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...
spiritual freedom
In my last article, I introduced a particular philosophical perspective that I referred to as the mad logician. This perspective is far more than just a way of thinking; at its deepest level, it is a technique. It is a practice that not only fosters the blossoming of perception and awareness, but also serves as a powerful means for the absorption and containment of energy. This is a central tenet of inner alchemy, the way of being and action that I follow.Recently, a thoughtful reader p...
In the labyrinth of language, terms are not mere signposts but living, breathing entities, shapeshifting according to the winds of context and time. They are slippery creatures, these words, wriggling out of one’s grasp like eels coated in oil when one tries to pin them down. You utter phrases using specific verbal tools, and they seem to resonate with an inner harmony, a symphony that aligns perfectly with the underlying logic of the era. This logic, this governing rationale, is not s...