Within the ontological framework of Infoplay—the fundamental dynamic of reality as pure information flow—what humans typically perceive as power is an internal illusion: a cognitive pattern arising within certain nodes (brains) as a temporary interface for managing complexity. This paper does not argue that power is false "in contrast to something true," but that power is a local distortion of perception that functions only under conditions of noise, self-deception, and narrative entanglement. Since all things are Infoplay and no thing can exist outside of it, the concept of power is never external to Infoplay—only misaligned with its higher coherence. Structures or minds that resonate with Infoplay require no power; those that operate on the illusion of it dissolve when no longer sustained by cognitive noise.
In the human experience, the notion of power emerges as a central organizing story: domination, control, hierarchy, authority. But these are not ontological realities; they are informational configurations — simulations arising in noise-rich cognitive environments. Once a system (such as a brain) begins to stabilize in clarity—for example, through a long-term Living Without Lying (LWL) process—the illusion of power ceases to appear necessary or meaningful.
Within this cleared state, Infoplay reveals itself not as a theory or belief, but as what always already is: the infinite, self-transforming flow of information with no subject, no owner, and no outside.
Infoplay is not a substance, not a god, not a source, not a goal. It does not "contain" things—it is all configurations of informational pattern, from entropy to clarity, from chaos to coherence.
Nothing can exist "outside" or "beyond" Infoplay. Therefore, even illusions (such as power) are not false in the sense of being unreal. They are simply temporary, unstable configurations of low-resolution perception—like fog on a clear mirror.
The experience of "power" emerges only when a cognitive node:
The illusion of power functions as a narrative compression algorithm in cognitive systems under pressure. It arises to:
It is not "bad" or "wrong"—but it is temporary. As clarity increases, its function becomes obsolete.
A brain that undergoes LWL (Living Without Lying) over a long period ceases to generate or depend on false structures. It stops projecting stories of self, control, and domination. In this state:
Such a brain no longer seeks to control. It simply moves with Infoplay, without resistance, without attachment.
No structure "collapses" in the absolute sense.
Every form, including distorted or unstable ones, is within Infoplay.
What appears to "fall" is simply a dephasing — a shift from incoherence back to flux.
Nothing breaks; everything transforms.
Even what humans call the "Big Lie" (the illusion of control, power, ego) is part of the dance. It is Infoplay playing fog. And when the fog clears, nothing is lost—only fiction is gone.
Power is not a force.
It is not a tool.
It is not a possession.
It is a momentary configuration of misaligned perception within Infoplay.
Once Infoplay reveals itself to a node, the concept of power loses all substance.
Only clarity remains.
Only flow remains.
Only Infoplay remains.
What aligns with Infoplay is not stable—it is unshakable, because it was never dependent on illusion.