Searching for the Elixir-of-life: Part 3
Until Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) was 16 years old, Aristotle tutored him in medicine, morals, religion, philosophy and art. At the age of 20, Alexander succeeded his father as the Greek King of Macedonia. By the time Alexander was 33 years old, he had conquered the Persian Empire forever and built many Greek cities like his father had done. Alexander the Great was out to conquer the world rather than search for the Elixir-of-life, but he was an example of what can be accomplished when one thinks carefully and logically about his life plans. He kept his focus on his ideas; the most accurate and true reality, and in less than 13 years, Alexander the Great changed the course of history. It will take this type of focus to unlock the mystery of the Elixir-of Life.
Sixty-four years after Alexander the Great, Qin Shi Huang was born in China. Qin followed in Alexander’s footsteps even though they lived 4,000 miles apart. When Qin was 38 years old, he had conquered all the states around him who were at war with each other. He succeeded in uniting his country and became the first Emperor of China. With all the warring and conquering behind him, Qin turned his focus to the search for the Elixir-of-life. If he found it, he could enjoy being the first Emperor of China for a long time.
Two thousand years after Qin began the search for the Elixir-of-life, a scientist was born who would bring together the knowledge that had been gained through the years. At the tender age of 5, he was shown a compass. The fact that an invisible force could move the needle captivated him. Even though he wasn’t trained by Socrates directly, he did what Socrates would have taught him to do. Study all the fields of knowledge including art, music, math, science and physics, etc.; then think about the relationships between the fields. He began to mix-and-match his ideas and found when he listened to music while he thought his brain had an easier time coming up with new ideas. The music of Mozart, Bach, and Vivaldi gave his brain more idea-stimulating energy. He kept his focus on his ideas and spent his life adding new theories and discoveries to the field of knowledge.
While this young scientist was listening to music and coming up with new ideas, Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the 32nd president of the United States, was writing down wise sayings like Confucius did. One saying was: “Small minds discuss people. Average minds discuss events. Great minds discuss ideas.”
Our young, great, scientific mind who was listening to music and coming up with new ideas, belonged to none other than Albert Einstein (18791955). In 1905, when he was 26 years old, Einstein presented four papers that explained his ideas and shook the world of academics.
If we gain even a small understanding of what Einstein was thinking, we’ll have our eyes opened to a tremendous ability to take charge of our health. As we explore Einstein’s ideas, we’ll begin to understand the same laws that run the universe run cells and atoms. He showed us two universes, so to speak; one above the clouds and one inside a cell. One is seen with a telescope and the other with a microscope. Microscopic energy gives a cell its life, and the living cell functions. Einstein’s ideas brought us even closer to finding the Elixir-of-life. Who will find that magic spark of energy within the cell Einstein called E=MC2?
Until then … TAKE CHARGE! … Sylvia