8 Months of EoG (and others) - SHADOW WORK 2022!

Day 76, washout

So I’ve been lacking to journal here. DR and Emperor send me on a really inward journey.
Chosen helps me to still be positive and enjoy people and life around me.

But I now know what @Malkuth meant when he said DR is like construction in the background. You can still function, but there’s always construction noise going on.

But I thought it’s time to collect my thoughts and review the subs I ran so far a bit:

EOG ST1

  • This sub has a funny way of working. You feel NOTHING for 4 days and then suddenly a thought pops up “bruv, we’re gonna be fucking rich. Already building all the groundwork. Just wait for time to catch up” and you’re like “where did that come from?”
  • It does NOT make me productive. I know others have reported that, but for me not the case, the other subs I ran helped me to circumvent this. For me it’s mostly introspection on where these beliefs come from.
  • Which I greatly determined so far. I feel like I covered most of them for now. I am sure there is more, somewhere deeper, but what I could figure out so far: Impostor Syndrome, Lacking (financial) self-worth due to a negative mother (forgave her), lacking self-worth in general due to childhood traumas, growing up in lack, growing up with people that literally hate the rich, the media.
  • The issues sort of resolved themselves by merely thinking and meditating about them. I think, however, this is mostly because I consciously already knew it’s bs (because of years in self improvement) it now was just necessary to bring them to the front and have them worked through.

Dragon Reborn ST1

I only have 2 loops of this one but it's DEEP.
  • Opened my eyes up about the external validation I still crave through sex/things I want her to do. Stacking that with Chosen in custom def helped to accept other people as they are.
  • Primal had me mad at other people not doing what I want. After DR I accept them being different, and that their shortcomings are but a projection of my own. As in, when sex with my wife is not what I want, it’s because I put zero effort into it. Just going to pound town, but expecting her to be all seductive is unbalanced. What you give into the universe, you get out.
  • Makes me question A LOT of my driving forces. A big one is fame, @Invictus knows this one. It literally moved me from striving for fame and money to feel better with my business to striving for fame and money to HELP PEOPLE better. Which is a MUCH better feeling of doing these things and it also works better.
  • A big part of why I even started DR was that it makes other subs run better, but also the part of the objectives that says it protects you from bad subliminal programming. I do notice this talking to people deep in the matrix, their skewed views and self-lies don’t face me anymore. I realize just because they thin k that way, doesnt mean I will or have to. In the past I quickly sucked up everything around me as my new being. In other words, my own personality was covered because of my past. Now I express that better, which also means it doesnt get overridden as easily. Powerful.

Emperor Chosen Custom

This one is a gift. A fucking gift.

  • I am vibing high all the time. I feel grounded, secure, self-assured in myself, while also accepting the reality of higher things than just the physical, dealing with people and their shit, etc. It has the best “happy feeling” so far of all subs I ran.
  • I am not at all trying to control people. I lead them. If they follow that leadership is their decision. No hard feeling either way.
  • My wife is right hot for sex and submissive. Like, she voluntarily submits to myself (noticeably) without me changing anything in my conscious demeanour (or so I think). She asks me indirectly in the classic feminine way for leadership and then does as I say, but mostly because she also thinks it’s a great direction.
  • Chosen of Venus might play a big role in that I need to mention.
  • Physical shifting is insane. My appetite is crazy high, but I do also see the results. Shoulders broadened, arms thickened, chest ironed, abs starting to show, etc.
  • Calmness, Relaxation, Posture, Conviction. Many nouns I could write here that changed a lot and that consciously elude me have changed to the better. And my face looks more square.

One thing that keeps popping into my mind, though, is if the people around me are the right ones for me. Now this is technically the Emperor, but I think DR also plays a role in this. It’s not just their matrix-mindsets, it’s also that I have nothing with them in common (except my wife, funnily, but she’s very different from her family).

As in, my family, her family, my friends even. All people that gave up on their life at 30, non-achieving, not seeking anything in life, existing.
Now, 6 days a week I don’t see them anyway, so it technically doesnt really matter. It feels to me I am just seeking friends that are more aligned with my path on top. But it’s an interesting introspective feeling.

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That post was prime filet mignon with no fat.

:pray:t5:

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Day 77, washout

So today starts another Mercury Retrograde.

I sometimes question myself if I put too much emphasis on this and thus create a self-fulfilling prophecy.

However, maybe it’s also a good time to re-assess ones fears.
I notice myself being afraid of certain things falling apart in this timeframe, because the good ol’ trickster up there is known to do this.

But WHY am I even afraid of this? I considered myself to be detached of most things, but here is Mercury showing me I am not.

Or maybe it’s the fear of the unknown all humans have because you never know what he plays.

Anyway, this time is said to take care of old projects you didn’t finish instead of trying new ones.
Mercury Rx sends you into the past, so why not do that?

Gonna clean up old shit, take care of things and finally get stuff fixed. To be honest, I always liked the feeling when I had done this.

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Oh I completely forgot to mention:
Emperor
Chosen
Entranced
Ethereal Presence

are INSANE.

When you’re out EVERYONE is looking at you. Some can’t understand why they have the need to look, others (especially women) know right away.

It’s powerful. Insanely powerful.

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DR is also ripping open an old wound I can tell.

I never met my father, and I thought I had made peace with that, but now that it’s coming back into my mind, specifically through a video about Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader and how we are destined to become our father, it seems to me that this is intentional and some things are not clear there.

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DR digs deep and brings out everything that hasn’t been fully processed. I’m always amazed at what comes up. Things you thought were already done. Seems to be a normal process, but it is very tiring at times.

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Wow.

Hearing this really helps me.

This has definitely been a day (and last night) that has me turned upside down.

I briefly mentioned on my own journal (but without much detail), I have had a lingering unsettled feeling starting from last night/this morning.

The order of today’s events literally got turned upside down.

Last night, I had the most stereotypical Mercury Retrograde thing happen. And of course, in keeping with the stereotype, it was technology related:

I was actually feeling the rumblings of the unsettled feeling beginning yesterday.

I don’t usually rush to buy a custom subliminal. (Before this week, the last one I bought was in May 2021.) But, yesterday, I got the feeling that it would be best to finish designing and purchasing this one by no later than last night.

I went through this very odd rabbit-hole situation of spending quite a long time (and a somewhat obsessive time) tooling and re-tooling it until I’d chosen the final combination of modules. By the end of that process, I already felt weird and a bit unsettled.

Then last night, I went to purchase the modules as I was sitting with my son listening to some fiction as he went to sleep. In order to stay in the same room, I used my phone to make the purchase. And I painstakingly navigated the phone screens to buy all of the modules. I pressed ‘Next’ thinking I would get to the place where I could enter my coupon code and…

…the (non-coupon) purchase had already been completed.

That is an extremely Mercury Retrograde occurrence. It was sometime after midnight.

This morning, I got up and (about 15 minutes late) signed in to an online workshop–that I just learned of yesterday. It was related to the sub-field to which I’m planning to direct my career. I was somewhat unsettled again by the way that the topic was being discussed. Was also unsettled because this workshop was occurring at the same time when I’d usually have meditated.

After that, I had a talk with my daughter in which I hounded her for details related to a trivial topic, and she was vague and evasive. Basically, an unnecessarily dissonant communication. I was glad that she seemed to take it in stride. But I’ll be careful in the weeks ahead.

Then at 11:20 AM, I realized that someone was contacting me for an appointment that I’d thought was cancelled. Still had it. Was not at my best.

And so on and so on today.

It was a relief to read that Mercury Retrograde began on 10 May.

And this has been a long Mercury Retrograde reply.

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In closing, right now feels like a great time to go hibernate for 3.5 weeks. But nah. That’s not the way to do it.

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Same, I woke up irritated and even slightly disappointed/angry at my wife for no apparent reason. I first thought it’s DR lingering around but it’s likely a combination of both :wink:

Glad I helped you with this realization, and, yes, technical stuff is acting out already and I am being clumsy, for sure.

I feel like this period of time is to tie up loose ends you’ve been avoiding. Things from the past you need to do. Even if it’s just finishing a book you meant to do for ages.

Cleaning out closets, the house, etc. Cutting ties, whatever.

Bringing things to an end before getting back to the regular in 3,5 weeks.

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Funny you should mention this because TECHNICALLY, ever since ZP I’ve been to old ways in many ways.

Things I thought I already covered consciously, are coming back and I am failing at them. Like boundaries, sexual performance, productivity.
I don’t think it’s all just DR, I think it’s ZP in general, ripping out that false foundation and building a stronger one.

Because I DO feel that whenever I implement something new, for example about masculinity, it’s much STRONGER in how I operate with it. Whereas before it was shaky, depending a lot on mood, etc.

So I sort of go through the same things again, but this time I DO IT RIGHT.

This might also be why some people having a tough time with ZP, but as @Luther24 said, you CANNOT RUN FROM ZP.

It will go DEEP to your roots and weed out the bs. Because only THEN can you truly build on top.

For some, this might mean months of pain and turbulence. But, adversity is what makes you grow.

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That would be a very good explanation why everything comes back under ZP.
I can only hope that some things will finally be settled and forgotten.

It’s not about forgetting the past, it’s about accepting it.

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The more objectives I read, the more it becomes clear that healing shit is the first step to make REAL use of the subs.

They do work if you have a lot of shit, sure, but they work SO MUCH better if you healed it. 2 loops of DR ST1 already made all subs better for me.

Def gonna focus on DR and EoG going forward, along with my Emperor/Chosen custom.

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I was gonna write a complete plan for the next 2 years of which subs to run with which goals but then decided this is stupid because I will change a lot along the path.

For now, I want to fully focus on Emperor and Chosen. Killer foundation and then we’ll see.

It pains me a bit to not run HOM, but I have to stick to the steps, not skip them.

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I feel the pain.

Objectives help me in this case.

In March/April, I was getting kind of restless thinking about the fact that I had 3 to 4 months left with Dragon Reborn before I would feel ready to play my External Creation-oriented titles.

Then I read the Objectives of Dragon Reborn a few times and gradually realized that all of my goals were already being directly helped by what I was already playing.

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I just realised I - as well as my wife - are born under Mercury Retrograde.

So this is actually a good time for me and sort-of double reversed…

Interesting. I need to look deeper into this.

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Day 81, new cycle started yesterday with FORGE OF MAN Custom

So, the custom is definitely working hard on doing things, everyone asks me if everything is alright, so it seems subconsciously I am radiating anger or smth. I do notice a slight recon-anger beneath the surface.

One thing I realised today is that I was pissed at my wife for the longest time when she wasn’t wearing sexy stuff at home. Today I noticed how dumb that is:

  • I give her a ton of power over my emotions by being triggered over that, weak
  • Passive aggressive remarks about it are weak coward shit
  • She knows what I want and like, if she doesnt do it, nothing I can do it other than cut ties if she proceeds not being the woman I want
  • She doesnt need to be sexy all the time at home, right? This just takes away from clean thoughts anyway

I had the same realization I also had about sex. The reason I wanted it all the time was really just external validation and a miswired brain due to years of porn that women just need to be sexy all the time.
What do I REALLY gain from her in skimpy outfits at home?

I also noticed I did this (including having shitty sex) for the longest time to make HER feel better about herself and her body issues. LOL how stupid. Her issues, not mine. I can’t fix that for her.

So, deep realisations going on here.

Plus, it seems like the sexual stuff is finally being moved from just lust to lust/love.
Just the sexy stuff doesnt cut it, I also want to feel something.

Very interesting.

Mercury Retrograde as a birth placement means in this life time I need to speak my truth. Authentically being myself. The issue is, I have yet to undo a lot of conditioning from society before I can truly do this.
So imma keep running this custom for months, and then throw in RM for RELENTLESS SELF-EXPRESSION.

Looking forward to it.

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I think this mostly comes from Inner Gasoline. Maybe Emperor, but it feels like IG.

The fact that I am not so focused on sex and being controlled by the feminine sexuality anymore.

Rather focused on creating something of value instead of getting the schlong wet.

I am liking this change. It feels right and good.
On many levels.

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The retrograde placements and seasons are about areas and opportunities of cultivation.

A bit like snow days.

Those days when so much snow has fallen that it is inconvenient to travel very much outside.

During those times, for a bit of time, many animals/people will choose to stay ensconced in our burrows and caves and homes.

Some restless people may choose to venture out anyway, but their trips will be rife with inconvenience and setbacks.

Some wise people will recognize the opportunity.

Actually, a great metaphor for the retrogrades is the quarantine and social distancing period that the world just experienced.

Consider all of the personal work, in subliminals alone, that we were able to engage during these several years.

The retrograde enforces internal cultivation. It also builds strength and ability.

The little boy stuck inside of the house at first looks enviously at the other children playing outside. He may complain at first. But one day…he turns around and begins to explore the inside of the home. He finds books. He finds musical instruments. He finds athletic equipment.

And gradually…he begins training.

He reads every single one of those books. Eventually, he has them almost memorized. He plays with, and then practices on, those musical instruments. Month by month, he grows in skill. He stretches and challenges his physical limits on the athletic equipment.

And then eventually, he discovers that he’s able to leave the house again.

When he emerges, there is some awkwardness and some time of adaptation to the unfamiliar people and customs that are outside. But there’s also the amazing discovery that he possesses skills and abilities unknown to and/or unmatched by those same people and those same customs.

This is the obstacle and the opportunity of the retrograde.

Each planet/sign/house in retrograde is a particular ‘home’ in which the person is ensconced. There is an awkwardness associated with this ‘quarantine’, but there is also an enhanced opportunity for cultivation and growth.

Mercury is the planet of experience, stimulation, intellect, and communication. In retrograde, these capacities are turned within. And gradually, the Mercury retrograde learns to apply them in the world of public society.

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This was a fascinating post. This metaphor helped me to really clarify what it means to be in a retrograde period. I’ve never understood this concept better. Thank you for your (as always) insightful perspective on things @Malkuth

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