Suffering and Alchemy - converting trauma to higher consciousness

What Alchemy REALLY is and how it can help us transform our suffering into higher consciousness

(00:00) Brief Excursion

(04:53) Alchemy (What It is)

(07:07) Eastern Concepts (Zen, Vedic)

(09:22) The Gold is Not Gold, the Jewel is Not a Jewel

(13:17) One Transmutation for Us All to Work on

(24:32) CPTSD Healing

(29:02) Life, a Boat, a Stream

(35:11) Magnum Opus (Human Divinity/individuation)

(44:06) Emotional Literacy & Alchemy

Q&A Section

(45:16) "Is CPTSD a new cornerstone in the mental health world?"

(45:41) "How important is forgiveness?"

(48:06) "How do I deal with CPTSD & BPD where I can't feel anything but numbness?"

(48:40) "How do you heal deep abandonment issues?"

(49:09) "Is feeling negative feelings from doing the emotional healing work going to make the pain less?"

(50:19) "How to deal with silent treatment?"

(51:08) "I would love to have nothing to do with my abuser, however she is in late stages of alzheimer's, and I must care for her... Right?"

(51:23) "Do neural pathways heal when you learn how to feels safe, or visa versa?"

(51:51) "Is it possible that suffering is actually a tunnel to higher consciousness"

(52:44) "How do you respond to constant exasperation?"

(53:14) "How do I get in contact with you for online therapy?"

(54:38) "Can a narc have a love relationship with another narc?"

(56:02) "Can you suggest someone if therapy with you is not possible?"

(57:32) "How did Gandalf the Grey become a white wizard?"

(57:59) "How do I stop raging at people I love and pushing them away when I need them?"

(59:43) "Did you watch the Snowden interview on Rogan? What do you think?"

(1:00:46) "What do you think of theramin trees analogy of Christian god as a narcissist?"

(1:03:36) Goodbye