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Alchemist Stone

3/24/2011

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Alchemist Stone

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Here is the specific story I told to Paulo Coelho about the stone at St Joseph's party:

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I was asked by Paulo to attend St Joseph's party on early November.
The party was to take place at Istanbul on 2011 March
But I did not answer immediately, I wrote to Paulo let me think for a while.
I was not sure if I could save a money to go to Istanbul.
Of course, I did want to attend the party and meet with Paulo but I left this for a while to think.



On one late November, my wife Yumi went to her friend's exhibition at Tokyo.
This Yumi's friend, is a handicraft artist making necklaces with stones.
She invited us to her exhibition, but I was away to do my job so Yumi went ahead to the exhibition, I decided to go to the exhibition after I finish my job.
When Yumi entered the gallery, she saw more than a hundred beautiful necklaces hanged on the walls.
All of those necklaces were using what they call power stone as a motif.
After having a little conversation, the artist asked Yumi which necklace she likes the best.
There were several kinds of necklaces hanged on the wall, all of them were using different kinds of stones.
Yumi immediately pointed the necklace using a blue stone.
"That's interesting that you've chosen that stone"
The artist said to Yumi.

After an hour or so,
after I finished a job, I arrived the gallery.
Yumi asked me a same question that she was asked.
"Which necklace do you like the best?"

After looking at them for a while, I pointed the same necklace out of a hundred necklaces.
It was the same necklace that Yumi have chosen.
"The name of the stone on this necklace is Aqua Aura"
the artist started describing to us.
"Aqua Aura is very good for a creative people. The stone makes the people connect to universe. And it is related to throat chakra, so this stone is also very good for the people who sings (note: Yumi is a very good singer)"

To be very honest, I was reading many spiritual books, but I did not believe in stone power, but Yumi believed in it.

The artist continued:
"the stone is a natural crystal but it wasn't originally blue when it was mined from the ground.
It is turned blue by an alchemical process using gold.
So this Aqua Aura is also called Alchemist Stone"

Yumi screamed when she heard this (I didn't scream, but I was very surprised).
We were talking what to do about St Joseph's party for many days.
Yumi started explaining to the artist why she screamed.
After hearing Yumi's story, the artist told us that she is also a Paulo Coelho's fan.

So this was the the day we've decided to go Istanbul.
I felt like I have to give this stone to Paulo.


Here is the description of Aqua Aura I found on website>
http://www.crystalskulls.com/sale/aqua-aura.html

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25 Comments
Keith link
3/24/2011 04:28:15 am

Thanks for posting the story of the stone that you told at Paulo Coelho's St Joseph's Day Party.

http://keithpp.wordpress.com/2011/03/20/paulo-coelho-%E2%80%93-st-joseph%E2%80%99s-day-%E2%80%93-palace-hotel-%E2%80%93-19-march-2010/

An interesting twist. An alchemist usually turns base metal into gold, here gold is used to change a stone!

It was great meeting you both. Hopefully we will meet again one day in the future.

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8/28/2012 04:53:47 pm

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Luzette
3/24/2011 08:40:40 am

Hi Ken,

Thank you so much for sharing the interesting story of your alchemist stone.
Yes, you and Yumi were destined to go to Istanbul to meet Paulo and the rest of us - your new friends.

It was a great pleasure meeting you and Yumi. Derek and I had a lovely time with you both. Until we meet again ...

Love,
Luzette

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FourDaysAWeek link
3/24/2011 11:28:44 am

Ken, I absolutely love this story and the photo of you, Yumi, and Paulo. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.

Here's to the Alchemist Stone. May you always trust and follow your dreams.

Mia ✶

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Jane Stewart link
3/24/2011 11:37:41 am

Dear Ken and Yumi,

I would scream like Yumi!

Thankyou for sharing this story, and so glad that you came to Istanbul. A pleasure to meet and hope to again.

Also interested in the stone and now wonder if it is the same that can be found in California (sorry, I do not know the name of the stone and found it by accident during a little adventure).

Best wishes!
With Love and Caring,
Your Friend
Jane xo

'Don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear...
Just sing, sing a song.'
- Karen Carpenter

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Sheela nandini
3/24/2011 05:20:44 pm

Dear Ken,

I am so very happy for you and Yumi.Smiles all the way;))))And Yumi is such a beautiful person.This is one experience(and many more to come) and photograph to treasure for eternity:))))God Bless!

Thank you for this wonderful,magical story.And I checked out the Aqua aura link too.Funny I did dream of a man holding a skull the other day(when I woke up I didn't want to retain memories of it thinking it must be just one of those strange dreams I sometimes have)standing outside the living room window of our house in another town we lived in,in my school days.Don't remember if it was a crystal skull,though.
My brother was in Pondicherry on 23rd March(his wife's b'day)and last week I had requested for a book by the Mother and Sri Aurobindo-"The Yoga of Sleep and dreams(The night-school of sadhana)
Was praying to Mother asking if it was Her Grace my brother would find the book.And he did!!!What's more my sis-in-law sent me a gift through my nephew(my brother and his son came in today from Chennai)"Gifts of Grace".Never expected that at all.So am really happy.I love The Mother-we go back a long way:)

May You and Yumi always be Loved and Protected.So honoured to have you as my dear friend,Ken.Hugs to Yumi.

Much Love,
sheela

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Dr Pooja Tripathi link
3/27/2011 05:45:34 am

Hi Ken
first of all let me tell you that Yumi is so pretty :-) &the story about the alchemist stone to istanbul makes us believe that everything happens for a cause &that too best cause
Thanx for sharing
love to you &yumi
wish to meet you all sometime in future
Dr Pooja

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Sheela nandini
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OMG! Thank you for sharing this quote- i made a note of it just a second ago:)

Had shared a song recently with my dearest blanket- sis- friend which featured pyramids in it.

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