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Have you ever wanted to really do
something, something big, something

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important that you really, really
wanna do, and the first thing

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that jumps into your head is, how?

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Usually it’s how much money will that
cost, or how will I get that money to

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do this amazing thing, or how can I find
the time or the people or the resources

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to do this amazing thing, this great
idea I just had, like how, how, how?

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Yes, those resources, like
where can you find them?

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How, how will I get what I need,
and how come so-and-so- … has

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what I need and I don’t?

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Well, today is your lucky day, ’cause
we’re gonna talk about why you should be

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asking better questions with yourself,
starting with the why, not the how.

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And this is what we focus on when we
talk about this part of our alchemy work.

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We call it the how of why, which
is how to ask why in your life

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as the primary question to be
asking about anything at any time.

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Yeah, and we’re gonna start talking
and asking better questions, which

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is also, Leta, at the heart of what
we call the alchemy life strategy,

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which we do in the learning center.

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We do it all over.

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We do it at retreats, we do it at events,
we do all kinds of different things

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around this alchemy life strategy, and
today we’re gonna talk more about that.

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Yeah, we’re gonna be talking
about why asking why is a much

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better question to ask yourself-

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…
and that sounds really important.

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Yeah, but wait, we have
to start the podcast.

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But why?

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Okay.

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So we can start talking about this topic.

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Welcome to Inspired Action Alchemy.

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This is where we have motivational,
inspiring conversations and interviews

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that we hope you’ll enjoy listening to.

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Join us and other inspired
alchemists-in-training on this alchemical,

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transformational journey
Otherwise known as a podcast.

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Welcome to the Inspired
Action Alchemy podcast.

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This is pod 149.

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I’m Jay, and I’m here with my
co-host, as always, Leta Herman.

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Hello, inspired alchemists.

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So today, let’s keep going, Leta.

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Let’s talk about that moment
we were just talking about.

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You get an idea to do something, or
you get inspired, or you get this

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lightning bolt, the clouds part, wah.

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You… It lights you up.

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You can’t stop thinking about it.

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You find yourself telling
your friends about it over

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dinner, and then wah, wah, wah.

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And then wah, wah,

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wah.

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Almost right away you’re
asking that big question.

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Or people are saying, like, “How? How are
you gonna do that? How, how, how?” Right?

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So that is usually, eh.

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Things come to a
screeching halt sometimes,

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right?

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Yes, within a few minutes that idea
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so energized and excited, starts to
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almost always just kill the vibe and
start to lead you down a road filled

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with delays, roadblocks, and dead ends.

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Eh, eh.

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Eh.

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Okay, one more stop before
we keep going again.

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Let’s do a quick recap.

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Let’s do a quick recap before
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Oh, okay.

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So- On- Let’s do a- The last
podcast … the last pod- All

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right … the last podcast.

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Because this sets it up.

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That’s why, because it sets it
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That makes

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sense.

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All right, so last time we talked about
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something you’re supposed to get rid of.

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A lot of spiritual d- traditions
teach desirelessness, but alchemy

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actually begins with lighting up
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what you really want from your life.

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The wanting is the fuel.

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It’s what we do with that
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interesting, for us anyways.

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Yes, and we also talked about the
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needed to get away from everyone for a
while, which we lovingly call unpeopling.

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By the way, I’ve been telling people
that, and people are into the unpeopling.

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Like, I’m starting a trend here, okay?

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I, I’m the pioneer of the unpeopling.

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It’s not a bad thing.

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It’s just sometimes we need
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lives.

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Well, the alchemists believed when
they unpeopled they could hear

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themselves more clearly because all
those other voices weren’t talking.

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And so wait, if you unpeopling, do
that after you listen to the podcast.

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Yes.

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Don’t unpeople before you listen to the
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But un- you can unpeople
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And we also talked about why the
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and why that’s actually good news.

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Because the ordinary human work at
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much of our transformation happens.

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Yes, and we also gave you some
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If not, you can go back and do
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and then do it if you want.

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We asked you to notice when you try to
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you’re still guarding against without
trying to, air quotes, “fix it” here.

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Time- It- without trying to fix it, Leta.

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And we gave you the free, uh, What
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is still waiting for you at the
alchemylearningcenter.com/want.

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If you did it and something
came up, today is the next step.

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And if nothing came up yet,
that’s completely fine.

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You can do it again and bring whatever
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Yeah, it’s not a rush.

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It’s a journey.

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We’re gonna just take it one step at a
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and we’re just gonna always be here.

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So whenever you wanna just hit
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Oh, and that reminds me, we have
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in the alchemylearningcenter.com.

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Um, we’re gonna be opening our doors
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Yes, that’s this close.

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I can’t believe it’s this
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I know.

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We also have, before that, we have a great
webinar coming up at the end of October.

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October.

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If you’re not afraid
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…
then you can come to our
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Pre-Halloween

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pre-Halloween, October 29th
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We’re going to be talking
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the, and Daoist alchemy.

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We might mention some ghost points
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I remember going trick-or-treating and
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coming out with- Yes … a bunch of candy.

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Well, we’re gonna have you- Yes … come
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cauldron, but we’ll give you some treats.

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Well, the theme of this
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You are the cauldron.

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So you stick your hand in your own
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I don’t know.

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That doesn’t

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sound right, does

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That does not sound right.

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That does not

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sound right.

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But you get the metaphor.

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You are the strong cauldron.

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Where all of the change and
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And the treats.

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And the treats.

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And the Tootsie Rolls.

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What was your favorite?

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Reese’s.

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Boy, they got us, didn’t they, huh?

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They got us.

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Okay, so that was a
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All right, so that was a little pause for
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have one more thing, uh, to talk about.

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Rate and review, uh, if you love
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book, Cultivating the Thirteen Ghost
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And by the way, that book,
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Points, is now in soft cover.

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Everyone was asking, asking, asking,
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so we did, and we’d love a review
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The hard cover’s been out for a long
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We, we’ve got some mugs, T-shirts, hats.

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We, we just have some good stuff that
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And our favorite new limited
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Um, all right, so, uh, that’s great, and
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anything else before we start the podcast?

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think we could start.

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Rate and review, Apple Podcasts,
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It does make a big difference.

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We have people who find the show
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Crazy, like all over the world.

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We’re just loving it.

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It’s great.

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And we just love to hear from you.

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So if you are somewhere, anywhere
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I mean, well, not always here,
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So w- is the question now why would
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No, we don’t need the how.

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We need to know the why.

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‘Cause it’s time.

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‘Cause it’s time.

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That’s why.

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So in our work with alchemy students,
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the how isn’t the question at all.

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It’s the shutdown.

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It’s the brakes.

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It’s the voice in your head that
says, “This is impossible.” Yeah.

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Um, and so … Or someone tells you that’s
a bad idea, or, “Why are you wasting

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your time?” It can go on and on and on.

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So- Or

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how about when they think,
“I’m being responsible. That’s

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why I can’t do this.” Yeah.

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‘Cause it’s like too much money,
or, like, it just … I’m trying

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to be a responsible person.

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But really it’s the moment we
talk ourselves out of- this idea

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I think a lot of times I hear people
say, “Oh, it’s just a stupid idea.”

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Yeah.

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You know?

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Like,

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it… Or so-and-so’s, or my parents,
or my partner, or my kids, they all

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think that this is- Yeah … not … So-

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So can I make a little side note here?

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You may make a side note.

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Okay, because that feeling of that, when
you feel so deflated after asking the

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how question, that has a name in alchemy.

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What would that name be, Lolita?

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It’s rebellious qi.

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Yeah.

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Rebellious qi is qi that turns
against its natural direction.

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So your heart is lighting up with desire,
and your qi wants to move toward the

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thing that you’re excited about, and
then something in you pushes it all back

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down and says, “No, that’s impossible.

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Who do you think you are?” And,
you know, you can just feel

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the air go right out of you.

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Yeah.

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I say the ice cream cone
hits the sidewalk, you know?

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Yes.

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Or the balloon flies up into the air.

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So the how is really the sound of
your own qi rebelling against what

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you want, or what you think you

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want.

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Exactly.

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And releasing rebellious qi is
part of stage one of alchemy.

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Stage one begins with asking what
you really want, which we did in

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the last episode, and then letting
your heart feel that passion for it.

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But then, this is key, releasing
any rebellious qi that starts

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coming up because it’s telling
you you can’t have what you want.

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So if you’ve ever felt that deflation,
you’re actually not failing at anything.

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You’re standing right at the
beginning of the alchemy path.

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Right.

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So you have to kinda, like, open that
door, and kinda walk through, or look

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through, or peek around the corner.

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So if it’s the how that shuts us up, then
where does the why come from, Lolita?

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Yes, so in alchemy, we’d say the why
answers comes from what we call the yi.

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That’s Y-I, and it’s the
spirit of the earth element.

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It’s housed in your spleen, for those
of you who wanna know where, where

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these spirits live in our bodies.

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The yi is your purpose and intent.

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And the Chinese character for
this, this word, Y-I, yi, is

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written as a musical note sitting
over the character for the heart.

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So if you’re listening,
you hear, “Hear Yi.

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Hear Yi.” “Here’s your great
idea.” I just love this part.

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Oh my God.

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Heart Yi.

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Heart Yi.

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Heart

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Yi.

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Heart Yi.

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No.

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Which is kinda like hear with a T.

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Yeah.

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Right?

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Hear Yi.

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Heart, heart Yi.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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All right.

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Not

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as funny when I say it.

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I’m just saying.

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Hear ye.

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Hear ye.

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Okay.

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So the teaching is that heaven gives
each of us a note, a particular piece

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of music that’s unique to us for our
lifetime, and the heart holds that note.

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And then the small intestine,
we’re gonna really nerd out here on

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Chinese medicine, the small intestine
represents the ear to the heart.

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It’s listening for the note.

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And when an idea comes along out in
the world And you receive that and

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it matches your music, the heart
begins to feel passion for it.

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You feel lit up by it, and you
can’t let it go, and the passion

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is how the intent gets born.

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So that feeling of being lit up
by an idea isn’t something to talk

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yourself out of, it’s the heart
telling you that this is one of yours

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and maybe listen a little closer.

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Exactly.

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Purpose isn’t something that you’re
figuring out, it’s something you listen

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for with that magical ear of your heart,
and your yi doesn’t care about how,

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it only knows what matters to you and
what your heart is passionate about.

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So now you can see why this
kind of trips up so many people.

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They skip this step, you know?

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Let’s actually look at this.

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If you’re listening and there’s something
you’ve been circling, an idea, a thought,

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a dream, I… You know, I don’t…
I always get a little wonky on that

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word dream, but, like, we daydream.

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Something you wanna do or someone
you wanna become, just give

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your mind a pause right now.

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See if you can take a few minutes,
or even seconds if you’re that

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busy, and see if your higher self,
that yi part of you, is receiving

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more about the why you want this.

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The yi needs you to make
space in your mind for the

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why to emerge from your heart.

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Mm. Beautiful, and we mostly
crowd our minds with streams

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of thought all the time.

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I mean, it may have meaning, but
it c- could even be meaningless.

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It’s just going blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

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And then with your why, you don’t
have to do anything to make it happen.

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You just have to get out of
your own way in your own mind.

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And we’re gonna give you some tips
and tricks and some homework in a

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little bit, so if you’re starting
to feel, like, a little overwhelmed,

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then just stick with this and we’re
gonna give you some, uh, uh, examples

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of how you can work on this yourself.

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But if something is arising, instead
of analyzing it or overanalyzing it

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or overprocessing it, asking how, how,
how, ask yourself why do you want it?

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And when you get an answer, ask why again.

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Yeah.

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And then maybe again.

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Yeah, many times if you need to.

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And just notice where
those answers light you up.

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Often the analytical version of what
you’re trying to do is that sensible

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version of things, and that, that
one doesn’t really bring that passion

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out, whereas the one that really
brings your passion out, that’s the

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one we want you to focus on today.

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Yeah, and, and I would just say when
you’re doing this exercise, look for the,

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the usual traps are money- And like, I
want more money, I want … You know,

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it’d be better if we had more money.

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We’d have more this to do, more money.

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So money is usually the
one that comes up, or time.

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So if those come up right away,
you have to go a little bit deeper.

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But look for the answer that makes
you excited when you say it out loud.

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Yeah.

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I mean, sure, if you say $10 million,
but like, you know, that’s- That gets me

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excited,

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you know?

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Right?

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That gets you excited, but that’s not
like what we’re really trying to do.

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Yeah.

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That’s like an easy answer, ’cause
who wouldn’t want $10 million?

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Well, it’s such a perfect example,
J, because if you want $10

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million, then the next question
is why do you want $10 million?

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Right.

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And then you might say, “So I have
free time.” Why do you want free time?

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Right.

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And we did a whole meditation on this on
Meditation Monday, which is in the Alchemy

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Learning Center, this past week, sitting
quietly in the heart, uh, listening

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for that note, and what we came up for
people was just so beautiful to hear.

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We often share at the end of that,
that little event that we have,

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and one woman told us she’s done
that meditation five or six times.

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She always got something, but
it never felt quite right.

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This si- this time she got just a few
simple words that just made it, like for

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her, and when she said it, it felt home.

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It felt like home.

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It felt like her heart was like,
“Ha.” That’s what it sounds like

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when the heart finally says yes.

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It doesn’t have to be this complicated,
you know, uh, steps and goals and charts

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and maps and- … you know, hiring
consultants and doing marketing plans.

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That isn’t usually what it’s about.

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Almost never.

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You know, that’s complicated.

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You know, it’s, it’s just
not- Simple … it’s simple.

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It’s just clearly what your heart and
your mind and everything connects with.

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Yeah.

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And another person received her purpose
right now as just taking care of herself

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fully, and the funny thing- Which

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is huge

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…
which is great.

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And the funny thing is, like someone
having a conversation with her would,

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would, might give her all these like ideas
of how she could take care of herself.

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You know, I was thinking, oh, you
know, go get a massage or, you know,

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what- whatever she meant by that.

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But none of the things that anyone
else would offer would be her how.

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Her how has to grow out of the
why, and it will once she lets

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it sit in her heart for a while.

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And here’s what people don’t expect.

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You don’t have to rush this.

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You don’t have to know
your how right away.

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It can be a process, because you’re having
a deeper conversation with yourself.

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Yeah, and that’s what
the earth element brings.

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You’re not in a hurry-

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Yes

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…
necessarily.

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Yes.

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The yi needs time, and the heart needs
to settle into that passion, and this

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is why rash decisions never really hold.

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Because they

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take you down a faster,
quicker, easier road.

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Y- yeah.

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But when the heart has time to
really apply itself to an idea-

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Then this magical thing happens.

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The how starts showing up on its
own one step at a time without

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your mind having to figure it out.

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You just know.

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You’re on the path because now at
least you have a direction that

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you’re walking or moving towards,
and you actually wanna get there.

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Yeah, and we call this knowing how in
Chinese theory, and that’s what arises.

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It’s not something your mind creates.

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It’s something that comes from your heart.

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I know you often say that you look down
and the step is already there in front

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of you- Yeah … and you just take it.

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Yeah.

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It’s right there.

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It’s one step after another.

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Yeah.

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When you’re in alignment- Yes … when
your heart’s in alignment and

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your mind’s in alignment, and
the universe starts to deliver.

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Yes, and m- and we just had a retreat on
the how of why in Florida this September.

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Oh, it was really magical.

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We were at the Sweetwater
Branch Inn in Gainesville.

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If you’re ever looking for
a place in the area, wow.

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Wow.

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I’m just… It was like I felt like
I was in someone’s beautiful home.

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Yeah.

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Like they just opened everything up.

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They have a really cool saltwater pool,
and they have an amazing, like, grounds,

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and we did meditation, and it’s outdoor.

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It was just amazing.

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Ugh.

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It just… They did an amazing
job there- It- … in Gainesville

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it was magical.

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Yeah.

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It

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wa- it was magical.

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Yeah, and we had, uh, Leorah Esterah and
Brittany Chaney helping us hold the space,

471
00:18:20,456 –> 00:18:25,804
and a group of people who were brave
enough to spend five days asking why.

472
00:18:25,819 –> 00:18:29,442
And to be a little selfish for themselves-
Yeah … because it really is you

473
00:18:29,442 –> 00:18:33,898
have to take time away from all your
different jobs and responsibilities

474
00:18:33,898 –> 00:18:37,466
and all the hats that you wear and
all the people you take care of, and I

475
00:18:37,468 –> 00:18:40,787
just kept saying over and over, “This
is a little bit of time for yourself.”

476
00:18:40,952 –> 00:18:43,854
So when we do our retreats, we
actually, we try to really, really

477
00:18:43,854 –> 00:18:48,437
try hard to retreat from the world,
and so we eat really good food,

478
00:18:48,706 –> 00:18:50,401
and we take time for ourselves.

479
00:18:50,403 –> 00:18:51,557
We go out in nature.

480
00:18:51,737 –> 00:18:55,699
We try to, uh, have no cell
phones and limit As much as

481
00:18:55,699 –> 00:18:57,138
we can from the outside world.

482
00:18:57,608 –> 00:19:00,708
Uh- Yeah … just to be able to be
selfish for ourselves for a little bit,

483
00:19:00,725 –> 00:19:02,471
to start to ask these deeper questions.

484
00:19:02,481 –> 00:19:04,604
So you might feel like, “Well,
I can’t take a week off.”

485
00:19:04,834 –> 00:19:05,129
Right.

486
00:19:05,148 –> 00:19:05,576
You know?

487
00:19:05,614 –> 00:19:05,922
And-

488
00:19:05,931 –> 00:19:06,951
But there’s the rebellious Qi again

489
00:19:06,951 –> 00:19:07,898
There you go, right?

490
00:19:07,902 –> 00:19:08,011
No time.

491
00:19:08,011 –> 00:19:08,842
I don’t have time.

492
00:19:08,845 –> 00:19:09,628
I can’t do this.

493
00:19:09,658 –> 00:19:13,019
We had so many people that we love, love,
love that couldn’t come to the retreat,

494
00:19:13,034 –> 00:19:14,686
and, you know, we understand that.

495
00:19:14,686 –> 00:19:18,574
But it’s really about taking that time
for yourself, putting yourself a pri- as a

496
00:19:18,574 –> 00:19:22,928
priority, and we’re just so grateful that
we have the students and the people that

497
00:19:22,929 –> 00:19:24,430
came out to be with us, ’cause it was…

498
00:19:24,444 –> 00:19:25,998
It really was magical.

499
00:19:26,113 –> 00:19:26,386
Yeah.

500
00:19:26,389 –> 00:19:29,981
And it was one of my favorite retreats,
and I just think you did a great

501
00:19:29,983 –> 00:19:32,895
job, Leta, and it was awesome and-
Yeah … I just had a lot of fun.

502
00:19:33,071 –> 00:19:36,057
And, and when you think you can’t
do something for yourself like

503
00:19:36,057 –> 00:19:39,547
that, remember that’s the story
of that rebellious Qi again.

504
00:19:39,547 –> 00:19:44,036
So each person at the retreat was
working on releasing that rebellious

505
00:19:44,041 –> 00:19:48,820
Qi so they could get to their own
why, and that’s how we were teaching

506
00:19:48,825 –> 00:19:50,444
the Alchemy Life Strategy work.

507
00:19:50,518 –> 00:19:54,571
Yeah, because sometimes it’s helpful to
have someone work out the strategy with

508
00:19:54,581 –> 00:20:00,345
you with no judgment and coming from a
place of love and trust and just, you

509
00:20:00,346 –> 00:20:03,916
know, really getting in there and doing
the work and trying to show you how to

510
00:20:03,928 –> 00:20:08,611
ask better questions for yourself, which
seems, you know, like counterintuitive.

511
00:20:08,623 –> 00:20:11,782
You should know your own better
questions, but we s- cut corners, and

512
00:20:11,782 –> 00:20:14,600
we don’t ask the better questions,
so you have to… It’s like a muscle.

513
00:20:14,747 –> 00:20:18,588
You have to flex it a little bit and build
it, and then it starts to really kick in.

514
00:20:19,056 –> 00:20:22,254
And we get so stuck in our
morass of the how questions that

515
00:20:22,255 –> 00:20:24,315
we can lose the why entirely.

516
00:20:24,317 –> 00:20:27,316
So that’s w- the work that we love
to do, and we’re working on the life

517
00:20:27,317 –> 00:20:28,068
strategy, the Alchemy Life Strategy.

518
00:20:28,068 –> 00:20:28,229
And

519
00:20:28,230 –> 00:20:32,068
I just loved it because people went home,
and they started right away applying

520
00:20:32,068 –> 00:20:35,192
it to their lives, and they, they were
like, “Oh, I’m, I’ve got this great idea.

521
00:20:35,192 –> 00:20:39,933
I wanna do this.” And then we connected
with them and they, and we said, “Why?”

522
00:20:40,568 –> 00:20:44,019
And then they were like, “Oh,
no, that’s not exactly what

523
00:20:44,021 –> 00:20:45,191
I wanted, actually.” Mm-hmm.

524
00:20:45,191 –> 00:20:48,901
Because they, they got excited and
they- Yeah … had a lot of passion,

525
00:20:48,901 –> 00:20:49,738
but they didn’t settle into it.

526
00:20:49,738 –> 00:20:49,900
And so

527
00:20:49,901 –> 00:20:51,946
I wrote back to do the why exercise-

528
00:20:51,969 –> 00:20:52,367
Yes

529
00:20:52,386 –> 00:20:54,253
…
and keep asking questions and stuff.

530
00:20:54,306 –> 00:20:58,642
And then you realize that it
sounds really exciting and good,

531
00:20:58,643 –> 00:21:00,167
but it’s not what you truly want.

532
00:21:00,220 –> 00:21:00,568
Yeah.

533
00:21:00,662 –> 00:21:04,742
It’s not what you truly want, and if
you would go down that avenue, you might

534
00:21:04,742 –> 00:21:08,494
lose one year, two years, three years,
five years, 20 years, and then you’re

535
00:21:08,494 –> 00:21:11,974
still gonna come to the conclusion
that you could come to today saying

536
00:21:12,945 –> 00:21:13,300
Right.

537
00:21:13,391 –> 00:21:13,840
Why?

538
00:21:13,853 –> 00:21:14,747
Why’d I do that,

539
00:21:14,774 –> 00:21:15,130
right?

540
00:21:15,147 –> 00:21:17,014
That’s the power of the how of why.

541
00:21:17,057 –> 00:21:20,934
And so that is a, a, a small
part of it, but a big part of it.

542
00:21:20,949 –> 00:21:23,013
The why does the work for you.

543
00:21:23,242 –> 00:21:23,588
Yeah.

544
00:21:23,984 –> 00:21:24,290
Yeah.

545
00:21:24,620 –> 00:21:28,361
And so, you know, going back to this
idea that we have this apprenticeship

546
00:21:28,373 –> 00:21:32,716
coming up, we are really excited
to… This will be the first year

547
00:21:33,090 –> 00:21:36,818
that we’re really encouraging
everyone, not just practitioners,

548
00:21:37,097 –> 00:21:39,728
to- Yeah, we’re gonna open the d-
we’re gonna kick the doors wide open.

549
00:21:39,728 –> 00:21:39,740
Yeah.

550
00:21:39,740 –> 00:21:43,309
We’re gonna take a lot more people
that are not necessarily, uh,

551
00:21:43,322 –> 00:21:45,637
practitioners- Yes … or have
a Chinese medicine practice.

552
00:21:45,907 –> 00:21:47,812
Because- But it could be
many different fields.

553
00:21:47,879 –> 00:21:51,230
Yes, because for years we’ve been
teaching practitioners how to

554
00:21:51,233 –> 00:21:52,349
do their inner alchemy- Which we

555
00:21:52,350 –> 00:21:52,961
love

556
00:21:52,974 –> 00:21:54,731
…
so that they can do
this work, but w- Which

557
00:21:54,731 –> 00:21:55,567
we love, love, love.

558
00:21:55,574 –> 00:21:56,151
Yes.

559
00:21:56,359 –> 00:21:59,613
And we realized that it really
is something anyone can do.

560
00:21:59,798 –> 00:22:00,987
Everyone can benefit.

561
00:22:00,993 –> 00:22:05,236
So everyone who comes in will
start with the same foundation, and

562
00:22:05,236 –> 00:22:07,127
it’s about your self-cultivation.

563
00:22:07,422 –> 00:22:10,534
Your… And you’ll receive
your monthly alchemy sessions

564
00:22:10,536 –> 00:22:12,251
with one of our practitioners.

565
00:22:12,558 –> 00:22:14,913
You’ll take a deep dive into
the five elements, the five

566
00:22:14,913 –> 00:22:17,387
spirits, the nine palaces, and,
and the nine stages of alchemy.

567
00:22:17,387 –> 00:22:18,319
That’s a lot of numbers.

568
00:22:18,619 –> 00:22:19,079
Yeah.

569
00:22:19,514 –> 00:22:20,844
It’s a really rich and fascinating- No,

570
00:22:20,858 –> 00:22:20,986
it’s

571
00:22:20,986 –> 00:22:21,609
a great…

572
00:22:21,620 –> 00:22:24,201
And it’s not necessarily
just a lecture-style program.

573
00:22:24,201 –> 00:22:28,937
We bring so much more, meditations,
exercises, a community of people that

574
00:22:28,937 –> 00:22:32,808
are in your pod, that are in your
group, that, uh, you know, your cohort,

575
00:22:32,808 –> 00:22:36,317
that you move together with this work,
and you get to know each other, and

576
00:22:36,480 –> 00:22:38,050
you can assimilate it into your life.

577
00:22:38,050 –> 00:22:40,207
It’s not just listening to lectures.

578
00:22:40,227 –> 00:22:42,067
It’s, it’s just so much more than that.

579
00:22:42,289 –> 00:22:46,282
And even, like, 13 Ghost Points,
that’s a very practitioner-oriented,

580
00:22:46,323 –> 00:22:48,139
um- Treatment … idea.

581
00:22:48,366 –> 00:22:49,152
It’s a treatment.

582
00:22:49,161 –> 00:22:53,030
But what we’ve done through the, writing
that book, Cultivating the 13 Ghost

583
00:22:53,034 –> 00:22:58,828
Points, is we’ve recognized that when you
really dive into this, it’s about, how

584
00:22:58,828 –> 00:23:04,062
do you become your most authentic self,
and what are all the ways that you’re not

585
00:23:04,114 –> 00:23:07,125
being that person, that authentic you?

586
00:23:07,683 –> 00:23:11,610
That’s the ghosts, the things that
haunt you from the past, the things

587
00:23:11,610 –> 00:23:15,760
that are hooked into you, the things
that just trigger you all the time.

588
00:23:16,094 –> 00:23:20,696
These are the things that we’re
cultivating to remove, to free up,

589
00:23:20,710 –> 00:23:25,937
to let go of, and that’s what we’re
really pursuing as we, you know, roll

590
00:23:25,938 –> 00:23:31,294
this program out in a, in a much more
exciting way for, for anyone, anyone

591
00:23:31,295 –> 00:23:33,646
in the world who wants to do alchemy.

592
00:23:33,687 –> 00:23:38,112
Yeah, we could say, you know, that
we’re… The 13 Ghost Points, which

593
00:23:38,114 –> 00:23:41,543
is just one small part of the program,
but that’s a way to clear out what

594
00:23:41,564 –> 00:23:45,199
isn’t yours, and you’re left with the
perfection of you which is already there.

595
00:23:45,312 –> 00:23:45,840
Yeah.

596
00:23:45,956 –> 00:23:46,263
Yeah.

597
00:23:46,263 –> 00:23:49,389
And it all- It’s not trying to fix you
or make… Like, it’s already there.

598
00:23:49,629 –> 00:23:49,869
Yeah.

599
00:23:49,908 –> 00:23:50,297
You know?

600
00:23:50,298 –> 00:23:54,448
I, I’ll have to think that the, some of
the alchemy treatments that we do and we

601
00:23:54,469 –> 00:23:59,518
train and people actually perform, uh,
at different points is it’s about, you

602
00:23:59,518 –> 00:24:04,308
know, giving you a clean slate, giving
you a clear path, releasing some of

603
00:24:04,308 –> 00:24:06,995
this- Uh, stuff that’s holding you back

604
00:24:07,031 –> 00:24:07,328
Right.

605
00:24:07,348 –> 00:24:10,791
And also building the, uh, inner
alchemical cauldron, which is the

606
00:24:10,799 –> 00:24:15,327
strength inside you that’s built
with inner love, really self-love,

607
00:24:15,640 –> 00:24:17,242
and that is a big piece of it.

608
00:24:17,242 –> 00:24:21,536
And so that’s why we’re having our little
October webinar at the end of the month.

609
00:24:21,536 –> 00:24:21,556
It’s not

610
00:24:21,556 –> 00:24:22,467
gonna be little.

611
00:24:22,469 –> 00:24:22,552
It’s

612
00:24:22,552 –> 00:24:22,985
not little.

613
00:24:22,985 –> 00:24:25,255
Hopefully we’ll have a lot
of people from all over-

614
00:24:25,275 –> 00:24:25,648
Yes

615
00:24:25,648 –> 00:24:26,753
…
come and, and, and celebrate.

616
00:24:26,753 –> 00:24:30,097
It’s a free webinar and there’ll
probably be a lot, a lot of

617
00:24:30,097 –> 00:24:30,358
people there.

618
00:24:30,358 –> 00:24:30,731
I like free.

619
00:24:30,765 –> 00:24:31,405
Free is good.

620
00:24:31,405 –> 00:24:31,871
Yeah, free

621
00:24:31,871 –> 00:24:31,899
is good.

622
00:24:31,899 –> 00:24:34,316
We put a lot into it, and we
just love it, and we just want

623
00:24:34,317 –> 00:24:36,049
people to come and have fun.

624
00:24:36,051 –> 00:24:36,065
Yeah.

625
00:24:36,065 –> 00:24:37,259
So, all right, let’s go back to this.

626
00:24:37,260 –> 00:24:42,887
So if you are interested in the map in
2027, we’re gonna start with, with one of

627
00:24:42,887 –> 00:24:48,101
the, like, alchemy life strategy, which
is gonna be part of what I teach, and

628
00:24:48,101 –> 00:24:49,360
we’ve been working on this for years.

629
00:24:49,438 –> 00:24:52,670
And now- We’re gonna offer
it for the first time.

630
00:24:52,804 –> 00:24:53,082
Yeah.

631
00:24:53,082 –> 00:24:53,260
Right?

632
00:24:53,260 –> 00:24:53,270
Yeah.

633
00:24:53,341 –> 00:24:54,317
For the first time ever.

634
00:24:54,439 –> 00:24:54,643
Yeah.

635
00:24:54,643 –> 00:24:56,994
We did it right at the retreat,
and then… I mean, I’ve been doing

636
00:24:56,995 –> 00:25:00,128
sessions for many years, so it’s,
I think it’s about time that we-

637
00:25:00,128 –> 00:25:01,360
Yeah … bring this out into the world.

638
00:25:01,391 –> 00:25:05,462
But it’s also, we’re gonna be training
practitioners to do Chinese medicine, and

639
00:25:05,464 –> 00:25:06,850
we’re gonna be training self-cultivators.

640
00:25:06,856 –> 00:25:10,325
We’re gonna teach the different ways to
meditate, different ways to move your

641
00:25:10,327 –> 00:25:13,205
chi, different ways to be with yourself.

642
00:25:13,234 –> 00:25:16,807
And I always just want to
encourage people to have deeper

643
00:25:16,808 –> 00:25:18,574
conversations with themselves.

644
00:25:18,765 –> 00:25:18,990
Yeah.

645
00:25:18,992 –> 00:25:23,671
This quiet time in the mind, and then
the chi flowing in the body c- you can

646
00:25:23,674 –> 00:25:25,663
start to ask yourself deeper questions.

647
00:25:25,905 –> 00:25:26,173
Yeah.

648
00:25:26,177 –> 00:25:29,390
Everyone will start with the
self-cultivation, and then from there, if

649
00:25:29,396 –> 00:25:34,745
you want to be an alchemy life strategist
or learn that just for yourself, you can

650
00:25:34,755 –> 00:25:39,309
go with that track or you can be on the
practitioner track, which we’ve always

651
00:25:39,313 –> 00:25:41,529
had, and that’s gonna be so exciting.

652
00:25:41,539 –> 00:25:41,856
That’s awesome.

653
00:25:41,856 –> 00:25:44,221
And you’ll get to meet some really
cool people from all over the world.

654
00:25:44,424 –> 00:25:44,999
Yes.

655
00:25:45,574 –> 00:25:45,776
And

656
00:25:45,776 –> 00:25:48,356
so- Wait, so don’t… How can I do that?

657
00:25:48,817 –> 00:25:51,364
When, y- I want you to think
about why do you wanna do that?

658
00:25:51,524 –> 00:25:52,405
Exactly.

659
00:25:52,604 –> 00:25:53,309
Exactly.

660
00:25:53,318 –> 00:25:53,864
Right?

661
00:25:54,184 –> 00:25:54,639
Great.

662
00:25:54,677 –> 00:25:57,470
And- So why do you wanna bring alchemy
into your life is the big question.

663
00:25:57,525 –> 00:25:58,078
Yeah.

664
00:25:58,078 –> 00:25:58,088
Yeah.

665
00:25:58,088 –> 00:26:00,869
And that will hopefully address
some of that rebellious chi.

666
00:26:00,927 –> 00:26:01,137
I know.

667
00:26:01,138 –> 00:26:02,836
We got, kind of got off
on a little tangent there.

668
00:26:02,868 –> 00:26:04,872
And I’m sorry, but I just
love talking about this stuff.

669
00:26:04,884 –> 00:26:05,385
Yes.

670
00:26:05,420 –> 00:26:10,067
But I want to really go back to the
rebellious chi because we want to, um,

671
00:26:10,067 –> 00:26:14,361
make sure that you know that there’s a
releasing rebellious chi re- meditation

672
00:26:14,421 –> 00:26:16,627
that we are giving away for free today.

673
00:26:16,679 –> 00:26:16,908
In the

674
00:26:16,916 –> 00:26:18,153
alchemylearningscenter.com.

675
00:26:18,153 –> 00:26:19,409
In the Alchemy Learning Center.

676
00:26:19,423 –> 00:26:23,990
So you… We will put the link in the
show notes, so you can check that out.

677
00:26:24,386 –> 00:26:29,409
And we’re excited to have you listen
to that, and you’re always welcome to

678
00:26:29,410 –> 00:26:31,204
reach out to us if you have questions.

679
00:26:31,210 –> 00:26:34,233
Yeah, and actually, on our last
episode, we gave the free meditation

680
00:26:34,234 –> 00:26:37,408
called What Do I Really Want, so
I would start with that one first.

681
00:26:37,408 –> 00:26:37,883
Yes.

682
00:26:37,948 –> 00:26:38,177
Right?

683
00:26:38,177 –> 00:26:42,086
And you might have to do that for a little
bit, uh, a, a couple days, a couple weeks.

684
00:26:42,092 –> 00:26:42,610
We don’t know.

685
00:26:42,610 –> 00:26:43,762
It, it, everyone’s different.

686
00:26:44,159 –> 00:26:48,280
Again, it’s where your self-cultivation is
or if you can find that quiet space where

687
00:26:48,280 –> 00:26:50,387
you can really connect with yourself.

688
00:26:50,536 –> 00:26:50,795
Yes.

689
00:26:50,798 –> 00:26:52,308
Then you’ll learn about the why.

690
00:26:52,468 –> 00:26:52,841
Yes.

691
00:26:52,857 –> 00:26:56,239
And I think it helps you slow down
enough to hear what your heart actually

692
00:26:56,239 –> 00:27:02,101
wants to say to you or express to you
or just be with yourself instead of

693
00:27:02,101 –> 00:27:04,598
what you think you’re supposed to want.

694
00:27:04,753 –> 00:27:05,353
Yes.

695
00:27:05,404 –> 00:27:07,085
That’s a big hurdle for a lot of people.

696
00:27:07,162 –> 00:27:09,928
Here’s why these two
meditations go so well together.

697
00:27:10,110 –> 00:27:13,471
The moment you name what you really
want, something in you always

698
00:27:13,473 –> 00:27:15,244
starts building the case against it.

699
00:27:15,270 –> 00:27:16,377
“I don’t have the money.

700
00:27:16,411 –> 00:27:17,433
I don’t have the time.

701
00:27:17,450 –> 00:27:18,452
I’m too old.

702
00:27:18,619 –> 00:27:20,846
I’m not that kind of person
who gets to do that.”

703
00:27:21,040 –> 00:27:23,029
That’s the rebellious chi rising up.

704
00:27:23,096 –> 00:27:26,427
And most of us either argue with
that voice or they just believe it.

705
00:27:26,430 –> 00:27:30,811
And also, I will say, when we do
our work with people, we have them

706
00:27:30,811 –> 00:27:32,454
write their i- great idea down.

707
00:27:32,472 –> 00:27:35,299
They write all their things, and then
they don’t tell anyone for a week.

708
00:27:36,083 –> 00:27:39,519
Because everyone will talk you
out of it or give an opinion

709
00:27:39,519 –> 00:27:41,623
that’s not from your heart.

710
00:27:41,776 –> 00:27:42,215
Yes.

711
00:27:42,228 –> 00:27:45,929
How can someone tell you yes or
no, right or wrong, good idea, bad

712
00:27:45,930 –> 00:27:48,727
idea if they’re not inside of you?

713
00:27:48,982 –> 00:27:49,011
Yeah.

714
00:27:49,011 –> 00:27:52,753
So again, you sit with this idea,
you see if it really has feet-

715
00:27:52,851 –> 00:27:53,320
Yes

716
00:27:53,324 –> 00:27:54,218
…
to walk in the world.

717
00:27:54,223 –> 00:27:54,566
Yes.

718
00:27:54,614 –> 00:27:56,427
That’s part of this early process.

719
00:27:56,594 –> 00:27:59,533
And if the rebellious chi
comes up, that’s okay.

720
00:27:59,803 –> 00:28:03,269
You know, you don’t need to fight it,
but you’d also don’t need to obey it.

721
00:28:03,306 –> 00:28:04,327
You just need to meet it.

722
00:28:04,338 –> 00:28:08,436
You can sit with the part of you that’s
rebelling, you get curious about what

723
00:28:08,437 –> 00:28:12,833
it’s been trying to protect you from, and
then you let that chi turn back around

724
00:28:12,833 –> 00:28:17,129
and flow in its natural direction again
towards the thing your heart loves.

725
00:28:17,224 –> 00:28:18,673
Yeah, and some things, guess what?

726
00:28:18,674 –> 00:28:19,401
They don’t work out.

727
00:28:19,401 –> 00:28:21,448
They don’t move when you
sit with them for a while.

728
00:28:21,634 –> 00:28:24,623
And then, you know, sometimes you get,
after a while, you’re like, “You know,

729
00:28:24,653 –> 00:28:28,727
this isn’t what I really want,” and so
they just don’t move forward, those ideas.

730
00:28:28,758 –> 00:28:29,088
Yeah, yeah.

731
00:28:29,414 –> 00:28:33,045
And so, you know, you may want to
do these meditations a few times.

732
00:28:33,045 –> 00:28:34,374
There’s no pass or fail.

733
00:28:34,375 –> 00:28:37,811
Sometimes you’ll f- you’ll feel
something loosen right away, and

734
00:28:37,811 –> 00:28:41,104
sometimes you’ll just notice that
that voice that says, “You can’t do

735
00:28:41,105 –> 00:28:43,269
this,” has gotten a little quieter.

736
00:28:43,317 –> 00:28:47,116
Well, it’s a big deal because now
you can discern what is really coming

737
00:28:47,131 –> 00:28:51,480
through from your heart- Yeah … and
what is your passion and- Maybe it

738
00:28:51,480 –> 00:28:54,874
was a great idea, but maybe it’s
not the idea for you right now.

739
00:28:55,024 –> 00:28:55,047
Right.

740
00:28:55,047 –> 00:28:59,896
Maybe it’s something that will have to be
done later or shelved for another time.

741
00:28:59,896 –> 00:29:02,047
But look, you clear the rebellious chi.

742
00:29:02,299 –> 00:29:05,571
By the way, we also have the
re- clearing rebellious chi-

743
00:29:05,744 –> 00:29:09,164
Oh, yes … in that, in that We also
have a, a, a little class called, um,

744
00:29:09,545 –> 00:29:13,723
Releasing Chaotic Energy- Which is huge
… which is a big piece of rebellious

745
00:29:13,726 –> 00:29:18,117
chi, but it’s more like on a physical
level when you have some rebellious

746
00:29:18,120 –> 00:29:21,471
chi that’s really, like, lodged in your
system, and it, it helps you clear that.

747
00:29:21,482 –> 00:29:23,263
That’s called Releasing Chaotic Energy.

748
00:29:23,270 –> 00:29:23,790
Chaotic Energy.

749
00:29:23,790 –> 00:29:24,475
Yeah.

750
00:29:24,475 –> 00:29:25,866
Which is similar to what
we’re talking about.

751
00:29:25,902 –> 00:29:29,880
And also, I like to mention this right
now because sometimes you have people

752
00:29:29,880 –> 00:29:33,793
in your life that are really negative
or pessimistic or really kinda like

753
00:29:33,793 –> 00:29:36,663
beat down everything you said, so
if they can clear rebellious chi-

754
00:29:37,202 –> 00:29:40,866
in your life and then you’ve working on
it, then you have maybe a more receptive

755
00:29:40,870 –> 00:29:44,946
platform to maybe think about the
things you truly wanna do in your life.

756
00:29:44,946 –> 00:29:45,232
Yeah.

757
00:29:45,749 –> 00:29:50,296
So if anything really stirred you up s-
today, you’re, you’re really relating

758
00:29:50,296 –> 00:29:54,971
to this, if your why started to light
you up while you were listening-

759
00:29:55,185 –> 00:29:55,636
Yeah

760
00:29:55,636 –> 00:29:55,877
you know- That’s

761
00:29:55,877 –> 00:29:56,598
always a good thing

762
00:29:56,656 –> 00:30:00,399
…
then we’re going to continue
our conversation in our next

763
00:30:00,423 –> 00:30:02,652
episode, so stick with us.

764
00:30:03,047 –> 00:30:06,289
And we hope that you’ll be,
be able to start to look at

765
00:30:06,290 –> 00:30:08,134
this as your inner alchemy.

766
00:30:08,532 –> 00:30:12,731
And, you know, we’re trying to help
people build a foundation, and maybe

767
00:30:12,731 –> 00:30:17,364
look at some of the alchemy life strategy
work that can be done as a result.

768
00:30:17,698 –> 00:30:20,534
So again, we’re gonna put
links in the show notes.

769
00:30:20,534 –> 00:30:24,399
We’ll link you to the apprenticeship
program, the meditation, the

770
00:30:24,399 –> 00:30:27,410
free meditation, some of our
books, and things like that.

771
00:30:27,754 –> 00:30:32,279
And if you’re not, you know, if you’re
not resonating with it yet, that’s okay.

772
00:30:32,290 –> 00:30:32,694
That’s okay.

773
00:30:32,706 –> 00:30:34,562
You can- You can do your own meditations.

774
00:30:34,565 –> 00:30:34,595
Yeah.

775
00:30:34,595 –> 00:30:36,076
Anything on your own way.

776
00:30:36,270 –> 00:30:36,900
And you know what?

777
00:30:36,920 –> 00:30:40,062
It’s okay if you don’t do the
alchemy or the stuff that we do.

778
00:30:40,077 –> 00:30:41,415
You can do your own meditations.

779
00:30:41,415 –> 00:30:44,384
You can, you know, find your own
way to connect with yourself.

780
00:30:44,677 –> 00:30:48,583
Just keep asking the why to yourself, and
you’ll see if some little changes happen.

781
00:30:48,881 –> 00:30:49,202
Yeah.

782
00:30:49,251 –> 00:30:50,400
And see if that happens.

783
00:30:50,400 –> 00:30:53,756
And th- there’s many, many, many
ways to meditate, and there’s many

784
00:30:53,758 –> 00:30:56,777
ways to do- Uh, all these different
things that we’re talking about.

785
00:30:56,784 –> 00:30:58,112
It doesn’t have to be this way.

786
00:30:58,503 –> 00:31:00,552
It can be whatever way
sits right with you.

787
00:31:00,600 –> 00:31:04,878
Yeah, because if you can really
release rebellious qi and just let

788
00:31:04,885 –> 00:31:09,646
things flow, then we’ll be talking
about wu wei, which is really where

789
00:31:09,646 –> 00:31:11,901
this whole podcast got its name.

790
00:31:12,132 –> 00:31:16,001
Inspired Action is how we translate
the words wu wei, and so in our

791
00:31:16,001 –> 00:31:18,410
next episode, we’re gonna be
talking a bit more about that.

792
00:31:18,465 –> 00:31:22,476
Yeah, and you know, I, I love the wu wei,
and this is a part that I love to talk

793
00:31:22,485 –> 00:31:27,518
about because it happens when the why is
clear and the rebellious qi is settled,

794
00:31:27,742 –> 00:31:32,295
and you find yourself moving through
life without all that pushback, without

795
00:31:32,295 –> 00:31:36,911
all that blowback, without all those
roadblocks, without all those dead ends.

796
00:31:36,924 –> 00:31:38,212
Things just flow.

797
00:31:38,354 –> 00:31:40,505
And also, you’re not pushing upstream.

798
00:31:40,515 –> 00:31:42,181
You’re floating downstream.

799
00:31:42,181 –> 00:31:43,379
Yeah, so go get your paddle.

800
00:31:43,903 –> 00:31:44,108
Yeah.

801
00:31:44,108 –> 00:31:46,465
And paddle downstream, or just
let it take you downstream.

802
00:31:46,469 –> 00:31:47,094
Yeah.

803
00:31:47,111 –> 00:31:48,837
And we’ll end on that
really peaceful note.

804
00:31:49,037 –> 00:31:51,777
Also, if you’re not doing anything
and you’re in real time, October

805
00:31:51,777 –> 00:31:56,494
29th in the Alchemy Learning Center,
7:00 Eastern, a Halloween evening of

806
00:31:56,554 –> 00:31:58,181
transformation and Taoist alchemy.

807
00:31:58,450 –> 00:32:00,359
We’re gonna talk about your
cauldron, see if we can find some

808
00:32:00,359 –> 00:32:04,049
Tootsie Rolls or- … Reese’s Pieces
or whatever you like in there.

809
00:32:04,342 –> 00:32:05,840
Bring your own candy if you want.

810
00:32:06,137 –> 00:32:06,969
Oh, there you go.

811
00:32:07,917 –> 00:32:09,299
And so we’ll see you then, so all right.

812
00:32:09,528 –> 00:32:09,742
All right.

813
00:32:09,958 –> 00:32:10,409
Thank you.

814
00:32:10,417 –> 00:32:11,193
See you next time.

815
00:32:11,193 –> 00:32:11,203
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816
00:32:11,203 –> 00:32:14,015
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817
00:32:14,069 –> 00:32:14,952
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818
00:32:15,282 –> 00:32:15,783
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819
00:32:15,822 –> 00:32:16,652
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820
00:32:16,904 –> 00:32:19,673
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821
00:32:19,961 –> 00:32:21,470
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822
00:32:21,737 –> 00:32:24,791
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823
00:32:25,090 –> 00:32:28,169
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824
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825
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826
00:32:35,916 –> 00:32:38,909
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827
00:32:38,909 –> 00:32:44,291
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828
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829
00:32:47,966 –> 00:32:51,386
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831
00:32:54,104 –> 00:32:59,320
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832
00:32:59,587 –> 00:33:02,595
Yes, thank you for listening, and
remember to hug the dog, and, you know,

833
00:33:02,605 –> 00:33:05,737
give yourself a hug, too, because you
both probably deserve a really nice hug.

834
00:33:07,062 –> 00:33:07,536
Yourself?

835
00:33:07,766 –> 00:33:08,655
Yes, hug yourself.

836
00:33:09,253 –> 00:33:11,101
Go ahead, hug your-
That seems funny, right?

837
00:33:11,280 –> 00:33:13,057
Just wrap your arms around,
give a little wiggle.

838
00:33:13,089 –> 00:33:13,968
It’s easy.