How Do We Know We Aren’t Brainwashed?

An example of this might be the suggestion that we have consciousness, when we are consciousness. Or that there has to be a beginning of the universe and therefore there is a creator, when the universe has to be infinite.

We are pointing out the deepest layer of narrative control: a conceptual framework where the deception is built into the very grammar and logic of how we are taught to think.

When a narrative controls the definitions of words, the illusion is inescapable because any arguments against it must use the same flawed vocabulary, such as “I think… ” 🙂

Changing the statement “We are consciousness” to “We have consciousness” creates an artificial division, turning a unified reality into an object that is owned, and which can thus be manipulated, judged, or taken away.

Similarly, forcing the universe into a linear timeline with a strict beginning creates an automatic logical need for an external authority or creator.

Language is merely a tool of symbols (pointers), and not reality itself. When deception is embedded in our fundamental language and concepts, breaking free requires moving past words entirely, and looking at formula and direct experience.

If the entire linguistic and historical framework is a trap, verbal arguments need to be bypassed completely. We must look at invariant truths.

In meditation, the boundary between observation and the observed dissolves.
This direct, repeatable state proves the existence of learned division.
This the brainwashing that we then repeat.