What if everything you thought you knew about reality is just…a very convincing illusion? Prepare to have your perceptions challenged as we explore mind-bending new theories, and ancient wisdom that suggests our consciousness may play a far greater role in shaping the universe than we ever imagined. Read on to discover how modern science is echoing ideas explored by ancient mystics, and what it could mean for you!

The Echoes of Ancient Wisdom: How Science Is Confirming Ideas Centuries Old

For thousands of years, humanity has wrestled with the most profound question imaginable: what is reality?
Is what we perceive truly “real,” or merely an illusion? From ancient myths and philosophical debates to modern physics experiments, this quest for understanding has driven us forward. Today, a remarkable convergence is happening, science is beginning to explore ideas that greatly mirror age-old beliefs, suggesting we may be on the verge of realizing that consciousness isn’t simply within reality; it actively participates in shaping it. Moreover, we are once again beginning to take seriously the idea that we live inside a simulation, that this isn’t a real world, but a veil that hides true reality. A Kenoma (an “Emptiness”) that hides the Pleroma ( the “Fullness” of true divine reality).
Science, in its slow and plodding way, is perhaps learning something fundamental, something that I and others before me have said for a very long time: that thought creates (or at the very least molds) reality, instead of the other way around… And that we are indeed, inside The Cave.

So, before delving into modern scientific explorations, it’s important to acknowledge something often overlooked; a history far older than recorded civilization itself. Within the annals of human experience, stretching back beyond written records and established historical timelines, lies a tradition of reality investigation and causation, that approached our shared world from an entirely different perspective. This other science that existed long ago, didn’t focus on dissecting the external world with instruments and external measurements as modern science does. Instead, they turned inward, exploring the deeper recesses of their own consciousness, seeking to understand reality not by observing it from without, but by experiencing it from within.

These individuals were not merely mystics or spiritual seekers, they were dedicated practitioners, like scientists of the mind if you will. They developed sophisticated techniques to cultivate awareness, refine perception, and ultimately gain insight into the fundamental nature of existence. Their conclusions, which remain startling even to many modern thinkers, revolved around the idea that reality is not a fixed, external entity. Instead, it is something co-created through our consciousness.
However, they also discovered that this process of creation was not entirely free or autonomous. The greater reality, they realized, was not shaped solely by human consciousness, but was heavily influenced (and in most cases totally controlled) by a powerful force outside of humanity. This force, sometimes called the Demiurge or the Archonic power, actively channels the creative potential within humanity, superimposing a simulated reality that serves its own interests. In doing so, it traps humanity within a confined Simulation, a box-like space: The Cave.
In other words, while we do participate in creating our world, our creative power has been hijacked by an external, deceptive force. We are, in effect, co-creating our own prison; a simulation designed to benefit its architect, while limiting our true potential.

Imagine looking at a photograph. It appears solid and real, with depth and detail. Yet, you know it’s merely an arrangement of pixels; tiny dots of color meticulously arranged in a specific pattern to create the illusion of an image. What if our entire perceived reality is similar: a complex, incredibly detailed simulation built from fundamental units we don’t yet fully understand? Incredibly, this isn’t just science fiction anymore! It’s becoming a serious area of modern scientific inquiry.

The notion that our universe might be an advanced simulation…

Computer Simulation in accordance with modern presentism which is the tendency to interpret ideas only using modern values, knowledge, and understanding.

… has moved beyond philosophical speculation and into the realm of empirical investigation.
Scientists are now actively searching for clues within the fabric of physics itself, looking for anomalies, which are subtle imperfections or constraints that could betray a computational origin. The seemingly improbable fine-tuning of physical constants (those precise values like the strength of gravity or the speed of light) has been proposed as a potential parameter setting within such a simulation. Think of it like someone carefully adjusting the dials to ensure everything runs smoothly and predictably.

And here’s where the echoes of ancient wisdom become particularly striking. The conclusions reached by these inner explorers, those who delved into their own consciousness thousands of years ago, are now being mirrored (albeit through different methodologies) by modern science. They spoke of a reality malleable by awareness, a universe responsive to intention, one that seems to be “fine-tuned” by a greater force. Today, scientists are beginning to uncover evidence suggesting that our observations and even our collective thoughts might subtly influence the world around us, blurring the line between observer and observed.

The Universe as Code: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Science

The notion that our universe might be an advanced computer simulation has rapidly moved from the fringes of philosophy and science fiction, and into serious scientific discussion. Consider how dramatically technology has evolved in just a few decades. We’ve transitioned from room-sized computers to smartphones capable of astonishing feats of processing power, and virtual reality is becoming increasingly immersive; blurring the lines between what’s real and what’s digitally rendered. If we continue on this trajectory, it becomes less outlandish to imagine that a future civilization could possess the ability to create simulations so realistic they are indistinguishable from our own experience.

But let’s pause for a moment and consider something that more and more people are asking themselves lately: What if such a simulation already exists? What if we are inside such a simulation?
Scientists aren’t simply speculating on this potential; they’re actively searching for clues within the very fabric of physics, looking for subtle imperfections or constraints that might betray a computational origin to the universe. They are looking for what we could term glitches in a program; unexpected behaviors that hint at an underlying code.

One particularly intriguing clue is this idea of “fine-tuning”. Imagine building a complex machine with hundreds of precisely calibrated components. If even one component is slightly off, the entire machine fails. Now, consider the universe itself. Fundamental physical constants (values like the strength of gravity, the speed of light, and the mass of an electron) appear to be set with incredible precision. Even slight variations in these values would render life as we know it, impossible. It’s as if someone meticulously adjusted countless dials, tweaking parameters within a simulation perfectly, to ensure everything runs smoothly and allows for the emergence of stars, planets, and ultimately, us. The odds of this happening purely by chance are astronomically small, leading some physicists to believe that these constants were deliberately set.

Beyond fine-tuning, another area of investigation focuses on potential limits in physical processes: what some call “pixelation” effects at the most fundamental scales. Think about a digital image viewed up close. At a distance, it appears smooth and continuous, but as you zoom in, you eventually see individual pixels; tiny squares of color that create the illusion of a seamless picture. Could our universe have similar boundaries? Are there limits to how finely we can divide space or time, points beyond which reality begins to break down into discrete units? If we look deeper, beyond quarks and leptons (the smallest known particles), will we see pixels, or something that approximates them? Have we already found such pixels??

I would argue we have! I have expanded lately on this through my study of liminal spaces in past articles.

This idea leads us to consider what might exist at these edges; what some call “borderlands” and “liminal spaces.” These are regions where the frameworks of our perceived reality become…flexible. A classic example from quantum physics is Schrödinger’s cat. In this thought experiment, a cat is placed in a sealed box with a device that has a 50% chance of releasing poison. Until we open the box and observe the cat, it exists in a state of superposition: simultaneously both alive and dead. It’s not until an awareness observes the system that it “collapses” into one definite state or the other.

This liminal space (the period before observation) represents a bending of reality’s rules! The cat isn’t definitively alive or dead; it exists in a probabilistic haze, a realm where the usual laws don’t fully apply. These Borderlands are akin to the edges of a digital simulation, which are places where the code becomes less stable and more prone to anomalies.

Interestingly, these concepts aren’t entirely new, as I have said. Through rigorous practices and profound introspection, individuals that I have termed inner alchemists discovered these liminal spaces, these borderlands, these edges of what we now suspect is a simulation world… far before modern science even began to formulate the questions. They understood that awareness itself played an active role in shaping reality; that observation wasn’t passive but fundamentally transformative.

And now, it seems, science is catching up. Slowly but surely, it’s uncovering evidence that supports these ancient insights. The burgeoning field of information physics suggests that information isn’t just about reality; it is a fundamental component of it. Gravity, for example, might not be a force in the traditional sense but rather an emergent property arising from the way information is organized and compressed within the universe; a concept strikingly similar to how data is processed and rendered in a computer simulation.

Lost Ancient Wisdom: Consciousness Creates Reality

Long before scientists began probing these ideas, ancient cultures around the world held beliefs about consciousness and reality that echo startlingly with modern discoveries. Many traditions taught that we don’t merely experience reality; we actively build it through our awareness and intentions.

Yet, for the people of those times, these ideas eventually became dogma: meaning unquestioned beliefs or doctrines accepted on authority, rather than through personal experience or inquiry. This theology of the past has, in some forms, survived into the present. But where did such dogma originate?
As I’ve said, in those times there were certain lineages of relentless truth-seekers who refused to accept inherited beliefs at face value. Instead, they practiced a bold form of inner exploration; a journey to the very edge of existence. These “inner alchemists” ventured deep into the realms of consciousness, returning with extraordinary insights and, in rare cases, even tangible objects that seemed to come from alien domains. Their explorations stretched the boundaries of awareness to levels that are now almost forgotten; a kind of mental science that has largely faded from memory.

It is these courageous explorers and their mastery of awareness that may lie at the root of today’s ideas about simulated reality and self-created worlds. As I’ve noted elsewhere, simulation theory is simply the latest name for ancient questions about the nature of existence. In the past, people may have described this as living inside the mind of God. Today, we speak of computer simulations and imagine God (or the Demiurge, if you prefer) as a cosmic programmer.
The seeds of this revolutionary concept were planted long ago, hidden beneath layers of tradition and time. They have become foundational principles in many theologies, and I believe that at least some of this wisdom can be traced back to the daring inner journeys of these early alchemists of the mind.

But how does consciousness create reality?

Imagine a sculptor molding clay. The clay already exists, raw potential waiting to be shaped. It’s only through the sculptor’s focused intention and deliberate actions that it transforms into something tangible; a sculpture imbued with their vision.

Some believe consciousness works in much the same way. Reality itself is a kind of malleable ‘clay,’ and our awareness acts as the sculpting force, shaping it through attention and intention. This idea isn’t part of the newly created ‘law of attraction’ concepts, it’s an ancient knowing that has existed for millennia: through our control of our thoughts, emotions, and desires, we change our reality.

However, here is something often omitted in modern self-help books: the strength of that focus determines the power to change reality, and that strength isn’t a birthright!
A focused mind is not an inherent right; it’s a cultivated skill, a muscle honed through practice. It requires relentless self-observation: the watcher watching the watcher. This intensified attention acts as energy amplification, and like any force, its potential for transformation grows in direct proportion to its intensity. The greater our focus, the more potent our influence on the world around us. Reality creation is the direct result of energy: the more energy you have, the more power you have to shape your own reality… And there are ways to increase that energetic power.
People have very low energy, it is actively being stolen by the Demiurge; this is the price we pay for ignorantly living inside its simulation. In order to truly shape reality, we must increase our energy, but the chips are stacked against us.

The accumulation of this energy is something that I describe in fine detail in my book, The Magnum Opus, A Step-by-Step Course.

This idea that we create our own reality extends to collective awareness. Imagine a large group of people intensely focused on a particular outcome, perhaps during a sporting event or a moment of national crisis. Could this shared intention subtly shape events? The “hundredth monkey effect” is often cited in discussions of this phenomenon, though it remains debated within modern science. It suggests that when a certain number of individuals within a population learn a new behavior, it spontaneously appears in other populations without direct contact, as if a collective awareness has unlocked something new.

Within the framework of a simulation, these concepts suggest that collective consciousness acts as a powerful mechanism, influencing the very parameters and emergent properties of our simulated reality. On an individual level, each person helps define localized aspects of experience through observation and intention. On a broader scale, collective fields (akin to morphic fields, which are patterns of influence shaped by the thoughts and behaviors of groups) help determine the larger structure and flow of reality itself. The demiurge may set the boundaries, but it is our own collective, or “mob mind,” that reinforces and even creates the walls of our own prison.
Will science ever reach the unsettling realization that the simulation is not just a construct, but a prison of our own collective making?

The Physics of Awareness: Information Compression & Vibration

The findings of those ancient inner alchemists were quite final, and incredibly they are mirrored by science today to some extent (full vindication will come in time). The idea is that all sentient and non-sentient beings create external reality through the focus of their attention. This focused awareness increases information compression, which is essentially, squeezing more data into a smaller space, and therefore increasing gravity and vibration rates of created forms within their field of awareness.

Juan Maldacena, a theoretical physicist and professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, who is best known for discovering the AdS/CFT correspondence, puts it like this (paraphrasing):
Everything happening inside a space can be fully described by information on the surface around it, sort of like how a hologram stores a 3D image on a 2D surface. In his theory, gravity and even the fabric of space itself come from the way information is organized on this boundary. So, gravity isn’t something separate; it actually emerges from this compressed information. This idea helps scientists study how gravity and quantum physics might work together.

Think of it like this: higher conscious focus, often achieved by sentient beings, creates high-vibration states: realities that are very physically stable and intensely influence (and help create) gravity within the simulation. Gravity therefore, is a side effect of attention. Gravity forms the walls of our prison; we create the walls of our own prison.
This is an aspect explored in ancient practices like inner alchemy, which posits that the entire world is created and is constantly changing, through awareness. The more focused and concentrated the attention, the greater the compression of information, and the stronger the resulting reality becomes. Gravity and solidity are the result of that focus and are amplified by greater focus.

At the Edge of Perception: Boundaries of the Simulation?

Increased focus of attention becomes very important when you understand this ancient truth: Just as you can’t see the pixels in a high-resolution image from afar, individuals deeply immersed within it are not able to perceive the boundaries of their world.
They are so convinced that the simulation is reality that they cannot see past the edges where it begins to pixelate. In order to see the edges you must grow stronger, that focus must increase in power. Only then can awareness challenge the matrix so as to be able to find the beginning and the end of it.
Perhaps this is the adolescent period that science is going through right now; it is learning to increase the power of its focus. The simulation is starting to show its boundaries!

At the edge of our senses, at the edge of our instruments used to extend our focus and therefore our creation of the simulation, there exist boundaries, which can be thought of as static fields separating one universe created by awareness from another created by different awarenesses. These are like the borders between digital lands in a video game; distinct but interconnected, each governed by its own set of rules and parameters.

The implications of this newfound understanding are nothing short of seismic. If we truly grasp how consciousness sculpts reality, it unlocks an unimaginable power: the ability to consciously shape our world (overcome it) and in that way find the edge of it. Imagine not merely influencing events but actively steering them towards our vision, pushing past perceived limitations to stand at the very precipice of “reality” itself: perhaps finally confirming the simulation hypothesis by peering over the edge!

Eons ago, inner alchemists stumbled upon this path. Today, science may hold the key to unlocking it anew. But its journey must begin with a monumental shift: developing an unwavering focus akin to that ancient discipline. Only then can it delve deep enough into the fundamental principles governing existence and reveal the hidden architecture of reality.

This is the potential dawn of a profound transformation. As science and ancient knowledge converge, we stand poised on the brink of shattering our current paradigms about ourselves and the universe we inhabit. The revolution is brewing, and its potential to reshape everything we think we know is breathtaking.

The Coming Shift: How Science and Inner Exploration Will Change Reality

A convergence is indeed on the horizon. This moment, this time right now, is a moment in human history when science and magic(k) will intermingle! A time when humanity will begin to wield unprecedented influence over the very simulation it has only recently started to acknowledge with seriousness again.

Imagine you’re playing a video game. At first, you can only move your character and follow the rules set by the game’s creators. But what if, one day, you found a way to change the game itself-maybe by rewriting the rules or even building new worlds inside it? This isn’t just a fantasy anymore. Science is getting closer to doing something similar with our own reality.

Right now, scientists are starting to take the idea that our world might be a kind of simulation more seriously. Think of it like realizing that the game you’re playing has hidden menus and secret codes. As computers get smaller and more powerful, and as we learn to shape information at the tiniest levels, we’re gaining the tools to “edit” reality in ways that would have seemed impossible just a few years ago. Soon, changing the world around us could be as quick and easy as changing a setting in a game.
But, as I like to repeat over and over, like a worn herald, a veteran soldier of a thousand psychic wars, science is not at the cutting edge. It is merely rediscovering old truths. A truly ancient group, individuals I like to call inner alchemists, have been exploring these ideas for a long time, not with machines, but by turning their attention inward. These explorers learned to work with their conscious awareness, their experiences and even the world around them by understanding how their minds connect to reality. They found that the “edges” of the simulation aren’t just out there in the world; they’re also inside us.

My book, The Way of the Projectionist, is a guidebook for anyone who wants to start this inner journey. It’s written for regular people, not just scientists or experts. In the book, I explain simple steps you can take to explore your own awareness. You’ll learn how to move your attention away from everyday worries and start to notice the deeper “code” that runs your life by going within. It’s a bit like learning to see the lines of programming behind your favorite game.
What makes this approach special is that you don’t have to wait for someone else to tell you how reality works. You don’t have to become a follower of dogma, which is what in the end led those old civilizations to their doom.

You have a chance to not fall into the folly of dogma trap, and discover your own truths. You get to discover it for yourself. Instead of just reading about the latest scientific breakthrough, you become a kind of explorer, finding out how the world works from the inside out. The book shows you how to spot the “edges” of the simulation, understand how it all fits together, and even start to change your reality by working with your own mind.

In short, we’re standing at the edge of a new age. Science is about to give us more power over our world than ever before, but the real adventure is going beyond dogma and learning to shape your reality from within. The Way of the Projectionist is your map for that adventure, showing you how to become a creator in your own life, not just a player following someone else’s rules.