The Path (Part 6)

In this episode we test an uncomfortable hypothesis: could the soul, under certain conditions, behave like a parasite? Not as a demon. Not as evil. Simply as a relationship type—one system benefits while another pays the cost.
We break the human experience into three layers for first-time viewers:
• Body (hardware: biology, reflex, endurance)
• Ego (interface: identity, prediction, control)
• Observer / Soul (witness: meaning, moral signal, awareness behind thought)
From there we explore hard questions:
• Can the body function without ego?
• Can the ego function without the soul?
• When does “guidance” become coercion?
• How do we tell growth from extraction?
• What are the real fail-safes—ego resistance, body limits, and consequence?
• And how does the Inhibitor—the system of efficiency and control—make exploitation clean, repeatable, and socially acceptable?
This is a calm, diagnostic exploration—no preaching, no certainty theatre—just structured questions aimed at one final mirror:
When nothing forces you… what do you choose?