Began my first cycle of Chosen, Limit Destroyer and Emperor in this order. I listen to all three of them at one go, 3 or 5 minutes each. My schedule is one day on (3 minutes), one day off, then one day on (5 minutes), probably two days off, and repeat.
Before this stack I did shortly Limit Destroyer, Stark and Emperor (2 weeks+ then 9-day washout). I didn’t listen to all of them at one go, my schedule was 7 minutes LD+Stark one day, then day off, then 7 minutes LD+Emperor, then day off. Yet as I continued this stack, I felt like the stack was pushing back against me. I wanted to hold on to that stack since Stark worked on me faster than Emperor, yet the recon was quite potent and persistent. Before long I realized that I had to drop either Emperor or Stark.
I felt like both Emperor and Stark brought me both good effects and less stellar effects. When it came to choosing between them, it was akin to a trade off, my focus became on what kind of side effects I was willing to handle in order to obtain the positive manifestations.
Emperor for me was quite grounding, to the point I’d say bordering inflexible.
- I’d say the not so stellar effects was it enhanced the serious/introvert side of me; I was quite reserved, no small talk, and had little facial expression.
- My thinking and behavior were one track and straightforward. I could be quite boring, and intense.
- I also felt like it could be quite harsh and unsophisticated when pushing me to do something I didn’t feel like doing; It pushed me out of my comfort zone but it seemed to pay no mind if it was a cliff in front of me.
- I got irritated more frequently yet the good side was, paradoxically, I was in control of my emotions, and by extension my reactions. I was used to got carried away by my emotions, so it was eye opening to me that one day when I got angry I had this voice asked me “What exactly are you angry at? Why the what makes you so angry?” and as soon as these were asked my anger subsided. That never happened before.
- The physical shifting aspect was also working quite well, my voice was deeper, my body shape was also improving (I ran it for three cycles though never solo)
Stark on the other hand enhanced the extrovert side of me.
- I was more talkative, more smiley, more flexible, more nature to be in touch of my feelings.
- I felt that Stark indeed helped improve my cognition; I was more big picture thinking, made associations more effectively, and more deductive.
- People responded to me better than Emperor.
- The flip side was I was more anxious, less stable, more violable. Even though I drew a sound reasoning, my emotions refused to accept it.
- The deep voice I got from Emperor disappeared like that.
Now back to Chosen. I ran it once so far. I don’t know if this counted as perspective shift but Chosen unexpectedly brought up the disquiet concerning death/dying combined with the reflection on what’s important in life. When listening to the stack I felt quite hopeful during the run (it might be because I primed my mind with AsC before the stack). Yet soon after the followings happened:
- Suddenly had a serious reflection on what and how I’d react when facing death’s door.
- I had this deep sense that my struggles against materialistic stuff/wealth were petty and off target. As in a disappointed voice asked a rhetorical question “Out of all the important things/misfortunes in your life/in this world that is what you focus on?”
The above lasted no more than 10-15 minutes, then I was reverted back to my carnal self.