Learn to break down the once discerned and often over complicated structures of spiritual alchemy. You too have the insight, the tools and know how to change one's mind. Conquering your perceived thought and having mastery over emotions, even if only for that moment. With practice one can become proficient and stronger overtime, but that doesn't lessen the pain. It's in the stillness of discomfort one acknowledges silent change. It allows confirmation at the root cause, yielding to conformity within one's own construct of mind. While there are no universal stages of spiritual alchemy due to the sheer number of different schools out there, these are some of the most widely accepted stages, seven to be exact.