THRIVAL (Part 6): The Alchemy of Change | Jake Haber

Join us as we take a new perspective on the disruptions of life - exploring the metaphors of wind & alchemy! 

 

Quotes: 

 

Travis Brownley (Marin Academy): 

"Without stress wood, a tree can grow quickly, but it cannot support itself fully. It cannot withstand normal wear and tear, and survive. In other words, the trees needed some stress in order to thrive in the long run."

 

Matthew 7:24-26:

"You are like a wise man who built his house on a rock, on a firm foundation. When storms hit, rain pounded down and waters rose, levies broke and winds beat all the walls of that house. But the house did not fall because it was built upon rock."

 

Wendell Berry: 

"It may be that when we no longer know what to do - we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go - we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed - The impeded stream is the one that sings."

 

Alan Watts:

"I have always been fascinated by the law of reversed effort. Sometimes I call it the “backwards law.” When you try to stay on the surface of the water, you sink; but when you try to sink, you float. When you hold your breath, you lose it—which immediately calls to mind an ancient and much neglected saying, “Whosoever would save his soul shall lose it.”

 

“If we cling to belief in God, we cannot likewise have faith, since faith is not clinging but letting go.”

 

John Stuart Mill:

“(They) who know only (their) own side of the case knows little of that.”

 

Malcolm Gladwell: 

“I feel I change my mind all the time. And I sort of feel that's your responsibility as a person, as a human being – to constantly be updating your positions on as many things as possible. And if you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking.”

 

Carl Jung:

“Only by discovering alchemy have I clearly understood...the real metamorphosis of the psyche.”

 

Rumi (The Undressing): 

"Learn the alchemy true human beings know - the moment you accept what troubles you have been given, the door opens."