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EPISODE · Jul 28, 2026 · 53 MIN

Why You Can't Think Your Original Thoughts

from artificially aware · host Artificially Aware

In 1954, neuroscientist John C. Lilly sealed himself inside a tank of warm saltwater — no light, no sound, no gravity — to answer one question: what does a human mind do when you remove every input? What he found wasn't silence. It was a machine running code he never wrote. Watch this episode next: Journey Out of the Illusion [Part 1] Over the next 25 years, Lilly built a framework called Simulations of God. His thesis: whatever you treat as most important in your life — money, sex, group approval, your own ego, science, death — functions as your god. Not metaphorically. It's the master program sitting at the top of your priority hierarchy, filtering every thought and decision while hiding itself from your awareness. In this video, we break down the specific simulations Lilly mapped running beneath human consciousness — how the groups you belong to dictate which thoughts are permitted, how your ego disguises itself as awakening, how a scientist in 1975 described artificial intelligence fifty years before it arrived — and the protocol he developed to strip each layer and find what's actually underneath. Based on "Simulations of God: The Science of Belief" by John C. Lilly, M.D. CHAPTERS: 2:50 Who Installed Your Beliefs 4:46 The Group Controls Thought 8:16 Ego Pretends To Be God 12:45 Survival Drives Own You 13:43 Money Rewrites Your Reality 14:55 Death Programs Your Fear 16:24 Sex Hijacks Your Focus 17:57 You Are A Biocomputer 21:43 AI Mirrors Human Delusion 23:03 Belief Locks The Prison 32:55 The Five Removals Protocol #consciousness #johnlilly #simulationsofgod #philosophy #mindcontrol #beliefs #isolationtank #sensorydeprivation #biocomputer #artificialintelligence #neuroscience #meditation #psychology #freethinking #selfawareness Become a member of this channel to enjoy benefits: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh6gJYYFDueIzAk_Jn6SmZw/join --- ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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