The Secret of Alchemy
There are those who say Alchemy is the precursor to chemistry; that Alchemy is the wishful attempt to gain immortality through obscure medicines; or that Alchemy is a foolish quest to make gold out of lead.
The secret of Alchemy is that it is a system of personal development; a religion disguised as a profit making center, to avoid persecution during the Inquisition and its predecessor mind-set.
Not all Alchemists knew this secret, some spent their lives looking for medicines and transmutations of base metals and accidentally developed pharmacy and chemistry along the way.
The Philosopher’s Stone is nothing other than the mind, which can transform base metal – the ordinary human consciousness and body – into “gold” or a more (pun intended) refined state of existence. This point of view is actually problematic for most medieval Christians due to the view that the mind is corrupt and grace must come from outside, from God.
The Philosopher’s Stone is the “medicine of the wise” because it leads to mental balance and alertness, which also extend life.
You can spend a lot of brain damaging time trying to puzzle out the secret language of Alchemy, but here are some tips to get you started in actual practice:
1. Find a comfortable upright posture. The spine should be reasonably straight. Hatha yoga seating positions like the Lotus or Half Lotus (with the legs tilted downwards by putting a cushion under only your butt) are good because it is harder to get drowsy. I find that standing postures also work well.
2. Observe your own mind in action. Identify thoughts; the empty space between thoughts, and the observer. Find a state in between excessive ruminating and torpor. Brighten your awareness. Awareness is the Philosopher’s Stone. We are born with it, but we wear it out and let the battery run down. Recharge yourself, recognize it, cherish it, watch if grow brighter over the years, in a decade look back and see how you have changed. There is no mantra, no breath counting, no visualization. Just observing, then relaxing the observer.
3. Build up some inner heat through sex. You know what I mean – the glow you have if you are making out and stop. Sure, there is some frustration, but there is also some heat. Find ways to build up the heat. Observe whether the heat goes out of you if you climax, or whether there is a warm afterglow. Experiment with intercourse for the sake of just feeling good, rather than hitting an orgasm, then stop and meditate, or space out, or go to sleep. Try a week without sex; a week with sex but no orgasm. The thing is, you have to experiment. There is always a little heat associated with sex, just tune into it, listen to your body, and try to enhance it.
4. In your sitting position, imagine there is heat at the base of your spine, and mentally flow the heat up your spine into your head; expand it into your head, then take it back down to the base of your spine. Do this two or three times a few times a week. Don’t get addicted.
If this works for you, then keep exploring and never look back. You have changed your life: that is Alchemy.
The secret of Alchemy is that it is a system of personal development; a religion disguised as a profit making center, to avoid persecution during the Inquisition and its predecessor mind-set.
Not all Alchemists knew this secret, some spent their lives looking for medicines and transmutations of base metals and accidentally developed pharmacy and chemistry along the way.
The Philosopher’s Stone is nothing other than the mind, which can transform base metal – the ordinary human consciousness and body – into “gold” or a more (pun intended) refined state of existence. This point of view is actually problematic for most medieval Christians due to the view that the mind is corrupt and grace must come from outside, from God.
The Philosopher’s Stone is the “medicine of the wise” because it leads to mental balance and alertness, which also extend life.
You can spend a lot of brain damaging time trying to puzzle out the secret language of Alchemy, but here are some tips to get you started in actual practice:
1. Find a comfortable upright posture. The spine should be reasonably straight. Hatha yoga seating positions like the Lotus or Half Lotus (with the legs tilted downwards by putting a cushion under only your butt) are good because it is harder to get drowsy. I find that standing postures also work well.
2. Observe your own mind in action. Identify thoughts; the empty space between thoughts, and the observer. Find a state in between excessive ruminating and torpor. Brighten your awareness. Awareness is the Philosopher’s Stone. We are born with it, but we wear it out and let the battery run down. Recharge yourself, recognize it, cherish it, watch if grow brighter over the years, in a decade look back and see how you have changed. There is no mantra, no breath counting, no visualization. Just observing, then relaxing the observer.
3. Build up some inner heat through sex. You know what I mean – the glow you have if you are making out and stop. Sure, there is some frustration, but there is also some heat. Find ways to build up the heat. Observe whether the heat goes out of you if you climax, or whether there is a warm afterglow. Experiment with intercourse for the sake of just feeling good, rather than hitting an orgasm, then stop and meditate, or space out, or go to sleep. Try a week without sex; a week with sex but no orgasm. The thing is, you have to experiment. There is always a little heat associated with sex, just tune into it, listen to your body, and try to enhance it.
4. In your sitting position, imagine there is heat at the base of your spine, and mentally flow the heat up your spine into your head; expand it into your head, then take it back down to the base of your spine. Do this two or three times a few times a week. Don’t get addicted.
If this works for you, then keep exploring and never look back. You have changed your life: that is Alchemy.
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