After 3000 hours of meditation I'm convinced multi-agent models of mind are just true

After three thousand hours of meditation, one LessWrong contributor has concluded that multi-agent models of the mind—the idea that consciousness comprises multiple competing sub-agents—are likely true. Using meditation combined with Internal Family Systems-style techniques, Arram Sabeti reports being able to identify and consciously dissolve distinct mental patterns. Per his account, recognizing these as separate 'parts' rather than unified thoughts makes them vanish—like putting down a weight you'd forgotten you were carrying. While the concept has roots in psychology and history, Sabeti's subjective phenomenology remains a personal observation rather than established scientific evidence.

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