Zen, Alchemy, and Ego Death
YouTube video by Damien Echols
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November 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
A clear purpose turns every choice into a step on a meaningful path, instead of just another way to pass the time.
August 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
A clear purpose turns every choice into a step on a meaningful path, instead of just another way to pass the time.
Stop asking what’s next. If you can’t find God in washing a dish, you won’t find Him on any mountaintop.
August 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Stop asking what’s next. If you can’t find God in washing a dish, you won’t find Him on any mountaintop.
If 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 -
- Hermes Trismegistus -
"If you know the way broadly, you will see it in all things."
- Miyamoto Musashi -
July 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
If 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 -
- Hermes Trismegistus -
"If you know the way broadly, you will see it in all things."
- Miyamoto Musashi -
The Great Work isn’t done in a temple or a cave.
It’s done while washing dishes.
Folding clothes.
Living life.
Presence turns the ordinary into alchemy.
It’s done while washing dishes.
Folding clothes.
Living life.
Presence turns the ordinary into alchemy.
June 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The Great Work isn’t done in a temple or a cave.
It’s done while washing dishes.
Folding clothes.
Living life.
Presence turns the ordinary into alchemy.
It’s done while washing dishes.
Folding clothes.
Living life.
Presence turns the ordinary into alchemy.
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...
www.youtube.com/live/KSvcrWF...
Internal Alchemy: Earth
YouTube video by Damien Echols
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June 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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...
www.youtube.com/live/KSvcrWF...
“Do not concern yourself with Heaven and Hell.
Straight ahead is the pale morning moon.
Set your mind there without a cloud in sight.”
- Kenshin’s death poem. Written in 1578. -
Straight ahead is the pale morning moon.
Set your mind there without a cloud in sight.”
- Kenshin’s death poem. Written in 1578. -
January 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“Do not concern yourself with Heaven and Hell.
Straight ahead is the pale morning moon.
Set your mind there without a cloud in sight.”
- Kenshin’s death poem. Written in 1578. -
Straight ahead is the pale morning moon.
Set your mind there without a cloud in sight.”
- Kenshin’s death poem. Written in 1578. -
"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."
-Epictetus-
-Epictetus-
November 23, 2024 at 8:31 PM
"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."
-Epictetus-
-Epictetus-
Everything you’re going through is preparing you for what you asked for.
November 21, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Everything you’re going through is preparing you for what you asked for.
"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials."
-SENECA-
-SENECA-
November 19, 2024 at 9:47 PM
"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials."
-SENECA-
-SENECA-