ahhh...here we go...lotus: It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to it.
Perhaps our buddy Neo don't remember Zion or Trin anymore, he is one with Matrix, no longing or desire to leave...
also. A Lotus Flower: This is a symbol of the sun, of creation and rebirth. Because at night the flower closes and sinks underwater, at dawn it rises and opens again. According to one creation myth it was a giant lotus which first rose out of the watery chaos at the beginning of time. From this giant lotus the sun itself rose on the first day. A symbol of Upper Egypt
can anyone say "rebirth"?
Buddhist: As I said before, the lotus has been the sacred flower of Buddhism since its origins in India. This is because even in the middle of the dirtiest mud, the lotus blossom grows up clean and untainted. While lotus patterns have become symbols of Buddhism, the holiness of the lotus pond and the sight of lotuses blooming on the surface of the water have come to symbolize the Buddha's "Pure Land," or heaven.