The way to become free from the matrix is to meditate regularly.

The matrix/simulation we seem to be experiencing only exists in our collective minds. We don't necessarily create "reality", but we decode it into existence. It's basically an induced dream, which is a dream that is intentionally brought about. The Gnostics wrote thousands of years ago that the world is a simulation that was created by a distorted state of consciousness that they called 'Yaldabaoth' which is basically the same as satan in Christianity. This is why the world is so insane, it's designed to be that way by the architect of the simulation.

The important thing to understand though is that without your consciousness (its not really yours), there can be no dream/simulation. Consciousness (or awareness) is who you truly are, and to be in alignment with this consciousness, its important to meditate. Meditation is simply sitting and observing the thoughts that come and go in your mind.

In other words, meditation is sitting and doing nothing. And as you do this, the thoughts begin slowing down, and there'll start being gaps between your thoughts. In that space where there are no thoughts and you are completely silent, you get a glimpse of your true nature, which is beyond the simulation. The more you sit and do nothing, the more space you have between your thoughts, and the more free you become from the matrix.