S2. Ep.2 | All is Mind: Change Your Mind, Change Your Reality

Transmute = “to change from one nature, form, or substance, into another, to transition.”            -Webster’s Dictionary  Thus, Mental Transmutation = the art of changing mental state, forms and conditions into other state.

 Hermetic Principle #1 Principle of Mentalism Axiom “All is mind; the universe is mental.” Meaning the underlying reality of everything is mind. Descartes said “I think, therefore I AM.” In Hermetics this means the universe itself is mental – existing in the mind of The All. 

But let’s carry this to a logical next step, if the universe is mental and all is mind and mental transmutation is changing mental state – then the art of changing your mental state is the art of changing your reality. Everything starts with your mental state. Change your mind, change your reality.

 And this is principle #1of hermetics, so in order to become a master of reality, one must become a master of awareness such that they can master their mind not have their mind be a master of them.

Ok Angel – now you are being a hermetical bumper sticker. To this I say yes I am. “Change your mind. Change your reality.” Is a bumper sticker but it is also a hermetic principle because all is mind. Literally the world we see in “objective reality” is a reflection of what is going on in your mind. So if your mind is a cluttered mess of thoughts and negative self-talk, I bet your work space, room, or home is also a bit cluttered.

All that physical clutter represents what is going on inside all the unconscious, subconscious attachments to other people’s opinions about what you should be doing or saying.

What do you want to be doing with your life? Have you thought about that recently? Are you living the life you want to live? If the answer is no – what is stopping you?

Pause this podcast right now and write down your reasons. Just take five minutes. What is stopping you from living the life that you want to live?

Ok – welcome back. Look at your reasons, how many of them could you change if you changed your mind about them being a reason that they are stopping you?

For example - Recently I have been busy with marketing my law office. So busy however,  that I’ve barely had time to eat, exercise or take care of myself. This has had me stressed out and aggravated some health problems. This is not the life I want to live In a physical state with a swollen ankle and a limp. I want to be able to hike through the jungle to waterfalls in Hawaii and beaches in Brazil. What is the answer? Instead of being a victim to my calendar I purposefully decide that I have time. Time for self-care, time to block my tasks, time for boundaries for my volunteer work, time to hire a law clerk and an apprentice. 

I change my mind and my thought process around time, I implement boundaries and I bring in help – I stop looking at this as temporary.

My business is growing because I’m investing in it. But there is no reason to have a successful business if I can’t enjoy my life.

Recently, my friend lost everything. 

Or so she thought - emphasis on thought. 

“I have been bad-mouthed by a community I love and am strongly attached to,” my friend said.  

Her hurt and confusion was palpable 

My question?

What have you lost? 

My friend quipped, “my community.”

Interesting I said, I don’t THINK so.

“I’m still here. Your other friends who care about and support you are still here,”

My friend agreed. I could tell her energy had began to increase. 

So, I asked, 

“Have you lost your community? The answer is no.”

All she had lost were strangers and/or acquaintances who lack discernment and good judement as they had chose to b