In the pursuit of knowledge, inner alchemists often tap into certain wells of information found in the world at large. These wells are deep fonts of knowledge, and to access them, we seek what I call “keys.” I’ve discussed these keys in my writing, describing them as starting points or portals that lead to deeper reservoirs of wisdom.
Recently, while responding to a reader’s comment, I was prompted to provide the starting point for a particular key—one that unlocks ...
breaking the simulation
In my writing, I often write about something I have referred to as the cognitive position. In this article I want to do a bit of a deep dive into this term and exactly what I mean by it. To say that this is perhaps one of the most crucial aspects of inner alchemy would be an understatement. The whole of inner alchemy is based on movements and shifts of the cognitive position, and whatever techniques that I have discussed and written about over the years are in a sense solely focused on the m...