To be or not to be. its an existential question, should we exist? is it worth it? or should not. We must understand what it is to be.
To be is to exist, to manifest and express spirit in physical form. spirit then is life, power, creative force, prana, drive.
If we can accept this we can then see that being or the act of existing and expressing spirit through the act of being then changes and alters and affects the world around us. To do so mindfully and with intention, would then be the alchemy the sages of old were searching for. the Holy Grail. the transcendence of our spirit embodying itself int he physical world and expressing itself through the consumption and transformation of present time-space energy and converting it into something uniquely its own.
Thus we have the word inspiration – in spirit – to be in sprit.
The alchemy of being is knowing and working with the beingness and power of the spirit and using it to transform our lives our communities, our cities, our world.
it is us. We are it. To be an artist is to embody and express your divine nature, your spirit, your soul, and impress it upon the world around us. This could be understood as the field or the collective unconscious – the area where creative ideas expressed by spirit meet and clash or collaborate.
Thus alchemy – the act of transforming something – the field into something else – that which is expressed by spirit. The Alchemy of Being.