Healthy | Wealthy | Wise. These are the three promises of the Philosopher's Stone. According to mythological lore, this stone will keep its possessor in a state of these three tenets. Yet, often the pursuit of one blots out the importance of the others. The magic of the Philosopher’s Stone is in the balance of these elements. 🫀Health: To enjoy the fruits of life in a state of well-being. Without mental and physical health, wealth is powerless and wisdom fades. The health of the body and mind are intertwined. 🧠Wisdom: The ability to cultivate skills to generate wealth and the knowledge to maintain and diversify wealth once obtained. The ability to recognize when the three tenets are out of balance. 💰Wealth: The resources to be generous with life. The access to proper nutrition, exercise, and stress management in order to maintain health. Efficient time management and higher quality of life because hours and seconds are no longer directly tied to dollars and cents. The cultivation of these three worldly tenets teaches us the most valuable spiritual lesson: Wealth is not the root of all evil as our common era sensationalizes. It can actually be the crowning jewel of all spiritual lessons. Dominion over the material world and amassing wealth is one of the most potent ways to learn that wealth alone (without the other tenets) does not equal happiness. 💎 How can we obtain the Philosopher’s Stone? This stone is an allegorical reference to the final product of spiritual alchemy. Spiritual alchemy is the process by which we turn our life experiences into wisdom. We realize that the summation of our experiences can either live inside us as pain, regret, fleeting pleasure and other emotions - OR we can turn them into wisdom. Once this happens, we can each possess our own Philosopher’s Stone. This is why the age-old myth of turning lead into gold endures - because it is a spiritual lesson on how to master reality. During this process, we learn that the end goal was never the three tenets. Rather, the journey itself is the catalyst which enables the aspirant to perceive the subtleties and nuances necessary to be successful on the spiritual path -VC
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