Athanaxos' Gambit (2023-2024 journal)

Remember mate, EB I think was originally designed for short-term use.

I’m simply wanting you to think about a few things:

So if you run it for 3 months, then what? Set it aside? Create a version without EB?

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Yeah I know. Hence the ?-mark, but thanks for pointing it out anyway. I appreciate you looking out for me (and all of us, really), as always :raised_hands: :pray:

I also have this feedback from Fire on a previous idea with EB, Fenrir, and Fearsome:

Looks like an interesting custom. The only thing I would look out for is Fenrir and Fearsome. These two with Emperor Black might end up becoming a bit too intimidating unless you really, really try your best to be as friendly and warm as possible.

Emperor Black naturally can come off as a bit dark and you already want to be friendly to compensate, so keep that in mind if you want to continue. I cannot know for sure how you’ll react to the three in combination, so you’ll have to gauge yourself based off your personality, behavior and how others react to you.

So yeah @RVconsultant you are absolutely correct, and I would do better with another social or status title instead. But then again, this is theorycrafting, and also not possible until I’ve completed Khan Black in it’s entirety so… that will take a while :stuck_out_tongue:

But that being said about the Forge of Hep… what are your initial thoughts on the Prometheus-build?
I will of course ask support and the forum for feedback, if and when the time comes :smiley:

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Yep. You got it!

What is your objective for GMX3 Core?

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Well, at this point I’m just trying out various ideas in my mind, and I have no idea of the GMX script per se would be relevant or helpful here…

But the reasons for including GMX3 in such a theoretical mind-foucsed build would be for the cognitive enhancement, the focus, awareness, flow, calmness, intuitive “gaming theory”, strategizing, compulsion for improvement… and of course the enjoyment, both of recreational PC/TV gaming, but also for writing and coding, ie ‘games and systems of language’. And also for the “game of life” - if I may be so cringey to make such allusions :laughing:
I think that there might be some unexplored potential synergies between GMX, RM:UW, IG:UPX, and RoD.

I know GMX is meant for games or sports… but I reason… by extension, anything and everything can be gamefied. Sort of. And I figure, or I am curious at least, that GMX might be useful also in other areas other than simply gaming. I might be wrong, it might be redundant. But that’s my reasoning behind it.

But I am just theorycrafing for now. Maybe best would be to drop GMX, and include something else for strategizing and let the other modules and titles carry the above attributes.

Like I said, for now I am just trying out ideas, and this is somewhere in the medium-far future for me, anyway :slight_smile:

That being said, I do appreciate all angles of insight and feedback. Even the harsh ones :smiley:

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Reminds me of Matrim Cauthon:

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Mat navigates life as an ongoing series of games. Some higher-stakes, some lower-stakes; but the game is eternal.

If one of your psyche’s animating archetypes is that of the Gambler, the Gamesman, the Trickster (or if you’re cultivating a relationship with such archetypes), then GMX might have a much wider sphere of effect for you than it does for someone else.

Interesting notion in any case.

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Oh wow, that was not yesterday.
Damn you @Malkuth for inspiring me. Now I have to start reading wot again!

This… I haven’t thought of it like this before. But it’s a perspective that I have unwittingly come to appreciate. I’m in a bit of a deep dive into Neetzche right now and he was big on the Eternal Recurrence. And I am also contemplating how to create personal egregores that can find me and carry over to the next round. But that’s a secret project, so don’t tell anyone :shushing_face: :grin:

Oh brother, if you only knew. :joy:

Playing The Grand Game?
Athanaxos’ Gambit ?
Euphoria of Performance ?
Also, the other day I stumbled on Niccolo’s Smile for a meager 3$ - as if guided by fate.
And I partly see myself as a contemporary (Western) ‘heyoka’ in the public discourse.

So about cultivating a relationship with the Trickster archetype?

Please, my friends call me Tzeentch :wink:

And yes, they call me mad. But all artists are mad :rofl:

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My request to Support for the claim to the forum title ‘High Connessiour of Subliminal Saucery’ was unfortunately denied.

But at least I got bumped up to High Alchemist, so I’d say it’s an absolute win :smirk:

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I understand your reasoning. Please enter a support ticket to confirm.

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“Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today. I’m a gambler, a farmboy, and I’m here to take command of your bloody army!”
-Matrim Bloody Cauthon

A Wheel of Time and Warhammer 40K reference? I love you, man!

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I’ll do that. I’ll just have to formulate my question better and in more detail for Support.

Meanwhile, this is what Saint replied to the same inquiry in his journal:

I’m not really sure, lol. It’s an interesting stack. You’d get better at writing, playing video games and coding? Hahahaha. There’s a lot of synergies there, but it’s hard to describe them. I’d imagine that this stack would almost feel spiritual and transcendent as one begins to understand universal processes.

I feel there is untapped potential here. More research is definitely required :wink:

Nerds of a feather :grin:
And I love you too, bro!

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A short update on my stack. Currently my custom, RoD, and Genesis.

Genesis seems to be clearing the way for my Custom in an unexpected yet welcome fashion. The other day as I woke up I was filled with unprompted and genuine gratitude. I lingered in bed for a while, as the feeling was almost physically tangible. Very impressive.

On RoD, dreams too have become more abundant in numbers, and more vivid. When going to bed, meditating, or sleeping in (on the weekends) I often find myself half-adream. Afterward realizing that the thoughts that had just passed my mind were in fact a short and quick dream scene. Like a 5-minute episode. Those are mostly random things and events. Thoughts turned into dreams about the very same things I was thinking about during that liminal alf-asleep dream-state. Very curious.

And lastly, my everyday intuition has also increased in ways that have started to have an effect on my life. Like the other day when I by a seemingly unrelated intuitive nudge was able to avoid a 90 euro parking ticket by mere minutes.

I was expecting improved intuition from the RoM core, but this is a welcome development. And really impressive as well.


EDIT: Also a note on RoM and Genesis… or RoM, AM, and Genesis… whichever way. I seem to have become even more aware of ‘weaknesses’ of self that I entertain and can more easily observe them rather than emotionally engage with them. I am also more patient and ready to listen when others do point out these shortcomings of mine.
Imagine instead of getting defensive, you get that internal feeling of deep knowing because you can’t bullshit yourself, and your inner voice goes: “Yeah, I know I do that thing, and it’s a bad habit. I should try to not do it.”
This increased empathic self-awareness is also a most welcome development.

I am really liking the progress so far.

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Mid-course correction.

Two weeks on Genesis now. A very transformative experience. It hits in all the right places, and I want to commit to 2-4 cycles at least, and then follow up with RM:UMX most likely.

I have also completed one cycle of RoD, and will proceed with one more, and then evaluate if I should push it further or cycle it.

I will also put a hold on the AM/RoM/TS custom for now. A situational analysis provided Khan Black as the more optimal choice as I need to sort out my energy levels. It’s a priority issue. So, Khan Black, it is.

This might just be the radical self-transformation protocol I have been waiting for.

Second Gambit.

Let’s roll.

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What are you wanting to happen in your self-transformation?

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Well in short I realized that I’m getting ahead of myself. I still have some inner stuff to deal with and Genesis appears to be the perfect sauce for that. And before I have a remote chance of building something, anything really, I need to fix my health.

I’ve been fatigued for a very long time now with a variety of additional symptoms, and as I stumbled upon a new piece of information today it dawned on me how it all fits together. With that, I was able to properly analyze it all and I’m working on the plan right now. A broken down, goal-oriented actionable plan of action of how to fix this once and for all.

I’ve neglected my health for far too long now, but now I clearly see what needs to be done.

So it’s not so much a self-transformation per see, but more of a radical transformation of my life experience, so to speak.

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I’ve now completed my first cycle of Khan Black st1 and Genesis, and completed the second cycle of Revelation of Dreams. The clarity and emotional maturity I now possess exceeds anything I have ever experienced before.

I cycled out RoD for GLM: Commander today, and good heavens it’s just so good. Though I wonder If I should run Genesis for just one more cycle, still.

And this morning I noticed the surprise drop of Dragon Reborn: Limit Destroyer as well.

What!?!

I don’t know how to schedule all these into a working listening pattern.
In a way, I realized that the only satisfying way for me to run my stack is to settle for a main theme/title/project and run that one as the Primary for an extended period, and then run the others for 2-3 cycles each.

That main project now being Khan Black with 2 cycles for each stage.

You’d think that I would be disappointed in buying a custom only to have these other amazing titles being dropped in front of me? No, not in the slightest. I’m even a bit surprised myself.
If anything I consider it an investment of sorts, in that my custom purchase further enables SC to produce these amazing artisan titles. And also I now know how well I handle the density of a custom sub. I only managed two cycles with the custom, and well… it was a Thanatos’ Gambit after all.

I’ll probably return to it eventually, or rebuild it slightly. But for now, it has served its purpose. Indeed the other day I had a dream of The Tower being struck multiple times by lightning within a matter of a few milliseconds, and then the subsequent fall. It’s only a matter of days now. I am ready.


The only question now is whether I should have this journal moved to the Major Title’s Journal section instead as I will run main/artisan titles for the foreseeable future, or if I should start a new one?
@RVconsultant What’s your thought on that?

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@James I thought you might want to read this post, and the one above.

@Athanaxos what do you mean by clarity and emotional maturity? If I was watching a movie of you before and after, what changes would I notice?

What do you want to have happen over the next 6 months?

Okay. First, what are you running as of right now?

What were you running last week?

Next I would strongly encourage you to consider finishing Khan Black. Khan Black seems to be a process, and I would encourage you to think about prioritizing it to the finish line of completing all 4 stages of Khan Black.

If Genesis seems to be working well, I would also encourage you to think about staying with it for now. I’ve wondered if it might help other programs fit together. Plus perhaps it would be better to keep this in with the idea that this might further solidify your gains and strengthen them.

So then I would ask, what would you want DR:LD to do versus GLM: Commander to do?

Now another question, and I may have misunderstood or perhaps I’m thinking of someone else, did you post at some point you were having gender identity issues and realized it was because you felt uneasy about being a masculine man? If so, how might that inform which subliminals you might run?

Now another thought, if you run Khan Black as well as DR:LD, I would think of it as that you’d be running 2 healing subliminals at once. Now if it’s overwhelming, you could remove DR:LD from your stack, and either run two OR try GLM: Commander instead.

As for the journal section, we can get back to that later. For now, let’s focus on making this subliminal journey awesome for you.

Are you considering getting a custom? If so, what do you want to put in it?

If you are wanting to add DR:LD or GLM: Commander to a custom, it might be best to run the program from the main shop first to notice how it effects you.

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Ouff. I should have expected I’d get RV’d with the deep and hard hitting questions. Really makes me reflect deeper on these things! :laughing:

To allude. First regarding maturity I feel that I have “grown into” my authentic self even more, and to describe it rather poorly, my being or essence have “settled” more at the seat of itself. Having ASD and ADD I’ve always felt “behind” on the curve of maturity, age wise. For example I am rapidly approaching 40, yet at some times I still feel and act like a 25 year old, in terms of maturity and expression. Now I feel more aligned with my actual age. I guess I feel wiser. And maybe older, too? :thinking:

Second, regarding clarity I can only manage a metaphor:
Imagine standing at the precipice, and all you see is a dark, deep, and murky fog in front of you. What lies ahead? How far down is it? You can’t really see anything so you can’t possibly know, yet you are struck by vertigo anyway as the cold dark winds tug at you from the hidden abyss. Would you take the chance of reaching for your fate? Would you even survive the jump?
But now, it’s like there is no fog. I am still at that very same cliff as before, only now ahead of me are endless blue skies dotted with the odd white cloud. The horizon stretches on and on, and far below are rolling fields of resplendent green, and over yonder, you see the ocean. Beside you, you have a kite glider, and you feel confident that you can indeed fly it. While you don’t know where the winds will take you, you know for certain that you can navigate the currents safely. The breeze is warm and gentle. And with calm confidence, you simply know deep within… that it’ll be totally worth the ride.

Did that make sense?

My immediate goal is to hit the breaks and do some sort of restart in life, release stress, recover health, be there for my family.
And then continuing on to pursue my own fate and fortune without boundaries.

Last week was KBst1, Genesis, and the second cycle of RoD.

*EDIT: After giving it some thought I realized that I should trust Genesis to help me with my current challenges and to find my way, and at the same time making progress with Khan Black. Maybe run my current custom as the third one. It’s a good custom and I might as well make use of it. Actually, that’s a really great idea… Thanks!

Yes! That was me alright.

After a run of DR, and also proper diagnosis of ASD and ADD, I realized that my discomfort were basically due to broken self-perception and insufficient means to grow into a healthy masculinity. More than anything it was all unease from feeling “broken” and a “failure” as a man. The answer I found was to heal that part of me inside, instead of trying to be something other than myself.

Oh my brother, it already is. But yes, we can always add more awesomesauce.

Haha why yes, I am always considering a custom. And what to put in it, well… all the things, obviously :sweat_smile:

But in all seriousness, I’ll need some time to think deeper about that… Genesis and RoM is making me realize all kinds of stuff right now.

Another custom won’t be needed until 2024.


Re:Edit: Rewrote some more stuff :sweat_smile:

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Ka-wow, in the best way possible!

Yes!

So wait, how might your other custom fit in?

What do you want to do?

Plus there are some more module coming out, right? I mean STKS isn’t over.

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Oh shit. I just realized I’ve just finished 2 cycles of Khan Black stage 1, and today I’m starting stage 2. This should be interesting. I’ll start easy with 3 minutes per loop for the first week.

You know, I kept re-editing my previous response as I continuously contemplated on what was important, trying to hone in on that. So yeah - Ka-wow indeed. :slight_smile:

Yeah, a new custom will be relevant come 2024. Besides, my current one has RoM, AM, and True Sell in it so I’ll be happy to keep running it until then.

Yeah… I’ve been thinking a lot about this for the past week. And I really mean a lot.
Will get back to that. Don’t have time to extrapolate on that right now.

Yes! The future is bright, indeed! :sunglasses:

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I have a very particular problem that I need to address initially and with some discretion. I’ve sent a support ticket asking for advice custom-wise based on Emperor Black and PCC. If you want and have the time I can tell you more in a DM.
But having said that, I by no means make claims to your time by flooding your inbox with my problems haha :smiley:

Beyond that. I am considering studying for the SAT to pursue some higher education in… something. Don’t know yet, but I have a list of interests.

I am also looking into starting some sort of tech/online business, as well as a small-scale (personal) finance business.

And I also want to lean into writing more, both online, non-fiction, and creative fiction. By what little I have written people tell me I have some sort of talent, and I love making up ideas for creative fiction, and I’d love to further develop that.

Also since I love gaming and always have, I am having this idea that I might as well start streaming. Kick (new twitch competitor) pays a flat $ per streamed hour, as well as engagement and for ads. I don’t know if it’s viable, but I can’t shake the idea either. Doing that would be a great way to build entertainment skills and a reputation and social currency, while enjoying a passion and being myself as well, to boot.

Those are my current tangible and “worldly aspirations”, but I also want to improve my health in all regards, keep developing my spirituality, masculinity, and inner power and strength, and leadership as well.

So, those are my “wants” at the moment :smiley:

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