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The process of personal transformation (Alchemy) as a form of spiritual regeneration comes as a process that has two basic stages. The first stage is what's often referred to as our psychological healing, where we shed our false ego built through our formative conditioning, and the second comes by learning...

Strength is a virtue that's employed as the means for subduing and bringing your lower, instinctual nature under your control so it can be utilized as a vehicle for higher forms of self-expression. It's the moral strength and discipline you exercise by using your 'will' to control your own emotions,...

What's portrayed in Esoteric texts as the "Veil of Negative Existence" can be a very elusive idea in the most basic sense because it deals with another realm of life on a higher plane of existence that's hidden, and therefore unknown to us while living in this realm. Yet, like...

As humans, we're always locked into a very fundamental paradox due to the fact that we have what you might think of as two different natures or aspects of ourselves, which, when left to operate in a purely unconscious and natural way, tend to contrast and seemingly contradict each other....

If we hold a symbol of some kind in our mind and concentrate on it in a single-minded fashion, while also setting an intention to penetrate its deepest secrets, our attention serves to activate it, causing it to come alive and start unfolding as a kind of evolutionary flow that...

The idea of Karma has been greatly misconstrued over the years due to a fundamental lack of understanding as to what its design and purpose is and how it functions as a form of soul seed for life. Many have been taught to think of life in terms of separate...

One of the main themes playing out in society right now, especially among the spiritually oriented communities, is that it's somehow their job to try an 'wake people up'. The first and most immediate question that arises from this idea is what do they mean by wake people up? Wake...

The things that come most natural to us often go completely unrecognized because we do them without a direct awareness of what it is we're doing and what it causes. What prevents people from understanding the power of their own mind usually comes because we don't know how to step...

The idea of our higher self can be a bit confusing to understand in the practical sense, because different spiritual systems present it differently by using different archetypes and allegories, while the relationship itself that's being exemplified is basically the same. The most basic principle there is in regards to...

The idea of what it means to love yourself can often seem confusing, because the very concept of self is used in a vague manner without being accompanied by a description of the principles involved. What is typically called the self, is a creation as a concept or image produced...

I gained profound insights into the idea of the true function of the Pineal and 3rd eye of the subtle body, and how it relates to our sexuality by concentrating in a meditative state on a dream I had just woken up from regarding the Principle of Polarity and the...

The most common way the subtle body is represented in the West is through the chakra system where it's viewed as a chain of vertical energy centers that are aligned along the spine and divided into separate compartments as different aspects of our self and how those aspects are associated...

What's referred to as the kundalini energy of the body, often symbolized as being dormant until awakened, is a primal electric force that gives life to all of Nature. It's the power that generates an inner light in those who meditate and concentrate on their spiritual and moral development. This...

The idea that life on Earth is a school for the soul that's designed to teach us in some way can seem a bit confusing to many because we often associate this idea with our pain and suffering brought on by the constant challenges that cause us to struggle in...

As a student and teacher of Spiritual Sciences I have encountered numerous attitudes and methods around the idea of intuition and what it means to receive guidance from higher, spiritual beings of some kind. I've seen many confuse intuition with psychic abilities, which they often boast about with a fair...

One of the most fundamental errors we make in how we think about things comes when we start from the premise of duality and separation. Any hypothesis that's based on a concept of separation while referring to our essential self or spiritual nature is an illusion in the most basic...

While many people are stressed out and engaging in the attitude of pointing fingers and blaming everyone else for what's happening, the world situation is created as the culmination of our collective mindset as a whole. Instead of looking for someone or something else to blame, what if we take...

Hope, and Rebuilding After the Destruction of Illusion In the Hermetic Arcane of the Tarot, the archetypal idea of the star, which is Key 17, follows the the Lightning Struck Tower (Key 16) which represents the destruction of illusion (Key 15) and is what prompts the the dark night of...

What I have come to realize in my lifetime is that all true change only seems to come through extreme situations. The greater the intensity of the situation the more pronounced the emotion it elicits in me, the greater my ability to transform myself and my way of thinking as...

Fear is one of the most powerful spiritual forces there are due to how it functions on the human psyche and within the mind-body relationship. While fear comes instinctively as the means of warning us of an actual danger and immediate threat, allowing us time to prepare or by producing...