C is consciousness. The observer. You.
P is perception — first contact with the world.
M is mind — emotion, memory, what follows.
E is experience — what you live through.
Without C, none of it exists.
∂E/∂C > 0
experience depends on consciousness
∂C/∂E = 0
consciousness does not depend on experience
lim[E→0] C = C₀ > 0
when experience goes to zero — consciousness remains
You are not defined by what happens to you. You precede it.