(11-27-2015, 09:59 PM)apollolux Wrote: Shannon has recently written about a "spider web" theory (I don't have an immediate link to the post handy); various mental processes regarding a particular mindset or related set of beliefs are connected like a web and even if one or two nodes are cut the web itself still stands and can easily be rebuilt, so to take down the web permanently all the nodes must be cut relatively simultaneously.
My theory is a belief like lacking confidence, for example, is a higher level one and consists of multiple lower level components like fear (whether fear in general or specific fears like fear of inadequacy and fear of judgment). If the script is any indication, a sub like ASC deals with the higher level concept of confidence without directly acknowledging what the underlying components may or may not be. On the other hand, OF's script seems to indeed explicitly acknowledge higher level concepts affected by fear like bravery and self-reliance.
tl;dr - ASC seems broad if someone is unaware of one or more components of confidence, OF seems laser-like AND makes one aware of potential higher level improvements.
Anything further that doesn't exist in the script library might require Shannon letting us know what specific beliefs can be affected by scripts like AM and the magnets.
Fear and low confidence are certainly nodes which comprise my web. Shame is another but AM6 has done a pretty good job of destroying it. I plan to run both OF 5G and ASC 5G (or 6G?). You've made a case for running OF first: kill the fear and then install confidence.
***I wrote a paragraph about what doing the opposite might look like (ASC > OF) and then I deleted it because I realized that in some situations i.e. with women, I'm actually afraid of being confident; because of my fears about PE and being judged. Then again those fears comes from a lack of confidence...
This chicken and egg shit is giving me a headache.
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There has been an ongoing debate about the nature of OF in that it is designed to assist the user in overcoming ALL fear. The sales description warns that OF may remove fears that help keep you safe. Shannon asserts that we don't need any fear because we can apply logic to situations where fear once correctly dictated action or lack thereof. Some people on the forum, including myself, find this unsettling. If I don't accept that which OF is premised upon, then I am sure to incur resistance on top of that which arises from overcoming fears.
Edit: Dec 1, 2015
Shannon just posted this and I feel better and willing to run OF.
Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness.
All can know good as good only because there is evil.
All can know good as good only because there is evil.