I would make the customs:
Genesis Core + Revelation of Spirit + Deep State (instead of RoM Core).
And…
Genesis: Mogul Core + Nouveau RICH Core + Inner Gasoline (instead of KB Core) or Synergy: The Golden One (instead of Genesis: Mogul Core) + Nouveau RICH Core + KB Core
Cool ideas eh?
If you don’t mind me asking:
How do 3 cores in a ZP custom compare to a 3 cores in a QTKS when it comes to processing and integration?
That is such a good question.
Unfortunately, I have the exact same question.
When I was running ZP customs, I tried harder to stick to the 2 core rule.
One of my customs was Sapiens which had the program cores: Emperor and Quantum Limitless.
The other custom was called Naissance, and was built with The Alchemist and Sage Immortal. (But I also included the experimental core, Ascension Chamber).
Part of the reason that I’ve included 3 program cores this time is that these are QTKS customs. And while it’s not actually written anywhere, I decided that this build might possibly be able to work for me with 3 program cores.
The other thing is that when it comes to QTKS customs, they are meant to be played for a long time with no change. Ideally the person would have one QTKS custom and that would free up one to two slots for other possibilities. So, since I knew I would be playing these programs long-term, I decided to make them exactly as I wanted them; even though that meant three program cores.
Apart from that, my processing almost always feels gradual. I think it’s probably just the nature of my mind. There are a few exceptions from time to time. I had an immediate response to Genesis. And I had an immediate response years ago when I first ran Stark Terminus.
When it comes to PHENOMENAUT, it fits pretty organically with my overall life-commitments and life-directions. I’ve been working on those projects for many years, basically since childhood. In a sense, processing and integration is not an issue. I’m willing to be patient, and I’ll be walking the path in either case.
When it comes to BUILD, that’s different. There’s more heavy lifting for this program to do. I am not a person with an incredible wealth and entrepreneurialism background. Nonetheless, I believe in myself. I don’t mean that I believe everything will always be smooth and I’ll always do and achieve exactly what I wish. I mean that I believe in myself. I am the core subliminal. I am following my goals and dreams. That is the case no matter what the scenery and the tools around me might happen to be.
So ultimately, it’s on me.
I’ll do what I can to create what I wish to create as long as I’m given the amazing blessings of breath, life, and intention. And thank god for each additional tool that makes that process a bit more supported (for example, my subliminals).
So, I worry about processing and integration sometimes. But underneath that, I’m mainly just wanting to walk the path.
Yes.
At the same time, I love each one of those specific program cores.
What would I have done if The Revelation of Body had been released?!
haha. I’d have three customs then. One with Revelation of Spirit, Revelation of Mind, and Genesis. One with Khan Black and Revelation of Body. And one with Genesis Mogul and Nouveau RICH.
Lol! Back to square one!
I myself am wondering about RoB and think I might end up with a dedicated healing custom with Paragon Complete and Revelation of Body Cores.
I always seem to end up sacrificing healing.
Other projects keep taking precedence.
Then every so often, I’ll dedicate 2 or 3 months to it.
I can relate. I dedicate a lot of time to physical healing and then get sick of it rofl!
That was very insightful!
Ascension Chamber is such a unique core. It feels very light, maybe comparable to the NSE, but incredibly powerful.
QTKS is a challenge to me, because I love to tinker, add just a bit every now and then especially with every new module pack. Maybe it is just not for me, or only partly. I could see a QTKS for health, fitness and overall enhancers as they will be in any stack somehow.
Thank you so much for sharing!
Your journals are an inspiration.
Be grateful for what you are able to experience.
The opposite of Life is not Death; Death is a part of Life.
The opposite of Life is utter Non-Existence. To have never existed at all.
So many possibilities and potentials have never existed, and yet, somehow, improbably, you are here; as part of All This.
Meditation with subliminals this morning.
As I imagine it, I’m still in the adaptation phase right now; adjusting to the transition to full 15-minute loops.
But it’s proceeding quite smoothly so far.
Grateful for that.
System’s processing the load, but we’re not immobilized.
Sometimes I freeze up when I have too many large things to work on at the same time.
During that time, I think that my mind is trying to process and possibly organize all of it.
And there may be a temporary span during which my capacities are ‘occupied and offline’.
Now that I think back, that was happening during my first Dragon Reborn run. I used similar metaphors a lot during that time. On Dragon Reborn, though, I found that opportunities were still streaming towards me even though I felt ‘offline’. I remember that.
Now, I find myself with about 7 simultaneous projects at work. All with some beneficial potential. But I found myself not moving forward on any of them. And I think it was an expression of that temporary overwhelm.
At such times, it’s sometimes helpful to switch the lens from ‘The Big Picture’ to ’ step-by-step’. Then eventually, when my mind has parsed and integrated things more, I can switch back to ‘Big Picture’. (Big Picture is where my mind naturally likes to hang out, but it’s not always the most strategic space.)
Time to take a rest from subliminals.
I follow a weekly Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday schedule.
This means that I take one extra day of rest each week compared to the standard instructions.
So, I’ve just gone through 4 of those T, Th, Sa listening weeks. Now, I’ll rest for a Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and then resume on Tuesday 2 July 2024.
Slightly altered play schedule, but seems sufficiently close to the spirit of the generic guidelines.
When Tuesday comes, I’ll be on a plane on my way to visit my parents for a month. I’ll work remotely during that time.
Thoughts from this morning’s practice:
Identification vs Objectification
Association vs Dissociation
Reflecting on this famous ancient ‘debate’
A:
身是菩提樹
心如明鏡台
時時勤拂拭
勿使惹塵埃
B:
菩提本無樹
明鏡亦非台
本來無一物
何處惹塵埃
Hui Neng the ‘6th Zen Patriarch’ was the one who said part B, thereby establishing his legitimacy as the next recognized leader of his era.
First guy gets a bad rap sometimes. But his points were practical and valid.
Anyway, those were some of what surfaced as I sat ‘objectifying’ the various ‘identifications’.
It just struck me this morning that so much of what I’m doing, exploring, and communicating is still basically dharma.
Phenomenological engagement
Navigating the Invisible World
The primacy of Empathy
and so on and so on.
I’m describing it in my personalized terms
But it’s all ultimately rooted in engagement with Consciousness
At risk of only partially understanding the Chinese translation, what about another side of the debate that there is no mirror or dust because the mirror is only in the mind, as well as the dust?
Firstly, happy to be able to discuss with you.
Secondly, the view you’re describing is fairly similar to part B. Not completely identical, but similar.
The first part says:
Bodily experience and substance are the foundation, the substantive medium, and the ‘tree’ that gives rise to Awakening, (or Awakeness might be better);
Mental awareness is the mirror that reflects the fundamental Luminescence that is Being
Always and ever with disciplined constancy must we polish and clean its surface,
So that we never allow dust to collect (thereby obscuring awareness of the fundamental nature of Existence)
The reply says:
Awakeness (as the nature of all existence) is not dependent on any tree
Luminescence (as the nature of all things) depends on no mirror
In all that is, there has never actually been any extant thing
And so where is there that dust could possibly gather?
So when you write that:
That is somewhat aligned with Hui Neng’s assertion.
Yet, in fairness to Shen Xiu, who wrote the first couplet, he never said that the dust or the mirror were not of the mind. He simply said that, whatever the origins of dust or mirror, our proper course is in any case clear: we must polish ceaselessly to avoid obscurement of view.
In some ways, it is an exchange between two contrasting but equally legitimate paradigms.
In other ways, it is a conversation about styles and attitudes of practice.
You’re thoughts are profound! Thank you! 
