
Living inside our mental models is so seductively convincing that it can be a shock to realise they are not the real world.*
John Higgs
The Alter Ego is your deepest self, the truest version of you.**
Todd Herman
Kal-El became Clark Kent
to find his home in a new world–
Such a big world
for each of us to find our place in–
It may take a lifetime
to connect to ourselves and our world–
Just because we make us up
doesn’t mean we aren’t true–
We feed our truest self
with as much reality as possible–
Then the real
magic begins–
Placebos are part of an ancient human tradition of endowing objects or symbols with magic.^
*John Higgs’ William Blake vs The World;
**Todd Herman’s The Alter Ego Effect;
^Ethan Kross’ Chatter.