Once a person has made the profound decision to become more than what they have been in the past, a subtle but unmistakable shift begins to take place within them. It is as if, for the first time, they are able to peer just a little beyond the veil that has always obscured their vision, to catch a fleeting glimpse of the invisible prison—the cube—that has, until now, quietly contained and defined their existence. This realization can be both exhilarating and deeply unsettling. Suddenly, the ...
self-mastery
Change can be very difficult, especially when the people around you aren’t changing, or when they have other values that are not inherently your own. This difficulty becomes even more profound and challenging when you find yourself living in a society that is in the midst of deep change. In such a circumstance, you may think that you have to physically oppose others, that you must stand against them or fight them in some way, but this is a grave mistake from the inner alchemist’s...