Opinions ensue:
JC is accurate in saying that Alchemist can be suitable for a beginner. And notice that he did not say that it is only suitable for beginners.
It will help you to solidify, integrate, and strengthen your path and your practices. It will also very likely open up additional channels of growth and of perception that you might not have anticipated or worked on in the past.
I think the time question is a little bit irrelevant. On the surface it may be relevant. But not once you go deeper.
Two main reasons (in my opinion):
- Let’s say you have been working on spiritual, cosmological, ontological cultivation. Let’s say you’ve been developing and refining Internal Energy and Intentionality for some time already. You’ve built a strong solid comprehensive foundation, and have achieved momentum of development and evolution. Things are moving along well.
In this first scenario, you might not decide (at this time) to stay with each stage of Alchemist for two months. With the foundation you’ve built, you actually have the tools of internal feedback to determine how long you wish to stay with each stage. So you might stay shorter or longer with a given stage. Thus you might choose to stay with the program for anywhere from 4 months to 12 months.
But either way, if you’re doing something real and feeling real changes happening, then you’re not wasting your time because the process is being supported and energized.
And that’s actually the 2nd point.
- There is a real process (set of processes) and context for running these subliminal programs, and that context (as you probably know) is much larger and more extensive than the programs. I’m talking about the reality of our actual developmental processes. That’s where the timing comes from and that’s what sets the actual pace. The more clued in we are to the shifts and changes and seasons of Reality, the more the timing and patience/impatience issues of the programs become irrelevant.
It’s not about checking off the boxes of ‘Ran Alchemist once’ or ‘Ran Khan Black twice’. That’s not the reason for the recommendations. Or it needn’t be. I think it can more so be about consolidating and integrating your connection to your Internal Situation.
The difference between a ‘beginner’ and an ‘experienced practitioner’ is Informed Attention. In other words, when you pay attention with an experienced eye, you are (sometimes) able to glean more valuable information than would a beginner. You can feel the trends and changes, you can sense energetic movements, and you even have some context for occasionally interpreting them in accurate or useful ways.
So the approach would be to 1. yes, run Alchemist, but also 2. apply your experienced, informed Attention to calibrate your duration, engagement, and application of the program. Allow your experience to guide how you use it and respond to it.
From this point of view, it’s well-nigh impossible for you to waste time, because you’re constantly in touch with the relevant processes.
The same internal systems and domains of you that are developing when you use Aeon are also growing and evolving while you are using Alchemist and Khan Black.