Alchemy isnβt about leaving this world for some hidden realm. Itβs about transmuting every ordinary act into sacred practice. Breath, posture, awarenessβthis is where the Great Work lives.
29.08.2025 02:06 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 7@damienechols.bsky.social
Writer, martial artist.
Alchemy isnβt about leaving this world for some hidden realm. Itβs about transmuting every ordinary act into sacred practice. Breath, posture, awarenessβthis is where the Great Work lives.
29.08.2025 02:06 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 7A clear purpose turns every choice into a step on a meaningful path, instead of just another way to pass the time.
09.08.2025 12:35 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1Daily motivation:
Every disciplined choice you make today is a strike of the hammer on the forge of your soulβdonβt quit, because this is your magnum opus.
Stop asking whatβs next. If you canβt find God in washing a dish, you wonβt find Him on any mountaintop.
03.08.2025 15:33 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 1 π 3If thou but settest foot on this path, thou shalt see it everywhere."
- Hermes Trismegistus -
"If you know the way broadly, you will see it in all things."
- Miyamoto Musashi -
The path isnβt separate from your lifeβit is your life.
Start walking it with presence, and youβll realize it was beneath your feet the whole time.
Two people can stand in the same place and see two different worldsβbecause the world you perceive is a reflection of your inner state. In alchemy, we say βthe laboratory doesnβt lieββyour reality is your lab report.
09.07.2025 20:19 β π 11 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1You donβt need experience.
Just presence.
Just a willingness to begin.
This October, we gather in the Hudson Valley to explore internal alchemy, movement meditation, and ancient ritualβno black belts or robes required.
Beginners welcome. The path begins here:
www.eventcreate.com/e/goldofthep...
I write because one voiceβon the worst day of my lifeβbreathed fire back into my soul. Now I do everything I can to pass that spark to someone else.
open.substack.com/pub/damienec...
Why I writeβ¦..
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The Philosopherβs Stone isnβt foundβitβs forged, one act of presence at a time. What you touch with awareness, you transmute.
Read it here for free:
www.patreon.com/posts/133433...
The Great Work isnβt done in a temple or a cave.
Itβs done while washing dishes.
Folding clothes.
Living life.
Presence turns the ordinary into alchemy.
You can have comfort, or you can have transformationβ¦.but you canβt have both.
Read the full article on Substack at:
open.substack.com/pub/damienec...
I just posted a new video on the first stage of internal alchemy - the phase which corresponds to the element of Earth. You can see it here:
www.youtube.com/live/KSvcrWF...
Thanks, Poppy!
31.01.2025 20:26 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1βDo not concern yourself with Heaven and Hell.
Straight ahead is the pale morning moon.
Set your mind there without a cloud in sight.β
- Kenshinβs death poem. Written in 1578. -
"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."
-Epictetus-
Everything youβre going through is preparing you for what you asked for.
21.11.2024 23:03 β π 24 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials."
-SENECA-