Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 5

[Shannon]

Hey Shannon, I thought i'd just offer you a thought on USLM 4.2 since i ran 4.1 about a month ago for a bit and it brought back some memories from my overall experience.

When I run USLM; most things around me become very favourable, there's no dearth of small bits of luck happening, I get freebies here and there (I got an expensive book which i needed for free the day after running it for the first time in the last around) and good fortune happens, such as being given time off by work so I can focus on other things.

The biggest problem for me though comes when I'm trying to get things done myself, my discipline tends to disappear along with my quick thinking ability and persistence with problems.  Reflecting on this a bit I think this comes from having personal values which drive my motivation and discipline (for instance being in the service of the betterment of being through all actions). I also summon up the negative feelings associated with the result of not having followed through before which drives me.

When on USLM I find it hard to summon up the enthusiasm, determination and drive to focus and go through the pain of discipline because i'm kind of relaxed and letting the world bring me stuff.

I should say this is more the case for intellectual discipline for my work and self study, in which I become very lazy and mentally sluggish I still get success at work but don't feel able to get it through my intellectual efforts if that makes sense.

Physical discipline however is another story, I really get on the case about diet, exercise and USLM has this amazing autopilot thing (which i've noticed from when I used US 4g years ago) where I just kick into gear and for example clean my house, come up with new ideas for fixing things, organise events and overcome obstacles, such as buying a house, getting to a place on time despite delays etc.

I wonder if this is due in part to the mental energy being diverted to luck, and there being less mental energy for other tasks, so less mental pursuits are manageable but more mental pursuits become hard? In which case I think some scripting to help with intelligence and energy for mental discipline needed to get through intellectual tasks would be really helpful.

I also feel like i get a lot of negative energy coming at me without getting too spiritual, so a shield would be really helpful.

This is of course just my own perspective and experience.

Noted.