I have always been intrigued by the movie “The Matrix” because I have always been one of those people who explored alternative philosophies and realities.  I have to say I paid a high price for it, because curiosity can catch up to you if it doesn’t have clear parameters.  The idea that maybe I didn’t “get it” and there was some truth or reality I was missing out on drove me nuts on many an occasion.  I was a soul chemist.  I never knew the outcome, but couldn’t resist the next concoction’s promise of something new!  I watched some around me get more experimental than I, and consequently had some disastrous results.  This did temper my thirst, but mainly took some of the chemicals out of my quest for the ultimate reality.  After a good 23 years of searching, something, rather someone found me.  For me it was the ultimate matrix moment, but it was the reverse.  I realized that all of my journeying had been done inside the matrix.  I thought I was in alternative universes, but ultimately I was fooling myself.  When I came out of the matrix, I found myself in a beautiful place, not a gray tasteless world.  I wasn’t eating mush, it was a veritable feast.  I make regular trips back into the matrix with purpose, but with a completely different identity.  When I leave the matrix I find that I have a vast place to occupy and it will literally take forever to fully assimilate the incredible place I have found.  I am so glad I don’t have to play games with my life anymore.