Disengagement is the process of letting go of what brings me pain so I can rediscover and then pursue what brings me peace. It is the first step of descent.
Upon awakening, I manifest two environments: an inner conceptual world of thoughts, beliefs, and feelings, and an outer perceptual world of things, objects, and people. Actions in one environment influence the other.
I remember that what I seek is not in either of these two environments. So begins the process of identifying and then withdrawing from my beliefs and actions that I falsely believe will give me what I want.
There are a lot of moving parts and pieces in disengagement.
Conceptual Disengagement
Conceptual disengagement is withdrawal from the various values and beliefs which hold me captive within my inner conceptual world. During this time of prayer, contemplation, and self-reflection, I learn to see my life as it actually is.
This process enables me to cultivate a new conviction. It gives me the strength to uproot the values that compel me toward things that will not actually deliver what I seek, and toward values that will.
The first part of the conceptual disengagement is reclaiming my power to know the truth.
The primary bonds in the conceptual are:
- Value, beliefs, and Desire. When I value something I then desire it. When I control what I value, I reclaim authority over what I want.
- Conviction. Can I know the truth? If I do not believe that I can know the truth, then I will submit to external authority.
- Centering. Once I accept and believe my power to know the truth, I can learn to exist from the center within, cultivating values that empower me.
When I value things outside of me, that I do not possess, then I am a mental whore because I will perform in order to acquire those things I want but others possess or have the power to grant me.
One-way engagements in which I think about people who do not think about me, are most demeaning. I allow myself to become a repository for the conceptual ejaculate of people I do not even know.
I must end all one-sided relationships with celebrities, authorities, and other leaders. These people never think about me, and so I must not think about them.
Perceptual Disengagement
Perceptual disengagement is withdrawal from physical environments and activities that hold me captive in the outer world. During this time, I learn to harness and redirect my energy toward my descent by constraining my physical environment.
The primary bond in the perceptual is desire and value. When I value and then desire something, I want it. When I control what I value, then I reclaim authority over what what I want.
As I disengage from various beliefs, aspirations, actions, and environments that are not able to produce the peace I seek, I will experience inner stability and clarity.
The Proclamation is an essential part of the process of descent because it signifies to my manifestation that I intend to descend.
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