Nope, to me that “return” is the RHP’s core definition. I was on that for a while…
For me, ascent is to be able to command events in reality as easily as I can change settings, circumstances, and so on, in a day-dream.
ALL events - no limits.
I put my personal definitions of RHP & LHP ascent in the post below fwiw, only a personal thing but it provides some basis for uinderstanding what I talk about, and it’s also based on a book (Lords Of The Left-Hand Path) that some other people on here may share: