Subliminal Talk

(12-20-2020, 11:14 AM)NOMAD Wrote: [ -> ]Stage 5, Day 9

Last night was the first ASRB2 break for Stage 5. Part of me wanted to continue without a break, but I was beginning to experience the onset of fatigue. So, I went with the break.

I'm really enjoying the "becoming" exercise. At first I was worried about whether or not I was doing it right. Now I'm having fun exploring. It's a little bit like feeling my way around a never-ending dark room where areas I explore become illuminated. Continual exploration of the same areas causes the illumination to brighten, which dimly reveals other areas of the room that I hadn't seen before. All of this is an analogy to illustrate how the process is simultaneously helping me to bring my goal into focus and revealing to me possibilities that I had never considered before. The clearer my primary goal becomes, the more my awareness broadens. It's pretty badass.

More and more, I'm seeing how this all feeds into mental and emotional inertia. As an extension of that, I can see how reality changes. That inertia is required to overcome the constraining energy that holds us in place. I don't have it all figured out but I'm having fun learning. I wish I had been turned on to this stuff 20+ years ago.

Hey, what is this becoming exercise? It sounds quite interesting!

It's Shannon's name for a manifestation exercise he uses. I began using it myself while allowing myself some liberty to play with it.

Here's what I wrote about it in Z-man's journal:

(12-14-2020, 11:24 AM)NOMAD Wrote: [ -> ]I've been playing with "becoming" lately and it is doing wonders for me on multiple levels. Whenever you have done down time,  try getting yourself into a meditative state then allow yourself to experience the scenario and the feelings that accompany the scenario you want to experience. You'll likely come face to face with your fears,  which is good.  Don't run. Don't fight it. Be in its presence without allowing it to consume you. Learn to coexist.  As the fear fades and as you're able, immerse yourself in the exact experience you long for. See it, feel  it, hear it, smell it, and taste it. The key is to allow it. Hopefully this exercise can help you. 

(12-21-2020, 04:19 PM)NOMAD Wrote: [ -> ]It's Shannon's name for a manifestation exercise he uses. I began using it myself while allowing myself some liberty to play with it.

Here's what I wrote about it in Z-man's journal:

(12-14-2020, 11:24 AM)NOMAD Wrote: [ -> ]I've been playing with "becoming" lately and it is doing wonders for me on multiple levels. Whenever you have done down time,  try getting yourself into a meditative state then allow yourself to experience the scenario and the feelings that accompany the scenario you want to experience. You'll likely come face to face with your fears,  which is good.  Don't run. Don't fight it. Be in its presence without allowing it to consume you. Learn to coexist.  As the fear fades and as you're able, immerse yourself in the exact experience you long for. See it, feel  it, hear it, smell it, and taste it. The key is to allow it. Hopefully this exercise can help you. 

Cool, thanks for the info, I will try it out. I think I was unknowingly doing something similar TBH only I was trying to steer it too much.

(12-21-2020, 04:44 PM)Mystic Pymp Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-21-2020, 04:19 PM)NOMAD Wrote: [ -> ]It's Shannon's name for a manifestation exercise he uses. I began using it myself while allowing myself some liberty to play with it.

Here's what I wrote about it in Z-man's journal:

(12-14-2020, 11:24 AM)NOMAD Wrote: [ -> ]I've been playing with "becoming" lately and it is doing wonders for me on multiple levels. Whenever you have done down time,  try getting yourself into a meditative state then allow yourself to experience the scenario and the feelings that accompany the scenario you want to experience. You'll likely come face to face with your fears,  which is good.  Don't run. Don't fight it. Be in its presence without allowing it to consume you. Learn to coexist.  As the fear fades and as you're able, immerse yourself in the exact experience you long for. See it, feel  it, hear it, smell it, and taste it. The key is to allow it. Hopefully this exercise can help you. 

Cool, thanks for the info, I will try it out. I think I was unknowingly doing something similar TBH only I was trying to steer it too much.

I think that there are variations of the base exercise that are beneficial for different things. I'm still learning the ins and outs of it all. Sometimes I have really good sessions but there are are also times that I feel like it was a bust. So, I'm learning to cut myself some slack, feel my way through it, and have fun with it.

Stage 5, Day 13

Part of me is wanting more loops per day. The same thing happened with Stages 1 & 4. I added in an extra loop one night, but I could feel the effects of it the next day. But that was during the first cycle, so it's possible that I could handle it now with no issue. I'm going to hold off on that for now and maybe reduce my ASRB2 break. Three days feels too long. In fact, I was tempted to restart my loops a day early but I like to abide by the calculated loops/ASRB2 for at least the first cycle. That way, I have a baseline to compare to.

Reflecting...I can list eight big hurdles/life changing events off the top of my head that have occurred over the past year. I've managed to overcome them and there has been a lot of growth as a result of the pain and stress. Like some of the rest of you, there have been times that I was ready to give up and throw in the towel. There was a stretch of time where I regularly woke up in middle of the night with panic attacks. Then I somehow had to pull it together, go to a high stress mentally taxing job and do my best to help keep the place running so I could take care of financial and health issues in my family... All the while, knowing economic woes might shut it all down anyway. I was exhausted both emotionally and physically. I was on the verge of collapse.

Now, at least in large part, it's behind me. I feel like I'm pointed the right direction and I'm taking one step at a time toward complete recovery. As bad as it has been, it seems like it's in the distant past...like I'm looking at it through a window and I'm separated from it. I believe that this is LTU6 at work. I can't say that I'm 100%. I have a long way to go, but I'm not running on backup battery power any more. There's something good in the distance. I can't tell exactly what it is, but it's within sight.

In 2015, I became interested in pheromones. I read through mounds of forum posts(anonymously...never posted) and came across a user that I identified with. Through a suggestion that guy made I found my way the this forum and never looked back. So, @RTBoss , I'm grateful for you. Without your endorsement, there's no way I would've paid the price for an IML sub when competitors' products were much cheaper. I'm glad I took the plunge. I'm a believer.  @Shannon , I'm grateful for your work and that you engage in this forum. Your work and your posts have made a tremendous difference in my life over the past few years and I look forward to the growth and development I experience in the years to come. I intend to be your customer as long as you're willing to do what you do. My hope is that someone will derive some level of value or encouragement from my posts like I've derived from you two.

[/sappiness]

I very much appreciate you taking the plunge and trying my programs. And thank you, RTB, for helping get the word out! It's really important to me that my work is helping people, and reading things like this is fuel that helps me keep going when the going gets tough. Knowing that in spite of everything, my efforts are making a difference. So thank you for that feedback.

Awesome, @NOMAD! That makes me exceptionally happy to hear. Very glad your life has been so positively affected.

@Shannon I try to tell everyone I can, for sure. Can't stop, won't stop! :-)

Stage 5, Day 16

For as long as I can remember, I've experienced post-Christmas depression. I think it has to do with the excitement I experience during the buildup to Christmas day, then the sharp drop off afterward. I've felt hints of the post-Christmas blues, but it hasn't been as severe as it was last year and last year wasn't as severe (was running LTU5) as previous years. From the very start of LTU6, I was curious how it was going to help me this year and so far it seems to be doing a pretty good job.

Over the past few days, I've been pondering what I want to so sub-wise after I've completed all of my LTU6 stages. OFv2 is tempting. I've purchased and downloaded it. I'm seeing reports that are raising my interest above where it already was and it will be very tempting for me to switch. But I also have to consider that LTU6 is a "long game sub". Even before Shannon decided to build/release it, my plan was to run all stages three times. Based on what I'm experiencing with it, I think that's probably still the best path forward . Why? Well, Run#1 has been a little bit like a tug boat trying to change the direction of a runway Titanic traveling the wrong direction at full speed. A lot of time and energy has been spent killing the Titanic's engines, bringing it to a stop, then reversing course. In my mind, Run#2 would most likely be about slowly but surely bringing the ship up to speed while moving  the right direction. Then Run#3 would be full speed ahead, momentum on my side, we're on the home stretch, let's get this done. I haven't made my decision yet, but this is where my mind currently is.

Part of what I wrote above is based on some observations I've made recently. As I looked on the mirror on Christmas Day, I noticed that I had a softer look in my eyes. My overall demeanor was more calm and less anxious than usual. I laughed at little things. My smile was genuine. My anticipation of my upcoming post-Christmas blues was almost nonexistent. What I'm getting at is that LTU6 is making broad sweeping changes that I'm not always giving it credit for. The issue is that they're sometimes too subtle to recognize. But, they are, in fact, occurring. I believe that looking back after a third run, I'll be amazed at the change that has occurred even from where I am now. This is why I say that LTU6 is a "long game sub". It still has work to do, but I believe it can do it with enough time. I also believe it can make changes in ways and in areas that I've never thought of.

Do I have the patience and the maturity to see it through?...that's the $1,000,000 question.

Stage 5, Day 18

Tonight is the first night of my second ASRB2 break. Instead, I'm going extend my usage prior to taking a break. I've already noted that I felt like the three day break was too long. Also, I have craved more input after my loops were finished on multiple occasions. It's definitely time to "up" the loops.

While the loops are playing, Stage 5 has a very soothing and nourishing feel to me. These are the best descriptive terms that I can come up with. As much as I enjoy the Stage 5 llistening experience, OFv2 is still tempting me in the background. I don't explicitly feel the need to run it, but the temptation of experiencing 5.75.5G power is strong. The good news is, I'll be using Stage 6 soon, so I'll get to experience it then.

Stage 5, Day 19

I listened to my loops last night as I mentioned in yesterday's entry. I haven't noticed any additional fatigue throughout the day, but I did have a harder time getting out of bed this morning. I'll most likely listen to loops again tonight then start a 1-2 day break tomorrow.

Stage 5, Day 23

My last ASRB2 break was only one day. That felt right for me. Of course, being on holiday break I've been averaging 10-12 hours of sleep every night as opposed to my usual 7-9 hours. I don't know that the one day break would be ideal on a "normal" day.

My holiday break ends tomorrow. I can feel the anxiety in my lower gut, but it isn't as bad as it  usually is. It's more of a background annoyance. I'm tempted to run a few loops of OFv2 to see how it affects me, but I'm going to avoid mixing the two for now. This does have me pondering the usage of OFv2 after I'm finished with this run of LTU6. I can logically justify either another run of LTU6 or switching to OFv2. I believe that both of them would ultimately yield positive results. LTU6 has shown me that it has tremendous value, but it's so...damned...slow. That's not the fault of the program, though. I think it all comes back to dividing mental, emotional and physiological resources. There is only so much that can be done at one time. As far as I can see, that's its biggest drawback. On the other hand, it touches so many things that it's a sub that someone could use the rest of his/her life and undergo continual development, particularly since it's a six stage sub that helps to mitigate subconscious boredom. In any case, I'll have a better idea of what my future sub plans are as this run comes to a close. I still have some time, especially if I run Stage 7.

I think you'll find 5.75.5G to be velvety smooth, and perhaps you'll find yourself executing even better and faster than you are now.

Definitely run Stage 7, even if it's just for a month. My plan is to run Stage 7 until I stop seeing any benefit, or find another sub more beneficial. I was going to run USLM 4.2 after LTU, but the upgrade to 5.75.5 is huge. I really can't see myself running anything 5.75.4 or lower because of that. So far, it really is THAT good!

(01-03-2021, 09:03 AM)RTBoss Wrote: [ -> ]I think you'll find 5.75.5G to be velvety smooth, and perhaps you'll find yourself executing even better and faster than you are now.

Definitely run Stage 7, even if it's just for a month.  My plan is to run Stage 7 until I stop seeing any benefit, or find another sub more beneficial.  I was going to run USLM 4.2 after LTU, but the upgrade to 5.75.5 is huge.  I really can't see myself running anything 5.75.4 or lower because of that.  So far, it really is THAT good!

What would say is the difference between re-running the whole program vs running stage 7 for 6 months?

(01-03-2021, 09:06 AM)fab10 Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-03-2021, 09:03 AM)RTBoss Wrote: [ -> ]I think you'll find 5.75.5G to be velvety smooth, and perhaps you'll find yourself executing even better and faster than you are now.

Definitely run Stage 7, even if it's just for a month.  My plan is to run Stage 7 until I stop seeing any benefit, or find another sub more beneficial.  I was going to run USLM 4.2 after LTU, but the upgrade to 5.75.5 is huge.  I really can't see myself running anything 5.75.4 or lower because of that.  So far, it really is THAT good!

What would say is the difference between re-running the whole program vs running stage 7 for 6 months?

I'd say the difference is that Stages 1-5 are 5.75.4 or lower tech.  However, if running Stage 7 for awhile will enable you to execute the previous stages better (because of FRM removing barriers that were there first go-round), it may indeed be beneficial to re-run the entire program.