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The Orbital Mind

The Astrophysics of the Self

By Mayone Maha Rajan

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The Orbital Mind

The Astrophysics of the Self

A systems psychology of attention, desire, agency, structure, imagination, grief, and purpose. Five parts explore the conditions of coherence, the functions of a living self, openness and transformation, and the collisions of ordinary life. The final part develops a formal model, a cross-scale conjecture, and testable predictions.

Planetary imagery is a symbolic language for reflection, not evidence of planetary influence or destiny. Empirical support, philosophical interpretation, analogy, and formal conjecture are distinguished.

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A person is not a fixed type. A person is a living system: many functions held in a workable relation against the pull of their own forces.

This is a systems psychology of attention, desire, agency, structure, imagination, grief, and purpose. The solar system serves as a vivid language for thinking with—not as a source of proof, prediction, or destiny.

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The complete book is available online as a chapter reader: begin with the framework, choose a section, and continue with stable next-chapter links.

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What is executive function? ↗

A plain-English guide to working memory, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, and self-regulation.

[ Opening essay ]

The map is not the mind ↗

A short introduction to the question that sets the book in motion.

[ Table of contents ]

Read yourself by collision, not by type.

Five parts · formal appendices · full text

  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
  4. IV
  5. V

[ Reading contract ]

The book separates empirical support, philosophical interpretation, symbolic image, metaphysical question, and—only in its final part—formal conjecture. An image may illuminate an idea; it is never presented as evidence for it.

This book is for reflection and ordinary self-development, not diagnosis or therapy. If you are in crisis or need mental-health support, seek help from a qualified professional or local emergency service.