This is a repeated article, slightly edited though as the original, posted on 1/7/04 on the prustrations blog, was a "draft." I do not necessarily have the same views, beliefs, and ideas from years back.
Quote me on this... Though other previous sources are expected.
Where we are now is where we ought to be. Where we will be tomorrow, we have a choice to make. But what will happen tomorrow to us will not be based on our individual choice alone.
I think this is what makes life interesting. This is what we know as life.
The fact is, there is a tomorrow, whether we like it (that fact) or not. Whether we believe in that fact, or not. What will happen tomorrow, we will either like or not like. What will happen tomorrow, will happen tomorrow.
Thanks to "The Matrix philosophy"* by the Wachowski brothers, and to others who have contributed to the "world" of that "philosophy" like fans posting comments, and their own two cents worth on different fora (such as at www.imdb.com, and at www.matrixtheories.com), and philosophers' (such as those at www.thematrix.com, and traditional paper books) and scientists' views, and also to the book, "A Purpose-Driven Life" by Rick Warren and other fine books (I should note Paulo Coelho), I have come to realize that there is only one reality--it is that where you are in right now.
Imagine you are a person playing/participating in a virtual game/environment. Imagine you're logged-on on one website which has links to webpages outside of that website. Imagine you are an engineer, pondering "what if i was an artist or book writer?" (Sounds familiar!?) Imagine you are in Heaven!
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* I just term it a "philosophy" and not just a movie or a trilogy of movies, because it is more than a movie--it is also a computer game, a comic book, anime, an online game, a website... it is now a sub-culture; it is a phenomenon**.
** It is not a phenomenon if you do not see it that way. And vice versa.
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