The Last Alchemist
A new science is emerging since the mass use of the internet. I like to call it modern day alchemy.
In the past alchemy was a broad ranging science covering everything from transmuting base metal into gold all the way toward personal development and evolving as a person.
I like to think many of us still practice many of these works in everyday life. Sure we might not be actually making Gold but in many ways we are changing lives and certainly we all have plenty of opportunity to make money (gold)
If you are a marketer or use your knowledge to transform an idea into money on the internet you could be one of the last alchemists. Or shall we say new alchemists?
Alchemist magazine is a new publication which interviews others in a broad range of topics. We’ll also be running experiments on ways you can improve your lifestyle.
The broad topics we’ll be covering are staying healthy (living forever, ha ha) and generating money through ideas and creativity. We’ll also take a look at the spiritual fullfillment many people seek. We won’t be getting into any particular religion but rather looking at many of the metaphysical aspects which science proves applies to life.
Let’s look at the movie the Secret for an instant…
Does the movie tell you everything you need to be happy forever. Some might argue yes.
If you ask me I’d say not a chance. I think it points in the right direction and does a great job of spreading the idea of the benefits which can come from a positive though patterns, but is everyone who watches the movie gonna wake up on a pile of money? No.
Then again who am I to talk? Have you seen the Secret? – What do you think?
Has it worked for you?
Is it a big pile of (insert your favorite expletive)
What’s missing from the equation?
I think there is truth to it, but, it doesn’t give you the full “how to”.
There are a lot of people that do have the “midas touch”, where they always come out on top, and it’s not a “by chance” happening.
What “The Secret” does is tell you how to get from point “A” to point “C”, but leaving out point “B”. It’s like giving someone a microchip and saying “This will make you happy and answer your dreams”, but they don’t tell you how to take apart the computer and where to plug the microchip in. Someone that has been unhappy, frustrated, depressed or financially insolvent is not going to just release all of their inhibitions and become positive, happy and project positive vibes all of a sudden. It’s more complicated that just flipping a light switch.
People are the way they are for a reason, where it was something tramatic from their childhood that they may or may not consciously remember, or whether someone is strong minded versus weak minded. We can all stay positive and visualize positive things we want for a short period of time, but it’s human nature to leave that when something crops up or comes out of left field at you. The human mind is a very complex thing, and most people deal on the negative or skeptical side versus the utopian or positive side. I think, before you can truly use “The Secret”, you have to figure out what make you tick, why do you have the outlook you have, why do you have certain tendicies, why do you make the decisions you make, etc,etc. I don’t know if true self discovery alone is enough to fill the gap needed, but I have to believe it’s a big part of it.
The way I know it’s a big part is this: we all want to be happy and experience true joy, yet we tend to spend a lot of our time gossiping negatively about people or things, and being closed minded about things we don’t know or understand. I know I don’t have all the answers, but I feel I have a glimpse.
I think that’s a very realistic and well defined viewpoint. And I agree I think what you touched on about getting rid of emotional baggage may be the biggest part of finding your point B.
You can’t move forward until you deal with where you are now.
So maybe that’s the biggest part of the secret:
Dropping all the dead weight that’s dragging you down.
-It might be negative people.
-It might be childhood trauma.
-It might be fear of failure.
But until you make the conscious decision to accept it or solve it you can’t move on to your true greatness.
Would you agree?
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