The ability for the mind to learn is spectacular... "unlearning" on the other hand is much more difficult. A habit can be formed in a few weeks, but may take years and years to unlearn. Some people may never successfully unlearn certain habits, even at the expense of their survival. (drug addiction for example).
As we age in life we learn more and form more associations and connections. We are much more likely to just respond to the set of neural nets and signals we have created and that have been developed as a reaction to stimuli. Even now I have to control myself from just typing this without consciously closely examining what it is that I want to say. It takes a long time (several weeks) of consciously doing this before it becomes a habit, and then we must re-examine our approach all over again to be more contemplative, reflective and then deliberate.
You see, all throughout life we observe. Those observations along with what we project form the memories from which we subconsciously form associations, identities, belief systems and paradigms of thought. For meaningful and productive change, you must take your entire paradigm and change it. If you are not actively reflecting upon the associations you have come to, and the conclusions that you instinctively draw, you are as Morpheus puts it "a slave" to "The Matrix". In other words, a victim of circumstance rather than someone in control of his own destiny and in control over his or her own expressions and ability to creatively express one's freedom and individuality. I am not referring to the individuality that is given to them through the formation of the ego through people associating who they erroneously believe they "are", that would just be a program that believes it is expressing its "self". So you see there are many traps and tricks that people fall into.
Once you recognize "The Matrix" in your mind and it's existence, you then must learn to "see the code" as Neo did before becoming "like new". This means learning how the brain forms associations to construct understandings. In addition to learning how a brain works, you must also learn to see your own code. Specifically with every conclusion and meaning and association you form, you must learn how those realizations came to be, and whether or not they are valid.
The matrix movie is full of duel meanings (and sometimes many more meanings). "Neo" quite literally means "new". He worked for a computer company as a programmer called "Meta-Cortex"
Meta= "denoting a change of position or condition."
Cortex="the outer layer of the cerebrum (the cerebral cortex ), composed of folded gray matter and playing an important role in consciousness." Then there is the "neocortex" of the mind. The "neocortex" is the part of the mind responsible for learning and memorization. Neo required a transcendence of the old paradigm through "meta" morphism.
In other words Thomas A. Anderson (nickname/hackername Neo) is a new programmer of the mind who is able to change the condition of consciousness as Neo was selected as "the one" (perhaps the one to (re)make anew?). Why was Neo so advanced and so ahead of everyone else at the given stages of his training? Particularly in terms of the fight scene when sparing with Morpheus and why was he able to transcend the construct of the "computer code" when inside "the construct" or their own independent form of "the matrix" independent of the system? Because he was a "programmer" himself and could recognize the limitations of his own "program", even if he wasn't necessarily able to see everything around him as code right away and recognize that even outside of the traditional medium, there was still programming on a higher level going on that he could tap into.
Once you really learn to understand this, you will quite literally be able to "upload" understandings in your mind. Perhaps you won't instantly be able to say, like Neo did, "I know kung-fu" in all instances, or instantly know how to be a helicopter pilot with a simple upload as these things may require things like muscle memory, strength, conditioning and physical attributes that won't immediately be present. However, you certainly can derive the understanding of concepts to understand conclusions in a very similar manner in where it is an instantaneous expression of source that you tap into. You will be able to intuitively make connections and derive understandings of sometimes ingenious ideas and come to a state of "knowing" independently of having to memorize some book on the matter. You will learn to derive past understandings, form your own neural connections and see things separate from the influences and biases that are everywhere and that as you will see are sometimes "pre-programmed" through external medium because the "system" "wants" you to behave this way just as when Neo "woke up" he could see how people were being manipulated used, reproduced as replications and drained while their own expression was asleep and their energy was being drained. Of course, this is just a metaphor, remember, you will have to learn the true meaning in your own time.
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