THE MATRIX

1. THE MATRIX • “Did you know that the first Matrix was designed to be a perfect human world? Where none suffered, where everyone would be happy. It was a disaster. No one would accept the program. Entire crops were lost..... Some believed that we lacked the programming language to describe your perfect world. But I believe that, as a species, human beings define their reality through suffering and misery.” Agent Smith to Morpheus

2. “....shit happens. It represents a point of almost universal consensus regarding human existence. Unfortunately few of us are willing to leave it at that. We want to know why, how, and maybe even who. I think it‘s fair to say that everyone who has ever lived life at depth has some awareness of something going on - a force, a current, a spirit or whatever.”

3. “The best way to experience the reality of God is to become completely empty, and then to explore what lies beyond such emptiness. This is why those who have been hollowed out by suffering are often the first to discover God. Most times we resist both pain and emptiness, going to great lengths to gain comfort for our wounds and distraction from the inner void. For those who find the grace to journey beyond desolation, there is the encounter with what might best be described as liquid love: pure, endless, undemanding, all-consuming love. Having touched the hem of God’s garment once, there is no need for further words, qualifications or explanations. Love is its own argument, and those who touch it even briefly carry that experience in their souls for evermore. • Shit happens. And in the midst of the shit, God.”