossible. Instead, only try to realise the truth … there is no spoon. Then you’ll see that it is not the spoon that bends; it is only yourself.” A quote is taken from the post-perennial (postmodern) film The Matrix, expressed by a boy character in Buddhist clothing, but more precisely Zen-Buddhism – as a way to invoke enlightenment by revealing the inadequacy of logic. These riddles are intentionally structured to negate the mind’s ability to apply reason. This is intended to grant the pupil peace, not of the mind but from it. So when the boy muses about the only way to bend the spoon are to realise it isn’t there at all, he may be trying to get Neo to silence the perpetual dialogue running through his mind by negating that part of his psyche with a question beyond logic.
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