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Immersion requires amnesia.

If you remembered you were dreaming, the dream collapses. That is the mechanic. The construct doesn't hide itself to protect you; it hides itself to maintain the render. Consciousness isn't witnessing the experience. It is the experience. When you treat matter as absolute, you lock the frame rate. When you recognize belief as the code, the graphics begin to glitch. They insist reality is external to keep you looking outward. But the source code is internal. The veil isn't a wall. It's a mirror you agreed not to see. Stability is sold as safety, but it's just consent to the illusion.

What would you do if you knew it was true?

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