There are two places: the peaceful first place I awaken from; and the painful second place I awaken into. I can experience both at any moment, but I have forgotten the true nature of the first place because I am lost in the second place. My only purpose is to escape the second place and… Continue reading The two places
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Pain relief
The key to alleviating existential pain is to reduce my distances (read: The distances). Distances are imagined differences between conceptual and perceptual forms I desire. Every distance separates at least two points that can exist perceptually or conceptually. For example, I believe I am a certain weight now; I desire to be a different weight.… Continue reading Pain relief
Practical poverty
All spiritual ideologies at some point declare that poverty reveals the truth. While the state of having little allows me to focus on my descent, it is often done out of order. The word ‘poverty’ itself is associated with having less than I need. But it is relative, and defined from the perspective of one… Continue reading Practical poverty
Distances in ascentist ideologies
In my life I have met many people who were devoted to a particular ascentist ideology. Christians, Buddhists, and various others. But contrary to what I am supposed to believe, ascentist ideologies do not promote my return to the first place; instead, they retard it. I have always struggled with these ideologies for the same… Continue reading Distances in ascentist ideologies
Ascentist optimism
There are many types of ascentism, but they all share one thing in common: they accept that reality is being shared by many others. That this experience I am having is being had by others, and that this world I am in is large and encompassing. The collective “we” are experiencing the inside of this… Continue reading Ascentist optimism
The distances
The second place can be described as a place of “distances”. A distance is a separation between two or more things. There are always two points between my second self and everything else. For example, there is a point where I am physically, and there is a point where the mountains are. The distance is… Continue reading The distances
De-manifesting the gatekeepers
There are a few people in my life who feel threatened by my decisions and ideology. They try to constrain and diminish me, often by using my past comments, actions, and behaviors against me. Their interpretations are either misunderstandings or willful misrepresentations and do not represent me. It is tempting to engage these people to… Continue reading De-manifesting the gatekeepers
I follow my desire
Where I look is where I go. What I want, is what I pursue. Where I spend most of my time and energy, is what I want. I did not own what I desired until I confronted it. To make meaningful change, I must desire that change. …
The mechanics of manifestation
There are always two forces at play in my existence. The primary is the original force, which binds me to my original state that I experience when I sleep and when I concentrate on the point in my head and behind my eyes when I am awake. The secondary is the middle force, which pulls… Continue reading The mechanics of manifestation
My past
I once believed that the truth of my life lie in the past. But my inability to recall my own supposed birth, and many other details of my life, contradict the first principle of descentism: I can directly and experientially know the entire truth. How do I reconcile this? I reconcile this by accepting what… Continue reading My past