What's the meaning of the Buddhist boy's message to Neo in the movie The Matrix? In this scene from the first movie in The Matric trilogy, when Neo goes to meet the Oracle he meets the Buddhist boy who shows him that he can bend the spoon and then tells him that he can do the same when he can realize that 'there is no spoon', that when you see the spoon bending, it is really yourself that's bending.
Does this message fit with the actual Buddhist teaching of Emptiness? Does it have any message from the Zen philosophy?  Or it's just a misrepresentation, kind of  Pop Buddhist philosophy to appeal to the audience?
If it aligns with Buddhist philosophy can somebody explain to me what it is?
It means that so-called reality is actually our interpretation. When our perspective changes our experienced reality changes. This is why the boy says, don't try to change reality (bend the spoon). Change your mind, and your reality will change automatically.
There is no enemy to fight, no prize to attain. It is your mind that creates these interpretations &quot;enemy&quot; and &quot;prize&quot;. Therefore, &quot;there's no spoon&quot;.