It feels like my core subliminal stack, the powerful one, gives me this huge, powerful tool—like a giant fountain pen.
That’s the long-term strategy.
And then these smaller, more pinpointed tracks are giving me the nib of the fountain pen
That allows me to apply that power in a small manageable practical expression in the immediate, short-term:
Many thanks!!!
I’m thinking forward towards May.
I’ve got my core stack and I divide it into Primary and Secondary. Then I’ve got support programs.
Core programs are so labeled because of how central they are to my ongoing plans and habits. Core programs are long-term programs.
But a Primary Core program gets played more. Possibly 2-3 loops a day up to 5 days a week.
Secondary Core program is more like: 1 loop a day, 3-5 days a week.
Support programs are included to lend strength, focus, nuance, or immediate application to the Core programs.
So, in May 2021:
Core, Primary: PATHS of Wealth Terminus custom, NAISSANCE of Soul Terminus custom
Core, Secondary: IMBUE with Fitness Terminus custom, DUAT Healing Terminus2 custom
Support Programs: RICH Ultima, Mogul Q, Jet Stream Ultima (supporting PATHS Terminus)
Paragon (supporting DUAT and to some extent IMBUE Terminus)
Another Sunday rest day comes to a close. Me and my son hanging around here today. Though, he’s in his computer world, so we didn’t interact that much. We went outside today to restart 0 to 5K. So that’s cool. Guess we’ll do that 3 days a week.
Last week as I walked through the park on the first leg of my hike, I saw that, inexplicably, they’ve removed the ‘police tape’ (or whatever it’s called) in which the pull-up bars and other facilities have been swathed for the past 6 or 7 months. So, as soon as I had a chance, I went back and did pull-ups for the first time in a very long time.
Today was my third time back. Glad to have my pull-ups back. I’m down to just 5 to 7 per set right now, but again, who cares. It’ll go back up naturally as long as I’m consistent. (Thanks Cosmos.)
And tomorrow begins another week.
Keep going
Keep going
Keep going
Magick is essentially the investment of (narrative) forms with (emotional) energy
Don’t read the book, USE the book.
My goal is to build something, not just to have a good conversation.
Running a fair amount of loops these days. Kind of spread out though.
I’m noticing a very gradually increasing mental and energetic capacity,
When I first started running my current playlist, called sol, I found that my mental focus for new projects kind of disappeared. A bit after that, I found that my mental bandwidth for even taking in information was very much occupied.
That was June or July 2020. It fit with the time. Quarantine. I just dug into my weekly rituals and routines. Walk 6.5 miles a day. Meditate an hour. Do my few rituals. Things that were already in a groove, I was able to maintain. But tasks that required new energy were more difficult.
Somewhere around November/December, I noticed a gradual shift beginning. I still didn’t want to do new things, but I had a bit more attention available to, for example, listen to an audiobook. From there, I think, there has been a gradual increase.
Now, I’m finding that it’s getting possible to really take in a bit more information. And today my thoughts have been starting to turn to more involved projects. So, things are progressing a step. Focused action takes even more attention/energy than does information processing. As my capacity for action-taking comes online more that indicates a major step.
I realized today that another thing I’m looking forward to in May 2021 is that for a while none of my programs will be multi-stagers. I went hard in my first 18 months so that I could reach stage 4 on the programs that meant the most to me (Alchemist, Quantum Limitless, and Ecstasy of Gold). Those are all programs that I wanted to approach stage-by-stage; and then to run Stage IV for a long period of time. In May 2021, Alchemist IV, Quantum Limitless IV, and Ecstasy of Gold IV will all be represented in my customs. And I’ll look forward to working with those for a while.
Went back to the pull-up bar today. Interestingly, my abdomen is still sore from the 4 sets on Sunday. (Arms and traps are fine though.) I always do my pull-ups as supinated as possible for a more economical workout (recruits the abs more, hence the soreness).
So, I’ll try to rest more and go back in about a week. I know from past experience that I do not want to play around with my abdominal muscles.
There was one summer years ago when I went too aggressively using one of these
As a result of my lack of self-control, I ended up injuring my abdomen and was unable to do much of anything ab-related for a month or two.
Be patient and let your body heal properly. Usually, it will heal back stronger, and then you can get back to training.
At any rate, legs were still fine, so turned it into a hike instead.
own your projections
You know there’s a whole slew of them. You’ll have to choose which one first. 
Quantum Limitless-related and Heavy Stack-related:
So, back in November 2020, Brandon Sanderson released Rhythm of War, the fourth instalment in his epic fantasy opus The Stormlight Archives.
I’d been planning to reread the first 3 in anticipation of this release, and to then enjoy this latest volume. I pre-ordered the book on Audible. (I’ve been taking in books primarily through audio for years now, since that allows multi-tasking.)
Each one of these books is a tome, so I figured I’d start much earlier, say May or June or so. Then by November, I’d be ready to read the new one.
Then June came and Q arrived.
and the months of occupied bandwidth began.
So that did not happen. I had zero interest in reading any of those books.
By December or so, something starting changing and I found that the desire had returned.
Re-read the first book and fell in love with it all over again.
Over the next 2-3 months, I re-read the next 2.
Yesterday, I finally finished reading Rhythm of War, about 3 months after I had planned. haha. Interestingly, I found that I was pulled to shift between listening to the audiobook and reading visually.
Already posted this in the Music thread, but feeling it again.
Tomorrow I’ll have completed 6 weeks of Alchemist and Quantum Limitless Stage 3.
7 more weeks and then I’ll work with stage 4 for 3 weeks.
11 day washout. 1 to 11 May.
on 12 May, I’ll begin working with the custom program that includes Alchemist IV, Quantum Limitless IV, and Mind’s Eye.
That day, in 11 weeks and 4 days from today, is my next major milestone. I’ll just call it 12 weeks.
But these 12 weeks are not merely about treading water.
It is during these 12 weeks that my first major playlist comes to fruition and completion.
That’s what is happening RIGHT NOW.
sol playlist - May 24, 2020 to May 11, 2021
Alchemist and Quantum Limitless - For me, they’ve always seemed connected. (started July 2020)
Mind’s Eye - Almost a full year with this program. (started May 2020)
PATHS of Wealth Terminus Custom (started June 2020)
IMBUE with Fitness Terminus Custom (started June 2020)
DUAT - Healing and Energetic Flow (started September 2020)
I’m now in the final 12 weeks of my beloved sol playlist.
Appreciate that and prepare for what comes next.
NOVA
At park tonight, pull-up bar:
abdomen pain down to about 20%
That means just right below threshold. Could barely feel it. But sensed that it could come right back if I push too hard.
This means no multi-set work yet.
But when I pass by the bar sporadically I can do a set.
Probably by the end of the week I may be cool for doing sets again.
Here’s another of my joints.
Rest Day
Took a while to get started today.
Meditated from 11:50 am to 12:50 pm (about 10 minutes ago)
Mindstate was unfocused this morning.
Yesterday’s playlist:
Mind’s Eye Terminus2 meditation : 1 loop
Alchemist Awakening (stage 3) : 4 loops
IMBUE with Fitness Terminus: 1 loop (while hiking)
Jet Stream Ultima: 1 loop (while finishing hiking and then back to home)
appreciate these meditation sessions so much
Weird spikes happening in social media responses this weekend.
Interesting.
Every day this walk I do is like medicine
It’s truly amazing
I didn’t do anything incredibly different last week, I think. Though I think there was one day on which I played 4 loops of Alchemist Awakening instead of 3 loops.
But I felt this reconciliation type process happening on Saturday and Sunday and even up to Monday.
Not physical discomfort, but just a sense of being unmoored. It might not have been directly connected to subliminals, but I guess they usually play some type of role.
It’s very funny how there’s no way to grow significantly without experiencing disorientation. But from within that cloud of disorientation, it’s very hard to tell whether any given disorientation is beneficial or not.
