Most people never encounter reality directly.
They encounter a narrative.
A story about themselves.
A story about others.
A story about the world.
Eventually the story becomes invisible.
And begins to feel like reality.
Most people believe they think.
But repetition is not thought.
Reaction is not thought.
Imitation is not thought.
Genuine thought begins where certainty ends.
You do not experience reality directly.
You experience your interpretation of it.
Filtered through memory.
Emotion.
Conditioning.
And until you observe yourself…
you will never truly see.
What you call “yourself” is something you built.
A collection of reactions and learned behaviors.
Over time, it became automatic.
Now it feels real.
But it isn’t.
You are always aware of something.
But rarely aware of yourself.
Try this:
Be aware of what you see…
and of yourself seeing it.
That is where it begins.