To live requires creation; the mind that does not create ceases to exist. This can occur in many different ways; through belief in the transcendental or in the material. A strong enough belief in the transcendental will result in the absorption of the mind by a higher being; a strong enough belief in the material will result in the dissolution of the mind into matter. To survive as a mental entity requires constant creation of non-material and non-transcendental realities that give volition to the entity. At the same time, this creates its own problems as the entity that creates its own reality can find itself isolated from any other entity, becoming in a sense god. This is known as the “Lucifer experiment” and can be undertaken, just as the transcendental and material paths can be undertaken; there is no “right” or “wrong” choice. However, this choice is by definition, isolating; the individual entity separates itself from all other entities, and only interacts with entities within its own mind. In scientific field of psychology, this shows itself as schizoid disorder; but of course, once an individual becomes so disconnected from all other beings that it has achieved a god-like state, no other entities would be aware of such an entity, except perhaps in the context of a progression such as an individual who starts as a member of society and becomes a hermit, or dies. Still the “Lucifer experiment” while possible in theory, may actually result in the death of the experimenter. In fact, the differences between death and the Lucifer experiment are quite small; death is a separation of the individual’s consciousness from a shared plane of existence and the same goes for the Lucifer experiment. However, there is one major difference to note; those with near-death experiences report dying and coming back to life, while no one has conducted the Lucifer experiment successfully and returned. To completely separate oneself from the current transjective plane of existence may result in the individual being annihilated. This seems quite probable from a theoretical standpoint; after all, nothing is a thing in and of itself, but is only a thing in relationship to other things. A chair does not exist except in relationship to what it is not; not a table, not a person, and to what it is similar to; a lawn chair, a couch chair. A chair in its own universe, with no conscious observer, could never exist in the first place without a conscious observer to note that it is a chair in contrast to what is not a chair. Similarly, a consciousness on its own in its own universe may not be able to exist; consciousness is defined by its interactions with other conscious entities. Without some other conscious entity to define the first conscious entity in the first place, it would seem that it would cease to exist. However, this is entirely theoretical; from a practical standpoint, the Lucifer experiment, if it does succeed, does so in a way that the entity is unable to return and report what the experience was like.
So rejecting the Lucifer experiment as most likely a form of death, alongside the rejection of dissolution into the material and absorption into the transcendental, what other options are there to live? First the idea of a “final solution” or a final state to the mind and reality must be rejected. All final solutions will result, or appear to result, in the destruction of the individual entity. The mental entity that wishes to survive and thrive instead should accept the existence of other mental entities, and create its reality alongside others in a transjective reality where what is true is shared between a group of entities. Of course, the entities do not need to share every aspect of the transjective reality; a limited set of beliefs and/or perceptions is sufficient. Consider language; to communicate in the transjective reality of Spanish, it is not necessary to know every word in Spanish; only a few will suffice to say, find the bathroom. Of course, more complex interactions require a deeper shared knowledge. For humans, simply choosing to be human is enough to relate with billions of other people. While no humans all share any particular trait, almost all traits are shared with at least one human, and many traits are shared with most humans, and most traits are shared with large numbers of others. Thus room is created for a large variety of systems. That said, limitations are imposed by belief, especially powerful beliefs in the transcendental or the material that are widely shared. Today, the majority of the world population is absorbed in some materialistic, religions, or political philosophy that attempts to push its values onto others. To pick on a single object, scienctism, the belief in the primacy of Science, forces communities that reject scientific analysis as incomplete or invalid underground, into closed communities. The widespread belief in scientism means that individuals that reject scientism and attempt to directly manipulate reality with their mind, that is, use magic in the traditional sense, are unable to do so as success would invalidate the beliefs of the masses who accept science. Thus, successful magic can only be displayed when it can be done in a way where its success can be attributed to luck or to sleight of hand. However, an exception can be made in communities or by individuals that are mostly disconnected from the rest of society in a way similar to the Lucifer experiment. Thus, individuals who wish to survive, but not accept the restrictions of the majority, can choose to limit their interactions and achieve greater freedom.