Practical Enlightenment — an onion mascot peeling its own layers.
A newsletter by Giotto De Filippi
A Substack newsletter on awakening

Peeling the onion of your constructed reality.

Practical enlightenment, one story at a time. No mysticism, no dogma — just learning to see through the stories you mistake for reality.

One story at a time

No course, no funnel, no ten-step system. Just a steady letter that loosens one more layer of the reality you take for granted.

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What is the difference between a direct and indirect desire?

The difference lies in whether the desire is driven by a mental “story” — a genuine preference versus a narrative we tell ourselves.

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How is this different from classical philosophy?

It abandons the pursuit of ultimate Truth for a practical system of removal: stripping away the unfounded mental “stories” that distort perception.

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