Before heliocentrism was born, people had naturally assumed that Earth was the center of the known world, because people could only comprehend the parts they were capable of knowing. Things that did not exist, and images absent from memory, could not stir the imagination.
Then what did the universe look like within the "mind"?
Was the universe centered on Earth? After all, everyone believed Earth was the center, so the universe within the "mind" ought to conform to the mind's understanding.
That brought things to another level.
According to Buddhism, although you believed Earth was the center of the universe, this world contained other "minds." There were many technologically advanced aliens whose subjective view held that Earth was not the center of the universe.
Moreover, these technologically advanced aliens were obviously far more numerous, and their understanding was more accurate and reasonable. Thus, through the convergence of countless "minds," a "consensus of the universe" was reached.
This consensus would not waver because of the stubbornness or ignorance of a few "minds."
And thus, the observable "objective" came into being.
Under the observation of "minds," objective reality was fixed in place. The subjectivity of countless observers jointly determined an objective reality.
That objective reality was the "universe."
This was dependent origination.
But in the eyes of the demonic path, especially the Heavenly Demon Lineage, it was obvious... Earth ought to be the center of the universe. It was so now.
If it was not so in the future, then it would not be so. For it was merely an illusionary dream; it was this way only because of how I thought.
Then, what was it like for the Demon Prince?
The Demon Prince...
Was, in fact, a typical practitioner of the demonic path.
To him, this world existed only because he