Inspired Action Alchemy

Alchemy for Fire people is about recognizing that the best relationship of all is not the love of your life but being in love with yourself.

"You may be doing Alchemy to find that love of your life, or to heal the love you already have… but in the end it's going to be because you want to love yourself."

By Jaye McElroy and Leta Herman | Follow: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram What do Woods fear?

• What are the monsters in the dark for Fire?
• Fear of facing your own self-deception and fear of being alone
• Fear of nobody loving the real me

Thought Quotes:

"Ultimately the big monster was the fear of being ostracized."

"Once you love yourself like that, then the love of your life will show up because anyone who loves themselves and life that much attracts wonderful people to them."

"Fires are fundamentally optimistic, so they might have created a lot of stories to make the bad stuff seem better than it is."

Links in this Episode:

• Thanks to our awesome listener – Hayes from West Virginia… here is the link to Jaye's Fire song by the Ohio Players!
• The Alchemy Learning Center — a new online community of learning. Five Element, Nine Palaces, and Alchemy online classes on live online events.
• Master Alchemy Apprenticeship program
• Check out our new App in the App Store or the Google Play Store!
• Through the Mystery Gate, by Leta and Jaye
• What If… T-Shirt
• How to send us your Five Element walking videos
• Email your questions and voice memos to Info AT InspiredActionPodcast.com.

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Alchemy for Wood people is the ultimate challenge, the final frontier – spiritual enlightenment and immortality.

"First and foremost, in order to pursue greatness, there has to be a base level of safety in your life. You have to feel like you're not in survival mode."

By Jaye McElroy and Leta Herman | Follow: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram What do Woods fear?

• What are the monsters in the dark for Wood?
• Fear of not succeeding or fear of being too successful
• Death – not fulfilling your mission
• Surprises – the goal is to eliminate them
• Not wanting to revisit the past
• The win-win is: enlightenment and redemption

Thought Quotes:

"It's about doing your best at all times and being the best person you can be at all times. Even when you make mistakes, you don't focus on them. You like to focus on what did go well."

"A Wood person's perspective on walking through that unknown might be: Why would I look into the darkness where I may have to revisit all the monsters of my past?"

"Entering the Mystery Gate is about your own enlightenment fundamentally. It's about how to make yourself and your understanding of yourself even better… even greater if you need that word. It's the first step to a commitment to your own growth and self-cultivation."

Links in this Episode:

• The Alchemy Learning Center — a new online community of learning. Five Element, Nine Palaces, and Alchemy online classes on live online events.
• Master Alchemy Apprenticeship program
• Master Alchemy Quest
• Through the Mystery Gate, by Leta and Jaye
• What If… T-Shirt
• How to send us your Five Element walking videos
• Email your questions and voice memos to Info AT InspiredActionPodcast.com.

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Can you walk in the darkness without fear? Can your inner light illuminate your way in the darkness? What are your demons and crawly things in your own dark tunnel? When you Enter the Mystery Gate, you have to have the courage to walk into the unknown. You already have the light to shine your way–your inner light.

"Start the process of introspection, looking within yourself. Your body is your vehicle in this lifetime. Most of us are just conscious of what's outside our vehicle. But the question is what's inside our vehicle."

By Jaye McElroy and Leta Herman | Follow: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram Hello darkness my old friend…

• Do you have enough courage to take steps int he darkness?
• Entering the mystery (Xuan = mysterious)
• The Nine Palaces – to learn more, check out our Understanding the Nine Palaces online class
• You're the darkness. You're the tunnel.
• Guided Stage One of Alchemy meditations available at: AlchemyLearningCenter.com
• You can turn around and go back. Be kind to yourself.
• There is always light at the end of the tunnel.

Thought Quotes:

"What sparks your interest in Alchemy and Daoism is whatever speaks to your spirit."

"When we begin to unravel our lives, we let go of the attachments and things we 'thought' were going to make us happy."

"If you can access your spirit, then you become the beacon of light that lights up that cave."

Links in this Episode:

• The Alchemy Learning Center — a new online community of learning. Five Element, Nine Palaces, and Alchemy online classes on live online events.
• Master Alchemy Apprenticeship program
• Master Alchemy Quest
• Through the Mystery Gate, by Leta and Jaye
• What If… T-Shirt
• How to send us your Five Element walking videos
• Email your questions and voice memos to Info AT InspiredActionPodcast.com.

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Is there more to life than this? If you want to ask yourself this question, then you may be an Alchemist. Discover why in this episode on asking this question means you're stepping into the role of the Wizard.

"This is all about you embarking on your Alchemical journey… being a wizard means living limitless. Not even being limited by yourself, moving beyond yourself, beyond your habituated ways of reacting to the world and not being limited by who you are. It's about being more than who you are, being open and flying free."

By Jaye McElroy and Leta Herman | Follow: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram Becoming an Alchemical Wizard…

• Is this your time to pursue Alchemy?
• Do you want stability and the status quo or do you want transformational change and growth? Both are valid!
• BaoPuZi, Master of Simplicity – by Ge Hong
• The Nine Palaces – to learn more, check out our Understanding the Nine Palaces online class
• Groundhog Day (the movie)
• Our favorite wizards – Gandalf, Morgan le Fay, Dumbledore, Yoda, Glinda, and Samatha (Bewitched)
• Pixie Dust
• How to send us your Five Element walking videos

Thought Quotes:

"So for this week, it's about asking yourself, 'Is there more to life than this?'"

"It's a willingness to first find your authentic self and then to let it go."

"Part of being in the magic is not having to figure everything out. Part of it is trusting that if you step into Alchemy, the way will unfold for you."

Links in this Episode:

• The Alchemy Learning Center — a new online community of learning. Five Element, Nine Palaces, and Alchemy online classes on live online events.
• Master Alchemy Apprenticeship program
• Master Alchemy Quest
• Through the Mystery Gate, by Leta and Jaye
• What If… T-Shirt
• Email your questions and voice memos to Info AT InspiredActionPodcast.com.

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Embrace Alchemy and feel free to soar through your life.

"In the legend, Ge Hong and his wife Bao Gu disappeared in front of Ge Hong's apprentices eyes and just left a pile of clothes behind… Clothes drop! I'm out!"

By Jaye McElroy and Leta Herman | Follow: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram Join us for the episode that explains the Nine Stages of Alchemy:

• BaoPuZi, Master of Simplicity – by Ge Hong
• Enlightenment for Daoists
• The Nine Stages of Alchemy – a roadmap
• The Nine Palaces
• Stage One – letting go of resistance to change
• Stage Two – the best protection is no protection
• Stage Three – letting go of the influence of past lives and ancestral lineage
• Stage Four – being like a child
• Stage Five – being the wise old person
• Stage Six – flying in your life!
• Last 3 stages of Alchemy — morphing, invisibility and walking through walls

Thought Quotes:

"Each stage is a paradigm shift that alters your beliefs. Your perception of the current reality will be adjusted."

"Because Alchemy asks you to walk through doors fearlessly —doors that open up new worlds, realities, perspectives, and even yourself."

"You really need to go into the caves yourself, but not like a man-cave… with surround-sound and a Lazy-Boy… to do these upper stages of work."

Links in this Episode:

• The Alchemy Learning Center — a new online community of learning. Five Element, Nine Palaces, and Alchemy online classes on live online events.
• Master Alchemy Apprenticeship program
• Master Alchemy Quest
• Through the Mystery Gate, by Leta and Jaye
• What If… T-Shirt
• Email your questions and voice memos to Info AT InspiredActionPodcast.com.

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Get vigilant with your own mind and use your anxiety for good!

"Anxiety is such a buzz word right now… It's this idea that we can take action to control our own minds and use this vigilance that anxiety requires to stop the negative self-talk."

By Jaye McElroy and Leta Herman | Follow: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram In this Pod, we talked about:

• The laws our minds operate under – negative laws, like nothing good comes to me
• Overstimulation of the mind and addictions
• Are your thoughts clean and clear?
• Who's the Boss: Your mind or you?
• Steps to How to Outsmart Your Mind:
  • Step One: Embracing Gentleness
  • Step Two: Find False Premises
  • Step Three: Make a list of false premises
  • Step Four: Reverse the false premise
  • Step Five: Make your mantra and repeating it
• The Ghost Points

Thought Quotes:

"But positive thinking, as much as it's been a mainstay for spiritual circles around the world, it's that just think positive idea, and frankly, it's almost impossible for many people to just think positive."

"The mind is as fast as the wind, and in fact, the Tibetans often called uncontrolled thinking, the Wind Horse. They thought this Wind Horse would run around without reins while you the rider was just being thrown around and you had no control over your horse whatsoever… I think that's technically the definition of anxiety."

"We have such aggressive minds."

Links in this Episode:

• The Alchemy Learning Center — a new online community of learning. Five Element, Nine Palaces, and Alchemy online classes on live online events.
• Master Alchemy Apprenticeship program
• Master Alchemy Quest
• Through the Mystery Gate, by Leta and Jaye
• What If… T-Shirt
• Email your questions and voice memos to Anything AT InspiredActionPodcast.com.

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Become the Sage and live free from the structure of society, like a child. Empty yourself of yourself and live curiously.

"What if the quality of life was to simplify the way we live. It's like walking in the footsteps that are already there in front of you. That is called the Wu Wei, being in the zone, the present moment, you're not trying to force it, it comes easy. It's inspired."

By Jaye McElroy and Leta Herman | Follow: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram In this Pod, we talked about:

• Walking in the Wu Wei footsteps that are already in front of you
• Wu Wei – act naturally, effortless action, or Inspired Action
• Trust with a capital T – It's trust of all that is
• Become the sage, a wizard in your own life, master reality by allowing it to happen
• The way of the Dao is always on the side of good
• What is a sage like? How do they live and experience life?
• Living the master Jedi life
• Ding the Butcher – cutting without technically cutting anything
• Being curious about life, a series of ongoing curiosities
• The Six Harmonies – the six things you want as a human being, empty them and become nothingness

Thought Quotes:

"Do we want to be the little boat on the sea being tossed this way and that, or do we want to have a rudder and a sail, a direction of where we want to go, maybe a compass, a feeling of purpose and accomplishment and completion of what we set out to do."

"You don't have to force it. You don't have to think about it. When you're in it, you're in it."

"It's like a fish in the sea wondering what the stars in the sky are like. It can't know. It can't possibly know!"

Links in this Episode:

• The Alchemy Learning Center — a new online community of learning. Five Element, Nine Palaces, and Alchemy online classes on live online events.
• Through the Mystery Gate, by Leta and Jaye
• Wu Wei Wednesdays – listen to weekly events
• What If… T-Shirt
• Listen to The Letting Go Meditation
• Grogu – Baby Yoda on The Mandalorian
• Email your questions and voice memos to Anything AT InspiredActionPodcast.com.

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Are you living your life to live or living to die? Listen in as we discuss the die before you die theory and more. This Daoist form of enlightenment is fascinating.

"The importance of immortality isn't about living forever, it's about the state of mind of not living to die. It's about embracing the effervescence of your life, attempting to get back to the source of who you are, your spirit, and encountering that true essence deeply. That is the Daoist form of enlightenment."

By Jaye McElroy and Leta Herman | Follow: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram In this Pod, we talked about:

• Letting go at the end of the day and waking up like a child
• We are PAC-MEN on crack – we're using ourselves up if we're not in alignment
• The real L-Word – Longevity
• Transformers – The Yellow Emperor is the Bumble Bee Transformer
• Bao Gu, the wife of Ge Hong
• The grim reaper – your new BFF
• Opening your mind to an immortality mindset. Immortality as a way of life.
• Become your own nuclear reactor – engender yourself – become an immortal fetus – a rebirthing of yourself
• Become a sage – overcome life
• Shaking up the way we see ourselves
• Letting go of our habits, which make us old
• Seeing the world as magical as a child does

Thought Quotes:

"Time is your friend not your enemy. Could you slow down and savor life?"

"Can you open your mind to living your life like there is no end to it. It's the opposite of … living life like it's your last day on earth."

"This is about giving yourself an abundance of time and energy, like you're immortal. "

Links in this Episode:

• The Alchemy Learning Center — a new online community of learning. Five Element, Nine Palaces, and Alchemy online classes on live online events.
• Wu Wei Wednesdays – listen to weekly events
• What If… T-Shirt
• Listen to The Letting Go Meditation
• Email your questions and voice memos to Anything AT InspiredActionPodcast.com.

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Are you too attached to your mental woobie blanket? Are you too rigid to know that you are too rigid?

"We are living as Alchemists in our own lives. As such, we always reserve the right to change our minds as our minds change us."

By Jaye McElroy and Leta Herman | Follow: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram In this Pod, we talked about:

• We're asking our minds to change. What is your mindset? Is it flexible or rigid?
• Alchemy is about radical transformation – a revolutionary mind. Challenging every belief in our belief system.
• The mystery – are you willing to take the step to look inside yourself?
• The unconscious fear behind the Nine Palaces
• The Nine Stages of Alchemy – a roadmap to how to spiritually evolve as a human being
• Die before you die philosophy
• The Five Spirits – what happens when you die
• Who you gonna call? Ghost Busters!
• When Fear governs our lives
• Wu Wei Wednesday on June 9th – continue the conversation!

Thought Quotes:

"Alchemy is a revolution of your mind, instead of an evolution of your mind."

"All they think about is dying, so they're not really living."

"Endings make space for new beginnings, so there's no reason to fear death."

Links in this Episode:

• The Alchemy Learning Center — a new online community of learning. Five Element, Nine Palaces, and Alchemy online classes on live online events.
• Wu Wei Wednesdays
• Ask Better Questions T-Shirt
• Email your questions and voice memos to Anything AT InspiredActionPodcast.com.

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Embrace the magic of the mystery of your life. Take a journey with Leta and Jaye through the Mystery Gate with Season 5 of the Inspired Action Podcast. This episode explores new beginnings and new directions.

"Being an Alchemist is really about how can you live your life authentically, with the freedom to do what's right for you, with the ability to live like a child in terms of not taking a lot of the past into the present everyday, so you can be free to experience what you want to experience. An Alchemist is trying to evolve themselves so they can truly fly in their lives and live their true potential."

By Jaye McElroy and Leta Herman | Follow: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram In this Pod, we talked about:

• Season 5 – going through Alchemy step by step
• What are all the ingredients you need to think about to become an Alchemist?
• Who are you? Ask the question "Who am I" in a very deep way. (See link to guided meditation below)
• The mystery – are you willing to take the step to look inside yourself?
• The Nine Stages of Alchemy – a roadmap to how to spiritually evolve as a human being

Thought Quotes:

"Everyone needs to know this stuff. And that's always been the driving force behind this podcast."

"Your curriculum means you came to fulfill certain things in this lifetime."

"The Alchemy is the fairy dust that brings the magic to life–that makes life magical."

Links in this Episode:

• The Alchemy Learning Center — a new online community of learning. Five Element, Nine Palaces, and Alchemy online classes on live online events.
• Through the Mystery Gate Book Launch Replay
• Wu Wei Wednesdays
• Email your questions and voice memos to Questions AT InspiredActionPodcast.com.

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