In this episode, I introduce an analogy that will help you begin to understand one of the deepest teachings in the work we do together: remembering who you truly are beyond the mind, the body, and the identity you believe yourself to be.

But before we get there, I open with something curious that has been happening recently - a series of strange glitches across the internet. Recaptcha failures, payment systems behaving oddly, websites looping without explanation, automated systems issuing refunds that become additional charges, and even this very podcast platform failing to publish an episode on schedule. All of this occurred within just a few days. Whether these are simple technical glitches or signs of a rapidly evolving digital world, they serve as a reminder of something important: what we perceive as reality is often less stable than we assume.

From there, we move into the heart of the episode.

I begin by guiding you through a short moment of inquiry: if your eyes are not truly “seeing” and your brain is only predicting what it expects based on the past, then what is it that is actually perceiving the world?

To explore that question, I introduce what I call the three layers of the not-self - the layers through which consciousness is filtered in our human experience.

The first layer is the physical layer, the body and the five senses. This is the most obvious filter and the one most people believe themselves to be.

The second layer is the mental layer - the film of conditioning, identity, beliefs, and past experiences. This is the narrative we tell ourselves about who we are and how the world works.

The third layer is the energetic layer, the subtle field that influences how we feel around others and how we are drawn into certain relationships and experiences. Frameworks like Human Design, astrology, and other energetic systems help describe this layer.

To bring all of this together, I offer the movie projector analogy.

Imagine a projector in a theater.

The screen represents the physical world.

The film represents the mind and its conditioning.

The lens represents the energetic layer that subtly shapes how the film is projected.

But none of these are who you are.

You are the light itself - the source illuminating the entire projection.

Your consciousness passes through the energetic lens, through the mental film, and finally appears on the screen as the physical world you experience.

This is why two people can witness the same event and describe it completely differently. Each person is projecting their own film.

The deeper teaching of self-realization is recognizing that you are not the screen, not the film, and not even the lens. You are the light.

And when you begin to inquire deeply - asking the question “Who am I?” - the answer that remains after all labels and identities fall away is simple:

I Am.

In the next episode, I’ll offer another analogy that pushes even further into this understanding and helps you move closer to direct realization of your true nature.

Until then, brothers - elevate your alpha.