Something like “I see a red apple in front of me, it’s cold and hard, its surface is smooth and cold, also a bit wet and it smells sweet…” and so forth
Start with 10 min per day, 5d/week. Build up to 45 mins. Take a 5 min break every 15 min
i have never tried this version before.
thanks for the explanation! i will try to stick with the exercise.
Yea most meditations are extremely watered down to make it more accessible to the public.
Never heard of doing image streaming that way interesting.
it’s weird that you and @SwedishBuddha never heard about IMS in that way because that’s the standard procedure.
https://web.archive.org/web/20230325154958/http://www.winwenger.com/imstream.htm
we somehow managed to miss the standard, rofl.
I thought the same as you about Phoenix when I first read the description. Also, the “This is not for the faint hearted” comment put me off. However, for some reason a few days ago I went to the forum thread and saw that everyone is having incredible results fast and apparently quite easily. I was also putting off healing subs, but the truth is that emotional blockages can affect us in all areas of life and development. While listening to LBfH (also a big fan) I got clarity and certainty that I would be OK with Phoenix, so I have added it to my stack now.
I encourage you to have a look at the thread. People there have mentioned emotional regulation.
I didn’t think about reading the testimonials, rofl.
If people here are saying phoenix is easy, It’s more reassuring. NSE should have made it smoother.
i’m gonna consider using it too.
Cycle 10 day 7
LBFH 3m + Mogul 6m30s + AC 1m40s
That was dense but not as dense as when i played LBFH 15m + Mogul 15m + AC 7m.
I believe 5m for Mogul is better than 7m30s with this schedule.
the next 3 days will be rest days, then i will listen to HeO + Mogul on day 11
I have done the 17 listening days + 4 rest day schedule for 3 cycles.
It’s doable, but you have to take the first day of the schedule very lightly. microloop everything for 30s max. listen to the sub on the 17th day right after you wake up and on the 1st day right before you sleep to give as long of a break in between the cycles as possible.
This workaround is not worth it. rest for 5 days.
But I’m not dropping the idea of 21-day schedule yet.
It doesn’t matter what schedule i use, i always get small overload & hidden recon symptoms starting from day 13 - 15. they are small but noticeable with journaling and introspection.
So if i take a mini washout for 3 days in the middle of the schedule, this may solve the problem.
I will stick with the 7 on > 3 off > 7 on > 4 off schedule for a few cycles and compare it with the normal 5 rest days.
I was doing mindless work with youtube playing in the background and i found this.
the power of suggestion.
1 simple line is enough to change someone’s entire day.
Imagine what subs can do.
Cycle 10 day 15
Rest
Productivity high.
Work life balance is good with this stack. HeO + Mogul increase my productive and LBFH’s manifestations give me small rests throughout the day.
This stack is great.
Cycle 10 day 16
Mogul 5m + HeO 4m30s
Productivity high.
A holiday is not an excuse.
if i was going to celebrate something, it had to be about what i achieved.
not a participation award for staying alive.
That’s discussed in pretty good depth in this video. Forget about the ADHD part - he essentially just explains a really interesting meditation technique that happens to be something ADHD people are actually better at than neurotypical people. His argument is that capitalism controls meditation narratives now with apps like Calm and Headspace dominating the industry, so they’re focused on bringing the easiest most accessible types of meditation that the majority of (neurotypical) people can understand.
But in fact, “advanced” meditation is worlds different. And apparently if you have ADHD you’re better at it because it’s all about exploration of self.
I did this meditation without the OM chanting, just listening to buddhist chanting/music from a YT video, and went into my inner world to see the “source” of it all and it was outstanding, I was surfing my inner world and learning so much.
The buddhist chanting music wasn’t really my choice, was with my mother-in-law who was playing it, so i figured i might as well try a different type of meditation than focus-meditation, which is better w/o distraction.
this is a direct result that’s mentioned on the sales page of Mogul. But HEO and LBFH certainly aren’t hurting these results either.
Sorry… I’m catching up on your journal.
Honestly I think you’d be fine with Phoenix. You’re fine with DR:LD and I think Phoenix isn’t NEARLY as hard as that one. But I also wanted to comment on some subs that I think would work well for you.
Primal, you should read the testimonials, EVERYONE is saying how calm, stoic, grounded they feel on it. A very high level of emotional control and zen-like certainty in self + relaxation, overall, even when taking massive action.
The original Godlike Masculinity might be right up your alley…
Sanguine: Elixir is the smoothest healing experience that i’ve ever had (but haven’t run Phoenix tbh) and it may be exactly what you’re looking for. I like it way more than Sanguine. It does everything. And it’s a productivity booster on top of everything else, in a smooth way, nothing frenetic from pushing yourself too hard. It’s just easy to do what needs to be done, then you go back to being happy and chill.
Or if you’re up for it, Emperor Black is BIG on understanding yourself and your shadow to pursue your goals. Doesn’t have to be wealth. It’s about getting an intense understanding and mastery of yourself to push yourself with. This is a good one to understand by reading about on the forum rather than the sales age. It’s nuanced.
Out of all of them though, I think you should try the original GLM the most, though. Or if you’d like you can even go straight to GLM:Commander, it’s very similar to WB in some ways - they were released at the same time and are kind of the sex/status equivalent of each other. The original GLM is focused on internal development.
i think i’d be fine too with running phoenix, it’s one of the top subs that i want to try.
i didn’t read the description for primal because I’m not interested in trying romance subs again.
but i just read it since you mentioned it, i think i might like it. it’s still down in the list of subs that i want to prioritize though.
i had considered this sub, but I’m not interested in being more masculine so i didn’t think much about using it.
yes, sanguine & SE are on top of the list of the subs that i want to try. They sound like what I’m looking for.
I’m really interested in trying EB, but one of the reasons i like LBFH is the manifestations pull me out of the monk mode that I’m already in. I’m afraid EB is just gonna amplify the monk mode even more than necessary. your recommendation to try LE may work better for me.
I just read the description for GLM again, when i don’t pay attention to the word “masculinity”, the sub does sound like what i want. Well, another sub to the queue.
I have so many subs that i want to try. RM:UWX is next for sure,
but then there are other subs lined up now. QL, Phoenix, GLM, SE, Sanguine, LE.
a custom is inevitable a year from now 
Sounds like HeO and LBFH are super long term and stable for you - maybe you just run them all the way up until you combine them into a custom
Yea I’m going back into dzog chen a bit now with open sky it’s super cool and give extreme bliss.
What I kept from TWIM is the 6r those are the genius thing that you can use for all aspect of life.
Is that what this meditation would be called, dzog chen?
I’ve heard of that a lot, when I was deep in Vipassana meditation, living in china for a little bit, that’s what all the monks there did. But I didn’t dive into it because i was on my own path
Think it’s spelled like that. But the meditation is open sky so you expand your awareness to your entire visual field and just let the visuals pass through you.
Then you add sound, and body awareness. With sound you listen to all sounds equally without focusing on any specific sound, And let it pass through the silence.
It make you extreme equanimous as you treat all visuals sound and body equally. It’s also more extroverted than most meditations so it’s good for social stuff as well.
Aka talking to girls. It gives so much bliss it’s very interesting. How can expanding your awareness give so much bliss I have no idea.