That’s a good one 
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Indeed, my brother.
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Day 5 of 5 processing days
Back tomorrow with Mogul ZP.
Impromptu 24-hour fast. I’ll end it after meditation. (Afternoon meditation’s also an anomaly.)
What else.
nothing. go sit.
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The part of fasting that is interesting to me is this gradual recontextualization or shifting of my relationship with hunger and satiety.
It’s pretty interesting.
The waxing and waning of hunger sensations.
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I’m weighing the option of continuing right now with just Dragon Reborn Qv2 and nothing else.
Or continuing with my current stack of Dragon Reborn Qv2 and Mogul ZP.
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Day 1 of this next 21-day ZP listening cycle. I opted to continue with Mogul ZP and Dragon Reborn.
Meditated from 5:30 to 6:30 am.
Used this listening stack:
In addition, I used the music of Steve Roach set on random play and 1-hour sleep timer.
His is still the best accompaniment to meditation that I’ve thus far encountered.
Experienced a shift and subtle breakthrough within the session and I just took some time to write it down and express it. I’ll paste it to the next journal entry.
The existence of the complex, patterned phenomenon of a human being, or even the phenomenon of a concept itself, is already such a radical defiance of entropy and chaos.
And there is the irony.
A concept of nihilism is—in its very formedness—a radical mockery of nihilism.
Produced against the vast backdrop of a seemingly infinite and formless Cosmos, the concept of nihilism itself is a miracle of complex, creative pattern.
Against the backdrop of actual non-existence, so-called pessimism itself is an optimism-inspiring ray of hope.
True incoherence. True nothingness. True chaos and entropy. These are inaccessible and anathema to the complex interdependence of human minds and subjectivities.
The impulse, the desire, the attempt to cleave to nihilism, are themselves already betrayals and repudiations of nihilism—and, at best, mocking tributes.
For impulses, desires, and attempts are, intrinsically, phenomena of creation, complexity, and patternedness. However aesthetically or subjectively repugnant any of them might individually seem, they are all essentially generative.
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The dream that I end up seeing and experiencing is only the visible tip of the iceberg of what my mind is actually processing.
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I feel like I’m getting a second chance to come back to things that I tried to do earlier, but with a better attitude.
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6:45 to 7:45 pm meditation today
Dragon Blood (ultrasonic)
Steve Roach
We often think that we are “unlucky“ when we discover that we’ve made a mistake;
but the truly unlucky person is the one who never discovers the mistake.
Observation
45 minutes to an hour after completing tonight’s Dragon Blood, I realized I was experiencing a post-subliminal euphoria.
The combination of meditation, Ultrasonic (properly volume-calibrated), and the right music seems to have produced an intriguingly effective outcome.
I’m taking note.
I tend to get these cascades of insights in the shower🚿 and it just happened again.
I jumped out of the shower eventually and voice-dictated them to my Evernote journal.
But together with the observation of the previous post I’m seeing new possibilities that might have interesting implications for not only me but for “atypical gainers”.
In short: Enviromental cues can be adjusted and curated to produce a more effective listening experience.
The greater part of luxury is the capacity to recognize what is luxury.
The greatest bridge to wealth is the capacity to recognize what is wealth.
Now ask again: “What is the value of gratitude?”
Morning meditation (~7:45 to 8:45): Dragon Blood Qv2 (Ultrasonic) with music of Steve Roach
Lately, I’m experimenting with combining Ultrasonic subliminal exposure; evocative, contemplative music; and meditation.
These are three technologies that facilitate absorption and integration, and the (continued) hypothesis is that they may synergize and mutually enhance.
Today was the second time I combined a Dragon Blood (ultrasonic) meditation with music in this way. (I also did it with Mogul ZP on 25 December.) I’m coming to think of it as my own Custom Masking. (guess it’s not technically masking since I wouldn’t hear anything even without the music, but I’m thinking of it that way anyway.)
Both times with Dragon Blood played in this way, I’ve noticed a post-session euphoria that began about 20-30 minutes after completion. It’s going on right now.
wait…I just remembered the passage from the product description. I’ll paste it below:
Similarly to ST1: Dragon Fire, if you are sensitive to energy, you will likely notice profound healing happening in your body, your mind and your spirit
And the description for Dragon Fire says:
If you are sensitive to energy, you will likely notice the powerful purifying flames of Dragon Fire coursing through your body.
So far this is supporting my growing ‘theory’:
Pay attention to the conditions in your life that correspond to greater openness, receptivity, altered states, etc… Where possible (and safe) combine those conditions with your subliminal use.
(yes, I know it’s not quite a theory since it doesn’t predict an outcome. The expected outcome is implicit.)
With ZP tracks now clocking in at 15 minutes, this principle becomes even more applicable and doable.
One of the conditions that seems to be consistently facilitative for me is to be in the shower. Something about the experience seems to plunk me right into Theta states and catalyze a flow of intuitions and insights.
So, yes, I’ve been thinking about experimenting with ZP plays while in the shower. I don’t usually shower for that long, but I could start it as soon as I go into the bathroom. That’s another situation in which I could also add music to further enhance the effect.
We will see.
Buddhist teachings are wise in categorizing Thought as one more amongst the senses.
Cognition is, itself, a sensory channel.
Stop worshipping it, and start taking care of it.
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(note: These are the concepts and ideas that have arisen in my mind this morning. Are they ‘true’? I’ll leave that question to the side for now.
What I can say is that I feel fairly certain that this is my mind processing Dragon Blood.
And it only further confirms that my current listening approach seems to produce an enhanced effect.)
Idea
It turns out that competence in establishing your status within your group and vis-à-vis your context does not automatically equal competence in understanding and discerning your life situation.
People do not, generally, know what they are doing.
Many people, however, derive their confidence from and base their confidence upon their ability to succeed according to the standards established in their social and cultural settings.
It turns out that this confidence is the psychological equivalent of a “display”, of the type used by birds and dogs and cats and so on, to impress other animals with a sense of their power or competence. It is, in other words, illusory and misleading (this does not mean unreal or even unimpressive). I am only now starting to appreciate more of the implications of this.
I have been very mistaken.
Displays:
Appreciate the displays.
But cultivate, ultimately, the discernment to see through them/behind them/around them.
"Don’t let them fool you"
-Robert Nesta (Bob) Marley
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My daughter called and just literally radiated sunlight into my day.
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Meditation 7:10 to 8:10 am
Silent meditation. 2 loop of Mogul (Ultrasonic)
Continuing the focus on Ultrasonics.