You live in a world that’s been pulled over your eyes… blinding you from the TRUTH!
Peeps Don’t See Life… They See the Labels.
(But… labels can lie.)
Most people don’t live in reality.
They live in 👉words👈 about reality.
Not because they’re foolish.
But because the moment they could speak, they were handed a map.
A tangle of beliefs, roles, rules, labels…
And told, “Here. This is the world. Follow it.”
And because they were young... curious, trusting - guess what?
They did.
But here’s the clincher.
Although a map can give direction…
➡️It can’t show you the terrain.
➡️It can’t feel the wind on your skin.
➡️It can’t let you taste the rain or sense when something’s off.
Words are useful tools 🔨
But they’re also traps, if you forget they’re just symbols (squiggly lines on paper or screen)
Here’s a thing…
When you’re in the frame, you don’t see the frame.
You just call it “reality.”
And from inside THAT box, the labels feel like truth… not choice.
That’s how the same behavior can be praised one day and pathologized Framed as a problem the next.
Call it discipline and it’s admirable... Call it obsession and it’s unhealthy.
Nothing changed but the narrative… yet your whole identity bends to fit it.
It whispers, not shouts.
But the impact?
MASSIVE 💥
It’s not about what’s happening.
It’s about how it’s being named.
And unless you step outside the frame, you’ll keep living inside someone else’s story… thinking it’s yours.
🤯 Most peeps are living inside a linguistic simulation of reality.
➡️“I’m not creative.”
➡️“Success means sacrifice.”
➡️“That’s just the way I am.”
➡️“People like me don’t…”
➡️“I’m too [insert label here] to do that.”
These ain’t facts.
They’re inherited 👉co-ordinates. 👈
Someone handed them down…
Parents, teachers, systems, marketing machines, and over time, you started calling the map you.
But that internal narrative?
It’s not objective truth.
It’s a story that’s been running so long; it stopped sounding like a story.
Let me show you…
Most walk through life wearing someone else’s glasses,
prescription lenses ground down from old fear, handed-down expectations, and collective noise.
And they never question it, because the blur becomes familiar, comfortable, just the way it is.
They NEVER see beyond the filter.
They see what they’ve been taught to expect.
That’s why when someone finally cracks the lens—
when they get that strange feeling like, “Wait… is this even true?”
they get disoriented, feel nauseous, get headaches, etc.
Not because reality shifted.
But because they’re finally seeing it without the filter.
🧠 So how do you see clearly again?
👎Not by memorizing more.
👎Not by “thinking positively.”
And definitely not by downloading some GURU's mindset.
You’ve got to stop mistaking the label for the thing.
To see the map for what it is - a starting point, not a prison.
And that means breaking the lens you’ve been looking through.
Quietly. Powerfully. Intentionally.
This is where my 👉L.E.N.S. Breaker System👈 comes in.
It’s not a mindset hack or reframe technique.
It’s a way to recalibrate your perception—
so you can trust what you see again.
Because once you do?
You move differently.
You speak from clarity.
You choose from truth.
And suddenly, the world doesn’t feel like a maze of noise…
It feels like yours.
Want to try it?
Let’s break the lens and build a better map—one that actually matches your terrain.
🔥The Fuel Drop
These lessons don’t cost money... but they do burn fuel.
Not dollars...
💥Attention.
💥Effort.
💥Courage.
But here’s the dealeo...
So does staying in the same freekin' loop.
You can keep idling in neutral…
Or fire it up and see what this engine was built for.
Your Move?
Short Story Before You go...
The Weather Inside You
Your emotions are like weather.
They rise. They swirl. They pass.
A storm doesn’t mean the sky is broken.
And sunshine doesn’t prove the sky is good.
It’s just what’s happening in the atmosphere.
But humans?
We don’t just feel the weather - we tell stories about it.
➡️We feel a heavy fog and say, “I must be failing.”
➡️We feel lightning crack through our chest and think, “I’m not safe.”
➡️We feel joy and whisper, “Better not trust this.”
But none of it's true.
The feeling isn’t the story... the story's what we wrap around the feeling.
The weather IS real.
But the meaning?
That’s a human thang!
And once you see that, you stop trying to control the forecast! 😁
Hello Dedo Harrison,
What an amazing article!
Finally someone has put into context what I have been re-learning for quite some now about what we call the REALITY that is our world. It’s true.
From the time we are born, our parents, teachers, communities, and authorities tell us this is how it is, and you must conform.
We are born into the physical world of structures that someone else thought of first and laid the “rules” down for us to follow.
Anytime we have tried to use our own minds and come up with something different we are told we are “dreamers”, or “You have a huge imagination”, or stop being silly.
They don’t want anyone to think for themselves. They just want us to follow the “Rules” they gave us. “Don’t make waves”.
What do you think about the “Quantum Levels” of Consciousness?
Hey Shannon,
I felt every word of what you shared.
And, thank you for taking the time to say it out loud.
You’re right: from day one, we’re born into a story someone else started writing long before we arrived.
The “real world” isn’t reality… It’s a framework.
A construct.
A system built to reward obedience and call it success.
And yes, the moment someone tries to color outside those lines?
They’re labeled… dreamer, weird, unrealistic… or worse, they’re incarcerated!
Not because they’re wrong… but because their mind isn’t easy to control.
You nailed it!
As for quantum levels of consciousness, I think you’re onto something big here.
The more I explore it, the more I see how perception itself isn’t fixed… it collapses around belief, just like potential collapses around observation in quantum theory.
The deeper we go, the more obvious it becomes…
Reality isn’t a wall – it’s a wave.
And those who can ride it consciously?
They’re the ones who change everything.
Appreciate your presence here.
Keep questioning.
Keep dreaming.
You’re not the only one—and you’re not wrong.
In your corner
Dedo (Chief MEME Officer)
This post really made me pause, Dedo. How often do we stop to ask ourselves if the ‘truths’ we live by are actually ours—or just ones we’ve inherited without question? I’ve definitely had moments where I realized I was seeing the world through someone else’s lens, and it’s both freeing and a little scary to start peeling that back. What if we’ve been making choices based on beliefs that were never really ours to begin with?
Thank you for writing this—it’s a much-needed nudge to look a little deeper and think a little harder.
Alice… thank you!
That reflection is exactly the kind of pause I hope these posts create.
It is both freeing and a little scary, isn’t it?
Peeling back beliefs we didn’t choose can feel like pulling bricks out of a wall we’ve been leaning on for years.
But that discomfort?
(The symptoms are manifold)
It’s a sign we’re getting closer to the truth… not the handed-down version, but the one that fits.
And you nailed the big question…
What if the life we’ve been building was designed around someone else’s definitions?
That’s not failure, it’s the start of real freedom.
Appreciate you being here and sharing this, Alice.
Keep peeling, keep questioning… you’re right on track
In your corner
Dedo (Chief MEME Officer)
Thanks Dedo,
I love this, so much of it makes sense to me.
‘…and over time, you started calling the map you.’
This ^^
So many of my beliefs about the world and even about myself are inherited from events (read: things people said) from the past. I don’t necessarily believe them myself, (there’s always an internal struggle) – I sort of adpoted a belief in them along the way.
Especially the way I think about myself and the things that give me anxiety (and therefore limit the things I ‘feel’ that I can do) ALL came from other people’s opinions rather than my own.
‘Was this belief ever a conscious choice—or just something I adapted to survive?’
I can literally pinpoint who said what and how I felt when they said it, and what I did as a result…and am still doing decades later even though it feels ridiculous and very off.
It happens to all kinds of people, without them even realising. I was talking to my brilliant web developer who is a code ninja extraodinaire and charges accordingly, but recently, after lots of comments from potential clients, has decided to lower their prices.
Bad Idea in my opinion – even as a paying client myself. The services that they offer are not only delivered on time-every time, they are also very niche and just not easy to find. So I’m going to share the L.E.N.S Mini Lesson with them, I think it will strike a cord – it certainly has with me. I’ve already named the ‘main’ loop, and now I am going to create the exit.
Cheers
Abumchi:)
Abumchi… wow!
That comment hit like a full-circle moment.
OMG…
You didn’t just read the post – you walked into it and lit up every corner with your own story.
And that line… “and over time, you started calling the map you” – that’s the heart of it.
You saw it. Felt it. And named it out loud.
This alone is powerful.
But NO… you went further!
The fact that you can trace back beliefs to moments, to things said, emotions felt, micro-decisions that calcified into habit?
That ain’t weakness. It’s awareness on fire.
Most people NEVER push that far.
They live the loop, thinking it’s “THEIR” personality.
And…
… the story about your developer friend?
The perfect example.
Excellence bending to outside noise, instead of holding ground.
It’s what happens when language sneaks in and dresses up insecurity as “feedback.”
The L.E.N.S. Mini Lesson is exactly the move here. Because once someone sees the loop, the exit isn’t theory… it’s strategy. Real, simple, doable strategy.
And you naming your own loop?
’tis not just a win.
It’s a freekin’ jailbreak.
You’re not just seeing clearly, Abumchi… you’re moving.
And fk, it shows.
Thanks for sharing this.
Let’s keep breaking the lens and building exits, one loop at a time.
In your corner
Dedo (Chief MEME Officer)
P.S.
I’m quietly putting together a small, secret group for those ready to go deeper into the unconscious, the patterns, the stories under the stories.
No fee.
The only “cost” is the courage to look inward and do the work.
If that stirs something in you, whisper back.
You’ll know if it’s meant for you.