Episode 353: The Projector Analogy

Episode 353: The Projector Analogy

From The Alpha Male Coach Podcast by Kevin Aillaud

March 6, 2026 · 46 min

About this episode

In this episode, Kevin Aillaud introduces an analogy to explore the nature of perception and identity beyond the mind and body.

In this episode, I introduce an analogy that will help you begin to understand one of the deepest teachings in the work we do together: remembering who you truly are beyond the mind, the body, and the identity you believe yourself to be. But before we get there, I open with something curious that has been happening recently - a series of strange glitches across the internet. Recaptcha failures, payment systems behaving oddly, websites looping without explanation, automated systems issuing refunds that become additional charges, and even this very podcast platform failing to publish an episode on schedule. All of this occurred within just a few days. Whether these are simple technical glitches or signs of a rapidly evolving digital world, they serve as a reminder of something important: what we perceive as reality is often less stable than we assume. From there, we move into the heart of the episode. I begin by guiding you through a short moment of inquiry: if your eyes are not truly “seeing” and your brain is only predicting what it expects based on the past, then what is it that is actually perceiving the world? To explore that question, I introduce what I call the three layers…

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Aillaud

Topics covered

  • self-awareness
  • consciousness
  • identity
  • perception
  • digital glitches

Keywords

  • Projector Analogy
  • self
  • consciousness layers
  • perception
  • digital world
  • identity
  • mind
  • body

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