Oct 12, 4:47 PM (Ordinary Time)

The monks were discussing The Matrix over dinner in hushed but excited voices. Yes, the movie. And it was the elder monk who was filling in the younger ones. The others kept asking for a clarification of the basic premise, i.e., who is actually “real” while in the Matrix. This vexed several of them and they wanted examples. The elder monk delivered an earnest explanation about body plugs and lifetimes spent in sleep.

Only if you were born into the Matrix and then liberated from it could you go between the two worlds.