The Play of Restlessness: Are We Living in a Forgotten Simulation?

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Our progress doesn’t quite make sense.

From a wider angle, we’ve spent centuries turning reality into a safe and workable space—and in doing so, we’ve made it so mundane and predictable that our deepest instincts and impulses now seem pathological. We label them: depression, ADHD, addiction. As if something is wrong with us, not the environment we’ve created.

And what’s become our best escape?
Video games. Entertainment. Excitement. Streaming. Constant screen time.

All of it is built to simulate—as closely as possible—the very reality we already live in… but have made dull.

With all the simulation we’re chasing—VR, 3D experiences, immersive tech—aren’t we just trying to recreate reality itself? A reality we’ve sterilized so thoroughly that our instincts have nowhere left to go, no outlet, except to simulate it all over again?

We say we want to “make the simulation feel real.”
We want to “live in the real world.”

But aren’t we already in it?

It seems we just want to fast-forward past the mundane, cut out the boring parts, and keep only the thrill—wrapped safely in layers of comfort.

But here’s the real question:
What if we already did this long ago?
What if this ordinary life is itself a simulation—one so ancient and familiar we’ve forgotten we created it?

And like fractals, this keeps repeating.
An endless loop. An infinite descent into simulations of our own making.
Like Inception—but without the cinematic flair.

Now, what if you believed—really believed—that you could do whatever you wanted in this simulation? And acted on that belief… here, now, in this life?

Maybe what we call “boredom” is the real driving force behind culture, civilization, science, and technology. A kind of sacred dissatisfaction. A need to keep things interesting.

I’ll say this: it’s tied to the soul.

The human being can get used to anything. His capacity to adapt to novelty is endless. And the speed at which he acclimates to the new is proportional to how much he’s already made mundane. Which means: the pace of this movement is exponential.

What’s interesting is this:
The “new” we chase is modeled after our earliest experiences of newness. So in essence, we’re chasing a high. And by its very nature, that chase never ends.

Is there a cure for this?

I’m not sure there’s even a disease.
Maybe this is the nature of man.
The original script.
The play of restlessness.

What do you think?
Is our hunger for more a flaw—or a feature?
Have we forgotten we already live in what we’re trying to create?

Let me know in the comments—or better yet, in your own reflections.

11 thoughts on “The Play of Restlessness: Are We Living in a Forgotten Simulation?”

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  2. Narayan Pranaam, your this write up is unparalleled. It reflects the universal mind. As a matter of fact, it is not from individual mind. you are able to rather you comprehended the expanse of human thinking and believably extraordinary. I always Revere you. in fact you were introduced by my Guru. I really really thank him. You are a gem in my heart. Thank you, 🙏🕉🕉

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  3. I really like this piece of writing. I like the style a lot. The thoughts are precise and follow one after the other in a logical sequence. Very clear and to the point. It’s a different style than your other posts but I like it a lot.

    I totally believe we are in a simulation. I create a whole world when I dream from nothing but thought and feeling. Who can say this world we think is real isn’t a thought/feeling of Universal mind.

    Nice Job Toomaji

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  4. Hi Toomaj, I really like this piece of writing. I like the style a lot. The thoughts are precise and follow one after the other in a logical sequence. Very clear and to the point. It’s a different style than your other posts but I like it a lot.

    I totally believe we are in a simulation. I create a whole world when I dream from nothing but thought and feeling. Who can say this world we think is real isn’t a thought/feeling of Universal mind.

    Nice Job Toomaji

    I tried to post the above comment on your page, but not sure it took. Interesting that ‘universal mind’ came to me as well as a previous comment. Think you hit the nail on the head with this one. Good job!

    Maury lee

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    1. Thanks for your comment Maury! I’ve switched to morning writing routines and I notice I’m clearer then but write shorter content.

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  5. A very true, thought provoking, fresh line of thought – “aren’t we just trying to recreate reality itself?” with all the points you mentioned about pursuit of reality within reality, only that it is thrilling and within the layers of a existing dull/mundane reality but offers safety and comfort.

    This line of thought also made me wonder about another film – Spielberg’s ‘Ready player one’, where the entire world pretty much is immersed in VR fantasy (even romance!), with utter disregard for the real life , environment and surroundings around them, They don’t care for beauty and aesthetics in their appearances, in what they wear or even in the places they live – they are fine with leaving it cluttered and messy, but care for all that in their virtual avatars and virtual reality.

    If wars, environment crisis and lowering birth rates don’t finish the human race early :), and if indeed endless technology flourishes push us more and more into virtuality from reality, I am afraid that the ‘close to a dystopian’ vision of Spielberg might become true.

    Also with the advent of AI, who knows humanoids may altogether replace humans. We may all well could become half robots like Will Smith in “I Robot” 😀 or perhaps even be sleeping blissfully in capsules sourcing energy to intelligent machines ruling the world, pretty much like in “The Matrix”.

    These fictional visions from decades ago, eerily & scarily seems to be a (distant) possibility now..

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    1. Thanks for sharing your reflections. I certainly relate to them seeing what’s going on around me, and wonder if that actually has happened already once and we’re it.
      I haven’t watched those two movies. Now they’re on my list.

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  6. I appreciate your take on simulation theory, it’s thoughtfully fleshed out. However, I’m not convinced recorded history spans long enough for your premise to fully take root. We literally don’t know what occurred before humans began documenting reality. If the simulation began with recorded history, then even dinosaur bones would have to be rendered in real time, requiring constant observation and maintenance. That level of simulation implies a designer still actively curating the illusion.

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    1. Thanks Jay for commenting!
      What I had in mind is a simulation that includes all our perceptions and modes of cognition, including perception of history and time, and the very ideas of space, time, causality. That there’s reality, creation, matter, etc. all falling under it. However, it was more of a metaphorical play on stages or spiritual realization than a theory of reality.
      If simulation is a real thing, then any thoughts or inquiries about should be by design. I don’t think such theories can even be either proven or disproven.

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      1. Ok, thank you for clarifying. You’re saying that even the very inquiries themselves about simulation would have to included in the design. Then we start hitting on the whole free will arguments and theories. Truly thought provoking.

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