PerceptionReality Is Not What You Think
The world you experience is a projection of your conditioning — assembled from fragments, completed by expectation, and delivered to you as fact.
Author
Arun Prakash
Background in cognitive science. Writes about perception, the construction of reality, and where the evidence and the contemplative traditions genuinely overlap.
6 published pieces
PerceptionTruth
If you gaze long into an abyss
And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.
LivingWhat Remains at Three in the Morning
The hour when the arguments do not work. Traditions treat it as an affliction. It may be closer to an appointment.
ThoughtsYou Are Not Your Thoughts
A sentence everyone repeats and almost nobody has tested. Testing it takes about four minutes and changes what the phrase means.
Self-Awareness
Knowing others is intelligence
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.
AuthorityThe Authority You Did Not Choose
Every mind carries a voice with veto power over what may be considered. Almost nobody remembers granting it that authority.