Philosopher's Stone

The Find

A treasure hunter finds a stone with a book encapsulated in it. The transparent stone has a golden emblem on it that has (somehow) been branded into the stone. Through the impenetrable stone, the mysterious, little black book says Eu on its cover.

“Sir! You’re a respected chemist. Can you identify this?” Samuel asks.

“I’m good, but I’m not this kind of good. I suggest locating Maharajah Sutep - the 9th. He is from a long lineage of initiates you seek. He dwells on the highest mountain top in Tibet."

“I will do. Thank you.”

During the sleepless nights preceding his journey, Samuel suffers with anxiety about dangers he may encounter. Never the less, the young treasure seeker embarks on a journey to the Tibetan mountain. Upon arrival, Samuel begins asking everyone he could for guidance on how to find the alchemist known as Maharajah Sutep. What they did explain is nothing the young man wanted to hear.

“Others who have attempted to reach Maharajah Sutep were torn apart by wolves during their journeys. Choose wisely and be vigilant.”

The ominous warning didn’t go sit well. Time at the mountain’s base had proven unfulfilling for Samuel. He desires to seek a favor from the alchemist atop the mountain’s peak.

“There are many paths that might lead to the mountaintop. I can choose either, but there’s no assurance that either would take me to where the Alchemist dwells. I have until tomorrow to choose one.”

Finally, the morning arrived. Racked with worry about what was to come, Samuel anxiously packs his belongings and set off on his chosen path. Samuel asks everyone he could for guidance on how to find the alchemist known as Maharajah Sutep, but (again), no one knew anything useful. The chosen mountain path is rocky and steep, but Samuel relaxes. It appears to lead to the top. On initial inspection, there’re no major obstacles as far as the eye could see. Perhaps he had chosen his path wisely and would reach Maharajah Sutep without too much difficulty.

After several days of climbing, a sudden storm consumes the world. Lighting downs many mountainous trees and rain flood Samuel’s path. Caught in the storm’s dark and treacherous bluster, he screams in fear and flees to a small cave for safety. The seeker curls up against the cave wall with his arms wrapped tightly around his head. His eyes squeeze shut as the storm pummeled the earth.

When the storm clouds finally clear, Samuel cautiously emerges from the cave to discover that not only had the path ahead been completely disappeared, but also that the path behind had vanished as well. He fails to locate the mountaintop through the dense woods. Samuel kneels down and begins sobbing in disappointment. He’s lost.

As he sniffles, an old bearded man strode out from the trees dressed in weathered robes. He approaches the despairing lad with a sigh and pokes him with his cane. Samuel jumps in surprise and stares at the old man through widened eyes.

“Storms are part of every journey.” the old man says calmly, while stroking his beard. “The only wrong path to what you seek is failure to keep seeking. Path or no path, what seekers seek, finds the seeker.”

Samuel has already deduced that this raggedy man can’t possibly be the famed alchemist.

"How can I know where to go when I don’t even know where I am old man?” he exclaims exasperatedly.

The old man smiles and leans against his cane.

“My boy,” he says quietly, “one never knows such things. Remember what I have suggested. If you seek the mountain top, it will find you. It wants to be found. If one wishes to find an alternate path, he must first stand to his feet. Something can only be found while searching.” he explains, piercing Samuel’s heart with wrinkled eyes.

“My boy, listen carefully to this truth. One must search darkness to find light. The mass of what you seek already lies deep within.”

With that, the old man leaves Samuel and drifts out of sight.

Samuel seats himself under a large tree and thought about what the old man had said. It’s not too long before Samuel drifted into a deep sleep. In his slumber, he dreamed he was running frantically through thickets of sharp thorns to escape a pack of vicious wolves chasing him through the forest. His body was torn and bleeding from the thorns and his legs were marred by wolf bites. Just as he began to think he would surely perish in the dark forest, he reached a clearing with a large fire in middle. He started running faster than he thought possible. He ran straight towards the fire. The fire reflected larger and larger in his eyes until it consumed them entirely. He jumped into the fire and gave himself over to it. The pursuing wolves retreated in fear as he and the fire became one. He felt a peace he had never felt before as the fire healed him and enveloped the entire forest in its light.

When Samuel awakens, he understood the old man’s words and starts looking for a new path up the mountain. After weeks of rigorous searching, he came upon a village where he saw the old man. Running up to him, Samuel thanked him for his wise counsel. The old man eyed Samuel hesitantly.

“Tell me, my boy. Have you chosen a new path for your journey up the mountain?”

“Good, Sir.” Samuel responds, “I have not chosen a path, but found the way. Maharajah Sutep will find me because he wants to be found. …Right?”

“Ah yes.”

The old man nods and embraces Samuel.

“Welcome. I am Sutep.”

“You…? You’re Maharajah Sutep?”

“How may I help you?” he asks smiling.

“My name is Samuel. I found this in a quarry.”

He pulls out the heavy object of his deepest desires.

“Ah. I see. And you wish to dislodge that script to read and inherit its contents. This is so? “

“…Absolutely. I was told that you are an alchemist and can help me dislodge this.”

“Let me have a look at it.”

Maharajah Sutep examines the stone and smiles wide. Perhaps something is familiar about the mysterious, little black book that is encased in stone.

“The crafter must have been a very wise philosopher indeed.” he suggests. “I can dislodge this book from this stone, but there is one problem.” he admits.

“What?” Samuel says respectfully.

“I do not desire to dislodge this book.”

“You gotta be kidding me! That’s a alchemic symbol in that stone. The book can be the recipe for turning base metals into wine! How can you not desire to examine that book?”

Maharajah Sutep smiles and laughs in control of himself.

“Oh! I can guarantee you that by the time you dislodge this artifact, you will have discovered the biggest treasure of this world. Are you interested in learning how to do this?” he asks Samuel.

“There’s nothing I want more in this world, Maharajah.”

“Good! …Than you will dwell with me 40 days and 40 nights atop the mountain. There; I’ll show you how to access a million life spans.”

“Why would you want me to live with you? Wouldn’t I be a mouse in your world? Wouldn’t I just be in your way?”

“Although blameless, I am not a perfected guru. Once a year, I (too) desire sipping tea with company.”

Samuel is convinced that the mysterious, black little book contains something ancient. It’s something that will make him very wealthy. He’s desperate to be the name in history whom’ unearthed the mysterious alchemic formula. 40 days and 40 nights with a lonely old man is more than worth the trouble. He agrees.

“I hope you have a kitchen, sir. I enjoy eating and I do require breakfast in the morning.”

The two of them finish picking fruits and vegetables from the surrounding lands before heading up the mountain. Once they reach the plateau; a small, hand-made hut is observed. It’s entangled by its own sleuth of edible vegetation. Among them, a crop of winter melons neighbor a crop of groundnuts.

For 40 days and 40 nights, Samuel undergoes daily meditations and a change of diet. Maharajah Sutep teaches the treasure seeker about high vibrations, existentialism, living in the lack of ego, and limiting ones desires. Maharajah instills how extinguishing peer pressures and detaching from all thoughts of ‘self’ dissipates suffering.

“So you’re suggesting that seekers are (only) truly seeking to be delivered from themselves” Samuel conjures over tea.

“Keep going.” Maharajah says, smiling.

“…And that deliverance from self; is pre-requisite for being delivered into the state of enlightened bliss…” Samuel asks without asking.

“You’ve come a long way in 33 days Sri Samuel. I am delighted in your delightfulness. How do you feel?"

“I feel like I am feeling everything. Every peanut I consume, I feel it. Every creature that skirmishes, I relate to it as though I am relating to myself. I’ve even lost weight that I had no idea I needed to lose.”

“I’ve long understood that the dreadfulness of unconsciousness tends to weigh heavy. Perhaps this is how you are less dense.” the teacher suggests, smiling.

“All this, yet we have not discussed alchemy. Am I not ready for such teachings, Maharajah?”

“You’ve begun implementing alchemic principles from your first day. You’ve arrived.” Maharajah expresses, sipping his tea.

“How? I cannot turn lead into gold."

“This is true and not all the way true, young seeker. The transformation of lead into gold is what most people think alchemy is about. Today, with this race of humanity nearing its end, the principles of alchemy have been disclosed through several methods for several levels of understanding. In Eastern traditions, the refined, transmuted sexual energy is known as the Kundalini. In Christianity, the transmuted sexual energy is known as the Holy Spirit, or ‘the healing serpent of Moses’. The transmutation of the sexual energy is a sacred practice, which in days passed. An alchemist ‘supposedly’ transmutes it into a more refined, spiritual energy—would never be discussed with the profane. All these are only symbolic representations of the transformation of energies that the alchemist strives to accomplish. The practices you read about are last ditch efforts to offer the principles of deliverance to those who want it. The practice of alchemy can only be successful if the alchemist awakens their consciousness through techniques such as meditation, and embodies Divine love through their interactions with, and service to, humanity. Any attempt at turning an undesirable into a desirable is the principle of alchemy. The most famous of alchemist of all is known for turning water into wine. With all that you have obtained about frequency resonance, you may separate the stone from the book.”

With a deep meditation and resonant frequency beaming directed at the stone, a sharp crack is followed by the book being exposed. Samuel is not excited. It is as if he doesn’t care for its contents anymore. He opens it up without fanfare and begins reading the mysterious, black, little book.

“In the process of breaching this stone, you've breached your own understanding of the world, its principles and unlocked the universe.

This being the case, your desires are trans-mutated. Your idea of treasures is (now) to do with inner fulfillment.

Had this ledger been a treasure map, you'd toss it away. Had it held diamonds, you throw them into the deepest sea.

Even if these pages had been crafted of gold, you'd not be moved. The consciousness necessary for recovering this ledger has unearthed the biggest truth—consciousness.

Alchemy is the principle of churning the unconscious into consciousness— the unworthy into worthiness. With your achievement, my last pupil has been initiated. Desire for gold abandons the enlightened. You are the lead that I've manufactured into pure gold. - Maharajah Sutep / the First”