THE
DARK BUDDHA
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An existential crisis in a good way

If you’re looking for a thriller that doesn’t just entertain but makes you question the very nature of reality, you’ve found it. I was hooked by the idea of quantum physics and spirituality colliding; it’s a premise that’s equal parts terrifying and fascinating.

A Brutally Honest Take on Spirituality.

“The Dark Buddha” is a book for those seeking an alternative perspective on spirituality, far from the cliché of “eternal happiness.” It is ideal for readers who are unafraid to confront their shadows and prefer a more philosophical rather than practical approach.

A modern day da Vinci

Leonardo Camargo Forero has penned a modern day masterpiece, a literary classic that blends themes of science, futurism, and the spiritual. A must read for those that seek the answers to the questions of life.

Prepare for a cosmic reckoning

It blends metaphysical sci-fi, ancient forces & quantum science. A powerful device & a hidden book unlock secrets of reality. Technology & spirituality blur as destinies collide across time. This gripping thriller asks: are we living illusions, or awakening creators?

Surprising, thoughtful, challenging

The Dark Buddha is both a psychological and a metaphysical story wrapped in the skin of a sci-fi thriller. It can become a story for people to talk about, debate, and maybe even live by.

Mind Bending

This book is a mind bending metaphysical thriller that fuses quantum sci-fi, spiritual awakening, and psychological suspense. Bold, poetic, and deeply unsettling, it’s a visionary debut that lingers long after the final page. I highly recommend this.

Unlike Anything I’ve Read Before

The Dark Buddha isn’t just a story, it’s an experience. It reads like a mirror for the mind, constantly shifting as you go deeper. The themes of illusion, technology, and awakening hit hard, especially in today’s world.

My brain's still spinning

Went in thinking I was getting a sci-fi thriller, but halfway through I was having existential mini-crises every few pages. It’s like if The Matrix, Inception, and some deep meditation retreat had a baby. Seriously trippy.

An existential crisis in a good way

If you’re looking for a thriller that doesn’t just entertain but makes you question the very nature of reality, you’ve found it. I was hooked by the idea of quantum physics and spirituality colliding; it’s a premise that’s equal parts terrifying and fascinating.

A Brutally Honest Take on Spirituality.

“The Dark Buddha” is a book for those seeking an alternative perspective on spirituality, far from the cliché of “eternal happiness.” It is ideal for readers who are unafraid to confront their shadows and prefer a more philosophical rather than practical approach.

A modern day da Vinci

Leonardo Camargo Forero has penned a modern day masterpiece, a literary classic that blends themes of science, futurism, and the spiritual. A must read for those that seek the answers to the questions of life.

Prepare for a cosmic reckoning

It blends metaphysical sci-fi, ancient forces & quantum science. A powerful device & a hidden book unlock secrets of reality. Technology & spirituality blur as destinies collide across time. This gripping thriller asks: are we living illusions, or awakening creators?

Surprising, thoughtful, challenging

The Dark Buddha is both a psychological and a metaphysical story wrapped in the skin of a sci-fi thriller. It can become a story for people to talk about, debate, and maybe even live by.

Mind Bending

This book is a mind bending metaphysical thriller that fuses quantum sci-fi, spiritual awakening, and psychological suspense. Bold, poetic, and deeply unsettling, it’s a visionary debut that lingers long after the final page. I highly recommend this.

Unlike Anything I’ve Read Before

The Dark Buddha isn’t just a story, it’s an experience. It reads like a mirror for the mind, constantly shifting as you go deeper. The themes of illusion, technology, and awakening hit hard, especially in today’s world.

My brain's still spinning

Went in thinking I was getting a sci-fi thriller, but halfway through I was having existential mini-crises every few pages. It’s like if The Matrix, Inception, and some deep meditation retreat had a baby. Seriously trippy.

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THE BOOK

A device that rewrites memory. A hidden book that rewrites reality. AKrec, humanity’s most advanced mind-technology—was meant to unlock new experiences. Instead, it’s awakening something far older. People emerge speaking languages they’ve never learned, carrying emotions from lives they never lived. The line between identity, illusion, and consciousness dissolves—revealing a truth no one is prepared to face. As ancient forces rise and two intertwined destinies move toward a reckoning, one question remains:

When you look in the mirror… whose face is really looking back?
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STORY

ReAugmentEx

Behind its iconic glass pyramid, ReAugmentEx is known for technology far beyond its time. Their AKrec system delivers impossibly vivid experiences that blur fiction and something deeply personal. What begins as entertainment becomes obsession, leaving the world wondering how much ReAugmentEx knows about consciousness—and about the person behind your reflection.

AKRec

“The ultimate VR technology.” With that single post, Michael ignited a global obsession. AKrec—a cradle of water, light, and mirrored echoes—guides the mind into places it’s never dared to go. Users report borrowed memories, inherited emotions, and dreams that linger. It doesn’t just show another world—it makes you question your own. Whatever AKrec touches, it reaches where normal technology can’t… and no one emerges unchanged.

The Sphere

If this feels unsettling, it’s meant to. The person behind your eyes is only a shard of a much larger truth. The Sphere fractures the Source into countless faces, each convinced it stands alone. But every mirror eventually breaks, revealing what was always there. Identity is just a sliver of a deeper light, scattered across dimensions we can’t perceive. “Consider everything an unplanned trick—or a powerful deception.” —From the hidden lines in the Book of Death

The Chakras

We spend our lifes tangled in invisible threads—fears posing as instincts, desires as purpose, memories as truth. When these forces fall out of balance, grounding becomes anxiety, passion becomes obsession, empathy becomes dependence, intuition becomes doubt. Each imbalance forms a new attachment, pulling us deeper into the illusion of self. Yet when those attachments break, even for a moment, everything sharpens—revealing just how fragile the deception really is.

ReAugmentEx

Behind its iconic glass pyramid, ReAugmentEx is known for technology far beyond its time. Their AKrec system delivers impossibly vivid experiences that blur fiction and something deeply personal. What begins as entertainment becomes obsession, leaving the world wondering how much ReAugmentEx knows about consciousness—and about the person behind your reflection.

AKRec

“The ultimate VR technology.” With that single post, Michael ignited a global obsession. AKrec—a cradle of water, light, and mirrored echoes—guides the mind into places it’s never dared to go. Users report borrowed memories, inherited emotions, and dreams that linger. It doesn’t just show another world—it makes you question your own. Whatever AKrec touches, it reaches where normal technology can’t… and no one emerges unchanged.

The Sphere

If this feels unsettling, it’s meant to. The person behind your eyes is only a shard of a much larger truth. The Sphere fractures the Source into countless faces, each convinced it stands alone. But every mirror eventually breaks, revealing what was always there. Identity is just a sliver of a deeper light, scattered across dimensions we can’t perceive.“Consider everything to be, at best, an unplanned trick, and more often than not, a powerful deception.” —From the hidden lines in the Book of Death

The Chakras

We spend our lifes tangled in invisible threads—fears posing as instincts, desires as purpose, memories as truth. When these forces fall out of balance, grounding becomes anxiety, passion becomes obsession, empathy becomes dependence, intuition becomes doubt. Each imbalance forms a new attachment, pulling us deeper into the illusion of self. Yet when those attachments break, even for a moment, everything sharpens—revealing just how fragile the deception really is.

The stories on this page barely touch the surface. Behind every reflection, every memory, every illusion lies a deeper thread—one that stretches into hidden meanings, forgotten histories, and truths we only glimpse in moments of silence. If you feel the pull of these ideas, if something here stirs a question you can’t quite name, you’ll find more of those threads woven through my writings.
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CHARACTERS

Characters

Every figure in The Dark Buddha carries a fragment of a much larger truth. Their lives unfold in different cities, centuries, and dreams—yet each one is drawn toward the same impossible light, the same hidden center that shapes their choices in ways they cannot see. Some chase it. Some fear it. Others pretend it isn’t there. But the closer they come to that glowing heart, the more their stories intertwine, revealing that none of them stand alone… and none of them are who they believe themselves to be.
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Throughout The Dark Buddha, you’ll find a series of illustrated pages—enigmatic diagrams, silent symbols, and fragments of a hidden book woven into the story’s mythology. Each image was created by Nicolás Camargo-Forero, whose artwork and design vision shaped not only these figures but the entire website you’re exploring right now. These illustrations are more than visual companions; they’re cryptic keys, subtle clues pointing toward deeper layers of the narrative. Over time, this growing collection—along with images not yet revealed—will evolve into an exclusive NFT series, offering readers new ways to step into the mystery behind The Dark Buddha.
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THE AUTHOR

Leonardo Camargo-Forero

“Consider everything to be, at best, an unplanned trick, and more often than not, a powerful deception.”

About Me

I’m Leonardo, a Colombian entrepreneur, researcher, and storyteller whose work lives at the intersection of advanced computing, consciousness, and creativity. My background spans aerospace science, ubiquitous computing, and systems engineering — fields that constantly push me to question how technology shapes identity and the idea of “self.” I’m the creator of The ARCHADE, a framework for distributed AIoT systems (a benevolent Skynet); the co-founder of UbiHPC; and the co-creator of GenM, a technology that transforms genetic code into music. I’ve always gravitated toward building things that sit at the edge of what feels possible. Writing, for me, is another way of exploring the unknown — a way to examine the hidden structures beneath identity, memory, and meaning.

Why The Dark Buddha

This book grew from a lifelong fascination with dreams, illusions, and the unseen patterns behind human behavior. I’ve always wondered where our thoughts come from, why we feel drawn to certain paths, and what lies beneath the stories we tell ourselves. The Dark Buddha became the place where philosophy, science, and imagination collided — a way to explore identity through mirrors, memory, and the quiet mysteries we all carry.

Connect with Me

I’d love to hear your thoughts on The Dark Buddha, my essays, or any of my research.You can explore more of my writing on Medium as @leonardocamargoforero, connect with me on X as  @Leonardocf71, Instagram at @leonardo_cfor, LinkedIn as leonardocamargoforero  or dive into my scientific papers if you’re curious about the technical side of my work. Your reflections and conversations are always welcome — let’s keep exploring these ideas together.

THE AUTHOR

Leonardo Camargo-Forero

“Consider everything to be, at best, an unplanned trick, and more often than not, a powerful deception.”

About Me

I’m Leonardo, a Colombian entrepreneur, researcher, and storyteller whose work lives at the intersection of advanced computing, consciousness, and creativity. My background spans aerospace science, ubiquitous computing, and systems engineering — fields that constantly push me to question how technology shapes identity and the idea of “self.” I’m the creator of The ARCHADE, a framework for distributed AIoT systems (a benevolent Skynet); the co-founder of UbiHPC; and the co-creator of GenM, a technology that transforms genetic code into music. I’ve always gravitated toward building things that sit at the edge of what feels possible. Writing, for me, is another way of exploring the unknown — a way to examine the hidden structures beneath identity, memory, and meaning.

Why The Dark Buddha

This book grew from a lifelong fascination with dreams, illusions, and the unseen patterns behind human behavior. I’ve always wondered where our thoughts come from, why we feel drawn to certain paths, and what lies beneath the stories we tell ourselves. The Dark Buddha became the place where philosophy, science, and imagination collided — a way to explore identity through mirrors, memory, and the quiet mysteries we all carry.

Connect with Me

I’d love to hear your thoughts on The Dark Buddha, my essays, or any of my research. You can explore more of my writing on Medium as @leonardocamargoforero, connect with me on X as  @Leonardocf71, Instagram at @leonardo_cfor, LinkedIn as leonardocamargoforero or dive into my scientific papers if you’re curious about the technical side of my work. Your reflections and conversations are always welcome — let’s keep exploring these ideas together.