You Are Not Who You Think You Are | Aswin Sundharam | Romancelovesophy

3 months ago

Think of a character in a movie. The character has a name, a personality, a story, relationships, fears, and desires. While watching the film, you may laugh with them, cry for them, and feel deeply connected to their journey. But when the movie ends, you realize something simple: the character was never truly there. It was a projection—real in experience, but not real as an independent entity. In the same way, what you call “me” is a collection of thoughts, memories, roles, and identities. You are a student, a friend, a child, a professional… and so on. But these are roles, not a fixed, separate self. The feeling of being “someone” is like a story constantly being told in the mind. And because the story is continuous, it feels solid and real. But if you pause and look closely, you cannot