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