The descentist framework explains my existence in practical, literal terms. It aims to eliminate abstraction. To that end, descentism is entirely validated by my own direct experience.
There comes a point when I can continue down the path I have, not knowing, or I can begin to listen to the instruments I have at my own disposal.
I experience existence as sequence of awakenings into a physical body within a large and complex world. I believe the world preceded me, and will exist long after I am gone.
This is not a fact. This is a state. If I believe that I am only a temporary observer of a vast universe, that is a state of mind. I am accustomed to thinking it is a factual circumstance, but I must go back to the fact that I know.
There are two things to notice here:
- I am free to believe whatever I want. This power to believe what I want connotes a tool.
- My belief in something is a state, not a fact.
It has been made complex by design, because as long as I am confused, I will remain here, unable to overcome my condition. The objective of this illness is to sustain and replicate itself, and complexity is one of its primary tools for accomplishing that end.
To see it for what it is, I must find something to grab onto and pull myself up on it, out of the cold waters of existence.
In this state, there are only two forces: that which draws me toward peace and health, and that which draws me away from peace and health. My condition is a battle between these two forces, and every single thing can be defined in terms of them.
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