How your nervous system built illusions that keep you trapped
Every thought and emotion
comes down to our belief system,
comes down to neural connections inside the brain
that were once formed.
They were formed as a definition of reality,
as a definition of an experience
we had in the past.
But what is doing the defining?
What is deeper than the belief system?
Our nervous system.
Before a thought appears,
before meaning is created,
before a story is told,
the nervous system already decided:
Safe or unsafe.
Fight, flight, freeze, or dance.
Over time, consciousness started to identify
with the conceptual self.
With ideas, images, roles, and stories of “me.”
To protect this imagined self,
the nervous system built layers of defense
around an illusion.
From that point on, perception
was no longer guided by truth,
but by protection.
Not by reality,
but by survival.
Beliefs became rigid.
Thoughts repetitive.
Behavior predictable.
The system defended an identity
that never truly existed.
Awakening is not about creating new beliefs.
It is about seeing through the illusions
that made fear and protection necessary
in the first place.