My Subliminals: Context & Subtext within Supertext

[Jones]

ASC: Day 27

I have been listening to ASC exclusively now for 26 days, as I write this, it is just after 0800 on the 27th day.

My listening has settled into a pattern. During the night hours, I play the ultrasonic track for 6-9 hours (depending upon how much sleep I get that night). During the day, I listen to the babbling brook on a set of Photive BTE70 bluetooth earbuds. Usually, I get 6-10 hours of listening during the day.
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During the last 26 days, I have spent a fair amount of time reading the logs, questions, comments, and banter of the regular participants in this forum.

It seems to me that reactions to subliminals seems to be across the board. So reading the observations of others fascinates me.

We humans are remarkably similar in our makeup. Our personalities are diverse within a fairly narrow range. However...comma... It is the sum (and weighting) of life experiences, unique to each of us that compel us to react a certain way to both external stimuli AND our internal monologue.

Two people with identical birth dates, personality types, intellect, dialects, and education can react in wildly different ways to an external stimulus... based on the different life experiences which shaped their perspectives and thought process.

Regarding the internal monologue, I would posit that Yes, it is a product of our experiences... It is also a self-perpetuating, self-reinforcing process.

Though I cannot recall the post, recently Shannon remarked that those who live in their own head may take more time to react to subliminals than those who do not (I'm taking a lot of license in this paraphrasing).

So... if you're having difficulty, I suggest some serious work on your inner game as well as subliminal work. See also "What to Say When You Talk to Yourself" by Shad Helmstetter.

When it comes to subliminals, I am both a believer and a skeptic.

• A believer, because every Rule 4 view in existence teaches that as a man thinks, he is. Ergo, our thoughts define both our actions and our being.
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  This French fellow, a stand up philosopher named Descartes once said "I think, therefore I am." It sounds pithy and makes you sound smart at parties, but it does not even begin to cover the truth of it.
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  He should have said "What I think determines how I act, how I react, what I am, and what I become."
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• I am a skeptic when it comes to the idea that our thoughts or "aura" (without our words) influence the actions of others.
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  I'm going to have to test this out for myself. If it works, I will happily report being wrong. Until then, color me doubtful.
  

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On to my report of ASC!

Effects

I cannot look back and say "oh my goodness, it's like night and day!" But what I CAN do is say "this really works."

ASC has been a proving ground for me... I can "feel" the difference more than anything else. It is subtle, but effective.

There is an old saying, something along the lines of 'there are those who believe they can and there are those who believe they cannot... they are both usually right.'

I have gone from not believing I can, back to believing that I can.

The best way I know to describe it is to say "I feel like my old self again."

For those of you who cling to the "placebo effect" rebuttal. Let me ask you this... If, after taking a placebo, your condition improves, are you going to quibble over whether it was the sugar pill or your belief in it that caused the improvement? Or are you going to revel in the improvement and get your game on?

External manifestation

If you aren't intensely aware by now that women like strong, confident men, then you probably haven't ever had a girlfriend.

This fact never changes, even after you are married.

Things have become more interesting in the bedroom around here.