Inner Alchemy – module 4: mind – deeper roots and stronger branches

To participate in this training, you must have already completed Inner Alchemy modules 1, 2 and 3 and cultivate regularly. If you have never followed module 4 before, we would like to receive a short motivation email from you first.

The core consciousness of the Life Projects teachings is the ‘Inner Alchemy’. It forms a ladder that takes you step by step through the different dimensions of reality and life. In the inner Alchemy method I teach, there are 5 modules. It is a complete method of transformation and self-realization or in alchemical language: a path of immortality.

The 5 modules in the Inner Alchemy training are divided in 2 phases. In the first phase (module 1, 2 and 3) you get the know the method, preferably by following the first module. If you are an experienced meditator you can start with any of the first 3 modules according to your own choice. They each have a powerful effect on your energy and quality of life. The 3 modules form a trinity, where each layer is entangled with the other layers. In this way, together, they form a solid fundament for further development.

The second stage starts with module 4. By now you have followed one or more times the first 3 modules and have integrated them in a regular meditation practice. The content of this module 4 is much broader, while at the same time, the core themes are actually simpler. By now you can keep much more balls in the air with less effort.

Chateau Frandeux is the perfect place for ‘Inner Alchemy’ cultivation. We are grateful to be able to develop this place, with its beautiful nature and rich ‘spirit field’ as a ‘living Alchemy field’, where students can come home to a powerful Alchemy bath.
Phase 2 – Module 4 – ‘Mind’, the intelligence field

Starting with this module, Inner Alchemy takes on a different character in which the practice becomes part of your “being” in addition to daily cultivation. This requires a conscious choice or, perhaps better, the choice of your soul where the sense of choice disappears. During the first 3 modules you laid the foundation for the real alchemical process. This involved a transformation of the body, your energy system, your emotions, your thoughts and way of life. You also gathered all the tools and all the ingredients to make the “life elixir” and now the distillation process can begin. As of this module, the energy and consciousness concentration is a lot higher. For a tree to grow bigger and bear more fruit, a thicker trunk and deeper roots are needed.

In this module there are 9 parts. Not all parts are taught every year. It depends on circumstances and the group.

1. Refining and balancing the various energies and bodies, creating a field in which the inner cavity in the physical body, the soul and the subtle “mind” can come together in one state of being.
2. A foundation has already been laid in the previous modules for bringing together the different energies in the abdominal center. Now this process is being intensified by also bringing the mental field together in this place. This is not possible through willpower, but only from a state of balance, unity and silence and with a relaxed focus (intention).
3. This forms the basis for the Taoist “Kan and Li” process in which the poles of the inner water and fire, sun and moon, heaven and earth come together again in their original state of unity. Contrary to what we often see in the West, I do not do this through visualization, but it is a process based on resonance, which arises through the right presence in the field of intelligence.
4. While you learned a form of movement during the first 3 modules, the focus is now mainly on “I Chuan” or “conscious standing”. This helps to merge body and mind into a state of being. We combine this with conscious bathing in the natural field.
5. By opening the eye of heaven, the inner light in the body is strengthened and the core will open further.
6. Opening the central channel and connecting to the earthly and heavenly ancestral line. Initiations from ‘the Lineage’, the field of ‘spirit beings’ and intelligences that guide this alchemy teaching.
7. The symbols of the life force ritual to refine and deepen the inner alchemical state.
8. The awakening of the “soul of being human”. Where the soul previously had a relational character, it now begins to evolve into a collective quality. You then feel more consciously that you are the other. This goes hand in hand with applying this in all aspects of your daily life and realizing your life project.
9. Transformation of the 3 main energy centers: belly/body, chest/soul, head/mind. This purification and strengthening is essential to further develop the ‘soul body’.

Conditions for participation:

• You have experience with and a love for the content of the first 3 Inner Alchemy modules and you practice this regularly.
• Please send us a short email with your motivation if you have not participated in IA 4 before.

Practical:

• for the stay there are 4 options (please choose when registering) the price will be increased with your choice of room
  • Single room with private bathroom ( + €518 incl. VAT )
  • Shared room with private bathroom (+ €259 incl. VAT )
  • Single room without private bathroom (+ €224 incl. VAT )
  • Shared room without private bathroom (+ 147 incl. VAT )
• We will follow approximately the following schedule (breaks are provided for coffee/tea/water and fruit)
  • morning ritual 8 am
  • breakfast 9 am
  • start lesson 10 am
  • lunch break 1 pm
  • start lesson 3.30 pm (depending on what is needed according to the lesson)
  • diner around 7 pm
• We do the dishes together in turns