--- In [email protected], Maria Lopez <flordeloto@...> wrote:
>
> Morpheus = John The Baptist?. Interesting!.  Never thought about it. Then
> I suppose that the traitor must be Judas or is he not?. If not, who is the
> traitor?.  And what about the little child who can bend the spoon?. And
> the rest of characters that come in the next two following movies?. Perhaps
> I learn to like better the two following movies if I know the symbolic of
> their characters they represent.
> Â
> Thanks Steve!
> Mayka
>
> Hi Mayka. Yes, the traitor is Judas. But he is possessed by the
"spirit" of Agent Smith, who represents (in some versions of the
gnostic myth) the Dark Twin of The Christ. The Little Child is
referred to often in Gnostic sayings. Jesus said, "The man ancient
in years will not hesitate to ask a Little Child, seven days old,
about the place of life, and they will live. For many who are first
will be last, and they shall be one and the same." It is important
to know that the Gnostics were really talking about states of
consciousness. The Archons (Sentinels) represented what a Buddhist
would call Kleshas, which keep us trapped in delusion. The Greek
word Archon means "Ruler". The negative habits of mind rule over
us and prevent us from seeing beyond the delusion of duality. As
I said, the Gnostics were not literalists. They even said that
Jesus did not really have a physical body. It is interesting to note
that in some Buddhist stories, Gotama does not leave footprints.
Steve
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