The Secret of the Ancient Alchemist (9 page)

“
I guess
I do. Can’t help it, can I?”

“
Well, don’t. I’m delighted to see that you’re making some
headway with your mission. You’re right about particles moving
faster than light speed. I’m here, am I not? You can’t see me but
I’ve come from far, believe me, and, into your
realm
.”

“
You do
traverse the heavens, don’t you?”

“
I certainly do
.”

“
How’d
you do it?”

“
I was an alchemist. After many years of meditation in a
monastery, I transfigured my matter to pure light
.”

“
And,
what happened next?”

“
I landed in heaven. Now, I travel through
dimensions
.”

“
The
problem is that we know nothing of the universal mind. It has to
trigger signals. Information has to travel very fast.”

“
And, it does. It triggers visions and thoughts. Information
travels fast. The Great Mind gave you your mind. If it didn’t, than
who did?
”

“
Ok, it
did. Why won’t it make this world better?”

“
You sound angry, Tom, but remember, it gave you free will.
It cannot take it away. It was a gift to you.
”

“
I
see.”

“
What a mess you all have made. Nonetheless, you do have an
inner realm. It created a platform so you can have and do all you
want. You should be looking for the ancient text, shouldn’t you?
I’m still waiting on you to start looking. So, get on with it and
put an end to all your misgivings once and for all. Bye,
Tom
.”

“
Hey
wait!”

“
Tom!”
Olsen’s call jolted Hart from his silence.

“
Sorry.
My mind drifted.”

“
The
universal mind is truly unparalleled. No one can find
it.”

“
Many
have claimed prayer gave them answers. It’s an amazing
phenomenon.”

“
It
is.”

“
Something’s guiding consciousness.”

“
Seems
so.”

“
I need
to find an ancient text.”

“
An
ancient text?”

“
I was
told there’s a text that describes it all. I really must find it.
The realm takes us to freedom from pain and all that binds
us.”

Brushing back
the hair from his face, Hart took a sip of coffee. Olsen’s living
space was dead quiet except for the hum of an air condition.
Neither said anything for a while.

“
So,
what’s this ancient text about?” Olsen’s question broke the silence
in the room.

“
I don’t
know. I was told to search for it.”

“
By
whom?”

Silence
lingered again. Hart fidgeted thinking how best he could answer. He
had no intention of mentioning his time traveller. He still had no
idea of how he would find the text and it weighed heavily on his
mind.

“
Nature’s
a hard nut to crack, Tom.”

“
Someone
did. I know someone did.”

“
You’re
searching for an ancient text and you don’t know which. How’s
that?”

Hart changed
the topic. “It’s interesting to note, Olsen, that ancients’
mindsets were stronger than ours.”

“
Why
d’you say that?”

“
Their
minds were powerful. Visions, messages came to them
easily.”

“
I
agree.”

“
You
must’ve heard of the Dogon people of Mali and their knowledge of
the Sirius star system.”

“
It’s
amazing. We didn’t find Sirius B until later. It really boggles the
mind.”

“
Nummo’s
the goddess who sent information to them. In the sixth century, an
apparition appeared to a woman in China. She then became pregnant
with the first emperor who instructed in Taoism. He ascended to
heaven. Way back, in the eleventh century BC, a divinity called
Ahura Mazda, appeared to Zoroaster in what was ancient Persia. He
said humans were created to fight evil through thought and will.
There’re Pre-Columbian artefacts that look like fighter jets. Space
crafts and nuclear warfare are all recorded in ancient
Sanskrit.”

“
It’s
uncanny. I found records of the biblical flood in the Inca
Quipus.”

“
You
did?”

“
The
story of Genesis was etched onto tablets that came from ancient
Sumaria. That’s two thousand years before its entry into the
bible.”

“
It’s a
great pity we’ve lost the power of supernatural
communication.”

“
It is,”
Olsen acquiesced.

“
Andre
Laveau told me why.”

“
Why?”

“
It’s an
organ called the Pineal Body which resides in the brain and traps
radio waves. In modern man, it has degenerated.”

“
Our
fantastic evolutionary trend.”

Olsen took note
of Hart’s anxiety again. Hart was a thinker for every waking moment
of his life, it seemed. His eyes were glazed with passion. He was
unstoppable in his path to truth. He watched him raise his head to
look at the Quipu that hung from his wall. Then, he turned. Hart’s
expression told him he had more to say.

“
Do you
know what the realm does, Olsen, besides sending us
information?”

“
No, tell
me.”

“
It
monitors our deeds and thoughts.”

Olsen chuckled.
“You’re the best my friend. You haven’t found it but you’re
ascribing functions to it?”

“
We must
find a way,” Hart said ignoring Olsen’s comment. He got off his
chair as if he had a pressing need.

The Dane was
truly startled. “What is it, Tom?”

“
We need
to reverse our evolutionary trend and find a way to enlightenment.
We’re darkened souls and we don’t need to be. For long, I’ve
pondered the human mind. It’s the only part of us that’s non-matter
and there’s reason for that.”

“
It’s to
progress, surely.”

“
And to
become super-conscious like a god!” Hart’s tone intensified as he
continued. “Why do we fill our minds with hate, envy and all types
of obsessions when our realm keeps calling? Why chase illusions
when we can have all we want?” He sat, gazing around trying his
best to calm his growing anxiety. His eyes didn’t miss Olsen’s
laundry that was hanging from chairs drying in the air-conditioner
and a telescope he was assembling. He closed his eyes for a moment.
Humans could naturally enhance their state of mind he knew, but, if
he didn’t find the ancient text, no one would believe
it.

“
Let’s go
to lunch.” Olsen decided on a change of scenery. He didn’t like the
dismal look on Hart’s face. “I know a great place, Tom. We need to
talk about the Inca date for the new age.”

Chapter 23

Starting his
car, Olsen drove along Sunset Boulevard passing through Holmby. He
took a turnoff onto the Pacific Coast Highway and was soon on his
way to Santa Monica. The drive would give him a chance to talk
about his work and to clear up issues that troubled him.

“
Tom,” he
said, “I need to level with you on this whole scene.”

Hart looked
with concern. Olsen was the one person he could talk to. He sure
didn’t want to be dismissed by him as well. “What’s wrong?”

“
Be
careful about bold assumptions.”

“
Like
what?” Hart’s tone rose.

“
Hey,
cool it, man.”

“
Is it so
wrong to believe that matter holds the key to our future, our
journey beyond this life?”

“
I know
you believe in creation and matter.”

“
It’s my
life!”

“
Understanding matter has always been a challenge for
scientists. Even if you’ve identified new forms of energy, you
really need to be careful about going beyond that. Don’t step on
sensitive toes. Don’t go ‘round making big claims about a
realm.”

“
I don’t
care, Olsen. I really don’t. Maybe…maybe this is an audacious step
but it’s one in the right direction. I agree there’s much more to
learn and explore, but, hell Olsen, in matter we’ll find
answers.”

“
For
example, the radio waves aren’t identifiable.”

“
But
Andres Laveau identified them using his SQUID tracker. He found
them to be common in people who pray and meditate.”

“
He said
he didn’t know that much about them, didn’t he? Far less for a
realm in us! It’s hard to conceive it exists.”

“
It does,
Olsen. An ancient text will tell me so.”

Olsen took the
cue. Hart was truly irrepressible. It’s not that he didn’t believe
him but finding proof of all he claimed was going to be rough and
he didn’t want to see Hart crushed.

“
By the
way, Dr. Bentley is looking for proof,” he said changing the
subject.

“
Of
what?”

“
Of outer
visitation. Well, I found it in the Quipus.”

“
You
did?”

“
The Inca
god,
Inti
, built
Sacsayhuaman with his mind. He made big boulders weightless by
manipulating magnetic forces.”

“
You
found proof of a perfect mind?” Hart was beyond himself.

“
I did,
but it’s not sufficient for you to make claims, like your claim
that Man’s journey is to acquire one.”

“
You’re
sure of your interpretation of the Quipu data?” Hart
questioned.

“
I’m
sure.”

“
That’s
amazing. Inti came from another time and into our realm. I wish we
could find it, Olsen.”

“
It’s
elusive.”

“
It’s
time we started searching for the text.”

“
You
really expect to find it?”

Hart
remembered Aristotle’s words:
Do some searching. You’ll find an explanation for
everything in an ancient text
. If only Aristotle had said which, he bemoaned.

“
I
do.”

“
Ok.”

“
Our
realm is connected to others, I believe. Enoch traverse the
heavens. So, how did he? I want answers as to who we are and where
we’re headed. The universe is in us. It has to be.”

Olsen pressed
his foot on the accelerator hoping to kill time. He was getting
hungry. Still, he was sure the obstinate Hart was being overly
ambitious.

“
You want
to change the world, Tom? Is that it?”

“
No, but
humans can be all they want to be.”

“
You’re a
long way from proving that.”

“
We’re
starting to understand the universe better.”

“
We
are?”

Hart sighed.
Olsen truly doubted his inner realm.

“
We
should stop thinking of the universe as something external rather
than something internal,” he argued. “And, what about alien
civilizations? You believe they exist, don’t you? According to
Hindu philosophy, space travel occurs faster than the speed of a
thought. We need to think of it at a sub-atomic level. We need to
think of the universe in terms of light.”

Olsen glanced
at a signpost. “We’re almost there. God, I’m starved. Maybe you’re
right, and maybe, just maybe, the Inca data will help us understand
things better. We still need to find this ancient text, Tom, and I
doubt if we ever will.”

Hart sighed
again.

Chapter 24

Twenty minutes
later, they spotted an empty table at the end of a popular
restaurant called The English Manor. The scent of steaks wafted
through the air as they moved to it and sat. Olsen spoke to a
waiter who quickly appeared.

“
Two
steak lunches and two beers, please.” With a nod, the waiter walked
away. He turned to Hart. “The data I deciphered really does
fascinate me, Tom.”

“
Tell
me.” Hart was waiting for Olsen to speak but the Dane gazed about
much to his annoyance. Finally, he did.

“
Bentley
discovered five Quipus at Caral and at Colca Canyon near the
Arequipa River. Apart from their data, they also carried
information about the deity,
Inti
.”

“
So, who
was he exactly?”

“
The sun
god and son of Viracocha, the Inca God.”

Hart
straightened up. A kaleidoscope of colour was buzzing inside his
eyes. “Did the Inca prophecy come from him?”

“
It
did.”

“
Where
did
Inti
come
from?”

“
I found
nothing of his lineage. He appeared over Lake Titicaca, sent by his
father to teach the people of goodness and kindness.”

“
Wow! It
amazes me to think that
Inti
came right into our realm in much the same way that Ahura
Mazda did, as other gods did. Did he look human?”

“
He did.
By the way, Bentley believes some sort of equivalent Christian
state existed among the Inca before the Spanish came. The
difference is that Inca belief emphasizes the cosmos, sky and sun
gods. There’s talk of space brothers. A city is supposed to be
buried beneath Lake Titicaca.”