Processing Catalyst & Life Span

[Tenet Nosce]

This may sound a bit tangential, but I recently came across the "Book of Aquarius" which gives plain English instructions for making the Philosopher's Stone.

According to the Author, physical creation of the stone is simply an acceleration of natural processes that would occur in their own time. Moreover, once created, the stone acts as a catalyst on other things it comes in contact to. This is responsible for the ability to turn a base metal into gold, or to confer longevity on a person. But there also seem to be some accelerating effects on the way that person processes spiritual catalyst.

Now whether or not the Philosopher's Stone is real, this brings up an interesting thing to ponder which gets back to your first post... because it does also seem to me that the rate of incoming catalyst seems to have been increasing. Throughout my life I observe a series of quickenings, which themselves are getting closer together. It seems similar to the contraction waves of childbirth, and I can only assume that at this rate the birth is very close.

Though I also assume there are many others like me processing as much as they reasonably can, there are many more (probably the majority) who continue to process catalyst at painstakingly slow rates. This creates an overflow of catalyst to be processed by those who are already at capacity.

So we CAN increase the capacity in those who are conscious, but I personally feel like the more catalyst one is processing, the more downtime and rest is necessary. So this is nearly impossible to do in a normal life situation, with spouses, kids, nine to fives, and whatnot. It is possible, but requires one to become more of a recluse. So each of us needs to choose for ourselves where to draw that line and say OK we've had enough. We've come what we came here to do, and we've held out as long as we could, and now it is time for the rest of humanity to SEE what they've been in DENIAL of this whole time, i.e. the unprocessed catalyst.

Now another way to increase the capacity to process catalyst is to increase the life span of the physical vehicle. Yet, is this really advisable? The irony of the Philosopher's Stone is that it could theoretically allow one to live forever... but who would really want to? An even bigger cosmic joke is played if the Stone actually speeds up processing of catalyst. Imagine, having learned all your "lessons" within the first year of using the stone, but then being left to figure out what you are going to do with your life for the next 500 years!

I suppose it all depends on where one is in the process whether this is the time to "step forward" or to "step back". Personally, I tend to be skeptical about any "Call of Duty" that I feel tugging at me. It's too easy to get caught up in the whirlwind, and if indeed we are on the precipice of some type of cosmic event, what would be the point? Why would I suddenly be required to shift gears right before the end? And who is doing the requiring, anyway? So these are just the thoughts that go through my mind.

As for increased life span, if I had the Philosopher's Stone I honestly don't know if I would use it without also having the knowledge about how to die at will. Knowing the secret of life without knowing the secret of death seems a dubious proposition to me.