What's the meaning of the Buddhist boy's message to Neo in the movie The Matrix?
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In this scene from the first movie in The Matric trilogy, when Neo goes to meet the Oracle he meets the Buddhist boy who shows him that he can bend the spoon and then tells him that he can do the same when he can realize that '**there is no spoon**', that when you see the spoon bending, **it is really yourself that's bending.**
Does this message fit with the actual Buddhist teaching of Emptiness? Does it have any message from the Zen philosophy? Or it's just a misrepresentation, kind of Pop Buddhist philosophy to appeal to the audience?
If it aligns with Buddhist philosophy can somebody explain to me what it is?
Asked by The White Cloud
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Feb 18, 2021, 11:08 AM
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