Body of Work/Principle 1

Principle 1

Cit / Prakāśa-Vimarśa

In plain words

Consciousness is self-luminous and reflexive; design must support awareness and self-recognition.

Inference throughout. Use Respond if the mapping is wrong.

[inference]My reasoning from the sources — mine, not the tradition's.

Tantric source-field

Cit as self-luminous awareness; prakāśa (light) and vimarśa (reflective knowing) in Kashmir Śaiva sources.

Modern failure mode

Dashboards that measure everything except whether anyone recognizes what they already are.

Technical-system implication

Every interface needs a path back to witness — not just more data.

Human-development implication

Practice begins with recognition, not self-improvement theater.

Example pattern

A tool that ends a session with “notice who noticed” rather than streak counts.

See also: muller-ortega-triadic-heart, torella-ishvarapratyabhijna