The Hidden Treasure: Ep 00005 - Seize the Means of Perception: Boundaries, Soft Rebellion & Reality Hacking

This episode dives into self-sovereignty, cognitive liberation, and why the best way to fight the system is to stop playing their game. What if you stopped feeding their narrative? What if the real rebellion is joy, embodiment, and refusing to be controlled? We talk Soft Rebellion, the BS action radius, and how neuroplasticity is the ultimate reality hack. Get in, drop out, and Seize the Means of Perception.



Welcome Aboard, New Chaos Navigators

Ahoy to the new subscribers who’ve just stepped through the portal. You’ve found your way to Chaos Compass, a space for mapmakers, mycelium thinkers, and reality hackers—those who sense the old systems are crumbling and are looking for ways to navigate the Chaos Storm.

If you’re here, you likely resonate with the pursuit of cognitive freedom, the art of myth-making, and radical self-sovereignty. Welcome. This isn’t just a newsletter. It’s an unfolding game world, a signal in the noise, a space to decode the shifting tides of chaos and chart new possibilities.

I will be working with 2 publication: Chaos Compass - where the maps, the tools and the GameWorld unfolds, and Captain Mavis personal logbook, where I share the stories of my becoming, more personal musings, and spontaneous reflections.

To get your bearings, start here:

To follow The Captain’s Story → A glimpse into the mythos of Captain Mavis & the journey ahead, you might want to subscribe to that other publication as well.

I do not know if I manage a consistent interval for writing, because life gets bussy and messy on the ADHD side and I still need to flex my writing muscles, but we are committed to showing up with consistency four our monday musings - me and Captain Obvious (aka

Fool Of Good Ideas

) to have a riff and explore ideas, thoughts and hidden treasures. We became friends and revolutionary allies after his time on my crew on the last ORMEC expedition of the Pippilotta.

Often during this conversations we find Gold that we did not even knew we were looking for and then (attempt) write about it. This conversations are raw and unscripted, and if you do not enjoy watching two fools poke at each others mind, then skip ahead to the writings.

This week’s Hidden Treasures podcast arrives at the perfect time (because a magician is never late), diving straight into themes of personal autonomy, the power of saying no, and why living joyfully is a threat to control.

Episode 00005 Drop: The Soft Rebellion – Boundaries, Self-Expression & Zero Fucks

The storm is here. And in times of upheaval, the most dangerous thing you can do is remain obedient to a system that feeds on fear and compliance. We’ve been conditioned to believe rebellion looks like fire and fury. But what if the most radical act of resistance is something far simpler—yet far more powerful?

• What if rebellion looks like living with audacity?

• What if it’s found in dancing, creating, refusing to play their game?

• What if it starts with reclaiming your fucks?

In this episode, we explore Soft Rebellion, inspired by a manifesto found here on Substack by

The Honeyed Oracle with Shannon Willis

(check out her notes for those posts, they are juicy as fuck), where she explores why radical joy & self-expression are existential threats to control.

I still have not gotten down to write my next piece for the Chaos Compass, because I have been a bit sick and on top was quite busy this week with client sessions, hosting a Cosmic Customer Care radio show, a Zero Fucks Ritual and spreading propaganda to rally folks for both of these, as well as for my upcoming group journey on the Pippilotta to explore Chaos Magick and Nervous System Resilience.

This episode holds a few juicy topics:

- Boundaries as anchor for Sovereignty – How nervous system regulation is the key to unshakable autonomy.
- Zero Fucks & the Art of Not Being Bullied – Breaking the cycle of fear-based compliance.
- Decentralized Networks of Resistance – How to build power outside the empire’s grip.
- Technomancy & Reality Hacking – Breaking legacy brain programming & seizing the means of perception.

This isn’t about opting out. It’s about opting in—to something alive, something free, something untamed.

The Zero Fucks Ritual was a psychodrama in five acts, designed to break conditioning and invoke unapologetic self-ownership: To embody our authentic selves, own our energetic boundaries, hold our vulnerability with self compassion and allow our inner star to shine. And let me tell you—it was potent. If you are in Berlin and you missed it, stay tuned for more transmissions of my magical shenanigans.

Meta-Criticism & Why We’re Using Substack for This

Some pushback came on monday by “the voice of the people”—letting us know that we should go to Instagram or Twitch if we want to do livestreams. Substack should be for writers.

Thing is, we do not like to pour our attention anymore into Zuckerberg and Bezos platforms, nor contribute to them exploiting the attention of our friends. So we are extracting ourselves from there. We like Substack and we like live-streaming, because it gives us a chance to bounce around Ideas, that we would not develop by just staring at the page.

Literary salons existed for a reason, they allowed to put ideas into the space and test their resonance. As a transformational Coach I also know about the value of holding space for thinking to unfold. Specially folks like us on the ADHD side of Disorder, process verbally and this is our way to start making sense of the chaotic storm of ideas in our heads.

And since Substack has provided for the means, we play with them, we explore them and we see where this takes us. And to be frank, we just really enjoy to let our brains riff with one another in recorded conversations.

But worry not, there will be writing, there will be maps, there will be tools, and transmissions coming, of more systematic display of words-craftsmanship.

Right now, this is where the maps are being displayed, the transmissions are being sent, and the crew is gathering.

For those who are here—you’re in the right place.
For those who aren’t sure—stick around. You might be surprised where this storygame takes you.

🏴‍☠️ Welcome aboard, new navigators. The map is unfolding, and the adventure is just beginning. We are still setting the stage.

Yours in Chaos and Love

Captain Mavis