Human Prompting is a framework for self-governance built on the notion that while consciousness is unlimited in its potential, it is still incarnate in a human device. This device, much like any other form of technology, has specific system capabilities that need to be learned in order to be managed.

Bringing together ideas and techniques based on and inspired by neuroscience, linguistics, computer engineering, psychology, and common sense, the Human Prompting framework sets the stage to live, think, and feel with the dexterity we need to experience remarkable lives.

The journey requires rethinking life and our role in it by challenging the idea that we are what we see. The human we inhabit is not our only, original self or identity, but rather an instrument or avatar that our true self—or consciousness—needs to learn how to master in order to live a fulfilling experience.

To better understand our place in life, this method deconstructs the elements of our existence and reframes them as components of a video game. In this game, our bodies are like avatars navigating the world, which we experience as reality. Our brains function as the hardware, providing the power and structure, while our minds act as the software, running on this hardware and programmed through language, much like computer code. Culture serves as the operating system, defining the rules and expectations for how we play the game. Each player—complete with a name, role, story, and mission—navigates this game, driven by emotions, the currency that justifies the experience. Ultimately, our goal is to feel more of the good emotions.

Our limited understanding of human technology leads us to believe that the reasons the game of life isn’t fun, and why we feel unfulfilled or unsuccessful, are tied solely to individual experiences, trauma, and personality traits—factors we often see as unique and inaccessible. While this is partly true, these experiences are actually orchestrated by automated processes that are common to all human minds. In reality, we just don’t know how to play the game.

Much like AI, our human minds require precise prompting to perform optimally. When we interact with AI, we get better results by using natural language that aligns with the AI’s internal capabilities—understanding how it works allows us to ask it to do what we want more effectively. Similarly, to navigate life successfully, we must learn how to prompt ourselves correctly, just as we would learn which buttons to press to control our avatar in a game.

This framework helps us explore and practice becoming better at playing the game of life on Earth by acknowledging that our true self is not merely "the human"; rather, we might just be wearing one, without ever having received a user manual—until now.