Main Disc. Thread - HERO Origins: Sage and a Blade (Now Available! Q Core for Customs Available!)

Product Discussion
#428

Physical transformation was listed in the objectives in the product description

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#429

Hero Origins

Exploring and Attaining the Implications of Mastery, Excellence, Impeccability.

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#430

Now I am curious if there is physical shifting

#431

Also, @Invictus I remember when you first ran khan st4 and got insane results and were praising it you said something about “I wonder how the results will be if I ran through the other stages as well…”.

Well, Total Breakdown seem to have Regeneration and Rebirth. :smirk:

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#432

How do you guys define being stoic?

  • google translate defines it as: “a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.”
  • i define it as: “someone who can process their own thoughts and emotions while facing life”

The topic of stoicism has been on my mind ever since i started using this sub. I have been watching videos on youtube and pondering about it whenever i have free time lately.

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#433

HERO Origins Q Core Available:

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#434

Here we go :partying_face:
Project SSS is now gonna be a reality :heart_eyes:

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#435

I’m thinking HERO, Spartan, and RM:UW. Might trim UW. We’ll see. :smiley:

Also waiting on some support answers, but excited for the possibilities!

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#436

1st week of Hero and Khan

Physical results

  1. I am 90 percent sure my weight is sitting better if that makes sense .I am around 208-210lbs at just below 6’0 . Now i am not lean at this weight but last week I was looking kinda pudgy at this weight but now it seems like I went from like 21ish percent to like 18 . I also realized that I am actually not actually all that hungry anymore .

  2. Due to working shift work for the past couple of years my sleep is all screwed up but I still have very high energy levels . Even without caffiene there is a steady flow of energy .

  3. This was a weird one but I thought I’d add this . After technical sparring yesterday I didn’t get tagged much (barely if anything ) but all of a sudden I began to get more anxious until I was in bed quietly freaking out and thought I was I gonna die but all of a sudden I thought " if i were to die in my sleep right now could I die satisfied with my life " and I little by little began listing all the things I’ve procrastinated on or was too scared to do . It made me realize that I actually take life for granted and once I came to that conclusions the anxiety went away . One thing musashi did stress in his writings is the resolute acceptance of death .

  4. Alot of my technical errors have cleaned up really quickly which was really shocking. No more arm punches and I actually started using shifting footwork during bag work and sparring. Also was able land a rear hook combination which is something I was never able to do .

  5. The growth mindset is also getting better

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#437

The zen/Buddhist/stoic piece of wisdom that keeps on coming back to my head is that of BEGINNERS MIND.

In my goals and aspirations in life, I’m reevaluating all those as if for the first time.

I’m relearning how to communicate in a way that’s more effective and meaningful to me.

In both examples, I’m surrendering to a type of mastery in them, and starting from scratch.

Even in sales, I’m back to the drawing board,

Not because I’m a beginner in any of these areas, but because masters apply the most basic principles masterfully, and so im relearning all of these “basics” in a more powerful way.

Precision and planning are becoming more important to me as well, I crave to live a less tech-consumed lifestyle (that’s a very personal goal I’ve had, not sub specific, but it seems easier on HERO)

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#438

I was just thinking this morning of a custom with Hero Origins and Genesis. That could one day free up a space and allow me to add Revelation of Body to my PHENOMENAUT custom (built around the Revelation program cores).

And then Ouro writes this:

That Beginner’s Mind is so crucial.

Seems like Genesis + Hero would really facilitate that.

The ability to refresh. To embrace (when appropriate) Not-Knowing.

It’s one of my most valued aspects of life.

Did you know that advanced Zen practitioners have been observed in experimental studies? They have the rare ability to decrease attentional habituation. This is not simply metaphorical. Most people, reasonably enough, start to tune out stimuli that repeat for a very long time. But with enough meditative capacity, repeated stimuli continue to be treated as Brand New.

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#439

Here, courtesy of an ongoing dialogue with ChatGPT, are concise and focused definitions of each of the 7 virtues of the Warrior.

  1. Integrity: Being whole and undivided, demonstrating consistency in all actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations, and outcomes. It’s about authenticity and staying true to oneself.
  2. Respect: Acknowledging the inherent dignity and worth of all individuals. It’s about treating others with kindness, consideration, and valuing them for who they are.
  3. Courage: The willingness to face fear, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation. It’s about standing up for what is right, even when it’s difficult or risky.
  4. Honor: A commitment to a personal code of ethics. It’s about being true to your principles and values, fulfilling duties and responsibilities even in the face of adversity.
  5. Compassion: Showing empathy and kindness to others, particularly in times of suffering or distress. It’s about caring for others and seeking to alleviate their pain or hardship.
  6. Honesty: Speaking the truth and acting truthfully in all matters. It’s about transparency, sincerity, and freedom from deceit or fraud.
  7. Loyalty: A strong feeling of support or allegiance, often towards other individuals or a cause. It’s about staying true to your commitments and standing by those you’ve pledged your loyalty to, even in times of difficulty.

I found this helpful because I find that there is a lot of synergy and overlap between the different principles. I wanted descriptions that highlighted the unique core of each one.

I feel like one can strive for these virtues in a way that is rigid and dead, or in a way that is dynamic, pliant, and alive.

The dead way is to treat them as strict titles to be “achieved or not achieved”. In my personal view, this is the inferior way to deal with them. Like trying to live by remote control. Denying how you feel and who you are. It’s a performance. It’s focused primarily on impressing an external observer. But in your own heart, should ever choose to risk facing it, you’ll know how you really feel.

The living way is different. Rather than trying to sweep imperfection under the rug, imperfection is embraced. The hands of the clock will never be able to perfectly display all possible times in one instant. The arrow of the compass will never point to all directions simultaneously. And (to refer back to the Musashi quote from Saint), even if we embrace the full cycle of Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, on any given day only one of those will be in evidence.

Instead of trying to be All Things at All Times to All People, the living way takes a full engagement with the potential of what is Here Right Now and combines that with an openness to What Will Be in the next moments to come.

My clock may not show all times in this moment, but over the course of a full day? It will show all times.

My heart and my actions may not display all virtues in every moment, but–if I embrace and strive for my highest good in each moment–then over the course of my life, all virtues will be manifested.

It’s the ongoing, evolutionary spinning of a wheel, rather than the painting of a static picture of a wheel.

There’s no time for crippling judgment or self-reproach, because the next moment is already here to be faced RIGHT NOW.

If you’re wasting time stuck in the failure of yesterday, all you’ll do is unintentionally recreate a new failure today.

So, instead we run the gauntlet. From birth to death. No time to stop, because it’s still going on.

And when you get knocked down, f–k it; get back up.

Let’s do it.

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#440

So you’re telling me Hero us awesome with gaming???

I didn’t think of it but maybe

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#441

Of course! Here you go:

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#442

I guess I can run Hero and binge on Assassin’s Creed new title. :rofl:

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#443

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#444

@AnswerGroup Just wanted to ask for your thoughts on how H:O compares to Chosen from a social & work context?

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#445

No comparison, really. HERO is very much an introspective kind of experience. People will be drawn to you when they can detect that you’re a powerful, yet moral individual. You can choose to be a leader or the “second in command,” or the individual that does his own thing to help the group.

Chosen is very much “I am the charismatic leader” vibe. People will be absolutely drawn to you and will actively seek your leadership because you’re giving off a “Jean Luc Picard” kinda vibe.

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Ouroboros Within - Khan Black - Mythic Odyssey
#446

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#447

Can i combine Hero and Chosen?