The Alchemy of Aliveness
Alive Again - part 4/5 | Your body is an alchemical vessel of transformation.
You are not a problem. And this moment, whatever it contains, is God.
The brilliance of all this becoming is that your body was made for it. Your body is an alchemical vessel of transformation.
The dictionary definition of alchemy can be defined as a seemingly magical process of transformation, creation, or combination. The work of alchemy is transmutation– meaning the ingredients you put into the pot are transformed completely; it turns it to gold.
In this case, your body is the pot.
Your suffering, grief, shame, fear, anger, regret, overwhelm… these are the unlikely ingredients.
YOU are what is being transformed.
The process of feeling fully, digesting our experience, and learning to hold ourselves with grace is what will allow this alchemy to occur.
That’s right– in proper Fool’s wisdom (backwards wisdom) suffering is grace. It’s the paradox of allowing ourselves to have the whole human experience while trusting we are already free.
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