“What if the life you are living is not yours… but one carefully designed to keep you asleep?”
One pill tells us to stay asleep,
To fold our wings and crawl in deep.
To trust the walls that cage our minds,
To fear the flight we are born to find.
The other pill will break the glass,
Dissolve illusions built to last.
It opens doors inside our names,
And teaches light to rise through pain.
So take the red, become aware,
Let’s flap our wings and feel the air.
The Wizzo lies, and Love will lead.
But it is up to us to plant the seeds.
Butterfly Mondays | Nov 10, 2025
Facilitator: Dr. Bruce Purnell
Healing Station Zoom: 6:00 PM EST
Join Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88324556318?pwd=QlNsT3lLWnc0alo3K09nN0JoaFNxQT09
In this special Butterfly Monday, we break free from the lies that keep us small, confused, and confined. We reclaim our right to believe in our inner wings, healing, Love, joy, wholeness, and in the power of the red pill: awareness. Come prepared to unplug, decode, and reframe your thoughts. The Matrix was designed to keep us crawling. But we are born to fly. Today we ask:
Does fear or faith shape our reality…?
Join us as we:
• Decode illusions and internalized programs
• Revisit the Red Pill / Blue Pill choice as a spiritual metaphor
• Explore the role of fear in spiritual sleepwalking
• Connect the Matrix to trauma, labels, and the Wizzo
• Reclaim our divine power to see, choose, and transform
In our lives, many of us have been given blue pills representing performance, perfectionism, trauma stories, religious fears, and generational cycles. We are told: “This is how things are.” But Butterfly Mondays prompts a deeper question: What if that reality is artificial? What if fear is the energy that drives the system? And what if faith is the glitch that can break it?
Is our understanding of existence either created or natural? Do the truths we believe about ourselves, our planet, and our multiverse align with divine, universal truths? The development of our belief systems has a significant influence on how we connect with ourselves, others, and the planet we inhabit. Suppose we are conditioned to accept a man-made world built over Earth’s natural wisdom. In that case, concrete might replace soil, digital clouds could overshadow water, and corporate empires might dominate what was once sacred ground. We may have been so thoroughly taught to accept this artificial reality that many no longer see the Earth as a living being:
Instead of a mother, she is seen as a resource.
Instead of being treated as a teacher, she is treated as an object.
Instead of reverence, we offer extraction.
We may trust buildings more than butterflies, rely on banks more than spirit, and depend on algorithms more than intuition. This is not just environmental detachment but spiritual disconnection, and it is one of the most successful distractions ever created. Just think about the destruction that this deception has caused on this planet through war and spiritual, psychological, physical, and social recklessness.
We Already Share Everything
Before we were divided by stories, we were connected by breath. We all share the same air that is inhaled and exhaled by the trees, forests, and the lungs of the planet. Plants are the other half of our respiratory system, completing the inhale and exhale we believe is ours alone. We are united by the same atmosphere, held in place by gravity and grace. We are nourished by the same sunlight, which knows no race, class, gender, or border. The same sun that feeds the flowers also feeds our humanity and spirit. We drink the same water molecules cycling through our rivers, clouds, and tears. We are cradled by the same moon, which moves oceans and wombs with equal precision. We are already unified. It is only the illusion of disconnection that needs healing. The planet has never stopped whispering this truth. The breath has never stopped reminding us that: I am because we are.
Furthermore, this illusion of division runs counter to everything Ubuntu represents. Because when we forget Ubuntu, we forget ourselves. We no longer see others as mirrors, as kin, or as extensions of the divine breath we all carry. Ubuntu is not just a philosophy; it is a spiritual frequency. It is the truth that we are not separate beings fighting for space, but one living body of humanity, community, and creation. Ubuntu says:
• My healing relies on yours.
• Your joy fuels mine.
• Our liberation is interwoven.
The Matrix, Fear, and the Pill We Choose
In the film The Matrix, we are introduced to a world where people unknowingly live inside a computer-generated illusion and a system designed to pacify, control, and distract them from reality. When Neo meets Morpheus, he is given two pills:
• The Blue Pill — lets us go back to the status quo, living in a comfortable or uncomfortable illusion without knowledge of being controlled.
• The Red Pill — which will awaken us to the painful truth of our reality, exposing the system of manipulation and giving us the chance to be free.
Morpheus warns that once Neo takes the red pill, he cannot go back. This iconic moment is more than science fiction; it serves as a spiritual metaphor for fear and awakening.
Fear acts as the voice urging us to take the blue pill.
• Fear says: “Stay comfortable.”
• Fear says: “Do not ask too many questions.”
• Fear says: “Truth is dangerous. Trust the system.”
• Fear says: “You are not ready to awaken.”
However, beneath that fear lies a more profound truth: we were not meant to be imprisoned in illusions. We were born to soar.
Distraction Caused by Fear – The Illusion of Threat
“Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you in better living conditions.” – Hafiz.
Fear is one of the most powerful distractions on Earth. It not only shifts our attention but also completely consumes it. Neurologically, fear activates the amygdala, narrows our focus, and prepares the body to respond with fight, flight, freeze, or fawn reactions. However, what we call survival responses can turn into a form of spiritual paralysis if left unhealed. In the Land of WizOz, fear is not just a feeling; it is a fog. Fear creates a manufactured atmosphere that makes it nearly impossible to see clearly. When our vision is obscured, we chase shadows and pursue systems, spending lifetimes searching for the Wizzo.
Fear as the Architect of Illusion
While we are on the Yellow Brick Road, fear serves as the fundamental system driving the Matrix.
• It distracts us with comparison, performance, and consumption.
• It makes numbness feel safer than awareness.
• It builds false narratives that keep us away from our cocoon, afraid to face what we must release to transform.
Choosing to awaken and become aware of our trauma, healing journey, and divine purpose is our red pill moment. It takes courage. It involves discomfort. More importantly, it requires releasing the need to control everything. Remember that Morpheus said, “All I am offering is the truth. Nothing more.”
Taking the Red Pill in the Land of WizOz
In our version of the story, in the Land of WizOz, the red pill symbolizes the choice to enter the cocoon. It is the decision to believe in butterflies. And the blue pill? It is the choice to stay in performance, to worship the Wizzo, and to protect the illusion. So we ask ourselves:
Is fear controlling the code for my life? Or am I willing to wake up and reprogram? “To believe in butterflies is to choose the red pill, the journey into truth, transformation, and spiritual liberation.”
Fear as the Ultimate Distractor
Fear is compelling because it feels urgent. It communicates in the language of survival.
• What if I fail?
• What if they leave?
• What if I am not enough?
• What if healing is just another disappointment?
These are more than just anxieties; they are barriers blocking our growth. They weaken our trust in change and keep us stuck in cycles of trauma instead of helping us move forward with joy. Worse, fear causes us to rely more on external authorities (like the Wizzo) than on our own inner wisdom. Fear tells us, ‘You are not safe alone,’ and because of that, we surrender our divine power to empty promises of protection.
When Fear Becomes Home
For many travelers raised in underloved, over-surveilled, and under-resourced communities, fear is not just a fleeting emotion; it becomes woven into the fabric of the culture and way of life. It becomes the dominant rhythm, the emotional core, and the default mindset.
• Fear of violence
• Fear of being misunderstood
• Fear of being labeled, criminalized, erased
• Fear of succeeding and being resented
• Fear of healing and being alone in the joy
This fear spreads so widely that safety looks suspicious, stillness feels threatening, and transformation and healing seem out of reach. So, we stay busy, distracted, and loyal to the trauma as a universal truth because, at least, the trauma is familiar, consistent, and known.
Courage is the Counter-Spell
Fear will always be present. The goal isn’t to eliminate it but to refuse to let it control our story. Courage isn’t the absence of fear; it’s the choice to love, dream, forgive, and persevere despite it. When we take a moment to observe where our focus lies, we begin to see how fear has been influencing our decisions.
• Remaining silent when we want to speak
• Shrinking when we are born to expand.
• Feigning a sense of completeness when we are actually hurt.
• Choosing comfort instead of independence
Remember that Fear fragments and Love integrates.
The Return to Faith
The antidote to fear is not denial but faith. We are not talking about blind faith in specific outcomes, but a sacred trust in the process itself. This involves trusting in the cocoon and in our divine spark within. When we believe transformation is possible, even without knowing exactly how, we weaken fear’s grip. That is why affirmations matter and why we repeat mantras like:
• I am healing.
• I am the butterfly effect.
• I am the dreamcatcher.
• I was born to transform.
• I am the phoenix rising.
We are not just comforting ourselves. We are redirecting the attention system, pulling it away from fear and back into Love.
We are becoming the “Social Architects” who will design our healing and transformation.
Let’s affirm and manifest our divine cocoons together. #WeAreTheButterflyEffect
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