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Notice that the crew members of Morpheus uses a hard wire phone to make the connection to get into "The Matrix" and back to the real world Zion, but uses a cell phone when interacting inside The "Matrix".

To understand the interpretation of the different "phone" usage, we have to know what matrix and Zion represent. Zion is our physical body and matrix is the mind. The hard wire phone represents the nerve connections that pass the electrical signals from the sense organs of the physical body (Zion) to the mind (matrix). To explain this further, let us the see the example of a seeing an object like "rose-flower". When we see a rose-flower, the light from the flower hits the retina of the eye which is then transferred as electrical signals to brain via the nerves. This transfer of signals from the body (Zion) to the mind (matrix) needs physical nerve connections (hard wire phone).

Now let us think in our mind that we are crushing the "rose-flower". For this crushing action that occurs in our mind (matrix), we do not need nerve signals to be passed from our physical body (eye) to the mind. Now there are two independent thoughts. One is the thought of the rose flower and another thought is the flower crushing thought. To connect these two thoughts in the mind, we do not require the body nerve connections to be involved. To put in other words, the connections between any two thoughts in the mind is a "wireless connection". This wireless connection in the mind world (matrix) is shown as cell phone in the matrix movies.

Therefore when we want to "jack in" a thought into our mind (matrix), it always occurs through the nerve connections of the physical body. Understand , every thought is generated by the interaction of the objects through the five sense organs and its perception, i.e, touch, sight, smell, sound and taste, through the nerve signals (phone) But once a thought is created in the mind (matrix) the subsequent thoughts in the mind does not require nerve signaling from the body. We project our own thoughts in the mind in a wireless way. Matrix is thus a projection of the world by the mind and we can always plug into and out of it. When we deeply go into our mind we forget our body, the real world , Zion.

This concept of mind and body is deeply connected with the symbolism of Merovingian , who describes his role as a trafficker of information. Information of the worldly objects is perceived by us through the above mentioned five sense organs. Merovingian is the trafficker of this information and that is he is seen in a club, surrounded by wine and women. It is very interesting to know why he drinks "French wine", why he talks about the cake eaten by a women in red in the club (matrix reloaded) and also why he enjoys watching the sensual dance in the club (matrix revolutions).

The above concept of mind and body is also the linked to Cypher who does the image translator's work for the construct program. It is simply enjoyable to know how Cypher represents the symbolism of translating the images of the world into the thoughts of our mind (matrix). Similarly every character in the movie represents different aspects of this mind (matrix) and body (Zion) connection. The "war" is the conflict of the projection of the mind (matrix world) and the reality of the physical world (Zion).

It is fascinating to go with Neo to undertake the "Journey to the source" and understand the deep concepts of the movie, which is nothing but our own experience of life.


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Yes Quite...

all i know is that, the cell phone in the matrix kicks major ass, and i am happy to say that i have one of 10,000 that were made 350$ well spent

i was too late to get one they were going for as much as $2,000 on e-bay.

Jesus. It isnt even worth a hundred dollars if your not a fan. I got it so cheap because i had a reserved membership. The retail price was 399$ If you feel like forking out 500 dollars you can get one easily. However it is only worth the price i paid because i was a such a fan of the amtrix, and it is bad ass to use in front of people on the street. It sounds just like the cocking of a gun when it pops up. I also have the voice recognition to turn on when i say "get me an exit" yeah it's corny but is cool to see peoples reactions when you say get me an exit and the phone turns on, and the reciever pops up and plays the cool matrix phone intro.

it's amazing how much people would pay for something they saw in a movie. i woulda loved to have one. and the one i was bidding for was unlocked... i have cingular, not sprint.

that is deffaintly cool. Sprint blows. I had huge trouble getting mine unlocked. sprint has terrible cell plans. Yeah dont feel bad though. It really isnt worth the price. Yeah people do pay nearly anything for memorabilia. Keanu said he gave his friends a bunch of stuff from the matrix set and some things he wore. He said his friends sold apair of his sun glasses and his boots to someone for 15g's. Keanu said that his friends got abetter deal than his paycheck from the movie. lol i mean 15g's for soe sun glasses and boots, i mean...wow

d@mn! 15 g's. wow... some people are just celebrity crazy. or they think it will amount to something more... like those people who hold on to their 2 dollar bills thinking they will be worth more than 2 dollars in the future.

um...who holds onto 2 dollar bills? *puts stash of $2 bills under bed* i mean...really...who?

Hey man, people pay 5,000$ for a set of 20 half dollars, so nothing surprises me. 2$ bills do kick ass though pointless,but cool

that's funny... when the new quarters started getting minted, there was this offer in tv that said, "for $50 get all 50 state quarters and get this beautiful display case for free when you call in the next ten minutes." why pay $50 for something worth $12.50?

i guarantee you there were people who saw that commercial and said...only $50, and it comes with a case? thats cheaper than i will eve find it...some people are just that stupid.

YEah but thats not even the worse of it. I remember when the whole state quarter thing started. they were selling just the case to hold the quarters, and a bookklet explaining about each state. They charged people twenty five dollars for a peice of card board and a booklet that you would enver read.

isn't corporate america great

you said it. Where else in the world can i buy a shampoo bottle with Neo's head as the cap?