Here’s my impression of AEON st1 after five weeks (one cycle, solo); I was doing a Mo-We-Fr listening schedule, weekend always rest and now I’m on a short washout from Thursday until next Wednesday. After that I’ll continue with AEON st2, although I was contemplating really hard if I should go with a second cycle of st1 because I liked it so much. In every case, next cycle I’m going to stack AEON with Hero:Earth.
In one sentence, what AEON st1 does, in my experience: it sharpens awareness.
This very much is self-centered awareness. It’s not so much about being aware of others, their behaviour, their emotions, social cues etc. - it’s all about self awareness.
So what does that mean?
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Awareness of energy held within. I really was able feel and comprehend the difference between KB st3 and AEON st1 in this regard. While KB st3 builds up a lot of energy in the lower dantian, AEON does not necessarily generate it, it made me aware of the energy that I’m already holding there. I think I wasn’t able to use this energy more or better than before, but at least it made me so clearly aware that I do hold a lot of energy that can be translate to a lot of potential waiting to be used.
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Awareness of energy leakage. I wasn’t expecting that, because this reads very much like the “Energy Preservation” feature of stage 3 but I knew intuitively where I was spending energy on things that don’t serve me. I guess this is from the “Inner Intuition Development” of st1, because it was a some kind of knowing that some behaviour does not serve me. And the best thing: I was able to reduce this kind of behaviour.
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Similar to my second point, I was massively made aware of routines that I already have and also those I could implement, that serve my health, my wellbeing and my development. I was able to pick up some new routines very quickly and after one month, I still have no problem to stick to them - it feels very natural to do so. These routines are revolving around workout, nutrition and sleep.
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Because of these routines - and this is an indirect consequence of st1 - I felt more energetic, more clarity, more presence. This then translates into awareness again. So it’s kind of self-feeding or self-maintaining, a positive feedback cycle.
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The grounding effect in difficult social situations is real. I never lost my temper nor my cool. Amazing result for me, because some people or events can trigger me in certain situations and although I have had some of these situation, I stayed calm and centered. So this could be called awareness in stressfull events.
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And, last but not least: AEON st1 really felt great all the way! Light, good mood, no recon. I started with 30s → 40s → 50s in the first week, then 1min → 1:30min → 2min, 2min → 3min → 3min. When I reached 5 min in the fourth week, I clearly felt the recon as thought like “Subs don’t work at all” - the interesting part is that I immediatelly knew that this is recon and lowered my exposure the next listening day back to 3 min and everything was fine again. Did 5 min on my last listening day again and didn’t get this kind of recon again, but I’m on the short six-day washout now anyway.
So this is it. AEON st1 has helped me to make tangible changes in my everyday life and practice, more so than in many years before. Groundbreaking stuff!
Thank you Fire and Saint for this gem!