I’m obviously not sword fighting (yet) but if you’re in any sports, or even big into fitness that involves a mind-body connection, HERO will be awesome for you
And the 1-1 component that’s helpful for swirdfighting… IIRC… is even mentioned to be helpful for other 1-1’‘s like chess?? Or am I misremembering?
It’s not about sword fighting. I just won first place in a wrestling competition I had no business winning - finals was against an actual wrestler that weighed 30 pounds more than me. Meanwhile I don’t wrestle 
The combat scripting was insane. Wrestling, jujitsu, sword fighting, boxing, probably even arm wrestling, if it’s got physicality to it, HERO will rock
Cycle 7 Day 1
LBFH 15m AC 7m
A lot of my curiosity has been satisfied. i will not do a lot of experiments after this cycle.
LBFH + HO, then add DR once the ZPv2 MAX version comes.
I may make an LBFH + HO custom after I see what feels lacking with the stack and fill the cracks with modules.
looking back, a lot of things have happened in the past 6 cycles
It feels like it has been at least a year with the amount of changes that have happened in such a short amount of time. i feel like a child experiencing a ton of new things in life in just 5 months.
From meeting great people, great opportunities, having deeper relations, deep internal changes, everything feels new.
My only regret is not starting SC way earlier. i have known about SC for around 3 - 4 years but I never tried any of the subs until I heard about LBFH.
Cycle 7 day 2
Rest
I want to run LBFH solo, it’s really good.
I will do only microloops with HO in this cycle.
I’m repeating what I’ve written in this journal so many times but the effects of LBFH are just too good. The self assuredness, self love, manifestation, tranquility etc, everything is really good.
Looks like BDLM is doing its job 
Cycle 7 day 5
LBFH 15m HO 1m
HO’s effects:
-productivity is high and it covers more than mogul did. I’m doing things that I had been putting aside.
-i feel more curiosity in studying my work, swords, stoicism, image streaming & meditation.
-it lifts up my pride, respect, integrity, honor etc towards my work a bit higher.
-emotional control, i can feel it but i can’t describe it yet compared to WB.
-my mind is imagining combat movements on its own. It’s s a funny effect.
-more endurance & stamina in my workouts. i can’t say for sure about strength yet but i did feel a bit of an improvement there.
-i don’t feel more ambitious. it just feels natural to do all of these like it had been my habit long before i started HO.
LBFH’s effects:
it’s the best sub ever. i wanted to list a lot of things here but i’d be repeating myself.
the manifestations, self love, self appreciation etc. the effects are really good.
the only downside is the less productivity recon if i don’t use HO or Mogul.
LBFH + HO is really good so far. if this goes on then i don’t think i’d need another sub for a long time.
Update 1:
I don’t think I need more than microloops.
i will only do 10s increase every listening day.
but I will do 15m on every listening day before the 5 day washout.
Update 2:
“that’s not morally right”
“it’s not responsible if I leave it like that” etc
I’ve been subtly having these thoughts every now and then. i love it.
work productivity is lower but that’s because I’ve been busy learning how to do it better.
the desire to learn and improve is insane, but I don’t feel like they are urges,
more like it has already been my habit all this time. really natural.
From the title description:
This title contains many references to the wisdom found in the classic text, “Book of Five Rings” by famed Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, along with the concepts of bushido and stoicism.
So yes there is stoic scripting in it.
Yeah i guess that’s the case lol
I wasn’t really interested in HO but reading your journal makes it very appealing. Being grounded and optimising life things sounds great.
I think everyone should try HO at least once. It’s a really great experience!
Cycle 7 day 7
HO 50s LBFH 15m AC 7m
I’m more obsessed with videos about stoicism & musashi. Productivity increased in a lot of areas, I’m not just tunnel visioned into my work anymore. The urge to learn & become more efficient is also there.
“i have to do what’s right”, etc, I’m holding myself to higher standards, and i love it.
LBFH is doing its thing. self love, self appreciation, self assuredness etc. this is the best sub ever. LBFH + HO is a great combo.
does HO have scripting to help with nutrition & picking what to eat/drink? i feel like it has this function but I’m not sure.
Update 1:
I think HO 50s + LBFH 15m + AC 7m is too much. it feels heavy. 10m stack + AC 7m is the best for me.
It’s like with Sanguine which is the best sub for dealing with recon. It seems to me that sedatives could be one of the best ways of mitigating recon.
What kind of sedatives do you mean?
sorry i will slip in between the conversations 
I decided to do this going forward:
1: LBFH + AC
2: Rest
3: DRLD + HeO
4: Rest
5: DRLD + HeO
6: Rest
the 30s every 6 days mogul experiment that I did last cycle proved that I can run a sub once every 6 days and still get the benefit.
mogul’s effects usually started to wear off on the 5th day and I couldn’t feel it on the 6th, but that was with only 30s microloop, I will run LBFH for 15m so I believe it won’t be noticeable on the 5th & 6th day.
Cycle 7 day 10
Rest
Looking back, I broke through multiple limits that i had been dealing with for a while with only 1 microloop of DRLD. it didn’t feel like i broke through something, it just flowed naturally like the plateaus weren’t even there before.
it showed me what i did wrong, what has to be done, and guided me to solve the problem.
my intuition was right, adding DRLD was what i needed. HeO’s effect of increasing my intuition is insane.
LBFH is working too. i need to be productive & focus on all the new activities that i started doing now, so i’ll only use LBFH for once every 6 days. Let’s see how this schedule will affect me.
Update 1:
I feel my body looks more buffed.
Buffed might not be the right word, but it looks better.
Update 2:
I think I understand more about what it means to just observe when doing vipassana. I feel like I’m being guided to go through the limit which made me confused about how the process works. the process flows really naturally. I don’t feel like I’m breaking through, I feel like there’s nothing to break, the answer is there all along.
Update 3:
Productivity high.
HeO + DRLD is a good combo. i felt the same as when DRLD unlocked mogul’s potential in me. I’m getting more from HeO.
It feels like I have a personal guide that shows me what to do, what to fix, what to improve etc.
I thought I needed to slowly build the habit to get more of HeO’s effects, but after using DRLD, everything just shifted to the right place. the best part is, the process feels really natural. i don’t feel like I’m trying, i just do. like it’s who i am all along.
Cycle 7 day 11
DRLD 2m HeO 1m
productivity high
i’m getting more into vipassana and meditation because of HO.
DRLD helps the process become smoother.
I’m beginning to think about stoic quotes when something happens and act as the quotes say.
DRLD helps me understand and execute them better.
DRLD really makes the whole process much smoother, faster and easier.
Cycle 7 day 12
Rest
I always believe that victim mentality is wrong and i train myself to not be one.
HeO shows me the leftovers of the victim mentality that i wasn’t aware of, fixes it, changes my mindset about it to be more positive and more.
HeO is now my favorite sub only after LBFH. It enhances everything i do, refines my mindset, shows me what to improve etc.
I’m glad i know about vipassana from this forum. Applying ideas from stoicism would be harder without it.
Update 1:
I think this is the most productive I’ve been in my life. I’m usually only productive on my work and neglect the other things. but now I’m doing everything and it feels really natural.
Cycle 7 day 13
LBFH 15m AC 7m
This is the first time I feel like I don’t need to use LBFH anymore.
I still want to, it’s my favorite sub to run, but I have other things to prioritize now that HeO has shown me more to achieve.
The healing is done. I’ve done a total of almost 6 cycles of it.
i have achieved everything I wanted from it and much more.
greater self confidence, greater self love, greater life, this is the best sub ever.
Update 1:
something that made me more sure about my decision to stop using LBFH happened right after I wrote this. i think it’s a manifestation to help me focus more on HeO.
Update 2:
HeO helps me reframe what I used to think as negative events to be positive.
it didn’t happen to me, it happened for me.
and if I don’t reframe it, HeO helps me process my thoughts & emotions. either with vipassana or other means. i have been doing something similar to this for years, but HeO makes the process deeper and more automatic.
as usual, the effects from SC subs feel natural. i feel like this is what I usually did before I started using HeO. i don’t feel like I’m becoming something, I just am.
What do you think will replace LBFH? Back to Mogul? DR: LD? Limitless Executive?