The short answer is that it was the result of a period of experimentation.
The longer version:
I learned about Subliminal Club and was attracted to it because of a video I came across in which a guy was sharing about the creation of The Alchemist program. But, the first subliminal I ever bought here at Sub Club was The Ecstasy of Gold.
I bought it and ran it like this:
Stage 1: 1 month
Stage 2: 2 months
Stage 3: 3 months
Stage 4: Indefinitely
I took very little pinpointed action because I was not really ready to take significant action yet. I was very busy with work responsibilities and hadn’t set a specific enough direction for personal wealth projects to enable me to use the off-hours very efficiently or effectively. But I stayed with Ecstasy of Gold because, action or not, it represented (and still represents) a very important aspiration for me. I figured that when I did get my act together, all of the months that I’d spent exposing myself to the subliminal would not hurt. Maybe when I started taking action I would see much faster progress due to all of that exposure.
Anyway, bottom line: I did not feel much reaction to the sub. I also tried working with Limitless and with Emperor during those first 6 months. This was pre-Q. With Emperor, I did feel some subtle reactions and possibly some effects. But more than anything else, this was a period in which I resigned myself to getting an idea of how the programs worked with me.
In May 2020, an experimental new track was workshopped. It was called Stark and was offered in a new build strength called Terminus. Originally, I hadn’t been interested in switching to a new title, but when I read about Terminus, I decided “Well, let’s see if I feel anything more with this”.
Bought it. Played it. And I did feel a difference! For the first time, it was kind of obvious. My state of mind and my behavior. I felt expansive and loquacious. My mind felt kind of active. So, that first experience made a big impression on me. I thought, ‘Well from now on, maybe I’ll work with Terminus builds’.
So, in June 2020, when the Q Store opened and custom subliminals came into being. I created my first two customs: Paths of Wealth Terminus (containing Ecstasy of Gold IV and Stark) and IMBUE Terminus (for fitness and vitality).
That was right around the time that I started this very journal that we’re in right now.
My ideas and experiences have evolved since then, leading me to the current day. And I’m getting ready to close out this journal and start a new one in about 10 days.
In my next phase, I’ll be emphasizing standard QV2 versions of my customs and I’ll be emphasizing action (as best I can). I feel great to finally not be progressing through a multi-stage. Going forward, I want to tie my subliminal transitions to result benchmarks rather than to time periods.
(The major focus of the past year turned out to be my decision in July 2020 to work through Alchemist and Quantum Limitless at 3 months per stage, while playing maintenance loops of my 2 customs. It was kind of heavy, and I’m happy that’s over.)
There are a couple more important details, but that’s the basic idea.