Shortly after stumbling over the inside out understanding,
one morning something happened that sounds like the beginning of a sci-fi movie.
I woke up… in another world.
Not literally—no portal, no glowing vortex, no “Welcome to Planet Zorb.”
I was still in my bed. Same room. Same body. Same… questionable hair situation.
But inside?
Different universe.
The Old World: “Brain News Network” (24/7 Breaking Updates)
Usually, I wake up and my mind starts a daily show called:
“What’s Wrong With Your Life Today?”
The host is very dramatic.
- “Breaking news: you’re behind!”
- “Exclusive report: other people are doing more!”
- “Urgent: you might fail at something that hasn’t happened yet!”
- “Weather forecast: 80% chance of anxiety with scattered overthinking!”
And the funniest part is… my mind acts like it’s helping.
It’s like a tiny unpaid intern inside my skull, running around with papers yelling:
“We must think harder! We must solve everything NOW!”
So the old world feels like this:
- tight chest
- scrolling mental to-do lists
- rehearsing conversations that will never happen
- trying to “figure out” feelings with logic
- 17 tabs open in my brain
- all of them playing sound
You know that moment when you open your laptop and the fan immediately sounds like a jet engine?
Yeah. Like that.
Then One Morning… the Headset Fell Off
Today I woke up and… it was quiet.
Not “meditation retreat quiet.”
More like: “Oh wow. There’s space here.”
And instantly, I noticed something that sounds small, but is ridiculous once you see it:
I realized I don’t live in “reality.”
I live in my experience of thought.
And for a second it hit me like a plot twist:
What if most of my stress has never been caused by my life…
…but by the weather system inside my mind?
Like, the outside world is just standing there, innocent, holding a coffee, going:
“Bro… I didn’t do anything.”
Welcome to the New World: Same Life, Different Lens
In this “other world,” nothing changed on paper.
Same responsibilities. Same projects. Same relationships. Same everything.
But it felt like someone cleaned my inner windshield.
Here’s what the new world looked like:
1) Silence has weight
There was space between thoughts.
Not because I forced it—because the mind wasn’t clenching.
2) Problems lost their doom soundtrack
The situation could still exist… but the panic soundtrack was gone.
It’s like a horror movie without music.
Without music, you suddenly notice:
“Wait… this is just a dude walking in a hallway.”
3) Clarity arrived without wrestling
No mental gym session needed.
Just an obvious next step appearing like:
“Email this person. Done.”
Not dramatic. Not heroic. Just clean.
4) Identity felt… as reality
This one is my favorite.
In the old world, I’m “Gabriel the doer / achiever / fixer / thinker and I can be the looser / bad guy / a**hole / underperformer”
In the new world, that identity is just a story I am telling myself.
No matter if it is the good one or the bad one,
I can see the story again and again.
And as soon I can see it I can drop it.
And nothing bad happens.
A Tiny Moment That Proved Everything
I checked my phone.
There was a message that would normally trigger my internal emergency services.
Old world response:
🚨 “Oh no!”
🚨 “What does this mean?”
🚨 “What if they judge me?”
🚨 “What if I ruin everything?”
🚨 “Let’s craft the perfect reply for 45 minutes!”
New world response:
I read it. I paused. And a calm sentence arrived:
“Handle it at 10:30. One short reply.”
No stress.
No overthinking.
No identity crisis.
Just… clarity.
And I literally laughed.
Because it felt like my mind was finally acting like a good assistant instead of a chaotic theater director.
The Big Twist: Nothing Changed Outside
That’s the real mind-bending part.
The room didn’t change.
The world didn’t change.
My schedule didn’t suddenly become easier.
But my world changed—because the lens changed.
It’s like I’d been walking around in a VR headset called:
“Thought: The Movie”
…and then for a moment, the headset slid off.
And I saw:
“Oh. I’ve been watching thought.
Not reality.”
Why This Matters (Without Getting Too Woo-Woo)
This isn’t about pretending life is always nice.
It’s about recognizing something insanely practical:
- The mind can create a storm out of nothing
- And it can also clear on its own
- When it clears, you don’t become lazy—
you become effective
Because action from noise is frantic.
Action from clarity is clean.
If You’ve Never Had This “Other World” Morning…
You will.
And you don’t have to earn it by becoming a better human.
Sometimes it happens when you stop fighting your mind and realize:
Thoughts are like clouds.
They look like the sky…
but they aren’t the sky.
And when the clouds move…
the sky was already there.
Question for You
Have you ever had a moment where everything was the same…
but your entire inner world felt different?
Like you switched timelines without moving an inch?
If yes—what triggered it?
If no—what would your “other world” feel like?